SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

FWtniT watkr iThls Kvening, 0.20 I HIGH WAIKK V|- o morrow Morntntr, 0.42 I SU Evening. 5.31 SU vrtsb.—To-morrow Morning, 0.28 MOON'S AGE.— X.rat Quarter, Sltlu y.31 a.m. >

ARRIVALS.

■ LAST EVENING. ti.i . WniUiki, r, s.. Crawroiit, from WliaiiKW"'. H Mtiugvßgoi-. 8.5., Johnson, from Whangarei i TODAY. pr. Welcome, sub., Fry. from Dunedin {■'' Norval. sob.. I'M wards, from Russell Fanny Kelly, ketch. Williams, from Mongonui p Reward, seh.. McDonald, from Mongonui !> Columbia, seh., Con way, from Uuasell

DEPARTURES.

LAST KVKXINO. I Glenelg. s.s., Stephenson, for 'I'nuranga ,;! Roweim, s.s., Heott, for Mercury Hay -,; Neptune, s.s., Norris, for Mercury Bay TO-DAY. ■. .V ■ Waiwera, seh., Anderson, for Napier

VESSELS EXPECTED.

L. London.—Waikato. ship iM.P.K.V.), June 17: '•Frith of Dornoek, ship (S.U'.P.C), May 11; ' Waikato. shiu, Juno 2^: Antaros, barque ' ;t-" .(P.H.D.Q.). sailed June 17. Oamaru, llermione, ■ '-; and Loch Fergus, loading. ft- ' GLASGOW.-Clansman, as.,to sail July 15, L M. , New Yokk.—Nettle (via SVellington), April . ; »/■,■, 16; Kleanor Vernon, barque, Juno 30; Kyvor, % barquo, loading. | |jS ■' . Manilla.—Jerfaleon, schooner. i K-." . Java.—Florence Treat, barque, sailed May. E Sf;; i Southkrn Ports.—Armistice, barque, Graa ! ''! - mere, barque, ketch Annie, ami brigantinc [}!,• Prosperity,frorn Lyttolton: Louise Montgomerj'. ' .{ brigantine; Wijlcome, schooner; and Caniille. J ■<-■'. brigantine, from Dunedin. •'-' South Ska Islands.—Kxplorer, ltyno, and ! ft.". .-.Julia Pryce. jtr ■', HOBAhT.—liOongana. barque, early.

IMPORTS.

ife"'-. Per Welcome, from Dunedin—l.lo3 sacks oata. I:.:- i; 300 sacks flour, 250 cases jam, 20 cases acid. \\: Per Glenmore, from London—l!) rolls sheet iff lead, 92 pigs lead. 102 bars half-round iron, 1 I >:» case glass paper. 00 kegs anti-triction greaso, 1 I '■? cask castors, 2 casks frying pans, 1 cask bullock !■ |p .-bells, 480 bundles hoop iron. 1 cask rat traps. 2 I•- oases patont axles, GO block and galvanised S ■:. anchors, 33 kogs fencing staples. 1 case emery |j i, wneols, lease gun metal iiropeller, 1 cask dog IT;.,- 'chains, etc., 1 case oil cans, 2 cases water I. meters, 1 case table cutlery, 107 kegs Ewbank < I". ' n;ill9, 2 cases octagon cast steel, 32 bundles II f, blister and spring steel, 422 bundles iron. H 18 mangles, 46 rolls galvanised wire netting, 3 ! *■/ eases garden chairs, etc., 11 garden rollers, 10 it, ; casks plumbago, 25 chafFcutters, 4 disc pulpers, ■ i 'U cottage ranges, !9 bundles Black's spades, 8 , 22 fire-proof safes, lease cash-boxes, lease gungn jf... glasses, 7 bundle.H spades. 1 case bush hooks, j I;'. 3 cases hand saws. 2 cases circular saws, 1 case | j !»,':.'■ cross-cut saws, 1 case fencing adzes, 1 caso com | " - , ■ pass saws. 1 case one-man cross-cut saws, 1 case j .--:, pitsaws, 33 bundles Spear and Jackson's spades, I \, ■ 12 bundles clay spades. 2 bundles draining tools, jr ».;| ■ 1 case picks and mill bills, fl cases travelling IS , trunks, I caso nickel-plated teapots and dish if X" '■•■ covers, 1 caso iron tray 3, 2 cases coffin furniture, II ?■' ihhdennmelledliollownre.Scasesshelf brackets, Ij! eta, 3casesbrußhware. 1 bundle mats, 6 hhds %X: ■'■' hollowaro, 7 casks copper pipe. 1 disc, slicor, I S.iSt ■ horse gears, 3 intermediate mo! ions, 1 case clmff !;'■■: cutters, 6 Bradford mangles. 1 diaphragm churn, ij| 1 washing machine, (iO axle arms and earron ~f» bbxea. 70 boxes tin sheets, 1 ease ships' globe lit lamps, 1 caso copper sheets. 1 case candlestick?, If.-1" 2cases tly press, 7 bundles steel. 3 bars silver A] :'■; steel, 4 bundles oval steel, v casks bed screws.— 1} J-i:l Porcerand Co. Si Per barque Gflenmore, from London—l,3ol •:i; bars bar iron, JO bars U.H.H. iron, 180 plates (10 ': tons) common iron, 26 plates Lowmoor iron, 40 ~ [■;., ingots tin, 200 boxescandles, G3 kegs horse nails, l] ||^' , 2io kegs wire nails, 7 casks compo. pipe, 20 tons } pig iron. 2,170 sash weights", 1 ton IJT French glue. 20 drums 1 cask Unseed j] I; oil, 7 cases vurnish, 70 kegs paint, 10 jjtv,-'- casks paint (mixed), 12 fiisks patent dryers and I ' putty, 2 casks stove fittings, 11 casks patent ■: fuse, 3 caso electroplate, 2 casks weights, 60 Hfflr^'itins Peacock's patent paint, 50 kegs copper gfir ■ coloured paint, li caseß ship chandlery, 5 cases Kf • artificers' tools, chisels, ffce. 3 cases rim locks, '.;j 1 hogshead tin'vare, 1 cask hardware, 1 ease * paint-brushes, 13 packages register grates, 2 ■.jj>,■[■-. bales plough lines, I cases patent waterclosets, 111-."; 2 cases cheese-presses, 1 ease curd mills. 7 cases | i ~ cider presses and mills, 3 eases Spear and v Jackson's circular saws, 4 cases hardware, I I case iron screws, 2 cases Disston's mill saws, jjij. G packages reapers, mowers, 3 cases butter flj 'bowls, 3 cases hose, 1 case augers, Il' 24 cashs patent blind rollers, 2 cases post i |Ei§&ifh°le augers, 1 case tinsmiths' tools. 5 eases braces, 1 caso brassware, 1 case rakes, 1 case \h ' carpenters pencils, 1 case wrenches, 2 eases if j; < ..wrenahes. 3 cases fruitjars. 1 caso belt lace?, 4 1 • cases carriage bolts. 3cases fittings for Champion [L mowers, 15 packages Kandall harron-s. 4 cases ■|j ' Store trucks, 3 cases ploughs, y easrs seed drills, si ■ 4 cases cultivators, 2 cases reaper fittings and i(| plough fittings. 10 cases general hardware, 2 , ; crab winches (Tangye's patontl. (25 tons) 419 * I coils galvanised 4-barb fencing wire, 1 000 bales i !■■ ■■ (50 tons) black annealed fencing wire.—T. and 'JSj S. Morrin and Co. (Limited). «j i • Inwards Coastwise.—Fanny Kelly, from f ! '-■ Mongonui. with 31,000 ft. timber ; Kauri, from ijil Port Charles, with 55,000 ft. timber; Dream, 2 . jtrom Waiheke. with 50 tons ballast; lteward, from Mongonui. with 33,200 ft. timber; Palm, fromTairua, with2s,oooft. timber. 7,oooshingles; j | . jtfercury, from Tairua, with 21,000 ft. timber. ]'.',,' Outwards Coastwise.—Waiwera, for ; Napier, with 75 tons drain pipes: Kauri, for il ' Port Charles; Howard, for Mongonui; Puku, BH||^gTairua. ||-j The barque Glenmore was berthed at Queen jj -. atreot Wharf this morning. I • , The following vessels have cleared outwards 1 j ! at the Customs: -Marshall S.. brigantino. Craig. A\ forOamaru; Fanny Thornton, schooner. Keane. ffi§BK;Jsor Normantown (Queensland) via Thames; ] SsSjlau'elpa, schooner, Lamb, for Samoa; Ransom, 'if-",-, brigan&ne, Arndt, for Newcastle via Mercury ; |f I ! The s.s. Macgregor arrived from Whangaroi ■■'. last evening with tho following passengers:— I 111 'Mesdames Miller, Donaldson, chadwin, Hard jilt: ing, Johnson, Messrs Wallace, Anderson, Cox, Si Jones, Chad win, Duder, K. Thompson, Kcyte, H Thomas, Harding, 3 children, and 1 in the , i steerage. 1 _"" Tho schooner Welcome arrived from Dunedin J, -early tills morning. Captain Fry reports:—Left ■■> Dunedin on tho 19th inst., with a M.E. wind and jt'l high soa; on the 2tat. wind shifted to S.K.; i passed Cape PaUisiei' on the 22nd, after which |l " the wind then backed to south, freshening to a !| strong gale; East Cape was pasasd on the 24th, Hi and from thence to port had light westerly wind. tf The barques Brenhilda and Glenlora, both xroin Lyttelton, arrived at London on Aug. 23. She former occupied 11)5 days on the passage, and the latter made tho trip in 96 days. pThe following passengers arrived from Whangarei by the s s. VVaitaki last evening :— {Mess's Stoupe. Taylor, Banks, Reid, Lannigan. ■Fisher, Wright, McLain. Sheehan. Smith, Veale Jones, Wilson, Grey, King, Talbot, Taylor, ■DeTOnport, Baxter, Misses Mopney, Broadbent (2j; MesdamesT J.~ liannigan, Sinclair, Hanlon, Mnrin, and Broadbent, B.nd 7 in tho Bteerage.

