SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: Tills evening, 4.51 [SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 7.18 HIGH WATER: This afternoon, 4.42 ; to-morrow, morning, 5.11

ARRIVALS.

Trader Ind, cutter, from Russet Tawera, cutter, from Povei.y Bay

DEPARTURES.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Newcastle: Jnllba, barque, early For Sydney and Melbourne : Victoria, s.s., about 23rd inst. ; Hero, s.s., about ?nd August For Dunedin: Strathnaver. schooner, to-day For Levuka: Star of the South, s.s., to-morrow For London : flylton Castle, barque ; Wcodletk, ship

Thames, barqve, early For Northe- i ports : Rowena, s.s., tKs afternoon For New York': Lyttelton, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Clanranald, ship, from London, nailed Endymion, ship, from "London. Sailed 9th April City of Auckland, from London. Loading Berar, ship, from London. Loading Fontenaye, ship, from London. Loading Phcebe, s s., from Sydney (in theManukau) Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Bella Maiy, barque, from Hobart Town. Sailed ISth

June Elizabeth Curie, schooner, frpm Dunedin Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti Success, so.hooiaer, from Levuka TJpolu. schooner, from Samoa Hyno, brisantine. from Lyttelton. Pailed 2nd July Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands Lsetitia,.schooner, from Napier. Sailed 17th Juns Satellite, cutter, from Levuka Dauntless, schooner, from Melbourne. Sailed 25th

June Annie, from Newcestlfl. Sailed 7th June^ . Camilla, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 7th Juno Jane, brig, from Hobart Town «,,,.,„.. Agnes Jessie, cutter, from Launceston Sailed 16th Juno , Hercules, schooner, from Newcastle. Sailed 25th Juno

PBThe cutter Vincent has reported from Ohape with 500 bushels maize for Owen and Graham. The barques Zanga, Velocidade, and William Ackers have'entered outwards for Newcastle, and the s.s. Star of the South for Levuka. The s.s. Star of the South has reported at the Customs for Napier with 30 head of cattle, 460 sheep, Banks. Passengers-Mrs Andrews, Miss Senior, Messrs Gorton, Leigh ton, and Thorburn. The schooner Fortune has cleared for the Awanui, Bay of Plenty, with a general cargo. HThe s.s. Southern Cross left Tauranga for Auckland this afternoon. The schooner Tawera has reported at the Customs for Poverty Bay with a full general cargo and following passengers :—Messrs M. Lewis, F. Walker, and J. Close. The schooner Dauntless left Melbourne for this port on the 25th ult. The schooner Hercules sailed from New castle for this port on the 25th ult. The Star of the South will leave on her second trip to the Fijis to-morrow afternoon. The A.S.P. Company request shippers to pass their export entries in triplicate. No goods will be received unless accompanied by a copy of entry. All freights from Auckland to be paid here. The s.s. Eowena will leave for Russell and the North at four o'clock this afternoon.

The cutter Sovereign of the Seas will leave for Wangarei, etc., to-morrow afternoon. The ship Endymion is now ninety days out from London, and her arrival may shortly be expected. Extraordinary Los 3of a Ship and Valuable Cargo.—The Lalla Rookh, which now lies totally wrecked at Prawle Point, Devon, was a splendid iron vesesl, built in 185G at Liverpool. She left Shanghai, bound for London, with 1300 tons of tea and 40 tons of tobacco. She sighted the Eddy stone at three o'clock on Sunday morning, and the Prawle lights at half-past four; but by some utterly inexplicable blunder steered right on the Prawle Point. The watchman saw her approach and hailed her from the cliffs to tack. This was attempted, but she missed stays and came ashore so close that four of the crew actually slung from her bows on to the rocks and escaped. Captain Fullerton was instantly on deck, and behaved through out with great intrepidity. The starboard lifeboat was launched, but got stove and became useless. The attempt to launch the port life-boat was successful. Ten got into it, but the boat was swamped, and the occu pants thrown into the surf. In spite of the darkness and the heavy sea they succeeded, however, in getting back on board the ship, withjone exception—Mr T. Groves, the mate. Although his cries were heard, and every effort made to save him, he sank. One of the crew on shore clambered up the rocks and called out to the coastguards. The rocket apparatus was quickly on the spot, and admirably worked. The first rocket fired carried aline across the. Lalla Rookh, which, being hauled on board, brought the crew a stout hawser, by means of which all hands •/ were saved within thirty minutes. Three days after leav ing Shanghai a stowaway was discovered on board. He was an American,, and in very ill health. Captain Fullerton was very kind to him, but he gradually got worse. When the ship struck, on going to. rouse him, the crew found that 'he had. just died. On Mon day evening, it being evident that the ship was likely to break up before morning, the crew and others Jwere engaged endeavouring to save part of the sails and rigging. The cargo is utterly spoilt. Large quantities of wet and useless tea are washing on shore along the coast. The crew are'lodged at Prawle village, and will be seat to their homes at once. They have lost everything. — London Weekly Times, 30 March.

