SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS,

Tauranga, schooner, 60 tons, Moller, from Tauranga. Mary Ellen, schooner, 30 tons, Rawlings, jjfka Mercury Bay, with 10 tons flax. Whitby, cutter, Doughty, from Thames, with 26 tons gum.

DEPARTURES.

Lord Ashley, s.s., 296 tons, E. Wheeler, for Southern ports. Queen, schooner, 40 tons, Veale, for Tau ranga. .- -

CLEARANCE.

Deva, brig, [244 tons, J. Lane, for New castle, N.S.W-

The p.s. Royal Alfred will leave the wharf to-morrow, for Grahamstown, at 12 o'clock noon.

The s.s. Auckland may be expected in har bour either this evening or to-morrow morn ing. The schooner Queen is announced to leave for Tauranga. this afternoon. The clipper schooner Tauranga, Captain Moller, arrived in harbour this morning, after a capital run of 24 hours from Tauranga, bringing five passengers and a few packages of sundries. Reports no vessels at Tauranga.

DEPARTURE OF THE LORD ASHLEY.

The C. S. Company's s.s- Lord Ashley, Captain E. Wheeler, will leave the harbour this afternoon for the Soutern ports. Passengers :—lhe Hon. J. Vogel, Miss Little, Miss Holloway, Mr. E. H. Davis, Miss Williams, Mr. Adair, Mr. and Mrs. Ritchie and two children, Mr. Charles Searle, Mr. B. E. Reid.

BIRTH.

McLeod. —On the Bth May, Mrs. John McLeod, Eden Terrace, of a daughter.

DEATH.

Calder. —On the 11th May, at tho resi ence of Captain Johnson, Captain John Calder, of the Island City, barque.

The Evening Star. THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1870.

ORATORIO.—" THE CREATION." We feel confident that it requires no persuasion to produce a full house in the Symonds-street Music Hall to-night. Our city is possessed of musical taste, and the interest that has attended our Choral Society is a contrast to the apathy that habitually attends anything in Auck land requiring co-operative action. But the usual performances of our musical amateurs have not been available to the general public, subscribers alone to the Society's funds having the entree. The announcement therefore of a grand musi cal performance, jointly produced by the members oi'. the Choral So ciety and amateur talent from without, under the able management of Mr. Browne, conductor of the Choral Society, and open to the general public, cannot fail to be of general interest. But when that performance takes the form of the Oratorio, the sublimest form in which earthly music has ever been pre sented, and the nearest to our ideal of the tempest of harmony that swells around the throne of the Creator from the ten thousand times ten thousand harping cherubim and seraphim, there is some thing fascinating in the attraction for every one with music in his soul. It is a bold flight for our amateurs to essay Haydn's magnificent conception "The Creation;" but from the talent engaged in it, and the care in preparation, we anticipate success and gratification. The entertainment, sacred in itself, is further hallowed by its object. To reach the hand of pity and kindness to their unhappy sisters—to save from utter destruction the victims of man's cruel wrong, and lead them back to paths of peace and virtue, —arc the motives set before them by tbe ladies who are organi sing and conducting the "Home for Women at Parnell."

The efforts used by Lady Martin, and the other ladies associated with her in this and other good works, are known to all in this province. In another colony Lady Bowen has left her. name as a " household word" in connection with every charitable institution, and the " Diamantina Orphan School," almost wholly the result of her effort and in fluence, bears' her name and fame in cherished remembrance. In these days when it is the fashion to sneer at women and women's works, and the " Girl of the Period"is taken as expressive of purpose less frivolity, we should honor the generous sisterhood who are trying to undo the wrongs of fallen humanity, and pour in the balm of kindness into hearts that have been torn by misery. We sincerely trust that an overflowing house will to-night express the public sympathy, and that it will result in a substantial benefit to the funds of the " Home for Women."

LATEST FROM TAURANGA.

There is no news of interest from Tau ranga by the schooner Tauranga, which arrived in harbour this morning. She is only twenty-four hours from Tauranga, and up to that time no fresh intelligence had been received from Opotiki. The report of sixteen natives being drowned at Rotorua Lake is confirmed.