The Wreck of the Augusta.

i< Intekcargill, this day.—An inquiry was !S,| held yesterday into the wreck of the brigantine ; |h Augusta at New Hiver Headß last Sunday. The 3 vassel was bound to Invercargill from New- It i castle with coals. Cutpain Clare, pilot, said that owing to their beiDg short-handed he i ■ had to take a man away from the iiggaignal station, and in consenuenco of i'l this the semaphore arm was accidentally iv dropped the wrong way by one of his children it I while the pilot boat was getting out to the ship, raa|HStlina*cansing the mischief. The Court stated II i that the evidence would be forwarded to Wel- I lington, and expressed an opinion thatno blame ||jMflttaohed to the captaic or pilot.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

KTauranua, this day.—Sailed: Omapore, am Auckland, noon. Gibborne, this day.—Sailed: Southern Cross, lit Auckland, 9 o.m.

COMMERCIAL.

! J EvBNDfo Stab Office, this day. ' lift ', MB ALFRED BUOKLAND'S WEEKLY RErORT. Iplfj-THKRB was a full supply of fodder at the Hay jl! market on Friday'last. Prices were without Hffieratibn, and ranged from 3s to 6a per owt. ■KKOood .maize, is to 4s 2d; damaged, from 2g per II eibushel; oats, 2s 8d per bashel; oaten chaff, '■ £5 10s per ton. Horse stock were in moderate If IE number, but of good quality; heavy draught in ftjMuaniand; prices ranged from £2710s to ts&i each; Itmikedium draught and light harness, from jt-YAIO to £22. On Tuesday hides ranged from llMajd to 3Jd per lb.; fat and. tallow, from BBRlfel to 26s per cwt.; pelts, 7d to lOd; skins, Rfjffrom Is 9a to 33 2d. The sale at Papa- BqSSnta^ on Wednesday, was conllned to quiet ShSiSOwb and hoilerß of a moderate class. Prices l*lvariedfnpm £210a to £510s each, with a dullin ;|Kjjguiry> At Remuera, on Thursday, stock ot all i > kinds were in less numbers than usual. liasPtomlsing dairy cows wore fairly completed , (or, and brought from £610s to £8, but medium lljffluallty were (lull. Grown storo cattlo in fresh I1 5 condition sold well, but low conditioned and Hj&young cattle were dull of sale. Fat cattle were PCEmilformly of good Quality and better worth. i ! Prices ranged from 21s to 27s per lOOlbs. Sheep V were in usual number, and obtained an advance 1' T of nearly Jdperlb.; beat wethers were at 3d. (HMjTho pig 3 advertised were of good quality, and (coming to a bare market, sold well. They 111 realised fully4d per lb. live weight. Fat calves llpfeere scarce and at extreme prices. ' j MESSRS HUNTER AND NOLAN'S WEEKLY REPORT ■ "'} Horses: There has been a fair supply and im llf proved demand, but no note wo; thy alterations Illif value. Above an average number were sub nK'Sltted by auction at the Durham Yards on Fri- IB&ay. Competition was good throughout the sale, jliand prices ruled in favour of the vendor as !I jKiMimpared with the previous week. Wool, I Iff&ildeß, and skins: Short supply. Prices on j llllHttesday ranged—Hides, from 2}d to 3Jd ; skins, I HKMom Is lid to 3s 2d; wool, JJd to SJ. ilskX'attle-' Tft'6 number brought forward has UHreen below the average, and prices have I^HSad an upward tendency /or fat stock. iHßairy cows fully maintained their value, t'Tbut few stores were disposed of. Scarcely an I'lr-imterage number were yarded at Newiaarkot on •Jiffs&jßßaay" Prices for good beef wero firmer, but i! faere was no noteworthy alteration in value of 'ipfwJier descriptions of stock. Sheep: The supply HlilSprresponded to that of fat beasts, the result nlfcSeinß a Blight enhancing of value. Wethers !f| ; liittged from Us to 103 6d. A small draft of very iM;fpHji|eTve3 from Mr Lake reached 22s 3d. Pigs

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

PptoMi Hama only, lid y Omns~p«ciSe la?!? 1 •I m 17? 6d to fil 183 A : Honey in tSlk. 40. 'tjct Jb' Hplß^ftU: Butter, frenh, v €d; salt do;. iw to iijt I Is: Cheese. COlonial.fld tolOd; Eggs,-per a oz , i™. I■ ij f lard, per lb, 8d to 9d; Bacon, per lb, lOd to lg* ij J Hams, do., la to laid. !! tl-il-JIOBB Market. — Wholesala — Snporftne ynitbt, silk dressed, per ton. £12 ; do, do, house i WBB&liktlli hundredß.ss: fifties, lOaperton extra ft sacks and baga free: Southern do. £910s to £9 las; 'wmikm per ' ton. sacks included, local. Oft aspothern, do, £6; sharps. £6; cabin bread, apby'filH; oatmeal, do, £13 Si to £13 15s; maize. i I M'.ia 6d to Is M ; oats. Zs fld to 5a 8d; potatoes, IK «|ISBftd'fi4 Ber ton: pearl barter, do., £23 to t'24. : 18&;Ka' jki Gum. Flax, &c—laic market re- BiittaiiJS very weak and unsettled with !■■*"" iiltWatlon iv. prioia. We quote: BK .. Jftfc. : «b

Poor ordinary, 32s to 345; good ordinary, 35ai to 38s; superior, ,-eiO and upwards; East Coast, £52 to &56. Supply for August to data about 630 tens; flax por ton, m t0.£21; tow, do.. £i to £9: fungus per lb, 2d; cocoamit fibre, per cwt. 15a to 17s : beeswax. 9d to lOd lb. ■ Coal and Firewood Market.—Coal: Now castlo (ship's aide). 2Sa to SOa per ton; yard. 32s to 355; Bay of Islands, at yards, 26s 6d; screened, 303lkl; ditto at tho mines. Us 6d; ship's side. 2(Js: Waikato. 8s to 12s: in Auckland, 18s to 225; Kamo. lp Porton at loading pround; Tauiiirl at- niiii". Ssbdto 'is at yard, i»h fid 10225; Wliai.Karci, at mmo.Ss fid-yard (steam), l"s; household.2la; delivered, SL' Firewood: Uncut at wbi.rf (uargo), 9s to fos'per ton: delivered. Us: out 178 to 18s. Building MATBI«ALS.-Tiinber: Boards and BCHntlinc, 100 ft. beat, 14s; Isecond-cluss. 8s; best, pluncd. toi.Bued: and L-rooved. flrst-olass. Ins fid ' medium, liia; second ditto. 10s Od. Mills: Cargo besUls; second-class,ss Bd; baulk, 8s 6d. Now Zealand palings. sft (sap), Ids; sft (heart), ISsTfiftl s:ti-treeraiK£3 lfa per 10..; puriri Posts £6 10s to £7 10s: shingles, lfa per 1,000; Flobart palings. sft, 19s ?6ft, 21s: Hobart rails, nog selling quotntions. Bricks (at Avondalo), Ite'por 1.000: town yards.oOsto 555; dclivcred.Sos to 60s. Drain pipes (at works), per 100 (fi inches bore) 409; 4 incbPS, Us; 3 inches,9s; 2 inches, £2 103 per 1,000; socket glazed pipes, 19 inches; 2s Cd per foot; 15 inches, 2s per foot; 12 inches. Is Od per foot; 9 inches. Is per foot; C inches, Gd per foot: 4 inches, 4d per foot. Manukks.—Bonedust. Sydney. £8 to £8 10s, according to quality; boneflour, £910s; Auckland £8- Peruvian guano, £1S; Maiden Island, £8; lino" Riiano, small lots, £5 to £(i, baws iHclnded; Hurst's chemical manure, £14 10s.

Chief Post- Office, Auckland.

Mails wif.t Olobb ah unjjbri

This Uav. For Samoa, pur Maliutoa, at 1 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, at i..V\ P.m. . For Whangarei I leads, Ptirua, V> aipu. Whangarei, Kamo. Tangilnia. and Mangapai. per Macgregor or Waitaki, at ;"> p.m.