COMMERCIAL.

The schooner Florence was submitted to day to public. competition by Messrs B; Tonkg & Co. There was a very large at tendance. Bidding commenced at five hun dred pounds, and the vessel was finally knocked down for one thousand and fifty pounds to Mr Laurie,

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

For Thames, this day, at 5.50. p.m., and to-morrow,

at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. ; For 'Joromandel, on Wednesday, 9th instant, at

12-SO^p.m. For Navigator Islands, per Sea Gull, to-morrow, at

8 a.m. For Newcastle, N.S.W.. per William Ackers, to ' morrow, at 11 a.m. . ... For Wangarei and Mangapal, per Sovereign o* the Se?s, to-morrow, at Ip.m.' ' " . Far AVnitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, to-mmrow, at 3 p.m, For Levuka, Fiji, per Star of the South, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. Mails for Australian Colonies and United King dom, via Melbourne, will cose at 10 a.m. on Wca day, 9th irst., at the Eluff. (Signed) S. B. Biss. Chief Postmaster.

DEATHS.

Chitham.—On July 7, at JParne'l, > Tired Leslie, only son of Alfred and Susan Ch'.tham ; s;jed three years and three months.

Kamheottoh. -On July 6, at Edinburgh street, Newton, Alfred, the sth son of Benjamin Fams bottom ; aged five months. The funeral w"l take plice at three o'clock, on Tuesday afternoon. Friends will please accept this invitation

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

MONDAY, JULY 7. 1873.

For the cause tbat lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance,

And the good that we can do.

Bettee late than never. We cannot compliment the Government on the expedition with which arrangome have been made to obviate the evils arising from the wreck of the trans pacific service, but seeing that they have been made we are thankful. The first intimation of Mr "Webb's collaps* should have been followed by promptly linking on with the Suez service, but whether from mental prostration after the, superhuman efforts to make rotten steamers run that would not go, or from disgust at having to tumble down from the high estate and accept the hated, institution of a "branch Service," the Government has hither to : allowed letters to go and come very much as-best they could. The arrangement now concluded is, ,we are hap|py to say, of a very satisfactory kind so far as Auckland is concerned, and if carried (Jut in its integrity will, we fear, go far to wean the public from yearning after the restoration of the eastern route;'! The, .'first point of contact with the New Zea land coast is Hokitika, and from this it is quit© possible, though it does hot appear to be intended, that the mails might be sent overland to Christchurch and Dunedin. However, in respect of this, our Southern friends will fee able toi look after their own interests, but the arrangement which enables us at Auckland to tap. the service at Nelson instead of the Bluff is one of which we at least have no reason to complain. It will not give us ,the coveted position of 1" first •■ of arrival and last of departure," but it will be very nearly tantamount to this, for barring warring winds at the Manukau Heads we shall have our letters as early as will the people ofthe Empire City, and several days before the letters reach the Southern cities. As a temporary pro vision, the arrangement is in the highest degree satisfactory; but des pite its convenience it will not be, ,npr is it intended to be, a sub stitution for the trans-American route. There are in that involved considerations of a higher and more important kind than the gain or loss of a few days in the arrival and de*

parture of gossip and advices ; and we earnestly hope that however many sins may be visited on Ministers' heads, the approaching Parliament will evince no diminution of interest in the re establishment of the Trans-Pacific Service.

The Market on Saturday evening waa liter ally crowded with sellers and buyers, and spectators of every size and aspect, all eager to see and be seen in that mart of industry and enterprise. The stalls, Avith the excep tion of three or four, were all open, and splen did exhibitions of mutton and beef, bacon and poultry, • with vegetables of every hue and kind, were spread to view. We under stand that a very fair amount of business was done, and purchasers expressed their satisfaction in having visited the Market house. It was an interesting and thoroughly English sight to witness the smiling mechanic's wife hanging on her husband's arm while he held out the kit for the reception of the fine wether leg from the jolly butcher, and to hear the youngling, as he hung on the skirts of ".Daddy's jacket," ex claiming, " Mammy, there's a busting cab bage, and buy me some lollies." The Mar ket will he a pleasant and agreeable Satur day evening promenade, and in course of time will be the Covent Garden «f Auckland, complete and successful.

