SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS

H.M. j?.3. Rosario, Captain Palmer, from Tauranga. Woi^a Wonga, s.s., 750 tons, T. S. Beale from Honolulu. Onward, schooner, Stewart, from Tahiti, via Russell.

DEPARTURES.

Constance, barque, 350 tone, Q-ibbon, for Sydney. .Aquilii, cutter, 27 tons, Champion, for Russell. Kauri, schooner, 41 tons, Shepherd, for Bay of Islands.

IMPORTS.

Per schooner Onward, from Tahiti, via Rorotonga : 10 coils rope, 77^,bales cotton, 22 tons cotton seed, Owen and Graham; 18 boxes tea, 6 half-chests tea, 1 case cigars, 19 cases wine, 2S boxes candles, 6 cases wine, J. S. Maefarlane; 2,000 oranges, order.—J. S. Mncfiirlane, agents. Per b.s. Wongn, Wonpa. 10 bales piihi, 200 kegs sugar, 136 ditto, 5 bales ptilu, 100 kegs sugar, 2 ditto dicto, Cruickshank, Smart and Go. ; 144 hags sugar, 8 barrels molasses, 1 keg sugar, Owen and Graham.—Cruiokshank, Smart and Co. agents.

The s.H. Lord Ashley is expected in harbour from the South this evening. The s.s. Wonga Wonga' will proceed on to Sydney at daybreak to-morrow morning. 'J'he barque Constance wi" sail for Sydney this afternoon.

ARRIVAL OF THE WONGA WONGA.

The fast steamer Wonga Wonga arrived in harbour yesterday afternoon. It was some what of a surprise, as most people seemed to have imagined that she had gone on to San Francisco. Her voyage has been a very successful one, as will be seen by the subjoined elaborate report which has been kindly supplied us by Captain Beal. The line has so far proved a great success which is very satisfactory, and certainly nothing could have been more encouraging than the manner in which the question of Australian steam com munication has been received in California. We have to congratulate Captain Beal and his officers upon the voyage which they have so far completed. To Mr. Ryan, purser, and the chief steward, Mr. Baxter, we are indebted for files of latest papers from San Francisco and Honolulu. No vessels were communicated with during the voyage. The* s.s. Wonga Wonga left Honolulu on Friday, April 22, at 3.30 p.m. Experienced fine weather and light trades from N.E. and E. throughout until the 4th inst., from which she has had variable light winds from S.E. to S. Passed east of Samoa Group. Savaii Island was passed on the night of the Ist instant. The Poor Knights were sighted at .7 a.m. on the 9th instant. Ship anchored at Auckland at 7.15 p.m. yesterday, the voyage occupying 382| hours. No vessels were spoken during the voyage. Pilot camo on board at 6.15 p.m. Passengers for Sydney from Honolulu: — Miss Spencer, Mr. E. It. Deane.

COMMERCIAL.

EVEKING- STAR OFFICE,

Tuesday afternoon

At Or. Sibbin's auction mart, to-day, there was a lai-ge attendance of buyers. Apples, 30 boxes, sold from 6^d to Bel per lb., 70 kits of onions sold at l|d to l£d per lb. The sugar in bond was withdrawn. A lot of grocery goods brought good prices. Mr. Charles Daria sold by auction to-day, at his mart, the following properties in the estate of Simon Lipstine, at the undermen tioned prices :—Lot 1, £7 ; lot 2, £10 10s ; lot 3, £5; lot 4, £25; lot 5, £3 ; lot 6, £1 5s ; lot 7, £110.

BIRTHS.

Keddelt,. —On the Bth inst., at Parawai, the wife of Major Keddell, R.M., of a son. MoRttESSY. —On May 7th, at her residence, Prospect House, Hobson-street, the wife of Mr. B. J. Morressy, of a daughter.

DEATH.

Dixnin. —At her residence, Ponsonby Eoad, Mrs. M. Dinnin, the beloved wife of Capt. M. Dinnin, aged 48 years. . The funeral will leave her late residence, Ponsonby Bond, at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, the 11th innt. Friends will please accept this in vitation.

The Evening Star. TUESDA Y, MAY 10, 1870.

