SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS

Speedwell, ketch, 35 tons, Bewicke, from "Wangaroa. Ta* ranga, schooner, 60 tons, Moller, from Tanvanga. • Ivanhne, schooner, 70 tons, McGregor, from Mong nni. Wanderer, cutter, from Coromandel. Go-A head, s.s., Watson, from Wansarei. Island City, barque, 480 tons, Attend ge, from Gladstone. Mary Ellen, schooner, Rawlings, from Mercury Bay.

DEPARTURES.

Ismay, barque, 400 tons, Sherwm, foTLon don .

Tell, barque, 302 tons, Odell, for Newcastle. Amelia, schooner, 137 tons, J. Hart, for Tahiti.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Royal Alfred, 6.30 p.m. Lady Bowen, 6 p.m.

The barque Prince Alfred will take her de parture for Tahiti to-morrow. The schooner Strathnavar will sail for Een nedy's Bay to-morrow, to load timber for Napier. The ketch Speedwell arrived in harbour this morning from "Wangaroa, with 6000 fe?t baulk timber, 4<"00 feet sawn timber, 500 rails, 40,000 shingles, 1 ton gum, and 4 pas sengers.

ARRIVAL OF THE ISLAND CITY.

The fine cattle barque Island City, Captain Atteridpe, returned from Gladstone this mornin-ar, after a capital voyage. She brings a full cargo of cattle for Messrs. Carey, Gilles and Co.

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

PASSENGERS TOE ArCKLfIND.

Per Law, Taylor, and Co.'s Argyleshiro— Cabin : Bobert Wilson, Alexander Maitland, Robert Wylie, and Geo. W. Moffatt. Second cabin : Robert Nicol, Fohrrt Swar-son, Ann Henry, Catherine Henry, John < heyne, Helen Cheyne, William Cheyne, Alex. Forbes, Mary Neil, Jnmps Mcintosh, A'exnm'er Pa.Tton, jnn., and John Carr, Mrs. Margaret Nicol. Per Ismay Tmrie and Co.'s Santon —(Con- signed to Messrs. Owen and Graham.) Mr. James Baird, Mr. John Gunning, Mr. John Morelind and wife, Mr. James Carleton, Mr. Mathew Hunt.r, Mr. Scott Hunter, Mr. John Smith, Mr. Edwin Ho4ing and wife, Mr. Robert Srragg=, Mr. Catherine Doyle, Mr. Douglas Carter, Mr. James White, and Mr. Thomas Austin and wife. Per Shaw, Savill and Co.'s Sydenham — Saloon : Mr. and M*s. W. B. Barber, Mrs Hy. J. Wood and family, Mr. and Mrs. G Fletcher, Wm. Loppet and family (3), G. F- Dickeson and party (6), Messrs. Booth, J. D. Slack, Cruickshank, and W. Coffyn ; also thirty second and third-class passengers.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

CLEARED OUTWARDS June 2*^.

Flora McDonald, 18 tons, J. Kenny, master, for Raglan, with small general cargo. Passenger—Mr. Duncan.—A. Barnes, agent.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Thursday afternoon

Messrs. 0. Arthur and Son sold by auction, yest* rday, a large number of books, at from 5d to 109 per volume ; canaries, 20s to 24s ; music, Is 6d. The piano which was offered for sale was withdrawn prior to the sale.

Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son held an exten ■ive sale to-day of English furniture, received ex late arrivals. There was a very large attendance. The following is a li*. of the articles offered :—Drawing suites, £18, £19 10s and £25 10s; inlaid centre tables, £4 10s; arm chairs £4 to £4 10s : toilet-table and wnshstand to match, 19s; music stcols, 20s each; cane-seated chairs, 4 s 6d each; bagntelle tables, 60s each ; card ditto, £3 5s to £4 ; whatnots, 15s to 17s each ; engravings from 20s to 25a. The total amount of the sale if estimated at about £1000.

