SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 5.20 HIGH WATER : This evening, 9.57 '!

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Enterprise No 2, 11 o'clock Challenger, 11 o'clock

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Kaipara : Amaranthe, schooner, 27th inst For Chatham Islands: Ocean Wave, schooner, to day For Newcastle : Mary Miller, barque, Monday For Sydney : Amateur, barque, Tuesday • ■ • For Honolulu : Nevada, mail steamer, sth September For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, steamer, early For Dunedin : Strathnaver, schooner, to-day For New York: Thames, barque, to-day; Mennim, Mary Nelson, Coronilla, and Wm Prowse, barques, For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki: Southern Cross, steamer, early For Newcastle : Joliba. barque, Monday For Napier and the South: Rangatira, ss, to-clay Nevada, ps, shortly after arrival For Wangarei : Clyde, schooner, to-day For Hokianga : Herald, schooner, to-day For Opotiki: Opotiki, schooner, to-day

VESSELS EXPECTED. Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2 Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed May 22 BH

EXPORTS.

Per screw steamer Rangatira for Southern ports :— 5 qr.casks, short landed; 20 cases brandy, Bueholz and Co ; 6 qr-casks whiskey, Brown, Campbell and Co ; 1 pk» plants, C T Wren ; 13 barrel ale, Williams ; 1 horse, J T Talbot; 1 parcel drapery, Owen and Graham; 1 pkg drugs, Kempthorne and Co ; 9 pkgs Aney ; 1 case stationery, Bank of New Zealand ; 2 do hardware, Anderson and Co ; 4 pkgs, Levy and Co ; 2 do, Secretary of Norihern Club ; 1 do, Braithwaite ; 2 bales p.-.per, Ferguson ; 2 axle arms, T and S Morrin ; 4 pkgs plants, Mason Bros ; lease, Kempthorne : 4 pkgs dranerv, A Clark and Son ; 1 parcel, H Davies ; 1 case, J Hamilton; 200 pieces timber, T and S Morrins ; 2 tanks 200 picks, O Jones ; 72 kits oysters, J Street ; 1 pkg, Di?nan ; 1 case, T and S Morrin ; 1 parcel, Combes and Daldy ; 1 parcel, Bank of New Zealand ; 1 bag seed, Jakins and Willcox ; 2 cases ale, Hooper and Co ; 2 tanks, 1 cask oil, JM: 19 empty casks, Morton and Co ;34 do do, J Reid; 1 parcel, Lojgie ; 1 do, Rev Martin ; 1 case tobacco, Stone Bios ; 1 cask glassware, T Boylan.—Combes and Daldy, agents

The cutter-yacht Ariel will be sold by auction to morrow at noon by Messrs S. Cochrane and Son. The vessel signalled last night was the barque Coronilla, which left last Tuesday for Napier. Owing to head winds she put back, and is now anchored oft Wangaparoa, about seventeen miles north of Auck- Tlie s s Rangatira has cleared outward for Southern ports with the following passengers: II T Bowers, Sirs Airey, Mr Adair. ... ,

COMMERCIAL.

At Mr A. Buckland's sale yesterday fat •tock was in full supply, and at lower Talues. Provincial fatted—about 309, and ship borne, 27s the lOOlbs. were tue priceß obtained. Fat sheep, small sized, at lat» values. They brought from 3fd to 4d per lb.

MINING. •• The following are the current calls and dividends payable In the companies named below :— £ 8, a.

MEETTNS3 TO OOME. Pacific, 44, Queen street, 2 pm, 26th instant West Coast Grahamstown, 26th instant - Long Drive, Mr Tothill's office, noon, 27th instant Scottv's Hill, Coromandel, 28th inst Caledonian, Insurance Buildings, 2 pm, 28th instant Smiling Beauty, Grahamstown, 30th instant Bird in Hand, Grahamstown, 30th instant Waikoromiko, Company's office, Queen street, 3 pm, 2nd September Old Whau, Grahamstown, 3rd September Nonpareil, Grahamstown, 4th September Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, 2 pm, 4th Sep tember . ~, Bank of New Zealand G.M.C., Grahamstown, 4th September ; ■■ Beehive, Grahamstown, sth September Nolan's Candlelight, Mr Wallace's office, Insurance Buildings, 11am, 11th September Royal Standard, Company's office, Wyndham street 4 p m, llth September-

THE SHARE MARKET.