The arrival of the Wonga Wonga last night, on her return from Honolulu, pro duced, as was anticipated, an unusual excitement throughout the city, and the impatient waiting for her coming soon changed into a feeling of sincere rejoicing when it rapidly spread that her trip had been in every respect a satisfactory one. Large numbers of cabs had assembled among the throng oa the wharf in anticipation, we know not on what grounds, of a large number of passengers, and to some it must have been a disappointment that a soli tary pair should be the avant couriers of sucu anticipated crowds. There are no reasonable grounds for expecting that one or two or even three trips will fairly open the return traffic. On this side of the route, intending voyagers see the steamers that leave our harbours to bring them iuio connection with a long established and successful line of steamers. In Lon don or in San Francisco travellers know that tbpy can get sately to Honolulu, but ; all beyond that, must appear to them as the realms of chance and experiment; an I if!

the return traffic do not reach our wishes for a feyv months, it is not to be attri buted to anything inherent in the route, but to natural caution respecting an ex periment in distant seas. We have every reason to give our public and sincere con gratulations to Captain Beal and his offi cers for his successful completion of the pioneer trip, and to the projectors of the scheme for their administrative powers in forwarding the passengers and muils so expeditiously from the islands. A few days' additional expended in opening the passage to and fro are reasonable and ex cusable, and that no mishaps or incon venience has attended the passage will have already almost invested the trans- Pacific mail route with prestige. If popu larity greeted the projecting of the scheme, enhanced favour will now assuredly at tend it, and we are confident that the re joicings and congratulations of the Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco will be echoed back from every porl of the Western Pacific.

Ik the Police Court today the assem blage of drunkards was not numerous. Two well-known frequenters of the Police Court appeared, the one for larceny, the other for offences of the " unruly member." The man of kleptomaniac tendency presented amostdilapidated physiognomy, a large gasli extending from the top of his nose, all the way to his ear. Whether or not the lady who had lost the articles of clothing had inflicted physical chastisement, he had evidenlty got a hammering more according to his dererv ings than the sham penalty of four months' imprisonment. The absurdity of this trifling with guilt could not be more apparent. Fresh from gaol this man had the effrontery to appear before the Bench iv the very clothing1 stolen, and he is simply returned to prison for another four months. The only other case was a neighbours' squabble, threatening laa guage ending in assault. The defendant, who explained that it was owing to the inferior class of persons among whom her lot had been cast, that she so often appeared in Court, possessed a most voluble-tongue, to which she gave full play in Court; and it was evident to all within earshot that she possessed iv it an instrument of great power, which was capable of being so wielded as to really place her Majesty's subjects in bodily "ear. She was ordered to find security for its orderly behaviour for three months, a bond which we should be very " unwilling to sign.

On next Thursday afternoon, at one o'clock, an inquest will be held by Dr. Philson and a jury, at the Koyal Hotel, Onehunga, to enquire into the cause of the fire which resulted in the burning of Mr. Pilkington's premises, on the 7th of last month.

Theee was a very good attendance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, when the Mulatto Slave, and the Maid and the Magpie, were produced. The former piece passed off very successfully, but the burlesque dragged a good deal. To-night the same programme will be produced.

The first of the series of lectures in connection with the Young Men's Chris tian Association, will be delivered by the Hight .ftev. Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auck land, at the Eooms, Wellesley-street, on Friday evening next, ihe subject is " Five Months in Cashmere."

The Hawaiian Gazette, of the 13th ultimo, says :—" Advices from San Fran cisco say there is hardly a doubt but that W. H. Webb would obtain the English and American subsidy for the Australian line, as the Australians them selves favor an American line."

ARRIVAL OF H.M.S.S. ROSARIO.

H. M. S. S. Eosaeio, Captain Palmer, arrived in harbour at two o'clock this afternoon, from Tauranga. She left that port on the previous day, and brings no news of interest from this district. The Eosario has been stationed at Tauranga for some months past, and Captain Palmer has come on Jjiere for orders.

SHIPPING KEROSENE.

