SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 4.44. HIGH WATER: This evening, 1t.3.

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING

Duke of Edinburgh, f> o'clock. Enterprise No 2, 11 o'clock.

ARRIVAL.

Ayr, barque, Good, from Newcastle Lapwing, cutter, Gundry, from Lyttelton Eagle, ketch, from Russell City of Melbourne, s.s., from Sydney

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern ports: Taranaki and Phoebe, early AVellington, to-day For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, June 13. For Ahipara and Hokianga : . Tauranga, schooner, to-day. For Sydney and Melbourne : City of Melbourne, s.s , t . on arrival of Nevada

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, s.s., from Sydney Nevada, mail steamer (due June 17) Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton Alpha, schooner, from Newcastle Amphitrite, schooner, from Sydney Nebraska, mail steamer, from the South

IMPORTS.

Per s. s. City of Melbourne from Sydney :— 2 cases, H. Potter ; 25 mats, S. Jones ; 2 parcels, C. W. Rigg ; 1 case, order ; 1 pkg, L. D. Nathan ; 3 bales, 5 cases, A. Clark and Son ; 2 cases, M. Montague ; 15 do, Soloman Margett; 2 do, A. G. Bartlett; 2 do, 18 hhds beer, order ; 1 do, R. Barrett ; 500 boxes candles, 0 pockets hops, G. Thome, jun. ; 3 cases, 1 bundle plants, Mason Bros. ; 1 bundle trees, C. T. Wren ; 10 cases, Agent Australian Steam Navigation Co. ; 1 bundle wocdware, 2 pkgs, lprcl, Reed & Brett, Evening Star ; 1 case fruit, F. Williams, care of "W. Coulter ; 15 bales clothing, 8 casks do, H.M.S. Rosario ; 1 case, Ireland Bros. ; 1 parcel samples, Bishop ; 22 cases, Kempthorne & Co.; 2 do, Me Arthur & Co.; 1 parcel, H. Pulwer ; 1 bag seed, H. Lipscombe ; 1 case drapery, McArthur, Son & Co.; 14S boxes candles, G. Thome, jun.; 150 cases schnapps, L. I>. Nathan and Co.; 1 case periodicals, J. N. Manley ;Ido T. Turrell; 1 do, E. Wayte; 2 do, Upton and Co.; 30 casks beer, Bucholz and Co.; 2 cases, James Jones ; 50 casks ale, 15 b beer, 2CO sacks flour, order; 137 bags maize, "W. J. Hurst and Co.; 182 do do, 49 do do, order :45 bags maize, Bell Bros.; 57 do do, 73 do do, 159 do potatoes, order; 15 do maize, S, Jones ;17 do do, Mcßrown ; 12 cases fruit, Farcy; 75 casks ale, 120 casks stout, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 14 tierces beef, S. Jones ; 117 bags maize, G. Thorne and Co,; C 9 do do, Tonks and Co.: 1 funnell, 1 boiler, 1 steam winch, 1 frame for boiler, 1 case machinery, 6 pieces fire bars, 2 pipes ■with flanges, Henderson and Macfarlane; 1 case plants, Captain Clayton; 3 cases, Montague: 111 do fruit, T. Peak ; 40 do do, H. Linscombe : 45 do do, E. Walker ; 396 do do, R. Arthpr ; 122 do, S do do, W. Marshall; 40 do do, G. W. Binney; 200 boxes candles, 2 bales corkwood, 1 prckage coil rope, 1 case, 2 coils coir warps, 1 case sundries, 1 steering wheel, order; 1 case boiler floats, Rogers; 32 bags maize, Bell Bros, From Melbourne :20 bags, T, Belcher; 1 case, Must and Co.; 12 bags maize, G. Sibbin ;90 do do, order ; 120 cases fruit, H. Meyers and Co.; 3 pkgs boots, B. Gibbins; 30 do do, order; 3 cases, A, Kohn ; 2 pkgs, Cousens ; 20 bars iron, 1 hammered bar, T. T. Morrin ; 1 small box, T. W. Moore and Co. ; 1 pkg plants, D. L. Murdoch ; 1 parcel, Capt. Davney ; 1 do, Hill, Fenton and Co. ; 1 do, Inspector Bank of New Zealand; 2 do, Henderson and Macfarlane; 1 do, Wm. C. J. Polanchard ; 1 do, Win. Reay; 1 do, Wren ; 10 cases sewing machines, 10 coiles pipe, W. J. Marks; 3 bales, Glanville and Co. ; 2 cases, G. Gledhill; 150 bags rice, Bucholz and Co. : 1 case tobacco, Stone Brothers ; 3 do do, order ; 1 case cigars, 1 pkg tobacc, 1 case do, 1 do do, I Harrison ; 4 J-boxes do, 3 cases do, 1 case cigars, Barnett and Co. ; 7 cases paper hangings, W. Phillips and Son ; 1 pkg drapery, Stewart and Anderson ; 1 case cigars, J. C. Morrin ; 1 do do, L. D. Nathan and Co. ; 3 do tobacco, Barnett and Levy; 2 cases, 2 bales, Capt. Davney ; 1 bale, Owen and Graham ; 1 case, E. Wayte ; 1 bale, A. Clark and Son ; 1 case, H. Cohen ; > 1 do, Upton and Co. ; 1 truss, G. W. Binney ; 4 tanks malt, 5 do do, order. Cargo for p.s. Nevada :—ll2 bales wool, Henderson and Macfarlane : 2 cases opium, 10 cases brandy, for Honolulu : 30 kegs butter, 3 cases, Haydon Bros. ; 5 hhds ale, W. L. Green ; 1 case, A. S. Cleghorn ; 20 do Geneva, order ; 2 V-casks brandy, F. A. Schafer and Co. ; 1 bale, D. Dal ton : 1 case, 6 mats, T. Marshall; 1 case, Francis and Co. ; 9 bales wool. 40 cases, C'ollin and Co.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.

