SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 5.43. HIO-H WATER,—This evening, 5.20.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Jtoyal Alfred, o o cloeK. Lady Bowen, 7 o'clock. Challonger, 8 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Nebraska,,p.s.^Hardins, from Honolulu. Clyde, schooner, Anderson, from Wangarei.

DEPARTURES.

Go-Ahead, s.s., 84.tons, Boile, forWaitara. East Lothian, barque, for New York. Gazelle, brig, for Newcastle. Tauranga, schooner, 60 tons, Sellars, for Tauranga. Clyde p.s,, Mundle, for Lyttleton.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Sydney.—Hero Thursday, and Nebraska, early, London.—Ex'celsior'and Beth Shan, early Southern Ports.-Taranaki, s.s., early.

VESSELS EXPECTED; Phcebe, s.s., from Southern ports. Napier, s.s , from Napier. Countess of Klntore, ship, from London. Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney. Sea Gull, schooner, from Fijis Lfetitia, schooner, from Napier. Maid of Otago, schooner, from Lyttelton. Merlin, schooner, from Fiji. Herald, schooner, from Hokianga.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRASKA.

The mail steamer Nebraska, Capt. Harding, arrived in harbour at 2 o'clock this morning. She arrived at Honolul* at 9 a.m. on the 25tk August. \ Shipped 300 tons bone; tran shipped passengers, and left at midnight on the 26th August. She experienced fine ■weather after leaving Honolulu until Septem ber 6th, 7th and Bth, when she had strong breezes from S. and S.E., veering round on the 10th to W. and N.W., with showers of rain. On the 11th the weather cleared, and sighted land, iarriving as above. Passengbbs.—Eor Auckland : A. S. Cleg horn, Mrs. Cleghorn, Mi3S Laura Cleghorn, Mrs. Seal, Miss Delville, A. H. Begg, W. Harrangton, Thomaß Williams, saloon; W. White, W. Hilton, C. M. Hill, Mrs. Hill, steerage. JFor Wellington—Saloon : Mrs. Vogel, Miss Vogel, and two children ; Miss C. Sparrowway, Miss E. Sparroway and servant. Steerage : William Beck, Mrs. Beck and four children, William Till noall, Mrs, Turnoall. A. G-. Stevenson, Mail Agent. For Port Chalmers—Second Cabin : J. H. Butnor, T. J. Gordon, J. Cam eron. Eor Auckland—Captain Ross. For Sydney -^-Second class : Thomas Hall. Third class*: A. Soward, Mrs. Soward, two children; Mrs,. Joseph, R. Williams. For Melbourne: Saloon: C. H. Denny, G-. T. Harding, Miss Harding, A. L. Yon Blarcom. L. Oavalli, Or. J. Connelly, Mrs. Connelly, Miss Shephard, Miss K. Shephard, Misa M Tombatti, Master Shephard, Mr. Hatnber^er, Mrs. Hamberger and two children. Steerage D. Callahan, Mrs. Callahan and three children, R. W. Sherwood.—Total, 81.

THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.

The ship City of Auckland, Captain Ashbv, Was to leave London in August, for this port. The following is a list of her saloon passen gers :—H. W. P. Smith and family (3), Miss Fanny C. Croseby, Miss Mary S. Barron, Miss Dugard, Miss Tate, Messrs. Granam and Brother, Mrs. Maynard, Mrs. J. Robertson and family, Miss Hay, Miss K. Neale, Mr. Charles JBlakesley, Mr. James Hay, John Mackenzie, Mrs. W. Ashby, Miss Whythead.

The brig Our Hope is consigued to Mr. J. S. Macfarlane, and not to Henderson and Macfarlane, as stated in yesterday's issue.

COMMERCIAL.

. Evening Stab Office, Tuesday afternoon. B. Tonks and Co. held a sale of fruit at their mart, to day. There was a good attendance, and the following prices -were realised:—Oranges, 7s 01 lo 8s per ease; mandarins, 7d to 8d per dozen ; navel oranges,. 12s 6d per vai_ j il»>nons, 7s 6d. Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son sold, at their matt, to-day, a new cutter, on account of whom it may concern, built by Messrs. H. Niccol and Son to i.he order of the late J. H. Gillman, for the sum of £200.

Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co. held a sale of American chairs, twine, &c, at their mart, to-day. 'J ho following nre the prices : —Roping twine (damaged), 7id per lb.; Baltimore wood-seated chairs, 4s 3d; extra oak cane ditto, 13s 6d ; rosewood ditto, 123 6d ; ladies' oak dining cane, ditto, 10s 6d to 10s 9d; oval back rosewood r'ockr 'As, 14s ; ditto oak rockers, 255; children's B. S. oak dining cane chairs, 7s 9d ; sharp gothic one-day clocks, 8s 3d ; ditto eight-riay striking clocks, 18s; bath bricks, withdrawn ; Devoe's kerosene, 2s 6d per gallon. Messrs. E. and H. Isaacs held a trade sale of tobacco, vestas, &c ,at their store Fort- Btreet, to-day. There was a good attendance, and tho ' following prices -were realised : Tobacco, ."Kendrick, Hudson" tens, Is per lb. in bond; "Koinoor" Cavendish> Is ditto; navy aromatic sixes, Is s|d ditto; plaid vestas, 5s 9d to 7s per gross ; ditto 250'a, 20s 6d ; Prices' candles, lid ; bottled fruits, 13s; Knight's new season jams, I lb. tins, 5s 6d per dozen ; ditto, in jars, s^d per lb. % also, oranges (in cases), 7a 9d: lemons, 7d per dozen ; pine apples, 7s';6d to 8s 6d per doz.; dates, 5Jd per lb.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following are the current calls and divi dends payable in the companies named be-

THE MAILS.

Mails wiU close as under : — .. . . ' • For Thames, this day, at 4.30 and 5-30 p.m., and to morrow, at 12.30 ands.3o_p.m. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per Taranaki, this day, at 5 p.m. , For Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per Nebraska, to-morrow, for ordinary letters at 10.30 a.m., for money orders, registered letters, and newspapers-, at 10 a.m. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne bearing a fee of 3d in addition to the postage, will be received till 11 a.m. For Kapanga, per Lalla Rooldi, to-morrow, at 11.30 i ForWanfrarei, &c, per Clyde, to-movrow, at 1 p.m. Mails for the undermentioned places, per^s.s. llero, will close at this office on Thursday, 14th instant, For India,' China, Mauritius, Mediterranean ports, and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. For Australian Colonies, at 2 p.m. ~ For United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton (lor letters specially so addressed), at 2 p.m. For United Kingdom via lirindisi at 2.30 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapeis, La^e leU™s for Sydney, Melbourne, and United King dom, via Southampton, bearing respectively 3d and 6d in addition to the postage, will be received till ForMo^'mri, per Ivanhoe, on Thursday, 14th inst., at 3 p-m. g b Bisg^ ch . ef Postmagter . Note —A Poi-t Office has been opened at Lower Matakana. Mails close at this office on Saturdays, at 10 a.m. Return mails arrive on Mondays, at 6 p.m. It is also notified for information of tlie public that mails for Matakana, Pakiri, Te Aral, Mangawai, Omaha, and Mangatoroto will in future be despatched from this office on Saturday, at 10 a.m., instead of Monday, as heretofore. Return mails will arrive on Mondays, at 6 p.m.

BIRTHS.

Df.ev.eb.— On the 24th ultimo, at Kirkton, Kauri hohore, the wife of Mr. William Prever of a son. DOKSIYELL.-On September T^Mrs. A. Dornwell of a daughter. . Huxmk— On September S, at her residence, Pollen street, Shortland, the wife of Mr. -George Hulme of a son.

MARRIAGES.

Gle-»ny—Fitzgibbon—At. her residence, Mount Liziani, Levuka, Ovalau, by the Eev. William Floyd, Rector of Ovalau, Caroline Marie Ace Beamish Virve Fitzgibbon, of Brackliewn, County of Limerick, to J. Glenny, of Newrj", County Down, Ireland, and lately of Ceylon.

DEATHS.

BimT-Diecl at sea," on the 19th June last, Alice Frances, aged 36, the beloved wife of Mr. Sydney Charles Burt.

The Evening Star.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance. For tho wrong that needs resistance, For the future in tho distance,; And the good that we can do."

The steamer Luna will leave for Tauranga and Nnpier at. 4 p.m. to-day. The Taranaki will leave the Manu!<au at daybreak to-morrow morning. The Nebraska leaves for Sydney at noon to-morrow.

On account of pressure on our columns from the arrival of the English mail, we are obliged to hold over " The Man about Town," and other local matters, till to-morrow.

We remind our readers of tho Choral Society's concert this evening, at 8 o'clock, when the oratorio of " St. Paul" will be repeated.

A meeting of the Hazelbank Gold Mining Company was held yesterday, at Mr. Rees' officio; Mr. N. S. Walker occupied the chair, and the following gentlemen were elected directors: —Messrs. Walker, Spray, Fernan dez; Bonnington, and Stichbury. The office of the company has been removed from Grahamstown to Auckland.

Messrs. Harding, Harrington, Denny, Yon Blarcom, Cavalli, and Williams, wool buyers and manufacturers from Boston and New York, have arrived by the Nebraska.

S. and J. R. Vailc'r* drapery establishment will be closed this day, and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and will be re-opened on Saturday, the 16th instant. —[Advt-]

A disgraceful-street row occurred at Gra hamstown on Saturday evening, at Ihe close of the performance at tho Theatre Royal. The origin appeared to be a quarrel between two tipsy men. An immense crowd con gregated iv a few seconds, and immense con fusion existed. Windows were smashed with stones, and ladies and others pitched into the mud. James McDonuld was eventually arrested, and G-erald Fitzmaurice, the latter for assaulting Mason, the special constable.

