SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

POST OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, C.30 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 6.53 HIGH WATJfiR: This evening, 10.45; to-morrow morning, 11.10

ARRIVALS.

Dakota, mail steamer, Ingersoll, from Honolulu Durham, ship, Sexton, from London .Reconnaissance, barque, Watson, from Tahiti Comerang, p.s., Chrisp, from Poverty Bey Lady Bowen. p.s., Adams, from Mahurangi Euby, schooner, Catchpole, from Russell

DEPARTURES.

•&owena, s.s. McGregor, for Northern ports Fairy, schooner, for Wangaroa

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Southern ports, via Napier: Dakota, p.s., to-morrow For Levuka : Charybdis; schooner, Wednesday For Southern ports: Taranaki, s.s., Wednesday For Honolulu *nd San Francisco: Dakota, mail

steamer, 20th March For Northern ports: Eowena, s.s., Monday next For London: Harvest Home, ship, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero. s.s.. about 6rd March; "Wonga Wonga, s.s., about 19th March; Phoebe, s.s., about Bth March (from the Manukau) For Hokianga : Herald and Janet Grey, schooners this afternoon .

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 18th December Parsee, ship, from London. Loading- Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Loading Thames, barque, from New York, via Sydney, loading Hero, s.s., from Sydney Prosperity, schooner, from Melbourne Corredo. barque, from Sydney Bast Lothian, barque, from New York. Sailed 20th December Dauntless, schooner; from South Sea Islands Harriet Armytage, barque, from Dunedin Coronet, brigantine, from "Wellington Satellite, cutter, from Levuka Pido, cutter, from Lyttelton Agnes Jessie, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 24th February Natal Queen, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 26th; J? ebru&ry;. ■ . Florence, schooner, from Dunedin Sailed 21st February Mary Millar, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 11th February Success, schooner, from Levuka Albion, brigj from Newcastle Ladybird, s.s., from, Sydney (in the Manukau) Saucy Lass, schooner, from Napier. Sailed 17th February Briton, barque, from Newcastle Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Amaranth, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed

IMPORTS.

Per barque Reconriaisance, from Tahiti : 190 bales cotton, 115 tons cotton seed ; 4 casks lime, juice, 2 bales blankets, 6 dozen buckets, I 1 nest pans, 1 case hats.

ARRIVAL OF THE P.S. DAKOTA.

The mail steamer Dakota, Oapt. Ingorsoll, arrived in harbour at eight o'clock this morn ing. . She left Honolulu on loth February at seven -p.m., with 198 bags English mail for New Zealand^ and 28 bags for Australia, 28 tons freight from San Francisco and 283 tons from Honolulu, 19 passengers from San Francisco and two from Honolulu. Connected •with steamer Moses Taylor, which was to have sailed- again on the 18th inst. Stopped at the' Navigators on Feb. 24,; at midnight. Had fine weather the entire passage. Passengers : For Auckland—Cabin : Mr R. Farmer. Steerage: Messrs George Thomson, John'Goddell, A. G. Catran and wife. For Meibourne-^Cabin : Mr J. Brown and wife, Mr Chas. Cobbath. Steerage : Messrs C. L. Horth, GeO. McCormack, I). McGlashan. For Sydney—Cabin : Messrs Otto, Leinish, ; W.. H> Hill, Mrs H. J.. Agnew, Steerage : Messrs John Riley, Tim Sweeney, Thomas Hayes, M. C. Mortlock and wife. M. O'Neil. For Dunedin—Mr Shephard. Cargo: 314 kegs sugar, 32 bales pulu, Cruickshank and Co. ; 747 packages sugar, 4 bales brooms, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 1 case books, Upton and Co. ; 3 packages merchandise, S. Stephenson; I package printers' bills, Heed and Brett. For Wel lington—276 kegs sugar, Koloa; 1 circular saw, J. H; Dalton. For' Port Chalmers— 3 bales rubber hose, Driver, Stewart and Co. ; 1 case books,. G; R. West; 236 kegs, sugar, order. For Sydney—3 packages specie, 2598 kegs sugar, 1 package silver, 8 ditto mer chandise, 2 cases printing. For Melbourne— 20 packages merchandise, 100 flasks quick silver, 5 cases merchandise. Henderson and Macfarlane.

