SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

x ARRIVALS. ' I Lady Don, schooner, CO tons, from Lyttelton.— ' | Master, agent. | Hero, s.s., 857 tons, T. Logan, from Sydney and j Melbourne. f) St. Kilda. s.s., J. Flowerdny, from AVangamu. Star of the South, s.s., Holmes, from Napier.

OUTWARDS.

s ; Louisa Simpson, schooner, 1)1 tons, Bannister, for Russell. Opotiki, schooner, 33 tons, Baker, Opotiki. 'j Helen, schooner, 23 tons, McKenzie, for Noumea, )\ New Caledonia. J Hercules, 109 tons, Dell, for Newcastle.

DEPARTURES.

Helen, schooner, for Noumea. Opotiki, schooner, for Opotiki

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Hero, from Melbourne : —5 quarter j casks brandy, Fryer Brothers ; 1 coil rope, 25 I three-quarter boxes tobacco, 25 cases kerosene, : Stone Brothers ; 12 three-q.iarter boxes to : bacco, 1 quarter-cask vinegar, 20 half-chests tea, 10 boxes ditto, G cases groceries, 100 boxes candles, Close Brothers; 15 three quarter ditto tobacco, 5 quarter-casks wine, 5 casks currants, H. S, Meyers; 3 cases tobacco, James Harris ; 15 three-quarter boxes ditto, W. Adams; 75 cases geneva, 1 parcel, Bucholz and Co. ; 5 packages stationery and printing material, Jones and Tombs ; 2 cases grating, 10 ditto sarsaparilla, 78S pockets sugar, Brown, Campbell, and Co. ; 20 cases wine, 194 boxes candles, J. Roberbon and Co.; 745 pockets sugar, 250 cases kerosene, 318 boxes tea, 50 half-chests ditto, 1 parcel, S. Jones; 5 cases sewing machines, 8 rolls matting, Winks and Hall ; 2 cases tobacco, J. Samuel; 1 ditto, C. R. Smith ; 1 ditto, H. Penzholz ; ] S bags pepper, 10 ditto coffee, 4 packages spices,2cases groceries, 50half-chests tea, 20 boxes ditto, Brown, Barrett, and Co. ; 3 packages, J. Warmoll ; 5 boxes tea, 25 ditto candles, French and Co.; 50 cases kerosene, William Davies; 5 pockets hops, Whitson and Sons; 72 bags sugar, 70 chests, 70 half chests, 50 boxes tea, 100 cases kerosene, 13 boxes candles, 3 cases medicine, 30 boxes rai sins, 2 bales paper bags, 13 packages sundries, John Buchanan ; 10 boxes tea, 2 casks sugar, 2 sacks seeds, 1 case broom?, W. J. Beule ; 19 cases kerosene, 5 chests 18 half-chests tea, 2 packages John Moore; 6 quarter-casks ■wine and spirits, W. Wor.lley ; 20 half-chests tea, 5 §-bozes tobacco, 3 casks carbonate soda, 200 mats sugar, John Hall; 46 half-chests tea, B. Tonks and Co.; 35 half-chests tea, ICO boxes ditto, 100 cases kerosene, 15 ditto groceries, 9 casks ditto, 4 quarter casks wine, 42 boxes candles, 32 bags sugar, 3 cases confectionery, J. C. Morrin; 15 half-chests tea, 2 boxes ditto, W. Hough ; 45 bags onions, Cavham ; 7 cases confec tionery, John Gray ; 10 cases stationery, E. Wayte; 10 cases sarsaparilla, 7 packages, Cruickshank and Co.; 3 cases stationery, Southern Cross ; 2 cases stationery and books, Upton and Co.; 2 cases stationery, J. Leigh ton ; 2 packages, Butement Bros. ; 12 cases, Hamilton Bros.; 11 cases sundries, 5 casks zinc, &c, 12 bundles hoop iron, Alfred Smart; 1 case drapery, T. McMasters; 2 boxes i on, J. McNeill; 3 boxes iron, Manukau Cold Mining' Company ; 10 boxes castor oil, 25 drums colza oil, H. B. Morton ; 2 cases, C. Bonnington ; 8 cases, 1 bale books and station ery, G. T. Chapman; 224 bars 22 buudles iron, 3 packages sundries, 1 case sundries, 40 kegs nails, 1 cask zinc, E. Porter and Co ; 2 packages, M. Montague j 8 packages sundries, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.; 14 packages sundries, 2 separators, 1 case, E. P. Bressen den j 100 cases kerosene, J. and J. Dickey; 2 cases drapery, 10 qr- casks brandy, Lewis Bros.; 2 bales paperhangings, H. Gilbert; 11 bars iron and steel, 2 cases hardware, 2 bundles wire and leather, 30 drums colza oil, • 200 cases kerosene oil, T. and S. Morrin ; 28 packages sundries, 13 cases hardware, J.'