SHIPPING.

* Sunset—This evening, 5.46. i sunrise—To-morrow morning, 6.5. Moos's AGE—New Moon, 18th, 1.39 a.m.

HIGH WATER.

AucKLAXn-This afternoon, 2.52; to-morrow "SSS&S? Bum-TUb evening, 5.32; to- evening, 6.32; to morrow morning, 7.16.

ARRIVALS.

Wellington, s.s., from Whangarei

DEPARTURES.

Mariposa, R.M.S., for San Francisco Glenelg, s.s., for Russell lona, s.s., for Tauranga

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

Coromandel, from Coromandel, to-day, RotKiana, from Thames, to day,7.3op.m. Omapere, from the South, Wednesday Zealandia, from San Francisco Thursday Wanaka (Onehunga), from the South,

Thursday , , ■,-, „ Enterprise, from Thames, Thursday, 11 p.m. Wainui, from Lyttelton, Friday Aorangi, from Wellington, Sunday Bellinger, s.s., from Sydney, early

SAILING VESSELS EXPECTED.

Piako, ship, left London July 2 Waikato, ship, from London May Queen, ship, from London Lurline, ship, left London July 26 Margaret Galbraith, ship, left Glasgow

Rosedalo, from Middlesborough, forkaipara Zealandia, ship, left London July 2j Evie Reed, bq., from New York, via Lyttel ton ; sailed June 20 Star of the East, from New York, via

Dunedin, sailed June 7 _ Mary A. Greenwood, bq., left New York July 27, via Lyttelton Wild Wave, bq., left Newcastle August 29 Jennie 8., schr., from Fiji Sharpshooter, bq., from Fiji Kirkdale, bq., from Java, early Mimiha, schr., left Lyttelton August 29 Orpheus, schooner, from Dunedin Gleaner, bn., left Dunedin September 12 Marion, schooner, from Rarotonga Seabird, bn., from Sydney Maile, schr., from a cruise Louie, schooner, from a cruise.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hermione, ship, for London, loading C. VV. Janes, schooner, for New York Lutterworth, bq., for Valparaiso Mararoa, for Russell, to-day, 5 p.m. Hawea (Onehunga), for the South, to

day, 4 p.m. Suva, for Easb Coast ports, to-day, 6 p.m. Omapere, for Greymouth, Wednesday Mararoa, for Melbourne, via the South,

Thursday, noon Wanaka (Onehunga), for the South, Fri day, 8 a.m.

The s.s. Janet Nicoll has been docked for repairs.

The barque Grasmere arrived at Kaipara from Melbourne on Sunday last.

The cutter Leo was at anchor in Hick's Bay when the Omapero called.

The schooner Grecian Bend has been berthed at the Railway Wharf.

The R.M.S. Mariposa left for Honolulu and San Francisco at 7 p.m. yesterday, •with passengers as per list published last evening.

A brig, probably the Wild Wave which left Newcastle for this port on August 29, was off Tiritiri, inward bound, when we went to press.

The schooner race and champion whale t) Oat race, to take place at the Auckland Annual Regatta of 1887, are to be adver tised in the principal Southern papers.

The Jubilee Steamship Company's s s. Bel linger has left Sydney for Auckland direct with 80 tons cargo, and she is expected to arrive hare on Sunday next. She brings cargo for this port, Whangarei and Russell.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whan garei last evening with the following pas sengers :—Saloon : Messrs Nobel, Walton, O'Neill, Mcßae, Masy, Rainer, Ross, Beaumont, Eaton, McKay, Misses Clendon, Sinclair, Dent, Hardie, Mr and Mrs Robin son, and eight in the steerage.

THE AORANGI AT WELLINGTON.

