SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 5.1. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 9.28,

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Royal Alfred, 4.30 o'clock.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

LONDON. —Alexandrina, early. Honolulu—Nebraska, August 10. Southeen Poets—Nebraska, to-day, Sydney—James Paterson, early. Napieb—Nebraska, to-day.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

James Paterson, s.s , from Sydney. Countess of Kintore, ship, from Loudon. East Lothian, barqtie. from New York via

Sydney. Alice, barque, from London. Kate, barque, from Sydney Go-ahead, s.s., from Taranaki. Napier, s.s., from Napier. Novelty, barque, from Sydney. Saucy Lass, schooner, v from Lyttelton, Fairy, schooner, from JfettSpoi. Colonist, schooner, from Kaipara. Lord Ashley, s.s., from Napier. Wellington, s.s., from the South.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Nebraska, p.s., from Honolulu. —Henderson

and Macfarlane, agents. Keera, s.s., laid-up. Samson, p.s., laid-up. Alexandrina, ship, from London, L. D

Nathan & Co., agents. Excelsior, ship, from London.—Brown,

Campbell tc Co /agents. Albion, barque, from Russell, L. D. Nathan

and Co., agents. Briton, barque, from Newcastle.—Hender son and Macfarlane, agents. Na Noba, schooner, from Fijis.—J. S. Mac-

farlane, agent. Moa, brig, from Sydney. J. S. Macfarlane,

agent. Tawera, schoonar, from Poverty Bay.—J.

S. Macfarlane, agent. Meteor, schooner, from Napier.—M. Niccol, agent.

The following is a list of the passengers by the barque Alice from London to Auckland, as publishod by the Home Neios : —Mr. and Mrs. Morris, Mr. R. Finl'ayson, Mr. R. Hock, Mr. J. F. Boylan, Mr. D. Lynch, Mrs. Riohards, Dr. M. H. Payne.

CASUALTIES.

The Merope, from Canterbury, experienced a S.W. gale on the 15th and 16ih Feb., in which she lost a quarter boat and part of bulwarks. The Briton (s.), from tho Cape of Good : Hope, has arrived with the first-class passen gers of the Queen of the Thames, ashore at Struys Point. The Jessie Ellingwood, from Sundswell to Melbourne, which put into St. Helena, Dec. 37th, leaky, has been condemned. A report from Capo Town, dated April 4th, states that the wreck of the Queen of'the Thames, on Struys Point, has been sold, for £15,000. Advices • from Algoa Bay of 81st March state that the Queep of the Thames, stranded at Struys Point, lies in a good position, and that, though full of water, she does not ap pear to-be -muoh-«3*naflged ;. when.__Bhe_Js.j,dis^ charged, it is probable that attempts will be made to float her. It is reported by cable from New York that the Dayspring, from Newcastle to Melbourne, foundered at Monte Rosa. . i The captain ,and nineteen of the crew of the Queen of the Thames, have arrived injthe ' Roman (s.), from the Cape. — Home News.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Saturday afternoon.jj ]

SALE OF HAZELBANK SHARES

Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son sold by auction this morning, by order of the Official .Agent, 99 shares in the Hazelbank Gold Mining Company at prices varying from 7s 6d to 9s 6d. It will be remembered that last week 450 shares in this company were sold at the Thames for £90, or something under 5i per share. The above must be very satisfactory to' the shareholdSrs of the company, and shows that the public is still confident of the original holders obtaining the ground. . j

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS LIST.

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

THE MAILS.

Malls wiU close as under :— •For Thames, this day, at 4 p.m., and Monday, 24th

inst., 10.30 ft.m., and 4.30 p.m. J f For Gisborne, per Meteor, tins day. at 5 p.m. For Wangarei Heads, &c, per Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday, 24th inst., at 11a m. For Kapa'nga, etc.', per Lalla Itookh, on Monday, 24th inst., at 11.30 a.m.

Notk.—Post-offices at Warkworth and Opotiki, are now Money Order, aud Saving Bank offices. A Post-office has been opened at Dedwood. Mails leavo chief office at 9 a.m., and arrive] at 3 p.m., daily. ■S. B. Biss. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Evinson. —On the 20th July, at the New Caledonia Hotel, Mrs. Samuel Evinson of a daughter.

DEATH.

Fotiikiungiiam. -Oi July 21, William Fothering ham, accidentally killed on the kyber Pass Road. The funeral will leave his late residence, Home street, South Newton, at half-past 2 o'clock to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon.

The Evening Star.

SATURDAY JULY 22, 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."