. Tuffort, Napier; 2 packages hardware, 2 grindstones, P. A. Philips ; 30 three-quarter boxes tobacco, 1 parcel silver cord, Must and Co.; 2 bales paper bags, 37 cases groceries, 10 cases castor oil, 13 cases vinegar, 10 quarte'-casks vinegar, 20 barrels dried apples, 80 boxes soap, 50 boxes pipes, 100 boxes tea, 50 half-chests tea, 60 cases old torn, 200 cases kerosene, 12 quarter-casks rum, 100 boxes raisins, W. J. Vance and Co. ; 386 boxes candles, 55 boxes tea, 185 half-chests tea, 2 casks sundries, G. W. Owen; 7 casks sun dries, 4 orates, 4 cases, Stuart and Co.; 1 . tank canary seed, 125 boxes candles, C. Pike ; 1 case gold gratings, Nicholls ; 5 packages, Tookey Gold Mining Co. ; 10 half-chests tea, 10 boxes tea, 20 boxes candles, F. Hewin ; 1 box effects, Mrs. E. Sfc-phen ; 1 case, a gun, Newman and Ewen ; 3 cases books, T. Tur rell; 10 chests and half-chests tea, 10 boxes tea, Glanville and Ellyett; 64 plates iron, 10 bars iron, 26 tiles copper, Eraser and Tinne ; 2 bundles iron, 1 case sundries, 10 boxes can dles, Cousins and Atkins • 5 packages sundries, J. McLeod ; 12 packages sundries, 68 bars 34 bundles iron, 8 bundles steel, 2 bundles shovels, 80 tram rails, 13 kegs nails, 15 cases kerosene, 2 coils rope, 2 druu_3 oil, Bull and Sturrock ; 11 cases tobacco, 3 quarter-casks wine, 7 drums soda, 10 barrels currants, 1 case samples, 200 boxes candles, Owen and Gra ham ;51 packages sundries, Stuart and Co., Napier; 20 packages sundries, Kinross and Co. ; 18 packages sundries, 12 bars steel, H. Williams, Napier ; 5 packages drapery, T. H.Hall; 1 case, W.Cobley ; 1 farm implement, Walker; 4 pkgs sundries, J. M. McLaughlan ; lparcel, M. Lcry ; lpkg., L. D. Nathan&Co.; 1 case, H. A. Severn; 1 case, Northern Club; 1 case, Wilkinson ; 1 casa plants, G. B. Owen ; 1 case plants, Bishop of Waiapu ; 1 case iron work, Olding; 1 box, Lintott; 10 bottles quicksilver, 200 bags rice, 28 pockets hops, 125 bags onions, 25 casks ale, 9 casks treacle, &c, 40 boxes soap, 124 bags sugar, 50 casks kerosene, 11 casks, 6 bales, 80 boxes candles, 60 boxes tea, 140 half-che3ts tea, order; 1 truss, 1 qase drapery, McArthur, Shera and Co.; 8 kegs butter, 3 cases plants, 50 bags maize, G. Sibbin ; 50 bags, maize, Bell Bros. ; 20 half-barrels herrings, 100 cases kero sene, 100 cases fruit, H. S. Meyers; 1 case periodicals, T. Turrell ; 1 case perio dicals, E. Wayte ; 1 case periodicals, Upton 'and Co.; 100 cases fruit, Hague Smith; 1 case drapery, W. Rattray; 1 case seeds, R. Baird ; 1 case, Ireland Bros.; 1 case, A. G. Bartlett; 1 case, Moses Bro3. ; 2 cases, M. Montague ; 1 package, Cruickshank, Smart, and Co.; 1 package, M. Johnston ; 3 packages, B. Gittos ; 3 packages, 11 boxes candles, F. Quick'; 1 box scrapers, Ryan, Bell, and Co.; 2 cases stationer/, E. Wayte; 5 bales paper, Hender son and Macfarlane; 1 case plants, 1 case seeds, 2» bags potatoes, W. Lipscombe ; 3 packages fruit trees, D. Hay; 3 packages fruit

