SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

CJNSET: This evening, 5.27 SUN-RIS3VTO -tow morning, 6.33 IGH WATEK: This evening, 10,39; to-moxiow aing, H;ii w , itss&pi - -■" -r.-^-.

ARRIVALS.

ahead, s.s., from Wanganui ■-.itoWfsiSl "■■■ ' '■■■ -•-■■ ■-- -IJ- -'- *-'■ Situieaixßaia DEPAiiTUBB^-. ~,, s- (f Kilda, s.s., Flowerd'ay, fur Waitgantil ■- liba; barque, for Newcastle \ ffy Miller, barque, for Newcastle ■/■ / r]' '~ uranga, schooner for Kaipura

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

•r Southern ports, via Napier; Kangatira, s.a.,:on Monday ; Paterson, p.s., Tuesday •! L'.jui ir Southern ports: Tarauaki, s.s., Monday next >r HoAolulu :■ Nebraska, p.s., to-morrow >r Northern ports : Kowena, .s.a., Monday next >r Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., about -21st instant - ' '. 1 ' .■/•... 3r England : Moss ;GHen, barque, early; . , )r Leviika : Marion^.Renny, schooner,', to-morrow jr the Navjg;atpr islands^: .iSior,; schooner,.. Monday next" . " ''.' ' |..V.,'' ' j : '

VESSELS EXPECTED.

dinburgh Castle, ship,,,frQm London. Sailed 29th . i December arsee, ship, from London. Sailed 12th January gra, ship, from London.' .'Sailed 'i '! .: ountess of Kintore i; ship, from London., Sailed 2znd February v Poodlark, ship, from London; Sailed tylton Castle, barque, from London. Sailed Sty Of' Auckland, from London. Loading: ■~•!'.;■■. ■Tero, s.s., from Sydney.; .■ . <'■■■■' , ' • j'anga barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 17th January Thames, barque, from New York, via Sydney. Loading i ship, from Boston.^via, Melbourne iatellite, cutter, from Levtika "A ' - dary Webster, schooner, from Adelaide. Sailed 21st March,(fpr the Manykau), ■, b • •!i,;., ■.• .. Ulce Cameron, barque; frqm Newcastle... Sailed 29th March '" "*" •' J ""' '', .V ' .'.„■".■ ■■ Prince Alfred, barque,.from Adelaide ■ .' ■ ~-: ( } ', ~ ' Pakeha, brig* from Adelaide; ';,■;"•'/•.: ' ,' Success,.scih6oiier^'fr,Q&'Lev\ika/ ' •.■•; ,':,'•■.. ~'.;, ....'. Emelie','sch66ner,ff6m. Tahiti.. ; :.',;" ;'. '.]",. r )'^ ' !.,. [ Energy, schooner ? .from,'thei Islftnds Prima Donna, schooner, from Levuka" ; -'. Ivanhoe, schooner, fto.ni New Caledonia ' , Margaret Campbell, schooner, from Dunedin j Taurangaysohooner, frbxn J>un«din.. Saalediith April: Rangatira, s.s., from Southern port* Amateur, barque^'fromrAdelaida. ..,;,; . ; • Upolu, schooner^ from Samoa Dauntless, schooner.-irottf Samoal • '■•■ ■■'■'■■ ' Esther, brig,, from, Newcastle.! Sailed 3O.th,March , ,

IMPORTS.

Per Go-Ahead, from W&nganui—24' head cattle, 400 3hee^>,, ~. ' . . . , .

The T.S.N. .Co^s^s. Go-Ahead, McGilliviay, "af-rivea" in the Manakau last nightSM'W.3o'f.in.^cShe left: Wariganui < ttt 12.30 p.^B op.tfis LOth, crossed the.bar : ajb 1 p.m., and arrived off the Manukau Bar at 6.30 p. mr,- arriving here' as above. Experienced fresh .fasteily; ;^iiidsr;!with;, confused r sea throughout. Passengers ;-Rev. Mr Berry and Mr Holt. ■; 'We {ire indebted %ti. Mr New* man, purser, for our:filesl-- Jjt- v Captain Holmes, late,c6mmande.r.of the s.s, StarQsf'-feh'e South', rha's been appoiniied mani ager of r the:'Aticliland Steam Packet Comparly in th^ 'room .of'.MrjE^gh C^ig, resig^ed v >y t 4 are sure thai: the^air^of, the Company could not have been entaisted.taaffioreiQQmpe.tjent. andexperienced gentleman.. Capt. Holmes has been engaged in the trade between Auckland and South for many years as com mander of first-class steamers. He has a thorough knowledge of the requirements of a passenger trade, and his kindness and urban ity have won for him universal esteem, while his integrity has gained the respect and con fidence of all acquainted with him. We ■wish him success in his new sphere. The agents of the steamship .Nebraska notify that a steamer will convey passengers, and baggage on board the mail steamer to morrow morning, leaving the wharf at ten o'clock sharp. The barques Joliba and Mary Miller left simultaneously this morning for Newcastle. By a singular coincidence both these vessels •when last here left together for the same port. The s.s. Go-ahead arrived in the Manukau at a late hour last night. The ketch Clematis has cleared outwards for Napiex, w^th, a general cargo, including a quantity of tirriber, to be shipped atj Wanga poa. The schooner Merlin,, arid the /emitter Dido, have cleared outwards for Russell.

