SHIPPING. INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

BUN-SET : This evening, 6.12. SUN-RISE: To- Borrow rooming, 6.59 I HIGH WATER: This evening, 8.81; to-morrow, morning, 32G |

ARRIVALS.

Hero, s.s,, Logan, from Sydney and Melbourne Southern Cross, s.s , from Tauranga Golden Tsle, schooner. Matzen, from Russell CMo, schooner, Chambers, from Wangapoa

DEPARTURES.

Lyttelton. barque, for Now York Wonga Woaca, s 3 ,'for Sydney and Melbourne Ocean, schooner, for Wangaroa Flirt, brigantine. for Russell Janet Grey, schooner, for OpotlM

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Hero, from Sydney and Melbourne:—4 tanks malt, Ehrenfried Bros.; 10 bales hop 3, order ; 5 cases and 2 5-boxes tobacco, J. Buchanan ; 1 case cigars. Barnett & Levy ; 20 5-boxes tobacco, Stone Bros.; 1 case Chinese goods, 1 do, Ah Chong; 28 do do do. Brown, Barrett & Co ; 10 boxes, 20 half-chests, 10 boxes, Robt. Stevenson; 1 case confectionery, Chas. Canning ; 2 chests and 2 do tea, Ah Chong ; 40 .•chests tea, order ; 4 coils rope and spun yarn. Stone Bros. ; 18 cases sewing machines, Winks & Hall; 1 case .saddlery, W. M. Forster ; 6S baps sugar, order ; 2 cases gold grating, Nicholls & Gilbert ; 1 do glass ware, 1 cask hardware. Ibdl brass tube, 4 ingots tin, R. T. Kbborn ; 18 pg3 Chinese poods, Aow Kow • 5 tolls sheet lead, 4 coils l.ao pipe. 4 lengths lead pipe. Collector of Customs; 10 bags pepper, fl barrels coffee, D. Stephenson & Co ; 1 • ise stationery, Atkin; 18 bags pepper, 10 case_» sago, 4 cases tapioca, 1 case spice, 25 bags coffee, 1 cask do, Brown. Barrett & Co ; 3 bales hops, 32 chests tea, order ; 7 ,j casks brandy, 3 do do mm, 2hhos do 20 cases brandy. 80 do do, 50 do do, 8 do abscinthe, 5 do, enracoa, Bucholz <_ Co ; 10 J-casks brandy, fi do do, whiskey, Ryan, Bell & Co; 100 erses Drandy, 26 cases Geneva, J. C, Morrin ; 67 pgs, ■ugar, 3 hhds treacle, order; 2 cases, 1 case, 1 bale drusgisfcs' sundries, Hamilton Brothers; 2 ca«es. 2 do sundries, Hamilton Bros ; 2 do pianos, C J. «Strr_ ; 20 do sarsapnrilla, L. D. Nathan and Co :Ido vi 'us-«, 3 pgs boots, J. W. Hoare ; 1 case, L. 0. .Nathan and Co ; 9 do tobacco, Brown, Camp bfU. and Co : 3do do, G. Waller ; 16 -J-boxes do, 12 do do, 1 case do, 1 do do, 1 case cigars, U. B Morton ; 1 ease cigars, i\ tierces tobacco, G. E. Reid ; 1 case _-i 75 half-boxes do, Owen and Graham: 300 half chests tea, 125 bexes tea, order: 10 cases confec tionery, 5 bags pepper. D. Stephenson and Co ; 25 cages kerosene; Cooley ; 100 boxes tea, 25 boxes do, 50 do do, 1 case blacking, 11. B. Morton ; 10 cases currants, 7 barrels raisins, Bucholz and Co.; 8 hhds. al<% F. Winter; 55 tea.so chests tea, D Stephenson and Co.: 25 }-chests, 58 boxes, Solomon and Margetts; 75 i-chests tea. 50 _-ch*sts ditto, Grant and Morton; 1 case books, E. Wayte: 2 parcels, T. Turrell; 10 cases sewing machines, M. A. Aldrich; 3parcels, Upton and Co.; 51 bass onions, R. Baird; St bags ditto, order: 10 boxes candles, C cases pickles, Stone Bros.; 5 cases honey, 10 ditto moselle, 4 ditto anchovies, 40 bags rice, Lewis Bros.; 41 boxes tea, 36 boxes tea, order; 2 pkgs., H. Lip3Combe; 5 cases Kenipthorne and Co.; 105 bundles wire, J. Roberton and Co.: 60 pkgs., J. Renshaw; 100 cases kertsene, 1 cask glue, J. and J. Dickey; 24 pkgs., Cousins and Atkins: 18 bundles iron 1 case hard ware, E. - Porter and CO.: 4 casks, 3 pkgs, J. Smart and Co.; .16 packages, Fraser and Tinne; *0 cases currants, 10 boxes raisins, 17 bundles ditto, _0 cases jar salt, Owen and Graham; 4 cases confec tionery, 5 ditto candied peel, 3 ditto mustard, 3 ditto confectionery, 1 sack bird seed, Brown,- Barrett and C\ : 10 cases brandy, 2 }-casks wine, 8 ditto ditto, 1 c -te tobacco; J. Buchanan; 2 ditto ditto, L. D. Nathan aid Co.: 2 ditto ditto, W. Adams; 50 cases geneva, 5 V-ds. ale, 1 box, Ryan, BeUandCo.: 225 boxes tea, 15) 'fchests ditto, 68 boxes ditto, 58 fchests ditto, •rler; 4 roUs lead, Collector of Customs; 50 cases k.rosene, Close Bros.; 50 .-chests tea, li. W. Owen; 20 cises honey, 5 ditto axe handles, J. Buchanan; lo b >xes almonds, 150 bags rice, 2 cases biscuit, J. C. Morrin; 20 ditto geneva, 20 ditto schnapps, 2 J-casks rum, 8 ditto ditto brandy, R. Maginn; 15 casks, 78 bars iron, Fraser and Tinne: 73 plates do , order; 210 pkgs. order; 1 case F. Tusford; 2 cases, J5 cases castor oil, Stone Brothers; 28 cases, 26 pkgs., 10 do. Chinese oil, 7 packages, T. & S. Morrin; 17 pkgs, H. F. Anderson; 2 do. plated glass, Phillipps and Son; 8 cases, Ireland Brothers: 3 cases mantelpieces, E. Porter and Co; 11 pkgs. and bales. Holland and But ler: '4 pkgs. drapery, D. Gardner; 7 plates iron, order; 9 cases, John Grey; 2 do. furniture, order; 1 pkg. Cunningham, 1 bundle, R, Baird; 9 do., Masefield; 2 cases, S. Jones; 4 ditto, Kempthorne and Co; 4 do., J. C. Sharland; 1 bundle, C. T. , Wren; 4 drums spirits, Hol land and Buttler; 1 parcel, O'Keefe; 1 box Mrs. Major: 1 parcel, Hill and Fenton; 1 box. Wilson: 1 parcel, R. B. Wiseman; 1 ditto, Reals; 1 ditto, E. W. Jones; 1 ditto, F. Baker; 1 ditto, Thos. Macready; 1 box, Mrs. Moore: 1 ditto, E. Hesketh; 1 package, Ross; 1 do. perambulators, Combes&Daldy. From Sydney: 1 Vase, Weymouth and Co.: 1 ditto plants, C. S. "McDonald; 1 ditto ditto, G. B. Owen; 15 ditto1 brandy, 2 }-casks ditto; 100 cases ditto; 100 ditto ditto, 25 ditto claret, 2 bales hops, 10 cases castif oil, 10 diftb ditto, 100 hags rice, 8 drums caustir aoda, Owen and Orabam; 29 cases bitters, order; 2 ditto, H.'Gilflllari;*-'ditto clocks, Barnes, Onehunga; 1 ditto boots, J. Cosgrave and Co.; 1 ditto ditto, J. W. Hoare; 1 parcel, Combes and Daldy; 1 case engine packing, order; 1 ditto plants, H. Keesing, jun.: 2 cases, Barnes, Onehunga; 29 ditto acid, Bank of New Zealand; 30 metal rods, H. F. Anderson; 11 pieces timber, Fraser and Tinne; 1 piece shaft iron, E. Porter and Co.! 1 case iron castings, 500 bags maize, order: 469 ditto, Jakins and Willcox; 1 ditto, order; 960 (runnies sugar, order: 5 cases, 20 kegs treacle, order; 78 bugs maize, 84 ditto ditto, 139 ditto ditto, 50 ditto ditto, order; 100 ditto ditto, 11. M. Jervis; 92 ditto ditto, Wrigley and Hoprg: 30 ditto ditto, W L. Eaton; 50 ditto ditto, 95 cases fruit, W. Marshall; 31 cases fruit, L. W. P_aton; 171 ditto ditto, R. Arthur; •2 ditto, ditto, H. Canham.—Cruickshank and Co., agents.