Mr. Q-. W. Binney held an extensive clear ing-out sale to-day, by order of the trustees in the estate of Mr. H. S. Meyers. There was a very large at tendancp, the bidding throughout being remarkably brisk, and considering that the terms of the sale were cash, far better prices were obtained than were anticipated.

BIRTH.

Mobton. —On June 22n1, at Dedwpod, the wife of Mr. James Morton, of a daughter.

DEATHS.

Notman—On June 21st, 1870, Walter Stir ling Notman, late of Stratford, Essex, aged 32 years. Worraxli.—One the 22nd June, Mary Jane, daughterof Mr. George Worrall, Chapel-street, aged 3 years. The funeral will take place at a quarter past 5. Friends are iavited.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Shobtland-bteeet. Mails will close as under •— For Thames, Coromandel, and Kapanga, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to morrow, at 9.30 a.m., 11.30 a.m.. and 5.30 p.m. For Rusaell and Kawakawa, per s.s. Go* Ahead, this day. at 4 p.m. For Ta-iti, per Prince Alfred, this day, at 4 30 p.m. For Wangarei, &0., per s.s. Samson, on Saturday, 25th inst., at 4 p.m. For Russell and Kiwakawi, per s.s. ranga, on Saturday, 25th inst., at 4.30 p.m. S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rpj;a_..,for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court tor the week ending June 25, 1870:— Friday, June 24— J. g. McFarlane, Jos. May. El^ Saturday, June 25— G. M. Mitford, Hugh Morrow.

The Evening Star. THURSDA Y, JUNE 23, 1870.

If the Mechanics Institute is to take the position which it should in the city, its executive should begin at the foundation: for there is an anomalous state of things connected with this trust, that if not rectified at once might retard, if not nulify " subsequent proceedings. It appears that of the original trustees, two still survive • one of whom by lengthened absence from the Colony has ceased to hold the trust; so that on the wisdom or caprice, life or death of the sole trustee the interests of the Institute are de pendent. In such a state of things it is not to be expected that either the Committee of Management should have much spirit to take active mea sures, or that much practical result would arise from such measures, in connection with the Institute. The ordinary routine of lending books, of reading newspapers and playing chess may proceed with smoothness, but if a suit is instituted for the recovery of a book, or if in any other way the Institute must appear in its corporate capacity, it must become incarnate in the person of this one gentleman, and advance, recede, point and parry ac cording to the pleasure of his will. And should the trustee, whom may the gods long preserve, ever take it into his head to shuffle off this mortal coil, we shall not contemplate the complications that may arise. The mere statement of the case is enough to show the necessity for the Com mittee of management taking early action, not merely as preliminary to any steps for bettering the position of the Institute, but in the interests of its existence as it is The position is further complicated by the fact that in the trust deed as we understand the right devolves on the surviving trustee to nominate the persons who are to fill the places on the trust vacated by death or resignation. "We would urge the gentlemen in whom is vested the management of the Institute to take this matter into their con sideration, and if they really desire the welfare and advance of the insti tution to take, effective steps for removing this first stumbling-stone from its path.

