SHIPPING- INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET This'evenlng, 4.50. HIGH WATER : This evening, G. 7

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

-': Dnke of Edinburgh, 8 o'clock evening) ~*:'<"K. jg I? Lady Bowen, 8 o'clock evening

ARRIVALS.

Aurora, schooner, Brain, from "Russell. Comerang, steamer, J. Chrisp, from Northern ports ■fClyde, schooner, McGregor, from Wangarel HStar of the South, steamer, from the Thames

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

tor Napier: Star of the South, steamer, early For South Sea Islands : Kenilvvorth, schooner, on Saturday For Newcastle: Frowning Beattty, barque, early For Southern ports : Wellington, steamer, early • For London : Tyrol, barque, early For Mauritius: Ayr. barque, via Lyttelton. early For New York : East Lothian, barque, early For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki:' Southern Cross, steamer, July 8 For Honolulu : Nevada, mail steamer, .Tulv 11 For Sydney' and Melbourne : City of Melbourne, on arrival of Nebraska For Waitara : Go-ahead, steamer, to-day For New Caledonia : Martha Ellen, schooner, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

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 1 Celestial Queen, ship, from London. Sailed April 25 Harriett King, from Lyttelton Nebraska, mail steamer, from Honolulu. Due July IS Mary Grant, brig, from Warrnambool Strathnaver, schooner, from Dunedtn Queen, schooner, from Rorotonga Jessie, schooner, from Rorotonga Onward, schooner, from Maiden Island Julia Price, schooner, from Leyuka

The steamer Star of the South arrived at the wharf last evening from Napier, via the Thames She will leave again for Napier some time next week. ■ The schooner Aurora and the ketch Eagle left Russell yesterday for this port, the former with 70 tons coal and the latter with 50 tons. The steamer Comerang,, Captain Chrisp, arrived in harbour this morning from Russell and Northern ports. She brings the following cargo : 160 bags gum, 50 tons coal, and 13 head cattle. Captain Chrisp reports two S3hooners lying windbound in the Kawau. The schooner Aurora arrived in harbour this morn ing with a cargo of coal. The schooner Cambria has cleared outwards for Wang'arei. The cutter Vincent has cleared outwards for Tau ranga with a general cargo. The barque East Lothian having completed her loading will take her departure for New York in a day or so. Her cargo consists of 1,050 cases gum, 10 tons Australian gum, 20 tons gum in bulk, 10 tons gum m bags, 40 tons flax and 2 tons of tow, shipped by Messrs R, Walker and Co., and consigned to Walker on, and Renwick, New York, >

COMMERCIAL.

Thursday.. Mr S; Jones held yesterday a gale by auction, and the following pieces were realized : —Fine saH, £5 23 6d per ton ;* whiting, £9 10s to £0 15s per ton (a good price); Melbourne I.C. sugar, £41 per ton, in bond ; white crystals (Java)i £38 103 per ton; Brandon's Neva stearine candles, ll^d per ft, duty paid ; Young's parafin candles, Hid per lb., duty paid' (a low price); Devoe's kerosene, 2s 9d per gallon, in bond; McConnell's bacon, fine quality, in case, 8d per lb.; ordinary Canterbury cured bacon, 7d per lb., in bags ; Canterbury cheese, fair quality, but not fat, s|d.per lb;.Duncan's and MoGill's Otago oatmeal, in small bags, £15 per ton ; English crushed loaf sugar was passed in at 6^d per lb, duty paid ; Whybrow's ir-pinfs salad oil, passed in at 7s 3d per dozen, duty paid ; Morton's salmon, lib tins,"passed in at 13s 3d per dozen. Teas of nlmost all descriptions are unsaleable, and a proof was exhibited this day at Mr Jones's sale. Mr Jones offered at auction the finest assortment in .Auckland, but withoHt equivalent results. Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son held a sale at their rooms to-day of valuable city and suburban properties. The attendance was very large, and bidding spirited. The new verandah cottage, College road, fetched £81 ; stone house, South Newton, £83, the lease of premises in Sbortland street, occupied by Mr. J. Buchanan, £51 per annum ; the property by order of the Registrar was knocked down for £510.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends parable in the companies named below :— . . • •. - & 9. d.

