SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 4.6S SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 6.53 HTOH "WATER: This evening, 7.39; to-morrow morning, 7.50

ARRIVALS.

Rhino, new schooner, from Omaha Forest Queen, ketch, Dam, from Russell Merlin, schooner, Jones, from Russell

DEPARTURES Kowena, s.s., McGregor, for Northern ports Southern Cross, s.s., Sellers, for Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Jbor Southern ports : ±"aterson, p.s., Monday next For Wangarei and Mangapai: Cambria, schooner, and Sovereign of the Seas, cutter, this evening For Newcastle: Briton, barque, and Albion, brig early For New Bedford, Mass.: Lochnagar, barque (from the Bay of Islands), early For Sydney and Melbourne: Victoria, s.s., on

Thursday ; Hero, s.s., early Tor Northern ports : Rowena, s.s., Monday next For Hobart Town: Bella Mary, barque, to-morrow

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 24th

January. Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed Woodlark, ship, from London. Sailed 22nd February Hylton Castle, barque, from London. Sailed City of Auckland, from London. Loading Zanga. barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 23rd January Thames, bc.rque, from New York, via Sydney. Sailed Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Satellite, cutter, from Levuka TJpcuu, schooner, from Samoa Emulous, schooner, from Dunedln. Sailed 28th April Success, srhooner, from Levuka Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia "Kile, brig, fromLyttelton. Sailed 29th April. Kangatira, s.s., from Wellington Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands Fiery Cross, schooner, from South Sea Islands Esther, brig, from Newcastle. Sailed 30th Maroh Prima Donna, schooner, from Levuka Southern Cross, Mission schooner, from Norfolk

Islands Prince Alfred, barque, from Sydney Scotsman, brig, from Sydney Atlanta, schooner, from Napier Adelheitl, barque, from Lyttelton Tower Hill, brig, from Clarence Elver Hero, s.s., from Sydney

The cutter Dawn cleared at the Manukau for Waikato Heads to-day with 12,000 feet timber, shipped by J. W. Waller. The cargo of the barque Amateur is being turned out in good condition notwithstand ing the bad weather- experienced on the passage from Adelaide. The schooner Cambria reported at the Customs to-day from Wangarei, with 19 sacks onions, order ; 15 do. ,D. H. McKenzie ; J doz boxes eggs, order. Fhe schooner Queen, from Russel, has re ported at the Customs, with 70 tons coal, and the schooner Merlin with 60 tons, from the same port. The A.S.N. company steamship Victoria will take her departure for Sydney and Mel bourne at noon on Thursday.

Ihe barque Bella Mary will leave to-morrow afternoon for Hobart Town.

The ship Parsee commenced to discharge cargo this morning, and a large quantity of goods have be been landed to-day. Her cargo is iv first-rate condition.

The schooner Mary Ellen has cleared for Mercury Bay with 1 ton horse feed, 4-ton flour, 1 ton potatoes, 12 cases grocery, 7 sheep, 6 casks beef.

The s.s. Ladybird left Nelson for the Manukau at seven o'clock last night.

The schooner Cambria has cleared for Wangarei with the following cargo :—4,500 feet timber, Sash and Door Company ; 1000 bricks, G bags twine, Ji-ton general cargo, Keane; |-ton flour, Thornton, Smith and Firth ; 3 sacks corn, McKenzie.

Frozen to death. —One of the Royal Mail Company's packets, theOneida, lying for sale off Netley Abbey, in Southampton water, was in charge of two ship-keepers named Woodland and Shipton, old servants of the company. These two men lived on board, and occasionally went on shore to purchase provisions. On Saturday evening the Ist of February they left Southampton quay in a small sailing boat to return on board the Oneida. It was an ebb tide, and they went too near the south shore, and got on the mud. On Sunday morning they were found frozen to death. One of them was sitting bolt up right with his eyes wide open.

COMMERCIAL.

At Mr R. Arthur's sale to-day the following prices were realized :— Apples, 2cl to 3^dper lb ; oranges, 10s per case ; onions.Jfdper lb. ; potatoes, £5 to £5 10s per ton.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below :— £, s. d.

