SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

Novelty, barque, 376 tons, J. Nearin^, from

Sydney. Excelsior, biigantine, 92 tons, Kean, from the Friendly Islands.

Amele, schooner, 70 tons, Hart, from Tahiti. Albatross, schooner, Braund, from a cruise.

DEPARTURE.

Mallard, ship, 870 tons, W. Andrew, for London. -.', A

IMPORTS.

Per Lord Ashley, from Southern Ports—lj case drugs, Kempthorae and Co.; ,;4 .cases drapery, J. Cosgrave ; 176 bags bran, Takins ; 1 parcel, J. Oldham; 62 sacks wheat, order; 1 case, Major Tisdnll; 22 kegs butter, order ; 47 bags bones, Henderson ; 1 box, addressed ; 1 case plants, Brewer; 1 box cancelled not.-s, 487 sheep, Hoskins; 16 kegs butter, 1 case ditto,. Hood. —Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Per schooner Excelsior, from Friendly Islands £-440 tons cobra, 17 tons oil, 4 bales wool, 2400 lbs. cotton, Combes andDaldy.

Per schooner Amele, from Tahiti : —B4 casks lime juice, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 61,000 oranges, 10C0 limes, 3 barrels cocoa-nut oil, 6 ditto lime juice, 4 cwt. arrowroot, order. — Owen and Graham, agent*..

The ship Mallard weighed anchor and took her departure for London at daybreak this morning. The s.B. Go-Ahead will probably make a trial trip to-morrow. The barque Crishna will take her departure for Newcastle to-morrow.

The favourite regular trader Bella Mary will sail for Hobart Town on Saturday noxt.

ARRIVAL OF THE LORD ASHLEY.

The Circular Saw Company's s.s. Lord Ashley, E. Wheeler, Esq., commander, ar rived in the Manukau early this morni.-g, from the Southern ports. We are indebted to Mr. E. B. Prirgle for the prompt delivery of our Southern files, and the following report of the passage :— Left Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on the 23rd, arriving at Lyttelton next day at noon ; sailed asnin on the 28th, at 1.45 p.m., arriving at Wellington on the 27th, at 10 15 a.m. ; pro ceeded on Sunday morning, at 4.45 ; heavy south-east gale and hard squalls in the Straits ; arrived at Picton same morning, at 10 20, and landed English mail and cargo ; proceeded at 11.20, having heavy south-east gale till through the Erench Passage, arriving off Nelson 7.45 on Sunday night; sailed from thence on the 31st, at 8.30 p m.; had westerly wind 3 and hazy weather to Taranaki, off which she anchored at 11.30 am. yester day, and landed cargo and transhipped 500 sheep ; sailed at 8.5 p m. Passexgers.—Saloon : Messrs. Henderson, Harrison, Thatcher, Norridge, Cooke, Gibson, Miller, Hoskins, Bennis, Mrs. Norridge. Mrs. Miller and 2 children. Steerage: Messrs Bochefort, Gibbon, Osborne, Pandy, McDer mott, Lorenzen, and Miss Walker.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARBIYAL. Lord Ashley, s.s., 276 tons, E. Wheeler, from Southern Ports.

COMMERCIAL.

WOOL.

Th« New Zealand Loan anil Mercantile Company, in their circular of the 25th March report: —; The improvement in the wool market which we reported in our last issue, during the pro gress of February-March series, was hardly uniformly maintained to the close. Consumers having regard, no doubt, to the large supplies afloat, and advised for the spring sales, and the early recurrence of the second series of the year, manifested no disposition to stock heavily, and as. soon as the demand, caused by a somewhat eager pressure to cover actual necessities subsided, a slight but perceptible tendency to weakness in prices became ap parent. ' On. the whole, however some gene ral improvement was established. The quantities catalogued amounted to;: Sydney, 12,266 bales; Port Phillip, 31,101 bales ; Adelaide,'B,76l hales; Van Dietnan's Land, 613 bales; Swan River, 3 bales; New Zealand, 3,032 bales; Cape, 24,965 bales; total, 80,741 bales; the arrival* have been declared at 72,533 bales. The discrepancy is accounted for by1 Vfithdrawals from previous series and re-seles.