We must revert to our contemporary the News, which we have taken under oiir par ticular care, and whose piceadilloes it is our pleasure to correct. Our exposure of the base attempt to create a panic in the sharo market by false quotations iv Mr. Coclirane's auction sales has moved that veracious journal to make what is meant to pass as an acknowledgment to the public, and yet in doing it the old passion for misleading, and the vicious desire to injure,' shareholders aro apparent. Tho pretended correction in yesterday morning's issue is more infamous than anything that has preceded it. We gave a list of seven mis quotations, which wo verily believe to have been deliberate aud wilful. Our contemporary says,"Twoinaccuracies slipped in. All Nation shares were sold at £3 18h each, Nonpareils at £3 18s to £i, instead of the prices given in our report. In all other respects, followed the list supplied us by ihe auctioneer. A corrected list in full was published in last night's Evening s. " On referring to tlis list thus deliberately vouched for, wo find the misrepres entationn maliciously repeated, except the two thus offered to appease the public- Junctions are still asserted to have have been sold at -£1, -tfhen the lowest was" £llls; Prince Import us aro rc-quotod at 255, when the loweet !>rice wis 45s ; Long Drives are quoted at £!>, when the lowest sold was at 69 10s ; Eureka Hills arc quoted at £1 2s 6d, when iho ijwest sale was _it*32s 6:1 ; and Belfasts are again asserted to have been sold at 55., which is just the one-twentieth part of tho lowett price at which they w_ va really sold. It he malice of our contemporary must now be pretty appa rent, and will, wo trust, be powerless in the future. Those, if any, who were led to sacri fice Caledonians and Thames by the unwar rantable attempts'of our contemporary to " bear" the market; must now feel grateful to tho News when the temporary cloud is pas sirip: from the Caledonian, and they see the rapid rise towards former quotations.

The p.s. Nebraska will leave for Napier and" tho South this evening, with-13 passen gers and general cargo

An esteemed correspondent sends us the I following.«— Truly it may be said that the people of Auckland aro a peculiar people, patient and long-suffering to an unpreceden ted degree. Not conte.ht yith a General Go vernment, Governor, Superintendent, Pro vincial Coundil, Mayor, and Town Council lors, .they now have a Harbour Board, aud that Board must consist of thirteen persons, v/'ii n sis would have been amply sufficient. TirisJ3.arbo.ur-Board has now been in oflice fa- about six or seven weeks, and, naturally wo expect to ccc some useful work begun in the harbour, which greatly needs attention and care ; but nothing of any importance has been done. But this fact is patent to every one, that they aro spending the public money on themselves and their offices. What right have they to take offices which must cost, at the least, £200 per annum, when the old Har bour Office would have-done for the present ? The Secretary, of course, ought to bo paid, as he does his work, but in c struggling place like this, what right has the Chairman to accept a salary of £150 per annual ? Why not give his services gratuitously, at least until the many improvements which are needed in the harbour, bo completed. If, however, he be so mercenary that ho must be paid, let b.im have half the sum, or £50 a-year. I will now enumerate some of the alterations which ought to be mede. The extension of the wharf, so that the large steamers now visiting our port-might come alongside and discharge their freight. Had this been, done the Nebraska, would have gbt away this morning, instead of being detained j till late this evening. A steam pile-driver, should also be procured. This would expedite matters, and bo a saving in expanse. A machine for dredging tho harbour, which is fast silting up, .-md a shed built for stowing goods as they aro discharged fr»m the ship, thereby enabling captains to obtain greater despatch than they hare at present; for many and grievous are the complaints of masters-of foreign ships at the want of proper acconujo. dation afforded them by tho harbour authori ties. If the members of the Harbour Board would give their attention to these matters — which are within their scope at present—they would do much more good than in trying to get up a graving-dock, for white!; they have not yet sufficient means. Let Iheuj bsgin with the shed, as the least expensive aud thel most needed at present.- We shall watch Ihe proceedings of the Board with great interest,; and it is to be hoped that, when they have made themselves sufficiently eom/prlablo, they will turn then.' attention to tho public &-e:il, i

The annual meeting of tho r.-il -c f' the Grafton Road Highway District w.i_) held yesterday afternoon. A throe-halfpenny rate was struck, and Messrs.' Hughes, •T- L White, Dyson, Pierce,- atitl Woon were elected trustees. Tho question of considering a higher rate was adjourned for a fortnight. I

A correspondent sends us the, following, hut t3 what particular portion of road we know j not: —"You will oblige by itfeerfing the' following : An unlucky piece of road.—The | following accidents have happened jvitliin' a very recent date :—Major's horse killed,;". Stewart's shaft broken; Motrin's'man'thrown • out of a waggon twice, and' wheel-passed, oyer him ; horse thrown down1, with a.load of hay,,? two shafts broken, and a marinearly killed ; Pearson maimed for life; Morrin's shaft of cart broken ; Major George's horse severely injured, and carters are in .numerous diffi culties in backing into the curb."

Laura Fair was condemned to he hung on the 28th of July inst., her application for ■ a new trial having beenrefused. The New York Times, in commenting upon the Fair case, says: There appears no way in which the California murderess, Mrs. Laura D. Fail', can escape the penalty of her crime. The laws of that State do not permit the Governor to interfere in any other way than by granting an absolute par don—a power which he will ba loth to exercise in the present state of publio feeling. The doomed woman, we are told, continues to receive demonstrations of sympathy from ' the " strong minded" of her sex, who protest in the most violent language again at her execution. Therein, it appears to us, they are a little inconsistent. They are continually boasting of their equality with men in all respects, jand clamoring for the rights of men. Why, then, should they not bo subject to the same penalty for their crimes ? There is certainly nothing in Mrs. Fair's case requiring that mercy should be strained in her favour. Even " strong minded women" could find yo justification for the murder of her lover, bovver excusable she may have been in getting rid ofl'two husbands.

