SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET:'This evening, 7.15. SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 4..03 tfmn WAT BE: This evening, 10.51 ; to-morrow morniDg, 11.18

ARRIVALS.

wanganui, s.s., Linklater, from Wanganui Rowena, s.s., McGregor, from Northern ports Southern Cross, s.s.. Sellars, from Tauranga Fortune, schooner, irom the East Coast

DEPARTURES.

Dakota, mail steamer, for Napier and Southern ports Comerang, p.s., Chrisp, for Russell Albion, brig, McKenzie, for Newcastle Lady Bowen, p.s., for the Hot Springs Norham Castle, ship, Marshall, for Newcastle

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Napier, via East Coast: Colonist, schooner, to-day For San Francisco, calling at Honolulu: Nevada, mail steamer, Sunday afternoon For Northern ports : Rowena, s.s., Monday For Whitianga, MslCury Bay, and Tauranga ; Southern Cross, s.s., this afternoon For London : Queen Bee, ship, about 10th inst For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s. 10th inst; Hero, s.s., 23rd inst For Wanganni: wanganui, s.s,, on Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Caduceus, ship, from London. Loading Polar Star, ship, from Melbourne Southern Cross, schooner, from Sydney Prosperity, schooner, from Melbourne Harvest Home, ship, from London, Sailed 29th Sept, Lochnagar, ship, from London. Sailed 13th October Durham, ship, from London. Loading Warwick, ship, from London. Loading Lion, barque, from Sydney Moa, brig, from Melbourne Yara, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 17th Nov. Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Laititia, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed Dec. 21 Wonga Wonga, s.s., from Sydney Hero, s.s., from Sydney Briton, barque, from Newcastle Glenhuntly, barque, from Newcastle Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia Jessie Niccol, schooner, from Tahiti Napier, s.s., from Southern ports

IMPORTS.

Per Wanganui from Wanganui:—-17 head cattle and 800 sheep, Brewer.—Cruickshank and Co., agents.

EXPORTS.

Per Nevada, mail steamer, for Honolulu— 70 pgs, from Sydney ; 1 case perfumery, 1 case apparel, 50 coils rope, 1 pg hardware, 1 case brandy, Owen and Graham; IS coils rope, J. 8. Macfarlane; 2 cases confec tionery, John Grey. For San Francisco—s pgs from Sydney, 2 cases shirts, I bale cot tons, 6 cases perfumery, 1 cp--cask wine, Owen and Graham ; 23 bales flax, J. S. Mac farlane and Co ; 3 cases fire kindlers, C. Williams ; 42 bales flax, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 535 do wool, J. Roberton and Co.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents.

The ketcli Speedwell has cleared for Russelll in ballast.

The Mary Ellen schooner has cleared out wards for Mercury Bay with cargo.

The s.s. Wanganui arrived in the Manukau this morning. The steamer left Dunedin at 4 p.m. on the 28th ; arrived at Lyttelton noon 29 tli ; sailed noon 30th; arrived at Wellington 4 p.m. 31st; sailed same evening ; arrived Wanganui noon Ist; sailed midnight 2nd ; arrived Manukau 6 a.m. 4th. Ex perienced strong N.E. winds and heavy head sea from Lyttelton to Wellington. Passen gers : — Mrs Linklater, Mrs Fieney, Mrs Norton. Miss Bird, Dr. Barrett, Rev. Mr Carter; Messrs Brewer, Duthie, Thompson, Hewes, Brewer, Norton, Gordon, Hogan, Campbell, Kelly, Ferguson, and Hogan. We are indebted to Mr Keeble, purser, for the prompt delivery of our files.

Thep.s. Comerang left at six o'clock last evening for Russell and the North. On her return she will lay up a week for repairs. The s.s. Wanganui is announced to leave the Manukau to-morrow for Wanganui.

The French Consul-General for California wants an eighty-ton schooner for the French Government of Tahiti.

There are altogether a trifle over sixty-one thousand merchant vessels in the world.

The masters of the British ships Sea Toller and Vale of Doon have bet foOO on the passage from San Francisco to Liverpool.

The mail steamer Dakota took her depar ture for Southern Ports, via Napier, at a late hour last night, as previously announced.

The p.s. Royal Alfred will make a special trip to Tararu and back to-morrow (Sunday), leaving the wharf at 2 p.m., and returning from Tararu at 8 p.m.