Lady Bowen has given ber patronage and will be present at the St. Sepulchre's entertainment to-night. Otm readers at Parnell will be glad to see in another column that the rf-nowned comique Barry O'Neil will appear to-night at the Parnell Hall, assisted by M r. Harry Morgan, the celebrated luffo singer, and Mr. Singer as pianist. We have no doubt but that the inhabitants of Parnell will crowd ihe Hall to-night to witness the entertainment. Gold Discovery at Mabaitai.—We are informed that the discovery of cold at Maraitai is likely to lead to solid results. For some eighteen months past works have been carried on by the party of three prospecting the district, and a short time since, on putting in a cross T drive on the creek level, a fine body of stone, between five a?d six feet in thickness, was struck. This stone has yielded to the experinif-nts of the discovery at the rate of five ounces to the ton, and we understand that a sample of five tons of stone has been for warded to Good all's battery at the Thames for a trial crushing. There was a moderate attendance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, the successful drama of "It is Never 1 oo Late to Mend" wns produced. -The whole piece passed off very well, no hitch whatever occurred To night is set apart for a benefit in aid of the Auckland liifle Volunteers. The Theatre Royal was fairly attended last night, when we were glad to see that Mr, Eayner was enabled to make his appearance. Tom Taylor's fine comedy of " Still Waters run Deep" whs produced, and it is needless for us to say that the whole piece, in the hands of this excellent' company, was done full justice too. Mr. Simmonds, in the "'1 humping Legacy," was immensely funny, and sent the audience home in good humor. We have been requested to state that the parade of the Naval Volunteers, ad vertised for this evening, will not take place until Saturday, at Port Britomart, at the usual hour. Postal arrangements regarding news papers have been altered in England. Hitherto, newspapers of any weight have been carried to Australia and New Zealand tor 3d.; the charge is now 3d. for every newspaper weighing 4 ozs., or fraction of 4 ozs. This will affect the f>ize of the European Mail, and, we observe, lias already been the means of curtailing the size of the Horns News. The price of I printing paper lias al<o risen at home. We notice the namo of Archdeacon i Lloyd amongst the arrivals at Marseilles, ■ on the 15th April, per P. and O. steamer Delta. i Offences.—A daring robbery ivas com- ' mitted last night at the Catholic ( liurch, ' Wyndham -street. Some person or persons ! unknown broke into the church, forced the poor-box, and stole therefrom a con siderable sum of mon^y in silcer and . copper. . The exact amount is not known. A meeting of Lodge Ara, 348, I.C.J' will be held at the Lodge-room, at noon, to-morrow. I \

Four drunkards, to-day, paraded before the Bench : one of them, with a battered nose and broken face, had been disorderly too; and one, a woman whose face is familiar in the Court, was remitted for four months to Mount Eden, where she must by this time feel quite at home. Jt is worthy of note that this amiable young person is a present to Auckland from the youth, the authorities at Christchurch having paid her passage hither, as being cheaper than her perpetual support in gaol. We would recommend that she be returned to Canterbury with thanks. One of those lively cases that frequently come from the classic regions of Chancery-lane, arising from disputed possession of a gay Lothario, brought into Court quite an array of the beauty and fashion of that aristocratic quarter, and will, it is hoped, result in peace, as the offender was bound over to keep the peace towards the pro secutrix, who had been already so bound fowai'ds all her Majesty's subjects for some weeks past. A robbery of a clothes line resulted in a conviction ; and a charge of stealing a gold brooch received the benefit of a doubt, although, so narrow wai the escape, that the Bench was enabled to give a strong and significant warning.