MEETINfIS TO COME. Alhambra, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, S p.m., July 5 • : United, Coromandel, July C United Pumping Co., Kapanga, July 8 Preece's Point, Grahamstown, July 0 Ringstone,.Grahamstown, July 0 Crown Prince, Queensferry hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., July 11 Ballynock, Governor Browne hotel, Auckland, 8 p.m., July 12 Bank of Tokatea, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 11 a.m., July 13 White Rose, Grahamstown, July 17 Calypso, Grahamstown, July 17 Shotover No I,' Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., July 17 ■ Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2pm July 18 Coromandel Mint, 49 Queen street, Auckland, Jujy 19 Watchman, Grahamstown, July 22 Guildhall, Grahamstown, July 23

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Matxs will Close as Under For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and t>morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Kapanga, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. For Tairua, per Janet Grey, this <Uy, at 5 p.m.. ' i | For Rorotonga, per MataJ to-morrow, at 9 a.m.' , For Russell, Ruato, and Mongoniii, per Comerarfg, "on Friday, sth instant, at 3 p.m. _ > ! For Tonga, Friendly Islands, and Samoa, Navigator s. Island, per Keriilworth, dn Saturday, Gth in st. Per p.s. Nevada, on Thursday, 11th July, as under:— For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign AVest Indies and Continent of Europe, via England, at 10.30 a.m. For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at. 10.30 a.rm ■ For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers: at 9. a.m. . ~ "Late letters for United States of America and. United Kingdom,, bearing a late fee of sixpenc<j,in ; . sWilitiohto he postage will be received till 11a.m.,. and by the mail agent on board the mail steamer, lip to time of sailing.. r;,..', J ■ ■ "S. B. Bisa. Postmaster. ;

BIRTHS.

Meyer.—On July 2, at Symonds street, the wife oi

Mr Elliot Meyer of a son. Keane. —On July 4, at her residence, Hobson streei the wife of Mr Edward Keane of a daughter.

MARRIAGE

O'Biueic —MeG-RATH. —On April C, at the Catholic Church of the Sardinian Embassy, London, by the Rev. P. O'Callaghan, Colonel B. O'Brien, H.P. Mili-

tary Train, to Anna, youngest daughter of the late John McGrath, Esq., M.D., Ennis, County Clare.

DEATH.

Poyner.—On June 24. suddenly, at his residence Komokoriki, Mr George Poyner, lato of Birmingham, England.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 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.

W"e do not desire to be alarmists, but whether we are alarmists or not we shall say what we have got to say be the consequences what they may. Small-pox is in the city, and it is so owing to official negligence of the most criminal character. "Where all con cerned are so much to blame it seems almost invidious to particularise. Superintendent, Board of Health, and civic authorities have apparently been engaged in wilful and cruel deception. This they may endeavour to palliate by stating that it was done to suppress alarm, but like all persons engaged in tortuous courses they succeeded in doing the very opposite. They, have not only allowed another case to develop itself in the midst of a dense popula tion, but what is worse they have excited distrust so that what they may now say will not be believed. There was first a frantic effort made to prove that net the Nebraska, but the Eng land, had sent small-pox to us—why so, Heaven only knows. Then it was de clared that every person- in G-arduer's boarding-house had been vaccinated. This was promulgated officially by the Board of Health sitting with closed doors, and with the connivance; neces sarily of the Provincial and City authorities. It now turns out that this was-a-wilful and deliberate lie; and we are now informed that the patient Seymour was " one of 'those who refused to be vaccinated." The rest— we know not how many—have spread abroad, developing in all probability the germs of the disease. It is true dhe power of the Board of Health, of

