SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : Tbis evening, 4.63 SUN-R^E : To morrow morning, 7.lfi HIGH WATEIi: Tliis evening, 8.37; to-morrow, morning, 8.59

ARRIVALS.

Rowena, ss., McGregor, from Russell Comerang, \>.s., Tlu.clies, from Napier (at tho Thames) Rangiitira s ;;, Uopburu, from Wanganui ami Wel lington Go-ahead, s s., from AVaitara Luna, Government steamur, Fahvjhlld, from Welling ton .'Dido, cutter, from Rvscll SunV ■nil. schooner, from W.aipu Ma- - Is''en, schooner, from Mercil;- F>ay Forest Queen, ktjt.ch, from. RvsseH

DEPARTURES.

Chai.-bdis, schooner, for Eussell Ruby, schooner, for Erssell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Wanganni and Wellington: Rangatira, 8.5., to morrow rooming For Now Caledonia : Fiery Cross, sohnoner, Monday For Wnitata : Go-ahead, steamer, to-moirow tnornJng For !--oiit.]ioTTi ports : Taranaki, r s., Monday next For Hnhart Town : Bella Mary, barque, oarly For Wellington: Lima, Government steamer, {to morrow morninp For Sydney t Western Star, brig, to-day Fort Newcastle: Emile, brig, brig, to-day ; Zanga, barque, early For Sydney and Melbourne : Victoria, s.s., about 23rd inst. ; Hero, s.s., about 2nd August For London : Hylton Castle, barque ; Wcodlark, ship ; Thames, barque, early For Northern norts : Rowena, s.s., Monday next For New York": Lyttelton, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Clanranald, ship, from London, bailed Endymion, ship, from London. Sailed nth April City of Auckland, from London. Loading Berar, ship, from London. Loading Fontenayc, ship, from London. Loading Phcebe, s s., from Sydney (in the Mamikau) Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Dnkn of Edinburgh, schooner, from Moeraki Ellerslio, schooner, from Dunedin Bnlle Brandon, schooner, from Dunedin Briton, barque, from Newcastle Griffiths, schooner, from Newcastle. Sailed 25th June Dauntless, schooner, from Melbourne. £Mlud 25th

June Annie, from Newcastle Sailed 7th Juno Camilla, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed Vth Juno Jane, brig, from Hobart Town Agnes Jessie, cutter, from Launceston Sailed 16th

June Hercules, schooner, from Newoastle. Sailed 25th June Coronet, schooner, from Dunedin Mary Webster, barque, from Dunedin , Elizabeth Cnrle, schooner, from Dunedin Emelio, schooner, from Tahiti Success, schooler, from Levuka

IMPORTS.

Per 3.5. Go-Ahead, from Wanganui : 40 head cattle, 200 sheep, order ; 40 kegs but ter, Combes & Daldy (agents). Per s.s. Rangatira, from Wanganui : 15 kegs butter, G. W. Binney j 54 head cattle, 33G sheep, W. Brewer.—A. Barnes, agent.

The p.s. Comerang arriverl at tho Thames this morning from Napier.

By latest advices to tho Auckland Freight Company, the ship Fontenaye was to leave London on the 17th. May. Another ship was loading to follow. "The s.s. Eowena arrived at Kohimarama at five o'clock this morning from Russell, and landed thirty head cattle and fifty sheep for A. Buckland. She then came up harbour with the following passengers :—Colonel Harington, Captain Baker, Rev. Mr Simpson, Mr Bateman, Messrs Eeid, 0. E. Mann, Davis, Walsh, Hardy, William, and eiget in the steerage. Cargo :20 bags gum, order ; 63 do do, Stone Bros. ; 6 do do, It. Walker and Son, and sundries. We are indebted to Mr Symington, purser, for above particulars. The Ilowcna will leave again for the Norbh on Monday next. RftThe schooner Sunbeam has arrived from Waipu with 53 sheep and sundries, and three passengers. She afterwards cleared for the some place. The schooner Mary Ellen has arrived from Mercury Bay with "70 cases and 300 Jcases gum. The brig Union has cleared for Melbourne with 90,000 feet balk timber, to be shipped at Wangaroa. The ketch Three Brothers has cleared for Poverty Bay via, Mercury Bay with 35 casks cement, and 50 bags flour, J. Eobertonfe Co. The Government steamer Luna arrived this morning from Wellington with one pas senger —Capt. Peacock. The schooner Excelsior, which put into Wellington disabled, was,, damaged by run ning on to a rock. Ten tons of salt on board was completely destroyed, and other cargo was damaged. The vessel will be repaired at Wellington, and will then proceed on her Toyage. The sailing of the Western Star, for Sydney, has been postponed until Tuesday next, at ten o'clock. The T.S.N". Company's s.s. Go-Ahead, Captain McGillivray arrived in tho Manukau this morning at 7 a.m. She left Wanganni at 8 p.m. on the 10th ; crossed the bar at 9 p.m., and arrived off "New Plymouth at 11.30 a.m. on the Ilth ; left again at 12.30 p.m., and crossed the Manukau bar at £>' a.m. this morning, arriving as above. Experienced fresh head winds with moderate weather throughout. Passengers : Mrs Robinson and child, Miss Newman, Messrs Jackson and Johnson.