The barques Mennhir and Thames arrived at New York from this port on the 26th and 25th November respectively. The first named vessel made the passage in 87 days, and the latter in 93 days.

The brig Albion left yesterday evening for Newcastle.

The mail steamer Nevada will sail to morrow afternoon for San Francisco, calling at Honolulu.

The schooner Colonist has cleared for Napier, via Mercury Bay, with following cargo : —1 keg and 2 cases brandy, Crown Distillery ; 2 cases ale, 2 ditto stout, Golden Crown Brewery ; 8 pekg groceries, Owen and Graham, and 30,000 ft timber to be shipped at Mercury Bay.—M. Niccol, agent. The schooner will leave this evening.

The s.s. Piowena arrived at seven o'clock this morning from Russell and the North.

The launch of a cutter will take place at Messrs Niccol and Son's ship-building yard, North Shore, on Wednesday next. The cutter has been built for Captain Yates, and is intended for the Thames trade. She is of 23 tons register, and about 40 tons burthen. Length of keel, 42ft.; breadth, loft. ; and depth of hold, sft. Bin. Copper and copper fastened.

The ship Noi'ham Castle took her departure for Newcastle at an early hour this morning. The mail steamer Nevada has cleared out wards at the Customs with the following passengers : — From Sydney : Miss Daly, Margt Hollands, Mr J. Rutherford,. From Melbourne : Mrs Brigharn, Messrs R. Brig ham, A. Hughes, W. Bennett, J. Kelly, T. Hogan, T. Hogan, junr., J. Hughes, L. Gerstman, L. Lewis, A. McDonald, W. Bowen, J. Tipsen, Mr and Mrs McLaughlin, Mr and Mrs Bassett and 4 children. From Auckland : Messrs C. K. Laird, J. S. Mea burn, J. Allawn, Mrs Thorpe and 6 children, Mr and Mrs Fox and infant, Mrs Anderson, R. Sherlock, wife, and 8 children, Mr J. Colquhoun. From Wellington: Miss Bird, Mr J. Jordan, Mr and Mrs Norton. Total,

COMMERCIAL.

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CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— For Thames, on Monday, at 10.30 a.m. ami 5.30 p.m. For Wanganui and Southern provinces, per Wanganui) on Monday, at 3 a.m. For Wangarei, Wangarei Heads, &c., pet Challenger, on Monday, at 3 p.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, Ruato and Mongonui, pet Rowena, on Monday, at 3 p.m. For the undermentioned places, per p.s. Nevada-, oft Saturday, 4th January, as follows:— For Sandwich Islands, United StateSj British Cen tral, and South America, and the United Kingdom, at 8 p.m. Private box-holders Wie informed that new boxes will be allotted tr; tiiem on application at this office. (Signed) S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

Atxewell.—At liev father's residence, Edinburgh street, Newton, Mary Ann, second daughter of Samuel and Ellen Attewell, aged 15 months.

The funeral will leave her father's residence, to morrow, at 4.30 p.m. Friends will please accept this invitation.

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

SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1873.

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

The following letter treats of a subject that has recently been brought again before the public mind, and one that must be kept there until this wrong that needs resistance is repaired : —

Sir, —In your issue of last evening I notice that the debtors confined in Mount Eden, at the instance of remorseless creditors, have petitioned his Honor the Superintendent to allow them the 12s. paid by the detaining creditor for their detention. I feel satisfied that, if you take up the case on its proper merits, justice will be done, and the maintenance money paid to the proper legal authority, the unfor tunate debtor, who, I maintain, is the proper person ; at all events such is the literal in terpretation of the Act under which debtors are confined. Some two sessions ago, in the Provincial Council, attention was called to this matter on the motion (if I recollect right) of Mr Cadman. The result of his ac tion in the matter was, that the Provincial Executive promised to take legal opinion on the matter, which was done, the late Mr Wynn and Mr Weston being the legal gen- . tlemen to whom the question was referred ; and their opinion|was, without question, that , the Government had no power to detain the allowance of 125., for which they charged some £6 odd. Of course the tax-payer had to pay it. I may add such is the abyss to which Provincial Governments are prosti- , tuted that though their Government con sisted of no less than three legal gentlemen, I at their head T. B. Gillies, Esq., who prides ! himself, doubtless, on his legal acumen, the only way I see to try this much vexed ques tion is to subscribe and appeal to the Supreme Court, and nrfake the Provincial Government disgorge mofaey which they receive under false pretei*6es. I will be most happy to gwe £1 Is towards it.—Yours, &c, A Citizen. '

