SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND

SUBSET This evening, 4.52. ■tuvjjti WA'JMSJA : This evening, 8.47

ARRIVALS.

mercury, cutter, froifl Mercury Bay.. , Golden Isle, schoonjr, from Bay of Islands

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Enterprise No 2,10 o'clock ~;~ Duko of Edinburgh-; C;p'clock; rf*

DEPARTURES.

Challenger, steamer, for the Bay of Islands East Lothian, barque, for New York '■ Kenilworth, schooner, McKenzie, for Samoa Martha Ellen, schooner, for New Caledonia Mata, schooner, Risden, for Rorotonga Dauntless, schooner, Moller, for Tanranga Clyde, schooner, Anderson, for "Wangarei Ivanhoe, schooner, McGregor, for Mongonui

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

x or jtiooart Town : Bella Mary, barque, to-morrow For Hokianga : Helen, brig,.this evening For Napier: Star of the South, steamer, early For Southern ports : AVellington, steamer, 11th inst For London : Tyrol, barque, early For Mauritius : Ayr, barque, via Lyttelton, early For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and .Opotiki: Southern Cross, steamer, to-day For Honolulu : Nevada, mail steamer, 11th inst For Sydney and Melbourne: City of Melbourne, on arrival of Nebraska For Waitara : Go-ahead, steamer, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

J-iady Jimma, barque, from Lyttelton Nevada, mail steamer, from-the South Hercules, schooner, from Newcastle City of Melbourne, steamer, from Sydney. , . Countess of Kintore,' ship, from-London ' ■ Camille, barque, from Newcastle Saucy Lass, schooner, from Napier Surprise, schooner, from Sydney Coronilla, ship, from London. Sailed March 22 Briton, barque, from Newcastle Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2 Celestial-Queen, ship, from London. Sailed* April 25 Nebraska, mail steamer, from Honolulu. Due July 15 Mary Grant, brig, from "Warrnambool ' Strathnaver, schooner, from Dunedin Queen, schooner, from Rorotonga i .':;;,:•;: ■it. • <s. x! Jessie, schooner, from Rorotonga Julia Price, schooner, from Levuka i . ■

The steamer City of Melbourne may be expected in harbour from Sydney to-morrow evening. The Royal Alfred, will leave on Thursday for Coro mandel, returning to -Auckland on Friday: Leaves for Coromandel on Saturday, not returning same day. The schooner Golden Isle has arrived from the Bay of Islands with a cargo of coal. The schooner, Ivanhoe has taken her departure for Mongonui with' W cargo of merchandise land I two passengers, Messrs Silver and Jackson. The schooner Helen has cleared for Oniahawith four tons goods and four passengers. She has hauled out in the stream1, and will leave;tlus■ evening;'' '■ • '•'(,%C

Wreck of the Harriet King.

Intelligence was broughjk to town this morning tiy tKe cutter Mercury, from Mercury ißay^of the ;wr,e_ck of the, brigan tine Harriet Eing from Lyttelton, which port she left on the 25th ult. The Mercury reports having. sigh]ted> | her OH' Saturday on the rocks a few miles to the south of Port Charles, near Cape Golville. The captain had informed them that the brig had had her sails carried away in a gale of wind on Tuesday last. She' then: drifted., towards: the .shore, and al though the anchor was let go.it did not hold, and he ran ashoxp between two rocks. Her back has since been broken and she has now become a total wreck. The crew have been engaged since the time of her striking in landing her cargo, consisting of grain, cheese, &c. They have so far succeeded that half the grain has beeii recovered, and also the remainder of her^ 'cargo, The Sbtithern Cross steamer arrived, .on the scene on Saturday, and has remained by the wreck since, being engaged in transhipping the cargo in order to bring it on to Auckland. The cargo is.-valued ;at rabout £1800 to £2000, and is insured af thVNewZealand Insurance' Company,;' The,-Harriet' King was consigned to Jt T. Macfarlane and Coi1

COMMERCIAL.

The> following, are the current calls and,dividends payable in the companies named below:— .'. ; : . ; :■',£ Bi d, ■', ..'■) ';'■ ,Y.

