SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

Mo*, brig, Bobertson, from Sydney. Iranhoe, schooner, VO tons, McGregor, from Mon fonul. Duke of Ediiburgh, p.s., Farquhar, from Bay of Islands.

DEPARTURES.

Leonidas, schooner, Norris, for Russell. Hero, s.s., 750 tons, T. Logan, for Sydney. Merlin, schooner, 42 tons, Yates, for Fiji*. Opotiki, schooner, Baker, for Opotiki.

SUNBET.—This evening, 4.54. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 12.31.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Royal Alfred, 6 o'clook. Enterprise, 5 o'clock.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Londoh. —Wild Duck and Alexandrina,

early. Sottthebh PobtS.—Lord Ashley, Tuesday. Hokiahga.—Onward, early. Namm.—Napier, s.s., Tuesday ; Lord Ask> ley, Tuesday.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Nevada, p.s., from the South. Junes Paterson, s.s., from Sydney. Mary Shepherd, ship, from London. Countess of Eintore, ship, from London. Bait Lothian, barque, from New York via Sydney. Alice, barque, from London. Mo», brig, from Sydney.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Xeera, i.e., laid-up. Samson, p.s., laid-up. Alexandrina, ship, from London, L. D Nathan & Co., agents. Exeelsiorj ship, from London.—Brown,

Campbell <5c Co, agents. Wild Duck, ship, from Timaru, Henderson

and Macfarlane, agents. Albion, barque, from Russell, J. S. Macfar

lane, agents. Briton, barque, from Newcastle. —Hender- son and Maofarlane, agents. Excelsior, schooner, from Samoa, Combes

and Daldy, agents.' Na Noba, schooner, fom Fijis.—J. S. Mac

farlane, agent. Frowning Beauty, barque, from Newcastle. Henderecn & Macfarlane, agents. Midge, schooner, from Tahiti, L. D. Nathan & Co., agents. * Sneeess, schooner, from Russell.—M. Niceol •gent.

A brig, supposed to be the Moa from Sydney, is signalled as we go to press. The p.s. Nevada may be expected from Southern ports on to-morrow evening or Wednesday. The s.s. Napier has been detained till to morrow. She will call at Poverty Bay and other placet on the coast. the Duke of Edinburgh arrived from the Bay of Islands yesterday morning, bringing 85 bags gum and four passengers. She en countered vury heavy weather. The Duke will leave for Wangarei this evening.

The Merlin left for Levuka yesterday, with the fallowing passengers: —-Mr. Barling, Mrs. Martin and child, /T.r. and Mrs. Border, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Niccol, and Willis.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Monday afternoon,

Messrs. Samuel Cochrane and Son, sold to day, iv the estate of W. J. Young, large store and dwelling-house, on section No 1, Mercer, Point Eussell, for £135.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS LIST.

TM following are the current calls and divi dends payable in the companies named be low :—

POLICE COURT.

Thb following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week •nding Saturday, July 15, 1871:— Tuesday—Messrs. Newman and G. B. Owen. Wednesday—Messrs. Pierce and Porter. Friday*-rMessrs. Bitchie and Taylor.

THE MAILS.

Malls will close as under :— Vox Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at

11.30 a.m. and S p.m. For Gisborne, per s.s. Napier, to-morrow, at i p.m. For Tauranga, Napier," and the Southern provinces, per Lord Ashley, to-morrow, at 6 p.m. For Russell and Kawakawa, per p.s. Duke of Edln-

burgh, on Thursday, 13th inst., at 3 p.m. Mails for the undermentioned places, per p.s. Nevada, t. ill close at this office, on Thursday, 13th

inst., as follows :— For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United ! States of America, British, Central, and South i America, British and Foreign West Indic3, and Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a. m. I Por United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. I Tor money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, t at 8 a.m. I Late letters for. United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late feo of Cd in addition to the pottage, will be received at this oflice till 11 a.m., II and by the mail agent on board the steamer up to ! time of sailing. { S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

To ONO.—On. Jnly i, at Papakura, Mrs. J. B. Young of a daughter. ',_,

MARRIAGE.

SMiTH-GRimN.-At Gisborne, Poverty Bay, on lnu« 29 Williim Wilkinson, son of the late William Smith, ku., ot Dublin, Ireland, to Elizabeth, only Unghttftfhtb* tat* William Griffin, Esq., of Welling iOßMitrett, iuokland. Publio papers please copy,

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.

This Evbnikg. Circus, Queen-street, 8.

The Evening Star.

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1871.

