SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND

HIGH WATER.—This evening, 8.18, SUNSET.—This evening, 4.50.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Royal Alfred, 5 o'clock. Lady Bowen, 9 o'clock.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.—Wild Duck aud Alexandnna,

early. StoN-ST. —Hero, on Saturday. SotmKßi. PoEtS.—Wellington, Thursday ;

Lord Ashley, Friday. Fwis.—Merlin, to-morrow. HoitIANGA. —Onward, early. 1. A_?lßß.—Star of the South, Wednesday.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

James Peterson, s.s, from Sydney. Lord Ashley, s.s., from Southern Porte. Napier, a.c., from Napier. Mary Shepherd, ship, from London. Bxeelsior, ship, from London. Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Bast Lothian, barque, from New York via

Sydney. Alice, barque, from London. Na Noba, schooner, from Fijis.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Hero, s.s., from^ Sydney.—Cruiokshank, Smart & Co., agents. Star of the South, s.s., from Napier.—J. S.

Maefarlane, agent. Lnna, p.s., from East Coast. Keen, s.s., laid-up. Samson, p.s., laid-up. Alexandnna, ship, from London, L. D.

Nathan & Co., agepts. Wild Duck, ship, from Tiinaru, Henderson

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

lane, agents. Australind, barque, from Lyttelton, G. W,

Binney, agent. Briton, barque, from Newcastle.—Hender son and Macfarlane, agents. Prairie, brig, from Hobart Town, Stone

Bros., agents. Merlin, schooner, from Eijis, M. Niccol

agent. Bxeelsior, schooner, from Samoa, Combes

and Daldy, agents. Bea Breeze, schooner, from Russell, re-

fitting. Tauranga, schooner, from Tauraftga.—M.

Niceol, agent. Golden Isle, schooner, from Russell, J.

Roberton & Co., agents. Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Oamaru. J. S. Macffarlane, agent. Midge, aehooner, from Tahiti, L. D, ISfathan & Co., agents.

Thert were-no arrivals to-day. The s.s. Napier is expected this evening from Napier and East Coast. Tha S.i. Lord Ashley, expected from Southern ports on Thursday, and is announced to leave again on Friday. H. M. S. Yiragohas arrived fro* Auckland, after a rather lengthy passage of 16 days, which hat been made principally under can vas. The weather experienced on the trip baa been generally from the W. and S.W., Mewing heavily. The Tirago, after refitting proceeds to England, the relieving ship Basilisk beiag now in Melbourne. The fol lowing is a list of the officers of H.M.S. Basilisk, paddle sloop, 6 guns, and 400 horse power, expected daily from Melbourne: — Captain John Moresby j lieutenants, Q. M. .Latigblin, F. Hayter, 8. G. Smith; navigating lieutenant, T.L. Mourilyan; surgoon, G. Good man | paymaster, P. S. J. S. O'Neill; chief e__ginwr, T. S. Slade; sub-lieutenants, V. A. Bradshaw, B. P. Jones, H. 0. Vivian ; assistant surgeon, 0. H. Haynes; assistant-paymaster, J. K. Mosse; engineers, P. Skelton, J. Butcbart, W. W. Watts; midshipmen: A. B. O. G. Grant, C. A. F. Waters, B. A. C. Montague, F. W. Shortland, 8. T. ». Pitt, C. V. Smith; narigating midshipman, H. H. Babben. — Sydney Herald.

COMMERCIAL.

Erxsisa Stab Office, Tuesday afternoon,

Mr. H. S. Meyers held a sale of fruit, jams, te. (ex 1. rairie, from nobart Town), at his ■tore to-day. There was d large attendance, and fair prices realised, considering the state of the market, apples realising 2d to Sid per lb., according to quality; pears, 2d ; jams, 3__. B's (trade parcels of 50 cases), 6s 8d to 63 ©d per down j ditto, in jars, 6d por lb. ; batter, potted, 7£d per lb.

POLICE COURT.

Tin following is.the rota for attendance of Magistrates *t the Police Court for the week •nding Saturday, July 8,1871 :— Wednesday—Messrs. H.-Gilffllan and George

Graham. _^ Thursday-—Messrs. T. Henderson and T-. B, Kenderdine. . Friday—Messrs. Kempthome and Morpeth. Saturday—Messrs. Mitford and Macifarlaue.

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c. This Evening.

Circus, Quecn-streot, 8. Meeting Total Abstinence Society, 7.30. Lecture at Edwardes-street Schoolroom, at 7.

THE MAILS.