Another of the series of Monday evening concerts for the people will take plaoe this evening in the Choral Hall. An excellent programme is prepared, including choice musical selections from the great composers, and a grand treat may be confidently expected. Tea, coffee, and other refresh ments will be provided for the occasion by Mr Perkins, of the Occidental hotel.

It is ramoured in financial circles in London that Mr Alexander 'Brogden, M.P., of the firm of Messrs John Broaden and 3ons, railway contractors and colliery owners, joins the board of the National Bank of New Zealand, in which case the extensive trans actions of that firm in all parts of the world would as a matter of course flow through this institution.

Householders in Auckland City West are informed that the second instalment of this rate for the year ending 31st Decem ber, 1873, must be paid without further notice at the Collector's office, No. G, Wyndham-street, between the hours of ten and four o'clock during the present week. All defaulters will be proceeded against forthwith.

Saturday's Australian [telegrams contain many items of interest. The question of mail services still occupies the chief attention in the sister colonies. Mr Francis, premier of Victoria, has succeeded in defeating a vote of want of confidence based on his mail policy ; and it may be assumed, there fore, that the decided action he has taken meets with approval. New South Wales seems likely to be left to carry out her schemes alone, a difference having arisen with Queensland, which threatens to prevent assistance from that quarter in carrying Out the new San Francisco service. The com mercial intelligence is of considerable im portance, especially that relating to the destruction of vineyards in France, and the consequent rise in the price of brandies.

To the Editor: Sir, —I was really delighted on Saturday to find you had inserted a letter concerning the odious educational tax, as I have been many times told that the papers will riot put in print any such on account of of the Government patronage ; and I' need hardly ask you to bo gallant enough to accord me a similar favor to the former. Mr Beck ham says that the people, through their representatives, make laws and then grumble at their being enforced'; but I should like him to tell me Low many people in Auckland were aware 'of any such law being in existence until they were Called on to pay the tax, or they would have instantly have repudiated the doings of the former, who had defrauded them. I, like others, feel the times to be bad, but still I manage somehow to pay weekly for the education of my children, which I can accomplish far easier than by paying down 10s or £1 at once. Besides, I then send them when I like and where I like, and as they grow up it will not be cast in their teeth that they were brought up at a charity-school amongst gutter children and sweepings of the streets, for which there should be ragged and industrial schools, and which the Government should pay for. I am only a little woman, but (my husband says) very plucky, and I feel so enraged on the subject that I am quite sorry tarring and feathering is out of date, as I should dearly like to apply the brush to Messrs Beckham and Hesketh, as well as all the Auckland promoters of the measure. Still, for all this, if the people here had anything like spirit, they would surely make some orderly de monstration—say by hanging effigies of the whole of the foregoing in the Market-place on Saturday night. And I do hope that the first question put to candidates for the Superinteridency or any future office will be,--'' Are you in favour of the odious poll-tax ?"—I am, &c, Mary S . [We. are afraid our correspondent does not make out a good case. If she and others were unaware ,of the existence of the Act until called upon to pay the rate, it shows inexcusable inattention to the doings of our legislators, and a total neglect of the press, which is the only medium for acquainting the public with such matters. While the Education Acjk.was, before the Provincial Council last session every journal in Auck land contained lengthy reports each day of the discussions on the Bill, leading articles were, written upon it, arid correspondents reviewed its provisions. How any one there fore, who can read, could with any respect for truth plead ignorance of the existence of the measure we are at a total loss to understand. The' fear of leaving a stigma on children by sending them to Government schools, is nothing short of childish. In England and Scotland the moat successful schools for the people are all well endowed, and in Victoria and Queensland the Government schools are attended by rich and poor alike. Our own Grammar School is as much a charity school in the sense which our correspondent speaks as any other school under the Education Act. Our correspondent's feelings must be very sensitive indeed if she feels any delicacy in: taking advantage1/of.' what she and others pay for. So far as the charge of buying th« press with Govern ment .patronage is concerned, we should think no one sincerely believes that the amount- of patronage which the Provincial Government have to bestow is sufficient to purchase the support of the whole press, or that it would be so applied in relation to a measure which is entirely a public one, and can in no way benefit any individual member concerned in passing it. —Ed. E.S.J The opening of the Perry Hotel, Stokes Point, will be celebrated this evening by a supper and ball at the hotel. Dancing will commence at eight o'clock.

The city by-law to restrain any person from riding or driving round an angle or corner of a "street at other than a walking pace is published and is now in force.

