SHIPPING.

POET OF AUCKLAND

Ihe s.s. Taranaki is expected in the Manu- Kau to-morrow, from Southern ports.

The s.s. Napier, for Poverty Bay and Napier, Uas been del ained till to-morrow.

In consequence 'of the inclemency of the weather, the sailing of the s.s. James Paterson has been postponed till to-morrow at 3 p.m. The barque Kate is still lying at the Heads, windbound.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening- c tah Office, Thursday afternoon. Mr. George Sibbin sold at his mart to-day, by order of tbe Registrar of the Supreme Court, 152 acres of land, in the parish of Kapanga, Coromandel, for £100.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails will close as under : —

For Thames, this day, at 4.30 and 5.30 p.m., nnrl to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 4.30 and

5.30 p.m. For Whitiangi, per Mary Ellen, this day, at 5 p.m. For Russell, Sydney and the Australian Colo nies, per s.s. James Paterson, to-morrow, at 2 p.m. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne only will be received at this' office, till 2.30 a.m. For Gisborne and Napier, per s.s. Napier, to-morrow, at 1 p.m. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Napier station will be received at this office till 1.30 p.m. For r. ussell, etc., per Comerang, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Uis borne, per Tawera, on Saturday, 10th mst., at 11 a m. For Great. Barrier, per Seabircl, on Saturday, 10th inst.,. at 2 p.m. I For 'tauranga,'per Tauranga, on Saturday, 10th inst., at 3 p.m. Late letters and tele grams will be received till 3.30 p.m. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Taranaki, on Monday, 12th inst., at 9 am. Late letters and telegrams for trans mission ironY tbe Nelson station will be re ceived at this office till 9.30 a.m., and at Onehunga till 10.'30 a.m. Mails for the un". ermentidned places per Nebraska, will closest _0g office on Friday, 16th inst., as follows :—-

For Sandwich Islands,- British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, § and South America, British ".and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 12.30 p.m. For United Kingdom via San Francisoo, at 12.30 p.m. For money orders, registered letters and news papers, at. 11 a.m. Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of .id in addition to the postage will be received at this office till 1 p.m., and by the mail age. t on board the steamer np till time of sailin . Note.—Eevised tables of rates of postage can now be obtained at this office; price, Gd. Note.—Mails for Port Albert via Helen. ville, Otamatea, Pahi, Paparoa and Matakotie, will in future close at this office at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays, instead of Mondays as hereto fore. Tha return mails from the above offices will arrive on Frilay evening, in place of Satur day. Mails for places on the Wairoa (Kai para) river will continue to be despatched on Monday mornings, but will in future arrive in Auckland on Wednesdays, in place of Saturdays. S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending Saturday, June 10, 1871 :—

Fridfiv, June 9—Messrs. Joseph Newman and O'Neill.

Saturday, June 10 Messrs. Ewen and Pierce

The Evening Star. THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1871.

The interests of the city are so bound up in the welfare of-the Thames, that we are warranted in reflecting on the unquestionable injury done to the general interests in the neglect shown to wharf accommodation at that place. The subject is invested with somewhat of a thrilling interest, from an inci dent that occurred last night, and the full results of which are not yet known. Last night the Golden Grown was to have left Grahamstown at eight o'clock. At that hou:% in consequence of the state of the tide, she was obliged to lie at a great dis tance from the jetty, and passengers were conveyed to her in ope. boats. Several cargoes of passengers were ___£ _?T k! d _ but .» boats con- If __1 _? V- °- f the ****&** /one of them containing a number of our

test known citizens), started from the jetty; and from the gale blowing, and the pitchy darkness, failed to fetch the steamer. They were driven by the gale across the frith, and for two weary hours the passengers were toss ing on the waters, with a gale blow ing, and in perfect darkness, and ufcte_ ignorance of where they were, and in expectation of momentarily being swal lowed up in the waves. At length the Lady Bowen got up steam and set out in search of the boats, and was for tunate in picking two up and placing the passengers on board the Golden Crown. It is to be feared that evil may have befallen the other boat, as it is alleged that a boat, without oars, or any persoii in it, was seen drifting past the steamer, and it is even stated that the form of a man was recognised in the waves. Ueally this is a matter of very pressing importance. The Thames goldfield. is now doing so much for the province, that its re quirements in public works should be treated with no niggard hand. And, certainly, the least that that district can claim, is that its access should not be attended with danger to human life.