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

There has been a good deal of com ment respecting a letter which appeared in our contemporary the . Herald last week, and which made a most unjusti fiable allusion to Captain Anderson. We do not descend to enquire by what means the public have come to the conclusion that the member of the Harbour Board referred to is Captain Anderson ; nor yet by which it has become equally well known who is the writer that, for the occasion assumed the norn de plume of " North Shore Marine." Any one accustomed to the disguises of anonymous writing could not fail to see that the writer could not be a resident on North Shore; aud the efforts made to make believe that the document came from North Shore like a rogue's efforts to convince people of his honesty, has naturally resulted in showing that the writer does not reside al. North Shore. "My side of the water." " You are not well governed over there," &c, show evident efforts at concealment ; and internal evidence in the letter itself, and the public finger, equally point to Parnell as containing the autjior of the spiteful attack on Cap tain Anderson. The writer who thus con ceals himself in a mask with scrupulous care, and stabs in the dark, has the impertinence to make an assertion at hazard, knowing perfectly well that it is a falsehood. He saya that he is credibly informed that a " move" will shortly be made to displace Captain Ellis, and give his " billet" to Captain Anderson. Had suV- *m idea as the displacing of our re ■ •.- 1 ex cellent Harbour-ma s • . tered

the head of anyone " •. iteful writer of the letter ;._.• ature, " North Shore Man ehood, the subject mi \. .\f.- been one for fair ne..... T ~/j, , iticism. But the cowar ."_ .ant to deal the blow i. z ■ rk did not hesitate to foi _ • te false hood without the ixture of truth, in his mat only pur pose that couli hoped in making the sta; nave been to cause ill-iviil t Ander son, who3e charau :■■. ~ disposition are such that wc can hardly suppose him to have an en..-my in the cily. It such was the intention it has miserably tailed, and a very general feeling ol indignation has been excited against the pitiful scribbler, who is very well known. .This is one of those cases in which an' anonymous writer should have hia mask torn away ; and if our contemporary would only suspend etiquette, and give up the writer, seeing that the statements are wholly unfounded and purely vindictive, an act of just retribution would be per formed. If such is done, we shall be happy to treat the writer as he merits, opening him up and spreading him c:tt to the public gaze, as a warning to all spiteful and untruthful writers.

Tbe Tokatea (Coromandel,), have declared a dividend of 5s per share.

"The Telegraph Libel Case" has reached the dignity of a pamphlet, neatly compiled, and stitched in blue. This rase, Regina v. 13-: ion, will, we suppose, rank as one of hs arises celcbres of New Zealand, and those in terested in such literature will be pleased to have the case in the handy form of the brochure now before us, and to learn that it is to be had from all booksellers.

We observe that steps are about to be taken for raising the cutter Cornstalk from where she is sunk, about a mile from the Bean Bock. Tenders are called in another column.

The protracted cause of Mohi v. Craig was brought to a close on. Saturday evening, after a trial which lasted ten days. The verdict returned is, substantially, for the defendant. Three special issues (which were merely formal), were submitted to the jury, upon which they returned nominal damages of a' shilling on each issue. This concluded the civil business of the Circuit Court. Upon the general issue the jury returned finding for the defendant—damages, nil.

The will of the late Mr. Eitchie was proved on Saturday, and the estate was sworn to as under £1200. Letters of administration were also granted in tho estate of Captain Stanton, who was drowned at Opotiki. In the' matter of J. W. Bain, the policy of insurauca was brought in, and the money was ordered to be paid out with the consent of all parties.

The following tenders have been accepted : —For lifting and reparing buoys, Manukau harbour, J. Mclntyre, Onehunga, £450; bridge over Mungamungaroa Creel;, J. McLean, £270 16s. ; supplying desks and forms for Grammar School, Layer and Co., Eden Terra<?e,A£s6; bridge over Henderson's Creek, Great North Road, John Smyth, Waitakerei, £387 ; bridge over Eiumeu Creek, T. W. Deacon, Eiverhead, £130.

Meetings are fix^d to take place in the undermentioned gold mining companies as follows :—Venus, 24th inst. j Nonpareil, 26th instant.

The annual meetings of ratepayers of the undermentioned Highway Districts arc ad vertised to be held as follows:—Mangere Highway District, 19th instant; Papakura Highway District, 25th instant; Newmarket Highway District, 19th instant; Dedwood Highway District, 18th instant; Parnell High way District, 25th instant.

We notice that there is a place in tho in terior of the Exchange Insurance Buildings, evidently intended for a clock. If this re ceptacle were filled up it would be very handy to the people who frequent the Exchange, and wbo have offices inside, for although there is 'be town clock, one must go.out of the build ing, and cross the road before he can see what tiaw it il by it.