Malls will close as under:— _Tor Thames, this day, at *.«. and 5.80 p.m., and to morrow, »t !••*> »M > 4lß° P,in" tta _B- w> P-m- Por Tani_.nga, etc., per Tauranga, this day, at 4 p.m. jTer Whltlamtf, per Maty Ellen, this day, at 5 pro For Napln and Gisborne, per Star of the South, this day at 1 P.m. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Kapler station wUI be received attWse_iceUUl.B»p.m. _ for Xapanga, etc., per Lalla itookh. On Thursday, 6th Inst., »tll».m. ,_. 7, ml *or Taraaaki and the Southern Provinces, pir s. s. Wel- Jtagton, on Thursday, 6th instant, at 11 am. Late letters aUdtelegramsfortransmissionfromtheNelson iSKSbeX-ceived »t tWs office UU 11.30 ».m., and at Onehunga till 0.30 p.m. for the Anstr-Mau Colonies, per Hero, on Saturday, Bth inst., at 10 a.m. Mails for the rtidermentioned places, per p.s. Nevada, will close at this office, on Thursday, 13th fw's'andfflch'l-iands, British Columbia, United States of America, British. Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 p.m. _s»r United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.30 p.m. Cor money orders, registered letters, and newspapers,

Lata letters for United States of America and United Klasdom, bearing a lato foe of 6d in addition to the postage, will be received at this office till 11 a.m., and by the mail agent on boaTd the steamer up to time of sailing.

Note.—-A Post-office has been opened at Te Ana, Albortland ; awl at oUftupo, Waikato. Xotb.— The public sre informed that revised rates, of postage can now bo procured at tills office, and i attention is directed to many important alterations whienhave been made in foreign ppatage, r S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTHS.

Bavj.br.—At Ngaruawahia, on June 30, the wife 61 Captain George Rayner of a son. ~ . Meybb..—On July 2, at Symonds-street, the wife of Mr. Eliott Meyer of a son.

DEATH.

Hay.—On July 3, 1871, Alexander Hay, aged 35 years.

The Evening Star.

TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1871.

" For the cause that lis i For the wrong that needs a For the future in the distance, And the good that we cand

Some time since we drew attention to somewhat mysterious proceedings in the Municipal Council. The public was aware that some great difficulty >. had come across the path of Council lors, and from frequent consultations with legal advisers it was apparent that the wheels of the Municipal coach were not going smoothly. It was even hinted that the Press had been requested to keep things dark. I Curiosity was, naturally, excited, and the whisper went from mouth to mouth, " What is it ?" We felt bound to gratify public curiosity at any cost, believing that withholding from the public anything bearing on public affairs could do no good, and might do much harm. We had in our innocence supposed that a public statement of the difficulty might have tended to deter the Council from making a muddle, and throwing the laws of the city into confusion, but the Council has " gone and been and done it." In the plain reading of the Municipal Corpo rations Act, it was clear enough that the adoption of by-laws by the Council which would not come into force for three months would ipso facto, and instantly, suspend the operation in the city of every Act and Ordinance bearing on the subjects treated in the adopted by-laws. As thiß presented a serious obstacle on the very threshold of municipal legis lation, the Council naturally desired its removal, or at least, to be fortified by legal opinion in ignoring ic. Ac cordingly, they consulted Mr. J. B. Eussell, who appears to have afforded the desired consolation, by pooh-pooh ing the difficulty. Misgivings still agitated the breasts of councillors, and in the hope of allaying apprehensions the Attorney-General of the colony, and subsequently Mr. Whitaker, were consulted, but unfortunately, like Balaam, they would'nt curse the difficulty that was causing so much anxiety to the Council, and from the irritation evidently now felt by the Council at the waste of money in pro curing the legal assistance of these gentlemen, it is evident that they are regarded by the Council as was the stubborn prophetbythe Oriental king. However, the Council is not to be de terred ; and, imitating the action of the ostrich, which, when escape is cut off, thrusts his head into the sand, and thus fancying himself concealed, abides the conse quences, the Council shuts out from itself the sight of danger, in the idle hope that in this there are concealment and immunity. There is no question whatever, neither could there have been to any one fairly reading the Act, that the result of yesterday's procedure in the Borough Council lias been to suspend for three months in the city the operations of various Acts, and especially the Municipal Police Act. Why this precipitate haste it is diffi. cult to understand on any other sup position than the impatience of the Council to prove their armour. That the ponderous Act requires amend ment is admitted, and that a few weeks would have sufficed to have the simple alterations marie is clear. We have often borne down some what roughly on Mr. Councillor George, but we are free to assert that together with Councillor Staines, he has shown, in this matter, more com mon sense than the rest of the Coun cillors. That the people of Dunedir Wellington, Hokitika, &c, have been stupid enough to not observe the flaw in the Act,, and the possible con sequences to litigants, is nothing to the question. Had causes been brought up ibr adjudication, and the suspen sion of law been unnoticed litigation of the most serious and annoying kind to both magistrates and prosecutors mighthave occurred,and incomparably better is it that everybody Bhoilld know that there is no prosecution to be undertaken, than that illegal action should have been proceeding in the Courts. Mr. George suggested the only sensible and feasible means of getting over the difficulty. By having the Act amended in such a simple and obvious point, as that contained in the ]81st and 182 nd clauses, the Council I might have been empowered to bring the by-laws into force imme diately in a 'provisional way, or suspend the repeal of other laws, while the by-laws were attaining ma turity. All this could have been effected much before the completion of tlie three months during which laws are now suspended. And as citizens had lived hitherto although unblessed with the operations.of the Corporation Act, we think it would have been pos sible to have endured life for a little longer under the form of civic legisla tion existing in the past, - Mr. George and Mr. Staines were a minority of two in the Council, but they may rest assured that they have, in this matter on their side, aud in their own way of