The s.s. Aorangi arrived at Wellington from Hobart late last night. The. voyage was a very pleasant one, and the passen gers have all arrived in good health. Fine weather was experienced most of the way— even in running down the easting no severe weather was met with. Her time is 43 days 17 hours 4 minutes, and steaming time, including stoppages, 42 days 11 hours 29 minutes. No births or deaths occurred on the voyage. The Aorangi has 3,500 tons of cargo, and 250 bags of mails. The passen gers number 158. Thirty-five passengers were landed at Hobart. There are 47 for Wellington, 39 for Auckland, 13 for Lyttel ton, 8 for Dunedin, and the rest for other ports. Passengers for Auckland—First saloon : Miss Barry, Mrs Bourke, Judge Gillies, Miss Gillies, Mr and Mrs Thompson and infant, Mr Higgins. Second saloon : Misses Beaumont, Firrin, Gilfillan (2), Hanlon, Jackson, Neill, Mr and Mrs A. Hardy, Mrs C. Harly, Messrs Barfour, Gieke, Gilfillan, Shanby, Lillington (2). Sixteen in the steerage. The Aorangi will discharge Wellington cargo and tranship ments, and then come on to this port, arriving here about Sunday next. Her Auckland mails will be forwarded by the Wanaka, due to prrive at Onehunga early on Thursday morning.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVAL.

Hawea, s.s., Hansby, from the South. DEPARTURES. Gairloch, s.s., McArbhur, for "Waifcara. Hawea, s.s., Hansby, for the South.

The Northern Company's s.s. Gairlock for Waitara took her departure at 1 o'clock to day, with a general cargo and several pas sengers.

The Stormbird had not 'arrived.', up to 1 o'clock.

The s.s. Hawea was off the Mannkfflu early yesterday morning, but was unable to cross the bar until 2.30 p.m. She arrived along side of the wharf at 3.45 p.m. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Hardick, Misses Adama, Bair, Professor Chainey, Master Wacd, Messrs Lyell, Lambert, G. Brown, Gee, Hooker, Ross, J. D. Wickham, Milnej Litchfield, Pollard, Williamson, Murchie, and 17 steer age. The Hawea will leave for the South again at 4 p.m. to-day.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, this dciy.—Arrived : Glenelg, from Auckland, 10 a.m.

Wellixctox, September 12.—Arrived S.s. Whampoa, from Auckland.

Lyttelton, September 12.—Sailed : S.s. Wanaka, for the North. Passengers : Mrs Aifcken, Sir G. Whitmore, Messrs Overton and Hulbert.

Port Chalmers, September 12.—Sailed S.s. Ohau, for Auckland; s.s. Penguin, for: the North. Passengers : Mr Fitzsimmons, and three steerage.

London, September 11.—Arrived : Loch Fergus, barque, from Lyttelton, May 14.

Notices to Correspondents.

J.W. —The charge you mak-e is punishable with the severest penalties. If the facts are as you state, it is j^our duty to lay a formal charge with the Commissioner. BIiOOMiKLAW. —The matter is hardly worth notice. We only give place to replies to letters in our morning contemporary when they have been refused by the '' Herald." It is difficult enough to find space for our own voluminous correspondence.

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

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1887.

For the esuse that lacks assistance, For the wrorij that needs resistance, For the future fu the distance, And the good that -we can do.

The pathway of liberty in all ages has been a road streaming with human blood, "The blood of the martyrs U the seed, o! the Church," And so^ when w§ sea a people openly and man- InHyweteting-fin vuijust and. tyrannical Mw« laying down their lives if need be

