SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 6.23 SUN-RISE : To morrow morning, 6.59 HIGH "WATEIi: This afternoon, 4.49 ; to-morrow morning, 5.11

ARRIVALS.

Hero, s.s., Logan, from Sydney Surprise, brig, Thompson, from Levuka Natal Queen, barque, Gonrlay, from Lyttelton Southern Cross, s.s., Sellars; from Tauranga Cambrii, schooner, McKenzie, from Waipu Janet Grey, schooner, from Hokianga Sunbeam, schooner, from Wangaroa Dido, cutter, Ohlson, from Lyttelton Fairy, schooner, from Wangaroa Dawn, cutter, from Poverty Bay Mercury, cutter, from Mercury Bay

DEPARTURES.

Tawera, schooner, Kennedy, for East Coast Mary Eliza, cutter, for Russell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

ForWaitaraand Wanganui: Go-ahead, s.s., to-morrow For Wellington, calling at intermediate ports: Pat.erson, p.s., Saturday For Sydney. H. M.S. Blanche, early For Sydneyand Newcastle: Drover, brig, this afternoon For Levuka : Charybdis, schooner, this afternoon For Honolulu and San Francisco: Dakota, mail steamer, 20th inst. For Northern ports: Rowena, s.s., W^aay liexl For London: Harvest Home, shi- j l4 t n j nst For Sydney and Melbo' <irne . Hero> sS( 13tn March; "Wonga "V f 'onga, s.s., about 19th March ; Phcebe, s.s., p.oout 17th March (from the Manukau)

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 29th December Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Loading Corido, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 2Sth February East Lothian, barque, from New York. Sailed 20th December Agnes Jessie, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 24th February Florence, schooner, from Dunedin Sailed 21st February Albion, brig, from Newcastle Ladybird, s.s., from Sydney (in the Manukau) Briton, barque, from Newcastle Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town W. C. "Wentworth, barque, from Sydney "Wonga, s.s., Brown, from Sydney

IMPORTS.

Per barque Natal Queen : 13 cases cheese, 15 cases bacon, 35 kegs provisions, G. W. Binney; 4 cases, R. Lusk; 20 pgs cheese, J. Buchanan ; 5 cases bacon, Osborne Brothers ; 35 sacks grass seed, T. H. Hall; 4 cases cheese, Marsh and Blair; 50 sacks malt, 440 pks flour, 100 sacks flour, 14 cases biscuits, 2,156 sacks wheat, Thornton, Smith and Firth ; 696 sacks oats, 185 sacks bran, 91 sacks sharps, 142 sacks barley, 71 sacks wheat, order ; 11 cases bacon, Arthur.—D. H. McKenzie, agent. Per Dido, cutter, from Lyttelton : 449 sacks wheat, 51 ditto oats, order.

Per Surprise, brig, from Levuka : 52 bags flour, 88 bags maize, J. Coupland ; 8 cas^a oil, 287 bags cotton seed, 12 tons cobva, 104 bundles bananas, Thompson. —G, "W. Binney agent.

ARRIVAL OF THE HERO.

The s.s. Hero, Capt. Logan, left Hobson's Bay on the 21st February, and entered Sydney Heads on the 28th. On the 25th experienced strong east and north-east gale, with a continuance1 of cloudy and thick rainy weather and heavy head sea. Being unable to make out the land after passing Kiama, it ■was deemed advisable to keep away under easy steam until the gale abated, which it did at midnight on the 26th, when a perfect deluge of rain set in with very heavy lightning and thunder. The Hero was four days off Sydney Heads trying to get in but could not owing to the heavy gale. At 2.30 a. Hi. on the 27th steamed at full speed and made for Jervis Bay, finding the coal running very short; arrived there at 5.30 p.m., and in an hour after wards the steamer Thetis, which had been despatched from Sydney to look for the Hero, arrived. From her a supply of coal was obtained, and at 2.30 a.m. on the 28th left the Bay and arrived at Sydney same day. Capt Logan was presented with a testimonal and a purse of sovereigns for his admirable seamanship during a period when the vessel was threatened with con siderable danger of shipwreck. Left Sydney and cleared the Heads at 7.45 p.m. on the 3rd instant. Passed the Three Kings on the Bth at midnight and arrived in Auckland harbour at three o'clock this morning. On the passage across the Hero experienced fresh head winds and fine weather throughout. On the 4th instant spoke the barque Day Dawn, bound from Sydney to Hong Kong. The Hero brings a full general cargo and the following passengers : — From Mel bourne : Mr and Mrs G. R. Breton and family (3), Mrs W. C. Oliver and infant, Messrs C. S. Eoss, R. Gibbs, J. Andrews, J. Furse, G. Waller, J. Engel, A. Isaccs, Kemington, and 14 in the steerage. From Sydney : Hon. J. Vogel, Mrs Vogel, infant and nurse, Mr and Mrs James Smart, Mrs Farrell, Miss Emanuel, Mr J. C. Firth and child, Messrs H. Goodall, Fox, Graham, J. M. Coote, Dunckley, Mathews, Evans, J. Abrahams, Emanuel, F. Gorhatn, 11. C. Demorest, J. Roberton, Alfred Anderson, Rev. J. Warren, and 21 in the steerage. We are indebted to Mr Cogswell, purser, for our files and other favours.—Cruickshank and Co., agents.