In the Police Court to-day, throe drunkards appeared, one of them, an unhappy-looking woman, apparently under the influence of delirium tremens. The only other business before the Bench was a dispute between a sea captain and his chief officer, being a case compounded of claim for wages, wrongful dismissal, and breach of contract, which, in the ab sence of articles, and from the entangle ment of directly conflicting evidence, resulted in dismissal. We were glad to see such an excellent house at the Prince of Wales Theatre last night, and the management deserved it for the constant novelties it has produced. Mrs. Hill made her re-appearance last evening as Eily O'Connor, and we need scarcely say here, excelled. She was frequently and loudly applauded for her really clever impersonation of the poor simple Irish girl. Mrs. Newton, as Ann Chester, too, played very well, being excellent in some scenes. The male characters were all of them well allotted and played, and we were as much aston ished as amused, to see Messrs. McGowan and Glover enact so well the parts of Myles and Carrigan. We must say a word or two about the scenery, painted by Mr. Varley. It is seldom we have seen better in Auckland, and wben we have, it has been from the hands of the same artist. At the end of the second act the Cave Scene was really excellent, and was warm ly appreciated by the whole house. The burlesque of the " Maid and the Magpie" concluded the evening's amusement. To night Taylor's " Ticket-of-leave Man" is announced, when we hope to see another good house. Mr. Barry O'Neill has, we learn, been engaged by Mr. O'Brien, .to appear on Monday night. We extract from a Dnnedin paper the following remarks on Bachelder's Diorama of the Apocalypse which is to be pre sented to the people of Auckland on Saturday evening next :—" Bachelder's Dioramaof the ' Apocalypse' was presented last night, for the first time, at the Masonic Hall, to a large and appreciating audience. There is something terribly grand in the series of pictures here presented. Of their merit as works of art we cannot speak too highly; and we believe, for masterly treatment and elaborate finish, these pictures would not offend the refined taste of a connoisseur. But their merit as embodiments of high artistic power is secondary to the grandeur of conception here displayed,—

to the vivid imagination and beautifu poetic fancy which gave them birth. The book of Revelations is a sealed book to the great mass of mankind. There are few, indeed, gifted sufficiently to grasp the infinitude of St. John's mighty visions; to realise perfect pictures from a perusal of this mysterious part of inspired text; or to comprehend the truths of which these pictures are types and symbols. It is upon this doubtful ground that we are taught to value the power of the artist's pencil, which gives life and reality to forms that to the ordinary mind are dim and shadowy ; and, by concentrating within our visual range the disjointed and mysterious parts, furnishes us with a key to the hidden meaning and deeper truths of inspired Writ. Bachelder's tableaux embody this power in a high degree; and, we may safely assert, that this is the best Diorama ever yet presented to the public in Dunedin. From first to last there was an unflagging in terest manifested by the audience ; and the beautiful scenery, as it passed before the enraptured eye, elicited unmis takeable symptoms of approval." We extract the following corrspondence from a Thames contemporary, regarding the subscription of the voiunteers to pay the find inflicted for the assault on Mr. Newton.—l was not a little astonished on reading in your paper of Monday tbat Captain M'Carroll gave permission to a Mr M'llhone to address the men whilst in the ranks and wheedle them out of £5 13s. It would appear that Mr. Charles O'Brien assaulted Mr. VV. H. Newton ; the case was tried in due course by the Bench in Auckland, and O'Brien fined £10, or a month's sojourn at Mount Eden, a just punishment for a cowardly act. Mr. M'llhone made himself respon sible for the amount, and is now going to raise the wind to cover his liability— thereby making the public pay for his generous assistance to a friend of his. Now, as regards Captain M'Carroll, did it not strite him as something incon gruous that he should receive pay for preserving law and order, and then lend his aid and countenance to counteract the effect of justice in punishing a gross breach of the peace. Captain McCarrol and bis men have been paid for assisting in trying to catch Te Kooti, and accord ing to the present case we may have the Honorable Defence Minister here, carry ing round the hat " a la Mcllhone," to collect funds to relieve tlie Maori pri soners now beiug tried in Wellington from their well merited puuishvnent.