THE LATE MR. FOTHERINGHAM.

"We believe it will give general satisfac tion to know that an effort is afoot for raising subscriptions for tho widow and children of the late unfortunate victim of the accident at Kybcr Pass. Mr. Orombie, who had known the deceased for twenty years, and speaks of him as a most deserving mah. is actingas treasurer, and will receive such amounts as may be contributed by the,- charitably disposed, and it will be admitted that the work is iv good hands. Already a fair start has been made with the subscription list, and we do trust that a general response will be made to the appeal. The bereavement is sad enough for a family to bear, and it is to be hoped that this may not be super^ added by tho trial-of pinching poverty.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather wc were agreeably surprised to see such a very numerous and fashionable attendance last evening, when the comedy of " The Heir-at-Law" was reproduced, with tho same cast as before. The Pan gloss of Mr. Hoskins . was, if possible, more brilliant, and fairly convulsed; the audience with his continual quotations. Miss Colvillc, as Cicety Homespun, fasci nated her audience by her really delight ful impersonation. Mr. and Mrs. Ityan, as the retired grocer and his spouse, were really excellent. Miss Flora Anstead was all that could be desired. Mr. B. N. Jones and Mr. J. P. Hydes were, as usual, " perfectly at home." The rest of the characters were sup ported by the remaining members of this really excellent comedy company. On Monday, we are to have Tom Tay lor's comedy of '• The Overland lloute," for which Mr. Frank Variey's pencil; has been busily employed. The scenery'and appointments aro all nearly new, and sup ported as the corned}' will be, by the; full strength of the dramatic corps, we confi dently predict for " The Overland Route" a long run to crowded and fashionable audiences, as a just return to the manage ment for their very liberal and spirited enterprise. To-night Mr. Hoskins I and Miss Colville will appear in Boucicatilt's great comic play of " Our American Cousin," and " High Life below Stairs." Such an attractive programme must en sure a full attendance. ". v j ■

THE QUEEN-STREET PAVEMENT.

Last evening a mooting of persons interested in tho formation of the above was held in a room belonging to the Young Men's Chrisliun Association, and ; to judge from the attend ance,-, very dittla; interest, was I manifested in the matter, there being only;.?six_persous _pre sentj ha% these; only,-after waiting a consider able' tin^e. The mooting was; called in conse quence Of the proposed action of/Mr. Atkin in reference to compelling the owners of pro perty in Queen-street tp properly pave tho same. The following aro the names of ,the persons who wcro present: —Messrs. C^ss, Cromwell, Shalders, Williams, Marsh, and Mumford. The following series of resolutions were drawn up by Mr. Shalders, and agreed to : —Ist., " That this meeting is of. opinion that it is desirable that tlie - Construction of the'pathway in Quocn street should be proceeded with as exten sively as is practicable." 2nd. " That the expense should be equally borne by the Corporation and the owners of the land." 3rd. "That Messrs. Cass, Cromwell, Shalders, and Marsh be appointed a committee to draw up a pctjtior. for signature, embodying the above, and" precept the saino-"h,t the noxt meeting of tho Borough Council." —There was considerable discussion on the seGond resolu tion, and Mr. Marsh moved as an amend ment, seconded by Mr. Williams, "That this meeting thinks tho Corporation should pay ono half of the expense of paving, the other halt [to bo paid between tho owner aud opeupior ofthp property."-rThis amendment was lost. A'voto of .thinks to the Chairman concluded the proceedings.

POLICE COURT.— Saturday.

(Before T. Ritchie, Esq., and T. N. George, Esq., Justices.)

Drunkenness. -Two persons, for the first1 pffeuco, were punished in, the usual, manner. , Deserter from the ! Rosaeio.—George Waller was again remanded for a, week on a charge of deserting from H.M.S.S. Rosario. '. BIfEAOIJE Qf THE LICENSINO AOT, 18^1.M Joseph Trimble, Ja.i^lord of the Oriental Hotel, Queen-street, was'charged with allow ing liquor to be sold on his premises on'Sun-. tl.iy, the IGlh instant, to persons not bona fide ; travellers or lodgers.—Mr. Rees and Ma. Jleycridgo appeared for tho defendant.—The ease waS ndi mrned until the return of the •Nebraska, U> obtain flip cvidenco of an im portaut witness. > <

G'u.'jW, »'hat do you tink do most Useful of do planets, de fan pr de moon.?'* "Well, Sambo, I link do moon ortev talfa do fust'rank in dat ar'tickler." " Why you tink 39, Cuseb ?" " Well, I tell you j kasu the moon shines by night, when wo want light, and do uu ehinej, by day wheij we don't."

