SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS,

Tauranga, s.s., 67 tons, Bolgor, from Bay of Islands. Go-ahead, s.s., Watson, from Wangarei. Rob Roy, cutter, 23 tons, McGurney, from Kennedy's Bay.

Prince of Wales, cutter, Picketts, from Wangapoa. Bessy, cutter, Ohlson, from Waikawou, Sovereign of the Seas, cutter, from Kawau. Tay, cutter, Sullivan, from Matakana.

DEPARTURES,, y, : Opotiki, schooner, Baker, for Whak-itane and Opotiki.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Royal Alfred; 4 p.m. Lady Bowen, midnight.

The following coasters arrived in harbour this morning : —Prince of Wales, from Wan gapoa, with 15,000 feet timber ; Bessy, from Waikawou, with 18,000 feet timber ; Rob Roy, from Kennedy's Bay, with timber; Sove eign of the Seas, from Kawau, with fire wood ; Tay, from Matakana, with produce.

The schooner Opotiki cleared at the Cus toms this morning for Whakatane and Opo tiki.

The fine s.s. Keera will take the place of the Star of the South, recently lost at Napier. The Keera will leave the Manukau on Satur day morning for Wanganui, Wellington, and Napier. i

ARRIVAL OF THE TAURANGA.

The s.s. Tauranga, Capt. Bolger, left the Bay of Islands on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock, and arrived in harbour at 9 a.m. to day. She experienced strong W.N.W winds throughout, and sighted no vessels on the coast. Passengers—Messrs. Hickton, Chat field, O'Brien (2), and 12 in the steerage. Cargo:—2o tons gum, Cruickshank, Smart and Co. (for transhipment to Mary Shepherd) . 3 boxes poultry, Arthur and Son; 1 do., H. Clark; 3 cases sundries.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office,

Thursday afternoon

Mr. B. Tonks held a trade sale of oilmen's stores, groceries, &c., at his marL this morning. There was a good attendance, and the prices obtained were satisfactory. Mr. S. Jone3 sold four cases of ornamental trees and shrubs, ex Auckland, from Sydney, this morning, at fair prices.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week trading July 2, 1870 :—

Friday, July I—Messrs. R. F. Porter and T. Ritchie. Saturday, July 2—Messrs. A. K. Taylor . and D. B. Thornton.

BIRTHS.

Brabazon. —At Mount Eden, the wife of Mr. Brabazon, Union-street School, of a son. Marks.—On the 29th inst., Airs. Charles Marks, of a son.

The Evening Star. THURSDA Y, JUNE 30, 1870.

The p.s. Duke of Edinburgh will leave at noon to-morrow, and the Royal Alfred at 10 o'clock at night.

As will be seen by advertisement, the American Glass-Blowers will shortly appear in Auckland. From tho very favourable criticisms Mr. and Mrs. Wood roffe have received from our Southern contemporaries, we are sure that success awaits them in Auckland. We are glad to notice that the indefatigable agent, Mr. Peaehman, is still with the company.

Tendees for the erection of two light houses in the Hauraki Gulf are required by the Provincial G-overnment. To produce large strawberries, remove the soil round each hill to the depth of half an inch or more, without disturbing the roots; then spread evenly over an area of twenty inches in diameter a pound or more of finely pulverized linseed meal or oil meal,and cover it with mellow soil; then spread a mulching of hay or straw two inches deep over the entire surface between the hills. Should the weather be warm and dry a liberal supply of warm water daily will greatly promotetho growth of both vines and berries. Pull up weeds and grass among growing strawberries, rather than cut them up with hoes, as a system of roots is formed near the surface of the ground which should not be injured with a broad hoe.

To-mobbow evening those popular and favorite comedians, Mr. and Mrs.Lachlan McG-owan, take their first benefit at the Prince of Wales Theatre. A most attractive programme is announced, viz.— " Money" and "The Babes in the Wood." In the latter piece Mr. aud Mrs. McGowan appear as the two babes, and we can anticipate an hour's amusement. Since this lady and gentleman have been among us they have appeared in a great round of characters, and soon after their arrival they became great favorites with the Auckland public by their careful and clever acting. As it is their first appeal to Auckland," we trust to .see these clever artistes rewarded by a bumper house. A special general meeting of tho mem bers of the Chamber -of Commerce ' was held at the Mechanics' Institute yesterday afternoon, at which G. Yon der ileyde, Esq., presided. The report of the Dock mmittee was brought up and read by Mr. McCosh Clarke. It will be found elsewhere. It was stated that Mr. Roberton, and probably Mr. Thomas Uemderson, would proceed to Sydney as