The first annual public soiree in corinec" tion with the Auckland Pioneer Lodge, No. 5, pf the Independent Order of Good Templars, will take place on Thursday next, at the Odd. Fellows' Hall, Cook-street,

The influence of education in the army has developed some striking results, tending to prove the importance of education as a means of checking crime;- A return bearing upon the subject has been recently published and commented on by the London press. Fifteen years ago it was against the law to compel soldiers to go to the regimental school, but that difficulty has since been got over, and excellent results have ensued. There are not now 10 per cent of the entire army who cannot read and write. As in the calendars of civil crime it appears that the culprits -who have received some education are in a very striking minority of the gross number of offenders, we may be sure that if the advantages held out by the regimental schools are readily seized by the men there will soon be a very small amount of crime in the British army.

A soiree in connection with the Loyal Orange Institution will be held in the Choral Hall on Monday evening next.

A soiree will take place to-morrow at tha Whau Public Hall in aid of the church im provements. Addresses will be delivered by ministers and gentlemen, interspersed with musical selections by the choir. Tea will be on the table at six o'clock.

The shooting of the second stage of Oapt. Barnett's Btar took place at the Mount Eden Eifle-range on Saturday. The result was as follows :—G. Partington, 52 ; Gleeson, 52 ; Burke, 47; Cooper, 47; Macdonald, 47; Putman, 38, and M. Cameron, 34.

The ratepayers of the Archill Highway district wiJl hold a meeting this evening at Edgecombe's hotel, at half-past seven. Rate payers are especially requested to attend.

The half-yearly meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge will be h<4fl this evening in the Lodge room, Karangahape road, at the usual hour.

The Treasurer of the Ladies' Benevolent Society acknowledges with thanks the muni ficent contribution to that soaiety's funds of £28 10s. ,9d. ,from Madame. Cora.

The news of a century ago mi^ht be ex pected to read Botnewhat flat and stale, but many items of intelligence relating to the events of the 18th century are so quaintly re corded in the journals of that day that a perusal of those old newspapers is not with out interest. A number of items have re cently been re-published from the London Chronicle, published between the years 1758 and 1800. From these we make the follow ing curious extracts: — "Winchester, Sep tember 30, 177;"'. —Thursday sen-night was married by license, at Bishop's Waltham, Mr Richard Elcoek, bricklayer, to Mrs Judith Redding, who to exempt her future husband from the pavinent of any debts she might have contracted, went into one of the pews in the Church and stripped herself of all her clothes except her shift, in which only she went to the altar, and was married, much to the astonishment of the parson, clerk, &c." March 10th, 17(59.—0ne Jobu Mitchell, of Pulham, in Dorsetshire, buried hirs wife ; and being reflected on by his neighbours for ill-usage towards her, the next day he dug her up and opened the coffin, took her in his arms, kissed her three or four times, and desired if ever he did her any ill, that she would then discover it to the spectators, which were many, then put her into the grave again, and went home satisfied. September 4th, 1779. —Yesterday morning a stage was erected in St. Georges-fields, under pretence of being made ready for some prize fighters, when' a prodigious concourse of people were collected together ; but at eight o'clock, when the supposed battle was to have begun, the combatants appeared in the form of press gangs and recruiting constables, who took upwards of 100 stout fellows for the King's service. August 7, 1790. — On Saturday sennight an old Miss turned the wrong side of forty, ran off with a young lieutenant in the Navy, on a matrimouial trip, to Scotland. What heightens this romance is that the lady was perfectly at her own disposal; yet, notwith standing that, could be prevailed on to make her exit no other way than by means of a ladder, from a two-pair of stairs window in her own house, about the hour of 12 o'clock at night. Her fortune is very considerable, said to exceed £70,000.

At a committee meeting, of the Teachers' Association, presided over by Dr Kidd on Saturday, several new members were added to the list. Lstters of sympathy with the objects of the association were read from various parts of the' colony. The Secretary of the'NelsonTeach'ers' Association forwarded the following important suggestion.:—"That a general union of all the New Zealand teachers is highly desirable, and that until some such union is effected their opinions will not receive that consideration to which the im portance o£ their work justly entitles them." The following resolutions were passed:— 1. "That the periodical meetings of the association be held on the third Saturday in each month, at two o'clock p.m., at the High School, Symonds-street." 2. "That the Secretary of the Auckland Board of Education be requested to communicate with the Secretary of the Bureau of Educa tion, Washington, and with the State Super intendent of Education, New York, respect fully for a grant of copies of the latest educational reports, with such papers as maybe considered^ necessary to give this association full information of the working of the system of national education in the United States of America." One of the members announced his intention of submitting the following resolution at the next meeting:—"That this Association would ! respectfully urge upon the -Central Board of Education the advisability of sett ing apart a'sumof money to'be JdeVoted? ex clusively to ' Prizes for girls in common schools.'" ■'■'■*■■>• •■ "V >;l '■'■' '.'■' - ■'■ '•'■'■"

A jgrand : concert "will be given" to-morrow evening at the Catholic Literary Institute in aid of the funds for improving and repair ing St. Patrick's Hall. The concert will consist of two parts, sacred and secular,, and iwill be under the. patronage of Dr.Croke, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland.

