AUCKLAND MONTHLY SHARE LIST.

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND FKODUCIi. MAItHB*,

FarmANDDAiiiYI'HODUCK.-Whole'nlo: But ter, fresh, Is and Is 3d; Butter, salt, Sd to lOd: Cheese, good local, Id; Canterbury do.. sd; Eggs. ficr aoz., 2s Gd; Lard, per bladder, 7d to 7Ja ; taconand Hams, Provincial, lid to 8tl; Hiuns, 8d to 9d ; Canterbury Ham and Bacon in cloth, none; Hams only, lid; Jams, por ease, Woz., £117s 6d to «I ISs. d; Hon-.v in bulk. Id per lb. Heuill: Butter, fresh. Is3d lsGd: salt do-., lOd to Is: Chccs*>, colonial,9d to lOd; __ggG,(.Tdoz.,2sfl_.; Lard, per lb, 8d to ild; Bacon. i.i't lb, lOd to Is; Hams, do., Is to Is Id. Vloui. Markr-i. -- Wholesale — Superfine flour, silk dressed, pcf ton, £1210s: do, do, liouse hold.£U 10s; hundreds, ss; llftios, 10s per ton extra, sacks and bags freo: Southern do, £11 to £1015a; bran, per tsn. sacks included, local. £0 Southern, do, £0; sharps. £0: cabin breod, do, £l»i oatmeal, do, £i-i; maize. Is Od to -ss; cats. &Gdto 2s 9d: potatoes, £3 5a to £310s Her ton: rjcaci barley, do., £23 to £21; bread, nor2lb loaf. 34ti. Kauri Gum. Flax, &o.—Tho market re mains unsettled. Wo quote: Poor ordinary, 36s co SSs; good ordinary, 40s to 13s; East Coast, i'Gt to £66. Produeo for May, to date. 310 tons; flax per ton, £18 to £21; tow, do., £7 to £9: fungus per lb, 2Jd to 3d; cocoanut fibre, per cwt, 15b to 17s ; beeswax, W to lOd lb. Coal and Firewood Market.—Cool: New castle (ship's sido). 28s to 30s per ton; yard, 32s to 355; Bay nt Islands, at yards, 26s 6d; sorecned, SOs 6d ; ditto at the mine, 13a 6d; ship's side, 2CS; Waikato, 8s to 12o; in Auokland, 18s to 225; Kamo, 12s per ton at loading ground; Taupiri at mine, 8s Od to i2s; at yard, 19s 6d to 225; Whangarei, at mine, 8s 6d; yard (steam), 17s; household, 21s; delivered, 235. Firewood: Uncut at wharf (cargo), 9s to 10s per ton; delivered, lis; cut, 17s to 18s. Buildino Materials.—Timber: Boards »nd eoantllng, 100 ft, best, lis; second-claso, 18s; beßt, planed, tonguod, and grooved, flrst-olass, 15s 6d; medium, 12s; seoond ditto. 10s 6d. Mills: Cargo.bost.lls; second-clrt...sss 6d; baulk, 8s 6d. New Zealand palings, sft (sup), 10s; sft (heart), JSb ; Oft. 14s: ti-treo rails, £3 10s por 10.; puriri posts. 66 10s to £7 10s; shingles. 16s por 1,000; Hobart palings, sft, 19s ; Oft. 21s: Hobart rails. 90s, selling quotations. Bricks (at Avondale), tOspor 1,000; town yards.SOsto 555; deliverod.sss to IJOs. I)min pipes (at works), por 100 (6 inohes bore), 40s; i inches, Us ; 3 inches, 9s; 2 inches, £2 10s per 1,000; socket glazed pipes, 19 Inches; 2s6d pcrfoot; ISinclios, 2s por foot; 12 inches. Is Od per foot; 9 inches, Is per foot; 8 inches, tkl por foot: 4 inches, 4d per foot. Manures.—Benodust, Sydney, £710s to £810s, according to quality; bonenour, £910s; Auckland £7 to £S 10s: Poruvian guano, £18; Maiden Island, £S: Huon guano, small lots, £5 to £0, bags included; Hurst's chemical manure, £1 10s.

That portion of the Remuera estate not previously disposed of was submitted for sale by public auction at Messrs Tonks and Co.'s mart on May 19> I_ot 25 fetched £127 10s per acre, purchased by Mr ,Goorgo Heron ; lot 31, £250 per acres Mr A. Carrick; lots 32 and 33, £240 per acre, Mr J. Bennett; lot 34, £285 per acre, Mr B. J. Daveney; and another lot of 4 acros, occupied by Mr Thorpe, was bought by Mr J. Bennett for £900 per acre.

SHIPPING.

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

In tho following list of arrivals-and departures we give only such as aro likely to bo ot interest to Home readers :—

ARRIVALS.

May 2—British King, s.b., Kelly, from London. May 3—Thomas Russell, b.s., Payne, from London. May 4-Zealandia, P.M.f.s., Webbor, from Ban Francisco. May 6 —Himalaya, barque, Culbort. from Dunedin. May 20—Crusader, ship, Scotland, from Lon- May 21—Penguin, s.s., Cromarty, from Fiji.

DEPARTURES.

May 3 — Zealandia, P.il.s.s., v oooor, lor Mayo— Robccca Crowoll, barque, Crowell, for Now York. _~. May s—Penguin, s.s., Cromarty, for Fiji. May 7—British King, s.s., Kelly, for London, Via tho South. __ , May 7—Peerless, brigantine, Heays, tor New Ybrk May 12-Stanley, barque, Clauser, for Sydney Island. • . ' May 17—Loch Bredan, barque, Cumming, for London.

LOADING.

Rangitikci, ship, Cummings, for London. Alastor, barquo, Glazobrook, for London,

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING,

Lyttelton.—May I—Sailed : Tongariro, s.b.', for London, with gold valued at £29,217. May 7—Sailed: Linlithgow, ship, for London. May 15-Sailed: Ralph AY. Haywood, for Cork or Falmouth. . _, n. Port Chalmers. — May I—Arrived: Esper once, barque, from Mauritius May 11 — Arrived: Aorangi, from London. May IS— Lyttelton, ship, from London. May 19- Waimate, ship, from London. Timaru.—May 9- Sailed: Latona. barque, for the United Kingdom, with grain. [Tho Latona subsequently put into Port Chalmers, having encountered heavy weather, during which her pumps were choked.] .'.,-■'»_■ _v. a Nelson. May U-The ketch Prospect, bound from Ferntown to Nelson with o cargo, when running into Astrolobe through stress of weather, became a total wreck by striking on the reef. She was owned by Mr J. C. Burford, and was valued at £200. The vessel was un insured. I

The brig Rio Grande was stranded on May 1, and soon after beoanie a total wreck. An inquiry into the loss ot tho New Zealand Shipping Company's barque Loch Fyne was held onSfey 19atLyttelton. Theevidenceof theChair manof tho Underwriters' Association and the Harbour-master wont to show that tho vessel left Lyttelton in excellent trim, and with suffi cient free boards. She had 1,600 tons o£ wheat, which was insured by Robort Paxton and Co. for £16,000, which was the lull value of cargo and nrofit. She had 26 tons less cargo than on SS? Eat voyage. Evidence of two stevedores was to the otlect that on ono side she was under Pliiusoll's mark, and on the other awash ot It; also that sovoral truck loads of tho cargo were dumped into her of tof going into the stream and the Marine Survoyor had loft Tho Marino Surveyor bad been subpoencd, but was out of the colony. The ovidence is to be forwarded to he Board of Trade London.

THE THOMAS RUSSELL.

Tho Waikato Coal Company's new steamer Thomas Russoll, which arrived on Saturday, May 3 is in charge of Captain J. K. Payne, late of the barque Aleestis. The steamer, w__ich is a steel vessel of 252 tons ctosb register, wm built by Messrs Forrest and Sons, of Lon don her dimensions being: Length, 140 feet; beam 23 feet; depth of hold, 8 feet 6 inches. She is nttcd with three wator-tight compart ments which would contributemuoS towardsher Sfety in the event of any ace.ie nt tome.hull. Tho engines, supplied by J ; Hall, ilarttow, are compound surface condensing and equal to 60 horabpower-nominal, and the boiler is a multi tubular one by Messrs Honge and Sons, Mill wall Tho Thomas Russell is provided with accommodation for a few passengers in cabins tuuatod under tho bridge on the starboard side, the officers' cabins being on the opposite side. The following is the report of the passage out:- Left the West India Docks on December 23rd tost- was dotained in tho river until tho 28th by drase fogs. Sailed from Dover on tho morning of the 29th at 8 p.m. The Straits of Gibraltar were reached on January 12th. after which moderato easterly winds and fine weather S-^aUed to Malta, where the vessel arrived 5u the 19th. SaUed on 22nd reached Port Said on tho 28th, and entered,the Canal at 10.30 a.m. next dayi arriving at Suez at 2.15 a.m. on the 31st, and proceeded Moderato to fresh N.E. monsoons werei met till arrival at Colombo on the-MHi, at 6-« jMB-t where a stay of a few days took.placei to effect a few slight repairs, coaling, &C.. the . essol proceeding on her voyage on March 4. J erf strong S.E. trades wero met with, and veiy heavy head seas, thus retarding the vessels progress. Albany was reached on April J, and left on the afternoon of the 9th. Bass's Straits were cleared on the 18th. :North Cape of New Zealand was passed on tho Ist mat., and Auck land harbour reached late on Saturday after noon. The Thomas Russell will be docked here, after which she ia to take up the coal trade on the Weßt Coast,

THE P.M.S.S. ZEALANDIA.