a deputation on the port of call question. The expenses incurred are to be advanced by the Chamber, and the Superintendent will be requested to recoup the amount as mentioned in the terms of his letter. A special meeting of the Chamber will take pace ou the Bth pros., for the consi deration Of business of importance, es- Decially in reference to the bankruptcy iaw, Customs drawbacks, gold duty, &c. The drama of the " Dead Heart" and burlesque of " Macbeth" were produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre last even ing to a middling house, no doubt on account of the weather. To-night the " Dead Heart" will be produced for the last time, and Barry O'Ncil will a)so take his farewell of Auckland. The sitting of the District Court was resumed yesterday morning, before Judge Beckham. The only case of any public interest was that of JDavid Arthur v. John Lockwood, which was an action brought for the recovery of £100, for an alleged detention of certain goods, among them being a pianoforte. The case was one of a very peculiar nature. It occupied the attention of the Court from half-past 11 o'clock until hall-past 5 o'clock, without even the usual luilt-hour's adjournment. The Court gave a verdict for the defen dant, with costs, which amounted to £11 14s. j Essay and Discussion Class, Y.M. C.A.— The above Class will meet this I'vening, at 7.30, at the Rooms, Welles ley-street, when a paper -rill be read by Mr. G-. M. Reed, on " Duty in relation to the Amusements of the People." The Kuranui Gold Mining Company yesterday appropriated the sum of £3,175 for the payment of dividends ; tLi_ is equivalent to five shillings per sbai'e. Daeiln-g iIoBBEEY.—A barefaced rob bery was perpetrated on Tuesday night, when seven hags of gum were stolen from on board the steamer Gemini, having been apparently passed over the stern into a boat. A hand was on board the vessel at the time, but heard nothing of the marauders. Three of the bags were marked KW with A. underneath, aud the other four J.B.

Fbom a prospectus now lying before us of the Union Steam Navigation Com pany (Limited), we observe that the object of the company is to take over and continue the plant and business of the N.Z.S.N. Company (Limited). The capi tal is £50,000, and operations are to be commenced on the 16ih proximo. The monthly m unfed parade of the Auckland Squadron Royal Cavalry Vo lunteers will rake place iv the Domain, ou Friday next, at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon.

A meeting of the Auckland Medical Society will be held to-morrow evening, at the residence of Dr. Pierce, Karanga hape Road.

PUBLICANS' LICENSES.

At the adjourned licensing meeting yesterday, a new license (Was granted to the Occidental Hotel. In tha circumstances nothing else could have happened, and the Justices were shut up to acceding to the application. But a s attention has been directed to the transac tion in our columns, we desire to briefly re view tho position we havo taken. In a local paragraph in our issue of the 2dth instant, in referring to the subject in the most casual way, we used the expression regarding the petition in opposition as " having failed in some way to be lai I before the Bench." In our succeeding issue appeared a letter signed " Lex," and ao the paternity of it has since been owned in open Court, we have no hesitation in sayi„g now that the writer of that letter was Mr. Joy. In Mr. Joy's letter he states that " a petition was laid before the Bench on that occasion, and duly marked by Mr. Cunningham, clerk of the court ; but their worships, the chairman and justices, in their then discretionary jurisdic diption, declined to hear it read." On refer ring to the reporl of the day's proceedings in the column . of a newspaper, we found no mention of an opposition petition, and the case had a serious aspect. On the one hand, we had the current h lief that no petition had been presented, although it had been placed in the hands of Mr. Joy for that purpose ; oii the other hand, we had the express assertion of Mr. Joy that it had been presented, and refused to be heard by the magistrates. Here was a caso demanding the intervention of the Press. Had the current rumour been true, had Mr. Joy betrayed the cause of his clients, he- de nerved to be stripped of his gown. hud the assertion of Mr. Joy himself been correct, that the magistrates refused to hear the petition, they should be hunted and hooted from the seat of judgment. The case ' demanded en quiry ; we said so, and we re-assert it, and not all the legal bluster in New Zealand will lead us to retract it. That enquiry has been afforded ; mists and mystery nave disappeared, and none should be more pleased than Mr Joy him sol f that the case had been fearlessly, stated. We were in error in stating that the petition had not been presented ; Mr. Joy was in error in stating that " their worships, the chairman and jus tices, in their then discretionary jurisdiction, declined to hear it read." The petition was presented by Mr. Joy, and it was read by the magistrates, and we regret that any mystery should have seemed to hang around the thing at all. After the testimony that has been given, regarding Mr. Joy's action in the mat ter, and especially, from the lips of his oppo nent in the transaction (Mr. Wynn), we sincerely believe Mr. Joy acted faithfully and to his very utmost in the cause of his clients; and just as sincerely do we regret that any remarks which we have made, or been the vehicle in making, should have given him annoyance. The fact, as it now appears, is this: — The petition was presented to the Bench by Mr. Joy, who was proceeding with his arguments when Mr. Wynn,, who has generally bis weather eye open, in the most artless manner in the world, presented a view of the future ." Occidental Hotel," with which the Bench became so captivated that Mr. Joy and his, petition were nowhere. This explains wholly the erstwhile intricate-looking question. The Court was so