The s.s. Rangatira arrived in the Manukau at half-past seven this morning from Southern ports. She brings the following passengers: Messrs Watt, Brewer, Hales and Gray.

The s.s. Rangatira will leave the Manukau to-morrow morning for Wanganui and Wel lington. The s.s. Go-Ahead will leave the Manukau for Waitara and Taranaki to-morrow mornr ing. The Government steamer Luna will leave to-morrow for Wellington at 10 a.m. The s.s. Taranaki will leave the Manukau for Southern ports on Monday next ait noon. By telegram wo learn that the schooner Ivanhoe has arrived at Porb Chalmers from Wangapoa. The schooner Coronet and barque Mary Webster, bound for Auckland, are there lj ing windbound. The ship Yorkshire, bound from Melbourne for London, having fitted her damaged rudder, has taken her departure from Dunedin, where she put in to. repair. The s.s. Albion has sailed for Lyttelton.

The barque Glenarry has arrived at Dunedin from Liverpool. The Countess of Kintore, Captain Brad dock, sailed from London, for Auckland, on May'l, with the following passengers : —Mr G. Thorpe and family, Mr E. Percy, Mrs J. Martin, Mrs Clarke, Mrs F. F. Hanvlton. She has on board railway material valued at £5,058. LONDON SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) London, May 16. Arrived.—loth May, ship Queen Bee, 107 days from Aucldnd. Sailed.—2Bth April, Covnt-ss of K;ntore, •with 30 pnten^ers. To Sa". —23rd May, the fine iron ship Fon tenaye. I was onboard this ship yesterday, •when she wn very rear load'd. She gori out -ortho Fro'^ht Company. Capfc. Taylor, her corr*ri.nder, ir'orma me he has no pas sen^et^. —23rd May, iron sl>;p Beiar, with 280 Gove-. TV:n ve,'-el I^kes out some of flic AuoHand rr:lway- CP-*.'-Trgri.— 5 4' x} Jne, rhip City of Au^V-jid, with aL'.nt 25 jv.^eujjeid. »"•

COMMERCIAL.

MINIKG. The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named belr v t— i Ln. d, I CALLS. Watchman .. .. 010 Aiig IS MtetaTxuoa. Crown Prince, Queensferry Hotel, Vulcan lano, Auck landj 2.30 p.m., 14th July Colibah, Grahamstown. 14th July Windfall. Orahamstown, 14th July Morning Lifiht., Grahamstown, lGth July BiO, Ornlianistov.'n, 17th July Union IJeanh, Insurance Buildings, Auckland-, 3 Jp.in., : 2Srd July- New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Company's office, Auckland, noon, 20th July El Dornilo, Mr F. A. White's office, Shortland street, Auckland, 2 p.m., 2Sth July Mary Ann, Grahamstown, 3lst July

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wjll Clost: as Under :— For Thames, on Mom'ay, 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel. on Monday, at 12.3.0 p.m. For Wangr t", per Jlingat-'va, this clay, at f> p.m. For New PI; nouth. "\Vellln- on, C iterbn:/, and C* i""O, r^r Luna, tr-'s clay, at 5 p.m. For V ■'Manga, pnr Wavatfh, on Monday, at 8a m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Taranaki, on Monday next, 14th inst., at 10 a.m, For Bnssell, Wangaroa, and Alongonul,' perßowena, on Monday. 14th :iat, at:; p.m. For New Caledonia, per Fiery Cross, on Monday, 14th inst at 4 p.m. For Wb'tlaoga, Tauranga, and Opotikl, per Southern Cross, on Tuesday, 15th Inst, at 3 p.m. Mails for Australian Colonies and United King dom, via Melbourne, close at Hokit"ca, at 7 p.m., this day. (Signed) S. B. IBiss. Chief Postmaster.