The brig Surprise arrived this morning from Levuka after a protracted passage of eighteen days. She brings two passengers, Messrs Kelt and Bardsley. On 28th nit. the vessel encountered a gale during which the main-yard was sprung. Spoke the American whaling barque Rainbow, Capt. Gray, on the sth instant in lat. 32 degs. 22mins. S., long. 176 degs. 30 mins. E., twenty-eight months out from New Bedford. She had 530 barrels, of sperm on board. The T.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Go-Ahead will leave the Manukau for Waitara and Wanganui to-morrow afternoon at three o'clock.

The barque Natal Queen arrived in harbour on Saturday night from Lyttelton, which port she left on the 26th ult. with a full general cargo and the following passengers : Hey. Mr Freeman, Mrs Evans, and Miss Symonds. The s.s. Southern Cross arrived yesterday from Tauranga with twelve passengers.

The s.s. Wonga Wongaarrived at Sydney, from Auckland, on the 21st ult., after a passage of six days. She left again for Mel bourne on the 26th February.

The s.s. Ladybird was still undergoing repairs when the Hero left. She was announced to take her departure for the Manukau in a few days.

The s.s. Rangitoto was to leave Melbourne for the Bluff on the 6th inst;, and the Albion on the 13th inst., for Hokitika.

The W. C. YVentworth, Capt. McDonald, was loading at Sydney for Auckland when the Hero left.

The ship Polar Star, which put back' through springing a leak, arrived off the wharf at midnight on Saturday. She still has a list to port, and continues to make ■water. The cargo will have to be landed. The Corido, barque, Captain Larnont, left Newcastle for this port with 302 tons, coal on the 28th ult.

A new fore-and-aft schooner was launched at Wangaroa on Saturday from Messrs. Lowe and Brown's ship-building yards. She was christened the Alert, and will be commanded by Capt. Lane. The Alert is intended for the timber trade.

The cutter Dido, Capt. Ohlson, arrived yesterday from Lyfctelton, which port she eft on the 25th ult. , - v

A sail in sight is signalled as we go to [ press. The Milton, whaling barque, Capt Wilson, left Russell last week for New Bedford a full ship. S^i/ukk of a Labour Vessel by the Basilisk.—The schooner Challenger, from Torres Straits, arrived on Saturday, in charge of a quarter-master belonging to H.M.S. Basilisk, having been seized by that vessel for not having the necessary paper authoris ing her to carry natives of the South -Sea Islands. She has on board 31 South Sea Islands and men and 1 woman. Two of the men died on the passage from the Fitzroy. The schooner Curranbene, from Cardwell, j bound to Maryborough, was spoken on the j 12th ultinie.— S. M. Herald March 3. j Wreoh of the Barquk Ellesmebe. — . Messrs. Broomfield and Whitaker, owners of . the Ellesmcre, received a telegram on Satur- j day from Richmond River, reporting the wreck of their vessel at the Richmond Heads. ' She was laden with cedar and pine for this port, and went ashore while towiii" ' M rj^ e j Ellesmere was an iron h- of I f 9 " tonSi and is insured in ei;calfe > s office for £m . the car^ js uninsured. —S. M. Herald March 3. The s.s. Wohga Wonga arrived at Sydney from Auckland on February loth. The brig Albion sailed for Auckland from Newcastle on February 24th with 400 tons coal. 10| tons coke. The Ladybird.—We learn from intelli gence received per s.s. Hero, that the s.s. Ladybird made a trial trip on March 3, after undergoing extensive alterations to render her suitable for the New Zealand trade. Her trial was in every way satisfactory. She was to leave for the Manukau direct about the (sth instant.

The schooner Charybdis has cleared for Levuka with the following passengers : — Lemniche, W. W. Lepine, Spence, Atkin. She will leave this evening.

The schooner Cambria brings three cattle and a quantity of settlei's produce from Waipu.

The schooner Sunbeam, from Wangaroa, brings 10,030 feet timber, 20,000 shingles, 2 cases fruit, 3 bags gum, and a package of hides.

The departure of the s.s. Hero is detained until the 18th June, in order to convey His Excellency the Governor and suite to Mel bourne.

The Dawn cutter from Poverty Bay brings 243 bags grass seed, G. R. Read ; 20 do. do. Hurst & Co j 22 do. do. Lewis Bros.

The cutter Mercury brings 22,000 feet timber from Mercury Bay. The s.s. Go-ahead will not leave the Manukau until Wednesday 12th iust at 3 p.m.

COMMERCIAL.

Melbourne.—A Melbourne telegram, of March 1, reports : —Wheat is very firm ; sales, 5s 7d ; flour, £12 10s. For sugars there is a brisk enquiry—los to 20s advance can be obtained. Yellows sold at £36. The entire cargo of the Frederika changed hands in one line. Large sales of sardines for export. Hundred hogsheads Bass' pale, £9 ; Martell's 3-star brandy, 363 ; kerosene, Is 9^d ; Hennessy's case brandy, 265; maize, 3s.

