SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 5. SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 7.12 HlftH WATER: Thisaftornoon, 4.55 ; to-morrow, morning, 5.17

ARRIVALS.

Phoebe, s.s.. Worsp, from Sydney (in tho Maxmkau) Rowena, s.s., McGregor, from Northern ports Effie Meiklo, schooner, Hooper, from Napier and Opotiki Mary Ellen, schooner, from Mercury Bay Ocean, schooner, from Russell Wild Duck, ketch, from the Thames

DEPARTURES.

Wave, brig, for Newcastle Sunbeam, schooner, for Waipu Mahurang'. schooner, for Mahurangi Mary Eltea, cutter, for Levuka Wanderer, on tier, for Uokianga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Hokianga : Elderslie/schooner, to-morrow j Tor Kaipara : Florence, schooner, to-morrow For Poverty Bay, Napier, and "Wellington : Mana watu, p.s., Wednesday For Sydney and Mulbourne : Wonga Wonga, s.s., about23rd inst. ; Hero, s.s , abr.nt Ist August For London : Woodlark, ship, 2Gth inst. ; Jlylton Castle, barque early For Northern norts : Itowena, s.s., this afternoon. - For New York": Lyttelton, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Countess of Kintore. ship, from London Sailed SSth

April •; ■ City of Auckland, from London. Loading Berar, ship, from London. Sailed lfith. May Fontenrve, ship, from London. Loading Wonga Wonga, s.s., Brown, from Sydney- Hero, s.s., Logan, from Sydney Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Btarof the South, s.s., from Levuka .. i Belle Brandon, schooner, from Dunedin Briton, barque, from Newcastle Upolu,.schooner, from Samoa .._! Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands Satellite, cutter, from Levuka , ■• lftttal Queen, barque, from Lyttelton Surprise, schooner, from Lyttelton _.. i . Coronet, schooner, from Dunedin Mary Webster, schooner, from Dunedin. Sr led 15th

July Elizabeth Curie, schooner, from Dunedin Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti Success, schooner, from Levuka

si The Southern Cross left Tauranga at noon to-day for Auckland. "'a The barque Thames is already for sea, and , . will-sail for London at daybreak to-morroW. Inconsequence of the strong S.W. breeze to-day the ship Endymion was not brought up to the wharf, but should the wind lull to-night she will be berthed to-morrow. During a fierce squall this morning the ship dragged a considerable distance, and had jto be brought up with a second anchor. At one time she was" within fifty yards of the Sandspit. ' The day of sailing of the s.s. Phcebe, for Southern ports, is not jot announced, pend ing j instructions from the owners in Welling q tonf'jbut it is/very probable she will get away i < o__fWedribsday or Thursday/ j _J ! The s.s. Pho.be.—The alterations effectfed on this favourite steamer will make her the most popular passenger boat on the coast. Captain ,Worsp and .the chief officer, Mr, Lioyrl,'who are'in command of the steamer, would make almost any vessel comfortable for passengers, but the accomodation at their disposal, and the sterling sea-going qualities ii of I th'3!PhQ-be, afford facilities for the officers .. to. render her, all that a passenger vessel ' should he. The energy which the N.Z.S.S. ii Company have displayed, • and 'their evident desire to satisfy the requirements of,the New- Zealand coasting trade will be appreciated by the travelling public. The ~ s.s. Ladybird was rendered as complete as a liberal expenditure of money coiild make her, and the same may be said of the Phcebe, with what success may be judged hj her splendid run from Sydney, notwithstanding the- occurrence of very stormy weather. The following extract from the Sydney Morning Heratd shews' the extent: of the alterations, which "the Ph'cfebe under went ' during ,her stay in, Sydney,,:— __c' ' steamship Ph<_be, which' 'leave's fpr New Zealand to-day,/has been so completely altered and improved,that M her owners will fail to' rWbgnisie her on 1 her 'arrival. The si dp ,'■; arrivedin Sydney on/thef 26tf)March, _nd was placed in the hands of Messrs Morfc and Co., Water-view 7'Bay! T_e" whole of tht>e vessel has been, so to term it, gutted ont, and the hull both outside and inside care fully chipped and recemented fore and aft.. The old boiler was taken out, and has been' replaced by a new s ,pne constructed at , the above establishment,1 and weighing '40 ,tdns, being, perhaps, ' the largest ever; rna'de in the colony, and willafford an, of steam. The i were removed from the;_hip." and' 'taken 1, into ''the' work. s_,eds/ ; ; whei^e, ;tliey .. .wore, caie .. fully ,'and . made • .equal ..to new work. Anewdouble throw crank shaft has been made, .whibh ia the largest:piece o|f ! gorging ever attenap.ed lpNew^outh Wales, .': and is really a credit to any estabUshment. The whole of ,the screw shafting has.beeh jaken out, and had new couplings forged oh the ends, which were previously of cast iron. The bosses for the crank shaf^ ,'are.new, and --additional bearings fi_ed forward of the sole plate. New s^ernrbearings have also been supplied. .She has also new bunkers and bulkheads ; also rudder and patent steering gear. The whole Of the bulwarks fore and aft, and a space of 70 feet amidships givinjg considerable increased accommodation for the officers' quarters, &c, at the same time afford ing a splendid pfomehade. The decks, deck houses, andskylightsforeandafthave all beeh renewed, the latter bepg constructed on, the «most modern principle, giving to the ship an entirely hew appearance.- The salooh'has un dergone considerable alteration, and has not only been enlarged, but elegantly furnished and ornamented, as also the separate apart ment for the ladies, which1 is k! perfect gerh in itself. The fore cabin has been lengthened forty' feet,1 ands' the ! accommodation for . passengers is., " adpirable. . The .. bpatß :iare' ■ carried 'mbbar^'-bn' ''the1 bridge!; j'j'bt-t t1.9 s^fetySpi been &>n -11 Bultedj asltiie r^iik areI,.car_3ed;reuri.d',, in .the . .inside-whenitheJboats aretitt the* chocks. The hull, .while on the slip, wa_ caMr/lly sounded,, \ and. foupd, in, capital.! ( condition. ' New spars, rigging, and sails have beeji.flUp) plied ; and in fact no money has been spared ... to turn out of hand-, a first-class jjojjy, .The • alterations werecarriedoutunderthepersonal , supervision of Captain Worsp and Mr Job son, the engineer of the steamer, Y to; whosp •>!: untiring care and energy the success .of the * work is almost wholly' due.' ~ |jf r x, ~,. . . ,' Ii ,:. ■I. -- ■ a... ■ , The steamers Wonga Wonga and. Hero ' will probably be discharging theiir cargoes :, from. Sydney and Melbourne Jat the same I time.' The Hero, after coaling out. NeWr castle, returned to Sydney, and left thajb on the 12th instant.. She i • was announced to leave. Melbourne on .the c 17th, and Sydney on Wednesday next. The : Wonga has also gone to, Melbourne,'-and was 'to leave, two days before the Hero.,;/..This would enable her to get away from Sydney on Saturday las ii, so that she may be expected ] here on Thursday, and the Hero on Monday next. ' __ I ,