thinking, the whole of the citizens out- ] side the Council, who may give an in telligent thought to the subject. The manner in which this suspen sion of law will most likely manifest itself will be in relation to the re strictions on wooden buildings, and we do not doubt that many a one within the hitherto prohibited dis tricts will contribute to his conven ience by the erection of sundry wooden structures. There ir- -io means of .preventing t_ j.-, owi... 'o the deter i mined procedure of 17. O'ouncil, and however we may deplore the result, there is nothing gained by closing our eyes to what the Municipal Council has done.

We do not know to whose memory the monument is about to be erected at the foot of Grey-street. We observe that yesterday, at a meeting of the City Council, two designs were sub mit|»,di's_ps drawn by Mr.!Bartley,the other by* Mr. Anderson, the Foreman of Works. Mr. Bartley's proposal contemplates a tower surmounting a urinal, the structure being utilised aloft by carrying a firebell, its base being likewise of a utilitarian charac ter of an obvious kind. Mr. Ander son's design is a tower, erected also on a urinal, but bearing at its apex a clock instead of a belfry. We can .not exactly say of what it is intended that the erection should be emble matic. But the spirit embodied in this historical structure is not origi nal. Everyone acquainted with Syd nby is familiar with the monument in Hyde Park. It was erected to the memory of one of the first, if not the first, Mayors of the city, if we mistake not a Mr. Thompson. It is a very high stone pillar, and, being erected over the city sewer, and being tu bular, it bears aloft and disperses, at a great elevation the unpleasant smells that usually attend sewer age. From its useful properties it is generally known, we believe, as " Thomson's scent-bottle." The pro ject of the Auckland City Council is evidently an humble imitation of the monument to civic and utilitarian virtue erected in the capital of New South Wales, and reflects much credit on the mind that conceived it. We question, however, if the mere esta blishment of urinals in. the city, how ever desirable may be these adjuncts to civilization, is sufficient to war rant the erection of a monument in perpetuam memo,4am rei. But we do not hesitate to say that if any well-conceived and efficient plan is devised by any Coun cillor for the removal of the nuisance of our city sewer, we shall advocate the erection of a tower'tO his memory over the embouchure of tho sewer, after the fashion of " Thomson's scent bpttle," with appropriate device and legend associating his name irrevoc ably with the uuromantic, but valuable benefaction conferred upon his fellow citizens.

An inquiry into the loss of the cutter Eclair was held at the Customs yesterday.

Many persons wondored yesterday why tho share market had so suddenly fallen. The arrival of tho Hero with die Victorians re puted to bo aboard was supposed sufficient to causo a rise in shares, and tho contrary result was looked on by many as remarkable. These are they -who know not the ruses of the mining exchange. It appears that in anticipation of the purchases of the Ballarat men, their friends here commenced " bearing" the market by rush ing about in a seemingly anxious way, offering their shares to everybody at a low price. The ruse of course succeeded with the green 'uns, thou^ii tho older birds were not caught. Tho J'lunues Cold Mining Com pany's shares, i.,:- example. Ml to £33 10s under the influence exerted, _::i.l wc believe a number of persons with few shares and not much means., and consequently timid, lost con siderably. Thoy arc. smart mon, very smart men entirely, these Victorians, and we shall be glad to see as many of them as can como j but littlo discreditable games of this sort can not be expected to succeed often. If the people of Auckland are fiats, they aro, of course, fair game for smart men, but we hope this " bulling and bearing" for which Bal larat has been somewhat scandalous, will not bo overdone.

We are glad to welcome Mr. D. Stevenson, of Messrs. Gregg and 00, who has just re turned from Europe, by way of Wellington, wbcro lie arrived with our old friond Captain Peck, in the ' Beth Shan.' We are confident that his return will afford much satisfaction to a large circle of his warm personal friends. To the Masonic fraternity of the.Scotch Con stitution it has a special interest, inasmuch as Mr. Stevenson, who'ha'JrlJail the privilege of mixing in liigli'Mj^wiO^^a. at home, has brought out all tlie'diplonj'as for the members of St. Andrew's Lodge, which have been so long expected.

Notice is given that all accounts due by tbe Northern Club for the past six months must bo rendered by Friday, the 7th inst., or they will not be recognised.

The Borough Council will receive applica tions from competent persons willing to ac cept the appointment of valuator, until the 10th inst. Tho salary will be £50 per annum.

To-day, being the 4th of July, has been na usual a high day with our American residents, and honoured in the usual way as tho anniver sary of American independence. Tho Sta s and Stripes have been collected from differont places of business and thi. evening a number of gentlemen will bo entertained at the'Occi d-iital Hotel.