The A.S.N. Co.'s City of Melbourne left Sydney at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June G, rounded North Cape at 1.30 p.m , June 11, arrived at Auckland on Wednesday, 12th, at 8 a,m. Experienced moderate S.E. winds for the first three days, then S.W. and S.S.W.

Passengers :—Saloon : Mr Casey, Mr Holdship and servant, Mr A. Pratt, Mrs A. Brown, Miss Casey, Miss Walsh, Captain C. B. de-Vaux, Messrs W. A. Arneck, Holdship, H. Roberts, D, Campbell, T. Bell, C. A. F. Masters, A. Young, T. Ingham, D. Lewis, A. Brown, J. T. Monteflore, F. Joseph, W. Smythe. Steerage : 28. .

fThe steamer Hero arrived at Sydney on the 30th ult., and Melbourne on the 4th inst. The steamer Wellington is unavoidably postposed until to-morrow.

COMMERCIAL.

S?~ "-*£•? MINING. The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below:—

MEETINGS TO COME. Tookey Quartz, Ballarat, June 14 Coromandel Excelsior, Mechanics' Institute, noon junel4 Specimen, Waverley Hotel, Auckland, 3 p.m.

June 15 Queen of May, Grahamstown, June 17 Goldflelds Investment Company^ Mr. Browne's office

"Wyndham street, 4 p.m. June 17 Carnatic, Coromandel, June 18 Christchurch, Grahamstown, June 18 Harbour "View, Coromandel, June 20 Abraham Lincoln, Grahamstown, June 21 Coromandel Mint, Company's office, 49, Queen street,

Auckland, 3 p.m. June 28 Golden Pah, at Mackay's office, at 4 o'clock June 20 Wood's Point, Coromandel, June 21 Golconda, Insurance Buildings, June 28 "Wealth of Coromandel, Company's office, Queen street,

Auckland, June 21 Loyalty, Grahamstown, June 28 Nebraska, Grahamstown, June 28 Mary Ann, Grahamstown, June 25 Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2 p.m., JjgJune 27

POST OFFICE, SHOB.TLAND-STREET. Mails will Close as Under

For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow. at 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Kapanga, per Golden Crown, to-morrow, at

9.30 a.m. For Tauranga and Opotiki, per Dauntless, to-morrow,

at 9 a.m. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per Wellington,

to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Napier and Gisborne, per Star of the South, to morrow, at 11 a.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Comerang, onFriday, the 14th inst., at 3 p.m. Per ps Nebraska, on Thursday, 13th instant, as under : — For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of Ajnerica, British, Central, and South America,-"British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe, via England, at 10.30 am For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at 10.30 am For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 9 am. Late letters for the United States or America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d. in addition to the postage, will be received at the office till 11 am, and by the mail agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing Note.—A Post-oflice has been opened at Taupiri, "Waikato. Mails close at this office every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 7.30 p.m.

S. B. Biss. Postmaster.

OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE.

The immense success attending the introduction of this new local industry will alone testify to the high estimatiomin which it is held. During the last Tear the proprietor was scarcely ahle to supply the large demand, and has in consequence made extensive alterations and additions to his Factory, so as to be enabled to keep the market well Hupplied No one who values health and appetite sho\ild bo without a supply of this really health-restoring and agreeable condiment. Sold everywhere in Bottles with tho name of H. OLSON on wrapper and stamped on botUo and paper. Auckland, 10th February, 1872.

DEATH.

DOWNEY; —On the 12th inst., at her father's residence, Nelson street, Catherine, youngest daughter of John Nicholas Downey.

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 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 ai c obliged by pressue on our space to hold over till to-morrow an article on the proceedings at the Licensing Court, as well as a considerable amount of local and general intelligence.