the Superintendent, and of the Mayor is limited, but it is not so limited as to have compelled them to concoct and tell a falsehood. They may not have been able to compel re-vaccination, but they might havesaid that one, two, three, or more of the residents in the infected house refused to submit to the pre ventive, and specifyitig these by name might have placed the public on their guard. But no ; making a great fuss about their labours they allow these to go abroad among the public, who are thrown off their guard by the deliberate lying. It appears that Seymour was taken to the hospital in a cab, and we are told that this cab has been fumigated and put aside. We do not believe it. We expect it is plying in Queen street. And why ? Because, after being once deceived we cannot credit the assertions of those who are charged with the care of the public safety, and who have so grossly abused their trust. That cab should be taken up and burned if the authori ties were in earnest in the matter. The proprietor should be liberally paid for it, and for the loss resulting, so that no hesitancy should be mot with if another cab wore required to take another patient. The expense of stringent precautions now, would be economy in the end. Fumigation is simply a convenient means of com promising with duty ; and if the cab, and Gai'diner's house and bedding, were subjected to the same process as that carried out in the ease of the last San Francisco mails, the result will be pretty harmless. The fact is, the di sease has been simply trifled with, and with the solitary exception of Dr. Philson, whose labours have not been of the red-tape kind, but have been incomparably beyond what was de manded of him as a public oflicer, all others who have undertaken to grapple with the enemy at the door, would have done much better if they had re mained at their own firesides. Then the public would have known what to do, and have acted promptly and effi ciently. But, deluded by the assur ances that everything had been done that could be done, they awake now to find that disease has perhaps effected a footing in the place. The fact that the unfortunate patients in the Gene ral Hospital are in strict quarantine, owing to a plague-stricken man having been carried from a distance and placed among them, is enough to rouse the indignation and anger of every citi zen. Wepresumeitisnow admitted that the Nebraska has been the bearer of the disease into our midst. The plague ship is again approaching our shores, and we have no guarantee that she will not be treated in as gingerly fashion as before. The formal questions will be put, and she will be declared a clean ship. Is there no penalty to be en forced for the previous false declaration if any, in connection with this steamer ? Is there no action for damages possible for the wrong done to the community ? When the Captain of the Nevada was asked if he had small pox aboard, with Yankee bounce he expressed his inten tion of not allowingany person from this city aboard because wo had small pox here. We hope for great benefits from the visits of these ships, but by inter national courtesy we,|hould not be prevented from protecting our defence less citizens. If there has been false de claration made by the captain of the Ne braska when she last arrived, we hope he will be taken to Mount Eden Gaol, and brought up to answer for it. She went away from this with small pox on board developed within her sides. That we know, so that we can have no doubt as to the course that ought to be taken with her now and with all on board of her. It may be very unfortunate at this particular juncture of affairs in relation to the mail service, and doubtlessly incon venient to business people and others, but there are considerations higher than those of convenience and the benefits of a trans-Pacific service ; and if by any negligence of the authorities tho plague is admitted, the negligent should be made the objects of the indignation, and, we would almost say, tho vengeance of the people. The present patient, Seymour, is only '• very mildly attacked" we are told; in fact "in no danger at all." 80 was Thompson till he died. It seems we only have mild cases in Auckland; and if only the public could be deceived by this, all would be well. But it appears that the authorities by reiterating these statements come themselves to believe them and act accordingly, and then when the patient dies, it was, it may be presumed, only by accident. Mild case or virulent case, the posture of affairs de mands action. If the poverty stricken Treasury of the Province cannot afford it, and some one or another of the authorities in this much governed city will not pay for it, a subscription could readily enough be raised for the purpose. Gardiner's house and all its furnishings should be burned. Its former inmates should be hunted up wherever they are scattered. If they will not surrender themselves to the observance of what is necessary to the public safety, their names and description should be published, and people warned so against them that they would find it their advantage to come in. The fear of causing alarm by using precautions is simply trumped up to excuse official laziness. There is no cause for alarm, except through official carelessness. If any one is particularly afraid, Providence has placed within his reach a simple pre ventive to the more virulent form of

the disease —namely, vaccination. But it is foolish as it is mischievous, to attempt to bamboozle the people by a show of precautions, which recent events have shown to have heen simply a pretence.

A. meeting of the directors of the Freight Company was held yesterday, and Dr. Campbell was appointed permanent chairman. It was decided to forward further remittances by the outgoing mail, with final instructions as to the despatch of vessels in regular succession. As Shaw,

Saville and Co.'s Bulwark is now out 126

days, and the Coronilla 102 days, most people will feel it is time to say, Heaven speed the new emprise ! We understand that Mr P. Doran will hand over to Mrs Sinden between £17 or £18, the proceeds of the entertainment given by the Naval Brigade Minstrels. The annual meeting of ratepayers of the Parnell Highway District will take place this evening at the Parnell Hall at half-past seven o'clock. It is to be hoped that the ratepayers will see the necessity of instituting a lighting rate for this district.

We are pleased to be able to inform our correspondent, " ProßonoPublico," whose letter appeared in yesterday's issue, that some steps are about to be taken by the City Council in the matter of the smoke nuisance, as the Mayor has given notice on Tuesday last to propose at next meeting of the Council that a by-law to suppress the same be forthwith prepared and. sub mitted.