Mr. Wright, a practical phrenologist, gave a lecture last evening, in the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association. The large room was hung with portraits, diagrams, and illustrations. MrJ Wright described his Jecture as preliminary. The weather was very unfavourable, and the audience was very small.

On Friday evening last a complimentary dinner was gicon to Mr. J. Reeve, J.l'., on the occasion of his leaving the colony. Mr. John Goodall occupied the chair, supported by Mr. H. O. Lawlor. Between twenty and thirty persons were present. The chairman, in proposing the tonst of the evening, said he had known Mr. Reeve for twenty years, and that he was the oldest mine manager on the field, aud had been manager of the Kapanga, Coromandel, iv the earliest days of that field.

Another of those ajcidenta, the frequency of which is becoming really, (earful,, occurred this morning- at half-past eleven o'clock, at the Tweedcide claim, Hape Creek. A miner named Thomas Davits, who is about thirty years of age, Was engaged working in an open cutting, which is 20 feet deep, when suddenly the earth gave way, aiid a fall of about two tons came down, crushing him under its weight. Another mati, who was working close by narrowly escaped. Davies was extricated as soon as possible. It was found that no bones were broken, but he is severely bruised about the small of the back, and is evidently suffer ing from internal injuries, a3 he complains of severe pains in the siomach and intestines. —• Thames Mail, August 11.

ACCIDENT IN CHAPEL-STREET.

J.ESTEKDAY evening a young man named Crabtree, residing at Newton, began to play with Mr. G-. Thorogood's gingerboer machine. He was warned of his danger by the person in charge, but took no notice of the warning, when suddenly his left hand was caught in the whorl and fearfully mutilated. He was conveyed home, and lies in a dangerous state It is expected that he will lose all the lingers of his lumd.

FOUNDLING.

The inhabitants of the house of J. JDil wortli, Esq , v.t Jicmuera, were rather surprised this morning, by finding, com fortably lying on the door-mat, a fine male child, apparently only a few hours' old. Whence it came, and how, and when deposited, is as yet mere matter of con jecture. The child, however, is alive and well, and has been taken charge of by Mr. Graham, the Relieving Officer.

THE MAKE rAGE OF MR. B-J STEVhNS.

It affords us great satisfaction to be able to exonerate the Hey. Dr. Wallis from every blame in connection with the recent ceremony performed in Symonds-street. It appears that so far from Mr. H. V. Stevens being intoxicated on the occasion, and''being-a reluctant party to the pro ce-dinys, lie had come two days before and made tlie appointment with Dr. Wailis to come at nine in the forenoon of tlie 7th to Sir. Paul's residence and perform the ceremony. On the clergy man proceeding to the house, after a few minutes' conversation, it was found that no wedding-ring had been provided, and though there was no necessity for such an instrument according to the form of marriage observed, Mr. Stevens, who was perfectly sober and collected, and who acted the part of the kindly and considerate bridegroom to the life, insisted on proceeding down to town and purchasing a ring. The party, which was a very numerous one, waited till his return in a cab, and the ceremony proceeded. The usual declara tion was made by Mr. Herbert V.. Stevens, that he was " Sydney Pope Stevens," the person described in the .Registrar's certi ficate or license, and there was nothing whatever to convey the faintest impression to the mind of the clergyman or the party assembled Lhat tho affair was otherwise than strictly en regie. More than this, there was no concealment whatever of the fact that they were going away by the Nevada, of which circumstance ttie clergyman was informed in the way of ordinary conversation. This explains the euquiry made by the clergyman the following day at the office of our evening contemporary ; aud the casual question as to whether they had got off all right, exhibits distinctly the bona fides of the cleryman at least, in tlie transaction ; for it is very patent that had he had the least suspicion of anything being wrong, he should have kept very carefully aloof from such expression of interest in tho proceedings of the newly wedded pair. It is very clear that it has , been one of the coolest and most remark able-cases of personation that has oc curred. Whether or not the young girl herself was aware of the nature of the transaction, it seems to be the fact that, however astounding, all others were completely blindfolded. As the ac quaintanceship had extended over a con siderable time, and Mr. Stevens and Miss Paul have been in the habit of frequent and lengthened walks to gether, it seems scarcely conceivable that she could have continued in ignorance of his being a married man, and it may be that knowing it she braved the consequences of flight with him ra ther than remain iv Auckland. Still it is possible, and it would be in accordance with the rest of the singular tale, if even she, in the very city where Mr. Stevens has been so long residing, as a married man, should also have been blindfolded. The coolness with which the passages were secured, and the departure effected, were perhaps the most remarkable por tion of (he incident. Mr. H. V. Stevens first applied for return tickets for his brother and his bride, who were contem plating, he said, a bridal tour. Subse quently, on the alleged grounds that tlie discount on a return ticket was so small, single tickets were procured. Mr. 11. V. Stevens being familiarly known to tlie agents of the Nevada and all their clerks, had a difficult game to play, and, being seen on board, he represented himself as merely waiting to see his brother off. Tho marriage was freely talked of on board, aud " Have you seen tho bride P" was the familiar question among the various acquaintances of tho parties, previous to tlie departure of the Nevada. Tlie circumstance of Mr. Sydney Pope Stevens residing at North Shore, and having left at five o'clock, no doubt prevented an eclaircissenient which would have been embarrassing. In addi tion to Messrs. Stovin, Bennett, and Garlick, already mentioned by us as having reason to regret tlie too sudden departure of Mr. Herbert V. Stevens, we have now to add the name of Mr. JBracho, of the Thames, who feels sorrow to the extent of £250; and Mr. Osbourne, of Newmarket, has had his name forged to the transfer of ten Alburnians. Mr. Bartlett, the jeweller, had a narrow es cape, having provided Mr. Stevens with a ring to the value of, we hear, £25, a wed ding present to the bride. The cheque received in payment was in due lime re turned from the bank, bearing the cabalis tic letters N. 5.1?., which naturally exciting the indignation of the worthy jeweller, he bailed up the bridegreom in Queen street, shortly before his departure, aud received the amount in coin current. We are informed also that a respected knight of the hammer who wields the implement of his calling not far from our office, was : warmly solicited on the day of the es pousals tq.commit, a large parcel of Waite nia tas to the hand of our lamented towns man, but not "seeming to see it," he has retained his Waiteinata's, and indulges in a pardonable chuckle as he speaks of the bird that has flown. Verily truth is stranger than fiction. :

