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City Hall— Jßda. and Federal Combination. 8. m Qvnen-s.roet-Kxhlbltlon of.Olaps blowing.

7.3 n. Religions Meeting In tlio Tmit on Surrey Hill 9 Katato. Ponsonby Uoad, 7.30. AU-sandra-Btrcet Priuiitlvo Mellionlat Chiirch- Addreasei hy Hovr. B. SoirmirVl leandH. It. Oonabnry. St Luke's P.c 1. tc-rti r. f!'mii-li - Adilreseni l>y ltcva. T. npurguuu uua J. ri. jjIH. PjnßOrn>J Hall-I'onsonby Municipal Fhrtiou. 9 a.m. to G p.m. Drill ahed—N. Z. Hifle Associa'lQD, 7.3D. Temperance Hall-N.I 0.0. F., 7.30. Drll:-shnd - Auckland, Ponaonby. and Waito matiNavals. 7.30.

Auction Sales To-morrow.

Hunter and No'.r.n. SjlviaPark-Horsre, Bu Z gy, Household Furniture and KfUc:B,ll.

Kota of Justices at PoUco Court. Jaavnry S-D. O. MacDonnell and S. Macfarlane

Chief Post-office, Auckland

Mails will ciosf. Mi under:—

This Day. For TAtiranga and Upotlkl. per Clansman, at For" Whltlangi and Upper Mill, per lona, it 5 f or™VTmnparel Hcacls, Farua. Waipu. Whan (/-irei, Kniuo, aud Mangapal, por Qlenelg, For Gisborne and Napier, por Wa'takl, at 5 p.m

Saturday, St!» inßt. Far Wnlwera, 'Ie Kttua. and vVork>vorth. pur Fo? Knt kafi, "linmtote. Ta«ran«. OjdHM. and Thanie.', per Hotomahaim, atlo 30 a.m. Fur Thimen. per Hotonjahann, ut II a.m. For linsacll, Knwakawa, *iji. e'C DCr Arawata. at 5 p.m. Monday. lOlh i. at. For London, via Rio do Janeiro, and Plymouth (Der AranKi from Wellington, on l.i h mst), wli clo.e at ihis offlc^, i n Monday. 10th lnst. Mail will tie due at Plymouth, Fib vary 24. Pot- IMtlkl and Cacummxaai. por coronmndel, at 11 30li Tn J-o- Ttuanem, per Roloinahacrt at 1 p.m. For Ra'sell, K?w^ B.y'^ o , l n l?wt^ p m. R jro?iSrfrS"XCoi^7^^T Zola^ui; Immo din*"'T (ifter her en iv.il frotm :..onoiuiu For Tarannk'innd Sonthern Ports, per Haweti, imtaidlately after arrival of Zialaudia.

(Kilned) S. B. KIBS 1 Chief Poatmaator.

Chisi Pjst-offico, Auckland.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

SSSSS^SKSw^mofn!^. i 53. JTiJoNV.-iaw- Full Mdob, 10th. 10 It a m.

HIGH WATER.

Arcrcr^OT-Thii aftwnaon. 3.:G ; to-morrow nlAt2i?uiiu i!'HßiDS-Thia cvonidg, (i.30 ; to •"SU^STIu"^ 8"- This evening. 7.86, to morcow morainu, 7 9.

ARRIVALS

TO-OAY. C3an»mßn. H. 8.. FarcinhaUro^m HnesaU (Ss'p 1., Pennal. from Whmgarci Volandc, schr., troro Nowcoatlo

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING.

Wellington, s s , Stophcnson, for WhanKO'Cl

Itlnmlaka R.M.3 . iouuT'' iaKt°n Sind™Wo Bl)er. talg"u»tFnl°BMaeli, for Mercury Buy

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Corcmandol, from CoromaLdol, tomorrow, fi HIS &7u&fsS. ca-ly ZaalaSd"' from san Francisco, Saturday HlweaTf?om South (a', O.ithumsa). Saturday Tainnl. from Londoo, K<>b. !3. ltuapehu, from South, March

ootivards Coastwise - Kanrl, for Poit Chalmers; Zillah. for Thames. ■Tne bar-qne CeleetU gees hence to Whangaroa to load timber for Sydney. Captain Sntcl fid. wh"> h=3 b-en onpolnted commSSder of the R.M.S. Aorangi. went &ou'h to jjin that vessel by tho Kimutaka this afternoon.

Messrs Hendorwn and Spraggon hove the ketch Agnes Mnrt.n on Iholr slip in ordor to fit liar with a new keel and Bternpoat.

Tim nhlo EuterDe v;as towed into tho stream this afternoon She will sail for Napier wl* the first fair wind. 'Che bristontlEO Linda Weber sailed thU morn- Ing tor Mercury Bay, to load limbur for hew Caledonia.

The c.P. Woitakl rettrntd f.om Wnjl"™"lo.' this mowing with a CHrgo of ocaV Wrt o I wlueh

sis 4Sf anS? J.nd CfMrs RSbloßoa a;d' 9servim. Yon. Mr and Morris. Mrjh-s Hill. Mr M, AndeHon, Mr V. K. Cive.

Thn o a nuwmm rotnrncd from tho North 2ft Tl hy CtfcU Cio nn? n gn with -he Wlowing p..- Benders :-From Mi-nionui Mrs Wjl'"'' " »Pd honfe Co«l°n, Messrs Dove. Line, barns. Slaadford, H- Dixon, Ciemett, Coughlan, ar,d 7 in the otoorago. The p.p. Hduroto left fey Melbourne, via tlio Fo? tGi3no rrno':' MesJamea Sandsrlandl ocel two children, UickEon. A. Home, Dr. and Mrs Payne and daughter. Misses Lyeuar. Gioba Bro»fn (2), Dickaon, and Ooralniton. Mesaw Nlchol Kicor. SuTioriand, Homo, A. McLean, A. J. Co.pjr. g r o^&e J r. glri^FieesVr&et bull," Wood, J. Munn, Pa ford. K;lia, Boa?, Hayes, J FinUy, Eimnwd, and Creafee. For Woliugton Meadame'i Jenkins and Bailor, Misses Hill and Annabald!, Meesro Be 1. Hailey, PJllook. Brown, and Maxweu. J^uelton: Messrs J. f-i:brow,Rap,Dodd Outts, I vtm'a jail II Piper Browr.. Darritt, Butler. D O'Brien.'Modi. ndW. A. McKrozte. Port Chalmera: Miastß McLaren. Nathan (2). and O'Roilley. Cap an Parcr. Mr and Mra 1^ U. Nathan Mrs Oolbesk. Messrs J. V^zey. C. S. Jacob. Colbeck, a.d G. Dickson, Melbourne' Slra liodda and family {t\. Steeraee for .all pirt^: Meaara J. Nlco'. J. Wheeler. BemewiU, A Bieratan. J. Rawltnson. R. Browne. «. Hi>i?enß F Kinder J. Gcodall. Cook, A. Brad "f^'HussenfG. White, T. Hastie, B. Wood, R J. Rooerts. Nicho'lj, Miaaes Claj ton, Dobie. and Jonea, Mra Abbott.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Sydney, January G.-Saliod ; Marapouri, for Auckland. Port Chalmkrs. January 0. - ■&-" ljed = Pleiades ship, Setten. from London. James Allen, a steerage passenger, died on the voyage. r vttklton January G.—Sailed : Wairarapa. PflSgers for Auckland : Mrs JJawaon, Messrs Cox, Gray, and Crof c. Giseorne, this day. - Arrived : Bcnthern Cross lrom Auckland, 11 p.m. yesterday. Gibborne. this day.-Salled: Australia, for Auckland, lLo.m,

Port Chaijmbrs, this doy.-The Dnnedin (schooner) sailed this morning for Timarn, to take In cargo for Auckland.

The Collision In Otago Harbour.

