report the name of 0^ affl V. n\s S. Mills instead »k e A petitioner suffered fijgSff So*. * Mistake co»<L reserve. V Lmeoneof the proprietors of v''^" 30 ! en route for Europe, on his &J«fe frs Syme is a sister of Mr %»J oaT »ints in this city the large Affirmof that name. W 0 ** Presbyterian congregation, _ Pe terS f-Tboat holding a Christmas im rtSv work at the Foresters' S^ leof T*m open on Tuesday, S_| >' e^° n ' „. The object of the con >ff clear of. the debt of >V 3 There will, we understand, -L churcn. . t 0 f interest exhibited Jfsereral object 3 the ofcherß> a $&& The blankets, shirting, >C,-Tspun by our grandmothers Sh* ld f.he«"po«ible quality. What >I*TC c days of local industry %*** _tahlens would learn to .# ; _Tl--«-e impulse may be given in »'/ b toas3^ that . th r leb .f fell*a be paid, it is desirable .ci.^ h Sb °" possible should patronise _____n> w, S v Christmas tree. *° , Hon of the melodrama of Tie £>.«2" at the Opera House on drew a considerable at- _ the performance, which be- rehearsal, elicited frequent rounds oi applause from ,s.r.ry pc» *.. wag mountoc i V___l__\_f which has become iden **|!_S_£ bedrgie Smithson's manage •jfKiLbson played the title role *. Lmarv abandon, and left very «gfiS Mr Dunbar was fero ***.ras Jonathan Wild, and Mr iter enough Blueskin. Kfwts were satisfactorily sus l«ftfflt "The Female Detec- Xii he reproduced, and those who * -f«tseerfit should seize this oppor- BSSSU one of Miss. Smithson's fflSpersonations. ____ men named Hecketfc, Brown, X Ckins, and Christmas, have Wffil at Helensville on a charge ?T___°, and have been remanded "f. Sv next, The arrests wore laSive Herbert and Constable S« the accused are now m gaol. m have been given of .the following blithe next meeting of the City £g_mS. Crowther. That the S/te instructed to get a fence ffaincl the A'ten Road Re- WmlS a footpath across same (2) By Cr. Atkin. Sffgineer be instructed to fill £ portion of Elliott-street made & by the fence lately erected. m Atkin-" That the Engineer be StM Plans and specifica te for the promotion and drainage of I street, ■ between W yndlmrn and fefa-streets; that the same may be SpAi the lower portion now ten «do_"

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Ifleged False Pretences.

Ifealiar Plea for a Fnsonors Dis. Charge.

IMHOM was made to Mr Justice jus at Melbourne to-day for the dis .ofa prisoner arrested in Melbourne -"ew South \~Vale3 warrent before it -.aendorsed in this colony. A clerk i laurence Henry Vauhee was, 110 year, of age, adopted by his l_titkr, E-lfin Aylmer, late of i, aiid subsequently sent oub by it Sydney with a present of £250. ristepufced to be wealthy and he had Bition.. from her on her decease, tak place in England recently. His -i-foryVanhee, went to London to .{(hemoney that had been willed to list then discovered that no bequest IS-amade to his son. In the mcan -the: latter, on the strength of his _pal«l inheritance, entered into P-tioi>3 with John Daniel f .ram -ytitnber merchant, for the purchase ii piece of land in Sydney valued jf-i He borrowed £100 from i«_«, which he paid as a cash de- I giving bills for the remainder. '«_.. conveyed the land to him sttj. On October 10th a warrant • -Boed for his apprehension for n. obtained property by means (&■ pretences and promise. This M£JU ,'ty a Sydney justice, Mr C. **aj, and Vanliee was arrested in f6-t_-t on October 15th. Tho war ,Btasiiot endorsed■ by a Melbourne jus ptiltifodaysaftcrv/ards. His Honour Wtle matter to the city magistrates.

An Adventurous Voyage.

ISfcCBSION OF HEAVY GALES. !k Crew Bast on Kat's Flcsli. arrival of the Marine Board at *%, Captain Bourne Russell, reported some ex traord i nary **nces attending the voyage of the Julie, which has put in there "«pvisions, and suffering from the ■■Wry weather. The Julie is over -_»!f from Hum holdt Bay with a Redwood for Melbourne. She en §*■» a succession of heavy gales, in the bulwarks and swept JJ« *>leof her deck cargo ot timber. *ee_n»o the- provisions ran short, A w the crew had been living on 2® ns /or some time, they were j?™.* aB best they could on 2 acs " apd on rats, which were r* I «the ship by the half-starved y,**? to the information ta_!Y. a P tein &J--.11, the crew had, E7*«ing Twofold Bay, been living Nff-nv* Wbich ho desci ' ibed as Fte.» v ban l ue is nmy lyi'ij? i» P|»e sendees of a friendly FWt? .f, out t0 sea » so that she r™«> to Melbourne.

Transcontinental Railway.

