SHIPPING.

POUT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS

Napier, ?..., W. Eendall, from Napier, via Poverty Bay.

Heio, cutter, Moller, from Tauranga. Tawera, schooner, 55 tons, Kennedy, from Poverty Bay. '

IMPORTS.

Per Napier, from Poverty Bay:—4so sheep, order.—-J. S. Macfarlaue, agent.

EXPORTS.

Per Kate, for Sydney :- 2 tons scrap iron, Henderson and Co. ; 1 case, Jervis ; quantity of timber, VcKinnon.— Henderson and Mac farlane, agents.

The barque Kate cleared at the Customs to-day for Sydcey, with general cargo. Pas sfrgers:—Mrs. Dunn, Dr. E. Gr. Tennant, J. Weston Mr. and Mrs. Wilson.

The ship Alexandrina hauled alongsido the wharf to day, and will commence to discharge to-morrow.

The cutter Hero will sail for Tauranga this evening.

The barque Alice Cameron was to leave Sydney for thi3 port on the Ist hist.

The Mary Resell Mitford has just completed her loading for New York, and will haul into the stream to-day, to prepare for sea. The barque has a valuable cargo of kauri gum and flax, sbipped by Messrs. Rolpb, Sterry and Co., and Messrs. R. Wulker and Co., by whom the vessel was chartei-ed. The following are the particulars of the cargo onboard: —146 bales flax, Brown, Campbell and Co. ; 893 cases kauri gum, 115 bales flax, R. Walker and Co. ; 2258 cases kauri gum, 160 bags kauri gum, 572 bales £Ux, 78 bales tow, Rolph, Sterry and Co. ; 2 eases curiosities, H. P. Barber. Passengers.— Mrs. Bt.tter.dge, Mrs. Mason, and family ; Messrs. H. D. Twohey, John Montgomery, Joseph Mont gomery, Wm. Erskin, and six others.

ARRIVAL OF THE NAPIER.

The s.s. Napier, Capt. Eendall, arrived in harbour this morning, from Napier and the Coast. She left Napier on Thursday last, and discharged cargo and passengers at Poverty Bay on Friday; left again at 9 p.m. on Saturday, and arrived at Tauranga on Sun day at midnight, leaving again on Monday at 2 p.m., and arriving here early this morning. Passej-GEBS:—Messrs. King and Banbury. The schooner Meteor was passed off' th. Barrier, and the Tauranga had a rived at Tauranga.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening- Stab Office, Tuesday afternoon. Messrs. C. Arthur and Son held a sale of fruit, ex James Pater_.j._, from Sydney, to-day; there was a large attendance, and the following prices were realised : — ranges, 8s 3d to 8 lOd ; apples, 2_d to 2fd ; Barcelona nuts s*d.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

' Mails will close as under :—

For Wangaroa, per Speedwell, this day, at 4 p.m. For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-

morrow, at 9.30 a.m., 430 p.m. and 5.30

p.m. For Kapanga, etc., perLalla Rookh, on Thurs day, Bth June, at 11 a.m. For Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per s.s. James Paterson, on Thursday, 8 h June, at 11 am. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne only, will be received at this office, till 11.30 a.m. For PusseJl, etc., per T>nk« of Edinburgh, on Thursday, B'b in^ , at noon. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Taranaki, en Sata, u»y, 10th inst., at. noon. Late let-era and telegrams for trans mission irorri the Nelson stition wdl be re ceived at this office till 10.30 a.m., and at Onehunga till 11.30 a.m. Mails for the undermentioned places per Nebraska, will close at thit. office on Friday, 36th inst., as follows :—

For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, B.iiish, Centr.d, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 12.30 p m. For United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 12.30 p.m. For money orders, registered letters and news-

papers, at- 11 am. Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage will be received at this office till 1 p.m., and by the mail agent on board the sieamer up till time of sailing. Note.—Revised tables of rates of postage can now be obtained at this office; pi.cc, 6d° Note.—Mails for Port Albert via Hclens ville, Otamatea, Pahi, Paparoa and Matakoho, will in future close at this < >ffire at 10 a.m. on Wedrie day*, instead of Mondays a- hereto fore. The return mads from the above offices will arrive on FriJay evening, in place of Satur day. Mails for places on the Wairoa (Kai para) uver will continue to be despatched on Monday mornings, but will in future arrive in Auckland on Wednesdays, in place of Saturdays.