J The important subject of the future crest of the city of Auckland was yes terday the theme of interesting debate in the Municipal Council. It may seem to many that the fixing of a design for a Corporate seal is a matter of very trivial moment, and that the imprint of the Mayor's thumb would have given equal validity to documents and have consorted as well with the dignity of the city as the most elabo rate device. But men of sack ideas are of those who have no poetry in their soul, and cannot look beyond* the grovelling concerns of the present, nor consider the great events that may be in the womb of the future. A day may come when the influence of Auck land will have so extended that the knowledge of her crest will be as world-wide as the three balls that con stituted the coat of arms of the old Lombard merchants. In that cominc time when our city arms will be em blazoned in.heraldry, and our merchant princes will have added names to the scroll of fame, it will be of historic in terest to know the subtle motives that, entered into the discussion of the merits of the various heraldic devices submitted to the decision of the most potent, grave, and reverend seniors of the > Venice of the South. Be it .recorded, therefore, for the benefit of the future historian, that two devices won the favour of our senators—the one that was selected and the one that was jnot. These two candidates for selection came forward unequally weigpted, it being arranged that if the second had been successful the five pouilds to be given for it from city funds should have been expended in givirtg a " spree" to City Councillors. When, therefore, the future historian, in pjerusing the memorials of the rulers of Afuckland, as given in the journals of ttye d. y, may be led to suppose that thejr were wholly given to intem perance, it will stand recorded to their honjor that they were able to resist the temtotation thus presented; and the coajt of arms engraven on our civic seal will be, a standing raem,ornil to the stofic virtue of the early fathers of the citiy.

THE SHAREMARKET.

iMr. I. Phillips reports having sold— NJorth Devon, 4__, 48s. 6d.; . Thames, jS£5, £35 155.; Golden Lions, 135.; Uni cdprn, 10s. *

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

(Before T. Beckham, Esq., R.M.) Dbttnkenness.— Thomas Q.uinn and Wil ham Ellis, for first offence's, were each fined 1 3s. and costs. Wm. Dowlan, for a second o lence, was fined 20s. and costs, or the usual a tentative of 48 hours' imprisonment. . Mu_rciPA_ Police Act.—Emma Robinson w as fined 2s. 6d. and costs for allowing one pig to stray. ImpotthtslK(. Act.—The following penalties were imposed for allowing cattle to stray:— A. Tait and William Marks, each 10s. and prists; J. Baker, Gr. Osbourne, and Sarah Edgprly, each sb. and costs.

THE TOWN CLERK.

To the Editor of the Stab.

! i Sib,—As an admirer of the vigorous manner in which you aro accustomed to treat any abuse, I wish to draw your attention to an instance of Very bad taste-to speak mildly—on. the part of the Mayor of Auck land. In the election 0 f a Town Clerk to-day, there were five CouneUiors for Mr. Coleman, ?___T _* F- Bvodh' His Worship (Mr Jluliph), as permitted b- tho Act, voted in thtreleeU-n, and, gmng xil i 8 - ofce fop Mp> Brodie, made a tie when h. gave Wa casti *_. __^ r- r_° f ithe, 8r c S^tleman. This fluty. M atnctly legal, but wasVlecidedly im proper and unbecoming. Mr. Br odia occupies the position of being simply the _ omine £ of the Mayor, and placed in that po s itj on __ opposition to the majority of the representa tives of the citizens. The relative merits of I "ie, two gentlemen are beside the question S _-Tmg' I beli6Te ' eqUaUy Rt for fche Situa' !-Auckland! June 7.,, Ka™*™

SUPREME COURT.—Criminal Session.

THURSDAY;, JUNE 8.

(Before His Honor Sir George Arney, Knight, Chief Justice.)

T__ sittings of the Circuit Court were re sumed this morning. His Honor took his seat oh the bench at 10 o'clock.