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

No. V. The excitement still continues about shares. Those in the Caledonian and Thames, however, are getting somewhat firmer since the recent senseless panic. As to the cause of that panic, it is of course to be traced to a certain extent to the falling off of the yield for a day or two; but there is no doubt that the alarming and incorrect statements contained in the News had a great deal to do in frighten ing small holders to sell at a sacrifice, and these statements have been made in the most reckless manner, and certainly without much regard to truth. Dick tells me that there was a meeting of share brokers held at the Exchange the other evening, when it was unanimously resolved not to support the spiteful, ill-natured little publication that had been the cause of doing so much mischief.

But why should Tookey's go down even if the Caledonian and Thames had ceased to pay dividends altogether. Is Tookey's ground any the worse, sup posing the Caledonian and every claim in the neighbourhood had been worked out. If the Caledonian reef was running through it before, is it not running through it still. "Why, then, should there have been such a depreciation in these shares ? The fact is, there's been a deep little game played here, which, in my opinion, is nothing more or less than a swindle ; and, had it been played on some goldfields, the prime movers would have been tarred and feathered, and served them very well right too. I have en quired carefully into the matter, and find that the affair was worked in this wise : A. and B. hold shares in Tookey's, which are up to £40 here, and firm at over £30 in Australia. A says to B, " Suppose we do a bit of rigging," and bring the market down. We might do it so as not to lose money, aud create something like a panic be.'ore the Hero leaves. She will, take the news. Shares will immediately go down on her arrival 10 Sydney and Melbourne. We will send a trustworthy agent to buy them up when they get to their lowest, and so we may make a few thousands." Bof course agrees—indeed, he would agree to anything in the way of mining that would put money into his own pocket—and the two commence to play into one another's hands. A goes to a sharebi'oker and tells him to sell Tookeys for him at any price, as he must sell. It is after office hours, and the sharebroker says ho' can't sell till the morning - says A, "Well, I'll leave one with you ; sell it for anything you can get, £25, £20, even £15." The share broker is astonished, but books the order. Very shortly afterwards —in fact we may be sure he dogged him— B goes up to the sharebroker, enters into conversation with him, and ends by buying A's share at £15. So they lose nothing ; the sharebroker reports that Tookeys have been sold at such and such a price, and A and B do their best to spread the panic. As a na tural consequence, shares go down. The prices get quoted in tho papers, which are sent to Sydney, and thus shares in Australia go dorvn, and the Agent of A and li buys up It's a greai pity there isn't a telegraph between nere and Sydney, lo exposo the whole tiling before the agent arrives. I fancy he would get a rather hot reception.

I see by the papers that >^hine, tho es caped prisoner, has given himself up to the warders at Mount Eden Stockade. Con sidering the weather we have .had, I don't blame him—-and no doubt he knows from past experience where he is best off in the wintertime. It seems that Shine greased his wrist before slipping the handcuffs, and while the constables were looking another way. Put he soon got tired of his liberty.

I hear that Innes, who was convicted of embezzling the moneys of the Imperial Government a short time ago, is getting comparatively easy times of it, having been taken from hard labor and made a clerk in one of the departments of the prison. This, I have no doubt, will be more congenial employment for him—it must have been very wretched to have to herd with criminals of every kind after living in such society as that in which he was wont to move.

The new road at Parnell was opened to the public on Saturday. Dick tells me the contractors stood champagne in the afternoon at the Alexandra Hotel. This was, indeed, a burst of liberality, but no doubt they could afford it out of the " ex tras." Dick says, too, that the Parnell Board enjoyed tho champagne — the Stranger had lost his gloomy looks and was radiant in smiles as he looked into the flowing bowl. Among tho toasts proposed were " Off with the old road aud on with the new," " The Parnell. Board, and may it long stick together," " The unfortunate Ratepayers," " The Contractors, and may they soon get another job," and other toasts of a pleas ing character.

I hear that the Superintendent deli vered a lecture at the Thames on Friday evening on the subject of the "Govern ment of the Country," but I see no notice of it in either of the morning journals Is Mr. Gillies so thin-skinned that ho has taken umbrage at their political senti ments, aud refused to supply them with a copy of his address ? Or do they con sider, having seen it, that it is not worth publishing? Probably His Honor will repeat the lecture in Auckland, when we may get a chance of knowing what it was all about.

So the intermiuablc' case of Mohi v. Craig is finished at last, and a verdict returned for the defendant, against general expectation. Dick says that some people were almost foaming at the mouth at the result, and that the judge himself ap peared greatly astonished. But it's been a good thing for the lawyers anyhow, for the costs must be enormous.