DUSEDIN. Thurcday.—A preliminary inquiry was held by tho Collector of Customs Into the circumstance* of the collision between the Omapere and the dredge, but not ppen to the Press. The dredge sOlt lies on the bank, but as tho weathsr is flno it is expected she will be got on". A gale of wind, however, would probably lead 10 her back being broken, a» the place she is resting on is only a bank of sand.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening St.»k Office, this day. Mr Alfred Bpckland's Weekly Report. i.t the Haymarket on Friday last, although a larße number of hotsfls were yarded, there was a general disinclination for business, and not many Bales were effected, a few of them at latd Tames, but many at very low prices. At the woesly sale of hi-lee, skins, ana tallow, held on ■luesday, very little was brought forward; hides ruled from 2d to 3Jd the lb; skina, from lid to 2j id each; floe wool, 7d the lb; taliow. 16s the cwt. At the wool Bale held on Wedneeday. January Stb, 151 bales and as many parcels were offered, 'lhere was a full attendance or boyera, but bidding w»s slow, and prices ruled about Jd tha lb lower than last sala makjoß about lid the lb lees than at the second sale held early in De cember. Prices !cr langwools ranged from ba to Cld; croMbwd. OH to OJd: merino, GJd to 7id lambs' wool, Ulil to 7d the lb. At Kcmuera, on Thursday, every dotcription of Btock wa3 fully repreteoted. Dairy cows If profit w« e in' demand, and bettor worth than for several weeks. Swre cattle, scarcely saleable: fat cattle. In fall numbers sold dull at lato values; tiood stfiers, Irom 15s to 17b the 1001b; cowb. from 12a up wards. Fat Bhoep. in limited number, were bettor worth from Is to 2s each Lamba, aoundan'. were (unless of prime quality) at lower values; calves were a si more numerous thin usual, and scaroelymjinta ned Ule values. Pies in full numbers, obtained late prices, and a few store sheep Bold freely. Messrs Hdnter and Nolan's Repoiw..- HnrBBH • The snpply of ordinary hortefleah has EotTeensolarKeaaon the previous week, but Suil ample for requirements, and changed handß withlitSeornoaiioration in value. The annual blood awoibaUß have attracted a good deal of artention;and a goo* many tavo beon dißposed iS at satisfactory prices. At the Durham Yards on Friday, an average number woro disposed of by auction, and although prices flactuated coßßlderably, there was littlei alteration in the average value. Atthe Naw ZealandSiudCom nany'B annual sale a', s-ylvia Park, thera was a lane attendance of buyers, and spirited com natiUon throughout 'lia cale, and all the lots wera eleardd at satißfaotory priceß, which have fceen already publlßhed. Thtre was a Rood turo-out at.Glenora,oa Thursday. The Musket- Yatterlna dolt was knocked down to Mr Ciiru oide tot 700 guineas, and the Musket-Hip- BOrina for 250 fjuineas. The opening la'e of blood Btock at Green Line was alto successful. All lots advertised wore disposed of. The Anteros-Vivandiere colt realised 2CO (ralneas. Leollnus - Pungawarewere colt, 175 tuineas! Wool.hldes.and skins: Owing to the holiday there was but a short supply, oonße auently we held no auction jale.but there jvasno ' notowbrthy alteration i a value. Cattle: A good ssKtts pb^« ysiea no ssjSras|-~ Therei was an Average muster at Newmarket ca Tuesday, and the yards were crammed at Papa

kr.ra on Woanesday. There waß a good attend nnoo of buyors, bat prlcoa were, o.i iin averaire, 5j per head lower than on the prdvious month ; weli-fatted steers were .Is por head hloher in valno" cows and plain ttoers at latt weeks values: dairy cows receded slightly in value. F.it sh«op »ere yarded in full numbirJ, and «old a', last w^ek'a pries. Lambs were in gool supply and corresponding demand. Pigs In uvcraKO supply, demand goad.

MESSRS (x. W. BINNEY AND SON 9' REPORT.- At our wool sale on I'noaday last, tho aitend unce of buyers was large, and tho bidding lliroughout gco.l. The prices realised wi-ro very satisfactory to vondnr.l Longwool rold from 01 to GJd; eroMbrert. (id to 65di lialfbred and motino sold privately up to8:i per lb. The wool pissed at auction, influding 44 ba'es of one clip, was placed at aatisfactor? flgnreg. Several lots of heavy sandy wool Bold at SJd per .b. Hides Heavy ox were in brisk demon 1 at an advance on late quotation!. Cow and steer hldea alo show a hardening tendtney; we quote crime heavy ox. H to 4 id : heavy/3?d to 4d ; cow and steer hides, 2}d tv 3J4 ; calf-skins, 3d to 45d per lb. At each, local butchers' averaged 22s Bel; some prime heavy, 21e. Sheepskins: Ino oiangi to report, competition brisk for a'l offered: butcher^ pelts. Is; lambs! 1 is, Is gd, delivored from tho yards. Tallow, 10s to 14s Cd per cwt; bones 4a Od to 4s 9d per cwt.

AUCKLAND PRODUCE MARKET.

Fakmand Dairy Produce.—Wholesale: But ter, prime fresh. 8;t: oheose, good factory f.Jd to Gd per ID ; Canterbury. Gil: Eegß. lOd; lara In bladders, tijd: Bacon and Hams. In cloth, provincial. 4d to 5d : Hams. 6d to Bid; Canterbury Bacon and Hams. 7d to 7id; Bacon ouly. 7d ; Bacon and Hams in equal numbers. "Id ; Hams only, Bjd. FLOtmMARKET.-Wholosale: Superfineflour. ggf I^^fo di tD °/rn t<go-.,i 1 1 t ST hlfiaSTlSS^i Premier, fIU 153; Stnndaril, £13 153: bran, ton (<aclcs included). £J 10s; Southern ditto, fil ;0s to £5 : local sharp*. £6 ; Southern ditto. £0 : cabin broad. £10 : oatmeal. do.iJll IDs to £12 0a; oats. 23 2d to 2s Id : maize. 3d 3d to 3( Gd : new potatooa. £5; poarl barley, do. £14 to £15: baans. 39 3d ; onions. £U : fowl wheat, 4s M to 4i !H. AH grain, chun". oatmoal. &c sold BaKAUBi Gtna. Flax. &0.-Th> nnrkqt continues firm We quote : Fair to good ordinary. £13 to £JU- supanor oriitnnry, £10 and upwards; Kist Coast, from £ol to £50. Hutiulies for January. 7> tons. Flax, por ton, £15 to £18: tow, ditto. £5 10a to £7 JOe; fungus, per lb, Jd ; cocoanut fibre. 15a to 17s ocr cwi. GOAL AND FIKKWOOH MARKET.—Co&I 1 NOW castle (ship's sido). 24s to 28s por ton; yard 2Ss to 31b: Bay ot Islands, at yards. JBa 6d : scrooncd. 283 Od : ditto at the mines. Us ; ship's side. 28.9: Waikato. 8s to 12a: at Auckland. ISs to 22a: Kanio, 103 per toni2s, :oatlinK around ; Tiuipiri at mins. Sa Bd to v at yard. li)a Gd to JOa; Whunanroi, at minn, !)s R.l- yard (steam), 17b; hcußL-hoki.2ls: delivered, 233 Firewood : Uncut at wharf (euw). Sa to Si 6d por ton : delivered. 13s: cut. 14a to ltSa. Building Materials.-Timber: Boards and scantlinc. 100 ft. best, 12j ; second-class. 7s, best, planed, tongucd. and grooved, nrst-claas. lla • medium. 11b : second ditto. Ha rusticated weather boerda (first class), lla; medium 10j ; socoud-clasa, Oi. New Zen. land iialinßS. sft laan). 10a; sft (hoart). 13a : 6ft, 14: ti-trso -ails. £! 10a por 100; purirl posts, £8 10a to £7 10a: shingloa 13a per 1.000; Hobart palings. stt. IJ3 ; 6ft, 21s ; Hobart raila, 100 a, sellinpr quotations. Bricka mt Avqndale). 303 por 1.000: town yards, 30a to 3oa: do liverod. 40s. Drain pioes tot works), por 100 (6 inches bore), 40s ; i Inches, lls ; 15 lnchea, 9a ; 2 inches, £'i 10 per 1,000 ; socket, glazed pipes, 18 inches. 4a por foot; 15 inchca. 4a 8d per {oot; 12 inches, 3s per foot; 3 inches, Js por foot; 6 inches. Is per foot; I Inches, 9d per foot; 3 Inches. 7d per foot Manures. — Boncduet. Sydney. £8 to £9, aocofdfng to quality ; boneflour, £9 to £10; Auck ££d; £8; Peruvian gnano. £1 to £17; Long Ifcland do.. £J 10s, baga included; Hurst's chemr cal manure. £18.

Christchurch Corn Exchange.

CitntßTCitußCH, thi-« day.

With tho holidaya over a return lma been mado to business. Tin weather his uscn all that could bo desired f.;r holidiiy-makicß. but the crots would be ilio Letter for a little rain. Hand to hand business continues ai regards wheat and no salts of any maßnltndo can be shipments ara bting mado to London, wlitch have a tendency to desrouse stojkn. but wa can not tea any hopes Of improved prleoa in the face of 'ha fairly Road harvest proaiccta. A few eamoles of ryo gra s have been on vlow, but vendors'nnd buyers' opinions bnog very wide, no b-silicas has resulted. Dairy produce, esDcclolly butcor. U weak, ani thoro » very little drmand. For cheese ther ■ isa quiet trade domand. The prices current fur the wo k aro : — Wheat, Tuecar. pearl prime millirg. la 5d to 3< Cd: Huntor's. 4s 4d ; second qu-iity. 4s 2_; chicken 3a lOd to la; oats, nulling, 2a fid'; b'isht Bhort food. Is lOd io la lid; Tartars' 1M Danißh, Is SI to 13 9d: barloy, malting, 2a SA h Zj 10d; feed. 2j 3d to 2s Ji: Bcreoninxs. Ss; ryezra s, machine dressed. Js Cd; farraera- parcels. 3s to 3a 6d. Cocksfoot: Clean, hnavy seed Id ; light trggy. 3d to 3.1. Dairj- pvoduco : Butter. 4Jd tosd. Cheese : Small. Sjd to Gd ; medium. 5d ; large, Jd to jid The n^ove prices aro those paid to farmers and delivered f.o.b. at Lyttelton ; eacka extra.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening news, morning news and The Echo.