The P M s.s. Zealandia arrived at 7.30 p.m. on May _ ' Captain Webber reports having left San Francisco April Hth at 2 a.m.. discharged pilot off Golden Gate at 4.30 p.m. on nth-Apnl, passed s.s. City of Sydney April 2 at 6.50 a.m., took pilot off Honolulu, and at 10.40 a.m. same day discharged pilot off Honolulu, received Auckland pilot at 6 pjm. on 4th May, arriving alongside wharf at 7.30 p.m. For firet 2 days Zealandia experienced strong head winds, afterwards to Honolulu variable light breezes! detained off Honolulu on the morning of the 20th April G hours owing to dark night and thick rain, Honolulu to 3" South experienced variable breezes witbfino weather throughout. thence toTubula light head winds with head sea. thenoe to port light to moderate head winds with heavy head swell and fine weather. Passengers for Auckland :-Mr H. Stewart, Mr J. Wight-nan, ...,.i s steerage. Tho Zealandia resumed her voyage to Sydney at 1 oiclock this morning. Passengors from Auckland .-Messrs W j Offer. A Bf-Donald, W. Cavanagh, Mrs Webber and 5 steerage.

THE SHIP CRUSADER.

The ship Crusader dropped anchor oil'the end of Queen-street Wharf shortly beforo midnight on May 19, and tho next morning her pas sengers woro passed by Dr. Philson, Hoaltli Olllcer. Tho Crusader is ono of tho smartest vessels in the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Com pany's fleet, hor tonnage being 1,058 tons. This is her first visit to this port ,and, as woTliave bo fore stated, she comes under command of Cap tott Scotland, late master of the barquo Clen lora. Mr Stroeter ocoupies the position of chief ofllcor, and Mr Jackson is socond ofliccr, Tho Crusader left ljondon on Feb. 7, and Start Point on the 13th, Encountered heavy W, and S.W. gales for 10 days. Got N.K. trades in 20" N., and lost them in 2"N. Got S.K. trades in r South, Thoy proved light, and were lost in 20° SoV.th, the Equator having been crossed en March 9th. From thenco to 40" S. encountered light variable winds and flno Weather. The Easting was mado between 48" and 50° S., tho winds being for tho most part Tight and variable. Ice was seen in latitudo 48" 5' S. and between 45* and 55" K. Passed Kurguilon land on April 22nd, and Tasmania on May 6th, and from there strong northerly winds and heavy gales prevailod for eight Days. Made Threo Kings on May 18th, alid from thero to port had light variable wind and fine wcathor. look pilot on board at 5 p.m., and anchored in port at 11 p.m.

THE LOCH BREDAN.

Tho following are tlie items and value of the cargo shipped per borauo Loch Bredan, which i« ready to leave for London with the first favourable wind :— Copra, 220 tons, valued at .. .. £3,672 Wool, 629 balos 13,323 Tallow, 181 casks 1,730 Gum, 3,150 cases .. .. .. 10,192 Gru.a sued, 100 socks 150 Leather. 84 bales 3,570 Raw Cotton, 18 bales .. .. 139 Peas, 100 bags 100 Phormium, 234 bales 480 Manganese, 100 tons 150 Shark bones, 13,379 40 Horns, 7,298 30 Glue, 7 bales pieces S3 Hair, 2 bales .. SO Fat, 12 casks ~ .. .-. 17 Bark, 5 tons .. .-. .. 25 Spelter, T39 ihgots .. .. .. 7S Pearl sho:l, 12 eases 85 Curios, 1 case .. 30 Sundries .. .. 70 Total value £10,002

The British King.—A Meat Successful Voyage.

The steamer British King dropped anchor off the end of Queen-street Wharf about midnight on Moy 2, thus concluding a fine passage of under 4S days (including stoppages) from London. Dr. Philson, the Health Officer, visited tho vessel this morning, and presented Captain Kelly -with a. "clean bill," the passengers being in excellent health. Sickness has been un known during the voyage (oxcepting in ono instance, whon a child named Wm. Holt died on May 1, two days before ar rival), and in this respect tho British King's voyage has been a remark able ono. An inspection of the im migrants' quarters proved them to be of an exceptionally good character, every apartment Deing roomy nnd well ventilated. The single men were quartered forward, tho married couples amidships, nnd the single women aft, each place being in a scrupulously clean condition. Our repre sentative who visited tho vessel was cour teously received by Captain Kelly ond his officors, who appear to bo great favourites with all on board, ond to these gontlemen wo are indebted for oil necessary informa tion respecting the steamer, her voyage, and for lilos ot both English and Cape of Good Hopo papers up to latest dates.

Report of the Voyage.

Tho following particulars of tho voyage were supplied by Captain Kelly : —Left the Royal Docks, London, on Thursday, 13th March; proceeded down the river, and anchored at lower lightship for tide. Experienced fine weather in Channel, and arrived ut daybreak at Plymouth on loth March. Embarked immigrants, and sailed at 3 o'clock p.m. same day. Experienced fresh southerly winds crossing the Bay, which continued to Teneriffe, arriving there at 5 o'clock p.m. on the 20th. Received coal on board and sailed at 7 o'clock a.m. on 21st; light N.E. in the trades, with cool and pleasant weather to equator; had strong, steady south-easts to the Capo; experienced a dense fog off Table Boy, and arrived at Capetown on Monday, 7th April, at 6 o'clock a.m. Sailed from Capetown at 2 o'clock a.m., on Bth April, and ran out easting down upon tho parallel of 46°, with variable weather. Iv longitude 100° had a, severe gale from cost south-east, which lasted four days. When off Tasmania on Sunday, 27th April, signalled the ship Crusader (sup posed) steering as ourselves. Experienced easterly -winds on the coast. Had the death of an infant on Board during_ the voyage. Passengers free from all serious kind of sicknesß. Total time upenpossage, 47 days. 21hrs. 12mins. ; stoppages, at Teneriffe and Cape of Good Hope, ldy. 15hrs. 3mine.; actual steaming time, 46dys. shrs. 41mins. Testimonials. The cabin passengers and immigrant* have afforded proof af their appreciation of the manner in which they have been cared for during the voyage by the presentation^ of several testimonials of a most flattering character. Captain Kelly received one from the cabin passengers and ono from the immigrants, and the services of the Doctor and the Matron were recognised in a similar manner. The testimonial presented by the immigrants to Captain Kelly being of a lengthy character we are unable to' reproduce it in full. We extract the following:— "Dear Caplaiu Kelly,—lt has been a source of pleasure to us on every occassion to see you accom pany your officers on usual rounds of in spection, and to observe that in every in stance you took care to see that our wants and comforts had been attended to, and to notice your gentlemanlike bearing and con duct in the discharge of your onerous duties. In addition to our creature wants, you havo not been unmindful of our eternal, by assembling us together each Sunday morning and conducting the service of _ our good andrevered Church of England in a most impressive manner. On requesting your acceptance of this address on the eve of our departure from your care and pro T tection, we trust you will receive it as the sincere and spontaneous expression of our feelings and regard.

Passengers. D. Morton. F. A. Hurry, Mrs Crow and family (3), G. P. Gardner, E.-S. Dnlley. Mr and Mrs Jones and three children, Mr P. Argall, Mr W. Napier. Mrs H. Pool, Mr H. Strimgways. She brings 315 immigrants, including 19 for Hawke s Bay, 41 for Wellington, 14 for Taranaki, 15 for Westland, 7 for Nelson, S for Marlborough. 72 for Canterbury, and 115 for Auckland. The following is the list of the Auckland immigrants (excepting thirty received on board after the list was made up):-Williaiu, Johanna, Kate, and Hannah Barrett; Thomas and Frances Hoskins; Frederick and Caroline Hoskins and infant; Christopher, Mary, Georgo, Frank/Harold, and Lucy Leek; John, Ellen, and Herbert Leigh ; Charles, Lucy, and Harriet Lippitt; Harry, Mary, and Harry Morns; John. Sarah, and Harriet Oldbury; Ferdinand, Lraiot, Bertha, and Esther Peltzer; Thomas, Phillis, John. Kate, and Richard Pringle; Arthur and Mary Smith; James, Eh_mbeth, Jane, Mary. Janet, Mary, and Agnes Smith: Tames and John Barrett, Giovanni Bond and wife? Walter Bradley, David Braner Patrick Farrell, Daniel Fitzgerald.. Peter Gillan. Carl Glinke Alfred Haine. Martin Hanron. William Henderson, Herbert Hough, John Keith. John Kelly Henry Moorhead, John Morris Martin Muffins, ErnestQuerer, Jamesand David Roach SraTßbbinson, Edward Russell. W. Stewart, Wm Turnbull. Wilhelmine and Anna Audt, EUen and Mar> Barrett, Mary Barry, Esther B?a&n?Mary iJradley, Pauline Braner, Mania Clarke. Ann Constant, Mary Curtin, Alice n-SrfeL Bridget Fitzpatrick, Annie and Kate G_&*rvJGydia Henderson. Eliza Hoffings wOTth FlorencTand Sarah Hoskins, Sarah SS Lydia Johnson, Bridget Lawlor, Mary Lewis Raohael Longsford. Bedelia Lyons, Jessie jSSvSTaSe?Sd Mary MoDonaJd, Ellen SSSS. Mary Mcßobert, Mary *»S*&. Lucy, Caroline. Florence, and Lucy Morris, Ma_y Nesbit, Fanny Noble. Emma Pick. Amue Roach, Jane Robinson, Eliza SPB^' ]$% Stampyle. Mary White, Elizabeth and AUce Williams.

The single women immierants who arrived by the British King were enter tained at the Howe-street Home on May 5 by the lady associates of the Girls' Fnendly _Md Society.- About 100 sat down to tea,

'j?e tSblbh being presided over by Mrs ftteCosh Clark, Mrs J. B. Russell, Mrs Boardman, Mrs Masefield, Mrs Dawson, Mrs F. Quick, Mrs Mclndoe, Mrs Calder, Mrs Kenderdine, Misses Russell, Miss Puckey, Miss Nolan, and Miss Mays. The following ladies also sent contributions, but were unable to bo present:— Mrs Thomas Moi-rin, Mrs J. Chambers, Mre Lennox, and Mrs Furby. The subsequent gathering frail (.resided over by Mr O. Mays, Wh'O) lifter a complimentary speech, jhxaehtod Miss Hall, the matron, with a timepiece and workbox, which had been purchased by the united contributions of the girls under her charge. Miss Hall briefly expressed her acknowledgments. Musicial selections were then given by Mrs McCosh Clark, Miss Woolnough, the Misses Russell, Miss Puckey, Mr J. Ryan, ond Mr Hales; and the following pas sengers :—Miss Wood, Miss Colo, and Miss Williams. Tho children of the institution, under Miss Jackson, sang two hymns, Mrs McCosh Clark accompanying them on the piano. An address was delivered by Mr J. B. Russell, and votes of thanks terminated the proceedings. During the coul'so of the evening the Chairman took occasion to apologise for the absence of Miss Jervois.