for the principle of liberty, we feel confident that those people are not far off from the attainment of their purpose. It is such earnestness and determination that wins victories. The disturbance which is reported as having occurred at Mitchelstown, County Cork, is a very lamentable affair looked at every way, but it has the merit of being an open resistance —not a secret cowardly assassination, which is the most abominable of all crimes. The peasantry at Mitchelstown, so far as can be gathered from the evidently biassed reports which we have received by cable, had assembled for a purpose which in any other Anglo-Saxon com munity out of Ireland would be a perfectly lawful purpose —the right of public meeting. There were present Mr Labouchere, an English member of Parliament, and some other members. The police, in strong force, came upon the scene as usual with their official reporters to obtain evidence against those who had the temerity to defy the Salisbury gagging law. No row apparently occurred until the police, not satisfied with obtaining materials for future prosecutions, at tempted to make an arrest at the meet ing. The people resisted, a conflict ensued, the police were beaten by the unarmed mob and were driven into their barracks, from which they sallied out with arms and commenced firing into the crowd, killing one person and wounding four others. Fifty persons, chiefly policemen, were injured in the affray. Looking at this occurrence from the calm vantage ground of a free self governing colony, what difference of opinion can there be as to the respon sibility for what happened 1 We do not hesitate to say "that the crime lies neither at the door of the Tipperary mob, nor yet of the police men, who had their duty to perform. In a hot fight there will be broken crowns, and the authorities who put arms in the hands of the civil police mean them to be used. The authors of the outrage at Mitchels town are the Salisbury Cabinet,ana the Parliament who passed the coercion law introduced by that Government. This is unmistakably the opinion of their own chosen representative in Ireland, Sir Redvers Buller, who has resigned his command rather than sully his name as a soldier and a gentleman by carrying out such a brutal law. The " Pall Mall Gazette1' speaks with the voice of the true Eng lishman when it urges Mr Gladstone himself to go to Ireland and " answer the bloody challenge " of the Govern ment by standing in the, place of those who were shot down in vindi cation of the right of public meeting. But for the age and the responsibilities which the great statesman still owes to the British nation, we believe his courage and patriotism would be equal to the call; but his life is too pre cious to be placed at the mercy of an excited Irish constabulary, who are specially commissioned to shoot down unarmed men, women, and children. Men less needed will serve equally well to illustrate the cruelty of a tyrannical law, and the presence of Mr Labouchere at the Mitchelstown meet ing proves that there are Englishmen in Parliament who are neither ashamed nor afraid of protesting by their pre sence and at the risk of their lives against a legalised wrong. To those who have any doubt about the true responsibility for such dis turbances as these we commend the perusal of the following opinions,given expression to by Mr John Bright in the House of Commons nearly forty years ago, when the perennial griev ances of Ireland were crying in vain to the British Parliament for justice :—

" The first thing that ever called my at tention to the state of Ireland was the read ing an account of one of these outrages. I thought of it for a moment; but the truth struck me at once, and all I have ever seen since confirms it. When law reiuses its duty—when government denies the right of the people—when competition is so fierce for the little land which the monopolists grant to cultivation in Ireland, when, in fact, millions are scrambling for the potato—these people are driven back from law, and from the usages of civilisation, to that which is termed the law of nature, and If not of the strongest, the laws of the vindictive; and in this case the people of Ireland believe, to my certain knowledge, that it is only by these acts of vengeance periodically committed, that they can hold in suspense the arm of the proprietor, of the landlord, and the agent, who, in too many cases would, if he dared, exterminate them. Don't let us disguise it from our selves, there is a war between landlord and tenant —a war as fierce and relentless as though it were carried on by force of arms."

The man who uttered these opinions was the true John Bright, the popular tribune, the leader in the van of Liberal reform. In 1866, when this wretched, abortive, but never abandoned measure of coercion was once more proposed in the House of Com mons as a remedy for Irish discontent, Mr John Bright again rose in his place in Parliament to protest against the proposed introduction of the Coercion Act in Ireland. With the eye of a seer, but speaking rather from long experience than prescience, he said :—

" You may pass this Bill, you may pub the Home Secretary's live hundred men into gaol—you may do more than this, you may suppress the conspiracy and put down the insurrection; but the moment it is sup pressed there will still remain the germs of this malady, and from those germs, as heretofore, there will spring another crop of insurrection and another harvest of misfor tune. And it may be that those who sit here eighteen years after this moment will find another Ministry and another Secretary of State ready to propose to you another ad ministration of the same ever-failing and ever-poisonous medicine."

The eighteen years have passed, and the prediction is fulfilled, but where is the man who uttered the prophecy and warning ? The hardening effects of prosperity and the dulling influence of old age upon a. heart that once throbbed with the enthusiasm of humanity have wrought a change, and Mr John Bright, instead of stand

ing with his old colleague, an advocate for juster laws, has ranged himself among the apologists of a Government who pretend to believe that the ills of a nation can be redressed by stifling the cries of its people with a policeman's gag and constabulary buckshot.

THE STATE OF TONGA.