Dr. Stockwell, the city health officer, will vaccinate on Thursdays, Fridays, and Mondays, at 2 p.m. We believe that no charge is made. Misa Aitken will give a series of read, ings at Parnell Hall to-morrow evening. " Query " writes to us respecting Mr Smart's resignation, enquiring "if in sending- with his resignation a note to the

effect that it was in consequence of his intention of going home by the Nevada Mr Smart strictly carried out his engage ment with the parties suing him, when they consented to withdraw tho case ?" We do not"know, but probably tho re quired information will be afforded. It astonished not a few residents at Parnell going from their places of business

yesterday evening to find the top part of " The Eise" in a manner blockaded. The road-steamer had made its re-appearance in that pleasant suburb—this time with a show of service, having behind it on a truck the engine that has proved so useful at Newmarket. Arrived at the narrow cutting opposite Parnall Rail, the " beast of burden" could no further go, and had to take it easy till another day's sun made the matter plainer. This morning, at eight o'clock, steam was up and the ungainly thinggradually descended in the direction of the works in Mechanics' Ba} r, leaving its load at the entrance of the line, near the railway " smiddy." A lecture was delivered last night at the largo room of the Young Men's Christian Association by Mr J. Black mail on his ," Interviews with eminent authors." There was a fair attendance considering the unfavourable state of the weather, and the lecture was listened to with marked attention. Tho several characters under review were sketched with discrimination and , critical power, and elicited frequent applause. Marryat, Jerrold, Dickens, Bowring, Leigh Hunt, and other past and presont celebrities ; their persons, habits, homes, and writings were brought out in as satisfactory a manner as the varied nature of the subject would permit, interspersed with interesting facts and figures in connection with the growth of English literature. This morning at the Supremo Court the case against Lachlan Allan McCaskill was heard before a jury. The principal witness was Hone Pahou, the native who

had been shot by prisoner. Ho appeared in Court with his head bandaged, but seemed well able to giro his evidence. The defence was conducted by Mr Hesketh, and amounted to this: that prisoner was in fear of his life, thinking the prosecutor and other Maoris were going to murder him, and so in self defence fired. Messrs Brown and C. O. Davis, nativo interpreters, were in attendance, and it is not likely the hearing of the evidence will be finished before we go to press. Since our leader was in type we have been called on by Mr Crow ther with reference to the cab which conveyed Seymour to the Hospital. He states that Mr Gardiner called at his office and engaged the cab, and a man was sent down to the stand with directions for a cab to proceed to Mr Gardiner's.

It was not till after the cab had been

started some time with the patient that it was known at the office that it was a case of small-pox. On the driver de positing his fare at the Hospital, to his surprise he first heard the attendant say to Seymour " you have small-pox." The cab was last night subjected to fumigation under the direction of Dr Philson, and the operation is still continuing. We understand that so powerful is the fumigation that Dr Philson states that in a day or two the cab could be used with the utmost safety. Mr Crowther, how ever, pledges his word that it will not be used for a month to come. We have no doubt that all danger from this source may be extinguished; but as possibly a conveyance might be required again for patients, wo would strongly recommend that this cab should be purchased and retained for the purpose.

Wo have received the following from a respected correspondent:—Sir,—lt is commonly asserted that Seymour, who has just been sent to the new pest house near tho hospital, was waiting on people at Gardiner's dining rooms with well dove loped pustules of small-pox visible on him, and hence the panic of those who were stopping there. If such be true, where was the city health officer ? Where the much talked of " steps taken by his Wor ship the Mayor " to prevent infection spreading from the only known infected houses —the Thames Dining Rooms ? A little more action pro bono jpublico, and a little less of party puffing would benefit this community amazingly,

Miss Aitken will give another of her readings at the City H*ll on Saturday evening next, under the auspices of the Auckland Band qf Hope;

CORRESPONDENCE.

itSTWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE CASE OF HENRY THOMPSON.

To the Editor of the Evening- Stab. Sir, —Tn making the statement at the meeting of the Harbour Board on Tuesday about the man Thompson I was fully prepared for contradiction j but, nevertheless, I again assert that my remark was based on the fact that no person of thai name either travelled as a passenger in the Nebraska from any port in New Zealand or Australia, nor was shipped or discharged here as one of the crew, a proceed ing which must by law take place before the American Consul at port, and of which a record is kept at the Consulate. After reading Dr. Philson's letter I am now, however, forced to the conclusion that, the person in question must have assumed another name upon leaving the ship. —I ani, &c, Q\ Yon deb Heydk July 4, 1872.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab.