trees, W. Hall; 4 packages fruit trees, Steven ; 1 case fruit trees, A. Atkisou; 1 case fruit trees, J. Laird.; 2 casks fruit trees, C. J. Wren; 2 packages, J. W. Hoare; 1 parcel, Brown, Campbell, and Co.; 2 packages, W. C. Wilson; 10 cases nuiizena, 1 quarter-cask wine, 12 packages tea, 2 cases boots, Owen and Graham ; 247 cases fruit, Arthur and Son ; 3 packages cedar boards^ Stone Bros.; 1 bale canvas, 2 cases, 573 bags maize, 360 gumiies sugar, order.—Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., agents.

Per schooner Lady Don, from Lvttelton : 618 sacks oats (2472 bushels), 300 sacks wheat (1100 bushels), T. Russell; 3 cases bacon, G. W. Binney. '

EXPORTS.

Per schooner Helen, for Noumea, 120,000 feet sawn timber, 7 tons potatoes, 3 tons onions, _ ton cheese, McKenzie.

The brig Union loft Lyttelton for this port on the 14th instant.

The barque Free Trader hauled from the wharf this morning, and will sail this after noon for Newcastte.

The cutter Julia, from Waiheki, brings a cargo of 30 tons firewood.

The schooner Helen sails to-day for Nou mea, with a general cargo. The cutter Gazelle sailed this morning for Russell, with a general cargo. The following is the report of the schooner Lady Don, from Lyttelton, with grain :— Left Port Cooper Heads on Monday, the 15th of May instant, with light southerly winds; reached the Kaikoura Peninsula the following day, becalmed then until Wednesday after noon, when it came on to blow very heavy from the north-west, backing round to west aud south-west, with a heavy sea running; rounded the East Cape on Saturday morning, the 20th instant. Since then ex> erieneed nothing but strong west and south-west wind up to arrival. The schooner brings a cargo of wheat and oats consigned to T. Russell. She comes up hereto be coppered, for which there will be tende s out.

The schooner Opotiki sailed to-day for Opotiki, with the following cargo:—lo" head cattle,!1, casks brandy, 1 cask ruin, 3 tons Hour, 4 cases brandy, 4 ditto old torn, 10 sacks biscuits, 10 ditto bran, 10 bags salt, 5 boxes soap, 1000 empty sacks, 6000 feet timber, 5000 shingles, J. S. Macfarlane; 3 crates, T. Boylan; 3000 feet timber, GOOO shingles, 1 cask, Auckland Saw-mill Com pany ; 16 packages, 2 ditto ammunition, 1000 bricks.

ARRIVAL OF THE HERO.

This favorite steamer arrived in harbour this morning from Sydney, bringing the Eng lish mail, via Suez. She also brings a full cargo and seventy-seven passengers. Cap tain Logan reports :—The Hero left Sydney and cleared the Heads at 5.15 p.m. on the 20th ins! ant ; rounded the North Cape at 3.15 p.m. on the 26th, and arrived in harbour at 10.25 a.m. on the 27th. She experienced a fresh southerly breeze, which gradually worked round is, the eastward, and increased to a gale, with heavy squalls of wind and rain, and very heavy sea, which continued until the evening of the 23rd; the weathws then gradually moderated, and so continued. Easterly winds prevailed throughout the pat-: sage, and fine, steady weather after the gala abated.