The kotch Prospect, bound from Fern town to Nelson with a cargo, when running into Astrolobe through stress of weather, become a t»tal wreck by striking on the reef. Sho was owned by Mr J. C. Burford, and was valued ot £200. The vessel was uninsured.

An effort is to bo made by the Northern Steamship Company to further open up the trade between Norfolk Island, Noumea, and this port, by establishing regular steam communication. It is proposed to place on this trade tho s.s. lona, which, for sevoral months post, has been laid up and thoroughly repaired. Sho will probably re main in chargo of Captain Amodeo.

Sir G. M. O'fiorke is drafting a bill con stituting a Harbour Board for Onehunga, and intends to lay it beforo the Onehunga Chamber of Commerce at its meeting on Friday, May 1(5 Tho Chambor has passed a resolution affirming its opinion that the proposed Harbour Board should havo control ovor the whole of tho Manukau, and also of tho Onehunga wharves.

A meeting of tho newly-formed Mercan tile Marino Association was held on the 2'2nd May at tho Waitemata Hotel. Captain D. H. McKenzie occupied the chair. Rules for the guidance of the Association wore adopted, and the following officers ap pointed :—President, the Hon. E. Mitchel son, Minister of Public Works ; Vice-Presi dents, Captains H. F. Anderson nnd D. H. McKenzie ; Treasurer, Mr H. VV. Hender son ; Secretary, Mr G. Yon der Heyde; Committee, Captains Alexander McGrogor, H. Elliott, J. Nearing, J. McKenzio, J. Robinson, A. Farquhar, H. Wilson, W. Hargreaves, Mossrs G. VV. Owon, D. Oxley, E. Waymouth, C. B. Stono, and Thwoites. A letter from the Victorian Association was read requesting information respecting the Auckland Association, and offering te co-oporate as far as possible The meeting concluded after passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

The Now Zealand ShippingCompnny 'slorge steamers, upon arrival here havo jup to the present boon supplied solely with coal from VYestport, but nn exception wos mado in the cose of the British King, which, in addition to 330 tons cool from tho West port Coal Company's Wniatca, will receive a trial lot of 100 tons Kamo coal. This latter lot is to be tried as an experiment, und if it proves suitable, larger quantities will no doubt bo required in the future.

News was received by Superintendent Thomson of a most unfortunate accident on the Waiknto River, which has resulted in the loss of considerable property. From the report of the occurrence furnished by Constable Rynn, it appears that the Waikato Steam Navigation Company's steamer Delta, Cellom, master, which left Mercer on Saturday night for Cambridge, having a largo bargo in tow, was swamped opposite Rangiriri, and sank in 20 feet of water. The bargo contained a valunblo cargo of clover seed and other merchandise. All offorts to snvo tho cargo proved useless. It is valued by Mr Williamson, tho agent, at £3">o, and "the loss falls upon tho Com pany.

The steamer Kangaroo, with a cargo of coal, lott Westport for Lyttelton on Thurs day, May I, and all wont woll until reaching off Capo Compbell, at 11 o'clock n.m. on Friduy, May 2, whon tho steamor, which was under command of Captain Dyball, struck heavily on tho rock outside the eastern reef of tho Capo. It was discovered that tho steamer was making water, and that fast. As tho only course open to him, Cnpt Dyball headed the vessel for the shoro, with the idea of saving both lifo ond property. Tho vessel's course for tho bonch wns con tinued for twenty minutes, whon it was found that tho water was gaining so fust that all bonds wero ordered to stand by tho boats. The order had not boon given too soon, ns when tho boats wore a few yards from the steamer blio gradually settled down and disappeared, with the exception of her fore and mizzen topmasts. Tho officers and crew of the ill-fnted vessel numbered about 10, and there was only one passenger on board who intended booking at Lyttelton for Melbourne. Nine of those on board took the life-boat and steered for the bay to leeward of the reef. Thoto in the smaller boot ran beforo tho wind, endeavouring to find any nook -whoro they could land in Binooth water. Thoir critical position was fortunately noticed by those on board a small trading schooner, the Ocean Bird, who pursued this portion of the ship wrecked crew, and took them on to the mouth of the Wairau River (Blenheim). She is insured in the National Office for £5,500, reinsured thus:—South British and Victoria,£6so each; New Zealand.equitable. Union, Thames, and Mersey, £500 each j Standard, United, Commercial, and Marine, £250 each.

The plans of the proposed Calliopo Graving Dock, upon which Mr William Erring ton, C.E., has been engaged since his recent appointment as Dock Engineer, were submitted to the. Harbour Board this afternoon. The' design is an en tirely different one to that submitted by .Mr D. E. McDonald some time ago, but no. alteration has been made in the dimensions, which wero provided for by resolution of the Board. It is estimated that the Dock will bo con structed-according to 'Mr Errington's plans for a sum within the specified limit of, £120,000, this amount cover ing both the cost of dock and necessary machinory. A great saving hss been effected on the cofferdam works. In stead of the larger cofferdam which was previously recommended, it is now proposed te placo the dock about 100 feet further in shore, thus reducing the size of the necessary cofferdam to about 250 feet. Tho inten tion is to excavate all the Dock bo as to got the full depth of 34 feet outside the entrance at high water of ordinary spring tides. Another saving is expected to bo in the con crete work. All tho body of the Dock itself is to be of cement concrete, the specifications providing that the material shall withstand a tensile strain of 3501bs to the square inch. This concrete has been used with great success in the Royal Albert Docks at London, and it is proposed to make the concrete for the Calliope Dock of stronger proportions than that used at Home for similar works. The entrance is intended to be faced with atone aehlar work. Accord ing to the original design, the engines,. Eumps, and caisson were to havo een placed on the seaward side of the Dock on the reclaimed foreshore. It is now intended that they ehall be situated on the solid rock on the landward side, thus avoiding the necessity for ex pensive work to reach the foundations. A slight alteration has been made in the position of the Dock, which has been slewed somewhat to the westward with the object of preventing any possible silting. It now lies almost due north and south. The proposed dimen T sions are : Length, 500 feet; width at entrance, 80 feet; depth on sill at high water ordinary spring tides, 33 feet. Mr Errington is quite satisfied that the Dock, with machinery, can be built according to the present design for loss than £120,000. Should the plans be adopted by the Board, they will be forwarded to His Excellency the Governor for approval by Order-in- Council, and tenders will be called for the work immediately thereafter.

The marriage of Mr A. Y. Hay, junior accountant at the Bank of New Zealand, to Miss Colbeck, daughter of Captain Colbeck, took place on May 21 at St. Mary's Church, Parnell. There was a large attendance of spectators. Miss Ada Colbeck was brides maid, and Mr Harry Henderson groomsman, while the ceremony was performed by Rev, G. ,H. S. Walpole, M.A. The wedding breakfast took place subsequently at the residence of Mr Keader Wood, Parnell. Amongst the guests were Mrs Sam. Morrin, Mr and Mrs Watt, Mr and Mrs Tonks, Mr and Mrs Page, Mr and Mrs Chamberlin, Mr Arthur Colbeck, Mr and Mrs Reader Wood, Mr and Misses Roskruge (2), Mr and Mrs Anderson, and Miss Mary Anderson. The toast of " The Bride and Bridegroom" was proposed by Mr Henderson, and duly responded to, and various other toasts cus ternary on such occasions Moved,

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS.

BIRTHS.

BELLHOUSE.-On May 20th, at Eden View Cottage, Russell-street, Arch Hill, the wife of Wm. Bellhouso, of a daughter (Mary Ethel wyn). OLAKKE.-On May 8, at her residence, Albert street, Mrs John Clat-ke of a daughter. COGHLAN.-On tho 9th May. 1884, at tho Auck land Turkish Baths, tho wifo of H. Coghlan, late Battery Sergeant-Mojor Royal Artillery, of a son. Both doing well. Sydney papers please copy. CRAIG.—On May 17, at her mother's residence, Franklin Koad, the wife of M. Craig, North ern Wairoa, of a daughter. Both doing well, DINNISON.-On May 21, at Bolmont, Remuera Mrs Wm. Binnison of a son. EDWARDS.—On the 20th April, at Ponsonby Terrace, Ponsouhy, the wifo of W. J. Ed wards, of Papatoltol, of a daughter. FAIL.—At her residence, Ea»t-stroet, Newton, the wife of E. H. Fail of a son. FIELD.-On May 3, at horreeidonco, Ponsonby, tho wifo of A. O. Field of a son. Both doing well. FOLK V.—On May 18th, athor residence Perient Farm, Howiek, tlie wifo of Thomas Foley of a son, GIBLIN.-On the 7th Soptombor, at Wonona, St. Stephen's Koad, Parnell, Hie wife of N. F. Glhlin of a son, HKNDERSON.-On May 22, at Shelly Beaoh Road, Ponsonby, the wifo of Henry Henderson of a son. HONEYCOMISE.-On May 14, at Nornian-st., Rooky Nook, the wife of William John Honoy combo of a son. Both doing woll. IRVINE.—On April 20, at hor residoncc. Gaol Road, tho wife of Arthur Irvino of a daughter. —Thames papers please copy. LUSH.-On April 27, at Hwolmo Cottago, Ayr street, Parnell, the wifo of J. Martin 11. Lush of a son. MARKS—Mny 2nd, at hor residence, Wolling tou-siroet, Mrs Charles Marks of a daughter. MAUTIN.—On May », at Glon Eden, Grafton Road, Mrs «. A. Martin of a daughter. MASON.—On May 11, at Dublin-strcot, Ton sonby, tho wife of John Mason of a daughter, MATiIItESON.—On May loth, at her residence, ltoinuoro, tho wifo of C. 11. Mathloson of a son. MoMUIIKICH.-On May 3, at Norman's Hill, Onehunga, tho wife of Mr U. MeMurrioh of a son.—Westjiort papers plcaso copy. Mcl _ WAN.-On April 20th, at her residence, Seullcld View ltoad, the wifo of Mr Andrew, McKwac of a, son; both doing woll. MINOIf Kit.—On WednuHdiiy, 11th inst., at her rnsidoiioo. Burns-street, Great North Rood, the wifo of Thomas Mincher of a son. PARTINGTON.—On May 17, 1881, at Norfolk street, Ponsonby, Mrs 11. G. Partington of O daughter. SAVKRS.-On May llltli, at her residence, Mt. Eden, tho wife of W. J. Sayci'B of n son. SCOTT.—At Parnell, on May 13lh, tlie wife of J. R. Scott of a sen. SECCOMBE.—On May 5, at Greonroydo, Great Northern Brewery, the wifo of Ernest C. Sec combe, Esq., of v son. SOMEUB,—On May 4, 1384, ut hor residence, Nelson-street, the wife of F. W. Somors, tobacconist, of a son. Both doing well. SOMKRVIL_.E.—On May 5.1881, at Wollesloy stroot West, the wile of W. Somervillo of o daughter. STAFFORD.-On May 4. at hor residence, Lornu-stieot, Auckland, tho wifo of Mr D. Stailbrd of a son. STANTON.—On May 13. at hor rosidonco, Lin ooln-sU'cet, Ponsonby, Mrs Alfred Stanton of v son. ■■;■'■,:. j TEUTENBURG.—On April 22, athorroßidonoo,; Wellesloy-fltreot East, tho wifo of Karl Tou tenburg of a son. VAUTIKR.—On May i, at hor roaldoncc,; Canada-street, tho wifo of T. G. Vautlor of n daughter. Both doing woll.