Lincoln Castle, Sceats' Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., 14th

May Young Queen, Grahamstown, 15th May Durham Ox, Grahamstown, 19th May Eureka Hill, Mechanics'lnstitute, Auckland, 2 p.m.,

19th May Hand and Band, Grahamstown, 21st May South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company

Company's Office, Queen street, Auckland, 21st May Foresters. Coromandel. 30th May Trig Hill, Coromandel. 2nd June Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building and In vestment Society, Vaile's Buildings, 7.30 p.m., sth June Quebec, Mr R. Home's office, Shortland street, Auck land, 2 p.m., 6th June

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. ForCoromandel, to-morrow, at 1.30 p.m. For Wangarei, &c, per Sovereign of the Seaa, this day, at 5 p.m. For the Australian Colonies, per Victoria, on Thurs day, 15th instant, at 11 a.m. For money orders registered letters, and newspapers, at 10 a.m. For London direct (containing specially addressed letters, per Northumberland, from Melbourne), jn Thursday, 15th inst., at 11 a.m. (Signed) S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

Blunden —Balneavis.- -On the 13th inst., at St. Paul's Church, by the Rev. C. M. Nelson, M. A.. In cumbent of St. Paul's, assisted by the Rev. V. Lush, M.A.. Minister of St. George's, Shortland, Edward Herbert, third son of Sir John Blunden, Bart., Castle Blundun, County Kilkenny, Ireland, to Georgina, third daughter of Lieut.-Colonel Henry Colin Balneavis, Sheriff of Auckland, and grand daughter of the late Lieut.-General Henry Bal neavis, C.M.G. and K.H., Colonel of the 05th Regt

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

TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1873.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wvongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

"We have pleasure in remembering that of all the journals of the pro vince the Star has been the first, the firmest, and the most unswerving sup porter of the present Education Act. This pleasure we shall enjoy, however unsuccessful that Act may ultimately prove through maladministration or through difficulties and opposition en countered. Its failure, if it fails, we shall never regard as indicative of de merit, but rather of the incapacity of the inhabitants of the province for the appreciation of advanced and sensible legislation. But on one point we have ever harped as a defect in the Act, and every day's experience is confirm ing the correctness of our anticipations. All over the colonies, in every discus sion in the various legislatures, the evils arising from the interference of local committees have attained great prominence. And yet, with this fact before their eyes, our Provincial Coun cil, while providing that salaries and incidental expenses should be defrayed from the central fund, created a series of local Boards all over the province, as if expressly to thwart the Central Board in an intelligent and uniform control of the system. The ignorance and incompetence that are sure to find the way into these little Boards of authority, the action of petty local jealousies and piques, and the non comprehension of the proper func tions of such committees, alto gether constitute an element of antagonism and confusion that would embarrass even an old-estab lished and tried system, and incom parably more so a system which is confessedly experimental. The latest illustration is afforded by the action of a school committee at the Thames, which, having in it the ominous names of " Burke and O'Haire," appears bent on " burking" the express in tentions of the framers of the Act, and stifling that popular favour which has from the first been shown to the measure by the intelligent and far seeing of the province. It is needless to say that one main cause why the " religious question " was never raised in connection with, this Act was the fact that the schools were to |be open at all hours, not being school hours, for the purpose of religious jn.stru.Qi/ion being imparted