SUPREME COURT.—Criminal Sittings.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. [Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Chief Jus-tice, and a Common Jury.] The criminal session of the Circuit Court was resumed this morning. His Honor took his seat on the bench at 10 o'clock precisely. Unnatural Oitence. — John Boon was arraigned upon an indictment charging him with an act of bestiality. The particulars of this case, it may bo anticipated, are absolutely unfit for publication, but they disclosed the most shocking depravity of mind. The feeling of a full Court during the enquiry was one of intense disgust, as the details were narrated by the wit nesses. The medium selected for the perpetration of this offence was a pig.— The prisoner is described as having come to the colony in 1858, but the ship which im ported? him is set down af; "unknown." His age: is stated at "32 years, and he is described as a married man, but he can neither " read nor write." The defence was that the witnesses for the prosecution were all drunk ; that prisoner threatened his wife because she would not go homo; that she and the_ other persons formed a plot against the; prisoner because he j threatened "to pay his"wife when she" got home." The | trial had not concluded when our reporter : left. '

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THE THAMES. THIS DAY. [from our own correspondent ] THE NONPAREIL.—ONE TON PICKED STUFF. CITY OE DUNEDIN CRUSHING THE LATE ACCIDENT. Grahamstown, 2.30 p.m. j The City of Dutiedin is improving. | They commence crushing in a few weeks. Tlie Oriental have a few good look ing stones; not specimens. The Nonpareil have one ton of picked stuff on hand. An inquest has been held on Thos. Davies, and a verdict of accidental death returned. Two funerals are proceeding to-day, in each case death has resulted from violent causes.

SHARE MARKET.

M 2. j. m. Lennox's report

The share market continues inactive. My sales comprise : Thames, £29 ; Otago, £4 10s and £4 17s 6d ; Tokatea, £4 10s. There are few buyers of Caledonian and Thames stocks. MR. SAUNDERS* RErOHT. My sales this day comprise : —Albion, £7 ss, £7 10s, £7 los, and £8 2s 6d ; closing sel'ers, £8. Otago, £4 17s 6d — buyers at that. Golden Calf —buyers, £2 15s.

DEPARTURE OF THE CHINESE.

The Chinese passengers who arrived some days ago by the Joshua Bates, en route for the Southern Provinces, were landed this morning. It had been found that the repairs to that vessel would occupy longer than was at first antici pated ; and in consequenco arrangements were made for the transit of the men to the South by the Taranaki, leaving the Manukau this afternoon. The line of march lay up Hobson-slreet, and thence by the usual track to One hunga. The inhabitants of the large towns of Australia were accustomed many years ago to witness the movement of long files of Celestials towards the dig gings, but wo believe that this was the first occasion on which their peculiar mode of march has been observed in Auckland; and accordingly the corners of the streets * through which they passed wore thronged with gaping admirers. Eacli one of the travelling horde carried a pole swung across his shouldor, at either end of which was balanced the moiety of his worldly posses sions. Iv many cases the weight appeared very great, but the bearer jogged steadily onwards, in a kind of " bog trot," aud the file was almost unbroken in its con tinuity for quite half a mile in length. The patient endurance of these men is well worthy of imitation by their Anglo- Saxon brother-labourers ; and a slight mixture of their habits of conservative plodding energy with the restless dissatis faction of'the English, could not fail to have a good effect, however much the diggers may have hitherto objected to them on account of certain proclivities of theirs.