____N B L EroWne ' tuo engineer of the line between ni U?Usta htUJ arrived in '''_W**_ l „ . be re «icmbered that Mr ■^W y ' afew weeks ago nearly •Wirf!l m Wanfcof wa ter whilst ox- Sroffi n6ccuntl 7 to be tsaversed _■©. ! ne - Much of this couiiti, y ■Sites' - he mer ne of the ._____* Br*,? „ lt lavin g heen given to .___Nm-_- describe . this as another 'Wt' «i ___ v , as n °wherc is there a "■.Silt liw . route ' and where ib • •&£?.« "0 rain fell down 'R^aj.S™ ced in the months $ -__»« £ Cmber ' the rainfall bein £ '-S__t * : .Co_tf ■ t J" as ever known on :»<Ci' 'Kew Zealand. The "kMv". Sb thr ough which Mr flafc > the greater __WmSs Nation. Water, •:.K_*s_V. W' ab undance, can Akpj c . efc helow the surface. _____ .? e P lat eau, situated ■W'l% Australian Bight, *WL% '&<* with belts of grass WmSk. xr ftWan is of lime- » ne Ba y s tha(j if 14___0W_vi! aUo^ed t° proceed 1 BC 9 " 'C a j. b .instructed as far 'WC%h. aM . concerned. He " : ■V.** of ! rt Cqairin 6 information 1 _B!Sit t_T e P .°3' ect ed line, and ;.mSS as speedily as -|1% Pn P o *of conferring with

ADULTERATION OF THE GOSPEL-

" THE DEADLY COBRA OF MODERN THOUGHT."

PASTOR C. 11. SPURGEON'S SECES

SION FROM THE BAPTIST

UNION.

The Baptist Tabernacle was filled last even ing with a large congregation, and Pastor T. Spurgeon preached an eloquent discourse on " The Adulteration of the Gospel by the Deadly Cobra of Modern Thought." During the earlier portion of the service Mr Spur geon slated that he had received a reply to the cablegram of sympathy forwarded to his father in recognition of the stand he had taken in support of the Gospel in its purity and simplicity. In addition to thanking them for their sympathy, his father " had recommended them to read the 46th Psalm. The Psalm having been read, and a hymn sung, Mr Spurgeon proceeded with his sermon. He took for his test, Galatians Ist chapter, 6 and 7 verses, "I marvel that ye ate so soon removed from Him thab called you unto thograceof Christ into another gospel, which is not another ; but there be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ."

Mow to Combat Error.

Mr Spurgeon said ho believed that, generally speaking, tho most effective way of combating error was to leave ib alone, and that to preach the truth was the best way of meeting any proclamation of what was known to be false doctrine. Upon such lines as these they had been content to go, but ib happened sometimes that it was necessary to go down iubo-thc valley of warfare, to gird on the armour of Christ Jesus wibh renewed energy, and enter into the thickest of the fray, speaking boldly. This had been tho experience of his honoured father,who had for many years been recognised by well-nigh the whole Christian Church as a champion of the old fashioned truth, and the old landmarks of the Gospel. For years and years he had been for the most part content to go en the even tenor of his way, plainly and forcibly declaring what he believed to bo tho truth, such as it is in .lesus; bub he ' had of late assumed a role which could not be pleasant to him, to fight his way in what the occasion demands. He took it, however, that it was not pleasing to his mind to be apparently speaking against his brethren and finding fault with those who preached the same gospel. They had greatly mistaken his father's character who put him down as re joicing in such a conflict. He was far too gracious and gentle in his disposition to love tho fray, and he might have been expected to be too busy just now to engage in such a work as this. He had the care of 500 orphan children, and was carrying on a thousand other philanthropic works which prevented him from consulting his own ease and pleasure in any such undertaking. He (the speaker) was sure that his father felt pressed into the service, and that woe would be upon him if he did not take the stand lie had taken. In taking this stand, lie had brought no less than

Five Uistinct Charges

against the theologians of to-day. These charges they were familiar with, bub he would repeat them, for he was going to speak of them in the hope that those who loved the old gosoel might be bold in their Inly faith. The 'charges were :1. That the Atonement is scouted. 2. That tho in spiration of the Scriptures is derided. 3. That the Holy Spirit is degraded into an in fluence. .. That the punishment of sin is turned into a fiction. 5. That there surrcction was turned into a myth. These were serious charges, and there was a point more serious still these charges had not been denied -, they had been ac cepted by those at whom they were hurled : and tlie truth was that these were the views of a great many of those who oc cupied the pulpits of to-day.

"TTlic Atonement is Scouted"

The atonement was scouted—that is, it was thought little of, it was derided. It was not many years ago when men used to believe that "there was a need for the atonement. They had learned that the fall of Adam was complete and direful, aud that all who sprang from Adam were tainted with the vileness of bis fall. They had an idea a few years ago that when man f .11 tho fall was complete, the breaking of the body politic, the entire fall of human nature, involving heart, memory, mind, and conscience. We thought that the fall was not a trifle, and that there was need for the atonement; we felt within us the con demnation and we recognised that we were out of touch with tho Almighty, that something had gone wrong, that the wheels of the. universe did nob run smoothly, that something was needed to put the world right again ; and we were quibe prepared°to hear that the God whose name is Love had mercy upon us and had pre pared an atoning sacrifice whereby what was wrong might be remedied ; and we had gone on our way restored to rectitude. Mr Spurgeon then proceeded to explain the meaning of the atonement, and then went on to observe that now ib had been found by some in these later days thab we had been deluded and ensnared, that though Christ did not die as a vicarious sacrifice, His life was of value to us only as an example. He had no hope himself except in Christ crucified, save in the Christ of Calvary, his substitute, his surety. Thero were difficulties, he granted, in understanding the method of the atone ment, but God forbid that they should be with those who believed it was not moral or unjusb. The principle of vicarious suffer in" was the law of the universe, and we saw it exemplified on every hand. To re fuse ib because we did not understand it fully was very much like a starving man re fusing to partake of a loaf of bread until he had been assured of its contents by chemi cal analysis. Inspiration of tlie Scriptures. The second charge was that the inspira tion of the Scriptures was derided. Unfor tunately, this charge needed no proving. The disciples of modern thought admitted that the Bible was inspired in the same sense as Shakspere. Many ot us had a high idea of Shakspere, and it was re cognised that many of the best parts o Shakspere were from the Bible. It used to be thought in the good old days that the Bible was actually fully inspired. It used to be left to the ungodly and to the profane to question its inspiration, but now it was in the House of God and in the place of worship that wo found men who would call in question this miracle or the other incident, and throw doubt over the facts related from Genesis to Revelation. We, however, were prepared to say this much, that whereas the writers of the Bible were inspired, we do not believe that the copyists oi the Bible and the translators wTreinspired. He doubted not that they had received help from God to render the Bible intelligible to succeeding geneiation Certainly those who punctuated tho Bible and divided it into chapters were not in sr-ired The instruments had been played on by the hands of God, and they had been Aspired in these works. Though there Smuch in the Bible that was incorrect, it was not false in the same way as we spoke of the "sunrise" when we knew that the gun did not actually rise, but appeared to rlo <,n These concessions being made, the Bible remained inspired. The Bible he believed was wholly the work of God, and must be taken as a whole.