MB. J. M. liENNOX'9 BEPOBT. The share market is inactive. Caledonia shares have a slight downward tendency, My sales comprise Caledonian, £33; Cure shares were sold at 435. There are buyers of Caledonian at £3110s ; sellers. £32 ; Moana tairai, £8 ss, sellers, £6 10s; Thames, £6, ellers, £6 ss. Buyers of Alburnia £2 15s fellers, £3 ; Cure, 435, sellers, 445.

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND STREET.

Mails -will Close as Under For Wangarei Heads, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Clyde, this day, at 4 30 p m For Great Barrier, per Ruby, this day, at 4 30 p m For Russell.'Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Comerang; ' to-morrow, at noon. For Thames, this day, 5.30 p m., and to-morrow, at at 10.30 am. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, Waipu, per Lady Bowen, on Saturday, 24th inst., at 10 a m For Opotiki, per Opotiki, to-morrow, at noon For Whitiangi, per Saucy Lass, at 1 p m. For Napier and Southern provinces, perps Nevada, six hours after her arrival from Honolulu S. B. Bras. Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Harris.—On August 20, at Ngaruawahia, the wife of Mr L. B. Harris of a daughter

MARRIAGE.

Votce—Lublik.— On July 22, by special license, at St. Sepulchre's Church, by the Rev. B T Dudley, Richard B Vance, to Dora Lublin, both of this city.

DEATHS.

Conway.— On August 23, at her residence, Mount street, after a painful illness, Susanah Conway, in her 70th year. The funeral will leave at half-past 3 o clock on Sunday. Friends are respectfully invited to attend. HEioBWAy.-On August 21, at his father's residence, Karaka, James, son of John F. Heigh way, aged five years and seven months Williams.-On August 22, at Nelson street, Mary, the beloved wife of Captain S. J. Edmonds, aged

4S years ' ~ ... Powditch —On August 22, at the residence of ins son-in-law, T. D. Clegliorn, Esq., Epsom, after a lingering illness, which lie bore with Christian fortitude, William Powditch, Esq., aged 80 years. His end was peace. The funeral wiU take place at St. Andrews, Epsom, To-morrow (Ssturday), 21th August, at 3p:m. Friends are invited to attend.

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

FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 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.

The usual monthly Court of Petty Sessions will be held on Tuesday next, the 27th inst, The following are the magis trates on the rota : —Messrs Joseph May (chairman), Richard Field Porter, Thomas Ritchie, Francis Edward Stewart, Allen Kerr Taylor, William St Clair Tisdall, W Esdaile Thomas, Henry Hanson Turton, James Williamson, John William son, John Alexander Wilson, Reader Gilson "Wood, William Young.

We are requested to call attention to Mr Hoskins' benefit, to take place at the Prince of Wales Theatre this evening. We hope to see a full house.

The following transfers of licenses have been confirmed this morning by Messrs Joseph May, George S Graham, Thomas Ritchie, justices of the peace. From Conroy to Waliis, Clanricarde hotel; from Schnader to H Peckham, Foresters' Arms; from C B Edwards to J G Freer, Army and Navy ; from W H Travena to John Adams, Crown hotel.

. As will be seen from advertisement the August number of the New Zealand Presbyterian Magazine has been pub lished to-day. It contains an article on education; a sermon by the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presby terian Church of New Zealand, Bey. G. Morice; an article on Presbyterianism; news of the churches; correspondence, arid a large amount of other interesting reading matter. - It is published by Messrs Upton and Co.

We regret to announce that one of our \ oldest colonists has passed away at the age of four score years. Mr William : Powditch died yesterday at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr T. D. Cleghorn, at Epsom, after a lingering illness, which he ibore with Christian fortitude. "Thedays of our years are three-score years and ten ; and if, by reason of strength, they be four-score years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow, for it is soon cutoff, and we fly away." His end was peace. The deceased gentleman was for years a member of the Provincial Council, during part of which time he occupied the position of Speaker. He was very much respected forhii3 exemplary life, and dies greatly regretted. The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon.