Since the close of the series business in the manufacturing districts has been tolerably healthy, and the general posidon on the whole ■ satisfactory.

The future course of prices will, no doubt, depend in some degree upon,the extent of the supplies which may come upon the market during the next few months. The long pas sages made by the earlier wool ships will cause the arrivals for April and June to be propor tionately heavier, and whatever the importa tions for the whole y__r may ultimately prove to be ; there is no doubt that many buyers who have no other means of information upon this point than that afforded by the arrivals, will, should these prove excessive, be con siderably influenced by that circumstance. The generally favourable con lition and pros pects of trade on the other hand, together with the knowledge possessed in many quarters of the certainty of a shortened pro ■ Uuction, will tend to check any1 adverse in fluencas arising from other causes.

The arrivals to date are about 118,000 bales,

FLAX.

Messrs. G. and J. A. Noble report as follows on March 24 : —There has been a better in quiry during the month/resulting in rather more business, at, in some instances, slightly advanced prices ; a parcel, about ninety bales, marked Constabe, has been placed at £32 per ton. The particulars of parcels offered at public sale, during the month, we give below. Some of the bought-in lots have been sold since the sales.

The " Anglo-Australian" in the European Mail says : —ln regard to New Zealand flax, I am sorry to have to speak unfavourably of ifs present prospects, as it is positively declared by many manufacturers, after fair trial, not to bo a practicable substitute for Manilla J-emp. Hardly anything has been recently

done in the article except on March 17, when, at the public sale held on that day, some dis position was shown to operate, resulting in the disposal of somie 300 bales at 37s for extra fine, 303 for good, and 22s for ordinary. At present transactions are again slack, without a desire on the part of the tajde tobuy at any price. The whole business"* presents a gloomy aspect, the results o£-;\Which $fl\, iii many cases abroad, be the loss of -O&jsid.rable for tunes. -' ~*'■■" :'7^'■•v|it Messrs. W. W. Ti_Kl-~andf yss., in their Prices Cvrrenfioi Mjtrcli 18.7 report :—We have to ;Hot_»;:inuch reduced value.,.,a_d very sm_jlL.transactions. '7,Pn v'l7th Eenifuary,. of ■ 140; _ales New 2fealan *, ratheirvmore than half sold-^somo at £20 5s to £36:i0s ; tow, £1L I ss. t'Oix 2§th February, 20 bales New Zealand ; were bought in at £22. On 9th March, 190 bales- New Zealand were chiefly, withdrawn; only 38 bales selling at £19 5s to £1910s.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

S hortland-street,

Mails will close as under :—

For Thames and Goromandel, this day,-at at 2.30-p.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces per s. ?. Rangatira, on Friday, 3rd June, at 9.30 a'in. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Nelson Station will be received at this office till 10, and at Onehunga till 10.30 a.m. For Tahiti, per Lse.itia, on Friday, 3rd June, at 1 p.m. • For Wangarei&c, per s.s. Sams n, on Fri day the 3rd instant, at 4 p.m. For Hobart To*n, per Bella Mary, on Sa turday, the 4th instant, at 2 p.m. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Lord Ashley, on Saturday the 4th instant, at 11 a.m. Late letters, and tele grams for transmission from the Nelson Station, will be received at this office till 11.30, and at Onehunga till 12.30 p.m. For Hobart Town, per Bella Mary, on Satutday 4th inst., at 2 p.m. For Russell and Kawakawa, per s.s. Tauranga, on Saturday 4th inst, at 4.30 p.m. Mails per s. s. Wonga Wonga will close on Monday, the 6th June, as under : — For Vancouver's Island, British North America, United States, Central and South America, West Indies, and Continent of Europe, at noon. For Sandwich Islands, at noon. For the United Kingdom, at 1 p.m. For Money Orders, Registered Letters, and Newspapers, at 11 a.m. Late Letters for the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, bearing a fee of 6d. iv addition to the postage, -will be received till 1.30 p.m., and by the Mail Agent on board tlie s. s. Wonga - Wonga, until time of sailing. Note. —The Rates of Postage charged on correspondence sent via San Fran cieoo a are .ttyey same as those on correspondence scait Via Suez" and Southampton. S. B- Biss, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota of attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court, for the week ending June 4, 1870: — Friday, June 3—Dr. Kenderdine and A. Kennedy. Saturday, June 4—Colonel Kenny and R. B. Lusk.