We have to-day published a supple mentary Monthly Mail for home readers, which can be had at the office of the Stae or from our runners,

Owing to pressure on our space by the arrival of the English telegrams we are compelled to omit our report of the pro ceedings at the Licensing Meeting of yesterday.

A Provincial Government Gazette was published to-day.

It will interest many to learn that before a word was written drawing atten tion to the recent kidnapping case a sub scription had been got up spontaneously among our run boys to fee a counsel to defend their little brothers in adversity.

Mr James Plunkett will continue his reading of David Copperfield at the Carl ton Academy, Hobson street, this evening. An old Auckland settler, who has lately been living at the Bay of Islands, is reported to have received notice from England that he is in the possession of £300,000. A legal firm in this city have received instructions to take steps on his behalf in the matter.

We were yesterday shewn samples of white and mottled soap of an excellent quality, manufactured by Messrs Wright and Eaynes, soap and candle makers, Chancery street, As we remarked, the samples are of excellent quality.

We are requested to state that the Duke of Edinburgh will not leave this evening for the Thames as advertised, but will leave to-morrow evening as usual, carrying passengers and cargo, Cargo will be received on the wharf to-morrow.

We would call special attention to Mr R. Arthur's extensive sale, to-morrow, of fruit to hand from Sydney. The fruit all appear to be in splendid order, and no doubt will realise good prices.

The marionettes were put through their performances last night at the Parnell Hall with great success. Several new figures have been added, among them an old pensioner and his donkey, which (we mean the donkey, not the pensioner) "kicks splendidly-" To-morrow evening another performance will be given at the same place.

A telegram, dated London, 10th May, states that Lord Rivers, Dr Attwood, Mr Guildford Eustom, and Mr James Larnach, became bail for the Tichborne claimant.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE

The performance at this theatre consisted of a repetition ot the capital and thrilling drama of the. " The Brothers' Duel," which was exceedingly well performed. The piece de resistance, however, was the grand fairy burlesque of "The lhree Bears," a most brilliant and amusing burlesque, the repre sentations being cleverly rendered by the company. With such an attractive pro gramme' the house deserves better patronage at the hands of the public than it has done forth© past few nights. This evening the performance is set apart as a benefit kindly tendered by Mr B. N. Jones, towards the Persian Relief Fund, and will consist of a comedy and the burlesque, with a grand con cert intervening by the Simonsen troupe, including Messrs. Clarke, Kelly, Barry O'Niel, and Madame Moller, the party having kindly offered their services on the occasion. It will be the last opportunity of hearing them prior to the departure of the Nebraska. For so deserving an object it, is to be hoped thero Will be a full house,

BACHELDER'S PANORAMA AT THE CITY HALL.

The panorama exhibited by Mr. Baehelder last night for the first time in Auckland fully equalled our expectations. It is truly a sight well worth seeing, and the large audience that assembled last night were perfectly satisfied with its introduction. The pantascope comprised views of scenes met with by the traveller on a tour across the vasfe continent of America. To those whom the scenes were familiar the exhibition afforded unbounded pleasure and satisfaction; while, with others to whom the scenes are novel, last night's entertainment gave rise to wonder, gratification and amusement. In the language of Camp bell, we would say, " Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?" The panorama mustbeseentobe appreciated, as it is almost beyond tho power of des cription. Owing to a mishap occurring to the automaton at the eleventh hour the lecturer was compelled to apologize for its absence ; but with the assistance of the surgeon (mechanist) he will be enabled to appear this evening in his wonderful slack rope vaulting. An efficient band, amongst whom we observed Profesßor Saunders, harpist, and Bandmaster McComish, ia in attendance.

THEATRE ROYAL

A capital entertainment was given last night at this theatre by the Featio troupe of gymnast?, assisted by Ward's minstrels. The attendance waa pood considering the slate of the weather, and the performance gave great satisfaction. Mr. Wright's feat on the tingle trapeze was for an amateur wonderful. The same may be said of the daring wire ascension of Mr Lorrigan. The songs of Messrs Doran, Norman, Ward, Aubrey and others drew forth great applause, and altogether a very enjoyable evening wa9 passed' pffiK

THAMES GOLD MINING COMPANY.

The following is a correct list of shares held by the above Company in the Thames and Coromandel Goldfielda on the 9th inst.:—

Albion Quartz CMC 1,134 Alburnia 410 All Nations 015 Bismarck 007 Caledonian .. .. .. .. .. .. 700 Dixon's No. 1 <»7 El Dorado COO Eureka Hill 800 Golden Age .. .. .. .. .. .. 4:i. r> Imperial Crown 100 Junction 1,210 Kuranui .. .. .. .. .. .. 050 Long Drive 4 Moanatairi 290 Missouri 322 Nonpareil .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 Ota«o »00 Point Russell 2,000 Red Queen 105 Shotover 200 Shamrock .. .. .. .. .. .. 314 Sir Walter Scott 1,104 Siege of Paris.. .. .. .. .. .. 700 Thames CO Tookey Quartz 113 Una 80

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

BeforeT. Bilchie, Esq., and — Graham, Esq.,

Justices.