We would call special attention to the conduct of some person or persons unknown, in, the neighbour hood of Mr D. Caley's premises, Queen street; It appears that quan j tities of poison have been laid from 'time to time for the purpose of destroying a few harmless pigeons which frequent 'that part? J; The purpose has been- some jwhat accomplished, as day after day the i birds are seen dropping. The danger ito 'persons' lives is apparently of no {importance in the eyes of the perpetrators :of this wanton cruelty. Some of the children in the locality may eat the. [poison, or as many'of the'birds'are' daily 1 cooked we cannot: tell what'may happen jform such conduct. A sharp look out is Ibeing-kept, and we anticipate that little mercy will be shown to'the culprits if : they are caught.

Another of the course of winter lectures an connexion with the Young Men's Christian Association will be given this evening in the rooms by Mr Gr M Heed. The1 subject will be " On the Ridiculous."

Notice is given by the hon. sec. of the Thames Mechanics' Institute that tho owners of the Golden Crown have kindly consented to convey visitors to the exhi bition from Auckland and back at single fares. Season tickets (five shillings each), may be procured from Mr Hugh Craig, manager of the Steam Packet Company.

The adjourned meeting of printers will .take place in tho Mechanics' Institute at half-past seven to-morrow evening. The August inspection of the Victoria Company and Cadets will take place this evening in the Drill-shed. A general meeting of tho company will afterwards he held. The Blue School cadets met for drill and inspection last night in Fort Brito mart, The corps are becoming very efficient in their drill under the in struction of Sergeant Castles, their drill instructor.

YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIA TION LECTURE, TO-NIGHT.

Notwithstanding the unsettled character of the weather it bas been considered advisable to not postpone the lecture which has been announced for this evening. It has been found that interruption of such a series]! acts prejudically; and besides, the time is too limited to proporly advertise any alteration of the. programme. A s will be seen from another column the lecture this evening is to be delivered by Mr G. M. Eeed, tho subject being "On tbo Ridiculous."

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

A very interesting and enjoyable enter tainment was given last evening at tbe Mechanics' Institute, at which there was a moderate attendance. The entertain ment consisted of musical and literary selections. Madame Moller presided at the pianoforte and sang some very sweet songs during the evening. Miss Aitken, who had also kindly consented to appear, gave some choice readings mcluding " The Bapteesement o' the Bairn" for the first time. It caused considerable amusement and was loudly applauded. " The Kaven" was also an admirable reading. Mr Hill sang "Happy by the dreams" and "Nelly Grey." The Glee Club helped to enliven the proceedings by singing some choice glees in a manner that gave satisfaction to the audience, Some readings by amateur gentlemen were listened to with attention, and met with considerable applause. We hope this entertainment is the fore-runner of many more which will increase in brilliancy. The performance was a success.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

The performance last night consisted of the fine comedy of " The Heir-at-Law " and " Naval Engagements." The engagement of Mr W. Hoskins aDd Miss Florence Colville is drawing to a close, as they will only appear on two more occasions, in consequence of an engagement at Dunedin. This evening a farewell benefit will be given to that prince of comedians, Mr W. Hoskins, and we hope to see a full house as a proof of the estimation in which he is held by the public. On this occasion an attractive programme is announced. The performance will commence with Mrs Centlivre's splendid comedy of the . " Busy Body," in which Mr Hoskins' impersonation of Marplot is a grand conception. Miss Colville, es Miranda, by her charming acting, is no less attractive. The cast is a good one. After the comedy Signor Vragnizan will sing, for the first time before an Auckland public, the celebrated "II Balen," from the opera of 11 Trovatore. The performance will conclude with the highly-amusing farce of " A Fast Train; High Pressure." Those who bave seen Mr Hoskins in this pronounce it a treat ; those who havo not should not lose the opportunity of enjoying themselves.

PLUMMER'S ESCAPE.