The letters which appear in the papers every day, signed by " Polly Plum," must be a splendid advertisement for that enterprising lady, fchc has certainly a great deal of " go" about her, and sees that it is greatly to her advantage to have a constant correspondence going on about her. Aud it is far more effective than a mere advertisement, for it is probably read, which her advertisements probably would not be. I think I must try and get up a little excitement about my medicine : kill a man or two with an over dose^ and then fill the columns of the press with letters in defence, 'ihis is not a bad idea, and Dick wants me to act on it. . Nathaniel Beeswing.

METEOROLOGICAL PHENO MENON.

We have been informed by an eye-wit ness, and ' the statement has been con firmed by several others, that a curious phenomenon occurred this morning inthe harbour, about a quarter past seven. It will have'been noticed by all that about that hour a very loud peal of thunder, accompanied by instantaneous and very vivid lightning, suddenly startled th 3 city, and at this instant, as we are informed, something fell into the harbour about half way between the outer T of the Queen-street wharf and the breakwater. The concussion was so great that the water arose on each side to the height of the top of a cutter's masi, and a large volume of spray, or ashes, or steam, for it has been described as having the clo sest resemblance to the latter two sub stances, was borne for a long distance down the harbour. . The instantaneous noise of the electric explosion was so great that no report was heard from the con cussion with the water, but it is very evident that some object descended with great momentum, whether elec tricity, or, as it is commonly called, a " thunderbolt," or whether it might have been an aerolite or some other meteorological wanderer. ■ The appear ance presented in the effects, as des cribed by spectators, was as jf a mass of burning log and cinders falling into the water had produced the ashes and steam borne away so far to leeward. It is a fortunate circumstance that a vacant space on the surface of the harbour was the scene of the phenomena, and that the boats and shipping, and wharves, in the immediate neighbourhood, did hot come under the stroke of the descending ob ject.

THE ACCIDENT AT THE NORTH SHORE.

One of the most wonderful escapes that coull be imagined took place on Satur day, at Holmes's Wharf, iNorth Shore. During the course of one of the most vio lent squalls, a considerable number of persons were standing in shelter of a verandah, and amusing themselves watch ing the little house at the point of the jetty, under the influence of the wind, and declaring in the usual manner, " There it goes !" " No, it does not!" " There it goes!" when the little shed was seen to topple over into tho boiling seal, and break to pieces. A loud guffaw arose from the party, which was speedily changed when four or five little heads w ere seen bobbing about in the waves. An instan taneous rush was made for the beach, a shed was burst open, and a boat taken out and immediately launched. Meantime one of the lads, a son of Mr. "Wynn's, struck out boldly for the shore and saved himself ; another lad of the name of Murray, could swim a little, but being struck on the head was disabled and was sinking when rescued. Three other boys, one of them a son of Capt. McDougall's could not swim, and their escape is most remarkable. The greatest credit-is due to the persons taking part in therescue. One gentleman stripped and plunge 1 into the sea, and reaching one cf the boys, whs just able to give him a push shorewurds, when, being seized with a violent cramp owing to thi? intense cold, he had con siderable difficulty in reaching shore him self. The boys were all saved, though considerable anxiety was felt for some time as to whether some other children might not have i een in tho shed at tho timo it was carried over. The boys themselves naturally had a very confused recollection of the whole affair. It appears that some boys, fear ing that the little waiting-house would be blown over, had left it a few minutes pro viously; and tho boys remaining were seated on the benches, so that they were carried bodily over. Most fortunately, the little building had burst open in going over. Had it been other wise tho lads cooped up in the build ing would have been unable to get out, and must inevitably havo been drowned. Altogether, the escape has been one of the most singular that has occurred for a long time in the district.

THE TARARU LEASE QUESTION.

In accordance with the understanding arrived at on Wednesday laßt, another meeting was convened by advertisement to take place at three o'clock this afternoon, and at that hour the body of the Academy of Music was tolerably filled ; but ac the meeting progressed the place was crammed, and considerable interest was manifested throughout. Dr. Sam was voted to the chair, and immediately called upon Mr. Eowe to move the first resolution, who briefly pointed out the effect the Super intendent's late proclamation would have upon .the opening up of this out-district, and in a clear but exhaustive manner distinctly avowed that it would not have the desired effect of developing this district, but on the contrary, wiuld ace as a deterrent, not only to this, b :i; to the whole of the remainder of the peninsula. With the exception of Mr. Kowe's speech, and that of Mr. Carpenter, who seconded the resolution very briefly, arid took the opportunity of explaining his a sence at tho last meeting, the remainder of the speeches were by Messrs. Carljle and Hart, who supported the proclamation, but such was the excitement caused by their rambling from the subject, and becoming too personal, that the whole affair was wound up by a per son rushing from the body of the meeting and forcibly ejecting Bart from the platform. This, of course, was the signal for others to join in the fray, and immediately the plat form was stormed, and for a few minutes it looked as if a general fight would bo the result of this second meeting. After a little, the excitement cooled, and Dr. Sam resumed the chair, when if was carried "by acclamation that this day week another meeting should take place, and it is hoped that tho above scene will not be repeated.—[" Herald's" Cor respondent, July B.]^