DETOX KNNESS. Numberless people were punished for drunkenness. THE ALLEGED FEATTD AT CHBIBTCIItTBCH. The young man McKenna, who had been apprehended in compliance with a request by telegraph from Christchurcb, was discharged by the Bench, intimation having been given Mr Broham by telegraph that the warrant had been withdrawn. A HOMELESS WAITDEREB. Ellis Jones, for being found sleeping at night on the wharf, a spot selected where he might enjoy fresh air, was sent to gaol for three months. CITY WAIFS. A boy named Robinson was again remanded for one week for having insufficient means of support. STEAT CATTIE. W. C. Campbell wai charged with infringing certain sections and sub-sections of certain clauses in certain by-laws of the City Council in snch cases made and provided by per mitting twenty kine to be in Wellington street unattended.

My Joy, for the defence, pleaded that the cattle were in charge of a person.

The Corporation solicitor (Mr J. B. Russell) supported the charge.

DISTRICT COURT.

THIS DAY.

Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., District Court Judge. The adjourned sitting of this Court was held at 10.30 this morning. D. K. CLAEKSON V. ALAN BAILLIE. Claim £98 14s 3d ; balance of account. The claim had been referred to the arbitration of Mr John Buchanan, and to-day his award was made knwon— defendant to pay to plaintiff £53 15s Id, with £12 12s costs of reference. To this •n as added costs of Court, £6 13s 7d. JOHN GBAHAM V. JAMEi CBUICKSHANK. Claim £100, damages. Mr MacCormick for plaintiff; Mr Hesketh for defendant. The jurymen took iheir places, and answered their names. The case was taken up from the point arrived at on Monday. William Reay, market gardener,residing at Epsom, said he knew plaintiff's land at Remuera, and very often saw it while Mr Graham was living there. He recollected plaintiff leaving there in 1865; at that time the property was in a clean and good order; the top paddock had a very good crop of grass growing on it. The orchard was also in a clean state, and contained fifty fruit trees of various kinds, more or less ; they would be worth 4s each. If properly kept their "worth five years after i would be about 10s each. The fences appeared to be old, but were in order. The house seemed to be a new one when he saw it first. Mr Hesketh cross-examined. The next witness was Thomas H. Smith, ginger-beer manufacturer, Karan gahape road. He disposed to the state of the property before it was leased, and also its condition shortly before the lease had expired. He was cross-examined at much length. Thomas Banford had seen the house three times in October or November, in 1870. It appeared to need repairs; the paddock had not a crop of grass but of weeds; in the orchard the trees had been destroyed by cattle ; it would take about £5 to repair the fencing. Thomas Mack, farm laborer, was then examined. [Left sitting.]

THE SHARE MARKET.

ME. IXBEET WAWCEK's EEPORT,

Bismakck, £5 5s to £5 7s Gd Pride of Tokatea, 10s Gd to ] U ; Tooltey, £10 to £12, rising ; Coromaudel, £12 to £13 ; Ravonstock, 28 6d ; Siege of Paris, 17s ; Q-olconda, 35s ; Yon lempsky, 3s to 4s ; Van's West Coasts, 13s to 143 ; Moanatairi, £5 to £5 2s 6d. ME J. HENDEY'S BEPOET. Market quiet. Caledonians, £17 10s ; Thames, £5 12s 6d ; Golden Calf, i'l 12s 6d ; Cures, £1 5s ; Otago, £1 5s 6d ; Yon Tempsky, 3s 9d ; Moanatairi, £5 ; Beach, 12s 6d. me. nswman's eepoet. &JBusiness transactions very limited to-day. Sellers reluctant to sell at present quotations. My sales comprise — Caledonian, £17 10s, buyers, a317 15s, sellers, £18; Moanatairi, buyers £5 ; Bismarck, bujers £5 5s ; Tookeyo at an advance. Sellers—Bank of New Zea land shares.

ARRIVAL OF THE "CITY OF MELBOURNE" WITH THE ENGLISH MAIL.

NEWS TO MAY 10th.

Arrival of Sir Hercules Robinson

Fighting in Spain—Carlists totally Defeated.

The Alabama Claims.

Markets Good. Money Abundant-

Bank Rate, 4.—Consols, 92i

(From the Sydney Herald's Telegraphic Correspondent.)