Passengers. — From Melbourne—Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Dewar and family (six) ; Mr., Mrs., and Aliss Stone ; Mr. and Mrs. Cobley and servant; Messrs. Duggan, Messrs. War drop, Rogan, A. Smart, J. M. McLachlan, J. Batemau, and nine in the steerage. From Sydney—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Owen and the Misses Owen (two) ; Miss Gray, Mrs. and Miss Gi'ierson, Mr. E. Bennett and Master Bennett, Messrs. Joseph Bennett, N. Walker, J. D. Hill, Bell, G. Thorne, and thirty-throe in the steerage.

ARRIVAL OF THE ST. KILDA.

The s.s. St. Kilda, Capt. Flowerday, arrived in the Manukau this morning. She left Wau ganui on the 25th, at midnight, and arrived at Onehunga on the 27th, at noon. Passengers —Messrs. Brewer and Bonner. Cargo: 31 head .cattle, 425 sheep, 70 pigs, order ; 2 kegs butter, Dowdeu.

THE SHIP ABOUKIR.

The ship Aboukir, hence, was off the Downs on March 22.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails will close as under :—

For Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m., and on Monday, 29th inst., at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.

For Sydney, per Rate, on Monday, 29th inst., at 11 a.m. For Kapanga, etc., per Lalla Rookh, on Mon day, 29th inst., at 10.30 a.m. For Wangarei Heads, etc., per Duke of Edin burgh, on Monday, 29th inst., at 3 p.m. For Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per s.s. Hero, on Wednesday, 31st inst.,- at 2 p.m. Late letters for Sydney and Mel bourne, bearing 3d in addition to the postage, will be received till 2.30 p.m. For Tauranga, Napier, and the Southern Provinces, per lord Ashley, immediately after arrival of the Nebraska from Hono lulu. For Tarauaki and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Phoebe, immediately after arrival of Nebraska from Honolulu. For Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per Nebraska, 10 hours after her arrival from Honolulu.

Note.—Revised tables of rates of postage can now be obtained at this office; price, 6d. S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

Ike following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for tho week ending Saturday, June 3, 1871:— Monday, May 29 : Messrs. J. Ritchie and A., K. Taylor. Tuesday, May 30, Petty Sessions : Messrs. J. O'Neill (chairman), Babcr, Beetham, Buck land, A. Clarke, Daldy, Dai'^aville, Davis, Dilworth, J. A.' Gilfillan, IL Giliillan, T. Henderson, Home, Jervis, and Isaacs. Wednesday, May Sis Messrs. Wood and Baber. Thursday, June 1 : Messers. Daldy and Dargaville. Friday, June 2 : Messrs. Davis and Dilworth. Saturday, June 3 : Messrs. J. A. Gilfillan and A. Beetham.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening- Stab Office, Saturday afternoon. Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son sold this day at their rooms, Fort-street, the cutter Prince of Wales, 23 28-100 tons register, for the sum of £230.

The Evening Star. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1871.

"Scrip Corn3r"has been laughing to-day at the misfortune of some of the most wide awake of the " band of brothers." .he latest Australian quotations of Tookey's and some other claims had excited considerable cupidity, and many a longing wish had been expressed to catch some gudgeons expected to arrive per Hero, and supposed to be in ignorance of the altered state of the market. While the multi tude but sighed and wished, a few of the more energetic held themselves in readiness. Last night a certain favourite little steamer wus in waiting, simmering all the night like a kettle for the family tea ; and the " wide-awakes" were literally awake, while the foolish slum bered aud slept. How it should have been had the dark hull of I he favourite old steamer loomed through the darkness, it is not given us (o say. We may fancy the air of indifference with' which the steamer should have been boarded, the careless abandon with which the brandy and soda should have been, ordered ; the artless turn of the conversation to scrip, the inci dental mention of "latest quotations," the throwing of the bait, nibbling 0 f the gudgeons, the triumphant return to shore, the jaunty air at the corner, and the contempt of the "fiats" with which the smart trick should have been narrated. But, alas, " the beat laid plan of mouse and man gangs aft agee." Whether it was that anticipato y sippais of brandy and soda had induced somnolency, or whether the steam had evaporated from prolonged simmering, but wbeu the Hero approached, the watchers weiWlied not; and when at length the little

steamer transferred its clever passengers to the Hero they were interrogated by the new arrivals with regard to there being signs of verdancy in their personal appearance. The crestfallen aspect of the "knowing ones" on their ret urn has produced a broad grin of fun over the usually grim visage of " Scrip Corner."