Tor ttio ca:isd tliAf lacks naaUt'ince,

For tbo future in thp iliaM: -t,

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Ouu Australian calilngvams to-da)' tell us that the lives of four of the men concerned in the Mount Rcnnio out rage have been sacrificed on the altar of Justice. Two of those condemned to death, Newman and Hill, were re prieved yesterday, the extreme penalty of the law being changed to a life imprisonment in irons. Not unna turally, perhaps, there has been an attempt in certain quarters to procure a general commutation of the capital sentence. But in this case the circum stances wove too dark and terrible to do more than permit a temporary throb of pity,- and the law lias been allowed to talco its course. It is hard to see how anything else was possible. Given :v law involving capital punishment in such offences, no case could have occurred in which such punishment could be more jnstly inflicted. Every thing that could invest the matter with disgrace and brutality was found here Once admit the sentiment of pity and you have dangerously shaken thai on which the whole welfare of tins in" any other country must depend— the main tenance of the majesty of the law.

But the fact that a movement should have been set on foot to work on the feilings of the public and so procure an alleviation of the death penalty, is not undeserving of our notice. If there is one thing of which Englishmen .ire with justice proud it is the administra tion of law within the countries of the empire. The way in which the machi nery of justice is worked is almost without exception beyond suspicion. Bribery and corruption are things which, like slavery, seem to cease under our administration. A case is tried on its merits, and judgment given in ac cordance with precedents, which in some cases, such as those of murder and rape (in New South Wales), admit of no alternative. If the offence is sheeted homo to the offender the death penalty ensues, unless in certain excep tional circumstances which demand consideration. At any rate, the special Judge is simply bound to pronounce tha extreme sentence. Now, when we realise the purity of our own law system and set it side by sjdo with the laxity and corruption which obtain in many other countries, we should be very careful how we attempt to interfere with its procedure by bringing to bear upon it the biassed and often unwise influence of public feeling. Those who by long practice and training have acquired the power of weighing evidence and sifting the details which come before them in a Court, are far better qualified to estimate the guilt or innocence of an accused person, than are the untrained thousands. who, with a knowledge necessarily meagre and imperfect, attempt to pronounce an opinion, putting prejudice in the place of fairness, and pulling down the scale of Justice by casting into it, not a sword like the Gallic conqueror of old, but the no less disturbing weight of false sympathy and unwise pity. Some seven years ago in Victoria a similar effort was made in the case of the notorious Edward Kelly to obtain an alteration in the death penalty. There the law had been set at defiance by a gang of desperate men, blackmail levied on a large district, murder com mitted and the country put to very heavy expense, and yet in spite of all this, an ill-judged attempt was set on foot to get the criminal off by means of public feeling. The attempt fortu nately failed through the firmness of the Executive, still it was made. All this points to a low tone in public feel ing. That feeling should bo enlisted on the side of right, not allowed to pander to a maudlin sympathy with violence and wrong, more especially in a country under conditions such as manifest themselves in our own island, or one of the sister colonies. Once allow our sympathy to be pronounced in the cause of crime, and deeds of violence would increase until settlement became well-nigh impossible in -the back districts.

As it is, lnrrikinism and lawlessness are quite sufficienily developed to prove a serious difficulty in the way of our colonial civilization, and our strongest safeguard is to keep, as far as may be, a strong public feeling set in the right way. Let us be able to feel that in this ive have a compass, pointing as accurately as'the Mariner's to the' course that should be taken. Once let it go wrong, and evil days are in store, for needs must when the devil drives, and there is no devil so potent to drive a nation to destruction as.misguided public opinion.

RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.

RnssiA, it is reported, is now erecting ton forts mi the borders of Oalioin, .a province of the Austrian Empire. This act is signi- Meant of tho relations subsisting botweon t-,'io two countries and it may possibly be further interpreted as a preparation for wav in the Spring. The inhabitants of lialicia are mostly of the Slavonic race, ■ mil apeak Iho Polish language, Many of (.hem aro Jews. These people have no love of Russia, nnJ if war were declared, they would doubtless hail with enthusiasm the foray against the tyrant ot tho North. Tlio persecution of the .lews in Russia continues without abatement, and the wrongs of Poland arc not forgotten. They have even stood in the way of a cordial allianco between Russia and Prance; the generous Gallio sympathies ..■oiu"- forth warmly to the oppressed race. Tho assurances of peace which have been liiven by one statesman after another arc sadly belied by the actions of their Govern ments. But if peace is endangered it 18 only because Russia is bent on plunder, and because tho military department of France is controlled by a Minister who has pet his heart upon retrieving the humiliation which was placed on the nation in 1870-71. No other European Tower can havo any hope of Rain by %vm- ; and the masses of the people in all countries are, we believe, desirous of peace. II the show of force which has been made is in sullieient to keep tho marauder of Kuropo in check, we may expect to hear of the movement of armies early ill the Spring. That Russia lias succeeded in making a catspaw of Turkey for the purpose of gelling the assent of the other Towers to the candidature of Triune Nicholas of Mingrelia to the Bulgarian throne is a curious incident of the cm broslio, but the Torte. we imagine, will hardly place its army in the Held to aid the Czar in a military occupation of Hulgana. The wily Turk will rather leave other people to light his battles and to pay the bill.

Tho R.M.S. Z'.nlnndia is duo to arrive from San FrnnciVeo to-morrow. Sho will probably put in an ajipoaraneo during tho forenoon.

Mrs Taylor, Mrs Seymour, Miss Taylor, Master Taylor, and Mr Blair, witnesses in tho trial of Cullroy and i'enn for murder, to tnko pluoo on Iho 17th mat, arrived from tho Groat Bnrrior by tho lona this morning.

Wator consumers who have not paid rates duo on tho Hist of Docembor should do co at onco, if they do not went tho supply cut. oir and a lino of Ws to pay for turning it on.

Thoro was an improved atlondanco at the City Mall lust night, and tho members .if tho Variety Company went through their several performances very successfully, ,'Kiln'd Poneationil font evoking, ns usual, loud uppluuro. Tho entertainment will bo repeated to night.

Forty of tho children from tho I'arnell Orphan Homo wero invited by tho owner of tho Australian Merry-go-round to amuse themselves on it in Iho Domain on Tuesday last, to tho groat delight of tho youngsters.

Tho resolution of tho City Council, ex protainij tlioir thanks to tho ox Mayor, Mr W. K. SVaddol, for his oxcollent porfor manco of tho duties of the otlico for threo voavs, has been beautifully printed in illuminated stylo at tho St.vi Ollico, and will bo framed for presentation.

IJrivors, carters, owners of private carts, lodging-houBOP, hacknoy and elty^tago ear ri:ii;es, porters and otliers requiro to renew their annual licenses during tho prefent week. Dogs also rtqniro to bo registered boforo tl.o 10th insfc.

Tho lust few ovonings of tlio exhibition of plaes-worhing and glasa-worka at 10S, Qucoa-stroot, aro fast cumin!; to a closo, tlio oompanv leaving for tho ThatnoH on Saturday. Tlioro was a largo attendance! last ovoning, and public interest (loos not appear to Hag at !>". although Professor Woodroilo and his charming assistanta have been visited by ?omo thousands of pcoplo since they havti baon in Auckland.

Our L'tesbytoricn readers who worn privi leged to hear tlio Key. Andro.v Graham, ofbrossgatcs U I. Church, when ho occu pied tho city pulpits v few months ngo, will bo sorry to learn that ho hn» joined tho great majority. He was in foeblo health while sojourning horo. A letter received by a friend in town states that on the voyage homo ho became very much worce, and it \vm only by tho help of friends that In reached Edinburgh, uhoro ho died tliroo weelts after arrival.

A. A. Taylor, tho well-known Miner of

■ 1.c.-' Clnchop ile Corn villc," and vooali t, !i d r t r tluriiii-'y tnriibio Ihnother Sunday.

dim! iin' .i",;, tin lu^o'ih trui' of n i"n i y >,•.., U ..wir.g I:, ill ■ groO.Ld- l.f I Ml T . Whifci, architect ut Tanpiii, iVuiUaio, *hci-a Mr Taylor wjs e pending a fow i!ay-, a

b'onch'guvo way, and Mr Tajlnr was pic r.ipitatcd from simio height to tha ground. Ho was much hurt about tho Joins and back, but was, wo aro glnd to find, ablo to get rack to work again this morning.

A ehargo of cruelty to a dog, preforn.d at the Polico Court to day against a young tnau named .-aul Kobinson, was dismitatd in consequence of tho non oppsarai.ee "^ IIJ [ires cutioti. After tho conclusion W 0 business Mr Brutnoy appeared, ami i that tlio c.fo Pliould he roiuatute.l. .To

said ho did net think the Cast! would havo been called on at such an early ttage of the bui-ince?, and urged that having in "ho lirnt instance conceded to Mr Nripier ;i ii adjournment soughs fur, it was not fair or proper on tha part i.f that gentleman lo lako advantage of him abfciioo and have tho cn?o struck o'jt-. Ho asked that the case bo reinstated or. condition that ho should notify Mr Napier of the next dny of hearing. Tho Bench, hmvovcr. declined tj allow t! o caso tube reinstated.

During tho prc-cnt dry wofttliera number of ucoJ fi i/.ens nmu.-o tliomsiilvoa in the cool of tho evening by watcriujj their gardens ar.d lawns with a hose This of course is a labour tint nono could object fo. But pidostriana do decidedly demur lo beinj.' treated to an involuntary and gratuitous ehoworbath as thoy pa«a the garden. Tho other evening three gentle men were passing along Dobson ttrect when one of them wan treated in this inanror to a rofrcshor. As lie was en route to HPe his be^t girl, and was thorcforo ar rayed in Sunday goto mooting clothes, ho nntutaly -grow very excited. At anothor gitden in Kirangahnpo ltoad ho hone i? fixed in such a position that it waters tho hedge, and aUo the footpath bj liberally that pa-sers-by aro compelled to deviate to tlio middle of tho road in order to escape a wetting. Suroly those are matters to which tho city authorities should pay come atioiition.