by any religious instructors willing to undertake this labour of love in rela tion to all children that might volun tarily attend such religious teachings. The most ardent advocates of the " secular system" in this province admit that education without religion is incomplete, and while deeming it inadvisable to pay for religious in struction at the hands of the State, the framers of the Act determined that no power, whether Central Board or local committee, should have liberty to inter fere with the fullest religious instruc tion at all other hours, and embodied the principle in the 45th clause as follows : —" Provided always that no thing herein contained shall be taken to prohibit religious instruction being imparted in any school building estab lished under the provisions of this Act at any time not within the school hours authorised by the Board, and to such children as may voluntarily attend such instruction." In accordance with the spirit and letter of the Act Bey. Mr Hill, who it seems has con ducted a Sunday-school for three years past in the public school room, applied to Messrs Burke, O'Haire, and the others constituting the Waiotahi district school board, for their sanction to the continuance of religious in struction. In reply to the application the reverend gentleman was asked if he intended to have the teaching in connection with a particular deno mination, and what were his reasons for requiring the Thames school-room when there were many other buildings suitable for the purpose. In reply, Mr Hill, who has been known in the district as the most firm and chival rous defender of the so-called " secular" system embodied in the Act, and has occupied the platform in its defence, took his stand on the Act on principle, determined to try whether under a system which he had so eloquently defended a local committee could totally excludereligion from the walls of the building in de fiance of the Act. As it was in the principle, and not the mere question of possession of the building for a few hours, that Mr Hill felt interested, he did not plead in that deferential way which is so dear to the hearts of the great little gods presiding over educa tion, and he was met by a point blank refusal. As the question is a vital one in relation to the present system, Mi- Hill has very properly appealed to the Central Board. As to the issue of the appeal there is little to doubt; but with reference to their own concep tion of the duties of a local com mittee, in relation to religion, we submit the following extracts from the Advertiser. The Chairman, who, though he happens to be a lawyer, does not appear to have read the Act to much effect, or be very familiar with the discussions on education that have occupied men's minds during the past few years, is quite clear that the committee should know the peculiari ties of religious belief before sanction ing their inculcation on the minds of the young, even out of school hours. Says the Chairman: "Mr Hill they knew was a Presbyterian minister, but there had been ministers of the Presby terian and other bodies who entertained the strangest of doctrines." Again, "he thought it their duty at least to see that the Christian religion was going to be taught." Where we find ■ ideas of this kind entertained by a man of education and professional standing such as the chairman of the "Waiotahi committee, it is very evident that an j Act like this of broad and liberal prin ciples, intended for a very mixed com munity, should never have imported into its administration an element likely to be so discordant, and calcu lated to produce such farcical results as must arise from the action of these local committees. According to the ideas of the Waiotahi local school board the various clergymen should submit to them their credentials and principles of belief. The Jews are evidently nowhere in the eyes of Messrs Burke, O'Haire, and their confreres; and even Dr Cowie,Dr Croke I and the representatives of the Pres byterian, Wesleyan, and Congrega tional denominations should submit a synopsis of their religious views for the approval of the Burkes, O'Haires, and others who have charge of the education of the province, lest even outside of school hours, the children of the province might be infected by the " strangest of doc trines." It will b© by the senseless and stupid conduct of these local boards that prejudice will be created against the present edu cation system. Had the bill contem plated or allowed such a power as that now attempted to be set up by Messrs. Burke, O'Haire and Co. at the Thames, the Education Act of 1872 would not have been in existence, but would have promptly foundered in the storm which would have arisen. The Rev. Mr. Hill and other clergymen of advanced and liberal views gave it their support, not from disesteem of religion as an ele ment in education, but from seeing that it could be imparted incom parably more satisfactorily by voluntary effort, and outside of school hours ; and we do not hesitate to say that if the Central Board does not in some striking manner mark its repudiation of the zeal of Burke, O'Haire, and their associates at the Thames, there will be a wide and general de fection of the best friends of the system. We observe that the father of the Act, Mr Lw.sk has been lately at

the Thames, and under the obsequious attention of this particular committee, has been gushing vehemently over their school, but we feel confident that these genial influences will not prevent him from promptly stifling an attempt that if overlooked will prove disastrous to the noblest measure with which his name will be long associated.

We would draw attention to a letter in another column under the heading " Sub- Contracts." It purports to be a "defence" of a charge recently laid by a correspondent in this journal respecting wrongs suffered by working men on the railway works near Tuakau. And so far as blame was attached to the writer it is a defence. But if there is in this province one "wrong that needs resistance," it is that of poor hard-working men who are so frequently deprived of their dear earnings by the rascally operation of sub-contracts. In all this defence there is the assumption that it is quite the thing for the men to have to wait for their money till the sub-con tractors can find it. While our corres pondent and his brother contractors are disputing with Messrs O'Neill and Thomas regarding measurement, their men are lying out of the money which they are acknow ledged to have earned. No man has a right

to take a contract unless he has sufficient capital to pay the men employed by him regularly every week, irrespective of the money which he draws on account of the job. It is monstrous that labouring men, who are dependent upon! and engage for daily pay, should be left without the means ,o purchase the necessaries of life while money is due to them, merely because the superior sub-contractor has not taken meas-