MARRIAGES.

GHATFI_U_U-liAI.DINUJ_-.-0n April 10, at St. Matthew's Church, by the Rev. VV. Tobbs. Frederick Thomas, third Bon of tho late Robert Chatfleld, Esq., of Urcatlmm Houso, Sussex, England, to Norah Alicia, third daughter of Captain Frederick Hardlngo. CLEAL-arKVENSON.—On April lllh, at tho rcsldoiico of tlie bride's parents, ColliuKwood- Btreet, Auckland, by tho Rev. It. F. McNleeol, Eli, third son of Eli Cloal, Ponsonby, lo Margaret, only daughter of Alexander Steven son, Builder, Auckland. CURTIS-LKWIS.-On AprU 12th, by the Rev. W. S. Potter. William Curtis, Auckland, to Rosa Lewis, of Auckland. GIL-NICE — BRAUKR, —Ou May 12, at tho Registry Offlco, John Ollnko to Paulina Braver, both of Germany. HAUDWICK-SPKIUHT.-On April 30th, 1881, at St. Mary's Church, Parnoll, by tho Rev. 11. S. Walpolo, Joseph, fourth son of Mr G. W. Hnrdwick, Princes-street, Auckland, to Milly, youngest daughter of Mr VV. I. Speight, of Parnoll. HAV-COLBEOK.-Oh Wednesday. 21_t May, at St, Mary's Church, Parnell, by the llov. v. 11. S. Walpolo, M.A., Alexander Young liny, Esq., Bank of Now Zoaland, Auckland, te Sarah Elizabeth, oldest daughter of Captain W. 11. Colbeck, of Tokatopu, Kaipara, Auck land, LUSIHNQTON—STYAK.—On tho Bth May, at St. Jumna's Church, Thames, by tho Rev. J. Macky, M.A., Charles Hugh Lushington.only boh ot tho late C. il. Lusiiiugton, E.1.C.5., of Rodncinsliam, Rent, lo Sarah Jano. daughter of the late J. Styuk, J.P., of Urceu Mount. East Taiuuki. MKARNS-WATKINS.-On May 6, at Mr J. McQuarrie's rosidonco, Parnell, by tho Rev. A. Carriok, OoorgoS. Meaniß to Alice Maud Watkins. NIXON—MCDONALD.—On April 21, JBSI. by the Rev. It. F. Mat-nlcol, William Nixon, to Naohcl Wilholiniuu McDonald, youngest daughter of James McDonald, Waiuku, Auckland. RAMSBOTTOM—PJIAIK.-On May 2, at tho Registry Olllce, Lincolu C. 11., eldest eon of Amos Kamsbottom, Manchester, Kngland. to Annie, second daughter of Itoburt Phair, Enni-killcn, Ireland. SAUNDERS-JACK.—On May 2. at tho tcb! denco of the bride's father, by tho Roy. T. G. Carr, Wesleyan Minlstor, Frodrio, second son of Henry Saunders, Stratley, Borks, England, to Mtirguret Jessie, scoond daughtor of Alexander Jack, Bellair Villa, Shelly Boach Road. Auokland. , WII_SON*-I_AWRENCE.-OnApril3oth,Jamcs Wilson, cldost son of Jamos "Wilson, Christ church. to Frances, 7th daughter of John Lawrence Point Chovalior, Auckland.— Christchurch papers please copy.

DEATHS.

ADNAM.—On the 19th May, at Homo Bay (suddonly), John B. Adnam ; aged 57 years, ALISON.-On May IS, at Devonport, Rodorick, tho third eon of Ewen William nnd Annie Alison, from blood poisoning through vac cination ; aged 10 months, I

ATCHISON. —On Friday lost, 25th April, killed by a log rolling aver him at Helensville, John Atchison, eldest son of James Atchison, Maketu, near Drury; aged 19. BADLEY.—On May 11, at her residence. Wil low Grove, near Ann's Bridge, Otahuhu, Elizaboth, the beloved wife of James Badley; agod 51 yoars. HEART.—On AprU 28, at Dargaville, Vera Helen, the only and beloved daughter of Frederick ond Helen Beart; aged 1 year and I months. CABLE.—On May 22, at Waikomlti, David Cable j aged 84. .:■ ■-:... i OLARKBON.-On May 21, Elizabeth, the he« loved wife ot James. fi. Clarksop, lato of Kdwin-st., Newton; aged 51. . OOWLEY.^On May li", at Salisbury-street! . Parnell, Davio, the beloved eon of Jsmes ana .Jessio Cowley, late of Dundee. Scotland. CROWE.—On May,Jß, Emily Hay ward Crowe, eldest daughter of-Mr P. Crowe; aged 18 yedrs."1 '■• ' ' '" - • DlCfcE?.—On May 8, at her residonce, Kohe; kohe, Waipipi, Mary,' the beloved wife ot John Dickoy; aged 39 years. Deeply lamented. FAIRBURN.-On the 9th April, Moore Park, Sydney, N.8.W., Hermann Homilcor, infant son of< Frederic ond Jano Fairburn; aged four months. " FULLJAMES. - On Moy 20th, Evo Ellen; second daughter of Sidney and Mary , Ann Fulliamos; aged 2 years. ',' j GAB DINER.—On the 27th April, af trt. fc • ldflfj and painful Illness, Phosbo Elizabeth, the bolovod wife of Singloton Gardiner; aged 33 years. GUINESS.—On tho Hth inst, at the District Hospital, Jane Gulness. an immigrant, by the ship Rangitikei; aged 33 years. HAINES.—At Pahi, on Hth May, Frederick Arthur, youngest child of George and Lavinia Haines; agedl2months. HAMPSnittE—On May 19, at his late resi dence, Wynyard Road, Sloneyhurst, Mount Eden. George Hampshire; aged 69 years. HUGHES.—At Auburn-street, off Kybcr Pass, on May 20th, 1881, Charles James Hughes (tho second of the triplets); aged 5 months. HUNTER.—On Sunday, May 18th, 1881, at Parnell. Arthur Edward, youngest son ot Frederick and Kate Hunter: aged 10 weeks. I JESSOP.-On May 12th, ot her parents' resi dence, Norfolk-Btreet, Ponsonby, Alice Annie, the beloved daughter of Richard and Mary Reid Jossop ; aged 3} years. KING. —On May 7, at Mongakahia, acci dentally killed, Henry Holloway, second son of the lato Philip H. King, of Collingwood, Waiuku; agod 38 years. I KIRVVAN.—On 2nd May, at Cambridge House, Vincent-street, Henry Brian Kirwan, of Isling ton ; aged 36. LANG.—On May 2, at her residence, Waiheke, Caroline Lang, relict of the late John Long j aged 58 years. Deeply regretted.—Sydnejj papers please copy. > MANTLE.—On May 16, James Mantle, late of Dudloy, Vorcostershire, England ; aged 69 MCDONNELL. — On May 1, Maryanne Mc- Donnell, the beloved wife of T. McDonnell, Lincoln-street, Ponsonby.—Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney papers please cony. MERIGAN.—On the 7th May, after a Bhort illness, Mary Merigan, second daughter of late T. Merigan, of Mount Eden; aged 17 years. MORAN.—On April 30. P. Moran, lato of the 83rd Regiment. Limerick; aged 77 yoars. NASH.—On Saturday, May loth, at Ponsonby Road, AdelaideFleet.seconddoughterof John Thomas nnd Ellen Nash; aged 5 years.; NAUGHTON.-On May Hth, Michael, tho beloved husband of Catherine Naughton, agod 39 years. Deeply regretted. NEALE.—On May 22nd, at his (residence, Hep burn-street, Henry Neale, late of Grey-street. O'BRIEN.—On May 12, at his residence, Eng land-street, Ponsonby, Timothy O'Brien; aged 60. Deeply regretted.—Sydney and Melbourne papers please copy. POLLOCK.-On2Bth April, atMangere, through a suddon crush of earth, Robert Pollock, aged 43, one of the passengers by tho Duchess of Argyle. REE-s.—On April 27, at the Auckland Hospital, R. T. Rees; aged 29 years. ROBINSON.-At the Provincial Hospital. May 12th, Gilbert Robinson; aged 39. Dublin papers please copy. RUSSELL.-On the 7th May, at Wood-stieet, Ponsonby, Alexander Stuart, beloved son of A. S. and Olive Russell; aged 1 years and 3 months. SMITHSON.-On tho 19th May, tho infant daughter of Joseph James and Bertha Smith son, Grey-street; aged 6 months. STEVENSON.—On May 12, 1834, at the Pro vincial Hospital, Auokland, Emma, the beloved wife of James Steveneon; aged 26 years. THOMPSON.-On the 6th May, at the Provin . oial Hospital, William Bernard Thompson, late, of Rewa, Fiji; aged S6 years. TYLER.—On May sth, at Gisborne, Edward King Tyler, barrister. WILLIAMS.—On 7th May. at his residence Temperance Boarding House, Grey-Btreet, Edward Williams, 15 years,

MISCELLANEOUS.

