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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6422, 17 June 1882, Page 4

Our cablegrams to-dny contain some important items of news respecting the Egyptian difficulty. The Khedive and Dervish Pasha, who is no doubt well acquainted with the feeling of tile Parte on tlio mutter, have sent a request to the Sultan to despatch IS.OOO troops to Alexandria. Should the request be granted it may lend to still further complications, as Arabi Pasha, and the socalled National party, are strongly opposed to the importation of Turkish troops into tho country, and to the interference of the Sultan. In the meantime tho military force in' Alexandria has been augmented, and the Unglish and French Consuls-General have proceeded to that city, followed by ail exodus of Europeans from Cairo. The foreign ships in tho harbour have been ordered to receive on board any subjects of their respective countries who may wish to embark. Two hundred natives have been arrested in connection with tho recent cmaite. Tho second number of The AucUlander, a monthly magazine got up by the Church of England Grammar School boys, is issued. It is a creditable little sheet, and the articles printed ia it have the genuine school-hoy ring. By and by, when the amatiwr journalists have gaiue:! a little more conhdence and experience, we may hope to see an improvement in their composition. Mr. Schmidt, tho chairman of the City ochools Committee, has received telegrams from Sir George Grey aiul Sir G. M. U ii.orke, stating tiiat in response to his request, they have iorwarded copies of tho Auckland Grammar School Bill uow before the Assembly.

At the meeting of tho City Schools Com* , mitteo yosterday the statement of accounts i for five months was presented, and showed ■ the expenditure to have been £168 7s sd, or £13 17s in excess of income. Mr. McNab mace a personal explanation in reference to Mr. Harrison's letter complaining that ho had said that children li.id been sent up for examination when suffering from measles. Mr. McN&b stated tbat he had been misunderstood, as he had made no such statement, and it was agreed that tho matter should now be allowed to drop. A letter from tho Board of Education waß read sanctioning tho extension of the midwinter holidays for one week—from the 24th to the 30th, inclusive—and it was resolved to have the schools cleaned and fumigated during that period. Tho Board also notified the committee that Mr. Allright had been instructed to improve tho entrance to the girls' school in Beresford-street, aud that, they had received Miss Mclvor'a resignation as probationary teacher. Several cases of measles were reported to the committee. The Rev. H. B. Macartney, M.A., who is expected with Bishop Sargent by the Zealaudia, on Tuesday first, is a son of the Very Rev. Dr. Macartney, Dean of Melbourne. He graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. He is tho editor of a paper, which has a wide circulation in the colonics, called the Missionary. In 1878 Mr. Macartney's health having completely failed he obtained a year's leave of absence, and visited Eng'and and the Continent, during which time he wrote various letters, which have been published under tho title of "England, Home, aud Beauty," and aro very interesting. The Rev. gentleman is well-known in Victoria, whero his influence is folt in many good works. Mr. Macartney is expectcd to give an address on Tuesday evening in the rooms of tho Youn;; Men's Christian Association. If Bishop Sargent's arrangements will permit, probably he may take part in the service. The number of members of the Bible and Prayer Union in February last, as reported by the Rev. J. Richardson, amounted to about 150,000. The Auckland branch is progressing, upwards of 900 names having lieen enrolled. Many testimonies have been received as to its valuo in helping systematic Bible-reading. The only subscription is 2d per annum. On receipt of name aud address, a member's card with calendar of chapters will be sent, on application to tho secretary, Young Men's rooms. Amongat the goods now being discharged from the barque Cumbria, which arrived in the harbour on Saturday last, is a peal of six bells for St. Andrew's Church, Cambridge. The tenor measures 37 inches across the mouth. The bells arc accompanied by wheels and all tho gear necessary for ringing, but in order to be independent of ringers should a difficulty be found in obtaining them, a chiming apparatus, which can be worked by one man, has also been imported. The seaman named Greenell, belonging to tho barque Adelina Gibbs, lying at Russell, and who was brought up to the District Hospital owing to injuries received by him in falling from one of the yards of the vessel, died in the hospital on Thursday night. As the accident took place on the high seas, on board an American vessel, it is held to havo occurred on American territory, aud the local coroner has therefore no jurisdiction. No inquest will in consequence he held. The new licensee of the Auckland Hotel is carrying out the reforms required by the City East Licensing Commissioners, with a good faith and zeal which leave nothing to be desired. The thoroughfare from Highstreet to Queen-street has been closed, and a barrier erected to prevent the passage of pedestrians. The