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A SPHCIAL MEETING of the Council was held yesterday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, for tho pur pose of confirming the resolution pussed at the special meeting of the Council on Mon day, the 7th August, making the following by-laws, viz. : —By-law regulating lodging- I houses; by-law to remove obstructions on footpaths; and by-law for paving Queen street. —There were present: His Worship tho Mayor (P. A. Philips, Esq.), Councillors Atkin, George, Hampton, Smart, and Staines. —The Clerk road the bylaw relating to lodging-houses, wliich, on the motion of Mr. George, was approved of.—The Clerk read the bylaw relating to the removal of obstructions on footpaths. On the motion of Councillor Atkin, this by-law was passed.—The Clerk read the by-law relating to the paving of Queen-street. —Councillor Atkin drew the attention of the Council to the necessity of | paving other streets besides Queen-street, j such as West Queen-street and Wyndham street, where all the scoria put. on the foot paths was washed into the Queen-street drains after every shower of rain.—The Chair j man suggestod that the by-law, as it now stood, should be passed,, and then if it were found necessary, the action of tho by-law could bo extended to other streets. This, he thought, would bo the better plan, as if new additions were made to the present by-law, he was afraid they would not bo able to pass it this afternoon—aß certain delays were required by tho Act before a by-law could be passed. — Councillor George said he had given notice jof motion withVegard to paving other streets | besides Queen-street, but after what hud ' fallen from His Worship tho Mayor, he would 1 not bring it forward at. present.—The Mayor j suggested the insertion of;'the -words, '• Or such other material as tho Council may order, 0' in the clause referring to the material to bo used in paving the street. —Councillor Staines thought that the by-law should pass in its present form, a? it referred to Queen-street ; and if it were afterwards thought advisable to make other by-laws for other streets, naming the article to be used for each street. —Coun- cillors Atkin and George strongly objected to the use of asphalte for, paving.—On the motion of < ouucillor Smart the by-law was passed.— The various by-laws, as passed, were ordered to bo drawn out, scaled with the seal of tho Borough, aud sent to his Honor the Superin tendent. —Councillor Atkio. gave notice that he would move, on next sibtfhig day, " For a full return of all rates collected and uncol lected iv private streets —first, on open land j second, on buildings." This concluded the business.

Tenders are required by tho U.S., N.Z,,- and A.M.H.S. line for supplies of fresh and salt meat, live stock, and vegetables.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRASKA, WITH THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN MAILS.

NEWS TO AUGUST 16.

The Mail Steamer Nebraska arrived in harbour at 2 o'olock this morning, from Hono lulu. We are indebted to Mr. Craig, purser, for full files.

THE SMALL-POX IN LONDON.

THREE HUNDRED DEATHS A

WEEK.

[From the London " Times," July I.] Tub deaths from this disease, in London, during the last weeh wore 232, against 245 and 240 in the two previous weeks. These numbers, however, are p,n increase on the preceding return of 228, vthich in its turn has been a welcome reduction from tho large weekly totals of 267 and 257. The disease has varied too capriciously to justify our building with much confidence on an apparent diminution, but, o:i the whole, there seems a hope that the mortality has at last reached its limit. The returns we reported on Monday, as made to the Metropolitan Asylums JBoard, from the temporary hospitals indicate little amendment; but the report of Dr. Bridges, the poor Jaw inspector, is much more encouraging. He furnishes informa tion, not of the mortality, but of the number of cases of the disease which comes under the notice of the poor law authorities, and these show "a considerable decline, almost everywhere except in Marylebone and Pad dington." There are three hundred and thir teen vacant beds in the temporary hospitals, which, are, therefore, ahead of the disease. This alone would be of considerable advantage since it renders prompt isolation practicable. These hopes, however, cannot blind us to the extreme gravity of the existing returns. For some time past the deaths from small pox in London have been at an average of nearly 250 a week, and have furnished from one-fifth to one-sixth of the total mortality of t hemetropolis. In some other English towns tho disease has attained the dimensions of a pestileuce. In Sunderland, for instance, the mortality has been at the annual rato of 23 per 1000, which is the rate representing the total mortality from all causes in the hirge cities of the United Kingdom. Southampton and Great Grimsby have suffered with similar severity. In London alone, let it be distinctly observed that as many as 1000 lives a month are now sacrificed to a perfectly preventable disease.

AWFUL STEAMER EXPLOSION.

Fifty Persons Killed. — 150

Wounded.