Our readers need not to be told the Circumstances of tbe debtors' com

plaint. 11l this New Zealand — I which We proudly call the Britain of | the South—and* in this hi.riotkenth century we punisli A man for being poor. It signifies nothing that he may have been made poor by the crime of others, or by circumstances as inevi table as the decrees of fate. We re quire but to know that he is poor, and we arm the vindictive creditor with power to throw the unfortunate man into gaol. "With one weight alone is the vengeance of the angry creditor burthened, and this not in mercy to the debtor, but to save expenses to the State. The detaining creditor is compelled to pay twelve shillings per Week for the food of the debtor, and it is this that the Provincial Oo vernment, with a meanness unparal leled in the public business of New Zealand, slfezes with larcenous hand and virtually makes it a portion of provincial revenue. There is a paltri ness about provincialism in its decadence that is very contemptible; but the dirtiest little piece of meanness that has yet defiled its fingers is this taking the bread out of the mouths of the unfortunate debtors and feeding them on criminals' fare. We have been often proud of our chivalrous Superintendent, leading in Wel lington, year after year, the forlorn hope in the effort to abolish the barbarous anachronism of Im prisonment for Debt. We have read his spirit stirring pleadings for mercy to the man who may have committed no crime, but by our laws is torn away from his family and thrown into a cell at the very time when his family require his efforts to shield them from starvation. And yet it is this same champion of the rights of the im prisoned debtor that puts forth his hand and takes away the debtor's whole some food, and for the miserable object of saving a few shillings a week to satisfy the craving maw of hungry provincial officers places on wretched prison fare men and women who all their lives have been accustomed at least to the comforts of ordinary life. It is a scandal to the province, and we are really astonished that Mr Gillies, who passes down South as the champion of the wrongfully imprisoned debtor, should allow such a stain on his administration within his own domain. The respon sibility of this tyrannical and cruel treatment he cannot evade. He may have divided it with his Executive when trying to imitate parliamentary pro cedure in the farce of provincial respon sible government ; but now that he has kicked over the traces, and taken the bit in his mouth, the entire respon sibility will reßton himself. The debtors have now appealed to His Honor, and we are warranted in expecting that he will not, for the sake of the locusts that are eating up the green things of the province, turn a deaf ear to the cry of the poor prisoners undeservedly pining in the dungeon.

A lamentable state of living was disclosed before his Worship in the Police Court this morning. Two women, named Howley and Shields, have been occupying a wretched habitation together opposite the establish ment of Mr George Staines, with their daughters, and have for a considerable time been the pest of that part of Queen-street. The prisoners were literally in a stinking condition, and have been wallowing in a nest of drunkenness and prostitution. A terrible style of living was detailed by the consta bles such as one could hardly believe could possibly exist within the radius of the city. The women evidently were sunk to the lowest condition of humanity, and appa rently past hope.

Joseph and Mary Cousins had another jar last night upon returning from the Court, and Mary has again appealed to the magistrate for protection, and the last phase of their matrimonial existence will be heard in Court on Monday.

We have been furnished with correct particulars of the circumstances attending the accident to Mrs Allan Taylor on the the race-course. The lady, with Mr Taylor, was riding leisurely along when a pony known by the name of Kauri Gum, furiously ridden by a boy, came in contact with Mrs Taylor's horse, striking it on the off quarter. The force of the concussion was so great that both horses fell, the animal ridden by Mrs Taylor being thrown completely over on it its side, but soon rose quite uninjured. The other horse died shortly after the accident. The riders escaped without serious injury, Mrs Taylor only having recived a few bruises, while the boy at once got up and walked away. The accident was entirely due to the careless riding of the lad, who, accompanied by two other horsemen, was giving the pony a spin preparatory to the pony race for which it had been entered.

The steamer Mohongo has recently been purchased by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company from the Government for the sum of £2,000, and is undergoing alterations and improvements at the company's wharf, San Francisco.

One of our fellow-townsmen, who has read frightful accounts of milk adulteration, thinks his milkman safe from suspicion, as the article he furnishes is too weak to bear any deleterious ingredients. The tone is blue, about the tint of a newly-married man's countenance when his first milliner's bill comes in.

The saddest instance of misplaced con fidence on record is that of a Connecticut man who rescued another from a watery grave only to find instead of his long lost brother it was a person to whom he owed three dollars and half for turnips. We notice by advertisement that Mr Grant, well-known in connection with the late firm of W. G. Harrison and Co., has en tered into partnership with Mr James Morton, and the new firm will carry on busi ness as auctioneers and commission agents at No. 123, Queen-street.