Tlio l"'ng fpel lof dry weather wo havo been having ii (anystho" WaikotoTimes ") producing serious effects on tho pasture lands of tho district, and rain ia badly wanted. Swamp fi'cs are common and do not in any way tend to mitigate the evil, A iiro in tho Rukubia swamp was noarly causing tho destruction of tho railway station, but tho building was caved by the exertions of tho linocaen. ■ A liro is also burning in the bush on tho Hakarimnta range, but tho extent of tho damage so far has not been ascoitained.

The tiro which we reported yesterday afternoon as having broken out on the Mount Roskill Road had its origin in a fivoroomed cottago occupied by Mr \V. Edwards, plasterer. At the timo of tho outbreak, Mrs Edwards was in tho garden washing, having left a tiro burning in the middle room, the hearth being protected by a fender. Hor attention was first aroused by seeing F-moko pouring out of the front door, but it na? so dense that sho was unable tocfl'eet anont anco. Before assistance could be obtained tho buildiug was wrapped in flimoi, and it, aa well as the wb/;le of tho furniture which it contained, was totally destroyed. Tho tiro spread to an adjoin ing two-roomed cottago belonging to Mr S. Surman, and it, too, was burnt down, Mr Edwards, who was away at work at tho timo of tho lire, had his houso insured for £100, and his furniture for £100 in tlio National Office. Mr Surman's house was valued at about £GO. Mrs Edwards is un able to account for the origin of tho firo.

We hear with pleaßura that Mr Philip Herapath, tho well-known architect of to many important buildings in AuckUnd,has just boen unanimously elected to the Fellow ship of the Royal Institute of British Archi tects. ■". s the speech of Mr Macvicar Ander son, Hon. Secretary of the X IB.A, in

introducing Mr Heyapath to the Presi dent is worthy of remark, we give a rc.mme thereof as follows: — Mr Ander- Bon ro.-e, and remarked that it was pleasant to see tho dorire of federation by the colunies, and this feeling waa not confined to the Governments, but to insti tutions ; in proof of which it waa a pleasant task for him to introduce a gentleman from the antipodes, Mr Philip Horapath, one who had been instrumental in founding an instituto in Auckland on tho samo lines as the R 1.8.A., and he felt it would be a pleasure to all present to welcome him. Much cheering welcomed this speech. Tho President then epoke to the same effect, and said the colonies were capable of mare than the people of England gave them credit for.

Tho Hon. J. A. Tolo, Ministor of Justice, left by tho Rimutaka this afternoon for Wellington. Cambria Gold mining shares ore slightly lower to-day; rollers at. 6a 6d ; a few buyers at 6* 6d and Os M, There are buyers of Alburnias at Is lid; alao inquiry for Karangahako Crown? at Is

Wo understand that, no civil business will by taken up by the Supremo Court batVuo'.ho 2-1 ih inst.

At Ponsonby to-day Messrs E. T. Dufaur, .1. Elhln, and ,T. W. BjrdflJ are fightintr n triangular duel for tho honour Of filling tho vacant IWnby seat nt tho City Council, but the con tost occasions very little excitement. Tho voting is taking place in the pon sonby Hall, under tho superintendence of Ml Hidings (Returning Officer), and the pnll closes at six p.m. Tho struggle lies chiefly between Messrs Dufaur and Elkin, and the opinion prevails that ono or other of tho twain will bo electod.

There will be another performance given by the "Silver King " Dramatic Company, in addition to tho Firo Brigade benefit to morrow night. Tho extra performance, which will ba tho last appcaranco of this talented Company in Now Zealand, take? place on Monday ovening next, whon a benefit will be tendered to Al>- X 13. Wiseman. This gontloman a business qualitios and gonoral popularity having socurod this recognition from tho company, wo aro euro that tho public will, by their attendance, make tho benehta most successful ono.

Tlic united prayer mcotinga were con tinued last night in the various appointed churches, in which tlioro wero Rood attend uncos, In tho Tubornaclo Pastor Thomas Spurgeon presided, tho proceedings being opened by a prayer by the Key. Mr Bray. An address was then delivered by tho Key. G. B. Monro on "Family Worship," which was listonol to with great interest, Tho Kov. 0. 11. (Sarland being unablo to attend to givo his promised address, sonf, an apology. Amonget tho elctgy pre sent wo notiosd, besides tt.oso already men tioned, tho Kcva. T. Humor nnd Brooko. At the l'onsonby Presbyterian Church, tho Key. L). \V. Buncimon presided, and tho Uova Ward and Worboys gave addresses. Tho Roy. H. 14. Dewebury presided at tho Devonport Weeloynn Church last night, whon a letter of apology was recoivfd from tho Key. A. McOallum, announcing his in ability to speak in consequonco of indispoii tion. Anuinberofpersons tookpartin tho pro ceeding.', amongst thorn being Mr lirackon rig, who delivered an able addros3. l'raysr »ill be OOlllii.uod tliia evening in Sfc. Luke's Presbyterian Church, tho pat-tor.Kov G. B. Monro, presiding, and ut tho Alexandra etroot iMothodif-t Church. To morrow even ing tho last prayer union meeting of tho season will be hold at the V.M C.A.

Wm. Edmund Sadlor. a bankrupt, under examination yoatordny afternoon by tho Oilleial Aswignoo, Btntcd that for 12 yours prior to March, 1885, ho kept a .store in I'arnoll, and did a fair business. Tho leaso expired early in ISSS, and us tho landlord decided to pull tho shop down, deponent had to open 'mother, which turned out un pr.jlitably. Eight months elapsed from tho expiry of tho loaeo until tho opening of tho new shop, and during that tirao all Sadler had to live on waa commission on tho eulo of nowppaperp, but for tho most part ho lived on his friend?. After keeping tlio now ■-hop four month?, deponent gavo it up, and as in September, 1885, tho mortgages of his two houses decided to roaliso, hia interest not having been paid, deponent spent £30 iv gotting them painted, paparod, and ad vertised extensively, but to no pur pofo. They only roalisod euilicient to satisfy tho mortgagee's claim. Tho other liabilit 03 had all been incurred for nocos tarics whilo out of work. At a mooting of credito 8 hold subsequent to tho oxamin ation it wa9 resolved, on tho motion of Mr Loitch, seconded by Mr Sadler, that tho Aspignco bo instructed to offer no opposi tion to tho discharge of tho debtor.

Somo good tale 3mo KoinK tno rounds with regard to tho Insurance Companies' eottlotnants at eomo of tho lito firea In ono inatanco, tho family Biblo wax put down at valuo £.'!. This lather astoni.-hod tho nppraieor, who quiotly went to tho claimant's wife to con dole with her on tho lorn sho had sustained. Tho result was that tho lady expressed her gratitudo that tho Biblo at least had been naved, and brought it out for tlio gentleman to look at It U needless to stato that the claim was rodueed by £3 prior to pavmont. Hero is another instanco in which tho Company got tho worat of it At a recont tiro, a trado?min h.id his stock slightly damnged, and being a church doacon he acted contOiontioiiHly, v d f H'v.irdcd a eluim for the amount t»ti :n:ttd by him, which was n littie over £10 Ar Brat the Oooipauy professed to bu s^tia tied, but subsequently tho appraixca w«* sent up, and assisted by tho tradesman ho carefully went through tho f-tock in tho UHlal stylo, reducing everything to tho lowest limit. When tho work had con cluded, tho Tnsnranco Company paid £2 17s 7d moro than tho original claim of tho tradesman.

Tho Auckland University Collego Calen dar for ISS7 has recently been is.-ued, and will be found a mo*t complete hand book for t-lu lento and others. It make* quite a bulky volumo, tho principal portion of it containing ]'2G pages, while tho appendix occupies 5t pages additional. The con tents embrace lii-t ot members of University Council, Professors and locturers, an in teresting historical f-kotch of tlio Auckland University Collego, tho Act of Parliament under which it was constituted, and the College regulations. Thero is, of courso, tho u-ual calendar containing a full list of all Collego and University fixtures for tho your, with roport of tlio nnnual examination for ISSC), list of Univorsity junior scholar", Collego senior and junior scholars, graduates and undcrcrnduato', with syllabus cf lectures and thno-tablo for tho PORsicn of ISS7. The University statutes aro olso given in full, occupying Gl)' pages of tho book. The op pcndix is occupied with tho examination papers for cntrunco scholarship?, including particulars of tho special prizes offered by tho Kow Shakspere Society and tho Early English Text Society. Tho book, which is well printed and neatly bound in stiff boards, has been produced at tho Staii printing works.