The regular trader; Countess of Kintore ■wiU in all probability. g*ve us ]ier numbeijs during the present week. She sailed from Deal on the Ist May, andis now 81 days ajt sea. The Countess when in command of Capf. Petherbridge made several voyages under 90 days, and we have ho doubt Capt. Braddick, who is now on his first voyage as commandej-/ ' will do his best'to mamtainf tne! 'prestige the j;> has gained^^i^^h^e'^^rs^, j

Or/n Enoltkh Ships.—lt will be seen by the English telegrams received by the Phoebe that most of the ships leaving New Zealand during the month of March have been a long timereaching home. ThebarqueGlenhuiitley, which left Auckland on the 25th February, did not arrive at Graveseud till the lith July, being then 130 days out. The ship Harvest Home, Captain Hill, although leaving here 24 days after the Glenhuntley, arrived at Gravesend on thefsame day, after a fair pas sage of 106 days. The Helen Denny, one of tho first of the new class of ships sent out to this port by Messrs Shaw, Savilland Co., after landing a cargo in excellent condition proceeded to Lyttelton and filled up there Jor London. Captain Peters sailed from Lyttelton on the sth March, and reached the London Docks on the sth July after a tedious passage of .120 days. Our old friend Captain Roberts, who is now in command of the fine ship Pleadies, appears to have been more fortunate. He left Lyttelton on the 2nd April, and hauled alongside the East India Docks withing a few hours of several vessels sailing from New Zealand nearly a month before him. The Pleadies made the run in 94 days. The barque Alice Cameron was announced to load at Sydney for Auckland immediately on her arrival from this port. She was hourly expected when the Phoebe sailed. The ship Result, Captain Robertson, had. not arrived in Sydney on the 14th, being then 24 days from Auckland. The brig Albion, Captain Robertson, from Wangaroa on the 18th ultimo, arrived at Sydney on the 12th instant, after a tedious passage of 23 days. She experienced strong westerly and sonth-west wiuds throughout. The brig Fawn, from Auckland, arrived at Newcastle on the 29th June.

The s.s. Ladybird was to leave tho Manukau this afternoon for Southern ports ; but as the gale of last night will probably leave a heavy sea on the bar, the signal man will no doubt give orders to " remain inside," thereby giving passengers a, day's fishing inside the Heads. The s.s. Phcebe, Captain H. Worsp, left Sydney at 8 a.m. on the 14th.inst,, and for the first two days experienced 5.W. winds and squally weather vtlth high confused sea, remaining part of passage light variaWe winds attended w.th passing showers of rain. Arrived off Manukau Heads on Saturday afternoon, making,the passage in four days eighteen hours. Being too late on the tide to cross the bar, was compelled to remain out .side until Sunday. Crossed the bar at 7 a.m., and arrived at Onehunga at 5.50 a.m. Passengers :—-SaToon : Mrs Jones, Miss Skil li-ome, Miss French, Miss Mulligan, Mr Murphy, Mr Owen. Steerage : Mrs Vindall and 4 children, Mrs Lane, Mrs Doydou, Mr Lambert, Mr Cameron. The Phcebe brings a full generalfcargo for all poi .s. The barque Crishna, seized by H.M.S. Basilisk, and condemned at Brisbane, wrs sold oh Monday ; the vessel was purchased foy £900. The cargo, which consisted of beche-de-mer and pearl shell, realised—for tit fish, £90; mixed, £47 ; and the pearl shell brought £145 per ton. Mr Coffey, of Meibouime, was the ptifchaser. — Sydney Herald, July 12. •' ' ;

COMMERCIAL.

