SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 6.1 SUN-RTSS: To morrow morning, 6.14 HIGH W\TKR; This ,aftev; lOOtli 55. to-morrow morning, 5. 1

ARRIVAL.

T V r-wen, p.r , "•om M' "t p-_"

DEPARTURE.

St-r of the South, s.s., Holies, for Russell Ju'.-"-., Price, schooner, for Kr e*l. Foi'Av.ie, ; 'jhooncr, for Mcrcrry Bay Ccnhx'a,, ; .•hooner, for Y/r^gcrci

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Jbor Napier : h; Uicr, bchooner, to-day For Honolulu and San FrancLco Nebraska, mail steamer, 17th April For Northern ports : Kowena, s.s., fb'q afternoon For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s.,

early For Hobart Town : Bella Mary, b i-que, early For Cork : Mors Glen, barque, eai'ly For Newcastle : Briton, barque, to-mo:.ow For Korotorg..: Mat •,, schooner, to-moi ow

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 29tb

December Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed 12th January Zanga, barque, from Livorpool. Sailed Corido, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 23th February

The schooner Queen has reported at the Customs from Russell with seventy ton of coal.

The schooner Fiery Cross has cleared out wards ior Tahiti with a ful! general cargo. ;■- T'ne schooner Clyde will leave for Wan^arei to-morrow.

The Government steamer Luna, Captain FaircMld, left this morning for the Kawau, ■with Sir George Grey and several officers of H.M.S. Eosario and the Italian corvette Vettor Pesani, on a visit to the island.

The cutter Agnes arrived at Onehunga this afternoon from Kaipara with. 21 tors glim, Brown, Campbell, and Co., rod 20,C00 feet of timber, Piice and Co.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr R. Arthur sold to-day—Apples from l£d to r§d, r.ccording to description and quality ; plums and pears, in bad condition, 2gd to 3Jd ; onions, gd to Id ; jams (tins), £^ Gd per doz. There was a large attendance and every parcel was placed. The pointer dogs were withdrawn for higher prices.

At Messrs E. and H. Isaacs sale to-day, there was a good afrbnebuca.. About £6CO worth of booti, slippeis rud upj)ers were disposed of. Con si dei'^'s the over-Tuock'd stato of the lim-ket fair prices were realised.

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

MEETINGS. Vulcan, Canada Buildings, Auckland, noon, 2Cth March Mulum in Parvo, British Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., 20th March Queen of the Thames, Mr Hunter's office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 27th March Unicorn, Grahamstown, 27th March El Dovado, Mr F. A. White's office, Shortlard street, Auckland, 3 p.m. 27th March Golden Crown, Mr Tothill's office, Auckland, 11 a.m., 2Sth March John o'Groats, Mr F. A. White's office, Auckland, 3 p.m., 31st March Golden A<<e, Compwij's offi e, Shorthand street, Auckland, 2 p.m., 31stM?vch Von Voltke, Goromandel, 2nd April Lucky Diggers, Messrs ItutseH and Devove's office, Shortiaml street, Auckland, at 11 a.m., Bth April Daivhters o? Frc? dom, Grahamstow.i, 14th Aprl Bee, Graham "■town, 15th Apill Margaretta, Mr A. A. Browne's office, Wjnc'Vm street. Auckland, 3 p.m., 2>d Aprll. Bank of New Zr. l.?"d, B.mk, noon, 2!th April

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails t^ilx Close as Dsbbp. :— For Thames, this day, at 5."0 p.m., and to-moirow, at 3.30 ' >.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, tc-moi.o\r, at 11.30 a.m. For WanguveiHn-dq, Weugprei, rud Mrvsp ', per Clyde, to-nioivow, at 2 p.m. For Napier and Southern provirces, per Nebraska, six hours after her anival. Note. —A Post-office will be opened in Vai^a-or. Hnrbouv on Ist proximo, to be named " Wauga'-oa." The o'iice lrnov.n hitherto in " Wangaroa " v.".". ?n future be called "K: io." The Euato office wFI retu'n its pva-eit naiae. (Signed) S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

