SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 4.66 BUN-RISE: To- BBorrow morning, 6. EG HIGH WATER: This evening, 9.41; to-morrow morning, 10.7

ARRIVALS.

DuVe of Edinburgh, schooner, from RusseU Clyde, schooner, Anderson, from Wangarei Golden Isle, schooner, from Russell

DEPARTURES. Merlin, schooner, for Russell Bella Mary, barque, McArthur, for Hobart Town Briton, barque, Dyson, for Newcastle

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Wangarei: Clyde, schooner, to-morrow evening For Poverty Bay and Napier: Comerang, p.s., Tues-

day next For Ahlpara : Janet Grey, cutter, to morrow For Southern ports : Paterson, p.s., Monday next:

Ladybird, s.s., Tuesday , .... ._, For Newcastle : Feronia, barque, to-day ;Albion, brig,

and Amateur, barque, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero. s.s., early For Northern ports: Rowena, s.s., Monday next For New York: East Lothian, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed Woodlark, ship, from London. Sailed 2and February Hylton Castle, barque, from London. Sailed City of Auckland, from London. Loading Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 23rd January Thames, barque, from New York, via Sydney. Sailed Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Satellite, cutter, from Levuka Upolu, schooner, from Samoa Success, schooner, from Levuka Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia

TERRIFIC GALE IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

During the night of the Ist February and next day a severe gale from the south-east swept down the Channel, doing great damage to shipping. The steamer Clanalpine, 1500 tons, belong ing to Shields, and bound from Antwerp to Liverpool with a cargo of wool, silver-ore, copper-bars, and flour, went ashore at Block head, on the Lizard coast. The tremendous pea which was running made her speedy destruction inevitable, and she went to pieces in an hour or two. The captain and twelve of the crew were lost, hut eighteen persons ■were saved. • i Late on Saturday night the schooner Sarah, of Runcorn, was sighted in distress off Bal briggan. The Skerries life-boat proceeded to her assistance with a crew of coastguards and fishermen, numbering eleven hands. Melan choly to relate, the life-boat capsized, and nine out of the eleven men were drowned. The life-boat was lost, and the schooner was dashed almost to pieces on the Carrabates rocks. The crew, numbering seven hands, were lost. _ An exciting scene was witnessed at ren zance on Saturday evening. The schooner Rose, of Plymouth, coal-laden, sprang a leak off Falmouth, when the wind being easterly, Captain Amy determined to run forthe port. About sunset the vessel was watched by a large crowd, doubtful whether she would not founder before reaching the land. At last she drifted upon a sandbank at the entrance of the harbour, and then, swinging round, was, driven fast on the rocks between the pier and the esplanade, where she was exposed to the full force of the sea. Gallantly the pilot-cutter manned a boat, which reached the schooner before the life boat could arrive, and brought ashore the crew, amid the vigorous cheers of the anxiously watching townspeople. The Rose is a total wreck. A barque struck on Goodwin sands on Sunday night. The lifeboat Bradford put out from Ramsgate to the rescue of the crew. The boat encountered a tremendous breaker, which, swept one man out of the boat, and he During the storm the St. Ive's lifeboat did noble work, proceeding fivef times to ships in danaer/and taking off the crews of three ves .sels-the Mary Ann, ■of Plymouth,; the Francis, of Porthcawl; and the Rambler of Carnarvon.. Two of the hands of the latter vessel were washed overboard by a temen dous sea and drowned. , • The Norwegian steamer Wordnam, bound from Christiana to New York, with coal, went ashore on Chilton Ledge, Isle of Wight, dfarine & snowstorm on Saturday night. The "Briehtstone Grange lifeboat went off to her twice and safely landed 17 men of the crew. The master and mate refused to leave the vessel but they afterwards made signals of distress, and a third tipe the lifeboat went off to the wreck to their Tescue. The steamer Grebe arrived at Penzance, having in tow the derelict steamer Anglian, of Cork,. 409, tons register, with a general oaran It is supposed that the crew abandoned £in "he night. All the Anglian's boats WFrom nCornwall several disasters in the recent storm are reported. At Boscastle, on i the north coast, a French vessel was on shores on Monday, and likely to go to pieces No person was on board. In Cloyelly Bay three vessels struck, and are likely to become com plete wrecks but the crews escaped. A Welsh brigantine is reported to have gone * down with all hands near the Seven Stones Lighthouse, off Lands-end. ..,,., I A large new vessel, which had been; brought round from Glasgow, was on Monday: night driven with immense violence against; the south pier at the mouth of the Tyne, j the tow-line having broken. This vessel,; which was of great strength was instantly, amashed to pieces; but the South Side life, brigade went to the assistance of the crew, and succeeded in drawing them on to the pier, and saved them. A French brigantine, the Regeneration, Captain Bergier, master, laden with flo^r for Belfast, ran ashore at Mizen head, near: ' Wicklow, on Sunday night. The crew sAved themselves by jumping overboard fend! making for the shore. ........ "A bngahtine laden with pig iron ran ashore irtii the, b6idhi at_ Kilcool, ;6n. the WiokloW coast The rocket apparatus was used, and .one of the., crew,. a f boy, was w,yed. j the re mainder, s^in number, peflshftd. _. jha£atteiiptecl to; come .ashore in their own ■boat,1 but it was immediately dashed -to The Norwegian - timberdaden, schqdrier -Second lof May has been wrecked near -The crew were' rescued'by a lifeboat.— Lloyd's JNews, ,,

