SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 4.0S SUN-RISE: To m°mOHmwlT^R :• This afternoon, 0.20 ; to-morrow morning, 1.4

ARRIVALS.

Prince Alfred, barque, Harrison, from Sydney Sovereign of the Seas, cutter, from \A aajarei Vivid, cutter, from Levuka Bella, cutter, from Tauranja ■ ■ Cambria, schooner, from Wangarei Ellen, schooner, from Wangarei

DEPARTURES.

Feronia. barque, for Newca^ ie Albion, brig, for Sydne- Tta W angaroa Prince Rupert, sd^g fcr Rutsel i Clyde, schoone^. for Wangarei Janet Grev > cutter> fov Ahipara Patersor,, ps . ( Kennedy, for Southernports

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Wangarei: Sovereign of the Seas, cutter, to morrow eyening For Taranaki and "Wangamii: Go-ahead, s s., Thurs day next ' For Poverty Bay and Napier : Comerang, p.s., Tues day next For Southern ports: Ladybird, s.s., to-morrow; Wellington, s.s..early For Newcastle : Parsee and Edinburgh Castle, ships, and Amateur and 'William Ackers, barques, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., early For Northern ports : Rowena, s.s., this afternoon For New York : East Lothian, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED. Countegs of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed Woodlark, ship, from London. Sailed 22nd February Hylton Castle, barque, from London. Sailed City of Auckland, from London. Loading Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 23rd January Thames, barque, from Sydney Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Satellite, cutter, from Levuka ■ . Upolu, schooner, from Samoa Success, schooiier, from Levuka Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti . . ~. . Ivanhoe, schooner, from New Caledonia Emulous, schooner, from Dnnedin. Sailed2Bth April Adelheid. barque, from Lyttelton , Tower Hill, brig, from Clarence Eiver Hero, s.s., from Sydney , , ,„., ~ Flirt brigantine, from Lyttplton. Sailed 13th May Clatiranald, ship, from Londpn. Sailed , Prima Donna, schooner, from Levuka j Southern 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 Scotsman, brig, from Sydney Atlanta, schooner, from Napier" : Glencoe, barque, from Dunodhj. /Saailed 15th May

IMPORTS.

Per Prince Alfred, barque, from Sydney: 200 Wolfe's schnapps, ,10 cases dew of the alps, L. P. Nathan and Co. ,19 cases matches, J. Roberton and Co., 12tierces beef, 6 drays, J. S. Macfarlane and Co., 1 piano, G. B. Owon ; 10 pieces of iron bark, H. B. Morton ; 1408 bags bone dust, 67 cases acid, 1 hhd. treacle, 40 gunnies sugar, order.— Owen and Graham agents.

The schooner Charybdis arrived at Levuka from Auckland on March 29. The s.s. Ladybird will leave Onehunga . wharf for Southern ports tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. During a sudden squall that passed over the harbour, shortly before ten o'clock yes terday morning, the barque William Akers at anchor in the stream was caught by the squall, and being light nearly driven on her beam ends. She however righted after a few minutes. The barque Prince Alfred, Captain Harri son, arrived in harbour on Saturday evening after a rapid passage from Sydney of eight and a half days. Left Sydney on the Bth inst., and experienced fresh westerly winds nearly the whole of the passage. On Friday the 10th instant, at four p.m., passed the steamship Victoria ten miles south of the North Cape. The Prince Alfred brings two passengers, Messrs George Neal and John Doran. We are indebted to Captain Harrison for furnish ing us with files of Sydney papers to date of sailing. > ; • , . . The barque Zanga, Capt. Best, of Liverpool, is now 115 da^s out from that port, and her arrival is expected daily. She is consigned to Messrs Owen and Graham. . . The corrugated iron building on Fort Brito mart, recently purchased from the Govern ment by the Harbour Board, is being taken down for the purpose of re-building on the wharf as ashed for the reception of goods. It is intended to erect the shed on the new T, which is rapidly approaching completion. When finished it will beta great acquisition to the port, as at present it is impossible to ■ discharge a large vessel with dispatch, as the wharf becomes blocked, tip with the goods accumulated, and ;the work-is obliged to be delayed until the drays have removed the same. ' : ' We observe by Sydney papers that s.s. Keera made a trial trip on the Ist inst., and the s.s. Hero arrived at Melbourne on the 6th. The steamer Governor Blackall, from Rockhampton to Sydney, reports having passed a portion of wreck on the 30th ult., also a boat bottom up off Cape Hawke. The barque Feronia, for Newcastle, went down the harbour on Saturday, but anchored at the North Head awaiting a change of wind. The brig Albion for Sydney, via Wangaroa, also brought up at the North Head for the same reason. The barque Thames belonging to Messrs K. Walker and Co., arrived at Sydney from New York, on the sth inst. She left New York on she 9th January and experienced a fine weather passage. On the 21st January boarded the abandoned barque Karmen, of Stavenger. She had on board a cargo of deals, and was supposed to be from St Georges, New Brunswick. The port siae of the deck had been blown up. and the for'ard deck-house had been gutted, and the after and main hatch tarpaulins were gone, as ulso the rudder and jib-bom. The starboard cat head with anchor attached were washing to leeward, and the stern was started, but the cargo,was intact,, The^ crew had apparently had titne to save their clothes, ana she must have been abandoned some time, ,The derelict was borMed in latitude 37.57 North, j longi tude 47.52 West, On thethird April spoke the French warship Heine, in latitude, 45.43 South, longitude 29. 58, East, On- discharge of the Sydney portion of her cargo, the vessel will proceed to this port. "•'■■',',':' l H.F.M.C. Vivi<J left Levuka on the 23rd ult., and arrived in port this forenoon at 10.30. • She experienced very light winds'to lat. 28° 18' 8., when she fell in with a heavy westerly gale, lasting three days. Whilst hove to on Sunday, 6th inst., shipped: a sea which carried away the lee bulwarks on the starboard quarter, starting several stanchions and the covering-board. Including'the gale, and a calm that succeeded, the. cutter was detained between the parallels of 27° and 28° for eight days. Very light southerly winds pravailed from thence to 31°S.,,when,'a fresh S.W. breeze sprang up, lasting., till the 16th inst., when it backed into the westward; blowing a strong gale, accompanied,by fierce squalls. During the night the vessel'was hove to till 4 a.m., when she was kept away, and E.t 4.30 Cape Brett was sighted. W ; e ; are informed that the Vivid, formerly a well known Ryde yacht, is now one of the cruisers j of the new kingdom of Fiji, and has visited i this port for the purpose of receiving a thorough overhaul. Passenger—Dr. Clark- ' son.