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

SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1873.

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

Far be it from us to attempt to divert the stream of justice, and it is with reluctance that we write of a cause pending judgment. But a cause may arise presenting such features that feelings cannot and should no I be repressed. Such a case or such a series of cases we now find pending in the Resident Magistrate's Court, being at tho suit of various parties against the master of the Zanga. Did we think that Mr Bcckham was a man to be swayed in the least degi'ee by any remarks of ours we should refrain ; but the defence set up to the claims is such that we must brave any cen iiire. The circumstances succinctly put are these. Goods are shipped in Liverpool iv a vessel respecting which we may merely remark that she made an unprecedentedly long passage; that she leaked abomin ably ; that by a merciful Providence she was conducted at last safe into the Waitemata, and landed her goods in such a state as might be supposed in the circumstances, and as was evidently anticipated by ber owners. For they had provided, as they thought, against contingencies; and having got one master to sign the bills of lading, they kept him safely at home, while they sent another out, leaving him the dirty job to do in Auckland. We do him the credit of flaying that we believe ho was an innocent participator in the ruse in Liverpool, and on the difficulty arising he promptly admitted the several liabilities for goods 'damaged, for though a lad was found to swear in the teeth of two of our oldest and most respected merchants that he had not so admitted, every one must feel sure he did. The defence set up of course is that this captain did not siga the bills of lading in Liverpool, and we are ashamed th«u such a case should ever hn.Vc disgraced our law Courts. It may or may not be law that such a ruse should give exemption from honest liability, but if it is law it is certainly also rascality.

The days of the possession by de\ -1s have evidently not yet passed away. Our eye wns attracted by an adveri'soment *n our yesterday's edition, offering a reward o f. five pounds for the d'scovery of a fiendish act in Union-strcci that should be brought very pronrnently under the publ'c eye ; and hav ing s'neo made enquiries in the proper quar ters, wo shall a plain unvarnished tale unfold. The advertisement shows that some demon •a. human form has been drenching with vitriol the garden of a man whom on enquiry we find to be harmless and inoffensive, and rather disposed to bear with annoyance for tho sake of peace than cause trouble to any one. Some time since a letter appeared in our columns referring to a den of brothels that had got located at the rear of the Wellington Hotel. The wretched inhabitants were in consequence rooted out, and suspicion appears to have fallen on Mr Vincent as the writer of the letter in the Star. It is nothing to the case that he had noting to do with the letter, which was not written or sent to us by Mr Vincent or any one connected with him. But it was enough that suspicion attached to him and, as we learn, not from himself, but from other sources, he has been subjected since to feers of an intolerable >md. Shoitly arter the appearance of that letter h's little daughter, in conr^g from school, and when near home was spi'nHcd with \itriol, though the child d.d not observe by whom it was thrown. Her clothHg was burned fnto holes, and it was of God's mercy that she (?T d not lo~e her eyesight. As no clue could be found to the fiendish perpetrator of such a ci.'tne on a poor kittle harmless child, the whole thing was hushed up, and now again the diabolical spirit has come abroad in the darkness, and a few nights ago deliberataly went round every plant and shrab ?n Vincent's garden, and sprinkled them with vitriol, deluglnS also the verandah. The stuff haa been analysed and found to be vitilol. Tb;s class of offence is new :n the colo nies, but the thvow'ng of vitriol h

a favourite vengeance *-i the low~st London dens of pro-tlLatioD. AnyLK'ig more he 114sh ifc is scarcely possible to con ceive, andif the police do not search th'smaUer to the very bottom it wi'lbe to the;r r/eat discredit. A vit.iol thrower in our nrc'sfc is worte than Haley, md the vitriol thrower thab would wre^.k vengeance on r:i ::: jocent school chM should be chaied to the realms of darknecs, from which alone such inspir ations spi::ng. We caM on the police :n the name of outraged humanity to track this evl be;".b to iti J";r end purge our tee'ety of tbe prcreace o? some ore tbit h»"3 evidently been trrrird in the London hells.

On Tuesday evening nerfc Mr G. M. Rocd ■will re-deliver his leciure on "Sham" (by eprcial d'SJro) in the Mount Eden ::eb.c)l room.