The Freight Company's ship Fontenaye took Tier! departure from Dungeness on the 24th May. The ship Berar passed down the Channel in company with the Fontenaye, and both vessels left.the Start together. Both being fine ships a capital race may be anticipated. They are now seventy-one days out.. .;-.<' 7 iiT'i The cutter Dawn has sailed from Manukau for Waikato Heads, with telegraph poles, shipped by J. .W. Waller. The ship left Melbourne for this port on the 23rd July.■ .., .7 The Golden Isle from Russell brings 118

tons coal. The Clio brings 50,000 feet sawn timbei from Wangapoa for J. S. Macfarlane & Co. The ketch Mary Ann, about which so much anxiety; has been felt lately, has arrived safely.at Dunedin. The schooner Fairy sails this evening for Russell.

The unloading of the ship Endymion will be completed to-morrow. To-day a quantity of bar iron, forming part of her cargo, has been.transhipped into the cutter Undine, for the Thames.

The ship Berar, which sailed from London on May 23 has 345 Government emigrants for Auckland under the medical charge of Dr. Cunningham. The City of Auckland, in command of Captain Ralls, sailed on the 4th June with the following passengers:—Saloon —Miss Atkins, Miss Millais, Mr and Mrs Alfred Hills, Mr J. Simpson and family (4), and Mrs Chas. Walter; also four second cabin and eighteen steerage. The Pearl, corvette, Commodore Good enough, left Portsmouth June 2, took in shot and shell, and adjusted compasses. She will leave shortly for Australia. The screw corvette Cossack, 19 guns, Cap tain R. G. Douglas, homeward bound from the Australian station, arrived at Port Stanley, Faulklands, on March 23. Jks yellow fever was raging at Rio Janeiro, the Co_sack will not call there as intended, but touch at Ascension instead.

COMMERCIAL

SYDNEY COMMERCIAL. July 28, afternoon. Hennessy's case is quoted at 275; the demand is great in the Victorian market. Martell's and Hennessy's bulk, 7s per gallon, good demand. Bottled beers difficult to remove, except at a reduction. Oilmen's stores firmly held. Melbourne.—Telegrams to the 29th ult. report;—lt is not likely that the mail com mercial v. ill make any change except in brandies. Currants, 5d ; flour is firmer, £13 10s has been refused; wheat, ss; maize is firm and stiffening, 4s 9d is asked. Brandies are being gradually cleared out of. this market; 300 quarters of various brands sold at 5s Gd ; 100 packages of teas changed hands at low prices, Flooring boards are better.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND.