The Dunedin correspondent of an Otago country paper writes as follows with refer ence to the exponents of spiritualism now present in that city :—"A great deal of ignorance seems to prevail with regard to the mode of procedure adopted by Mr Dunn in treating patients. There seems to be an impression abroad among the unenlightened that all he has to do is to go into a trance, converse with some of the "spirits," come out of the trance, and lay his hands on the patients and cure them. The modus operandl, I am informad by a gen tleman who is under his treatment, is slightly different from the preconceived notions of the uninitiated. Dr Dunn, after having ascertained his visitor's pleasure, and without having received any information whatever as to the complaint or disease, after sundry convulsive jerks and shudderings, goes off into a clairvoyant state, which gives him the power of perceiving the nature of the complaint, which he minutely describes diagnosis, also presenting the patient with a detailed statement of the relative degrees of health of the various organs of the body. Thus the diagnosis. The remedy, as may be supposed, does not savour of the miraculous, but consists of internal remedies or external applications, as becomes the nature of the disease ; the ordinary allopathic medicines, however, not being used, but special prepara tions and. extracts (all vegetable) I presume of the clairvoyant's own manufacture. He has had, I believe, a goodly number of visitors, upon whom to test his powers, and the., usual conflicting statements are to be obtained from them ; some declaring it all humbug, and others protesting that they have been 'diagnosed' in a wonderfully correct manner, and as a consequence, anticipating equally wonderful results to follow from the use of his remedies. I give your readers the statements as I have re ceived them, not placing much faith in the clairvoyant diagnosis business myself. Messrs Peebles and Dunn take their depar ture for China in a few weeks. If the latter gets into a good 'Celestial' practice, he will no doubt appreciate the land of the ' Celestials' much more than he and his colleague are likely to do in New Zealand, for the reception has not been altogether flattering.

BIRTH.

Ccwie.—Atßi<?hop*3 Corv, Auc"nd, onTuesliy, March 25, the wi'e of the B "hop of Air": 1 nd 3 o a daughter.

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

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1873.

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

The very important event of the defeat of the Gladstone Government in the House of Commons has been made known to us by telegram ; aud we must wait a considerable time before we shall receive by mail such particu lars of the occurrence as will afford a full explanation. But in the mean time it will no doubt be satisfactory to our readers to be furnished with some definite information upon the question which has proved the occasion, as it appears, of overthrowing the strongest administration that England has for a long time had. That question is the Irish Universities. It is no disparage ment to the public in general to assume that the antecedents of this controversy are not generally known ; for we observe that the local utterances upon the subject even of editorial omniscience have been quite vague, if not inaceurate.

The Universities of Ireland are at present two in number, namely, the University of Dublin, consisting of one large college, called Trinity College, which was founded by Queen Elizabeth, and the " Queen's Univer sity," which was instituted by Act of Parliament about twenty-five years ago. The Queen's University has three colleges located respectively at Belfast, Cork, and Galway. The senate of the University meets in Dublin Castle ; and there the University ex aminations (which are of course distinct from the examinations of the several colleges) are held, and the degrees coufeired. The several colleges do the work of teaching; and the central body examines and certifies. The University of Dublin was moulded on the model of Cambridge; and the functions and administration of the University are, accordingly, distinct from those of the College. In the Colleges of the Queen's University the education is entirely undenomina tional, and is what is called secular ; while facilities are afforded for religi ous instruction being furnished to the pupils by the various religious bodies, certain clergymen called " Deans " being officially recognized for the pur pose. In Trinity College, Dublin, or Dublin University, students not be longing to what was lately the Estab lished Church, are trained and are allowed to graduate without any lectures or examinations in Theology. But as the institution was founded in connection with the then Established Church of Ireland, there is' still a "Divinity School" which, prepares students for ordination in that church, and the resident students in general are required to attend the College Chapel, except such: as can pre sent a recognised claim for ex emption. Eor the education of clergymen of the Eoman Catholic Church in Ireland the Imperial Par liament supported the Royal College of Maynooth, near Dublin ; and there has been similarly supported a theolo gical institution in Belfast for the Presbyterian Church of Ireland. Such was the state of things until the end of the year 1870, when the Irish Church Act took effect. By that Act the church, which is now called by its members and others " the Church of Ireland," or what we may call the Anglican Church of Ireland, was dis established and disendowed —life in terests only being in all cases respected. Also the Reghim Donum, or yearly grant of Parliament for the support of the Ministers of the Presbyterian Church, was discontinued. The Act endowing Maynooth College with pay ments made annually from the Imperial Treasury was repealed. And the Presbyterian General Assembly's Col lege shared we presume the same fate. , Dublin University, however, was not affected by the Irish Church Act, not having been in receipt of any pay ments from Parliament, but being in possession of the landed endowments

conferred upon it many ages ago. Of | the fellowships and scholarships of Trinity College, however, by far the greater portion has been always re stricted to members of the now dis established Church; and this fact, as well as the existing position of the Divinity School, must now be acknow ledged to be anomalous.