The parpenters and joiner's of Auckland will hold their first general meeting this evening, in the Young Men's Christian Asso cion Rooma. . , r , VT .

The members of the football match, "Light Weights against Heavy Weight's," played in the Barrack ground until the going down of the sun on Saturday last. There was some capital sport, but the game was not con cluded. It will, be resumed,. if the weather be favorable, on Saturday next, and continued week by week until finished- , , The usual monthly meeting of the members of the Auckland Institute is unavoidably post poned. The meeting is proposed for the 4th August.

Mr Dargayille will address the electors to morrow evening at the Mechanics' "Institute at half-past seven.

The Prince. ol Wales Theatre was again crowded on Saturday night on the occasion of Madame Cora's last performance, and the entertainment gave ! general satisfaction. Madame Cora will appear at the Thames during the present week, and will probably give a few more performances in Auckland previous to leaving for the' South., ,-.,- The regulation.fixing the times for start ing and running city stage carriages will be confirmed by tlw City Council on the 4th proximo,

A meeting of the Acclimatisation Society was held this afternoon. Mr Burt occupied the chair. The usual routine business was gone through, ' and letters read from the following :—Hon. secretary in London, Mr Larkworthy, London ; Mr Graves, Hobart Town, and the Victorian Zoological and, . Acclimatisation Society. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Kinloch, V.S., for his . kindness in attending to the deer stationed brf Motu Ihi during the past year. This wa3 all the business. . ' The Auckland portion of the Engl'slTniail arrived at the Bluff by the Alhambra on Saturday, and may be expected hero in a week's time. . , A man named Cox, in the employ of Mr Belcher, met with a serious accident on Fri- | day evening by his right hand coming in con- I tact with the knife of the chaff-cutting machine whilrt in motion. Four of his fingers were cut completely off. I>r. Stockwell was i sent for, and, after dressing the wounds, j ordered the sufferer to be conveyed to the , hospital. We understand that the patient is ; progressing favourably, but the loss of his ; fingers will be a serous matter to him, espe- j cially as he has a wife and famiiy to support j As will be seen from another column the time for receiving applications for shares in . Ferry Company is postponed till to-morrow ; afternoon. The greater portion of the number of shares available have been already taken, and it is anticipated that by to-morrow after noon the balance will be applied for. A Cockney conducted two| ladies to an observatory to see an. eclipse of the moon. They were too late, the eclipse was over, and the ladies were disappointed. "Oh," ex claimed our herb, "Dont fret! I know the astronomer well. He is a very polite man, and I'm sure will begin again."

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM WAIKATO.

Tawhiao Anxious to Meet Mr Mackay.

Threatened Fight between the Native Contingent.

The Late Najbive Meeting.

CAMBRIDGE

This yad,

A monster meeting will be held on Satur day next at Cambridge anent Sullivan's murder. The meeting has been called by the committee appointed at » former meeting held here. Notices have been sent 'and delegates are expected from all parts of the Wuikato. ..-,:

ALEXANDRA.

< This day; A native messenger from Te Kuiti reports that Tawhiao is anxious to meet Mr Mackay at Kopua. - Xff t Mr Mackay declines unless a deputation of influential chiefs come in and escort him there. . ,•';-. Te Wheoro's native contingent and the Ngatitapa under Kukutai are now removed from the Ford Redoubt and set to work at different ends of the frontier roads. Had they remained much longer together there would have been a war amongst themselves, as their people hate one another far more than they do their presumed Hauhau enemies. Saturday. At the meeting at Kuiti, on the 28th and 29th of last month, it was decided that Manu hiri should not altogether be removed from his position as Tawhiao's adviser, but that in future all decisions respecting any question that might arise between Kingites and the Government should be decided in open runa nga, as the majority considered that the present unsatisfactory state of their relations with the Government is due alone to His counsel. Our Hauhau visitors have now nearly all cleared out. Their visit was a most satis factory-(one to our storekeepers, .as they.' mado large purchases of clothing, &c,

TAURANGA.

This day.

The Southern Cro^s was (Weather-bound with an easterly gale yesterday, and will sail immediately. Mr Hannon reports favorably of the Taupo road. The natives were greatly excited by the sight of the coach. Heavy rain is falling. , i y

LATEST THAMES TELEGRAMS.