' The three-masted "schooner Duke of Edin burgh aerived thisM*fternoon frdm RusselJ, «Mth 110 tend "coaL Pi The s.s. Go-siead will leave for Taranaki and Wanganui on 'Thursday, 22nd instant. The barque Feronia has cleared at the Customs in ballast for Newcastle. She will leave this evening. . Wi r: The cchooner Dantsnc, 23 tons register, is for sale or charterI.' Application to.be made to Mr R. Melville, shipwright, JSn^les' The schopner.Clyde. 1 arrfyed last evening from Wangarei, and -is announced to leave aeain.tormorrow evening.' .. AH'J H / ■The steam-launch EcUpse made a^tnp.^te Motuihi with a party yesterday. She will be^piit upon the Riverhead trade in va JeW days, leaving Riverhead in the morning, and Auckland in the after Upon: The brig Rita is loading with tunber at OnehUnga wharf. , ' The ship Edinburgh Castle WiU be brought alongside the wharf to discharge about the beginning of next week. We understand Mr Ebborri has contracted for discharging the the whole of the cargo by steam, The IfShssl will have quick despatch, ...*.. ',':',' .. ; !.'.■ ' :■ ■■ ■ ■'■ '"' ' MJJin-.HVI

The brig Nile has reported at the Customs! from Lyttelton, with 1870 sacks wheat, and • 205 sacks oats, consigned to order. j; The barque Bella Mary took her departure this morning for Hobart Town. The barque Briton left this morning for Newcastle. i

COMMERCIAL.

MUTING. The following are the current call and dividend! payable in the companies named below:— jS 8. d. DIVIDEND. Buffalo .. .. 0 10 May IS CALLS. , Lucknow .. .. 0 10 May 21 MEETINGS. Durham Ox, Grahamstown, 19th May Eureka Hill, Mechanics'lnstitute, Auckland, 2p.m., 19th May Hand and Band, Grahamstown, 21st May ■ South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company Company's Office, Queen street, Auckland, 21st May Moanatairi, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, noon, 29th May Foresters. Coromandel, 30th May Trig Hill, Coromandel, 2nd June i Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building and In -1 vestment Society, Vaile's Buildings, 7.30 p.m., sth June Quebec, Mr R. Home's office, Shortland street, Auck land, 2 p.m.,6th June

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails ■will Close as Under :— * For Thames, this day, at 6.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a. in. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, &c., per Lady BQven, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Wangarei Heads, Wangarei, Mangapai, &c., per Clyde, to-morrow, at 4 p m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Paterson, on Monday, 19th inst., at 11 a.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Rowena, on Monday, 19th inst., at 3 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Ladybird, on Tuesday, 20th inst., at noon. For Whitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, on Tuesday, 20th inst., at 3 p.m. For Gisborne and Napier, per Comerang, on Tues day, 20th inst., at 4 p.m. (Signed) 8. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

Graham.—At Ohinemutu. Rotorua, on 14th tost., David Graham, Esq. ; aged 61 years. ~ The funeral will leave the residence of Mr John Kirkwood, Alten Road, on Sunday, 18th inst., at three o'clook p.m. Friends are respectfiiUy invited to attend. '

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

FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1873.

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

Our Waikato telegrams' announce that Purukutu, with eighteen followers, has gone to Tokangamutu, having apparently , been disturbed by the patrols proceeding from Cambridge,,, His journey to the, head-quarters of tlie King would afford Tawhiao an excel lent opportunity for seizinghim and handing him over to the Government if he were so dis posed, but there is very little prospect of his doing so. The Government, we are informed are having two redoubts erected on the frontier to prevent the. possibUity of a surprise by armed: bands of natives.. • This is so far satisfactory as affording security to out-settlers, and tending tp restore the, con fidence which has been disturbed by the recent) outrage.? < But if the Government suppose that the erection of these redoubts wiU satisfy the public, while, the murderers are aUowed to roam un punished, they are mistaken. The re doubts are probably offered as a sop to Cerebus, but they fail to meet the exigencies of the case. .Qur WeUington telegrams state it as the genwal opinion at th? seat of Gp« „„W ■ . ,Trt«i* A-^Mc ;■'•.> '■■'■■ ■ - ■■"<

vernment that the Ministry intend to "endeavour to tide over the difficulty." There can now be no doubt that I such is the intention of the Govern ment, but in a few days the time will have elapsed within which Tawhiao was to return a reply to Mr Mackay's request, and the Government must then announce their policy. It is desirable that every op portunity should be afforded the Govern ment for recovering the murderers in their own way, and until the 20th action on the part of the public may be permitted to remain in abeyance. If, however, the Go vernment fail, it will be the duty of his Honor the Superintendent to convene a public meeting to express their views upon a subject so seriously affecting the interests of this province.