The following is the copy of a letter received on this subject by the Chairman of the City Board: — . " Harbor Office, " Auckland, May 10, 1870. " Sir, —I hare the honor to acknowledge receipt of your Secretary's letter of yesterday's date, respecting the shipping of six (6) cases or fifty (50) gallons of kerosene at one time from the Queen-streot wharf. ." In reply, I beg most respectfully to inform you that I cannot take upon myself to grant the authority,- unless authorised to do so by his Honor the Superintendent.—l hare, &c, "Ww. Ellis, "Harbormaster and Wharfinger. " The Chairman City Board " of Commissioners, Auckland."

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We are not responsible for our Correspondents' opinions.) - # ASSAULT ON MR. W. H. NEWTON. To the Editor of the Evening Stab. Sib, —I observe a paragraph in your Satur day's paper, in which the Thames Volunteers, lately.at Tauranga, are taken to task for sub scribing money to nullify a verdict of the Auckland Bench. I think if you knew the facts of the case, so far as regards Captain McCwrol and his men, you might enjoy a laugh at their being so easily gulled by a tale of woe, but would certainly exonerate one and all from any idea of paying a justly inflicted fine. There is con siderable indignation expressed by the men now that the true facts are brought before them.—l am, &c, A VOLUNTEEB. Q-rahamstown, May 9, 1870.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before T. B. Kenderdine, Esq., and S. Kemp tborae, Esq., J.P.'s.) DHUNKENNESS. Robert Wood was fined ss. and costs fov ttils offence, or to be imprisoned for 24 hours with havd labour. Anne Lewis, on bail, charged with the same offence, did not appear, and forfeited bail. DRUNK AND DISOEDEKT/ST. Edward Livingstone, charged with this offence, pleading guilty, was fined 20s. with costß, or to be imprisoned 48 hours. W. Charles O'Malley, charged with the same offence, failed to appear, and forfeited bail. Eiehard Dougherty pleaded guilty of tho same offence, and was fined 205., or to be im prisoned 48 hours. THREATENING IANO-TTAiJE. Margaret M'Cann was charged with having, on the 13th April, used threatening language towards Amelia Williams, and thereby putting her in bodily fear. Amelia Williams deposed: I am the in formant in this case. I was passing by Margaret M'Cann's place on the 13th April, when she vised tome bad language and threw a basin at me, also a brick, and said she would dash my brains out, and struck me with a large piece of tin on the stomach. lam afraid she will do me some harm if not restrained ; she has threatened me several times. To prisoner : I said to you civilly, why did you say so and so about me? You did not say you would give me satisfaction. Never called j Oa a 5 diJ u ot call you the names men tioned. John Haly, deposed: I know the parties. Saw the defendant take up a brick and threaten Amelia Williams, and strike her on the breast wi!h a piece of block tin. Prisoner stated that complainant had chal lenged her to fight, and attributed her frequent appearance before the Bench to a conspiracy among her neighbours, who were, she alleged, of a low class. Ordered to find two sureties in £20 each, to keep the peace for three months, or be imprisoned for the same time. LA.BCENY. Patrick Dunn was charged by Mary Burke with having feloniously stolen and taken away from her on the Bth May, 1 carpet bag, 1 cloak, 1 pair of trousers, 1 Crimean shirt, of the total value of £4 4s. Mavy Burke, deposed : I keep a boarding house in Albert-street; have lost the articles enumerated; last saw them in the bed room, that evening, prisoner was in the place that day. The prisoner has now got on the trousers and the Crimean shirt then lost; those articles were all taken at the same time. Prisoner stated that he was guilty of taking the trousers and shirt but nothing else. Mr. Naughton stated that prisoner was well known to the police having been convicted twice for larceny, for obscene language, &c. Sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. The Court then rose,