Sic,— May I, through your columns, call the attention of "the authorities," whoever they may be, to a heap of scoria "which was shot down on Monday out of a cart nearly opposite the residence of one of uur " Armed Con stabulary," in Karangahape road ; the same night a young lady passing that way fell over it in the dark, to the great damage of her face and hands Last night I nearly met the same fate. How many more have fallen over the same obstruction I do not know, but there it remains near midday to-day, and possibly some more serious accident may happen before any one is fined or imprisoned for a breaoh of the city by-laws. I ask you to put this iv as a warning. — I am, &c, A Pedestrian. Wednesday, July 3. P. S.—Thursday morning. The heap has just been shifted from the footpath to the roadway. Perhaps we shall have the Mayor's carriage over it before to-morrow.

To the Editor of the Evening Star.

Sib, —Mr. Yon der Heyde having stated at the late meeting of the Harbour Board that the late Henry Thompson, who died of small-pox ou the 23rd ultimo, " had never been in the Nebraska either as a passenger or one of the crew," I think it incumbanfe on me to lay before tho public the following history, taken by me at Thompson's bedside, from his own lips, and forwarded to his Honor the Super intendent :—

"Went on board the Nebraska as fore cabin steward, at Auckland (where I had been staying four or five weeks, at the Clanricarde hotel,) on May 22nd ultimo, in perfect health. Touched at Napier—did not land j reached Wellingtoa on the 26th —did not land there ; thence to Lyttelton ; and lastly, to Port Chalmers, on the 28th, where wo lay eleven days. I did not land there, and was in good health and spirits.

" Left Port Chalmers on June 7th, and arrived at Wellington on Sunday, the 9th. I did not land there, and now first began to feol unwell, chilly, and feverish by turns. Left Wellington same night, and reached Auckland on Thursday, 13th inst. I was in bed on arrival. Landed at 7 p. in. the same night, and lodged at the Thames Boarding House, on the wharf. I saw spots on my arm before I left the ship, and consulted the ship's surgeon, who gave me three pills. When on board the Nebraska I heard that one of tho crew had taken stnall-pox, or chicken-pox, and was laid up, and attended by the doctor in the forecastle. I heard also of another case which occurred between Honolulu and Auckland. Both these men are now on board the Nebraska. I had communication with both of them, and one of them slept next berth tome."—l am, &c, T. M. PniLSON, M.D., Provincial Surgeon. July 3, 1862. ■■•:;...■

WHO IS TO BLAME ?

To the Editor of the EvEuiNa Stab. Sib, —So much haying being said about the identity of the late unfortunate man Thomp son, and the vessel by which he came, it is high time for you to at tach the foot note " This correspondence is closed." Now, sir. it matters little by whom or what v&^sel small-pox was introduced hero ; it is Ifiere, and the sooner it is stamped out the b&ttor. This I say can never be done while), such lengthy paragraphs daily appear /in our local journals; for I maintain that/the bent circulating medium for any dire (disease is the press, in fact ifc is an advertisement. I remember about two years agtf the trouble one of our morning journals went 'to, to supply its readers with two columns a"hd a-half of a case of Asiatic cholera, whiwh was then supposed to surround us, and they did paint that dire disease in its most dreadful forms; but it fortunately turned out to be a case of common English cholera, with a little more than ordinary sovere symptoms, and such was the last of that dreadful calamity. I merely mention this to show how far the strength of imagination will go. A friend of my own suffering from diarrhoea at this time was to such an extent made to believe that his complaint was of a similar nature tlmt he actually m:vd« his will, at which lie oftentimes since laughed. There fore, I say, if the Prosg were to make no mention of these scourges of society, but fill up their columns with other matter, small pox would die out. —I am, &c, Patebeamilias.

[We differ in tola from our correspondent. O'mne iynottim teMblle cut is a maxim founded on a thorough knowledge of the human mind, and the " pestilonco that walketh in darkness" is incomparably more deadly than the same when dragged \xp to the light of day. The public should know where, and to what extent the small-pox is in the city that they may avoid its proximity, and 'compel the authorities to exercise a caution which has not been exercised hitherto^ True, imaginntion docs much, but variola is communicated by contact as we have seen while the recipient is all unconscious of the nature of the malady. The city is so til thy, and the authorities are so lax that we, for one journal, shall be no party to blinding the public into a false feeling of security.—Ed. JJ.5.]

MOUNT EDEN GAOL ROAD.