Notice.-—We have been requested to call the attention of persons summoned to serve on the common jury that they should be in attendance on Friday morning at 10 a.m. sharp, the trial of James Muirhead, for the murder at Rangiawhia, being fixed especially for that day. The jurors wilt bs called over precisely at the hour mentioned.

HoBSE-STEALING ; SENTENCES.-— John ft%» land, alias Ifewson (four previous convictions for felony), found guilty on Tuesday of steal ing a horse, the property of John Scott, farmer,, of. Mahgerei.—His Honor said the prisoner appeared to have been leading a vagabond life for some time. He appeared to be one of a class of persons who travelled throughout the country," living by crime. The prisoner, according the testi mony of the witnesses, had the management of horses. There was too much reason to fear that these horses a":so were the produce of separate felonies. He had been four times previously convicted. It would also seem from the .evi dence as if the two men at the bar used the valleys and mountains, swamps and morasses of New Zealand for the purpose of their felonies, and that they carried on that trade with comparative immunity. The settlers were too busy to afford the time to travel miles and miles after cattle that might be miss ing, and it was impossible that the Govern ment could have police at every turn, and these circumstances were tauen advantage of by persons like Hewaon and Harrison for the purpose of committing crime. Bis Honor then sentenced Hewson, alias Ringland, to four years' penal servitude. — William Harrison (four previous convictions), found guilty on Tuesday of stealing a mare, the property of Hori Karaka, was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. — Tamihana Te Ra, found guilty of horse-stealing, was also sentenced. His lionor said he would give effect to the excellent character this native obtained from the Resident Magistrate, Mr. Serancke, who knew him for two years, and never heard the breath of suspicion against hira. Sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labor.

Nolle Prosequi.—Mr. Brookfield said there was a second charge of horse-stealing against Harrison ; tho horse being :.he pro perty of a person named Stanton. He had be -n informed that Stanton, the prosecutor, was dead. There was, he believed, no doubt that the prosecutor had been drowned. On behalf of the Crown he thought that it would bo incurring needless expense to bring wit nesses from Opotiki, seeing that the prosecu tor could not be present. He would, with the permi.ion of the Court, withdraw the pro secution and ask the Court to enter a nolle prosequi in the second ca-e.

The Ban„uuptc_ Act. — Fiuttdulent Concealment ov Debt. — Geortjc Nash, formerly a draper, was surrendered to liis bail, arraigned upon an indictment framed under the Bankruptcy Act for having, aft . adjudication of bankruptcy, con cealed some of the debts due to him, namely a sum of £6 due by a person named Robert S Bush, and a further sum of £49 also due to iiiui from Wm. Kelly ; also with failing " to dis cover" upon his last examination certain goods, •V z., 1 sewing machine, 3 bales of goods.—Mr. Brookfield, on behalf of the Crown, conducted the prosecution,—Mr. Ree.» defended the ac cused.—The prosec dion was instituted at the instance of the Official Trustee. • Mr. Book field in opening the case, said tho case was one of great importance not only as regarded tho young man at the bar, but also as regarded tho public at large. It was clear that offences against the bankruptcy laws were offences against tho public, inasmuch as it had been found necessary to pass laws for ! their repression. And it in tho interest of the public these laws had been framed, then offences against them were fitting subject o! iyquiry by ajury. It would bo a manifest injustice if persons brought before tho Court on various charges of misappropriation were to bo pun ished with different terms of imprisonment, if frauds committed by com.alment of bankrupt estates were t_ be unpunished. The trustee in bankruptcy had no wisli to deal harshly with the prisoner, but his official position imposed upon him a public duty from which ho could not shrink.—Alfred Hassel King, Deputy Registrar of the Supreme Court, produced the petition and order of adjudication in bank ruptcy.—Charles Edward Madden, clerk to Mr. Joy, said Mr. Joy was acting for George Nash and Obadiah Nash in their bankruptcy. The day fixed for the last examination was 26th of January last. The first meeting was on the 29th. of November, 1870. ° The Ceorge Nash mentioned is the same person as the young man at the bar. Witness believed that the final statement of the bank ruptcy was put into his hand at tho examina tion. The last examination took place before Mr. O'Brien, Registrar of the Supreme Court, His Honor being then absent.—Robert Smelt Bush, a clerk in the Native Office, -said that he was indebted to the Nash Bros, about _ o at the time of their bankruptcy. Ho was not aw. re they were bankrupt until after ho met the defendant in the street. The dofendant said to him " I have not sent your name in." I told him it was a private debt between him and myself. Although I said so, I had no suspicion I was doin." wrong. I had been a good while absent from town ; had not seen a newspaper for some time. Tho word insolvent or bankrupt was not mentioned. I have since paid the Official Trustee £_ 18s. of the £6.—William Nash, brother of tho defendant, deposed that he saw entries in " a journal," entries one for £6, in defendant's nandwriting, to the best of witness's belief. Witness spoke (to the best of his belief) of other entries in the account book, but they were not material to the enquiry. Was aware that Bush was indebted to the estate, by Ids brother s desiring tho debt to bo transferred to witness s books. Orlando Nash, one of the partners was since dead. Witness could not say which ot the brothers asked him to trans fer Rush s debt into his books, but thoy were hoth present at tho time.. Was aware that Mr. Kelly, oi Opotiki, had purchased goods at his brother's. Witness knew they wero paid for by cheque (£49.) Saw his brother Orlando (deceased) give it to his brother G-eorge, the dofendant. Witness moved °a sewing machine from Ceorge Nash's. private house, iv Gfrey street, to the house of Ceorge Bugden, iv Wakefield-street. That was.about the middle