Saturday, 30th inst,

For Waterford, Tauranga, etc., per Itoloina-

hana, at 4.30 p.m. For Thames, per Kotomahana, at 7,30 p,m. For Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakana, Alanga wai. etc., per Kose Casey, at 0 a.m. Foa Wnitara, etc.. pir Uougliis. at 11 a.ni. For Friendly Islands, per Sandtly, at noon. For Napier and G isborne, per Thomas Kusscll, at noon. For Greymouth. etc., per Omapere. at 1 p.m. Monday, Ist Sept. For Ilokiaiign, etc.. per Argyle, nt 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 4. For Chatham Islands, per Omaha, at 11 a.m. TuksdaH', Sept. 16. Per s.s. City of Sydney as follows :— For Navigators islands, Sanawich Islands. United states of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central, and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m. For Unitod Kingdom and Continont of Europe, at 1 p.m. Money orders, registered letters and news papers, at 11.30 a.m. Lato letters, bearing an extra fee of six pence in addition to tins postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. This mail will bo due in London on Satui • day, October 251 h, iSSI. N.B.—The s.s. lonic will leave Wellington for London via Rio de Janeiro and Plymouth, on lith September. Kxpecied length of passage, from 40 to 12 dayp.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

August 29, 1881.

Abbott's Opera House — Willmott's Dramatic and Comedy Company, "The Woman of the People" 7.15 p.m.

Theatre lloyal—Complimentary Concort to Bandmaster Morris. 8 p.m.

Y.M.O.A.—T.eeturo on " Ivinpsloy and his Works." by 11. G. Seth Smith. Ksq., H.M., 7.30 p.m.

Uovonport Holy Trinity Sunday-school—Key. J. S. Hill's Exhibition of Limelight Views, 7.30 p.m.

Notices to Correspondents.

TRAVKI.S BY I'ADTIIKOUK

'-Declined.

A. OAMPIIRIXANnAXOTIIKKCAMI'HKr.I..—YoUl1 letters have been lmndcd to "Zamiol," as they deal with questions raised by thatuontributor.

Births.

fjAING.—On August 22nd, nt her residence, lirighlvtn Villa, KUcrslio, the wifn of J. J haiiiKOf adaunhtcy. Melbourne and Southern panurs please copy.

Marriages.

McLKOI)-MARSHALL.-0n August 20t1i.1854. Nt the residence of thn bridi-, by this Key. Mr Macniuol, Murdoch Mel.eott to Aloxanifcrino Marshall, sixth daughter of Mr William Mar shall, Auckland.

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

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1884.

For the oausa that lMks asslstanoe, For the wrong that needs resiatanM. For tho future In the dlstanoe, And the Reod that we can do.

The sudden change in the attitude of

the Grey party towards the men they

have recently turned out of otlice will

•ause no little surprise throughout the colony. That the constitution of the new Cabinet is not perfectly satisfac tory, must be freely acknowledged. It would have been better if Major Atkin son himself had refrained from taking office for the present —better for his own political reputation, and better for his party. If he could have formed a powerful Government and lent it his counsel and support, he would have set a great example of disinterested patriotism that must have commanded the respect and admiration of the en tire colony. But then, it must be re membered that the Ministry has been formed under exceptional difficulties, and out of a House in which parties are in a state of unexampled confusion. The question, therefore, is not really whether the Government is as good as it ought to be, or whether it is a Ministry which mem bers holding Sir George Grey's prin ciples could form a permanent alliance with, but whether it is as good a Government as we are likely to get until parties have worked round into more natural alliances.

The work of smashing Ministries cannot go on for ever. Already, besides the old Atkinson Ministiy re signed, we have no fewer than four

separate attempts at Cabinet-making, and those who now put the present occupants off the Ministerial benches will incur a very grave responsibility; most assuredly they will not be justi fied in doing this without making them selves perfectly certain of what is to follow. It may be that misunder standing has been the fruitful source of mistakes in the past; the more reason, then, that these should be prevented in the future. If we are brought back to the point where we started from a fort night ago, the country will ask, and rightly ask, why one Ministry was reck lessly turned out of office to be re instated in every essential respect the same as before. Either a mistake was made then, or it is being made now. We do not wish to prejudge acts which have not yet been fully explained. Perhaps excellent reasons are held in reserve which will show that the course adopted throughout has been a consistent one, and it will sud denly be revealed that the coali tion with the Stout-Voprt party, which was perfectly possible from the beginning, was impolitic three weeks ago, and that it is more politic now, We must confess, however, that at this moment we are unable to perceive these reasons. If it means the chances of individuals for minor offices, the country will hardly consider that a sufficient motive why a policy which has in no wise changed should first have been rejected and then accepted,

For Mr Tole, however, it may be said that his repeated refusals of offer? of a very tempting kind for a young man completely exone rate him, at any rate, of any suspicion of being influenced by such considerations. That both he and Sir George Grey are swayed entirely by a strong sense of duty and principle, we cannot doubt. The feeling which moves the party to stick together and make sacrifices is also unquestionably commanding admiration, but it behoves them to weigh well the time and the methods chosen for the attainment of the ends they have in vievy and the many interests that are at Stake,

"Home Work" For Public School Pupils.

Whatever the cause may be, it appanrjs certain that public school education, as ijJK parted in the State institutions, is not I yielding those results which were expected from it. We refer to educational results pure and simple, the moral and disciplinary aspects being laid on one side in the mean time. In England there is a growing eon, viction that one-half at least of tho evil lies in the practice of giving 'the scholars a large amount of " home work" to rl 1 outside of school houre. # ■ Npw, this was

imposition almost unknown in educational practice twenty years ago, yet people ;.f ot as sound a training then as now ; and it n.ay therefore fairly be doubted whether the practico is a good 0110. It is at ni y rate open to tho suspicion lhat tho ii . work of education is shirked at school, anil the most irksome part of it thrown on the shoulders of parents. If tho "home work " system is an evil, our New Zealand instructors of youth arc heavy transgresenrfi, tor they lay upon young children burdens ot that kind almost too heavy to be borne. The question has a twofold aspect, as il has a direct bearing not only on the menial training, but also on the physical con stitution of our youth. When children arc confined in school for four or five hour? daily, there should bo no necessity for exacting from them other two hours of sovoro study. Despite overy effort of parents, the home work is usually dono after dark, as tho youngsters must have a breathing space for play, while some have to assist in domestic duties, and the consequeneo is inevitable injury to health.

This subject is touched upon in an excellent, article on " Education a Parent's t'oint of View," which appears in tho now magazine, " Onco a Month." Tho writer says:—"lt is quite clear that, in the case of young children at least, these tasks to be dono at home are much too burdensome. Tho cry in England is coming to be, no home lessons for children under ten years of age. Fathers and mothers think, though they may not always say, that the long .school hours are frittered away, and that, as a conso quoncc, the real hard work has to bo done at tho wrong tkno, and at the oxponso of tho wrong persons, themselves namely. Lato in the ovoning cortainly is a wrong time. Children should not have their brains wor ried and overtasked before going to bed ; and much poring over ibooks and writing with artificial light i.s bad in many ways, and is especially apt to be hurtful to the eyes. Tho writing of exercises of all kinds has been steadily on the increaso of late, and while it may bo a great help in fixing things in the memory, it is not suited for young children, If dono at all by them, it tlibuld bo in school, where there is a chance of proper super vision ; where desks aro suitable, and light is good. At homo all theso advantages aro ofton lacking, and so time is wasted, and nyes wearied or evon permanently injured." With those remarks every parent, will doubtless agree. Wo observed lately that a test case was brought, in England to try the legality of tlioso homo exercises. A teacher had " kept in " a girl be causo her " homo work " was not dono. Tho mother of tho child thereupon charged the teacher with assault, and though the inferior Court dismissed tho case, a convic tion was obtained on an appeal to a higher Court—tho judge holding that there was no legal power to enforce " homo work," anil that in law there had been an assault com mitted by theteuchor. Wo have no doubt such " assaults" are of daily occur rence in all our city anil sub urban schools, but they aro likely to go unpunished until outraged naturo asserts herself, and somo indignant parent lakes legal vengcanco for the ruin of the health of somo "tender plant" among liU offspring. It was but the other day we had a ease in Auckland of a young female teacher whoso mind had given way under tho strain of preparing for an examination ; and there cannot fail to be a vast amount of harm dono by imposing too much mental labour upon children of tendoryears. A celebrated finglish physician has remarked that since the recent spread of education there has been a great increaso of deaths from hydro ccphnlu.o among children over livo years of age, and there is no reason to doubt that cause and effect are properly linked in his remark. Wo makothcKO observations in no spirit of carping criticism, but in the interests of education.as woll as for the sake of tho public health. Menu «<«« in sano corpore is a good rulo ; but the latter is tho first essential. Without a sound "physical basis," mental eminenco is unattainable,and happiness itself, tho great, end of existence, is impossiblo

At tho meeting oftlio City Council last evening, Cr. Crowther stated that during tho past three years over 30 shops, varying in value from i"300 to £3,000, had been erected in Hobsonstreet.