MEETINGS ,XP COME. Preece's Point, Grahamstown, July 9 Eingstone, Gfah&nlstown,, July 9 n>:< , i / Hi -fX Crown Prince, Queensferry hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m.

Ballynock, Governor Browne hotel, Auckland, & p.m.

Bank of Tokatea, Insurance Buildings, Auckland,

11 a.m., July 13 Neptune, Coromandel, July 16 "White Rose, Grahamstown, July 17 Calypso,. Grahamstown, July 17 ~«., ,-. ShdtovefNo I,' Insuranceßuildin&g, Auckland, 3&, m.

Green Harp, Insurance Building 3, Auckland, 2 pm"

July 18 Coromandel Mint, 49 Queep street,: Auckland, July 19 Watchman, Grahamstowii," July 22 " Guildhall, Grahamstown, July.23 ~ . Fanny, Queensferry Hotel, Aiickland,'July''23, 3 p.m. Celt, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2 p.m., July 24 Number One,'Grahamstown, July 24" •••:».'t Californian, Grahamstown, July 26 Golden Calf, Grahamstown, July 26 American Eagle, Grahamstcwn, July 31

THE SHAREMARKET.

ME. J. M. IBimOX'sjIPPOIIT. The 9hare market continues^ most unsettled. There were "f erf few1; transaction«. -Bismarck shares were sold at £2 15s ; Gh; >. a Harp, £7 ; Moanatairii £4 17s 6d'; O'ue'donian, £16 ; Insurance shares, £50. Closing buyers- Caledonian, £15 ; Thameß,£s ss; Bismarck £2 15s. Sellers—Caledonian, £16 ; Thames, £5 10s ; Bismarck, £3.

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAN-STREET.

Mails -wiLt Closh: as TOnder ! i .: t.' ji; i ■•) ; V) For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at"10.30 a.m. and 5.30^^. , .. ~ For Kapanga," &c, Koyal' Alfred, to-iriorrow, at 0.30 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, Chatham Islands, :via tyttelton,; Victoria^ y-Tasmania,, ;andr South Australia, per 'Wellington, on Thuiaday, iith' Inst., at 10 a.m. c .' - ; « * aC. ,'i .1. >. •-.I ) i Per p.s. Nevada,.rfniThursday,;llth(Jt4jr, ;as — , For Sandwich^. Islands, British Columbia.; tfnited "' ■ States of.: 'America, -British,, Central;, an^ /^uu^h ..America,-, .British and Foreign West' Indies. 1 and •. Continent of Europe, via England, at'lo.3o',a.'m. for United Kingdom, m Saii Fraii'cjscoj1 at' - 10.30 a.m..' .. ■ ... V .."."; ''. '' • For money orders, registered letters, ahd newspapers ..- at 9. aJin.- .■ ,; • , '.''.' '.'."'."' " '■' ": :>•■•■■. iXate letters, for United' Stages of America" and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of sixpence in addition to he postage will be received till 11 aim,, and by the mail agent on board the mail steamer up to time of sailing. S. B. Brss, Postmaster.

BIRTHS.

!LAjBHLEY.~On July, at Park road, Mrs C. Laishley ! of a daughter. ''■ ■'"■■"'■ . . .Hodge.—On July 8, at Union street, Mrs R. P. Hodge ' of a son.

DEATHS.

:Dotjgi,ass.—At the residence of her son-in-law, S. M. ■ Gre'en, iMbuut St Mary, Dedwood, Kachael, the wife of William Douglass, Wairoa, Kaipara, aged 57. The funeral will leave the residence, Mount St. Mary, at 2.30 p.m. on "Wednesday. . Harding.— On June 21, Susannah, the beloved wife of Mr John Harding, aged 28 years ; much respected,

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

MONDAY, JULY 8, 1872.