Melbourne, May 30. The P. and O. steamer Nubia, with the English April mails, via Suez, i» signalled off Cape Otway. Passengers —For Sydney: Sir Her cules and Lady Robinson, Misses Robinson (2), Mr Robinson, 8 servants, Captain and Mrs St. John, infant and servant, Mr and Mrs Dick, Mr and Mrs Verges, Rev Mr Grore, Captain W. Hall (P. and 0. Co.), Mr and Mrs C. Newton, Messrs De Roebeck, West, Brooks, Sahl, Whitehead, Smith, Mater, Benalidet, Deve-rney, Belbon, E. Carpenter,purser. For Melbourne: Captain and Mrs Robinson, Miss and Mrs Fellowes, Mr and Mrs Cowie, Mr and Mrs Harwood, Rev Mr and Mrs Brodie and family, Capt. Audley Coote, Captain Cox, Professor H. A. Strong, Signor Pompei, Messrs Bren ner, Christophson, Maxfield, Rev Finchain Martin Price, Prosser, Scale.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The University Boat Race was rowed in a storm of snow and sleet. The struggle was severe. An accident disabled Cambridge's stroke oar, but the Cambridge crew won. Time, 21£ minutes. Cambridge also carried off the lion's share of prizes for athletic sports. Tweuty-four thousand men. divided into two forces, took part in the volunteer review. The "in vaders" and " defenders" were posted between Lewes and Brighton. There was a mimic attack and defence of the latter place for two hours, and the performance was creditable. The weather was unfavorable for spectators. On the same day three Suffolk regi ments were brigaded with the Ipswich garrison, having a severe field day in the neighbouring heaths with real training. Strikes of agricultural labourers are agitating farmers and landowners. There are combinations in Warwick shire, Cambridge, Lincoln, and Here ford. They are rapidly extending and ranging themselves under powerful leaders. Energetic demands are made for 16s to 18s wages, cottages from landlords, and right to combine. Farmers declare that they cannot afford it. The Press says that their rents should be lowered and tenure extended. Relief Committees for the •laborers are reorganised; Trades' Unions are helping.

Barry Sullivan is performing at Liverpool, and Charles Matthews at Philadelphia. Eive hundred compositor* struck work; but masters succumbed to the majority. The Leeds flax hands have resumed work. Fifteen hundred men in the Birmingham nut and bolt trade have accepted amended terms. At Manchester, lamplighters have extorted higher wages by deeds of darkness. Dock labourers threaten to strike.

There has been a terrible murder of a French lady, Madame Biel, by a Belgian cook. The Heath Lane murderers were captured in Paris, and confessed to the crime. At the Fuze Manufactory explosion at Camborae nine girla were killed, and more wounded. There have been destructive fires at Glasgow, Lancashire, and Howick.

The Indian mail was recently in terrupted by an avalanche. .Rocks fell across the railway near Moldeno. A tunnel has been projected under the Mersey, between Liverpool and Birkenhead.

Christ's Hospital is to be removed to the country. The site fetched six hundred thousand pounds. Several railways follow the Midland in attach ing third-class carriages.

A shipment of destitute Communists to England was stopped by a remon strance on the part of the British Government. The introduction of the Internationale in Ireland occasions excitement. Sixty members formed in Dublin an influential deputation to

invite the Premier to visit Belfast, and their invitation was accepted. Wombell's menagerie has been sold, and the three thousand animals dis persed. A shoemaker, named Missen grove, under fear of starvation, mur dered his four children. Dr. Carden, of Clapham, clergyman, has been sentenced to six months' hard labour for obtaining money under false pre tences of charity. Measures are being taken to realize Fowler's Steam Ferry across the Channel.

OBITUAEY.

j Professor Morris, Morse, telegraph ist ; Sir Algernon Paten, General Wingfield, Major-General Gambier ; Colonel Biddulph, Lord-Lieutenant of Denbigshire; Professor Boberts, Dr. Perrot, Bishop of Edinburgh, aged 81; Dr. Hood, Dean of Argyle; Mr. Palmer, Becorder of Yarmouth; Alfred Shoolbred, senior partner in the great drapery firm • Admiral Slighter, aged 85; Major Hamilton Linlithgow, General Ord, aged 83 years ; Marquis Graham, son of Duke of Montrose; Sir Henry "Wilmot, Dr Norris, Presi dent of Corpus-ChristiCollege, Oxford; Dr. Short, ex-Bishop of Asaph; Edward Mitchell, sculptor, committed suicide.

LONDON.

April 19. English public opinion is dead against the grasping trickiness of the Sydney Premier, and Lord Belmore's complicity is regarded with graye dis approbation. The Daily Telegraph treats air James Martin's discomfiture as a punishment for his disparaging remarks about Gladstone as arch destroyer of the empire. The Spectator thinks the dispute will hasten colonial federation, and perhaps cost New South Wales a valuable province. But for his protectionist aberration the Hon. Charles Gravan Duffy would stand high in English estimation. The tone of°the press is respectful to him. The announcement of a project fora grand trunk railway across Australia is thought premature and injudicious. The opinion is that it would be better first to complete telegraphic land lines to Point Darwin.