taken up with the magnificence that is about to rise in Vulcan Lane, that Mr. Joy, in the most natural annoyance in the world, resented the apparent neglect, and wrote to us, that'the Bench declined to hear his petition.'-- While, from the defective, nature of the present Licensing Act, and-its inability to cheek, the present surplusage of public-houses which is tA curse of this city, the Bench was absolute' - - eluded from refusing the license, espeei presence of the gorgeous "landscape" vie-.. Occidental Hotel. On yesterday Wr. Wynn spoke well, laid it on us with* no little severity, but we ■ .1 miredhim. Mr. Joy had been his opponent in the transaction and his stepping forward in hi', opponent's defence, and dealing such vigo rous blows, was generous and manly.. - It was not required, however. The whole case had a simple explanation, and the inquiry which we provoked called that explanation forth ; and it is needless to say that not the famtest sus picion of unfairness attaches to Mr. Joy, and Iwe think that Air. Wynn might have fairly i left it to our right feeling to acknowledge this; but while really admiring Mr. Wynn's attack on us, we think it was not wholly in good taste to refer to a former case in which the attacked was his own client. It was not re quired by the case of his friend Mr. Joy, and can only be attributed to an exepss of zeal. As for Mr. Morrow, who presided in the Court yesterday, we would respectfully hint to him that he would have consulted his own dignity and the dignity of the Court more by restraining , his exuberant eloquence. Mr. Wynn. was doing very well, and did not require Mr. Morrow's interjacula tory aid. Gentlemen can settle their own quarrels without his interference, and we would recommend Mr. Morrow the next time any matter of importance comes before him on the Bench to put a pitch plaister on his mouth, as a close mouth shows a wise head ; and he has heard, no doubt, of Paddy, who was said to have never opened his mouth but he put his foot in it. Mr. Morrow might have obserred the more dignified position tsiken by his two brother justices, Messrs. Naughton and Ritchie, in relation to a matter that was not under the judicial jurisdiction of the Bench. Mr. Mor row's expansive and statesmanlike idea 3on the suppression of intemperance by licensing new houses, " for the purpose of putting down other low places in the neighbourhood," show that Mr: Morrow is fitted to grace a higher sphere than the Auckland Police Court, and we think he would shine in Par-

Ii anient,

To Mr. Joy we cordially aud cheerfully tender the amende honorable. We were in error, and it is manly to confess it—an error to which we were mainly led by Mr. Joy's own letter, " Lex," in which he stated that the magistrates had refused the petition. Wo re gret that Mr. Wynn should so far have mis calculated our right feeling as to threaten prosecution for libel; and while we shall not indulge in braggadocio, and hurl back de fiance, we have perfect confidence that both Mr. Wynn and Mr. Joy will give us credit for good faith when we say that we have not been influenced by this threat, but solely by a sense of what was due to Mr. Joy. The case had the aspect of requiring ripping open ; and in a similar case, if public interests de manded it, we should do the same again. " We are in the place where we are demanded of conscience to speak the truth, and the truth we'll speak, impugn it whoso lists."

SUPREME COURT.—Bankruptcy.