The:;Vß.B;i'St.. Kilda: left theL-M^nukau at 11. At this morning for Wanganui. The s.s. Rangatira left Tanr^nga at 7.30 this morning for Auckland.

The time-of sailings 6f' the stearriatiip Nebraska has been fixed at eleven o'clock to-morrow morning. -

The schooner Zior will leave for the Navi gator {fla^ds'tin Monday tiexjil T ! J Wfe learn that Captain M. Keenan left the schooner FLoxejiee departure <ijor unknown v lands,' and tnat'' he is now "mate on board of the schooneri* EmulouSjJi which is loading at Dunedin for Auckland. We draw attention to this fact because a paragraph copied into our^is^ue.pf^Mo^day last from a Wellington paper'would- J6ad' to the" sup position that Captain 3£eenan was, concerned in the barratry, 1 a* 'statement 'which his many friends will be glad tp ip ,-quite un founded.

TfiE St Kilda.—The Wanganui Chronicle of April Bth says : —This steamer will not return to this port before the end of July or the beginning of August, as she proceeds to Auckland after delivering her present freight at Onehunga. At Auckland sne will be dismantled, cut in two, and lengthened 24 feet ; have extensive improvements made in her machinery, by which an increase of speed will be secured ; and be put in such a state of thorough repair as to make her nearly as good as new in some respects, and infinitely better in others. Her owners will have to expend about £4000 on her to effect these alteration and repairs, besides foregoing the use of her for 4 months. Captain Plowerday will continue his command, and the altera tions and repairs to the machinery and iron work will be carried out under the super vision of Mr Cundan, her engineer, whose plans for both repairs and alterations have been adopted by her owners.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr t B. „ Tonks, spld . torcl^y, , tj^o wooden housee-year tWtop of '■Ch'ah'c6ry-stre'ei f 'to be removed wifchin a week. "The buildings brought £4J/;/!'vrv; aeJ «AMSBTW At MriJK-. iArthnr^s.'weekly tSale,'tb-aay) fowls do, ll's' td^O^j'j'fauclis,: Jftl9ft(;i?«.c#*s.'ogeese, 4s; turkeys, 2s to 4s 2d; potatoes, ,6s 6d' 5d to 'cjafn',. 1 8s (jd per d'o'^e'ii.' ,•>•, n. 1

,inlno i .MiNiKOJJ^h'jfjj'- If;; lo ../.;>;. k The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below:— Kuranui .. .. 0 2 6 April 18 Alburnia .. .. :- o}rf>(Ji() .^pril 18 CALLS. Sons of Freedom' ,7 t 10) 51 ■>; Oi T ApHK <26^' f ■:' Thames Gas .. .. 0,20 May 1 Waitemata .. ■'» -.;■:" 0 J 0-' 6;!; i: May1 'B Watchman .. .. o—i— 0" May li Queen of May, 1 t.{ ; 'yO 1,0, May U f Una .. ~aU-.r 'b 0 6 May 14 Daugatexs ofEreeflom 01W 0 3!n. May' 14"»; .-.. •[ 'ji ~'/j ijliiWiifGa.'1 •'.! "' I L J," '1 1 "'.,!.' Nolan's Candlelight; 41,'' JnsuraticiS ijuilaingsy Auck." land, 3p-.m'.,215« April '" ■'■'^•^^..py ~ Flagship, Shortland.^Znd April ' V,''Vf r•••' '"f",. ;; .h/ Margaretta,. Mr, A. !i'. 'Erovine's office, ,Wyiidhani street, Auckland, 3 p.m:,,23rd'Aprif . .. Black Angisl, GraKamstbi,vn, Mrd 4pr'H '^, ;h t . '.'',;. ; .,', Bank of New Zealand; B'ahK,ii'oon,,24tii April' '■' Alburnia, Insurance' Buildings, Auckland, 3'p.m.' 24th April ;' ' ..".•'■.''' " '!. ' ' ' ' • ' . NePlus Ultra, 41, Inguraiice1 "BuliainesL Auckland U a,w,,28f1i April ' .":!>■''. ,DMJf-jjfF)fi TO JuO/i H'l <rUO in;:: .•">:■.).\..il ,u»i!oH JasiioJ?. srfj m> Jwo 3.rJ. r:i:i .ti'jit-.'.') I'sod. .fiojaoHo'J «'.'!•(?! ,l)0»IfiV ill

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

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1873.