Mr. Lang is preparing designs for a memorial of those who fell in the New Zealand war. Mr. Daintree has received £GQC tavvards the expenses of the annexe built to receive Queensland goods at the International Exhibition; other colonies are all behind. Mr. Torrens is seeking to call the attention of Parliament to the Australian system of conveyancing, and applying for a committee of inquiry.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

LONDON,

April 25

The Carlist rising in Spain is most formidable. There are fifteen thousand insurgents. A severe eruption of Mount Vesu vius, lasting ten days, has spread de vastation and death around. Several villages have been destroyed. The International Exhibition is opened. There has been a thanks giving festival at the Crystal Palace. The Ballot Bill is passed. Bright's Woman's Disabilities Bill has been rej acted. There is a project for a steam ser vice via the Cape ; capital one million sterling. The wool sales proceed heavily, ex cepting for scoured pieces. Livingstone is reported to be safe. Prince Charley won the Newmarket two thousand Guinea Stakes; Cre morne, second: Queen's Messenger, third. Seine won the one thousand Guinea Stakes.

There is a hitch in the Alabama ne gotiation. The prospects of settle ment are clouded. At Earl GranviUe's urgent] request Lord Eussell a third time postponed his motion, the Go- Ternment promising the papers before Whitsuntide. The Pacific Islanders' Bill passed. The Government were defated on the Scottish Education Bill. Instructions to Committee were car ried, providing Biblical teaching. Copper is steady—Wallaroo, £105 cash. Wheat firmer—Adelaide, 6s to 6s 3d. Bark, lower. Tallow, steady. Cotton, lOd to Is. Sydney oil, 365; sperm, 98s. Debentures, dull. Bank rate, 5s ; Consols, 92f.

Cardwell has announced the annual military manoeuvres to commence on the 3 let August at Salisbury Plains. On 24th April, Mr. Gladstone, in replying to Mr. Fawcett, said that the Government were not disposed to con sider the resolution in favour of the Dublin University Bill as a vote of want of confidence, requiring the sus pension of business for discussion, but that its adoption would involve the re signation of the Ministry. Mr. Faw cett arraigned Gladstone for refusing to regard the question as one involving want of confidence in the Ministry, and six days' debate ensued on the Dublin University Test Bill. There was a stormy discussion. Gladstone on the sixth day replied to Mr. Faw cett, but he was dissatisfied and threatened to appeal to the people. The Carlist insurgents have been de feated. Don Carlos escaped. The in surrection collapsed.

Bismarck is unwell. Prince Hohen lohe, as German representative to the Vatican, has been rejected by the Pope. Brigham Young has been re leased.

A New Zealand Kapanga goldmjjj-

ing company has been announced; capital, one hundred thousand pounds. Wool sales closed with more anima tion. There was an irregular market throughout, and a considerable quan tity was withdrawn. Copper, steady. Mr. Eedman, a " home ruler," has been elected a member for Wexford.

The Tichborne claimant was bailed on the 26th.

The Princess of Germany has been delivered of a daughter. The Prince and Princess of Wales have arrived at Venice.

There was a great eruption of Vesu vius on the 25th and 20th. Two hundred persons were buried. Several villages were destroyed, the inhabitants of which were saved.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

LONDON,

April 27th to May 10th. The reply of Mr Secretary Fish to Earl Granville was of great length, but i.\ tone ib was extremely amicable. It states that President Grant is favour able to the withdrawal of indirect claims if England will agree that neutrals are iiresponsible for the con sequences of all damages. Mr. Bright's Woman's Franchise Bill was defeated by 223 to 147.

The two thousand guinea stakes was won by Reine.

A telegram through. Aden reports that Dr Livingstone is safe. A great hurricane was reported at Zanzibar on the 15th April. One hundred and fifty vessels and two million of property were lost, and the town was nearly destroyed.

M. Harcourt has been appointed French Ambassador to London, and M. Bnrgoyne to the Vatican. The American Minister at Madrid has resigned. No successor has been appointed, and no appointment will be made till satisfaction is afforded for American prisoners at Cuba.

The American tea and coffee duties wei'e abolished on the Ist July.

Consols for account, 93

The French Government have re solved to arraign Marshal Bazaine before a Court Martial. An analogous decision was imrrrnent ri reference to General Wimpfen.

Narvaez, the chief Carlist, has been driven back to the French frontier, and is endeavouring to escape.

The Dutch Income-tax Bill has been defeated, and the Ministry have re signed.

Mr Adams has been defeated at Cin cinnati Convention by secession of Illinois.