At Messrs Cochaane and Son's sale of properties to-day, at the Land Mart lot 7 and part of lot 8, of the subdivision of allotment 3, section 37, situate in Marmion-street, with a cottage thereon, realised £76, The other properties were withdrawn. There was a good attendance to-day at the sale of the Edinburgh Store, Newton, by Mr L. W. Eaton. The stock was all sold, and the teas and groceries realised very fair prices.

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

MONDAY, JULY 21, 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 annexed telegram has been received by the Superintendent from Mr H. W. Far nail, emigration agent, at Belfast, Ireland, for the colony. It relates to a special scheme of immigration to this province proposed to the Government by Mr Farnall, full particulars of which have been al ready published in the daily papers : —

"London, July 5, IS73.—Feathers.on ob structs scheme ; restricts number applications ; refuses them assisted passages. Dismissed me. In consequence O'llorke's memorandum shall continue at post. Wire instructons.— (Signed) Faknall. To Superintendent, Auckland." We shall refer to this at groater length to-morrow.

His Royal Highness tho Duke of Edinburgh is formally betrothed to a princess of the house of Russia. What a pang of regret will thrill through hundreds of thousands of fair bosoms throughout Her Majesty's wide dominions that have long and secretly cherished the tender memories associated with the royal enslaver. Nor will the sigh of buried hopes ascend alone from Victoria's subjects, but from every land where, in his ocean roam ings, he may have touched. Soft words and little mementoes of affection left behind him will evoke many a sigh of sadness rs tho truth flashed by the winged lightning comes home to many a throbbing heart, " dear Alfred is engaged." From the belles that, decking their blushing charms in Canadian furs, surged and raged around him in the eager struggle to touch the hand or loan xipon the arm of the darling Prince, to the Sydney girls who forced their way into his bedroom in his absence and stole the hah's from his brush and comb for lack of other memento of the sweet youth ; from the South African beauty languishing amid the vineyards of Constantia to the dusky beauties of Honolulu, whose swarthy charms and hot-blooded hearts paid homage to the Queen'- son ; from the tiny-footed almond eyed belle of Tientsin to the Ivlfcrmaid of New Zealand, there will ascend one long and bitter cry of anguish and dismay at the heart-rend ing and soul-splitting tidings that the Prince is gone for ever. Under the conjugal guar dianship of this Russian bear, no longer dare his eyes speak love to eyes that speak again; and henceforth tied to the uxoiial apron-strings he will no more shed the sun shine of his royal countenance on these dis tant shores, and indulge those little royal pleasantries that have so tend"d to cement the bonds of loyalty between the colonies and the mother country. The "horrid creature" who has entrapped "dear Alfred" will insist on his residing r'n Ru.sia until the wellsprings of bis affection will be frozen up, and he will forget those fond reminis cences of other and happier days when roaming according to his royal will he found the whole world of female loveliness pros trate at his feet, proud and happy and yearning to be lifted up by receiving the merest token of his royal favour. Poor Alfy, how horrid will it be to bo for ever under the eye of that polar bear, that imperial ogress, that " horrid creature," and prohibited on pain of a Muscovite curtain lec ture from ever ogling a pretty girl, orengaging in the great and statesman) ike work of cultivating friendly relations with the colo nies by purchasing meretricious favours with Brummagem jewellery to be paid for by the British taxpayer. Dear, dear, Alfy, to be sold in this way for imperial and state reasons, instead of being permitted to con-, tinue your enjoyable existence roaming round the world, your prog/ess marked from shore to shore by the muffled peal of female hearts. Poor darling, to have to become a " goody" prince, and to play propriety. We wonder will you tell her Imperial Highness the pleasant little stories of your South Pacific ramblings, and so pleasantly wile away the long Russian winter evenings while you rock the cradle like a goody husband beside your wife knitting little stockings for the little beara. Oh, you dar ling.