The impressions of unbiassed visitors with regard to the condition of affairs in Tonga are, perhaps, of more value than the "official utterances" which are carefully given forth after a formal inquiry, and therefore our readers will peruse with interest the following ex tracts from a letter written by an Auckland gentleman who is now on a visit to Tongatabu. The writer, we may say, has no personal leanings one way or another, and did not write for publication. He says : —

"Things here are in a very unsettled state, owing to the feuds between the Government and the missionaries. Of course in a small place every little thing as sumes an undue importance. The quarrel, although it has something of the ludicrous about it, is really detrimental not only to the religious but to the commercial interests of the island. The feud has attained to a bitterness that seems unaccountable to strangers. Not only will the families of the rival churches not speak to nor recognise each other, but all the Europeans are ranged into two hostile factions, vulgarly csflled Moulton's mob and Baker's mob. The ' mobs ' will not even play lawn tennis together There is, lam sure, a great future before these islands. Under the form of a free constitution Mr Baker has established a despotism ; but Tonga must come under one or other of the great Powers at no distant period."

That petty annoyances, which would be thought nothing of elsewhere, have been exalted into "persecutions," we have long been aware ; but it is some thing new to learn that the feeling of bitter hostility is interfering with social amenities, and giving outsiders occasion to remark ironically—"Be hold how these Christians love each other!" The closing expression of opinion that Tonga must soon be an nexed by a strong European Power is the conviction which forces itself upon every visitor, and probably this " re ligious " squabble is the fore-ordained means for hastening that consumma tion. For the preservation of the Tongan people, the reconciliation of the rival parties on the basis proposed by Mr Baker would be preferable to a foreign protectorate ; but when trading interests are at stake sentimental con siderations are apt to be set aside.

THE TELEPHONE IN VICTORIA.

Our neighbours in Victoria have made rather a muddle of the telephone business. The Victorian Government are strong on foreign policy, but it is plain that their interest in .the New, Hebrides and in imperial federation is detrimental to a proper management of internal affairs. In the Assembly the other night, Mr Derhara, the Victorian Postmaster-General, stated tne terms upon which he had succeeded in purchasing for the Go vernment the business of the Victorian Telephone Exchange Company. The sum to be paid for the business was £40,000 —an expenditure that might have been saved had the Government not blundered seven years ago when the telephone system was introduced. Instead of taking the business in hand, the Government undertook to erect the wires and let them to a private company for a period of ten years. The company went vigor ously to work and created a big mono poly, charging £12 a year to city sub scribers to the telephone exchange. At the same time the Government found that the concern constituted serious opposition to their telegraphic business, and accordingly started negotiations for taking over the business, which after much hag gling have terminated as stated. The Assembly having approved of the purchase, the Government in tend to effect important improvements, and will also reduce the charges to sub scribers. How profitable a business the Victorian Telephone Exchange proved, may be gathered from the fact that the Chairman of the Company had offered the New South Wales Govern ment £100,000 for the monopoly of the telephone business in that colony. This was mentioned by Mr Derham to prove what a good bargain he had made in acquiring the three years' rights of the Victorian Company for £40,000, but it does not alter the fact that the £40,000 in question is a dead loss to the community. We flatter ourselves that "we manage these things better" in New Zealand 1 Our rulers are, perhaps, extravagant, but they are not often wilfully stupid. When the telephone was introduced as an article of daily utility, our Legis lature at once passed an Act of Parlia ment securing to the Government of the colony all right to utilise the in vention as a commercial concern, and the result is seen in the proud position occupied by New Zealand of having the cheapest telephone system in Aus tralasia, if not in the world.

The business in the Police Court to-day was very light, the only case called being a charge of embezzlement of 25s preferred by Mr O'Meagher against Frederick Tucker. Sergeant Pratt said the police were not pre pared to go on with the case this morning, and asked for a remand till to-morrow, which was granted. Messrs Gordon ana Gilmore, J.P.s, were on the Bench. Our obituary column contains the an nouncement of the death of Mr Edward Skelton, at the Hospital, from the re sults of a serious accident which Deie ;n him on the 22nd August. The de ceased, who was 49 years of age, was widely known and respected. He had been 28 years in Auckland district, had served in the New Zealand Militia in the troubled times, and for the last 19, years had been storeman at the warehouse of Messrs V\m. Collins, Sons and Co. He is survived by a widow and six children/