! Maim yhtt, Cross as Under :— 1 For Thames, this day, at 6.30 p.m., and to-raonow, at 10.30 a. m. aud 6.80 p. m. For Coromandel, on Wednesday, Cth inst., at 12.20 p.m. , For Whitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Southern 1 Cross, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Napier and Gisborne, per Comerang, on Wednc. • | day. the 6th inst., at 3 p.m. . For the Australian colonies, per s.s. Hero, on i Thursday next, at 2 p.m, (Signed) S. B. Bibs. Chief Postmaster.

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

MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1873.

. » For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance. And the Rood that we can do.

Owing to pressure on our space with En glish and Australian news, ex Hero, we have been compelled to condense closely all local intelligence. The telegrams and extracts published elsewhere are of unusual interest. It will be seen that the marriage of H.R.H. the.Duke of Edinburgh is to be celebrated in Russia, and Her Majesty the Queen will probably be present. The Golden Isle, which arrived from Rus sell yesterday, reported that Mr J. S. Mac farlane polled a majority of 11 votes at Kawakawa. The other returns were not in. We congratulate the talented members of the Diamond Troupe on their marked and continued success. On Saturday evening there was no falling off in their representa tions, and it was gratifying to observe that there was no falling off in the attendance. We need not pause to enumerate the names of the many interesting comic and sentimen tal songs which were so heartily received by the audience, which were extremely large. Messrs Cameron and Fox went through the "Golden Shoe Dance" with undeviuting alacrity. " Willie Brewed a Peck o' Maut," was admirable rendered with true Scottish effect, and Constable Mulville expressed his entire satisfaction at the timely perambulator hit, which little matter has not been without its good in fluence|upon the maiden community. The con stable in question, as the father of a little family, believes that perambulators are use ful, and he won't interfere with them again outside of Queen-street. The amateurs who form the Diamond Troupe have won a fair reputation and we notice that in consequence of the amount of patronage they have so worthily received, they will perform" a few nights more. They will also give the pro ceeds of one night in aid of some local charity. The troupe has secured the ser vices of Mr Cullimore, the eminent pianist, whose knowledge and skill are so well known in this special department of our public en tertainments.

The market on Saturday evening was full of interested spectators and smiling pur chasers, and towards the closing hour the shops of the butchers and greengrocers showed that a very fair day's business had been done. In the early part of the day the shops of Messrs Messenger, Loggie, Giles, and Cort (butchers), displayed a full supply of beef and mutton, which had nearly vanished by sundown. The scene throughout was lively, as markets usually are; but no one appeared the worse for liquor ; perhaps ine briates are properly excluded from the mar ket parade. A good deal of pleasant gossip was indulged in, and groups of persons here and there were conunenting upon the topics of the day. We passed into Woodward's occasional coffee-house, and were served by the pretty waiting-maid with a cup of coffee and a meat pie for 4d., and the money was not ill-spent, for both pie and coffee were excellent—the latter quite iree from chicory. The good-natured booksellernextdoor a'lowed us leisurely to look over his collection of yellow-covered volumes, while he smoked his meerschaum and read a few pages from Cicero. The grocers' shops did a steady trade through the day ; among these the most prominent were the establishments of Messrs Fenton and French—the former noted for its bacon and jams, and the latter for its tea for the million. Mrs Jones was loud in praise of a fine cabbage which she had just bought of Mrs Smith. Sergeant Saunders was as jolly as an Andover farmer, doing duty in front of his natty triangular clothes mart. In the centre of the market wo ob served a jocular man wiih a galvanic battery, and, further on, a table loaded with small articles, trinkets, and toys, at the uniform price of threepence. Perhaps the man that made the most noise was Master Friday, so called from his knowledge of Robinson Crusoe's island, who waa trading in cocoanuts, fish, pine-apples, and hand kerchiefs, threo for a shilling. "Come along " said he, " we are all honest people here, the Market Inspector is the only man who lets you in for it, for he keeps the key. Now, Mrs Toddy ! ah ! I see, you resemble the Market, you look cross, and won't buy. Mrs Friday, bring out some more of those silks, and I will lay myself a sacrifice at your feet." "Friday, you are too kind, sacrifice your black pipe." " Can't my dear, I'm wedded to that." "Are you, then I will have you up for bigamy." " Bring out some of those vopping pine-apples. I want to double my capital, and make one pound two to-night." " Take care Friday, that your capital does not run through, and leave matters behind for me to settle." "You young dog," shouted a policeman at this moment, " why did you take that fowl from the corner shop." " Becauso I was not tall enough to reach tho turkey," responded the cool urchia. A shrill voice then greeted our ear from the Staffordshire crockery store. It was the voice of a spruce little man persuading a loving couple to pur chase a cheap tea service, and then he took a few whiffs from a cigarette, when a nest of basins went to smash. Ho rapturously excliimed "That's right, increase and multiply, and replenish the earth ;" basins for ever ! Passing on wo found the hosier deep in the antiquities of Gloucester Cathedral, sheltered by a goodly row of Crimean shirts. We did not disturb his thoughts. We glanced at Mrs Bettany's fowls, at two shillings each, with longing eyes, when her next door neighbour of the same name, said, fine bacon—real Canter bury, Sir ; eggs fifteenpence a dozen ; butter one and two. We observed some fat turkeys at four shillings, and plenty of ducks at equally moderate prices. We resisted the temptation, and passed from the temple of fruits, flowers, vegetables, good things, and domestic articles, into the starry temple of nature.