The Otago Daily Times {?ives the fol lowing particulars of the escape of Plum mer: Frederick Plummer, one of the notorious ruffians sent down from Auck land some time back, escaped from custody yesterday. Plummer was one of a gang of prisoners employed in making alterations about tho Hillside toll-bar. The facts relating to his escape, s© far as could be ascertainod last night, aro these:—At about three o'clock in the afternoon he received permission to go to a sentry-box provided for the use of tho prisoners at work at this spot. The back of this sentry-box faces the warder, and the Cemetery fence runs along the side of it, and there aro other obstruc tions to the. sight in the shape of cases near the fence, and tall gum trees. Plummer, on going to the front of the sentry-box, must have forthwith jumped the fence, and once on the ceme tery side, so long as he kept under the fence, he couid not be observed. In the : course of a couple of minutes a little boy, the son of the toll-keeper, told his father that he saw Plummer crawling away on his hands and knees, near the high part of the cemetery. The alarm was at once given, and a sergeant and a warder started in pursuit of the runaway. News of the escape was sent to the police, and the other prisoners of the gang were marched to the gaol. The inequalities of the ground and the start which Plummer got, prevented the officers from seeing him, but a little girl whom they met said she had seen him throw off his prison cap •and Shirt, cross the road that runs along tho Belt from Mornington to Caversham. and having passed through a paddock, conceal himself in an almost impenetrable scrub behind Mrßridgman's fellmongery. The place in which the girl said that he hid himself, is about as dense a thicket as could be found about Dunedin. It is a place which, having been fenced in for years, has not been trodden by cattle, has no tracks through it, and is a solid mass of furze, lawyers, and broom, It is on. a hill side, and, while it forms a clump 'of vegetation which by itself could be sur irouded, several, gullies,, some of them wooded, meet near it. A man could pretty easily escape unseen from the the patch of scrub into one of those gullies, and so might get away alto gether. If Plummer did get out of the Glen bush, he would find no other bush in which he could conceal himself until he reached the scrub near the top of Maclaggan street, if he attempted to tako that direction, or a small patch near the industrial School, or the bush away on the other side of the Kaikorai, a distance of a couple of miles. At the patch of scrub first mentioned, which the little girl said she saw him enter, the officers kept watch. They were soon supplemented by all the.warders and police that could be spared from ordinary duty, and formed a cordon around the whole bush. Some attempted to enter, but their only reward was a severe scratching from furze and brambles. The place would have been set on fire before it became dark had the landlord given permission.

CORRESPONDENCE.

HtWeare not responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. 1

LATE DEATH AT WAITAKERE.

To the Editor of the Evening Star.