Serious Landslip

Narrow Eccape of Houses

Destruction of Gardens.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day. Caledonian: —The crushing of I*7l tons of stone, this week gave ltl oza. gold. Windsor Castle.—2o tons of stone yielded 16 ozp. gold. ..... • f-,. The rainfall has caused considerable dam age by landslips. One on the Moanatairi brought down 120 tons of N. 0 .: 6 section of the tramway. : ••■>■•..■•■ . Ah'ouse occupied by-Mr Mclntyre narrowly debris. ■'■ !':. "- ■> •. : •' * ••.. • .

-'-On'the Tararua a heavy landslip occurred, about 500 tons of earth falling, and burying the tjramway. eight feist deep, devastating gardens and fences, but. the houses escaped. A jcart horse belonging to Mr Edmund Gallagher was killed by falling with the'dray off the Moanatairi road into the creek. ';•'„:* The flood yesterday brought down 300 logs lor the Shortland saw mill. Ten broke through the booms, but were recovered. The mill will start work immediately.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

The Su& Mail Service. ■-- . ■ --

j New Naval Commander.

[Per Anglo-Australian Telegram Company. I

POUT CHALMERS.

| Saturday. Arrived—JGady Bird, from Lyttelton. Sailed—Elerslie, for Auckland ; Derwent, for Kaipara ; Otago, ship, hence'arrived at London on the 7th May, after a ninty-five days' passage.

LYTTELTON.

j « This day. Tile Ryno sailed with 444 sacks oats, 700 ak>. potatoes, 400 do. oatmeal, 65 do. wheat. Tne Natal Queen is loading for Auckland. THe Edwin Fox was admitted to pratique on Saturday, and the emigrants will land to morrow.

Rangitoto sailed on Sunday afternoon with the out-going Suez mail. . ,■

WELLINGTON.

This day.

The whole of the British Squadron in the Auatralian waters will rendezvous at Wel lington in either September or October, fox

the purpo*, of meeting£j« JTSfcS" who comes out in the iiagsmp, *" , of Good Hope, direct hither -eommodote Stirling goes home m H.M.&. in New Zealand, such company to^be formed circulated. . . , n -voTifrprJ wit.li i The Government have arranged with ! Messrs McMeckan, Blackwood,, «d Co for six months' service each way to connect I with the P. and 0. Co.'s ma 1 boat* at Mcl ! bourne. The contract boat is to' J^Mej chiTd 9aVs an to than the eighth day she will reach Port ChTlmers on the tenth day. The outward ' maiTwm be conveyed to Uelh™™ ™ , twelve days from Dunedm, eleven from Lyt . telton, nine from Wellington, six and a-half from Hokitika. The steamer Paterson is to convey from Nelson the inward mails for New; Plymouth and Auckland, and convey outward mails from those places to Nelson. The time from Melbourne to the Manukau is to be nine days. The excess in the latter case is for the Manukau bar and prevailing westerly winds. The service will be com , menced in Melbourne on arrival of the English mail, due there on the Bth instant and at Dunedin for outward mailß, on Ist August.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R.M ,E. Isaacs, Esq. and Dr Home, Justices of the > ! . ■ ■■■' Peace.) (Li BARRATRY. Neil Beaton, late master of the schooner Florence, was charged as follows:— Jlhat he, in or about the month of April, 18/3, at Tahiti, in the South Pacific, then being the bailee of thirty bags of oats, the property of Mr Benjamin Tonks, and of the value of £15, unlawfully and fraudulently did convert the said thirty bags of oats to his own use, and thereby feloniously did steal the same, con trary to the form of the statute." Mr Cornford appeared for the prosecution, and applied for a further remand until Thurs day next. Mr J. B. Russell, for the prisoner, con sented to the remand, but applied for bail. Mr Cornford asked that the bail might be substantial. . Remanded until Thursday, bail being fixed at £3CO, and two sureties of £150 each. DRUNKENNESS. Six drunken men were ,fined ss. each. One for getting drunk on Sunday, and another for his second offence, .were fined 10s. each ; an other for being drunk and disorderly was fined 20a and costs, or the usual alternative. VAGRAXCy. James McCullum, a white-headed old man, was charged with having no visible lawful means of support, : and with being an incorrigible rogue, which is equivilant to being poor.. Sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. SMOKING IN THE THEATRE. T. W. Bush, manager to Madame Cora, was charged by one H. W. Bond with assaulting him in the Prince of Wales Theatre, Oh the evening of the 3rd inst. by taking him by the coat and throwing him down stairs. Mr Beveridge appeared for the complainant, and Mr Hesketh for the defendant.