An arbitration case, Twohoy v. Fagan, has been for tho laet threo days proceeding before Mr 0 E. Button, as arbitrator, at his) chambers in Wyndhamstreot. The action was originally commenced in the Supremo Court for tho recovery of £131 7s 9d, one half profit of felling and hauling timber at tho Wiro Bush, Hikutaia, but by coneont was reformed to the arbitration of Mr Button. Mr W. ,T. Napier appeared for tho plaintiff, and Mr ,1. M. Aloxander (instructed by Mesers Hcsketh & Richmond) for the defendant. It seems that Fagan had had a contract from the Union Sash and Door Company for felling a largo extent of bush at Biku taia and Tairua, and sold a part of tho con tract to Xwohey, with the stipulation that of whatever profit Twohoy mado, Fugan should rocoive half. It is alleged by plaintiff that ho mado £392 15s Gd profit on the job, and ho now claims one half of this amount, loea certain credits. Thero was a further term in tho agreement chat Fagan should supply bullocks and gear, and whatever bullocks wcro killed should be charged to tho contract. A number of bullocks were poisoned in tho buth and otherwise misting, and defendant contended that theso also should be charged against Twohey. A forgo amount of ovidenco was taken, and the case was concluded today, when Mr Button reserved hia decision.

The attendance at tho tent mootings on Siirrey Hills is increasing. During tho week tho epoukor has beeu dwelling upon Bomo vary practical and interesting themes. Jmong others was thn : '* What fchall ba tho State and Appjarance of Those Who are Finally Bared? Where Shall They Exbt, and vVhat Will be Their Employ ment during tho Endless Ages of Eternity V" Many Scriptures were read in answer to theno inquiries. The conclusion reached was that the redeemed will have bodies tho same as now, only they will be puro and immortal ; that wo shall know and recog nise our friends and loved oues in tho next world bs we do here; that this world will bo purified from every trace of its sin, and blight, and mildew, and then become (ho home of the saved ; and that throughout eternity ihkii and women in thin holy and happy condition will have diver sity of emrjluyment, and will incieaeo their knowledge in all true science: The speaker invited the audience to tivrn to their Bibles and lv.ad the verses as he read them ; also to note them dowu on papor for future reference. Mr Daniells has a very satisfac tory though peculiar way of presenting his Eubject. "All through the discourse Sciip tures'ars read to prove the statements made. This is certainly calculated to iti creaao tho knowledge, interest, and love of tho audience in the Scripturos. Last oven ing the subjoct of " Tho Origin, History, and Destiny of Satan " was presented to a rary respectable audience. The reader's attention is called to the notice of future meetings in to day's issue. The subject to night will be "The Judgment." !

Charge of Manslaughter.

Wei.UN'hton, this day. At the Supremo Court, yesterday, William Pilkington, arraigned for tho manslaughter of Agnes Peterson, on ChoSrd of November,

by riilini? over her at Cartorton, «an con victed by tho jury, with a recommendation to merry. Tho jndgo seiiternjd t.ie urifloner to threo months'. imprUonmenl without hai-1 labour.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

A meetino of ollicors commanding corp3 was held in the Drill-shed last night, for tho purpose of considering tho question of tho Bastor oncatnpmont. Colonel Lyon pretided, and thoro were present about fifteen other ollicers. After tho chairman had stated the object of the mooting, and ; the matter had been discussed protty freely, it ««3 roeolvod to have a parade of the whole of the Volunteorsin tho garrison on Saturday evening, atS o'clock, in mufti, for tho purpose of taking a vote whether the men will P^^^^^J^aJ^ An" advortiaoment ehowhoro gives par ticular.! about tho meeting for Saturday " ADOKfAND Rirr.K Association.-A meet ing of the Committeo was hold in tho Drill-shod last evening. If. was docided to pay ovor tho money prizes on Monday night at tho Drill shed. Tho district medal and othor trophies will bo presented at the lirst gcnoral 'parade of tho voluntcera. Jt was decided to disqualify one of tho com petitors at tho lato competition for unmg ammunition not issued by tho Association. Tho firing for prizes in tho Auckland Volun teers' Match will tako pluce to-monow afternoon. Tho Naval Artillery aro to havo an m- Rpoction parade thW evening, and uro to consider tho quo.-tion of tho proposed Ea^tor encampment at Taranakl. It tho Auckland VMunteers go,we hope that every man that cm got away will bo there, rinu to this end every employer of labour Hbould encourage every volunteer employee to go. Tho saorifico on tho employer's part would not bo much, a?, Friday and Monday being holidays, tho only limo lost would bo Saturday forenoon. Providing tho weather is favourable, it is expocted that tho forco will bo back in thno to bo at then work by Tuesday morning. It has boon stated that if through etroea of woathor tho forcoa could not reach their homos by tins tirco, they would bo at their own oxpem-o ; but there must bo soaio mistake in this. The Dofonce Department would not euroly oxpecc mon to givo their time and also pay thoir way whon performing a eorvico re quired for tho general good. Such expense, should bo borno by tho public pimo and paseed by tho Logwlaturo without a dissent in" voice. Tlioro is a meotlng of local Volunteer Companies called for thi- even ing on tho tamo eubject, and we hopo to see a good mooting. The onlyoliicere whoprconted themselves for examination before the BoarJ of Officers yostorday wero Captains Hazard and Hit chens udU Lieutenant Dignan.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Bofoio Colonel Lyon and Mr D. B. Me Donald, .1.1.V)

DruKKBSSKSS. — Threo porsone, two of whom woro women, wero lineJ for tliia

offence.

CIIAROE OF CRUCT.TY DISMISSKD.-Sanl Kobinsou was charged with cruelly lll troating a groyhound bitch by kicking it. — Tho prosecutor, Thomas Fletcher, claimed. £5 damago*. —Mr Napier ap peared for tho dofondant, and pleaded not guilty. He said tho prosecution had not paid tho ill 11s cists ordered at a previous tilting of tho Court, and wero not present today, 110 would u-k, thero foro, that tho caso bo dismissed.—Tho Bench ordered the dismissal of both casos and allowed costs to tho defendant,

Hkcklks.s Dwvisu. —David Stewait plcadod guil'y to a charge of driving around tho corner of Queen and Wolloeley streets at fastor than a walking pace. —Mr Cotter appearod for tho prosecution in con junction with Inspector Goldie, and pointed out that tha practice in question was a very dangerous ono. Tho by-law had been in exi.-terico for a considerable time, and cati-dliven could not plead ignorance of it.—Fined Bi and costs. David t'atllio ..ml Robert Rifchit 1, for similar oflencc*l, wcro also Gneii .">• crui c *U.

UNKNOWN

(liV TKLEORAMt.—OWN COIiTIFSrONDKNT.)

Wkujncton, this day. Tine Coramisdionors of Crown Lands in the North Island will, in a few days, be

eazot.tod Commissioners under tho Native Land Administration Act. All tho neces sary forma under tho Act aro alroidy dis tributed.

SPORTING NEWS.

Br tho 8.8. liauroto,which loft this morning, the racehortej Nelson, Waitiri, Disowned, Torrent, Master Agnos, Silver lMncc, and a numbor of yoariings purchased at tho Now Zealand Stud Company wero shippod

for Southern ports

Acceptances and genera! ontries for the Onohunga Kacing Club Summor Meeting closo to-night, and ontries for tho Great Northern Uorby and Foal Stakes of ISSS 9 aro also duo.

Increased Activity of the Great Barrier Hot Springs.

Information haß been received by us of a fresh outburstof the little known hot springs of tho Great Barrior Island. Existing as they do at tho baso of a defunct volcano, thia increased activity will be watched with interest by all. These springs are situated in a Bteep gully at the base of Mount Hobson, facing about south by east. Hot water pools aro found to extend in length up the gully about 100 fee', from the largost pool, about five yarda squuro, at tho bottom. Tho water from tho springs meanders through a lovely little gorge into tho waters of the Kaitoki River, which flows into tho bay of that name. Tho spring is about in the centro of tlio island between the bay juat mentioned and Blind or Okupa Bay. Mr LoKoy, who arrived from tho Barrier last night by the lona, has givon us the following information on tho subject of tho supposed outburst: —It appeirs that two men, named J. Watson and Edward Bryce, whilst engaged in gum digging in the wood ranges near the Whito Chtfj, to tho west of Mount Ilobson, pome five weeks since, were much alarmed by a terrific shaking of the ground and by a subterranean noise. Tho men wore work ing at the timo of the disturbance at some distance from each other, and whan they joined company iigain they compareJ notts and detormmod that it must have been Whito Island in eruption, and that some how or other thoy had heard the noito at that dittanco On crossing over tho island to work on tho eastern baso cf .Mount Hobson, they passed closo by tho Hot springe, which of o'.d they know as emitting little or no steam. Tluto were now steam iug away with a now aud somewhat alarming energy, and their uppearanco brought back to their minds the noi?e they had heard in the othor sido of the island a. few weeks previously. Thoy informed some of tho dwellers in Kaitoki Bay of the change in the appearance of the springs, and a number of peoplo thoroupon paid tho springs a visit and expre?sod fears that " something was going to happen." It is of course well known that the steam from hot springs is more visible at eomo times than at others, and bad cold weather boon experienced at tho Barrier at the timo of tho men's visit wo might feel inclined to put the alleged increased activity down to some such decep tive appearance ; but it wax anything but cool at tho time the men saw the springs. Thia being co, our readers will await further nows with much interest.

Tho Auckland Fishing Club's third excur Bloa will take place to-moi-row (Saturd .5) t-titi noon, starting at ten inmates past 1 o'clock.

Sewing Machines, wholesale and retail. The latest and bear-. Machines repaired or ex changed.—D. S. Chambers. Queeu-ttreot.