BIRTH.

Campion.— On June 2, at Auckland, the wife of R. R. Campion, Esq., City Club Hotel, Shortland-street, of a son. .

DEATH.

Pbiaclx—Died on may 31st, Mary Ann, the wife of John Priaulx, aged 29 years.

The funeral will leave her late residence, Hardinge-street, this day, at half-past 3 o'clock Friends please accept this invitation.

STEAM TO THE THAMES.

-|i 'pOYAL ALFRED,' j|§f|il|^^from AUCKLAND to SHORT * -'|J| """' LA-TD.

TIME TABLE.

From Auckland

Friday, 3rd June, at 1.30 o'clock afternoon Saturday, 4th June, at 10 o'clock morning

Fhom Gbahamstown. Thursday, 2nd June, 5.45 o'clock afternoon Friday, 3rd June, at,6 o'clock evening Saturday, 4th June, at 6.30 o'elock'evening

Return Tickets issued for One week at Eeduced Faies, and availabe for the 'Duke of Edinbu gh/ S. HAGUE SMITH.

The Evening Star. THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1870.

Me. Collie is a great man. He may not have been appreciated in Auckland, but so much the worse, for Auckland* He was here, but we,;knew him not; nor yet that we were entertaining, or neglecting, an angel unawares. It was in that hour of bewildering triumph, when all Auckland was frenzied at the advent and depar ture of the Won^a Wonga, that we first heard the distinguished name of Collie; but whether he had come lit the steerage of one of the steamers or in a coasting cutter we know not. He was here, he was gone, and he is lost to us for ever, ere we knew that he was the real Yankee Doodle with the American 7 ekgfe,: ,4harJ lijks all. creation, in the fob of his 1 breeches. A. little glimmering light, he suddenly appeared on our horizon, but, as he approached the centre of our system, the neucleus of him, as well as his tail increased; and now, having swept through, the Southern heavens leaving

men agape, with his tail behind him, this wandering star has dis appeared beneath the western horizoff, to dazzle the Australians,^- n_jjj with his own wondroulfoMghtnlik, M lealtj. with the glorious^,splej_'douE"pf fas tally. Mr. Collie has iri&hisfefaand Hheystarf and stripes, and\theV_agle doth his bidding. lie hap the key ofk the treasury in Wri&iing^on,'" and can shower subsidies. , v -His hqniek'js in, the. White ijouse^ and ■'the" Nebraska, Santiagoj-and asl the- other steamers which " asto"hisfltr< natives," have their steam -dip.;; and his- finger is on the stopcock. .;.,.