Sie,—ln justice to myself and my wife I trust you will allow me some space in your columns to enable us to exonerate ourselves from the blame so undeservedly heaped upon us by the rider added by the jury to the verdict given by them in the inquest held at the Eden Vine hotel on Tuesday, the 30th August instant. By the rider added by the jury to their verdict ,it would appear that both myself and my wife had during the absence of the man Breen in Auckland i been supplying the womgn Lamb with drink, actually knowing her to be in a state of delirium, for the purpose of put ting money in our pockets, which has ulti mately caused her destruction. Now I say the verdict of the jury on the death of this unfortunate woman is entirely inconsistent with the evidence then before them, and they were not warranted (although they did so) in adding the defamatory and uncalled-for rider that they have added, which would leave no other impression on the minds of those, who , read that verdict' than that both myself and my wife are murderers, in distant and unfrequented parts of the country. The following are the f?icts of the case, and I leave to the public to say what they can see highly inhuman and culpable in the conduct of my wife and myself towards the unfortunate deceased ; and what others would have done, if as much, or indeed whether some would not have left the man Breen to have attended to the unfortunate woman if placed in a similar position themselves : —On Saturday morning, the 17th inst., Breen was returning home from town, and on his way called at our house and got a glass of rum, as travellers are frequently in the habit of doing. While at my house he asked me if I had seen the old woman during his absence. I said " no." He then asked me if I had supplied her with liquor, and I told him that she (the deceased) had not had a drop of liquor from my house since he had been away. Not having seen her about I asked him if she had not been to town with him—he said she had not. He then asked me to let him have two more glasses of rum, which he took away ia a small porter bottle. In the afternoon Breen returned to my house and asked me to go down and look at Mrs Lamb; that her feet were out of bed on the floor and the other part of her body was on the bed. Mrs Furley went at once to see the deceased, and after having seen her she returned to our house and fetched me, for the deceased was lying at that time in bed undressed and in a very stupid state. I accordingly went, and after seeing her Mrs Furley requested me to return home and fetch some blankets, which I did, at the same time takine with me a bottle of mustard and a bottle of brandy (for neither I nor my wife at that time knew or could detect what the unfortunate woman was suffering from). Mrs Furley on her first visit to the house took with her a " black draught," but did not use it until she had seen me. Instead of using the " draught" we tried to ad minister some brandy to produce warmth to the system ; it was the only thing that we thought would prove a restorative in the condition the deceased was then in, and the only thing save the black draught we had at hand. She was lying in a cold room unlined, whose roof was broken, absolutely naked, being covered but scantily with a few sacks and a blanket, the holes in the roof exposing to view the open sky. There was no fire in the room, and to the eyes of those whoso painful duty it was to do all that lay in their power for the unfortunate woman everythingpresentedthemostabject misery. After we found that she could not swallow the brandy, and having used every possible and available restorative, and that we could not produce warmth to her body, and that she appeared in a dying state, and that we could no longer be of further assistance, I and my wife wrapped her up in the blankets that I had brought from our own house and left her at about eleven o'clock at night in charge of the man Breen, and returned home to our family. The next morning (Sunday) Breen came to our house, and in answer to an inquiry made by Mr Furley said tho deceased was about the same. Later in the day Breen came to our house and informed mo that she was dead. I then went to Breen's house, and on my way called at (Lambs) her husband's house, and asked him to go down with me to the deceased's residence. When we reached Breen's we found the deceased lying in the same position as that in which we had left her on the Saturday night ; the upper part of her body was warm, but life apparently extinct. Find ing she was dead, and not having the assistance of any woman, I, together with Breen and the deceased's husband laid her out for her coffin. The above are the facts. —Yours respoct fully, Samuel Fueley. [We are happy to r.fford Mr Furley .the opportu nity of making this statement.—Ed. E. S.]

ANOTHER SECT.

To the Editor of the Evbnikg Stab. Sic, —The only things I deem noticeable in the letter vindicating an addition to the number of sects, which appeared last evening, are two extraordinary, unac countable inventions. First," it is not a fact, as stated, that I wrote to the Cross against any church journal, or that the letter was rejected. There was. truly a paper sent to another journal which was, not rejected, but inserted instanter. ~lt was against journalistic stifling, like as last Friday's was against denominational smothering. As; no two men helieve alike on all things, if every minor point of difference.be represented by a sect, human society itself would be an impossibility. Again, it is not a fact that it was stated in Friday's letter the " presence here " of the coming agent would be unacceptable, but, on the contrary, honourable work for him was suggested. Such strange mis statements —the "rejected," " the presence here," &c.—are plainly something more and worse than damaging mistakes, Now, having thus detected iniquity, and after this unmistakable exposure, what will be thought of that writer's pietistic magnilo-. quence in a newspaper about" the ad vancement of Christianity," &cj Enolgh. —I am, <fed., W. E. Sadler. [Here enfleth this correspondence.—Ed. E.S,

To the Editor of the Evening Stab. g IB> —I noticed, in your leading article of last evening remarks on the case of the late Mrs Lamb, on whom an inquest was held the day hefore ; and I feel they do a great injustice to two well-known and respectable settlers of thirty years'.standing in this province. The facts, as stated to myielf by Mr and Mrs Furley are, that the deceased was not seen by either of them, nor had she any liquor from their house after tho Wednesday pre vious to her death (when she left perfectly sober and in good health) until the Saturday, when they were informed she was ill, and then, as a neighbourly act, they went to see her —being the nearest white people living in the neighbourhood—when they found her wanting clothing and other comforts, which they sent up to her. I write this feeling that you will be willing to do an act. of justice to any one who may be associated' with such an unfortunate affair. — Yours, &c., An Old Settles. Auckland, August 22, 1872.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT

THIS DAY

Before Thomas Beckham, Esq, Resident

Magistrate.