Tell the tramcar conductor to set you down when p&sslocr ttitj bacon shop in Newton. Call in and save 20 per cent, by leaking your purchases tueio. Prioea for tomorrow: Bacon, 5d and Bd ; cfcerso. Bd and 7d; butter, Gi and 7d ; large bottles tomato saucs, 8d ; 21b tins jim. Bd. —Auckland Provision Company's Bacon bnop, opposite Rising Sun Hotel, Karur.giihapu Road. —A. Bettany, Manager.

CABLEGRAMS.

(HV SI.KCTIIIO TKI.EOIIAPU. — OOPVTiIOBT.]

The Threatened War.

EKnL4N» OPIMISKS THE BUS

SIAM JVOMIMEE

Russian Fortifications.

THE GERMAN ARMY BILL REJECTED.

Defenco of Englisn Coaling Stations.

London, January 6. Russia ia erecting ten forts on the Galioian

frontier

The Committee of Hio German Reichs tag have again rejected tho Bill providing for an increase in tho army.

The reply of the Foreign Office to the circular note issued by tho Porto last month, urging tho Powers to corao to some understanding on the Bulgarian question, and recommending the appointment of the I'rinco of Mingrelia as a successor to Prince Al-.-xundcr, has been published. Tho Foreign Secretary, tho Earl of Iddesleigh, states that England is unable to re commend the candidature of 1 rxneo Nicholas, but is prepared to negotiate with tho Powtrs for a settlement of tho Bul garian difficulty through tlia medium of a ge»e:al conference, or by the exchange of views. His Lordship urges that diplomatic negotiations between tho Powers phould precede tho choice of tho Prince of Bulgaria. The Karl of Carnarvon, in a letter in the " Times," urgos the Imperial Government to undertake tho defence of coaling stationß and commercial ports.

St. Petebrbdro, January 5,

The eta'ement that an allianco had been entei-rid into by Russia and Gormany whereby tho former outages not to inter vcno in the event of a I'r.inco-O'erman war, tho latter engaging not to take part in an Austro-Kus-ian conflict, is contradic ted.

The English Political Crisis.

Moro Changes in tho Cabinet.

London, January C. OwiNn to tho diesatitfactiori with which tho appointment of Lord Northbrook as Secretary for India has been received by the Conservative party, that nobleman lias withdrawn from tho position.

Tho Marquis of Lansdowno, who was offered tho portfolio of Secretary for War, has declined tho appointment, being unwilling to sover his connection with Canada. Mr Cosclien'j acceptance of tho position of Chancellor of tho Exchequer disconcerts Mr Gladstone, who was promoting a con ference hoping to alienato tho Radical

Unionists.

Lord Randolph Churchill promises not to oll'or any obstruction to tho Government. Mr Ooechen will probably replace Sir J. Pw Mowbray as member for Oxford Univer sity. It is reported that Mr E. Stanhopo will puceoed Mr W. 11. Smith aa Secretary of Stato for War,

Loan for the Argentine Republic.

Lonhon', January G. — Tenders for the Areentino Republic loan of four millions and a-half clo=o on tho Bth instant.

A Distinguished Vieltor.

Lord Cairns loaves for Sydney in tho stcamar Cuzco.

The Imperial Institute.

A meeting in connection with tho Im perial Inetituto will bo held in St. James's I'uluce on the 12th mat., under the presi dency of the Prince of Wales. Tho repre sentatives of small provincial communities have been invited to be present. A further mooting will take placo in the afternoon of the tamo day at the Mansion House. Tho Lord Mayor of London will entertain the provincial delegates at the Guildhall the day before the meeting. The Split in tho New South Wales Cabinet. Sydney, January G. — The relations be tween Mr Dibbs and Sir Patrick Jennings aie very mush strained, in consequence of tlio quorrel with tho Chief Inspector of Accounts, who Mr Dibbs allege! misled liiiu Mi'h regard '.) tho Budgi' deficit. Molbou-no Centennial Exhibition Melbourne, Jauuary 6. —Mr Gillies has Ul-yriiphcd to t!io Agout - General tho following particulars in connection with tho Melbourne Centennial Exhibi tiou:—A comoliseUin has been appointed with Judge Iligginbotliam as President ; Sir J. Mcßain, Sir Win. Clark, and Mr Peter Sargocd, a3 Vice-Presidents. Tho other members aro Messrs .Tames Munro, BcsUto, Murray-Smith, the Mayors o! Mcl bourne, Ballarat, Sandhurst, President of tho Chamber of Manufactures (Mr Tren with), President of tho Trades Hall Council (Mr John Hlythe), and Messrs Byron, Moore, and Vale.

SUDDEN DEATH.

Tin: sudden death of an old woman named Mary leaning is reported. She resided at the rear of tho Tabernacle, and tha neigh bours became alarmed by not seeing her about yesterday. Mrs Mary Brown, her next • door neighbour, looked through tho window this morning, and saw her lying on the fi-jor. Sho in formed Contablo Clarko of her suspicions, and ho ontorcd the houEC in company with Dr. Evan?. They found the woman lying on the floor quito dead, and the dector was of opinion that life had been extinct several hours. A slighted discolouration over one cf the eyes was supposed to have been caused by the fall. Deceased was a spinster, and 70 years of age. Tho cause of death is unknown, and an inquest will therefore probably be held.

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(IT.OM OOP. SPECIAL REPORTER.)

Wklt.in'oton, this day.

JpnßEs O'Brien and Williams again retire on a pension from i he Native Lands Court. Judge Brookfield and Mr Wilkinson, native ogent, Waikato, and Mr Vicars, Clerk of the Department, retire on com pensation. Dr. Hector reports that one shovolfull of auriferous dirt taken from a well at Marton yielded at the rato of one ponny weight to tho ton.

THAMES NEWS.

[l!Y TELEGRAPH— OWN CORRBSPONDENT.]

Thames, this day, Serious Mining Accident.

A MINER named Peter Johnntone, employed in the Cambria mi.no, was injured thia morning by a largo mass of mullock falling upon him Ho is badly bruised, while his lott log is broken. His mate naiv\od Hodge had a miraculous escape from being killed, as t'io dirt ju3t grazed him.

A later telegram says:— Johnston i 9 much more seriously injured than was at first anticipated, 110 has sustained con cussion of tho spine, and ia now completely paralysed. Caution to Publicans At the tolice Oourt today John Fogarty, licensee of tbe Lady Bowen Hotel, waa fined £2 and costs for neglecting to deface the stamp when withdrawing beer from a cask, Di'alnago Board. ' Tho following gentlemen were nominated to-day as candidates for the Thames Drain age Board : - R. Comer, J. Frator, ,T. M. Jjonnox, T. Movrin, A. Saunders, X, Spratt, S. Turtle, and F. A. White. The election of seven members takus place on tho loth instant.

A gamdipgor named William McDonald has (fied in tno bush at Whangnmata. Professor Brown lectured at the School Ot Mines last night.

Tho rivalry of Karangabape Rond to Queen-street aa a business centre ia ehown by the fact that a grocery tj rm j n tue former thoroughfare claim to have taken £1,000 cash for sale!) in eleven conaocutive business days'prior to Christmas.

Geo. William Atty, coach-builder, of Tauranga, has filed a petition in bank ruptcy.

Ventnor House, Beach Road, Devonport, h*B recently been opened as a boarding house for ladies and gentlemen. I'hi position la cen tral, tbehouee (with two stories) commanding splendid views of the harbour, Remuera, Par nell, &c, and the furnishinga are all new and vary complete. Thsra ia every accommodation for indoor and sea-bathing.

THE MOUNT RENNIE OUTRAGE

EXECUTION TO-DAY. Statement by the Prisoners, i f Syiinkv, tliis day,; I Tare Mount Rennio convicts were:i|| executed at Darlingliurst fiaol at nine o'clock this morning. There were only about 150 persona present. Reed, one of the men executed, handed in a written statement to the Sheriff, declaring the innocence of-4p« prieved, with the exception of Don- m There was no demonstration inor '■' outside of the gaol. Of the four men hanged, Boyce died :.||| the hardest; the struggles of the-|| others being brief. Sydney, Januarys. Newman, one of tho prisoners sentenced **% to death for the Mount Kennie outrage, has >% been reprieved, in consequence of an ex .3 eulpatory letier written by Duffy, who U - among tliote sentenced to death. Hill has I also been reprieved. Ho and Newman -■><■ hive boon committed to imprisonment in i|=f irons for life.

Particulars of the Crime.