Most people will have heard the rumour to the effect that the s.s. Hero had been sold, and was being taken off the trade. 'Die " hundred-tongued" even condescended to particulars, and placed the future po-ition of the Hero in the Fijian trade. What could have originated such rumours we cannot even surmise. They are wholly without even a shadow of foundation, and we are glad to say that neither has this most favourite steamer changed hands, nor is there any 3tich inten tion entertained, nor yet any alteration in her berth on the Australian and Auckland trade.

It will, we have no doubt, afford great gratitude to many to learn that on Wednes day next the shareholders in the Thames Gold Mining Company will receive dividends of £4 per share.

The s.s. Hero, which arrived in harbour this forenoon, has brought with her the Eng lish mails via Suez, the telegrams of which had previously arrived by way of the South. In our columns will be found the latest Aus tralian and other news.

We learn that an art union lottery is pro jected for disposing of a large number of very beautiful oil paintings. The scene of opera tions will, wo believe, be at Mr. Leech's pic ture gallery, where the pictures are at present on view.

During the past month or 60 (says the Wanganui Chronicle) an unusual number of deaths havo occurred amongst the natives in this locality. Several old men and women have died ; soineof the former, such for example as Biua Tao, To Waka, of Aramoho, Repeka, the wife of George Grey, Poni of Ranana, &c. —were well known to tlm storekeepers and old settlers.

THE SHARE MARKET.

Mr. Stevens reports the market firmer to-day ' than yesterday. Thames, £30, £31 ex dividend, £35 cutn dividend • Caledonians, £160 ex dividend ; Belfast', £7 10s, £7 12s 6d ; Junction, £3 ; Wai temafa, 12s 6d, 15s ; .Nonpareil, £7 to £7 10sf. Demand for Belfast, Thames, Cure, and Poverty and Charleston.

POLICE COURT.-Saturday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.]

Petty Labceny.—Maurice Martin pleaded guilty to having stolen a loaf of bread, value 3d. It having been stated that there is an habitual tendency in this direction, he was sent to gaol for seven days, with hard labor. Fame Pbetences.—G. H. Evuns was charged by W. B. Pierce with having ob tained money by false pretences.—Remanded till Monday. This wai all the business.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. 'HERO'

LATEST AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

The favorite s.s. Hero, Captain Logan, arrived in harbour this morning, bringing a very large cargo and about 70 passengers.

We have received files from Sydney to the 20th, from which wc take the following :—

MELBOURNE

May 13.—The commercial intelligence re ceived by the mail has had a favorable effect upon the markets.—A man named Lalor, for merly a locker in the Customs department, has been arrested on suspicion of having per petrated the robberies of opium and kerosine from the bonded stores, by means of duplicate keys. A considerable quantity of the plunder has been recovered.—Flour firm at £16 to £17.

May 1.5. —There is to be a Civic demonstra tion in honor of the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lome.—Hugh Glass died to-day ; he wus 66 years old. — Breadstuff's are firm ; sugars are in demand ; £28,000 of Customs' duties have been paid to day, chiefly on tobacco, coffee, aud oil, in an ticipation of the new tariff' coming into force to-morrow.

May 16. —The detectives have recovered nearly all the kerosene and opium stolen from the bonded stores in the possession of Daniel Lalor, a locker, who is remanded to Eriday. Lalor has been nineteen years in the service, and has a large family of sons grown up ; one is an architect, another an engineer, very res pectable.—Mr. Patrick M'Gill, an old colonist, was buried to-day.—Elour is quoted at £16 to £17 ; brandies are dearer, Honnessy's is quoted at 7s 6d in bond; sugars are selling freely. — £30,000 were paid for Customs' duties to-day.

May 18. —rihe Bank of New South Wales Amendment Bill has been read a first time, Mr. Yale intimating that he would oppose more than five years' extension of the charter, so as to allow of the whole banking system being dealt with.—Charles Johnson was arrested on board the You Yfmgs (s.), charged with forgery.—Breadstuff's are firm ; sugars have been inquired for ; there has been some speculation in brandies.—The barque Clara and Cail, from Mauritius, brings 330 tons sugars ; she reports one vessel loading for the colonies.