New Voiik, July 30.—The Staten Island ferry-boat Weslfichl, when in slip Whitehall, and crowded with passengers, exploded her boiler at 1.20 p.m. to-day. The concussion was terrific, shattering tho forward part of the boat, and killing and scalding a great number of people. The hurricane deck was blown overboard, and fell over a large number of persons in the water, who were drowned. Tho scene was boyond description. Men were struck dumb at tho loss of wives and little ones ; women were distracted at the loss of husbands and chi'dren, while the little children were crying for their parents. Tho front of the boiler was suddenly blown out, longing in tho bow, thirty feet distant in tho forward part of tho boat. Tho upper cabin was split into a thousand pieces, as an eye witness expressed it. The forward part of the boat was lifted fifty feet in the air. The smoko-stack fell, and then everything was buried in tho hold. Passengers, choirs, stools, horses, benches, and life-preservers dropped into tho bold, fronting the huge boiler, which poured out its volumo of steam. Many persons were blown overboard. A father and mother had their children blown from thoir arms. The water for an instant was alive with men, women, and children struggling for life. Tho after part of tho boat, which escaped the force of the explosion, would have been safe for tlie uninjured, but tho panic-stricken leaped over board without regard to consequences. Capt. Ullman, of the Now-street Police, seeing the explosion, was promptly on hand, and the lire alarm was sounded. Dr. Sprene was at the scene within ten minutes, woll provided with medicines and bandages. Ho saved several lives by his prudence.

The harbour police boat came to the rescue, and the gentlemen who vvero in tho row boats at the battery helped to save. The firemen also went to the rescue, aud rigbt bravely did they work.

As the debris in the fore part of the hold was removed, the cries of the poor half boiled victims were heartrending. Stimulants were given them as they struggled for breath, and oil was poured upon their burns. As fast as the wounded were recovered, they were borne to another ferry-boat alongside, where thoy were tenderly cared for by the doctors.

Within twenty minutes ambulances from the Centre-street Hospital were'at Whitehall. The scalded victims were placed in the ambu lances and driven to the hospital at full speed. Private carriages and wagons were brought into requisition. The insurance patrol wagon took several loads of moaning human beings to the hospital. Some died, and many others were delirious with pain. One ambulance was filled with children, wlioso oyes were closed and their faces swelled beyond recogni tion ; their little legs and feet were cooked and their muscles laid bare.

By four o'clock seveuty-five persons had been received in the Centre-street Hospital, and five died within an hour. The scenes were heartrending.

Twelve dead bodies were removed from the boat, and four were found in the water; five of tho wounded have died, making, so far known, twenty-one persons killed nearly outright. •.-:O'j -' _>)

Many of those in the Water clung to the piles until rescued, but others sank before aid could reach them.

Thirty-five personsl must have been killed and drowned ; this is based on the lowest estimate. The wounded, will reach oi^e,hun dred. '• ' :.'<'i li.i \JI il ■"• A. ' : (''

Many wero placed in carriages and drawn to their homes. Tho drug stores in tho neigh, bourhood were filled.

Among the injured was Sheriff Maiden, of Brooklyn.

1,500 porsons gathered at the' battery within an hour after the explosion.

John Magill, pilot, was thrown forward of the pilot-house twenty feet, into thecair, fall

ing on the boat, aud escaping without a scratch.

Nbw YoeE, July 30—-Midnight.—The total number known to be killed at this hour reaches thirty-one, of whom only Professor March Cheneevere, of Brooklyn; John J. Beck, N.Y.; J. J. Johnson, Brooklyn ; Matilda Moffatt, N.Y. ;. Nel.ie Groonie F.atbush, and George L. Lossas have 1 eon identified. Of the unknown dead now in the hospital and station-houses awaiting identification, there are twelve men, six women, six boys and girls, generally under twelve years. The number severely wounded, whose names and resi dences have been ascertained, is about 70. A large number of those less seriously in jured were removed and cared for by friends. The surgeons at the different hospitals say that the majority of those in their charge will die.

An immense crowd, estimated at 15,00_>, congregated around the Bellevue Hospital, and a like crowd around the Park Hospital.

New Yoek, July 31—2 a.m.—The most reliable returns of casualties by the disaster give the total of killed at fifty ; wounded, one hundred and twenty. Against John Ereeland, captain, and Barry Eobinson, the engineer (the latter is a coloured man), the indignation of the passengers is tremendous, though the friends of the latter claim that he is not to blame. The boiler was inspected by the United States' Boiler Inspector on the 15th June, and pronounced safe.

Eobinson, the engineer, makes the following statement :—" I live at Stnplcton, Stal.cn Island. Am about 40 years of age. Have been engineer twenty years. Been employed by the company sixteen years. Have a certi ficate, and passed an examination. Did not bring my certificate to the company. They did not require one. On this ferry had entire charge of the Westfield. The boat is a half-hour boat, run on Sun days between the regular trips. Was on the boat when the explosion took ula.ee. Had just come off the deck ;it wae than twenty-five minutes past. Went down into the fire-room. One of the engineers, Patrick Finnegan, was iv the room. Said, " Patrick, how is the water?" He replied, " All right." At this time I approached the boiler, and tried the third cock, and found the water touched the third cock. The boiler has only three cocks. I then went up to the engine-room. Passing the door I went in, and found that the boiler earned seventy-seven pounds of steam. Then went on deck. Two minutes after I went again on the boat and into the pilot house. The captain was in there at the time. Just as I was coming down stairs into the engine room the explosion took place. From where I stood I knew I could not get through the door, so opened the trap door. As I did so I saw the fireman, Robert Orowson, coming up the trap. The boiler has been in use nine years, and was considered a good boiler. Cannot say what caused the explo sion. The boiler had a patch on the cylinder part where the explosion occurred. The boiler was overhauled last winter ;in fact, the boilers of both the Westfield and North field were examined. The patch, on last Thursday, seemed to be in very good condi tion. I went on duty at twelve o'clock noon, and relieved the engineer on duty." Robinson appeared to be perfectly sober, notwitbsianding all rumours to the contrary. He gave his statement of affairs in a cool and collected manner.