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 make no apoiogy for reverting to the culpable neglect of the various authorities in relation to the small-pox cases now in Hospital, and the other possible cases that may manifest them selves. It is only of a piece with the way in which public affairs are generally managed in the place. There is such a multitude of constituted authorities all having to do in certain cases with the same affairs that what is c, very body's business is nobody's business. It is so easy for any one authority when blamed to shuffle off the responsibility on another co ordinate authority that there is ab solutely no responsibility 5 and in assailing official neglect we seem to be beating the air. We hold that even though there is divided authority, yet in such a serious case as that of the small-pox generated in Gardiner's dining-rooms responsibility must not be shuffled off, and that every one who could have interposed and did not should be held morally accountable at the bar of public opinion. "We are aware that we have given offence by the manner in which we have com mented on this official neglect, and that high legal opinion has been taken to see if we cannot be silenced. But we do not hesitate to say that if old Malcolm Macgreggor the Hospital patient dies, the blood of murder will be on somebody's hands, and if officialism does not sere the conscience somebody should have a dark spot in memory for life. The public was deluded by the fictitious assurance that everything had been done to stamp out the disease within the house where first it was manifested. Apparently almost nothing was done,.. and every one that had any authority to inter fere with the spread of the disease is morally accountable. We do not know what is the extent of the functions to be performed by the Health Officer of the city. We see that the subterfuge under which Tie is protected is that he is not Health Officer to the city, but to the City Council forsooth. What is the nature of the office so defined we have not the most vague idea. Possibly he is expected to give an honorary attention to the personal health of the dignitaries administering civic interests. But we have a distinct recollection that at the time Dr. Stockwell accepted the office it was understood that he was to advise the Council relative to the health, of the city generally, and to guide them in everything relating to its sanitary requirements. If such was the case we ask what action has been taken by Dr. Stockwell with reference to restricting infection within the limits of Gardiner's boarding-house. Did he visit the house frequently ? Did he see that everything in it was thoroughly disinfected ? Did he urge vaccination on every inmate ? Did he furnish a report to the City Council of the number of those who refused to submit to vaccination ? Did he from time to time watch the health of the inmates ? Did he observe the small-pox eruption on Seymour's face while waiting on the boarders? and did he take prompt steps to have the patient removed ? If he has not done all this then he has not taken due pre cautions to defend the city from an attack of this loathsome disease. •We admit that it seems hard,, to call to account an honorary officer, and to blame him for not doing' what he was not paid for doing. ' But Dr. Stockwell accepted the office when there were other applicants who, we believe, would have rushed to the front, and grappled with small-pox at the doors of the city ; and if he has not fulfilled the duties of the office he has simply prevented others from fulfilling them by holding the ..situation of Health Officer/under the City Council. We hope that Dr. Stockwell will explain this to the public, and that he will not regard it as any excuse for neglect, if there has been neglect, that he was not paid for this work. The followers of Esculapius are expected to be animated by nobler sentiments than love of the; gold that perisheth, and the admission of small pox into the city is too-grave a thing for, |us to stand on courtesies. ; - The; efforts of Dr. Phil son are beyond all praise. His has not been perfunctory woi?k ; but we do not hesitate to say that it is a burning shame that, while waiting on the small-pox patients he should also have charge of the ordinary patients in the hospital. Far be it from ;iis to .say.a word that would tend t6 make Dr. Phi.lson's noble exertions the. cause of relieving Lim permanently of duties and consequent emolument, but so long as there is small-pox in our midst, and cases are sent to a central: , place for treatment by the Provincial; Sjirgeon,' a locum tenens shouldtem> porarily take charge of Dr. ! ,Phil-; ' son's ( patients in the general hospital. The sending of small-pox: into the ! vicinity of a crowded hospital at the first was unpardonable; but to continue the mischief by establishing a line of communication- between the small-pox hospital and the general hospital in the person of Dr Philson manifests an amount of criminal heartlessness on