Mr 11. H. Lusk will rJLdviu h the electors at the MccMirc' liibkitu j on Tuesday ve:i':i3 nxcJ.

1 Ttie' Ifaan Mii Met MdAd'r.nSj i Bir^tfet, accused of letting fire to a hoi^e in ihe Queen's Eedoubt, but who was acqn'tted of the chrrge, d"'splay-da considerable mount of energy rid ab:i:ty, but m Uuier want of Met in r's addr--s to the juij in his defence. He rlso prov d how drnererous it ?«, however eloquent a pi.: soner ir^y »9j. W dtJeinpt selfl defence; Fortunately for McAdpm the trsti ihony of the vagrant Frpser, who was the most important witness, wrs not re i;abl9, he being a ]ieioon of untnutwoi Jhy character. The juiy therefore very properly found a verdict of not girlty. as the erne cord not clearly be brought home to McAdarn. It w.tir-< lamentable to see a man of abilitic and educio!on-''i suchadej,!.1? Ted position, entirely though his fi:saolute and drr*>ken lei. Thecf°CTof the ciiir;Ti" 1 sitt;^i gener-"'y offer a fine subj ct for the faen"" of J mper r "ice, and probably t):s eveni I^', under the bright moon, the ori^'nal platform with it 3 faraphe "-^a of lamps -''d decora 'o "«) v be us"d by some of its abl it orators in she '.v ---irg from the cr:min'' calendar how closely allied are crime and • • inker^ess.

The Government sterner Lur°, arrived in the Manul'iu thig rnoL :ic? v'th the Suez niril. She w" 1 pr< '.eed South to-morrow morning, c">nvey:ig members of the Gencrr! Assembly to the scene of their par';ament. n* .7 laboui^. We are requested by Cap 4- :n Fr'rchJld to in^'toate that the stunner leav^^ the Onehungr ■,vhai"punct,ur 11yat ten o'clock, so that p l peirons desirous of proceefi:-ig H her should be on board I ifore tV".t hoy.

An advertisement for "a kind person to <-"ke charge of a baby for about Lwelve montfcs" appeared in the Evening Star Jrs* ever'ng, pnd this morr'ng our office was literally besieged with "k:nd pei.'ors" aux;ous to hug the d^or infant. MaLrors, with their credentials stamped by nature on their benevolent features, r id young women, of awes vaijing from twenty to thirty, have shew n 'i their motherly p^xiety to grasp the infant how natural it ; i for a woman's hear!; to yearn for a baby. One young person exer cised the most winning influence over the Star book-keeper, and prevailed upon r:ra to write a sweetly-worded document in the most poetic style, setting foi !;h her tender qualifi cations for duly hancUiugond Messing "baby," wh:ch wns duly sealed and inscribed Q.R. ; Suiely these applicants evidence the fact that ; amid £>U our short - comings the "milk of human kindness " is not yet exhaust 1, nor will it ever be. At noon there were twenty four letters lyin^ for Q.R. It is notic"ible that of the many appJ;canta none wero of tlio mr'culine gender. Whether tlrs is ow ing to the fact that there rre lev; "IlT"ii ! ] T3OPS" of the sterner sex, or whether from an iviato consciousness of in capacity for properly r'-scr-arg'ng the duties of the office, we leave our reade. to decide; but it does seem strange tiiat amongst the many ;'old women" in trousers who abound in. AuckJ-ind none should have embraced this enporturi+y for sccurif employment sv'^Z. to their <-bp-p?t-!r anu tas.t: a . The Loyal Orange Institution will hold a soiree on Monday ever'ng next ?n the Choi' 1 Hall, Symonds-Htrret, when rrif>'sters of various denonr nations w.'ll a\C"esa the meeting. We would again call ationtioi to the ei^e of freehold properties, by order of the ex -u tors of the late Peter Grace, at Mcssi.; Samuel Cochrane and Son's land lnaii, on Monday next. The sale '■» entirely w thout reserve, ?nd the Wyndham-street end Ponsonby-rpad properties are about the most des:-able "i the city .--id suburbs that have b'en offorad to the public for some t: no prst. Discourses to-morrow (Sum^y) will be de 'Vop I at Newton Kirk, by Dr. Wr"'s : mo:.ling, "Christ's Kingdom not Secular;" evening, "The E^se and Development of Pope;/." City Hall, by Samuel Edger, B.A. : morning, " The Good Samarit"i;" evening, " Temperance." United Methc l:st Free Church: morr: n», "The Waters of Marah;" ever'ng, "A Elvine Advertise ment." Christians' Meeting-houee, Cook street : services as usual. The Sir George Grey Cadets, under Capt. Taylor, -were put th-ough their weekly drill last evening. They pouorm 1 their m?nual and platoon exercues vei/ creditably, ?nd we may add these embryo men-of-war ara very regular and aile-itive ti their dij" du'.ies, and are bccon~'r-7 a veiy effijic.t coips. On Monday and Tuesday next Mr Ga. W. Binney will sell by auction aqur"»lty of flour, &c, ex Emile, drniged by h i water. A lecture on the attractive subject of " Sham " was last Bifcji delivered in tho 1. .'■ of the Young Men's Christian Association by Mr G. M. Reed. The building was densely filled for some time beforti the hour named for the commencement of the lecture, and the doors being closed a large number failed in obtaining admittance. Mr Herapath occu pied the chair. Eev. C. M. Nelson open I the proceedings with prayer, and on the con clusion oftae lecture, which was well re ceived, Eev. Mr Andrew moved a vote o" thanks, which was given by acclamation to the lecturer. Mrs StarTey, writing with reference to the subscilptions on her behalf, informs us that the proceeds of the entertainment given for her benefit were promptly paid over, but that she has not received tho money collected for her at Biverhead.