! * For the cause that lacks aasistance> i For the wrongs that need resis* ance> For the future in the distance' And the good that we can **°-

Before another issue of the Star sees the light we shall have bidden farewell to the last of Mr "Webb's line ofsteam ers. ■' We shall do so with, mingled feelings of regret and' gladness, but feelings "in every way differing from those with which we gave a welcome to the pioneer ship of the late ser vice. No enterprise could have been heralded with more pleas ing anticipations and warmer ex pressions of cordiality, and the very fact that the service was inaugurated under the " Stars and Stripes" gave an additional zeat to our enjoyment. Throughout the colonies there is a genuine admiration for American in stitutions, and despite the blots that from time to time appear, their eman cipation from the thraldom of prestige and the spirit of independent enterprise by which they are characterised have a tendency to attract the regards of colonists, i There was no reserve in the genuine outburst of enthusiasm that hailed the Stars and Stripes as the banner of Columbia first appeared waving over the mam moth mail boat in the .Waitemata, and without any consciousness of disloyalty to England'we felt the f old! blood of consanguinity in our 'breasts when- we welcomed brother Jonathan. At the present hour we feel that we have been sold, that while weiwere patted qn the back and told that New Zealand pluck put to the bluish the apathy of Australia, and was more like the spirit of the olid Eng glish fathers from whom Americans derived their'being and their enter prise, our gushing confidences were being traded .;bn ; and having risked the! friendship of our nearer kindred for the^sake of; cultivating the inter course and commerce and 'friendship of I our American cousins, we have beejnvtlboton ofFxyhen occasion served, ana ;ftjft ip, lo'dk out rfor■ ourselves. We admit that. ( all - this is but thej way of "the world, and that we jhad no right to look for anything mote--;' than the carrying out' 6f the) ordinary commercial, principle " Man mind thyself." But how eve^ this^ tnay be, and however we may. look''ori "the whole matter in a spirit of philosophy, we think one genital sentiment pervades New Zea land from the North Cape to the "Bluff/ and that is not favorable to our having much more to do with Yankees,, There has been an amount of double dealing on:'the part of Mr Webb that, ,liowjever it may "go down" with "Americans, with whom a smart thing appears, to; \be the perfection' of com ■rhercial morality, does not commend -itselSf to our old - fashioned notions. :;Thej"- em'ineiit shipowner ■' appears to have been playing off one country against;'; janother,, representing, in "vKasHington that an Australian sub-, sidyj was,.certain, and in Melbourne jtliatjan'Atnericaji subsidy was, certain, whil^in New Zealand;midway between the jtwo extremes, he conveyed the assui-ance., that the service would be continued wholly irrespective of the cir cumstance of subsidy at the. eastern or western' extremity of the line. He I .flavoured the dish, according to the . taste of each. The Yankee, eqxtally < with the Australian, disliked the high ' seasoning and rejected the mess. We t acted on the scriptural principle of < what! is eefc before you that eat, asking 1

no questions for conscience sake. But behold it has stuck in our bowels, and has given us political colic, Had there been anything genuine in Mr Webb's conduct of the service it must have survived and been permanently established. Hoping almost against hope New Zealand has faithfully stood by it through good report and bad report, honorably fulfilling every condition, and bearing with breach of contract beyond all legitimate limits of forbearance. Our representative in the matter has clung to it with a tenacity that has come almost to be regarded by some as a monomania. The officers of the steamers, the agents at the several ports, and all concerned in, carrying out the details of the service have beten uniformly courteous, obliging, and popular to an extent that might be regarded as surprising, considering the difficulties encountered in giving satisfaction with so unsatisfactory materials. A popular movement was setting in favourable to travelling over the placid seas and the wild mountain scenery that promised to make the tour to England one long continuous pleasure trip. Trade was putting forth its tentctcula, and everything seemed to indicate a career of great prosperity to the service. But it has been a history of tantalising hopes and unredeemed promises. Boats, however, suitable they may be regarded by their ardent admirers, were kept running in a state perilous to the safety of passengers, and we may congratulate ourselves that the service is ended before the dropping out of the bottom of some of the steamers had thrown a dark shadow over a route that is as near absolute freedom from danger as any ocean route in the world couW be. Mr Webb has had in his hands the oppor tunity of making this line of travel a success, and of confirming its conduct in his own hands for many years to come. Had he at once, in the exer cise of faith, placed on the service boats really suitable and sound, he would have commanded the Australian subsidies. Nothing could have pre vented it; and this could have been used as a legitimate and effective lever in the interesting log-rolling arrange ments which appear to constitute the settlement of questions of public policy in the American Congress. " Honesty is the best policy," is a time honoured and familiar adage on this side of the water, and though Ameri cans do not appear to have set the. same value on this principle in the negotiation of politico-com mercial transaction Si we verily believe that straightforward brave action would in this matter of the Australian American Service have been success ful. All is over now. 'Jlie Ne braska leaves our waters to-morrow. Towards her • officers and men our citizens cherish the feelings embodied in a cordial and sincere farewell. The officers of the three steamers have at all times acted as American gentlemen, and they will be remembered and spoken of with kind ness and respect when they are far away ; and should it so happen that the service will be continued by hands on the other side the Pacific,,no officers could be selected more calculated to win sympathy among us for the new arrangements. But it would be an undue straining ot international courtesy to conceal the fact that Mr Webb's conduct of the service has excited a prejudice against American companies that New Zealand will not rapidly forego, and if an English or Colonial Company enters the list's it will reap the results of Mr Webb's misconduct of the service and the lack of consideration which he has shown for;tlie interests of the colony.