To the Editor of the Evening Star,

SlB, —I ■would like to know who has charge of this road from the corner of Auburn sfcreot to tho chain-bar. It is a disgrace to any high way board in the province. It appears that ' two highway boards claim this piece of a road, thoso of Mount Eden and the Grafton Road, and neither of them will do any thing to keep it repaired. 'But if they vvaut; road rates from poor struggling families that live in this neighbourhood they won't forget to call on those poor creatures that are struggling to support their families. I should like to know what has become of all the moneys that have: been collected these four years by the Grafton Road Board. I believe the whole of this money has been expended on the Grafton Road alone, to lower hills and fill hollows for: the aristocracy at the foot of Graftou Road— Mr Hughes, Mr Dyson, and my friend Mr AshtQn ; nothing for tho poor man in front of his house but mud and water —it is quite good j enough for him. I understand Mr Hughes wants a gaa lamp in front of his notice to light him to his chambers at the expense of those unfortunate ratepayers who are at the mercy of those unfeeling men who compose that: board,-~I am,'&c, A Ratepayjje,

AUCKLAND AND WAIKATO RAILWAY.

To the Editor of the EvEjfora Stah. g IE) _Can you inform me whether the contract for 'the Auckland and Waikato railway has been signed or not? On febfli sth April last nearly three months am--4he Cross informed us in its telegraphic nc'^s that the plans of the railway were in M*' Brogden's hands, and within the last fortnight both morning papers stated that the contra^1"- between the Govern ment and Mr. Brogcl/ e» fad just been signed. Still I am told thM .this i 3 not the case. What can be the n> m"g of this delay ? The people of Auck!and^"g nt *° besfclr themselves, for if the House m^ ets aAd n n« contract signed, the chances are it iP ce™r ™lf be !. I fanoj most people here tUnk f more f price of « Green Harps " and « Bf* m»>Tf* . tha" . of th« tcon struction of an£ work of PiWio utility.— Yours, &c, 1 E/^ ident of Sleepy Holiow. To the Idif 01' °'" 10 Evening Star. ft m Q ftQ (U /infovm your numerous readers the' way off ) P a o tern«! Government intend employing thf Scandinavians? As an old resident in tldr^shbouring provinoeß, I do not forget tie' ff>llu f^ of loca. tlQg tje Waikato Volunteers fP 01) the .occasl^ of the Fox- Whit kerf T raißiasr the three million loan, and t™ nc. h fea^ fhe recently borrowed wIU f™ c «le 6 .fa^» TlZ;> squanderedb;roadcast--Youvß'&c- A

DR. CARR'S SEANCES

De Caeb ?held his first seance last evening t the Prirf cc °^ Wules Theatre. There was a very lan? c attendance in the lower portion of tho honre> an<^ there >9 reason to believe ~ , • p..lure the dress-circle will be well that in tv . ~,, , ,< . patronised,! " . in add-on to there being no {■„.,!*■ <-~ fli3u viith. tho entertainment, even by luUlb hO 111- ... . -| i "i the most fastidious, it was announced last • nfc f; the prices will be lowered to the original siMe" c ectur6 an(^ illustrations were hiel) lv interesting. In the first place the audii 31106 were entertained with an expositida on electro-biology, mesmerism, and phrrno^°Sy ' some half-a-dozen subjects submitted themselves for examination in the latter sci ence > their virtues, faults and failings, were de iCan'-ec^ uPon by the doctor much to the amHsement of the audience. Illushrat' 0118 °^ mesmerism followed, and a dozen volunteers were " performed" upon by the d°ctor. Half of these may be con sidered > iS %Oo<^ subject<>, and were entirely at the wil^ °^ *^c me9me"ser- Their perform ances farmed a fund of amusement to the speetato 1" 3 not easUy to be forgotten. Next came t^ c " nitrius ' oxide," or "laughing _ ag .» t jiis was an entertainment in itself. The most nc ;tie cablo feature being nearly everyone who in? aleci tne " aB " Proceeded to dance to the* tune tuat was neil being played by th 9 pianist; and one or two who appear^ ot clum*y ga'fc m their sober senses certain'y danced jigs and step dances that in r> r o^ eßSi°na^ parlance may be pronounced as '' hi" u]v creditable." Everyone appeared highly safcisfied with the entertainment, and there is no doubt of its success.

WAIMATE, BAY OF ISLANDS

(from a correspondent.)