GRBr_iiooTH Volunteer Fire Brigade is to bo disbanded. A Salvation Army captain gets £2 a week here, H.M.S. Nelson is shortly expected at Wellington. , A new Wesleyan Church is to bo built in Grafton district. Tho Salvation Army has started opera tions at Palmerston North. Queenslnnders propose to place a pro tective duty on Now Zealand timbor. At Whangarei, lately, 100 head of cattle were sold for £110. Steamer Aorangi takes 5,000 frozen sheep from Wellington. Silk was produced in Now Zealand more than 30 years ago. New Zealand Government prohibit seal hunting for two years longer. The prosont San Francisco mail contract expires in Dcceinbor, 1885. Political Reform Association is being

formed at Oamaru. The Bishop of Nelson is Bonding a frozen sheep to the Lord Mayor of London. Land in tho business contrcs of Welling ton is selling at £150 per foot, A young girl named Palmer died suddenly in a Wellington tram-car on May 2. AVellington people talk of abolishing tho San Francisco mail service. Mr Cadman, M.H.R., intends introducing , _, bill for the protection of oyster fisheries. Mr J. P. Maitland has been re-elected president of Otago Acclimatisation Society. At Tnpnnui, Otago, tho polico raided a Chinese gambling house on Saturday night, April 27, and arrested four men. From tho islands of New Britain and New Ireland, within the lost eighteen months 4,000 labourers have been recruited. At Waipawo it is reported that a well known wool sorter thoro has fallen hoirto an earldom iv England. j Last wook two Groymouth minors, named j Peter Philips and John Frascr, were fatally wounded by the falling in of a tunnel. A school has bean opened on Great Barrier Island, and a school committee was clocted' on May 19. Companion to McLeod's maize-cutter— Mr John Thomson, Opotiki, has patented a maize-planter. Tho imports of tea from China to tho colonies havo fallen off by about seven million pounds within the past two years. Poverty Boy natives aro petitioning against Government pre-emption of native lands. A soven-roomed house in Tuam-street East, Christchurch, was burned down on May 5. Tho Mornington Tramway Company s de benture loan of £12,000 has been taken up by a Dunedin capitalist. An old Maori woman was lately lost in tho bush at Ngunguru, and though five days without food, was rescued alive. Otogons proposo to present Mr Stout with his portrait in oil, in recognition of his ser vices on tho Land Board. Tho chief cook of the Tongariro, for deserting tho ship, was sentenced to twelve weeks' imprisonment. At Gisborne tho othor day a man named Horan had his nose knocked clean offby the falling branch of a tree. Greeushields's latest patent is for "hygienic kueelets." That is o medest name for healthy garters. Madnmo Lotti Wilmot, a well-known character, has died in poverty at Hutt, Wellington. Mr Chamberlain, ox-Mayor of Birming ham, and brother of the Hon. Mr Chamber lain, M.P., is now in Auckland on a visit. An eight-year-old boy named Murray has been killed at Dunedin while riding on a railway truck. Sir John Ure, ex-provost of Glasgow, with his family, is now on a visit to the colony. Settlors in Warkworth have token n number of shores in the North New Zealand Co-Operntivo Association. It is proposed to remove the directory of the South Pacific Petroloum Company from Svdnoy to New Zoaland. Mi- Blair, lato Chief Engineer for tho South Island, got a present of £200 from the Dunedin public yesterday. Mr C. G. Knight has resigned tho post of actuary to the Government Insurance De partment. Mr Frankland succeeds him. An old man named Thos. Symons was accidentally killed at Palmerston North on May 13 whilo engaged in foiling bush. Uriino has greatly decreased of lato in Wellington, and the R.M. thinks it is due to tlie Salvation and Blue Ribbon Armies. North Canterbury has 43 public schools, in which 13,462 children are taught by 450 touchers. His Excellency declines to commute tho sentence of Dr. Parry, convicted of mal practice. The young woman missing at Belmont, Wellington, has boen found in a state of insanity. On April 29, at Auckland Post Office, over 21,000 letters and newspapers were re ceived, and 35,000 despatched—chiefly European mail. Boiling down and blowing up are closely allied processes. At Wantranui lately a vat of boiling fat exploded, blew the roof off a building, and scalded two men. "Lightly come, lightly go."—-All tho money whioh Archibald Forbes made by his lecturing tour in Australasia he sank in a bogus railway scheme in America. Rev. James Fraser Hurst (Cavershom) and W. F. Ruseell (VVanganui) are the only New Zealand shareholders in tho Oriental Bank. Gold prospeotors have again been ordered out of Tuhua nativo country. They were kindly treated, and taken to Wanganui by Wahanui. Wm. Faber, a patient at Tuapeka Hos pital, died the other day from an over-dose of chloral hydrate, whioh the Coroner's jury desoribed as a "natural cause." The new church which the Wesloyans purpose'erecting in Grafton district ia to seat 450 persons, and the estimated cost i 9

£1,500. : _Mr James Macandrew, M.H.R., has been elected President, and Dr. Hocken Vice- President, of the Otago Early History Society.: .' I X<-. J The female domestics by the Bteameii Aorangi have all found engagements at Dunedin at from 7s to 14s a week, and there is an unsatisfied demand for more. The Christchurch Working Men's Poli tical Association proposes that the day oh whioh a general election is held should be proclaimed a general holiday. Mr W. J. Steward, M.H.R. for Waimate, Canterbury, addressed his constituents on May 1, and received a vote of thanks and confidence. ; '■ SirWm. Fox has positively refused to stand for Marten distriot at next election, as he intends going home for the benefit of Lady Fox's health. Hon. E. Richardson and Mr Pearson, M.H.R., have addressed meetings at Kaio poi and Ohoka respectively, and received votes of thanks and confidence. The workmen employed by the Dunedin Harbour Board are all being insured, by contract, against death or disablement by accident. Wanganui gold prospectors ask Govern ment for a subsidy to assist in prospecting the Tuhua country ; they also ask Govern onent to buy over native opposition. .The shareholders of Dunedin Coffee Palaco and Private Hotel Company call for tenders for the Company's assets. " Tee total" failure of the concorn is tho cause. Auckland Board of Education havo agreed to lease the Primitive Methodist School-room in Franklin Road as a school for girls only. It has been resolved that the next Metro politan Show of Canterbury i Agricultural and Pastoral Association shall take place on (November 10th, 11th, and 12th. Archdeacon Edwards, of Dunedin, stated at a publio meeting that during a residence of twenty years in Dunedin, he has not known such distress as at present exists. An old man named Alfred Hawley has been found unconscious atWoodside Rail way Station near Wellington.bleeding from self inflicted wounds on his side and wrists. An old mission building at Waerenga-a -hiko, Poverty Bay, was burned down on May 6. Four men and a woman narrowly escaped with their lives. Tlie Governors of Thames High School propose to establish a School of Mines as an adjunct to their institution, and have appointed a Committee to report on the matter. Last year, the receipts of Lyttelton Sailors' Home were £254, and the expendi ture £289. Sailors have deposited with the Superintendent £490 Ss, which has boen lodged in the bank to the trust account. The Now Zealand Railway Department having thoroughly tested the quality of the Kamo hematite, instructions have been iesued for its sole use on all the colonial railways. . . _ ._' In the action Fuchs v. the Union S.S. Co. at Christchurch, the plaintiff has re covered £1,000 for the loss of his wife's foot, with costs. That wife must be worth her weight in gold. Ex-Judge Fenton has been on a visit to the Rotorua natives, and has succeeded in getting various concessions for tho Railway Company from the tribes owning the land. '~'''_, Messrs Scott Bros., ironfounders, of Christchurch, have contractel to supply the Lyttelton Harbour Board with a steam engine for the Gulcher electric light for £920. . V..,-. \f. i ..;..„.::,;,.._-*_ *-. v ii.-v.-i i; ;._;7. ■

"A man mimed Peter Bailey has" been found dead on a road about 15 miles from Wanganui. .'.,... -• ; ,:.-• Tho newly-erected Grand Hotel, Dunedin, is pronounced by tho Victorian Minister of Kailwaysand Attorney-General to be boyond all question tho best liotolintho Australasian colonies. Tho natives at Parikaka are mustering horses for the purpose of holding a large sale thero shortly in ordor to raiso money to provido provisions for a series of monthly meetings to be held by TeWhiti at Parihaka. In addition to tho 9,000 carcases which tho Gear Meat Company, Wellington, aro freezing for tho steamer British King, they will freeze 4,000 for the steamer Aorangi, which leaves direct for London. An act of wilful mischief has been perpe trated at To Aroha, in the cutting of the wire ropo on the tramway lino ntFern Spur. Tlie blamo is laid upon some of tho men recently dischal-god by tho tramway com pany. .