The owners of the s.s. Keera intend dispatching her from Onehunga about Wednesday next (18th instant), to Port Waikato, where coals will be awaiting her from the mines. Steam communication will thus be opened up with the Lower Waikato. All information on the subject can be had of the agent, Mr. J. 8. Mae farlane. We understand that the vessel is to make a similar trip twice a month. A meeting of the members of the New ton Literary and Scientific Association took place last evening, at St. David's School-house, Upper Symonds-street, for the purpose of passing a set of rules, electing a committee, and other business. This Society has only lately been formed, and consists of a number of the residents of Newton, anxious to improve them selves by the discussion of scientific and literary questions. It is proposed to pur chase a piece of ground near the new Presbyterian Church in course of con struction, and to build a small hall upon it suitable to the requirements of the Society. There will be a reading-room and library in connec tion with it, and it will no doubt be the means of doing incalculable benefit to some of the members. We are glad that the inhabitants of Newton have taken the matter in hand, and trust that it will be carried out to a successful issue. It is anticipated that byand-by classes of various kinds will be established, and lectures are to be given at short intervals. Among the gentlemen who have taken a prominent part in the proposed movement are Messrs. John Graham, J. C. Wilkes, Sinclair, and others, who feel that such a society may be the means of doing a great amount of good to the moral and intellectual well-being of those connected with it.

The ordinary monthly captains' parade of the Naval Volunteers was held last evening, at the Drill-shed, Fort Brito mart. About sixty members were pre sent, including the officers and the band. After being put through the usual evolu tions, the force went for a "march out," headed by the drums and fifes—taking as their route Princes-street, Symonds street, Karangahape Road, Pitt-street, Hobson-street, and Queen-street, and back to the Drill-shed, by way of Short land-street. The turn-out was a most creditable one in all respects, every officer of the corps being present, and an unusually large number of the members. These marches out of the " Navals " are to be encouraged, and we think the Auckland Rifle Volunteers might take a leaf from their book in this respect with advantage. Another oase of selling hen pheasants will come on for hearing at the Police Court to-morrow.

Notice is given that the partnership hitherto existing between Henry Gilberd and Benjamin Nicholas Manly has been dissolved by mutual consent. Notice is given that Thomas Hume, Alfred Barnird Brown, Thomas White, and Richard Riches, have become in solvent ; meetings of creditors are called in the following estates :—Samuel Har vey, 16th inst.; Sampson Place, 16th inst.; John White, 18th inst. An application will be made at the Supreme Court on the 19th inst., for a declaration of the complete execution of a deed of arrangement, filed in the said Court on the 18th of March last, whereby David Graham, of Auokland, draper, assigned certain property to James Cruickshank,

James McCosh Clarke, and Louis Arthur Nathan upon trust, for the benefit of all the creditors of the said David Graham. The trusteeship of Mr. John Mowbray, in the estate of Walter Dudley, has been confirmed; and it is notified that the said Walter Dudley will apply for his order of discharge on the 19th instant.

SUPREME COURT.— Bankruptcy.