May 19.—The duty on imported leaf tobacco interferes with its manufacture here. Two firms decline further orders until the tariff is settled. —Kennedy aud M'Donald have ar ranged with their creditors and resumed busi ness.—loo tons of Tasmanian Hour sold at £15 ; Adelaide wheat, 7s. 7d. to 7s. Bd. Teas are selling freely. Sugars sold at a slight decline. —Daniel Lalor has been committed for trial for the bonded store robbery.

NEWCASTLE.

May 15.—An infant was found dead in a trunk at the Prince of Wales Hotel last night, An inquest will be held to-morrow.

ADELAIDE.

May 15. —The Balhanna mine make their first shipment of bismuth by the outgoing mail.— Mr. Parkes had an interview with the Go.eminent, who requested him to put his wishes and proposal in writing, for their con sideration.—A mail is to be made up here for the Califormftn route in June, Mr. Hall having agreed to take it free of charge.—The corn market is very firm. There have been very large sales of wheat, and it is quoted at Gs. 9Jd. ,

May IG.—Dr. Gosse has been appointed chairman of the Board of Education.—The Press is advocating a favourable consideration of Mr. Parkes'a proposals with reference to the Californiau mail.—The killing of two valuable rams by the New South Wales officials, at Wentworth, has again brought up the unfriendly attitude of that colony in the matter of the admission of sheep from South Australia.—John Wimall, a well-known draper, in Rundle-street, died suddenly, this morning.—The cargo of sugar, ex Sarah, was offered to-day. 220 baes sold at a decline on last rates ; fine yellows'; £34 12s. Gd.; finest yellow brewing crystals, £36; light straw colour, £36 10s. ; white crystals, £39 ss. to £40 2s. 6d.—lnquiries have been made for cornsacks, lis. is offering, and is refused.— Sales of wheat 6s. o^l. to 6s. Id., market rising.

May 18.—The Government have replied to Mr. Parkes that they are willing to bring his proposals before Parliament, if any assurance can be given that the Eastern colonies will agree to our wishes respecting the landing of tiie Suez mails.— Douglass, charged with the murder of his wife, has been found guilty, aud sentenced to death ; but it is generally under stood that the sentence will be commuted. Mr. Stow, prisoner's counsel, made a strong attack on the Press for remarks on the verdict at the coroner's inquest.—The- com market is very stiff; wheat unchanged ; country flour, £14 ss. to £14 10s. ; town, £15. The market is somewhat duller, owing to the absence of orders.

May 19.—Tidemann has been found guilty of forgery, and sentenced to two years' im prisonment, with hard labor.—A lad, named Dorset, an employe at the Adelaide railway station, was killed this morning through being caught between two buffers.—A rough est£ mate of the census shows the present popula tion to be 155,000—95,000 males and 90,000 females. The population of Adelaide is 27,200. —Elizabeth Little was committed by a coro ner's jury ior the manslaughter of a newly born infant.

HOBART TOWN.

May 16.—Parliament has been prorogued till September 12.—Breadstuffs at Launceston are advancing.

We understand that the Mayor of Auckland (P. A. Philips, Esq.) will give a dinner in a few days to inaugurate the bringing into oper ation the uevy Corporation Bill. Most of our public men will receive invitations, ancUhere will no doubt be a good deal of talking as to the advantages that will accrue to the city now that we have a corporation.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THIS DAY.*

THE CALEDONIAN CRUSHING-. 25,500 OZS. MOANATAIRI UNION—SPECI MENS. NONPAREIL-SPECIMENS. GOLDEN LION AND THE BASS ROCK SPECIMEN STEALING. Gkha.mstowjst, 2 p.m. I The Caledonian have banked a total of 25,500 ounces, and will probably lodge more this afternoon. The Golden Crown crushing for the week, of 85 tons, has given 94 ounces. The Nonpareil have taken out 50 lbs. of specimens. Kelly's have finished crushing 80 tons, for 7l< ounces. The Bass Rock have taken out more good stone this morning, and the Gclden Lion have some rich speci mens. A man named William Bird, a boss, was brought up at the Police Court this morning, charged with stealing specimens from the Nonpareil. He has been remanded.-

[fuom a cobrespondent.] The Candlelight have taken out rich stone from the winze this morn ing. The Alburnia crushing is showing magnificent, and more specimens have been brought up.