: The usual weekly sitting of this Court, for the recovery of small debts, was held to-day. UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgments for plaintiffs were given in the following cases :— Isaac Phillips v Thomas Taylor—claim £2 18s Bd, goods;W J Cawkwell v Lawrence Robertson —claim £1 3s, goods delivered; W C Wilson v the Brighton Goldmining Company—claim £4 16s, goods; Edwin B Dixon v Henry Salos chin—claim £3 4s 2d„ goods. HENRY DAFFY V R HILL. Claim, £2 5s lid, judgment summons. Defendant ordered to be imprisoned for one month. THOMAS WILSON V JOHN WILSON. Claim £2 8s 6d, judgment summons. Mr Myers for the plaintiff. Warrants ordered to issue for defend ant's arrest, ISAAC WENDELL V SAMUEL DAVIES. Claim, £2 14s, sold and delivered. Mr Thome appeared for the plaintiff. Case withdrawn on the defendant's pro mising to pay £1 into Court at once, and 10s per week to the plaintiff's solicitor. Defended Cases. meyee3 v. gillibeand. Claim £4 4s 4d. Mr Meyers for the plaintiff ; Mr Kissling for defendant. This was a case in which the plaintiff sought to recover the above amount from the defendant for goods alleged to be sold to him on the Bth September, 1871. The defence was that the goods had never been ordered. Several witnesses were called on both sides. The plaintiff was nonsuited. EICHABD AETHUE V. GEOEGE SMITH. Claim £10. This was an action •in which the plaintiff sued to recover the above amount for goods supplied to the defendant and shipped to Coromandel on his account. The defence set up was that the goods had never come to hand. Judgment deferred until next Court day. WM. MAESHALL V. MICHAEL BUBKE. The plaintiff in this case sued to re cover £1 lis for a shirt and pair of trousers sold to defendant. The plaintiff could not prove his case, it was therefore dismissed.

DEVONPORT HALL, NORTH SHORE.

The Devonpo*t Minstrels made their | second appearance in the above place last evening, when a long and diversified .pro gramme was gone through, much to the satisfaction and amusement of all present. Long before the performance commenced the hall was crowded with a most appre ciative and intelligent audience, there not being a vacant seat at eight o clock- Begardless of the talent displayed, the object to which the proceeds of tha enter tainment are to be devoted, (viz : the District School Building Fund,) fully merits the success which attended it; and we sincerely hope that the example of the Ministrels will be followed by others, and that ere long the standing debt on the school building will be totally cleared off. The first part of the programme commenced with an overture, company ; "Opening Chorus," company; " Kiss Me Mother 'ere I Die," sung in a very feeling manner by Mr C. Woodham. Mr*. Marks, in the "Devonport Chant," a comic song, caused much laughter and applause. " Break it Gently to My Mother," by Mr H. Nicol, junr., was very well rendered. This was followed by a comic song frona Mr R. Wynyard, "I'll Throw Myself Away," which was loudly applauded. Mr E. Holloway was well received with, " Shall We Ever Meet Again," and was followed with the "Trial Chorus," con taining several local hits, which caused much mirth, The choruses in the fore going songs were very ably rendered. The second part commenced with a comic song composed and sung by Mr K. Wyn yard, who was loudly applauded. Mr E. Holloway's "EllieMay" was very good. Mr H. Niccol, junr., followed with a song of his own composition, and was forced to submit to an encore. In " A Letter from Home " (not on the programme), Mr B Heath's singing would have done credit to many a professional, and was fully entitled to the applause accorded him. The farce of "The Ghost in a Pawnshop," which followed, kept the house in a continual roar of laughter, the several characters being admirably sus tained by Messrs H Niccol (proprietor) ; F Mark, Sam (confidential clerk); and W Harp, Joe (stable boy). The third part comprised a song and dance (Alabaster Joe) by Mr R Wynyard, who was loudly encored ; " Motto," sung by Mr F Wells ; " Wondering Eefugee," by Mr B Heath, was ably given ; and the " Return of the Veteran," by Mr F Marks, which called immense applause,' and cause great laughter. This was followed by a very laughable farce entitled " The Barber •of Several," the whole concluding with the splendid "Walk-round," " Typolonia," which brought a very pleasant entertain ment to a close.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

Before Messrs G S Graham and G P

Pierce, Justices of the Peace

DEUNKENNESS

Six drunken men were fined 5 s each, one was fined 10s and costs, another forfeited his bail, and John Thackaberry was sent to gaol for seven days for his third offence.