ARRIVAL OF THE "WONGA WONGA" WITH THE ENGLISH TELEGRAMS VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

REPORTED RESIGNATION OF JOHN BRIGHT. PASSING OF THE IRISH LAND BILL BY 125 TO 13. SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE CITY OF BOSTON. THE MORDAUNT DIVORCE CASE. PRINCE BONAPARTE FINED 25,000 FRANCS. THE CECUMSNICAL COUNCIL NAVY ESTIMATES, £9,250,000. CHAS. DICKENS INTERVIEWS THE QUEEN. ENGLAND DISAPPROVES OF THE ACQUITTAL OF PRINCE BONAPARTE. SABRINUS WINS THE METRO POLITAN STAKES. LATEST TELEGRAMS APRIL 2nd. EN GLAND. LONDON", February 28. The House of Lords to-day had a brief debate on the Sunday Trading Bill. In the Commons, Mr. Gladstone promised an early introduction of a practical measure for education in Ireland and Scotland. Mr. Gladstone also informed the House that a Eeciprocity treaty with Austria would soon come before it, and afford an opportu nity for thorough discussion of the commer cial treaties. Mr. Ohilders laid before the Houße esti mates for expenditure of the navy, which amount to nine and a quarter millions sterling. He proceeded to explain and justify the estimates, laying stress on the outlay required for building ironclads. When all vessels now in process of construction- were completed, the ironclad fleet would consist of two broad side ships of the largest size, six second class,

nine third class, eight fourth class,, four filth class, and two sixth class. Of turret ships there would be two first class, five second class, and two third class, besides a number oi smaller iron vessels. This fleet would place England on an equal footing with the highest naval power in the world. He proposed, m order to keep its strength up to tlie standard, to add yearly 20,000 tons to the navy. The Times criticises the vagueness of Mr. Gladstone's remarks in Parliament, last night, on the proposed action of the Government in relation to the bill for reform of the land system in Ireland. It does not believe there can be any boroughs so long as the Govern ment fails to assert the majesty of the Jaw. Crimes are still unpunished in Ireland. Dis order is rampant. The Government can never pacify or control Ireland, or re-establish a decided policy, till it asserts its power. The Times demands the adoption of such a policy without delay. A meeting of Irish members will be held on Monday, for the purpose of taking action with with reference to the Irish Land Bill. The Liberals will endeavour to add an amendment extending the system of the tenant rights of Ulster to the whole of Ireland. A great many Liberals, especially the Whigs, will resist the amendment. The Irish Liberals do not feel satisfied with the explanations made in Par liament in reference to the treatment of O'Donovan Rosa and his fellow convicts. The whole subject will speedily be brought to the attention of Parliament. March 5. A project is on foot of laying a trans- Atlantic cable smaller and lighter than those heretofore used. The estimated cost of the cable is not to exceed £250,000. A scheme for connecting England with all her colonies by telegraph is talked of. March 8. A private despatch is alleged to have been received to-day by an influential house, announcing the failure of four or five leading cotton speculators in Liverpool and Man chester, with liabilities estimated at a million pounds. In the House of Commons to-night the debate on the Irish Land Bill was continued. Mr. Maguire, member from Cork, attacked the measuro, declaring that it fell short of the exalted expectations of the Irish people. lie advocated the repeal of the law of distraint, and concluded by expressing the opinion that tho bill, if properly amended, would prove a benefit to the country. Hunt member from Northampton, was rejoiced at the good temper shown in the discussion, and commented at length on the provisions of the bill, approving some and censuring others. He thought the defects might be remedied in Court. The Attorney-'j-eneral made an elaborate reply to these objections. Mr. O'Donoghue thought that the last undertaking was really the reorganisation of the general system of Ireland ; there was one lnpeful augury in the fact that his voice, hitherto unheard was now heard.