The members of the Auckland Institute will meet this evening in tho Museum build ings, when Messrs Kirk and Heale will read papers on " The New Zealand species of Cheilanthes," and "Bastian's recent experi ments in connection with the theory of spontaneous generation." The committee invite the attendance of ladies who may feel an interest in the proceedings of the Insti tute.

At tho Pitt street Wesley an school-room this evening a Baud of Hope meeting will be held, when recitations original and select will be delivered by friends of the cause. Addresses and readings by several gentle men will also be given, which together will makeup a good evening'B entertainment. %'Mr Wallis, the secretary, will take part in the proceedings.

The New Zealand Agricultural Society will hold a meeting to-morrow (Tuesday) evening, in the Criterion Hotel, Otahuhu, for the purpose of admitting new members, and considering certain propositions in rela tion to the annual show.

To the Editor: Sir, —"Orangeman," in your issue of Saturday last, must be outside the pale of that institution, or he would not be ignorant of the fact that we have a hall-of our own, which is situated on the Karangahape road, but which is found too small for our vastly increasing numbers. Wemust therefore seek larger premises. I would also inform him that it is our intention to build one shortly capable of holding two thousand people.—Yours, &c, True Blue.

Our readers will have noticed that Madame Moller, a lady of great musical and vocal abilities, who has been for some years a resi dent in this city, will giye a grand secular concert this evening in the City Hall. The programme of the overtures, duets, choruses, and ballads which will be presented to the audience this evening is of a character that cannot fail in giving satisfaction. The musical selections are well chosen, and ex hibit great taste. We have only to name some of the ballads that will be introduced by the various singers to prove that this pro jected concert will be of a very superior character. "There isaFlowerthatßloometh," from "Maritana," "When Other Lips," "Good Night, Beloved!" "England for Me !" and others by a gentleman amateur; and " The Merry Book" and " Scenes that are Brightest," by a lady, are also of types of song which, wedded to appropriate music, have an elevating and refining influence on the mind of the major part of every cultivated as sembly. Madame Moller will sing the pretty sentimental song, " Oh, How Delightful," and the ever-pleasing "jSing, Birdie, Sing," in the well-adapted strain of Gantz. The overtures at the commencement of the parts will be from "The Bohemian Girl," and the much admired " Les Huguenots," by Meyerbeer. " The Fisherman's Children" and " The Bold Fisherman" (comic) will add to the variety of the entertainment. We observe, moreover, that "The Men of Harlech," "The Reefer," and other equally stirring compositions will intersect the simpler ballads. The reader will perceive, therefore, by a glance at the programme, that the concert this evening will be one of unusual excellence, and when it is considered in connection with the fact that Madame Moller is a permanent resident amongst us, and is ready to assist in every cause which tends to good neighbourhood and the advancement of the people, we feel confident .that those whom on many occasions she has sought to please will evince their thorough appreciation of her musical attain ments by attending at the City Hall to night.

We observe that the Rer. H. Dewsberry, whose discourse last evening at Pitt-street church attracted so much attention, will deliver a lecture to-morrow evening at^the Pitt-street Wesleyan schoolroom on the '' Life and writings of Sir Walter Scott." The life of Scott, in a pecuniary point of view, was full of vicissitudes and incessant hard work. Scott was amiable in society, conservative in his opinions, but a thorough reformer in thought. By his genius he threw the charms of romance over the Scottish mountains, which, humanly speaking, will last for ever. Mr Dewsbury's lecture, no doubt, will be an in teresting one ; but a dozen lectures would not admit of full justice to the life and writings of the author of Waverley.

The sermons yesterday at the several Anglican churches of the city were in favour of the Home. Mission, an object of special interest to Christian people. The collections were as follows :—St. Matthew's, £29 8s 9d ; St. Paul's, £29 12s 2d; St. Marks, Remuera, £25 2s 9d ; St. Mary's, Parnell, £13 19s 8d ; St. Sepulchre's, £19 7s Bd. Total, £117 Us. The proverbial saying that St. Matthew's congregation taken the lead in contributions to every good object must now be given to St. Paul's, which contributed the largest sum to the Home Mission yesterday. At St. Mark's Church sermons were preached by the Yen. Archdeacon Pritt in the morning and by the Be v. John Selwyn in the evening.

This day, five years ago, the s.s. Hero in augurated that service which she has main tained ever since in connection with this port with unexceptional regularity and dis patch. No vessel that comes into Auckland harbour appears more sharply to her time than this favourite boat, and when she is behindhand, as|on the present trip, tbere is always a very good reason for it. Captain Logan, by his promptness and zeal for the interests of our commerce and commercial men has gained a host of friends, and both he and they and ourselves may be congratu lated on the fact that now, after the comple tion of a lustro of years, the good ship and her worthy skipper still make their periodical visits to our shores, and ore likely to do so for many years to come.

The members of the Auckland Acclimatisa tion Society held a meeting this afternoon in the Museum Buildings, J. C. Firth, Esq.,«in the chair. Dr. Campbell and Messrs Kirk and Burtt were present. The minutes of the previous meeting, the treasurer's monthly statement were read and passed. A letter from Wangarei respecting a supply of sparrows was introduced. Mr Power, of the Thames, suggested that a quantity of perch were much wanted in the Thames river. Mr Kirk stated that perch was a destructive fish, and a full supply of other kinds should take prece dence. The request, therefore, was post poned. The resignation of Mr Abercrombie, as curator to the Society was next consi dered, at which the meirlbers expressed their regret in the form of a resolution. To the Editor:—Sir,—Seeing a paragraph in your issue of the 2nd instant, signed by "Orangeman," asking to be informod what became of the £200 received from tha In surance Company for the hall burned down in Wakefield-street, we can only say that if " Orangeman" had attended his lodge he would have found out what became of the above amount, besides £800 more. If he only steps up to the Royal Albert Loyal Orange Lodge the next night of meeting (which will be duly advertised) we shall be most happy to give him any information he mya require.—Yours, &c, An Orangemen. Two discourses were delivered last evening suggested by the recent execution of Epp right, exactly opposite in their tendencies— one by Mr Cornford, and the other by Mr Samuel Edgar. These services had been duly announced, and attracted large congre gations at both places. Mr Edgar con demned capital punishment as antagonistic to the spirit of Christianity. He presented some of the arguments which have been urged it against hy such men as Wm. Ewart. Wm. Johnson Fox, John Burnet, Chas. Gilpin, and John Bright. While, on the other hand, Mr Cornford, with his known gentleness of disposition, improved the event for the bene fit of hia hearers, and shewed, perhaps justly, that such crimes are frequently the result of ignorance, and that at the last mo ment murderers, like the dying thief, may be plucked as "brands from the burning." Tho rev. gentleman also gave the particulars of his interview with Eppright, and h*<» con versations, and was disposed to believe that he died of a contrite heart.