S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending Saturday, June 10, 1871 :— Wednesday, June 7—Messrs. J. May and W. A. Graham. Thursday, June B—Messrs. Mitford and nathan. ■B,r^. aJ'-f, une 9~Messrs. Joseph Newman and O'Neill. Saturday, June 10-Messrs. Ewen and Pierce

The Evening Star. TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1871.

We by no means desire to become alarmists, but the possibility of the introduction of small pox into the colony, and the certainly of its great mortality in our circumstances, if once introduced, deserve more attention than the subject 'evidently receives. By the latest advices from Mel bourne we find that this dread ful scourge has been carried into the harbor and is now confined within the quarantine grounds at the Heads. A vessel, the Somersetshire, has ar rived from England, having had four cases of small-pox on board, the last case being within a week of her ar rival in Australia. There is, doubtless, nothing very remarkable in this, for the possibility of con tagious diseases being transported 10,000 miles bas been often proved, and the dreaded variola itself has ere this been imported, and even effected a temporary settlement in these colonies. But from whatever cause, such diseases appear to assume periodically a more malignant type than usual, and to be more liable to spread with rapidity. That character seems to be possessed by small-pox at the present time, and its prevalence in England and Europe generally, as well as in the East, should certainly direct attention to the possibility and even probability of its showing itself on board some of the ves sels from time to time arriving. The question naturally arises what preparations have we made for such a contingency. Virtually, we have neither quarantine ground nor Health Board ; and on the arrival of a vessel with small-pox aboard, we should have everything to do in haste, or submit the province lo the ravages of the disease. The confinement of the passengers in the disease-stricken ship would only intensify the evil, anc 1 without the removal to a quarantine ground, and duo means of puri fication employed, the passengers leaving the vessel a month after her arrival would be almost as liable to disseminate the plague among colonists as if , landed when anchor had been cast in our waters. It is really to be desired that steps should be taken to place our quarantine arrangements on a proper footing ; and though we may not feel the urgency of the case so much as the person who has recently applied to take charge of the patients in qua-antine when the expected variola appears in the harbour, still the probability of such a visitation as shown in tl.e recent appearance of small-pox in Port Phillip should prompt us to no longer ignore this matter, but take effective steps for gr.ippling with the evil if it comes, and stifling the first beginnings of a plague that would spread desolation over the country.

We have been requested to state that ac counts and salaries will be paid at the Pro vincial Treasury, to-morrow (Wednesday), in stead of the following day. Thos" interested will please bear this in mind, or suffer the in convenience consequent on their own neg lect.

We would draw the attention of all those desirous of haying a look at the Thames to the opportunity afforded to-morrow by the Gol den Crown. That steamer leaves' the wharf here at ten in the forenoon, and will not leave Graham*!own till eight in the evening ; excursionists can therefore have the ben-fi of the unusually long stay at the Thames ol ,-ome eight or nine hours, and yet return to Auckland same day.

By a telegram received this morning, wo learn that the s.s. Taranaki will not arrive here until Friday next. She will leave again on the 12th inst.

We would remind our readers that this evening Mrs. Walter Hill, the talented actress connected with the Theatre Royal, will take a benefit under very distinguished patronage. Mrs. Hill is universally respected by all who have the pleasure of knowing her, and we sincerely trust to see the house crowded in every part. A most excellent programme has been arranged for the occasion, full par ticulars of which will be found in our adver tising column?. A gentleman amateur, not unknown to fame, has given his services for the occasion, and will appear in the last piece, viz., " Life in India."

Ihe search for the bodies of the two men who were drowned by the recent boat accident, has been up t the present unsuccessful. On riday themud flats between the Kauwaeranga and the Thames and along the beach were all searched by the police, but without success. On Friday evening information was given to the police by a maned Duncan, who had just come down the river, that he had observed something like a body floating near the mouth of Morgan's Creek, and a boat was despatched to the spot on Saturday morning at daylight, and a diligent search was made, but no trace of any object at all resembling a body could be discovered. In all probability the bodies will be eventually found on.some of (he mud flats Advertiser.

SUPREME COURT.—Criminal Session.

TUESDAY, JUNE 6,

[Before His Honor Sir G-. A. Arney, Kt., Chief Justice.]

Tns sitting of the Quarterly Circuit Court, for raol delivery, was resumed this morning. His Honor took his seat on the Bench at 10 o'clock.