Adelaide.—A telegram of March I're ports : —Noon : Wheat is unsettled ; sales have been effected at 4s 9d afloat ; flour, £11 to £12. 22,000 tons breadstuff's were exported the first seven weeks of the year.—6 p.m. : Wheat is quiet at 4s 9d ; the downward tendency seema checked. Flour is unchanged.

Sydney.—The Sydney Mail of March Ist reports : —Transactions have been nominal, and a3 mail advices report an unprecedented month's shipments to that port we look for very little improvement for some time. Wheat is rather firmer ; sales of Adelaide on the spot at 5s 3d. ; flour £13 to £13 10s. Cement in demand at 19s to 20s. Slates, improving ; candles steady, at 1 Id. for best, lOd to IOJd for second class. Sales of Plan tation coffee at 11 d. No other descriptions yet obtainable. Chicory, 3d to 3sd. Cocoa, ls-Gd to Is Sd. Soda crystals have advanced about 20s per ton ; caustic scarcely so firm £37 is a full quotation ; carbonate worth £22. A similar figure is required for flour of sul phur. Blasting powder, 7dtoßd. Cornsacks 16s 6d. Canvas, steady, at Is 3d to Is b'd. Woolpacks, at 4s 10£ d for full-weights. Cur rants have sold slowly at 5d to o^d. No muscatel raisins ; Eleme, 8d to Sid ; sultana S^dto Bfd. Dried apples, 8£d~; Barcelona nuts, oid ; Jordan almonds, Is lOd. 1-lb tins of preserved salmon bring 15s to 15s 6d ; oysters, Bs. 6d ; lobsters, 13s ; fresh herrings, 8s 6d ; white herrings in half-barrels, 33s to 35s ; dried ling 5d to 5-Jd ; quarter sardines, 7s 9d; halves, 12s ~9d to 13s. Beer in wood and glass scarce, prices ranging up to 13s 6d for bottled and £10 for bulk. The markt is glutted with all descriptions of brandy. Martell's dark, in bulk, Gs 4cl to 6s 6d—case at 24s ; Hennessy's pale, in bulk, 6s 6d—case 24s 9d to 255. Queensland rum, of good quality, 2s 7d to 2s 4d. Geneva, 8s to 12s, according to contents. Other spirits not in much request. Pig iron is quoted at £9 10s, galvanized, £38 to £42 j bar and rod, £20 to £22; plate, £26 to £29. Sheet lead quiet at £27 to £27 10s. Tinplates in request at from 55s to 655. Bottled fruits sell at 10s 6d to 13s 6d ; 1-lb jams, 9s 6d to 10s 6d; 1-lb mustard in glass, 12s 6d to 13s 5d ; ditto tins, 10s to 10s 6d ; pint pickles, 6s 6d to 8s 6d ; half-pint salad oil, 5s 9d; pints, 9s 6d—quarts 18s ; bulk vinegar, Is lOd to 2s—bottled, 7s 6d to 8s ; white starch, 44s to 45s ; blue, scarce, at 46s to 475. Kerosene has declined. Sales of American at 2s to 2s Id in bond. Linseed, in drums, 4s 8d to 4s 9d ; colza scarce, small sales at 5s 9d to 6d. Cheese selling at Is 2d to Is 3d. Patna rice, £23. Salt firmer. White Mauritius crystals, £41 to £42 10s ; yellows, £38 to £40 ; counters, £36 to £39 ; ration rather scarce. Teas, dull; only a few lines of the Jessie McDonald's cargo sold by auction on Thursday. Tobbaco very firm.

MINING.

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

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Matls wiil Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Wednesday, 12th inst., at 0 30 p.m. For Taran.'iki, Wanganui, Wellington, and Southern provinces, per Go-Ahead, to-morrow, ut 9 a.m. For KawftU, Wangarei, Mangapai, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-morrrow, at 3 pm. For Whitiangi. Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Tanranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern pro vinces, per Patterson, on Saturday, 15th inst., at 11 a.m. For the undermentioned places, per p.s. Dakota, on Thursday, 20th inst., as under :— For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 12.30 p m. For Money Orders, Eegistered Letters, and News papers, at 11 a.m. For United Kingdon, via San Francisco, at 12.30 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 11 a.m. V* Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage will be received at this office until 1 p.m., and by the mail agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing. (Signed) S. B. Bias, Chief P©!»tHl(WtOT,

MARRIAGE.

Poulurain— Hewlett.— On March f>, at Grey street, Auckland, N.Z., by the Eev. P. H. Cornford, Eichard, eldest son of Mr Cl. Poul";rain, Thames, to Esther Oliver, eldest daughter of Mr Tlios. Hewlett, of London. -Thames papers please copy.

DEATH.

Masekield. —On March 10, Mabel, daughter of Mr Thomas Masefield, Home Bay, Dedwood ; aged seven months.