We have been called on to-day by an aged man who has seen better days, but is now an inmate of the Old Men's Refuge. His simple sorrow is one that will almost provoke a smile, but to him it is one as trying per haps as any experienced in days of youth and health in the midst of better days long passed away. Nor do we see in the small ness of the boon he craves anything to in duce tis to decline our sympathy and aid to this cause which lacks assistance. It appears that to add a little comfort to his rather dreary life he has been in the habit of going out and gathering wfikt bones he may have met, carrying them in his pocket to the Refuge, and there adding them to his little store of bones in a barrel. Now they have taken away his bones, and he does not know what has become of them. The poor old man had been accumulating bones to.buy himself a pair of spectacles, and he had got nearly three hundredweight of them, and he had been looking forward to the pleasure of lightening the burthen of his weary hours by reading, when suddenly his bones are taken away, and he has come to tell it to the Star. It appears that once before this mis fortune befell-him, and in consequence of his haying given evidence in an enquiry respect ing the Refuge his bones were taken from him. This was in October, 1871. He ap pealed to the Superintendent, and Mr Gillies, with a kindness creditable to him, ordered that there should be no interference with his bones. However, in consequence of his having made a complaint about the badness of the tea, the poor old man's bones were again taken from him, and apparently buried. This was in February last, since which time he has been vainly trying to find or get back the bones. We may be in error, but we think this is a case of cruel hardship. We do not publish all the charges laid respecting the conduct of the Re fuge, as they may many of them be the imaginings of a cla3S of men who have seen happier days, and whose feelings may have been jarred by life's rough usage ; but this matter of the bones seems to us a refinement of cruelty that should receive inquiry. The. poor old mau speaks kindly of Mr. Graham, the Relieving Officer, but says that he is powerless. However this may be, it is very certain that itisinthehighestdegreeimproper that our charitable institutions should ba conducted without the supervision of regular and officially-:sanctioned visitors... There should be no such institution as that with out the inmates having an opportunity of making their complaints to sympathising • ears. The Refuge may be humanely con ducted, or it may be otherwise ; but some safeguard is unquestionably required to en sure that no thoughtless unkindness should be shown to the perhaps capricious feelings of poor and aged and feeble men who once had an earnest part in life. This poor old man's sorrow for his lost bones was as gen uine and as touching as any that has ever been unfolded within our sanctum, and we sin cerely trust that his cause will reach the ears of those who can feel sympathy and take steps that he shall not again bo disturbed in this honest humble effort to provide little comforts in his declining years.

The first annual meeting of the shareholders of the Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building and Investment Society will be held at the Society's office on the evening of the sth June.

To the Editor: Sir,—Knowing you are one, like myself, that wishes to see justice done to the poor as well as the rich, I trust you will give these few lines publicity. In reading the papers I see an old acquaint ance and a neighbour is applying for- the third or fourth coat of white washing. I was thinking what excuse he and his saintly-looking lawyer will make this time to his creditors to deprive them of their rights. He can't say the same as a character like him told his creditors, what heavy losses he had at the goldfields, and bad debts, and other idle excuses. When he erected that extraordinary high flagstaff he managed, by his shewing, to weedle the sum of £425 of me and Henderson and Maqfarlane. but of one :olaim. The only losses I can find out at present are in his daily visitsUb the' Q.C.E./ .'at the bottom of Shortland Crescent. I heard that his castle was mortgaged, or supposed to be mort gaged, to a very saintly-looking gentleman that would be 'glad to borrow a little him self ; the very./same gentleman that strove every way to, dupe, ise out of a nice Uttle sum. I think it is quite _high time that this whitewashing law was dpne.a^ray with, and some other jaw was framed to put down, the " ways that'are dark and the tricks that are vain" which have been carried on by a lot of characters that study nothing else but to rob their neighbours. " The sort of characters I am alluding to directly they get clear of Court go into business again to chisel d'fresh lot pi creditors. I should very much like if I Was allowed to be at the first meeting of this gentleman!.am alluding to, which will be in a few days, to hear him give a true account of his losses. He can't say he lost one shilling at the goldfields ; nor he can't, as a character did some time back, have secured his property for the loye and affec tion he had for his, ever-beloved wife. But whoever his creditors are there is no doubt but what they will look after their own in terest. It is weU-known by all his neigh bours he has been carrying on,a first-rate business.—l am, &c, A Lover of Justice.

A revision court will be held on Tuesday, the 3rd June, at-the Registrar's Chambers, Supreme Court, for the. purpose of revising the list of voters for the electoral district of Franklin.

The eteamer SbuthernCross left Tauranga at noon to-day with the remains of the late Mr David Graham. The funeral will take place on Sunday next, the cortege leaving Mr Kirkwood's residence, Alten Road, at th^ee o'clock. An intimation appears in our adver tising columns requesting all Freemasons to attend. The day on which the funeral is to be held will afford aU citizens who are desirous of paying a tribute of respect te the memory of the deceased an opportunity for doing so. [,j ~' '~

Mr Editor, —I saw a paragraph in this morning's. Sout7ie-rn Cross in reference to the insufficiency of ammunition in the Waikato district that I must say surprised me. The statement made in Saturday night's Starwaiß correct. In the above district, at that time, there was no revolver ammunition. WiU the editor of the Southern Cross deny that he was told of the facts by an eye-witness several days previous to its publication by you? I wonder who is trying to "excite" and "mislead" public feelings now ?—Yours, &c, Ignoramus, ; . . ....; y <•_<■,.