Henry, Member for Oxford, discovered a source of endless litigation in the bill. Berry, in a speech full of humour, foreshowed that the tenant system of England favored the tenants, -while that of Ireland favored the landlords; this inequality needed redress, an opportunity for which the bill afforded. Celts and Protestants fled to America. He then proceeded to defend the bill in detail. In the Mordaunt divorce case, Lord Pense anace has consented to the hearing by a full bench, of argument on the right of Sir Charles to proceed with the case notwithstanding the decision as to Lady Mordaunt's insanity. Mr. Addington, formerly Charge d'Affairs at Washington, is dead. The Irish Times asserts that the Government will soon issue an order suspending again the operation of the Habeas Corpus in Ireland. Sailing vessels arriving report heavy east erly gales in the Atlantic, and vast (lelds of ice floating southward much earlier than usual. The Pall Mall Gazette applauds the fund ing scheme of Secretary Bout well. The Times denounces the captain of the Bombay for proceeding after the collision with the Oneida, without positively ascertain ing the dam age sustained by the latter. March 10. Charles Dickens had an interview with the Queen to-day' by invitation. In the House of Lords to-day the Natural zation Bill was debated. The Lord Chancellor advocated an amend ment permitting aliens to acquire and dispose of lands in British territory, except in time of war. The bill was reported from the Com mittee and the House adjourned. The Birmingham Post asserts that a tender of a Peerage or a Baronetcy will be made to Dickens. March 11. The Times suggests that for an experiment, the Atlantic Cable tolls bo reduced, for the month to 5s for ten words. March 24. The turret ship Captain made a second trip yesterday a long way out to sea, and expe rienced rough weather. The trip was success ful beyond expectations. In the House of Commons, to-night, Ifon sell, under the direction of the Colonial De partment, read a dispatch sent to the Govern ment from the Canadian Dominion. It con tains no intimation that England proposed to concede Colonial independence. Gladstone repeated the solemn promises in favor of Ireland made during the canvass in Lancashire. The House went into Committee on the bill for enforcing the laws in Ireland. An'amend ment reducing the term of imprisonment for carrying arms to one year was rejected. A letter says the Prince of Wales ha 3 re ceived an additional £200,000 per annum from the Queen, in consideration of his evi dence in the Mordaunt case. March 2J>. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply ing to a deputation, discouraged all hopes of abolition or reduction of che income tax. G-eneral Lendensoy has gone to Canada to organise the militia." Accounts from, the principal ports of Ireland show that emigration to the United States has re-oponed this season with great vigour. The House of Lords adjourned to-night without transacting any business of interest. In the House of Commons to-night the bill ' for the preservation of peace in ireland was considered in Committee. The clause forfeit ing the editions of seditious journals was op posed by Mr. Moore, member for County Mayo. Several members made speeches in advocacy of striking out the word " sedi tious " from the clause.

Fortescue, Chief Secretary of Ireland, en iW to omit the word and provide that each Slpab c journal be entitled to one warning. Lord Miners admitted that extraordinary powers were necessary, but argued that they were made so by mismanagement of the- Go-

Gladstone retorted by charging the present situation of Ireland upon the Tones. The clause was revised by leaving oub the word " seditious." Adopted by 277 majority. Downing moved an amendment _to me clause where it speaks of seditious journals, requiring preliminary indictments, which was negatived. , , The clause as amended was adopted by 226 majority. Other clauses to the bill were considered and amendments adopted thereto. The House adjourned at 1 o'clock. A letter from Earl Russell appeared m the Times, which is probably intended to offer Mr. Forster a loop-hole for escaping from ob jections to his Education Bill. The Bishop of Peterboro has placed his name at the head of the subscription for a statue to Robert Hall at Leicester. March 2b.

Tho strike of workmen at La Cruezct, France, continues. Se^ural demonstrations made by them are so far harmless; but the military and polico are active. It is thought that political feeling is involved in this second outbreak at La Creuzet. borne arrests have already been made. It is reported that John Bright intends to resign his scat in the British Ministry. The Irish Force Bill has passed both houses of Parliament. In the House of Commons, Ottway, Under Foreign Secretary, explained the circum stances of the seizure of the American brig Mary Lowell, in the West Indies, by a Spanish cruiser. He said no demand for in demnity could lie against the vessel that was captured on the high seas, not within British waters.

In the Commons, Sir John Pakington said it was reported that the steamship City of Boston left America loaded twenty inches deeper than the underwriters allowed. He gave notice that he should ask Government to in form the House if there was any truth in this report. ' Gladstone's Land Eeform Bill is not well received in Ireland, and its unpopularity is increasing. The Commercial treaty between Austria and Great Britain has been ratified by both G-o ---vernments. The weather has been very stormy for the last day or two. Several inches of snow fell last night, and it is 3till snowing. The tele graph is deranged. The Saturday Iteview, in an article on the Irish Police Bill, remarks that while that mea sure reduces the penalties, it makes them sum mary at certain times. Controverting the argument of President Grant, it deprecates the injury done to American commerce by rebei cruisers.