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

MONDAY, MARCH 10, 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 day fixed for the departure of his Excellency is Tuesday week, the 18th in stant. Arrangements have been made for the detention of the steamer Hero until that date, and his Excellency and suite will em bark at four o'clock in the afternoon. His Excellency will proceed at six o'clock to morning to the Waikato, accom panied by his aid-dc camp (Major Pitt), in order to attend the native meeting at Ngaruawahia on Wednesday next. The Otahuhu Rifle Volunteers will turn out as a guard of honor to his Excellency on his passing through that village. At present it is not determined whether his Excellency will pay a visit to the Bay of Islands ; if such, however, is accomplished it will be a flying one on the Hero's way towards Sydney. A ceremonial parade of all the volunteer corps will take place on the day of his Excellency's departure, at which the various corps of the country districts will attend. A Provincial (Government Gazette was issued to-day, pro claiming Tuesday, the 18th instant, a public holiday.

The ball given by Captain Chapman and the officers of H.M. Blanche to the citizens of Auckland, on . Saturday evening, at the North Shore, was a most successful affair. The ball-room was very handsomely decorated and had a most brilliant appearance, the bunting of both the Blanche and Rosario having been employed in its decoration. Lady Bowen, escorted by Sir George Arney and Captain Machell, A.C, visited the ball room during the afternoon. The ball terminated precisely at midnight, but the North Shore presented a lively scene, owing to the presence of handsomely dressed ladies and gentlemen, until far in the night. The p.s. Takapuna was kept busily employed conveying the guests from Auckland to the North Shore and home again.

The Hon. Julius Vogel was a passenger by the s.s. Hero this morning.

The Rev. David Jones has not sufficiently recovered from his long indisposition to resume his ministerial duties at St. Matthew's. Yesterday evening he read the church service for the first time this year, but it was evident that the rev. gentleman was in a very delicate state of health. The morning service was conducted by the Rev. C. M. Nelson, of St. Paul's, who preached a practical sermon on the characters of the brothers Esau and Jacob, from Gen. xxvii, v. 34. In the evening Bishop Cowie preached from Matt, xv., v. 28, "Be it unto thee even as thou wilt."

Last evening the Rev. James Buller preached a sermon to young men in the Grahamstovvn Church, on "Daniel, a model for young men." Mr Buller's sermons are always plain and practical, and he will be missed by those who have been accustomed to listen to his calm but far reaching thoughts.

Mr Joseph Brown, the leader of the Chcral Society, notifies that he has been requested to organise a musical party for the purpose of performing the national anthem ori the occasion of the departure of His Excellency the Governor. He therefore invites the musical portion of the public to join in the demonstration, and communicate with him at once, in order that he may arrange the preliminary matters.

We were glad to see so many of our work ing citizens at the Art Exhibition on Satur day evening, which must have convinced the friends and promoters of the art that their labours have' not been in vain.

The friends of the temperance cause held another of their open-air meetings on Saturday evening, and gathered about them a consider able crowd of listeners. The friends have provided themselves with a teetotal table strong in the legs, so that they can stamp with more safety than they could on the old water-cart of previous evenings, though a water-cart may seem, from its name, more in harmony with the views of the moonlight water-drinkers.

Mr Alfred Anderson, pianist to H.R.'H. the Duke of Edinburgh and Miss Carrie Emanuel, a vocalist of high talent, were passengers from Sydney by the s.s. Hero. We have before. published extracts ex pressive of the opinion of the Australian press with regard to these talented artistes, and the large amount of success they met Avith. Miss Emanuel's operatic singing was very much admired, scarcely less than the brilliant performance of Mr Anderson. They will give their opening concert' in the City Hall during the present week, under the distin guished patronage of his Excellency the Governor and Lady Boweii. The best local talent will assist at the concerts, which are only to' f extend over a yery siiovt period. Mr Anderson/ Miss Emanuel being on their way to America and Europe on a pro fessionable tour. We believe the public will be afforded an opportunity for enjoying one of the richest musical treats that has ever been offered here,

Mr Luckie has not been lucky enough to escape the trenchant pen of our Thames Con temporary, who has not unkindly perhaps manufactured an article on the sunny words supposed to have been uttered by the Editor of the Cross.' The AMeHlser .considers that the great age-brush should be that of the scavenger, and not the camel's hair brush of the painter. The writer of the article no doubt is a thoroughly practical man, who prefers making mud-puddings to mixing of celors, and in his view he is both right and wroiig. He should not, however, ignore the one at the expense of the other, because both are necessary in their proper places'* The burden of Mackay's song, " Clear the way," should be the voice of sanitory reform, but do not plaster up our eyes and senses with mud so that we can neither catch the reflections of the beautiful in nature, nor breathe the breath of the mountain breeze. Mr Luckie was right in speaking in favor of art at an artists' supper. It would have been un seemly on his part to have introduced mud puddings after roast beef and fowl, and host Avey's sherrYi At a^meetirig of creditors in the estate of Patrick Gleeson, barman, of Auckland, held this day, in the Provisional Trustee's office, Supreme Court, the estate was placed in the hands of the Provisional Trustee for liquida tion.

Mr R. Arthur's sale of fruit, ex Hero, is postponed until to-morrow, at noon.

