The troops lost forty "men and were de- feated, abandoning the artillery. SHIPPING*.' - ; '' ' Arrivod — Jungfrau and Warwick, from Otago ; Crusader, from Lyttelton ; Glen- lora, from Wellington; Queen of the North, from Napier. Sailed— August 18, Ocean Mail, for Nelson ; May Queen and Mataura, for Otago. August 15, tiarnatic, for Wel- lington and Picton. August 21, Soukar, for Wellington. August 16, Philip Bbu- verie, for Canterbury. August 19, Wai- tara, for Canterbury. COMMEBCIAI,. .:■;..:: Sast Fbancisco, September 12. 'In the Liverpool market the price of wheat is given to-day at 10s4dtol0s8d for average; 10s 8d to lls 4d for club. New York price, Idol 300 to Idol 45c. San Francisco rates — Wheat, Idol 46c to Idol 55c per 100 ; choice oats, Idol 50c to Idol 60c. Wool m San Francisco is 18c to'2lc ; New York, 30c to 35c. • [GRAND DISPLAY.: J LADIES' "QOSTUMES, JAPANESE, SILKS, FANCY DBESSES, ■ i ■■■■,■■" ■ AKD ■■■•■ ''■■ ■ IMILLINEST, AT ' HIBBAED & COWAN'S. 5-1Q



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