An entertainment will take place at the Lunatic Asylum, on Thursday evening next, on which occasion the celebrated Bellringers will appear.

The lease and goodwill of Tatersall's Hotel was sold yesterday, by Mr. Binney, fop the sum of £31)5, Mr. Haekett being tho purchaser.

The s.s, Welling.'-.on, which arrived in the Manukau, yesterday, has brought up from Nelson and Picton eleven horses formerly owned by Mr. Redwood, and now the pro perty of Mr. G. Cutfs. Amongst (horn aro the well-kuowu racehorses Ladvb'' rd Brad. Totara,

Apropos of dreams, the Alhiry Banner says • —We notice by one of the Melbourne papers that somebody hi that city had a dream, before the Volunteer review took place, in which he saw the accidental blowing up of Sapper Alexander faithfully represented according to_ the manner in which it afterwards occurred. We can cap this with a fact which occurred in Albury, and whioh is equally suggestive of something still beyond our ken in the philo sophy of dreams. About the time of the wreok of the Queen of the Thames, a lady in this town dreamt that the vessel in question had been lost on a reef, and at that time made her dream known to her family, who, by the way, were especially interested in the welfare of two of the passengers on board.

Return of sick treated during the week ending Saturday, July 1,. 1871, at the Pro vincial Hospital:—Remained last return, 66 ; admitted since, 9; dischanjed 4; died, 1; remaining, 70 ; males, 62 f females, _8. Arrangement of cases :—Scrofula, 2; syphilis, lj phthisis 11; rheumatism, 3; lunacy, 1; delirium tremens, 1 ; epilepsy, 1; paralysis, 11; amaurosis, 1; ophthalmia, 1; bronchitis, 4 ; aneurism 1 j heart disease, 1; diabetes, 1 ; dyspepsia, 2; hysteria, 1 j cystitis, 2; abcess and deer, 4; wounds and contusions, 3 j whitlow, 1; auohyloiis, 1; fractures, 2 ; necrosis, 2; fistula, 2; cutaneous, 2; debility, 8. A man died on the 25th ult. of capillary bronchitis.

Great excitement was caused to-day by the people being ordered to "move on" in front of P. H. Lewison's shop, the side-walk being literally blocked-up by people trying to get a view of the new jewellery made in Auckland, and now on view in the renowned window. Our reporter hastened to the spot, and found a boy almost trampled to death, and who, on coming to his senses, exolaimed —"Lewisson'a Quartz and Cornelian againSt the world; »nd hurrah for Ireland,"—[Advt].

THE SHARE MARKET.

MB. MAETIN SHOLI-'S BEPOBT.

My sales during this morning are as follows : —Dunedin Waterworks, £10 shares, guaranteed 8 per cent., at par ; Caledonian, £178; Thames, • £33 10s; Nonpareil, £4 7s 6d to £4 10s ; Otago, £3 2s 6d ; Poverty, £9 7s 6d ; Belfast, £7 ss. Demand for Otago at £3 ; Non pareil, £4 10s.

mb. j. m. lbnnox's bebobt,

The share market opened this morning with a continued downward tendency. Caledonians were offered at £170; Thames, £32 10s. In the afternoon there was a decided improvement. I hare sold Thames at £36 to £33 and £34, now held for £35 ; Otago, £3 5s ; Junction, £3 15s.

mb. /.Newman's bepobt.

I have had a very unsteady market to-day. My sales comprise:—Caledonian, £178 to £180; Thames, £34 to £36 ; All Nations, £4 15s ; Nonpareil, £4 12s fid ; Una, 22s er div. Buyers for Thames at £34. -

MB. J. T. GABLICX'S SHARE BBPOBT,

I have to report a sudden decline in Caledonian and Thames shares. I have sold Caledonian at £180, £178, and £176 10s; Thames, £34 and £33; buyers of Otago, £3 ss; sellers Tookey, £35.

LOCAL INDUSTRY.

A _.bw days since we gave our testimony to the quality of Air. Neal's Chutney, and it affords us much pleasure in giving similar testimony to the purity and excel lence of pickles which he has next sub mitted to the approval of the public. Tho pickles are really everything that could be desired, and when we know how almost invariably imported pickles have mineral substances contained, less or more, of a deleterious kind, to give colour to lh« ingredients, and otherwise suit the article for export, tho importance of local, and consequently pure, manu facture, must be apparent. As another local industry, wo wish every success to Mr. Neal's enterprise, and cairn the support of the public on public grounds ; but the article is in itself of such a character, that a trial is all it requires to enable it to hold its 1 own against all comers. Mr. Tonks is the agent for all Mr. JNeal's productions.

THE CIRCUS.

Wk havo pleasuro in recording tho fact that this place of amusement, of which we spoke with considerable severity, has assumed a different character since the arrival of the Hero. The performances have been much improved by the assist ance of Mr. Cowle and Mademoiselle Kossierc, nr.d the entertainment afforded last night was of a high order of its class.

CALEDONIAN MUTUAL MINING INVESTMENT COMPANY.