SUPREME COURT.— Bankruptcy.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23. (Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight, Chief Justice.) The usual fortnightly adjourned sitting was held yesterday, when the following business was disposed of. RE JAMES RUSSELL ANDERSON. Mr. Beveriilge appeared for the bankrupt. The bankrupt was not opposed. The lia bilities were set down at £1181 7s. lOd. The only assets were the stock and trade of the bankrupt wiio was a grocer at , This was realized by the trustees and fetched ! £175. But the cost of realizing and sums paid to purchasers for non-delivery reduced the balance to £56 13-. 3 I. The bankrupt attributed his bankruptcy to general falling ofof busin.ss at the Thnmes. The bankrupt was de_lared to have passed his last examination, and received his final order. RE DANTEL OHME. Mr. Beveridge applied that, the case be ad journed to next Court day, as all the notices had not b^en served. Adjourned. RE S. IGOE. Mr. Bennett applied for an adjoHi-nmeut in this case, which was unopposed. The bank rupt is a steward of one of the coast steamers, and had not arrived in town. Adjourned. RE THOMAS GLOVER. Mr. Wynn appeared for the bankrupt. Liabilities, £78 ; assets, nil. No creditors proved. The bankrupt passed his last examination, and was discharged. RE RALPH "W. BROWN. Mr. Kissling appeared for the bankrupt, who said that the usual notices had been given. The liabilities were set down at £207 7s 6d, the assets consisted of a claim at the Thames, two quarter acres at Clarendon, Otago, of the nominal value of £250. The bankrupt attributed his bankruptcy to being out of regular employment for nearly three years. BE HENRY HAASE. Mr. Hesketh asked for an adjournment. The case had several times been adjourned. 'I he bankrupt knew that his attendance would be required. His Honor : The proce. dings, I apprehend, can be kept alive until it should appear the bankrupt was contunacious or .ome explana were given.—Adjourned. RE HENRY ABBOT MATH. Mr. Hay appeared for the bankrupt, Mr. Wyrin opposed. The counsel for the bankrupt believed that the debt of Mr. Dornwell, for whom his learned friend appeared, had not been proved. Mr. Wynn said the affidavit, had been made, and had been sent up to be filed by his clerk. His Honor said if any inadvertance had occurred, the hearing might be adjourned.— Adjourned. RE SAMPSON PLAICE. Mr." Hay appeared for the bankrupt. The liabilities in the case were set down at £182 19s. 3d.; the assets, £128. There was no opposition, and the bankrupt was dis charged. RE SAMUEL HARVEY. Mr. Hay for the bankrupt. The liabilities were set down at £164; assets, £160 (nominal). There was no opposition, and the bankrupt was discharged. RE BARNARD AND COOLEY. Mr. Kissling said he had communicated with these bankrupts, but they bad not replied to bis communicfition. He now understood they were opposed. The ease had been ad journed two or three times. His Honor : Then you do not appear for them : you do not ask anything for them ? Mr. Kissling: No, your Honor. Mr. Sheehan : I appear on behalf of an opposing creditor. I will be content to leave matters as they stand, provided it is under stood that no further action is taken by Mr. Kissling. His Honor : They are simply dropping out of Court: that is all. RE ROBERT BAIRD. Mr. Hesketh appeared for the bankrupt. Liabilities, £1132; assets, £587. The hearing in this casa had been adjourned for the purpose of giving notico to Sydney cr.-ditors. The learned counsel handed in proof of notice. There was no opposition. One 1-ydney creditor (Hilton, Brown and Co.) bad proved. , His Honor said the notices given by news paper were not sufficient. The It-amed counsel should supplement such proof by affidavit that due notice had been given. Subject totha' being done, his Honor declared that the bankrupt had passed his last examination. RE RICUARD M'GEE. Mr. James Russell asked for a further ad journment in this case. Application granted. | Adjourned to next sitting day. ;EE VALENTINE BURKE. i Mr. Bennett occasioned some amusement !by saying that he had not seen his client since

the last sitting of the Court, and had therefore ceased to act for him. EE CHARLES CECIL EOOKE. Mr. Hughes appeared for the bankrupt. The liabilities were set down at £120. There was no opposition. The bankruptcy was attributedto bankrupt being out of employ ment since he came to Auckland. Discharged. BE HENEX NATHAN. . Liabilities, £324 17s 9d; assets, £32 (household furniture). Notices had been given to.Dunedin creditor. Mr. Hughes : There is a copy of a Dunedin paper. His Honor: But really you cannot put down a newspaper and say that is to be accepted as a notice to a creditor. Mr. Hughes : There is an affidavit of notice having been given, but it is not annexed to the paper. His Honor examined the bankrupt at some length as to the manner in which notice was given, and ultimately discharged the bank rupt. BE DAVID WEIR (DEED OE ARRANGEMENT). Mr. W. W. Wilson appeared for the ar ranging debtor, and s.iid that the deed was signed by all the creditors. His Honor declared that the deed was duly executed. Complete execution declared accordingly. RE G. E. MORGAN (DEED OF COMPOSITION.) Mr. J. B. Russell appeared to support the deed, which had been signed by the requisite number of creditors. - His Honor : Does no one request to be heard ? Mr. Russell: No, your Honor. His Honor : Then I declare the complete execution of the deed. EE WILLIAM VAILE.—EE JAMES LAMB. • Both these were cases of deeds of arrange ment, the order respecting which had been deferred until proof, by affidavit, of the proper term of residence had been supplied. Mr. J. B. Russell handed in the necessary affidavits. His Honor declared that the deeds had been completely executed in both cases.