Me. )}!. Claeke, G.C., from Tauranga, arrived per Coomerang to be present at a t the removal of the remains of the sold> ers an& sailors who fell in storming the iQacawai pa into consecrated ground near the church. It was expected that a party of blue jackets would also have been pres*Pnt from tue Sosario to do honor to tl ie paemory of their gallant comrades, and t 0 Jjave borno the remains to their final rest jmg-place covered by that flag| for w ] l; ;bh they bled and died. Captain Chillis and his officers would doubtless jjjj 3 joined heartily in this pleasingYbu't me ]^ancholy duty, and it certainly would nav jo added very much indeed to the interest taken in the ceremony if they co ; id have been present. Mr Clarke is a )W| to use his beat endeavours to stamp 0 M whiskey-drinking, it being just now r fM amongst the natives and whites here. -'Alittle bit of quiet electioneering is also talked of. How far he will succeed it is impossible to say. Will write and let you know.

PEARL FISHERY.

An adjourned meeting of persons interested ia the formation of a Pearl Fishery Company was hold yesterday afternoon at the office of Cs.pt. Clayton, Insurance buildings. Mr T. "Williams occupied the chair. It was agreed, on tbe motion of Capt Elliott, that a Pearl Fishery Cbmpany bo formed, with a capital of £5,000 ir 500 shares of £10 each, half of which amount to bo paid \ip by £2 on application, and £3 on allotment ; the company to be formed under the Limited Liability Act. Provisional directors were appointed, consist ing of Messrs T. Williams, Joseph Williams, and Captain Elliott. The secretary (Captain Clayton) was requested to draw up a pros* pectug, advertise the company, &c. Several gentlemen present subscribed for a number of s}iares, after which the meeting adjourned..

SUPREME COURT

CRIMINAL SESSIONS

THIS DAY,

[Before His Honor Sir G-eorgo Alfred Arney Chief Justice.] The sittings of the Circuit Court in its criminal jurisdiction were continued at at tea o'clock this morning. SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KIIL. ' Lachlan Allan McCaskill was arraigned on. a charge containing two counts —Ist, that on the Ist of June he fired at one Hone Paliou with intent to maim; and 2nd,with intent to'do some grievous bodily harm. Plea: Not guilty. Mr Brook Geld for tho Crown; Mr Hesketh defended, Three gentlemen were challenged be fore the usual number to form a jury had been completed. ~ The Crown Prosecutor stated the nature of the case, and called tho following evi denco, all witnesses not in the box being ordered out of hearing. Dudley .Robert Eyre, licensed surveyor practising at the Thames, deposed to the positions of the locality—the scene of the occurrence—which he visited in company with one of the native witnesses on June 14 to make a survey thereof. Hone Pahou, of the JSTgatipou tribe," living at Hikutaia, snid (interpreted by Mr Brown, licensed interpreter) he re memberod being at Nicholas's house at Waipororua on June 1. While there lie heard a person calling out that the pigs were being killed, iv consequence of which lie went outside, where he saw Wiremu; Karaka and, Hakehake. They were on the

other side of the fence, having passed the slip-panelandgotintoMcCaskill's paddock. When witness reached half-way towards the slip-panel he heard pigs squealing, and on getting up to the said panel, he saw the natives and Allan McCaskill (nephew of prisoner) talking together. As soon as he reached the others Allan McCaskill went away. Witness next saw prisoner himself coming up from the direction of a bush, having with him a dog and on his shoulder a gun. Witness had in his own possession a guru-spear^.' 1' point downwards, handle up. L.~ «ve"&* towards McCaskill, and said, " Friend, give me your dog that I may spear it for my pigs." This was spoken in Maori, which, prisoner understood. ; it was not in. in a threatening tone, but quietly. Prisoner answered, " Go back ! or I will shoot you I" and he then shot witness in the right breast, the distance between them being some, nineteen or twenty yards. As soon as this was uttered the gun was fired. When witness found he was hit he left the spear on the ground and ran towards prisoner to prevent him again firing, and to know why the shot was fired; whon close up to prisoner the latter again fired, striking witnessonce more. From the time of first seeing the dog to the firing of the second shot witness did not threaten McCaskill. After the second shot witness rushed ac prisoner and, seizing him by the hair, knocked him down. The nephew then came up and seized witness round the waist to pull him off. Karaka held prisoner down, and Hakihaki took away the gun and also the spear. Witness being liberated returned to the fence where he fell. He was covered with blood and his head felt giddy. (Shirts produced as worn by witness at the time, showing the effects of bleeding). He was taken to the Thames hospital, whence he was brought to give evidence in this case. On the day in question he (witness) was not drunk, but sober.