Ppbsuaut to advertisement, a meeting of the members of this new company was held last evening, at the Army and. Navy Hotel, when the company -was formed ; Mr. Corlett was voted to the chair. The whole of the rule were read, discussed seriatim, and adopted. Tho subscription list was read over, and new shares taken up. It was decided that the capital of tho company be £4000, in four hundred shares of £10 each, payablo by weekly -instalments of ss. j the first weekly payment to be made on Monday, July 10th, at the company's office, _>7, Queen-street, and weekly thereafter. The objects the company have in view were heartily approved of, and the following gentlemen elected as tlue first directors_—Messrs. Arnold, Corlett, Johnston, Margett, Davey, Smith, and. White ; and Mr. LußCOmbe was appointed legal manager. The company, will be registered in a fe_v. days, and" enter immediately on their work.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.

On the 20th instant, a dreadful. accident occurred at Murruratidi to a boy nged ten | years, and a young inrm twenty-three yeaw of age, named Hughes. The little boy, says the Murrurundi correspondent of tho Maitltind Mercury, had been amusitig himself with a small cannon, and had got a quantity of coarse blasting powdor. The littlo boy and his brother wore sitting round (he lire about half past 8 p.m., last evening, when tho elder brother's attention was called to something— a parcel—that Had fnllcn from the child's hands into tho (ire. He said, " What ia that? ' The boy called out, " Tho powder ;" when immediately an explosion took place. The little one was fearfully, : burnt, ami screaming rushed off to the creek near at hand ; the young man in tho moat extreme agony was taken into the" house, and Dr. Gordon whs sent for. The face and hands of this poor fellow presented a most fearful sight. Thf doctor rem.lined some horns, doi"g_ ail iii his power to alleriuto their sufferings. 7 ii his fronting (Wednesday) they A Aye pitiiablb j>!.jq__|s; v Jut &'B 'frOfli.pain.-r Si/dita// Herald,

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

L~_^ -THIS DAT; —

THE CALEDONIAN.—THE PROSPECTS GOOt> AS "USUAL,

GOLD SHOWING IN THE MAIN

BEEF FOE 25 FEET,

PRINCE IMPEMAL CRUSHING

._____^OHN O'GROATS CASE^—^

G-BAHAHSTOWK, 3 p.m. The Caledonian is looking aa well-as as usual, gold showl^^lje mtftn. reef for 25 feet froro^Bfe- lowe^teyilj' promising a rich harvest of specimens. The drive towards the Otago is not looking so well to-day.

The Prince Imperial crushing re suited in 47 ounces gold.

The Moanatairi Union crushed 25 tons, which gave 18 ounces. The John O'Groats' case in the Dis trict Court is proceeding.

TjEltOM A_C.OT.TIEH COB__.T_-BPOI.DEKT.3

Caledonian.—There is a most de cided improvement in the run of gold for a coiisiderftble distance in the face.

SUPREME COURT.—Civil Sittings.

TUESDAY JULY 4th,

[Before His Honor Sir Or. A. Arney, Knight, Chief Justice, and a Special Jury.]

His Hosoi. took his seat on the Bench at 11 o'clock.

Mom V. Cbaig.—Mr. MacOormick and Mr. Brookfield for the plaintiff; Mr. Bees and Mr. Hesketh for the defendant.—Tbe hearing of this case had been several times adjourned in order to enable the parties to the suit to arrive at some settlement of the matters in dispute. This morning it . was an nounced that no agreement was proba ble, and the. cause must proceed.—His Honor inquired ef counsel what had been done since the adjournment.—Mr. MacCormick said the present case could not be settled un less th* other matters in dispute were settled. —Mr. Hesketh :It would net put the matten in dispute nearer to a settlement if this case alone were settled.—John Macfarlane was the first witness calied, he said he had been placed in charge of Craig's mill. Went there in 1864 Left in 1865, and rctnrnod in 1868 as clerk. The witness said that he took logs from Opito-' nui down to the 24th of May, 1870. Mobi must have ' seen the logs taken away. Mohi • never said the logs should not bo taken away until the latter date. Mohi made no claim to the logs at that time. In reference to the sitting of tho Native Lands Court at Coromandel, Mohi said that Waita knri was to bo leased to Craig, and Opitonui to Harris. Mohi also told witness that Craig was to have twelve months to gather up his logs. There were about 2000 logs in the.creek ' at tho time tho injunction was issued. The labour in cutting, &c., cost about 30s. a log. The value of tho timber at the " booms" lie estimated at £3 a log, or £6000 in all.—The witness was examined at great length as to marking the logs, what was said by Mohi and others. To publish tho whole of his evidence! would be simply to repeat tho statements of other witnesses.—The Court adjourned at ten minutes to two o'clock for half an hour.

POLICE COURT.—Tuesday.

[Before J. O'Neill. Esq., J.P']

Dhunkenness.—J. Hart, alias G. Hesford, G. Blackall, W. Blyth, M. Malone, Rosanna Wales, alias Mary (a Maori), G. Richards, and Jane Fiazer, were punished in tho usual manner for this offence.