The boy George Shaw, aon of Mr Silas Shaiv, fanner,^ Pakerangi, who was lost in the Flat Bush on Saturday last, and for whose safety great fears were entertained, has been found in a very exhausted state. As soon as it was made known on Saturday that the boy jWas missing nearly all the neighbours, numbering about thirty, mustered for the purpose of searching for him. They were unsuccessful for the first few days, but, contin ued jtheir efforts," which were rewarded with success on Wednesday night, at : eleven o'clock. The boy was'found in the bush more dead^ than alive; but he is now in a fair way. of recovery. . • •..,.. ■ ~.(, Yesterday's Waikato Times says:—We have received-from>the enterprising Auckland firmj Messrs. Reed and Brett, a specimen of music printed in their establishment. The typej is new and consequently very distinct. Messrs Reed and Brett have had. the courage to enter into a speculation which, is rarely attempted even, in more thickly; populated cities than that of Auckland, arid we there fore hope1 that orders for music printing will be sufficiently plentiful to satisfy them that their enterprise is likely to prove, a remunera tive one. Our local music composers will now 'be in a position to see the emanations of their own brain printed and laid side by side with the compositions of Beethoven and the other great masters. Who can tell but this facility for getting musical, compositions printed may tend to develop some bright genius of .whom we do. not even dream. ■ Mr Waymouth, accountant, examined the pupils of the Western Academy to-day in arithmetic from the compound rules to vulgar fractions, inclusive, embracing proportion, simple rand compound practice, interest, &c. | After which he expressed himself as well j satisfied with the way'in >vhich the. boys jhad- acquitted, themselves, and. with the smartness with which ;the sums iiad been worked. A correspondent signing himself "North Head" sends us the following:—" Sir,-r- Willyou inform me why it is' that the Devonport Highway Trustees have passed a. rule against horses running at large, while sows are left to wander in any number with jut b,eing impounded ? Is; it because that^ rtdth one exception, no member of the Board ibs a horse, whjile they all keep cows ?" We ■eally are notflin a position to enlighten oar ;orrespondent, but we sha.ll be happy %q\ iave enquiry made;

A rule was granted In. February last iftithe* Court of Queen's Bench,1 at;,:the instance of Daniel Bedding, one of the' Fenians impli cated in the Manchester not, calling on the medical officers at Chatham and Millbank pri sons.to show cause why.criminal information should not be filed against them, for assault. The affidavits on which "the. application was based speak of Bedding having been con fined on bread and Water-for refusing to work when he was unaMe, turned out of the infir mary when he was unwell, dragged about on the parade ground by warders when he could not take exercise, tortured by galvanic shocks, seared with red-hot irons, and sub jected to divers other cruelties. The. Lord Chief Justice, in granting the rule, com mented strongly on the fact of its having been asked for on the last day of term, when the accused persons would, not for a long time have the opportunity of defending them selves.

The Auckland correspondent of the .Jfot/tfaJr. lop Times has been told,,on what he deems, reliable authority, that the Native Minister is'likely to reduce the .estimates, for defence' very considerably by withdrawing various detachments'' from1 exclusively Native dis tricts, and holding' influential chiefs respon sible for the maintenance of peace.

We learn from one of oiir morning con temporaries thai-yesterday the " dust was blowing about in clouds in all directions, much to the disgust of pedestrians and shop keepers." We have to add for the informa tion of our readers that we had a considerable' fali of rain to-day, and the. troublesome dust is now at rest. ~ , ... ~,.;

A fond parent was reading an essay the other evening in Yu'can Cottage, written by Mf Matthew' Arnold, one of the leader writers of the Daih/ Telegraphy when he came upon the expression "Com bination' of sweetness and light." He asked Edith for an explanation of the same. The dear child archly replied "Bull's-eyes. l He was immediately silenced.

The farewell benefit tendered to Signor P. Vratrnizan will, take place at .the Prince of Wales Theatre1 this evening: The entertain ment Mall consist of a grand musical concert, in which the leading gentlemen amateurs will take part, , A very attractive programme, has been provided; as will be seen by referring to thp bills. Signor Vragnizan takes Jiis departure by the Nebraska, . and will be accompanied by many kind wishes for his fixture welfare. A very large number of tickets for his farewell benefit have already been disposed of among the leading merchants and citizens of the town, and we hope to see a bumper house, as the entertainment will undoubtedly be a success in a professional point of view. ,

Constable" Danvers made a clever capture yesterday which is worthy a niche in colonial history. It appears that a dog without an owner had been prowling abdut ,the suburbs of fhe city recently, and amusing himself by killing sheep. 'iOur vigilant officer, who is known to have a sharp eye for young, dogs of various kinds',1' heard of the doings of this moonlight robber, and being on the alert yesterday afternoon caught the offender in the act of catching a sheep by the tail. The dog was at once apprehended, and charged with the offence before Sergeant-Major Pardy, tcho sentenced him to death, and to be buried without the precincts of the prison. The Sir George Grey Cadets met last night in tbe Drill-shed, under Captain Taylor, for rifle-drill. There-waß a good niuster of-mem bers and all passed off satisfactorily.

This evening . the Tonic Sol-fa Choral Union will give an entertainment at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, Wellesley-street. The chair will be taken at half-past seven o'clock by the Eev. G. H. Turner, and the programme will consist of nmsical selections by the choir, interspersed with readings by gentlemen members of the Union. A'1 pleasant evening's entertainment may be anticipated.