Mr. Collie is. a great man ; we have said it and we repeat it. Where Mr. Collie is, there is the centre; and from that spot should radiate the mail lines of the world. And why ? Because,Mr. Collie is there. Mr. Collie has a soft heart, and we may add, though reverently, a soft head; and !ioth head and heart are approach ed through Mr. Collie's stomach. Mr. Collie was not " dined" (to use the elegant diction of ris country) in Auckland, and accordingly although in the happy inspirations of a moment, he wrote that Auckland was the centre of the Southern Hemisphere, he soon forgot the place that knew him not, and dined him not. He has eaten and drunk at Wellington, and they have cried" great is Collie of San Francisco;" aud his heart has melted, and his head has swam, and in the " tooral ooral" enjoyments of that hamlet, he has felt the home feelings so strong upon him, that he wrote again, ho had found the centre, the nearest point of New Zealand to his own San Francisco. In the bleak wilds of Otago, the " braw chiels" with their Scotch whiskey, and their hot "parritch," have again overcome the iinpresssionable Collie; and their gum and their wool, and their flax, must be ready for the " .Nebraska," which is following him to every port. Eeally Mr. Collie must never have been feted before ; and we should like to know if his maternal relative is acquainted with the fact of his absence from the domestic hearth.

The p.s. 'Royal Alfred will leave for Graham-town to-morrow at 1.30 p.m., and on .Saturday at 10 o'clock a.m. She will leave Grahamstown on Friday at 6 p.m., and on Saturday at 630 p.m. i ; Peince of Wales Theatb_.—An at tempt was made last evening at this theatre to produce the drama of " lTnder the Gaslight," but proved an utter failure. The house was but poorly attended, which for the management's sake, we were glad to see, for the few that were present gave vent to strong indications of disapproval at the manner in which the whole piece was •produced. We will not individualise the characters; suffice it to say the whole piece was badly cast, and badly played, although we must make two exceptions, viz.—Mrs. Hill and Mr. Clinton, who were the only redeeming features of the whole performance. Tni: only cases that cam. before the notice of the Resident Magistrate this morning; were those of the North Island Gold Mining Company v. Shove, and same v. Trigear, both for calls. In both instances the Court gave judgment for the plaintiff. It has been well said that the happiness and misery of our life consists of little things, and the promptness with which the City Board yesterday met the wishes ,of the citizens in the matter of a public clock was the concession of but a " little thing," but it will give more satisfaction, and be productive of more general comfort and good temper in the dealing of men with one another than any other expenditure we know. The offer of the New Zealand Insurance Company to erect a turret to contain the clock in such an admirable position, the. public , spirited ness of the gentlemen who undertook to raise subscriptions, the response they met from the citizens, and the'liberal reception given to the proposal by the City Board, reflect credit on all concerned.

We felt sorry at missing in the Police Court the genial face of the late Com missioner, of Police. His readiness - to, oblige' in his own cheery off-handed way, and his more than courtesy to the mem bers ot the Press when desiring informa tion, may well cause his disappearance from his position on the floor of the Court house, to be viewed with sincere regret; and though we have no doubt his succes sor will, both in zeal and courtesy, ably fill his place,;;it will be some time-before Mr. Jv&ugh-bn, who seemed as much a part of tlie building as the Bench aiid the witness box, and Mr. Cunningham will pass from our remembrance.

The Kevision Court sat this morning at the office of the Registrar, Lautihlin O'Brien, Esq., for the purpose of revising the electoral roll City East. Out of tlie very large ,number of names objected to a good proportion were struck off the rolls for various reasons, and the Court was busily engaged inquiring into the particulars of the various cases as we went to press. Heavy Floods at Dxtnediis". —By the .Otago. Daily T^mes, of the, 21st. instant, we learn that inueh damage, has jbetn done by floods occasioned by the 1 rainfall of last week. " The Water of J.eith," says our contemporary, "has, as, usual, caused great devastation along its course through the city, Messrsl. Duncan and Co.'s mills, and Messrs. Marshall and Copeland's .brewery bqihg much damaged. Mr. Gebbie's nursery gardeu, in Leith-street,