Vagrancy.—Thelatteroffender was charged with this offence, but stating that she had now got a situation, she was discharged with a caution.

Municipal Police Act.—James McShanc was charged with having committed a breach of this Act on the 28th June, by leaving his horse standing across the footpath in Sy monds-street. Fined 2s. 6d. and costs.—Johu Faulkner was charged with having left a goat tethered in Albert-styaet, on the 25th June, was also fined 2s. 6d. and costs.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

By a General Government Gazette, published Juno 20, the General" Assembly is further prorogued to Saturday, the 15th instant. The jNclson Mail of July 1 says:—"Tho Gazette of Thursday last summons Parliament to. meet for the ' despatch of business' on Monday, the 14th August."

BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

Ox Friday, tho 16th ultimo, a youth named David Mitchell, eldest eon of Mr. James Mitchell, of Doughboy Creek, Queensland, was bitten on the leg by one of theje venom ous reptiles. He run to a house a short _lis tanee off, and got the vyout.doi-apart' cut, his brother sucking the , woujicj^and applying ammonia. His father Jdn Jiciirjng pfj.it^.. and not being able to obtain tho man 'of a';_iorse or vehicle, started off on foot to Brisbane, a distance of tome miles ; on the way he gave his son some brandy, which had a favourable effect, and by tho time tluiy reachod the doc tor's house, the bad effects had subsided, much to their relief.

ONE-TREE HILL HIGHWAY BOARD.

The annual meeting of the ratepayers of One- Tree Hill Highway District was held yester day morning, at the Junction Hotel, New market. Mr. Alfred Buckland was in the chair, and said, that as the General Govern ment under the new 4-ct would give accord ing to the amount raised by the district, he hoped they would strike a good rate.—Mr. May proposed that the rate bo one halfpenny in the £. —Seconded by Mr. Mears—Mr. Downey moved as an amendment that the rato be ono penny in the £. —Seconded by Mr. Lundqn, and carried.—The following gentlemen were then elected trustees for the ensuing year ; Messrs. Buckland, Gardner,: Hunter, Lundun, and Downey. Messrs. O'Bovke and Farmer were elected auditors.— _A vote of thanks to the djairman concluded the proceedings.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS LIST.

The folllowing are the current calls and divi dends payable.in the companies named be low:—

cams. £ ». d- jwm Crown Prince ... 0 0 3 ... July 8 Lord Cardigan ... 0. 0 3 ... July 81 Pukehinau , 0 ° 6. ... Juyl7 Red Queen ... ... 0 0 9 ... Ju'y 18 DIVIDENDS. t 1 __ Tokatea..., • n , >. "' V? l Una ... • 0 10 ... July 6

LATEST EfiOM THE WAIKATO. A kativb chief, of the Ngatimaru tribe, ar rived here yesterday, from Te Aroha, and states that messengers had arrived at Maun gatauri, Waikato, from the Maori King to Te Baihi, of Ngatiraua, requesting him to agree to the laws now promulgated by the King, viz., not to sell, lease, or survey land in the Waikato district; not to allow the telegraph, or the establishment of European schools, or native,; unless with the consent of the King. Te Raihi said he would not consent to the proposals of the King, for the Hauhau party, at the time he was a firm Queen's ma», sold liind other than their own to the Europeans, and they should not now dictate to him or his people what they should. do. Eititi, of the Ngatihaua, communicated the above news to Ngatimaru at the Aroha. The Ngatimaru at this place have telegraphed to Waikato for confirmation of the above news, and should it prove to be correct they intend to proceed to the Aroha to permanently occupy it against all persons who may try to dispossess them, or interfere with tho survey of their lands, they not being inclined to agree to the proposals of the King. The law laid down by the King is said to be in force at present within his own dominions (what ever they may be), but he is not, it appears, satisfied to rule in such a limited circle, and therefore wishes the co-operation and assistance of all the Waikato tribes.— Thames Star, 3rd inst;

A DREADFUL "SELL."

In a village -about four miles from Notting ham an eccentric old gentleman, unmarried, and reputed to be very rich, recently made his will. He bequeathed. £10,000 to the General Hos pital, and a like sum to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. To one relative he left £1000, and legaoies to the amount of £500 were numerous. The total bequeathed amount** to £45,000. The secret leaked out of the beneficent acts of the test ator, and the expectant legatees were very demonstrative in their expression of thanks. Presents of wine, game, and other good things were sent in profusion to the unpre tending but comfortable cottage in which the recluse resided, attended only by an aged weman. Although extre»ely reluctant to leave the shelter of his own roof, he was fre quently compelled to yield to the solicitations of his friends, and pay them long visits. A Nottingham cab and coach proprietor placed his .vehicles and horses at his service, in grati tude for having been put down in the will for the handsome sum of £500. The old gentle man was courted by more than one lady whose early youth had passed, but who had no objection tp a widow's portion of a consider able fortune. It is difficult to imagine a more comfortable existence than the generous testator led in his declining years, each of his friends rivalling and feasting him and smooth ing his descent to the grave. He died at the reverend age of eighty-four, and the friend at whose house he breathed his last, honored his remains with an expensive funeral. . This friend had also the melancholy aatwfactibn of paying the expenses, for tho testator died con siderably in debt. The large sums ho had be queathed existed only in imagination.— Pall Mall Gazette. -

WILD MEN.