Great preparations have been made for the sale of plain and ornamental goods in aid of St. Matthew's Church, and which is likely to be a success. The sale will commence on Wednesday, the 12th inst., in the premises recently occupied by Mr Dyson, at the corner of Upper Wellesley-street.. •

The bakers' meeting on Saturday evening, at Sceats Hotel, was well attended, and the report which was read and adopted was very satisfactory. The balance-sheet shewed that the Association was free of debt, with a balance of £15 15s 7d in the Society's favour. The Society is making head-way steadily, and is likely to prove advantageous both to masters and men.

We are glad to welcome back to Auckland Mr and Mrs Smart, who arrived by the 3.8. Hero this morning. Mr Smart was long and favourably known in business circles here and took an active part in public affairs.

Truth, virtue, and happiness may be distinguished from each other, but they cannot be divided. They subsist by a mutual co-inherence which gives a shadow of divinity even to our human nature.

There have been vague stories circulated respecting the physical ordeal through which a member enters the charmed circle of the (rood Templars. A speech, however, has been made during the present week by a steady brother of the order, which dispels all doubts, and places Good Templarism in its proper light. From this speech we gather the articles of a Good Templar's creed, which in brief are as follows :—I believe in a Creator and Buler of all things. I reject all intoxi cating beverages as pernicious both to body and mind. 1 believe in the closing of public - houses. I will co-operate with the brother hood for the abolition of malt kilns. I will endeavour to create a healthy public opinion. I will protest with my vocal powers against the songs of Burns and Moore. I will never sing "Auld Lang Syne." I believe in the dignity of easy toil. I have no sympathy with chignons. I -will buy my tea of a teetotal shopkeeper. I will not wantonly offend the city by-laws. I will hold no com panionship with George Staines. I will lift my hat to his Worship the Mayor. I will vote for an honest man when I can find him. I will persist in my efforts towards the establishment of a new moral world. I will be true to my sweetheart and faithful to my wife. I will never appear as a defendant in the District Court, i will subscribe to the Evening Star. I will not run up a milk-score nor defraud my washerwoman. I will join the Volunteers in case the Russians should come. I will go to church regularly, and regularly leave a silver blessing behind me. I will act consistently through the week. I will study the proverbs of King Solomon. I will pay my quarterly subscription to the order without murmuring. I will save as much money as possible for the exigencies of age, be in all respects a good Templar, and stick to my colours till 1 die.

The Choral Society will hold a practice to-night, preparatory to to-morrow's concert. All performing members are requested to attend. The practice commences at halt past seven o'clock.

Albert Barrack gates and sentry-boxes are to fall under Mr Tonks' hammer to-morrow, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon. The Im provement Commissiorers are determined to " leave not a wrack behind."

The regular communication of the Pro vincial Grand Lodge of New Zealand, 1.C., will be held this evening, at the Masonic Hotel.

The A raillery and City Band will play on the lawn in front of Government House this evening, and, judging from the selections, which were published in Saturday's Evening Star, there is a great treat in store for the lovers of sweet sounds.

'' For the cause that lacks assistance, and the good that they can do," the Garrick Club will give a grand amateur performance to-morrow evening, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, in aid of the funds of the new reformatory. The entertainment will be under the patronage of his Honor the Superintendent and his Worship the Mayor. The performance will consist of Douglas Jerrold's fine two-act domestic drama entitled '' The Rent Day," and the comedy of '' Taming a Tiger." The cast for the drama includes Messrs T. C. Williams, A. and D. Smith, Teague, Flemming, Compton, Worthington, B. Heath, H. Gray don, Pierce, Jones, Gardener, and two lady amateurs. During the interlude Messrs O'Hare, Forbes, and Heath will entertain the audience with songs and dances. A very enjoyable evening's amusement may be anticipated, and we hope to see a full house.

Ihe public farewell ball to his Excellency the Governor and Lady Bowen will take place at; the Music Hall, Symonds street, on this day week, the 17th inst. Dancing will commence at nine o'clock. In order to make the arrangements complete no tickets will be issued after Saturday next.

MR. VOGEL AND LATE CONFERENCE.

(FEOM OUR SYDNEY CORRESPONDENT.)