Tho matter of tho Art (lallery plans has taken another phase. Tho Council, in complying with tho request of Messrs (Jraingor and D'Ebro to forward to them their design, etc., has given them notice that unless working plans in accordance with the prize design are forwarded in two months, the design of one cf tho other com petitors will be selected, and they (Graingor and D'Ebro) will have no claim to tho £'200 prize.

A lighthouse is in course of erection at the north head of Kaipara Harbour, and it is anticipated that tho light will bo ready for exhibition about December next. The light will bo a second ordor flashing white light, and will show a flash every ten seconds.

A Wellington telegram states that the Hon. Mr Woods, M.L.C., is no better, and it is feared he will not recover.

Labouring men in the city, when work is scarce, complain of the action of mem bers of the Lumpers' Union who accept em ployment on city and other works at less than the current rate of wage. It .seems, if tho complaint is well founded, a particu larly selfish and inconsistent action on the part of Unionists to drag down tho wages of another class who do not belong to their Union. No such Union can succeed which doe.o not respect tho rights and interests of other labourers,

The list of causes set down for hoaring at the Civil Sessions of tho Supremo Court, which open on Monday noxt, aro as fol lows :—Arakatcra and others v. Edwin Barnes Walker and others, a claim that a memorandum of transferee declared void ; Paul Puch v. North British,lnsurance Com pany, claim £500 for insurance : Thomas Peel v. Malcolm Niccol, claim £100 for damage dono to oharactor and £200 com pensation for damage dono to trade and businoss ; Robert Hudson v. Jamo3 Given, sonior, James Given, junior, and John Given, claim £1(10 for trespass and £50 special damages.

During the past three years, £000 has been paid to the insurance companies in premiums on Corporation property. Dur ing that period, however, tho companies wero mulcted to the extent of £500 through the fire at the Market.

"The Woman of the People " was played at the Opera House again last evening, and met with a very good reception from the audience. It is said that one lady in the audience was so much impressed with tha realistic character of the performance that she took a fit and had to be carried out of the building. This great drama is announced for repetition tonight for posi tively the last time, " The Flowers of the Forest" being in preparation for Saturday evening.

Mr Alexander Brodie, Chairman of the Thames County Council, whoso success as a lobbyist has gained for him the soubriquet of " the sturdy beggar,' has gone to Wel lington for the purpose of pressing a claim alleged to be due to the Council by tho Government in connection with goldfiplds revenue that has accrued from thp Ohpie muri district. ■ Mr Brodie has been Chair man of tho Thames County Council since the initiation of the County system in IS7O,

Therp was a crowded audience at St. Thomas's Church la3t evening, when thd new organ built by Mr Wilmott, of Pon sonby, wa3 dedicated by the Bishop of Auckland. The Bishop gave an instructive address, in which he referred at length to the antiquity of musical instruments in the worship of the Almighty. He also spokp of the objections taken to instrumental music in the worship pf the Creator, and called the attention of the choir and others to another danger—that of over-exaltation of instrumental music. The Revs. J. Bates, J. Haselden, W. Tebbs, W. Galder, Db. Purchas, J. W. Alloway, A. J. Hitch cock, E. Perciyal, W. Long, and L. Keating took part itj the service, and Miss Hamil ton, Messrs Hardwick, Bruce, Jones, and Major Pirie performed at tho recital, the service- being of a very satisfactory character. A. collection of £13 2s was taken up during the evening.

His Honor Mr Justice Gillies held a sit ting in Chambers this morning and disposed of a lair budget of applications. Probato of will was granted in re John Conway and Charles Lowson (deceased), while letters of administration were ordered to bo issued in re Mary Ann Warren (deceased) to the widower, sureties to be dispensed with. Upon a-rnotjon for djrectjons as to scrvipe of proceedings jp #n action (9 he brought to establish validity pf ;vf!f in yo Alfred Herbert .(deceased), hjs Honor' firfjpi'pd tliftt such au actjon should bp brought by applicant, the Public Trustee sboing .defendant. 'J.'hg grijgr nisi givpn IJfcßennetf; v. Harness was madp absolute, upon the application of Mr Speed. Mr Cotton moved in re Barton Iceland (de ceased) tljaf; tbo or*ler_ made therein shovild be varied by omitting therofroni "sny reservation to this Honourable Couvt to, grant probate to Henry Australia Perk(ns." His Efonoi' rjjl/sd that ther^ was no necessity for the proposed v/jrjati»n of the order.

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Two troops of calvary at Waikato, and also the Hawcni Light Horse, have been dis banded.

At tho mooting of the City Council last night the Mayor gave the history of tho initiation of street-planting in Auckland. Ho said the idea had been imported by some gentlemen who had visited Europe and seen the Boulevards in Paris and other continental cities. Cr. Waymouth asked if 0110 of those gentlemen was Mr Laishley, whereupon the Mayor caused a laugh by re marking there were no "cheeky boys" then.

ThuSt. Luko'a Vounir Moil's Mutual lm provomont Society held their usual weekly mooting last night, with the President; (tho Rev. (t, V!. Monro) in tho chair. Letters from members on vtirions subjects, suoli na " Punctuality," " Larrlkinum," " Tompor iinco," itc, were read ;iloud by the Ohair man Mid criticised by members. Tho Chairman then uniiounoed that a lecture on "Adventures and Opinions of Coloritlgo" would bo delivered by Mr Blackmail next Thursday. The meeting;, which proved both benclicwl and iiitorcPtinfr, was closed in t he usual manner.

Despite tho frozen meat trade, the number of sheep in Hawko's Bay district increased last year by over 25,000. Lamb ing is making Batisfactory progress.

Tho fortnightly meeting of tho Waste Lands Board was held yesterday afternoon, but the business done was of very slight importance. Mr J. C. Cairns applied for a lease of land on the Mount Albort Road, and it was agreed to allow him temporary occupation. With reforonco to Messrs Stevens and Oliver's application to lease tho Waikanno No. 1 Block, which is an en dowment of tho Auckland Institute, tho Council of that body wrote suggesting tho prudonco of holding the question of leasing the land in abeyanco until (.ho Council have obtained a special report as to the value of tho timber upon it. It was resolved to act upon this suggestion, and tho matter was therefore adjourned.

The Salvation Army is spreading faster than tho rabbit post. "Blood and (iro ' woro introduced into Napier last night.

Tho following cases woro disposed of yes terday aftornoon by Judgo Smith:—J. Har bourd v. Julia Garvlck : Claim, ;C2 7s 4d, wnges as cook, and HOs in lieu of notice. Mr Burton for plaintiff, and Mr Goorgo in defence. Evidonco was taken, and judg ment for plaintiiV, iris, was given without costs. Ollicial Assigneo in ro Win, Adams v. .Joseph Slator : Claim, £1 17s (id, for liquor, cash lent, and goods supplied. Mr Cavo for plain till. Judgment for 15a "d, a portion of the claim for liquors deducted ; costs, £\ 5s lid. U. T. Briggs v. I'rofessor Brooks : Claim £5, butchor's meat. Defen dant demurred to the claim on tho ground that plaintill' had promised to tako tho amount out in photographs. Mr Cottor ap peared for plaintill', and Mr T. Cooper for defendant, who acknowledged tho claim, and had promised to pay the balaneo beyond the price of tho pictures. Evidonco having been taken protty fully, Jlis Worship pro mised to consider the matter and give his decision at an oarly date,

Tho " Biblo Standard " for September is issued under :i now riyimt', with Mr (J. Aldridge as editor, and MrfleoigoSquirroll as publisher. There is no material altera tion in tho sizo and style of tho publication, which ropi'csoiits the religious views of the Evangelistic Association, including those of conditional immortality, resurrection, the coming reign of the Messiah, and tho final destruction of evil upon tho earth. The editor's address to his readers is, in brief, an exposition of tho principles of tho Associa tion. Tho Soptomborissue contains several articles of special interest, such as "The Naturo and Natural Destiny of Man," "Tho Advent," "A Terriblelndictmont," "Paul's Training as a Pharisee," and numerous solocted extracts, valuable for terseness and common sense, Thcro is also a poem of merit, "Who Touched Mo?" taken from " Wild Thymo," church news, and current events, with other items of interest to genoral readers ,

A meeting of tho creditors of Samuel Fergie, storekeeper, of Tuakau, was hold this morning, when it was resolved, upon the motion of Mr Buchanan, seconded by Mr Ross, " That tho wholo estate of Mr S. Fergio bo realised by Mr Matthew Hunter, of Mercer, as quickly as he may lind con veniont, at a commission equal to schodulo rate." The bankrupt's liabilities amount to £SOS 11s 7d (unsecured) and £(M 0 (fully secured), while his assets are stated at. £I,OSI (including surplus from securities).

Tho hiindsomoly illuminated address pre sented to Mr (J. Yon tier llcyde, on the occasion of his retirement from the presi dency of tho Auckland Deutsche Verein, is on exhibition atToutcnberg's, Queon<streot.