For the remedying of this anomaly several rival schemes have been pro posed. One is to render the Univer sity of Dublin thoroughly undeno minational. This is the plan supported by the representatives of the univer sity in Parliament, and advocated by Professor "Fawcett. Another project is, that the Dublin University shall comprise, not merely Trinity College, but also a Eoman Catholic College proposed to be established for the education of the laity of that communion. Another plan, which is advocated by the Roman Catholic hierarchy, and by at least a large portion of the laity of that Church, is to the effect, that there shall be established and endowed a new university, in which the education shall be Roman Catholic. Something tanta mount to this is probably the proposal which Mr Gladstone's Grovernment has made, and which the House of Commons has now rejected, xt is likely also that the proposal comprises a partial disendowment of Trinity College for thepurposesofthe proposed new institution. An institution called "the Catholic University" has been for many years in operation in Dublin; but it is not, properly speaking, a university, as it does not possess the power of conferring degrees. It has no endowment, and its students are few.

The Government measure has been defeated by a majority of 287 to 284. If the question had not been made a party one, so that the fate of tho Cabinet depended upon it, the minority would have been doubtless much smaller, not amounting probably to one hundred votes. We do not of course assume absolutely that the ministerial proposal was exactly what we have supposed it to be; our sur mise is founded on the state of parties in the House, and on the rumours that were afloat before the meeting of Par liament. The difficulty that lay before the Government was essentially the same as we are—all of us—unhappily so familiar with; how to harmonize the requirements of a national educa tion with the demands of religious de npminationalism. But in the case that has now been under discussion, there are some special circumstances that ought to be looked upon as dimin ishing the difficulty. In vhe first place it must be allowed that the separation of secular from religious instruction is not sc formidable a thing in the advanced education of universities as it is in primary education. If boys and young maidens do not learn the principles of religion in early^ years, and in enmo sense in combination with the throe K's aud other rudiments, there is usually a great clanger that they will not learn them adequately at all; and this danger can be obviated only by means of very special vigilance. But this consideration does not apply, in anything like the same degree to persons of more advanced years and higher attainments. Again, in the matter of the Irish Universities, the burden of proof lies on the adveoates of sweeping changes or of new insti tutions. The principle now recognised is, that of perfect equality of the religious denominations in their rela tions to the State; and it is not easy to see how it is necessary for this purpose that the united education of the laity should be terminated, and that a new university should be estab lished and endowed for the special purpose of affording a denominational education.

Once again we would remind all those professing to value their civil rights, but have n«b yet established their right to the fran chise, that now is the day and now is the ho ir to see to it. On Monday evening next the register of voters will be closed for another year, and any resident who has not presented his claim to be registered by the Rsturning Officer of his district by the evening of Monday next, the 31st of March, will be out in the cold during the feverish excitement that is pending. On the new roll will be fought the battles of the election of Superintendent, and of that of the mem bers of the Provincial Council. In each and every case there will probably be warm work. On every breath is borne the name of some new and unexpected aspirant to the office of chief magistrate of the province ; and though nineteen out of twenty of these will be canards, let fly to amuse the public, there can be little doubt that there will be a warm contest. As for the ambitious throng that will throw covetous eyes on the benches of the Provincial Council their names will be legion, and as the new Council will probably b£ called on to perform the funeral obsequies of Provincialism it is desirable that decent men should be elected so that they may do the thing decently and in order. Then to one and all the unregistered we say register. The forms of applica tion can be had at all the newspaper offices at the small price of the two hundred and fortieth part of a pound, and we believe that those who declare that they do not value their rights of citizenship as worth a penny will be provided with a form of application gratuitously. If they are too lazy to fill it up it will be filled up for them, and a chair will be handed them to make them comfortable while going through the work of signing their names. If there is any thing else short of providing a cab to take them to the registration office we shall be very happy indeed to be at their service. And if any one after this says that this is not a free country, where every man enjoys his civil rights without molestation, he is certainly very unreasonable.

Mr James Darrow's tender has been accep ted by the Hauraki Saw-mill Company for the delivery of fifty million feet of kauri timber at the new mill on the Thames river.

It is with sincere satisfaction that we learn ! that Mr C. Quick leaves this evening by the. Southern Cr0.~3 for Tauranga, for the purpose , of testing the possibility o'i. opening up coacli communication between tbat place and , Napier. We do not hesitate to say that every one in the c:ty that gives a thought to the subject will wish the utmost success to our enterprising townsman. bucti a coi-cli road supplies*, as Mr Quick would supply it, will open up to tourists a country that for grandeur of scenery and wonders of nature is perhaps not to be surpassed m j the world. The Hot Lakes are directly , on the line of route, and such facilities as those proposed are just what is wanted to hasten the inevitable time when crowds will be attracted even from distant lands to enjoy the extraordinary healing powers which Nature hes so bounti- j fully provided. It is true that all that | district is free and open to any one that wishes to pursue his journey in that direction; but the fact of a mail coach travelling that way w;ll convey not only a sense of security, but a guarantee of comfort and conveniences which more than any thing else indues travel. | Mr Quick take: with In in his ponies and bugoy, and a groom ; and we do not hesitate to °say that if the thing is to be done he will do it. It was often predicted that the coaches would not make Hamilton from Auckland in one clay, and we believe the same "enterprise that han ant:ci patcd the railways in opening up Waikato will soon save travellers the long and boist erous circuit of the E;";t Cape, and bring comparatively near, and make familiar to travellers, the Taupo and all the other inter esting and valuable districts that intervene between the settled portions of our province | and Napier. We cord ally wish success to the enteiprise.