urements and paid for the work done punc tually on the day appointed, and the employers of the men have not sufficient capital, or even sufficient credit, to pay their labourers' wages. The question is one upon which immediate and stringent legislation is required, and before paying over money on account of works executed the Government have a right to see that all just claims against the sub-contractors for work actually per formed have been satisfied. The present system opens a wide field for wholesale swindling. By conspiracy between sub-con tractors and "paper-men" to whom they may again sub-let the jobs, the latter may be come the employers of labour, may get the work executed, and then leave their men in arrears, and absolutely without remedy, the

pseudo-employers not being worth powder and shot. We do not say that this has been the case on the Auckland railways, but we do most positively assert that the evils have been as great to the workmen in some in stances as if conspiracy had actually existed.

To the Editor.—Sir, —T beg to draw ycur attention to what I consider a piece of cold blooded cruelty. A gentleman at Waitakerei requested me to send him a boy and a girl, the boy for out door work, the girl for in doors. I sent the boy on foot (18 miles), his sister was to follow. On his arrival there he was informed that his services were not required as arrangements had been made with another ; and that poor boy, just twelve years of age, was turned from the door with out even a crust of bread offered him, and had a weary, hungry, footsore walk back to Auckland—36 miles in all. With regard to the gentleman (!) to whom I sent him, I can only say—blast him —Yours truly, T. B. Hannaford.—[Will Mr Hannnaford give us his name and we shali blast him too.—Ed. E.S.]

There ia no mistake we are completely at the mercy of our neighbours. There is no law, written or defined, which prevents our neighbours from tacitly inflicting on us the most outrageous of all possible annoyances. Say that in the next yard an irritating and scandalous dog is quartered. He may bay at all four quarters of the moon, he may snap and snarl, and whine and yelp, but the nervous occupant of the next tenement has no remedy. Say that next door is not really next door, but divided from your own wooden mansion by the thinnest of partitions. You may be annoyed with evening parties, at which ancient and modern hymns play a conspicuous part. You may be irritated all the morning with chil dren's squalls, and all the evening with "What are the wild waves saying," with the same perpetually recurring break-down on the same particular note, but you must not say a word. But say, again, as happens to a complaining " Constant Reader" that your neighbour keeps cocks, loudly-crowing, matutinal Cochin-Chinas—cocks that roost early and crow early—cocks that commence their fanfaronade at the unholy hour of three or four—what is to be done then ? We would recommend to the householder troubled with the matutinal crowing pro clivities of his neighbours cocks to attend to a tragic story of a barking dog which was related to us once upon a time. It fell to the lot of a certain desperately busy, desperately nervous, and desperately hard-working literary man to live in the immediate neighbourhood of an irritating hound—a hound that would not be appeased by all the'ooaxingsand "good-fellows"[in the world. Well, it so happened that the dog began to bark when the author began to write, and Hogarth's enraged musician was a joke to the composer in question. He tried the Police Court and failed. He tried soft, insinuating letters, and failed. He tried angry letters, and failed ignominiously. He tried solicitors, and the well-known monetary process, but the result was nil. The dog barked as much, and at more inconvenient times than ever. Suddenly the author was driven into a frenzy. He commanded his butler, and straightway was brought unto him a ruffian of forbidding aspect. He counted gold into the unwashed palm of the ruffian, and said these words, " I must hear that dog no more." The ruffian slunk out of the room, and from that moment the howling ceased. History does not say what persuasion was used to stop the voice of the dog; but certain it is that he barked no more, and the labourer is worthy of his hire. Let our irritable friend con sult a ruffian learned in cock-taming, and then most certainly he will be awakened no more at unholy hours except he is parched with thirst after an unusually heavy evening. Such is life.

The long-looked-for ceremony of opening the Eemuera Church will take place this evening. The Bishop of Auckland, Dr. Cowie, will conduct the services.

Some time ago His Worship the Mayor moved in the Harbour Board that a chain be suspended along the edge of the wharf to prevent people from falling over. The matter was referred to the Wharf Committee for consideration, and yesterday that body reported unfavourably upon the motion. Mr Philips then moved that the matter be referred back to the Committee for further consideration, which excited the indignation of Captain Casey. Said he, "I do not believe there is half a mile of chain in Auck land ; and if there was, it would take five or six men to hook and unhook the chain all day. Besides, if a chain was pub up, people would go and. drown themselves from the breakwater on Freeman's Bay, or some place or other." The Board felt the force of the argument, and only one member was found to support Mr Phillips' motion.