the part of the authorities that is ap palling. Those unhappy patients in the hospital are now shut off from the out side world and the comfort and consolation of visits from friends, and, are shut in, as they will con sider it, in close contact with a most infectious disease. The conse quences likely to arise are shown as a specimen in the case of unfortunate Malcolm Macgreggor. It may have been fright, or it may have been con tagion, or it may have been both combined, but this case is immediately traceable to as gross official negligence and indifference to the public welfare as have ever disgraced our local insti tutions. And now again when every day the Nebraska is coming nearer and nearer to our shores with pestilence probably on board, not one effort has been made for the proper reception of her passengers, or for placing her in quarantine, and the apathy and stupid obstinacy that have let small-pox into Auckland will let this plague ship vomit death into our midst. Ona authority will tell another to do something, and none of them will do anything, and when we: call them public murderers, some one or another of them will take the " highest legal opinion " and threaten us with commercial ruin. The Ne braska went away with small-pox among her hundreds of passengers. God grant they may not have been decjmated. But her old timbers must by this time be filled with infection, and we are expected to" stand tamely by and not denounce the traitors that will .fold their hands'.and roll, their thumbs and, look complacently oh as her passengers and cargo come rolling up the wharf. There is not a death that may occur in Auckland from small-pox, excepting Thompson's, but will be laid at the door of our accursed officialism ; and be the consequences what they may we shall not refrain from pointing to the hands where the blood-spots may be seen.

•' The annual meeting of ratepayers of the Karangahape Highway District will be held in St. David's school-room, top of Symond street, to-morrow evening. The Prince of "Wales Theatre is to let, application to be made to Signor P, Vragnizan, on the premises.

The July inspection of the Auckland Engineer Volunteer Corps will take place on Wednesday evening next in the Drill shed.

A meeting of the members of the Auck land College Cadet Corps on business of importance will be held on Wednesday next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

Notice is given that the pupfls of the Church of England Grammar School will re-assemble after the winter holidays on Wednesday next. The third quarter of the Auckland College and Grammar School will commence on Monday next the 18th instant.

The Wellington Post says :— "■ Colonel Harrington has announced his intention of making one of his annual "progresses" through the country districts in the vicinity of Wellington, inspecting the volunteers as ho goes along, and on this '•inspection" of half-an-hour's duration founding a report. It is very certain that Colonel Harrington cannot be in a position to report so accurately as the officer com manding the district, who is quite com petent to supply the Government with any information they may require. These annual inspections are merely expensive shams, which, the colony has no right to pay. for. • , . . ~ ~,

Mr. W. Sykes, one of the oldest resi dents in Coromandel, met with a very serious accident on Thursday evening last while riding on' horseback. He was returning from the upper township, and while passing a dray the shaft came in collision with.his right leg, making a com plete hole and fracturing the bone. 'He ffas at once attended to by Dr Howell, and by his advice afterwards brought to Auck-' land on Saturday evening by the p.s. Royal Alfred, and conveyed to the hospital, where he now lies. The com pound fracture has been reduced, and;: we hear that he is progressing favorably.

We cannot see that any good would arise from publishing the letter of & " Visitor " on the " Hospital Again." If there are grounds of complaint against the official in question it can be lodged with the proper authorities, as, however freely we permit attacks on men who can defend themselves, we have no sympathy with an attack on the weaker sex.

The regular monthly meeting of Lodgo Royal Arch Chapter will be held in the M&sonic Ho^el, at half-past seven o'clook this evening. v f The election of a duly qualified person to fill the office of City Councillor, vice Mr James Smarfcj resigned, will take place on Monday, the 22nd inst.

■ A meeting of the ex-members-of the Auckland Troop of Cavalry is announced to take place to-morrow evening ,at the Governor Browne Hotel, Hobson_ street. The following schedules of contributories in gold mining companies will be brought forward at the District Court to-morrow : Thrieve Castle, John O' Groats Extenaion, Wakatip, rlnkerman and Durham, Sea Lion, Tidal Wave, Sylvia, and Golden .Keturn of sick treated during the week ■ending July 6V; 18721; iße> .mavned rlasfe refcurn,,,G>4 ; ; admitted"since, 9";, idischayged,-8 ; died, 3.; remaining, 62 ; ; imales,; 57 ;: females, ,5. Arrangement of cases:—Fever (convales), 1; variola, 1 ;'■ scrofula, 1; scurvy, 1; syphilis, 3; phthisis 7; rheumatism,7 ; epilepsy, 1; hysteria, X; paralysis, 4; amaurosis, 1; cataract, 1,-;. brohchitisi 4 j pneumonia, 1; aneurism, 1 ■;[ dyspepsia, 2"; dysfiritry, 1; fistula, 3; burn, 1 j absipess and ulcers, 6; wounds and/contusions, 41 caries and necrosis, 4 ; fractures, 3 ; diisloca'tibn, 1; debility, 2. Three deaths occurred during the week,5 1 of paralysis, J. of heart disease, and 1 of pulmonary consumption. Thanks are re turned to Mrs Kinder for a present of ;old linen, and Mrs J. S. Macfarlane for a parcel of illustrated papers.