The Volunteers mustered fairly on Satur day afternoon at the Mount Eden range to contend for the prizes. The shooting was remarkably good and the weather propitious. The first prize was won by Vol. Cooper (55), the second by Vol. Skinner (51), and the third by Vol. Kitchen (49).

This morning the work of cutting down Fort Britomai. was commenced from the Custom House-street side. Atramway has been laid down completely round the base of the cliff, and a gang of men are now busy striking a tunnel into the hill. This will bear in the direction of the workings on the other side. The plan of operations will continue the same as before, viz., a tunnel wiH be excavated for a short distance, aud then the earth from the top sent into the trucks below through holes made for the purpose. When this cutting is completed through the hill it will leave a large isolated block, which can then be attacked from all sides.. The buildings on the Fort, some of which come directly in the line of the cutting, will shor.ly be pulled down.

Bank of New Zealand shares were quoted in Sydney on the 29th with buyers at £16 10s ; sellerß, £17, Tookey, £16. ,

TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day. There is nothing fresh yet from the Cale donian; some good news is expecte/d to-night, The market is firm with buyers at £25 to £25 10s. Other stock has a downward tendency. Messenger's have taken out a few specimens this morning, also Black Angel and City of London. . The two youths, W. Snelgan and Edward Melbourne, will be committed for trial, charged with robbery of Otago specimen stone; the two other boys, Smith and Mc- Quillan, having turned informers and obtained their discharge. ■ a ■ ,y The Railway Committee met this morning, and resolved .to procure a di-enssion on the merits of the line amongst th* members of tho House. yjy

Later.

The Caledonian do not expect to break down stone before Wednesday. I

TAURANGA.

This day. Arrived: Vincent from Auckland; Coronet, ' schooner, from Lyttelton, with.flour; Bella i from the Coast,

In harbour, Katie and Clara. Mr Floyd left Taupo on Friday with Mr Mackay, and arrived himself last ni^lit.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Sale of the Rangitoto

WELLINGTON,

This day,

Plimmer, Reeves and Co. quote flour £13 to £1315s ; saoks, tenshillings to fifteen shillings for extra assorted in bags ; wheat, 4s. 3d. to ss. 9d. ; oats, ss. 3d. to ss. 9d. The Grcytown natives claiming ownership of a block of land make :vrmed resistance to writ of ejectment. The Hokitika Chamber of Commerce tele graphs to agency that they oppose the new tariff. The Nelson Chamber of Commerce tele graphs to this agency that the Nelson Com« mittee are dead against the new tariff.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)

This day,

The hall of Rangitoto was sold by auction at 11 ,o'clock to-day, and was bought for £165 by tho New Zealand Shipping Com pany. The Ladybird is getting up steam to set out for the wreck. The Manawatu follows on arrival. Latest reports show that she is lying in the same position. The cabin furniture and boats are selling now. The Phoebe is now leaving the wharf for Auckland. Passengers :—MessflTThompson, Humphrey, Morrison, Prime!, Kilgour, Nicholson, White, Smith Trevar, and a native.

Saturday.

The Luna has arrived bringing a delegate to oppose the National Bank charter, and the deputation in favour of logs, who (is it not wonderful) goes on to Dunedin to wait upon Creighton, who is not to leave there till wanted.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before P. A. Phib'ps, Mayor, R.M., and S. Kempthorne, Esq., J.P.) DRUNKENNESS. For several weeks past we have noticed an increase in the number of drunkards on Mon days. This morning there were nine on the list, but only eight appeared, who were sever ally fined. SAMUEL BUTCHER. This man, aged and respectably dressed, was charged with being drunk and using most offensive language in the classical neighbour hood of Chancery Lane last evening. The prisoner said he did not know what he did, as he was" in a stnte of intoxication. He could not recollect for the lite of him where he got the drink. His memory was generally good, butyesterday itwas extremely hazy. He was not in tho habit of indulging in drink. A reference was then mado to the list, when it was discovered that prisoner was an old offender, and that a number of previous convictions had been recorded against him. He was fined 40s and costs or fourteen days in the interior of Mount Eden. ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE. Henry Turk was charged with assaulting Con-table Mulville last evening. Prisoner pleaded guilty, but stated that he had been ten years in Auckland and had never been compelled to address the Court on any previous occasion. He was a respectable working-man. Mr Broham stated that the accused inter fered with Constable Melville whilst taking William Spencer into custody, who was in a state of drunkenness in Victoria-street. He might say that the constable was not seriously injured in consequence of the as sault, but was sharply pushed. The Bench commented upon tho character of the charge, and in order to show that offi cers must be protected in the execution of their duty he would have to pay a fino of 20s and costs, or retire for seven days from the activities of public life. ANOTHER ASSAULT. George Brewer, of the Thames, was charged with violently assaulting John Purcell, on tho 27th ult. Prisoner raid that the prosecutor had re ceived the injuries through falling down the steamer when dead drunk. Mr Broham asked that this caso might be remanded until Thursday, as the procecutor was too ill to attend the Court. Prisoner said he had a wife and five young children to support, and they would suffer during his incarceration, as he could not get bail. The case was remanded until Thursday. A REFRACTORY VOLUNTEER. A smart young volunteer was charged under the " Volunteers Act of 1865," sec. 16, with unlawfully quitting the Sir George Grey Cadets, and wilfully refusing to give up the clothes, rifle, sword, &c, to Captain Charles A. Taylor, commanding officer of the said corps. Mr Joy appeared for Capt. Taylor, and stating that the hitherto determined Cadet had relented, and had just m* rched home to fetch the jacket, trousers, sword, gun, and cap, which he promised duly to return to Capt. Taylor, with an ample apology for his mistaken conduct. . This was all the business.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