In consequence of the strictures passed upon the majority of the members of the late Intercolonial Conference, and more particu larly because of the observations of Mr Parkes in the Assembly j the Hon. Julius Vogel has addressed a communication to the Herald in justification of his late colleagues with respect to their votes with regard to the Suez mail service and the proposed change of the terminus. He denies that any arrangement was come to in Melbourne by the delegates who chanced to meet there prior to leaving for Sydney, and asserts that the South Australian, Tasmanian, and New Zealand delegates were unpledged as to the terminus of the Galle service, and anxious to act with and consult the wishes of New South Wales. Mr Vogel admits that many of the delegates did confer freely and ex change their ideas outside the Conference on this question, but not until after their arrival in Sydney. Mr Vogel gives credit to Mr Parkes for having been precluded through conscientious scruples from acting in a similar manner ; indeed Mr Parkes did not accept an invitation from Mr Vogel. Mr Vogel expressed his conviction that the Conference had sat for several days before he was aware that Mr Parkes attached more im portance to the question of'the Suez terminus than to securing a separate Calif ornian service. When Mr Parkes really expressed the opinion that Sydney was the proper terrsinus, it appears that some of the representatives had discussed the whole matter and arrived at a coneiiision to support Melbourne. Seeing that Mr Parkes was not anxious to further the object of the New Zealand delegates they vc'ted with the delegates of South Australia, who uttered the' following sentiments :— "We must have the Suez seftico, and if Victoria retires from it it would dost us a very heavy price. If Victoria goes into it it will be a comparatively small sum ; and if Victoria retires and New South Wales takes her place still we should have mOre to pay. In defending the conduct of the New Zealand delegates Mr Vogel con cludes by stating that the unfriendliness proceeded from Mr Parkes' side, and forced himself and Mr Reynold's to take their own Course. That course was to make New Zealand sure of a cheap Suez service, and to offer New South AVates as an inducement, not to run an opposition Califorriian service, the most favourable possible terms in respect to the one to which New Zealand is already committed. Mr Vogel's letter has been fully criticised, but he stands acquitted of the littleness of mind which characterises the Victorian delegates. An absurd para graph appears in the Argun of the 19th inst., insinuating that although Messrs Francis and Langton had been most hospitably treated by the Parliament and the public, His Excellency the Governor had not pressed his attentions upon them, and had, in fact, given utterance to some sentiments which were intolerably unpalatable, and, therefore, must have been the reverse of com plimentary. The Parliament of New South Wales has unanimously protested against the proceedings in a petition to the Queen, and although at the first blush Victorian politicians plumed themselves on a victory, the tables are now turning. In the en lightened commercial circles of Melbourne the threat of New South Wales to withdraw her share of the subsidy from the Suez route, if the " chandlers' shop" policy of Francis should unwisely succeed, has had its effect, and it is confidently predicted the whole scheme will fall through.

CHARGE OF KIDNAPPING AGAINST THE CAPTAIN OF THE KATE GRANT.

At the Sydney' Police Court on March 3rd, before Mr Justice Hargrave, Edward With erington, Robert M'Dougal, Frank John, and Thomas Newton, were indicted for having on the 3rd of October, 1872, while on board of the schooner Kate Grant, then lying at anchor off an island in the South .Seas, unlawfully assaulted and beaten one Puaniu. Prisoners pleaded not guilty, and were defended by Mr Dalley and Mr Want, instructed by Mr B. Driver.

The Crown Prosecutor, in stating the case to the jury, said that the Kate Grant was lying at anchor oft* one of the islands in the Pacific Ocean on the date mentioned in the indictment, when the native Puaniu went on board to tratf c. He was taken into the cabin and* asked to sign his name, or make his mark upon a certain list which the prisoners had there. He refused, but Witherington (the captain of the vessel) wrote his (Puaniu's) name, and put a mark opposite it. The prisoners then told him that he was to go with them to Levuka. They, however, put no restraint upon him, and he managed to make his escape back to the island, where he hid himself in the bush ; but hearing that two other natives were detained on board as hostages for him, he, being advised to do so by the chief of the island, went on board the vessel, and the two other natives were allowed to go away. Puanui was taken to Fiji, no violence or restraint being used to wards him.

Mr Dalley submitted, after the Crown Prosecutor had opened the case, that there had been no assault committed at all, inas much as Puanui went on boai-d of the vessel willingly, and nothing had been done by any of the prisoners to detain him.

His Honor ruled that the evidence should be heard.

Puaniu (a native of Ninatabu) deposed to the facts as stated by the Crown Prosecutor, who said that after the fact of the native being allowed to on shore at Nukafatau he would not proceed further with the case. His Honor then directed the jury in regard to the law affecting the case, and they re turned a verdict of not guilty. The prisoners were accordingly discharged.

THE CARL MASSACRE. — CLANCY SENTENCED TO DEATH.

At the Sydney Supreme Court in Criminal Sittings, on February 28, Joseph Clancy was indicted for that he, on board British ship named Carl, on the high seas, being one of the crew of that vessel, did kill and murder a man whose name is to the Attorney-General unknown.

The chief witness Was a girl named Kate who said she saw prisoner with a little gun get into a boat and pick men out of the water. She saw'him get into the boat and get blackfellows. He got a pistol and shot one of the black men. She saw him pulling the boat before he shot the black man with the pistol. The man who was shot was in the water. The man was shot as he was swimming. The man did not swim after was shot, he sank. She saw another man brought on board, and the blood was coming out of his side. This was at the same time that the man was shot who went down. The man who got shot was one who came off in a canoe to sell yams for tobacco. The men came to the side of the great ship and the captain got iron or stones and sank the canoe. Jim (the prisoner) was in the ship's boat when he shot the man. This was a,;"i-.«r the canoe had been sunk or broken up L / the side of the ship. The man shot by Jim Clancy) was swimming ashore,

i The foreman of the Jury, in announcing ' the verdict, said : "We find the prisoner . Clancy guilty. At the same time we wish to ! recommend him to mercy, as we think he was coerced by Dr. Murray, and we are not fully satisfied ffotti the evidence that it was i the shot fired by the prisoner which caused ; the murder of the man who was killed. i Being called upon to say why the sentence J of the Court should not be passed upon him, ] Clancy made a long exculpatory address, i throwing all the blame upon Murray, whose ! revolting cruelty (supposing what he said to !be literally true), he described m very ! significant terms. Hewasaltogetherinnocent. The girl had been tutored by Consul March, The girl was not on board at the time of the supposed occurrence—when the Carl was off Strong's Island. The Judge said he believed that the prisoner had been most justly found guilty. He fully concurred with the verdict, but he could not himself hold out any hopes of mercy. That would rest with the Executive. The prisoner had been clearly proved to be guilty of a most revolting and cruel murder. His Honor then passed the sentence of death upon the prisoner.