Mr Bicbard Laish'ey was yesterday ad mitted to the bar by His. Honor the Chief Justice on the application of Mr James Russell. The Chief Justice said it was do more tHu right that he should mention, for the satisfaction of Mr Laist'ey, and for the information of the profession, that Mr Justice Johnstone (who was the examiner) had re ported to him that Mr Laishley had passed a most excellent examination. The examination passed, and duly certified to, was the one of extra proficiency presci'bed by the Law Practitioners' Act, and by the rules of the Supreme Court for banisters. The Chief Justice g.-antcd the application for p 'inssion, and Mr Laishley wes sworn id a barrister and solicitor. Mr Laisl'oy h.?i studied his profession under the leadiug ii:. n of Jackson and Russell, and Jt» therefore practica^y familiar with the course of busi ness in a solicitor's practice, as •we!'l as thoroughly qualified for the duties of aba : rister; p*id we anticipate for him a success ful career in the practice of his profession.

We observe that, th'-ongh the ;nde?aJx gable commVuiee, a large numbr? of new volumes have been aided to the I;brr /of the Young Men's Chi'synn A r-ociatioj, r-d amop^ thre is Mr Anthony 1 o^o* '& fpneiful work on " Austrr i:a and New Z?a ---i-nd,"the ''I-fe of B^ep Patt^.on," «-id the Bishop of Gloucester's work on " Modefn Scepticism." As it jN the custom of the com- VP;:'Jv66 to dispose of books after they bivo gone the round of the membeu, ?nd rep!^; i them with newer one 3, we worM sufo,' that a?', valuable works and works of refer ence phor'd be retained forpoixnment iMd,

A dinner and qur liUle paiL/ \\.'ll t".ke place on Tuesday evening, July 15, W *he Odc^e^ows' HrM, Cook-street, to eelebraH the twenty-t^'«-d annivoL.-ary of the Lv^r 1 Gr:d Jitent Ledge, No. 4,369. lac affor :;i vcr.. a to be a great success, r

Whoj-natjiss ofjee' ffli&kkA >8 feffi David Gruhb's delebh-if^ 1 Satur^.r StiMW picahrs not long' tl td repp-i thtf dtfift^ft exerci-3. David's rsf abl-rment for the tv -on is aiLaa^dinKprangrViii-rOfl,r'id?sopened once a week for the generous purpo.e ot treats rnybody to.n ravottry ttietiloly W the <l Jo-titl 6' kehr*. 1' there ift a crowt 1--y; at the sigi--n"cmt smok:ng Scotch _. pld m«rt at Newton on Saturday cverings, between the hours of six and seven, and thousands of these melting mementos of the prst are pleasantly m-vsUcat?d to be s rm no more. Little g'vls and boys, nmn and women, and even the polieen->"u, rre atimt'dtl Hher at moon-ris:ng by the flavour of the week-end offerings, and the strikingly appropriate name of the busy pie-i^nkef.

