SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 4.55 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 6.5G HIGH WATER: This evening, 10.32 ; to-morrow morning, 11.2

ARRIVALS.

Woodville, barque, Hodge, from-Newcastle Rowena, s.s., McGregor from .Northern ports Southern Cross, s.s., Sellars, from Tauranga Alert, schooner, from Russell Prince ef Wales, cutter, from Russell

DEPARTURES.

Jane, brig, for Hobart Town

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Taranaki and Wanganui : Go-ahead, s s., T._ur3-

day next For Wangarei : Clyde, scnooner, this .vening For Poverty Bay and Napier : CC'merang, p.s., Tues day next For Ahipara : J dn "et Grey, cutter, to day ]?or Souther^ p or ts : Paterson, p.s., Monday next ; Ladybivfl, s.s., Tuesday ; Wellington, s.s., early For Newcastle : Albion, brig, arid Amateur, barque,

.arly Tor Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., early For Northern ports: Rowena, s.s., Monday next Fox Ne-w York : East Lothian, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED. Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed Woodlark, ship, from London. Sailed 2aid February Hylton Castle, barque, from London. Sailed City of Auckland, from London. Loading Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 23rd January Thames, barqns, from New York, via Sydney. Sailed Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Satellite, cutter, from Levuka Upolu, schooner, from Samoa Success, schooßer, from Levuka Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia Emulous, schooner, from Dunedin. Sailed 28th April Adelheid, barque, from Lyttelton Tower Hill, brig, from Clarence River Hero, s.s., from Sydney Flirt, brigantine. from Lyttelton. Sailed 13th May Clanranald, ship, from London. Sailed1 Prima Donna, schooner, from Levuka Sonthern Cross, Mission schooner, from Norfolk

Islands Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands Fiery Cross, schooner., from South Sea Islands Esther, brig, from Newcastle. Sailed 30th March Prince Alfred, barque, from Sydney Scotsman, hrir, from Sydney • Atlanta, schooner, from Napier Glencoe, _aTque, from Dunedin. Saailed 16th May

The s.s. Rowena, Captain McGregor, arrived in harbo*ur at three o'clock this morn ing from Russell and the North, -with the .following passengers :—Captain Grey, Rev. Mr Burrows, Messrs Stannus Jones, Smeaton, Gardner, Baker, J. Macfarlane, G. E. Woods, Mrs Woods,- Mrs Captain Burleigh and two 'children, Mrs Hi W. Williams !Wd two children,1 Mrs Hellond and three children, ann four in the steerage. Cargo : 187 sheep, Scott; 20 bags gum, R. Walker ; 70 do do, Stone Bros.; 26 cases kumeras, H. T. Kempt; 130 bales flax, 17 do tow, A Buckland. The Rowena will leave again for Russell and the North at four o'clock on Monday.

The barque Feronia will leave for New castla this afternoon.

The ship Parsee will be discharged in course of a week, when she will proceed to Newcastle, New South Wales, to load coke for San Francisco. At that port she will take a cargo of grain for England. The barque East Lothian is being loaded with kauri gum for New York with great dispatch, by Messrs R. Walker and Co. She will leave in course of a few clays. The s.s. Hero maybe expected here on the 27th inst. The p.s. Paterson will leave the Manukau for Southern ports at 1 o'clock on Monday afternoon. The s.s. Ladybird will take her departure next day. The brig Nile is for sale. Application to be made to the owner, Mr. John Walker, on board.,- . ; : A ' A sight entry to clear the ship Edinburgh Castle will be passed on Tuesday morning "^iext. Consignees are requested to pass the necessary entries, and take deliveryof their • goods, to avoid delaying ship's discharge. The ship, havingffdischarged§ her powder, came up harbour; this morning, and was berthed alongside the outer T of the wharf. She will break bulk on Monday. On discharge of cargo the vessel will proceed under charter to Newcastle to load coal for San Francisco, where she will load grain for the home market. , 1 ,

The schooner Alert and the cutter Prince of Wales arrived this morning from Russell with, full cargoes ot coal. The s.s. Southern Cross arrived this morn ing fiom Tauranga with 20 passengers, 12 tons potatoes, and 1 horse. The remains of the late Mr David Graham were brought up by the steamer, and'were taken charge of by Mr. Saloshin, by order of the P,G-M-» until conveyed to:the residence of Mr Kirkwood, at Alten Road.

The s.s. Victoria is expected to return from Sydney about the 14th prox., and will leave again four days after arrival. On the steamer's last visit here her cargo was dis charged with extraordinary dispatch. We understand that Captain Holmes is about to proceed home by the next Suez mail for the purpose of bringing out a new steamer, built in the port of London for Messrs Watt Bros., of Napier. Captain Andrews is named as the successor to Capt. Holmes, in".the command of the s.s. Star of the South.