We are indebted to Mr Charles J. Robert son, purser, for prompt delivery of our

The ship Durham Capt. Sexton as reported, by us to have arrived yesterday, came up harbour early this morning and anchored in the stream. She brings 12 saloon passengers and 56 immigrants. One of the latter, Mrs Janken, died during the passage in childbirth and a child died of sunstroke in the Tropics. Two births occurred during the voyage. The" following is a list of her passengers :— Saloon : Mr S. H. and Mrs Webb, Mr D. Carter, Mr 'William Mathieson Reed, Mr Frank-Harper Bennett, Mr Arthur D. Shef fild, Mr. William H. Pen Evans, Miss E. Taylor, Miss Ella Bremna, Anna Hopson, Dr. Grey and Mrs t3rey. Immigrants — Cornelius Hill, Matilda, Arthur, Bessie, Emma, Alfred, Ada, and Rosa Hill; Loftus, Susanna, Austin, William, Mary, and G. W. Lewis.;, i James, Ann, I William,: Julia, and Prescilla Wheeler ; Jacob, Mary, Elizabeth, Samuel, Mary, and Lucy. Carter ; Henry and Sarah Woolcock ; William; Catherine, Thomas, ■ Janet, John, Mary, and James, Morrison V John, Mary, ,, Anastasia1, and Catherine Bowes ; Jane, Emily, Catherine, Ann 8., and Thomas Clenow, ; Ann Grace, Ellen Mary Keanej Samuel Clarke, Roman Wehrle, Gilbert Basten, D. W. Paxton. James Treaher, Edward Arthur Halfpenny; Qeorge < Jane, Arthur, and Louise. Brake; George and Sarah Evans ; Edward and Mary Janken and infant, William, Mary Edith, .Florence, Gertrude, and Ernest Cole; Anne Butler, Celia Gates.. The vessel \vas cleared by the-Health Officer this morning. A complimentary address was presented to the Captain upon the arrival of the vessel and was suitably replied to. k The' schooner Ruby has reported at the Customs from Russell with 60 tons coal.

The <mail steamer Dakoia will; leave to morrow, for Squtherij. ports./ , :i The barque Reconnaisance arrived in har bour this morning frdln Tahiti, with a cargo of cotton and cotton seed, and-.two pas sengers—Messrs Heather and Deane. The'brig Tower Hill on discharge of her cargo- (which is being turned but in good order) will proceed to, Wangaroa to load timber for "Melbourne.

The p.s. Coinerang arrived last evening from Poverty Bay with .400 sheep and 49 head cattle for A; Bucklarid: Messrs Lusk and Rice were passengers by her.

s Q?hb Nevada.—-The steamship Nevada had not arrived at San Francisco when the Moses Taylor, connecting with the Dakota left. The following paragraph from the Honolulu Commercial Advertiser, of Feb. 8, explains the cause of the Nevada's non appearance, at San.Francisco :-r-"The public was taken by surprise on yesterday morning (the 6.tb), by. the return of the steamship Nevada, which sailed hence for San Francisco oh the" 27th ultimo, was compelled to turn about when a little over seven hundred miles from this port on account of the bad quality of the coal. The Nevada, having completed her coaling, sailed again at ten •o'clock this morning." • The Bhip Parsee has sailed from Xondon for Auckland. ...

There was no sign of the steamship Hero j when we went to press. ] The s.s. Taranaki will leave the Mantikau • to-morrow afternoon at one o'clock for Southern ports. We observe by the Home News that the ship Edinburgh Castle, 627 tons, Captain Cope, left Deal for Auckland on the 18th December last. She was in collision with a schooner in the Downs on the same day, but did not receive any material damage. She, however, put back to repair, and sailed again from Deal on the 29th December, and passed Portland on the 3rd January. The barque Arden Craig, which sailed from Deal on the 17th December, was bound for Adelaide and not Auckland, as telegraphed yesterday. She put into Portsmouth on the 21st December, making water. The brig Drover is alongside the mail steamer Dakota transhipping her coals. The ship Warwick is taking in ballast and will leave for Lyttelton to-morrow.

COMMERCIAL.