This evening the members of the Albert street Congregational Church will hold their twentieth anniversary meeting. Tea will be on the table at half-past six, and the meeting will commence at seven. The music will be performed by the Choral Union under the management of Mr Lambert. The programme of the proceedings will be seen in another column. The subjects of the several speeches by the Eev Messrs Bruce, Davies, Turner, and Eigg are of a very instructive charaoter, while the musioal selections from Handel and other sacred composers are of such an order as must ensure a large and admiring

audience

The attention of the Harbour Board should be directed to the rotten state of the railing on the west side of the wharf, close to the watermen's steps. This rail is patronised daily by idlers and persons waiting for the boats, and an extra strain on it will some day cause it to give way. If a simple ducking were the result we might enjoy the joke, but as there are invariably a namber of water men's boats beneath, any accident from the railing giving way might have serious if not fatal results. An inspection of this part of the wharf will confirm the statement, and the defect should be remedied without delay.

A very fair audience mustered at the City Hall last evening to the Carandini concert, and great satisfaction was evinced at the musical treat provided. The most, notice aV'lo features of the concert were " The Wanderer," by Miss Fannie, who in sub mitting to an encore sang very sweetly, "The Lady of the Lea." "The Grand Duchess," or, rather, selections from this favourite opera, were given by the company, with the popular "Lo, here the Sabre," by Miss Fannie. This elicited immense applause. Madame Carandini sang the beautiful Scotch song, " Annie Laurie," and in response to a rapturous recall came forward and bowed her acknowledgments. " The Holy Friar," by that popular singer Mr Gordon, also raised a storm of applause and narrowly escaped an encore. Miss Rosina next sane that beautiful and pathetic song, " Sweet spirit hear my prayer," at which her listeners sat entranced. She was compelled to submit to an encore. A brilliant operatic selection from "Ernani," by the company, concluded the performance. The performance this evening is set apart as a benefit to the charming cantatrice, Miss Rosina Carandini, and there is every likelihood of her friends rallying round her in force. A very grand and well-selected programme will be pro duced for the occasion, as may be seen on reference to the advertisement columns. In addition to selections from the operas "Ma tilda of Hungary," "Maritana," and "The Bohemian Girl," Mr Henry Gordon will sing the air " Honor and Arms," from Handel's oratorio " Samson." This will prove a great treat.

There was a, very large attendance last evening at the Devonport Hall, North Shore, to witness the vocal and instrumental per formances in aid of the funds of the Devon port District School. Mr Sommerville occu pied the chair. During the first part of the programme, which consisted of several selec tions by the drum and fife band, songs and recitations, and the "Unfortunate Man," which was the most successful piece of the evening. Mr Marson Good sang Eliza Cook's "Many Happy Beturns of the Day," to the delight of the audience. The second part of the programme was the "Trial of John Barleycorn," unquestionably one of the worst constructed dramatic pieces of com position that was ever presented as a test of human patience. Last night in spite of the humour of Mr Williams, and the solemn visage of Mr Justice Mcßoy, the dirge-like dragging on of this farce exhausted the patience even of the lively North Shore lads. Whistlings and screecbings were heard, bags of flour were thrown at the jury, and several quarrels ensued ; and, although in numbers, the meeting was a success, we hope for the credit of their intelligence, and in considera tion of public ease, that the friends of tem perance will allow John Barleycorn to rest for ever in his newly-made grave at the North Shore.

A meeting of the members and persons in terested in the Devonport Literary Society will be held this evening in the Church of England school-room.

St Mary's Church, Parnell, was lighted on Sunday night with the new sun-light manu factured by Messrs Gallagher and Paul, gas fitters, of Wyndham street. The improvement exceeded all expectations, the light emitted being very brilliant. Doubtless the example will be followed in other places of worship.

Ratepayers in the Karangahape Highway district are notified that all over-due rates not paid for before the 23rd instant will be recovered by legal process without so much as "by your leave."

T" Messrs Cochrane and Son will hold an ex tensive landifcle and sale of house property, including "Willow Glen," to-morrow, at noon, at their land mart, Fort-street.