COMMERCIAL.

The offer of the house and land, consisting of 148 acres, known as Oronga, situate in the Bay of Islands, met with several bidden Messrs Cochrane and Son's aiictio^ -" * day, and was finally dispose' 1 , .-- "}an t0" of £141 "* SUm The large t^- , , , -. street- wer? ..o-storeyed shops in Queen . -m~ - -•* sold by Messrs Tonks and Co. -*• JSTeal for the sum of £42. lhe household furniture, jewellery, and other effects, at Messrs R. Arthur's mart to day, realized very fair prices.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividend* payable is the companies named below :— & s. d. DIVIDEND. Buffalo .. .. 0 10 May 19 CALLS. Lucknow .. .. 0 10 May 21 Margaretta .. .. 0 0 6 June 2 MEETINGS. Hand and Band, Grahamstown, 21st May South British Fire and Marine Insurance Company Company's Office, Queen street, Auckland. 21st May Inverness, Mr T. L. White's office, Canada Buildings, Auckland, S p.m.-, 26th May Royal Standard, Mr A. A. Browne's office, Wyndham street, Atickland, 26th inst. Moanatairl, Insurance Buildings. Auckland, noon, 29th May Foresters. Coromandel. 80th May , Trig Hill, Coromandel. 2nd June Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building and In vestment Society, Vaile's Buildings, 7.30 p.m.,sth June Peep o' Day and Day-dawn, Coromandel, sth June Quebec, Mr R. Home's office, Shortland street, Auck land, 2 p.m., 6th June

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

MAILS "WILL CLOSE AS UNDER :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Wednesday. 21st instant, at 12.30 p.m. For Russell, per Magellan Cloud, this day, at 5 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania, per Ladybird, to-morrow, at noon 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 ingt., at 3 p.m. ForWangarei, &c, per Sovereign of the Seas, to morrow, at 11a.m. For Taranaki, Wanganui, and "Westport. per Go ahead, on Thursday, 22nd inst., at 7 a.m. (Signed) S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

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

MONDAY, MAY 19, 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.

If the Wellington Independent had any circulation it might at the present hour have some effect in disseminating the craven sentiments which seem to animate the present Ministry. Over shadowed, though, as it is, both in and circulation, by its local and really independent contemporary toe Post, it happily cannot do much hirm. As we have said before, its uite,rances, are valuable as indicating j;He real wishes and utterances of the Ministry, and we do not hesitate to say that as such it is fast undermining the popularity of the Ministry, at least in; this quarter of the colony. For a paper to, blackguard a whole com munity) and charge it with trying to get up a war because it denounces the pardoning of murder, is bad enough,1 but > when we know that that paper is bound commercially and politically to a Ministry that ■ would sell its soul to the devil, if it had one, for the sak^e of retaining place and pay, the impertinence is|calculated to prpyoke a feeling of hostility in this

district, which tho--' it cannot reacll that hireling fflemb », rf ihe pfegs> will f^ia a question fall on the heads o\ the party from which it gets its in spiration. Sincerely as we may and Baould admire the spirit of progress a* embodied in the present Ministry, we cannot help regretting that for this particular crisis we had not another Ministry more animated with a spirit of bravery. We do not think that there are two opinions among those who profess from long experience of Maori affairs to be able to give a com petent opinion on the present position of affairs ; and the unanimous opinion is that if a bold brave front were now presented the difficulty would be at once overcome. The shilly-shallying which the Indepen dent's tone portends is exactly that which will prevent Eewi and others from abandoning the King. It will act as hope of reprieve does on a man sentenced to be hanged, when only the absolute certainty of death will break down the resolve to stand firm to the assertion of innocence. After the part which Bewi has already had in connection with the King move ments, it will not be easy for him to abandon the cause. But let it be once seen that war means confiscation of his magnificent lands, and let a descent on Kawhia in the rear, and an advance of armed forceß and native auxiliaries from the North and East convince him that the pakeha is really in earnest, and the war, if war it could be called, would soon be narrowed into manageable limits., We are credibly informed by those who have had re cent and personal knowledge of native feeling that the incubus of the King policy of interference with leasing lands would be gladly shaken off by many still attached to that party if they dared ; and that the prompt fol lowing up of the pursuit of Sullivan's murderers would be the signal for a defection that would be the virtual annihilation of Kingism. If we had, though only for a few months, ( a ministry whose prestige was not inseparably interwoven with traditions of flour and sugar, the colony would be promptly lifted over the Maori diffi culty once and forever.; and thereafter we could revert with a new zest, and with imcomparably greater hopes of uninterrupted success, to the pursuit of the arts of peace as illustrated in the extension of railways and the settle ment of population. We' can hardly expect that a Government which seeks glory in the paths of peace will arouse itself to the greatness of the occasion in such a crisis, and if we are to judge from the tone of the Q-overn ment hack that at present prostitutes journalism at Wellington, we have little confidence that the- Government will take the necessary stand. However, to-morrow will be the 20th, and the plans and purposes of the Government must be revealed. If the craven spirit of the Independent appears in the action taken, then perish the Ministry for ever should be the prayer of every man that wishes well to our adopted country.