New York, Feb. 4—Quicksilver, 44§; cotton, 21£ ; hides, quiet, firm, salt, 12^c ; dry, 25c to 25|c; green, 13c ; wool, quiet, spring fine, 35c to 45c ; burry, 28c to 32c ; pulled, 50c to 60c ; fall clip, 26c to 33c; burry, 18c to 25c; oil, whale, weak, 63c to 70c ; winter bleached, 70c to 76c; sperm, quiet, Idol 50c to Idol 55c ; winter bleached, Idol 70c to Idol 75c : pork, quiet, 14dol to 14dol 25c; flour, quiet, 9dol 60c to lOdol 62c j wheat, quiet, 2dol to 2dol 30c; Calif ornian, 2dol to 2dol 15c. London, Feb. 4.—Consols, 92J to 92£ ; U.S. bonds, 91$. Liverpool, Feb. 4. —Wheat, Californian, average, 12s 2cl to 12s 4d ; ditto club, 12s 8d to 13s 3d. San Francisco, Feb. s.—Superfine flour, 4dol 75c to odol; wheat, Idol 90c to 2dol ; barley, Idol 40c per IOORs. j oats, 2dol 200 per IOOIbs.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :— JS s. d. DIVIDENd. Kauranui .. .. 0 2 6 Mrch 5 ■' . ■ CAIXB Crown Prince .. 0 0 6 Mrch 12 Coromandel Tunnel 0 10 0 Mrch 10 Oriana 0 0 C Mrch 12 Golden Eagle .. 0 0 1 Mrch 12 Bi3marck .. .. 0 10 Mrch 12 Otago .. „ .. 0 10 Mrch 12 American Eagle .. 010 Mrch. 12 Inverness .. .. 0 0 3 Mrch 12 Royal Standard ... 0 0 6 Mrch 12 Scotty Hill .. .. 0 0 6 Mrch 12 Red, White, and Blue 0 0 6 Mrch 12 Neptune ... ~ 006 Mrch 12 BirdinHand.. .. 0 10 Mrch 19 Albion ..... 10 0 Mrch 22 MEETINGS. Nolan's Candlelight, Company's office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 11 a.m., 13th March Murphy's Hill, Messrs J. B. Russell and Devore's, office, Shortland street, 18th March Old Whan, Company's office, 2 p.m., 19th March Old stocking, Coromandel, 22nd March '

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will 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, per Royal Alfred, to-morrow at 1.30 ■p.m. . . ■ ~._.. For Tauranga per Vincent this day, at 5 p.m. For~Whitianga, per Mary Ellen, this day. at 5 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Taranaki to-morrow, at 11 a.m. For Napier and Southern provinces, per p.s. Dakota, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. (Signed) S. B. Bras, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Stanley.—On March 3, at Union .Terrace, Mrs I Stanley, of a son.

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

TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1873.

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

!"We are now in possession of the cabinet secrets antecedent to the secession of the Honorable Mr Water house, and are in a position to review the position. In another column will be found a telegraphic digest of the correspondence that passed between the. late Premier and his Excellency, j and any one must admit what Mr iWaterhbuse, indeed, himself asserts, that that gentleman has found hinadelf occupying a position which'nature had not intended him to fill. Mr Water house is not to be censured for his own incapacity; andto express blame on that groind would be a blasphemous reflection on the author of his exist ence. It was a peculiar conjuncture of circumstances that introduced Mr Waterhouse into prominence in New Zealand politics. There was a weari ness of the old, and a craving for the new, and Mr Waterhouse mistook the nature of the qualifications which commended him to notice, and accepted

as a tribute to his superlative talents an offering that was merely made to his newness and his exemption from the corruption of New Zealand pdlitics. He had moreover the reputation of having been a cabinet Minister before, but his experiences in a colony—South Australia —where from ten days to a fortnight constituted the average existence of ministries, and where for many months portfolios were flown like shuttlecocks, do not appear to ; have fitted him for administering Go vernment in a place where a Minis terial crisis is justly regarded as a public calamity. We are not aware what kind of men constitute cabinets in the flour colony, but evidently Mr Waterhouse had not previously been brought into contact with spirits masculine. "Mr Yogel is a man of stronger will," exclaims this pusillani mous statesman, holding up his hands as if he were looking at the devil. " Mr Vogel and he had been cast in different moulds," he further adds; a fact which is self-evidencing to the meanest capacity. Had Mr Water house been a man of mettle he would have acted in a very different fashion. Had he made the discovery that he could not go in har ness along with " the Devil and all his works," why did he not exorcise the evil spirit ? Why not use his preroga tive, and have Mr Vogel or any other sent about his business? But no! According to his own showing he could|not grapple with Mr Vogel, and he forthwith turns and flees and leaves the country to go to de struction. Clearly Mr Waterhouse is not the stuff from which are made the men that are to build up empires, and his retirement from lea dership—which, beyond all doubt, is a retirement for ever—will be no loss to the world. His coquetting for office, his admission that he was but a puppet in the powerful hands of Mr Vogel, his shrinking timidity on the retire ment of Mr Hall, like a little boy in the water when the corks are taken away, and his wanton attempt to pro duce a convulsion at a moment when defection was treason to all the claims of honor and fairness —all this would be sufficient to forever damn the cha racter of a politician of even estab lished reputation. Mr Waterhouse has played false to the party of Mr Vogel as he had already done to that of Mr Stafford, and has earned, and probably will receive the contempt of both. The refusal of the "Luna," to Her Majesty's representative was simply unpardonable. By the grace of the Governor, and the folly of the people, he had got command of that representative of our future navy, and he must needs show his little brief authority. In doing so, he not merely insulted a Governor, whom Her Majesty's Government had deemed deserving of promotion to one of the highest and most lucrative positions in the gift of the Crown, but offered a deliberate insult to the people, who are engaged in making preparations for testifying their respect and grati tude and regret on the eve of his departure. "There was no necessity for the Governor to go to Melbourne via Auckland," says Mr Waterhouse, and there was very considerable necessity, we would add, for the utterer of such a remark to be de prived, as speedily as possible, of a a power which he is capable of so wantonly abusing. On the first announcement of Mr Water house's resignation it was naturally supposed that he had made some terrible discovery from which he shrunk appalled, and even yet there will be with some a disposition to sus pect that there is something more at the bottom. But when we find the honorable gentleman himself rendering as excuses for his strange conduct reasons so utterly childish and self abusing, we can hardly suppress the belief that Mr Waterhouse thinks himself still in Adelaide, playing political shuttlecock after the fashion of the country. The celebrated Mammoth Company re peated their entertainment last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre in the presence of a goodly audience, with a fair share of success. Those well-known artistes Mr G. Bromley and Miss E. Neilson were well received, and their vocal and oral perform ances were much applauded. Mr Bromley's local hits told well, aa such things always do. We observe that new attractions will be introduced this evening, which should fill the house. The remaining business of the sitting of the City Council yesterday consisted in the appointment of Mr John Buchanan and W. A. Graham, as city assessors. The follow ing motions were agreed to : —That a gas lamp be placed in High-street near Vulcan lane ; that a clock' and necessary lamps be fixed in and about the new Market-house; and that Mr Goldie be appointed to lay in formations under the new Public Health Act. Councillor Jones moved that the City West Park be drained and ploughed when required. Estimate of cost not to exceed £40. A warm discussion ensued upon the motion being put, when the mover told the Council that he should not stop at £40, but at their next meeting probably he would ask for £50 more. Councillor Dargaville moved that the matter Jtand over. Councillor Hurst objected to ;he motion on the score of economy. Coun jillor Isaacs said that out of the £20,000 oan, and every other available source, the Council had but £2,000 to the good. Some lard words were provoked, and violent j tltercations arose, which resulted in Coun cilor Jones' motion being carried. Councillors Dargaville and Isaacs then announced that hey would resign their places on the I finance Committee. The Chairman said hey must give notice. in the usual way. accounts were then passed, and the aeeting cloaed. The Kuranui Goldmining Company will ay a dividend of half-a-qrown a share to lorrow.