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

And yet ..another Highway Board meet ing ! Will they;never cease? Dick-sayß he hopes not,-for he finds more untulpxjpl happiness in attending one of these than in-ahything else that he does, ekcept irlio a visit to the Circus. I need hardly that Dick was at the Grafton Boad meetv ing. v A ll seemed to pass off very well there, and good men were elected without too great an exercise of the proxy system. One of the voters thought they couldn't be properly represented unless they had the "man of the , people"—the .great Staines—among' them, and he was pro posed as a member "of the Board. He said he was sure they would get no one ;to look after his property more carefully than Mr. S., whose actions in the City Board proved that he had an eye to No. 1, especially in the matter of: lamp-. ---! post. But it was found that the " people's champion" had not paid his rates up to time, and he was accordingly allowed to take a back seat. When the question of.tho (fas came on there was some warm discussion about an adjournment, the good old Soul wanting it to be adjourned to a church, the chairman to a public-house-, Mr. Use said he wasn't going to catcli cold by sitting in church for. a couple of hours, and he should vote- for a public-house, where they could iiavo a comfortable room and hot grogs. Several voices asked if these would be paid for out of the rates, and oh the chairman replying in the affirmative, the meeting adjourned tor a fortnight to the Kegg's Head Hotel. Mr. Staines wished to know whether they had not better go over to the Auckland, at' once, and . proceed with the question of lighting. A ratepayer remarked thait Mr. S., no doubt, hnd a considerable amount of gas to let off, and he: required the vacancy filled up with liquid. Mr. S. admitted a weakness for gin and water, but the chairman interrupted the. discus cussion, which wks quite virulent, and adjourned the meeting aforesaid. Dick expects great fun next week, and it is probable that two of the rowdiest meetings of tho season will come off, that at the North Shore, and that at Parnell. At the first the question of'! milk v. beer, or the defrauded children," will doubtless be fully discussed. Dick must assuredly have half-a-crown allowed for fare and ex penses upon that- occasion. ' No doubt there'll -be some " smart" things said at the Parnell meeting too, and as it is said that some of> the work done lately is de cidedly " fishy," it will be very " Strange" if there is not great fun.

Last night the most idiotic meeting of tho season was held, and the greatest twaddle talked upon the question of pav inc Queen-street*" at the Young Men's Christian Association—which, by the way, was a queer place tohavesclected for such a meeting—and'on 4such' anight. Are no other people but Christians interested in the paving question. And the Christians ap peared to take the subject so much to heart, that they attended- in full force—no less than six being present. Out of these six four, believed in making anybody but themselves pay for the footpaths—the other two thought if tho work was to- be done they shotfrcH&sist in doing it them selves. Mr. Shoulders said there was no doubt the work was required, and so long as he didn't have to pay his share, he did not much care who did. Other sentiments of a like beautiful nature wore expressed, but Pure Love and Affec tion spoke like a sensible man, and said he was quite ready to pay his share. After considerable difficulty aS proposer and seconder was found for a resolution asking the Corporation to pave tho whole of ..^Queen-street without delay, and charge the same to the Provincial Go vernment, who, on their, parti-are,to be petitioned to paint the shop fronts of the principal traders, to be in keeping with the pavement, and wherever there is no verandah, toyhaye erected at the cost of the General Government, and \ .jvitHout jjeley- \ 1 v / f j g f I I shall bo very glad when the traction engine is restored to good health. It can't go out for an airing, or take a qujcfc walk along Stanlej-street or the Grafton- Road, two localities-! eminently conducive to health, without meeting with"as much attention and as many paragraphs as though it were Her Most Gracious Ma jestynerself taking liqr convalescent strole. <Why not let this poor convalescent alone, aud il might then recover, but to be dodging it about, and printing it in big letter^ two or three times a week, must, if ithaye any scp.se of delfcapy, be anything but pleasant to it, and materially .petard its recovery, So, pcnny-arliner', please ' don't. So the Superintendent and his Execu tive have.visited the glassworks in Free man's Bay. How.kind of them to thus encourage by their presence our local industries. The illustrious visitors were shown over the grounds by the proprie tor, and everything explained' to them seriatim, from the making of a tumbler to the manufacture of a gin-sling. This portion of the visit was exceedingly satis-' factory : gin-slings, mck-tails, and"'other choice gems being expatiated upon and experimented upon ad libitum, The gob lets were filled, and refilled.\ They were, on each occasion, placed between the eye of theiholders B(ihd the _sun■'-,;' and in a second nfterwards, strange to say, the ' liquors were found to have disa^^ared, and that without leaving the sliglWstun--: pleasantness behind. On the whole, we think we may say that His Honor and the Executive ; weve> tn^eh. benefitted by their visit to these great worfe.: ' !\ [ So there's been 9. rumpus among the' Volunteers, First there U a row about; the band, and that is discharged ■ nn d now fouv of the companies, waul, (.0 seficdo aud form a fresh, battalion. This sort of thing should be discouhfcenanced. "If there are any objectionable objects in the corps, they should be got rid of, but the force ought not, and we hope wii.l not bo split ijtp jnf9 two divisions. '»' -" I see Vogel gpttjng on fust chop in London. He's been visiting aJJ the big bugs, and appears to be all the xuga,.,,, QI one thing, lam quite sure, that when he returns he will be all tho rngc here— especially if he brings a million or two out with hi tii, I believe after the Superintendent and' Executive left the glass factory, £hey proceeded to Smith's oven factory, in High-street,,and.tberp, in their presence, t&reoi_j^lloe|s were jkilled,: droSsed,*'cut up, and cooEed in'the space of about two

minutjps and ; a]quarter. I can recommend these ove7)fi'i;.havinrr been in the habit of uMng. thi'™' from childhood's earliest hours.-'**'

Nathaniel Beeswing.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

fKsjS£ £|£., ■■-'s'v#*^' < THIS DAT.