If there is any one in Auckland —and many such we know there are—desiring safe and profitable investment for cash, we direct the attention of such to one of the largest and most important sales of land that have taken place for a long time past. Mine host of the "Thistle" has been seized with a sudden frenzy for getting rid of his land, and as this is scattered everywhere, in the city, around the city, and from Raglan to Maugawai, there will be a buzz to-morrow among the land fanciers. Were we possessed of Mr Darby's posserH^ons we certainly should not sell them now, wheu from the extension of railways, the city and the pro vince are on the eve of most rapid advance ment ; but we presume the gain will fall to some one's lot. A glance at the list of lota published in another column will show that every taste can be gratified, from the man who world like to :.ce bis money placed b?r>ide the whin' and the dust and the hurlcy-burley of Queen-street to the man who lon^s to enjoy the peaceful seclusion of ruivl life amid the fe.tile fields that over look the Manukau, or to contemplate the rising of what will be a r'reat commercial centre and scapoi t at Raglan. Main street and secondary strret, cultivated farms and wild bush, all will be to-morrow thrown among the bidders like a bone amon^ the dogs. Nor will the chapm-n interfere with the Avorry, for Mr Darby ha- lifted his right hand and waved it contemptuously, and i'.sued the momentous fiat, "Lab it rip ! '

The Auckland Horticultural Society, en couraged by the sucec-'* which hns attended their last two shows, lias arranged to hold a grand autumn exhibition at the Drill-shed to-morrow. "We learn that a large number of florists have intimated their intention of ex hibiting, and we hope to see an attendance of visitoiv-rpropoitionate to the spirit exhibited by the committee in its effort? to create a taste for horticultural pursuit- in this city. The society has been very energetic in its preparations foc*fce present show, and it is likely to prove even more attractive than its predeccsjors. Of course prophesying is dan gerous in such a case, where one night's rain and ■wind might destroy the blostoinn which have been robed on for exhibition, but we think we are justified in hazardiug the opinion that the exhibition will be a groat success. The exhibition will be open from one o'clock in the afternoon tiU nme o'clock at night.

At the closing of the Ppnsonby Academy, larst evening, there was a 1 age mu&iier of the old pupils, who rJlifd round their ma lor to bid him a scholar-tic farewell. The boys a fjemblcd early in the day and amused them selves with cricket and other games till the evening, when, after a good hearty meal, they commenced sinking and reciting pieces. Mr Hammond theu gave away the prizes for the quarter, after which he was presented with a handsome wiiting deok by Frank Currie, his senior scholar, on behalf of the pupils and himself. A small sum which had been collected towards a rifle cadet corps was agreed to be handed over to the Industrial School. Agrcatregretseemsto have been felt on allsides at the closing of ascbooliwhich during two years has boen conducted in such a manner as to have gained general confidence and maintained the gi-eafcc3t number of youths ever yet brought together in the district; but the effect ofthenew Education Act coming into operation naturally is the consequence of the closing even of the most prosperous schools for boys. Why the local committee has not taken up with this school seems certainly a matter for quest? on when the precedent of the adjoining districts has proved successful. Mm Hammond will con tinue her seminary, and doubtless be able to extend its advantages. — {Commnn'caiid.)

It was anticipated that the antagonism of the Italian and Swedish prime donne would cause much excitement among the Russian amateurs in Mobcow and St. Petersburg. The war of partisanship has commenced Madame Nilsson opened fire herself in a telegram to Paris from St. Petersburg, addressed to her teacher, M. Wartel, informing him that she had achieved, aa Ophelia, a grand triumph, and expressing her gratitude for his singing lessons. Her agent or her husband supple mented this news by telegraphing that the fair Swede had been recalled thirty u imes. These despatches roused the Parisian agents of Madame Adelina Patti, and they at once published counter telegrams, stating that Madame La Marquise de Caux had been re called thirty-six times in Verdi's and Dumas' naughty "Traviata ;" but the six recalls in excess of those vouchsafed to Madame Nilsson did not suffice; and therefore, to overwhelm the Scandinavian songstress, a further tele gram came to the effect that the Princess Dolgorouki threw a bouquet on the stage of rare flowers, value £100, which it required two men to carry across the stage. How muscular the Princess must be who could convey this bouquet iuto her box, and thein fling it at the feet of Madame Patti, and what a dispensation of Providence it was it did not fall on the prima donna's head ! We could afford to smile at these accounts of rabid rapture if the lyric drama were not injured by such silly exhibitions.