C Henry Jonathan Lusty and Jane, Ms-wife, has for some time past been keeping a snug little store-near to the Theatre Royal, Owen street, Grahamstown. To all outward appear ance 'this worthy couple were treading the patt of life in conjugal comfort and peace; but Henry would go out now and then, and in his peregrinations would pop into some by-public-house . and take brandy and lemonade, and other potions ; and by these means on Friday last the hitherto peaceful establishment by the Theatre-Royal was sadly discomposed by Mr. Lusty's strange conduct. He had been drinking excessively,; and without any provocation, beyond a look of tenderness from Jane his wife, and upset the goods of the shop, the drink-storm finally burst upon the head of his patient wife, Jane Lusty, with two black eyes, ap pealed to the magistrate, who ordered Henry Jonathan to pay £3, or be imprisoned one month in the common gaol. The latter should have been his portion without the option of the former.

An important sale of shorthorns took place on September 18th, at Winterfold, in; Worcestershire, and very large prices were realised. Amongst the figures were 500 guineas for a calf two months old, 900 guineas for a cow, 650 guineas for a bull; a calf nine days old fetched 250 guineas. Sixty-one head of cattle realised £15,458: or, on an average, £253. The average at the recent Dunmore sale was £242. Breeders of the shorthorns from all parts of the kingdom attended the sale, and some were sold for America. The sale of pure-bred shorthorns heifers and bulls at the Earl of Dunmore's, near Stirling, N. B, realised £13,118. Mr Thornton, of London, conducted the sale, at which nearly 500 of the principal breeders of the kingdom were present. Lord Chesham, the Earl of Bective, and Perrin Davis, were the principal buyers. The two latter secured heifers at 1,010 guineas and 1,200 guineas respectively. — London Mail, October 4=th.

Among the incidents of the late gaa strike was one which was well worth recording. One of the first persons whom the Gas Com pany made aware of the coming difficulties lastweek was the Postmaster-General. Orders were immediately issued from the Post Office for 2,500 candlesticks and something like a ton of candles. A3 a precaution against the increased dangers arising from the use of candles as compared with gas, the floors of Post Office were covered with sand, and buckets filled with water were placed under the sorting tables.. A large staff of men and boys were employed as snuffers. These pre parations had the effect of very considerably lessening the inconveniences caused by the strike.

The Hawaiian Gazette of February 12th says :—At the present time a large portion of our sugar crop that would otherwise go to California is being sent to New Zealand, Australia and British Columbia, and is breaking up our trade with San Francisco.