This Day. (Before His Honor Sir G. A. Amey, Chief Justice.) RE JACKSON KEDDELL. Mr. Beveridge appeared for the bankrupt. There was no opposition. The liabilities were £2,049. The assetj were set down at £854. The bankrupt passed his last examination, and received his final order. RE DANIEL ORME. Air. Beveridge appeared for the bankrupt. There was no opposition. The bankrupt passed his last examination, and was dis charged. RE BENJAMIN HILL. _ The hearing of this case was, on the appli cation of Air. Rce3, adjourned to the 11th of August. RE ALFRED GEORGE HOWARD. Mr. Wynn appeared for the bankrupt. Mr. Buddie said the case would be opposed. Mr. Wynn : lhere should be some proof of debt. Mr. Buddie: The creditor lives down South. He has been written to, but no reply has been received. Further hearing adjourned to the 11th of August. RE HENRY BUSH. Mr. Beveridge appeared for the bankrupt. The liabilities amounted to £160. His Honor said that it appeared strange that a person should go through the whole process of the bankruptcy laws for so small an estate. It would be nearly as well for the bankrupt to see whether he would not ultimately be in a position to pay the whole of his liabilities. The bankrupt- passed his last examination, and was discharged. Adjourned Cases. The following cases were adjourned to the 11th of August:—Thomas White, John White, R. H. Bartlett, Samuel Alpe, Richard McGee, Alexander Gillam.

PAINFUL SHAFT ACCIDENT.

An accident of a painful nature occurred on the Waiotahi yesterday, when the child of a miner named Vale narrowly escaped, a death by drowning. It appears that as a young man named Morris Moss Was proceeding up the Waiotahi, lie heard the skriek of a female in distress, and on proceeding to tho spot from whence the cries came, he found that the poor woman had lost her child, who had. fallen into an old shaft close at hand. The young man at once volunteered to descend the shaft in search of the child, although it wa3 some 60 or 100 feet in depth. Another man at hand volunteered his services, and tho young man was lowered by means of a rope some sixty feet, when he discovered the poor child floating on the water, its dress having caught on some projecting rock, and so sustained it above water until assistance came. How it escaped the sides of the shaft in falling such a depth is a mystery, but the infant was restored to its heait-broken parent none the worse for the terrible fall. From our advertising columns it will be seen that the parent of the child returns her sincere thanks to the young man who so courageously de- j Bcended the shaft in search of the child. — Advertiser. j

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M., and ~:, G.B.Owen, Esq., J. P.) ;A .-'. DRUNKENNESS. William Crowe and Antonio Nicholson were C':iD.d';ss. and costs, 0r.48 hours',imprisohment, -A:his offence. A'.' ._".' BREACH op municipal police- act. Jamr?: Coupland was charged, on the infor . tju-.of Thomas Young, with a breach of ■. above Act. ~..■•■. Mr. Wynn appeared oh behalf of the City Board, and said that, as the defendant had done all the Act required from him, he would ask the Bench to inflict a nominal fine. Tie Bench fined. the defendant Is. and costs. • ~y.. ■ BREACH OF MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT. ' *. . . P.S. ROYAL ALPBED V. P.S. WILLIAMS. Thomas J. Wall, captain of the p.s. Wil liams, was charged, on the information of Henry Scott MoKellar, Collector of Customs, with a breach of the above Act, by not'porting the helm of the Williams on meeting the Royal Alfred, on the 14th June. Mr. Brookfield and Mr. J. B. Russell ap peared for the prosecution ; Mr. Bennett ap peared for the defendant. Mr. Bennett requested that all witnesses should leave the Court. Mr. Brookfield opened the case for the pro-: secution by quoting from the various Acts. as to the prevention of collisions at sea. Mr. Brookfield said that as the Austra lian Steam Navigation Company were a rich company, a fine would not be felt by them, and he would ash the Bench that, if the case were proved, he should ask that the defendant be sent to Mount Eden for a short term of imprisonment, as it might be the: .means of making captains more careful. Mr. R,ussell said that he would wish the Bench to know, that because his learned friend had mentioned imprisonment, it was not to be supposed for one moment that that punish ment emanated in any way from Mr. Hague Smith, for whom he was there to watch the case.

H. S. McKellar, sworn, deposed : I am Col lector of Customs for the Port of Auckland. I know the p.s. Williams, she is a British vessel. I know Captain Wall; he was so on tho 14th June, 1870. I received several letters from passengers by the Royal Alfred, com plaining a3 to the manner in which the p.s. Williams was handled on her up passage from Grahamstown on the 14th June, 1870.