The Koly Spirit Deffradccl

The nexb charge was thab the Holy Spirit was degraded into an influence. We believe bhe Holy Spirit to be a person —not an in fluence—a living God, and a member of the Blessed Trinity, equal with the Eternal Father and the Gracious Son.

Punishment of Sin.

Tlie nexb charge was a very important one, " the punishment of sin is turned into a liction." This was not the only charge that had been made, though a recent writer in the newspapers, "Colonus" byname, had made ib appear as if it was at least the main count in the indictment. This was nob really so. His father looked upon this matter as of great importance, but regarded the other charges as of equal importance. It had been concluded by "Colonus" thab his father musb necessarily believe in the horrible doctrine of the condemna tion and damnation of little children. His father believed nothing of the kind. Mr Spu rgeon here quoted from sermons delivered by Ins father so far back as tho 20th October, l_B7,in which he gave most emphatic expres sion of his convictions directly to the con trary. He had never taught such a doctrine, and lie had again and again spoken of the multitudes of little children that were tread ing the streets of the New Jerusalem. Ib was contrary to the nature and goodness of God to consign these little ones to eternal torment, lie (the speaker) felt it very keenly that so base a slander should stand recorded in one of our leading papers, and he was not surprised that the writer of this had made several other most remarkable blunders, one of which was in reference to Pastor Guine3s. It was also untrue that his father,was try ing to belittle ministers! His father was nob a prone man, aud this was borne oub by his actions. He had seen his father's cheeks scored with tears as he urged men to repent, and he did not believe ib was possible for him to say anything in an un kind spirit or out of prejudice.

The i-essmreetioij

The nexb charge was that " the resur rection was turned into a myth." There was no better-attested fact in history than the resurrection of tlie Lord Jesus Christ. Take the resurrection out of the Bible and there was taken the gem out of the Gospel, the key out of the arch. If we said there was no resurrection of Christ there was no resurrection of man, for the one must stand or fall with the other, for our resurrection depended upon Christ's resurrection.

The Other Charges

There were other charges that his father had seen fit to bring against the teachers of the new school, charges which also needed no proving—the loss of spirituality, poorly-attended prayer meetings, more worldly conformity. " Colnuos " had said that it was his father's rare gifts which accounted for his great success as a preacher. It was true that lie had these gifts but other less gifted men who preached the old Gospel filled their churches too. For his own part he felt that if he ceased to preach Christ crucified and went in for tho "adulterated Gospel" he would soon see a great many cane-bottomed chairs in the Tabernacle. The people loved the gospel, and they knew the truth. They should read the Bible, not by a farthing rushlight of the past or the electric lighb of the present, but by the light of the Spirit. "Colonus" had compared his father to Mrs Partington trying to sweep back the sea with a broom. There were a good many such brooms prepared to help his father in this great barbie. God himself was with him and tho Cod of Jacob was his refuge. He (the speaker) rather compared his father to David the stripling standing before the giant, and determined to stand up for the old-fashioned truths. As to the ultimate results he felt thab victory was certain, and that the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever, would remain and be loved. Wo believed in tho imperi..!tabJene.s of its promises, and we were not going to give up either the Bible or its inspiration. ° The sermon extended considerably over the usual time and was listened to with great interest throughout.

Rev. Mr Gilmore's Views.