Wa have receiv "< |fche folloy '-3 on the new Market:—" S"-,—Would it not s' %c you r- being I 'gl "y del '-nen' 1 to the' -ter es L ° of any tra-lesir-ntocomo out of 7'« shop and drive people away fromh's v "ndows who stop to look at the goo'ls" he V'- i l;en <_i much pai^s to ("sp^.y there. Yet such rs the impudent prniiice of 1 "ne-tentl« of the stpH-kcepers "\ the new Market-house. TV " short-sighted and intolerable nuisan" ■ is thus pc !w .ned : The moment ;i person stops to look at the ko« "« . 'splv-cd, >u\ :i probably debating in h^ mind whether or not he sl r 1 take home some 'ng nice he happer* t) see for r;s farr 41y, or perhaps a treat or apr-«ent for his ch:iJrjn, out vvslics +lie s'- -koe^ r •nth "Now what fin I s^ 11 you? wi 11 you buy tr-:«? m" 1 you buy tb.vt?" •■ id a 3".t dor' more cf the s^ne k;nd, wl "eh the inten^'ng purchr«er do-, not t,'- -p *• t ", I's thoughts be' )g upset, and 7." "ell Clvei away by ths '-npe: 'ncr- dr- -"'ti^'of " Buy ! Buy ! Buy !" But the ir; cl 'ef dc>r<* not end here ;he wr'ks * • Piother v '', and tind ■igthe sr-ne thing repc ,' \, qr'etly xn^t out of the n-arkcb ;~ito Qu whe j he c^i ask for w) .1; he wants without its be;ng attempted t-> dun h-'m into buy:ig what he does not rctju' c.—Yours, &•<!., Pat 3 -amilt's."

THE SUEZ MAIL.