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

(Before J. Naughton, Esq., and C. Davis, Esq., J.P.s.) DRUNKENNESS. W. Huff and W. Callivar, charged with being drunk, were each fined ss. and casts, or to be imprisoned for 24* hours, with hard labour. Anne Swift was charged with a fourth offence of drunkenness, and the charge being proved, -was sentenced to.a fine of 20s. and co^ts, with seven days' additional imprison ment. VAGRANCY. The same prisoner was charged with vagrancy. Detective Ternahan deposed that she had been convicted from time to time of habitual drunkenness and vagrancy, and that on this occasion he had found her drunk. She did nothing lawful for her support. Mr. Cunningham (Clerk of Court) pro duced the books of the Court, and being sworn, deposed that prisoner had been con victed on the 4th of March of vagrancy, for which she had been sentenced to three months' imprisonment. Ordered to be imprisoned for four months, with hard Lbour, to commence at the expira tion of the former sentence. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. James Barret, charged with this offence, was sentenced to a fine of 20s. and costs or 48 hours' imprisonment. THREATENING LANGUAGE. Ellen Whitakcr was charged by Bridget Gardiner with having, on the 22nd June, threatened to take her life. Mr. Joy appeared for Mr. Bennett, who was engaged for the defence and was unable to attend. Bridget Gardiner deposed : I am a married woman residing in one of Mr. Gamble's houses. I know the defendant. She threatened me in my mother's place in Chan cery-street. She threatened to take my life when she would get me outside the door. I was afraid to como out on the street. She caught hold of me and " shook the very life out of me." She nearly shook me to pieces. I am still afraid. To Mr. Joy: Don't know who shook the life into me again. She gave me a clout on the side of the face. She threatened to split my head. If she split my head it would take my life. Did not say to the Magistrate that she '. had threatened to split my head. My child and my mother were present. It was before the closing of the Court here. I came straight here and laid complaint. I had a jug of soup. She broke in the door after me. I know Ellen Hart. She was lying in bed nsleep. I also know Jenny Kent and Jenny Martin. These might have been about the bouse. She fol lowed me out of the oyster saloon next door. I never had a word with her till she struck me. lam at present bound over to keep the peace for three months. Never had a quarrel with her. For the defence Ellen Hart depose 1: I live in Chancery-street; remember between three aud four o'clock • saw both of the parties in this case then. I w-js looking out of my window, which is next door to prosecutor's mother. Nellie did not go into the house, but asked a person out. Prosecuter slamed the door in her face. I swear she did not threaten to do any harm to prosecutor, and did not push the door in. About an hour after this Bridget Gardiner went down towards this Court. Jane Kent deposed that she lived in Chanoery-street. Knew both the parties, and generally corroborated the statements of the previous witness ; and stated that prosecutor went towards the Court about a quarter of an hour after. John Martin, being .worn, deposed that he saw or knew nothing about the row. Ordered to enter into a personal boirl for £20 to keep the peace fot- three months. LARCENY. James Kelly was charged by Anne Camp bell with stealing a counterpane, value; 18s., from her residence, in Queen-street, or. the 16th June last. Anne Campbell deposed : I am the wife of Neil Campbell, of Queen-street. Put out clothes to dry in our back yard, on the 16th June. Miase,*! the counterpane produced. It is valued at 18s. Detective Ternahan deposed: I arrested the prisoner in Chancery-street. He was avoiding me in the street. Bound this coun terpane under his arm. He said he had had it for eight months past, and was taking it to