At the Ponsonby Baptist Church the Rev. Mr Gilmore oreaclied upon tho above sub ject last evening to a good congregation. He read for his lesson the 23rd chapter of Jeiemiah, which commences, " Woe unto the pastors that destroy the sheep of my pastures, " snith the Lord." The preacher also took his text from the ..nine chapter, the 16th and 17th verses being selected : "Thnssaith the Lord of Hosts, hearken not unto the woulsof the prophets thab prophesy unto you ; they make you vain : they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of tho Lord. They say still unto them that despise me, '.The Lord hath said, ' Ye shall have peace ;' and they say unto everyone that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, ' No evil shall come upon you.'" Mr Gilmore said that the subject had been announced as the" Deadly Cobra, or the Rev. C' H. Spurgeon'. Indictment." He felt that ab this particular crisis in religious matters it was the duty of every Christian preacher to speak oub cleany and with no uncertain sound. Ib was bheir duty to urge upon boeir people to rely upon the God-given gospel, and not upon one which had been the evolution of man's brain. At present everywhere round the air was charged with false teach ings. He believed thab the time was fast coming when men and women must take their stand either under tho old gospel of God's Word or else under the gospel which bad been evolved out of man's own brain. The latter was as contrary to the teachings of the Bible as heaven was to bell, in these days they had two gospels, God's and man's. He would deal first with the man made gospel of the present day. They would notice in the first place that ib came from an evil source. How was ib possible for a clean thing to come from an unclean thing? Christ had both said that tlie heart of man waa evil. Such being the case then, how was it possible for anybhiug coming from it to be aught but evil also ? He had said that man's doctrine was new, bub still they found thab ib was the same in the time'of Jeremiah. Then, it was contrary to God's gospel and was supported by misrepresenta tion and false teaching, and what was true in Jeremiah's time was true to-day. The pastor then wenton to reply tothestatements of a writer to the press, which he charac terised as libellous, false and entirely con trary to ilr Spurgeon's whole lifo and teachings. He denounced the article as a slander from beginning to end. Mr Gil more particularly took exception to the statement of the writer " that it was Mr Spurgeon's gifts of nature which had made him great." While admitting the great gifts of Mr Spurgeon, he contended that nothing else but the power aud grace of God had made Mr Spurgeon great as a winner ol souls. Theiiewdoctrine_aid thatif they only educated nature all would be well, bub he held that man's heart would still be de ceitful and desperately wicked, andtheman, whoever he might be,would fail as a preacher unless he had the gift of the Holy Ghost. For instance Peter was a man of marvellous power, but they did not find him winninc many souls until he had been blessed" with the Holy Ghost. The writer in the press had asked what had become of a young preacher named Guiness, who had enjoyed ephemeral tame. Well,he was able to say that Mr Guiness had even greater gifts than Mr Spurgeon, but he was not so successful because he got puffed up on account of the multitudes that went to hear him, whereas the other was still a winner of souls for Christ. Mr Gilmore said that there never was a greater libel on Mr Spurgeon than that repeated by the writer in the press regarding the statement that he must believe with

Calvin "that babies must go to the blue sulphur blazes of a Miltonio hell to frizzle." He did nob believe thab anyone in the world believed such a horrible doctrine as that. The pastor then quoted from one of Mr Spurgeon's sermons, " We all hope and believe that all persons dying in infancy are elected." Readers of Gods Word-must believe thab all who died before they came to years of discretion having no sin of theirs to atone for would just pass from earth to heaven and be taken into thearmsoftheChrist who died to take away their original sin. He utterly repudiated the statement that Mr Spurgeon believed that God would rejoice to see people in hell. Bub they must remember thab if man would not receive the Son of God they were in danger of condemnation. The God con jured up by man, bub nob the God of the Bible.was the one he wished to warn them against. The God of the Bible. was longing and waiting to please man, and not to condemn him. The indictment brought by Mr Spurgeon against man's doctrine had five counts. That Christ died nob as a saviour for man, bub as an example. That the Bible was nob inspired. That -he spirit of God was a mere influence. That the hell of the Bible was a myth, and that everyone would in some way or other enter into the kingdom of God. They must remember that God was just, as well as loving, and if He had devised a simple plan of salvation which cost Him His only Son, and if many deliberately rejected Him, did they think that God in His love could pass it by as things which did not need to be punished. If so, why then did Jesus come . Why then was it written that "it pleased the Lord to bruise Him." Think you that ib would have pleased God to have bruised Bis only Son if mankind would havo been saved in any case ? It would surely make God a very wonder ful Being. They musb either receive or reject the plan laid down by God, to be blessed or cursed. It was their own deliberate choice. A few even ings ago, at a public meeting in Auck land, lie was pained to hear a minister use these words, "If a man lives up to the light, hehasand does thebest he can here, he would stand a very good chance of getting in at last." If thab was true then why did the Son of God die If ib was possible for man to get in at last ? No! that was the Gospel which man bad de vised because he would not have any thing to do with the teachings of tlie Bible. Man would believe anything rather than that he must humble himself before the cross of Calvary. Man would believe any thing rather than lower his own dignity. Let them look for a minute ab God's gospel. It had come from tlie true source. Christ Himself had shown them the fountain of this doctrine. It was—"God so loved the world that He gave His only be gotton Son that whosoever belioveth in Him should not perish, but have over lasting life." Why, the very word Gospel was contained in the capitals of that verse. That message was peace. Man's gos]>el also spoke of peace. God's Gospel spoke of peace through the cross of Christ, and also gave security forib was sure and would be so when others wero crying upon bhe rocks bo hide and the mountains to fall upon them. If they wanted this peace and security let them elect to have God as their Father, Christ as their Saviour, and the Holy Spirit as their guide. Jesus lived, and was the Christian's security if they were only reconciled to Him. Let them choose that, doing whom they would service, and let them stand to gether firm against this false teaching.

THE SCULLING CHAMPION SHIP.

BEACH V. HANLAN.