Otago Vigilance Committee on May 14 resolved to call a public meeting for the purpose of impressing. the prevailing :desti -1 tutiou on Government, .and securing the continuance of railway works in the dis trict. Kaitangata Coal Mine, Otago, which was the scene of a sad disaster somo years ago, is aguin reported to be on fire. The present conflagration is of groat extent, and one man lias had a narrow escape from suffocation In the quarter ending 29th March last, tho Auckland corps of tho Salvation Army collected a sum of £354 7s 4d. 'Puis waf spent in furthering the movomont, tho clues items being—"stores," £120 Is 9d; and rents, £110 7s Gd. ' An attempt was made on the 19th May to burn down Wellington Arcade. Reward of £100 offered for the incondiary. John Mills, a Canterbury former, com mitted suicide on 19th May by cutting his tliroat. Deceased's brain was affected by sunstroke. About 1120 Maoris under Titokowaru tried to outer Parihaka on May It); but on being stopped at tho Opunako bridge by the Con stabulary, turned back with a simple protest from tho leader. A man named Edgar King has been drowned through falling oil' the railway bridge over the river Taieri, Otago. Ile wos walking along the line, having missed the train, and foil from tho bridge, which is not one for foot traiiic. Jaiues Woods, driver of a truck on the Masterton railway works, slipped while de taching his horse on the Sth May, and the' loaded truck passed over his arm and thigh : lie died from the: shock within half-an hour. We ore given to understand that whon the division of the Costley estate is made the; share of each of the bodies participating in ' the legacy will be about X 12.000. A large portion of tile money is at present on fixed deposit drawing interest Among New Zealand patents recently ap plied for is one by Mr Jonathan Pickering of Birkenhead, Auckland, for an invention for extracting tallow or other fots or oils by means of bi-sulphide of carbon, to be called " Pickering's Bi-sulphide Plant." Professor Yon Haast, Director of the Christchurch Museum, has received intima tion by cable from London that the Royal Geographical Society has awarded him its gold medal for his geographical researches and exploration in New Zealand. The otl'ects of early closing of '' pubs "are perceptible in Christchurch. Under the 11 o'clock closing system, tho arrests for drunkenness from July Ist, 1883, to March 31st, ISB4, were 522. For the same period last year, under midnight closing, the arreett numbered 701, showing a decrease I,>r the 9 months of 239. Harvest prospects are gloomy in Boy of Plenty. The potato crop has failed ; and the kumeras and maize being doubtful, the natives are making preparation,, for a temporary move to the vicinity of Katikati, where the returns from the gumfields are reported profitable. Sir A.'McDonald, M.H.R., for East Coast, has really resigned his seat, despite the con tlicting statements current, and his own re ported utterance on board the mail steamer. It appears that the Speaker, Sir G. M. O'Rorke, roceived tho resignation in writing on tho 3rd May--the letter having been evidently left by Mr McDonald in the hands of somo one hero to post after the lapse of several days. The local Immigration Officer (Mr O. Mays),has fully 100 nominations for assisted immigrants, which cannot be forwarded to tho Agent-General owing to the action of tho New Zealand Government in tem porarily susppnding tho nomination of all but single womon. The nominations now ready to be forwarded arc almost exclusively from tho country, aud are for farm labourers and their families—no {doubt the class of people at present most desirable for new settlers in this part of the colony. i Tho Postmaster-General at Wellington has arranged that from the 2nd Juno tho telephone exchange sholl'^bo . kept open continuously day,and night,;including Sundays. This is done mainly for the con venience of, private houses, of which.it is hoped a laige,number will now join the' ex change. Arrangements will also be made with the fire "brigade stations by which the locality of a fire ivill at once be telephoned to the exchange; 'ho that any subscriber,' by ringing up, may iearn where the fire is. ; A human skeleton was discovered on the| 18th of May in the hollow trunk of a large, rata troo growing in Taroru (Thames) dis-j trict. The bones had evidently remained 'in the samo position for many years, a largo vino, having grown across the entrance of the cavity in which they wero found. The skull was found in the bottom of the, hollow, arid the leg bones outside, as if the victim bad fallen in head foremost. Thero is no clue as to tho identity of deceased. We have beon requested to publish the following telegram which His Excellency the Governor nas received from the Secre-

tary of State for the Colonies :—" It is Her, Majesty's wish that the celebration of Her Birthday should be deferred for one mouth at least. Her Majesty has been pleased to appoint the 28th of June for .the United < Kingdom." , , The .levee which His Ex cellency had intended to hold.en,,the 24th of May will, consequently not take.place. ; The several lodges of the Friendly Societies in Auckland hove received an in timation from, the Government that their request, for payment to secretaries for filling in the annual forms of sickness, experience, &c, and .coi;ds of, membership,, has, beon granted. The rate of payment allowed is 7s 6d for lodges, of 50 members arid under; 12s 6d for lodges of 51 to 100 members; and 5s for every additional fifty. This judicious concession removes one of tho grievances complained of by the conference of dologatos hero. On April 29th, the Mayor of Dunedin sent tho following to tho Premier at Welling ton :—" Number of mon here unable to obtain work ; strongly urge you to open a small section on the Otago Control Railway or othor work, for the unemployed during the winter months." The following roply has been received:—" Many thanks for tele gram ro unemployed. Government making arrangements to take mon on when neces sary, but in public interest think the necessity must be' clearly shown boforo re lief works are opened.". .',: A correspondontof tho "Northern Wairoa Gazotto" describes two sights which ho calls " degrading and humiliating." The tirst Was an old, decrepid, and blind Maori man, heavily burdened, who was being led like a horse with a long strip of flax by. a burly middle-aged native ; the second was a powerful young European, working for Maoris, simply for his food, while other Maoris were squatting down by him smoking their pipes and revelling in their laziness, enjoying the pakeha's idea of the nobility of labour. _~-▼_ tt A deputation, consisting of the Hon. H. Chamberlain, and Messrs Newman, Davis, Hill, and' Cox,' waited upon the Governor on May' 14, and presented him with o memo rial from the chiefs and natives of tho King country praying him, in pursuance of tho powers derived from Section 25 of the Licen sing Act, to prohibit the issue of any publi cans' licenses for any part of their district. As there were still a number of copies of tho memorial to come in, His Excellency said that when thoy came to hand the prayer would receivo tho most attentive considera tion from himself, the Ministers, and oil concerned. Although tho Act said that tho Governor had the power to prohibit licenses in native districts, ho took it to mean "tlie Governor-in-Council." The Mayor and Crs. Devore, Mackechnie, La P_oche, Stevenson, and Crowther (mem bers of Water Supply Committee), together with Messrs Anderson and Errington (City and Waterworks Engineers respectively), returned to town at 9.15 on May 8 from their visit to the highest reaches of the Wairoa river, some three miles in a straight line above the Foils. It was ascertained that this part of the river is about 265 feet above the sea level, and that the daily volume of water might be roughly estimated at 11,000,000 gals., a very satisfactory supply, seeing thatthedaily flow at the West ern Springs is not more than 3,000,000 gals, at the best of times, while in dry. weather it alia as low as l,ooo,ooogals. The Council of the New South Wales Rifle Association has decided to invite the whole of the Australian colonies, and New Zealand, to send a team to New South Wales to com

pete in an intercolonial rifle match. The proposed conditions are .---Ten men' a-side; 300, 50ff,. and 600 yards: lorounds at each range : forward position : sights as author ised by tho Brigade Office. It hits been arranged that tho noxt prize meeting of the Association will bo held during tho week ending 25th October, when tho intercolonial match will bo included in the programme. The details of tho proeramme will bo token into consideration ot'tho next meeting of tho Council on 2nd Juno.

An experiment of great interest to New Zealand settlers is now being made in Sydney by Messrs Mort and Co. Writing to a friend in Patea, a gentleman in the offico of tho firm says :—" To-day wo take into our cold rooms some mutton from New Zoaland. I believe it is an experiment, and if it succeeds I dare say wo will have sup plies from New Zeoland till tho fat stock are a moro reasonable price here. Rump steak at present is, for good quality, 8d per lb. I dare say you can got it down there at half that." It is to be hoped that this experi ment will turn out successfully and lead to a demand for New Zealand beef as woll as m-itton in the sister colony of New South Wales.

{Amongst tho passengers by the Rotoma hana on May 22 was Captain W.H. Colbeck, who proceeds South to meet the Aorangi, by which vessel he proceeds to England. It is his intention while in tho Old Country lo conduct negotiations for a special settle ment scheme, and also for the establish ment of a Woollen factory in Auckland. Both these enterprises are referred to in another part of this evening's issue. Prior to the. departure of tho steamer, Captain Colbeck was interviewed by a deputation of Rodney electors, who invited him to con test that seatwith MrSeymourGeorgeatthe approaching election. Mr Colbeck said he could not definitely moke up his mihd on tho point then, but he would leave his English address, and place himself in the hands of his friends. Mr Oolbeck's son ac companies him j with the object of entering Cambridge University, and subsequently studying medicine.

The socond anniversary services in con nection with the Richmond Road Primitive Methodist Sunday-school wero held on Sun day last, May 18. On Tuesday, May 20th, a public tea was hold, when, considering tho bad wet night, » goodly number sat down to toa, attended to by the following ladies :— Misses Holland and Mrs Holland, Mrs Verrell, Miss Fletcher, Miss Shaw. Mm Wilson, Mrs Frank, and Mrs G A. Field. Afterwords, o public meeting was held, pre sided over by Mr A J Holland, Superin tendant of the Sunday-school, and opened with prayer by Rev. J. Boothroyd. The Chairman called upon Mr G, A. Field to read the report which stated, that admidst great difficulties the work of the Sabbath-school had progressed. The number of scholars gojd on the books were: boys 47, girls, 27 :| t0ta1,74. Teachers: 4 females,3males: totol, 7. Tho financial report stated that the total income hod beon £18 19s 3id; expen diture, £17 10s l£d ; balance in hand, £1 9s 2d.

SPORTING.

PRINCIPAL RACING FIXTURES.

Now Zealand.

Dunedin Winter Meeting (3rd day) ....May 26 Grand National Steeplechase Meeting..May 26 Wanganui J C. Steeplcchasos May 26 Oamaru Steeplechase Meeting Juno 12 • Hawke's Bay J.C. Steeplechases June 26 Geraldlno K.C. Steeplechase Meeting ..June 26 Australia. Adelaide R.C. Meeting May 21, 26 and 31 V.R.C. Steeplechase Meeting July 19

To Correspondents.