The proposal made by the Wanganui Volunteers to fire a friendly match with the Thames Scottish, each competitor shooting in his own district, has been objected toby the latter, Captain Murray having intimated that the Scottish would prefer either thdt the Wanganui men should come to Auckland or that the Thames men should go to Wanganui, both parties contributing towards the cost. The Wimgcmui Herald says that this objection renders the proposed contest impracticable, .

New Zealaiid war medals are now lying at the Militia and Volunteer oflice, Auckland, for tlie undermentioned persons, who are re quested to call between the hours of ten and four daily and receive them : —For Commis sariat Transport Service : W. Demsey, Auck land Militia; Thos. Peel, Ist Waikatoßegt.; E. Lynch, Ist do do; Sergt. Geo. Russell, 3rd do do ; Joseph Worthington, 3rd do do ; W. Smith. 2nd, 3rd do do ; J. KiidggS, 2nd do do ;A. Huirne, 2nd do do; P. Brennan, 3rd do do; W. Burleigh, Ist do do; J. Makings, 2nd do do ; D. Callaghan, 3rd do do ; W. Stohwassar, 3rd do do ; A. Lock, 3rd do do; J. Campbell, 3rd do do. For Colonial Service : I). Garnie, 3rd. Waikato Regt. j Isaac Charles, Auckland Defence Force ; George Cooper, Mauku Volunteers ; Major George, 3rd Waikato Regt.; H. F. Harrison, Armed Constabulary ; J. Arthurs, Colonial Defence Force ; 0. F. H. Hendry, Forest Rangers ; Sergt. M. Denham, Engineer Volunteers; Geo. De Thierry, Bay ot Islands Volunteers.

Complaints of the dryness of the weather are prevalent throughout the province. It is feared that the potato crop will again prove a failure.

A noted chemist from personal observation asserts that the liquor disguised in soda water is twice as intoxicating as the poteen pure and simple.

Victor Emmanuel delights in circuses

Mr W. Galbraith, of the Eden Vine Hotel, is suffering severely from the effects of a blow inflicted by the cork of a lemonade bottle upon his eye. Both eyes are so much swollen that the sufferer is at present almost blind.

The exhibitions of the Japanese Troupe, and the interesting diorama of tlie late Franco- Prussian war, were brought to a close last night. Tho troupe and the monkeys received a fair amount of patronage, but the paintings were but thinly attended.

On New Year's Day the inhabitants of the little Island of Waiheki turned out for a general holiday, and to witness the races, which caused a great deal of amusement to the spectators. We understand that the settlers propose to institute annual races in future similar to those of Coromandel and other settlements.

The Rev. T. L. Cuyler is being lionized in England at the present time, and shows up upon every available occasion, and, like Mrs Stowe, in her " Sunny Memories," the rev. American is very lavish of praise in favour of popular dissenters, religious members of Parliament, teetotallers, and well-stored English homes.

It has been estimated that at the present time there are only sixty reliable short-hand writers in connection with the Press of the whole of the States of America.

A man named A. G. Dudley Ward at tempted lately to gain admission to the Christy's Minstrel entertainments at St. James' Hall, London, by presenting a card describing himself as special correspondent to 32 daily and 59 weekly newspapers. He was not admitted.

There are many things of interest in the Acclimatization Society's garden at present well worth a visit, especially the silver pheasants and birds, and the various botanical plants. During a recent visit we observed particularly several Indian and (!hina tea-plants growing out of door, and looking far healthier than others which had been confined to the green-house. Mi- Brighton's gardens present a remarkably fine show of summer flowers of most kinds, which just now are in full blossom.

The following remarks upon Messrs Reed and Brett's Auckland Almanac appeared in a recent issue of the Thames Advertiser : —lt is very creditably got up by these rising pub lishers, and bids fair to supply an annual want in every household—a comprehensive year book or vade mecuin. As a specimen of typography it is faultless, and the only wonder is that it can be produced at such a small sum as a shilling, Besides a calendar, with the tide tables, &c, it contains some most readable matter, and valuable statistics. First we have a garden and farm ing calendar, which, for small cultivators, is an invaluable reference. The kitchen and flower garden have received marked atten tion in the compilation of this chronicle, which renders it all the more valuable in a household. The factsjtorjgardeners, and the article on " The Flora of the |Province," are well chosen. The hitter appears to have been written expressly for this almanac, and is a valuable contribution to New Zealand floriculture.