The mathematical class in connection with the Auckland College and Grammar School evening classes will meet this evening at the Provincial Chambers.

At the Acclimatization Society's meeting yesterday (Mr J. C. Firth in the chair,) it was decided to make a further application to Tas mania for a supply of trout ova; also to ask the Superintendent for £250 out of the game licence revenue ; also that one-half the fines inflicted on persons found guilty of infringing the Protection to Animals Act should be awarded to the informing officers. The Sec retary stated that he had received twenty skylarks in exchange from the Nelson Society ; he further added that he would write to Hobart Town to learn if it was pos sible that swallows could be got over from that country. The meeting then separated.

There is a curious passage in the evidence of the master of the ship England relating to the dietary of the emigrants despatched ] by Messrs Shaw, Saville and Co. He says : I "The dietary scale was in every respect inferior to the dietary scale issued for emi grants to Victoria or New South Wales. The latter is £2 to £2 10s better. The £1,600 paid to me by the charterers repre sents about four-aeventha of the nett receipts for freight and passage money. The remain ing three-sevenths represent the profits of j the Qharterers, or *bout £1,000." •

The 'bus placed on the service between Pviverhead and Helensville by Mr C. G. Quick, under arrangement with the Govern ment, left town to take up the service to-day. Travellers to and from the various settle ments in the Kaipara district can now accomplish the journey with an amount ot despatch and comfort never before known. For this they are indebted to the exertions of Captain Casey, who, having placed steamers on the Auckland and Kaipara sides of the isthmus which intervenes between the Waitemata and Kaipara harbours, did not rest satisfied until he had secured good car riage over the land. 'That Mr Quick has undertaken the service is a sufnient guarantee of its efficiency. The steamer Lily is giving satisfaation to the Kaipara settlers, and its success isjalready assured.

ggMr. De Lias, who made his debut before an Auckland audience in conjunction with Mr. Alfred Anderson and Miss Carrie Emanuel, is prepared to give lessons on the violin. Those who are desirous of availing themselves of the knowledge of that proficient musician should leave word to that effect at Mr. Tur rell's, stationer, Queen-street. .^^

The case Henderson v. Taylor was concluded last evening in the District Court. The counsel on bobh sides having addressed the Court at some length, the jury, after half an-hour's consultation, gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £18 as., the money paid into Court by defendant, costs to be paid by plaintiff.

A Polo Club has been formed at; Ashbur ton, Canterbury. Polo is the new game of hockey on horseback, which has become so popular at home.

The Scottish Company, and the Engineers and Cadets, will meet for their usual weekly drill this evening in the Princes-street Drill shed. The members are especially requested to attend.

A special meeting of the Auckland Cham ber of Commerce will be held on Thursday afternoon next, at which the members are requested to attend, as important business will be brought forward.

The sky last night was heavily overcast, and it was only through occasional rifts in the clouds that the total eclipse of the moon was observable. This caused a good deal of disappointment to many people who had prepared to observe the progress of the eclipse. The sky brightened up a little towards ten o'clock, "however, and a good view of -the total obscuration was obtained.

THE CASE OF DROWNING AT THE KAWAU.