A man named J. H. C. Christie, who was yesterday sent soven years' to prison at Invercargill for arson is a regu lar "gaol-bird." In September, ISO.'), he received a sentenco in Dunedin of four years' penal servitude for rape ; aftor that iio was convicted of horse-stealing, receiving one month. AtChrigtcliurcli, in 1809, threo "uminary convictions were obtained against him for larceny. At tho Supremo Court in Invorcargill he received four years' penal servitude for larceny ; and two years after wards, -while in custody, ho escaped from gaol, and \vn<» sentenced to threo years' penal servitude. Two moro summary con victions woro obtained for larceny in Dun edin in 18S0. The prisoner had for tho last twenty years beer, little out of gaol.

Handel's " Israel in Egypt," which is to bo performed by the Choral Society in November next, is at once to be put in re hearsal, and with a view to a. highly ell'ee tive result, tho Ponsonby branch Society liavo been requested to forego their separate practices on Monday nights, and instead to attend tho Tuosday night ones in the Choral Hull.

Tho annual Baeholors' Ball took placo at Whangaroi on Wednesday, 27th inst., and passed off with groat t'cht/, About ICO persons availed thomsolves of tho line weather which prevailed during the day, and appeared on the fio.ir of the Public Hall, which had boon ongagod for the occasion. Groat credit-was duo to the Com mittee, Messrs Rust, Oroatbatch, J. Dent, Hammond, W. Carruth, and Wood, whose exertions were indefatigable to mako every thing pass oil' pleasantly. The hall was tastefully decorated with bunting, Chinese lanterns, and evergreens, which part of the work was under the personal supervision of Mr Buckhurst. Mrßustdischarged tho duties of M.C. in a most creditable manner, not a single hitch having occurred during the whole evening. Tho ladies wero most gorgeously dressed, such a galaxy of finery and beauty never having graced the floor before ; and where all were dressed so nicely it would be invidious to particu larise. The honour of "belle" was a dis puted point between about six aspirants, and we are therefore unable to mention who the fortunate beauty was. " The music for the dancing, oh, how divine !" was prescribed by Messrs Eady (violin), Hunter (cornet), O'Beirne (clarionet), and Ramsay (piano), who gave the fullest satis faction. A pleasing feature during the evening was the playing of the waltz, " MoonlightjDreams," which had been coin poaed by a local lady amateur, tho lady herself playing the piano part with the band wl)en it was rendered. Evoryone went homo highly pleased with their even ing's work, which concluded about 3 a.m.

Yesterday, at the Canterbury College hall, which was densely crowded, the diplomas of degreesoftheUnivorsity of New Zealand wero presented by Profossor Brown to tl)p follow ing Masters of Arts :—Louis Cronjn, Janette Grace Grossman, Joseph Penfound, Robert Francis Irvine, Henry Thpmas Purchas. Bachelors of Arts: —WilliamPercivalEvans, Robert Malcolm Laing, Arthur Jonathan Maynp, John Alexander Newell, John James Paterson, Win. Arthur Robinson, Edith Howitt iScarle, Win, Taylor. Addresses were dolivered by Professor Brown, Mr C. C. Bowen, and Professor Cook.

An American New Guinea expedition is in contemplation, if the " Washington Post" is to be credited. This journal states that J. W. Buel, who explored Russia and Siberia, and who has written a work on "Russian Nihilism," recently visited the State Department in company with Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, to ask tlio protection qf tho Government in a propospd exploraaion of New Guinea. He stated that ho would like to bo commissioned with out pay, the idea being to use the [ commission as a credential. It was fjnally ; arranged that Mr Bucl should go as the j accredited representative pf the Smithsonian ', Institute. My. B.udl asserts that the expe-' riition will leave next spring, its expenses ! being borne by a New York millionaire, whose name -will not be knci'wn vjntil exppdition departs. 4 schooner will be bf)ug!;t, pliarterpd, and fully ' equipped. There wpl be abqut fiO men fri tfe riarfy' jncludfng spientjsts. He adds,' (! I fj^pefit to be gpnp about eighteen months. I have * selected Jfpiy G)ufnft.a fpr exploration, first, 1 because so littlp is known of it, sccondly,arj^ because'it will not be many ys&rs before "it will be a\centre of intercut, It was first claimed byHhp Oniph, but their garrison dlpd pf malarial fever, and now England fj,nd Francje have their eyes upon it, But I tjfink it wjiU bp annexed to Australia, and piake ix pnrt of the South Sea Republic, which wild be formed when the Australian colonies rlevolt and cut loose, as the United States dim, from the niother.country,"

Hop culture is about to be established in Wellington. Messrs W. H. Levin and H. D. Bell, owners of an estate of 500 a:res at Lowry Bay, formerly belonging to the Go vernment, have decided to ascertain tho auitibility of the soil for hop growing, and arrangements have been entered into with Mr Stafford, son of the late Mr Hugh Stafford, an old settler in Nelson, for the establishment of the necessary gardens on a portion of their property. An area of 20 acres will be cultivatedin hops.

South Islanders are very sore over the defeat of tho Stout- Vogel Ministry and tho return to powor of Major Atkinson. At East Belt, Christchurch, last night, a meet ing of the electors "strongly censured " Mr lieese, tho member forStanmorc, for voting against tho Stout-Vogul Government, and doclared that ho did not possess the confid ence of the electors. At Clinton, Otago, tho Clutha electors have been showing their marked disapproval of Mr J W. Thomson's action in turning out the late Government. A collin supposed to contain the member's corpus vile, was taken to the cemetery in a buggy and pair, accompanied by a brass band and a large concourse of people. A guard was kept by some stalwart settlors, who refused the remains admission into the graveyard, as, being those of a traitor, they were not worthy of Christian burial. Tho coflin was then dipped in the sheep dip, and taken back to tho township, where, with all ceremony, it was burnt.

A man named Thomas Orr was consider ably bruised by a fall of earth at tho Sugar Company's works, Northcoto, yesterday.

Soino timo ago tho City Council communi cated with Messrs D. Kowell and Co., the eminent iron bridgo manufactures, of West minster, London, asking for plans and estimates of an iron footbridge for the Cemetery gully, and by the last 'Frisco mail throe designs came to hand. No. 1 represents an iron bridge on four frame piers of steel, tho deck being eight feot wide. Cost, X 750. No. 2 represents a handsomo .suspension bridgo, one span. Cost, £1,200. No. 3 is a cart bridge twonty feet wide, on steel piers of widespread. Cost, £3,000. The Council, at its meeting last night, docided to cable to tho manufacturers an order for a bridge in accordance with No. 1 design as soon as the Engineer has reported as to its stability, Mr Outhwaite, tho agont for a portion of the property, lias written to the Coun cil promising tho necessary conces sions, and no doubt this will be in corporated in an agreement during tho next day or so. Wo may add that the western approach to tho bridgo will bo tho right-of-way at the northern oud of the Church of England Cemetery. This right of-way is 1!5 feet wide, and tho Cemotory trustees have oilered tho Council an ad ditional lfi foot if they choose to movo the Cemetery wall. Tho total length to bo spanned by tho bridgo is 350 feet, and its greatest height will be (10 feet.

At. Dunedin yesterday a coroner's inrjucst took place on tho body of Tlios. Burns, who was shot dead the previous day. Tho two men who were with him alleged it was his own gun that went off. Dr. Coughtry, who examined tho body, deposed that in his opinion tho docenxud was not aliot by iho gun hold in his own hands. The pallets woi'O spread over a diameter of eight inches, and they would not thus spread at so short a distance The rounds also entered tho head transversely, and thore wore no marks of singeing or burning. Oospitothis evidence, tho sapient jury found n verdict of "Accidentally shot by his own j;un." Tho gun was found two yards from deceased's body, and in view of tho medical ovidonco tho vordict seems to presume that the gun had acted of it« own accord and with malice prepense. Tho jury should have indicted it for murdor.

" Canny Cumborland," who is jealous for tbo lionour of Cnrlialo,. writes in roforonco to a roply which appeared in our last night'n issuo:—" Tlio population of Carlisle at the present timo is nearer tifty than thirty thousand : but it i*> not from tlie amount of its population, nor from its anciont import anco ns the chief border frontior, that it is now colobrfited, but from its being the chief railway contre in the north of England. At, Carlisle the following lines meet within Iho largest railway station in England, which is enclosed by a glasH roof covering eleven acres :—The London und North western, the Midland, the Caledonian, tho North British, Glasgow and South Western, Mary port and Carlisle, Carlisle and Silloth Buy, and others."

In our advertising columns appears an inllucntially-signed advertisement conven ing a meeting for tho purpoßO of forming a Parliamentary Union or Debating Club in this city, tho meeting to bo hold at Kob son's Dining Rooms, Queon-streot, on Wed nesday overling next. Tho conveners aro desirous that tho members of tho socioty should represent every shade of political thought in the community. Societies formed on this basis have boen in exis tence in Great Britain for some years, and havo proved very popular, the .Manchester Union, for instance, having a membership of 1,000. During the past few months similar associations have sprung into oxistonco in tho colony, the most successful one, perhaps, being that having its location at Dunedin. Mr Stout is Governor of tho Dunedin Union, and Mr Murk Cohen, editor of tho " Dunedin Star," fulfils the onerous dutios appertaining to the position of Speakor, Wo cordially wish the Auckland Parliamentary Union every succosß, and trust, in tho words of the piayor that profaces tho businoss of the ITouse of Representatives at Wellington, "That all the measures will be for the peace, order, and good government of the colony."