'of October. Witness believed it belonged to the firm of Nash and Company. Witness was aw__s that Nash Brothers were then in pecu niary difficulties. They were both together when they, or one of them, ordered witness to remove it. It was removed at about 9 o'clock at night. Nash .Brothers had a store at. One hunga, which was in charge of a brother-in law. It was a store for general drapery and boots.—-In cross-examination, witness said Bugden did not purchase for him the store at Onehunga. Bugden bought some goods for witness —Queen-street goods. Witness wanted to purchase the Queen-street goods with bills, but bis brothers ..fused unless he could get some one to endorse the bills. His brothers sold witness the store at Papakura. Witness never threatened his brother George (defendant). Said he was afraid he would be in the Stockade.—His Honor: What is the object of this examina tion ?—Mr. Rees : I want to show the animus of the witness towards the defendant, and his feeling towards Nash and Bugden.—Witness said it was instituted by certain disclosures made by Orlando Nash (deceased) to Macffar lane.

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE IN IRELAND.

DAMAGES LAID AT £12,000,

---[Feom the " Times," Maech 17.] The interest of the assizes is now centred in Galway, where a breach of promise case is at hearing in which two leading families in the county are involved, Damages are laid at £12,000. (Special counsel are en gaged on both sides, Attorney-General and Dr. Ball being the chief advocates for the plaintiff; Mr. Butt, Q. 0., and Mr. Palles, Q.C, for the defendant. At the opening of the trial, on the 15th March, the Courtroom was crowded with the friends of the litigants. The plaintiff, Miss Agnes Joyce, ia a lady in her nineteenth year, and of great personal attractions, daughter of Mr. T. Joyce, a member of one ot'the oldest families in the west of Ireland, and the defendant, Mr. Theobald Blake, is a gentleman of rank and fortune. The .ttornev-Greneral stated the case for the plaintiff in an eloquent and effective address. Tie descanted upon the injury inflicted upon the young and beautiful girl in whose behalf he pleaded, and de nounced the defendant for his broken honour and violated faith. He pictured the painful circumstances of the case for both sides, but especially for the plaintiff. Two statements he said had been in sidiously circulated, which be indignantly . denied, 'ihe first was that the artless and | ingenuous girt had written letters teeming with affection from the dictation of another person and had had kept copies for a par ticular purpose. He stigmatised that assertion by the stroagest though the shortest epithet. The second assertion was that her father was under large pecuniary obligations to the defendant. This he would merely designate as the fabrication of an inventive mind. The facts of tho case, as presented by the learned counsel, were as follows :—ln the spring of 1865 the plaintiff and her family were in Home, and Mr. Blake with them. ITe accompanied them from Home to Lucca, and thence to Paris. They went next to Florence, and he still went with them. 'They wintered in Rome, and he proceeded there too. Later in the season, owing to a domestic affliction, they came to Paris, and he returned with them. During all .heir tour he paid the most marked attention to the plaintiff. In the next summer they went to Boulogne, and he followed them. After some time they returned to Galway, and Mr. Blake was still "in tow." In 1867 they again pro ceeded to Paris, and he made his way there too. 'They went then to Spa, and from that to Paris andother places, to each of which Mr. fjlakeaccompaniedthem, stiil paid great attention to Miss Joyce, and manifestingjealousyjif any strangers sought to enlist her feelings. At first Mrs. Joyce, having regard to her daughter's youth, treated tho attentions as " a joke," but the defendant spoke to her in such terms as to disahuse her mind of such an impres sion. She told him it was inopportune to talk on such a subject, and that when the lady was of marriageable age if lie were of the same mind, and she was favourably disposed towards him, and a satisfactory settlement was made, the subject should be entertained. In 18G7 the defendant, who still kept up a constant intercourse with the Joyces, deliberately spoke of matrimony to the plaintiff, and in August, 1869; he told