[.FEOM QUE OWK COEEESPONDENT.]

THE CALEDONIAN.—42S2 OZS

LODGED

SPECIMENS EEOP .TfIE,LONX>

DEIVE.4

DAUNTLESS AND SINK-TO-EISE

SPECIMENS.

JUNCTION—I3B OZS. LODGED. , _ , , GEAHAMSTOWN, 3 p.m. The Caledonian have lodged for ;the fortnight 4252 ozs. 10 <lwts. melted gold. There is a little change in the JAII Nations since the workings were inter sected by the Kuranui Hill tunnel. : iThere is an improvement in Long Drive. Some specimens Have been taken out. j "^ The Wade have crushed 10 tons which have given 12 ozs. The Golden Age tributers are crushing. , : , ( , , ' The Waiofcahi 'Association., have crushed 100 tons for 39 ozfi. The Dauntless and Siuk-to-Eise have taken out 20 lbs. specimens thip morning. j The Junction have "cleaned up for the month, the result being 138 ozs. gold. | The City of London is looking very well, i The "Whau have ninety ounces of amalgam on hand. The sharemarkefc is active. Cale donians have just., sold at ~£l4-5"; Thames, £30 •[ Tookeys, £25. ] j j A

THE SHARE MARKET.

mb. J. M. Lennox's bepobt.

There was considerable excitement in tho share market this morning. Caledo nians were sold at £145, and Thames at £31; subsequently buyers were satisfied, and prices receded. Closing sellers: Caledonian, £134; Thames, £26 10s. *My sales comprise : — Caledonian, £133 to £138; Thames, £26 to £29 10*. Enquiries for Tokatea. Buyers of Thames and .Caledonians at reduced rates. •-'«■

MR. J. Newman's Report.

There was a good denpind for Cale donians this morning, and they advanced very suddenly, but receded this after-* noon. My sales comprise : Caledonians, £133, .£135, to £140, ex div., closing«sale £135 ; Tookey, £26 Nonpareil, £4 ss. Bayers for City of Lpndon, Tookey, -and Caledonian.

THE MAIL.

THS HORRORS OF THE j INSURRECTION:;; ' ___.--'' if > 1 ,-," X * & 4 li !

A SCENE fOEi DESOLATIONi-BRU-

TALITr OB THE VERSAILLIBTS,

Pabis, May 26.—1t would be impossible to describe as it merits the aspect of Paris at the prosent moaiont. ,On all sides there is no thing,to be seen but material and moral ruin. It is not only the burning of the publio edifices of which, only a few days ngo, Paris was so justly proud, that is to be lamented, but the utter destruction of all confidence, of all; sen timent of a common origin whioh'-Has hitherto boon a remarkable part of tho Parisian charac ter. So far from caring for his neighbour, every Parisian now looks with suspicion,on his dearest friends, and is inclined to loop aloof from those ho loves best. Arrests aro made ip fjio streets every hour, and: for the most trifling pauges. Sfo one is spared — foreigners least of ajl—fpr the Versaillists, among other foolish ideas, have got it into -their heads that foreigners were the chief pro moters of the insurrection: Two Americans were arrested last night, and Mr. Washburue had to bestir himself in order to have them set at liberty. Two officers of the English army were arrested on Wednesday because thoy had been seen near a barricade, and were only re leased by the intercessions of au attached, of the British Embassy. In fact, everybody is arrested without much respect of either person or nationalities. Mr. Wasbbume has been vory badly received by Marshal MacMahon's staff, bocauso ho did his duty and remained in Paris to protect the^ .very large amount of property belonging to American citiz^s, which remained irt theicifcy. Besides the American Minister had to look after the Alsatians1 and Lorraiuers and to protect them from the Com mune, no iuformed mo yesterday that he had signed nearly 5,003 passes for inhabitants of Alsace and Lorraine, who were anxious to claim the protection of their new nationality. After all the protestations of attachment to Epance to which we have been treated lately, i,t does 'seem a little strange that the AJsiMiansj should 'be' j.u 'such a hijirry to sweat ([Jlcgiance fo thefr cijcmje?. " " • In the streets all is destruction, mage; and desolation. Lumps'and fountains and statues .bavo been smashed to atoms, and houses have been so damaged by shells that tho first gale of wind will bring them crashing to the ground. All tho fiucst palaces and publio buildings in Paris are a heap of sinbking ruins. On the heights of La Villetle and Bollevillo the fight stdl rages, and the cannonade rings in our °»J'9- Troops of tattered, begrimmed prisoners arc constantly posing through the streets, acompanled by soldiers with loadod rifles on their shoulders'; and thoy aro only too ready to use their Chassepots. Yesterday I saw a troop of prisoners with many women among them conducted up the Rue Tromelet, just bohmd the Madeleine An uul'ortunato woman, exhausted .by fatigue, dropped half fainting on the ground., -'' &et up.'^.said an officer.' "I cannot,'' she replied. , The? pifficer then drew . his fevolfrer and*ehdt %ei through 'the'heart.