Dr. Featherstone, Agent-General of the Colony, has taken advantage of the agitation amongst the agricultural labourers in Eng land, and has secured 400 single and married men, accustomed to farm work, for the colony. Messrs John Brogden and Sons have also engaged a number of farm labourers to work on our railways.

The Church Gazelle for January is pub lished and contains a large amount of inter esting reading matter. The Right Rev. Dr. Cowie proceeds on a pastoral visit to Waikato next month. A Montana man tied one end of a "lariet around his waist, and lassoed a cow with the other. He thought he had the cow but at the end of the first half mile he began to suspect the cow had him. During the stay of Chiarini's circns in Auckland a night coach will leave Harding ton's yards at 6 p.m., and will start from Auckland on the return journey at 11 p.m. A number of gentleman at Grahamstown have determined upon forming a Horticul tural Society at the Thames, and will shortly call a meeting for constituting the same. Two million pounds have been provided for the travelling expenses of the Shah of Persia while in Europe. Louis Napoleon will go to Madeira next spring, sailing from England in the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert. Dr Evans, the American dentist, is said to do a business in Paris which nets him over £10,000 per annum. Prince Arthur contradicts the rumour of his engagement to write a series of magazine articles on army affairs. A daughter of Sir Anthony Rothschild i s about to be married to a poor man—and thi 3 poor man is a Christian ! The lucky mdi" vidual upon whom she has resolved to bestow her fortune and her heart is the Hon. Mr. j Yorke, a son of the Earl of Hardwicke. Miss ; Rothschild is not "converted," and is not going to embrace Christianity nor to renounce | her own religion. She will remain a Jewess, I and her husband will continue to be at least I nominally a Christian. The dissapproval! with which the aged and excellent baronet, her father, regards the match is said to be increased by his failure to discover in his j

Chiarini's Royal Italian Circus Company will open this evening in their large pavilion on the market reserve. All the necessary preparations have been made, the marquee fixed, the seats arranged, and the horses and performers are in good condition. There was a little practice last night after their long rest, and to-night Chiarini's Circus Company will go in to astonish the natives. There is no dottbt their performance will be suffi ciently attractive" to Avs^l good houses for some time to come. The grand fanhltt matinee, as advertised for two o'clock this afternoon, was a mistake, no order having been given to that effect. The performance will commence at eight o'clock this evening.

Discoursed will he pfeacdied to-morrow on the following subjects. Newtoii KiM (.dey.. Dr Wallis), morning: "A Happy New Year. Evenin", " Pressing towards the Mark. City Hall (Rev. S. Edger, 8.A.), morning, "Love Unchangeable." Evening, "ANew Year's Sermons." Albert-street Church (Rev. Warlow Davies), evening, "Annual Sermdii to Young Meh_" United Metho dists, Pitt-street (Rev. G. H. Turner) morn ing, " Reflections on the Year 1572." Evening, " All Important Questions for 1873."

Mr and Mis C. A. Clarke, of Omaha, gave a party and ball on Boxing Day, at which there were eighty guests. Such pleasant re unions as these flei-VH to break the monotony of a life in the country.

Mrs M. A. Colclough (Polly Plum) has given a short speech at Waiuku. She also sang several pieces, and held an argument on "Woman's Rights," with Mr J. Crispe, (" Old Practical.")

HoriToti, a PuraPuranative, has committed suicide by tying one end of a piece of flax to a fence and the other round his neck, aud then hauling it taut. He had been living with a Maori woman unmarried, and his tribe, in accordance with native custom, had taken her from him and given her to another man. Hori Toti was in a depressed state of mind in consequence of his loss.

The Mauku people, like the settlers of other places, have had their races and sports, which were well attended. A correspondent states that one of the most gratifying sights on the course on Boxing-day was that of Mr Crispe and Mrs Colclough driving about to gether, so that Mauku had the honor of being rexn-esented in literature as well as in horse-racing.

A writer in the Jewish Chronicle calculates that in the year 1880 the nation of Israel is to be restored to Palestine.

The Waiuku Wesleyan Sunday-school spent a very pleasant holiday on New Year's Day in the paddock of Messrs E. Hamlin and Dickson.

Jackson Wampler, a heroic Maryland boy, got rid of his stepmother by hanging himself.