A VIOLENT DEUNKAED.

James Brown, alias Leslie, was con victed of his third offence of drunkennes. He was also charged with assaulting Con stable Limmer while in the execution of his duty, by kicking him in the face and body. He was further charged with maliciously destroying the property of the Government in tho shape of a tub, valued at six shillings. The prisoner could not remember the assault, and it was proved by the officers, Limmer exhibiting the marks of the kick on his face.

Inspector Broham informed the Court that the prisoner had only just been liberated from prison where he had been undergoing a sentence of fourteen days' imprisonment for a similar offence. The Court sentenced him to seven days imprisonment for drunkenness, and three months for assaulting the police. The offence of smashing the Govern ment tub was proved by a fellow prisoner, and the accused was ordered to pay tho value of the vessel, or in default to un dergo seven days' imprisonment, and to kept to hard labor,

THE CATTLE NUISANCE

George McCaslan was charged by In spector Goldie with allowing his horse to wander in Hopetown street, on the 3rd inst. r ß .t : , ~ ~-. . The defendant admitted the . offence, and was fined "ten shillings and costs, including a witness's expenses. W C Campbell was also charged by Inspector iGoldie with driving two cows on the footpath in Wellington street on the 3rd instant. . .

The defendant urged in extenuation that one of the cows had calved on the way, and the boy iv charge was obliged to stay behind to attend to it. Mr Brodie did not wish to press this case,, as he believed the statement j was correct.' •'. ' ■ ". f I

The Court thought the defendant had no right to drive a cow through the street while so /near on the point of calving. The defendant said that it was impos sible for any man to know that, but was ordered to keep silent by the usher of the Court. The Bench fined him five shillings and costs,

This concluded the business,

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

WELLINGTON

This day.

There is great anxiety to know whether Mr McLean will go with the new Ministry. If he should-' hold out any hope of doing so the defeat of the Ministry is inevitable. If he is, however, determined to adhere to his present colleagues the result of the struggle is doubtful. There is a strong disinclination amongst the Middle Island members to remove McLean, fearing native difficulty. ;• [Fromthe "Herald."] NAPIER. August 22. Maaka, known as "TeKooti's butcher,".is arrested. He is charged with the murder of a native mailman in 1868. It is expected that he will be committed for trial.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

[Fbom Gbevixle's Telegeam Company.]

Want of Confidence Motion.

Debate Continued.

Mr Swanson's Speech.

WELLINGTON,

•This day; In the House, yesterday, Mr Reeves' replied to the statements of Mr Reid, shewing a difference of only £23,000 instead of £60,000.

Mr Bathgate followed against the resolutions, r v; HI

Mr Collins (Nelson) supported the resolutions in an able speech, and re ferred to the Government subsidizing ;the Press. He quoted the payment of the following sums for advertising: — ■Thames Guardian, £89 3s ,gdj Adver tiser, £7 ITsCd"; Independent, .£731 9s 6d; Evening Post, £408 \_ Matches Bay Herald, £135 ; Telegraph, £58 ; Colonist, £482 15s 8d; Lyttelton Times, £415; Press, £284; Boss J¥eM,£6Ay | Guardian, £3; Grey Biver Argus, Msl; Star,'£ls. Wiremu Katene (Maori) opposed the resolutions.

I Mr Reynolds (Otago) also opposed jthe resolutions, and criticised mem ibers' opposition as likely to ibrmyfa 'new Ministry. Mr Murray (Otago) supported the 'resolutions.