The Provincial Secretary and Mr V. E. Rice returned last evening from Gisborne, by the Comerang. The Gisborne land sale realized nearly £1,000.

An event of great interest to the members of the Presbyterian Church in the city will take place to-morrow evening at half-past seven o'clock at St. James' Presbyterian Church, Wellington-street (Rev. Mr. Macnicol's), namely, the ordination of two young clergymen to the work of the ministry. Rev. Messrs McCallum and Galloway have but recently arrived in the colony, but have both proved themselves very acceptable preachers, although the particular sphere of labour for each has not yet been definitely fixed. This is not from lack of openings, but the contrary. In the meantime as we understand they will be ordained to the general work of the ministry in connection with the Presbytery of Auckland, their im mediate destination being various parts in the Waikato district. The rare occurrence of an ordination, and the still more rare cir cumstance of this being a double ordination will, we have no doubt, draw a very crowded assemblage to St. James. There will be a collection made at the close of the service in aid of the Presbytery funds.

The Alta Californianoi February 4 says:— Owing to the non-arrival of the New Zealand mails from New York, the sailing of the steamer "Moses Taylor" has again been postponed ; this time until Wednesday, sth instant, at 10 o'clock a.m.

The members of the United Artillery Rifle Brigade, and City Band (conductor Mr Pearson ; bandmaster, Mr Impey), met last evening on the lawn in front of Government House, and played a variety of choice airs, quadrilles, waltzs, and selection from the old masters, much to the enjoyment of the spectators in attendance. The band com menced at six o'clock, and concluded playing at eight. It is proposed that this excellent band shall play at the same place, and at the same time on successive Monday evening when the weather is favourable, until further notice.

DEFEATOF THE AUSTRALIAN SUBSIDY.

The Service to be Discontinued

The Alta California of February 4th says : — " Our despatches from Washington announce the defeat of the Australian subsidy, which closes the Webb line between this port and the Australian colonies. The steamer which sails to-day will probably be the last to leave this city. She is supposed to take out orders for each ship in the line to return to this port and await orders. This will be a severe Wow to American interests in the Pacific, and in all probability throw the trade between this port and the Colonies into the hands of English ship-owners-^ It is singular that the China line could obtain semi-monthly service with a subsidy of $500,000 per annum, and the Australian line be beaten."

[We learn on the best authority that the anticipated breakdown in the line above alluded to is not likely to take plaoe, Mr Webb being determined to carry the service through.—Ed. JS./S'.j

DISTRICT PRIZE FIRING.

The general district prize firing of the cadets under fourteen years of age commenced this morning at nine o'clock at the Mount Eden Rifle Range. There was a good muster of competitors and spectators on the occasion, and the lads appeared in capital trim. The weather was all that could be desired for good shooting, itbeinggenialandunoppressive. An objection was expressed to firing at fifty yards as the carbines were not sighted for that distance. The firing for these prizes vrill be general throughout the colony, and the highest aggregate score will denote the con queror. The following are the scores of this days firing :— -' Tl- Edward Ward, R.B. Cadets , 38 W. Firth, Grammar School 33 W. Halliday ~ ~ ,„ „, ~, 32 JT. Henderson, Sir G. Grey C 32 E. Caskili, Grammar School ~31 R. Reid ~ ~ , lfi 30 F. Williams „ ~ 30 J. Robottom ~ ~ 29 T. Mulv'aney, Sir G. Grey C .!. 23 E. Lipscombe ~ ~ ~, ' "' 19 J. Lambert „ „ ,„ „*, ||§ 31

S- GQRRESP GNDE NC E BETWEEN THE - , . • , .-. -.. | tr-nfTtl BBE»3RBjaB* GOVERNOR and WATERHOUSE.

THE POLITICAL CRISIS.

From our own Correspondent. ■' j WELLINGTON. i'-'iii .This day. : The official correspondence between the Governor and Mr Waterhouse placed at the disposal of our Wellington cor respondent last night, but was received too! late for insertion in yesterday's' issue.of the Star :— . ■ - . ■ • -• j On February 4th Mr Waterhouse wrote to Mr Vogeltothe following effect :—That he intended resigning. From the time he joined j the Ministry he felt himself in a false position, and he was determined to^Telease himself from a position which was abhorrent to his feelings. He felt that Mr Vogel regarded himself as the actual Premier^ and Mr Waterhouse as the nominal one. Mr Vogel was a man of stronger will, and enjoyed the advantage of having framed the Ministry. This gave Mr Vogel an in. fluence which prevented Mr Waterhouse from exercising the influence properly belonging to the office of Premier. The points of difference between them.' prevented them from working together with satisfaction. Mr Vogel was anxious for the introduction of fresh measures of policy but|it -was (his Mr Waterhouse's) opinion that the Ministry should confine its attention to administrative reform, but that could only be possible by the Ministry making the. subject an object of careful attention. The difficulty Mr. Waterhouse experienc ed: in bringing about the observance of; the mere requirements of the law;

as regards the Civil Service was one reason. This difficulty was increased by M r Hall's resignation, between whom and Mr Waterhouse there was much similarity o views. His decision to Tesign was linal. In writing this letter he had been much interrupted, and had no time to con sider the language. He had no want •f respect for Mr Vogel's talents, nor did his action arise from any: failure to appreciate Mr Vogel sincere desire to serve the country, but Mr Vogel and he had been cast in different moulds and could not with mutual satisfaction run in harness.