In connection with the melancholy event which occurred on Saturday afternoon in the harbour we think that a substantial reward should be offered by the police for the re covery of the body. If observed in any part of the harbour floating or cast ashore, although the instincts of humanity will prompt any man to make the fact known, yet to some"fche time necessary for its conveyance to the city might be a matter of so much importance as to tempt them at least to delay. In, these circumstances the suggestion we have made may prove of importance if car ried into effect. The propriety of this course tie the greater from the fact that no inquest or inquiry will probably take place unless the body of the unfortunate young man is found, and we believe such enquiry , should be held. From what we have heard the friends of the deceased have grounds for dissatisfaction with the conduct of the person that was sailing the boat for the Messrs Morton at the time of the misfortune, and that the first re mark of the surviving, Mr Morton, on being rescued, was strongly to that effect. It is therefore advisable that the grounds for this remark should be thoroughlyinvestigated, and that the public should know if his conduct was such as wholly exonerates him from blame in connection with the melancholy affair. If we are not wrongly informed, not only may Mr H. B. Morton but young Mr Boylan be able to throw some light on the subject.

We are indebted to a gentleman long con nected with the Waikato district, and thoroughly familiar with native affairs, for the following opinion regarding the position of Rewi and the Ngatimaniapotos tribe in their relations with the King :—Sir, you are to be congratulated in having in Waikato a correspondent who telegraphs something interesting, and not the obscure twaddle your larger, cotemporaries give. The secession of Rewi and Maniapoto from the Waikato King party is most probable, and tallies exactly with inform tion I have received within the last few months from the natives. The reason of it is simply this. During the late war Ngatimaniapotos took a leading part, and in fact may be called the originators. Wil liam Thompson's' great complaint always was that thcWaikatos, who took the ; lesser part, were the greatest sufferers by losing all their land, while the chief actors >n the drama came through scathless as regards their territory. Rewi sees now that if the Government confiscate territory in payment for war and murderers, the land of .his tribe must inevitably go, as Waikatos proper have little or none left. The confiscation of Mokau and the -Southern portion of Kawhia would be a death, blow ; and therefore Rewi is naturally anxious that Messrs Tawhiao and Co. should be on their good behaviour lest he should have to pay the penalty. Moreover, I believe that with judicious handling Rewi could be induced to assist us in destroying once and for ever the ridiculous but obstinate Maori royalty. The old days of Maori chivalry are past and gone. Formerly a Maori wanted no more food and clothing than fern-root and war paint, but now the case is different. They have as teen an appreciation of the good things of this life, and of the luxury of quarterly rentals as has any civilised English man,—l am, &c, PIHOIHOI.

By the Prince Alfred which arrived on Saturday we have full files of Sydney papers ".ontaining the news brought by the last Suez mail. Thfe intelligence has, however, been mostly anticipated by the full messages, per Java cable. The captain of the Murillo, which ran down the Northfieetj is still Iri custody at Cadiz while thfe iiiveatigatioij is proceeding. The British Minister at Madrid is exerting his influence to secure justice from the authorities. Diving operations have been much impeded by the adverse weather. The divers report that no bodies are visible below; only six. or seven altogether have been washed ashore.—The incotiie tax .in India has been abolished owing to the in creased revenue.— The c'da'l slup ferriiee, 1455 tons, was burnt sixty miles off Bott! ---bay.—The.—The Ceylon rifle regiment is struck out of the Army List, and is to be forthwith disbanded, saving £40,000 a year to the colony.—The Gampola branch railway is proving a success, and the Ceylon line al together ia likely to yield a profit of £150,000 this year.

The winter series of literary, critical, and theological essays will commence to-morrow, at the Wellesley-street room, with an essay by Mr Ewington on "Present Phases of Religious Belief." , . >

The Rev. Mr Turner yesterday alluded to the melancholy death of one of his congregar tion, Mrs Edmonds, who died at the' eafly age of 23 after only five hours illness. The rev. gentleman spoke in affecting terms of the uncertainty of human life and the' necessity for being always prepared for death.