Mr Steward (Oamaru) said the iv- Idiqtment against the Government was

ot proven. If no further case Wafe made out he would vote against tlTe. ■, resolutions. Mr W. twanson made a splendid speech, and said he had not the slightest doubt gentlemen out of office wanted :to get in, and gentlemen in T wanted to stay in. The Government! practically pleaded guilty to the first indictment; but pleaded that they had been tied by the vote of the House*. In- making the singular bargains they had made all admitted that immigra-. tion had been totally mismanaged.-* The reply to Mr Reid's speech watf. very weak. Mr Reeves had rioF answered the charges; Mr Bunny had stated that a considerable number of W letters lay unopened for a month in the Treasury. The Govern ment had not answered these serious charges. Letters lying w_. opened for that period caused serious inconvenience and disaster. 'The Gof vernment was always speaking 0 f great schemes. If it repeated it so much it would come to be called the " great schemers." (Great laughter;:)? He was very much dissatisfied mife the Government. : . It had made pro mises which it had never fulfilled, and no attempts were being made to fulfil: them. It had gone into -office on the provincial ticket, and should have utilised local knowledge and the ma chinery of the provinces. .But if'-it folio wed that course it would, lessen, its patronage, which the Government evidently desired to retain. He would like to see every member of that House prohibited from accepting any appointment for three years after his election. He bad in course of his experi ence generally seen that the men who voted with the Ministry managed to get some appointment. The country had an unlimited faith in the Native Minister. In the Middle Islandmen appeared to be satisfied that no man could be found to replace him without: war arising. He was perfectly con^ i vinced that the present Ministry' could not remain in office a single day; but if the Ministry passed through the present ordeal he felt satisfied that it would be entirety owing to the native minister. It had been said that Mr D. McLean would not accept his seat or any seat in the the new Ministry; but he asked the House to look upon him and aak him if he could deny that. Could any one believe that a gentleman who had conducted the. affairs of .the country through a series of perilous times, and gained the reputation he had, if the unanimous voice of the House were to offer him the position again that he now held he would refuse it ? Or would he be doing his duty to the country if he did refuse it? He (Mr Swanson) felt convinced from his own personal knowledge of Mr McLean that he was not the man to do such a thing. He would work for his party while in office, but not sacrifice the interests of the country for any party. (Great cheering.) He looked upon the Civil Service Bill as a swindle and a cheat. .He could not help re marking that he was. afraid the Government was more accustomed to have language more forcible than polite used towards it. * (Cheers.) The bill did not fulfil tHe intention.of the House last session. He thought that a change could be made in the Ministry with very great advantage, but: he would like.to hear what the Opposition proposed, and would also like to know what was really the policy of the Government. It was said that there were only two sets of; men in the House fit to form a new Ministry, and one played off against the other. He did not. think there was any necessity for such mono poly. There was a considerable amount of talent in the House. He wished to know the ppKey of the Govern ment regarding representation,-educa-> tion, confiscated ' lands,; general 1 amnesty with natives and law service. The sooner the present civil service arrangements' were altered the better. The Government" must have some programme, and it could secure his and three or four* other indepen- j dent votesif.it would .'only bring down, a satisfactory policy; The first con sideration of the Government was peace ; second, economic and judicious administration and the development of the resources of the country. No man in his estimation would manage the j natives like Mr McLean. With re ■gard. to minister's, travelling, K tbgT might necessarily do so, but they ofign* :not to travel like princes. They should' ;not cut it too fat. v.(Great laughter.) Where he asked where the measures ;the Government had promised. There ■was not a man in that House who did not know that the Permissive Bill was mere gammon. The Government |had provoked this attack by bad ' administration and its- ignor ance pf(i provinpial .machinery and | jlocal knowledge The provincial.^ ' institutions, he urged, were valuable training grounds. There were many men like himself ~,,.wh0 would never have occupied their seats in this. House if they, had not previously sat ■ in the Provincial Council. He would just like the Government to tell the 'House plainly what it really meant to Ido, and even if its past*offences were forgiven he would advise them then, that -if let off, to begin a new game arid go on regular. (Loud and pro longed cheering from all sides of the House.) i.'Mr McLean then moved an adjourn ment of the debate, which was agreed to on the voices.

TAURANGA.

This day.

The Dauntless arrived here yester day afternoon. There are _five vessels now at anchor, discharging cattle at Maungatapu. ,

NAPIER.

This day. The Star of the South left here for the Thames last evening. .-

[fbom oub own cobbespondent.]

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THE Seventh of the Series of Lectures in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association will be delivered THIS (Inday) EVENING, at the Rooms, Wellesley street, by Mr G M. Reed, "On the Ridiculous." The Chair will be taken at half-past seven o clock.



In consequence of the inclemency of the weather to-day the special Exhibition trip of the Crown has been postponed till Monday next,