Horse Ste .ting.— James Ringland. other wise James Eustace, was arraigned upon an indictment charging him with* stealing a gelding, the property of John Scott, a farmer at Mangerei.—James Scott, son to the prose cutor, said that on the 11th of October last he put the horse in Wallace's stable, Ota huhu. When he went to look for the horse, he found that it had been taken away. There was a saddle and bridle upon the horse. Saw the horse subsequently in Matakohe on the 28th. It -was then in the possession of Mr. Aldershaw. The horse was given up to the witness, and also the bridle. The witness was cross-examined at considerable length by the prisoner, with a view to show that there was several other horses in the stable with the horse which was the subject of the present inquiry ; that he was mistaken in the identity of the" horse, and a person whom he saw riding a horse in some high ti-tree, which witness believed to be his. The first trace witness found of the missing horse was through an advertisement put by the prosecutor in the papers describing the horse. Through the information thus ob tained the prisoner was arrested. —In cross examination the witness said, to the best of his belief, the prisoner was the person whom he had seen on horse back in the bush. When perceived the prisoner went into the bush, and emerged again at some distance along the road.—John Scott, the prosecutor, described the horse'—a bay gelding, with black points, bred by the prosecutor. In consequence of information, went to Matakohe and saw the horse. The prisoner at the bar was witli the horse. Swore positively to the prisoner being the person who was with the horse. Witness attempted to catch the rein, but the prisoner mounted and galloped as hard as he could through the bush. Witness told his son (the last witness) that the prisoner had gone through the bush with the horse. His son went in pursuit, together with two other gentlemen. Next morning saw the horse at the house of a Mr. Ovens. It was brought there by a Mr. Aldershr.w. —Witness was cross-examined by the prisoner with much pertinacity as to the naanner in which he (prosecutor) first heard tidings of the horse. Witness replied that he was told by a Mr. Mackenzie that he saw the horse pass through Waipu with a very "bad character" on his back. —David Aldershaw, a settler at Matakohe, said he observed the prisoner riding a dark brown horse in the district. The notice of witness was attracted by the horse being lame.' Pri soner said there was a splinter in one foot, and he was going to have it taken out. Next morning saw the horse in his (Aldershaw's) paddock. The prosecutor came, and witness gave up the horse.—ln cross-examination, witness said ho heard of the advertisement in the papers, but he did not know whether the reward was for the man or horse, or for both. Witness told prosecutor that he considered himself entitled to half the reward.—John Robert Lambert, a settler at Matakohe, said lie was sworn special constable for the purpose of arresting the prisoner. Took him into custody two days after being sworn in. Cap tured him in Kanririkabush. Prisoner swore he would nol. with witness alive. Witness said he must come dead, as he was a special constable. Prisoner raised a tomahawk, and witness fired at the bund that raised the tomahawk. Had the. prisoner tied upon a horse's back. Prisoner was formerly in wit ness's employment. Paid witness money at.out the 18th of J-'cptember, and went away, coming back in about a fortnight or three weeks, and bringing the horse with him. lie said he had to be off to the Waipu, and he had gone about half-an-hour when the prose cutor and his son came up. This was in the latter end of October. The horse was the same animal that was identified and claimed by Mr. Scott. The bridle was found on the horse. Prisoner being questioned about the saddle, said he had given it to a colored man named Freeman, whom he desired to take it to Mr. Scott. Prisoner mentioned Scott's name. Witness afterwards found the saddle, with Freeman's address on it. Freeman lived at Tokatoka, but had cleared away from there.

POLICE COURT.—Tuesday.

[Before J. O'Neill, T. Macffarlane, and H. H,

Turton, Esqs., Justices.]

Drunkenness.—Two persons were punished in the usual manner for this offence.

Attsmpted Suicide-.—Catherine Reillv was charged will, having attempted to commit suicide on Monday evening, by throwing her self down a well at Newton. —Funny Best deposed that she had known the prisoner for the past 13 years. Came to witness's house ex cited with drink. On prisoner leaving the house, witness saw her partly down the well, ran and caught hold of her clothes, which gave way ; called out for assistance, and a gentle man came. Had previously thrown down the end of the well-rope, but prisoner refused to lay hold of it. On being dragged out of the well prisoner said she would do it again. Had previously heard prisoner say that she would do something to herself; thought pri soner to be of unsound mind. The well was uncovered.—J. T. Skelton, gardener, gave corroborative evidence of having assisted to take prisoner.out of the well. Had descended into the well and taken her out; she rendei'ed no| assistance. There was eleven feet of water in the well. On being taken out she said she would do it again.—Constable Ciarko deposed to having taken the prisoner to the station. She was intoxicated, and had been drinking for sometime.—The Bench considered she should be subjected to medical treatment, and sent her to the Hospital. Municipal Police Act.—John Burton, for being away from his horse and vehicle in Shortland-street, was fined 10s. and costs.— J. G. Freer was charged with having used provoking and threaieniug lauguage to Thomas Young, Inspector of JNuisances, while in- the execution of his • duty. Mr. Beveridge for the prosecution, Mr. Wyun for the defence.—The case was adjourned lor p. week.—R. H. O'Callaghan was fined 2a 6d and costsfor allowing cattle to stray, and for another similar offence, was fined in the same amount.—J. Prime, for allowing his chimney to go on fire, was fined 10s and costs.