By Mr. Bennett: The letters that I received were not complaints against Captain Wall, but as to the manner in which the Williams had been handled the night previous. [The letter from several of the passengers of the Royal Alfred was here put in aud read.] A. VV". Giles, sworn, deposed : I am familiar with sea-faring matters. On the 14th June I was a passenger by the Royal Alfred, from Auckland to Grahamstown. Wo arrived at the Sandspit about eight o'clock. After we got to the Sandspit, I saw a vessel approach ing, coaling up from Grahamstown. I was on the port side of the quarter-deck. Captain Jouter and I were walking the deck together. My attention was first drawn to an order given on board the Royal Alfred to " port." I then remarked to Captain Souter, "We must be meeting a vessel. He said, "Yes; it is the • Williams, for she is due now." I then looked over the vessel, and saw some lights. I cannot say how many. It was a beautifully clear night. When the second order to port the Royal Alfred was given, the Wil liams was broad off our bows. When I first saw the Williams she was right on for our port paddle-box. She was distant several lengths of herself when I first saw the Wil liams. The Williams seemed to me not to have eased her speed as she crossed our bows. I did not hear the order given to stop the Royal Alfred. I was aft. Had the Williams struck the Alfred, I believe she- would have gone down instantaneously, and all lives lost. In the place where this narrow escape oc curred, there are oceans of sea-room. Had the Williams kept her course, we would have passed each other. There was no necessity for either of us to alter our course.

By Mr. Bennett: Ido not know the. course the Alfred was taking when the first order was given. I was on the port side. lam on my oath aud swear positively ■ that the Wil liams did act in the manner I have described. I believe she blew her whistle after she passed us. When the Williams' ' did pass, she was about three lengths distant. I was very much astonished at the conduct of the Williams. Wiien there is plenty of ocean room steamers do often pass each other on either side. I consider there was a gross piece of neglect on the part of the person in charge of the Wil liams. I am one of the persons who insti gated this inquiry. I have 110 personal feel ing in the matter- Captain Farquhar, sworn, deposed : I am master of the p.s. Royal Alfred. I was so on the 14th inst. I was passing the Saiid spit between seven and eight. I was on the bridge of my boat. I have been in charge of the Alfred ever since she was launched. I make it a rule to attend to my vessel myself. On passing the Saadipit in the night in question, I saw the p.s. Williams well a-head, about a couple of miles off, with all h'.'r three lights a little on our port: bow. I was showing my three lights. She kept the same position until she was about three-quarters of a mile off, only a little more on our port. I ported my helm. Had the Williams kept her course she would have passed us all right, but she starboarded her helm, and she was coming right on, to us. I then ported again. The Williams'still star boarded. I then put the helm hard to port. The Alfred answers her helm very well. 1 had stopped the boat before lie crossed our bows. I was 20 or 30 yards from the Williams when sho crossed us. Had I not stopped me boat the Williams would have run us down. From the first time we commenced porting our helm until the Williams crossed our bows it was about five minutes. There was plenty of room for the Williams to pass, the whole frith of the Thames. The drawing produced fairly represents the position of the tWO vessels when, I first saw the "Williams. I hailed the Williams as she was passing, and said, " What do you call that ?" and someone replied, "What's the matter?" I think it wiis Marks, the pilot. It is not the first time he has played pranks like the last one. I speak from experience. I .replied, " If I had you here, I would show you what's the matter." There . were several persons with me on board at this time.

By Mr. Bennett : I have been sixteen years connected with the sea—five as captain of steamers. I passed him on the port side the foßowing.night. I was steering S.E. byE.'i E.,