With reference-to a paragraph relating to the Ladybird in our yesterday's issue, we are requested to state that the engineer was not to blame for the vessel running into the Wellington wharf. The Law and the Perils of Seamen.— The following reports tell their own story :— "Malta, December 30.—Ten seamen, being two-thirds of the crew of the Acadia, of South Shields, Goodsir, from Cabes, which arrived here 24th December, refused to proceedi in the vessel, alleging that she was not seaworthy, and that the cargo (esparto) had been shipped in a wet state. The men state that the vessel .had been twice on shore, that the stringers in the hold are rotten, the beams forward and aft defective, and the deck leaky, that - the vessel 'makes ' water, ; that ! the cargo is wet and heated, and that they are afraid^ of its catching fire. A survey .was held, and the surveyor recommended a partial discharge of the cargo for the purpose of verifying the defects alleged, but this the master refused to allow, stating that the ves sel was all right, but admitting that the cargo was shipped in a wet state. —December 21.— - The men who refused to proceed in the Acadia have withdrawn their refusal, and 'have consented to go in her. —Vera, January 27, 9.30 a.m.—The Acadia, Goodsir, from Malta, with esparto and lead, was run ashore yesterday at Carbonqras, atter, burning 24 hours." . >url ,;:, !-'! . /!.

The schooner Prince Rupert has cleared in Vllasfc for the Bay of Islands-

vhe schooner, Janet Grey has cleared at thfOustoms for Ahipara with the following carg .—22 cases biscuits, 2 eases drapery, 1 ton hp rj 2 cases tobacco, 2do soap.—L. D|. Natha&Co.' '' ,A " '' '

. The'jje barque Woodville, Capt Hodge, ar rived, this morning, from New castle, 530 tons coal, 145 bags maize, consigned^ order. The vessel is consigned to John Ri, e rfon and Co. She left Newcastle on the 2nd\n S t. I

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below :— jS s. d. DIVIDEND. Buffalo .. .. 0 10 May 19 CAXI.S. j Lucknow .. .. 010 May 21 Margaretta .. .. 0 0 C June 2 MEETINGS. Durham Ox, Grahamstown, 19th May Eureka Hill, Mechanics' Institute, Auckland, 2 p.m., 19th May Hand and Band, Grahamstown. 2lst May South British Fire and Marine Insurance Compare Company's" Office Q UPen street, Auckland. °~ t ■$-' Inverness, **. T L ' white's office, Can^ a ßuildings, 3 p.m., 2Gth May -..oanatairi, Insurance Soildings, Auckland, noon, 29th May Foresters, Coromandel, 30th May Trig Hill, Coromandel. 2nd June Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building and In 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.

Matls will Close as Under :— For Thames, on Monday, at 10.30. a.m. and 5 30 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, per Paterson, on Monday, 19th inst., at 11 a.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Ladybird,

on Tuesday, 20th inst., at noon. Por Wangarei, Ac., per Sovereign of the Seas, on Tuesday, 20th inst, at 11 a.m. . For Gisborne and Napier, per Comerang, on Tues-

day, 20th inst., at 4 p.m. For Whitianga, Tauranga. and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, on Tuesday, 20th inst., at 3 p.m. (Signed) S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Redfekn.—On the 17th inst., Mrs G. Redfern of a daughter.

DEATH.

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

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

SATURDAY, MAY 17, 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.

We observe that the rather bold ut terances of the Wellington Independ ent have been met by an outburst of indignant denial as to any fire-eating propensities in the people of Auckland. Even our contemporary the Cross has felt impelled by a sense of duty to utterly repudiate any effort on its part to excite our people to war. It •; is pleasant to be assured of this. We | certainly had not charged our contem j porary with this offence, but by the j side of the Independent, which is ad ! mitted to be the incarnation of the 'ministerial intentions, the Cross is ' absolutely a firebrand of war. There lisa value attaching to this manifesto of the Government organ at Welling ton. Away from the scene of murder, among a people uninfluenced by any natural feelings of indignation, it can jbe accepted as perfectly expressing j the views and the intentions of the Q-overnment relative to the murder of