Scenes of a similar kind are of daily occurrence. Yesterday, close to my own house, a poor old man, who had been an inhabitant of my quarter for years, wass denounced by a woman in the street. ,He was ■arrested by-a soldier and taken to tne Mairfe:' This morning I heard, toiiyhorror, that he had been shot. m leaves fop children and aujEnghsh wife. Thebrutalitfofthe officers is only equalled by their ignorance. Affriend ; M mine, an Englishman, had place* the A.ensign of Greit Britain* in bis, doorway, and the Com munists had respected the,hbiis* as that ot a foreigner..^ A lieutenant-of marines came, yesterday, to make a search in the house. "What is that flag?" he asked of its owner. John Bull got arigry,"and answered that French sailors ought to know it well, for it had soared above the tri-color iv many a bloody fight. The Louvre and the National Library and the Luxembourg have escaped the flames. But the most frightful disaster is the burning of the Mont de Pi<He. During the last eight. months people by hundreds of thousands have put valuables into that institution for safety. ;Fattcy iheirdesolatiohjat the destruction. One eannbfeunderstand whatdrovO the iiimrgents to so terrible a step) fpr the working men have more to-lose; if it' be possible,^ by tho, de struction of Mont:de PietS, than the'ricli. THE HORRORS OF VICTORY-DES PERATE AOT3 OF THE FEMALE IN SURGENTS. I took a walk down tbe Rue Rivoli, towards • the Hotel de Ville, to judge of the amount of damage done, and at the coriler: Of the Rue Castiglione became aware of the approach of a great crowd of people yelling and shaking,their fists. The cortege was headed by a company of mounted gendarmes, behind whom were two artillerymen .dragging between them a solid bundle of rags t hat tottered and staggered, and fell down under the blows that were showered upon it by all who were within reach. It was a woman who had been caught in the act of spreading petroleum. Her face was bleeding, afad ier hair rstrg&ifiih£ji)'Own her, back, from which her ' clothes liaA^Ween torn. On they dragged her, followed by a hooting mob, till they reached the corner of i the Louvre, and there they propped her up against a wall, already half dead from the treatment she had received. .The crowd ranged itsolf in a circle, and I haye1 never seen a picture more perfect and complete in its details than was presented by that scene. The gasping, shrink ing figure in the centre, surrounded by a crowd who could scarcely be kept from tearing her in pieces, who waved their arms, crying *>^ Down her! down hei^J" on one.sidea barricade, still strewn with broken guns and hats—a dead National Guard lying in the fosse—bohitid' a group of mounted gendarmes, and then a prospective of ruined streets and blackened houses, culminating in the extreme distance in the still burning'HotSl de Ville. Presently two revolvers were discharged, and the bundle of rags fell forward in a pool of blood. [The popular thirst for vengeance was satisfied, and so the crowd dispersed in search of further excitement elsewhere. ( r_ '■_ HOW: THE SAND PRIVATE RESIDENCES WERE FIRED. Paris shall not exist, if Paris does not belong to the Commune. Such was their hellish resolve, and they proceeded to carry out their threat of destroying the capital which they could , not j retain. ..They, set to wortt in three distinct ways. * In' the palaces " and public offices which thoy commanded they disposed at regular intervals, sometimes bottles, some times pots of petroleum. When the vessels of petroleum were arranged at proper distances, one of them would be overturned and-ignited j. the flames would rapidly spread, and the whole building would soon be past salvation. It was -in this way,,that #i the Tuileries, tjxe -Palais Royal, the Hotel de the'PalaceTof tTi'e^ Legion of Honor, and other celebrated public edifice's were set in |}ames. This arrangement was made,in the Ministry qt Marine, but the/ wretches: '-engaged' in the work of'destruction had to fly before they could set fire to the pots of petroleum which they had planted iv the most likely corridors. There 'was a second method adopted for the destruction of private houses. When it became necessary to retire from a particular barricade, the Guards tore to pieces the beds which formed part of the bar ricades ; took the tow out of the beds, dipped 'itdn pßtroleura,'"and loaded their1 g^ns flriish it. Then they fired the tow into the windpWs pf the houses.' It whs 1A thisiway thalt the blook of houses in the Rue Royale, facing; the Madeleine, was set on fire;-*, 't iSWI