Colonial Fedarow ~* ""^^S subject of a hoh2 y\^Pli& throughout the AvsLv? <* Henry Park^ Januaiy 26th, 1888, as 3!' n A l^CeleS now complete' coacurr en l " you may deem fittingtotWV iication of the mattering ptttd« throughout the 1 Ausb-ak!— 06 offtS Tasmania may be SoT^J next." Ifc ismthor T Janu «Jffi Zealand Go^nt Btf^§ public into their confident^ that so nearly concerns CaX^ The steamer Hawea via v. „ porUonoftheoutSCshl!^ can mailg, arrived in theffib?^* Ine Manposa has on board Onm ■ forwarded by the National fc^?* Strangely enough, the matter wi 25 porteltothepolicej^ndinthK toon surprise is expressed at the reS displayed respecting these mwtaß Currences at the Hospital so ZZu police and press are coacernei 1 A great many of the farmers in J Waikato have turned their afctenM tToT^ Tf Hb-f d this «« 3? Ihomas, of : Huikanui, has just nnt inffl acres in oats, and Mr Willis a 3 quantity, whilst Mr Premine, has kiu down a large lot of wheat. Amongst the through passengers b Sydney for San Francisco by the KM Mariposa was a well-known AuoklS who, perhaps,, would be overlooked d« the assumed name of Signor Rbsci m is none other than Mr Dave Russell, othd wise Mons. De Braze,; who has hid ad successful career in opera since leayingthU city a few years ago. .Mr Russell intend] .to remain in America, for a feWweeks.ani then, proceed, to Italy to! undergotwdvi months' training under tho best masba John Sorensen, a lad 12 years of age, fel from a tree atKohimarama lastTO^nt was brought to town yesterday for medica treatment. He was examined by Dc Purchas,who fears that the lad has sustained some injury to his spnie. The all-round athletic Mflliilijliil Jl Professor Garrollo's gyronasium took pki last evening. The competitors we Mem F. W. Edwards and,'J. "W. 'Wm:W

after a severe course of triali erfenij over three hours^ the former msdakei the winner, . having ; scored 13 pmat against his opponent's 68 points.

The anniversary services of the Union street Wesleyan Sunday-school Wqe hdd on Sunday last. There was a lalgß afcfcendi ance .at, each, service. Sermoiumn preached in the morning and evening bf the Revs. W. Gittos and E Bull, apdi very pleasing and instructive address tj scholars and parents was delivered at o'clock by Rev. C. H. Garland, Spew hymns were sung by the children untetK leadership of Mr Dryland, assisted by as orchestra of friends/ The collections k the day amounted to £217s 3d. Thef soiree will be held this (Tuesday) eve* when addresses will be given byKemfi Bull, C.H. Garland, W. Gittos and Ul< Ward. At the Auckland institute last waft Mr Pond delivered a very interesting ture on' 'Foods and Beverages. M m referred to the description of food <*» former times, and mentioned tha« relics dug from the; ground there g found the remains of black ta»W he pointed out the effects of «£»• man as affecting the supgf.T'tS dealt with the values of "^K Eroviding nourishment, in 'PTTk sion that brown bread was the be* being contrary to chemical "J were usefulasadUutetofood. MjWJ and seaweed were J?^>^. gJJi luxury. Beer containedl nutntiog was also made to the adutongo n and beverages, and the necessity w^ cisc of great care m "***Jfa tober3rd. i U are sure that he wiU make aJ Hllor He has already Me° fließ treefe penWouUndwidening^lj« , and his expeiience as a S m ],m P?ttureon«^^ Influencesjwa, given Mutoa! b the members of .Bt. v* * -Sweet. Briar Rose, & illustrations were w MacKenzie, and M^-tfjJW

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1887.