on the night in question. I was four points off my usual course after I had ported my vessel three times. After he had crossed our bows, I saw him stop the engine. I swear I did not cross his bow after the Williams had crossed, as he was on our starboard side. Mr. Bennett here introduced two models of steamers, and requested the captain to accu rately show by them the position of the two boats when first they saw other, and after they had passed each other. Re-examined by Mr. -Brookfield :'" I was working with one engine.' I believe the Wil liams was working with two. y ;..' Captain John Macdonald:, I have been connected with the sea twenty-seven years. and am perfectly acquainted with the Mer chant Shipping Act. [This:'witness corrobo rated Mr. Gilles's evidence in every particu lar.] Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett: The Alfred must have gone four or five points out of her course. William Souter deposed : I have been for sixteen years a master mariner, and have had the charge of steamers. I was on board the Alfred the night of this occurrence. I was walking on the poop, on the port side. I had not seen the Williams when i heard the cap tain order port the helm. I looked over the port side, and saw the steamer's smoke almost right ahead, a very little on the port, bow. I did not then see any lights. I then heard Captain Farquhar caU out to port a little more. I looked ahead and saw the Williams approaching. I saw the white and red fights. She was still approaching. If the Williams^ had ported she would have gone clear. The, engines were stopped on board the Alfred. T then went on the bridge^ and saw the Williams: had changed her course, put the helm to starboard, and crossed our bow. If the Alfred had not stopped, there would have been a collision. There is plenty of sea-room there,. and ;the Williams was on the seaward side ; she was then going right towards- the land, which was a mile and a Lalf off. Farquhar did the only thing possible to avoid a col lision ; he was very cool. Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett: Cannot tell on which bow the Williams was before I heard the order. When the order was given, the Williams was more on the port bow. The Alfred did not go more than a point and a half out of her course. The Alfred answers her helm very quickly. Francis Barsmah deposed : I keep an hotel at Tararu, and was a seaman for twenty-one years. I was sitting on the bridge at the time of this occurrence. I first saw' the masthead light of the Williams, I then saw the red, and after the green light. With lights so disposed, a vessel is coming stern on. She must have been then a mile off. The Alfred then ported her helm. If the Williams had then kept her course, the Alfred would have passed at a considerable distance. The Williams put her helm a-starboard, and gained on us gradually, and we lost sight of her red light. If any thing she was a little on the port bow, where I first saw her. '". ■

Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett : I have been two years ashore. The Williams .might be half a mile off when I lost the red light. We were very near" lying in to land to get out of his way. .Charles Bruce deposed : lam second mate of the Royal Alfred. On the night of the difficulty with the Wißiams I was on the look-out. I was right forward in the '" eyes." Saw the Williams coming. Saw the white and red lights on the port bow. If both vessels held their course there would have been a " fouling match." I heard the com mand given to.port the Alfred, and iagain to port, and I think a third time. I believe the . Williams must have been starboarding as fast as we were porting. There was plenty of room—the whole Thames—for the Wißiams to have passed on her original course. The Alfred answered her helm very quickly. Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett: It was almost as clear as daylight; I could have heaved a small stone on the Williams as she passed. ■ ■' William Benham, deposed.: I am a seaman on board the Alfred. I was at the wheel at the time of the occurrence. I was ordered to put the helm aport; I saw then the Williams' mast-head light two points on our port bow. If the Williams had continued her course then she would not have | crossed. A gentleman remarked that the Williams was coming up to give us passengers for Grahamstown. 1 was twice ordered to port; the Alfred's head went four points from her course. , The Williams came from her side and crossed her bow. Cross-examined by Mr. Bennett: Had.never exchanged passengers -with the Wißiams.' A To Mr. Brookfield: The Williams had crossed our bows on a former occasion. This closed the case for tho prosecution, and the Court adjourned for half an hour. On resuming; rebutting evidence was ad duced, but the Court found defendant guilty, and sentenced him to pay a fine of £100.

THEATRE ROYAL.

This pretty little theatre is not going to re main closed long, for we understand that a farewell benefit has been tendered by the Tradesmen's Garrick Club to Mr. Frank Towers, which will take place this even^ ing. Mr. Towers is a great favorite, both at the Thames and in this city, and we trust that there will be a bumper house to-morrow. ■ An excellent bill is announced, '.', and .with Mr. Carey, Mr. Northcote, and others,, we are sure a capital evening's amusement will be provided. The Garrick Club have ' been very long in getting up a fine comedy, viz., "The Writing on the Wall," arid we shall expect to see something more now than fair acting in their parts.