Mrs. Joyce that he had pro-' posed for her daughter, and that her answer was that she would regard him as a friend, but nothing more.' Notwith standing her refusal, he persisted in his attentions, and, after some reference to a mutual friend, renewed the proposal in September, 1869, and was accepted. Congratulations were exchanged, and it was understood that the matter was settled, and that the marriage would be solemnised after Christmas. The defend ant however, though cordial and affection ate to the plaintiff in private, denied in public the existence of any engagement, a course of conduct which counsel at tributed to a sordid and pitiful motive. The day of marriage had been postponed at Mr. Blake's suggestion, and, a settle ment had been agreed upon between the parties and a mutual friend, who was called in to arbitrate. Mr. Blake's property amounted to £3000 a year, together with mortgages on other estates, railway shares, and bank stock, and it was arranged that Miss Joyce should have a separate income of £450 settled on her. Tho defendant gave Mr. Joyce a cheque for £50 to bo spent in jewelry for the plaintiff, but it was returned. A Mrs. O'Brien, a friend of both parties, afterwards informed tho plaintiff in a letter that Mr. Blake said she would be too extravagant. Miss Joyce thereupon wrote to the defendant that he was free, and Mrs. O'Brien, on seeing the letter, observed that if he had any misgivings ho ought to put an end to the whole affair

then, but instead of doing so he went off to tho lady's residence, and the 17th of April, 1870, was fixed upon for the mar riage. Counsel read the following cor respondence. On the 20th of October, 1869, the plaintiff wrote to the de fendant :—-

My own dear darling Theo,—Your letter to day gave me much pleasure. Dreadfully you are bored with those tenants. I wish I was with you in your little room. ;' Mind you are to come back with papa to-morrow. Willie and I went to Kilcoman yesterday, and saw all the ladies. No one else called there. They were very glad to see us, or pretended to be, which is all the same to me. 1 believe the Castle Daly ball is really, to come off the first ■ week of November. So mamma is sending for a dres3 for me, but we have, a dispute how.it is to be made. Only I know that'you don't care or know anything about it, I would ask you. I send you some violets, those nasty blots. I hope you have written to me to day, mind as no one will see your letter. I hope you will write me a nice one. lam sure yjni will be very busy when you receive this, and won't have much time to read my scrib bles, so I will say good-bye till t6-_.or._v. Ever, my own darling Theo, your own, " Do__." The defendant; he observed, wished to avoid committing himself on paper, bat having been told that no one would see his epistles, he wrote the following :— \ Vermont, October 26, 1869. My own dearest Doll, —A thousand thanks i for your dear little letter, which was quite a' relief to me after all the hard work I have gone through yesterday. Thelettor was signed," with bestlove.ever your affectionate Theo." He afterwards wrote, enclosing a cheque for £50, which was returned, and again he scut her a short account of how he had been getting on since he saw her. In her answer she said, "My dear, dear Theo, do try and write to me a little kinder." Tbe follow ing was his reply:— Vermont, December 14, 1869. My dearest Dolly,—l was surprised and pained by your letter to-.day. I did my best to write an amusing. : letter to you, and you called it cold and heartless, and attribute it to the stinging remarks about you. If people were so much inclined to make such stingiug remarks, it is not tq me that they would make them. I am quite annoyed and irritated enough by the unsatisfactory state of my af fairs, so many things coming in on me at once without being in a position to'pay them, and I think you at least might have some considera tion ior me. You know me long enough to know that i am not able to write s.uch letters as are seen in novels ; and if I jjappear cold it is my nature and not my fault. I never was what I call sentimental, even in my earliest days, and, believe nic, my affection does not consist in words or writing nonsense. They have added four years' interest to the Succes sion duty, and it must all bs paid in four days. I don't know where lam to get £600 all in a minute; but it must be paid.