THE LATEST.

The Alburnia mine never looked so

well. They will have a splendid

crushing. Heaps of amalgam are be-

ing turned out this morning. The

reef is improving,

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE IN PARIS.

Ox the 26th February there occured an inci dent which was at once barbarous and French. On the Place de la Bastille a body of some 200 or 300 men were seen emergiug from the Rue St. Autoine, escorting, or rather dragging, a well-dressed man, who, bareheaded, was held by the collar by two Ohasseurs-a-pied. Loud cries of " To the river !" " He is an informer, a spy of Pietri's !" were heard, while other voices exclaimed, " They want to restore their bludgeon days. Wo pity ; away wiuh spies !" It was stated that this person had been sen, pencil in hand, noting down the number of the battalions which made their appearance upon the Place. This exasperated the crowd, and the unhappy man was dragged towards the canal into which he nwas about to be cast, when some better disposed persons thrust him into the guardhouse, and the officer commanding the post ordered the gates to be closed. The quays were thronged with an excited and furi ous crowd, who demanded the surrender of the prisoner, and the execution of the popu lar sentence. The officer climbed upon the railings and explained to the mob that it was his duty to retain the prisoner in order that he might be conveyed to the Prefecture, and besought them to be calm. His exhortation was not listened to. Cries of " They want to let him escape!" "Give him up to us'" drowned his voice. Some Foot Chasseurs got over the railings, and were followed by many of the crowd, and recaptured the poor "wretch, whom the National Guards on duty made no effort to save Blows fell "thickly upon him, he was hustled and kicked, and appeared al most dead. There were at the time about 20,000 persons collected on the Place de Bast ille, but although those who called for the death of their victim only numbered 400 or 500, of whom a great portion were mere gamins, no attempt was made to prevent the execution of their bloodthirsty decree. The prisoner was dragged towards the Boulevard Bourbon, he begging to be allowed to shoot himself. The Chas.eurs who held him put him upon a I bench, and submitted the question to the,

crowd, " Will yon allow the prisoner to blow out his brains with his own revolver ?" "No!" was the response, followed by cries of, «J 0 the water with him!" A move was then made towards the Quai Henri IV., and there doubting whether their victim would be able to swim, they took the precaution oftyin»his arms and legs, and in that'condition carried him as a mere bundle on to a barge, whence they flung hitn into- the river. The current immediately bore away the helpless mass, at which showers 0 f stones were hurled. .Some men belonging to river steamers attempted to ca9t life buoys to the drowning man, but they were driven off by the furious execrations of the mob, and ultimately desisted. The body drifted under the piling at the point of the Isle Saint Louis, and was no more seen. These horrible scenes lasted for upwards of two hours. Upon the Quai Henry IV., two person;, who ventured to exclaim against these brutal_ proceedings, were themselves assailed as police spies and threatened with death. Other persons were similarly treated, and barei V saved themselves from ill-usage by opportune flight. In the meantime the Place de la Bastille continued to be thronged, and the cafes and wine shops drove a flourishing trade.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSO CIATION.