Ibe Spectator deprecates Grant's desire to construct a mercantile nary with Federal funds. Correspondents of the English newspapers at Tours comment with singular unanimity on the subserviencj of the Court to the Emperor's supposed sympathy with Prince Bonaparte. March 28. The Times reviews the proceedings of the High Court of Tours, and pronounces Prince Pierre Bonaparte a creature not to be trusted with a deadly weapon, but to be kept like a madman, under constant watch. The Post urges the policy of extreme rigour towards Ireland. The acquital of Prince Bonaparte is much commented on kere. The Cuba Cable Fleet is nearly ready to sail. It is the most perfectly appointed expe dition of the kind ever despatched. March 29. Green, the fam«us rereonaut, is dead. There was a grand banquet last evening at the residence of Motley, in honor of the Queen of the Netherlands. Among the guests were Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Thos. Hughes, Bobert Browning, Mias Caroline Norton, James Anthony Froude, Geo. Grate, and many other celebrities. At Portsmouth, yesterday, the largest armor plate of iron, thick rolled at cherry red heat, was tested with chilled shot from smooth-bore guns. They were fired with a charge of twenty-four pounds of powder a distance of thirty feet. The shot penetrated seven and one-fifteenth inches into the plate.

Morris' Col. McGregor, by Macaroni, is now the favorite in the bstting on the Derby.

George Phillips has been appointed Attorney-General for British Columbia. A correspondent of the Times sounds the alarm at the quantity of American railroad bonds coming over.

The Pall Mall Gazette, accepting as semi official the New York Tribune's defence of Secretary Fish, for suppressing Lord Claren don's comments on the Alabama Claims' correspondence, says neither here nor in America can the excuse be thought satisfac tory. In tho House of Lords last evening the bill for the protection of life and property in Ireland, already passed the House of Com mons, was read the first time. The other business was unimportant.

March 30. The Globe intimates that John Bright will scon resign his place in the Cabinet.

The University crews continue toimpro\e in form. Misgivings are felt with regard to the new Oxford boat, which is thought too small.

In the House of Commons, this evening, the bill abolishing the forfeiture of property of felons, passed to a second reading.

The party processions bill was also read a second time.

The Times to-day, in an editorial, comments on the naval policy of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The Times regrets his reluctancy to reduce the naval estimates, and ascribes it to the chronic error that England is responsi ble for the police of the ocean. The Fost says Government is preparing an expedition, -which -will include a steel battery, with 1,000 men, to repress the revolt in the Red River country. Steamer service between Liverpool and Prince Edward's Island is organising here. Tennessee and Georgia railroad bonds were introduced on the market here to-day. Ashbury, owner of the yacht Cambria, writes to the Times on the subject of the contem plated race. He says of the six coursers offered to Douglass, assuming to be within ten per cent, of the Cambria's size, by New York measurement, Douglass accepts that calling for three heats, dead to windward and back in the.Channel, without any allowances.