11. J. Bull (Remuera).—The totalisatordividcnd in the Maiden Plato at the last Onehunga Meeting was Al 16s, and in tlie Publican's Purse £Hb. F.G.H.—George Fordham, the English horse man, has ridden tho winner of the Derby onco only-6n Sir Bevya, te 1879, but has not had a winning mount in the St. Leger. DisruTE (Otahuhu). —At the Christchurch Autumn Meeting of 1881. Nautiluß (6st lib) won the Froo Handicap, Billingsgate <9.t 31b) being second. The former was running in J. Chaafe's name.

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

So for as flat racing is concerned, tho cur tain will be rung down on the New Zealand racing Beason 1883-84 next Monday. The principal gatherings on that day are th° extra day's racing of the Dunedin Jockey Club at the Forbury, the Grand National Steeplechases at Christohurch, and the Wanganui Jockey Club Steeplechases, which havo also been postponed. The acceptances for the two principal events of the latter meeting are as follows :— GRAND NATIONAL HANDICAP. St. lb. stlb. Hercules.. .. 12 7 Barborj .. .. 11 3 Agent .. .. 12 6 Black Doctor .. 10 3 TALLY-HO HANDICAP.

at. lb. St. lb. f Canard .. ■ '•■..- 12 10 Hard Times .. 10 0 t Hercules.. .. 12 9 Woodstock .. 10 0 , Black Dqctor .. 10 7 Thorntop .. 10 0 If the four competitors in the big event j stand up, there should be a close contest, and. although \t looks o good thing for j Hercules or The Agent, it may be that j Black Doctor's light weight will enable _ him to pull through. , The names of those engaged in the Wan- J eanui Steeplechase are as follows : — . ':,..'.' st.lb. st.lb. Clarence... .. 13 0 Billy-go-by-em.. 10 i •Mount .. .. 11 0 The Druid .. 10 0 t Scrutineer -... 10 10 Southern Chief 10 0 j Black Doctor .. 10 7 Parnell .. .. 10 0 Out of. the eight, I like nothing better | than old Clarence, who arrived safely in ] Wanganui in .the early part of tho present _ week.... • From Napier comes the news that the 1 promising three-year-old filly Escopeta, ; owned by Captain Russell, has gone the way , of all horse-flesh. It seems that she got ] bogged on Mr W. Douglas's run a few weeks , back, the effects of which brought on a '. severe attack of fever, and she never re- ; covered. Escopeta made her first appear ance in public at the Hawke's Bay Spring , Meeting last October, when she won tho Guineas; audi Maiden Plate with such ridiculous ease that she came in for a great .deal of notice for the last Auckland Cup and Derby, but owing to breaking-down after a severe gallop with Welcome Jack ebe did not start in the big event, and failed to show up prominently in the Derby. Eseopeta's last appearance was at the Hawke's Bay Autumn Meeting in March, but not having, proporly recovered from her Auckland trip she was only successful in the Consolation, although she started in three or four: other reces. Escopota was got by Musket from Winifred, and there is little doubt but for her death would have addedfurther lustre to her sire. The raco for tho Blue Riband of the English turf will be fought out on tho far famed Epsom Downs on Wednesday next. When the last moil loft, Sir J. Willoughby's filly by Hermit—Adelaide (recently named Solitaire), Lord Falmouth's Harvester, Mr C. Blanton's Wickham, Mr Leopold do Rothschild's Talismun, and J. H. Houlds worth's Royal Forn were most in demand for the ovent., The result will probably reach us in time for publication in Thurs doy's issue. ._.-..! Malua's and Tasman's rccont successes in Australia and New Zealand must give a rare fillip to St. Albons, whose fome as a siro is now fairly established. Whon Mr James Wilson, the Victorian stud-master, secured him for 900 guineas last year, he certainly made a wise choice, and mated with some of the aristocratic dames grazing in his paddocks, I shall expect to see him get some real good 'uns in a year or two St. Albans was purchased in England by the lote Mr John Moffatt, of Adelaide, when on a visit, and wos got by the deceased Blair Athol out of Pandora, so that on the sire's side he descends from Stockwell, aptly named the Emperor of Stallions. Epigram, who sired Le Grand, Wheatear, Lothair, Canary, etc., was also got by Blair Athol, so that he has two worthy sons at the stud to keep his name green in the Antipodes. Our enterprising local sportsman Mr J. Marshall has determined upon erecting com modious stables for his team at Ellerslie, and tenders have been invited for the work thia week. The building will be a gable, with two wings, ond will contain eight boxes each 14 x 10, harness-room, boys-room, ond every requisite convenieuce. When erected, the stables will be much superior to any thing of tbe kind about Auckland. Australian owners have selected the fol lowing names for the Auckland-bred young sters purchased by them :— Hon. J. Wtiite. Colt by Musket-Onyx .. .. Nordenfeldt ColtbyMusket-Yattorina .. Matchlock Mr W. A. Long. Filly by Musket—Hannah .. Discard I -Mr W. Gannon. Filly by Musket— Rangi .. Maori Queen Mb C. H. T. Hart.

Colt by Musket—Lyra .. .. Enkb I am gad' to hear that the English trainer Wood, who arrived from Christ church a fow weeks back, has been engaged ty Mr C. H. Lushington, and he entered on his duties this week. Wood has been employed in two of the best stables in England, and has excellent credentials, so that I have no doubt the Leolinus— Petroleuse colt and Leolinus—Miss Laura filly that Mr Lushington purchased at the | recent N.Z. Stud Company sale will have I every justice done them. It may be

; mention", ."el "'HKOYobd rrTISTfISS-tS-'be' despis'. d da ii oro&B-country htfaeman, and ho has,the credit of having piloted Lily Agnes to victory _f_ the Great Ebor Hnndi: cap of 1875. The bad luck Sir Thomas Elder lias ex perienced during his connection with racing stuck tohiiih to thoveiy last, for in both the Goodwood Handicap and Adelaide Cup his horses rin second. In the former, Bus sanio was defeated by Ironmaster, Country Boy being third, nnd for the 2,000 soys Conjecture went down beforo Malua. When the mail left Sydney {the morning of the race) Conjecture was a firm favourite at 3 to 1, having done a most satisfactory trial, while Sting receded to 10 to 1 in consequence of the advance of his stable companion King of tho Valq, who wos in considerable demand at 5 and G to 1. Molua had been knocked up and down in the markettoagreat extent, being firstfavourito after the Goodwood Handicap was run, but on the day beforo the race 100's to 7 could bo obtained about him in Adelaide. At tho post, it is not unlikely that ho " come again," and started a red-hot favourite. By cable we were informed the other weok that tho next Caulfield Cup stake had been increased to £2,000. From tho published conditions of the race which have now come to hand, I gather that £1,300 with a cup valued at £200, and presented by Mr M. O'Shanassy, goes to the winner; £500 to the second horse, and £200 to the third. These prizes are bound to attract an im mense entry, and the young rival to the V.R.C. is to be commended for its enter prise in giving the largestamount of added monoy that has over beon offered for a race in Victoria. Nominations enclosing £5, must be made on tho first Monday in June, before 4 p.m., and the second payment of £5 is duo after the declaration ef weights on Monday, sth [August. The third pay ment of £5 is due on Ist September, and the final ono of £15 on Tuesday, Hth October, or four days bofore tho race.

The late Major Morse's old brood mare Chance was found dead at Wanganui the other week. Chance, who was got by Sir Hercules from Finnesse, was foaled in 1555, and during her time produced some good stock, her first fool, bred in ISSS, being Certainty, by II Barbiere, who, as the mother of Dead Shot, did no small service, ns thd latter was the sire of Mota and Pin fire.

Writes "Mazeppa":—" One day last week ~' Ada Mantua' received a telegram from Auckland, the sender of which claimed immediate payment of £109 as the drawer of Nonsense in the Great Autumn Handicap, and threatened all sorts of pains ond penal ties unless the money was forwarded forth with. Further telegroms were receiyedand sent, and at last it came out that the gentle man in question had come to the conclusion that Nonsense had finished second in, the Autumn Handicap, for which race it will be remembered she was -scratched. Some one had probably shown him the result of the race for the Easter Handicap, in which Nonsense ran second, and the poor fellow had somehow got the two races mixed up." For the A.J.C. Derby of 1885, and St. Leger of 1886, the Hon. J. White has nom inated the Musket—Onyx colt and Musket —Yatterina colt, the former being bred by theN.Z. Stud Company and the latter by Mr W. Walters. Among the other nom inationa.bred by the Stud Company are Mr W. Kelso's filly by Musket—Pearl Ash; Mr C. H. T. Hart's colt by Musket—Lyra ; Mr W. A. Long's filly by Musket—Hannah; Mr W. Gannon's filly by Musket—Rangi; and Mr H. Herbert's colt by Musket— Realisation. Mr S. Gardiner has entered nearly a full brother to Darebin named Maroondah, and Mr J. Wilson a full sister to First King and Petrea, while full sisters to Le Grand, Garfield, and The Broker also appear in the lists. There have been a number of deaths in the various Australian studs of late. Mr F. Reynolds, of Tocal, has lost Mermaid, f rand-dam of Sou-wester, Hilarious, and he Broker, and Lady Sophia, by Hamlet from Cremorne's half-sister Lady Hilda. The Tocal studmaster has been very unfor tunate with this latter family, for Lady Hilda, for whom he gave Mr Hunter 1,000 guineas, died foaling shortly after he got er, but he stiU retains her daughter Souvenir. At Richmond, Housemaid (dam of Middlemarch), Archie's grandson Paris enne, and Telopea (dam of Otira and the ate Mr J. Smith's Trafalgar) have died, and Messrs Cox have lost Capri's dam Man dragora. Among the others who have passed out is Mr Smith's Don Giovonni, full brother to Don Juan, the Melbourne Cup champion of 1873. Don Giovanni, who was the sire of Don Quixote, Leporello, and others, was seventeen years old at the time of his death, and his owner recently refused an offer of £400 for him. _'■_._. . ... , Mr Hi Bracker was dining at an hotel In Toowoomba (Queensland) some short time ago, when a gentleman Bitting' opposite to him asked him which horse he thought would win the Sydney Cup, and he replied "Favo," which created a little merriment; but the waitress, Julia Powei, who was attending upon the table, put the name down, sent E. E. Jones £1 to back Favo for her, and received in return this week £31 and a polite note, intimating that her letter was the means of making E. E. Jones up to tho doings of Favo, which he quietly backed to win him £7,000. 7 The following remarks on riding, made by Fred Archer in an interview with an English sporting scribe, may be of seme benefit to our local jockeys :—" It isn'tthe getting away first so much os how you get away, how you set your horse going, I mean ; that makes all the difference. You can't set a horse going at once if you have tight hold of his head. You often 'see a jockey at the post in a five-furlong race pulling at his horse, as nervous as he can be, watching the starter. The flag falls,_and heletego of the reins, but his horse isn't ready to slip off at his best pace. I've al ways got my horse ready to go, but not pulling at him ; and then when we do start, I'm at full speed at once. . . It'B n great mistake to knock a horse about, and I know that a. few years back I was a severe rider. I've learnt better by experience. I rarely hit a horse more than-twice in a finish now, and I rarely, or never, have rowels to my spurs. You can hurt a horse almost as much without, far the. matter of that, if you want to, but it's had policy, to: hurtthem." The great jockey spoke regret fully of the break-up of Lord Falmouth's stud, and remarked:—" I owe most of my: success to having been able to ride his horses with such confidence, knowing that if; I did make a mistake in coming a- bit too soon or a bit too late thero would be ho com plaint, and his lordship would be sure that I had ridden to the best of my ability."