By the Australian mail we learn that the two contestants for the sculling champion, ship of the world which comes off in four weeks'time are both getting on well with their training. Beach is stationed at Penrith, on the Nepean, and is putting in good work. On Tuesday morning last he pulled over the full championship distance, rowing a long, steady stroke and going as well as could be desired. In the after noon, in company with Kemp, his trainer, lie started out shortly after 4, and after turning at tho bridge both went away to gether at a great pace, rowing 36 stroke, a minute. This speed was maintained for nearly two miles, when both stopped, and turning round came home to tho shed ab a steady" pace. Tho champion pulled up strong and well as usual, but I fancy the severe work is beginning to tell on Kemp. Beach has made himself extremely popular at Penrith by his unassuming manners and the interest he has taken in local events of a sportingnature,and he is in grcatrequisition to act as judge in all races there. The champion expresses considerable sur prise at tho news of the defeat of Gaudaur by Teenier. Ever since his desperate race with the former he has entertained a very high opinion of him. "It isn't that he's fasb, you know," he said, " but he keeps on going all bhe time." Beach considered the late match a certainty for Gaudaur, and from the facb bhat he was defeated by half a mile concludes some accident must have happened. After his race with Hanlan, Beach positively declines to row any more races, but in the event of the Hanlan-Tricketb match coming off will go bo Rockhampton to give an exhibition of rowing. Manlan's quarters are ab Mortlake, not far from Beach's, where Brett, the amateur champion of New South Wales, and Perkins, the English sculler, are training him. 'Last Tuesday Hanlan went out in the morning, he and Perkins going from the shed to the starting point of the championship course, aud from thence down to tho finish, Brett accompanying them part of the way. The first two miles of the course the ex-champion covered at 34 to the minute, for the remainder slackening down to about 28. In the afternoon Hanlan and Perkins pulled down from the shed to the bridge below the Brothers and then back at aboub 28 to the minute, increasing at the end of the return journey to 32 or 34. Hanlan both times went out in the "R. A. Watson," and appeared quite delighted with the latesb piece of Sullivan's work manship. The Canadian has only to slightly reduce his weight now, being within three or four pounds of his rowing weio.it. He is in excellent health, and is determined to make a hard try for the coveted prize.

ALARMING ACCIDENT.

LYNCH BELLINGERS IN DANGER,

(BY Tl-LEGKAI'II—I'EESS ASSOCIATION.)

Rkeftox, Sunday. All the members of the Lynch family o f bellringers had a narrow escape of losing their lives on Friday night. They were re turning from Capleston to Reefton, after a performance they had given there, and when crossing the Inangahua River, which had risen very rapidly through heavy rain, the driver of the coach was unable to keep the usual crossing, and the coach and its occupants were swept down the river. Some laro-e boulders stopped tho coach, and with great difficulty the horses were loosened. The Bellringers remained on top of the coach from midnight till four o'clock yesterday morning, when the river fell nearly a toot, and assistance was rendered. Great praise is due to the driver, George Harris, and a man named Wolfe for their courageous conduct.

V-R-C- RACES.

HOW THE CUP WAS WON.

BEFORE THE RACE,

Melbourne was in a turmoil of excitement on the great Cup day, everybody was up and about hours earlier than usual, and before the morning had far ad. vanced streams of poople were taking their way to Flemington. Trams and trains are rushed for places, greyheaded men and young" boys, the " speeler" and the "dude," and ladies, both young and old all are found in the great scramble at the station ; all anxious to get to the racecourse as soon as possible. At the course the grandstand is already filled. Every available seat has been taken and the lawn is full of ladies in summer dresses and men with long white hats. Over on The Flat the cheap "bookies" in many-coloured raiment and surrounded by flying flags are howling their oilers to the speculative public. Down in the luncheon-room there i 3 already a brisk, refreshing sound of popping corks and clattering dishes. His Excellency the Governor and Lady Loch arrive in good time for the first race, accompanied by a large party of distinguished visitors, of whom there is an unusually large number in Melbourne ab present. Amongst the number are seen the Marquis and Marchioness of Droghela, and the Marquis and Marchioness of Carnarvon, Lord Porchester and many other distinguished persons. An hour is given to wandering about looking for seats, which aro already at {a premium, the ladies criticising each other's dresses, each wondering if her own is showing to ad vantage. But at last the races begin. The excitement is mild while the earlier events are being run off, for tho multitude reserves its enthusiasm for the Melbourne Cup. For half an hour before that great event every seat is filled, and thousands upon thousands of eyes are directed through field glasses ab the little group of ever changing starters, the bits of bright and varied colours ou the horses' riders moving like the tiny scraps of many hundreds of glasses in a kaleidescope. Suddenly there is a great murmur and a shout of "They're oil." Then for three minutes and 28£ seconds —the shortest time in which a Melbourne Cup race was ever won—there is almost silence, for the only sounds that are heard are tho exclama tion, in curiously strained and eager voices, "Thunderbolt," "Charmer," "No, Silver Prince," "Algerian," "The Peer, "No, no, Dnnlop ;" and then the muttered ex clamations give place to a tumultuous roar of applause as the winner gallops past the post