To the Editor : Sir, —I wrote you a letter which appeared in the Star on Tuesday last, the 13th instant, complaining of the gross cruelty a lad of twelve summers had been subjected to by a settler in Waitakerei: ■•■•I took the evidence from the boy's own lips, in presence of his mother —Mrs Johnstone—op-j posite Slater's boarding-house, Hobson-street. The statement of the lad is nothing but a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end. In the first place he did not present himself at the farm his written instructions guided him to, but went to a different locality altogether, viz., Titirangi. Instead of his being shown the door at six o'clock p.m., and had a weary hungry and footsore walk back to Auckland at six o'clock p.m. he, although having made a mistake in the locality, was hospitably entertained ; had a good supper given him, put tenderly into bed ; partook of a hearty breakfast the following morning, and then started back to Auckland with a hearfcy and substantial dis missal. Now, however heartily we may deplore a youth of twelve advancing and sticking to so atrocious a lie, how about his parents, who must have known it to be a lie ; how could the lad have appeared in Auckland at six p.m. oniSunday morning when he was snugly-planted between the blankets at Titirangi? The gentleman in question has come in to give it a free denial, and I do hope, nay believe, you will publish this letter which most unjustly reflects on the character of one of our oldest and most esteemed out-settlers.—l am, &c, T. B. H.VNNAFORD.

i There have not been wanting in the re ' cords of English criminal trials cases where men have been condemned and punished for offences which they were perfectly innocent of. The circumstances .connected with the confession of Antonio ,Silvestro, in/South 1 Australia, appears to reveal a case of this character, in which .an innocent man has paid with his life the penalty for a crime committed by another man. We before alluded to some of the circum stances connected with this case, and we nt>w furnish the sequel. An Italian named An tonio Silvestro called at a police station at Streaky Bay, and told the officer in charge that he had just taken the contents of a bottle of strychnine, which he produced. Silvestro had fits and convulsions, and during the intervals of these the policeman obtained the following statements : —" That ten years ago, at Castlemaine, he, Antonio Silvestro, committed a crime which placed hia life in jeopardy, and ever since the fugitive had wandered about the wild bush, never venturing near a town, or any place of human habitation, except occasion ally in an outlying Bhepherd's hut, fearing detection. The murderer lived on wild ani mals that he could catch, and such roots and fruits as he could find in the deso-' late and hungry Australian bush, till he at last resolved to end a life of misery." These are the particulars of the account. Now for the most distressing chapter in this story of crime. In the year 1563, Castlemaine, in Victoria, was agitated greatly by a shocking murder which had been perpetrated at Daylesford The victim was a young woman named Margaret Graham, who was found ! murdered m her dwelling. The alleged murderer, David Young, was prosecuted and convicted, but up to the last moment denied hia guilt. In this,he was borne out by his clergyman—the Heverend the Dean Crawford, of Castlemaine —and by Mr Otto Berliner, the well-known detective, who at that period was a member of the Victorian detective department, and had been specially called up from Melbourne to assist Mr Superintendent Nicolson in the enquiry into the murder case. _ Berliner all along expressed his belief that Young was innocent, and that an Italian was the mur derer of Margaret Graham, and, because of that belief, refused a reward tendered to him for Young's conviction. The Age starts an investigation of the case, and calls upon the Victorian police to satisfactorily answer these queries:—What other murder was T committed in 1863 in the Castlemaine dis trict ? Was Antonio Sylvestro not an inmate., of the hotel at Blanket Flat, where Margaret1 Graham was once a dancing girl ? Is Antonio Sylvestro not the man who last met Margaret Graham in Albert - street, Daylesford, and had a dispute with her a few hours previous to her death, in the presence of Anne .Jewett, the witness found by Detective Berliner, who was not examined during the trial of the Young murder case ?

The concert at the City Hall on Saturday evening was well attended, and was per formed with the usual success. Tonight the entertainment will be for the benefit of, Mr. Henry Gordon, when several amateurs will assist in rendering more effectively the selec tions from the "Messiah," "Creation," " Elijah," and other oratorios. Several bal lads and duets will be sung for the first time in Auckland by the company. A capital evening may be anticipated.

The RevJDr! Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, held a confirmation service yesterday after noon in the interesting little' church of St. Luke, Mount Albert. A considerable num ber of the inhabitants were in attendance', and seemed to take much interest in the ceremony.

The Auckland Amateur Dramatic Club have made arrangements to give a per formance at the Theatre Royal, Grahains town, on Monday evening next, in aid of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund. The pieces selected for performance are the "Momentous Question " and "Boots at the Swan," so successfully placed upon the stage by the Club a short time ago at the Prince of Wales Theatre, on the occasion of a benefit to Miss Campbell. The amateurs are to be complimented on coming forward on behalf of the deserving object, and it is to be hoped |heir labour will he rewarded with Buooegg,

f The regular monthly meeting of the Lodge I "Vfaitemata, No. 689, E.C., will be held this eVning in the lodge-room, Masonic Hotel, at the usual hour.

Mr Severn ia talking week by week at the j Thames like a rHan m earnest, feeling^as .he.l does the' necessity for Scientific1 knowledge! atiidngihe pedpiti. fifis lecttire on Friday evening at the Music Sail related to> gold and silver melting, assaying, and minting1. ''Tntf particulars of processes were minutely and clearly demonstrated to the audience. Mr Severn is making an effort to establish a olass for the study of chemistry and natural science! With some hope of success. The committee of the Mechanics' Institute has promised its assistance iftt forwarding the lee'iiiref S views';

Withrefereneeid oflr remarks rrt Saturday's issue respecting the removal to. Auckland of the body of the late. Mr David Graham1, ■#& have been requested to state that the coffin in which the body was contained was not correctly described as being lined with tin. The coffin was a zinc coffin, and the best that could be obtained, from the resources at the disposal of Mr Graham's friends at Tauranga. Dr. Clarkson,' Minister of Finance for the Kingdom of Fiji, was a passenger by the Vivid, which arrived from Levuka to-day, v.

FATAL YACHT ACCIDENT.