The Hon. W. Pearson has offered to match his yearling colt* by Goldsborough— Powder, by Blinkhoolie, against Hon. J. White's colt by Maribyrnong—Lady King ston by Kingston, for £1,000 a-side, the race to take place at the next V.R.C. Spring Meeting. Both colts werepurchased at the Sydney yearling soles last month. Tho Goldsbrough colt cost 600gs and the Maribyrnong 1,125g5. By a roughcaloulation(writes "Mazeppa ) I think that if a man had put one sovereign on Tasman every time the horso started, taking the current odds from tho book makers when no totalisater was available, he would have come out with a profit of about £34. The biggest dividend Tasman over earned was £7 4s, in the C. J.C. Easter Handicap last month ; tho smallest £1 7b, in tho very first raco that he ion in. Commotion has been removed to Kilinany Pork, Gipps Lond, the estate of his owner, the Hon. W. Pearson, where ho is to bo in dulged with a well-earned rest, and it is not unlikely that the son of Panic may be put to the stud next soason. • ■ At a committee meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club this week, it was decided to disqualify the horse Gundagai, which ran "dark"in the hack race at the Fielding Autumn Meeting. The Australian Jockey Club* •••ent decision to contribute 500sovs. to their future Derbies has had the effect of bringing forth the good entry 0f.92 for tho Blue Riband of 1885, and the stake is already nearly worth l,ooosovs. It is stated Messi-s Cox Bros., of Femhill, have determined upon disposing of the whole of their valuable stud. Tho lot em brace Vespasian (imp.), Darebin, and brood mores, the dams of Grand Flaneur, Habena, and Narina, besides many other well-bred animals.

J. Williamson, who steered Martini- Henry in the Melbourne Derby and Cup, has been retained by Mr J. Whittingham. His first mount in his new colours was on Ironmaster in the GoodwardHandio'ap, which he won.

The Canterbury Jockey Club is free from debt.

The Australian Welcome Jack, by Bethnal Green—Colleen Bawn.has been put to the stud. George Belcher, the well-known penciller, has opened an athletic school in Christ- Church. • .•.',-.. A wager of 10,000 to 50 has been booked in Sydney about Garfield and Lord Exeter for tho next Melbourne Derby and Cup. Le Grand will in future be trained in Victoria by Walter Higinbotham, who was so successful with The Diver and other horses belonging to Mr C. M. Lloyd. Favo, the winner of the Sydney Cup, has left Monaghan's stable, and will in future be trained by Tom Brown, who has the re mainder of Mr W. A. Long's string. The South Australian Stakes (for two year-olds) was won by Mr W. Bladder's filly Gratitude, a f»l} sister to Hurricane.

A FEW PLAIN BUT SERIOUS QUESTIONS TO PROTESTANTS.

■Why did Je_ras pray that all who believe !on Him should be One, if it is right for Pro testants with their Scots to split upthoONß Bony of Christ into antagonisticfactions ? If tho Spirit of God in the Scriptures has condemned all divisions, as offensive to God, and destructive of the Unity of the Body of Christ,—Why is thero such "An intermin ablo array of Sects ?" - _ Is not the Spirit of Sectarianism, by the confession of all Missionary Workers, the tri-catest obstacle to successful Christian work in our own land, and to Missionary work abroad? If the "Bible, the wholo Bible, and nothing but the Bible," is tho religion of Protestants, Why do not Protestants be lieve it? Why trample its statements under foot, whenever tho needs of the Sect require it ? - ' . , , _ If the " Unity of the Spirit, in the bond of peace," togother with One Body, Ono Spirit, Ono Hope, One Lord, One iaith, One Baptism, and One God and.Father, aro supreme requisites for the Welfare of the Churdi and the world,-— Why is it there are now Scores of bodies, and without any unity of Spirit, with several diferanl hinds of something called Baptism, according to the demands of Sectism ? - . , 1 If Jesus Christ Alono died for men, why do all the Sects dishonour His Name by calling themselves after men, who did not die for them, or even after an oram. ance or a form of Church Government ? I If the Spirit of God has condemned all Sectism, partyism, and division, which says " I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas," does it now approve of men say ing-, "lama Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Methodist, or Baptitrt ? Does the Spirit of God now approve of men glory ing in mon, and saying, "I am of Luther^ or Calvin, or Wesley or others ?" Hit docs, to whom, and when, and where has it SO apiproved this Christ-dishonouring Work ? If Jesus Christ alone is tho head, and sum, and centre and circumference of all authority and of all doctrine, by what right does each sect havo any other head and source of authority and doctrine than Christ himself ? Is not Luther the founder of Lutheranistn ; Calvin, of Calvinism; and Wesley, of Wesleyan Methodism ? . Hid Jesus Christ make "himself tho founder of any one of this "interminable array of sects"? If so, when? Where? To whom? Was Jesus Christ the Founder of anything but of His Church and Kingdom ? Was He the Builder of anything but the Spiritual Temple; oi_the Organizer of anything but His own Mystic One Body ? Is the Church, as now broken and divided, anything more than "an interminable array of sects ?" Do not the sects, ene and all, whilst proclaim ing with vehemence that "The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible is the religion of Protestants, "set some of the plainest directions, admonitions, and com mandments aside, as either of no authority! or, as if made of elastic, when the needs of sectismrequire.it? Ought not the Name of Christ, and the Authority of Christ to be dearer to you, than the name of your, sect ? Ib your Sect your Saviour?.-Are you indebted to others, rather .than to Christ for your Salvation 1 Is any one of the Multitudinous array of Sects, the One Body 0* Cheist ? Is there any Divine Warrant for the Existence of any one of them all ? ■ ■<'_■ Are they not in creed, and practice, not only different, but " irreconcileably .^an tagonistic ?" Has God ordained one of them all? Hso, which? Ha 3He given one set of directions te one sect, and a dif ferent oue to another? Are there many Christs? -,'•: - ■■■:: . ,-.

Could Protestant Christendom, even if it had tried—could it have hit upon a more successful way of separating men from each other, wasting the resources of the church, and not doißg the work of Christ ? Is it not a fact that some years ago the Italian Protestants appoaled to the Protestant world not to attempt to build up denominationalism in Italy, right in the presence of Rome; but rather to unite together;in an effort to build up the Fkee Cheistian Church ; but; the request was despised, and now a half-doze a different sects are each struggling in Rome

Has not Christ condemned all such rend ing of the Body of Christ ? Has_ not tho prediction received its fulfilment in a most marked manner, "For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but having itching eaes will heap to them selves teachers after their own lusts, and will turn away their cars from the truth, and turn aside to fables ?"

Do you not in your sectarian.rivalries tulld up ciiurcßos and chapels, whoso creeds and practice ore antagonistic of each other, and in close proximity to each other_? Look and see. Is it not a fact that in« order to maintain all this shameful work, and to increase it, " the Church, which ought to be the most independent insti tution on earth, has become a constitutional, habitual beggar," and taking such methods to raise money in "Church fairs," "bazaars," "lotteries," "raffles"—"gold ring in the cake, &c," the liko.of which; if a man in business had to take, he would be branded aa dishonest and a gambler? Quite recently An eminent clergyman denounced all this and mach more of the same kind of work, crying from the pulpit, "Shame ! shame ! shame lon the Church; shame on the Ministry,'.and pity the people." , 7 r Is it not time for jalli.who fear God and love His. Son Jesus Christ, to join with Christ himself' and pray 'j' that all who • believe; on i Him, may be One, that the world may believe that God has sent Him!" A last question for this time,—ln spite of oil your professed ''Spiritual One-ness, :do you not rojoico when you. can win re cruits the one from ,the other ? Is it not high time Jthat.tall professed.Ministers of Christ shall instantly cease trying to per petuate thiß_i_lriholy work, and trying to justify it by perverting theiScriptureß,, in order to compel them to support that which they everywhere condemn ? Is it not time that an end .was, put to .the talk that the

" secbi are ; so;; many : regiments in, one grand army, but,the army is one ?" Eeei mentaof thesameatmydott't oonstantlyfight each ether and get in each other's way, only through clime and .blunder, which w,ould|», " court-martial" their ofScefl-1 No; one*

"forbids your casting out devils in the name of Christ;" go on and do it on a larger scale, and " cast out" the devil of a sec tarianism which divides the church, weakens her power, wastes her resources, and is the great hindrance, to the : conversion of the World. Goon, but be sure you are following Christ, and not tho spirit of-division, and seek to accomplish the. great, need of the Church, and .of tho world, by "gathering together into One the children of God which are scattered abroad." : •_. •__%_._ ■ ■ UNOCr. •

St. Jacob's Oil invincible.

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