As a good deal of interest and con- :? trovorsy has been provoked hore, as well • as in Sydney, relative to the wisdom and 'fi' justico of carrying out the death sentence ■ in such a case, a recapitulation of a few of ■■>. the leading facts connected with the tragedy ■" may be considered timely. These we take -': from the Sydney " Evening News," which, in commenting upon tho agitation proceed- . * ing in that city in favour of commutation, ■'■'■ " J> fhould be borne in mind by the audi- fl onco at the meeting, as well as by the speaker?, that tho ovidenco in full was by ,3 reason of its nature- unfit for publication, S and none but the press are in possession of ,-\Q tho whole facts of the outrage, which may m£ well take rank with the most horrible of its '^\fi class. Tho feelings of tho public are now SB being worked upon in the direction of ~": saving tho criminals from tho consequences , of their crime unopposed by any statement 1 of iti circumstances. Thia we briefly I present. " It will bo remembered that on Sept. S fHh information was given to the police - that a friendless young girl of 1G had been , ■ decoyed out to a waste piece of country in «; the vicinity of Kandwick, and about mid- > way between tho Botany and Bunnerong /;§ roads, and theio subjected, at the hands of ~,, k 18 or more larrikins, to treatment of tfie . ! f most brutal and revolting character. For- tunately means for tho identification: pi ";| these cowardly and vile ruffians were avail- ■''$ able, and arrests succeeded one another -•% with a rapidity that showed how thoroughly "^ the police had been put on their mettle... " After two remands the case against the | several prisoners was entered into on |i| Friday. September 24th, before MrAddi- ■ 600, S.M., at tbo Water Police Court. The public appear to have formed an opinion - j that in the first instance the girl was a con- '. santing paity to illicit intercourse with tho 9 cabman Bweetmin. In the witness-box 11 Detective Hoskinson swore that upon hia.;./| arrest Sweetman stated that when he met |H tho girl sho wanted to go to a registry :|j office, and that instead of taking hor ■ to one he bad given her a ride in -&K. his hunsom. At a point on the _ road M he was stopped by a number of larrikins, ijs who pulled the girl out of his cab and jgj pelted him with atones. He denied any :% criminal act towards heron his part, and :M when in the Water Police Court had idonti ' ficd Duffy and Donnellan as having been •>*>' among those who attacked him when tbo g girl was seized. It will aUo be remem- j.w bered tnat Mr Canaaay wa3 tho only one ij^ of the compel lor the defence who endea- -is voured to provu anything ill of the girl M piior to bet outrage, anil his action was in 4J dignanliy discountenanced by the gentle- M men rttained on behulf of the various prisoners. " Thomas Smith, who witnessed theout-iSj iage from its commencement, swore he 8)0.65 3fc two other youths named Joa Evans and :-'!g<£ Brown were making a short cut ac oss the :>m country between Ueddes's woolwash nrid s «| Irish Town,' Waterloo, when they heard ,||i a woman scream, the cry appearing to them: :|| to como from a clump of bush a quarter of .|j| a mile asvay. Curiosity prompting them, ,|p they ran in the direction of the busbj .^ but being seized with a certain alarm, |$ Evans aud Brown came to a halt when '!§ within twenty or thirty yards of the hash* "g while Smith went forward to reconnoitre., m He saw eighteen or nineteen young men,, I armed with knives, sticks, and bricks, en- S|| gaged battling with two weaponless meo, wi whilo two other larrikins, Miller and -Ml Mangan, were leading a girl from the :|| meleo. The battle was a short one. Tho 9 men tried to defend themselves, bufc ;| got torribly beaten, and had to run. i Three of the accused, Duffy, Donnellan, g and Newman, all armed with cudgels, | pursued them up un adjoining bill, j One of these men Smith recognised as i Stanley, who was the first to give infor- i ma! ion of the outrago to the police. Mean- | while Miller and Mangan had token tho girl across tho bog, and as they approached m a patch of low scrub, Smith saw her m strugglo with them, and, waving a parasol , I she was carrying in her hand, cried ' coo- H ey,' as if for protection. Miller then tried ' to throw her down, or, as the witness m described it, 'toss' her, and was so M engaged when Duffy, returning frcm his |H unsuccessful hunt after Stanley, came up, : and placing one hand over her mouth, I stifled her cries, while with the other arm I around her neck, he dragged her into the Eg scrub, the girl all the time struggling dcs- ■ perately to get free. Powerless as she wbb against her three assailants, she seemed to have done all that lay in her power, for Smith heard Duffy sing out, 'The — i bit mo !' and he saw him thump her on the chest as. if in re venge. The next minute Miller had lifted hor from the ground and flung her violently .■;• down. Hill then joined them, they one > after anothor proceeded to criminally as sault hor. Even then the poor creature fought with the cowardly curs. At last the I girl appeared to lose all control over hor- J self and froth issued from her mouth. " Smith up to thia time had been standing : behind a bush about ten or thirteen yards distant from the spot where the girl lay; but, being detected by Duffy,_who threatened to give him a hoist if he didn't clear out, ho rejoined his companions Evana and Brown, who had retired to a more respectful distance. Smith afterwards, hy keeping well under cover, succeeded in obtaining a better coign of vantage, where he remained unobserved. After the out rage, the gang then moved off in a body, leaving her lying whera she was. they mounted tho hill over which Stanley had retreated, he heard Puffy sing out, "Here comes a policeman." The fang at once scattered, and ran off in different directions. This is, as far as propriety will permit, the shocking narrative told by Smith. Smith was subjected to a severe cross-examination, but his evidence was unshaken in any material particular.

Stanley, -syho endeavoured to, save the girl from her inhuman assailants, swore that when passing the scene of the outrage, in company with another man, he heard a woman's screams issuing from a clump of bush about iifc'y yards dietant. They at onco ran in its direction, and found three young men holding the girl Hicks down, Tho appearance of Stanley and his mate seemed for a few seconds to dumbfound the three. Then the man'who was kneeling jumped upandran. Stanleyaskedwhattliey « ere doiufr, and the girl called out to him in plaintive tones, "For God's cake save me from these men.' One of the men replied, 1 Nothing, eir !' and ran away to where ci<rht or niue other young men were stand ing in a group. Stanley then lifted the girl on har fter, and' fi'.ding that the was (.r.atiy exhausted, gave her bis arm and led her away. The group of larrikins', while this was going on, drew to within eight or nine puc. a of them. After the girl, eeooited' by himself and the' strange man, had moved off about fifty yards, he re ceived a blow on the back with something ho believed to be a stone, mid heard one of the crowd eingit g out to him, " What d» you want to interfere ?" About fifteen or twenty young men, some of whom were armed with sticks and the others with Btones then gathered round them. Stanley turned round, and aud ■ making a

■tfl% AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, FIUPAY, JANUARY 7, 1887.



TVf INKS & H ALL> CABINETMAKERS, UPEOLSTB .ERS, AND CARPET WAREEOUSEMSK. QALE OF Q<URPLUS QTOCX. FOB ONE MONTH, AT GREATLY REDUOED PRICES, AND FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT. g PEK CENT. ON ALL CASH PURCHASES WINKS & HALL, SKORTLAND-ITRKET. Ci ARLICK AND f(EAHWBLL Wish to direct attention to their Stock at CURTAINS.- 127 different patterns In Tap estry, Cretonne. Guipnre, Cor bart, Scotoh and Not ingham L'-ioo, Leno and Madras Muslin, from tfa 9d to 50a per pair. A Epaclal Line: 60 pairs of Tape bound Curtains, 3yds long, 43 6d per pair. /CRETONNES.—An immense Btock of Sln«l» Vj and Double Twill Crepe, Rep and Sateen Crernnnee. A JOB Line of BORDERED Rep Cretonne for Curtains, lOd per yd; ordinary price. Is (id. BLANKETS. -Our present Stock, purchased previous to the advance in wool, will be sold at Old Prices: Blnglo from 0s 6d per pair ; Double, Us Od. T>ED QUILTS, SHBttTING. and Upholiter- Jt> ing Material in Great Variety.— OARLJCK AND CrfANWKLL. INLAID TILE LINOLEUM. 1 G. and C. have imported a large quantity of the IMPROVED make of Linoleum, ths PATTKRN of which will NOT WOR OUT. It has bSfep. tested in Public Buildings in Jj-mdon and Australia during tha past four years, and given the ereatost satisfaction.—GAß- LICK AND CB AN WELL, Sole Agents. PERAMBULATORS. — Great Vurtety, «. Cheaper than ever. Four. =X •wheeled American, from 28j. % Kngllsh, Colonial, and German. We aro clearing oS the best pat tercß in Gorman at cost price — GARLICS AND CRANWELL. CARPET 3.— We have already received ad vlcos from manufacturers of tha advance in price of Carpets, but we ehall Sell at OLD CHEAP KATES till the advanced good* arrive, GARLICS AND ORANWBLL, GENERAL HOU3B FURNISHERS, QcrEUN-STBEET, Auckland. THORPE'S TEMPEKANCE HOTEL, BT. HELLIER'S BAY. MR D. THOKPE begß to intimate to the general public that he has, at considerable ex pens?, built a Commodious Temperance Bfotel clobb to the St. Helller'a Bay Wharf, and com in analog a magnincentsea view.wherehe is pre pared to provide picnio parties with Dinners, Teas and all kinds of Refreshments, at reason able prices. A limited number of persons can be received as boarders, tha accommodation and service being all that can be desired. This favourite place of resort specially recommended to invalids. Splendid beach for sea bathing. For terms, apply to the proprietor, MR D. THORPE, AT TEMPERANCE HOTEL, BX. HKLLIERS BAY. SUITS TO ORDER, SOa, 80i, 70*, 80*. Ma. Bztia Pair Trcranea eiv«n with mob. f. «. P ALT OH, TAILOW, TIOTOKIA BT MAST, ..,: AvoKLum.