Dr. Wright, of Parnell, has had his premises quite besieged the last few days by persons requiring vaccination. He has now three heifers, one of which has just been 'inoculated, and Dr Wright will be prepared to vaccinate from: it on Saturday next. The vaccine from the heifer already operated upon is exhausted. An arm-to arm vaccination will take, place on Wednes day for those who prefer that mode.

It will be seen from our Tauranga tele grams.that the sckooner Dauntless arrived there this morning after a rapid passage of sixteen hours. She is to leave again to-morrow morning, for Auckland. . j ..

We are obliged to hold over till to morrow ah article on the South British Insurance Company.

The right to inflict a most grievous wrong -will be tested to-morrow at ; the ; Police Court, when five persons will appear to answer for the crime of keeping goats within their own enclosures, to save their infants' lives. We only hope Mr Beckhain may be on the bench. As will be seen from our correspondence columns, sympathy with the poor in this struggle is assumiag a practical form. A more savage by-law has never been made in Auckland than this relative to the goats. In! another column will be found a most important item of information respecting :New. Zealand flax. It will be observed that neither our own telegrams (Greville's) nor those of the two morning papers (the Press Association), contained -anything respecting this article in the English market. We telegraphed to the Bluff for information and find that in the Argus there had been published an English telegram stating that the supplies were ! limited and that extreme prices had been i obtained.

Several letters with reference to the " Green Harp," are unavoidably crowded out. "Viridex" must send his name in confidence if his letter is to be inserted. In reply to " Germinus" we. believe a person can charge for "writing a letter or assisting a debtor in "arranging " with his creditors, or performing any: kind of ligitimate service in connection with property so long as it is not of the class^ of legal services protected by the laws of the profession-. What these are will be best found by consulting a lawyer. ..._ ljr .„

CORRESPONDENCE.

#3T\Ve do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. . ,

THE GOAT PROSECUTIONS.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab. Sib,—As I consider the city by-law with reference to goats to be : arbitrary, illegal, and oppressive to the poor, and likely to increase the infant mortality, I shall be happy to subscribe two pounds toward the defence fund. I quite admit that wandering goats are an intolerable nimaucej bat to prevent persons keeping one on their own ground is perfectly monstrous.—l &m, &c, Thos. B. Kundbbdinb.

GREEN HARP GOLD MINING COMPANY.

* To the Editor of the BveHiwo-Stab.: /.; Sic, —In this morning's' issue of the Southern Cross appears the following:—r " We have been requested to publish the following : ' Information was received on Saturday from the Green Harp, Coro mandel, that 126 lbs weight of amalgam resulted from1 the crushing of 100 ;tons-; when reduced it is expected to yield 457 ozs, equal to 4| ozs to the ton," The author of the above may be laudably in clined in allaying the suspicions of the victims of an overweening confidence ; or it may be that having purchased at high rates he is endeavouring to get rid of his scrip with as little loss as possible to himself. However, be that as it may, I can only assure your readbr.Sj .and I do so upon unquestionable authority* that the amount of amalgam as stated by the Cross correspondent will be found to be correct, viz., 453 ozs,1 and which when retorted will yield about 150 ozs of gold, being at the rate of about 1 oz per ton on the amount of mullock (misnamed quartz) crushed. The charge of wholesale swindling as preferred in your issue of Saturday must now be removed to other; shoulders than that of the directors of the Green Harp, if the ihotive actuating the .Cross informant be calculated to deceive, the Green Harp directors hating nd interest whatever in the mine. In all purchases of mining scrip it is well instead of taking .*' friendly lips .' to. act upon the. maxim—Caveat •■ Emptoe, ,- > .-- ~ r ■< »••■..■