Mr Edward Constable, of Waiuku, has been brought up charged with stealing and branding a steer belonging to Mr Macnamara. Mr Constable is a large property and cattle owner in the district, and the beast said to have been stolen had been driven in from his run and branded. The Court dismissed the case, but spoke strongly against the practice of indiscriminately taking and branding all cattle found upon runs.

Thiers is writing a history of philosophy,

Mr John Hall, manager of the Shotover Company, Thames, which includes the ground formerly known as the famed Hunt's claim, has (says the Greymouth Star) been visiting the Reefton district during the past ten days, and we are happy to learn by the Herald that in his unbiassed judgment the Inangahua ranks second to none ass a field for favourable investment. It appears that in Auckland the generally accepted opinion of this district is most unpromising, but occasionally more favourable opinions have been expressed relative to the reefs in this locality, and with a view of deciding upon the relative merits of conflicting accounts a party of speculators decided that Mr Hall should visit the Inangahua and report upon its prospects.

A most extraordinary case has recently been heard in the Court of Divorce in London before Lord Penzance, the Judge of the Court. The Hon. Henry Loftus, the nephew of the Marquis of Ely, has had his domestic circumstances revealed to the world, and it would have been well for him and for his own family if he had concealed his sorrows in his own breast. It appears from evidence taken before the Court that the Hon. Henry Loftus married a Miss Adelaine Montgomery, whom he became acquainted with at Lady Palmerston's. They went to live in Brussels

for the sake of economy, where a child was born. They mixed with the best society there, and often dined with the King and Queen of the Belgians. Amongst other acquaintanceships formed was one with Baron Steiner, a handsome young Belgian, who was a good musician and wrote beautiful love sonnets. Returning on one occasion

from a visit to Paris, Mr Loftus found Baron Steiner half intoxicated sitting in the draw ing-room wAth his wife. The Baron showed Mr Loftus-^ sonnet whicli he had indited to Mrs Loftus^ and he was thereupon kicked out of th^fhouse. A challenge and duel followed, Baron Steiner was shot dead. Immediacy after the duel Mr Loftus and his wife: Separated at the request of the latter. Mr Loftus took up his residence ir London, and Mrs Loftus, with her daughte.' Emmeline, remained in Brussels. Mr Loftus was a woman of ungovernable passior and twice threw a carving knife at hi' daughter. Unable to live with her mothf, Emmeline Loftus, when 18 years of af, left Brussels secretly, and proceeded to London, where she obtained a situation a/ a governess. She had never seen her fater subsequent to the separation of her parats during her infancy. While walking in Regent's Park one day she made the acquaintance of a gentleman of aiout forty years of age, who proposed nar riage to her, and she accepted him. Before the time fixed for the marriage hitook her to a residence in Hans Place, whes she became his mistress. One day while shews con fined to her room sick, her lover on loking through her papers discovered a photgraph of his wife, and inquiring the name of the original of the portrait learned that sic must be the girl's mother and that he w!s living with his own daughter. ' The reson the discovery had not been made bebre was owing to the fact that he had ben going under the assumed name of Henry Knighton. Mr Loftus, by the death of the Sarquis of Ely and his grandmother, had becane worth £15,000 a year, and he settled ahandsome allowance upon his daughter. Heproceeded to Brussels and informed his wife ti the un fortunate events related above, anc expressed in strong terms his misery. Utrs Loftus, dissatisfied with the smallness of her allowance now that her husband had become j wealthy, insisted that they should again live together as man and wife. Mr Loftus would '

prospective beau-fils any qualities of either head or heart which could justify or even excuse what he regards as his daughter's in- fatuation. Every possible means of pursua- ! sion has been brought to bear in vain upon j the young lady to induce her to abandon her ; resolve. The reluctant consent of her father, or,rather the withholding of his positive pro- hibition of the mfirriage, has at last been obtained, and the marriage, it is Said, will soon be celebrated. .

j not consent to this, whereupon, as Mr Loftus j had no evidence against his wife hi reference 'to any improper intrigues wijh the Baron Sterner, she commenced a suit against him for a restitution of conjugal rfehts. Under the peculiar circumstances of fhe case, seeing that Mr Loftus had. committed no crime of which the Divorce Court could take cog nizance, Baron Penzance had: no alternative but to reinstate Mrs. Loftus, in her original marriage rights. I.

LOSS OF THE CUTTER VICTORIA.