ONE CAUGHT IN MICHIGAN, AN» A HUNT TOE

ANOTHER Of TENNESSEE.

B-AEI/Y last winter parties living several miles from Windsor discovered in the woods, huddled up against a log in a.vain effort to keep warm, a curious kind of beast or man, one can scarcely tell which. The " it" is fearfully deformed, his hands covered with long coarse hair, face grown full of rank whiskers, j eyes looking like those of a wolf;. and his present captors treat him more like adog than a poor unfortunate lunatic. After being in Windso* for a few days, the " man-wolf," as he was named, was brought over here, and it is at present on Michigan avenue. It is the general opinion that the strange being is the man who escaped from the lunatio asylum at Maiden last fall, but this is an error. The fugitive was a strong tall man, standing very stiff and eract, whereas this specimen is badly deformed and would not have been capable of making, the resistance and the rapid flight made by thojlunatic in' question. But how the being came in the vicinity of Windsor no one is able to tell, or at least has not yet informed the public. A man named Seth Narmore, from Sarnia, was at the Central Station yesterday, and after paying a visit to the keeping-place of the strange creature, roturned and reported that he knew his history. Some three years since a man named Roscommon, living about twelve miles from Sarnia, received in charge from his brother at Montreal a lunatic, .sup posed by outsiders to be some relative of the family, although Rosommon was not com municative of facts; ' The lunatic was at first confined in a chamber of the house, but he attracted so much attention from the passers by, and so disturbed the inmates of the house, that a small building was soon built for his especial keeping. Very few people ever saw tho unfortunate, but hundreds of farmers pass ing by used to hear him scream and beat tho wall of his prison^ At length one. night he made his escape, and Rossconimon was com pelled to ask the assistance of his neighbours to secure him. They found him in a swamp eating bark and roots 3 but he exhibited the utmost ferocity whci an attempt was made to catch hini^ finally leaving the, swamp when a couple of dogs wero sent in after him, aud one of the scars on his face was received while the men were binding bim. Mr. Narmore was one of the pursuers, and he is quite positive that this " man-wolf" is the identical lunatic, as that one did finally make good his escape and no one was able to hunt him down. It is asserted, and it has been reported to the Superintendeht of Police, that the "owners" of this stranger dp not treat him as they should. He is kept chained a good share of the time, and the rough boys of the neigh bourhood are allowed to tease and vex him. If there is a good reason for believing that ho has escaped from any lunactic asylum there ought to be an investigation made by the police or some proper official. Without doubt he is crazy, as well as fierce and ravenous, and it would be only humane and decent for him to be taken from his present owners and sent to the County House or the Insane Asylum,

The Jackson (Tonn.) Whig, of the 15th April, says : —We learn that between Sobby and Crainsvillo, on what is called Piney, in McNairy County, a strange and frightful being has boon observed for several weeks. He is said to be seven feet high, and possessed of great muscular power. His eyes are un u-^uallylhr^ej and fiery red big hair hangs in a tangled and matted mass of jet below his

waist, and his beard reaches below his middle.' His entire body is covered with hair, and his whole aspect is most frightful. He shuns the sight of men, but approaches with wild and horrid screams of delight every woman who is unaccompanied by a man. He sometimes, With great caution, approaches houses ; and should he see a man lie runs away wit", astounding swiftness, leaping the tallest fence; with the ease of a deer, defying alike the pur, V suit of men and dogs. Tie has frightened' \ several women by attempting to carry their, M off, as well as by his horrid aspect, and the, f whole country around Sobby is in consternation. I / The citizens are now scouring the woods, and are determined either to capture or drive off the monster.— Detriot Free Press.'.

THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK.

WHO WAS HE ?—HISTOBY OF HIS IMFBI6ON-

MENT AND DEATH. It was into one of the bombproofs of the for tress of St. Marguerite that, on the 30th day of April, 1668, a man was introduced by Mons. de St. Mars. He had conducted him from Pignerol, in Piedmont, then a province in Prance, where he had been incarcerated since 1662. This prisoner wore upon his face, night and day, a mask of black velvet fastened upon bands of copper, so constructed as to permit the free use of the mouth. The furniture of his prison was of the most sumptuous descrip tion. The vessels of his toilette and his table were of silver, and St. Mars, who served him with his food, never persumed to sit in his presence. The order was to kill him the moment he uncovered his face. The fame of the prisoner had gone through all the countries of the world, ai .....