Desertion.—T. Ayres was charged with being a deserter from H.M.S. Rosario.— Ordered to be sent on board.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. G. RITCHIE.

The creat respect in which the late Mj\ Ritchie was held, and the deep sorrow felt at his melancbolv death were very evident in the city to-day, and especially in the funeral procession that accom panied his remains to their last resting place. All the legal professions had closed their offices in respect for the me mory of the dead, and all our principal citizens went out to Remuera or met the funeral procession on the way and ac companied it to the cemetery. Almost every carriage and other vehicle in the city was engaged, and a multitude fof those who could not procure any such means of conveyance proceeded on horse back, the cortege being also swelled as it approached the city by a very large number of persons on foot. The de ceased gentleman having been an honored momber of the Masonic brotherhood there was an exceedingly large attendance of the brethren; and being an officer in the Volun teers a very large number of his bro ther? in-srmf. also attended. Altogether the funeral was one of the longest we have seen in Auckland, and the sincerest sorrow seemed impressed on all for the loss of one who had evidently won for himself feelings of respect and attach ment of no ordinary kind.

FATAL ACCIDENT.

A CHILD DROWNED

Yesterday, about one o'clock, a sad acci dent occurred at Onehunga, by which a fine little child named Margaret M'Oarthy lost her life. It appears tliat the child, during the tempoi'ary absence of the mother, had wan dered into dangerous proximity to a tub of water, and falling in was drowned before assistance was procured. The water in the tub was only about 5 or 6 inches deep, so that death was, probahly, caused as much by the shock as by suffocation. An inquest is being held this afternoon on the body of the child, who was under two years old, but we have no doubt the verdict will be acci dental drowning.

THE LATE EIRE IN PITT-STREET.

Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, the inquiry into the cause of the late fire in Pitt street was resumed, before T. M. Philson, Esq., Coroner.—The same jury were in at tendance.—Mr. Jones (Royal Insurance), Mr. Armstrong (Imperial Insurance), and Mr. J. Buchanan (Liverpool and London Insurance), were in attendance.—Mr. Wynn, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the Insurance Com panies. He said they would remember that when they last met he had asked the jury to consent to a postponement of the inquiry, in the hope that new evidenco would be obtained in the interval. He was, however, sorry that he was unable to state that no new disclosures had been made since last week —or, rather, what they hid to offer was of such a nature that it would be better not to make it public, lie had no doubt that the jury were fully convinced that the fire was the act of an incendiary. But ho had no evidence to lay before them which would tend to identify the person who set fire to the buildings. But from the eridenco they had already had before tliew, he felt sure they could not come to any other conclusion than that the fire was not an accidental one He might certainly lay the new evidence which had been collected before them, but it would do no good, and might tend to defeat the ends of justice. He would, thprerore, not lay any fresh evidence before them, but would recommend an open verdict being returned, as the evidence already adduced, he was sure, would warrant them in that. If they required it, the Coroner would read over the evidence, and after hearing it they would no doubt ai-rive at the same conclusion as he had ■ done, that tho fire was the work of some incen diary. They could hare no difficulty in coming to that conclusion, but it still re mained to he discovered who the .ncendiary might be, as he had no evidence to offer on that point. He hoped they would have no difficulty among themselves of finding an ope 1 verdict. —Mr. Shove (one of the jury) said he could not see how they could arrive at such a conclusion, as to his mind there was no evidence to justify the jury in doing so.— Mr. Wynn said that was not the placo for discussing the question. The jury would be left to themselves to deliberate on the matter. —The Coroner said his own opinion exactly coincided with that expressed by Mr. Wynn. He could not see how they could return any thing but an open verdict. They would, how ever, have to settle that point amoug.t them selves. They would be left now to consider their verdict. —(The Court was then cleared.) —The jury consulted for nearly an hour, and the followiug verdict was recorded:—"That as far as the evidence has gone, the jury are unable to arrive at any conclusion as to how the fire originated."