Counsel commented upon the nleas of pecuniary difficulties which the defendant always interposed when the time of the marriage drew near. At last, after it had been frequently put off on various pre tences, Mr. Joyce had an interview in August with the defendant, who asked, for a further postponment until February.j Mr. Joyce refused and insisted upon its being performed in October. Finally, after several pdstponments, the defendant wrote the following letter to the plain tiff:— ' ':"', -:,'_

Vermont, September 9, 1870. My dearest Dolly,—l write to you, accord ing to promise, in the hope that you will take this letter in the intention in which it written. I think that before entering upon so serious a step you should reflect seriously on the mat ter. The great disparity in years, our de cided difference in taste, and everything, even the children not far from your own age, might lead to a life of constant differences of opinion which would not conduce to either your happi-1 ness or mine, and might be the cause of regret, which would then be unavailing. Is i_ not better for you to .reflect now well on these disadvantages before it is too late ? It may be said why did you, not think of this before. But, in reply, I have thought of it before, and spoko of it frequently to your mamma, and from the very first time the subject was thought of. You are fond of balls and parties and entertainments natural to your age. lam tired of all this kind of amuse ment, and it would be much against my in clination to go to them. One side or the other should give in, and it would- be a sacrifice of the inclination of whichever side did so. Your mamma has said frequently you could do better, and I am sure with your attractions that you could. Why, then, nob try the world a little longer, and s.e if you meet one whom you may like better than you do me ? You are extremely young, and can scarcely form an opinion, and it would be a dreadful thing to repent when it would be too late, aud, perhaps, upbraid those .who urged you into what you might consider a rash act before you were capable of judging; but if you wish the engagement still to continue I will carry it out, but beg of you to ask your papa to defer it until any time you like in February, as I find it will take almost all tho money I can now collect to meet my liabilities and would leave very little indeed to carry on with. You know, Dolly,' how much I have liked you from the time you were a little child, and I like you as much now as over, aud only wish to place before you things as they really^are.-' I have-: no intention, it this is broken off. of marrying anyone ; and after a few years, if you remain unmarried, which is most unlikely, you will find me still likin» you the same, and you will have gained ex perience, .and be better ableto judge of what you would like without being influenced by any other person. Don't be an^ry with me for this letter, for I assure you I have written it with the very best intention, mid I beg of you to think aiid to b hove me, dearest Dolly, your affectionate Theo. Blake. On the same day the defendant wrote to Mr. Joyce, desiring him to withdraw from the engagement, on account of pecuniary difficulties and "the disparity of years between himself and the plaintiff. Mr. Joyce drove over to Vermont to de mand an explanation ; hut Mr. Blake was denied to .him, an ; d ; he,then wrote to the defendant ah insulting "letter, which he

left with the servant. Counsel dema____ substantial damages' for his client anS Mr. and Mrs. Joyce and the plaintiff were examined to prove the facts re u e jj on. Baron Hughes characterised the defend ant's letter of the 9th September as most insulting. The jury, after a short delibera tion, found a verdict for the plaintiff f OP £5000 damages. The verdict was received with loud'applause.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THE GALE YESTERDAY.