. THURSDAY, MAY 12. (Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight, Chief Justice.) His HONOR sat to-day in Bankruptcy juris diction. RE FREDK. WHITLOCK. The bankrupt came up for his last examina tion last week, and the issue of the final order postponed for a week. Mr. Brock appeared, and asked for a further adjournment for a week, in consequence of the non-arrival of a steamer from Melbourne. The question at the last hearing was whether sufficient time had been given to Melbourne creditors to appear and oppose if they thought proper. RE PATRICK J. SWEENY. Mr. Rees appeared for the bankrupt. This case had been adjourned to enable the bankrupt to bring evidence of the notices given to creditors at tlie We.t Coast. John Laing was now examined as to con tents of letters written by him to creditors, at Hokitika and Greymouth. His Honor thought in the absence of any imputation of fraud or improper conduct, he might accept the evidence as sufficient. Mr. Mowbray said there was only one creditor who had proved a debt for £34. That gentleman had received personal notices. He was not present to oppose. His Ho I<JT thought as the only creditor who had prove.ct lial received sufficient notice and he did not appear to make any objection, the bankrupt might have his discharge. RE JAMES HAT/LIGAN. In this case the bankrupt did not put in an appearance. He was adjudicated a bankrupt upon a creditor's petition. Mr. Brock now appeared and said that Mr. Hesketh had consented to a further adjourn ment for a week, THE BANK OP AUSTRALAISIA Y. THE ESTATE OF E. K. CLARKSON. Mr. Rees appeared for the Bank. This was an application for payment of tho costs of a debtor's, summons sued out by the Bank against the bankrupt. His Honor said the Court was asked ex parte, to issue an order directing the trustee to pay these costs out of the estate. It was clear that the Court had no power to order costs, except, it was given in one or other of the sections of the Act. At least the supervisors and the trustee should have notice of the ap plication, as they might have something to say against such payment. It was not like a proceeding inter-parties, where both sides were represented. Application refused.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before J. O'Neill, Esq., and J. S. Maefarlane, Esq., J.P.s) DRUNKENNESS. Carl Noggonst, Alice Murphy, and Thomas Johnson, charged with the above offence, ivere each fined ss. and costs, or to be imprisoned 24 hours with hard labour. BREACH OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1854. George Short was charged by Archibald I Weir for a breach of the above Act, in its j 188 th section, in refusing to pay £4 16s. wages, due to him on the 31st May instant. Mr. Wilson appeared for complainant ; Mr. Russell for defendant. Archibald Weir, deposed : I am mate of the Fiery Cross, of which the defendant is master. Shipped on board that vessel on the 29th March at Dunedin, at £8 por month. I was to go to Oamaru, thence to Auckland ; then to Mercury Bay, thence to Omaru. I told the aaptain that it would nob suit me to trade out here, having my wife and family in Otago. I was discharged on the 9th of this month, the captain stating that he did not require mc any longer, as lie was taking his brother as mate. He paid me up to the time of discharge ; I had no articles. To Mr. Russell: The agreement was made in Dunedin. If he liked to pay mc off when we got ba.ak to Omaru, the contract would have been ended ; inslead of taking me back to Oamaru, he discharged mo in Auckland. I was engaged at so much per month. If he had taken me back to Oamaru, I would not have complained against him. My wife and children came down with Captain Short from Dunedin to Oamaru. Counsel for defendant pleaded that the pro per course should have been to sue for breach of contract in not carrying complainant back to Oamaru, and not to sue for wages for ser vices not yet actually rendered. George Short, called by the Bench, deposed : lam master of the Fiery Cross; hired com plainant in Dunedin ; I engaged to. pay him at the rate of £8 a month, with no specified time, and no mention of any place of dis charge ; we made one trip from Dunedin to Oamaru and back to Dunedin ; when lie had got back to Port Chalmers lie wanted to leave me ; went thenco to Oamaru, thence to Auck land ; lam now going to the Friendly Islands; I have discharged the complainant; I paid this man. To Mr. Wilson : He claimed more wages at the time I paid him ; have no particular objection to him; I dise;harged -him and shipped my "brother; there was no agreement as to where the voyage was to be ; lie agreed to serve me anywhere I voyaged ; If he has sworn otherwise it is false ; he said nothing to me when I was coming on here as to return ing to Oamaru. To the Bench: It is not usual to havo a written agreement with my mate 3; if I engage them by the month, I pay them for the whole of that month even though dis charged before the end ; if remain longer than the month, I pay them for th- time additional (receipt for wages produce-.i) ; that receipt is " on account.." Case dismissed. The Court then ai'o3e.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Thursday. (Before Thos. Beckham, Esq., R.M.) Undefended Cases. judgments for plaintiffs. Mermaid Gold Mining Company v. John Cornish jun,, £6 13s 3d, calls; same v.