The Race

At the post, the positions were quickly taken up, Pakeha, Thunderbolt, Dunlop, Jebusite and Algerian being close to the inside rails, Silver Prince, Silver Mine, The Australian Peer, Recall, Abercorn and Niagara being in the centre, while the most prominent of the out side division were Tranter, Tho Charmer and Oakleigb. Though the whole Held ap peared anxious to get away, there was only one false attempt before the signal for com mencing the memorable journey was given, and Algerian, Silver Prince, Thunderbolt, Recall, Oakleigb and The Charmer showed out first, almost in lino, and they com menced at once the race for positions. Ap proaching tho course proper, Silver Prince appeared in the lead, and was jusb heading Tranter as they breasted the rails, Thunder bolt, The Peer, Pakeha and Oakleigh follow ing in a bunch, with The Charmer on the outside, while Abercorn and Meteor were last, in the centre of a cloud of dust. Save that The Charmer improved her position at the distance and Sardius retired to the rear, there was no material change till the stand was reached. Here The Charmer wa.s in command, with her neck in front of Silver Prince, which was going nicely on the rails, alengthclearof Tranter, Algerian, and Thun derbolt, that trio being waited on by Recall, Oakleigh,and Pakeha,sidebyside; and then came Cranbrook, Dunlopand The Australian Peer, and Meteor joined Sardius as a whipper in. Silver Prince forged out slightly as the first turn was rounded, and made the pace a cracker past the mile-and-a-quartor post, the Charmer lying on his quarter and just clear of Algerian and Tranter, while Remus and Thunderbolt were in advance of Pakeha. The Australian Peer and Recall and Sardius had dropped 100 yards to the rear, already beaten. A little further on Silver Prince increased his advantage over The Charmer to a length, but Algerian was running in company with tlie latter. Tranter still being his nearest attendant, in whose wake could bo distinguished Remus, The Aus tralian Peer, Oakleigh and Cranbrook, and Silvermine and Meteor were in waiting on the main body of the Held. Going towards the bridge Algerian headed the Charmer and when he reached that point had his head at the leader's girths. Recall appear ing in fourth place, with the Australian Peer and Cranbrook in waiting, while Oak leigh and Dunlop headed the ruck, the last of which was still Meteor and Sardius tailing off 200 yds. away. At this point the pace was very severe, and Algerian forging out improved his position by"joining Silver Prince, who was still going easily, but The Charmer was fast tiring and Cranbrook appeared in the third place. Here also Remus and Abercorn closed on the leaders, while Dunlop went up on even terms with the Australian Peer, and on the outside .vere Recall and Silvermine. At the abbatoirs Algerian and Silver Prince were still together, and in command ; but Cranbrook flattered his supporters by drawing up to their girths. The fourth and fifth places were occupied by Remus and The charmer. Here, too, could be seen Abercorn next, but Hales was hard at work on him, and so was Fielder on Oak leigh, who wa3 running with him. At the head of the others was Recall, but beaten. Entering on the bend Cranbrook, Algerian and Silver Prince were abreast, having for their nearest attendants Oakleigh, Remus and Niagara, and The Australian Peer, while treading closely on their heels came Dunlop and Silvermine. The lirst to hang out distress signals was Silver Prince, and as they rounded the home turn he began to flounder, while Dunlop, making a run, cantered the straight on terms with Cran brook and Algerian, and almost with them could be seen Silvermine on the outside, The Australian Peer and Remus all showing boldly. When fairly within the rails the sen sational favourite Algerian cried a"go,"Ner ricker's efforts being powerless to keephim in the.van, and the moment his rider called on him c retired. Then Cranbrook shot his bolt, and a reminder from Sanders drove Dunlop in front a length clear of Silvermine and The Australian Peer, both of which were going well and waited on by Niagara. Bub Oakleigh was in trouble, so were Remus and Abercorn, though their riders still per severed Dunlop maintained his advantage towards .'he distance, inside which he and Sil/ermine had drawn clear of followers, and as the latter was seen to close on to the leader's saddle flaps, it looked as if he would wear the Victorian down. Robertson continued at work till within a hundred yards of home, but Dunlop was equal to the occasion, and responding gallantly to the final call, drew away again and won a good race easily by his own length. Silvermine beat The Aus tralian Peer by a similar distance,, and the latter was only half a head in front of Niagara. Abercorn was fifth, followed by Recall, Oakleigh, Algerian, Remus, Silver Prince, Cranbrook, Jebuiste, Thunderbolt, Meteor, Tranter, Pakeha, and The Charmer, in that order, Sardius walked in. with the crowd. Time, 3min. 28Jsec. After tlie Race. '•Another knock down for tho public!" " Sold again!" Such are the exclamations

suitable to the oocasion when' the great race has been deoided. The money has gone into the hands of the owner and the ring, as tho public would havo nothing to do with Dunlop, and therefore the public has been sold. The night before the race the betting on him ran to 20 to 1. The race was a repetition of last year, and so much for the public. They have been pretty badly bitten, though nob, perhaps.as badly as last year. The few scooped the pool (tha virtuous, of course); many found the fickle jade had turned her wheel the' wrong way. # The cries of disappointment, triumph, surprise, and excitement mingled that rose from that great multitude ring in one's ears long after the place where they were is all deserted. Ib is interwoven with the melody that the band played just before; sometimes with the voice of the porter calling, "This way for the first train for Melbourne, gentlemen ;"■ but it is a sound which, once heard, is not soon forgotten; it is like the roar of Niagara shot through and through with the shrill plaintive cries of the coon or the screecli owl. Everywhere people are com paring notes; there are always more that dance to the wrong pipe than to the right one. "Just my luck, all over," men cry, and so, poor fellows, they get on the wrong side of the post, and, losing heart, never, get the right side again.

POLICE COURT--THIS DAY.

[Before Mr H. C. Baddeley. R.M.] Drunkenness.—Five persons'were punished for first offences.

Rogue and Vagabond.—-Mary Ann Wil son was charged with drunkenness and with being a rogue and a vagabond.—Mr Stead appeared on behalf of the prisoner, and stated that she had an engagement in the country, and if allowed to go back she would have a chance to reform.—Sergeant Pratt said prisoner was one of the roughest characters in the city. — His Worship feared there was no chance of reclaiming the prisoner, and sentenced her to twelve months' imprisonment. Another.— Mary Lewis was charged with habitual drunkenness, and with being a rogue and a vagabond. Prisoner had been convicted 38 times for drunkenness. She promised to go right away from Auckland if she got another chance. Sergeant Pratt did not believe another chance would do the prisoner any good, and His Worship sentenced her to twelve months' imprison ment.—William Elder was fined 20s and costs for drunkenness, being an old of fender.