SYDNEY.

July 29. A woman named Jane Belsham hanged her self at Windsor. An inquest held on the body returned a verdict of suicide wh'lst labour ing under temporary insanity. Part of the remains of a human being were discovered on the Orange Road, Bathurst, on Saturday, near Parkers, fifteen miles from Bathurst. The remains consist of some bones, a few teeth, and part of a skull, and were found in a fire. A waggon and horses were I near the spot, and it is supposed that the I owner of these, a carrier named Muggeridge,: I is the person who has met his death, as he ! has been missing for several days. Foul play j is supected, a young man in deceased's em- | ploy being suspected. j Dr. Packard, of Trunkey, committed suicide by cutting his own throat. Madame Goddard is giving an attractive i series of farewell concerts. j On the 24th inst. the Jaody of a drowned seaman was found in the harbour. No cause has as yet been initiated in the Divorce Court. i The inquest on the body.of the girl Mary Ann Campbell, at West Maitland, has ter minated in a verdict that death was acci- j dental, and her neck was broken by falling into the creek.' The inquiry lasted five days. A weekly paper called the Defender, in support of the volunteers, has been starjted. A telegram announces that on Saturday the nineteenth instant, a shock of earthquake waa felt at Peake, one of the stations on the overland telegraph route. A barn contain t" '•'' "" r

The Pacific Insurance Company has de clared a dividend of eight per cent. Opera tions are strictly confined to Australian and New Zealand risks, and satisfactory arrange ments have been made by the directors for the future conduct of that portion of the company's business by which, it is expected a considerable saving will be effected in the expenditure next year.

MELBOURNE.

July 29,

The Baroda was delayed coming up the bay owing to a dense fog. The fog was the the most dense ever known here. In the principal streets traffic was suspended for two hours. Fortunately there were no accidents. Two steam-tugs searched for the Baroda in the bay, and succeeded in bring ing her to anchorage in the evening. The negro, Wallace, charged with an out rage on a married woman, at Beckworth, under circumstances of great atrocity, has been sentenced to death without any hope ° Another infant, four months old was found abandoned in the streets yesterday 6VThe Warden at Stawell attempted to put the jumpers into possession of certain claims this afternoon, under a decree of Court. A crowd assembled! of over a thousand per sons who were so demonstrative that he desisted. Further police assistance will be required. . . , i_ The Governor's commission has been re ceived by the mail. It is expected that the Governor s ball, on Wednesday, will be largely attended. Dissatisfaction is being expressed at the unequal sentences passed by the Judges. Three hundred navvies are on strike on the third section of the .North-Eastern Railway. The men are very orderly. , Sir James McCullough is expected in the Somersetshire, which sailed on Saturday last from England. ,- The Government of Victoria has sent a despatch to New Zealand, which is likely to result in an arrangement with that colony for supporting jointly both a Galle and Califor nian service. The Rip fund now amounts to £2503. The debate on the Permissive Sale of Li quor Bill has been postponed for a fortnight in order to give more time to the friends of the measure to give it support. There was a large shipment of cavalry horses for India per the City of Agra yester day. The difficulty of obtaining a supply of rails for the new railway is likely to cause some delay in the opening of the lmes now under construction.

HOBART TOWN.

July 29. A fracas occurred outside the Council on Friday. Mr Crowther threatened Mr Kennedy with personal violence; the attention of the House was called to the matter, and Mr Crowther was reprimanded. The Ministry, after a long debate, abruptly withdrew their Land Bill, foreseeing a defeat.

ADELAIDE.

July 29. Captain Wittacombe, of the barque Ton gay, was brutally murdered in the roadstead by Joseph Adams, one of four seamen who were put on board by the police from gaol preparatory to the vessel sailing. The mal contents walked aft and asked the master what punishment they would have for pre viously refusing to man the windlass ; the captain replied, " I will tell you on Mon day," then Adams felled the captain and threw the weapon into the , sea. Captain Whittacombe never spoke again. Four of the men were arrested. The inquest on the body lasted nearly all day. Joseph Adams, the steward, aged 18, and Thomas McLean, seaman, aged 21, have been committed to take their trial for wilful murder; and William Edgar, 25, and Ben jamin llebbeck, 22, are committed for trial as accessories to the fact.