George Cornish, £6 13s 4d, calls ; same v. Wm. B. Hagley, £6 13s 4d, calls; Pride of Parnell Gold Mining Company v. Wm. Giblett, £12 16s, calls ; C. H. L. Joy v. Fred Cock, account stated, £2 8s 5d ; Edward Wall v. John Mills, use and occupation, £5 2s ; same v. Wm. Gibbs, £1 15s 6d ; Edward Thornton v. John McGuffie, promissory note, £3 ; Chas. George Quick v. Thomas Jesser, freight, £6 Os 9d ; George MeCaslin v. John Beaton, account rendered, £8 Os 5d ; T. B. Gillies (Superintendent) v. Newburn, rent, £16 ; D- Stewart v. Lucky Hit, money advanced, £11 3s 4d ,- Roland Champion v. Augustus Coates, cash lent, £2. JUDGMENTS CONFESSED. Wm. Henry Kissling v. Pearce Phillips, 1.0. U. for £11 16s ; Joseph Kerridge v. Wil liam Walsh, wages £L ; Warren v. Thomas White, £7 16s sd, goods. CASES ADJOURNED. P. Scuttle v. Richard Dyer, £8 6s. ; James Rolfe v. Fred. A. Lee, £1 75., account stated; John M. Lord and Stuart O'Brien v. John Copland, £20 damages. Defended Cases, band of dope v. hay. This was a case in which decision was deferred from last Court day. Mr. Beckham said that it appeared to him that the present case ought to be decided by the case of Bloxham, which had been mainly relied upon by one of the learned counsels. It appeared to him that the real question was whether or not the defendant would have participated in the dividends, and there was no doubt that if the company had been successful that he would have done so. Judgment must therefore pass for tße plaintiff SHAW v. COPPOCK. Mr. Shaw applied for a re-hearing, but he said that his counsel was absent, and by the advice of the Court Mr. Shaw consented to withdraw his application until a future occa sion, but his counsel, Mr. Rees, came into Court before the case was actually withdrawn. It will be remembered that this case was heard last Court day, when judgment was given virtually for the defendant. Mr. Rees now made tlie application to have the case re-heard, and read certain affidavits. Mr. Wynn appeared on the other side, and objected to the granting of the applica tion. The Court said it would give its decision next Thursday. NEW ZEALAND GOLD MINING COMPANY V. HELLIER. Calls, £5 10s. Mr. Hesketh for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hay for the defence. After evidence had been taken in the case, of a similar nature to that usually given, the learned gentlemen addressed the Coui't on behalf of their respective clients. The Court gave judgment for the plaintiff. NORTH ISTAND GOLD MINING COMPANY V. SHOVE. Calls, £15. Mr Hesketh for the plaintiff, Mr. MacCor mick for the defence. Mr. H. H.'Lusk deposed that he had been appointed liquidator in the North Island Gold Mining Company, at a special general meeting of the shareholders. By Mr. MacCormick : No notice was given in the Gazette previously of the intention to hold the meeting for the purpose of winding up the company. It was advertised in the Nctv Zealand Herald. Mr. MacCormick objected to the admission of this evidence. The New Zealand Herald was not a gazette—in which it should be advertised under the Provisions of the Joint Stock Company's Act. [Left sitting.]

SUDDEN DEATH.

We regret to have to record the sudden death, at an early hour this morning, of Mr, Charles Purdy, at his residence in west Queen street. Tlie deceased was one of the oldest members of the naval volunteers, having joined in 1860, and from his disposition and character, was very greatly liked by both officers and men. He was a brave man, and being out in every active service with his company, was always the first to volunteer for any dangerous work to be performed. He .had followed his business of waterman, and was latterly conducting repairs to the Queen-street Wharf, at which he was engaged in ap parently good health till six o'clock yesterday evening. After returning home he complained of being not altogether well, and at half past twelve o'clock tkis morning, without any warning, he suddenly expired, it is believed of disease of the heart. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn their loss. His brethren in arms, the Naval Volunteers, intend to bury the deceased with Naval funeral honors at three o'clock to morrow afternoon, wheD, as we understand, tlie other Volunteer companies have been invited by Captain Guilding to join, out of respect to one of the oldest members of the Volunteer Force.

PARNELL ELECTION.

RETURN OF R. G. WOOD, ESQ. At noon to-day, the nomination and election of a duly qualified person to represent the Electoral District of Parnell in the House of Representatives, took place at the Parnell Hall.

Punctually at twelve o'clock, the Return ing-Officer (H. C. Balneavis, Esq.) read the writ of election, and the advertisement re ferring to the election, and then called upon the electors to nominate a candidate for the vacant seat.