Writing from Drury on tho wonderful in consistencies of tho railway tariff, a corres pondent says :—" I was very much in terested a fow duys ago witnessing a station-master, n guard, and another holp chosing a dog that had gnawed through his rope. Upon inquiry as to tho tariff for dogs, I found that these three men and all the redtapeism connected with tho due booking and security of tho animal, as well as the washing of it, of guard's van, risk of being bitten, and the carriage for somo 40 miles, only amounted to (id, for a dog weighing sGlbs. or more; at tho same time, a small box of potatoes, weighing Slbs., was charg able about 1b 7d. I can only exclaim— ' Wonderful!' "

A correspondent writes : —" It is con sidered that marine storp shops arc places whore pickers-up of unconsidered trifles may dispose of them without regarding the eighth commandment. In Auckland wo havo changed all that, for on entering a certain marine store a large placard just inside the door bears the inscription, '■ Thou, God, Seest Mo.'"

Tho complimentary conceit to Band master Morris will bo given to-night in the Theatre Royal, under tho patronage of the oilicers and members of the Volunteers and Auckland Fire Brigade. The programme sparkles with starry attractions, including; a performance by the members of tho Thes pian Dramatic Club.

The Devonport Naval Artillery are to have a special parado this evening. Mem bers will meet at the Victoria Wharf at 0.45, and proceed to Auckland by the 7 o'clock boat, where they will be met by tho various corps and the Band of the Auckland Garrison, and march from tho Wharf to tho Theatre Royal.

Tho new Fp.rpsters' Hall, Karangahape Road, \yill be opened by a banquet and ball on the evening of the 17th September.

A meeting of the Parrioll Cricket Club will be held this (Friday) evening at 7.30, in tlte Presbyterian School-room, P^rnell. All new members :vyo rxjquested fo be present,

Thp Auckland Hospital librarian acknow ledges with many thanks the receipt of a parcel o£ "London Journals " from the Auckland Clu,b; and also a very largo excellent miscellaneous collection o£ litcranir.o fvom ]V^ess.rs Cosgraye's, Quco'n-stl'cot, Auckland.

The Sunday Evening Theatre Choir held a practice last evening |n the' Young Men's Rooms, under tho leadership of Mr John Doucla3. '6f'the- music to be sung at the Roy. J. Hill's lecture on "John Bunyan," with lime li'Kh't views o£ tho Pilgrim's progress. A number of friends have kindly consented to assist tho choir on this occasion. Early appli-. cation for tickets is necessary.

Our pound rolls of Fresh Butter to morrow fyill' bo the best that we Ikivo ever offered • price, Is 2d per lb. Also just to hand a very- primo lot of dairy fed Hams and Bacon, Btl and Sra perlb; rich Canterbury and Pukokoho Factory Cheese, 7d per lb.' Auckland Provision Company, Rwht Corner Stall, City Market.— A. lieltany, Miinager. Under which King 2—Vogel or (Jrey, or who 1 While opinions are bo con(lictingas to who is the right man to'grasp the political situation at this critical' juncture in Ihe colony «h,Btory hilt one' opinion prevails as to, who is tbo best grocer. Eatdn'oußfct to; ,aye a Portfolio, }n the nc°>, Ministry. They'1 slioulfl niafce him -Minister of tnq In?or\0?V' for no man better undt'Wtands1 thp reqWementa of the (h.urn:v. mWthfin Eaton,1 Those who.ha-." t -' paid a" visit to the Co-operativ- e ;Vex t to tho Criterion Hotel, in n^, l3on . stree t, should do so, anri »»e his UIIO Taranaki butter, in rolls. IS per io! salt butter, from 6d; bacon and hams, from fld; jams. Od; beat white sugar, 3Jd; Island oranges, 10 for Is, and 100 lines equally as cheap.—[Advt.]

ItisWobtha Trial.—"l was troubled for many years with kidney complaint, gravel, etc., my blood bocamo thin, I was dull and inactive could hardly crawl about, and was an old worn out man all over, and could get nothing to help me until I got Hop Bitters, and now my blood and kidneys are all right, and I am as active as a man of thirty although I am seventy-two, and 1 have no doubt it will do as well for others of my age. It is worth the triul."— (Father.) Notice.

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF ItEPKESENTATIVES.

BY TKLKGKA.PH.-SPECIAL HEPOKTKR.)

Wkllinutox, this day. The House met last evening at 7.30, when there was a larger attendance in the galleries. Auckland Petitions. Mr Moat presented a petition from Kodnoy County Council praying that tho maximum amount that could be applied for under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, be reduced from £5,000 to £2,000, in order that poorer Councils might be afforded justice in grants. Mr Wilson presented a petition for a grant of land in consideration of military services from John Kilcolly, who was dis charged from the fifth Regiment at Auck land in 1867, and subsequently served under Yon Tempsky. Sir Georgo Grey's Policy Disclosed. Sir Georob Grey gave notice of his in tention to ask for leave to introduce tho / following bills:--(]) A bill to repeal the 1 Property Assessment Act and to substitute ' in lieu thereof a land tax ; (2) a bill to regu lato tho admission of porsons to practices in courts of law ; (.'!) a bill to substitute affir mations in lieu of oaths ; (4) a bill to reduce any sum that may be payable to and re ceivable by certain members of the Legis lature for their expenses or honorarium during the present session; (5) a bill to provide for tho construction of a harbour at Oisborne. Mißcellanoous Buninoss. Mil Lanok gave notice of his intention to move for tho appointment of a select com mittee to inquire into tho administration of tho Sheep and Rabbit Acts. Mr O'Connor gave notice of his intention to move on Wednesday next that, any deficiency in railway revenue should be made good by a tax to be levied on lands adjoining. Ministerial Statement. Major ATKINSON said that ho had so far succeeded in his task of forming a Ministry that six gentlemen had already been sworn in, as follows : — Majok Atkinson, I'romier and Com missioner of Stamps. Mr Wakkfiklh, Colonial Secretary. Captain Russell, Postmaster-General. Mb Hursthouhk, Minister of Lands, Education, and Agriculture. Hon. Oko. McLkan, Commissioner of Trades and Customs (in the Legisla tive Council). Mr Mitohblson, Minister of Public Works.

Thin left one portfolio vacant,and also one office in tho Executive Council unfilled. He hoped to have these appointment*! made within next week, and asked tho in dulgence of tlio House for a day or two. Next Tuesday ho'expected to bo able to in form tho House when the Financial State ment and Public Works Statement would bo ready for delivery, and ho trusted they would be laid before tho House at an early date. (Applause.) In the mentimo he would propose that the House at its rising do adjourn till to-morrow. lie proposed to night to ask tho Houho to grant supply Htitlicient to cnablo them to carry on for a short time. Tho amount would be precisely the same as that his predecessors had asked for, viz., £75,000 for tho Public Works Fund, and £75,000 for tho Consolidated Fund, being a total of L 150.000. This would carry on the business for a fortnight. (Applause.) No-Coulltlenco Motion Notified. Mr Stout said that on tho motion for ad journment he might state tho intentions of his party. Thoso intentions were not to opposo supply, because the gentlemen on this side of the House recognised the fact that tho business of the country should not bo interfered with, but at the same time the gentlemen on tho other side of tho Houso must recognise tho fact that the Ministry was only a revival of the old At kinson Ministry. Consequently he proposed at an early date to move that tho present Government does not possess tho confidence oftholloußO. (Cheers.) Tho Premier denied that the Govern ment was a revival of tho old Atkinson Ministry. Ho challenged Mr Stout to give notico of his vote of confidence now, and havo it taken at to-morrow's sitting. The motion for adjournment having been put and carried, Mr Stout rose, and admidst applause, gave notice of motion : —" That this House has no confidence in thepresont Ministry." Supply and Finance. Tho question of supply was then an nounced.

Sir Julius Vockl said tho Hon. Premier would surely not ask them to voto supply without making some statement of a financial character to the House.

Major Atkinson said ho did not propose to make any statement of tho nature in dicated.

Sir Julius Vocjki, said he considered it necessary that lion, gentlemen and the country should, at this juncture, knowsome thing regarding the financial position of the country. This, then, was tho state of tilings. There was yesterday cash in the colony from all sources for the Consolidated Fund and Public Works Fund amounting to £26,000; there was in London at the same time £255,000, £105,000 of which was ongagod for orders sont Home to tho Agent-General, leaving £150,000 in London and £20,000 in tho colony. As far as he could ?ee, revenue which would be coming in week by wook should not make it neces sary to obtain a further extraordinary act for consolidated revenue ; therefore further deficiency bills for the consolidated fund wore unnecessary. He was sorry that he could not say the same in reference to the public works fund, which he found to bo in a deplorable condition. The speaker wont on to criticiso the system of keep ing the public accounts of the "fcolony. In" concluding, he said ho hoped that tho Premier, who, was presumed to be also Treasurer, \rQuld not think tha.t this statement waa made from any ill-natured spirit, but it was not usual for the Premier to come down on the first night of his in stallation and ask fpr supply. The posi tion of the colony domnnded some statement respecting its finances, and as the Premier was not prepared to give it, ho had done so.