INCO-_a.ai.BLE Rogue. — William- Cern, alias Kearn, was charged with being an in corrigible rogue, having been previously convicted as an idle and disorderly person. —Prisoner pleaded guilty and was ordered two years imprisonment. Stealing.—Joseph McNamara pleaded not guilty to stealing an opera glass,valued at 20s,fro_n some person unknown. On the application of Seargeant Pratt prisoner was remanded for 8 days.

Wilful Damage.—Thomas Booth, alias Tigue, pleaded guilty to damaging a water pipe the property of the Auckland City Council to the extent of 10s.—-Sergeant Pratt stated that the prisoner had broken a water pipe behind the City Market with a large stone. —James Carlaw gave evidence as to the extent of damage. Ordered to pay the amount of damage, no fine being insisted upon, the mother being a widow and in poor circumstances.

Failing to Support.—Charles M. Lang stone was charged with failing to pay the weekly sum of 10s towards the support of each of his children and having allowed the sum of £38 to be in arrears.—There was no appearance of defendant and the case was adjourned till Friday next. ,

Neglected by P...—Thomas Elliot was charged with failing to provide adequate means of support for his three children under 14 years of age. — The defendant did not appear, and evidence having been given by Mrs Elliott, an order was made forjpayinent of 10s per week for each child and for sureties of £.50.

Failixc: to Support.— George R. Pooley was charged with failing to support his illegitimate female child under 14 years of age, whereof Ellen Frances Brown is the mother.—Mr Cooper appeared for the com plainant and Mr H. Williamson for the defendant, and pleaded not guilty. — Witnesses in this case — four mothers with four babies in arms—were ordered out of Court, and the " audience" fol lowed under direction from the Bench.— Mr Cooper said that the facts that would be deposed to would be something out of the ordinary run of these cases,as he understood that the defence would be that there never was a child in the case. It was probable that before the complainant's case was closed he would have to ask for an adjourn ment in order to produce a very important witness named Mrs Reed.—Mrs Reed was then called and not being present, a warrant was issued for her arrest. —A large amount of evidence was taken in this case, and which was adjourned for seven days for the production of further witnesses.

EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES AFTER HOURS.

SERGEANT GAM B L E'S

EXPERIENCES.

At the Police Court this morning J_ Ehrman was charged Avith having, at his factory in High-street, employed Margaret Robb between the hours of 6 p.m. on the 31st and 8 a.m. on the following'day, there by committing a breach of the Employment of Females and Others Act, 1881.

Mr Humphries appeared for the defen dant and pleaded not guilty. 'Sergeant Gamble stated that on the evening of tho 31st October he looked through the window of the factory of Mr Ehrman, and saw two females working. They were Margaret Robb and Jennie Kinnaird. Sergeant Kiely, Sergeant Mc- Mahon and Constable Macky assisted in the search. When he entered the factory the girls had left tho building. The girls were afterwards found hi an out-building. Miss Robb said she was working on a coat. By Mr Humphries : I did not threaten to make it worse for the girls if they did not tell me all about it. By Sergeant Pratt; The factory was a clothing factory. Sergeant Kiely stated that he searched the premises with Sergeant Gamble, and one of the young ladies admitted to him that she had been at work. Margaret Robb deposed that she was a tailoress employed by defendant. Was working for herself at a coat on Monday night. The defendant gave her the coat to make. Was working up till about three minutes of the time Sergeant Gamble knocked. Miss Kinnaird was also working. She left the factory when Gamble knocked because she would clear out any time when she saw Gamble coming. She was not told to clear out when Gamble came.

By Mr Humphries: At half-past five Mr Elirman called, " Clear out, girls." They all cleared out, and she went back of her own accord. She asked Miss Kinnaird to stop with her. She was paid on piece work.

Jennie Kinnaird, machinist, employed by defendant, gave corroborative evidence. Mr Ehrman left the premises at 5.30 p.m. Joseph Ehrman, proprietor of the Aus tralian Clothing Factory, gave evidence. His usual hours were from 8.30 to 5.30 daily, with an hour for lunch. He did not know that Miss Robb and Miss Kinnaird were working after hours until informed by

Sergeant Gkmbi.. __ti girls camo id hinji on the following taorning and expressed sorniw for having brokeii the rules: Miss Robb wtt, employed on piecework and Miss Klnuaird waM paid __ Weekly wage: By Sergeant Pratt i Sergeant Prat, oautioned me on the previoh- featedi-y against working the girls after hours: . He' left Ml' Stack, & presser, On the premiseaj and saw all the girls leaVe the at 6.30 p.m. t His Worship said that In a case of this kind the Act would become a dead letter if girls wero allowed to be on the premises after hours, although It was claimed that they wero not working on behalf of their employer. A small fine of 10s and Oostd would be imposed in this case. Three other cases against the defendant were then withdrawn.

SUICIDE BY POISON.

"ROUGH ON RATS" AGAIN.

(BY TELEGBJLPH. _>_-ES9 ASSOCIAHok. )

Wellington, Sunday.