The following lively jeu d' esprit was written for one of our Auckland publicans, but he could not make it public until Licensing day had past; and now he is dubious of the policy of exhibiting ij; in his window:— , ' ,

Within this hive, we're all alive, Qood liquor makes us funny ; If you are dry, our beverage try, And spend your ready money. '

The regular monthly meeting of the mem bers of the Royal. Albert Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 2, will be held, in the lodge - room at eight o'clock .this evening.

Special parades of the battery of Auckland Volunteers are called this evening'for gun drill in the Albert gun-shed.

Special parade of the Artillery Volunteers will; be held this evening, and.on Monday evening next. Tonight the battery in guh: drill. ¥ ' t . . • • ti,,

A; preliminary notice is issued by Mr R. Arthur to the effect that he will shortly offer for public . competition the stalls of thd new Market-House, which will be let for a terni of one;year at yearly rental subject to certains ; conditions. :...,'';

Wet days ..are suggestive of umbrellas. Mr' Caudle had a severe lecture once iipon lending1 an umbrella,, &nd dreamed afterwards1 that the, world was the big gingham that covered all' the rest of the shades and parasols on £arth.' Thejfirst man who hrid the audacity to carry; an jimbrella in, the streets of London in defiance "of' hooting and sneers was ; tb.e, benevolent Jonas Hanway., People,however gradually ceased'to laugh' at tHe good ole many and began to think that on a wet day an ujnbrella was really a serviceable compan ion, land it received universal adoption. We have* been thinking that some improvements mignt'/be] made "even in the "umbrella,'and would suggest the idea to the inventive mind of otyr Wellesley-street umbrellatina'ker. The umblrelja, is in some, respects ill-adapted for its; professed ; purposes j the part where we iput our 'reflective head is occupied by the stick; and wires, so that only half the cover is available in showery weather. Then the roof; js so contrived as to cast the rain thatj falls either upon the shoulders and knees, or into the, coat pocket. ; Could not these evijs be .remedied ? A turn-up rim, might be so constructed as to form a silken or gingham gutter, with'a'kind of spout, which could be turned into such a position as to thxow the water to leeward of the pedes trian) without infringing. any by-law. We present this' umbrella idea, to, .our umbrella maker for his consideration, both for the, good!of society and' the1 'advancement1 or his' own interest. .•■> -1 '■■"'•' ■'••' >!"■' •' Sir, —Allow me to contradict a statement which appeared1 -in *ybur columns of last: evening to the effect thatsol promised to forward to Parnell a number i of. copies of your) paper witlr'lnie: ''!jl' most} emphatically deny ever having made such ia promise ; one of your runners certainly left a- parcel of papers with me, saying at the time that he would call for them in half^ >an-hqur, which as the result has'showh fie1 did not do. jl should be very sorry: to allow: 'tlieiiiihabitants of Parnell to imagine >that it was through any neglect of mine that they were debarred from persuing your valuable papers, and I can only assure them that should I again by entrusted.; with such a valuable charge rather than have any mipuriderstanding I will myself act the park of runner.t-^Ba'rman Q.C.E. ! ■ ' : ' (Bravo H J Ed. E. S.] I

I! A*very successful concert was given last nigntin the City-Hall tinder the able con ductorship of Mr Joseph Browne, in aid of the fund to erect a Sunday school in connection with All Saints' Church. Many of our leading amateurs took part, and with a well-arranged and diversified programme the result was all that could be desired. The, songs and choruses from Bobin Hood were especially well rendered, particularly the madrigal (S Sweet Echo." The first and second parts of the conceit opened1 with duetts on the pianoforte' by two lady amateurs, whose skilful mani pulation marked them as finished Per", formers. The fantasia on Irish airs .; Tvas; brilliantly executed, and elicited an encore, The song " Oh, those bewitching plances," by a gentleman amateur,1 was veiy well ren dered,'and 'we should be glad,to see the singer more frequently at, our. .amateur con certs. '"The treasures of the deep." was sung with great taste, and was loudly ap plauded. The gem of the evening, was decidely the duet; "See the pale moon," in which, tfre, voices, harmonized beautifully, ''I'm, a poor shepherd maid/'-was very sweetly sung and the glee (five voice's),- '-"When winds breath soft" was also nicely rendered. Wje 1;.,, may; also. notice favorably ; the song, '' Dream of Joy," by a lady amateur, and. the, duet "Slowly and Softly." ; The di^et;;'"'&ipsy Queen, '*' and the song ." The Mariner and his Barque," were given with spirit, but the , gentleman, was evidently suffering from a' severe cold, and did not do himself full justice. The song "We'll Trip it Merrily" brought the concert to a -close. Great credit is due to the ladies connected with All ' Saints' Church, to wtjose exertions, the success of the concert is wholly due; Mi* Dacre and' Mrs P. Quick were especially active m arranging the pre liminaries, and took a leading part in the performances last night. The pianoforte duetts by these ladies were amongst the best pieces of the evening,' and Mrs Dacre's songs were invariably encored, to such a degree, in fact, as became almost persecution. The lady,., however, responded gracefully and good humouredly to the repeated calls. The concert will place the very substantial sum of about £35 to the credit of the school fund.