A correspondent of a Sydney paper says:— "In may interest many of your readers to hear of a canary having attained the remark able age of fifteen years, and whose demise took place yesterday. It was brought to this colony in 1857, by Mr. Broughton, (now chief steward of the Parramatta), and has continued to sing with unabated force and sweetness till within the past two or three months."

The boundaries of the Mangapiko, Newcastle, Mount Albert, Papakura, Tauranga, Waiko miti, and Waitakerei ICast Highway Districts, have heen altered and amended, and are pub lished in Saturday's Provincial Gazette, in which, moreover, the boundries of the Arch Hill Highway District, are gazetted,

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS. DAT.

THE CALEDONIAN.—OPENING

OUT AT LOW LEVEL.

ALBURNIA—S4I OZS. FOR THE

FORTNIGHT,

MOANATAIRI—NO RETORTING

ASSAULT CASE.—RROGAN DIS-

MISSED,

[FROM OUE OT.YN CORBESPOMEtfT.]

Grahamstown, 2.30 p.m

The Alburnia have lodged 54d ozs, for the fortnight.

The Caledonian are opening out at the low level three shifts. It is ex pected that it will take six weeks to cut the roof at this love?. They are also driviug towards the Golden

Crown

The Moanatairi will have no retort ing this fortnight, as they are so late in finishing.

Brogan, charged with assaulting, a man named Hart, at the meeting on Saturday night, has been dismissed.

THE WAIKATO

EOAD OPEN FEOM CAMBRIDGE TO

NAPIER,

[Greville's Telegram Co.mpany, Reuters Aoknts.]

Cambridge, July 9, 10 a.m. Me. Locke, 8.M., and Mr. Lord, of the Napier Telegraph, have arrived from Napier.

Mr. Locke met the' Ngatiraukawas" at Te Whitu on the-sth and 6th instant."

This tribe Has seceded from the King, and removed the _ A between Niho-o-te-Kiore and Cambridge.

The Waikatos strenuously opposed the fltg.

The road from Auckland to Napier is open.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

It is scarcely necessary to remind the lovers of the Drama that to-night this favourite theatre will be re-opened. Mr. Hoskins and Miss Colvillo having re turned from the Thames will, we have no doubt, be welcomed back by a thoroughly well filled and enthusiastic house.

THE CIRCUS.

Tub Circus was well filled on Saturday night, when various novelties were intro duced into the performances, which passed off with very great satisfaction. To-night the grand spectacle of " The .*• teeplechase" will be introduced, and we have no doubt will attract a very large number of people, although tho inclemency of the weather is almost sufficient to deter from going abroad at night.

DISTRICT COURT.—Monday.

[Beforo Thomas Beckham, Esq., District

Judge]

Judgment eoe Plaintiffs. —Combes and Johnson v. S. Morgan, claim £24 3s. 2d.; Heighley and Berry v. Bruce, claim £52 10s., balance upon an account for Cure shares.