Better even than we dreamt of in our philosophy ! We are informed by Captain Turner that the natives engaged on the Taupo road have promised to return at once and complete their portion of the work. All along the line operations are progressing rapidly and satisfactorily, and it may be expected that the road will be open for traffic by the Ist of June, and the Tauranga and Napier Royal Mail Coach an institution amongst us. — P. J3. Times.

We leain that the Govei.oTn.ent lately determined to appoint ro more gentlemen to the Commission of the Peucs untfl the issue of afresh roll, wh-'ch may be shortly expected, purged of aU impurities, bank rapt" 3 etc., etc., and coni: 'nrugthe primes of gentlemen well qualified to discharge 'he dulio- devolving on the e holdiug the nonor ary appointment.

A barberous idea and yet somewhat poet icd. It is raid that the followb^f colloquy took pLre in an establishment within a thousand n-;l'^ from Qucsn-str; et. Profes sor to customer undergoing operation : —"No offence, sir, I hope, but has it ever struck you that a bald head is l;ke the better world?" Customer ( shr.rply ) "No!" Professor (bL-mdly) "Well, sir, it's a bright and shiny pkee, you eps sir, where there's no parting." Customer smiles pain fully.

We notice that this morning's Cross au thoritatively denies that any arrangement has been come to regarding the Cabinet. It says that Sir George Bowen left the matter unde cided, and that it will remain so until Minis ters hold a full meeting at Wellington, which they will do early next week.

There w.:U be no practice this evening by the Choral Society in consequence of the ball to be given by Vice-President his Excellency Sir G. A. Arnoy.

The anniversary tea, meeting of the Mount Eden Sunday-school will be held this evening in the school-room ; the Rev. P. H. Corn ford in the chair. Speeches and addresses will be delivered by the llev. G. H. Turner, and other friends of the cause.

The members of the Lodge Waitemata, 689, E.C., w?ll hold an emergency meeting this evening in the lodge-room, Masonic Hotel.

A story is told of certain advice given to Sir George Bowen previous to his departure for Victoria by a gentleman from the Thames. " Whatever you do, Sir George, there are two suctions of the community that you must please in order to be popular. In the first place be sure and attend all the race meet ings ina four-iu-hand with four flunkies in attendance on you, and mind you put your hand deep in your pocket. Secondly, when ever you give your patronage to any enter tainment, always attend, and never fail to pay for your ticket." It is stated that his Excellency remarked that his friendly ad viser musb .be well acquainted with "ye manners and customs of ye Victorians." " Oh," replied he, "I haven't lived amongst them for twenty years for nothing, and if ever I am allowed a month's leave of absence I shall spend my holiday in Melbourne." " In the event of which," suid his Excel lency, ".I hope you will make my house your home." " Indeed I cannot, Sir George," was the answer, " for I have so many friends in Melbourne that I am sure they would not allow me to take up my quaiters in Govern ment House."

The Auckland Serenaders, in their strength and unity, will make their first bow to citi::ei>s to-morrow evening in the City Hall in favor of the widow, and will unfold their unsinjKi.'red portfolio of grotesque, comic, and native sketchrn, with illustrations from the two side.i of colonial life —ludicrous and sen timental—by the best local artists. The Serenades will moreover perform leg move ments, golden shoe dances in silver slippers, and draw sweet music from the dingy deeps of the banjo. Bonos will rattle frequently to m^'k decorous pauses of long-winded witticism, and the violin and flute will sound the end of a string of original con ceptions. The Oddfellows, true to their order, will be there in uniform and regalia ; and we believe that every person who may be disposed to do good and be pleased wiU return home with a feeling of profound satis faction. It is announced that the perform ance will commence a,t a tjuarfcei* to eight o'clock sharp.

A diabolical plot wa-» recently discovered at New York. It was found that one Kidd, a twiuo merchant in Murray-street, had a train of fuse connecting his premises with the adjoining properties', whereby they could be set on lire. Kidd was arrested, and his office boy testified to seeing him ranking the fuse. Tbree large warehouses were involved in this attempt, rnd but for the discovery a heavy conflagration would have ensued as the trains of fnuc were nearly all laid in the upper stoii?:; and from rcof f _> icof.