It is always gratifying to hear of "patient merit" meeting with its reward, and we are glad to chronicle the fact that Constable Connor has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. This officer deserved such recog nition for his ever-obliging and courteous address. From personal observation we be lieve that Sergeant Connor is an officer wjio, while attending to his duties faithfully, will never overstep them.* We wish him success.

The rooks which were brought over by Captain Petherbridge from England two or three years ago are likely to live and per petuate their specie. They take their regular eerial flight when the weather is fine, and return as regularly at sunset to the sheltering trees of the Domain, and it was an interesting sight to witness last evening these black wtnged birds careering homeward with their unchanging "Quawk! quawk!" in the same companionable style as that practised by'the rooks of Adam's days.

The Tonic Sol Fa elementary class con cluded its session of tuition last night in the Edwards-street Primitive Methodist School with a presentation; of the works of the English poets to Mr Bloomfield, in token of the esteem which the class feels towards their musical: tutor for his arduous duties in behalf of the^tnembers. Mr Ooull presented the books in the name of the class, and Mr Brookfield returned thanks in his own de T lightful manner, and spoke of the orderly conduct and general attention of the students of .the system.

The regular monthly meeting of the Royal Albert Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 2, will be held this evening.

The Drum and Fife Band last night played some lively on the wharf with remarkable success, and to the evident delight of the by-standers, many of whom could not pos sibly stand still. This is the gayest if not the best little band in the city, and its mem bers most of them are excellent dancers : we witnessed their reels the other evening on board the Takapuna, which dispelled all doubts of their capering capabilities. It is a pity that this lively band of musicians do not come out a little oftener to interest and enliven the people. Perhaps Mr Smith will consider the matter.

To the Editor :—Sir,— Regarding the formation of companies for native industry for this portion of the North Island I beg through your usual kindness to offer a few remarks. las one of a party who did our utmost to start a colonial industry in the smelting of the iron sand for this place, and our endeavours having proved fruitless in forming a company on this the first occasion, I nevertheless beg to state while Wellington can take the lead of Auckland and float their companies both with coal and titanic iron sand, yet our boasted city of the North can not encourage a small outlay for a permanent industry, which would not only be beneficial to the colony at large, but to this city in particular. From my experience at home I am prepared to challenge any one, even Aberdeen men, regarding tho operation of the various degrees belonging to my trade, and moreover I can shew my certificates to prove to the public at large what I can pro duce from the material to which I allude, viz., the whole process of converting a part of New Zealand shores into a benefit to the community at large.—l am, kc, William Sutton.

At the special meeting of the members of the Board of Education, held yesterday, the financial statement of the past expendi ture was laid on tho table, from which it appears that up to the present date £1077 of the household rate has been collected, and that a further sum of £6,570 will be required to meet the liabilities to the end of the year. It was also Btated that eighty-three public schools are now in full operation. The regular meeting of the Board will bo held on Thursday next.

Mr Greenway announces a monster meet ing to protest against the Education Tax on Monday evening next, at the Mechanics' Institute.

The ratepayers of the Grafton-road Educational District purpose holding a i_qeet ing this evening, at half-past seven, in St. David's school-room.

It is asserted that Mr W. Rowe is about to return from Australia to the Thamesto succeed Mr Higgins in the management of the Moanatairi mine. > ' '

The annual meeting of the friends of the Home for Neglected and Destitute Children took place last evening in the Wellesley street rooms, —the Mayor in the chair. Mr Glanville, the honorary secretary, read the report for the year ending March 31, 1873, which shewed that the society has done a great deal of good in its laudable endeavours to rescue the strays and waifs of the thoroughfares from the surging sea of vice and moral degradation. The report is a most interesting one, and highly creditable to the head and heart of the writer. The balance-sheet, read by Mr G. W. Owen, the honorary treasurer, shewed:—Receipts, £894 Os 7d; expenditure, £777 0s 2d, leaving a balance of £117 0s 5d to the good of the society. _ Several in teresting speeches in connection with the society were made by the' Revs. D. Bruce, and P. Hi Corhford, Capt Daldy, Messrs, E. Waite, G. M. Main, Glanville and Mcfarlane. On the motion of the latter speaker the fol lowing gentlemen were proposed to act as a committee for the ensuing year :—President, Right Reverend Dr Cowie, Bishop of Auck land. Vice-presidents, His Honor the Super intendent and His Worship the Mayor. Committee : Rev D. Maunsell, D. Bruce, P. H. Cornford, J, T. Warlow Davies. R. F. Macnicol, Waters Reid, Turner, Captain Daldy,' Messrs Waite, Rattray; -McffilrJane, G. W. Owen, W. Grahame, A. Stewart,: D. Goldie, E, Isftdcs, G. Thorne, J. L. Wilson, Coupland, R. C. Dyer, Slater, W. C. Ken sington, J. Bj, Russell, S, H. Smith, and E. Glanville.