Still a third method : men and women were goiug about Paris :with bottles of petroleum in their pockets, or hid about their dresses. They threw these s bottles down.into tho ground floors of every dwelling'tliey could get att If there was not room to get the bottle through, tho neck of the bottle could get into certainair hqjes wbjch, belonged to. .the construction of French'houses j tho liquid would fee poured in, and a lighted match would be sent in after'it. In this way very many private houses were sent in flames j and many hundreds of woratn, were taken in the act all day— iomo of them shot upon the spot. All day, too, the inhabi tants,' apprised" of what was'going on, were engaged in stopping up the sky-lights, gratings. and air holes which connected their ground' floors with tho pavement. Wherever you turn —in every street—you saw the inhabitants busy, plastering, bricking, or shutting up Iwith plonks the two feet of their houses next to the pavement. Not only weVe wqme'n ttjken, hut the firemen alsoan great numbers were q.rrest'ecl. The fact is that many adherents of the Com mune entered the ranks qf the firemen, partly to distinguish themselves, and partly to spread the fire instead of extinguishing it.

THE. EXTENT QE THE SLAUGHTER, Tho executions of the insurgents are whole* sale. It is estimated that upwards of 2,000 persons, have been shot already on tho left bank of the Seine alone, evidently a small por tion of the total number. Wherever women and children are''to be seen leaning over the parapet of the Seine intently regarding some object below.one may be sure that the attrac tion is a group of hideously mutilated corpse's of men who have been brought down to the river side, and then with their hoicks to the wall have mot their doom. On the slopin X roads loading down from the Quay to tbe river may also bo seen inequalities where the road has been recently disturbed and where tho freshly-turned earth indicates burial-places. Not far from these bodies were lyinjr several dead.horsesi'from which the people tere'eut ting steaks..; .•_ g • § ■ I ' The inside of the Hotel ?d e Ville plesents a curious scene, the solid passes of foutf and hme of which the rubbish is composed having fallen »n HMMta of crater, whjoh fills Vn the whole cental placp.vTjnder tha mn., h are^d r t^o^ gents, who were unable to escape at the last moment, and thus fell the victims of th o cpn flagration they had themselves. originated; The mutilation of the ornamental work of this magnificent specimen of architecture is simply hideous j there is scarcely a square inch otthe facade untouched by shot or shell, \% SSLST Btone, colum^ in«de splintered and defaced, support a nipre shell, YOUNG WOMEN BURIED IN THE RUINS. J^*™ V ell°J J S h»«y look intheatmos-. phere, so charged with the smoke Of burning houses and nubhc buildings tho sun SimS 2S F;tSss**J <t ®m* '^ries'is a mere eheU, The smoke, from the Ministry of