TnE second of the series of *' winte? evening lectures" was givan last evening by Mf. the subject being " The Siege of Paris." , x fc_» not easy to see how anything new could ie said upon an historical event so recent, or how an interest could be again excited upon a topic which many persons must have given up in weariness at what appeared sometimes to be an interminable narrative of horrors. Still the aspects in which vast and extraordinary occurrences present themselves to individual minds are different; and the points of view from which such themes are presented are various and distinct, according to in dividual peculiarities aad tastes This makes every narrative of such events interesting. Moreover, those who have read the accounts in the newspapers must; have been content to take up the. story in fragmentary portions. Much must have been .omitted that might possess a special interest, ano^ a great deal must have been unintelligible from, necessary compression. The task, therefore, which Mr. Rees set himself last evening was to take up the story of the Franco-Prussian war from the commencement, and, passing hasfci ty over ™ early stages and sieges, exh.' Ms'i kis ingenuity, or his descriptive re. *ourees, upon the mighty catastrophe in which this terribly-real drama culminated. ■*-"c lecture-room was crowded. There T»* as neither standing nor sitting room shortly after the hour announced for the lecture to commence. The Eev. Mr. Bree occupied the chair. The sources of information, from which the lecturer gathered a great variety of facts,, and which were arranged and presented with, great skill, were the same as most people have access to. The occupations, however,, of most people will not admit of leisure to go through so many columns of printed matter. The most effective portions of the lecture were the description of Gambetta's armament of Paris, and the wonders of the " balloon post," the latter being capable, however, of a good deal more scientific illustration than was bestowed upon it. It is true Mr. Rees made no pretension to scientific illustration, but when he told us that by means of photography a " carrier pigeon " was enabled to carry two pages of the Times newspaper, 15,000 letters, and several hundred Government despatches, in one load, the fact itself is obviously capable of the most interesting unfolding. The lecturer was at various points of his discourse very loudly and generally applauded. His descrip tion of the interior of Paris had an interest of a melancholy kind. Some of the details might, perhaps, have been spared, but the distribution of darker and lighter colours must be taken at the will of the narrator. There there was no doubt left on the mind of the au dience as to the direction which the sympathy of the lecturer took during the progress of the siege. The pictures of the consternation occa sioned by the shells dropping on the roofs of private dwellings, the indifference of the billiard player-!, i n the places of public resort, over over which shells were passing in dozens, the gaunt spectres of skin and bone which craved food, although possessed of money enough, were well drawn. The whole lecture was a success, and though j confined to events which took place within 1 the besieged city, possessed a great deal of f instructive illustration. We heard very little J of what took place in the Prussian lines, al though this must also be worth telling,and I would make the subject of another very efFec- j five discourse. At the conclusion, the lecturer j was loudly applauded, and a vote of thanks | passed to him by acclamation. —The next lec ture will ba given on Friday, 2nd of June, by | the Rev. J. J. Lewis.

GOLD FROM THE THAMES.

The p.s. Royal Alfred brought up from j*9 ! Thames yesterday 3 boxes of gold containing • 3,475 ozs. 6 dwts. gold for the Union Bank.,

GOLDEN CROWN GOLD MINING COMPANY.

An extraordinary meeting of the sharehoWs 18 I in the Golden Crown G.M.Co. was held in «» | office of Messrs. Brown, Campbell & 00.,j"J- I adjourned to Mr. Charles Tothill's, ye-terdM i the Hon. C. J. Taylor in the chair, wken^ 1 was resolved " that the nominal capital ot t I Company be reduced from £192,00" J £96,000," also " that the number of shares v \ increased from 192 to 9,600 of the nomnw f value of £10 each," and that " the office ot^ | Company be removed from Grahatnstojrn | Auckland, and that Mr Charles Tothill bau» | Legal Manager." " '■ !■

The Nelson Evening Mail says -r^J*, _. 1 crushing at the Culliford battery rjjFTfo,,) .. not one particle of gold being obtaifcd ;• twenty tons of quartz. In Nelson tuKf •' voice heard, lamentation, weeping, ft* » mourning. J.''^ .J| The Welling ton Advertiser says: —1c j. -...; rumoured in the city on Saturday tv» | officer in charge of the Armed Constat)^ > had received orders to have the whole o \ 1 members stationed in Wellington vacc"'^ I and thattheimposing ceremony will P^L place in front of the Supreme Court- \ i. Much sympathy is felt for the great f»|| tarised.

£B¥ EVENING STAR, MAY 27, 1871



T R HILL Has for sale, Houses, Building Allotments, and Es tates in all parts of the City, the Suburbs and Pro vince, and Shares in all the leading Claims on the Goldflelds. Also, money to lend on good freehold security, and various properties to be exchanged for mining shares. TJ'OR PRlV__Tl_~^Al^lA_r7_r. iA. come of £120 on Five Houses, in good order and 1 FreehoM Allotment, in Hobson-street, upset price, £700; half cash, half at S per cent. —M) ply to George Sibbin. W l '