The Cincinnati Convention have nominated Mr Horace Greely for Pre-

sident.

A long debate took place in the Commons on the Scotch Education Bill. Mr. L. Goulden's amendment declaring Bible instruction essential was adopted against the Government by 216 to 209.

The Carlists were completely defeated on ths 4iih, at Oroquita, Pampslana losing forty killed and seven hundred and tbiroy wounded. Don Carlos escaped to France.

Philadelphia teleg-ams state that Lovd Granville agrees as to the pi-inciple and extent of the responsibility of neutrals, but insisted upon a withdrawal of indirect claims from tlie American case. Mr. Secretary Fish, considers the proposition unacceptable, and the general opinion is that members of the Senate and representatives are backing Earl Granville and appealing to Lord Russell to postpone the Alabama motion. He adhered to the declaration respecting indirect claims. The debate was ad journed to the 13th.

The reserve notes in the Bank of England amount to ten million pounds ; bills discounted amount to twenty three mil lion seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds.

The tone of the American Democratic Press r'nd'cates that the Democrats will nominate theiv own caneI'date for the Presidentsl! ip. The defeat of Don Carlos Is not de cisive. Don Carlos is not. made prisoner. The exports to Great Britain for Apri'L'shofw-an increase of 4J millions. Bank-rate advanced to 4. Money again abundant. Discount moderate. Gjddrflowiug into.bank.; Consols, 92f. Sfcock -market disturbed by diead of continental complications. Tasmanian Railway Loan shunned. ' Russian, loan of fifteen millions promptly taken. Joint Stock undertalangs very numer ous. A new Atlantic cable is to be laid via the Wesc Indies. Dividends are announced by the Bank of Austra lasia and Oriental Bank of 12 per cent. March trade shows increase in imports and slight decrease in exports.

Wool.—London sales opened on the 11th, with hesuauing tone and cautious biddings. There was a slight decline, but, as sales progressed, competition became more spirited and a firm feeling prevailed. Good wools command high prices, veiy little below last series. Arrivals, one hnndvedand seventy-seven thousand six bundled bale*; catalogued ah-eady, thirty-seven thousand ba'es.

THE LICENSING BENCH.

To the Editor of the EvBNiXG Stab. Sib, —Having been not a little surprised at the view taken by you of the proceedings in the Licensing Court yesterday, as expressed in your paragraph on that subject in your last issue, I take the liberty of aiking you to allow cae an opportunity of explaining the courie adopted by myeelf as one of the magistrate*

who left the Court after the majority had resolved to re-hear the cases on which lioenses had been refused at the previous sitting of the Court. I can answer for myself, and I believe also for the other Justices who left the Court, that had we not been perfectly satisfied that we had no power whatever to review the decisions of the Court at the previous sitting we would have been per fectly willing to do so. For my own part for several reasons I would hare been glad to reconsider at least one or two of the decided cases j but we would take no part in the performance of an illegal act, even though individual hardship might be the consequence of our declining to do so. 'r ~~ trust before long the responsibility of grantir /. or witholding Buch licenses will be remov. f** from a bench of justices, and placed in ty* hands of stipendiary magistrates, so that it ma]j no longer be'possible to hunt up magistrates, and pack the Benoh so as to procure a decision, favourable to those who do so.—l am, &c, , One of the Retiring Justices. }

TELEGRAPHIC.

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Grahamstown, 2 p.m. "William Constant was fined 40s for supplying liquor on Sunday. The West Coast tribute have crushed 18 tons which have given 22 ounces gold.

There is a fine show of gold in the reef discovered in Dixon's claim.

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

PER S.S. CITY OP MELBOURNE

SYDNEY.

June 6.

The Lady Emma sailed for Auckland on the 4th instant with a general cargo. The barque Frowning Beauty left Newcastle for Auckland on the sth instant with a cargo of 520 tons coals.

The brigantine Camilla is loading for Auckland.

The barque Tell is to follow the Frown ing Beauty with coals for Henderson and Macfarlane, Auckland.

The barque Southern Cross arrired at Newcastle from Auckland on the 3rd instant.

The import market are remarkably firm, but the inquiry for goods to-day was not very active owing to the advanced prices required by holders. Breadstuffs remain at former quotations—6s to 6s 6d for Adelaide wheat, 5s 6d to 5s 9d for other descriptions. Flour quiet, at £14 10s to £15 15s, for lots of a few tons. There has been a further advance in iron; holders of pig ask £7, and second houses have advanced the price of bar and rod to £20. Galvanized is held for extreme rates. Thare is inquiry for lumber, with a barely supplied market. Sales of cement at 16s to 16s 6d. Liquors are without alteration. In teas there were s few small sales for trade purposes at fair rates. This first importation of the new crop of Hawaiian sugars, consisting of yellow counter sorts, was offered at Messrs. Stubbs and Co.'s rooms, this morning, and sold up to £34 5s per ton. The inferior grades of sugars coming from these islands are objected to on account of their peculiar smell, and if this could be obviated they would command better prices. The wreck of the steamer Clarence was sold to-day for £240.