■A dinner was given to Mr Hugh Craig, late manager of the ' Auckland Steam Packet Company by the employes of that company, on board the Eoyal Alfred, last night. The occasion was taken advantage of to present Mr! Craig with a complimentary address, ac companied by a. suitable present in the form of a set of studs and sleeve JinVs. The pro ceedings were of a very social character, in dicative of the gold feeiing.which has existed between the "employees" of the company. Captain Farquhar, of the Golden Crown, occupied the chair, aaul .Captain Farq.uhar, of the Eoyal Alfred, the vice chair. Mr Craig leaves for San Francisco, by...the Nebraska, to-morrow.

•, The usual monthly Court .of Petty Sessions will be held on Tuesday next, the 22nd inst. The following magistrates, are. oh the rota :— Messrs Joseph May (chairman), Richard Field Porter, Allan Kerr' Taylor, William St. Clair Tisdall, OEsdaile Thomas, Henry Hanson ; Turton, ; James Williamson, John Williamson, John Alexander Wilson, Eeader Gilson Wood, William Young. ; : r <

The annual meeting of the Justices of tlie Peace will be held at the Court-Ijou,se, High street, for the purpose of electing' a chair man for the ensuing year and for fixing the rota.

The monthly competition for ;prizes 'of No. 3. Company Eifle Club will take.place a,t the range, Mount Eden, to-morrow after noon; . " ■ ■ J''-

Poor Willie Steele is continuing hisl wanderings and his minstrelsy. Recent Australian papers say that he has found his way to Castlemaine, where he announced one of his original entertainments. Let us trust that the people there will show him more kindness than he experienced on the West Coast, where he received a great many more vegetables at his head than sixpences in his treasury. . . ; , ; 1;

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT OTAHUHU.

THE EFFECTS OF DRINK

A max named John Shea, was brought into the Provincial Hospital 'at four o'clock this morning, from Otahuhu, suffering from an, ( incised wound in the throat, inflicted' with his own hand. It appears from Constable Gamble's report of the affair that at half past ten o'clock last, night, he. was -called to, the residence 6f lMr Hugh Rnbx,~'a" farmer residing at Old Camp, distant about a mile from Otahuhu. He there foun,d, in an out house attached to the premises, and used as a saddle-room,' the man John Shea, lying upon a bed with his cut, and a pen-tnife, with which he had inflicted the wound) lying by his side. The constable at once dispatched a - messenger fof Dr. Emsley, who,on' atrivdi dressed the wound, which he descri&eci as ail incised one of two inches in,.length on the right side of -the' throat. One c?f the small; arteries was ciit through, but;,the windpipe remained untouched. The man had apparently lost about a pint and a-halfr of-blood, but wa3 perfectly sensible. Wheii'. interrogated he .seated that some one had^beert in the place where he slept and cut his> throati" Dr. Ems!ev ordered his removal to the Hospital.. On arrival''there ,the hpu'^e'-^ujjgeqn ex^miiied the Wound^andt stated that it was not danger.; ous ij propar care be taken with the'sufferer.; The jman is aft- old soldier, having' b'eeii1 dis ..charffedfro'm the 70th Regiment, and'has. (gained his livelihood as a carpenter. He has a wife and two children He is stated to.have been! drinking very, much lately and' lias, fqv-\ sakeii his work. He was suffering .from; delirium Iremens at the time of attempting the rash |act. He went to bed in the outhouse at seven o'clock last night, and at 10 o'clock Mr Knox heaird.him calling out, when j in jCoihV -panyjwith his son, he entered the building and iound the man as described. He at once serftifor Constable Gamble. No'reliance whatever is placed in his statement that; his, thi'oat had been cut by some one else.

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£200 REWARD.—MURDER.