Tije Cw. -nent p.s. Lin", anivfd " i+lie M-- rakau th:s mo: ■'■"» v.'bh the Suez m-1; We ir^ke the fo'owing exj ast from the Home News t — A 15E.Sf WK* i-XAv «LE. M: ■ Har "on, of M lou, nerr Sheffield, a lady c l4stin o ■■""Ik d fov benevolence, hn just died at the -• '»c of ; jve.ity-one. She i'l a fortune from he" father, who Wf a Shetfie d mriufac are*, md for about hr" a centu ■* she nr ; a? '*■ } *"*r wetlth to works of cl -, 'ty. Tn r ' Lion H builr'-'n-' churches ."id s-ehoola, she his d s p-iricd about .•*.'." ") a-y r'o the poor, r -d when her ineoaie \W3 cv i 1 dby tbe dams -c done to her property tli 'Ugh the > a «".t flool «-i SheffiVd. she told W c-arrir.g • rid rr duc-cl her own expsr ce3 rather thai lot her t ir°ionen sufTer. SHOCK INK TCAGKDY AT CiI.WTERKIELD. News of a blocking cr'ne conr < to J—.nd "om C 1 He ield. It appc^'. tl-"t a m* i •i^med T-'iaer, tr:. '-s:xyeai.- of age, 1- < been residing at La ""s, n^ar Cbfto. ield. assisting his mother ' 1 the mar-cement of a ir n, the;- ov. l iropar,/. On May 7he pnd a f,'rl nntn I S,-rah Cnrter, a«cu r:ne t-er, who was re.-vant to r:s mother, went ont) the moorlrid t. cut goi^e for V id 1--irj purpos-s. Tai.ier wr- ie"loua cf C *'t, to whom he b' 1 maie f lvancc, but she ' always repuN 'Ih'ii. Nothing {a: h"" WJ"i J-noMa of the pp ' t tmL.'l ever' \g, when I they not ha\ing raLu: i 1, a ton-in-Jaw jof Mv Tuuer went ;n .earch of them. He cord find nobedy, but on Fs | return hoTie h's .'v'ormca him that he j 1 "id hcaid bo err" on the moor, but w t un able to osco. -'n wheuri they prof 3d J. '■ Bowler mm < q'atpl.y app':ed to tb^ pn nice, | md a cor°tible went Mlth b'-n to tearch by Ipi+i; i- i:ght the moor. They found roth:y; then, but the noxh moir;ng they ."/jrn rrchi, and c l'«covorod the dead body of the g;"l covered over w.'th heatber. About 250 yarr'T from the e,'-l they found the b dy of Tin ler hrij,'ng by the n ck to a br 10b. of aw i. The girl had e\ldently 1 en b Jran-^l d, as the ir-rVs on her neok chow-d. Turner hri hangd *.'th a hr'<-jr. His pockets wer2 found Tu 11. qI stan^^, md it ;". believed he fir3t rijustcd Ahe noc o, nd then c" nbed the if j : id th-ew b'"r"-'f off. MKLANCTIOLY SUICIDS. The News Gazelle of Vien r "i q'tc." do*"'ls of a melancl oly c:iir°lrophe cau«u by 'lie financial ci.:s'"s. A Boni-£.e ajent i" ned Mocleu, who posa 'sed a corsidr- able foi Lune before the par;c, ami h?. 1 recently mrc:-' \ a youn^ lady of gycat per onal charms, hn just corn-netted suicide by throw"n^ iumse f into the Danube. Tae motive wr:ch has l~d b'm to that act of d^sp?;T was b-'s im mense lossei by the fr x\ :~i pilcf dm'ng the last few days. Before the c:.'s:s he wp« woijh 3C\( )0 fkr/n (2f. 50c. each), but the la,te events reduced b'~n to penury, and the shome of be:ng forced to declare h'*nso v ; isolvent drove h: nto put n end to his l;*e. By hJs bus'n-ss oipr uiy pnd his applioation he had a-^uiVd lac con fidence of several fii ns of the t> jt order, who employed l"^m rt the;" agent. TEBE HYACIKiTHE. The wife of M. Hyacinthe T iyson (Pijre. Hyavnthe), the cx-Ca-. aelit i, hfi, it i<* s?:d, been confined .^t Geneva of a soi, w v;ch wi 1' be baptised by the Abbd Ci^chteau, one of the ex-Peve's convoi.'^. woman's sufj^aoe. Amcet;ngwi»s lio'd on May 28th, ?n the Hanover-square Rooms, v suppois of tie claims of women to the suffrage. Many ]?'!~3 were i?*nonqst the audience. MrEast ■wlck, M.P., presided, and several members of ParVament were present, in addition to the well-LnoMA advocates of women's rights. Mr E. N. M.P., proposed the°firsfc resolution: "That to r"cognise sex as a fejound of d'^quaMfcatio?! for a vote in the election of members of Parlbmsut is contrrr-y to th^ pi'ji.ciple of I2ngi;sh represpr^at^on, unjust to those excluded, and injurious to the whole commu^iy." Mifa Beekev, who secouJ^d the motion, Sucked that during the year 150 meetiii.-vj had been held over taJ country, at whicli resolutions ;i favour of tho bill were carried either un?-iimously or or witL iew d'ssentients. Town Councils had also petitioned in favour of tho bu1, and 9003 women, in all pa vts of the county, and representing all pai Lies, had done the'same. The motion was caiued.

A 800 IK L-MIB'S OLOTBiyo

At the Greemck T- Xic--com, } p. woman nmed Margaret Muv-. or Lafferty, pleaded <»u:lty to hav'ug tj customer-' several ■owcua of a dog, wl;ch she pretmdod was .amb. She was fined £10, v. 'th the altei la tVe of r'x+v d".ys' impi.'smon^K4;.:

U^ .I?If ANTIC r.R-T IOH OF PrOMCSE. A jury at Tivei^o^ v^re asked v- --ntly to estir°te .'he damage whicL a vMow c c f 1 yep-s of age had uuota'iied through the fp!'-V les mw. "fa mis fir fcrtar who was six - c-" i her junior. There was no pretance o* " sentiment" in the c?se, p'nirl. the jiv 7 fix^d the da':-"iges at ?, far*-r--"i<*.

POLICE COURT.

TF rS DAY.

(Before Thomas HedkUtn Esq., K.M.)

ifttUNKENNESS. " Tbre6 dfunkaftls were pur:shcd as usup!