LATER FROM FIJI.

HORRIBLE MASSACRE OF A'FAMILY

BY NATIVES.

By the Surprise, from Levuka, we have later Fiii news. A locking massacre had been committed cat Ba River. Frtnn the report of the inquest published in the Mp ¥'»**%* learn that the Ba mountaineers, some SUU stron*, attacked the plantation of Mr Burns, early In the morning, and brutally murdered Mr and Mrs Burns and two children, be sides killing twenty Polynesian labourers. At the inquest Mr James McGrath de posed : Informed by run-away labour from Vuni Samola that the mountaineers had attacked Mr Burns. I started immediately for that place, together with Mr Stirling and forty imported labour from Earawai. Arriv ing in view of the house I saw the place in possession of a great number of moun taineers. Mr Stirling and I immediately attacked them, accompaimed by only six ot the imported labour, the remaining thirty four retreating, having heard from Mr Burn s labour that they would, be hanged by the Government if they shot a mountaineer. The mountaineers, four or five hundred m number, retreated in haste, dragging with them by the feet the naked feet the naked body of Mrs Burns for a distance of about 300' yards, when they dropped her and were chased across the river. I then had the dead body of Mrs Burns brought to the house. Her skull was beaben in evidently with a club, and many other wounds were found on her body. Afterwards the dead body of Mr. Burns was brought to the house froni the cotton field ; the head was smashed with a club, and other wounds covered the body ; the children were afterwards found, the one outside the house, the head smashed in evi dently with a club, and the little baby in the bedroom, its head beaten in, having evidently had its braiils dashed out by being struck against the wall, as its brains be smeared it and the floor underneath. The mountaineers, no doubt, were taking her away with the intention of eating her, but were too closely pursued, and were compelled to leave her. When the unfortunate lady saw her husband being murdered she sat down to write a note, supposed to be to some of us for help, but evidently had no time. Their cook, a Tannese, said to her, "Come to the boat." "They are gone except the large one," she replied, " and it is too far in the river." Not being able to swim, and leave her babes behind in the hands of those blood-thirsty villains, she could not make an attempt at the water. Mrs Burns, poor lady, must have suffered agony by the look of her. She must have received two cuts with an axe or towahawk on the top of her left shoulder on the first attack, her left hand was raised to the wounds, and still remains in the same position, now in her grave. She had a cut under her left jaw, part of her teeth down her throat. Two holes, one on each side, just above the hips, evidently made with a spear, which had passed through her body before she fell. TwoTannamen were found with their legs cut off, and carried away by the mountaineers ; also several other bodies, no doubt for a cannibal feast. The jury returned a verdict blaming the. Government on the ground that some time ago. in the absence of deceased Mr Burns, Dr. Clarkson, Minister of Finance, took the authority on himself, against the expressed objection of deceased Mrs Burns, to convene a gathering of the labor on the place, cautioning them, in strong language, that if they attempted to shoot a mountaineer they would be hung ; and, in the way of illustra tiou, placed a small rope round the neck of one of the imported labor, showing how conveniently the Government could punish such an " offence." The labor, since that, have been unwilling to take up arms in defence of their employer, when ordered, and, on this occasion, abandoned the field, leaving their employer and his family to the merciless attack of the mountaineers.

DISTRICT COURT.—This Day

(Before His Honor Judge Beckham.)

LUNDOX V. M'QUARRIE, Claim £90 13s 6d

His Honor, in a review of this case (the particulars of which have already appeared), considered that the Court must rule that the case was beyond its jurisdiction. He thought it would be wise of the parties if they would try and settle it without further litigation. It was finally arranged that the case stand over for a week, to give Mr Lundon time to settle the matter with the defendant, if pos sible. DUKENFIELD V. SYDLE. Claim, £30. This claim was for a promissory note for the amount claimed, with interest thereon. Judgment for plaintiff. PHILLIPS V. LUCKY DIGGERS 5 G.M.C. Claim, £27 18s. lOd. In this case Mr J. B. Russell applied for a winding-up order, which the Court granted. HILL BROS. V. LAYERS. Claim £27 17s. Mr J. B. Russell appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Brookfield for the defence. It appeared that there was a difference between the accounts of the parties who had been in the habit of transacting business together. Mr Russell was quite willing that the case should be left in the hands of Mr Armstrong, who was an accountant as well as a lawyer. Mr Russell's suggestion was accepted, and the parties retired to act upon it. This concluded the business.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R.M.)

DRUNKENNESS

Eight drunkards received their deserts, and Robert Sargent, for having been pre viously convicted of drunkenness, was sent to gaol for thirty days.