SHARE MARKET.

Mr. S. Vickers reports having sold large parcels of Caledonian shares for £170. Thames, £34, to £35 ; Imperial Crown,.£6.

Notice is given that the Lodge of Instruc tion (Freemasonry), held under the sanction of Lodge Waitemata, 689, E.C., will in future meet on Tuesday evenings. The settleiv at Whakatane do not appear to relish tha idea of being placed under the guardianship of friendly natives. The Con stabulary, it would appear, are being removed from that post, which is to be held instead by a small native force.

From Whakatahe we learn that William King, Ngaitai and his party, accompanied by Lieutenant Rushtou, have started in search of Te Kooti. The party are supplied with rations by Government, but receive uo pay. Christopher Bullen Smith, a bankrupt, gives notice of his intention to apply to pass his last examination on the 22nd instant.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

! THIS DAT. [fBOM OUE OWN COEEESPOKDEI.T.] THE CALEDONIAN—SPECIMEN CRUSHING TO-MORROW. THE LITTLE WONDER (CORO MANDEL.) GOLDEN LION AND THE NORTH DEACON. G-rahamstown, 2 p.m. The Caledonian have obtained two hundredweight of specimens this mor ning. Seven head of stampers will be put on the specimens to-morrow. The Little Wonder (Coromandel) crushing yielded 70 ounces. Golden Lion have got 189 ounces of amalgam, from eighteen tons taken from the large reef. The specimens have yet to be put through. The North Devon have broke into the Alburnia shaft, and it is reported carrying gold all the way in. .«.

THE LATEST.

THE POVERTY AND CHAR LESTON. 2.24. p.m. The crushing from the Poverty and Charleston of 100 tons stone has yielded 246 ozs. 20«_ons from the Golden Lion yielded 4(H- ozs. 10 tons from the Little Wonder gave 70^ ozs. —— ♦

THE CALEDONIAN—TWO TONS OF SPECIMENS ON HAND.

[from a correspondent.] Gratia mstown, 10.54 a.m. I have just been below, and the show of gold in the main reef is mag nificent. There are upwards of two tons of specimens on hand. The small leader in the winze is also very rich. ♦

THE SOUTH.

————— WRECK OF STEAMER TAIROA FATAL ACCIDEINTT AT OTAGO. GRAVING DOCK. Dtdtedtn, May 30, The steamer Tairoa, 56 tons, was wrecked off Port Molyneux. The crew and cargo Jave been saved. On Saturcla/ night, last John Stark, dock forercny, fell down the graving dock slepSjAud died on Monday morn ing from tne injuries lie received. The s./. Taranaki sail's for the North on Thufeday next. Thcisliip Helensville, from Glasgow, arrivm at Port Chalmers on Sunday J last./ I

THE FA, ACCIDENT AT MEL BOURTON ON QUEEN'S BIRTH DAY.

[FEOIE rtAEGTTS," MAY 2*7; The almosrfect success achievt-j •in the Review w lashed just at the close by a lamentable ddeht, in which Mr. John Alexander, prporal in the Engineers, of which corpe was one of the oldest and smartest rndrs, was blown up and to pieces by the eson of a mine. So far as is known thehappy affair occurred in this wise. The deers had constructed 21 mines, each contag 19 lbs. of powder, and when the troops! returned from crossing the bridge, thder was given that the mines should be eded. This was done by means of wires et3ted with a galvanic bat.cry, for it has ; sine, been a strict order of Colonel Ai?on that on no account were mines to bed by fuse. The supply of wire not being jiful, it was arranged to fire off the mines matches of three, and when one batch was i >ded the wires were to be trans ! ferred to tl her mines, and so on. Matters went thus, with success, till the last batch of three __. came to-be fired off. At this time Serge Draper was at the firing point, t_nd Corp Alexander, with Sergeant Phelan (fcrly of the Royal Engineers), did the w of connecting the mines with wire, and lalling with a red flag when it was safe t( >. Corporal Alexander having, apparently nnected one of the mines, was i seen by th uen, including Sergeant Draper, to make tl gnal; the connection was made at the baf, and up went the mine. A dark body .be shape of a man in engineer's uniform i on this occasion seen to go up with the ad of dirt and smoke, but thai excited rilarm, as it was known that a effigy of a lgineer had been laid on the top of the mtto increase the illusion.' As no further sill was made, however, Alexander was lookeijr, and his fate was at once dis cerned by i discovery of a piece of a man's upper jaw h flesh adhering, which being shown im: iately afterwards to Mr. E. M. James, th irgeon of the corps, who was on the grounc is declared to be human remains recently psed to fire. Portions of the busby, incog its horse-hair tuft, and the trousers oe deceased, were subsequently found neaie spot, and it was set-n by hun dreds that portion of what appeared to be the body an engineer—but what was generally m to be the effigy of one merely —fell intoe river just after the explosion. Its evideiweight was remarked as some thing uuected, but that circumstance excited Hi attention at the moment. Mr. Fosse, of Ford and Co., druggists, Swan ston-street bystander, actually saw the man close to t mine, and remarked his danger, when the plosion took place. He also saw the body parently of a man in a red coat thrown so 50 feet high in the air, which is remarkabl s showing that the deceased—if the body i his—must have been right over the mine vn it went off.