The cutter Victoria, belonging toMr Anthony Martin, while comingup harbour this momng with a cargo of firewood, struck 011a suncen rock ota t»e shoal surrounding Be^ gck Lighthouse. She slipped off &tu^ and the captain steered for the southern sjm c. They endeavoured to keep ttaJ'water ugg, and were successful for a time ; but the fitter suddenly filled while off Kohimarama «od saiik. The men had barely tune tcMWjge m the clirigy m she went down. c* came about foot or Jive fee up her mast. All her sails wef set. Shortly after twelve o'clock to<W *ue sipped with the receding tide off fe bank on which she was lying into deep w»er, ami nothing now remains to mark her josition. She ii'h only lately undergone repairs.

FATAL CASE OF SUN-STROKE.

The second son of Mr Williai. Lyre, of Victoria-street, received a sim-foke while playing aoout on Thursday lastm front ot his father's hmise- The poor Jtle fellow, who was under eight yeftrs of ge, lingered on in an unconscious state unti»iflf-past ten at night, when he expired. Inthe medical certificate the cause of death i, described as concussion of the brain. Tb funeral took place this afternoon from the fther s house.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before T. Beckham, Eh, RM.)

DKUNKENNESj! Thomas Raney, Peter IV'Donald Annie Lewis, and Catherine r>wnsend, were charged with being drunJ and incapable. Fined os. each and cost, o; the usual term of imprisonment. vageanc. Mary Howley, alias Rlgers, an habitual drunkard, was charged uder the Vagrancy Act of 18(56 with being <=unk, and without any visible means of l^elihood. The ac cused had also been cnvicted on several occasions as an idle anddsorderly person. Ann Shields was al> charged with the same offence. Sergeant Walker anc Detective Ternahan proved that the accusd occupied wretched apartments opposite t> establishment of Mr Staines, in Queen-stret, and that they lived a life of prostitution 3d wickedness. The prisoner Hoveysaid she had been away for six months i the country, and that her character was no so bad. His Worship sbwed her a list of her offences and convictms, and said he feared that the country nad not improved her morals. He sentened each to three months' imprisonment witbiard labour. This concluded te business.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

[Per Abojgine at Hokitika.]

TWO MORE CONVICTIONS IN THE CARL CASES.

GRAND M'SICAL FESTIVAL AT

JELBOURNE.

RUSH T( STOCKYARD CREEK

MELBOURNE

December 21

Mount an Morris, connected with the Carl massaC, have been found guilty of manslaughti after the jury had deliberated four hours. Sentence was deferred.

Mary Ce'uish, charged with murdering her infant, i»s been acquitted. Mr Copjii projects a grand musical inter colonial fefival at the Town Hall.

A disas'ous fire has occurred at Stockyard Creek, j new rush, more extensive than the first, as set into tlie Creek, and a war den is uieutly required. Referiig to Mr Vogel's memorandum upon the circiar despatch from Earl Kimberley in re Itercolonial Reciprocity, the Argtts enquirewho authorised Air Vogel to inter pret tbsentiments of the Australian colo nies sd admonish and reprimand in the name A millions of people instead of a quarteof a million of New Zealanders ? Thf Attorney - General, Wilberforce Steptus, has accepted office as Minister of Eduction.

SYDNEY.

December 21

A"umour is current that Hall's tender for the^aliforiiian mail service is lowest, and the Australian Steam Navigation Company ne j. It is stated that Mr Hall will be sup posed by a firm in the Eastern trade.

ADELAIDE.

December 20. An extraordinary rich discovery has been ride in the Moonta mines. Abundance of jallable copper and diamond oxide in con derable quantities. Pleuro-pneumonia has broken out among he town herd. Post-mortem examinations on the animals leld.

Insurance companies have resolved to charge 40s per cwt. on cargoes for England. Wheat, 4s Gd per bushed, for delivery in January; immediate delivery, 4s Bd.

HOKITIKA.

Friday night

The Aborigine has arrived from Melbourne. She left there on the 23rd ult., and brings a copy of the Arc/its of the 21st inst.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

[Per Java Cable.]

THE FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS

LONDON.

December 19. The s.s. Northumberland has arrived from Melbourne.

The Sydney October loan is quoted cm. Stock Exchange. Wallaroo copper, £90.

PARIS.

December 19 The crisis in France continues.

The Committee of Thirty are debating whether they will discuss the question of Ministerial responsibility, and the establish ment of a second Chamber only ; or whether they shall recommend a complete change in the Constitution.

AMERICA.