VERDICT OF SUICIDE,

At six o'clock this morning Mr Nelson Ire land's cutter returned to Auckland from tha Kawau, bringing H,,H. Turton, Esq., J.P. ; Dr. M. E. B. Nicholson, Inspector Broham, and Detective Jeffrey, all of whom had pro ceeded to the island in consequence of sus picions of foul play being attached to the death of the bushman Peter Blues or Bluet, the particulars of which were reported yester day. It appears that the suspicions attached to the deceased's mate were without founda tion, and the result of the search made by Detective Jeffrey, and the enquiry held before Mr Turton, who acted as coroner, was that the deceased died by his own hand. The following are the correct particulars of the event that has during the last few days thrown the peaceful inhabi tants of the beautiful island into such a commotion. Peter Blues, or Bluet (a doubt resting on his name), was a bush man, and worked in partnership with another bushman named William Clark in clearing a portion of the bush-land by order of Sir George Grey. The deceased lived in a whare with two Portuguese named Frank Lorenz and Joseph Salvo. On Friday, the 2nd May, he complained of being sick, the sickness doubtless being brought on through working in the wet. He laid up for two days, when he declared himself better. On the following Monday morning Clark called at the whare to see if h« was well enough to go to work. The Portuguese left for their daily labour at seven o'clock, leaving Clark with the deceased. A few minutes after the deceased said he was going out, and his con duct appeared strange. He told Clark that the island was surrounded by pirates, and , they would all be killed that night. Clark was preparing some food to take for dinner, and endeavoured to persuade the deceased to wait for him so that they might go to work together. The deceased refused, and went out. On Clark going to his work in the clearing, which lay half a mile away from the whare, he could see nothing of his mate, and he commenced to '' cooey " for him, but received no answer, nor could he see any signs of him. Clark, however, pro ceeded with his work, and it was not until the afternoon that he gave information to the other men of his mate being missing. Sir George Grey was informed of the fact, and by his orders a search was at once in stituted. This was continued for some days without avail, and information was dis patched to Auckland that a man was missing on the island. Detective Jeffrey was consequently ordered to proceed to Kawau to assist in the search. He left by steamer last Saturday for Mahurangi, walked to Matakana, and took a boat across to the Island. Previous, however, to his arrival the body of the deceased was discovered on Saturday afternoon in a deep hole at the corner of a creek, and under a pohutukawa tree. At high water this hole was 8 feet in depth. This was about half-a-mile from the whare, and a mile from where deceased worked. The body was placed in a boat and brought round, and it was left in the boat till the detective arrived, the boat being moored so that the rats could not get at the body. Jeffrey arrived on Sunday morning last, and proceeded at once to supplement the search. He found the deceased's hat a few feet from where the body had been found in the creek, and his belt was also found fifteen or twenty yards further away. On examining the body the legs were found lashed with pieces of flax in two places, just below the knee, and fastened with a half-hitch knot. The hands were also fastened with flax, the left wrist having a running noose round it; the other end of the flax being twisted round the right wrist, and fixed with a clove hitch, about five or six inches being left between the two wrists. It was quite possible for the deceased to have so bound himself. We might here mention that the deceased was formerly a sailor. The body had the appear ance of having been in the water about a week. Detective Jeffrey made full enquiries, which satisfied him that the deceased had not met with any foul play from any of his mates. Yesterday morning Inspector Broham and party arrived, and arrangements were at once made for holding an inquest. Mr H. H. Turton, J.P., acted as coroner. A Jury, composed of men working on the island, and six others from two vessels lying there, • was empannelled, Mr Robert Munroe being chosen, foreman. The following wit nesses were examined :—William Clark, (deceased's mate), Frank Lorenz, J. Crighton, Thomas Osborn, Anderson, and Mr Seymour George, who all deposed to facts as stated above. Dr M. E. B. Nicholson was alao ex amined, and deposed to having made a post mortem examination of the body. He found the brain slightly oomgosfcecl, also the lungs

and the liver. The man was deformed, and the heart was found located nearly on the right side. [The deceased is said to have .met with serious injuries some years ago by being crushed in a mine.] Death was caused by suffocation. The heart and the lungs showed symptoms of a person hav ing been drowned. A slight contusion was observable over the left eye, which might have been caused through struggling in the water. The contusion was merely superficial; in fact more the character of a bruise. After hearing the evidence thejury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased had committed suicide by drowning whilst under a fit of temporary insanity. A coma was shortly after made (by order of Sir Geo. Grey) and the deceased received decent burial in the usual burial-ground, Mr George reading the funeral service. Messrs Turton, Nicholson, and Broham returned to town in the cutter at half-past five last evening, ac companied by Detective Jeffrey. They arrived as stated above.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

Annual Meeting of the Bright Smile Company.

The "Advertiser" on Mr Gillies

Reward Proposal

GRAHAMSTOWN

This day.