There is a little girl in this city that perambulates the town selling water-credos, who often appeals to the passer-by with these words, '' I shouldn't have to tjell them if my father wasn't in gaol." On making enquiries we found that her statement is correct, and her father is at present located at Mount Eden for an offence of larceny. The little gii'l has another mode of exciting the sympathy of persons which is hardly creditable. Knocking at the door of a house she will say, " Have either of you little girls seen a kit outside your house this evening with two pairs of stockings, a pair of boots, some bread, and a bit of cheese in it. I wouldn't mind, sir, only for the stockings, rmd I daren't go home without them, for mother will beat me." If she is askrd why she left the kit, she will reply, ':I went over the road to sell my water-cresses. Father's in gaol, sir, and I have to soil water-crosses to get food for my little brother.'.' Few can with stand such a touching appeal; but it is a pity this poor little girl cannot be rescued from a life of deceit and sin. If allowed to continue her course what an adept at wicked ness she will grow up.

A San Francisco paper saya:—No one prebends to deny the fact that Grant's second political success is entirely due to the dark element introduced into the suffrage for the first time at a Presidential election. Of course we mean entirely due as an affirmative cause ; if it had not been for Democratic apathy, and all that sort of thing, the blocks would have counted minus after all ; but the fact remains that Grant's white vote was a large minority of the actual white vote casts. His entire majority was composed of thje ignorant black masses. We say ignorant, and they are undeniably as a cla^s stupidly, stolidly, grossly ignorant, unsuitcd to their new conditions and relations, and corrnpt beyond our vocabulislic resources of express ion r.r ;■ -. .

The Auckland cricketei 3 are about to try their luck at the Thames on Thursday, and we hope for the credit of Auckland, con sidering t]n.e large amount of practice they have had lately, that they wJ 1! "mind their stumps." We have observed a falling off among our crack^batsineu in recent matches, »nd at the end of names where numbers were expected the dispiriting "0" has appeared. We see names in the forthcoming contest however, which inspire hope ; such skilled men a, Mumford with his batting, Yates with his physical activities, Rees with ilia deer-like swiftness, Buck]and with his fasci nating bowling, and Whittiker with his unerring perceptive faculties when a ball ia ■within his reach, form a vision in the mind's eye which augurs a sure triumph.

The householders of the Grafton road Educational District held an adjourned meet ing last night for the purpose of electing a, local school board. Mr T. L. White was called to the chair, and the following gentle men were elected without opposition:— Messrs Wayte, Batgeiy Peacock, Hughes, and S. Reed.

There willbe a slight alteration in the mem- ! bership of the Harbour Board owing to the j change of name of the Dedwood Highway Board to that of the Ponsonby Highway Board. The new designation being not recognised in the Act which gives a seat at the Ff arbour Board to the chairman of the "Dedwood" District, the late ckmmau of that district, MrSt.umus Jones, urfo^unatsly now finds himself out in the cold. We Sympathise with Mr Jones in this unfor tunate oversight, the alteration of name having been 'effected through h;<s own efforts, although the awkward result war, not in tended. He will no doubt regret the circum stance as much as we do from the warm interest which he feels in public improve ments. His energy, however, when enjoying a seat at the Board, will not be forgotten, and the works originated through his instru mentality will continue to progress although his supervision will be wanting, and he will now be enabled to bend his efforts more ex clusively towards the right conducting of the various public works of utility i.i which he is recognised as tnking an unusually warm interest. His Worship the Mayor, attended by Councillor Williams and the Town Clerk, paid an official visit to the Italian man-of war ship Vettor Pisani, and was politely received by the captain and officers on board. Detective Ternahan has returned from Riverhead without succeeding in bis en deavours to discover the cause of the fire : which destroy 3d +he whare supposed to be the work of an incendiary, or detecting my parson in connection with the calamity.

The Nelson Education Board have sugges ted that the following alterations should be made in their Act:—" That a regular system of promotion should be established, and that the teachers in the employment of the Pro vince should be organised into a service. The Committee are strongly of opinion that the more important appointments should not be filled up by persons who, whatever their education and their intellectual advantages may be, have not given proof of their teaching power in the em loyment of the Province, unless indeed the Inspector shall have certified that no person able and willing to accept a given appointment can be found in the service of the Province. The very modest remuneration, which is all that can be at present given, makes it necessary to have recourse to a system of promotion to attract promising re cruita into the service, and to encourage zeal and energy." " Tbat the 37th clause of the Act of 1863 should be repealed. Experience has convinced your Committee tbat no religous instruction whatever can be suid to be ""'free from all controversial character.' They are, however, lully alive to the advisability of affording to the clergy and to other members of the various religious denominations every reasonable facility for instructing the children according to the wishes and view3 of their parents. It is accordingly recommended that the use of the school-rooms should be granted out of school hour/3 to any person or persons who may profoss to be anxious to communicate such instructions, provided that due security is given for the safety of the property of the Board, and for the necc.tsary cleansing of the premises."