Sullivan, and judging from this it is quite clear that the Government would, lif it dared, content itself with a feint of | bringing the criminals to justice in no wise differing from the course pursued ■in relation to the murderers of Todd., In the present circumstances, however,'

tbe Government durst not do so; in fact it could not do so, neither is it in any form dependent on the fire*eatmg propensities of the Aucklanders whether the Hauhaus will follow up their past murders by overt hostilities. In the Wellington Independent we hear the growl of disappointment with which the Ministry Contemplates a catastrophe " ari affecting parties in *he .louse during the coming session ; while the Cross in a spirit of peevish ness is vicious towards all those who are not disposed to suppress every thing tending to direct attention to events transpiring in the Waikato. In each case the attempt is made to make it appear that the " warlike excitement" among us will be a direct moving cause of war, whereas the only influence ot such " excite ment" will be in preventing the Go vernment from disgracefully resiling from a position already taken, and which cannot be abandoned save with the perpetuation of a reign of terror, and a border warfare that will soon assume the character of a vendetta. In yesterday's issue our contemporary the Cross virtually admits that it has been suppressing Waikato news. It says, " So far as our telegrams, and we believe those also of the Herald, are concerned, there was simply a plain statement of the condition of affairs at the time these telegrams were des patched from the several districts. Whatever some thoughtless or reckless writers may publish, the two morning journals in this city have steadily sought to counteract warlike excite ment." The Gross should speak for itself, for certainly the Herald does not appear to have suppressed or declined to publish any telegrams forwarded which were calculated to give its readers a correct impression of the state of affairs ; nor do we think that the Cross in suppressing such tele grams was acting faithfully towards its readers. We quite admit that in order to enable the Ministry to have a firmer position on meeting Parliament the Cross would find it advantageous to break down the telegraph wires altogether, so that " thoughtless and reckless writers," not having the paramount importance of the interests of the Ministry before their eyes, might be unable to sound a note of warning; and a temporarily patched up peace might give a few months' longer possession of place and pay. But this cannot be done, and it would be a sad day for the colony if it could, or if the public should be left in dark ness respecting the critical posture of affairs, until perchance the Hauhaus swoop uown on the settlements, and find our people, as they have been, un prepared. As we have said before, our wakefulness, Or, as the Cross has it, our " warlike excitement" will not bring the Maoris on, nor will it drive our people to precipitate themselves on Hauhau fastnesses. The twentieth of May is nigh at hand. On Tuesday next the Hauhau ultimatum will be received. It will unquestionably be a refusal to surrender tho murderers point-blank and positive. They are brought in under the immediate eye of tbe King for their more thorough pro tection ; and unless the Government can consent to eat the humblest of humble pie the " warlike excitement" which the ministerial journals so mournfully deprecate should have very little to do with bringing to pass events that are impending.

In our issue of Thursday we commented on a case, in the Police Court, and the relations between the Bench and the City Council. As will be observed from our Police Court report our remarks were the subject of reference in Court to-day, and we are much gratified to learn that the most amicable relations now exist between the Resident Magistrate and Mr J. B. Russell. It is unnecessary for us to say that those relations were till very recently a subject of rather general comment, and it is with pleasure we learn that all un pleasantness has now passed away.

The body of the late Mr David Graham was landed at the Wharf to-day about one o'clock from the s.s. Southern Cross, and conveyed to Alten Road, from whence it will be removed to its last resting place to morrow. The body of deceased was enclosed in a very neat coffin lined with tin, and on arrival was placed in charge of Brother Saloshen, by order of the P.G.M. In token of the respect in which our late citizen was held the flags of the vessels in harbour were all half-mast high. Mr Graham was an old member of the Masonic brotherhood of the Ara and St. Andrew Lodges, and the brethren who will form the funeral cortege, propose to assemble to-morrow (Sunday), at the residence of Mr Kirkwood, Alten-road, at three o'clock in the afternoon, when it is wished that every brother of the order will appear in full Masonic costume, such a desire on the part of the brethren, though "but the trappings and the suits of woe," are not unseemly as outwardly expressive of the inward feeling felt generally towards the deceased.

We inform our readers that on Monday next Mr Henry Gordon will take his benefit at the City Hall, and are warranted in stating that the selections for that evening are of a character j that must commend them to the attention of all lovers of sacred song. The selections to be given willbe from the enduring works of Handel, Mendelssohn, and other of the great masters of melody. We need scarcely add that a rich treat is in store for our citizens on Monday evening, and an opportunity which should not be unem-. braced, This morning the water supply from the Domain to the wharf and the various stand pipes in the city was stopped without notice of such being given. The act has caused considerable inconvenience to the shipping, and we understand that one or two steamers have been unable to proceed to sea in consequence. The dispute between the Domain Board and Provincial authorities relative to the right of the former to receive payment for the use of the Domain springs is , believed to be the cause of the sudden stop page of the supply. J

Eleven plans have been sent M; : tb the Cityl Council for the laying out bf the city park: 5 The plans are generally godd, but two or three Of them are vastly superior in design and color to others. The result of the investiga tion will not be known until Monday, and probably not then. A premium of five guinees will be to the successful draughts man, The people may^ begin confidently fc> look forward to a park jwtfd recreation ground, where they will have frequent opportunities of sharing the blessing of summer time under spreading trees, and in nicely levelled parks, edged with everlasting box, and flowers of every hue.