M'Minn, the leader of the Alexandra Pros pecting Company, reports that he ha 3 made a rich gold discovery near Howley Crossing. The Tararua left for Port Darwin on Satur day with eighty-ei^ht passengers. Adelaide telegram of the 29th reports : Breadstuffs are unchanged. Wheat is quiet at 5s 9d. Country flour, £12 12s 6d. Parliament has opened. The speech con gratulates the people on the prosperity of the colony, promise, immediata attention to im migration, a new Education Bill, measures for dealing with roads, the trans-continental railway, insolvency, the carry ing out of public works (including the improvement of the harbour), aud increased railway facilities. The Hon. J. Milne has been elected^Presi dent of the Legislative Council. Concerning immigration the Ministry has telegraphed to the Agent-General in London to arrange preliminaries for sending out two shiploads of agricultural people, to be here by the next harvest. They proposed placing on the Supplimentary estimates £5000, which with £4900 unexpended from last year would be available to meet harvest demands.

A Port Darwin telegram announces , the a.-rival of the Omeo, and states that experi enced miners say the Northern Territory promises be;ng a great reefing country. The Rev. C. L. Reynolds, late Administra tor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Adelaide, has been appointed Bishop.

BRISBANE.

July 29. The Kennedys have played seven nights to crowded houses.

A girl named Maher has been found drowned in a well at One-mile Swamp, South Brisbane. It is supposed that she committed suicide.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

TO JULY 26.

The fine s.s. Hero, T. Logan, Esq., com mander, arrived in harbour this morning, after a passage of five days twelve hours. She brings a full cargo and the following passengers : -Miss E. Hurry, Miss Baunerth, Mr and Mrs G. B. Owen and Miss Owen, Messrs D. Gardner, J. Copland, H. B. Hussey, G. Dacre, Lieutenant Jackson, and 9 in the steerage. The Suez mp.il steamer arrived in Sydney an hour before theHeroleft, but the Auckland portion of the mail had been sent to the Bluff per Alhambra, and will not, therefore, reach its destination for a week.

We are indebted to G. B. Owen, Esq., who was a passenger by the Hero, for a copy of the Home Hews.

The s.s. Hero left Sydney and cle?red the the heads at 5 p.m. on the 29th July. Passed the Three Kings at 7.15 a.m. on the 3rd August, and arrived in harbour at 9 a.m. on the 4th. During the passage across the Hero experienced fresh head winds, and in the first two days cloudy and, .unsettled weather, with strong squalls jand heavy rain—showers at intervals — and fine Ither the remainder of the passage. the Hert> passed the steamship Wonga Sa\»ga last night (Sunday), at 7.15. off the cur; of Islands. After the Hero's arrival in Auf»e7i the English mail- was telegraphed

from Cape Otway. Captain Logan, therefor determined to await the steamer's arrivals but he found thatthe mail had been forwarder J. by way of the South, and could only briqjj ™ the telegrams and European Mail (news- j papers).

LONDON.

July 25

The conditions of peace between Khiva andP.us3iaarethe payment of an indemnity by the Khan of 2,0C9,000 roubles, to extend over a period of seven years. The Russian forces, under General Schwratban, will occupy Kun-

grad as a guarantee for the fulfilment of this engagement. It is proposed to abolish capital punishment, and maintain the Khanate under the rule of the present Khan ; the boundary will be limited to the river Amoo, and the Khivan possessions on the right bp.uk lhavo been ceded to Bokhara as a reward for assisting Russia. The evacuation of Khiva will take pkre in August. A German frigate captured.'a Spanish steamer named the Insurgent with Inter, nationalists on board. 7

The House of Lords has agree i to the amendments of the Commons on the Judi-; cature Bill, with a slight exception. The treaty with England has been signed The main features are a renewal of the Treaty of 1860 until June, 1877. The Queen is expected to visit St. Peters burg to witness the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with the Grand Duchess Marie, only daughter of the Empiror. Copper 92. A fire in Baltimore has destroyed one ■ hundred buildings and four churches. Baron Wolverton, of Stanmore Park, Middlesex, is dead. The Rating Bill has baen rejected by the < Lords. The Carli3ts have asked France to recog nise them as belligerents. Very severe storms have occurred in the, provinces, and several persons have been killed by lightning. The • weather is now! cooler. In the House of Commons Mr Gladstone declared that the extension of household^ franchise to the counties cannot long be dV > laved. . ■""< The Daily Neios considers this to be the announcement of a new Liberal programme. July 24. Dr Kenealy has commenced the defence in i the Tichborne perjury case, and says he will have one hundred witnesses to Swear that ; the defendant is Sir Roger Tichborne. 7 The Assembly have voted the bill abolish ing the tax on raw material. At a Consistory Council held at Eome, . yesterday, the Pope nominated two Bishops for the Roman Catholic diocese 3of Perth and , Adelaide. ~ Mr Forster's ..Education Bill has passed the House of Commons. All the amend ments proposed were negatived.

COMMERCIAL.

Discount, 4 per cent. There ib a glut ot . gold. Stocks are rallying. y The prospect of the Victorian Gold Consols Company is issued—capital £160,090—t0 ;' work four mines in that c .lony. Copper.—The present cash quotations for I Australian copper are £90 to £92, slightly ,; dearer. ; ■ .v Tin is recovering; Straits is quoted at £130. Tallow, petroleum, and oils are unchanged. ■••• . Debentures. —Victorian Sixes, January- July, 116 ; April-October, 1122; Fives, January-July, 105* ; New South Wales, i d 1888-1901, 105*: New Zealand Consolidated Fives, 103£; Queensland Sixes, January- July, 108f ; South Australian Sixes (short), . 110—Sixes (long), 115 ; Tasmanian Sixes, 110. Wheat. —Adelaide wheat is selling at 60s per 496 lbs. ;i Shares. —Union Bank of Australia, 43§; j South Australian Bank, 33 ; National Bank of Australia, 6. Wool.—At the sales the competition con- , tinues extremely vigorous, and prices a^e . ■ well sustained.

SHIPPING.

London, July 26,

Arrived — Anglesey, from Melbourne, March sth; Golden Sea, from Sydney, March 33rd.