The Eccnomlst of December 21st calls at tention to a case recently before the English law com is, If reports are true the practice of qualifying directors simply to get the uce of their names in floating public companies has also obtained a footm^in Australia, and it is as well that it should be known that such a practice is illegal. During the progress of the tiial referred to, Baron Martin, the pre siding Judge, asked :—" Ami to understand that none of the directors of this company paid for their own shares ? Mr Haye" : A few did, my Lord. Baron Martin : But the great bulk of them did not ? Mr Hr/yes : The neat bulk did not, my Lord. Baron Mai Lin : Then a 1! that I can say is that they ou^ht all to be iidicted ! " In sunxmirg up his Honor told the jtuy that if the directors had induced the public " to believe that they had invested thsir capital in the concern, wherein; in truth they ran no risk whatever in respect to it, such conduct wan contrary to law and morality."

A Mrs Bone, of America, lately attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat with a razor, and according to a physician's de scription of the wound and its effects the woman unwittingly performed the most singular operation on record. Here follows the doctor's description, in his own words, taken from th« Macon Enterprise : —Mrs Bone cut her throat from the sternccleido mastordious muscles of the right to the corresponding muscle of the left side, severing all the intervening tissues of the neck down to, the cervical vertebrae. The canted arteries and jugular veins were laid bare, but not divided. The windpipe (trachea) was cut across above the pomum Adami. The organism thus transfixed retracted, or rather drooped down to the breast-bone, leaving a large and frightful gash three inches in extent. There are eighty small muscles arising from various directions, which are inserted into the hyoid bone, so-called from its resemblance to the Greek letter U. The slight muscles move this little bone in every conceivable direction ; they elevate and dilate the pharynx to grasp the food, then contract and propelit into the aesophagus (swallow), to be from thence conveyed into the stomach. The offices of these muscles being destroyed, as also those concerned in the respiration and the voice, it will be at once perceived that the fearful prospect of starvation is sooner or later to be realized by the unfortunate and much to be pitied suf ferer. -Thevocalchordsarc silent, consequently no intelligible sound or word will ever be uttered by her again. She cannot eject the sputa and morbid secretions from her mouth aud throat, and henco there is a constant dread of suffocation. She failed to cut the nerves of taate, and therefore craves food, as sLe is. hungry ; she colls for something to eat, but she is unable to swallow. If she sips a little ice water it glides over her parched tongue mechanically and out at the wound in her neck, which affords her no relief. She is thus tantalized from day to day. She often exclaims, "lain hungry ! I am starving !" but the little muscles which convey the savory food into the pharynx are paralyzed, and she cannot swallow.

A large section of the surveys of roads in the North to bj constructed by the General Government out of the £40,000 vote have been carrir-d out by Mr G. Aicken, C.E. The contract for the Kaipara road, north of Mangonui, is proceeding, but no other con tracts of importance have teen let. We suppose the £10,009 handed over by the General Gouernment by the Provincial Go vernment, and which is now bsing expended in bridges north of Auckland will be charged against the £ 15,030 which, according to the conditions attacked to the grant, it is neces sary shall be spent ever year for four years.

Among the new and expensive works recently placed in the library of the Young Mdi's Christian Association we notice Stanley's new book, " How I found Living stone." It is a handsome and goodly-sized volume, profusely illustrated, and contains elaborate maps giving the latest discoveries in African travel,

DISTRICT COURT.— This Day.

(Before His Honor Judge Beckbrm.)

WARRIOR G. M. C. V. Jd'VES CJRATG. Mr Reen appeared ror the Official Agent, and Mr Hosket'i for Hie objector. Mr Re?3 stated that Mr Edward Fairburn was away engaged m surveying come land in the country, and could not appsar. Mr Hs^keth wrs disposed to wJtbd-aw all objections aT his client was not present. Schedule ■-.oufiruied.

WYJS i'AKD Ci.M.C. V. WALTER LEE.

Mr Reos appeared for the Official Agent, and Mr Weston for Dr Lee.