get it washed. Ho has been convicted several times for larceny. Sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. Edward Good was charged with stealiug a brooch from the residence of Mr. Morton, at Dedwood. James Morton, deposed: I am a clerk, residing in Dedwood. Remember a brooch and ease (produced) being stolen from my place on the 18th inst. I. have had it some years; it was in a front room, with the window open. Edward Neumegan, sworn in Jewish form, deposed: A man differently dressed, and whom I believe to be prisoner, brought this brooch and pawned it for 15s. I gave it to Detective Murphy. To prisoner : To the best of my belief you were the man; the person that pawned it got a ticket. Detective Murphy, deposed: I went to house of last witness on the 20th, and got the brooch produced from him ; arrested him on the 22nd. He said he had not pawned a brooch lately, and that he had not a pawn ticket on him. He would give me no satis factory answer as to the ticket. To prisoner : I asked you about the ticket before finding it. Prisoner explained that he had bought the ticket for 4s. The Bench considered that there was to a certain extent a doubt, the benefit of w-hich would be given to prisoner, and the case was dismissed. ASSAULT. Charges of assault, made by John O'Connor against Elizabeth Morris and Mary Ann Dickson, were dismissed, there being no appearance of complainant. The Court then rose.

CITY HALL.

The exhibition of Bach'elder's Diorama of Mil tonic Tableaux was opened last night at the City Hall, before what may be considered a large audience for the opening night. As much and warm controversy has been elicited by this representation on canvas of Milton sublime flights of fancy, we mean, as faithful chroniclers of passing things, to " nothing extenuate or set down aught in malice," leaving our constituents, the public, to deter mine far themselves. Some alterations have been made since its last appearance in Auckland. The arch enemy exhibits his fine proportions with scant supply of drapery, but a flowing girdle or scarf is added to the poet's concep tion, and seems to be the only change of rai ment which the expelled prince had with bi_h in his exile, being present throughout all the phases of his varied career. Our first parents appear in native beauty, " unadorned adorned the most," and with that sublime uncon sciousness of impropriety which possessed the breast before sin came. Occasionally a flowering shrub, or the golden flowing tresses of the " fairest of her daughters" are judi ciously disposed by the artist, but it is not to be expected that these accidental arrange ments should always occur in the varied cir cumstances of the G-arden of Eden. One or two tableaux, in which the Divine persons are represented, will be objected to by many . and we should strongly urge the attention of the proprietors, if only in their own interest, to that one in which the Father and the Son appear seated on the throne. The removal of this tableaux, or of the two figures indicated, would be a proper deference to right feeling. As to the undraped figures of our first parents, there are those who will not approve, and these can absent themselves. The crowds of ladies that throng the Hall of the Pine Arts in the Public Library in Melbourne, filled with statuary and plaster casts, show that artistic beauty may be admired without delicacy and" refinement of feeling being offended, even in English communities; and, although it is on record that the autho rities iv an English city have ordered ordinary clothing to be placed on certain marble statuary within their bounds, continental travel, and form and beauty in Curara, are working a revolution on English sentiment. The tableaux, as paintings, are beautiful in the extreme ; and the various views of the celes tial plains, the cave where light and darkness "lodge and dislodge," the sun rising at creation, the landscapes in Eden, and espec ally the moonlight scene, with the. silvery light on the rippling waters, are really lovely. The views are neore terrestrial and less celestial than in the Apocalypse ; Milton's imagery, rather than that of the sacred text, is followed ; and is often, as in the realm of Old Chaos, mythical and visionary. The text of the great poet is delivered by Mr. Carey, in illustration, with great elocutionary power and efi'ect; and an interlude of violin instrument'ition, both curious and pleasing, illusion tricks, and the usual distribution of gifts, concluded the entertainment.