Surely the Auckland police must have no thing to do or they would not be under the necessity of pouncing down upon children wheeling perambulators. We have just been shown a summons issued at the suit of one Constable Mnlville, against a little girl of eleven years old, caught in the unpardonable offence of wheeling a perambulator containing her little baby brother on the footpath in Victoria-street. We are quite aware that in doing this the child was breaking the law, but what kind of respect are the people to have for the law when a thing so repugnant to common sense is put forward as claiming respect? If everything that should come under the cognizance of the police were duly attended to—if the public were not con stantly, complaining of matters requir ing police surveillance—and if we were hot under the necessity of condoning many things on the grounds that the police force is too limited for a city so populous, then we might even commend the police for attending with the utmost scrupulousness to the minor matters of the law. But we can picture to ourselves Mishther Cunstable Mulville sauntering up Victoria-street oppressed with ennui and: with back as stiff as if he had ; swallowed a ramrod. Time must be hanging awfully heavy on his hands, and it must have sent a tingle of delight through the tips of his fingers, and aroused his official zeal and indignation to a delirium of hap piness as his eye fell on little Annie Dowsing with this horrible emblem of civic rebellion, the perambulator, trundling it in defiance under hia noble Roman nose, while her little baby brother slept in in sulting unconsciousness of there being such a person in existence as Mishther Cun stable Mulville. To pull out his note-book, and to terrify the child with the awful majesty of the law in the person and presence of Mishther Cunstable Mulville, was the work of a moment, and we can fancy how the policeman must have retired to his repose after the labours of the day, conscious t^t he had fairly earned his day's wages in having vindicated the majesty of _jthe law. We have uniformly defended the police as a class of officers peculiarly exposed to animadver sion, but really if the police will make themselves ridiculous by -bis tithing of mint and anise and cummin, while neglecting the weightier matters of the law, we cannot help joining in the laugh that many are so'disposed toraisefromtime to time against the "bobby." Really this raid on the perambulators should cease. It matters not who is responsible for the absurd law. So long aa the ridiculous

thing exists it should be passed by unnoticed by the police if they have any self-respect, and do not desire to bring law into contempt. It is quite right to have such a regula tion in cities and in portions of a city where perambulators would be an obstruction. But for a twopenny-halfpenny place like Auckland to assume these customs and regulations is very much about as grotesque as a little fellow tryingto walk about in his daddy's breeches. Does it not strike any one as most unreasonable that on foot paths which would be covered with a fine sward of grass, but for the zeal- of the City Council, the children of our citizensjare'not to allowed to take the fresh air. And what we ask is a delicate sickly mother to do with her child. She cannot afford to pay a servant, she has not physical strength to carry her in fant, but by dint of saving and self-denial she can spend fifteen shillings or a pound in a perambulator, when in steps a bobby, and says she must keep it in a back yard, or in the middle of the street with pass ing cabs and drays and butcher boys. It is not every family that can retire to suburban rotreats, and until our streets become more exclusively bus mess streets, a multi tude of people must live and rear their offspring in or adjacent to our public streets. We would respectfuH.y call upon the City Council to remove such an offensive restric tion. Why should they needlessly foster an evidently growing antagonism between the Council and the citizens ? Wc admire any constituted authority that acts firmly in opposition to popular clamour, when the cause is a good one, and worth the struggle ; and the porsistence with which through good report and bad reportthe City Council adheres to the deteiminatioD to carry out a great scheme of waterworks is exceedingly credit able to the Counc'l. But really it is wrong to worry the people by those multitudinous and irritating restrictions, which though right enough for large cities, when ap plied to a little tinpot place like this become insufferable snobbery. Until the Council deems it right .to put an end to this silliness, or the police cease to make themselves contemptible, we would re commend that those sympathising with the sufferers by this folly should contribute to a fund either to defend or pay the fines imposed, and to such a fund we shall be happy to con tribute. Poor little Annie Dowsing will to morrow makeher first acquaintance at the bar of the Police Court, and we can readily fancy tho train of feelings that will be excited in the child's mind at being dragged to the place of criminals for minding her little baby brother. What constitutes the criminality of trundling a child's carriage on a great wide footpath, where there is little or ua thorough fare, would puzzle any one to discover, and it is only to be found in the intensity of the crass stupidity of those to whom, by an in scrutable Providence, for the sins of the people, is generally comnrtted the great work of framing laws.

We are exceedingly sorry to have anything to do -with what may seem a cruel tb:ug ; but we think a great deal of false sympathy is being worked up in favour of the murderer Eppwrlght. Wo believe it is the work of the parsons, who have got it into their heads that they have effected a great change in the mind of the man. If they have done so, then it will do him no harm to le_ve this world as soon as possible,, and judging from his past history it will do this world no harm however soon he goes. Down at Honolulu this man and his mates made a perfect hell on earth, and had produced a kind of reign of terror among the inhabitants, who felt the utmost delight at the departure of the vcscel. If the man is re_lly changed in heart and character, that makes no reparation for the crime he has committed, and its acceptance as reparation by earthly courts of law would have a most deleterious effect. Besides, of all clashes of men the average parson is the simplest and the mo_t easily imposed upon Inexperienced himself in the guiles of the world, he too often accepts the turning up the white of the eye as tantamount to a total change of nature. Eppwright has been found guilty of one of tho most cowardly of crimes, and so long as capital punishment is the law of the land it is only the affectation of mercy to, invoke the royal prerogative in his favour. In saying this we of course offend the seven hundred people who have petitioned for his reprieve ; but for this- we do not care an iota.' We have refrained from comment, while comment might have influenced popular feeling, but now when the petition has been transmitted through the Hon. Dr. Pollen to the Governor we do not hesitate in denouncing this abußO of the right of petition.