He also selects the Ist of May, or fe'^eaboT^ for the race. * ( " *> It is believed here that the General Conw gation of the Council at Rome has adopted scheme to defeat the Democratic :Union. a A newspaper at Eavena publishes a " j eW from Mazzini, urging a revolt at Romania At the Epsom and Spring Meeting Vi Great Metropolitan Stakes were won v," Sabrinus, beating Jarnic and Briton. Sat> nus is considered the best horse of the Beas "" but is excluded from the great races becai] U' she is too young. c March 31, The Times says the income of the Govern ment last year exceeded the expenditure lT £5,000,000 sterling;. c Dv The House of Lords has rejected the claim of Mr. Howard to the Wycklow peerage It is reported that Prince Pierre Bonanarh, intends to reside in Brussels. c ° The Post says the departure of troops and a steel battery, just organised, for operations in the Bed Eiver country, is delayed for a few days, the delegation from that settlement being now on their way here to lay m ci planation of the situation of affairs before the" Government authorities, and no action -will be taken until this delegation can be heard. ■The flow of specie into the Bank of IW land this week is unusually heavy, ijjj amount on hand is greater by £55,000 tkanat the corresponding time last week. QUEENSTOWN, March 20. A boat from the steamer Samaria, reached this port at six o'clock this morning. It \^ the steamer forty miles off r with her shaft broken. Two tugs have gone to bring ]i w > in. LIVERPOOL, March 25. The belief prevails here- that the City' of Boston was sunk by collision with an ice. berg. The cholera has reappeared in St. Peters, burg. March 28, Out-going trans-Atlantic steamers are ordered to take a southerly course to avoid S icebergs, unusual numbers of which are re ported. PLYMOUTH, March 25. The English steamer Silesa arrived to-day, from New York, reports, March 19th, seeing a wreck of a barque, with two masts standing, and no one on board ; there were no boats in sight. The name could not be discovered. CONTINENTAL. PARIS, March 5. Seven membera of the Reform newspaper, convicted of violation of the press law Lara received sentences varying from one to four months of imprisonment and a total of fines of 10,000 francs. M. Bazurie, one of the writers of the Marseillaise, who on seeing the Em peror one day, shouted Viva la Repuhliyue, has been condemned to imprisonment for three montliSj and fined 500 francs. Great uneasiness is manifested by friends of the University of France on account of certain clerical projects. An, Extraordinary Committee has been constituted with Guizot as chairman, to guard the interests of the University. ' March 8. The Marseillaise this morning publishes a violent letter from Rochefort and other political prisoners; A meeting was held last evening for the purpose of organising a society to bo called the Friends of Order. Several hundred per sons assembled ; speeches were made, and resolutions adopted, denouncing the recent rioting and disorder in Paris. At a political banquet last night, Mr. Olli vier made a remarkable speech, in which he urged all political parties to give the Ministry assistance and advice, and not keep aloof because errors had been or might be committed by the Ministry. He hoped the different par ties will not bo discouraged because mistakes had occurred, but would continue to point out improvements. He closed with the pre diction that in spite of difficulties and acci dents iinforseen, the Minis bry would succeed. Eight hundred conscripts to-day formed in line, and with a crape banner at their head, marched through the streets to the publication offices of La Marseillaise, halted, and sung the " Marseillaise," after which they quietly dis persed. The police made no attempt to interfere with the proceeding. March 10, Rochefort is ill. His friends, who are not yet permitted to see him, apprehend that Ins complaint is smallpox. March 23. Petitions against Papal Infallibility are circulating. The Switzerland, an opposition organ, con siders the Emperor's letter to Ollivier an antidote to the coup d'etat of December. The High Court of Justice opened this morning. Witnesses were examined to prove that Fouville said Noir had slapped the Prince in the face. The lawyers for tho prosecution dwell with effect on some grave contradictions in the testimony. A number of police testified to the remarks made by Fouville after the arrest. One of the prosecuting lawyers created a sensation by declaring that the original report of the police in the case was not to be found, but only a copy, dated 10 days later, could be produced. One witness swore that ho heard Fouville exclaim : "If the. pistol had not missed fire I would have shot the Prince." This bad an effect on the spectators, who were evidently inclined to lean towards the Prince. The witnesses for the prosecution were then examined. M. Arnold testified that Victor Noir had no intention to attack the accused when he went to his house. When Roeheforfc was called, as witness for the prosecution there was much agitation among the spectators at the mention of his name. Rochefort entered the Cowrt accom panied by two soldiers, and took his place in the witness stands. He' was pale^but very calm, and replied quietly to the interrogato ries. After repeating the contend of the letter sent him by tho accused, wfliich occa sioned the visit of K"oir and Fouville, he retired to the bench reserved for journalists. Many shook hands with him as he took his seat. The wife of Louis Noir, the brother of Victor, was called, and testified. She was much agitated; she said that Victor Noir could not have shipped the Prince, because tho gloves on his hands were found intact. Other witnesses corroborated the statement of Arnold, that Noir did not intend to quarrel with the Prince. M. Morrel testified that the witnesses who now swear to Fouville's ad

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