CITY HALL.

Last ntt the well known Orpheus Ethiopian bupe gave a performance at this hall, in aid the funds of the Refuge for Old Women, le entertainment was under the patronage [ his Excellency the Governor and Lady Iven, his Honor the Superinten dent, and l Worship the Mayor. There <"as a capital aindauce to all parts of the hull, and we trh that the result will be a satis factory action to the funds of the charity mentioned ove. The first part consisted of sentimental songs, duets, musical solos, &c, while ihe second part was devoted t > what iaenerally termed " Niager busi ness," and as very successful. The follow ing is the j:gramme that was gone through : —Part I. -foerture, " Cinderella," Band ; Duet, " Al Well," the Messrs. Hejketh; Character Sg, " "So Business of Mine," Mr. Ellis; Balil""The Anchor's Weighed," Mr. Bell; SonaSerio Comic), Mr. Cameron; Duet, " Mide G-un at Sea,'' Messrs. Bell and Craig; Viol Solo (Scotch Airs) —(Joseph Brown, Esqhud kindly volunteered his ser vices for tl! Solo) —Mr. Jones ; Character Song, "Burjndy" Ben," Mr. Ellis; Ballad, "Beautiful Cc of the S.a," Mr. Hesketh ; Duet (Comil " Rhi-no-ros-o-ross," Messrs. Cameron an.lull. Part II. —Musical Bouquet a la Christy, eluding the following gems : — Overture, tanpany ; Opening Chorus, " Daride's Hi day," Company; Song, " Sleep, sleep, my iild," Triangle; " Good-bye, Sally," Tamb. "Little One that Died," Banjo ; " Wdle-Waggle," Bones ; " Angels now are Callilr," Guitar; " Alabama States," Tambo ; " Alj. the Battle, Mother," Piano; " Happiest !I%ger Out," Bones ; '' Farewell, Kitty," Triple ; Grand Finale (with chorus), Coiriany.

FATAL ACIDENT ON THIS HAPE CREEK TRAMWAY.

A vert sadkceident occurred on Saturday evening, at tlj Hape Creek tramway, by which Alexander Give, a boy of about seven years of age, and sq of Mr. Daniel Grove, lost hia life. It appLrs that the boy has been in the habit of accoipanying the trucks when return ing empty upihe line, so that he might obtain the privilege f riding on the horse whet, the trucks were bbught down by the breaksman. On Saturdayjafternoon, shortly after three o'clock, Mr. Iblland, the lessee of the tram way, was brisling down some firewood. The little boy accjmpamed him, and when the truck was loadd the boy mounted the horse, and Mr. Hollaid ran the truck down the line, leaving the ctild to guide the horse down slowly. But aon after the horse was observed gallopiug dovji the tramway, apparently dragging somjthing, which on examination proved to be tie poor boy, who was senseless and awfully militated. It would appear that ; he must by solne means have slipped off the s horse's back, a> that his feet became entangled in the traces. : Doubtless this frightened the horse, which then galloped off, dragging the head and bodj of the boy along the raits and sleepers. Hooiilj lived for ten minutes after he was diseiiijjige.l from the entanglement. A message was it once sent after W.r. Grove, who was about to proceed to AuckS.d by the Golden Crown, am was just the] Ystepphig into a boat off the wharf. The littlfftoy was a general favourite with all the uien,/.mploye<l about the tramway and at the battery. Great sympathy is fait for the parents of the child. An inquest will be held to-day.— Advertiser.

The half-yearly general meeting of the New Zealand Insurance Company will be held on the 21st instant.

THE EVENING STAR.

[June 6, 1871.



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