Major Atkinson asked the House if a single word that had been said by the lion, gentleman who had been speaking had any thing to do with supply. His remarks were wholly irrelevant. Every word that had been said in the hon. gentle man's speech had already been fully ex plained in tho Financial Statement which he addressed to tho House last session. ,Sir Julius Vogel had shown some of tho points in a different light, but ho did not tell them how he would do better. He agreed that there was not sufficient cash to carry on tho business, but he did not agree with what had been said about modes of procedure. The lime for his lion, friend to explain shortcomings i,n tho matter of finance would lpe when the Financial Statement was laid before the House. He denied that it was tho desire of tho House that any statement such as that indicated should be made, or that it was incumbent upon him to make i,fc. Ho replied at considerable length and with great effectiveness to, the. detailed cri ticisms "of S\v Julius yog"1- In con clusion, h,e salt} this matter Vfould have been more profitably djsci^ssecj if the debate haid coir^e on, wh,on the Statement was brought down, a,nd ho promised i,t nt an early date. Mi- Moss, asked if the. I"^em,ler did not think it olesirabje that the Financial Stato lne'nt should be delivered orally instead of from a printed document. The Premier replied in the negativej Supply Votc3,

Mr Thomson (Chlthajj was voted to the chair, and t|',o Bouse want into, Committee of guppiy, and voted the £130,000 asked for,. An Impress Supply Bill was introduced by the Premier, and passed through all stages, and the House adjourned till Friday after noon.

Wahanui Fats Not His I'ru^t \n M»ml)Brs. A good story is circulating in the lobbies about \Y^WW. It is sa,id that Sir George Grey mpt him, find had a conversation with the old chief about his business in W*1 lingtpri, the auvveys through tl" J7--" 1" pr-,i^ - •"ja[d P iok ou.t any member he 00 _v trust to advise him in these matters. Meeting Sir Georgo Orey snb«equently, Wahanui said he had taken his advice and looked round the House, and the only man he could trust was (here striking his own breast) himself!

Hunia Railway Station. In the House this afternoon, Mr Buckland presented' a petition from 48 residents of Hunia, praying for. improvements at the Hunia railway station.

THE SCULLING CHAMPION SHIP.

Beach and Hanian Again Matched.

(by cable—coi-YKiaitT.)

Sydney, August 2S. A match for the championship of the world and £500 a-side has been arranged between Hanlan and Beach, and will take place on the Parramatta River on the first Saturday .in May next year.

Match Between Clifford and Tcemor,

A sculling match has been arranged be tween Clifford and Teenier for £500 aside.

HANLAN AND CLIFFORD.

Match for £500 a-side.

Sydney, this day

A sculling match lias been arranged be- Ween Haitian and Clifford, to take placo within five months. The stakes are to be £500 a-side

SPORTING NEWS.

To-morrow's Races at Epsom.

Tub Kpsom Trotting and Racing Club hold their first meeting to-morrow, and should the weather remain line, there will doubt less be a good number to patronise the gathering. There are si.v events to bo decided, including a Schooling Hurdlo Jtace, throo Trotting Kaces, Novel Flat Race, and Hack Race. Very fair accept ances have been received for each, but as few of the competitors are known to fame, 1 do not caro to venture any "tips." The meeting takes placo on the old Epsom course, near the Junction Hotel, and the first race is set down to start at half-past one o'clock. HirpoNA.

The Great Metropolitan Stakes.

[itli DIKE'S CA lit lit: RAM,]

Syd.nkv, this day. Till-: following is the latest betting on the Great Metropolitan Stakes run on Tuesday next: — . r) to 1 arat. Wallanjjra (i — 1 — — Hastings S- 1 — OMCoour !l — Mulua Bavgo is first favourite tho Derby at 7 to

SOUTHERN FIRES.

(BY TRLKfiRAI'H. — I'RK.SS ASSOCIATION),

DONBMX, this day Uknnkmav'm general store, Wyndham, was

destroyed by fire shortly after midnight

yesterday morning. It is supposed to have

been caused by the overheating of the stove, liy a lire in tho sitting-room of the Apanua Hotel, Riverton, at three o'clock yesterday morning, n quantity of furniture, including the piano, whs destroyed. Some damage was also done to the buildings. A fire occurred ut Arawat^ira on Wednesday night. A cottage, the property of James Cameron, was destroyed. These properties were all insured, chiefly in the New Zealand and South British offices.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Foforo Messrs I'rime and Ncwmnu, AI Vs.) DmiNic.—Two men were punished by fine or imprisonment. .John Leonard, 10s, or 14 days.

Desertion.—Christian Staack, a foreign seaman, was charged with deserting from tho American shin Irene on the '20th inst,—Prisoner pleaded guilty.—Cap tain Horton said lie was willing to take tho man back when he was ready for sea, but in tho meantime he should like the prisoner to be caged, as he was a flighty bird.—l 4 days' imprisonment, and to pay costs.

Billy Bibtiy,—This well-known character was charged under the Vagrant Act with being an habitual drunkard, etc.—Guilty. —Three months with hard labour.

Attempted Suicide.—Michael Hayton was again brought up on a charge of attempting to poison himself.—Sergeant Gamble said he had been instructed by Superintendent Thomson to ask for a with drawal of this charge, as by sending prisoner to the SupremeCourtitwouldbeonly to put the country to unnecessary expense.—The Bench discharged prisoner in the hope that lie would take warning from the past, and do better in the future.

Lakcenies.—Jeffrey Hart, and Rose, his wife, were charged with committing sundry larcenies — (I) Sheets, tablo cloth, and other articles, value 17s Gd, the property of Walter Verney ; (2) .'SO yards woollen ma terial, etc., £2 17s Gd, the property of Alfred Hemingway; (3) blankets, handker chiefs, and collars, £1 2s Cd, the property of John Ewnrt —during the present month. —Sergeant Gamble prosecuted, and Mr Napier appeared in defence, and pleaded not guilty. — Emma Yerney deposed that her husband was a carpenter, and she lived in Wellington-street. She left the articles on the line on the night of the 17th. She missed the articles (produced) the next morning at 6.30. She recognised the articles by certain marks, and her hemming. Saw them in Mrs Hart's house. She was positive the things were her pro perty. The Harts's lived closp by, in Frederick Place, at the back of her fence. Mrs Hart was seen on her premises on the previous night.—Ooss-exa.min.ed by Mr Napier: Didn't know about knowing better. The clothes,, instead oi drying, got wetter. The weather was rainy for days and for hours. 'Twos impossible to get the clothes dry in the showers.—Walter Yerney, hus band of the preceding witness, deposed that he saw Mrs Hart on Sunday night passing through Mrs Eastwood's gate. He was a tenant under the owner. Subse quently the clothing was missed from the lme. Saw her in his back yard. She had no right there.—Constable Bernard deposed the Mrs Verney complained to him that her clothes had been stolen, giving an exact description of. them. He executed a search warrant, and found all the articles in Mrs Hart's house.—To the Ben.?,h :' He stood by while Mrs Verney pioked out the things^ Mr Napier, in addressing, said the m.&ls prisonerwa«arespectableworkinggax<3oner,~ and was in no way identified with the taking of the things. $ 6 was in the employ of Mr A. Sawders on that day, in layingoutthatgontleman'sgarden. Thaman wastotallyignorant of these lar.eeni.es,—The Bench dismissed the male pri.soner on this charge. The female prisoner was put into the box, and depose^, that sho purchased the goods at \M second-hand shop of Mr Macdon.aU in Hobson-strect, and the sheet sho bought elsewhere and stitched it with her hand machine. She possessed thesheet for twelve months.- The Bench dismissed the first case; and on the application of Sergeant gamble, the remaining cases were withdrawn.

This was'o,!! the business.

FOOTBALL MATCHES.