Buckland v. Nash.—Mr. Rees appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Hesketh for defen dant.—Adjourned till next Court day. Eioe v. Gaebraitu.—-This was an action to recover a sum of £85, for non-fulfilment of a contract according to specification.—Mr. Hesketh appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. Eees for the defendant. This case was fixed to be tried by a jury. Three jurymen, who had been summoned failed to atteud, namely, Charles Brooks and William Brooks. They were fined £5 each. Mr. Brodie, clerk to the Town Council, had been summoned, but Mr. Hesketh applied to the Court that he might be excused.—His Honor did not think the Court had power to excuse him, aa he did not come within the schedule of exemptions. He thought tbe town clerk ought to have obeyed the summons of the Court. Fined £s.—The following were then sworn jurymen to try the cause : —Henry Britton (foreman), Frederick Britt, William Broadbent, and John Probert. The plaintiff in this case is Chairman of the Earangahape Highway Board. The defend ant had contracted to build for the trustees a retaining wall, to be completed on the 21et of March, whereas the defendant was working at it up to, the 25th of. May. Mr. Bice had brought the action in his own name, by virtue of his office as Chairman of tho Board of Trustees. The sum of £45 was claiaied s*s damages, and the remainder as fines authorised by the Act. The work was arranged to be carried out by Galbraith and a person named Win. Macdonald.—Bobert Stevenson proved the execution of. the contract by Gal braith ana Macdonald.— Mr. Hesketh ten dered the contract in evidence. Mr Kees objected on the ground that the docu ment was a deed and insufficiently stamped It was a document " signed, sealed, and de livered," and could not be delivered in conse quence of the insufficiency of the stamp. His Honor held that the contract was a deed, that being insufficiently Btampedafine of £5 had been iucurred.—lhefiuewasatonco j, aid.—Mr. Bees objected to the deed on the ground that it^ recited that the work was done by the "contractor," whereas there were two con tracting parties. This objection was waived, aud the document was received in evidence. The contract was originally to have been for a culvert to bebuiltof worked stone and afterward permission was given to use brio!<B. The amount of the contract was £165. In oonse quenoo of the non-completion by the defen dant, the trustees had to call for new tenders, and a fresh contraot entered upon with other parties for,£l2o. j ~... ■ :

BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The usual fortnighly meeting of the Borough Council was held this afternoon at the oflice, Canada Buildings, when the following mem bers were present:—The Mayor (P. A. Philips, Esq.), and Councillors Atkin, Asher, George, Bugdeu, Hampton. The minutes ot the last meeting were read and confirmed. The Bt-I/AWS.— Councillor George said be would move that the resolution in reference to the passing of certain by-laws be rescinded^ so that the Council might get .the opinion ot the Attorney-General.—The Mayor said that notice must be given of any resolution to rescind any former resolution. —Councillor Maeready thought it would be welt if the Council would spend £100 in getting a thoroughly good Corporation Act passed through the House. — The matter then dropped. Coebespondence.—Letters were road from various ratepayers, and the following resolu tions were come to on the subject:—A com plaint was received from a resident of Oakley street. It was stated that the street was .a private street. The letter was received. A letter was read from • the of the Harbour Board, stating' that the whole of Customhouse-street was rented by the Borough Council, which must accordingly bear all expenses in connection with the re pairing the same.—A letter was read from. Messrs. Cooke and Byone, offering to supply Mungawai flagging at the rate of Is 6d per square foot. The letter was received.—A letter was. read from _ the Gas Com pany, stating that a' gas lamp had been erected and lighted at the corner of Chancerv-gtreet.—A letter was received (said by the Chairman to be from Mr. Staines), asking the Council to look at Morton-street and make arrangements for improving it. The letter was signed " A Residenter."—Mr. Smart moved that the letter be not received, as no name was subscribed.—Agreed to.—A letter from Mr. Fernandez, of the Boyal Hotel, in reference to the state of the road way in his vicinity, was ordered to lie upon the table. —A letter was read from Mr. James Wright, asking to be relieved from his contract as carter to the Council.—On the motion of Mr. Maeready, it was resolved not to entertain tho application.—A petition was received from the residents of Cook-street, asking that the Council would do something to this street, which the petitioners stated was in a dangerous condition. —The Foreman of Works was directed to look into the matter.

(Left sitting.)

POLICE COURT.— Monday.

[Before J. O'Neill and W. C. Daldy, Esqs., Justices.]

Drunkenness. —J. Jones, J. Woods, N. Mcßride, J. Fergusson, J. Bell, and P. Boilly and J. Williamson were punished iv the usual manner for this offence.

Stbaying Cattle.—J. Leopold was fined 2s. 6d. for allowing a cow to stray. Vageancy.—W. Moore was charged with this offeree, was remanded for a week. P. Lynch pleaded guilty to the same offence, aud was imprisoned for onemonth, with hard la labour. Mary Burke und Letitia Hughes pleading guilty to similar offences, were im prisoned for six months each. - Laeceny.—Edward Jones was charged by F. F. .Lloyd with having stolen goods to the value of 20s 6d. Prosecutor deposed tlint-'he was in charge'of the cutter Mary. ;i On Satur day last, missed a blanket and apair of boots ; prisoner had been working on the cutter. Never lent the aitides to him.—Constable Hinford deposed to the arrest of the prisoner on Saturday: night j/Q found -the boots pro duced on him. Prisoner said that prosecutor had lent him the articles.—lmprisoned for one month with hard labour. — Christina Wilson was chargedl'by Henry Bow man with having stolen one pound from him. H. Bowman deposed that at prisoner's house, yesterday, he gaveher four pounds to keep tor bint. She put them in her purse. Was sober at the time. She returned three pounds.—Detective Ternahan deposed to hay» ing arrested prisoner, and found the note in 1 her hair, under her net. She said prosecutor had given it to her.—Caso dismissed.