Washington, July 81—It has come to the knowledge of the Secretary of the Treasury that an extensive practice has been going on along the Canadian frontiers, by persons en gaged in shipping goods on foreign vessels to be re-shipped to ports in the United States on tlie frontier. This custom is in violation of law, aud subjocts the vessels engaged to for feiture of their cargo and the payment of a tonnage duty of fifty cents per ton on her ad measurement. Collectors, however, are in doubt respecting the penalty, and in many cases in order to collect tonnage duty have refused to admit goods, holding consignees' goods for payment of tonnage duty. Secretary Boutwell has, therefore, issued instructions that the penal tonnage imposed on the vessel is not a charge on goods apparently liable to forfeiture, in so far as to require pre-payment of that tax before entry of goods. New Yoek, August 1. —Up to ouo o'clock this morning the dead numbered seventy two. A dozen wounded were not expected to live froui one moment to another. All the bodies hive been recognised but one chubby baby, übout nine months old, which is awaiiing a claimant. It is not seriously injured. Over eighty wounded remain at Bellerue. Probably fifty more are scattered about in the private houses of this city and Brooklyn. The World publishes the names of seventy-one killed by the explosion, and g-iys there are eight bodies unknown. Tho Herald gives the number of killed even greater, and the names of one hundred and twenty-seven injured. It a'so publishes the majority killed and wounded from this city, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. It is believed that many more bodies will be taken out of tho water, and of course others will never be found.

The most painful after-feature of the tragedy is the appearance at the hospitals and station hoiHcs of hundreds of anxious and half-crazed people, inquiring aftor missing friends and relatives. One poor follow, Michael Finley, who lost wife and children by the explosion, has gone mad, and attempted yesterday to commit suicide by drowning.

GRATITUDE FOR ENGLISH GENE ROSITY DURING THE WAR.—THE ASSASSINS OF MARSHAL PRIM.

Pabis, August 6. -Moneral Vanery, in a communication to the Journal- Officiel, ex presses with much warmth, his gratitude for England's generosity during the' late war. He names the battlefields in which the valor and humanity of the English were equally conspicuous.

Caster, late Prefect of Marseilles, has com mitted suicide.

Madbid, August. 6.—Four newly-discovered accomplices in the assassination of Marshal Prim have been summoned to trial. Among them is the aid-de-camp of Duke Montpensicr. The Duke himself has been summoned as a witness.

AN INTERVIEW WITH DOLLINGER. -COURT MARTIAL ON COMMU NISTS.

New York, August 7.—The World publishes a Munioh letter of July 22nd, con aining an interview with Dollinger. He taid : " Tell the Americans I am a Catholic still, and hope to die a Catholic. Nothing would grieve, me more than to cause schism in tho Ohurch.'Z Of his reported change to Protestantism, he said.! " I have no ambition to play the partpf Luther j no Cathrine Bora is luring mo away. I 'can have no sympathy with Protestantism." He denies that there is any schism in the Church, and declares that tho dogma of Infallibility tqnds Eg; accord to the Pope .omnipotent: powor spiritually, and from the interpr tationj given, it meikes'his power virtually supreme] in worldly matters, . He says in his opposition, to infallibility he harmonises in action vvith no distinct body, and that while there is a largo body adhering to tho movement who have nothing Th coiuuicn with him, as (hoy seek the.overthrow of. the" Catholic religion, which he only seekgtp saye from error.'

Versailles, August 7 The fi <■ ""**' Martial for the trial of the C C° U,t opened to-day, and the indi c t me^f Uni(t« read. Some of the prisoners treated tv *er> ceedings with levity, whereupon the n Pn>" prohibited them from cointnunicatin " each other. The examinations will v^.^ morrow. lU be Sln % f

THE STRASBOURG ELECTIONS.

LETTER FROM THE POPE M Paeis, August B.—At the seomd'st V* bourg municipal election half tho v r abstained; 817 voted out of a poDuWil! '. 27,000. Mulhousen and othL™3 towns imitate it. uuq«Med A council of war was held at Versailles I day concerning Algeria. Thiers .o McMahon were present, and ener k measures were resolved upon. BeHo LONDON, August B.—lt is again rumour tbafc Napoleon is going to Switzerland The Directors of the Lower Califom' Company propose to receive all Commiti! as colonists. UM

Thiers promised to lay the proposal hefiiii the Assembly. \ , ™

Tho war budget is increased 271,800 m francs. ,wu

Advices from Algiers say the insurrection i. routed. Meeneddem is subdued, but tlie * continues in the Province of Constant; M Numbers of forests are burnt.