old beer-sodden harridans, larrikins, and vagrants, who formerly haunted tho side-passage after dusk, have disappeared, finding that their room was preferred to their company, and have carried their custom, it is presumed, elsewhere. At all events, the locality is now quiet and respectable, to the great comfort of those attending the Free Public Library in the evening, as well as to that of the police. A party of men were engaged yesterday in fixing the shear-legs for hoisting into position the new flagstaff to be erected in tho Albert Park. The latter is a fine spar 73 feet in length, and will have a semaphore for hoisting flags. A splendid view of the North Shore signal station and of the Hau* raki Gulf is obtained from the site of the Park flagstaff. It is expected that the flagstaff will be erected to-day, and that the first use to which it will be defied will be to fly bunting in honour of tlie-arrival of Commodore Erskinc and the ironclad H.M.s. Nelson. Mr. V. E. Rice, the secretary of the Board of Education, is, we understand, in a l '-fair way of recovery from his late dangerous illness. The other day we stated that Auckland was nearer the electric light business than most people imagined, as the ship Vanguard, now daily expected, had on board a Brushdynamo electric machine of 4000 candle power, consigned to Messrs. Oppenheimer [ and Co. That firm appears to have been anticipated by that of Messrs. E. Porter and ; Co., as the first electric light apparatus . which has been imported into Auckland is ' r now being landed from the Cumbria at Queen-street Wharf, consigned to them. It i comprises one Brush-dynamo electric machine : of 2000-oandle power, six hanging lamps, and twenty-four Lane Fox incandescent lamps of 20-candle power each, a focussing lamp, dial i attachment, aud the necessary wire; also 1700 carbons. Tho Harbour Board will thus . have two machines to pick from, if it is so s disposed, one of 2000 and one of 4000-candle | power. Messrs. Oppenheimer and Co. have on the way a largo number of Swan's incan- ' descent lamps, for tho use of the elcctric light r t in private dwellings, so that private citizens ! as well as public bodies may, if they desire to do so, enjoy tho latest modern luxury. On Thursday evening tho Hall Comedy Company will open in the Theatre Royal. ■ They have obtained the right of producing i several of Mr. Byron's comedies in New ; Zealand, aud as the company is a carefully collected one, a pleasant season may be anticipated. Tho trees and shrubs which havo been planted out in the Albert Pari already relieve the bareness which has characterised the appearance of the park. But it is only now that the trouble with tho larrikins will begin, and unless Mr. Boston, the park-keeper, and his men keep a sharp look-out, their labour will be lost through the misdirected energies of these gentry. Every citizen should regard himself as a special constable in this matter, and report to the polico or the park-keeper any acts of vandalism which they may see perpetrated. i Members are going to have an outing. The House of Representatives has passed Mr. Brown's motion, to adjourn from the 29th instant to tho Tuesday following, to enable them to visit the Christchurch Exhibition. Public time cannot, apparently, be very valuable, when the House can thus afford to waste it. A number of tho Harbour Board workmen were engaged yesterday erecting steps by tho side of the reclamation wall, at the right hand side »f the Queen-street Wharf. This action will save the watermen much inconvenience, by enabling them to land aud take passengers as the case may be, without taking their boats through to the steps on tho left of the wharf. The Devonport Steam Ferry Company havo placcd their steamer Victoria at tho disposal of tho members of the Harbour Board for their official visit to H.M. s. Nelson when she arrives in harbour. A telegram was yesterday received from tho manager of Williamson's Opera Troupe, dated Russell, intimating tho exceedingly rough weather experienced during the passage from Auckland on board the s.s. Arawata. The steamer carried about 113 passengers, over SO of whom were in tho saloon. Part of the scenery which was blown overboard on Wednesday night was recovered on Thursday, and sent off to Melbourne by the Kotomahann, while the remainder has since been picked up, and will be sent to Sydney by the Ringarooma on tho 27th iust. Much to tho regret of many interested in aquatics the proposed lace between tho German schooner Flora, of which so much has recently been heard, and the Auckland schooner Cygnet, fell through yesterday. It appears that Captain Glassenapp, of the Flora, intimated to Captain Ross, of the Cygnet, that ho could not see his way clear to engage in the race, and accordingly, as he had previously cleared at tho Customs for liarotonga, sailed for that port early in the forenoon. In a New Zealand Gazette of tho Sth Juno 13 published an order in council redelegating tho powers to the Auckland Domain Board. The following gentlemen have been /.azettcd the members of the Hoard : Messrs. G. Aickin, R, C. Barstow, w p. Jinckland, A. Bull, J. MeCosli Clark, I'. D. Kenton. T. Macffarlane, E. A. Maekeebme, T. T. Masefield, S. Morrin, T. Peacock, J. Russell, S. Percy Smith, R. J. iates, R. Walker, and Charles Sutton.