AUCKLAND RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.

As will be seen by advertisement, a Musical and Dramatic entertainment will be given this evening at the Prince of Wales Theatre, in aid of the Auckland Rifle Volunteer Band Fund. An excellent, programmeis announced, and the cause being a good one, we have no doubt that with the assistance of the Clerk of the Weather, a crowded house wdl assemble this evening at the Prince of Wales.

A QUAINT WEDDING.

A wedding of a novel description recently took place at St. Nicholas Church, Newbury. The bridegroom, whose name is James Farr, living in Back-street, had seen sixty-two sum mers, and was in such an infirm state of health that be bad to be conveyed to church in a bath, chair, drawn by his intended wife, a buxom woman about 40 years of age, named Bailey. The bath chair was drawn into the church, as far as the font, when the bride groom was assisted out, of the chair, and with the help of the brile and sexton he managed to reach the chavc.l. The Rev. Charles Boyd performed the ceremony. Tt appears that in former years the parties had cohabited to gether. At the conclusion of the service the bridegroom whs agaiu placed in the bath chair, and drawn home by his wife, another woman pushing behind. Neither of the pair were able to sigu the parish register.

A colored lawyer in South Carolina having Inrsewhipped a white member of the State Go vernment for insulting his wife, the Legislature appointed an investigating committee. The c&mittee report that " the flogging was tho rcighly and handsomely done."

ENGLISH NEWS

TERRIBLE RIENGE OF A DECEIVBn AND AWDONED WOMAN. An obliging c espondent translates from a recent French tvspaper the plot and sequel of a domestic ima worthy of the Cossack civilization whe: 1 its sc.nes are laid.- In or about the year 154, one De Zohn, a Frenoh merchant in Ru *, and a man famous for _.» successes in afi s of the heart, professed ardent devotion a very beautiful girl belong ing to the high; citizen class of an interior Russian city, lining the acquaintance of her family, he, a r a due period of courtship asked her of h< parents in marriage, but in such a manner i to insure parental refusal Upon being refnd, as he had really desired' by her guatdiar the hypocrite sought the girl with evjry ppearance of heartbroken desperation, and after di ating passionately upon the tyranr of her natural protector besought herto [ with him at once. In the mingled rebulic and despair of the moment she yielded -.o is prayer, and, trusting in., plioitly in tie >nor of him whom she loved eloped with hi from the protection and home of hei eh dhood. For a few months she was wil reated by her abductor and hoped for t, life of wedded happinness and the lltilate reconciliation of her indignant kmy ; , but at the end of that timi tfe man who had so lightly won her as lfcr;htr cast her aside, and she was heartlessly alanoned to sickness, destitution and death. In .year or so thereatter .he was wandering, i lilf-crazed vagrant, with an infant daugker in her arms from town to town, tellig incoherent stories of her wrongs, ant begging bread and shelter. Finally she reached St. Petersburg.!, there to perish o actual hunger and cold. Be^ fore death, hwev.r, and in an hour when a sense of lr bitter wrongs was heaviest at heart, she ptred her dreadful story into the ears of her iiocent child, and made the latter solemnly prtiise to bring pitiless retribution upou the hel of her dying mother's murderer. The child, vpse name was Afraia, and whose intelligence ad been promiscuously devoleped by the wild fents of her young life, made an oath to avede her mother, and repeated the words untiljbhey fell upon the ears of the dead. Such fas the prologue of a tragedy des tined to warfor its last scene until the present year of grace Only a few weeks ago the peculiar odor comin^from a large trunk left for trans portation t;Moscow.in the principal railroad station of S| Petersburg, induced the officials to make elde* scrutiny of the suspicious piece of baggage, i After a sufficient external ex amination, »c trunk was hastily broken open, when the lorrified officers beheld in it the many frighful fragments of a human body, which had,jvidently, been hewed to pieces in the most sf/age manner. The ghastly dis covery was Allowed by intense public excite ment ; the plice went upon the trail of the mystery lik bloodhounds, and in a few days it was kno\ti that De Zohn had been enticed . to a saturalian revel by a pretence that an illustrious Idy was in love with him, and in the height fa wild scene of dissipation, was deliberatelymurdered by the women and their braei. Sevral of these women were arrested for the cime. and although the oldest was not over twenty years of age, they were clearly implicated, and proved to have aded in the deed with the ferocity of fturies. When brought to look upon the hideous remans of their victim, all turned faint and convuled at the horrid sight, save the youngest;—a girl of fifteen, named Afraia —who laughed with a kind of demoniac pleasure over thi human fragments. Upon being arraignel for preliminary examination with her wretoed companions, the unsexed creature, who _ described as being very beauti ful, fixed her $zc boldly upon the face of the Police Magistrite, and disdained to deny that she had i__i/_ted the murder, and took a leading partwi its consummation. To achieve it had beenjhe wish and work of her lifetime, to the dediction of which she had brought all that her betlty, intelligence, and ingenuity in evil could e£ct. She (Afraia) had solemnly promised hei mother to punish the man now dead, and edited that she had been able to perform thajpromise. She was led to a cell, where she nw awaits trial before the Criminal Court of thfllussian capital.