We have received the following answer to J. McM. " Freeman's Bay" says :—Robert had 20 scholars, and I the money Ihe had was 6s, to give them 4d each; he would require to have 6s 8d by giving them 3d each ;he would have Is left.—l am, yours &c, Freeman's Bay. Another correspon dent Writes1 as follows :—The number of so caUed youngsters that received presents from Robert as a Sunday-school teacher were twenty (20). Trusting, Mr Editor, that this answer. wiU satisfy the enquiring, Dut childish mind' of J. MacM, and hope that your little lecture of last evening will be a warning to bun,in not laying such foolish and;childish questions before your enlightened readers in future.—l am, yours &c, W. R. Rumsey.

An inaccuracy .occurred in our nptjee of tke financial statement of the Albert-street Congregational; Churc- The total receipts for the year were £697 18s 3d, to which amount the ordinary Sabbath offerings con tributed £450 14s Id.

. The old native hostelry or market'house near the beach Onehunga is undergoing re pairs, preparatory, it is said, to a number of King natiyea or hauhaus taking possession or living in it. _ f

We learn that £1,077 have already been collected of the education rate. At the meeting of the Board'yesterday it was esti mated that £11.500 would be required for the year's expenditure. Eighty-three schools have been established under the Act,,

Another of the excellent series of successive concerts at the City Hall was held last night,. and a large number of persons attended to j listen to the music and melodies of the Carandini company. The songs, solos, and i duets were given in a manner wmen cultivated talent is alone privileged to s;ive, and Madame Carandini, the sisters Rosina and Fanny, and Messrs Gor don and Sherwin, received those plaudits which their merits so eminently deserve. To-night will be presented the pretty and pathetic ballads "Sing on, ye little birds," "The harp that once thro' Taras Halls," andthe " Old Arm Chair," from the pen of Eliza Cook; a capital entertainment therefore, is in store for this evening.

The only business before the Police Court to-day consisted of dealing with three drunk ards, who were allowed the privilege of choosing between paying a fine orretiiing from public life for forty-eight hours.

A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce took place yesterday afternoon, Mr Yon der Heyde in the chair. The meeting was fairly attended. The report of;the committee embraced several important subjects, lstj The mail service : It considered direct com munication with San Francisco necessary to the interests of the colony, but in the mean time recommended that a moderate subsidy should be granted to the two • Australian steamers running to this port to ensure re gularity in transmission of the mails via Suez. The cost was estimated at £2,600 per annum. 2nd. Ocean telegraph : The Chamber hoped no delay would be occasioned in the inaugu ration of telegraghic communication with the rest of the world. 3rd. Parliamentary Leg islation : Two subjects invite the action of tho Chamber, viz., the insolvency laws which required alteration, also the right of landowners to prevent the passage through their property of timber driven by freshets, or otherwise from forests above their holdings; to this some relief should be provided by law. 4. The.-Drawbacks Act. The committee re commended the Chamber to apply to Go vernment to place haberdashery and millinery upon the 3rd schedule of the Act. 5. Har bour Works. The opinion 6f the Chamber, as to the advisability of making the con struction of a large graving dock, with not less than 14 feet of water on the sill,—a first charge upon the loan now sought by the Harbour Board, should be again expressed and communicated to the Harbour Board at the proper time. Discussion ensued on these subjects, after which the adoption of the report ,was carried. Mr J. Y. Stevenson was elected a member of the committee instead of Mr J. M. Shera (absent from the colony). A motion of regret was passed at the loss of two gentlemen connected with the Chamber, namely, Messrs William i Morrin and David Graham. ,

Many of the Southern journals have spoken out manfully upon the' subject of Sullivan's murder. The Hokitika Star says : —"The indifference that has been shown when the life of a white man has been sacrificed should surely at length come to a termination, and we mistake much if this does not constitute one of the many clauses in the lengthy in dictment to be framed against Ministers on the Assembly meeting. There is a limit to human patience, and that limit has urely now been reached. Condign punishment will be demanded, and if Tawhiao chooses to shelter criminals of so deep a dye, even at the lisk of a general native outbreak, the Assembly will, we doubt not, insist on arms being used to enforce the punishment of the guilty. It is quite time that mock humanity and time serving humiliating policy should cease, and that the natives should at length learn that vengeance, ample and complete, will fall on Maori and white man alike when the laws are broken, whether the offences committed are grave or otherwise."

The Post observes that Mr Mackay's mis sion should not have been to ask whether the murderers would be surrendered or not, but to demand their surrender, and if it were re fused to tell the Maori King, in unmistakable language, that the Government would pursue them itself in whatever part of country they might take refuge. We do not wonder at the indignation expressed by the Cambridge set tlers, aad at their determination to take the law into their own hands if the .proper au thorities fail to enforce it. That unoffending men are to be shot down by bands of mauraders in this fashion, when the Gover nment have a large force of .armed constabu lary and abundant funds at its disposal, is not to be tolerated, more especially' when we know fuU weU that did a party of Europeans wantonly murder a Maori the whole machin ery of the Government would be set in mo tion to bring the perpetrators of the crime to the scaffold.