Mr Waterhouse wrote another letter to the Governor on the 20th February covering Mr Hall's resignation, and in his letter he said Mr Hall's resignation had been unforeseen, and it had affected his Mr Waterhouse's position so much that aa he had pre viously stated he would how resign his seat in the Executive Council and the Premiership. He did not wish the Go_ vernor to suppose his resignation would involve the resignation of the entire Minis try, as Mr Vogel would be able to appoint a Colonial Secretary.

On the 28th the Governor acknowledged the receipt of Mr Waterhouse's letter of the 20th, which only reached him in its present shape on the 27th. The Governor, in common with his colleagues, failed to see any rea son for the resignation which would, ipso facto, dissolve the Ministry. The time chosen for resigning was inconvenient. He suggested the convening of Parliament. His instructions to leave for Victoria were imperative ; he was therefore unable to deal with the question, and would not be a party to breaking up the Ministry. Mr Water house would doubtless be urged by his colleagues to re-consider his decision.

On March Ist Mr Waterhouse acknow ledged receipt of the Governor's letter. He regretted the Governor's reference to his colleagues. The Premier was not the Go vernor's mouth-piece in the Ministry. He condemned the Governor for conferring with his colleagues without Mr Waterhouse'a knowledge as unconstitutional. His resigna tion would not inconvenience public busi ness. There was no necessity for the Governor to go to Melbourne, via Auck land. He could go direct from Wel lington. It was not the duty of Ministers to summon Parliament. There was no reason to believe that Mr Vogel's influence had decreased. He was quite competent to fill a vacancy in the Ministry. He regretted that while the Governor refused to accept his (Mr Waterhouse's) resignation he was simul taneously ignoring him in the government of the colony. He had told the Governor's Aide-de-Camp, in reply to a request from the Governor to finish the correspond ence and publish it, that he would hot sanction it, the correspondence being incomplete. He (Mr Waterhouse): regrets that the Governor had subsequently sent for pne of his colleagues, and endeavoured to induce him to publish the correspondence This step was tantamount to accepting liis resignation.

iMr Waterhouse wrp^e to the Governor again on March 2nd, pointing out a state paent irj. the press that he would leave on the 3rd. Mr Waterhouse would nominate a Colonial Secretary. The administration of the Go vernment would not be brought to a standstill Under the circumstances he (Mr Waterhouse) would not be justified in affording the Governor any means of levying, therefore

he instructed Mr Fairchild, the captain of 1 c the Luna, not to leave Wellington without j his (the Premier's) express authority. The publication of the correspondence would not , * be of advantage to public business. , < On March Ist the .Governor acknowledged,, ' the receipt of Mr Waterhouse's memoran- j ' dum, and expressed surprise at Mr Water- j house's remarks about the communication be- ] tweentheGovernorandMinistersinMr Water- : house's absence, when the fact was the , only object contemplated was an endeavour j to dissuade Mr Waterhouse from resigning, for his own sake. The Governor must be present at the Maori meetings to be held in Auckland, but he always intended returning to Wellington before; leaving finally should public business require it. The Governor further accuses Mr Waterhouse of taking an unusual step in declining to attend the Governor when' sum moned by an Aide-de-Camp, thereby obliging the Governor to say to one of Mr Water . house's colleagues what he desired to say to to Mr Waterhouse himself. Mr Vogel on his return would be requested to become Premier, and all correspondence should cease. -J: | On March 2nd Mr Waterhouse acknow ledges the Governor's of the Ist, and was equally anxious with the Governor that all correspondence should cease. He could not acknowledge the correctness of the Governor's conduct in communicating with ministers. On March 2nd the Governor writes that; after Mr Waterhouse's action that day it : Was imperative on the Governor to accept his resignation. This concluded the corres pondence. 'It is believed in well-informed quarters Mr Vogel and Mr Waterhouse differed about the prorogation speech, Mr Vogel having written it instead of using another previously written, by Mr Waterhouse. The Governor left in the Luna to-day. Mr Fox did not go. It is believed that the latter positively, only holds office until Mr Vogel's return. It is rumoured Mr Peacock will resign and Mr:Moorhouse stands for his seat. Nothing further regarding Mr Vogel's health. . ; Telegram from Agent-General states that 1500 tons rails for Wellington and Canter bury were shipped in Hull.