Cross-examined by Mr Hesketh: Ifc was Karaka's spear that I held; ifc was in my hands before and not after seeing McCaskill coming up with his dog and gun. When I saw McCaskill coming up the road I drew near so as to have a talk about the pigs. I did not see that McCas kill was alarmed ; but if he had called out twice I should have gone back, because I should then have known he was angry. When I was shot 1 ran forward, then made three jumps towards McCaskill. Allan McCaskill did not ask me when he came up if I had run prisoner through with the spear. The spear was not lying near, but the gun was just beside them on the ground. I did not say we wanted the dog and not the man, perhaps my com panions did. In going up to prisoner I altered my pace because I was afraid. I was going towards him saying " give me your dog in payment for our pigs." This was the reason —I don't know of any other —why he did this. The reason I did not touch McCaskill was because of the law at Hauraki. Had I done him injury there would have been blood shed there. I should have been dead two days after had a doctor not attended me. At the time of the Waikato war McCaskill was our pakeha—we protected him.

[Left sitting]

POLICE COURT.

TFIS DAY. [Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.] XKBUNKENNESS. ~, Five drunkards were dealt with in the usual manner. ' ■UNLICENSED DOGS. James Lye was fined 2s 6d and costsi for omitting to register his " daug." A similar charge against Sarah McDonald was withdrawn. BREACHES OF CITY BY-LAWS. Peter Robertson for riding across a public footpath was fined 2s 6d and costs. James Ballantine, for driving a number of carts orer the'footpath in Drake street, was fined 10s and cost, notwithstanding his statement that there was no other way to his stable yard.

This finished the business

THE SHARE MARKET.

■ME. J. HENDKY'S KGPOBT,

Slight improvement in the share market. Green Harp, 40s, with buyers; Bismarck, £5 2s 6d to £5 ss; Coroinandel Beach, 6s; Monatairi, £4 15a to £4< 17s 6d ; Tokatea, £3 5s ; Calodonian, £17 ; Thames, £5 12s 6d ; Golden Calf, 35s ; Nonpariel, 38s. ME. J. M. XENNOX'S RPPORT. The was some improvement in the share market. Green Harp, Bismarck, and Cale donian shares remain at yesterday's quotations. My salos comprise: — Caledonian, £17; Bismarck, £5 5s ; Green Harp, £2 2s ; Golden Calf, 355 ; Moanatairi, £-i 15s. Closing sellers : Caledonian, £1710s ; Thames, £5 15s ; Moanatairi, £4 17s Gd; Bismarck, £5 ss; Green Harp, £2 2s. Buyers : Caledonian, £17 ; Thames, £5 10s 5 Bismarck, £5 2s 6d j Green Harp, £2.

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.

A meeting of the Board of Health was held this morning at the Court House, High street, at which the reporters wero admitted. Present : T. Beckham, Esq, X.M.. Chair man ; P. A. Phillips, Esq., mayor; W. 10. Daldy, Esq, Chairman Harbour Board; H. S. McKollar, Esq, Collector of Custom*; and Dr Philson, Health Officer. Captain Daldy suggestedjk|ft*s the Board was at present, constituted tiPPfiad really no power to carry, out any arrangements they might think necessary for the prevention of disease in the town ; their only province lay in making suggestions, recommending those in authority to carry them out. Bayond tbi» they really could no nothing. He hopedtja* the press, and also the public,would seexnat the Board had really no wish to keep bact anything, but with the present constitution ot the Board they had no real power; their business only lay in meeting together aua talking over matters that came under their notice. He would say that either the press had been considerably r^af/W' tfVJ k \\t to their position, or else t''* 1"? Q ,' a y-q} appropriation of funds, ■aJeJ&SL*©** *"■""" "Vanl the fees alleged to hare beenfpaid them dju ever found its way into any of then* pocKei. There was no doubt that articles and para graphs were written impromptu without a considerution of fact. n Tbe Chairman replied thftt there was no doubt the Board possessed no execu^ power to act except when vessels were piase in quaranbiue. , ' „-(■ Ihe Mayor thought that at1 the present moment this might be an important crisis 1 .he welfare *f the colony, or it might not o fco ; but it Would bo as well under the circuia 5 i.i. ■

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