Q1 P E CIAL NOTICE.1 MILNE & CHOYCK rcepectrnl'y Intimate tc their Friends and the Publlo that their Ettab Hahment WILL BK CLOSED at 2 p.m. ON SATURDAY, AND Rk-openkd on MONDAY MORNING, Instead of THURSDAY as here tofore. MILNE & CHOYCE Have now opened up thoir BPRINO AND SUMMER SHIPMENT 3, And would betr to submit them to their friends aud the publlo, ns being the NEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE GOODS To be had In the Homo Markets, and also o£ belnK of EXCEPTIONAL VaLUK. MILMNKRY, MANTLES. DUST CLOAKS. in Gront Variety end of Prii ca and Styles LAWN TKNNIS fii'l othir Tailor-made OAUzS KB?SPotI.erBUSJMKR BHAWLB HAND BAGS, FANS, MADK UP LACK GOOD 3. Sea. LARGEST .AND BKST VARIETY OP In the trade. The Newest designs from the Hume and Continental Markets, at vory ilodorato Frlooa. A Special Lino In E button JOSEPHINE KID Wt^tififlMfiHtiX value, from S^KSigiJ'A'SSreADIMf AND CHILD RKN'a UNDKUCLOI'IIING, of every do- TROUB3K°UX AND LAYETTES on the FAMiY.y'iJNKN, MANCHK3TER GOODS, CURTAINS, ANTIMACCAS3ARS, In new OYS?<!BCLOTHING. HATS, COLLARS, to., &0. __ 5 PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOR CESH. MILNE &TciIOYCE, AUCKLAND. Extraordinary Cheap ILines. I 200 Ql*1 and ChlUireVa Hat?. N«w Shan", ali p.U3 lid each. Gooda worth Irum 3j btt to OJ £00 Do.. Best Goods, at 23 lid ; Regular Prlco Ircru 5s 6d to 9s 6d each. A Imtc.o Lot o( Lidlns,' Collare'tes, all at 6d each. Goods worth from la to 2s 6d. ICO LaM.s' Lboo Colarettos and Bowo (the Newest Goods introduced thla Season), at Is lid; Ht-KularPiico, 7= 6 1. 20 D z Su^da Kid Jois^y Gloves (4 buttOD kngtb), Islld. A Manufactured Stock of Child's Trimmnd Sun Bonnets, all at la lid ; Goola worth 5< 61. A Lirge Lot of Ctiaitorcuae aud Mo-a Coloured \i.-icUhe Feather, ut Is each ; K< guhir V ulur, 5, CJ. 200 Boys' K^i-jker Tweed Suits, frcm 5s od, These Lines are all Real Bargaini. THE MELBOURNE DRAPERY AND CLOTHING CO., QUEEN-STRUET ASP POSSONBY. yg- ANTED KNOWN- SaW PRINTS, DRESSES, MILLINERY, HOSIERY, fco. HOW BHOWIWO. Price* low an uhu.il. ■■leadld Lot'PICNIC HATS, fro* M - -, vr. p. ogilvib, * TtOTOMA-STREBT WEBT. (CELLING OFF I SELLING OFJB11 GREAT BARGAINS FOR CHRISTMAS! IMPORTANT TO ALL who are making their Christmas Purchases and wish to cave money. In consequence of bad times and keen compe tition, I. FKRNANDKZ, the woll-knowa Cheap Draper U compalled to SELL OFS" £5,000 worth of Draporj ard Clothinß below cost price, on lha Premises, Karangahape Read, Nowfon. All persons wishing to save money should not lose the chance at securing some of the GKEAT BARGAINS that will be offered. The sale la poifectly genuine, as tho following price list will enow :— CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Men's stiong Tweed Suite, complete. 15s. worth 3Cs Men's Summer Tweod Trousers and VesU. 103 6d, worth 20i Men's atro-g Wearing Tweed Trousers, IB lid, wortti !>■ Gd Men's strong Worklnsr Shirts, with collars attached, Is lid each Men's and Ycuihs' Brown Cotton Undershirts, is cm h Boys' eti ong Tweed Knlcker Salts, complete. for 3s lid Boj»' Hoilf cd Coatn. 2i 6d tach Men's iilk Imat Coats. 15s, worth 258 Boys' Hats from 6d each Also, Men's Hats from Is up—a very larg« varloty to choose from. See windows ; all goods marked In plain flgnreg. ORAPS-: V & FURNISHING DEPARTMENT Heavy Twilled Unbleached Sheeting, 2 yards wide Ud pur yard Really Bood white Calico, 3d p*r yard Lrtr*e Wb.te Turkish Tow. Is. 6d each st'urg (JjtiOD Snlrtiuß, 4Jd per yard •ieavy Cotton Bed Ticking, 4|d per yard oir Lace Window Curtains, 2s 6d per pair ard wl >c B'own Holland, 4jd paryord arge While Frirg<-d Counttrpun>B. 3$ lid rach Uood intillty Taptßiry Can et. Is Cd per yard \ Hr< wide !'»es ge Fiourcloth. Is per sard !>.>unn«ta. Ib6J : Hea.thrUKß. 3i6d ■flOjß.dsof beautiful Summer Ureas Material at Ca-V'oil UNew°Juminer Washing Prints, fast ro'ourv. id. aonh7jd il.fl surds <f Onnvoa (J.oth In pretty summer j.>'xl'"quail'y D. üble-wliith Blue black Cash mere. U Cd per jard \lpo abuut-100 piocoa of all ths New Summer Drean Knb ica of every description, to be soid al h»lf price IKKAT BARGAINS IN THE oHOW ROOMS (i. 0 aud Children's Straw Hals. Is each Beautiful aud styilehly-tiimuied Hats and Bonnets at a very great reduction Lidiei' bjniaort Joreejß, sjod, worth 10sOd >b0 Ladles' Umorellas and Sunshades, 2a Cd each, ■wn, tti 6a (id M l'dirs of Lidlea' Corsets at Is Ud LnfJorciJ liinß. Buby Linen. Flowors, Feathers, Ribbons. Laces, etc., to be almost Rtvenaway SPKCIAL BARGAINS. strong Tweed for men'a und boys' wear, 1b 6d ntr yard, worth 2s lid V'ory strong Coloured Moleskins, IB 3d per yard UauWwtaib Blue Cloth for Ladies'' Riding Hablta. G5 Bd per yard, worth 12a Gd PRE3KNT3. Toys and Fancy Aitxlef, suitable for Christmas pre'.en'.s. at just quarter the usual prices. Come and see .them. Country bettlers visiting Auckland for Christ ma9 aud tho New Year wliUa^e 5s in the £ on their purchases. Tramcurs pass tho shop. ' For the convenience of residenta of Onehunga, MaDgare. and vicinity, I. F. has OPENED a BItANCH SHOP at QUEEN STREET, ONE HUNGA, with goods at sale priceß,' " Don't forget the Addrees: FEENANDE?;, DRAPJKR AND CLOTHIER, Earanqahafe Road, Newton. AtiD TllK BEKHIVE. QUKEN-BT.. ONKHUNQA. AND-SEWN BOOTS, upeotally suit able for the worm weather, light no'l ea^y, givlnß gr«at comfort to those ifllic'ed with tender tpoL-WM. MILLKK & SON, mgh-atreet. V •« Prlcea slliihUy ov.or imported artlole.



WHEN DOCTORS GIVE YOU UP, MON». GAHNIKR. tho ttlootrlolan, will Curo tou. Consultation Fiusfc Kvdry kind of Complaint Treated at— KAOhKTON'3 TOILTST HALti, sao, qukkn-stkkbt. Hours c( Attondftnoe: 9to 12 and *to 8. tteotrln a*<l (Ulvmilo, Varadlc, and Medicinal lUU» also irlvcu by Mouß. UttVnlor. Humbert of Tai.ilirunic.ta cua 1« »»on «» W. S. L AURIB & C - CUSTOMS AND BTANLSY-STRBBTS, AUCKIiANU. Sood and Monuro Morchanta Bonedust Manufacturtrs Asreiiti for Pevuvlin G.ivernmont Gnano Importers of Fencing Wlro. Sacka, Wool Packs, eto. Cash Purchasora of Eons« OPPOSITE THE TOWN 1 CLOCK. BEST WITITBV JET At KKLSKY'S, opiiosito tho Town Clock. LADIES' WORK COMPANIONS At KKLSILY'ri, oppoaltu tho Town Clock. LADIES' HAND BAUS At KttL vKV'el, oppt site tho Town Clock. JAPANESE GOOi S mENNIS GOODS L At. KKLShY'd, oppooito tho Town Clock. "PRESENTS OF ALL KINDS AT KELSEY'S, OPPOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. HOW truo ia the term applied to tho melancholic nilssnthroiio—that Ma -views are always jaundiced 1 Hifl blood eoems as if it wero adulterated with tlio yellow sccrotioiiß ot thellvor.and his vision tinged with tho dim and disnmlhue of tho Abbey vuulia Yot the caueo is not far to seek, 110 hath a liver ! This organ is to blame. Vurlous vcKOtabla nicdicims art powerfully on ih.ilivor, hm row so roliiibly iia I'odop.hyl'i" (nmndr.iUi) and Knonomyn (uiilm.,) with ■I'Rraxiidim. i licso nowuiful ul.cr.uivc ■ iroin Aicl.in'H i iver \r. iro 2s Oil; Iry ilao tho cioliratod l'odouhvlin I'll a. No. A.— fnquiro at the Puarmacy, (Jueen-areet. \zr ANT S D KNO WN. KAMI) COLLIKUY OFFICE Romovod from Moaars MitohoUcn and Co.'s to OJIIco formerly occupied by thorn ('aio H. N. Smith's), 10. Q.socn-fctrcot.