' Lingular trial.

A singulr trial is now pending in Pari-, haviiag beerbartially heard, and is now again adjourned, it involves the question of con finement of Ueged lunatics which has already been mootedin recent cases, and in which a great interec is taken by the Parisian public. In the case jow referred to the singularity is .that a man ras confined in a lunatic asylum upon an ordr obtained by a private individual, not arelafc*^ —the acts imputed as evidence of • lunacy ben-J such as, if proved, would be legally purisiable by a police court. Plaintiff is a M. Taht, a young man of twenty eight years, wa l tutor in the family of the late Prince de who was then suffering from whal p-oyed to be a fatal illness. The tutor comeired a violent passion for the Princess, aidone day, entering a room where she was wiiting, presumed to kiss hor. Madame le Jroglio was indignant, and con-... suhed lur o>.nfessor, who advised her to, acquaint her husband with the conduct of M. Tai.at. This she did, but the tutor/ evince, such Binorse for his unjustifiable con*J duct fiat he was forgiven and permittedjSw.) rernaii in the house. Soon afjjjflfo' the Pince de Broglie di.*d, and of th infatiated Precepteur reviv I"'JH«J # greatc intensity, and he was ultimai^flHy** w awayio his nitive town of Aveyroi* he hai a brother, a priest. He, ', '^Bp!f' contiued to persecute the Prince-" urn,^Hj w lengty and impassionatc leitexs, j^__- cv^' '^(i" 1 recehd and burnt by her ..fiffifeßsor. -*.'1 • n last 'Julat returiied^JEa^nd eoiifcinued t7 wj wnteletters, btiides following the Princess when-er she went out. He was retiuested to re|rn to iveyron, but refused, and one -.7 day c was. at the instance of*s>ince Rayond de Broglie, arrested by the and "ter six or seven onys' detention was remoki upd. a medical certificate to . a lunatj asyluh. His malady was described as " hwmani raisonnante," but it appears that k the iylum he wa. subjected to no bodih-estraijt.nor was he medicinaly treated. His bther, the priest, came to Paris, and upoiji, threi of appeal to the tribunals oltatd his! release as "cured." The Prirjis, in {he meantime, had died, and M- J^' at "oov seeks to recover damages for illegponfinehent, and accuses M. Metteial, the Jeer of jblice who arrested him, of an arbiky exc«js of power. 'Jhe counsel for

THE EVENING STAU, JUNE 23, 1870.