ARRIVAL OF THE P.S. DAKOTA.

Webb's Steamship Subsidy Bill Rejected.

A City Destroyed by an Earthquake. —Five Hundred Lives Supposed to ■ be Lost.—Destruction of Lohuree, India- Sir Bar tie Frere's Expedition. A Terrible Earthquake in the Island of Samoa. The Australian Cable Bill. Congressional Proceedings. Frightful Tragedy in New York.—An Ex-Army Officer and a Woman Killed—A Startling Mystery. ' The Reorganization of the German Army. • The, Carlist Insurrection Spreading. . GREAT BRITAIN. London, February 3. The hew United State funded loan will be placed on the market to-day, and promises to be a great success. Large transactions have already taken place in anticipation of the opening of the books. The morning papers quote scrip at § premium. The Daily News says the introduction of the hew American loan is an event of great interest, and marks the steady progress of the United States in European credit. The Americans are now reaping the reward of their financial temerity. Numerous wrecks are reported on the English, Scotch, and Irish costs. No Ameri can vessels yet mentioned. London, January 30.—1t is reported that American banks in London loaned Napoleon £200,000: to facilitate a meditated coup, and that since his death the money has been re turned. Redding, convicted and imprisoned for participation in the Fenion riots at Man chester in 1867, has just been released. He has prosceuted the prison physicians for cruelties practiced upon him. January 30. Sir Barbie Ffere, after his arrival at Zanzibar, visited the Sultan, accompanied by a number of American and British officers. :They met with a grand reception. Sir Bartle delivered the Queen's letter. The British flag-ship Glasgow arid'the corvettes .Daphne and Briton are here. Three slavers iwere captured last week by the Glasgow's boat. * ~,.,. Newsirom Dr Livingstone says his health jis improved. A war was going on in the Aurori country. Sir Bartle goes to the coast on the 24th, and will go some distance into the interior. < f-i I A Calcutta despatch states that the city of jLohureej in the territory of the Scinde, was nearly destroyed by.an earthquake. The .calamity came with such suddenness that ,escape was impossible. On the first alarm (the inhabitants rushed from their houses into the streets, where many were killed by fall ing buildings, i Upwards of 500 persons are supposed to have perished. The earthquake was felt for many miles away. The inhabi tants of Lohuree, after the first consterna tion, fled with their goods to the mountains. •Lohuree, in the Department of Sinde,;Brf> tish India, is a town of 8000 people, ori the left bank of the Indus, occupying a declivity near the mountains. The streets are very narrow, and the houses lofty and crowded, i Over one hundred persons have frozen to death in England within the past three days, i ; London, January 30.—A public meeting j to raise funds for the erection of a monument ! to the poet Campbell was held at Glasgow i last anight. Two thousand dollars were subscribed. . Lloyds' agent at Cadiz telegraphs them ' that it was the Spanish steamer Murillo : which sunk the emigrant ship Northfleet on ' the night of the 22nd. The Murillo had her j . ! U>> ■': :: ;.' •■ .. ,*■ ■ ■

sargo for Lisbon, but on entering that harbour yas signalled not to land, a3 there is an ex iradition treaty between England and Portu gal, under, which ..the. officers would be wrested and surrendered to the British authorities. I She "put, to "-.jiea and landed at Cadiz,' where she now lies. She is uninjured. The officers and; crew; will s soon be examined in relation to the disaster. There is no ex tradition treaty between Spain and England. Advices from the. West Indies, speak of a new movement by', insurgents in San Domingo, which may prove'serious not only to President Baez, but to the infant colony n at Samana. ~,--., t - r * A : true bill1 has been found against Robert Bowles for misdemeanour, in cM nection with certain'secunties deposited with Bowles Brothers in Paris. The trial will soon occur. __ . The proprietors of several collieries in South Wales who announced their : intention to import Chinese from California to take the place of the strikers have received anony mous letters threatening asssssination.

FRANCE.

Paius, February 3d.—Thiers attended the sitting of the Committee of Thirty; and at considerable length. presented his views on the Constitutional project which the Com mittee submitted to him. He said the scheme contained . all-disguised attacks on himself, but he would accept it if certain I amendments, which he declared indispen sable,. ...were adopted. After a searching ; criticisntpf the project in detail, he urged the necessity of being free to address the Assembly on all .questions of general policy, and concluded as follows : "V ou humiliate me and 1 accept humiliation ;but I willnot become a political manakiri. lam only a little Bourgeois ; but §the power your condi tions leave me would be"; contemptible." Thiers again appears before the committee on Wednesday. . .- ■-.;.- <-/i n-.i' France demands of (Hayti $4; 000, m gold, as compensation for damages to French citizens inflicted by the Haytien rebels in default proposes to proceed- in the ei^: eetic: mwxner which was, so effective iniatie case of Germany against Hayti, There ljeing no money in the country, nor even promises to pay, the Government: pleads for mercy. What the result will be is unknown. f.