December 19

Mr Colfax has resigned the Speakership, and assumed the Editorship of the Tribune, succeeding Greeley.

TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

247 OUNCES GOLD FROM THE GOLDEN

CROWN,

242 OUNCES FROM THE MOANATAIRI.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day. George Buri'ows, tlie man who took fits in the dock yesterday, was sentenced at-t^j x Police Court to-day to a month's imp0Mf ', ment for stealing the carcase of a sheep. A JR Golden Crown.—A crushing of ffi^ of stone from the intermediate level, aiMUiQ tons from the No. 2 reef, has yielded 247' otmces of gold. The latter only aver-

aged 10 dwfe'. per ton. Golden Chown Tuibuo:e.—A crushing of 40 tons of stone for the Golden Crown tributers yielded 66 ounces of gold.

Moanataibt.—Six-hundred and eighty tons of stone from this mine have been crushed with a return of 242 ounces of gold.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

PER A NGLO-A USTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRA PH

AGENCY. I

STRIKE OF BUTCHERS IN WELLINGTON.

ALTERATIONS TO THE HOUSES OF

PARLIAMENT,

AWARDS-AT THE CANTERBURY

EXHIBITION

WELLINGTON

This day,

The journeymen butchers will strike on Monday unless their demand that 10 hours' work be considered a full day is complied wi h.

Mr D. B. Cruickshank is gazetted Consul

of France at Auckland

Ihe master builders have waited on the Minister of Public "Works, and de manded an extension of the time allowed

for the completion of the alterations to the General Government buildings. Also that the penalty clause of the conditions be remitted. The Government so far relaxed that two contracts were accepted for the work at the following rates :—Legislative Council, £5,990 ; additions to the House of Representatives, £4,550. The rise in the price of building material, and the necessity for building strong rooms to store public documents in, is expected to make the cost greater than was originally estimated.

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day.

The Supreme Court conrmencea its criminal sittings on Monday. There are eight cases on the list, including one of manslaughter.

At the exhibition Mr Meek, of Oamaru,

was awarded the second prize for spring wheat, and first prize for winter wheat. His spring wheat fl our was also highly commended.

The flax prizes were all taken by Canter bury, but Mr Cook, of Nelson, exhibited a sample which was highly commended for mats. Mr Good, of Dunedin, obtained a prize for beer, and Mr Kohn, of Auckland, for

jewellery. Other classes are not vet decided

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Letters Received.—Mr. E. Sadler on " Auckland Quasi-Titles."

CORRESPONDENCE.

AUCKLAND COLLEGE AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star. ) Sib, —We are deeply indebted to you for the manliness with which you spoke your mind on Thursday on the above institution. I beg to draw your attention to another feature of it, namely, the position that the Principal oc cupies in it. The system there is so arranged that he can crush any master he pleases. He can give him inferior classes, that will bring only disgrace upon him ; he can treat him contemptuously before the boys ; he can avoid helping him to maintain discipline ; he can throw his depai'tment into the shade ; and, finally, he can button-hole officials, and whisper "incompetent." What can the Board do ? They may suspect that it is only gratifying an old spite ; they may long to see an alteration made by which the man can have a fair field. But they are hampered; firstly, by the newness of the whole pubject; secondly, by the strong hand by which the Principal is backed ; thirdly, they are afraid to lose the Principal; and lastly, they are proceeding on a wrong prin ciple ; —that is, as they are not them selves competent to judge personally of the teaching of a master, they therefore implicitly accept the word of the Prin. '• cipal. They seem, however, to be actW-*1 with caution. But I fear that they are iMfc^ 1^1 the men to '' 'bout ship " and go on a new tack, and that must be clone before things will go right. It never will do to keep the under masters in such a humiliating state of dependence as they now are ; and there is no necessity whatever for the present vexa tious fortnightly examinations by the Prin cipals, or his espionage, and for his setting himself up before the boys as " The Man," thus weakening the prestige of the teacite1. Some of the Board would, I obsei-ye~ - deal with the matter very summarily. I will not say that the shadow of the upas tree is upon them. But it does look sus picious that one of their leading men proposed that the report of the Principal should be printed, and'not a word was said • xhout printing the two rejoinders of the under master, wherein it was shown that in chat inculpatory report there are two gross .nis -statements on matters of fact. Thus or.o jannot but feel that there is an animus in the whole proceeding —a purpose to ruin a man whose superior in intellectual power you cannot find in Auckland. — Yours, &c., Vindjjx.

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