The receipts at the Provincial Treasury, Wellington, during the year ended the 31st March last amounted to £77,680 3s Bd. Of this £25,071 10s 2d was derived from land sales. '.._,.. .j ..... Amongst the names of the vocalists who took part at a concert given at Richmond, Victoria, in aid'of the local library, wenbtice those of Miss Lizzie and Miss BeUa Carandini, whose singing is favourably noticed by the Melbourne Aye. ;i

j A candid correspondent of a Melbourne joutfAal Ogives his experience of an hour's c^uiet < repose in a right-of-way near an hotel :—"I I was passing behind, a well-known hotel the | other evening, having had a late supper with s'dhiia f tieiifis proceeding home in the, iSomer setshire, and happening to loiter on the way —and probably owing to the number of richt i quid wally-wachts, or something similar, hot, with rsugais which -I had-suffered during tlie evening—anyhow I 'Svdke Up after a. , r.efreshii^g ~ lounge- -jon -the. y^erb, feeling one of the strangest "sensations imaginable. - Ttfriib iriy eye^atid gaze around seemed natural enough, but little recked lof the scetie aroundme.' I'should'saythousands of rats creeping over ,me»r near me, and around me, some of them as big aa healthy kittens, others perfectly, white with," age ; most of,.them were fighting, over, something y?hich lay ahead" of ine'.. I gathered my, surprised senses about me,' rubbing my' et'es gently like, so as to preserve my anonymity, and watched the strange ceremonies going on. . There were young rats and rats, of middle age fighting with iron-grey veterans and larrikin rats ; there were staid old tail skinn'd 'uns, holding their own in crowds, of hundreds, and att roUihg OV6* a mysterious parcel M 'the middle of the'right-of-way. I' watched the. brutes for T should, say;, a qua.rtei: of an hour; T then commenced to shy little pieces of dirt at them, and, beyond causing a slight disturbance amongst forty.or fifty near me,' the rest fought, bit, and cursed one another in,front, Some ,of the wretches Bat on their haunches and grinned at me, but 1 the main crowd fought on in the middle, each 6ne walking1 off apparently munching'SOme thing and' looking happier. Surprise got the the, better of me : the heaps _of mud I shied in amongst the ' varmints' touched them not, and at. last, after using up a heap of bluestone, . I ventured to stride in amongst the crowd ; and, after levelling two or three score with ! my boots I found the mystery, and wished at the moment I had stayed with my Somerset shire voyagers.- My hat, a clean white1 beU topper, nearly new when I entered that right of-way, I found in 400 pieces; and n6thmg distinct save the paper. They dido'tcaw for paper, but they enjoyed the felt.

We hear a good deal about the difficulty which {fatten experience in getting labo™*' but probably if they made their wants pro perly known they would soon get them sup plied. An advertisement Was inserted in our issue of Wednesday last for a nan to mind a horse and buggy, ■PE U«* ' tions to be made at noon to-day. At tne time appointed a crowd numbering at least thirty strong able-bodied men had assembled around our office. ihe appli cants comprised men of all ages, and *PP*£" ently of very many ranks of life, semblage was drawn together to compete lor a situation of fifteen shillings a week, and board. The advertiser was not hard to please, for he engaged the first man ne happened to speak to. While demonstrating the advantages of advertising the number of applicants-, indicates a fact scarcely so pleasant to contemplate. It shows that em ployment is not so easily to tie gained as many people believe. Most of. the** who applied had the appearance of being steauj; sober, and industrious men. Another little episode, shewing a commendable laitnm advertising, was brought under our notice a day or two ago. A gentleman had lost his locket, and inside it something which he valued more highly than the trinket. He was deploring the fact to a friend, when the latter offered to bet that he would find the locket within a day. me bet was taken up, and the gentleman who proposed it had an advertisement inserted in the Star of the same evening. Within three quarters of an hour after the issue ol the Star the locket was left at our office, the bet was paid, and winner and loser went on their ways rejoicing. A confirmation service will be held atJ3t. Luke's Church, Mount Albert, by the Bishop of Auckland, on Sunday next.

A remarkable instance of recaUing life by medical skiU has lately occurred at Brussels. An unfortunate workman, overtaken by drink, had fallen into the canal of Charleroi, which passes through the lower part of the town, and hit body was not recovered for some considerable time, when it seemed hopeless to attempt to recall the drowned man to life, and the bystanders, after ex hausting the common remedies, came to the conclusion that the man was dead. By good fortune Dr. Joux, the medical officer of the 3rd division of the Police of Brussels, was at home, and his assistance was caUed in, and at once he resolved not to regard the case as hopeless. For three hours, however, the most effective remedies sug gested by modern science were applied in vain, when Dr. Joux determined to have recourse to a more stringent treatment, and proceeded to apply plates of iron heated to a white heat to the upper parts of the body near the more vital organs. After some short time to the astonishment of the assistants, faint signs of breathing were observed, and in the course of half an hour the drowned awoke to life. At the present moment he is perfectly restored to health, and the only incon venience which he^has sustained results from the severe cauterisation which his skin necessarilly underwent. The novel treatment which Dr Joux extemporised so successfully on this occasion may well deserve the atten tion of the Royal Humane Society.