It is reported that after a week the Prnj sians will evacuate the Oise and Seine andlT two departments immediately contiguous 6 London, August B.—The naval com. m.u-tial for the trial of the officers of the iron, clad steamer Agincourt, which got ashore «t Gibraltar, has concluded its labours. Th Court pronounced the defendants guilty oftho chai-ge of negligence, but £under extenuatinj circumstances. °

Edinburgh, August 9.—The city is over, whelmingly full for the celebration of the Scott centennial, which occurs here to-day instead of the 15th, by a preconcerted ar.' rangement, to secure the attendance of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. There are profuse decorations i n every street—flowers, portraits, and busts of Scott.

This is a general holiday. The streets an impassable. It is thought a quarter of a million of strangers are in town. Chimes play Scotch airs, and salutes are fired. The cele bration is inaugurated by the Century Com mittee of the City Council, and the general public. It consists of a banquet at the Corn Exchange, and a public proces sion. Dalkeith presided. It occurred at six in the evening. That immense building, like all the city, is decorated with flags and portraits. The toasts include "The Queen," Memory of Scott," Edinburgh," "-A bbotsford," " University," and " Sister Celebratians." In the theatres, the music for several days will be exclusively Scotch. The following will reply to toasts—The Dean of Westminster, Lords Lawrence, Burke, Dalksith, Jervis, Wood, Pollok, and the Provost.

A FURTHER INDEMNITY PAH) TO THE PRUSSIANS.—A NEW CHURCH FORMED IN GERMANY.-GkBI. BALDI SUFFERING SEVERELY FROM HIS WOUNDS.—THE COM MUNIST TRIALS. Vebsailles, August 9.—The Government has introduced a bill to bring the trials to a speedy termination. It will suspend for i time the discussion of taxes on raw materials, and will increase instead the existing direct taxes. • - :- * "l?j: Tho Prussians are telegraphically ordered to ovaeuate Troyes. vi Berne, August 9.—The French havo paid a further five million war indemnity for the maintenance of Bourbaki's army, and will continue to pay a million fortnightly. All war material is ordered to be returned to France. ; -vi , London, August 9.—A meeting was held at Heldelburg on Sunday, to take measures for the foundation of a new church in Ger many. Forty delegates were present, coming from various parts of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. A committee was appointed to draw up a constitution for the new church. Its main points will be : The principles of the Council of Constance in 1314; the subordination of the Pope to the Council ; separation of Church and State; free selections of bishops ; communal elec tion of pastors ; modifications of confessionals. The delegates are divided in opinion as to whether the church should acknowledge the primacy of the Pope. A committee was in structed to submit their report for ratification at a meeting to be held in Munich in Sep tember. A ' Advices from Italy report that Garibaldiis suffering more than ever from his wounds. He is disabled from leaving his bed, and when an airing is necessary, has to be moved about in a hand-cart. "

Pakis, August 9.—At the sitting of the Court-Martial to-day, the witnesses testified that they saw Ferre release convicts and give them arms. , J

Abbe Derro said he had served five years as a missionary among the savages, and never witnessed atrocities equal to those perpetrated by the Communists. He stated that among the members of the court-martial held by the insurgents in the Rouquette Prison were boys of seventeen.

Assi boastifully admitted the share be had taken in the execution of captives, and de fended it on the ground that he was justified by the law of retaliation resorted to by-all civilised nations in time of war. ' ' ' "3-""

The extraordinary statements of some of the witnesses, aud the audacity of the aoeusefl, caused frequent scenes of excitement in the Court-room, which was crowded to suffoca tion The President of the Court was obliged to call on the officers several .times to enforce order. '■/ Paris, August 9.—Rentes, 55 francir 57 centimes.

CONSPIRACY IN RUSSIA.

London, August 10.—Russia is arming extensively, and has formed an alliance-■ With France against Germany and Austria. Munich, August 10.—King Louis goes to Schwandorf, in Upper Palatinate, to meet the ' Emperor William, on his journey to Austria. | and escort him through the Bavarisn dominions. .'■! i '•<■: ! THE POPE DECLINES A TITLE AffifJ j THRONE OF .GOLD. -RUSSIA..Awfe' : ING VIGOROUSLY'f TEf E ALLIANCE ! WITH FRANCE STILL SPOKEN OW j —OCCUPATION OF ERANOEBYGER ! MAN TROOJPS TO, CEASE SHORT!"* ] London, August 11.—Charles Buxton, j M.P., is dead) aged 49. , < j y ■;; Tiio Pope writes to a Committee, offering J the title of " Pins the Great," and a throne of gold; he refuses it during his lifetime. The money subscribed for the Ihrdne will op employed in exempting seminarists from military'servioe. Special private information from a corres pondent at Salsburg says:—The military organisation in Russia is being pushed vigor ously on tho Prussian compulsory service, plan, and vigorously carried out without ex ception. In consequence of the enormous

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