H.! W. Bond deposed that he went to "Mrs" Cora's entertainment on Thursday last, and during the interval he struck a match with the intention of lighting his pipe, when he was seized from behind and dragged across the seats, and afterwards thrown down the stairs. His wife interfered, when defendant threatened to serve her the same. He was hurt in the " small of his back," and could eat no dinner next day. In reply to Mr Hesketh witness stated thai Mr Bush called his attention to the notices forbidding smoking in the theatre after he had dragged him out. Three witnesses were examined, but their evidence can hardly be described as corrobor ative.

For the defence, Charles Wadmore, one of the theatre attendants, was called. He proved, that the complainant was smoking, when; the defendant remonstrated with him for annoying the ladies. No assault took place. ... ( i , ■

Frank Barrow, , check-taker, was also examined. Bothnia and the previous witness' evidence put an entirely different complexion upon'the affair.

The case was dismissed. r This concluded,the business.

SUPREME COURT.

1 TEES DAY.

CTl,TCjglffj&&B SESSIONS. jjjgjj (Before Hia Honor Sir <^. A. Abney,' Knight /■-' j .". l.\ :. .Chief'Justice.) i^ %h!e quarterly i^iona of the,' Supreme Court for gaol 'delivery commenced this morning. Q g His IHodo* entered the Court at eleven o'clock, at which time a large number of per sons Weip assembled in the Court. ■ •:■;•"' ! '•■ ' ■;' GRAND JURY. -:- .' \ ; following gentlemen were sworn in members of the Grand Jury:—Dr Campbell (foreman), W f T. s ßaßsett, J. B. Braithwaite, A. C6x, ; J., W* Mlder, J,. C. Firth, F. N. St. George, F. Goodfellow, H. Isaacs, H. M.| Jervis, J. Lawford, C. H.- Macintosh, E. McLean, F. Paton, G.T. Pierce, A. K. Tay !or, JT, WaUace, J. Watt. Charge t& the. Grand Jury- His Honor, in addressing the Grand Jury, expressed the pleasure which it afforded him to m^et a jury in this province again. He regretted, however, to see that there was not a full attendance of the Grand JuryJ It was the fy:st time that;he had had to complain of such i neglect, and he did so now because he ppuld' 'not make any distinction between members of the grand and the com mon juries iv the imposition of penalties*for neglect of the Queen's writ. One gentleman had sent in a,medical certificate, and another was absent.ih England, but allowing for these exceptions there was still a very small attendance, which he hoped would not occur again. Referring to the calendar he expressed regret that the offences were very j Berioiis, more so than usual, and judg ing from the depositions would occupy the Court a long time, although the duties of the Grand Jury would probably not be so arduous | as those which had devolved upon himself in reading through-the lengthy de positions. Since they last met the country had been disturbed by a murder committed *by natives under such circumstances as natur ally caused alarm to the settlers in Waikato, and anxiety to, the Government. The sub