The competitors for the Brigade Champion Belt will parade at the rifle range, Mount Eden, on Monday next, to fire for the belt. The first squad under Capt. Batger will assemble at nine o'clock, the second squad under Lieut. Philips at twelve o'clock, and the third squad under Sub-Lieut. Nathan at two o'clock. Competitors are referred to the instructions contained in the advertisement.

The Carandini concert was well attended last night, and the programme was. gone through with remarkable success. Mr Gordon sang in his wonted spirited manner, " Viena la mia Vendetta," from "Lucretia Borgia." " The Harp that once through Tara's Hall," from Moore's melodies, and the " Old Arm Chair," were rendered with much grace and feeling by Madame Carandini, who, we may state, is most happy in her choice of ballads. Every song which this lady sings may be found in the standard ballad literature ofthe age, and their purity of style and healthy tone of sentiment have associated them with the sympathies of humanity. Miss Fannie sang Kingsley's " Three Fishers," aud Miss Rosina gave "Robin's Return " in a style exquisite and commanding. To-night Madame Carandini will sing Samuel Lover's favourite song, " The Four-leaved Shamrock," and the sisters will give, among other excellent com positions, '- We Merry Fairies." Mr Henry Gordon will sing " The Outlaw," and Madame Winter will play one of her brilliant pianoforte solos.

We are glad to observe that the Auckland Naval Volunteers, under the command of Captain Leßoy, are making favorable pro progress. They mustered strongly last night in the Princes-street Drill-shed, for the purpose of a march out, and in due order proceeded up Symonds-street, and back through Wakefield and Queen-streets to the end of the wharf, and from thence to Fort Britomart where the band played some lively marches. The Naval band has much im proved during the last twelve months, and may now take its stand among the leading bands of the city, and ere long occupy a foremost place. The several tunes last even ing, and especially the operatic selection, the " Bronze Horse," were exceeding well performed, reflecting great credit on this little band of musicians.

To-morrow, Sunday, the subjects of dis course at Newton Kirk will be, by DrWallis, morning, " Christ's view of the Greatness of Servants ;" evening, " How to make Home Happy." At City Hall, by Samuel Edger, 8.A., morning, " The Restoration of the Widow's Son at Nain j evening, "A Happy Life." United Methodist Free Church, Pitt street, by Bey. G. H. Turner, morning, " The Secret Prayer and Open Reward ;" evening, "Happy Homes, and how to make them."

A correspondent has dropped into our let ter-box the answer of Tawhiao to Mr. Mackay's demand. The King replies that he will give up Purukutu if the confiscated lands are restored ; and in answer to Mr. Mackay's question whether the Pakehas will be allowed to enter the King's country to take the murderers, he says that if they do so it will be at their own risk, so they had better look out. Our correspondent professes to give these answers authoritatively, and as corning from the King, and bearing the sig nature of his Majesty. We are not in the habit of receiving letters from royalty, and being unacquainted with the hand-writing of King Tawhiao we cannot say whether the communication before us is written by him or not. If it is, however, we are sorry to say that his Majesty is unable to spell his own name correctly, and also blunders with that of his trusty follower Purukutu. Perhaps it is necessary to make some allowance for the absence of schoolmasters at Tokangamutu.

A destructive fire broke out on Wednesday last at Mauku, which completly destroyed the fine flax house and out-buildings belonging to Mr Crispc. Two tons of dressed flax, a considerable quantity of wheat, a number of tools, and the mill were completely destroyed. The fire broke out at an early hour in the morning, and althought the neighbours were most energetic in their endeavours to extin guish the flames the building and mill with its contents were completely destroyed.

The tailors of Wellington have made a great noise about wages, and struck for a higher figure. One sensible tailor considered that his fellow-tailors were simply geese, quacking but ineffectively for more pay. He recommended that they should split their differences with their shears, which was accordingly done. The men at once mounted the board, and re-commenced work.