A ROW BKEWEEN A MAORI AND A PAKEHA

John Fowler was charged with assaulting a Maori named Itauhiri, iv Chancery-street, o n Saturday last.

The prosecutor (a strapping fellow, about six feet in height) deposed, through Mr Brown, the interpreter, that he went to prisoner's house in Chancery-street to demand the sum of twopence, as the value of a water-melon, belonging to a certain Maori woman, and alleged to have been damaged by prisoner's wife. The prisoner repudiated the liability, and seized the iron fire-bar and attempted to strike prosecutor, when a scrimmage ensued. The prisoner said in defence that the native dragged him to pieces. The Court fined him ss. and costs, or 48 hours' imprisonment.

CLEARING A MAN OUT STOCK, LOCK, AND BARREL.

Walter Pritchard, a young man, and his blushing bride, Annie, were charged by one-^ John Clareborough with stealing the following j articles :—1 bedstead, 1 mattress and bolster } 1 pair palliasses, 3 yards matting, 3 chairs, "l table-cover, 2 table-cloths, 1 sheet, 1 pillow slip, 1 toilet towel; 3 cups and saucers, $ egg cupsi 3 silver spoons, 4 dinner plates, 1 small plate, 2 dinner knives and forks, 1 camp oven, 1 boiler, 1 pair bellows, 1 tea kettle, 1 large lamp, 1 washing tub; total value, £5 ; the property of the said John Clareborough. Mr Joy appeared for the prosecution. Mr Beveridge, for the accused, asked for an adjournment of the case. The case was remanded until Wednesday, and the accused admitted to bail —themselves in £40 each, and two sureties of £20 each. WIFE DESERTION. Henry Williams failed to appear in answer to a charge of deserting his wife and children. The case was proved in his absence. The Court made an order for the defendant to contribute 15s a-week towards the support of his family. ASSAULT. John Adams, landlord of the Crown Hotel, Grey-street, was charged with assaulting Sarah Harris, his next door neighbour, Mr Joy appeared for the complainant. Mr Beveridge for the defendant. The complaint comprised a continuous system of petty annoyances, culminating in one specific act of assault committed on the 4th instant, by throwing a quantity of dust or refuse over the complainant. Mr Beveridge objected to the wording of * the summons being as a "continuous assault" and his Worship immediately struck out the word "continuous."

The complainant and her daughter, an in telligent little girl, proved that the defendant on the morning in question deliberately emptied the contents of a dust pan over the former. It was elicited that the complain ant's daughter had placed some dust up against the fence to prevent the chickens from coming through. A portion of this had fallen into his yard which had annoyed the defendant and he threw it back again over the complainant. Several witnesse were examined. The Court fined the defendant 5s and costs. This concluded the business.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

[Per Java Cable.

THE KHIVAN EXPEDITION.

CRISIS IN THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY.

Bombay, February 28. - The R.M.S. Baroda arrived at Galle on the 26th February. London, February 27. The Navy Estimates amount to £9,872,725.' With regard to the concentration of troops by Bussia, Viscount Enfield stated that the English Government would neither ask Russia to fix a frontier beyond which that Power would not permanently advance towards the intermediate zone, nor would the Government recognize any unannsxed terri tory as available for annexation. Spain. Affairs in Madrid are at the present moment quiet London, March 1. The Privy Council has reversed the decision of the Melbourne Court in the case London Chartered Bank v. Lempriere. The bank loses £14,000. In committee on the Army Estimates a motion to reduce the army by ten thousand was rejected. The Government stated that they had received information last May that Persia and Russia had agreed to make Attruck river their boundary line. Paris, March 1. There was a fresh crisis at Versailles after Gambetta's great speech denouncing the proposals of the Committee of Thirty to Thiers. The debate was adjourned to enable Thiers explicity to declare whether the new '■ bill means a Republic or Monarchy.

LATEST SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THE STEAM POSTAL QUESTION.

London, March 1

The first view by the British, Government of the apparently conflicting interests of the Australasian colonies, taken in connection with' Lord Kimberley's proposition with res pect to the • steam postal services, was somewhat perplexing ; but it is understood that the Government have decided to divide the Imperial mail subsidy pro rata amongst the colonies, leaving the Government and Legislature of each colony at liberty to carry out its own plans. The tender on behalf of the Queensland Government for a mail service via Torres Straits has been accepted by the English Government.

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NEW SOUTH WALES AND WEBB'S LINE.

DESTRUCTIVE STORMS AND FLOODS.

THE DEFAULTER WARREN.

(Special to the " Star.")

SYDNEY,

March 3,

The "New South Wales Government de clined to make any agreement with the New Zealand Government relative to Webb's Californian service.

The Assembly has adopted addresses pro testing against the decision of the Conference on the subject of the Suez service having its terminus at Melbourne.

A committee of the A.S.N. Co. has been appointed to consider the advisability of increasing the Company's fleet of vessels. Severe storms have taken place throughout New South Wales, causing the flooding of rivers aud great destruction of property. The damage to the streets in Sydney alone is estimated at £20,000. The railway lines were also injured in various places. The Lady Bird, steamer, intended for the New Zealand trade, is still undergoing repairs and alterations. _ Mi' Alfred Anderson, pianist to H3tH t

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