The committee of the Mechanics' Institute, in accordance with a resolution passed at the annual meeting of subscribers, have agreed upon a petition to the General Assembly, praying for a grant to form the nucleus of a free public library. The advantages conferred by such an institution are so manifest that we may hope for the general co-operation of the public m bringing their irHuence to bear upon the General Government for the purpose of securing the desired end. The popular concert announced to take place this evening at the Choral Hall has been postponed outof, respect for the memories of the Rev. D. Jones and Rev. D. Hamilton. The Rev. David Jones, the much respected incumbent oP St Matthew's Church, Auck land, died at Sydney on the 7th inst., and was buried on the 9th in the Haslem Creek cemetery of that city. The Rev. the Dean of Sydney read the burial service in a. most im-. pressive manner. Mr Jones for some twelve months past had been failing in health, and in April last a change of climate was sug gested as likely to effect a favorable influence on his system. Acting upon this suggestion, the rev. gentleman,« accompanied by Mrs Jones, took passage accordingly, and experi enced much rough weather, suffering very acutely from its effects, and from which he never recovered. He gradually got worse, and when dropsy set in he finally sank. With the exception of two years passed in England Mr Jones held the incumbency of St. Matthew's for seventeen years, during which lengthened period he was greatly esteemed by his congregation, who were much affected by the intelligence of the death of their minister. The Reverend Robert Burrows preached an appropriate sermon last evening on the melancholy event, taking his text from Hebrews, c. 4, v. 9. The deceased gentleman possessed very considerable intellectual powers. His dis courses were of a thoroughly practical nature, and it is to be hoped that a selection from his sermons,will be published1 in evidence of his originality of treatment and as a fitting tribute to his memory and worth. Mr Jones was a truth-loving out-spoken preacher, who uttered thoughts and rebuked vices with a manly voice, fearless alike of friend or foe. He was, moreover, a welcome visitor to the homes of the people round about, for his con versation and habits on such occasions were genial and unassuming; hence his presence was as refreshing as his chat was invariably cheerful. He never put on a long face, nor preached a cottage sermon, nor handed in a , tract in long primer, but conversed with the familiarity of a friend, and sympathised with physical or mental affliction with the heart of a man., The rev. gentleman will be long missed by those among whom he ministered. We hope an equally suitable man will be found to fill his place, '. ]>_ ,7 "

Tho meeting of the ratepayers of the Pon sonby-road Highway District will be held to-morrow in the new school-house, -adjoining the rope-walk, when a rate will be fixed, and trustees elected for the coming year. also for levying a special lighting rate.

The anniversary services of the United Free Methodist Church, held in the City Hall yesterday, were well attended. The Rev. Mr Turner preached two vpry impressive sermons • in the morning from St. Mark, c. G, v. 14, " Suffer little children to come unto me, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven ;" and in the evening, from Psalm 107, v. 30, "So he bringeth them into their desired haven." The total collections amounted to £24 4s. The annual soiree will take place to-morrow.

We have been requested to give insertion to the following :—To the Editor: Sir,—lt having come to my ears that a report is in circulation that I disturbed the order of the "Indignation Meeting " at the Mechanics Institute, on Friday last, I beg, through the colum'is of your paper, to flatly contradict such report, as I was not even at the meeting in question. T.j inserting the above you will greatly oblige yours, &c, William AqtiN, printer.J The School Teachers' Association held their first monthly meeting on Saturday afternoon in Mr Fraser's High School room, Symonds-strcet. There was a very good attendance considering the wetness of,the day. The chief business of the meeting was the essay by Mr Worthing.on, entitled " A Day's Work at School," which was of an interesting and practical nature, and listened to with great attention. Tho teachers ten dered their unanimous th.-iks to the author for bis able cr say, which gave rise to many useful remarks in reference to the immediate object under review. The School Teachers' Association includes all the teachers of the district, and numbers between fifty and sixty members.- . ... > , I The regular monthly meeting of, the mem bers of the Lodge Waitemata, No. 689 E.C., will be held th.3 evening in the Lodge-room, Masonic hotel, at half-past seven. In consequence'of the bad weather on Satur day the football match did not come off in the barrack-ground, but if the weather should bo more propitious on Saturday next the game will be resumed. - The prisoner Kinneson, who stabbed the unfortunate man Patrick Hunter, and against whom a verdict of manslaughter was returned, was ably defended by Mr Richard Laishley, solicitor. The prosecution was conducted by Mr Broham.

The competition for Captain Barnetts gold star was concluded on Saturday, at the Mount Eden range, by the members of Np. 2 Company Rifle Brigade. The weather was not at all favourable for shooting, it being intenupted by frequent showers. Volun teer McDonald was the successful competitor for the prize. The leading scores were as follows :—McDonald, 15G; Cooper, 148 ; Gleesen. 141.

The amateurs of this city announce a con cert on a grand scale on Wednesday evening, in the Choral Ha 1!, for the benefit of a lady in distressed circumstances. At the close of the concert the amateurs propose a dance, to which they invite all their young patrons.

In compHance with an invitation from Mr Dargaville, the Theatre Royal, Grahamstown, wr* crowded on Saturday night to hear an address by that gentlemap in connection with his candidature for the Superintendency. The meeting gave him a very patient hearing, and passed a vote of confidence at the close of his address.