TRANSFER OF LICENSES.

A Cotjbt was held for the transfer of licenses to-day at noon. Present:— J. O'Neill, G. P. Pierce, and T. A. George, Ksquires, Justices. The following trans fers being duly advertised, and no oppo sition being given, were sanctioned :— Prince of Wales Hotel, from A. Griffiths to Grace Chapman; the Clanricarde Hotel, from Grace Chapman to Josiah Prout; the Royal George Hotel, from B. Turner to JS. Thornton; and the Royal Hotel from J. J\ Fernandez to H. Chamberlain. '

THE SHARE MARKET.

ME. TICKEES' BEPOET.

The market has been firm to-dayi I have sold Caledonians, at £110 ; Thames, £25.

ms. j. m. Lennox's bepoet,

A great many shares have changed hands to-day, at low rates. I have sold Caledonians, at £105, £110, and £111, ex dividend ; Thames, at £22 to £24, ex dividend. There have been few en quiries for other stock. I have sellers of Otago, at £2 17s 6d ; .Nonpareil, at £<L 10s.

THE LATEST RELIGIOUS IM POSTOR.

Fkom the Melbourne Age we extract the fol lowing : —Considerable excitement has been raised in Nuuawading, Oakleigh, and that neighbourhood, during the last few days, by revelations made as to the impostures practised by one Fisher, a charcoal burner, in Nuna wading, who claims to be the Messiah. One of his dupes, named Andrew Wilson, has charged him with obtaining money by false pretences, and the case was on the list for hearing at the Oakleigh Court of Petty Sessions on Saturday last.

The following is a statement made to our reporter on Saturday evening by Wilson, in presence, of his wife and a number of his ac quaintances:— • . -; i

I am a member of the Wesleyan body, and one o£ those who look for the coming of the Messiah again as a man, and not in the clouds. For ten years or so past the claims of Fisher to be the Messiah have been talked of in BTuna wading, and about six years ago I was led to communicate with him, with a view Of ascer taining -whether he was really the Messiah. Shortly after I came in contact with him I saw enough to convince me that ho was the Messiah. I now look upon him as a rank impostor, but he was certainly very l uc ky in the prophecies by which he obtained his present ascendancy over the mmdc of many p eo pl e . There are considerably more than a hundred who believe in lnm implicitly-most of'thelu residin* iv Nunawadmg, although there are some in Prahran, Ballarat, and other places. He calls himself the Son of God,. Jesus Christ-- and they all believe that he is. He says he will never die, and that none of those who believe iv Jura wiU ever die, nor their wires and