MELBOURNE.

June 4. The Ministry have resigned; and Mr Francis has been sent for.

When the Assembly met this after noon, Mr Duffy announced the resigna tion to the Assembly, and also informed the House that Mr Francis had been sent for, At Mr Francis' request an adjournment until Thursday, was agreed toj in order to give him time to complete his arrange ments. Mr Duffy promised that on Thursday he would lay on the table of the House the communications which had passed between himself and the Governor on the subject,

Twenty nominations have been receired from Sydney for the Melbourne Cup; and the other races are well filled,

For the Marbyrnong Plate there are 21 entries ; for the Derby, 63 ; for the Oaks, 40 ; Mares' Produce Stakes, 58,

Out of £900,000 loan for water supply £513,000 have been expended on the Coliban scheme, which requires £631,000 more for its completion. A flood has occurred on the low-lying lands at Ballarat.

At auction Java sugars sold as follows : Whites, £41 15s to £42 10s; yellows, £32 5s to £32 10s. Privately: 10,000 bushels malt, 10s 3d, duty paid. Keroseae is freely offering at Is 10|d ; 3,000 cases sold at a shade lower. Brandon's candles, ll^d. No alteration in wheat and flour. Maize very firm, 3s 4d, stocks light. Teas are/more animated. Abbived : Hero (s) from Auckland. June 5. Several charges against the Rev. Dun can Fraser have been brought before this Presbytery and referred to the Ballarat Presbytery.. -Sugars very firm. Sugars: Grey Crystals, £41; damaged whites have been sold by auction at £40 15s. : A line of 100 tons of flour sold privately at £16. 3,000 bushels best Tasmanian wheat, 6s 6d; 9,500 quarter barrels blasting powder, Is; 3,000 cases kerosene, Is lOd; 800 barrels currants, sd. There is good demand for tobaccos; light pressed, Is 3d to Is 7d; aromatic twist, Is ; pieces, Is ; maize, 3s 4d. Two cargoes arrived, sold afloat.

ADELAIDE.

June 4.

Best wheat is obtainable at os lOd. — holders ask 6s; flour, £12 }&&!*&£'> woolpacks, 5s 3d; bran sV*ki\ t t Hdj inferior pollard at Is 2d. _3^ lI The Black Diamond and^£% have been sold to Mr Elder for jß36^X^Lfter the sale telegrams were receiveo*Wating that there was a heavy sea on, and that the vesssel was breaking up. June 5.

It is reported that coals are so scarce that, if cargoes do not soon arrive, it will be impossible to light the city with gas,

June 4

Mr. Samper, storekeeper, and Mr. Allum, a cjerk in the Bank of Nqw South

ME IVENIM STAB, WEDNESDAY, StFE "IS, iSW.

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XpINAL NOTICE RELINQUISHING- BUSINESS. R. HOBBS Has still on hand between SIX and SEVEN THOU SAND POUNDS' WORTH of the VERY PICK of the STOCK, consisting of FLANNELS, BLANKET 3, FRENCH MERINOES, WINCEYS, Calicoes and Sheeting, Dimity and Toilet Quilts, Woollen Hosiery, Waterproof Jackets and Mantles for Ladies, Girls, and Children ; and other new Winter Goods, in great variety, which are now being CLEARED OUT AT VERY LOW PRICES. Ladies' and Children's New Black Straw Hats at about Half Value. The Stock MUST and WILL BE SOLD as R.H has no intention whatever of remaining in the trade Country customers, wholesale buyers, and small dealers, and buyers of job lots liberally dealt with. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING of the newest description, and Belts, Braces, Collars, Shirts, and Under Flannels, and all kind of Hosiery and Felt Hats, and Men's and Boys' Caps at a great reduction from regular prices. N. B.—THE SALE WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW WEEKS LONGER ONLY. E, HOBBS, JUNCTION DRAPERY WARE HOUSE, ;TJpper Queen and Wakefield streets jj JCATEB (late Crombie's) ROYAL • FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, Queen street, Auckland, has much pleasure in inform iag his friends and the public generally that lie has purchased the Photographic Business so long carried on by Mr. Crombie ; and having secured the services of Mr. C.'s late Manager he feels warranted in stating that they will receive every civility and attention, as well as first-class and artistic portraits at his hands, and that no pains will be spared to give entire satisfac tion. J. 0. begs to announce that his arrangements for taking Instantaneous Portraits of Children are now complete. NOTICE. THE .NEW ZEALAND Monthly Mail IS NOW PUBLISHED. Price Threepence- To be had at the Staji office.