The Hampden Guardian reports rather a curious scene which occurred at the local court recently. Thomas Pekin sued John Brennan for £1, professional service rendered in July, 1870. Approaching the witness-box his Honor observed defendant flourishing a formidable looking whip, which the judge directed to be surrendered. Brennan then proceeded to ask plaintiff if he knew the " walue of a hoath, for the requirements of the eighth commandment. Mr Pekin admitted some slight knowledge of these matters, when the defendant produced and handed in what proved to be a receipt for the sum claimed. Defendant applied for costs, and reply to the judge said he was a " water diviner," and well-sinker. A more tangible definition of his calling being asked for, defendant claimed to be a miner, and earned 365. per day. Eventually the case was dismissed, with 345. costs against the plaintiff.

Some London theatrical managers are attempting to rival their American brethren in providing extraordinary "draws." The latest has been to press the " surviving crew " of the Northfleet into the show line, and this was how it was done at the South London Music Hall: Item one, a packed house. Item two, eight of the "surviving crew" discovered arranged in a row when the curtain rose. But before the latter happened a lady came forward and sang a song in their honour. The spirited character of the composition may be judged from the following lines which composed the choruß: —

No one to save them; no helping hand ; Dying in sight of their own native land. Helpless they sank-no aid could be found ; May God have mercy on those who were drowned After this performance was over, and the " terrific applause" with which it was received had subsided, "the spirited pro jprietor,' with a countenance beaming with earnestness and emotion," announced, amid " tremendous applause," that he was about jto introduce to the audience "the surviving ;crew of that ill-fated vecsel the Northfleet," jwho he had '•' no hesitation in saying were as jbrave a crew as ever manned a vessel, and ; had acted with great kindness towards the j passengers." The curtain then rose. They ; were said to be pale and care-looking, which ,is not to be wondered at, considering the Ihumilidting position into which they had i been entrapped. ' '

A Melbourne paper relates that an execu tion was lately put into, the house of a poor !maU, and that in lieu of finding anything ehfe |of value the baiUff entered in his inventory a set of gold-mounted false teeth.thab lay on Ithe mantelpiece.' The insolvent debtor, who was in the midst of his toUet, exclaimed against this severity, declared that his-teeth were part of his person, and put them in his mouth. The' officer insisted, on his part, that the teeth were the property of the law, and compeUed'' the un fortunate toothless individual to dislodge' [them; and the nice question now ■ comes up as to whether these complementary articles of the toilet reaUy are seizable or 'not. The question becomes stiU more com phcatedwhen we take the feminine: makerup i into consideration, and we confess to great hesitation in entering upon so delicate a dis cission. Tt is safe to predict, however, that assuming the justice of the seizure, the num ber of articles liable to confiscation in this case would be more than sufficient to liqui date any reasonable amount of debt. Where is the woman of fashion who could fail to" ka^isfy her creditors by seUing at a fair price aU there is false about her ?

! New South Wales has taken a step to pro mote immigration which might be foUowed with benefit by New Zealand. The Govern ment sent home by the mail 5000 copies of the pamphlet', entitled, " New South Wales, the oldest and richest of the Australian jcoionies." The object, of course, is to disse minate /information throughout the United Kingdom, with a view to emigration. The Government printer has prepared another 5000, which are to be despatched by the out going mad ; and in order to enable persons resident in the colony to send the pamphlet to their friends a number of copies nave been reserved for sale in the polony.

We notice1 from our Melbourne files, ex Victoria, that the anniversary services in con nection with the Key. R.Laisley's Independ ent congregation, Lonsdale-street, were very successful.

Excitement was caused in the neighbour hood of Old Kent Road by the burning of a W6 effigy, which was intended for the wife of a person residing in the neighbourhood,, who had just returned home to her husband, after some week's absence, she having eloped with a barman in the immediate vicinity. The diseracefulproceedings were commenced by a man who called himself the crier going round the houses ringing a large bell, at the same time bawling out, " Mother come home '" This was a signal for the neighbours to turn ont in large numbers, which tf^fN did to see what was the matter, when they wem met by an effigy of the lady in question, which was taken round by the mob to the residence of the parties, and there burnt. The body waa stuffed with fireworks, and saturated with oil. The fireworks went off in every direction, while the Wnient* of the effigy blazed away, ll uminating all the neighbourhood. ■ In a very Ct timea steam fire engine from the Kent Sid station dashed down the street the brigade thinking there was a house on fire; and about the slme time a very cajjtabto body of police had been drawn to the spot by the JplLon and blaze. When the matter was explained, the police were amused at the ioke and refused to interfere, and the fire- Se returned to the station. The husband and wife wisely took these proceedings as a compliment, and came, out m front of then house and made their acknowledgments for it after which certain gallens of ale were consumed by the crowl There were up wards of five hundred persons present. It wa bJ until a late hour in the evening that the neighbourhood was tranqud.-£««*4 London Press. y