Suerr is the announcement to a large' 3 po^er on the notice hoard at the police .]station, High-street. The bill goes on j£°; sa ?' *' Whereas-Hamev «i lsW ell, aged y 2b, was found with her throat cuv n fc 2J O . lP Great Coram-sti eet, BusselJ. Square, i^adon, on. the Soth December, 1872. " The ijinurder is supposed to have been committed By a man of the following description, Tvho vvas seen in company with the deceased on the! evening of the 24th, and to leave the horase at seven a.m. on the 25th :—Age 25; height, 5 feet 9 inches ; complexion swarthy, (red spots on' face, black hair, no whiskers o.r moustache, but not. 3haved for two or three \ days Stout build, dress dark, tight fitting cdkt, dark billy cock hat; a foreigner (supposed German). Two hundred pound (£200) reward will be paid by Her Majesty's Government to any person who shall give such information and evidence as shall lead to the discovery of the murderer, and the Secretary erf State for the Home Department will advise the grant of Her Majesty's most gracious > pardon to any '.accomplice/not being the person who actually committed the murder, who shall give such evidence as shall lead to a like result. Information to be given etc. Signed E. G. W. Henderson, Commissioner of I Joliee." A few facts of the case as gathered from the London papers may nqt be uninteresting. Harriet Buswell lived jfat a. house in- Great Coram-street, Eloomsbury, and belonged to the numerous class 'of the demi-monde] On ' the evening of the 24th of December la*t she betook herself to the Alhambra, where she picked up a "dirty-faced, low-looking Ger man," and took him home with her. She obtained a sum of ten shillings from him, v, hen she proceeded down stairs to her landlady to pay her rent, and —ghastly thought—to ati? the Christmas pudding for hide. In the early dawn of Christmas Day the man is heard sneaking down the stairs, banging the door behind him, and eventually making off. When the time 'comes for making merry in this Srearlful house, and it was noticed that Harriet Buswell did not rise, thb door being locked into the bargain, the apartment was •forced, and the wretched woman was dis covered with her throat cut from ear to ear. How splendidly DeQuincy would have des cribed'the double pictures on Christmas Eve in this terrible "Great Coram-street mansion. Down stairs the victim, thinking no doubt of her home and innocent days, stirring the plum pudding for luck; and overhead the cruel pimple-faced murderer, crouching like a .wicked animal for his prey. The detectives are; quite puzzled so far, and the absence of <any object, in the crime has baffled them considerably. Why a man who presents a woman with half -a - sovereign should desire to murder her for the sake of a shilling and a pair of jet ear-rings must for ever, it appears, remain a mystery. The following men have been apprehended as the supposed murderers, by which it will be observed that the police have not been idle : Peter JVlcKinnon, a native of Prince Edward's Island, who enlisted shortly after the date of the murder, arid expressed a desire to be sent out on foreign service as, early as pos sible. He was arrested on suspicion, but fthe i various witnesses having ■ failed to identify him he was discharged from custody. On the same morning'j of his discharge a a*" Frenchman named Jo vet Julien, partly answering tne description of the murderer, . was attested1 at Pirbright, six miles from Guildford. ''" When questioned he was very ■reticent, but read aloud in English the reward bill, and exclaimed at the close, "Ha ! ha !" He was subsequently paraded with a number of other men before the various parties who had seen Harriet Buswell in company with the man on Christmas Eve, and they failed to identify him. He was therefore discharged. Three days afterwards a man was taken into custody at Watford for being drunk and disorderly. At the station he said he might as well make a clean breast of it, and that hef was the murderer of the poor girl. He was therefore removed to the House of Detention, where he gave the name of Frederick Defame, of North. Germany. After a; remarid his right name was found to be Frederick George Williams, and he could only account for making the statement by the fact that he had been drinking, The witnesses were brought to see him, and they all declared he was not the man, and he was discharged with a caution. Two more days elapsed and a miserably-dressed man, who gave the, name of John King, but whose name turned out to be George Cooper, gave himself up at the Hackney Police Station as the murderer of Harriet Buswell. He was drunk, and said that a colonel had given him £100 to do the deed, and took him to the Alhambra, arid pointed the girl out to him. He went home with her in an ■ omnibus to Islington, and there asked her to give up certain papers, which she refused to do. He. then| struck her on the head and made*'her insensible, and ultimately cut her throat. He told Jthe Inspector that if he would search the cokei-cellar of a neighbouring hotel he would there find a pair of earrings, a brooch, and a knife. . Search was made, but without result; When charged at Bow-street the prisoner treated the matter with apparent good1, humour, and stated that he .was very sorry, for having been so stupid. He had ibeen! drinking whiskey and old ale for a week, and had a touch of d&lirtiihi tremensZ '■ Wheki confronted none of; the ; witnesses identified this vagabond, but. the magistrate remajnded him for enquiries spib his character. A week later he was brought up again, when he1 stated that the imprisonment, hac^ so affected'him that he would abstain,from taking too much old ale and whiskey 'fot'-tihe future. ~ He was ithen discharged.! s?ribij to" the committal of the murder the Gernian ship: Wangerland put into" Ramsgate harbour damaged, having been in collision with the mu6h-dreaded' Goodwin Sands, and she remained there about three Weeks repairing. The apothecary dn board (named Carl Wohlebbe) unfortunately, from the blotches on his face, answered to the description of the supposed murderer. The "active and intelligent officers" of the Ram^gate police at once effected his arrest, ; ,and telegraphed to London for' the I witnesses to come down with a vijew to indentification.. . [These wit-

nessek,. ; by, the way, must have had a 'precipua; time of it,, as, in addition to the foregbihg, they were forced to attend the Coroner's inquest, .which was adjourned #pmejeight or nine times.] On the arrival of the witnesses at Ramsgate the prisoner was .paraded with some twenty other Germans, amongst twhoiri ' wasth'e pastorof the vessel, )oie)Dr Hessel, who volunteered his services. Judge the worthy pastor's surprise when all the witnesses' but one without, hesitation selected,.him..as the culprit, and this one '. withe ssthought him like the man, and re questjed to hear' him speak, which being complied with, asserted positively that he \vas the man. The apothecary was accord ingly liberated, and Dr Hessel removed to London and lodged in the House of Deten ! tion* After remaining in custody for over a fortnight ; and under strict surveillance, this martyr to mistaken. identity was returned to the arms' of his newly-married wife, the .magistrate remarking that he left the jCourt without a stain upon his character. But by this time the good ship Wangerland had departed. There is no dpubt: that the German pastor is deserving of commisseratiori for having been seriously in convenienced by an almost inevitable legal system, for he has certainly suffered seriously