Mr. ngent of the Pacific Mail S.S. Co., naa received a cablegram stating , that t\,o company's steamer City or New [ Yoik arrived at Sau Francisco on the 13th j Instant, being two days in advance of contract time. The outgoing mail steamship, l Zealaudia, is announced by cablegram to [ have sailed from Sydney on Thursday, at [ 3 p.m., having oil board for San Francisco : 45 saloon passengers, and 25 ill the steerage. I She may be expected to arrivo here on Moil- j day evening, and will leave for San Fran- j ciseo, via Honolulu, on Tuesday, at 2 p.m. j There were four drunkards in the lock-up ■ last evening, and a seaman, arrested on ! warrant by Constable Naughton, for disobedience of orders on board the barquontine Energy, at Helensville. At tho conclusion yesterday of the Police ] Court business, Mr. Laishley applied to the i Resident Magistrate on behalf of the father, Mr. Holmes, under the Neglected Children's | Act, 18G7, to commit two of his children to j tho Industrial Home, he paying for their maintenance. The application was granted. Mr. Hudson Williamson, on behalf of the grandfather of other children of the samo family made an application to His Worship for adoption of others. Mr. Archibald, tho contractor for tho Dublin-street culvert in Newton, met with a nasty accident yesterday. He was carrying a bag of scoria down to the culvert, for tho purpose of using it in concrete, when he slipped and sprained his foot severely. A cab was obtained, and Mr. Archibald was driven off to the hospital, in order to have tho injured member properly dressed and attonded to. Measrs. Basten Brothers, of the coaeh factory, Durham-street West, have juat turned out a handsome m?il phaeton to the order of Mr. J. Mowbray. It is interchangeable into three distinct carriages,—viz., single seated travelling buggy, fitted with movable cover to enclose liaclc part of body, to carry luggage, and to protect it from the weather. The mail phaeton is fitted with a hood, tho scats arc changeable, tho front seats sliding to the back, and the back seat changing to the front to accommodate a coachman. Tho front seat turns on a pivot to allow ladies to pass to the principal seat without inconvenience ; the back seat also opeus similar to a wagonette, thus obviating the inconvcnience •f getting to the seat between the wheels. The back seat reverses, and by letting down the door, which forms a foot-board, it forma a four-wheel dog-cart. This kind of phaeton is the first of the kind ever built in Auckland, and has been designed by Messrs. Basted Brothers. It is fitted for single or pair of horses, and is painted dark-green, and trimmed in green morocco cloth. The same firm have recently built a iirst-class wagonette to the order of Mr. C. C. McMillan, and a first-class brougham hansom for Mr. W. O'Brien, the first of the kind ever turned out in Auckland.

Captain Amodco, of the s.s. Macgregor, is doing as welt as could be expected after the late severe accident which he sustained. Ho is still under medical treatment, but a week or two of rest and quiet will, it is hoped, restore him to his usual health and Btrength. To-day's Auckland Weekly News is the largest weekly pitper ever issued in New ZeaUnd. It consists Of 40 pages of printed matter, aid is full of interesting articles for town and country readers. A full summary of Parliamentary proceedings and lobby gossip will be foaml in its pages, as well aa all the local and foreign news, telegrams, cablegrams, tales, sketclicp. illustrations, kc., and it possesses all the features of ft first-class family and commercial paper. To bo had at the -publishing office, Queenstreet, and of the news agenU. Dr. Kendordinc, with his wonted liberality, hnß just presonted .€5 worth of new and valuablo books to the library of tho Young Men's Christian Association. Dr. Schwarzbach invites his former patients to call on him. as he is desirous to ascertain how far tbe effects of his operations have been permanent. On Monday evening, a concert will he held in tho Newton Athenreum, in aid of a really charitable object. The musical part of the concert will be under the management of Mr. Ryan. The programme Is published in another column. .A special rehearsal in connection with the sacred concert to be given in St. Benedict's Church, Newton, is Advertised to bo held on tbe evening of Tuesday next, in the Choral Hall, at a quarter pa3t seven o'clock. Thompson's Colonial MiFror of the Zulu War is to be shown shortly in Abbott's new Opera House. - In another column will be found the usual noticcs of religious services, to be held at several of the ciiy and suburban churches to-morrow. The midwinter holidays for the city and suburban schools is fixed for.tjic. week, beginning on Monday, the 26th instant. The complimentary benefit tendered to Mr. P. Doran will take placo in tho new Opera House, on Wednesday next, under the distinguished patronage of His Worship the Mayor and tho City Councillors. Among those who have ten-tared their services are Ettie, tbe lady cymnast, Messrs. J. Buckland, Tye, Robinson. Mettam, Edwards. Campbell, Williams, "Wesley, Hughes, Beake Brothers, Elder Brothers, Leonard Brothers, Cullimoro, Smith, Hi J l, Naughton. Easton. The Hobson Band h-.Y:' also given their services. There Is a "monster" bill for tho occasion.