Finance and the magnificent publio buildings at the corner of tho Rue Royal-and the Rue de Rivoli is still rising from their ruins, and in the celebrated bonnet-maker's (Madame Drou- 1 art, No. 3 Rue de Itivoli), well known to many of your lady readers, a number of young women employed there took refuge in the cel lars, and are now stifled beneath a j^ilo of rubbish twenty or thirty feet high. The, Ru e Royal, which I could only see a portion of, fr like a Ninevitish mound of rubbish, arid the fire is still extending. Turning back biy the Boulevaid Haussmann, I reached the fitaand Opera, a mass of barricades, hnd too Cull of soldiers to be a pleasant resort, especially as petroluem shells were falling on the Boule vard dcs Italiens. All those palaces which made Paris the wonder and admiration of modern times, are heaps of smouldering ruins; her finest boulevards shattered, her gardens laid waste, her gutters running with blood, and an awful pall" setting down heavily over her dying agonies as she completes, in com pliance with "the inexorable logic of facts," whioh has formed her only religion, her own suicide. •'.' A WOMAN WHO HAD KILLED FOUR MEN IS CAPTURED AND SHOT. ~ You have heard, doubtless, of the vivftndieres of tho National Battalions, which havemarched brightly and bravely to the combat with the corps, or with the men who claimed their wild and more.than half unwomanly devotion. One woman of this class, straight, tall, splendidly set, with vigor in her face and beauty in every limb—she could not have. been more thau 25, and she was a woman per fectly made —I saw her suffer.a frightful fate.. Captured, I know not- how, she had killed with a revolver, befor her hand could be stayed, a ' Versaillist officer and three of his men. Bhe looked'" out and out" a fury; her handsome ''A face was black with powder, her lips especially made livid by hasty biting of .cartridges; her • f hair hung in dishevelled tangles about her handsome but ferocious face ; and her eyes gleaming with an over-strained courage that mounted even to madness, blazed defiance on the red-breeched'crowd who had her at; their mercy. I will not linger on tho scene. Her hands were tied,-and, with her back against the' wall, Slic di.vl- pierced through wand through with shots from the rifles of M. Thiers' troops. I could not blame them— bi}t __. I could not help being deeply sorry for hep, ■ ■ THE CAPTURED MEN AND WOMEN AT SATO RY. We first went- up stairs,, where, upon tho first aud second floors, were tho female .prisoners, between 300 and 400 in number. Tho house was evidently unused at ordinary ■ times. There was no;baty?lra'lq tp tho'stair case, and.no furniture .whatever iv tho rooms, only some straw on the ground. In this place -there was a close,* noisome smell. There were ' women of all ages, "from 15 "to" GO) together with,a few young boys; a few sitting down, thej rest, Btairiding about.! Tllefo was an anxious, wan look upon llicrn, and all turned and made a little movement'ss I entered. It seemed nslf they half fiSped, half feared, that their hour had arrived to be interrogated. Some of tho women were ferocious-looking firagos, the picoleims ot the last < revolution, the furies who poured blazing petroleum upon - the heads of tho troops as they advanced in r thii:insur_reeH6n. *ATii,w werc'iuild./wghlened- « looking'creatures; who b:id probably ftbod by some hufband they . lov^ed on the . barricades, their-love overcoming: theirfeyr; _ Some stared • boldly and defiantly at me, with faces from which dll show of "uiodosty had disappeared, years ago; others looked down abashed at the position and company in which they found themselves.: Sonid werfr ,in rajjs. .with wild hair, unkempt and malted) falling' ori" their shoulders.' -.Others jworq in decent clothing, .and.Ji'id juade.sginc effort.__.to,. tidy' their hair, and tb ph»sbryc! the lqok~ o.f "v;oi[jen. |t "wis"""' an intensely painful sight, . TRAGICAL FATE OF THE COMMUNIST "', /.-:, LEiDERI" '- T F The ;Grovernment' troops are vindictive if notecve'n brutal, irf following up their victory. A,trio of the Communist leaders'was captured on Thursday night. They were Jules Valles, Ferre, and Longuet.. ' Vall^s, was made prisoner after' the others, in rear of the Theatre dv Chatelet. His comrades had been taken very shortly before. Valles was dragged forward b^ the Vei-shillis^s, *and J one of tl>eir non-cpmuiissioned bfficerii struck hini' oi}' (fto . neck with a sword. Jn Ibis an^er and agony Voiles struck back, and' immediately an ex temporary scooting party wtiis drawn up, and fired into the bo>ly. of j lie 'unfortunate rebel. But Vallfcs h*d toe -bail taste not to dio at once; he writhed and 'ttvisted/, aud groaned upon the ground until nearly all who were within sight and hea'Wiig Miad^fb avert their - eyes and move away from the fight of his most : homble suffering. The Captain commanding the firing party told me tl.ijtf "Thpy lpt him suffer on purpose."'liis'feifow captive, FeW-is) wliose^ doom was but'deferred, crieddut; '■' Oh'! P%ptain j in the name of mercy put hitn out and.'-the appeal was so far successful that" the ca'frtors'Uieu shot their prisoner dead , Lefrancais, Gambon, and A-nouroux, were shot in the Hue do la Banquo, against the wall of the stamp office. Raoul Rigauli finished His [ days' in the Courtyard of the Ecole Mditaire., t CourlK'l, .tho painter, who ordered the destruction.of the Vendome Column, was found hiding iv a cupboard, not quite largo enough to conceal hitn, in Llfo Ministry of finance, and, attempting tjomo re^c-taffpey w<i§ Recording to repqrts, shot on tho' gpgjij 'Mai-. journal, who has boasted ever qinee the fate.l 22nd of March, -when the Party cf Order was fired upon in tho Ruo de la l»a^, (hat he gaye tho order, hcis met the fate \yhich he sg rjchly merits. ' Dombrowskl died In {.ho bedroom of the Hotel de Ville, formerly occupied by M'He Hausßman. The day after his escape from La 'm Muetto he. received throe rifle shots while at a barricade in Ihe Ruo d'Omano. He wag '_ transferred from there to the Hotel de Ville, where he died of his wounds. Dolescluie was killed on Tuesday at the .barricades of the Chateau d'Eau. His face was much disfigured by a portion of a burning wall which had fallen on it. His identity is amply proved by papers found in his pooket. The insurgent .Woneral Blisson, who was captured, was shot yesterday, as well as Tavernier, a member of the Commnue. Millie: c, a Deputy of the National Assombly, was arrested on Thursday in the Place Luxembourg. ■•. He was thence led to the Place de Pauthoon,. and there shot. When tho soldiers were raising their rifles to dispatch him, ho cried,- " Vive la Commune !" "Vive l.Humanitcr> y; ve i epeU pi e 7i> ■ A PARIS EDITOR SHOT BX" ORDER ■ ' OF RIGAULT.' M The'fate of 'Otistavo Ohatfdoy, aijM.tho writers of the Sleek, and a matfTWicli esteemed, yfiu no doubtJ know. HtAwas Barrled to Saiiite V&lagie, and shot there by the order of Raoul: Bigault. Came Raoul Rigault to him on Tuesday forenoon, at 11 o'olock, with the words, "-I have come to an nounbe that this is your last hour." " How ?" cried Chaudey j " you mean to assassinate me?" "You are going to be shot,", was the reply. The guards of the prison refused to shoot the pnsonei', hpd Rigaulfc had to go for other exe cutioners. They came into the court where Chaudey was set up against a wall*, Rigault waved his sword Us tho (signal to fir^ ilud they fired. Bnt they had.hit too high,.thepoor vic tim was only wounded, and at last ho had to be dispatohed by being shot through the ear with a pistol. . .

THE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1871.



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