Yesterday the Cr»ss gave an extract from the Thames Advertiser as a paper deprecat ing '' warlike excitement." But our con temporary carefully excised the following portion of the same article which expressed the real • intentions of the writer :—| " The best course is for the Government to make it known that it will strive to bring to justice all who commit crimes. We believe that if Sullivan's murderers had been followed up quickly they would have been taken, and we believe also that if the Government had resolutely followed murderers on previous, occasions this murder would never have been committed. At present, by our hesitation, by the political way in which we treat these matters by sending to the King, we teach the natives to confuse a murder with a political act. At present every native takes it that to march a body of men in pursuit of Purukutu would be a declaration of war against the King, and all who adhere to him. We have created, or at least cherished this idea, by our appeal to the King to give up the murderer. The Go vernment ought to treat a Maori criminal precisely as they would a European one, and employ whatever force is necessary to capture him. So long as we teach the natives to believe these murders to be.; political acts, we make the protection of ( the murderer a political action, which the Kingites feel themselves bound to undertake. By our action in recognising the King, and in dealing with the Kingites as a separate and independent power with which we can treat, we lead the Maoris to look upon Puru kutu as the Scots did on Sir William Wallace when he became the leader of the nation in! its struggle for freedom, after having slain an Englishman in a personal quarrel. If we had treated Purukutu as a murder simply, and had pursued him immediately after the deed, we do not believe that the King would have stirred, bu now having appealed to the King, having given the natives time to excite each other, and having given Puku rutu time to gather bold spirits arcund him, j and to instruct himself, if we want to capture ] him we shall have to go to war. That the natives are by no means anxious for a'war— they will let us a'one if we let them alone— itis quite clear to us from onefaot," '