A Yankee, warming with his subject ex claimed, " I guess there ain't a man, woman, or child in the house who has; arrived at the age of fifty years, but hag felt this truth thundering through his, her, or its mind for centuries." " Professor," said a student in pursuit of knowledge concerning the habits of animals, " why does a cat while eating, turn her head first one way and then the other?" "For the simple reason," replied the professor, " that she cannot turn it both ways at once." , A peasant went to his priest to confess having stolen hay from a large stack belong ing to a neighbour. "How many loads did j you take ? " asked the father confessor.. " You j may as well reckon the whole stack at once," said the peasant, " as I and my wife intend to j fetch it all before we stop." . . j

LIMITED LIABILITY WINDING UP COMPANIES BILL.

Whereas it is expedient to simplify and render less expensive tho mode of winding up companies formed under " Tho Mining Companies Limited Liability let, 1865 " and "The Mining Conyanies Limited Liability Act Amendment ' c . 1869 :"

Be it therefore enact,,-! by the General Assembly of Aew Zealand in Parliament assembled, cud by the au thority of the same, as follow:: : —

1, The short title of this Act shall be 'The Limited Liability Compmiies Wind ing up Act, 1870."

2. Upon any order or decree underthis Act, or.any other Act b*i..g made for the winding-up of any such eo-Uj.-ariy, ifc shall be the duty of the Official /gent in the first place to ascertain the a nount of the debts or liabilities of such 'company, and to estimate the costs and fixpehses of winding up such company, including, the posts of realising, collecting,,, and dis tributing the assets thereof, his own and all other fees payable in respect thereof.

I 3. Upon ascertaining tho total amount !of such liabilities, costs,.an:i expensesj-the Official Agent shall prepare a schedule1 of contributions, showing therein the names of all the shareholders in the said company liable to contribute, and against their names respectively the amount payable by them for unpaid calls, aid also the proportionate amount required to be contributed by ehch, in order to liquidate the total estimated liabilities, costs,'and expenses, togetber with a fair estimated " amount to cover what contributions may be irrecoverable. . ,', , ~ , . 4, The Official Agent shall thereupon post to the address of every .person, liable to contribute, a statement cf the amount he is estimated to be liable to contribute, together with a notice that on a day therein named, not sooner than twenty one days from the date of such notice,' objections to tho scheme of contribution will be -liear&Abefore the District Court Judge for the district, or if there be no such Judge/then before the Resident Magistrate or two Justices of the Peace acting in and for the district inwhich such company was carrying on business.

5. On the day named, or 'any adjourn-, ment thereof, any person named on the said schedule may appearj and object to his name being placed on such schedule of contributions, or to the amount for

which he is so placed

6. On hearing such objections, and any evidence in support thereof, and of the Official Agent,' and any evidence he may produce, the Judge, Resident Magistrate, or Justices, as the case may be, may amend the schedule, and shall thereupon settle and determine the same, and annex thereto an order upon all persons therein named to pay the amounts therein stated, which order shall have the effiect and may be enforced in the same manner'as a judg ment of the District Court' or of a Resi dent Magistrate. 7. Should the amount recovered by.the, Official Agent under such order as afore said prove insufficient to liquidate the liabilities of the company, together with the costs and expenses as aforesaid, he may prepare a further schedule of contri bution from the same -.. contributories, which shall be fixed,.settled,ordered, and enforced in like manner,as the previous contribution ; but to such further contri bution no contributory shall be entitled to object, save as to amount charged against him. . • - :/:,...'• .-,;• 8. The remuneration of, the Official Agent shall be five per cent, on the amount paid by him of. the liabilities of the company woundup, instead of on, the: amount collected by nim ; and the :re numeration of the Official Auditor shall, be three pounds three shillings in respect of each company wound up, in respect of which the Official Agent's accounts shall ;be audited by him. ..,.,,.. .. . 9. Sections thirty-eight and thirty-nine, and the proviso in section thirty-five, j_?f ;"The Mining Companies Limited. Liabi lity Act, 1865," are hereby repealed, A , 10. Upon a petition by a itt number and value of the shareholders of i any company formed under " The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act 1865," or "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869,', requesting the' company to be wound up by the Official Agent, or by any person therein named, it shall be lawful (pro vided the signature of such petition by a majority in number and value be verified by' the oath of two directors of such company) for the District Court Judge, .Resident Magistrate, or any (wo Justices of the Peace acting within the di^P* within which the said company carried'on business, to issue-an order or decree for; the winding-up of such company by the Official Agent, or by the person named in such petition, who shall in such case,be deemed to be a duly appointed. Official Agent. ' ' '

THE EVENING STAR, JUNE 30,1870.



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