Mr. Western explained that Dr. Lee was not morally liable, having sold his intei est in the Company to a Mr. Edward Thomas, who had not made his appearance to substantiate the doctor's objections. Mr. Warner, Official Agent, stated that he had duly given notice of Dr. Lee's objections to Mr. Thomas both orally and in writing. His Honor said that as Mr. Thomas did not appear his claim must be struck out, and to pay costs £5 3s. Mr Rees asked, as Thomas' claim had been struck out, the amount claimed, £(>1 Is 4d, might be reduced from 2d Gd to Is 6d per share. This was left for arrangement to the Official Agent. Schedule confirmed. MISY HILL (i,M. CO. V. KP.AXC'IS LTPSJSV. Mr Rces appeared for Official Agent on behalf of the <.:omp;:ny, and Mr Beveridge for defendant. The objection was that Mr Lipcey was not a shareholder, £>s he had disposed! of his shares in the .ompany more thnu three years aao. His Honor said that Mr Lipsey's name still stood upon the register as a bona fide share holder, and it was best to ascertain this and prevent unnecessary costs. Mr Warner produced the Company's register containing Mr Lipsey's name as the holder of 226 shares, which had never been transferred. He did no* know the legal mauager, Mr Frost, nor as to his where abouts at the time the winding-up order was isrjued. Mr Lipsey, of Shortland, stated that he sold his shares to Mr McGee in February, 1870, when a proper transfer was made out. Mr Mackelow testified to the purchasing of the shares by Mr MoGes, and the making of the transfer in his presence. The transfer was subsequently left at his house. He was quite certain the transfer wu3 written before the legal manager was con—fitted to prison in 1870. His Honor ordered Mr Lipsev s name to be struck out of the register.

EVENING STAR G.M. CO. V. NEWBURY AND

OTHERS.

This was an application for confirmation of schedule made by Mr Walker, and after some discussion it was adjourned till Thurs day. This wv" all the business.

MARCH PETTY SESSIONS.

THIS DAY,

(Before Messrs Joseph May (chairman), T. Macffarlane, T. Cheesman, *S. B. Ludbrook, Justices of the Peace.) DRUNKENNESS. Five common drunkards were dealt with as the Act directs. DESERTING SEAMEN. Charles Sceats, a seaman on board the ship Durham, was charged under the Merchant Shipping Act with leaving his vessel and absenting himself without leave. Captain Sexton gave the prisoner an in different character. The Court sentenced him to seven days imprisonment with hard labour. THE USUAL PETTY CASES. Maria Marriage, for admitting that her goat was at large, was lined one shilling and costs. "MARY HAD A LITTLE &4BJB. Mary Carey appeared in the person of Wm. Kirby to plead guilty to permitting her one sheep to promenade Chapel-street, and was fined one shilling also. Thomas Hamilton was fined a similar penalty for letting his goat go at large in Turner-street.

Joseph Harris was charged with neglect ing to fasten up the wheel of his cart while at rest in Hobson-strcet. When called on to plead he said he was " quite guilty." The Court fined him 5s and costs.

Francis Fenton was next charged with placing a bag of onions in the footpath in Wakefield-street. He denied the charge, which caused the police to swear to the truth of the particulars contained in the information.

The defence was that the house stood back, and therefore defendant felt he was entitled to place articles outside his shop. Fiiied' one shilling and costs.

Richard Bowden was accused of allowing his cart to remain in Symond-street without any horse or other animal attached thereto.

He pleaded guilty to this grave offence. Inspector Broham informed the Court that the defendant was employed by a dealer in 11 green food," and the load of greengrocery being too heavy for the hoise, he had taken it out. A local preacher spoke in defence of the accused, who was fined one shilling and COStS. i\'iv George Clcirke, for letting a sheep parade Chapel-street, was fined one sh'llmg and costs. MORE DISOBEDIENT SKYMEN. George Andrew and Joseph Neugere were charged by Capt Stetson, of the American ship Polar Star, with continual disobedience of lawful command on board the said ship. The prisoners being Portuguese the Court sent for Joe, the Portuguese man-o-war'd man tointerpret, who had along ". confaberation" with the prisoners in the dock, after which he refused to be sworn as an interpreter alleging that although he understood Portu guese he did not speak English fluently enough to do justice to his fellow country men1.1' ■ " . • :

The case was adjourned until to-morrow This concluded the business.

MEETING OF THE RATEPAYERS OF ONEHUNGA.

Some time aijo a considerable number of ratepayers who objected t j a rather heavy expenditure of money on fcsymond-street sent a requisition to the Highway Boai-d request ing them to adjourn the meeting of the Board, and to ca,!l a meeting of ratepayer?^ o have the proponed works discussed. 'The Highway Board fir:;t received and accepted the tenders, and. then agreed the m. el'ng should be held. Pursuant to notice the meeting came off laso night a-d the question discussed. Captain Symonds, Mr Lundon, and Mr Gibbons defended their action a.3 trustees, and Mersrj Broadfbot, Bates, A.C., spoke on the part of requisitibnists. Mr Lundon moved that the chairman do leave the chair but his resolution was negatived. The final result being that the motion " that the works be stopped" was lost by a majority of one. Had the resolution been to the effect that the meeting disapproved of the proceed ings of the trustees in this matter many would have voted against the Bo^.rd. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the rather lively meeting.

THE EVENING BTAJI, TUESDAY, MARCH 25,1573



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