The following matches have boon arranged to take place to-morrow afternoon :

Newton v. Ponsonby.—Newton •> T Mills (captain), Hobson (2), Sexton, Smith, Salt, Mouldon, E. Mills, Porteous. Osmond. Pritchard Simp, 8011, Walker. Williamson. Kmerjrennv • \\ lutolcy. Ponsonhy > Maqky (captain), Wbite siflc, Anderson, Clayton, Buaund, Jones Hen derson. Skfcp,i (2), HcConnoll, Young, George Colbo.nruo, \yopUer. s *

Auuran v. GosnbK,—Albert: Stewart. Day mon, K. F. Hardwiek, Cole, Hidings. Goodman Goodaero, Cosson, Miller, McHugh, Lawrie! Jtruoe, llanka. Mackre, Smart. Emergencies- Andrews, and, PulmQti. Gordon: Ansonne, Ansley, Clayton, Crowe, Daw?on, Latimer Liisk. MeCansland, Moldrum (2), Poland. Ta whai, Webster, Wood, and Young. PaHNEW, t. Nswton Bkcond (on the Motro opj'tan Ground).-Parnell: Bruce (captain) Hill, Maekio, Schoiield. Frizoll Dot-W Edmonds, Tanira, F. Keetley, K. Kee(',,r. r^' nelly, Otway, Brown, and Hart. \Wr^n ?&«* Bullen, Smith, andVilkie. w; TO U^iinfi ? tain). Sexton, Lee. Be)' „, £;"™ toSAH° bl? (cap" M'ikin Miirni "n r - w)> ojms, 1 uton, Jones, Rowe"' Bn>™ ■ -"*&%• Sm' M- Molndoo. and V ,^X .0.-genciea: Coyle and Peace, . ' .uioria v. Home Bay (at Home Bay).—Vic imia : Brott, Swinncrton Si mertlclrt, Holly, Farquha'r, Waters, Wood, Bailey, Wynyard Spraagon, Quick. Slattery. Logan (2). Emer gencies : Grattan, Knodgrass, Grey, Gorman. Hlayera are requested to meet at the Union Bank to proceed by the 2.15 p.m. 'bus, Auckland v. Thames.—The following team will proceed to. the Thames tomorrow morning by the Kotomahana, leaving at 8 a.m. They will play a combined Thames team at Parawai: —Anderson. Bailey, Bipgs, Duncan, Gardner, Harvey, Keats, Madigan, Martin, O'Connor, Parker, Pilkington, Rocho, A. Stewart, and J, Stewart.

THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

(BY TELEGRAPH.-SPECIAL REPORTER.)

Wellington, this day.

Mr Tole's Refusal of Office,

I HAVE been furnished with a detailed ac count of the negotiations between Major Atkinson and Mr Tole re portfolio. Yes terday morning Major Atkinson had an in terview with Mr Tole, and asked him to accept ollice in iiis Ministry. The particular portfolio was not then mentioned, nor was it stipulated that his seat should be in the Upper Houso, although the latter was incidentally mentioned as an alternative. Major Atkinson, however, gave Mr Tole to understand that he looked upon him as the representative of the party, and would expect their support for the session. Mr Tole went away to consider the matter, and subsequently had another interview with Major Atkinson, when he stated that he was prepared to definitely refuse the offer ; that he could not pledge Sir George Grey or his party to support any policy that might be adopted by Major Atkinson's Ministry. Major Atkinson replied that Mr Tole had misunderstood him ; that he would not seek to pledge Air Tole or his party upon the question of land tax or any other matter in which they differed in principle ; that Mr Tole might specify any such questions, and he would be willing to give him an assurance that his accep tance of a portfolio would not commit him on those subjects. He would only expect a party support on motions of want-of-con fidence. He asked Mr Tole to further con sider the matter. In the afternoon Mr Tolo again waited on him and declined. Major Atkinson then urged him to accept a port folio unconditionally, without any attempt to pledge or commit his party. This Mr Tole also declined, and the negotiations ended.

How the Grey Party Will Vote,

It is generally understood that Mr Tole's refusal of a portfolio means the withdrawal of the Clreyit^s from Major Atkinson and their .!i :t:i i..:.j;ttion to vote for the want-of conlidence motion which Mr Stout gave notice of last night. It is known that some members of the party, probably the West Coast men, will decline to follow this course. Strange Attitude of Auckland Greyites.

Those from Auckland make no secret of their determination to vote with tho Stout- Vogel party on this occasion. I have en deavoured to arrive at the grounds which have produced this change of front in so short a time, and have gathered from different members three reasons. One is that they had been led to believe that Major Atkinson's views on the land tax had undergone modification, and they now find that he is wedded to the property tax. Another is that they expected that Major Atkinson would himself have refrained from taking a portfolio in the Ministry, and the constitution of the new Cabinet is un satisfactory. The third is that the portfolio offered Mr Tole was not a sufficient concession to the party, and that it was hampered by improper conditions which rendered it unacceptable. These are the reasons given, and the narrative telegraphed you of the negotiations between Mr Tole and Major Atkinson contains, I believe, an impartial and accurate account of what actually took place, so your readers can form their own opinions on the subject. As a reporter of facts, it is my business to set them down accurately. I cannot find that there is any promise from the Stout-Vogel party that any material alteration will be made in their Government or proposals if Mr Stout's motion is carried. The Government Majority. The Atkinson Government assert that thoy will be able to carry a majority with- ' out the Greyite votes, while the Opposition count at present on forty-seven, including the new recruits. The latter number would just tie. Wo shall hear more definitely on f this head when the motion is brought on. fe I The No-Confidence Motion. A meeting of the Stout-Vogel party was » :| hold at half-past five, when it was agreed that they should go on with the want-of confidenco motion, but that they would not obstruct supply. The intention was to give notice of the motion for some day next week, but the pugnacity of Mr Stout and Major - Atkinson leading to a sharp cross-lire whim Major Atkinson announced. Iris intention of making the Ministerial statement on Tuesday, led to a challenge from Major Atkinson for immediate combat, and Mr> Stout then gave notieo for to-morrow night. I hear it is probable that an amendment $ will be made upon the want-of-confidence motion, declining to accept it until the: policy of the now Government hats been laid , before the country. Financial Discussion. A financial sparring match occurred between Sir Julius Vogel and Major Atkin son in tho House last night. Sir Julius Vogel led off with statements recapitulating; the condition of the colonial finances, ana taking exception to certain modes of deal: ing with the accounts, Major Atkinson re~ taliated in a very effective speech, showing that every fact put forward by Sir Julius: Vogel was fully explained in his. last Financial Statement, and was not new to the House. The incident was interesting, as indicative of the criticism which is certain to be tho outcome of the presence, Vn the House of the tivo rival financiers.

Selfish Aims of Members tvad Parties.

A rather good politica-tneological riddle lias obtained currency. The question is— In what passage oi the New Testament did St. Paul forecast the present political situa tion ? The answer is—" One pays lam for Paul, and another for Apollos, but none is for Christ" (».a., the country.! Thishappily Hits off the actual Btate of affiiira here. A " Satisfactory" Ministry Wanted. The Opposition claim that thftra were thirty-seven at the caucus yesterday. Mr Pyke was among the number. He said he was prepared to knock down a Ministry every night_ until a satisfactory one was formed. His enemies are kind enough to say that this will never be until the Hon. V. Pyke sits on the Treasury benches. Greyite Support to the Government. ' It is expected that Mr Guinness, (a. Grey ite) will move the amendment to, the want of-confidence motion, declaring that the House will not condemn t\ ie Ministry before their policy has been The aovemmw* w hip last night refused a vpjr to *J r Caster, who wanted to go ; to ChrißtcWch. The present understanding is that the motion vriU be debated several days. Young P^'iftte, speaking on the position, however, , nave proceeded on the belief that a division ! would be taken to-night. Both sides claim they have a small ma jority ; and as matters stand now, the divi sion, if taken immediately, would be very close. If the debate is protracted, this may alter considerably one way or the other.

(BY TELEGRAM!—OH'N CORRESPCWiISST.)

A Canterbury Growl.

Christchurcu, this day* Tliis morning's "Lyttelton Times" g-ays : —The great question for the public to deter mine is, whether this Ministry deserves a fair trial. Its members one and all joined in the refusal to give their predecessors a fair trial. As far as deserts go, they deserve no consideration whatever. In having to sustain an attack before they have an opportunity of placing the financial and public works statements before tho country they are only getting the measure they dealt out to others —they are tha victims of their own bad precedent. The idea of the Premier, under the circum stances, talking about fixing days fop making these statements is quite charming It is, however, not a question of reprisals, which in war are not on their own merits approved of by authorities; but tba Government are for other reasons no'o entitled to a trial of their measures. For us in the South, it presents itself as _ a purely Northern Government, assisted by one Southern member ( a rene gade), and depending for the ir.ost part on Northern support. The late Government was attacked as a purely Southern Govern ment by men who cannot deny the fact that it was a far hotter balanced Govern ment, insularly Considered, than the one they have substituted. The South can have no confidence, in the Government as con stituted. The South cannot trust to the tender mercies of Mr Wakefield. More over, the country has pronounced against the Government of' Major Atkinson. The Premier last night denied most emphatic ally* that the present Government is the old Atkinson Government revived. That old Government was objected to be cause- it was regarded universally as undor the thumb of its Premier. The fact that some of its old members have been replaced by new men, who, with one exception, have always been staunch sup porters of Major Atkinson, and that ex ception a member with whom office appears to have been the first consideration, is proof that the new Atkinson Government is even more under Major Atkinson's thumb than the old Atkinson Government. Obedience to the verdictof the constituencies by which :, the present Parliament was constituted Sj| requires their instant,ejection from oiheft' Colonial finance must in addition be oyCfcii&i; hauled by indeoundent authoiifo^il^Li^MaM

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