families, providing they are staunch in their belief. He does not mean only that their souls will never die, but that they will never die on this earth. All who follow him believe this, and that the millennium has commenced, dur ing which the saints are to live until they are translated. .When I came to have faith in him I believed that I would never die, nor my wife nor any of my family. Once a child of mine fell ill. Fisher said, " The child cannot die, Wilson. Only believe." Then he came to my house, poured some wine over the child's face, and prayed. The child did get well, and that made me believe stronger than ever. However, Fisher's mother-in-law died, and this set people inquiring. Fisher said it was a judgment on her sent direct from him, and that he had struck her with the paralytic stroke which killed her. I asked him, why ? and he said, " She is gone the way of Ananias and Sapphira. She told me she had no money but I knew she had, and after she died £100 was found secreted in the house." Fisher said once, that a certain man who had scoffed at kirn would be struck in a mysterious man ner within a year or two. Strange to say the man went insane afterwads, and was sent to the Yarra Bend. Once I had two cases in the county court. .Fisher told me I could not possibly loose them, for he would influence the mind of the judge with hia power. Sure enough I won both the cases. Afterwards Fisher came to me and said. " Wilson, I told you how it would be. When you thought Judge Pohlman was speaking it was me. I entered into his spirit, and spoke through him." All these things made me believe most im plicitly. Fisher looked upon me as one of the faithfullest among his disciples, and indeed I had not a particle of doubt. He let me more into the secrets of the religion. Milk he said was for babes, and strong meat for men. While men who were yet young in the faith were only allowed one wife, those who were more advanced might have several. Fisher, himself, lives with three women, who are sisters, and their father is one of his devoutest believers. There is a fourth sister who is married. Fisher says he-is bound to hay« !»«• too, and that her husband will die when ha wills it. When I became a regular member of the church", Fisher hinted that I would have to show my faith by giving him someihing. I gave him > 10 once, and for a considerable time paid hi m£l a month. Altogether he has had about £35 out of me, and it is 'on account of' this that I proceed against him for false pretences. Now I will tell you some of the things which began to shake my faith in him. He met a man one day in St. Kilda, I think it was, and this man said he had come from Denmark, as ,a representative of the great lodge of the Freemasons', to offer Fisher their allegiance as the, true Messiah. He told Fisher that all the Freemasons would soon believe in him, and showed him a piece cf parchment, inscribed with strange charac ters, as the credentials from tho great lodge in Denmark. Fisher was taken in by this. The man told him that he .would have to pre pare garments of one pattern for his apostles, and Fisher did have them prepared. After wards he ruetTthe man, and asked when the lime would come. The man burst out laughing in his face, and said, " That- shows what an imposter you are. If you were 'Jesus Christ you would know that I had been gammoning you." All this came out somehow, and I oulvi not help wondering, among others, how it was that Fisher did not know it was a hoax. He was not in the least disturbed by the dis covery, and said it was a trick of the devil, who, however, had but a short time. Another thing th.it shook my faith was the death of one of niy children. It was taken ill, but Fisher came and prayed as usual. Early in the even ing tho child died. Fisher said he would try . aud bring the spirit back and he wOuld not give the case up any way until 9 o'clock. All his praying and waving his hands"was without avail. Thon he turned round and said that the child was struck for my sins. I said, " Tell me what for." " Well, I will," he re plied, "You have been praying to God to know whether I a:n the true Messiah. My Father is dispensed at your want of faith." . I said, " I could not see any hnrm in asking whether you were the Messiah," and he said then : " It was a great wrong to do me, and a sin,. for which you have been justly punished. I am glad now that the child did die." I turned this.over in my mind after, and it did make me doubt a little. Another time he came and said tome: " Wilson, you are sound in your faith, but your wife is not; thp spirit tells me so." I replied that I was sorry for that, aud ho then said : " Strive to make her love mo ; the more you will love me, the better my Father is pleased." I did talk in a kindly manner to my wife, telling her to be faithful to'the belief in the Messiah, but I got to doubt more and more after that myself. One day I said to my wife : " I will tell you what Fisher said to me about you some time ago.. It was that, although I was strong in the faith, you were weak, and that I. ought to persuade you to love him." "Why," said she, "that is just the opposite to what he has said to me. He tells-me that lam strong, you are weak, but that I must love him more and more, aud he will intercede for you continually." Well, that conversation just showed me what the man was. I said to my wife that I believed Fisher was nothing but a rogue ; and she came to the same conclusion. For a long time after that I attended his meetings and pretendud to believe in him stronger than ever ; but it was only that I might expose him. I can tell him all about his villainy, aud I will. There are others, too, who have seen through him. Before cutting myself away from the connec tion, I openly denounced-him in the chapel at his house, in Nunawadiug. I called him an impostor. He said he was quite willing to Bubmit the question to the Ohurch of the First born, but the matter could not come on until the next quarterly meeting, which would be about three months afterwards. I called out for a decision at once, but they were all against me, and I waited. The- time came round, and I went to the chapel with my two sons. I found fisher there, with six or eight men who were with him in court to-day. He told me that these men would have to decide on the case, because they were the apostles. I said: " No, I want to meet all the members of the church." "Thatoannotbe,"he replied. I went before the six. or eight," nobody being allowed in with me. I put it that I had lost my faith iii him, and gave the reasons. Fisher got up and said " I know what has made him waver. The.spirit tells me that he has joined the Orangemen, and taken the oath of alle giance to Queen Victoria. No man can hold allegiance to -an earthly' prince and to me at the same time." It was a fact that I had joined the Orangemen, but I know how Fisher found it out. It was through a rela tive of his .that I saw at the lodge, when I went there. The mcc ting at the ohapel came to-nothing, except that Fisher's party all affirmed their unshak en belief. Afterwards I learned that they expelled me from the church, one only of the " apostles" voting in my favor. : °

Weekly state of H.M. Gaol, Auckland, for tho week ending July 8: —On remand, 4 males ; awaiting trial, 6males; sentenced to penal servitude, 48 males ; sentenced to hard labour, 82 males, 14 females s sentenced to im prisonment, 1 male i default of bail, 1 male, I^female j debtors, 3 males ; received during the week 19 males, 6 female* j discharged dur« mg thei week, 16 males, 6 femrtwr^Total in gaol, lUmrti,, 15 females, ™~, ' * .'.

THE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, MONDAY* JULY 10, 1871.



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