completely wrecked, and its owner a los#t to the extent of £300. The bridge at Stf Dav_d-stJ_et w,a's washed a,w.3y, also a porflon _f Castfestreet.7;;T}#north, side of <,t]ie Syde-Strep' bridge .has b-errre moved bodily, and lii;s with ilie St. David r „jt_yfet bridge on the beach;/ beyond the. FelTmongery. On the Tifbrth rojij, also) seyeraL-b.idges have been earried%wayj,, arid the Vv'aikpliaiti bridge twisted and its approaches 'gone* The ..-South road has also suffered to a v_ry considerable 'f&ifent. '■•■ •,- .-■:--'■' "'•*' ' ' .Appointment. —His the Governor has been pleased to appoint GebrgeTFrederielt Harris, of Her -Majes ty's Customs, to . superintend the survey and admeasurements of ships, under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, at the port of Wellington ; also, to he, Emigration Officer at the port.of. Wel lington. . Telegraph to Tabanaki. —Arrange- ments have been made for the transmis sion of telegraphic messages to and from Taranaki to any part of the colony (except Auckland), by the mailman, on every Thursday evening, or early on Friday morning. The races advertised for some time came off yesterday afternoon, in a paddock near the Harp of Erin Hotel, ou the road to F'anmure. About three or four hundred ppople were present, and most of the events announced were run.

A oohonee's inquest was held yesterday evening at the lied Lion Hotel, on the body of Mary Anne Priaulx, whose death on Tuesday morning last we related in our issue of that day. The details as there stated were deposed to, with the exception that it appears from evidence she was lying on her bed, and not with out, when found dead. The verdict of the jury was, death from excessive drinking.

Iheee was but a solitary toper before the Bench in the Police Court, to-day. Times are tight, or the principles of Fox are triumphant. Another case of dead hen pheasant selling was mildly treated by the' Bench, in consideration of the plea —ignorance of the law. What a pity such a simple means as a footnote to the form of license had not been devised, as a means of preventing these offences against the law. Kepairing the footpath in Albert-street, by depositing on it a load of rocks from Mount hden. was sup pressed by order of the Bench ; and one. of tbeselively cases, a feminine quarrel, which from ihe volubility and thorough earnest ness of the litigants, occasionally enliven the dulness of the Court, occupied tbe Bench for the remainder of the sitc'ng. The plaintiff, ayoung woman, prosecuted, a very aged sister, for having threatened to effect a forcible partition of her head by the agency of a certain utensil; in Other words, to split her skull with a bottle; but from evidence, it appeared that threais as well as violence were mainly on the other side, words having been used by the younger party sufficient, in the graphic language of the defendant, " to make a man's hair stand on end let alone a woman's." Ihe exqnisite discri mination in relation to the excitability of the sexes convulsed the Court.

Col. T.L. J. Gallawat, Commandant of the School of Military Engineering at Chatham, on March I, at a full parade of the Corps of Royal Engineers at Bromp ton Barracks, presented the New Zealand tvar medal to the following members of the corps : —Major F. Mould, in command of the 40th Company ; Corporal Emms, 38th ; Corporal Mant, 35th ; Corporal Johnstone, 37th ; Lance-Corporal bmith, 22nd ; Sapper Graham, 38th ; and Sapper Heron,'36th. ." Pakeha," in the Broad Arrow, asks why the Military Train has not received the New Zealand medal at the same time as the other corps? As the corps is about to be disbanded, if it is not issued at once, there are some deserving soldiers who will not have an opportunity of wearing this decoration on the uniform in which they so nobly earned it.

We regret to learn that Mrs. Mariner died last week from exhaustion, caused by the injuries she had received.

'"•-* A PIKBT dividend in the estate of W. A. Clarke will be-paid at the office of Mr. Mowbray, on Monday next. .Notice is given'-that the partnership hitherto carried on under the style of T. Whitsonf and Co., has been dissolved. The business will, in future, be carried on under, the style of Jtt. WhitsOn and Sons. . • ■ ... • 7

i- At a meeting of ,the members of the Wesleyan Church, Grabamstown, on Tuesday evening last, it was agreed to enlarge the church at once, to accommo date 750 hearers. It holds-350 at pre sent.