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY

: '': [^Before His Worship the Mayor.] ■' -", DEUNKENNESS., Four persoHS were punished for this offence; and Edward Hanlon for being drunk and disorderly; was fined twenty shillings and costs. <•» , -IAECENY. j Wm. Thompson, charged with stealing a '. door-scraper, value; ten Shillings, .thfe! property of Wm. Broadcast, of Symonclsi street, pleaded not guilty. By request, a remand for three days was granted! I, , CHARGE OF STEALING A BOAT. ■: i ' : Kenneth McKenziearid Hugh Fergusbu were charged with stealing a boat, value £6, from Tararu beach, on or about the 29th June,. Case . dismissed, it being stated that the boat was found not stolen. , . FALSE PBETENCES, John Smith was placed in the dock on a charge of-obtaining goods to the value: of £3 from Michael Hayman, wider false pretences, (i.j.i! .■,',!.. '.'.'.'.'..',.'. John Harding, prosecutor's shop-boy,' gave evidence of prisoner gbitig jtQ the shop and representing that Mr J. B. Russell ov^ed him, _;,£4OO, and thereby obtaining goods. on that and subsequent days. " ...iii ;, L,.: ijyj ,--■-■''' .;■:....•.,,.■ Mr J; B. Eusßell domed bwing prisoaer , any thing; : ' r; '•;'.';.v '■'•' ! '"'"j'i u^i^li, Michael Hiymitn',' "^tobacconist, was examined at? length, after which prisoner made a statement. . ,

Prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the next criminal session. JBail was allowed—-himself-in and two sureties of £50." ' ; ..-ivm-.i This finished the business.

i Tlio San Francisco JSews Letter says :.—t " The Taranaki sand, N.ZJ., is supposed to be identical with the famed beach sand of, California. It is now used in the manufacture of the finest quality of steel, and emery paper for burnishing metals,

TELEGRAPHIC.

[fbom otte own coebespondent.]

■M 0 Q-EAIIAMSTOWN, V*^. 0 3.30 p.m.. The Shainrocjt tribute has crushed 25 tons; ttie return is 21 ounces. The total yield from the Moana tairi is 1071 ounces melted gold. William Kerr, charged with des troying three watermen's boats, the property of Eichard May, has been remanded.

Opening of the Coromandel Telegraph.

We have much pleasure in publish ing the following telegram received this afternoon : — i I COEOMANDEL, iJ.i : Monday, 12.30 p.m. The Coroonandel'■"Mail sends its con gratulations to the Auckland Evening Stae on the opening of telegraphic communication. '.'■[', .. L;

NAPIER.

[FEOJf OUE. OWN COEBESPONDENT.J _ The a.s. Eangatira put back this morning fcr a supply of coals. She left for Wellington last Thursday, and encountered a severe southerly gale.

rFfiOM aEEVILIE'S TELEGEASI COMPANY.]

WELLINGTON.

Monday, 1 p.m. ! The Independent, in a leading article to-day, re Wairarapa railway^ says that the narrow minded jealousies of Auckland and Otago will, not hinder the construction proceeding. ? Mr. Weston, a settler at the Hutt, ha^s been accidentally killed. - The following is a list of .the Auck land candidates for scholarships in the New Zealand University arranged in order of total value of marks obtained: J. W. Williams William^ 33 ; H. H. Taylor, 37. ....

DUNEDIN.

.... ~/.;. .: • , Monday, 2p.m. ,',, The Timds denounces the Wairarapa railway as .a. political job. ivJ -cOiisil The schooner Strathnaver sailed for Auckland on Thursday with a cargo., of produce.

PORT CHALMERS.

Monday, 11.45 a,m. . A ship, supposed to be the William Davie, from G-lasgow, has arrived. , ; ~ ,„ . 3 p.m.

The ship announced this morning is the William Davie. Passsengers all Well.-.- . -.;- -, •• :'/•: ■:, ,■■ ~-.. !■ :;■■ : ■ ::' '

TARANAKI.

-Monday, noon Mr. Carrington has declined the in vitation to meet his constituents. i . ,'; :■■... .' ' ' / .' { J / /i!j'; :i ;

PICTON.

Monday, 11 a.m. The s.s. Taranaki has arrived from Wellington. . 1

GREYMOUTH

Monday, 2 p.m.