SPAIN.

Madrid, January 30th. The defeat of the Ckrlistr force under General Gonzales is a greater^victoryjiia^at first reported. Forty-seven insurgents "were killed and over 100 wounded. .Madrid, January 31,—rTherOrlien Rail way Company has been notified that* rail road traffic in the north of Spain has beck interrupted by the Carlist insurrection. Several trains have been fired into by Carlists. The official census shows 269/000 slaves in Cuba.; •</ fOVT MJF. r "^ Madrid, February 4.—Considerable.alatm has been : created by advices received1 in thia city concerning the movements ,of Carlists 5 'leaders'-who are preparing "for a vigorous campaign, and are .massing their forces in the north for a[■■determined move ment. The advices received state that the insurrection - isl extending; over the whole northern portion pi- Spain, where the in surgents are. concentrated in large numbers. A spinning mill in Glasgow, employing f ovvr hundred hands^ was burned on January

GERMANY.

Berlin, January Slat,—ln the Chamber of Deputies the bill to amend clauses in,the Constitution relating to the regulations of Church and State passed to a second reading by a large majority. Berlin, February 4.—The new bill for-the reorganization of the -German army provides for a service of Welve years, to be divided into three classed, three years service with the colourregiments, for years with the reserve, and five years1 in'the^landwehr. 'By the provisions of tnis bill the army on a peace footing 40,659.

RUSSIA.

St. Petersburgh, January 30th.—Public opinion is excited over the accounts of atrocious cruelties by Khivans on Russians. The people are heartily in favor of an ex pedition against Khiva, and, demand exemr plary punishmenb of the Khan. The military preparations for the campaign are" being pushed on with vigor. The force numbers 50,000, Princes and others of rank.are volunteers. I .'.\ -i 7 : ;■! s i i ■ ■. ■ 1 ;.-.' «*

GREECE.

Athens, February 3rd. A terrible earthquake has' occoixe&i&wfe Island of Samps, causing great destruction a property and loss of life. B :.j ;£w.'Wa x*« f»'d „: i-.;i;iib;.'A Jil sovhw

AMERICA.

Debate on the Australian Subsidy. Washington, January 30} —The Senate Postal Committee this morning considered Burnside's subsidy M bill for carryingi; : sfe Australian mails. Burnside in respond ing to questions acknowledged that" he represented a. British line; ' which . would, be put, on immediately if Webb's biil were , defeated; !.;;The Committee subsequently held a secret session, and voted adversely to Burnside's proposition—five to one; one being absent. I Washington, January 31st. —Senate.— !Nye; declared that "British agents were en.| deavouring to defeat this American measure ;—-the Australian subsidy bill. I Sherman nibved.to table the bill, so as to take up the substitute for Buckingham's Banking Bill. Lost 24 to 30. . -: j Chandler' then offered the Burnside subsidy bill as a substitute for the pe'udmg, liitl/ an' nouncing that on the final vote he would oppose both. I Morrill (Me.,) favored the bill, and said that the Australian line deserved encourage ment as an American line, also as a pioneer line, which would open up a new field for Shipping. The Atlantic Coast was now - struggling in! ruinous competition i with the Subsidized Shipping of Europe. j Corbett advocated and Erelinghuysen- op posed'the bill. • !,. :,i \ | Nye said that this bill was supported by recomendations from the San Francisco Cham ber of Commerce, the Postmaster-General and President of the United. States. '■■■■■ j Sherman moved to table1 the bill for the purpose of moving that when the &eiiate adjourn to-day it adjourn to Mondavi '■. Agreed to. The Senate voted to adjourn to Monday, when the Subsidy bill will be taken up. ■ ' \ ... Thurma«,'for'the purpose of kflling it, moved to l^y, i* ,o^ the table. Pending which motion the Senate adjourned until Monday. Washington, February 2.—A motion1 to' L lay on the table, the Webb Australian Steam ship Subsidy Bill, made for the purpose oiL killing) the measurei was agreed toby 3#M • 31. ,- t ... ■. • - ■ .■.■■■■ ■■■• ■ -*■• New Yobk, February 4: A most shocking murder and suicide occurred here this evening. About 3 o'clock a man and woman applied for a room in an assignation house on Bleecker-street. The woman was young and* well dressed; the man apparently, about 38 or 40 years of age. > They were shown to a room on the third floor, . and remained together some time, AboutniflO

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