t_mmm_____________TS!S!^^^^^^^ r= We have received1 the fallowing ffoiri a ! correspondent who has an eye to the pictnr- , W esque, and who in his early life spent many la of his happiest hours in the beautiful avenues A of Ha<dey park, where he was accustomed cc to chant the witching stanzas of SHenstone^to M hia lady-love. The writer states that he has Ir seen a beautiful painting illustrating a U sketch of the Barrack-enclosure as it is to be » carried out by the commissioners of Public 1c Works. Duck-ponds are numerous, he tells v us, "and the statu, of Stafimis Jones v esquire, is to form the .entre ort a p-deetal -, 1 pointing, of course, to Dedwood. } | Mr Mack, manager of the; Old Men s 'B1 Befuge, has called on us to explain respecting j g Mr Carter's bones. He states that after the j j investigation respectinggardenproduce, which s<j it was found had been merely sent to the t hospital, it was deemed advisable that an. 5 order should issue that nothing should be __ permitted to be sent away from the Befuge, j and poor Carter's bones came under the :j_ ban. We really think, however, that an I exception should be made in favour of ! the poor fellow's bones. :Mr Mack ° coincides with our suggestion that visitors should regularly inspect the Old Men's * Refuge, and listen to their complaints, ' * as is done by ladies to the Old Women's ? Refuge. He says it would not only be com forting to the aged inmates, but be better for the Refuge. We would add that some kind £ lady whose heart has been touched by the simple sorrow of old Mr Carter, and the story , of hislost bones, but who withholds her name. , _ has sent us five shilling to procure for him;a _ pair of spectacles. We shall be happy to hand over the'money through Mr Graham for , the object intended. j Mr George Staines did a very hard day's work yesterday -in-delivering several thou- I , sand copies of a fly-leaf containing an extract , from a speech recently.delivered by Mr Pox. Mr Staines was most indefatigable in scatter-'. ing copies of his simple missive in the purlieus of City West, and one poor woman near Newton, who was unable to read,.:' expressed her delight that a new minister j had called and left a religious tract. The ! ( neighbours could not talk the poor woman : out of her idea about the new minister, and it was a waste of words to tell her that the j tract related to a public meeting in tb.e j _ Mechanics' Institute, and that the gentleman ; ' sold, chairs in the city. She was sure the j gentleman was a minister from his appear- j ance, and that the tract related to her j spiritual welfare. Like the little heroine of j Wordsworth's poem, "We are seven," she j 1 was not to be shaken in her belief, and so she < was left religiously happy in her opinion ] with the fly-leaf in her hand. i The lawyers are a picked lot, " first schol- • ars'' and the like, but their business is as : unsympathetic as Jack Ketch's. There is nothing humanising in their relations with their fellow-creatures ; they go for the side : that retains them. They defend the man : they know to be a rogue, and not very rarely throw suspicion on the man they know to be , innocent. Mind you, lam not finding fault with them ; every side of a case has a right to the best statement it admits of ; but I say it does not tend to make them sympathetic. Suppose in a case of "Fever v. Patient" the doctors should side with either party according to whether the old miser or his expectant heir was his employer. ' Suppose the minister should side with the Lord or devil, according to the salary offered, and the other incidental advantages, where the soul of a sinner was in question. You can see what a piece of work it would make of their sympathies. But the lawyers are quicker wittcd than either ef the other pro fessions, abler men generally. They are good natured, or, if they quarrel, their quarrels are above-board. I don't think they are as accomplished as the min isters, but they have a way of cram ming with special knowledge for a case which leaves a certain shallow sediment of intelligence in their memories about a good many tilings. They are apt to talk law in mixed company, and they have a way of looking around when they make a point, as if they were addressing a jury. This is mighty aggravating, a$ I once had occasion to see when one of 'em, and a pretty famous one, put me on the witness-stand at a dinner party once.—o. W. Holmes iaM^y Atlantic. The property known as "|Oronga," at the Bay of Islands, will be offered for sale by auction at noon on Monday next, at Messrs. S. Cochrane and Sons land mart. The latest advices from America announce that the Mexican railway has at last been ; opened in its length of three hundred miles j from the city of .Mexico to its seaport of Vera Cruz. Will any one write the history of the 'works? We have often wished that roving : I engineers of literary tastes and dramatic sen sibilities might beguile the leisure of their long evenings by giviug the world an account of their adventures. What a rich variety of sensational materials they might find in their - personal experiences now that railways run ■ everywhere in advance of law, order, and ■ civilization. Possibly you are taking levels under the skies of Upper Egypt, among temples and crocodiles and cataracts, chatter ; ing jellaheen, sand-drifts, simooms, and t ] sweltering mud-banks. There, indeed, your > I life is comparatively safe, if, thank^ to quinine, temperance and a buoyant temperament, you may defy ennui and 1 the risk of sunstroke and fever. It ia • somewhat different in the Caucasus should ; I your talents have been enlisted in the service, ', jof the Czar of all the" Russias. The noble I aborigines of Circassia and Daghestan are - 'nearly as free with their daggers as they used; > to be, and still hold faithfully by their old » maxim. '' Be slow to offend, swift to revenge." ) Almost as dangerous a lot in their way, and la. far rougher one, are the navvies engaged \ on the inter-oceanic railways of America: t i only there your people shoot or strike you 1, from the front iv place of waiting Ito stab you from behind. It is possi ] ble, however, that the sense of com i mon dangers and the sympathy of common, i sufferings may secure to you the kindly feel • bigs of rude but riot unkindly men. For one; ' aud all of you work in, weak outlying parties, fat the peril of surprise by flying columns of braves on the war-trail, and the scalp-locks! that olice were dressed by Trueritt or Dou-i <| glas may flutter from the tent-pole of Pawnee; 'or Apachee. Or you may be wounded to death j by poisoned arrows shot from some ambush! of Digger Indians. Or you may perish of; cold or thirst br hunger while tunnelling, ■ arching, and embanking in the heights of the 1 Alleghanies or Sierra" Nevada. Or you may; ij be dragged into discussions on local politics in the hostelry of sortie mining inferno l in the mountains where you have been! forced to billet yourself, and the animated! orator opposite may point his periods with! a round of rapid discharges from his repeater. Ther,e may be even more sustained tragedy in the more uniform incidents of some such undertaking as that of the railway from! Darien to Panama, where you cut through jungles, reeking with pestilence; or. drive your piles in morasses that are Wrapped in a dense grey pall of, noxious vapour. The rude crosses that mark the shallow resting places of your companions may rise as fre quently along the line as the more business like, boards that indicate the various levels, and the climate is always inexpressibly de pressing if it does not kill. .; If opium fumes transport the inhaler to a heaven of beatific visions, we suspect a course of jungle gases taken regularly must engender the concen trated essence of melancholy.— Pall Mall Gazette. ; .-";;.; !;■ _-P/0;l '. •'..:■ 7A ■:* __