On Saturday afternoon a Melancholy acci dent happened in the harbour by the capsizing of a yacht, by which Mr Richard Morton, a young man, twenty-one years of age, lost his life. 'The deceased was very fond of yacht ing, and was considered quite competent to manage a boat. On Saturday afternoon he proceeded in company with Mr H.. Boylan, and Mr Edward Coombs, stevedore, for a sail with the yacht Rapid, which had re cently been purchased'by Mr Morton. At about half-past three they went to the break water by appointment to take on board the deceased's brother, Mr H. B. Morton. In order to get the yacht clear "Mr Boy lan landed on the breakwater to push hei. off, and by so doing was left behind. The others in the boat intended to ! make a short board and return fof him. Mr Richard Morton had the helm. Just before the aceideni Mr Coombs seized the tiller out of his hand and steered the yacht to go about. The boat either missed stays, or the main sheet became jammed, as she was not brought up properh before the wind for immediately after the watei poured over the covering board and she filled and sank. It is supposed that her ballast o\. pit? iron' became shifted, and the yachi, refused to right herself. The occupant* were thus left in the water, the yacht sink ing under them. All could swim, and man aged to keep themselves afloat for some time. In the meantime the accident had been observed from, the barque Feronia, lying amid stream, and a boat was at once put on to the rescue. Before the boat, reached the parties, however, Mr Richard Morton sani to rise no more. Mr H. f B. Morton and Mr Coombs were taken on board the boat both exhausted after being immersed: nearly twenty minutes. The former was put on board the steamer Devonport, which hid also made for the scene of the accident, and he was in due course landed at the North Shore, wherp he reside*). ,Mr Cjoomba was lan'ded; at the Wynyard Pier. Mr H. B. Morton feels acutely the cause and circumstances relating to the accident,, and the family are naturally thrown into profound grief by the loss of their relative. The deceased was clerk to Mr Barber, American Consul, and was greatly esteemed by a large circle of friends. Search has been made for the body, but without result; and it is doubtful whether it will be recovered, as the occurrence took place in deep water, and in all probability the body may be washed out to sea. Mr H. B. Morton's watch stopped at twenty - six minutes to four o'clock, which is the time the accident took place.

BISHOP CROKE AND THE HOME FOR NEGLECTED AND DESTITUTE CHIL DREN.

---(To the Editor of the Evening Stab.) r . Sir, —I crave space in your valuable journa for a few thoughts on the above topic, ant the attack of that prelate upon His Worshij the Mayor. Truly we live in an age of tole ranee and enlightenment, and if " Peace oi earth and goodwill towards men" does: no feign supreme, it will not be for lack of news paper correspondence from Bishop Oroke: li his communication published in the, mornini journals of Saturday, after garbling.* quota tion from his letter to the Rev. P. H[. Corn ford, by giving, '" I could not1 for obvi.oui reasons attend ihe meeting to which he had s'( courteously invited me," for the true1 quota tion, which is this: "For pretty obvious reasons I cannot in any way connect tni/se Jj with that Society," be' then proceed: to! announce himself in his new charae tey as a contributor to a: Charity1 wit! which , he. , had previously,, deliberate^ and formally, ' declined ' connection •' ii any way." The important distinctioi between declining to attend a, particular meeting, and an explicit refusal to identify himself in any way with the Home will be .observed at a glance by anyone.' Thii pabsage in his letter in. which Bishop Crok( anfriounceshis new position is remarkably pecu; liar, arid in its construction he mstinotivelj perpetrates something very like () a,n Irisl bujl:—"l think;'l have contributed a trifle towards, it v fu.nds, or at all eve:its ajn nniti prepared to "do1 so."' With reniarkabL hafeiness of memory, he is quite unable t( stajte whether he has or has not contributec Ito jthe funds of a Society, regarding whiel he had> prdviouSjy declined in "anyway" t( :coijniect himself, and therefore record' his. im pressiofn Ofithe lact 'irilthat significant nod in recordo style, suggestive of, a ,nqtinext<jnsiv( ■ acquaintance ''with"'the 'maxims of Ignatiu: LoVala.,, The ",trifl«" contributed totht Hcjme's funds, to which Bishop Crok< diffidently alludes, is I veriture'to aissert/ anc 1 say it advisedly, "nothing to nobody;' ' ]|ilayor Philips says truly, in reply to the unwarrantable, attackl made upoinl him, "'] belong to, a ■ denomination . which I strives' tc practice, ,a spirit of charity,and .tolerance,' leaving some of, theiv more orthodox neigh bours to " jirea'ch it." The Hebrew"coin: muiuity, to its nfcfnlor be it said, is the largest contributor to our local charitiea, in propor tion to its strength, yet from th,eir traditional solicitude fpr their poqr» the least,' benefitted by the existence of such institutions. My experience of the working of Ideal charities is this,—r that the largest drain upon their resources is made by that section whose: con' r tributions are in the1 inverse ratio to their claims. True charity knows no creedj,, is oblivious of nationality, and permanently aftlicted with " colOiir blindness." The only " Shibboleth " required to be spoken by any child, seeking, admission to the, Home at Newton—the most effective ■'" open sesame " it can utter—is this: "I am miserable, hungry, and needy." I trust the day will!'yet come when the generous aspirations of Henry Ward Beecher shall have fruition—when "no longer in this nest or in that, shall religion alone be found, but throughout the whole earth, in the same note in every language, flying unrestrained and free, the whole heavena its sphere and the whole earth'its home." Why our Catholic brethren cannot co-operate in the working of the Society for Neglected and Destitute Children, I am at a logs to understand, What the amiable