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.- This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham,^ Esq., R.M.V ir The usual weekly sitting of this Court was held this morning. I Undefended Cases. QUEBEC GOLD MINING COMPANY V. J. HOSIE. Claim £2 10s, for overdue calls. - Mr Alexander appeared for the Company. Judgment for the plaintiff. KEEPING V. KILLIAN.- Claim 19s 6d, for use and occupation. Mr. H. Keesing, jun., appeared on behalf of the plaintiff, from whom he held a power °£To toth nrs yMr. J. B. RusseU objected aa senior member of the bar present and sub mXed that it waa' establishing a bad prece dent to permit one layman to appear for another under a power of attorney where the plaintiff resided in the city. To prevent any such precedent being established he would Sngly appear for the plaintiff. This course was adopted. _ Judgment for the plaintitl. BROWN, BARRETT AND CO. V. FERNANDEZ. Claim £20, on.promissory note. Mr Brock appeared for the plaintiffs. Mr J. B. RusseU, for tho' defendant/ con fessed judgment, and made an offer of pay ment by instalments of £1 per month. Two pounds per month was accepted, pay ments to be made on the first day of the month. PERRY V. STETSON. Claim £8, for detinue and wages. Mr Greenway, for the plaintiff, applied for adjournment until next Court day. Mr J. B. Russell, for the defendant, offered no opposition,' and the case was ad journed. , ■ ASH V. DALTON. Claim £5 9s, balance of account. The plaintiff did not appear, and the case was struck out, costs being aUowed to £he defendant—£2 9s. Defended Cases. MARSHALL V. MARTIN. • . Ay. Claim 12s 6d, for professional services. I - The defendant alleged that he had paid the amount. Mr Joy: Yes, the defendant has been guilty of an act that I am sure the Court wiU not countenance.. -He has after service ; of, the summons caUed on the plaintiff's wife and induced her to take the money, which shfe did ih ignorance that process ha!d bfeen issued.

The Court condemned defendant in costs, amounting to £1 Is Gd. —

SAME V. HEDGES. j. Claim £7 10s, for professional services. , Mr Joy appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Alexander for the defendant.

Dr. MarshaU proved attending the defendant's wife for six weeks during Ul-; Frank R. Hedges, the defendant, deposed that he had made an arrangement for the doctor to attend, for one month for £5, after which he told him to discontinue his visiter as he could not afford to pay. An arrangement was agreed upon, the plaintiff accepting £5 and costs. MOSS V. HORACE; FORD. I ■ ' - Claim, £20, damages. ' '.[JZ-Az Mr Madden, for the plaintiff, stated; that t the. case had been settled out of Court for £5 and costs. ■■ - > ' ■■'■'■- ot .badi-nsA

This concluded the business

THE MORNING PAPERS ON SUL LIVAN'S MURDER.

(To the Editor of the. Evening Stab. ) jDear Sir, —What . has become of i all the itrash we read in the Southern Cross and its echo, the Herald, some week's since, that, jthe natives were aU tamed, cowed, thrown jopen, and the Maori King anxious to rub noses. The untruthfulness of the Cross since it became the property of Mr Vogel i» jnotorious. See how the Cross attacks Mr Gillies, hdt i6i) I any one "fault, but for $ igeneral neglect of duty and-want of energy.;;; While one fact stands out clear and, prominent," and is weU known to the proprietor of the Cross— and that is, Mr GiUies is not to be hood-winked at-any price, and jthat does not suit Mr Vogel. The poor dupe, whom the Cross drives at, and whom no person notices, would suit much better. Whi^ has not a fair share of Government immign AjV come here ? why do our raUroads creep afc>-, snail's pace, and serve as a bUnd, whilst in jthe other provinces they are vigorously pushed forward ?.k Why has a band or ruffianly murderers been allowed to organize and arm on our frontier, in ~the heart of the province, who menace and murderi piir settlers, and who are the real' cause of our want of progress. WJiy has the j native King been acknowledged and allowed,, to collect such ai nest of miscreants about him? Why was Te Kooti hunted until he took refuge amongst this nest of hornets.. Then, after all, the public money was ex pended in this' pursuit,- Te Kooti was for given. When Mr Vogel sent Mr Mackay to demand the murderers; why did 'he allow the natives to dictate to ' him that they , Iwould give him his answer on the 20th, instead of him—Mr Vogel—giving the natives twenty-one,hours to give up the murderers. What has Mr GiUies to do with all these things. . Instead of Mr Vogel trusting to his own honourable and straightforward course of action to procure him public applause ne has rented a newspaper to sound his^orn, and what will Mr Vogel do on the 20th, ior the natives wiU not give up the mM««wj \ H6'^ likely enough follpwuy a su^wW*.; I • -''■ ■<■'■■'::<.. » ,■ , • w - •■■ ■ t '■.;!.,__■_..

fffß BYBHtyfr STAR, FRIDAY. MAY 16, I*l*.



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