THE HAW IK TBI IBON If ASK. One day the prisoner upon a silver plate with the point of his knife, and threw it cut of his window toward a fisherman's boat that lay just under the wall of his prison. The fisherman picked it up and carried it to the governor of the fortress, St. Mars. He took it, greatly astonished, and. asked the fisher man if! he had read what was written upon ' it; and upon his replying that he did not know how to read, he had been held in custody until he had the most positive proof of the fact, and that the plate had been seen by no one else j he then .dismissed him, sajing: "You are a fortunate fellow in not knowing how to read." Immediately after this occurrence the governor had fastened into the walls (about 12 feet thick), outside of the one window of his prison, a triple network of strong iron bars. They are still to be seen there, half consumed by rust.

No demand of the prisoner, possible to sup* ply, was refused to him. He had the greatest fondness, amounting to a kind of mania, for the finest linen and laces. The fact is well known that at the request of Madame de Saint Mars, Madame le Bret, hor intimate friend, busied herself at Paris in choosing the finest linens and most beautiful laces, which were sent to him in his prison.

One day a frater saw something white floating on the water under his prison. He crept around the foot of the wall and drew it up, and carried it to St. Mars. It was very tightly folded up. St. Mars unfolded it, and found it to be a fine linen shirt, upon which the prisoner had written from end to end. With an air of great concern, he asked the frater if he had the curiosity to read what was written upon the shirt." ..The latter protested many times that he had read nothing. Never theless, two days after, he was found dead in •his bed. i JL ....

At one time the arrogant minister of Louis XIV., the infamous Duke dv LouTois came to see the prisoner, and it was observed that he stood up in his presence, and spoke 'to him with tno greatest respect and humility. In September, 1698, ths prisoner was trans ferred, still under the conduct of St. Mars, to the Bastile, in Paris, where, as one may still read in the journal of Monsier dv Jone, the King's Lieatonant of the Bastile, "he died suddenly, on the 18th of November, 1703, at 4 o'clock, p.m." " Surprised by death," said the Lieutenant, "he was not able to receive the sacrament, but our almoner exhorted him a moment before he died." In the night after his deceaso they buried him in the cemetery of the parish of St. Paul's,

UNBEB THB NAME OF MASOHIAII,

age about 49 years. On the morrow of his interment, a person bribed the gravedigger to uncover the body, thinking to get a view of the unmasked face, as the faces of the dead are usually unmasked. "The old surgeon of ho Bastile," says Voltaire, " told me that he had often seen the tongue of this unknown, but never his face; he was a person admirably well made, with a slightly brown skin, and a most engaging voice. He never complained of his condition." When the people of Paris took the Bastile, in July, 1789, upon examin ing its register, it was found that the leaf, corresponding to the year 1698, the year of his entrance there, had been cut out. And who was "The Man in the Iron Mask P" Many volumes have been filled with conjectures and various conditions, and some women, too, have figured—The Duke of Beaufort, for instance surnamed

KING O_F TH X HAHES, who was the natural son of Csosar de Vendome, the natural son of Henry IV., by .Gabriel d'Estrees. But at the defence of Oandia, in 1669, the Turks took this King of the Halles, cut off his head and sent it to Constantinople. ' The Duke of Monmouth was another. But well-authenticated state records prove that the blessed King James had him publicly executed in the city of London in 1685. . . Mathioh, secretary of the duke of Mantua was another. And an old physician of Cannesi who was called to see him professionally in his prison at St. Marguerite, declared that " The Man in the Iron Mask" was a womaa j that he knew it by the feeling of his pulse. Whatever he was, it was quite evident that that old fox, Cardinal Bichelieu, and the powers he served, did not wish to have his "face seen. Nor did he deem it expedient to conceal it at once and forever in the grave ; it served him better to keep it as a menace for bis ene mies.

In " an addition of the editor" to the work of Voltaire, published in 1771, and consequently, while he, Voltaire ivas still living, and which " addition" the learned bibliographer, Beu chot, ascribes to Voitaire himself, it is written: "The Man in the Iron Mask was without doubt,

THE SOir OF ANNE OF ATTBTBIA, and consequently the brother of Louis XIV., 5k but not the son of Louis XIII., her husband. \ Whoever would know the whole argument 4 may consult the said " addition of the editor" I in tho published works of Voltaire, or by a jf shorter cut may be read ura letter of Benja« U mm IVanklin, written while he was embas- W ■ador at the Court of Versailles, to John Jay, as follows:

" Yesterday I had a conversation with the Duke, de Richelieu. He seems favorably, dis posed towards our oause. I flattered him very much in speaking of the administration of his glorious relative, the Cardinal Riphejieu. I took the advantage of this occasion to ask him if he was ignorant as to who the Mag, in the Iron Mask was, since it" was quite evident that 1m must have ,been born during the administration of the Cardinal. My interlocutor "ajfc first took an air qf great mystery; then, telling me that the matter in Question was a secret of State, he revealed to »• wM fcljowii, ana which, -without fear, I

THE EVENING "STAB* J&UQKLINI); TUESDAY, JP 4, 1871.



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