A miner named Edward Wright was killed this morning, by the falling of a tree, up the river. The decease has relations in Chrischurch. ; Arrived — Sarah arid Mary, '-from,, Melbourne. ~ :; ;, . .....:, ; [fT A public meeting.is called by the Mayor for this evening to consider the advisability of establishing one form of government for the whole of tne West Coast. The Westland Quartz Company have, started crushing- ■ . • A public meeting has been called'at Eeefton to protest against, O'Connor representng the district at the next G-eneral Assembly, owing to hiß;recent| conduct in the Provincial Council. - * Magnificent specimens of quartz have been found at Boatman's. They have been brought to Eeefton. .. * k ._ News jfroni Eeefton continues favbr-^ able.

WELLINGTON

|ENG3ENiEBB'S! REPORT ON .NEVADA, j

The following. is the fijaaJL report 6f the Government Engineer afc Welling ton On the Nevada's shaft:—"Wel lington, Gthj July, 1872.—-Hon. Julius Vogel, Postmaster- General, Welling ton. Sir, —We have the honor to re port that We have jointly examined the port paddle-shaft ]of. the Nevada,, p.s., r with the view of determining >vhetheil| the cracks reported on before at Port Chalmers had altered, or become any worse than when first discovered. The cracks are visible in the crank bearing, and show^ on opposite sides -of the shaft a long orack on the one side; and two; short • parallel cracks on the! other/side. From these appearances we are of opinion that they have ak ways existed, being due to imperfect ' welding of the several pieces of which ithe shaft is composed, and that th,ejj?? : presence now is not due to any extra ordinary- itrain the shaft may! have been : subjected to, neither have" they increased in length since first discovered. We exainiued the shaft I behind or outside of the bearing, by cleaning and filing.it in the direction of'the large crack, but no trace of any imperfection was visible. Seeing that the engines have worked' for some years in this state, we are of opinion that the vessel may proceed, with pex; fect safety to passengers, on her pre sent voyage, under steam of moderate pressure —say twelve pounds—but we should recommend tha.t the shaft, to

render its safety unquestionable, should be taken out and repaired in San Francisco or other convenient port.—We have, &c. (Signed), JoHtf Blackett, J. Nancaeeow. Saturday, 5.30 p.m. Captain Kennedy (late of the steamer Wellington) is in treaty with Mr Brogden to take command of a steamer which Brogden proposes to _ bring over from Australia to daMjJk. own carrying trade, T|^

TAURANGA.

MoMky/M a.m., The schooner Dauntless arrived here this morning . after'a passage of sixteen hours from Auckland. She will leave again to-morrow. The Leah sailed for.Auckland at ten this morning. .. , ;

SUPREME COURT.