The election of a city councillor in the place of Mr Cosgrave is fixed for Tuesday, the 29th instant. There are only two can didates in the field, Messrs Philips and Macready. At the meeting of the Newton Highway District ratepayers on Saturday last, at the Newton Academy, a rate of a penny ii the pound was struck, and Messrs Jones, Lawvy, Bums, Dignan and Seymour were elected trustees for the ending year. Mr John Dignan, sen., and Mr, John Billington were chosen auditors. A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the meeting. • .'

We have received the following letter o n the petition in favour of Eppwright:—To the Editor: Sir, —The letters that have ap pearedj in the daily press within the last few days, having reference to the sentence passed upon Eppwright, demand some notice, and I earnestly hope that what I am about to say may not be miscontrued. " Justice" in in his letter on Saturday informed the public that a petition was about to be presented praying for a commutation of Eppwright's sentence, and asked for sigaaturen. "Justice" apologises for Eppwright's "knif ing," and another writer lately observed that "if Gariity had not put up his arm to defend himself he would not have been killed." Sir, I counot conceive how men can v,.ite thus. The worthy and tender-hearted Chief Justice, in passing sentence upon the criminals, said he had never known a more'heartless crime, and that the circumstances almost prevented one's feeling a sense of pity for them. So spoke the Chief Justice, and hundreds agree with him. Now, sir, in conclusion let me say ,a word to those — ("whited sepulchres" in cluded)—whom "Justice" exhorts to sign the petition. If you disagree with the opinion of an upright judge, who heard all the evidence ; if you think that a man who deliberately stabs his fellow does not deserve death because his victim would not have perished had he taken the blow without attempting self-defence; if you think that the circumstances of this crime will not be discussed in. a hundred • forecastles when an attack upon an • officer is meditated ; if you think that the successful issue of the petition will not in all probabi lity lead to similar crimes being committed, and innocent lives being sacrificed by villains who think the law may safely be _et at defiance; if you wish this land to be such another as Amerioa, where life is not held sacred, where murders are frequent and murderers unpunished—then, gentlemen, sigh the petition, and let the Judge: of a'l the earth make inquisition for blood;—I am; &c., True Mercy. '>

The members and friends of the Auckland United Methodist Free Church will hold a tea meeting and public entertainment to morrow at the City Hall, in aid of the Sunday school. The Rev G. H. Turner v, ill occupy the chair, and suitable addresses will be given by Revs P. H. Cornford, A. Mac donald, and Dr Wallis. Messrs Glanvillei Battley, Hemuß and Cole will take part in the proceedings. . , .

The nomination of candidates for the representation of the Bay of Islands Electoral District, in the General Assembly, took place at Russell on the 16th inst. The gentlemen proposed were: Messrs J. S. Macfar lane,_ John Lundon, and Williams. The candidates explained their views to the electors, when a show of hands was taken, resulting in favour of Mr Williams. Messrs Macfarlane and Lundon demanded a poll, which will take place on the 28th inst. The evidence at the inquest on Mrs Peter Boylan, of the Royal Hotel, Official Bay, on Saturday, shewed that she suffered a mis carriage. There were various marks of blows on the body. The inquest was i adjourned until Tuesday, the husband Of deceased being admitted to bail, himself on a bond of £200 and two sureties of £100 each, ii .".', T,

The fate of the Rev. D. Hamilton has at length been set at rest. The search party Sovered the body of the missing gentle man in Foot's Creek about i j mile from where the horse was found It is probable .hat the rev. gentleman had wandered for a w time roufd about the spot whe.-e he left his horse, and that he at len-tti resolved to Follow the creek to the sea, when he sank With exhaustion caused by exposure hunger and fatigue, and died there. Ihc creek would have led him to the sea had c possessed sufficient < strength to follow it to its outlet, and having thus got clear of the forest he would have been able to ascertain his position. The rev. gentleman was only twenty-nine years of age, and had beeti m the colony about fifteen months. He Was unmarried, but leaves a widowed mother m Belfast, to whom the news of his sad death will no doubt prove a severe blow His brother is pastor of a church m Belfast An inquest on the remains of the rev. gentleman will be held to-morrow if the weather is suf ficiently moderate to permit of the removal of the body, which will have to be brought round to Onehunga by water After the en quiry which is to take place in St. Andrew s Church, the funeral cortege!: will start from there and proceed to the Whan, where the remains will be interred in the churchyard surrounding the kirk.

Our Australian telegrams announce that Archibald Chisholm has been committed for trial on a charge of fraud in connection with his insolvency. The accused was a merchant in Sydney, and failed for £50,000. The charge against him is that he " fraudulently obtained from Solomon Meyer, a merchant in this city, a promissory note of the value of £501 10s 4d by falsely representing that he was in possession of certain goods, to wit, two tons of Coleman's blue, three and a half tons of starch, ten ca.es of herrings, two tons of chicory, and five cases of confectionery, and that he would deliver the said gor ds to com plainant and his partner, when in truth he did not possess such goods. Telegraphic communication with the South, which was interrupted yesterday, was re stored to-day ab.ut one o'clock. A large number of messages had accumulated in the offices during the time of stoppage, and blocked up the wire to-day to such an ex tent a3 to prevent the transmission of our usual telegrams from the South.