Sailed—Somersetshire, for Melbourne. The Countess of Kintore ship, for Auck land, was spoken on May 15th, in 43 deg. N., 24 deg. W. Sailed: Sailed May 20th — Fontenaye, ship, Taylor, for Auckland. May 24th— Berar, ship, Heigho, for Auckland. June 3rd—City of Auokland, Ralls, for Auckland.

THE SUEZ MAIL.

LONDON

June 13,

At a recent meeting of the Royal Humane . «» Society, a testimonial beautifully inscribed , ; on vellum, conveying the thanks of the - Society, was presented to George Gilmour, aged 13, for saving another boy who sank 1 while bathing at Kaglan, New Zealand. Between May 13 and Jime 10, 1804 emi grants were despatched to New Zealand,,.,'?' and several vessels with emigrants for the *£3 same place are on the berth. Her Majesty has presented the colony of ty Queensland with six splendid red deer, from V the herd in Windsor park—they were de-^ ;|* K spatched per Great Queensland. _, 1 ;.-l- At a recent meeting of the P. and 0. Co., the report was adopted • a dividend for the y" half-year of 6 per cent was adopted. The. ',;.., chairman congratulated shareholders that dcs spite unusually severe weather no mishap had oc-urred; the company's whole fleet were profitably employed. The Tichborne claimant's trial has lasted ' 37 daj-s. The military witnesses are now ',! under examination. The Stonyhurst people , have passed the ordeal. All Wapping, with «s|i one voice, proclaimed the defendant to be Arthur Orton. ■' ".'' The Shah left Russia'on May 29th, and reached Berlin on the evening of Saturday, 0 31st. His harem proved so troublesome that before leaving Moscow the Shah had his , v ladies packed off home. Hop wood, who testified to having known him both as Orton and Castro, was subjected to a ' searching cross-examina- ~ tion by Dr Keneally regarding his private ft. history. , Some newspapers have been proceeded against for contempt of court in publishing a j letter of Mr Onslow's, in which he stigmatises the witnesses for the prosecution as perjurers. During the Whitsuntide adjournment of the court the claimant raised money by appearing at several theatres. • * i Italy has lost her statesman Ratazzi, and her venerable poet Monzuni. The funeral of the latter at Milan was attended by 100,000 people, Princes and Ministers being among the pall bearers. The. German Government appears thor oughly determined to enforce the new Ec clesiastical laws. Vacancies in the Church have been filled by loyal Germans. In the German Parliament Prince Bis marck has defended his administration of Alsace and Lorraine—especially the policy of expelling the monks and nuns engaged in the work of tuition. Dr. lleikens, Professor at the University of Breslau, has been chosen Bishop of the Old - Catholics, at Cologne. Asiatic cholera is raging in Western Prussia.

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AUCKLAND INSTITUTE. THE second Monthly Meeting will be held at 7.30 THIS (Monday) EVENING. T. KIRK, Secretary. TAURANGA TO THE HOT LAKES AND NAPIER. COBB & OO'S ROYAL MAIL LINE OP COACHES Tauranga and Napier Time Table OUIWARD3. LEAVES Booking Office, Tauranga, Tv _days at 630 a.m , ryes at Ohinemutu s .me afternoon ; leav • Olinemutu Wednesday mo . - ing, a: Ive- Taupo .ime evening ; leav . Taupo Friday morning, ex iv'ng at Naptet Satr'-day even-'ng. Leav"* Tauranga Fi.xUys at 6.30 a.m., a__'ve. at Ohinemutu same arte; jooh ; leaves Olinemutu Saturday mor.iing, . v vcs Taupo same evering; leaves Taupo Tue«V>y mo.ni.g, .-riving at Napier Wednesday evening. 800K TNG OFPICE : MASONIC HOTEL, TAUR..NGA. Pares to Ohinemutu £1 0s Pares to Taupo (Tapuatchakuru) .. £2 Va Through Fares £4 10_ A great reduction made on return tickets. H A N N 0 N & CO., Proprietors, TLTILLINERY* DRAPERY, AND CLOTHING, AT AND UNOER OLD PRICES, To make room for Largs Shipments to arrive from London. No Advance in Consequence op New TAniFr C.l" Ep-ly! _'-* Country Orders care_VHy attended to. CALL EARLYI T. McMASTEH, 242, QUEEN STREET, OPPOSITE the new market. GIREAT REDUCTIONS I POll THREE MONTHS ONLY AT THE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, 194, QUEEN STREET, Next Door to Savings' Bank. Cartes-de-visite reduced from 16s per dozen to ISs 6d. Maori Celebrities (largest stock in New Zealand to seloct from), reduced from 12s per dozen to 6s. Views from all parts of New Zealand reduced from 12s per dozen to 6s. Enlargements from Cartes-de-visite to Life-size, plain or beautifully finished in Oil or Water Colors, also reduced in price. Large Stock of Phctogi-aphic Goods and Apparatus, Magic Lantern Slides, Stereoscopic Slides, &_., gr.atly reduced. J. M 0 G A R R I G L E, Manager. BIRTH Sheppard.—At her residence, Wollesley street, the wife of Ged. Sheppard of a son. . DEATHS. MuftFiiY, ■ On Sunday, August 3. Georgina, wife of Mr Peter Murphy ; aged 46 years. The funeral will leave her late residence, FTobson street, at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday, the sth inst. Friends will please accept this intimation. Wkbi/ky.—On August 2, Sarah, the wife of John Webley, Grey street; aged 33 years. Richards.—On August 3, at his residence, Alma Place, John Richards, master mariner, late of Plymouth ; aged 62 years. The funeral will leave Alma Place at 2 p.m. To mouow (Tuesday), 6th inst. Friends will please accept this invitation.



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