A BOAT EOUND BOTTOM UP— W ATEEMAN" DEOWiSED.

CALEDONIAN AND ALBUENIA

LODGE GOLD TO-NIGHT,

THE LONG DEIYE JUMPING

CASE.

[fEOH OUJB OWi\ COBRES_O:_OE_r_-.]

Gb___am_?ow_t, 3 p.m,

The Caledonian and Alburnia will lodge gold this evening.

The North Devon are siili taking

out specimens

The Junction havf taken out some

nice specimens.

A. boat has beej picked up this, morning, bottom ujwards. The boat was swamped duijng the gale last night, and the wateman drowned. The Long Drive limping ease is not yet decided. It is believed that jumper McDonald till get the ground. Great indignatijn is felt at his .j. conduct. . ' .

THE CALEDONAN. —15 CWT. SPECIMENS.

SPECIMENS FOM THE _\TO_.. PAEIL.

COCfK-A-DOODJE EEEF STEUCK BY CALIFOENA2. TEIBTJTEES.

[FBOil ANOTH__COBBESPO_ DEI_C.] G-bJamstow-n, 12 noon.

The Caledonian lave taken out 15 cwt. of specimens uring the night, of average quality.

The Nonpareil took out about 50 lbs. good stone ding the day. The Coc_-a-d<_le reef has been struck in the gund of the Califor nian Company, d some good stone taken ouL'. The G-olden 11 crushing is not showing up well.

HARBOR BOARD.

A meeting- of the arbour Board was held this afternoon, at t o'clock, at the old. office of the Acclimatisati Society. All the mem bers were present opt Mr. Yon der Heyde. —Mr, P. A. Philip iccupied the chair, and Mr. Ogilvie was re sted to act as Secretary for the day.—A le; was received from his Honor the . uperin lent, acceding to the re quest of the Board collect the revenues of the Board till the. _ June.—Captain Daldy brought up the re ; on the financial condi tion of the Harboc rusit, which was adopted, as was also the _ >rt on the wharves, &c, brought up by C tin Casey.—Tbe report ordered to be prep I with reference to the required officers' sacs, &c, was' submitted, and was being disc d as we went to press.

THE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

A s__cia_ lheetii. the Borough Council was hold on Wedi ay last, at the Council room, Canada i.ings. Present:—His- Worsbip the Ma (P. A. Philips, Esq.,) and Councillors A , Greorge, TenUsj Aslier, Macready, Hamp Bugden, Staines, and Smart. , ... ; . ■.;. ,t , -,»/ Minutes.—Tilt iutes of the last meeting were read aud cc _ed, as were also .tho.,, minutes of tho p jdings of certain com mittees, one of w was on the question of fires, and which r mended that a hook and ladder brigude sin be formed, j ■ V The B--__ws.. e Mayor stated that the adoption of the li jhedule of by-laws unAer the new Act "did , rescind any'former'.W law until the end ho three mouths. LeMal opinion had been „ on the subject, but.Rie Attorney-Genera 1 now been written 10, and would give ol.y reply.—lt seemed to be the opinionl the Council that the j schedule shoulA be adopted until the opinion of thefcmey-General had been received on thi4jeot.— Councillor Tonks gave notice olmtion that on the nest sitting |he would move that certain parts J 0 by-laws be adopted. Of course if tjfcinion 0 f the Attorney-, 'General was acj to the adoption of the report, he wouk|_ r „ w . his motion, awe .'

[June 8, 1871.

_____ EVENING STAR



T B' HILL Has for sale, Houses, Building Allotments and Esl tates in all parts of the City, the Suburbs and Pro vince, and Shares In all the leading Claims on the Goldfields, Also, money to lend on good freehold security, and various properties to be exchanged for mining share . FOE PEIVATE SALE.—An in come of £120 on Five Houses, in good order and 1 Freehold Allotment, in Hobaon-street, upset price, £700; half cash, half at 8 per cent.—Apply to Geokge Sibbin. ' PRIVATE BOARDING ESTABLISH MENT, Waterloo Quadrant (immediately opposite Government House). Terms; Moderate.