We have much ph.* sure in conveying the information that the cHrectors of the North Shore Ferry Company, at a meeting held to day, have re-considered the que-tion of fares by the ferry, and have made material modifi cations, as appears by advertisement in another column. The ord'nary fares are brought back to 3d each way, a rate which we confidently beHeve will be found ulti mately more lucrative to the company than any higher charge-!. The weeKy tickets are hot re duccd.

To-morrow evening Dr Kidd will deliver a lecture on the subject a " Popular Aspect of the Science of Keasoning," before the Devon port Literary Society, North Shore.

AMERICAN NEWS

"War of .Races in New Louisiana

The San Salvador Earthquake

Great Calamity in Peru

Oastro a Witness in the Tichborne

Case

We have -San' Francisco papers via Sydney to the 9th May. The follow:ng items are extracted from the Week 7y Bulletin :—

New Orleans, May 6. Serious disturbances between neg.oes and white men are proceeding.

The Metropolitans (negro party) took quiet possession of of St. Martinsville on Sunday noon. That night two Metropolitan scouts were dangerously wounded in the suburbs of that town, one of whom hai since died.

Mudge's gun store was broken into by a mob to-night, and almost its entire contents carried off, no policeman being present to protect the property. New Iberia, La., May 7, 11 a.m. Firing was heard this morning. A courier from the Citizen's Camp reported that three Metropolitans were killed and four wounded within two squares of the Court-house, where Colonel Badger has concentrated his forces. The citizens are collecting from every portion of Attakappas. Most of the recruits are of the better cla r:s, well mounted, and generally armed with breech-loading shot guns. So far young men generally have gone into the field. Married men in the towns are watching the negroes organise, and pre paring to frustrate them. Captains of steam boats have been warned not to transport armed Metropolitans, consequently they did not bring those at the Bayou, knowing thajfc their boats would be blown up. .New Orle__is, May 7. ! ' The Grand Jury passed resolutions to havb Ke^.egg and his officers appear before them on a charge of usurpating the Government of Louisiana. Judge Abell ordered the report to be filed and subpoenal to be issued for the parties to appear before the Grand Jury, There is also areport against the metropolitan police. New Orleans, May 7. Great excitement was created in this city this afternoon by the report that Governor Kellogg had been shot. It appears that a crowd gathered around the carriage, swearing and hooting, and just as the carriage started off a shot was tired by some person in the crowd: Governor Kelogg says that the bullet passed so close to his neck that he felt it. The Picayune's New Iberia's special says tha a short engagement took place to-day at St; Martinsville. The police about 12.15 p.mi made a sortie from town and attacked the forces of Colonel Deblanc, which fell back before them. The police fired both solid shot and shell from their cannon, but withont effect. They advanced about a mile and a half and made a stand, out retreated after a brisk skirmish before the advanqe forces of Colonel Deblanc.

San Salvador. —New York, May 4. • Reports from San Salvador, with respect to the earthquake which rained the city, state that the shocks still continue, and that the Government Palace, which survived the great shock which laid the city in ruins, had also given way and fallen to the ground. A great many people have been injured, and many have,lost their reason. It is doubtful

Nicaragua.—New York, May 4. whether the authorities m.H persist in the determination to re-build the capital on the same site.

Information up to the date of the 15th ultimo goes to dhow that the Cnited States Exploring Expedition, having finished a minute survey of the lake, wr.s now occupied in examining the capabilities of San Juan River.

Pei v.—New York, May 4. A ■ great calamity has fallen on a town called PJescobamba, caused by a land-slide from a neighbouring mountain, by which forty-four houses were destroyed and thirty six people perished. The great ma_s which destroyed the town also dammed up the river, and the destructive effects of an inunda tion were .expected to be added to the other misfortunes.

•' ' Chile.—New York, May 4. Thos. Castro and the widow of Dr. Hallie,

both residents of Melipilla, are about t proceed to England as witnesses in th Tichborne case. The real I.oger lived j*__, time in the house of Castro. _ j A sum of 225,000 dollars is to be de„f. cated to the building for the International Exhibition, which takes place in 1875.

UNION SASH AND DOOR COMPANY.

Tfliv half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Union Sash and Door Company was held this afternoon, at three o'clock, at Mr F. A. White's office, Shortland-street. Mfa (J. J, Stone occupied the chair. C The Secretary (Mr Waynonth) read the report and balance - sheet, -which showed that business had not been so active daring the In it ps in the prev'ous half-year. A dividend at the rata of 10 per cent, per .-mum, amounting to £13S0, was declared for the half-year. This would leave a balance of £024 4s 6d ,to b, carried +i the profit and loss new account. The report and statement of accounts were unanimously adopted, which concluded the

bus:ness

SUPREME COURT.