The' transfer books of the Dauntless and Sink to Hise Gold Mining Company will be closed until noon to-morrovr, when a dividend of Is. per share will be declared.

Essay and Discussion- Class, Y.M. C.A;—The above Class meets this eve ning, at 7.3 •', in the Booms, Wellesley street, when a paper will be read by Mr. F. E. Ewin&ton, on '* The Advantages of Literary Institutions." Supreme Cotjrt.— His Honor the Chief Justice sat in banco yesterday, ; ahd. gave judgment in tlie long contested pro-' hibition case,, to restrain the' Native Lands Court from granting .an amended certificate to Bobert Graham.,. The deei sioh was in favour of the applicant in the Cojirt below. , A writ of centiorari was moved for by Mr. MacGormick, to bring

iv the conviction by the magistrates of 'Hokianga, of W. C.'Offordj upon a charge _£ selling spirits to the natives. .#TH_ master of the Nazaieth Institution :___forri-? us that while the children were as semble:- at their lessons yesterday forel'pbn, a shot was fired through the schebiroom, which just missed striking goifi- of the children. 'Sportsmen and others who are fond of using gunpowder should certainly take care how they trespass on private property, and in what direction "they discharge their firearms. 0 -..Tahiti,. Qeanges. — The schooner Amele,'which arrived in harbour yester day from' Tahiti, brings a cargo-of deH ciotuToranges, which we see by advertise ment are for satfe, on board. This is the first lot of really ripe,- oranges which has arrived this season, and we are sure they will meet with a ready sale. .-. - - ..-a- - On Tuesday a rifle match took place at the Shorthand Butts, in order for the committee to judge in their selection of a team to contend against Auckland«to morrow. Captain Barnett and Lieutenant Jackson were absent. Distances 400,500, and 600 yards, 5 shots at each : —Sergt. Young scored 46, Naval. "Vol. White, 45; Sergt. Macdonald, 44 ; Vol. Hopkins, 41 ; Sergt. Hazard, 18.

The Provincial Snrgeon, on behalf of the patients in the Provincial Hospital, acknowledges with thanks the receipt of the undermentioned new books from Dr. Eenderdine, viz.—Leisure Hour, c-.unday at Home, Tract Magazines, British Work man, British Workwoman, Band of Hope Review, Cottager and Artisan, all for 1869. This is the fourth occasion on which. Dr. Eenderdine has presented the above valuable series to the Hospital.

ARRIVAL OF THE NOVELTY WITH THE ENGLISH MAILS.

The barque Novelty arrived this fore noon, and anchored off the Heads. It soon became known that she had on board the letters and papers of the last Suez mail, and it is only a deserved public acknow ledgment when we say the warm thanks of the community are due to Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane for at once chartering the s.s. Knterprise to proceed direct to the Heads and brim, up the mails. Owing to this spirited and business-like promptitude, the merchants have their letters before leaving their offices, and the impatience that invariably seizes the public mind when any delay appears in the English etters will have been allayed.

SIR Gi-OEGE GiiEY. The London correspondent of the Otago Daily limes says : —Sir George Grey will, in all probability, revisit INew Zealand within a few months. He would have left by the Great Britain in March, but the interest he takes in colonial /topics, and the importance he attachestto them just now, makes him somewhat un certain as to his date of sailing.

RETURN OF THE GALATEA TO AUSTRALIA.

As an explanation of the sudden order to the Cuke of Edinburgh to return to Australia, we learn that the-Admiralty, have finally determined to increase thfe strength of the squadron in these'-serf.*' and it has been decided that the Galatea is' to remain on this station for two years. Commenting on this piece of intelligence the Leader says : —We ate to be revisited by the Galatea, her princely captain coming again to us, uot for a flying visit, but for a whole two years' sojourn. How delightful! Why, it is enough to drive the whole beauty and fashion of Aus tralia into a fever of gaiety! ■ I Only to thing of our once more] enjoying .the presence of the hon. Eliot \ orke, fresh primed to give us lessons in the proper mode of pronouncing English; and /is count Newry to lead the van among amateur actors, should there A... be any locality in need of such a ineans«-for pro-?* mdting its educational instincts. t Had the Malta's budget been even ino|;e heavy than it is, this announcement'alone would be sufficient illumination.

NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.

THK MAORI-KING ON A VISIT TO MES. CHAELION, AT K.AWHI.V.

We have been informed by Mr. Vause,. owner of the Industry, which arrived here on Saturday last, that the natives at Raglan, and" the districts thereabout, are most;favourably inclined towards- per manent peace. The ivl-ppri King .is at present a guest of Mrs. Charlton, at Eawhia.

We believe that it is Tawhiao's inten tion to throw open both Aotea and Kawhia, which shows that the natives intend, to be more friendly with the Kuropeaus than they have been f<sr some time past in that part of the island; '; ; "With regard to Te Eooti, Mr. > V?US6 tells that the Ring would not be the means of his being caught, but he would not shelter him if he came* within his territories. - • , ' vy. F] f*

Tawhiao is still unfavourable,.we Jare: told, towards making roads and .the, extension of the telegraph over his land ; and it will be some time before,;.the pre judice is likely to be got over.— Taranaki Herald. •■ •■ -

SUPREME COURT.-Bankruptcy.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2

(Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knt.,

Chief Justice.) TnE usual weekly Go'iirt'in Bankruptcy Juris diction was held to-day, when his Honor disposed ;ofj the following bus.me??r | s . t ' ] BE HENBY HiApE. J This was an adjourned case. v| J , Mr. Hesketh appeared for the bankj:upt t , • and said that theYurriier hearing _____ b-eff j adjourned in order to give notice to absent, creditors. He was in the same position, to l day, and askedrfor a further adjournment.' [( ! The further . hearing 'was adjourned \ for a I week. ,f'•' ;' '" ' 77BEENAKD AND COOLIIfO. .. '7 This, was also a case, adjourned from the lnsfc Court day.' It appeared froni the.state ment of IVTr. Hpsketh that the bankrupts had a ; contract which'was to' benefitthe estate. Mr. Kissling appeared for tlie' bankrupt last day, arid excused the - absence of the baukrupts on^this account.

Mr. Hesketh, to-day, asked for » fu_tk~~ adjournment on the same ground^

His Honor said as the bankrupts »» absent for the benefit of the estatn, and as * opposition was made, he would adjourn . „° hearing to the 23rd inst. J am *

BE EOBEBT BATED. Mr. Hesketh said that this case had ah been adjourned for the purpose of gi-^ ° notices to creditors residing in Sydney? W answ^gmad been, received from those creditor A vM-el fr-m Sydney was expected, __ believed was signalled. |•■ lE^s Honor said it w_w inconvenient that no ■ promsion was made by the legislature for the manner in which absent fcreditors were to b dealt with. A':bankrupt might be delayed an Unreasonable time by the obUgation bein e thrown upon^.the, fudge of seeing that thf creditors had ii-race.' It might be more con venient to adjourn the further hearine to th« 23rd. s ' Adjourned fßßGSWiitgly. na*am^'m**>m*mm»M m . f (Left Bitting.) <

ARRIVAL OF THE WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

The clipper barque Novelty, Captain Nearing, arrived in harbour this morning, bringing the Auckland portion of-the English Mail via Suez.

LATER TELEGRAMS.