The Canterbury Provincial poyernm^J with its revenues. _. taking steps towards largely _ssisting education in ChnStcharcb. A "normal" school is to be erected on the corner section in Cramner Square, facing Montreal and Kilmore-streets, with a total frontage of 399 feet. It will be of stone two storeys high, and will provide clas* rooms for training teachers, a model*chool for the accommodation of nearly 10UU cnu dren, a board-room, a book depot, andpn vate rooms for the head master and mistress. The total cost of the building w_ I be £W,WV. Wellington is becoming a complete city of siinkS, and the usual effect has followed. sSess prevails in every part of the> town , Itis lowW _fa typhoid type not very dangerous, although owing t^J^tally tribution several cases have ™? ul\ e*?^l 0 I The waterworks plant hasjar rived, £ d »£ hoped that a plentiful supply of>£» Jfjj will do a good deal to preserve the healtn 01 the inhabitants. Dr Wesley 0 f the Chapel Royal, had a, spider which showed a like love of musical sounds. Directly the piano was . opened, and any one commenced to play, a spicier would invariably descend from the ceiling, and hover over the instrument as long as it was used; when the performance was ended, it would re-ascend to its crack in tne ceiling. If the piano was opened several times in the evening, the same effect would be produced on the spider. This continued for some months, until a new housemaid one morning swept away the insect. I knew tne same pleasure experienced by a donkey when ever a concertina was play cd. It was discovered by accident, but was utilised by the animal s master. For the donkey was accustomed to browse in a meadow which opened into a coppice ; and during the hot weather, pro bably to avoid the flies, the animal used to wander into this coppice, where, on account of the thickness of tbe brushwood, it was rather a difficult task to discover him when wanted. Saving found that the annual , was fond of music—though how the secret j was first made known, I cunnot tell—instead of beginning a long search for him, a con certina was brought out of the house amd played upon, when in a few minutes out of the coppice would come the donkey, racing along, with tail erect, and braying melodiously : me_tiwhile ; he would then allow himself to ibe saddled.—Rev. E.H.C., in Land and \ Water. I The old cathedral city of Lichfield has \ been visited by a terrible calamity. Early one morning it was discovered that -the premises of Mr W. Corfield, a watchmaker and jeweller, situated in the Market-place, were on fire. The house was situated between the Three Crowns Hotel, and the building in which Dr Johnson was bom. Through the energetic efforts of the local firemen the surrounding property was saved from destruction, but the house in which the fire originated was completely gutted. Among3t the large crowd that congregated in front of the blazing build ing it was at first thought that the members of the family that occupied^ it had effected their escape to the neighbouring hotel. So assured were the firemen on this point that no attempt was made at a rescue before the flames were subdued. As soon, however, as it was deemed safe to make an entrance, which was done by means of a ladder, the men were horrified by discovering first one dead body, and then another, and finally no less than five others, comprising, in fact, every member of the unfortunate family that occupied the house. In each case death had resulted from suffo cation, and it was clear that the poor creatures had made desperate effoi ts to escape their horrible end. All the bodies were much scorched and browned by %he smoke and heat. The following are the names of the victims of this shocking catas trophe :—Mr Corfield aged about forty-two ; his wife aged thirty-six ; their four children, the eldest of whom was six years, and the youngest only a month old. The tragedy was completed by the death of the mother of Mr Corfield, who had reached the advanced age of eighty-five. The fire is said to have been caused by the woodwork of the stair case having become ignited through asma 1! oven

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

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

Mr. J. B. Russell: Before the cause list is called, or any business disposed of, I have one or two remarks to make wbh reference to an article which appeared in the Evening Star of Thursday, the 15th of May, in which allusion is made to your Worship's decision in a cause in which I was concerned on behalf of the Corporation. I can only say, as far as I am concerned, I have no cause for complaint, either of your conduct towards myself or your decision. On the contrary, I am pleased to have the opportunity of stating that there is now no difference existing between your Worship and myself. Anything of the kind has been happily disposed of. I havo therefore great pleasure in making this state ment.

DRUNKENNESS. Four drunkards were punished as usual VAGRANCY.

Kate McPherson was again brought up, charged with drunkenness and having no visible lawful means of support. | His Worship censured the prisoner for adopting the course of life she had; chosen, and remarked that she was on a downward path. He had a few months ago cautioned her, in the hope that a few kind' words would have had a good effect on her, but they appeared to be without result. Tke accused refused to plead guilty to the offence, and the case was proved by Detective sTernahan and Sergeant-Major Pardy. The latter gave her a very bad character. The Court said that there was no alter native but to send the prisoner to gaol until there was some Refuge established for the reformation of persons of her class. It would be vain to ask her to reflect upon her past conduct while she was suffer ing the imprisonment he was about to inflict, but he hoped she would ponder over it. j The. sentence would be three months' imprisonment. , Jane Kelly was charged with being an in ; corrigible rogue, with having no visible law ful means of support, and with having been previously convicted of drunkenness. I The prisoner was arrested last night by Detective Ternahan. She is the same woman ■ who was fighting with her husband outside I the Greyhound Hotel yesterday. The I .charge was proved notwithstanding the fre i quent interruptions made by the woman. Detective Jeffery described the prisoner as one of the worst women in Auckland. A long chain of previous convictions were recorded against her. The Court sent her to gaol for six months, and advised her to take the pledge. VIOLENT ASSAULT. James Ingham was charged with violently assaulting Ellen Rrown yesterday. Mr J. B. Russell appeared for the prose cution ; Mr Cornford defended the prisoner, and applied for a remand. Mr Russell did not oppose the application provided substantial bail was fixed for the prisoner's good behaviour in the meantime. Remanded until Tuesday next, the accused being admitted to bail, himseif in £40 and. | one surety of £40. j. This concluded the business;?,