and devoted 1 Father Nivard^the "model priest"—did itf cotnSection with unsectanm charities at the Thames, akd the late' lamen ted Commissioner of Police, (Mr Nanghton on the committee of the first Industrial schobl. in Auckland, as representing his de nomination, can surely be done now? Ihe present Home is identical in its objects to that just named, but far more efficiently managed, and I refuse to believe thau one ot Mr co-religionists cannot be found, sufficiently toleT-afct and enlightened, to occupy the position which he held in such philanthropic labour, and willing to per form similar service to this community. In conclusion, I am glad to perceive that Bishop Croke, in his late letter, judiciously refrains from perpetuating the anomaly* tfeCttrTing heretofore, of appending the title '* Bishop of Auckland" to his signature. It foiM appear as if, when he had finished ■Writing; it, the thought flaahed across his mind thai the sftme tntanswerable logic with which he demdftskad Bishop Cowie's claims to the title—claims whks that excellent and liberal-minded prelate never personally ob trudes upon any communion—told With eqiial force against those he had preferred. The large and influential denominations outside the pale of the Anglican and Catholic com munions are, I believe, perfectly willing to render to both prelates the respect suggested by their high.position, by common courtesy and conventional usage—a respect con tingent for its increase or diminution upon their personal conduct and private virtues— but assuredly not accorded as indicating m the most remote manner the acceptance of a ■ spiritual jurisdiction, implied or otherwise. — Yours, &c.,' mV.oO .ai-. ■■•"■■' /'*'•'"X-

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May 19,4875;

SHOCKING MASSACRE AND CAN NIBAL FEAST AT NEW GUINEA.

By the barque Prince Alfred we have parti culars of the massacre of two boats' crews belonging to the brigantine Franz,.at Few. Guinea, as furnished to the Chief Secretary of Queensland. : The brigantine was pearl fishing and the captain states that on JNo vember 12 he started the two large boats away, well armed, in charge of the mate (Heiiry Schleuter), with, seventeen men arid three weeks'' water and provisions, to pros pect for vezrUhiAt- More men would have been sent in the boafo, bat eleven> were laid up with fever. On December 0, tU& boats being overdue, the captain became anxious, Ma sent another boat to search for the missing ntes. This boat returned unsuccessful, and the Capt. of the Franz then appealed to the Rajah for assistance; and he instituted a search, and he discovered up the Crarbera River seven guns, a revolver, the mate's •watch, a boat compass, and the Hamburgh colours, but had seen nothing of the boats. On December 3Q' the Rajah came on board the Franz with three armed proas and forty-five men. The captain, steward, and two men accompanied him in his proa ; the second mate, with two men, went in another proa, and one man in the third proa. On January 3 two of the proas returned with three bush natives whom they had caught; one of them, according to his own con-. Session," had been actually one of the: crowd that had murdered the poor men. The Captain relates the way the boat's crews had been murdered, and eaten, as ascertained from the .captured natives in the following words :—" The two boats had been lying under Efmatal Island, three canoes from the mainland (New Guinea), and in each canoe fifteen :men, had come off with bananas and pineapples, i which they gave to my men in the boats, and then went away, pulling to wards the land. They had behaved quite friendly, and my poor men had not the re motest idea that these horrible men were cannibals, who contemplated coming back in the night to kill them all. My men in the brate had divided into two parties, some had laid down in the boats to sleep, and some had gone on shore, lit a fire, and slept there. The meanwhile the savages had returned, and landed at the back of the island and walked across; here they had lurked in the dark bush close to my poor men, and watched them for hours until all. were asleep, when they rushed upon them, killing them in the twinkling of an eye, without even a cry being raised, and the whole party onshore was dead, without those in the boat having any foreboding of it, and that they would themselves be corpses a few minutes after. When the . horrible cannibals had killed the men on shore they went noiselessly into their canoes, rushed upon the poor men in the boat, and killed all of them without a shot having beep,fired, or, even a cry had been raised. They i returned with all the, bodies to the village of Crarbera. i There they cut off the heads, and kept them aa trophies, and sold the, bodies to a neighbouring tribe, which has cooked and eaten'them. The three prisoners were horrible looking fellows, especially the fellow that had helped to murder my poor men ; they are a different race to that of the mo^e civiljied .Papuans ; they have a dirty brown skin, short poodle hair, flat African ] nosfes, projecting Hps, and are of a horrible j appearance. . If my poor men had fired at thetn as soon as they caught,,sight.of them,, j and1 kept well watch, they would never, have ', been killed in such a manner by those ' miserable wretches. As soon as the abominable wretch saw us two white meik he knew at once what was the master, and made an effort tp jump out of the canbej which Only caused him to get' his feet tied up. After the prisoners were well secured all the proas went further up ,the river, and I hoped thait we would go slap .lip to Crarbera village, which is about twelve miles further on. We saw two canoes with eigl|t rmen in them • ».shower of arrows and bullets' were fired after them,' but without -avail; they were in the bush in an instant, j and j there they are as quick as ,wild pigs, ! The, Rajah' could not be persuaded to go aT>ove Crarbera, as there there are some thousand savages living, and he' considered his party not strong enough for such a num ber.! To my regret we had to go back; at about nooiji we started on the homeward voyage, and j anchored at Efmatal towards morning. Herp F ordered the terrible' cannibal to be brought oh shore, exactly to the spot where my poor men had been killed, and right in front of where the two boats had beeft lying at anchor, tied him fast to a-tree, and shot himf:! lifired the first'shot, which went right to h' is breast; the second mate the second shot; then the natives cut off his head aud strung him up to a treej where we left him as a i warning example to the other cannibals, Whoj will visit here now and then. My men had Witnessed the execution, and the Rajah had given his sanction to it. The two other Bavages remained in the Rajah's hands."