cfc was not without its political aspect, but f& that Court had merely to deal with the f ac t © that a grievous crime had been committed, the perpetrators of which the Grand Jury was unahle to send to trial. They had not so much to do with the mptive » that prompted the act s ««w whether it was part of a pre-arranged scheme to embroil the settlers in serious disturbances, or whether the murderer, feeling that he had been wronged by some action of the Native Lands Court, through which the land >«;, where the murder was committed had passed, ! and had taken this barbarous mode of assert- '■■-<- ing his right to the land, it was simply their, ~. business to regard it as an offence against the law which should be punished. He would'not discuss the measures already taken and still being taken by the Government to secure the ~.,. peace of Waikato, and at the same time ;: assert the majesty of the law. All he and the jury could do in the matter waa to rejoice that so large a proportion of i loyal natives disclaim all connection with the act, and regard it as a great crime. The jury might depend that the legislature; would view it in the same way, and would feel the necessity for bringing the H offenders to justice. He hoped the time was, ;§ not far distant when the murderers would be captured, and the natives taught that the law, although sometimes slow, is sure. He had only one observation more to make on this subject. It waa with pleasure he observed that the natives generally, indeed with only i the one exception which had been referred ; to, acknowledged the supremacy of the law. Their main object should be to teach them to know that the judges of the colony always deal with impartiality, and proportion their judgments to the . knowledge of the persons brought before J them, and the heniousnesa of their offences.--; ■■'-' They should also bo brought to believe that their civil rights especially would be re spected. They were aware that at the last session of Parliament an .Act was iiassed for the purpose of giving the natives of another province an opportunity for coming before a {^ commission to lay any complaints of injus- ■£"■ tice done them by the operation of the Native ;: Lands Court. That Commission was pre sided over by a judge distinguished for his learning—Mr Justice Richmond—assisted by the best native assessors in the colony, and a judge of another Court acquainted with * Maori customs. He thought the Commission would have a good effect in showing what it would be well for .the Waikato,-rf natives to understand: that the ears of thfc ■"*>* Legislature are always open to any com- J plaints, and that to appeal to the law is a much better way of rectifying theiri griey: , ;{'s ances than recourse to acts of barbarity. He hoped the time was near at hand when the ' natives would all know this. The calendar contained, as he had said, charges1 of a very. I i serious nature, but there were few cases out of which any legal'questions arose" requiring ; . i minute direction from the Court. One of it the cases, the charge of scuttling a ship, was such as had never come before a New Zealand, , Court. Two men named Green and Moore were indicted for the offence, and it appeared' >"■'■ that the act that constituted the crime was the boring of two auger holes in the vessel, which caused a largeinflux of water. The time when these holes were bored was fully definitely ascertained, and evidence would be given to show that Green, one of the accused, was seen to take an T auger out of the carpenter's chest, and go ..;.. down with it into the hold, where the anger' * holes were afterwards discovered. The evi dence against Moore was not so direct. He had been seen in the bold, but it would be for m v the jury to; say whether the evidence suffi- . ciently implicated him to justify a true bill. The charge laid against them was that of damaging a ship, and he would call the jury's liT attention to the 46th section of the Malicious J Injury to Property Act, under which.... the r . x charge was made. Although the Bhip might have been in such a state that > she would have gone down without' ; ;^, the holes, yet if those holes were bored witn the intent to damage the.vessel, and render it; - ,'., useless, then the offence would come within- It the scope of the Act. Another remarkable1 charge was that against Sarah Ann Bell for . stealing a post letter. The law provided; : ft that when any . person obtained a.: thing by. fraud it was punishable in ; the same way as if the' artible, had,",.-..., been stolen. If they thought irom the evi dence in the present case there was,proof )o.< fraud, then they must bring. in a,true bill There were two important charges of bffen'ee* *olf * against property. Although the value of 'jUbM" ,'; ) property in one instance was small, yet the ; crime of arson waa one which in New Zealand, . and especially in this part of the 6ol<Sfty where ' houses were mostly built of wood, was such an oneas could not be viewed without great" alarm. His Honor here went over the "evidence in the charge against Me Adam for arsonlat Papakura, heard before the. Court : during its last sessions, when the evidence ', was published. He said this was only one out of the many cases on the calendar which showed how terribly the system of drunken ness acted tapon crime. If the charge were true they could only find the reason for its.manner of execution in the fact that the accused-was so bewildered wi^h drink as not ••> to be able to take the ordinary precautions to prevent detection which might be expected j of a pferson committinga deed of darkness. ,4X\.'?£ the charge of arson at Grahamstown he need say but little beyond the fact that there ■ * was" I strong 'evidence ■'■' of resentment •n the part of the prisoner towards the pro prietress of the house, against whom he had vowed vengeance. .Tjhere were four offences , againfct life. One was accused, of manslaughter^ two df murder, and one of attempting to kdl- # himself. -The latter waa that of a man well caredjfor. by1 his employer at Ojtahuhu, whdße * attention was called by the man's cries.'' He . found him in a barn suffering from a pen-knife ,, »jo! wound. Theinan was in a state of bewilder- . mentfrom drink, and the only question which . could throw any doubt on the commission of.. the crime was whether some one had gone ;in 'and attacked him.i If they though,^! the evidence left no doubt that the man had inflicted the wounds himself, they must M bring in 'a true bill; The particulars * of, the manslaughter of a little Hindoo man in Chancery - street many of the jury would recollect. The deceased was a man of delicate frame,' and in this case also the parties were drunk, and had engaged in a quarrel in which the Hindoo was not without fault. The accused pulled the deceased about, struck him,, and f ,, jumped upon him', and he was found dead almost immediately afterwards. The medical f ' evidence showed no marks of violence on the ■ body, but it was a question which they would J have to consider whether jumping on the deceased would have left such marks in a, i case where death ' was • immediate, so that nature had , not time to form those braises which" usually |follow blows. •,. All they had id consider was whether* tie ■■*'■'■' blows given by the person caused the death of .the man ; and if they thought there was I sufficient'evidence to show that such was the j case, then they must bring in a true, bilL, His Honor referred at length to the two charges of murder, remarking that the depositions were so lengthy that it would greatly shorten the labours, of the Grand Jury to state the chief points, ; In the case of murder at the Bay of Islands the evidence showed that circum stance had [ arisenwhichbroughtthe accused into a quarrel with the deceased"Garretty", 1 when one of ithem,. Eppwright, waa seen .to pull out his knife from itir sheath «:

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