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

The following are the quotations of the above for to-day :—

Bank of New Zealand, £16 15s. National Bank, 255. South British Insurance, 40s, 41s 6d, Cure, 21s, 22s ; buyers, 225. Red Queen, 2s. Caledonian, £15 10s ; sellers, £10. Otago, 17s ; sellers, £17 Gd. Watchman, 9s. Central Italy (2nd issue), 2s. D. B. Orchard, Secretary,

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LATEST FROM WAIKATO.

4 present to Hone te Hone. Purukutu Gone to Kuiti. Dissatisfaction of tne Ngatimania potos". (PRO_l OTJB SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) ALEXANDRA. This day. Hone te One, the friendly Raglan chief who accompanied Mr Mackay on his visit to Te Kuiti, has received an intimation from the Government, thanking him for his services and presenting him with £250 and a silver mounted pipe. He has always been a firm friend of the pakeha. Hone te One stands high as a chief, being little inferior in rank to Tawhiao. Definite intelligence has been received that Purukutu, Sullivan's murderer, is on his way to Te Kuiti. It is believed he is g-ing there by invitation from the King.

Rewi and the Ngatimaniapotos are greatly dissatisfied. They from the first discla_nu_l aU sympathy with the murderers. Rewi is silent regarding the intentions of the kingites in relation to Purukutu.

The Waikatos are determined not to hand over the murderer, and it is believed have sent for him to protect him.

The only chance of his being delivered up is in the event of Rewi and his tribe intiinat ing their total withdrawal from the King party. The Ngatimaniapotos greatly outnumber the Waikatos, and the withdrawal of the former tribe would be a fatal blow to the King's cause. Long association with the King cause, and his active connection with the late war, will probably deter Rewi from taking such a decided course. Ngakau, Manuhiri's secretary, was prepar ing for a visit to Alexandra when intelligence was received of Purukutu's disturbance. He refrained from coming into the settlement in consequence of the news. He has been here before. jj

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

Crushing Returns.

Meeting ofthe Native Reform League.

GRAHAMSTOWN,

This day. Tookey's (Grigg's Tribute).—A crushing of 35 tons of stone yielded 138 ozs. of gold. Golden Crown Tribute.—A trial crush ing of 25 tons of stone yielded 15 ozs, of gold. Wade No. 2 Tribute.—The yield from 16 tons of stone crushed is 18 ozs. gold. Una.-^-ISO tons of stone have-been crushed, and the yield is 160 ozs. gold. *; South Devon.—2 tons of stone have yielded 6 ozs. 15 dwts. gold. 7; Manukau. —The reef has been struck in the Manukauj by Murphy's tribute. There is a fair show of gold. 3|Otago.—The company are now c^Fl- up from the crushing. Retorting will not take place before Monday. A moderate yield is expected. City of London.—A' partial cleaning up has taken place to-day to ascertain how the stuff, is going. There has been no retorting. A meeting of the Native Administration Reform League was held last night. Dr Kilgour was elected president. It was sug fested that an effort should be made t» in uence the elections. ' A, Asa

Masonic Lodge at Tauranga.

TAURANGA.

This day.

A large sum has been subscribed in a few hours for a Masonic Lodge at Tauranga. The dispensation has already been obtained.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Condemnation of the Government by

the "Post."

Further Slanders by the Wellinill^ "Independent." 7

The Wellington Ironsand Company.

The Merits of Dr Featherstone

Substantially Recognised.

Otago Alarmed for the Land Revenue.

WELLINGTON,

-■ ~.... ..;■,.-. | - "yx- This day. The Post last night severely condemns thf inaction of the' Government in relation to the ' murder of Sullivan. It says the indignation of the people of the South at the Govern ment's inaction is only natural. r. «<_f> j The dispute between the Corporation and the Captain of the Brechin Castle ha 3 been , compromised, the Captain paying £70. j The 1 Wellington I Independent ; to-day ' charges Auckland with designing a war and I the ; 9 consequent military expenditure; ift says the Herald's defence is bad; and observes that the miners refrained from rushing Ohinemuri, hot from any respect for righ v but from fear of the consequences. Seven hundred shares in the New Zealand Iron, Sand Company have been taken up; The company is not supported' elsewfteWi ■ An agent i§ to bo sent South, ',,, '. •■'.'. I/ha >-«.t

■ffig BYE-tty, WAR, SAf-RPAY. MAY 17, IW.



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