Mrs Amelia Martin, wife of Mr 3. Martin^ landlord of the City Hotel, committed suicide late last night or early this morn' ing. For some time past Mrs Martin has given way to intemperate habits, and often threatened she would end her life by taking poison. At midnight Mrs Martin informed her daughter, twelve years of age, that she had taken " Rough on Rats." Tha child, however, took no notice of her, but at the same time noticed that the parcel of tha. particular poison had been removed from the shelf. Mr Martin, who occupied a separate room to his wife, spoke to her ab one o'clock this morning, but the latter said nothing of having taken poison. At seven o'clock this morning Mrs Martin was found dead in bed, and on her dressing table was found a glass containing " Rough on Rats," while an empty box, which had contained poison, was found in a drawer in her room. Much sympathy is expressed for Mr Martin, ' who formerly lived in the Hawke's Bay district, and is well known in sporting circles, at formerly owning several racehorses.

THE TRUNK RAILWAY.

THE WORK TO BE STOPPED.

MITCHELSON FAVOURS A METALLED ROAD FROM THE LINE TO TARANAKI.

(BY TEREGRATH—SPECIAL REPORTER.)

Wellington, this day. It is very porbable that work on the North Island Trunk line will be stopped im mediately. The Minister of Public Works thinks this is desirable in the present position of the colony, and also until the lands along the route of the railway are purchased.

In the meantime, Mr Mitchelson thinks £50,000 should be spent in making a proper metalled road from Taranaki to the line. The Public Works Statement will contain an important proposal with respect to ex penditure on public wo ks other than rail ways.

Mr Mitchelson says his intention is that after three years and a half,, i.e., when the loans asked. for have been expended that the votes under parti should disappear from the Public Works Estimates. In other whrds he intends that after the lapse of that period all expenditure for roads, bridges buildings and similar purposes should come from the Consolidated Revenue in stead of from Loan.

ANGLICAN HOME MISSION.

At the various Anglican churches yester day the services were particularly devoted to the matter of assisting the Home Mis sion. The collections were also given to that object. In most instances there were exchanges of pulpits. At St. Mary's the Rev. G. H. S. Walpole preached in the morning from the text, " Give, and it shall be given you," and in the evening the Rev. C. M. Nelson preached from "And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?" The collections for the day amounted to £1116 Bd. Bishop Cowie preached at St. Paul's in the morning, taking for his text, " And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all judgment." The R.ev. J. Hazelden preached in the evening, taking for his subject " Home Missions." At St. Mark's Mr Hazelden also preached in the morning on Home Mission work, when the collection amounted to £8 15s. The Home Mission services at. St. Matthew's Church were very well at tended. In the morning the Rev. G. Ait ken*, of Mongonui, preached and gave a' very interesting account of Home Mission work in the country. Bishop Cowie preached in the evening from "Steadfast in Good Works." The anthem " Come, Holy Ghost"' and the canticles, Bafnett's setting in F, were sung during the service. His Lordship also performed the ceremony of confirmation. The Rev. W. Mulgan took the morning service at All Saints' Church, Ponsonby, taking for his text Titus iii. and 14th. The Rev. Mr Walsh, of Waimate, preached in the evening. At St. Thomas's Church the offertory at the evening service was devoted to the Homo Mission work. The Rev. J. C. M. Wilson, of North Wairoa, preached from the first verses of the 38th and 32nd Psalms. Ab . St. Sepulchre's Church the early communion was celebrated by the Yen. Archdeacon Dudly. Archdeacon Willis preached' at eleven o clock, selecting his text from Hebrews vii., 6,10. A children's service was held in the afternoon, when an address was given by the Rev. R. O'Callaghan Briggs, of Hamilton, his subject being "The Lay ing-on of Hands." In the evening the Rev. T. H. Sprott delivered a sermon from St. Luko vii., 11. The day's collections amounted to £27 4s 2d.

COMING EVENTS.

Meetings, &c., To-night.

Abbott's Opora House—"The Female Detec tive, " 8. Agricultural Hall—Mohawk Minstrel., 8. Foresters'Hall—Band of Hope Union Contests, 7.30. V.M.C.A. Rooms—Association for the teaching of Divine Healing, 7.15. City Hall—Scotch Entertainment, 8. Three Kings' Schoolroom — Meeting of Bate payers to nominate Candidate for Whau Riding, 7.30. Freemasons' Hall—Ara Lodge, No. 348,1.C., 7.30. Drill-shod-Auckland Rifle Association, 8. Temperance Halt — Auckland Operative Boot* makers' Union, 8. Protestant Hall—Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 1,

Rota of Justices at Police Court.

November B.—Messrs R. Stevenson and W. ___. Thomas. _^ Auction Sales To-morrow. Arthur and Buddie, Symonds-street — House hold Furniture and J_lfects. 11; at Mart—Pro perty, 12; Furniture, etc., 12.30. ' Tobaccos, •to., 11; Fruit, etc., 12. __, B. Tonks ana Co.—Oilmen's Stores, Grocer!.*, G. Lewis—Boots and Shoes, etc., 11. S. Cochrane and Son—Yacht Midge, 1L D. F. Evana-Household Furniture, etc., 11, V '

Auction Sales To-morrow.

Arthur and Buddie, Symonds-street — House hold Furniture and JCtfects, 11; at Mart—Pro perty, 12; Furniture, etc., 12.30. ' Tobaccos, •t0.,'11; Fruit, etc., 12. B. Tonka ana Co.—Oilmen's Stores, Groceries, G. Lewis—Boots and Shoes, etc., 11. S. Cochrane and Son—Yacht Midge, 1L D. F, Evans-Household Furniture, etc., 11,

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1887,

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