The Argus publishes the following sddi-7 tional items, furnished by Greville '» Telegram Company, Reuter's'agents:— . LONDON, 18th April. GALL!?. 19th April. Telegraphic advices from Ireland gtate that a serious tumult took place at Cork on Good Friday. A collision between tbe troops and the people caused great agita tion. Many were^wounded. i ' Paris, |Bth Apr'lh 7-1 The French Emppror will'sead printed: letters to" the electors,' "explaining1 * the 7i signification of the Plebiscitum, leaving the people to choose between liberty and revolution. The following items are translated for , Greville and (._*. from latest' foreign ' ■ papers: — Spain accepts-fife proposal of England to submit the settlement of the Tornado question to the arbitration of Napoleon 11L ... ■ .i ,o> •.,*- «-»i--.i_w ■* It is said that an English company hag.' .offered, to the Government of Turkey to: | establish, without subsidy, a railway from ihe Sea of Marmora to Bassora, across Asria Minor. ■-.-, >, .. ~,y r ( »•; ;,. ,<. , :i i

LATE AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

MELsOrj_£lS E, May 19. Breadstuffs are 'unchanged. In trade , lots flou.!'fetches iir^si to £1_ lbs; 7' wheat, 4s 9d to 4s lid j* maize, ,4s 7d tpj \ 4s lOd ; oats,3s 5d ; 'barley in fair re quest —malting sorts,,4s 9d ; Cape barley, ss^ Sugars are dull." Wool nominal, there being n 6 tr^ri'saetiqhs, Sheepskins command at full rates, and a ready sale; .green skins fetched 4s. . ~ p . >; The budget debase commenced on ~| Tuesday. The estimated revenue is £3,551,616, -and .. the expenditure £1,459,528, leaving a balance of £92,088. The budget is "favourably received. The expenditure _d. -/public/ works ■is greatly curtailed, being 110 (Fjjless than Berry's estimate.

It is rumoured that Mr/ If. T.Clarke,".. intends resigning his. seat in ihe Council* -,-..} The G6ver6in-nt dffer the lo(£^j|&iir-«, dftrcrs, Styles, Evans, and Dwyer, of sections h$ 8.-ahd D, the option Of tinder- . taking the railway works for £304,000. Mr. Donovan abandoned his tender for section G. hoi '- Jf*b ,fa •■ '/'■'• i

The Savings' Bank deposits for the past year was £233,412. Severe floods have taken place'in Gipps Land, and much property destroyed. Mining claims have been, inundated, and two miners drowned.

Duncan, Watson, and Baxter, noto rious chari.cters', hav6 been found guilty of burglary at Anderson's jeweller. They have been remanded for sentence.

Stephenson's ' watchmaker's shop in Elizabeth-street, has been I destroyed by'", fire. I • ;..; -,'■'""! ,„, Herr Yon Guerrard has 'receire4_fj&_~-i ---"order of Francis Joseph, from the Euipe- . rbr of Austria. - :'•" '•"

Arrived—Challenger, from V\ rellington, 14th; Great Britian, from Liverpool, 55 days. 'Passengers,'6oo. . Sailed—Maid of Erin, for Hokitika.lo and Margaret,, for, Greymouth. Donald Cameron, an' old settler, Smythesdale, cut his wife's throat; death ensued. „ , . The grain traders here resolved, i.i*ai public meeting, to recognise fie cental system, and commence it on tm firs^pji^ January, next year. v TheHaytfard Testimonial Fui? xijeached £1007 : '' 'P*n miU " V? >■'-.'"' 1V On Tuesday last, G.H.Suppl , v^}ter and journalist, met' George Baton vj-..ath, 'Mth.^lW&moiM-iW^W He tirew a re volver, and fired four shots at Smith. One shot only took effect on Smith's elbow. Smith ran, crying, " fe'aveme." Walshe.an ex-detectiye and now a publican, caught Supple, held him, and knocked him down. Supple fired at Walshe, andSthe shot entered the abdomen.. Walshe wns^coh* veyed to the hospital, when he gradiially,> sank and di^d on Wednesday afterpPPJr' is cbnfiried'tb, bed.,7 cupple aajn' custody, lie regrets, shooting. Walshe, but says he wished he bid killed Smith.

__HE EVENING STAR, JUNE 2, 1870.