Mr. Roskruge proposed Reader Gibson Wood, Esq., as a fit and proper person to represent the Electoral District of Parnell in the House of Representatives.

Mr. Abbott, in a lengthy speech, which was merely a repetition of the points explained by Mr. Wood a few evenings since, when he addressee) his constituents, seconded the nomi nation of Mr. Wood. In conclusion, he asked Mr. Wood to favor them with opinion on the question of ballot, education, and the revision of the tariff.

There heing no other candidate proposed, the Returning Officer declared Mr. Wood to aeduly elected.

Mr. Wood briefly thanked the electors for their unanmity, and in answer to Mr. Abbott, said that the question of education was one that ought to be dealt with by the Provincial Council, and not by the General Assembly. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the Returning Officer.

TEA MEETING.

The annual tea meeting in connection with the Grafton Road Wesleyan Methodist Sun day School was held, at the chapel Grafton Road, last evening. About two hr Jdred per sons sat down to a very excellent (tea, which was supplied and presided over by the follow, ing ladies: —Mesdames Stone, Hunter, Law.v Mears, Rowe, Shera, Philson, Hall, Wilkes Johnston, and Ashton. After tea the table, were cleared, and Mr. Richard Hobbs wag called upon to occupy the chair. The report was read by Captain J. Stone, and tho finan cial statement by Mr. Lawry (the seoretary) both of them showing that the Sunday school is in a vory satisfactory' condition. The balance-sheet showed a balance of £20 in hand. Both report and financial statement w ere " adopted. The meeting was afterwards ad dressed by the Rev. Mr. Harper, Rev. Mr Lawry, Hey. Mr. Berry, Rev. Mr. Smith] and the Rev. Mr. Neave, and Messrs. Battley Caley, Buddie, and McMillan. Tho proceed" iugs were enhanced by vocal and instrumental music—Mr. Patterson presiding at the organ —and were of a most pleasant and agreeable nature throughout. Pressure upon our spaoe prevents us giving a full report of the ad dresses. The prcceedings were brought to a closo in the usual manner.

AUCKLAND DISPENSARY.

At the usual quarterly meetim; of tho Com mittee held yesterday, the medical officer— Dr. Kenderdine —reportei, that; although there had been »n increaso in the number of patients since the last quarter, yet there was a decrease, compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. Tho diseases treated were of the ordinary character, namely, diarrhoea, dysentery, bronchitis, &c The numbor of patients admitted was, 199 • ditto of visits at houses of pationts, 47- ; ditto of prescriptions compounded. 1,378; ditto of deaths, 7 ; 1 from diarrhoea, 1 dysentery, 1 heart disease, 1 bronchitis, 1 paralysis, 1 disease of the brain, 1 pulmonary consump tion.

LATER EUROPEAN NEWS.

(Frcm the ■■ European Mail," March 10.)

London, March 5 Mr. Bright is convalescent.

The death of Barbara Übryk the incar cerated nun is announced.

It is said that Lord Hatherley will shortly resign the Chancellorship and he succeeded by Sir Roundell Palmer. A claim of £10,000 on the estate of the Marquis of Hastings—racing debts—has been allowed by the Master of the Bolls.

The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce has memorialised the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the abolition of duties on marine insurance, and on tea and on sugar. Some unfavourable reports have been received respecting the Flying Squad ron.

A rumour was in circulation that the City of Boston had arrived off the coast of Ireland with both cylinders broken. Premiums have reached 60 guineas.

The news of the running down of the American corvette Oneida, by the P. and O. Company's s.s. Bombay, and the wautof humanity shown by the cabtain of the Bombay, in not attempting to save any of the crew, has caused a great sensation. The Prince of Walas has twice lately been hissed in the theatre.