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TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE SOUTH BRITISH FIEE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND. Gentlemen,—As the Articles of Association of our Company do not specify in what way it shall bo determined which of two Directors simultaneously elected should retire, as having been longest in office, in order to prevent any legal difficulty, I have resolved upon resigning my office as Director and placing myself in your hands for election again at the next Ordinary General Meeting of our Company. I havo the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your Obedient. Servant, R. C. BARSTOW. Epsom, Auckland, Sept. 9,1887. IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE DEATH OF Mr ALEXANDER INGLIS, The only surviving partner of the Firm, TENDERS ARE INVITED FOX THAT WELL-KNOWN & OLD-ESTABLISHED BUSINESS (Successfully carried on for the last 24 years by Messrs A. and T. Inirlis, at George-street, Dunedin), AS A GOING CONCERN, IN ONE LOT. THE BUSINESS COMPRISES General Drapery, Clothing, and Mercery Boots and Stioes Carpets and Furnishings Furniture, Crockery Ironmongery, Undertaking Boot Manufacturing, Cabinet and Furniture Manufacturing. For particulars as to Leases, Ground Rents, Buildings, Hook Debts, Stock, Turn-over, etc., ••ipply by letter to "The Executors ot tho late Mr Alexander Inglis, George-street, Duneain ; or on the Promises to the Manager. Tenders must be at the Office of the Firm not later than THURSDA V, the 20th day of October, 1807, at 12 noon. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Each tondc must havo attached a Marked Cheque for 10 per cont. of tho amount of the tender. DONALD W. JACK AND Co. PONSONBY ROAD, Are Sellino- Ladies' wcll-mado Ulsters at 5s lid each Fashionable Jackets at half-price Extra-wide Coloured Cashmere at Is per yard, or 8 yards for 7s (id Ladies' Straw Hats at 3d each Corsets, Is lid per pair, worth 3s.Gd All-wool Shirting, Is per yard Our Ladies' Stockings and Gloves, at Is per pair, arc extra good value Other Uoods proportionately cheap. DONALD W. JACK AND Co., Ponsonby Road. THE "MELBOURNE AGE." Circula tion. 68,000 daily. The largest Commercial, Advertising, and General Newspaper in the Colonies. Price, Id ; (is (3d per quarter. The " LEADER," IS pages. The best Farm ing, Agricultural, and General 'Weekly News paper. Price, Gd :(is (id per quarter. The "ILLUSTRATED AUSTRALIAN NEWS" (New Zealand Edition). The leading Monthly Illustrated Newspaper. Single num bers,Cd ; double numbers, with coloured plate, Is. Agents: Messrs Kidd and Wildman, Upton and Co., and E. Wayte, Auckland; and all News Agents. Post free. ISEA SE S OF W OMEN. 7>B. COBBETT, who makes a Specialty of this Department of Medicine, has arranged to receive Resident Patients. Trained Hospital Nurse in residence. Vov further information apply DR. C N. COBBETT, Lower Svjmonds-street, Auckland. MEDICAL FEES REDUCED TO ENGLISH RATES. Dr. BAKEWELL regrets that, owing to the rush of patients in the afternoons and evenings, many have had to wait a long time. He would therefore advise those requiring lengthy consul tations, examination o£ tho chest, etc., to come in the mornings from 9 to 11. Saturday after noons and evenings will in future be reserved /or male patients only.—Address : Hobson 6TBEKT, 2 DOORS BELOW COOK-STREET. Hours: 9to 11, 3t04,7 to 9. Fees : Cash invariably ;no booking. For advice and medicine, 2s b'd; for visit and medicine, os. r7~ w i l k i n s7 In the present depressed times, has reduced his fee to 5s for advice and medicine both in general and special practice. P.S. -Arranges Spectacles for all kinds of bad sight. TTK KEMPT, SURGEON DENTIST, Has Removed to CORNER OF ELLIOTT AND WELLESLEY STRBETS (Opposite the Opera House.) Box 210] [Telephone 378 HF. WINDSOR, • SURGEON DENTIST (by exam.) (Late of the Firm of Kempt and Windsor.) I beg to intimate to the public of Auckland and Provincial District that I continue in prac tice at the Old Chambers, Shortland-strcet (opposite Post Office.) Having secured the ser vices of a first-class Mechanical Assistant, and reduced my charges, I hope to merit a share of their support. Box 210, P.O.] [Telephone 377.