MASONIC FUNERAL.

1 1 D 1 t 1 I i )■ r 3 -■ 1 i r 3 i r i j 3 3 ) I 1 ) 1' i 3 3 3 I f, 5 P j :, . i jTHEideatli of Mr David Graham, for many J jears one of our leading citizens, and one of our 6arliest settlers, was only recorded last I week, and yesterday appointed for Mb funeral, ] which !&t the request of many old friends was duly! carried out with full Masonic honors, JBro. '. Graham having been long an active and Energetic member of the craft, and a subscriber to " The Ara " and " St. Andrew" I Lodges. A, lodge having been duly sum moned by Bro. Asher, W.M., of the Ara . Lodge, it waa opened at %wq o'clock p.m.,

%y Bro. Beveridge, D.P.G.M., of the Scottish Constitution, in the lodge-room|of the Masonic Hotel. On this lodge being duly constituted, Bro. Dr. Kidd, P.G.C., 1.C., read the usual masonic service for a deceased brother the responses being-given*'by Bro. *S. JBr* B liiignesy 8.M., acting as J t W. The Lodge' was then1 pMI&A off, and'proceeded in regu lar procession i* the residence of Bro. Kirk; M , wood (brbther-in-fow to'the deceased), in the Alten Road, where the1' kody had been taken to. It was then carried" to the hearse, and the procession having re-formed under the direction of Bro. Jenkins/ S.VT, of the Ara Lodge, assisted by Bro. Alexander, b.D., Bros.'Beveridge, D. P. G. M., Anderson, W,AJ. y} SiS, AadveW Fs Lodge; Asher, W.M., Ara.. Lodge ; mA W, 3, Bees, P.M. of the United ' Service, acting" sat pail-bearers, preceded the hearse to the Scottfsfe bnrial-ground, and forming a circle round «be grave, the coffin was carried by eight mafi'ter masons, fol- , lowed by the mourners, to He final resting place on earth, when the service to tbe dead was performed by Bro. the _Key. D. Brace, according to the form of the byterian Church. Mr Beveridge then deli vered, with great feeling, a masonic option. Bro. Kidd read a masonic prayer, and the ceremony concluded with an exhortation suitable "to1 the occasion. The other funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr Black very satisfactorily. Jn addition to ( the masonic bodf preced ing the hearse, of more than one hun dred Masons, it was followed by a still larger number of mourners and friends, his Honor Bro. Gillies, the Superintendent; his Wor ship Bro. P. A. Philips, the Mayor, iind,)? inaSy other brethren, and citizens who took the last opportunity of showing their rep!^ to the departed brother. ' _

EUREKA HILL GOLD MINING COM PANY (REGISTERED).

A^ GENEKAL meeting of the shareholders of ..,„ this company was held this afternoon in the v the Mechanics'lnstitute. , ■ "Mr Dv Moulin was called to the chair. ' The minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted. Mr Clark, legal manager, read the directors' and mine manager's report; also , the balance-sheet for the year ending, February 28, 1873. ~ m , ; Mr De Moulin moved, atad Mr Whitehead seconded, "That the reports and balance- _ sheet be adopted. Carried; It was moved by Mr Bambery, : seconded by Mt Weil*,'''' " That the retiring directors be - :> 'fe-eleeted> ials? '^ Mr Grant be elected, a;y director, Cam.e^. . The Chairmao^^ m^ed upon .the shareholders the necessity of proving farther means to carry on tlJworking oi c the mmc^ instead of letting tributes, as he considered that the re port was promising. , , 5 Mr. James moved, and Mr.• W^ *?™ n}?> 11 That the directors be authorised /O lev tn butes whenever they may deem suctf a course desirable." Carried. A v6te of thanks to the Chairman termx- nated the proceedings.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