Bull fights have been inaugurated at the Agricultural Hall. The horses were of wicker work, and the darts of pasteboard, smeared with glue.' The Waterloo cup was won by Mr. Spinks' Sea Cove. The Colonial Question. —The pro prietors of the JEuropeanMail have offered a prize of £50 for the best essay on the Colonial question, the adjudication to be nominated, by the Council of the Royal Colonial Society. The Suez Canal. —The steam trade between Liverpool and Bombay, via the Sue z Canal, is daily increasing. The Magdala, a new monitor for the defence of Bombay, (a sister ship to the Cerberus), was launched lately from the slips of the Thames Iron Works. She will be rigged and fitted with temporary bulwarks. It is intended to take her out to her station by way of the Suez Canal. Three large steamers are loading at Liver pool for India by the samo route, and freight from Bombay is down by it to £3 5 s per ton. Gambier and Rumble, the two Admiralty clerks who were imprisoned for fraud in connection with some Admiralty con tracts, have had the remainder of their sentence commuted.

The furniture of the "Countess" of Derwentwater, has been seized under a writ from the Sheriff.

Donation to the Beitish and Colo nial Emigration Society.—A sum of nearly £500, which remained unexpended from the Highland Emigration Fund, lias been transferred to the British and Colo nial Society, "to be applied in aid of the emigration of entire families from the Western Highlands and Scotland to a E.itish colony ;" and any further repay ments which may be received from the colonies will be appropriated in like mar -er.

The National Emigration League at Birmingham.—A meeting, called by the Emigration League, was held in the Town Hall, in Birmingham, on March 1. The Mayor presided, and there was a crowded audience, principally of wording men. Sir George Grey, Mr. Georgej DuddelJ, of Victoria, Mr. George Potter, Mr. Edmond Beales, and Mr. Jenkins, the Hon. Sec, attended as a deputation from the League. Sir George Grey sjCfre ot portentous signs which indicated the necessity of extending a helping hand to the suffering poor. Emigration was a speedy, and to a great extent, an effectual remedy for the sufferings of the English people pom poverty. Messrs. Potter, Beales, Jenkins, and Hibbs, spoke in favour of the objects of the League.

THE EVENING STAR, MAY 12, 1870.



FOR THE THAMES. ]pj||l|^ 'ROYAL ALFRED' wiil leave for Grahamstown TO-MORROW (Friday), at 12 noon. S. H. SMITH, Agent. FOR TAURANGA DIRECT. FTIHE Clipper Schooner Jm jjf^» ' TAURANGA,' Captain Moller, will leave as above on SATURDAY MORNING, 14th inst. For Freight or Passage apply to the Master, on board- « FOR WANGANUI DIRECT. (Calling at Taranaki should sufficient induce ment offer.) ,-WJk mHE s.s. J. Bain, Commander, will leave the Wharf, Onehunga, at 3 p.m. THIS DAY (Thursday). For freight or passage apply to J. S. MACFARLANE, Agent. CIRCULAR SAW LINE OF STEAMERS. FOR NAPIER. WELLINGTON, LYTTEL TON, AKAROA, OTAGO, AND THE BLUFF. THE s.s. 'LORD ASHLEY,' from Queen street Wharf, THIS DAY (Thursday), 12th instant, at 3 p.m. For freight or passage, apply to HENDERSON & MACFARLANE. ONE POUND REWARD. LOST —On Tuesday evening, in Queen street, Two LISTS of Bulk Packages.— Apply Office of this Paper. NOTICE. AS numbers of our supporters have ex pressed a desire to receive their papers as subscribers, instead of purchasing them from the runners, the Proprietors of the "EVENING STAR" beg to intimate that from this forth any person so desiring can havo the paper delivered regularly on the terms below specified. REED, FERRAR, & CO. • Subscription—Per Quarter, ss. 6d., pay able in advance ; or,- 6s. 6d. if booked. CHIEF POST-OFFICE, Shortland-street. Mails will close as under : — For Thames and Coromandel, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10 a.m., 11.30 a.m., and 5*30 p.m. For Newcastle (N.S.W.), per Deva, to morrow, the 13th in3t., at 9 a.m. For Wangarei, per p.s. Sampson, to-morrow, the 13th inst., at 4 p.m. For Napier, per s.s. Star of the South, on Friday, the 13th instant, at 4 p.m. - For Poverty Bay, per Colonist, on Saturday, the 14th inst., at 12 noon. For Tauranga, per schooner Tauranga, on Saturday, 14th inst., at 3.30 p.m. For Russell, per s.s. Tauranga, on Saturday, 14th inst, at 430 p m.J S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.