CEIMINAL SESSIONS. THIS DAY.,, [ Before His Honor Sir George-Alfred Arney, , 1( . Chief Justice. J' Tlie sittings of the Supreme Court in its ; criminal jurisdiction were continued this morning at : 10 o'clock, % fresh number of gentlemen having been summoned to serve upon jxiries that may be required during- t]ie,week. . OBTAHtfIK.^MONEY BY: JAKSB MtETENCES. . George Prikce. was airaigneft upon a charge that he did on-the 13th .April last falsely pretend to, piuj' John Mowbray that he had a full share in the Moonlight Gold- . mining Company (registered), whereby he did obtain £14 12s 6;d,; Well kcidwing that he made these representations with intent to defraud. Plea: Not guilty: Of the jury, enapannelled fpu£) were challenged. ... . . ; . . ~. . , Mr: Brookfield (Crown Prosecutor) laid the case in brief before the jury.' John Mowbray, licensed sharebroker, deposed that on the 13th April last pri soner went to him and represented himself to be the holder of,- a full share in the Moonlight Gold Mining Company. This was equal to 600 scrip. Witness bought 150 scrip fromr: prisoner, equal to an original quarter share, for which he paid £14 12s. 6d in two payments, The last payment was made on the 15th, On the 19th Mr Alexander—prisoner being pre sently-denied that "he (prisoner) was\an original shareholder!,- but thatr he bought from Mr Murie. ." Oross-examined r by s Prispner: You were in my office on thVlQthVand also on the fallowing Saturday—the; day. you were arrested: To the Jury: I hadjnpjaieans of ascer taining whether , ; the r was a shareholder - the office ,oT the company was at uoromandel. George Eeilly Alexander, legal manager of the Moonlight Goldmiriing Company, Ooromandeii said the company was duly registered, and its office; in April was at Goromandel. From the'books it does not appear. that Geprge Prince was ever a shareholder, either original or otherwise. Witness 'recollected on or about the 18th or 19th April seeing prisoner in Mr. Mowbray's office. Mr Mowbray put^ the £ question Ito prisoner if he was an original shareholder in the Moonlight ,G. M. Co, ; Jle said "^yes."; 2 ; Witness remarked he was not. Prisoner Answered thai he did not know what an original shareholder iisSanfc,:but:: that he had bought from a man in the -street. Ifc .<;; v was not till the following Monday, when witness saw prisoner in'the lock-up, -that prisoner told him be bought the shares from a man named Murie;': This man' never was a shareholder.;; J;,: ; ;' , , i Andrew Murie,: s examined,.said he re sided at Coromandel and was a carpenter, had been a share,holder in any company whateverV 'nor had'he ever sold prisoner shares in any company. i To Prisoner: You, might h^Tebeen living at the same boarding-house at the Tihames With mci! bul 3- don't recollect. Never had any transactions* with you ton;* my knowledge... ~,: .;;;,?:. .. . rji; George Jeffrey, detective officer, " depbs64 ■to ithe arrest'of prisoner in a billiard-room, on the charge of obtaining ns £15 on 'false, pretences from Mr Mow bray. To Prisoner: You did, not. at the time the name of the man fromlwhom you had bought,;and-it was not till!"after- "i vfardsi that*l learnt"the.,name. \ [ Tliis was the case for the Crow% i Prisoner in; his defence called no wit .nesses,.b.ut made a short address.in which he denied any criminal intention: Hisslfqnor summed up*., r \ A'fter n a short deliberatiPfi the jury returned a verdict of " guilty." „ Sentence: Six months' imprisonment with hard labour. t . i r HisH[onpr hoped1 this conviction would act; as a warning to. others hot to deal in : shares in this manner. • •; ■ I - . , POSTPONEMENT. - The case against James H. Boynton was on application of Mr H^sk^th postponed till Wednesday morhin'gl^^ ten o'clock, until which,time the-Court was adjournj^ieui "*■—-^—-—' -•'• * '-■'- j this

FATAL ACCIDENT.

An accident, which has terminated;fatally; occurred on Saturday night to a man named James Brown, a seaman on board tbi> euWer Diaiiiondi He Wjas proceeding on board -the cutter; across* ike sdiooner Ivanhpe,. which ; was lying , alongside wharf, when- he iell into $» w*b>-*~ Constable Hutchinson and a seaman ou board tlie' latter vessel rescued htm, anil, & he appeared none.tlie w.orso.for his } m., | iiiersion beyond a complete soaking., Having 'no change of clothes on board the cutter, he proceeded to the" house -of"an "jtetjuaintance m •■= VV esc- Queea street, nams4 Eates- Wa S j accomnio^ted' fortfi* uijtW, a»d wtanped ,in blankets while his clothes were bi-injj,...; dried': "At abouf'tout o'clock on buaaay horning he called for h!elp; saying tnW-_ \ !he felt very sick. ' Bates imtnediatel/ . procured a cab, and wrapping aipi well m iblankets despatched him to the hoapita' |Oi> arrival at the ; hospital, while hftlttg, t. lout of the' cab, the patient breathf* . .. |for a few ;moments and suddeßk3 hato sit is supposed that lie had L x'oxpif^^l' iwith a fit, which, eausad ;tue waterj and it is.taouglit p el. & \\ va-to ili'e was' Seized witk another *.^ e tva * teonveyed to the hospital. He" o,^ V»ein \ to fits. An, inquest was op<*' ft3 *vb] eX body this afternoon %t two o c.^j o u v

TOE EVENING BfA.il, MONDAY, JtTLY 8, 1891



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