frotfi tho obtuseness of the witnesses* It seems hard that a gentleman should have been de tained and inconvenienced because a maid servant, thought Bhe was clever enongh to detect the presence of Wellington boots, under the trows era of a man walking on the other side of the street, for so she actually stated, in evidence. Sam Weller's difficulty of seeing through a door and- a • brick wall was evidently scouted by this young woman, who was so "awfully clever" that she could detect Wellington boats on a passing foreigner. From their point of view the witnesses did their best, and exefcised as best they could the com mon sense entrusted to them in a limited degree, and stupidity and ©fficiousness will have their victims. As the reward bills, with the description of the supposed mur derer, have been scattered all over the civilized part of the globe, we shall watch with interest how many more persons will be apprehended on suspicion, or as the self accused murderer of the once gay and fascinating, btifc Unfortunate Harriet Buswell ("Still, for all slips of her's, one of Eve's family"). The intelligence will go very far to prove the correctness of the modern adage, '' Better that ten innocent men should suffer than one guilty should perish." ; , In speaking pi the arrest of Dr Hessell the 'Dispatch is very hard on the police system, and speaks in this manner :—Ring down the curtain! >t Lower the lights 1 The iarcfe" is over, the actors have gone their several ways, the last faint echoes of applause and sibilla tion have died away in space, and the police burlesque entitled, "The arrest of the Coi&m streetj Murderer,'is announced as finally with drawn. Failure, ignominious failure, has of , late years attended the efforts of .the policse to solve the mystery of crimes in the least way complicated or out of the ordinary run*, ■.; and their incapacity has culminated in the case of Dr Hessel. From this day forward, gentlemen whose faces are Teutonic, people who are by nature pimply, can rest in peace. Guttural voices will no longer qualify men, for the gallows, and even the actual mur derer may roam unmolested along the public ■ highways. The expose of our police has been so complete,'the testimony of some' of their witnesses so untrustworthy, that, had they the actual murderer in their clutches it is difficult now to see how they could obtain a conviction. M. Xl'Assassin, come forth from your hiding place, y,ou. oan ..fearlessly brave the terrors of the law. Have not the police arrested, and have not two of their witnes-, ;■., ses sworn to a man that has been proved -' guiltless ? Henceforth their mouths arp closed, and fcheir testimony valueless, and the two hundred golden pounds beyond their grasp. From all this miserable business there arises > one coiißoling thought—viz. when things are at the worst they will'mend; '". Police affairs were' never in a worse stat ■, than they, are now, ;ergo they will mend, the sooner the better.' '~';.•

TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM OUR'OWN CORRESPONDENT).

TAURANGA.

This day.

The s.s. Rangatira ; sailed at .7.30 a.m. for Auckland. Passengers :— Messrs Craig and Cross. She reports very rough weather-on the -passage ,up^ There is.excitement about, the pro-: vincial elections. , , | ~ The settlers complain greatly about the Militia Act being still in force in the district. croir- t-: . ..

The Paberson is just entering th^','' harbour. ~ : ■ "•- • ;

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Gazette Appointments

Important Land Sale

CommercialandShipping Intelligence. :

WELLINGTON.

This day. Mr Reynolds has been gazetted: Co lonial Secretary. The town'of; "Westport has beßn^,^ proclaimed a municipality. ..;''•',;. Mr John Morgan has been gazetted;" : sab-lieutenant of the. A.B.Y; Mr. John Mowbfay "is gazetted.,, lieutenant. of the. Auckland '•' Scottish" - Volunteers.,.., ~, ,-,-.

Thirty-six thousand acres of land in the Manawatu district yesterday" realised £2,500. h:

The Patent Slip Company met yes- y terday. The report presented to; the , ineejing stated: that the work had been much delayed ( by bad weather and , ; wane of .'materials; The financial, re-' i i portj was favourable^ ..,,'/, r'"' Arrived. —Luria^ from Napier. Mir Tancred has been appointed Chancellor, and Mr Carleton Vice- Chancellor of the New Zealand Uni versity. T|ie Ladybird" sails for the Manukau pn Saturday, via Nelson and Taranaki. The Luna sails North to-day.

OAMARU.

This day. ; • P]our is quoted at .£l4. U '- ' ' lJTHi ß day/ B The following are the results of the various events at the races, yesterday;,. Tradesman's ' Plate Handicap. —k' Malice, 1; Miss Flat,.2. . {J Hlandicap Hurdle Eace.—Sir Tat- ' Ippyi; Maid 6f the' Mill, 2.' -■• iS'ack pHiirdle r^Raoß.-r-The,odorei 11;? S3 Bob! Boy, 2. * Sojuta'^Catit'erßury^ uHaVdicap. — Hatred,.^; Tambourine,: 2i :. .■ .'T T&8 'Fiee Handicap.—Malice. 1; Mis Flat] 2.

CHRISTCHURCH.

■ {jIA Tliis day. I^our has been quoted at £13 15s per [ton; wkea,t,, njilling,, ss. 4dr.per bushjel j " r chicken ..wheat, ,4s 3d ; ,per bushel •'bats'; 4tsper bushel ; barley and maize, none; potatoes, £5 IDs to £6 10s per ton.,

WANGANUI.

i ~..._. . . Ta ;,p fA i,^is f1ay.,.,-- The race meeting is fixed for the 29th instant.

The Aramoha Steeplechase will he £10Q,

'Mr/ the



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