The annual meeting of the Bright Smile Gold Mining Company was held to-day, when the reports were adopted. The mana ger's report shewed that the crushing from the present level commenced in March and yielded 1940 ounces of gold. The total quantity crushed during the year was 6845 tons of stone, and the yield was 55/7 ozs. 11 dwt. gold, value £15,541 14s. The re ceipts from all sources amounted to £16,737 17s ; expenditure, including wages, carting, crushing, timber, machinery, land, &.c, and the dividend of £2100, amounted to £16,718 12s. The reports are very satisfac- At the Police Court to-day Edwin Hornsby was fined 40s for unlawful possession of game. George Lipsey and 0. M. Creagh were charged with shooting without licenses. The charge against Lipsey was adjourned. _ The adjourned licensing meeting took place to-day, when several applications were granted. . . , . Regarding Mr. Gillies' suggestion that £1000 reward should be olfered for the cap ture of the murderers of Sullivan, the Adver tiser says it was not surprised that the story, as dished up in the Herald, was spoken of as one likely to provoke a sanguinary struggle. The Herald had the opportunity of making inquiries, therefore there was no excuse for its misstatements. The editor had enmities to gratify and political ends to serve, there fore he came down on Mr. Gillies for pre suming to offer advice. The Advertiser observes that it was for the very purpose of preventing a collision with the natives that the suggestion of reward was made.

Journey from Matamata to Tauranga.

TAURANGA,

This day,

Mr Hall and another of Mr Firth's men arrived yesterday from Matamata after a journey of two days. On Sunday night they slept at Whakamarama. The natives danced around them, but they were otherwise hospitably treated. The whares were full of potatoes. Hall and his companion have started for Napier overland to-day to avoid military duty.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ALBION WITH THE ENGLISH SUEZ MAIL AND IMPORTANT TELEGRAMS VIA JAVA.

Destruction of the French Vintage.

The Newmarket Race Meeting.

Opening of the Vienna Exhibition.

The Tichborne Case.

[Per Anglo-Australian Telegram Company]

BLUFF,

11 a.m.

The s.s. Albion, Captain McLean, left Melbourne at 6 p.m. on the Bth, and arrived at the Bluff at 11 a.m., after a quick run of four days and seventeen hours. She brings the English mail, via Suez, and 26 saloon passengers, also 515 tons cargo for all ports. The Albion sails for Dunedin to-night.

LONDON.

May 6. The vintage in the South of France is wholly destroyed. The Newmarket Two Thousand Guinea stakes was won by Gang Forward, Kaiser second, and Sulliman third. The One Thousand Guinea stakes resulted as follows :— Cecilia ... ... ... 1 Angela 2 Rendezvous ... ... 3 Gang Forward is the favourite for the Derby. Betting on him is nine to four. The Italian Ministry resigned on the 2nd of May owing to an adverse vote in the Assembly affirming the necessity for a re establishment of the arsenal at Tarano. At the solicitation of the King, Ministers re solved to re-consider their decision. President Thiers asks for the confidence of the Republicans, and declares that although the situation is a difficult one it may be surmounted. Gibbs, Bright and Co.'a Cape Company is withdrawn. A motion has been moved in the House of Commons for the views of the Government relative to local taxation. It was negatived without a division. The Germans are preparing to evacute Belfort. A stormy conflict is looked for in the I French Assembly between the radicals and monarchists. The Vienna Exhibition opened on the first Me/. The Prince of Wales and Prince Arthur were present. A grand banquet was given at the palace to the Commissioners. The Tichborne claimant asks the Crown to supply the means to defend him, his own funds being exhausted. The Woman Suffrage BiU has been W« pealed.

Ifflß BVtofflffl WA&.TOESBAY^ MAY 13, 1893.



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We are obliged to hold over till to-mor row the letter of " Comus," in reply to the drivel in the correspondence columns of this morning's Cross. At the Police Court this morning a man was convicted of stealing a pint measure from a public-house. In recording the fact our re porter appears to have become mystified among so many measures in the case, and has evidently been involved in a fog from which has failed to extricate himself. Coffee.—Brown, Barrett and Cos. Standard Coffee is both delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett and Co.'s Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any coffee on account of purity and distinctness of flavour. Note the brands, sold at almost every grocery establishment in town and province.—[Advt.] Public taste has decided that the American Pea Nut, when fresh, and newly roasted, is the moat ■wholesome and palatable nut that is crown and in view of this fact Mr W. Marshall, Fruiterer, Queen street, has received direct from the grower a ship m?.n»Of, th *B nutrlti°™ esculent. One trial only la •elicited. Sold wholesale or retaiL-[ADVT.] 7



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