CIVIL SITTINGS

MONDAY, JULY 21. (Before Sir G. A. Arney, Knight Chief Justice, and a Common Jury.) . ' The civil business of the Circuit opened this morning. His Honor the Chief Justice entered Court at ten a.m. BAYLEY V. HOWARD. Mr Whitaker for plaintiff, Mr Broo&field for defendant. . This was an action upon a promissory note for £44. The plaintiff, a farmer in Taranaki, and the defendant a commission agent. The defence was that the vh 1 ltiff was indebted to defendant for a greater amount than the sum claimed, viz.—£s6 for commission upon a pre\lous transaction. The facts alleged in the declaration were very few,;; The plaintiff showed to defendant on the steamer in Onehunga a ceitain parcel of wool. Defendant said the wool was Vorth is lOd. The plaintiff said defendant might haye all he got over Is 9-J-d. Failing in obtaining the latter sum he might have his ordinary,ffeom missipn,. 2-J percent. The wool waApven tuallysold for Is 9 3-16 th, and 1b :3d for some greasy wool. The defendant "Said, however; thattherewas a previous,transac tion in the sale of wool on which; defendant was to have £20. The wool sold for £2,250. The defendant claimed his commission, which amounted as above stated to £56. ~: - v - ,

gsThe defendant was the first witnec'sealled. He said that he had had ceveral transactions with the plaintiff. He admittcd'the racing the note the amount for wlr'ch it was,.made. He claimed £56 as bis commission on*%_so, the price which the wool fetched, being at a rate pf 2£ per cent. The plaintiff-offered him £5 and anew suit of clothes/out de enc'ant told'plaintiff bis suit ofcloth-^ipight be d-^—d. The defendant further. demoted that' the wool was not according to .ample.

J. S. Macfarlane-was examined, and de posed that the defendant brought him a letter from Webster Brothers. He did not kliow the usual rate of comro'.sion that could be charg.d by an agent ac.i*"g in such circum stances. Witness was ask_d to be § pur chaser, but declined at the piice. Mr Joseph Potte-, wool buyer for Epberton and Co., said Mr Howard brought hife film the letter. Mr Thome ultimately bniight the wool. The usual payment for an agent under circumstances detailed in this ea_e was brokerage—that was .o cay, one per' cent. That was all the plaintiff, in witnesses opinion, acting as in this c„se would be en titi.ed to. ' ■ i: • i .

David Grey, a comttn_sion agent and tal'r rba-", gave s:milar evidence, but s„id when commi_sion was to be paid the usual a'W ancewas 2__ per cent. He lad known 3 per c out to be charged. ' The pla:ntiff was examined, and qon firmed the details already deposed to, which led up to the alleged agency. The witness swore positively that the arrangement with the defendant was that the latter was to have all he could get above Is 9£d per lb., but if the wool was not told for so much the de fendant'was to get nothing. Witness added, that he met the defendant in an o_nnibus,and offered,him a suit of clothes. Mr Hqjpard appeared very cross about this some time afterwards. Witness further deposed that he did not offer the defendant £5 and a l'suit of clothes. ./ The jury found in favour of the set,.off claimed at H percent., amounting to £33 3s lOd, which is to be deducted from the plain tiff's claim. . l ' • ;i • . This was the only common jury case, and the Court adjourned until Wednesday next at ten o'colck, when the special jury cases will be taken.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.)

DRUNKENNESS. . , -'] A \„ Thomas Brennan and John Mickle (alias Happy John) were charged with being drunk and fined ten shillings each. , ILLEGALLY PAWNING. . T <T Jacob Eckbon, belonging to the w_Mer Baintow, was charged with the larceny of a watch which had been entrusted to him to get repaired by a lady in the : Ray of Islands, instead of -which Eckbon pawned the watch and spent the money. Upon the;!application of Mr Broham, the case was remanded until i Monday next, in order that an witness might ba present. A^LEOEO ASSAULT. Richard. Weston and William Harrington were charged with assaulting John AshWy, a gentleman from the Thames, on the night of the 14th inst. Prisoners pleaded not guilty• ... ~ ■ .pa Mr Beveridge appealed for the prosecutor, and Mr Bennett for the prisoners. ■'?'''» John Ashbury deposed that he was,in Auckland on Monday last, when he met the two prisoners in a public house opposite the Market-house ; they- drank together.; He had some sovereigns in his pocket, which he exhibited to the ga_e of his two new friends. His Worship thought the complainant was very simple to show his money, and Ape should not be at all surpilsed to hear thal'he lost it. He considered the exhibition was a great temptation for people to- _ob him. If-he had so many sovereigns,'and they were too heavy for. his pocket, ilia might drop them into the poor box, wbic_ would be a sweet relief to him. ;\ '"'._ '■ Mr Beveridge stated that his client was a stranger m* Auckland ; he was fresh from the Thames. .> ■ ,.■ ; ' :.i A.

Mr Ashbury continued to say that he and his new friends went to another public-house, when one struck him and the other rushed atkirn. He immediittelydrewaknife, and bade them "staud off" or meet the consequences. They shouted for the police, and he was. given jn charge and locked up for three day_f. He would not say that-he was afraid of them \ Heintended'to leave'the province as soon as-* possible, a_d take his sovereigns with him. Cross-examined iby Mr Bennett: He had not seen them before that night. He had £? e£! drinking. He thought he was aobe^ but could not say positively that he WSg,

Ml IVIBIIIIIS WtkK MONDAY JULY 22, jjjg.



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