I (Before His Worship the Mayor.) DRUNKENNESS, Three persons were charged with this offence this morning, and dejjt with in the ordinary way. John Thackaberry, .a very old offender, was brought up for.the twenty ninth tixZie on' a charge of being drunk, and sentenced $0 five shilllings fine., A light, punishment. ' ■ , : o VACANCY. , . ijj s f, ... Jeremiah ©allivan Wh.s charged under the Vagrancy Act of 1869, Vith unseemly be haviour in Queen-street last evening, with- ■ intent to commit a breach of the^ V^M- ,- The prisoner/in the garb, of a butcher, pleaded guilty. \ - Prisoner said he was very sorry. *>,v The Court sentenced him'to pay a fill*? of :■ ■ twenty shillings, ,or forty, eight hoars V& x , Mount Eden. ' ... MAN AND WIFE. fr Moore Richards was charged with deserting his wife, Alice, using threatening language^ towards her, and leaving her to,tlue / chaxitaple%- i^ consideration of her neighbours. '' . : Mr llees appeared for the wife, and Mr i 5 Jc-y for the husband. : LH ■ i..-sH I Mr Joy characterised this as a case of wife- , _ tyrauhy • and Mr Rees referred to it as a case J of husband-cruelty. His Worship suggested that thecase should^ ; .,, be remanded that that the parties might ; ' arrange matters. He thought it; was atoity^;*'^ that the secrets of married people! '.shbula, ity£ .[ 4 paraded before the public eye.-' ". . \, ; ; i( f ,f, ltß : Remanded till Wednesday. ' f-i';. lit '~ : ■■'■";: •■ ■ ASSAULT .CASES. '. . ''',''"'' : John Abbott was charged with assaulting ,* . ; ;' Elizabeth Sandall by pushing her. • The. accused pleaded not guilty. ;-•: . Mr Joy appeared for the prosecution, and Mr JBeveridge for the defence. Elizabeth Sandall deposed that she presided in Victoria-street'; [ that she knew Mr (i Ab-,: y. b'ottj; and on Monday, evening last,'wabout1 1/-, I nine o'clock -, a friend was in her' house; She/ heard a dreadful noise outside, and upon goidgoutshe saw Mr. Abbotfe^gstting over c r ! her i yard gate: She spoke to Mr Abbot, • who replied in very violent language, and said! he wanted his pig. ®c had torn -' his .trousers in getting into the yard. He ~ was) angry, and pushed her, when she fainted, i Her husband was from "home at : the time. She was afraid of Mr Abbott. .'^ Cross-examined by Mr Beveridge: He ■ said he would have the b——y pig. The> i iiio ,pig i/raa not slaughtered. She requested him ■ ' :i to -^rait till her husband was at home. She did ;not invite him in. She couldn't think of sUch a thing. She believed her husband had bought the. pig. She ,was conscious in , 'her slight-fainting fit. ' ' ~ ; Ti Mr Joy : Mr Abbott took the pig I away. _.. lt ~.,.. ~, : . , , .SM> HarrietCurriedeposedthatshe was with Mrs Sandall on the evening in question, and saw Mrs jSahdall go into the yard to ascertain the causes of the noise, when she saw Mr Abbott struggling over the gate, exclaiming, "I want my pig.v He pushed Mrs Sandall, when she fainted. The servant brought » glass of water to her mi«*«3)ss, when Mr:.;. Abbott said, " Tbrowiit in her iace ; I want ,m 7 pig-" Mrs Sandall tried to prevent the v pig from going from the premises. He pushed „ Mrs S. violently, and made a great bruise on her shoulder. She showed it to .Dr. Dawson. Mary Ann Carr, Thomas Diokenson, and . >> George Anderson gave evidence, and /-!] ~Mr Abbott was ordered to jpay 20s aid. ! '},j, costs, |ajid to be bound over in his own re-,. .;' cognizances to keep the peace for three months. .... ; . CECELIA GATES AGAIN. This 'unfortunate young -person. ■'who re- ,

, ~ CEQELJA GATES AGAIN. This 'unfortunate young ■person, ;who re cently came over from England by the food ship Durham, was again brought into Cart, charged with having no lawful visible roans of getting a living. Mr Broham stated that the accasedivas

seen by Constable Driver last night, betvsen twelve and one o'clock, walking up and diwn the wharf. He spoke to her, but her aasfers m were strange and inconsistent. He leliejed < from this, and other facts which. h>& ocae -■•-'•■ to his knowledge, that she was sli^'tly le ranged. . In order that medical testimoayought be obtained as, tp,the mentalc^d/ioa of the girl the c:vio v.'d" remW^^W^o-WWWi: '

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Public taste has decided that tlft American Pea Nut. when fresh, and newly roasted, is the most wholesome and palatable nut that is grown and in Tiew of this fact Mr W. Marshall, Fruiterer Queen street, has received direct from the grower a ship ment of this nutritious esculent. One trial only is Solicited. Sold wholesale or retail.—[Adyt.J '



pATTTION.—OLSON'S TOMATO V_y SAUCE. —Connoisseurs pronounce this Sauce to be the best for general use in households, and, in con sequence of its high reputation, some unprincipled persons have been induced to Collect Empty Bottles bearing the manufacturer's name stamped thereon, and pass the same off as " Olson's Universal Tomato Sauce." The proprietor has in consequence caused his TRADE MARK to be Registered under the previsions of the "Trade Marks Act, 1860," and proceedings wil} be taken against such persons as may forge or counterfeit such mark. The public are cautioned to ,ASK YOU, OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the name is Stamped on Bottle and Stopper, and wrapped round with hia well-known label. TTTE. ARE FOW SHOWING ■ . THE . CHEAPEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT ;' "■ > OF WINO E T S IN' N"EW '' ZEALAND. J. CO 8) Chß AY E AC O. [Established 1864.] T\ STEPHMSON & CO.'s CELEBRATED COFFEES, "EXHIBITION BRAND" "EAGLE BRAND" "CROWN BRAN" D" Are to be procured at all respectable Grocekb and Storekeepers throughout the Province of Auck land. D. STEPHEN SON & CO., WYNDHAM STREET, ' • ;;! - A ire kl and. "PXP-BOTBD- DAILY. ■*-^ EX JANET GRAY, IN THE MANUKAU. A CAEGO OF GREY COALS. FOR SALE in lots to suit buyers; delivered from vessel's side* JAMES W. "WALLER, Timber Merchant, Custom house-street, and Government Wharf, Onehunga. PAPERHANGINGS. PAPERHANGINGS. P APE RHANG INGS. HO LL % ISTD\& £TJTLBE Are now Opening, ex Parsee, ,_,.:.! ~A,,.1i AEG E S H I t P MEN T■• [\\ f; ! uAi:oLnvU\ <• op I.PAPEEiH A N G I N G S, ''.' 'Of New and' Chaste Patterns. Also, i i OXFORD FRAMES, ; In Polished Oak, all sizes. O, L E T S & C O. , w ' Have on Sale -200 boxes lielmont Speims 25 tons Fine and Coarse Salt 20 barrels American Prime Mess Pork.