*i/ftK6 BQt'ADHON /HOY. Laurence UMion 49th Lection of the Licer^g A *HJ the follf.w:ng oflFence; namely, tb -the ba^g the holder of a publican's ''cause c .d abandon the occupation of hiUicer^dhou.e, to wit, the Flying Squadron Hotel, Newt-,n f« a usual pi«ce of residence for more than tM' Ly consecutive days, by wh.ch act the license ■was I!able to become ab-dutdy void and AboaW ba 11 theureforth be held to V Th^defondant c«W not apt-, rid the Insr ctor statod fiat he 1" gone to the

Mr Devore appeared for the l'we of the house, r-id app 1- d for r» i) Ijotro aent Ho explain 1 that the Feerce ha 1 been paid, and an a for a trar-fer hod been mr'lo. His Worship said that the defendant must ap' -ar before he can he represented, and no tA—sfer of license would be anted until Laurence Kor i^oii put in *>n appearance. Mr Devore cxolained that the OV. icr of the le~e had paid'the Vf use, the defend.- it ha\'ig fail d H do so on the 3Cih Jtiae. This wr<s tinder the 29th clause of the Act. His Worship said that the house ought to be '■hut up, Robertson having escaped from the colony, and not answered to a charge preferred agr'-«»t him at £r;8 Couij. His Worship was of opinion that •'* the license could now be transferred, after the acts of the defendant, then the whole machinery of the Jaw could be set at defiance, and the Licensing Act was not WOl h the paper it was printed on. Mr Devore paid that he appetred for Mr Bernard Levy* the holder of the lease. He h?i nothing whatever td do with KoW.'^oh. The licei.se had been taken out by his client.

The case wrs adjourn i 1-itil Wecl 'ae3day next.

ALLEGED ASSAULT,

The cpse against Capt. Scotb, for r" assault, was agr'n brtiUght foward, pnd His Worship gav(s,His opirltbti ttHtthfe Oottiihri Uc iJbwei1 to mlerxere in the tiaiei, dr the manner " i which it Y~ 1 been brought for ward.

Mr Weston intimated that if Mr Beveiidge amended the ?ifoijaation, and would bilng the case forward rs a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act, he would be prepared to meet the charge. The information was amended accord:ngly, and tliS C?se proceeded. John Neville, an ordinary seaman on board the Hylton Castle, depo3*d that on the night of the 12th June, wr:le oil tbc poop, the captain struck him in the face pud kpooked him down without my provocation. To Mr Weston : Don't know whether it was a dark night or not. Don't know where we were, nor whether it was blowing hard. The captain did not stumble over me in the dark. Arrived in poii; on the 23rd Jims, and laid the information on the 4th July. On one occasion one of the seamen gave me a beating. Capt. Scott did not prevent it, but he told Taylor that if he beat me he would beat him. Wm. Taylor, "the mr-\ at the wheel," corroborated part of the boy's testimony. He admitted that he had flogged the boy bi-nself with a rope's end for bringing him his meat in a dirty kid, and the Captain told him that he would not allow any one to beat the boy but b;mself. Witness had v, erse ag?mst the captain h'*nse! f, which he told the steward he would withe'-aw provided he could get his wagca. Mr Weston addressed the Court, md urged tb-\t the chirge had b r en brought for the pur pose of " putting the screw " on the captrin. He plso subnrtted that it had not been show a that the vessel was a British slrp. Mr Beveridge replied. His Worship remarked that it was quite right that a master should exercise a proper authority over boys, end the boy in this case no doubt deserved punishment; but kioking and knocking the boy about was not the proper mode of adnrnist3rirg piinisriieut. A~i rssault bid clearly beju conurrUcd, and for the offence the master must pay 20s ; nd costs. TRAUDTJL7.NT TXADE MARKS. Cv •"I' l "3 Hamey er wr ■» charged wit ha bre? eh of the Trade iiV'i Act > IS(i6 > namely, that he did te T1 a bottle oi ? rer havmg. fffix^ thereto a fictitious label r ei T e!-entmS the tra "c mark of B?ss & Co. , , Mr T. S. Weston, attorney and a^eu? lor Messrs Bass & Co., prosecuted. Mr McCormick appended for ttie prosecu cu'ulon, rud Mr Beverid<?e for defendant. Mi? McCovjiick ss'-rtr I that a large busi ne-s had been carried on in spuilous ales under the name of Bfs and Co. He believed thu fictitious Jabe's were cb"'efly pi'nt~d r*i Melbourne. Mr Beveiidge said lie W* c i:sposed to par sur 1c his client to pier I &aHty, S" bi<i eVent had the bottle ;i with ,the stock rf beer which he purchrsed of His predecossor^- Cleuient. .Mr McCoirrck said that the 13th clause of the Act deir-ndrd that fu 11 ir'o: nation mubt be g'ven ?s to wheie the defendant procured the beer, nd the names of the person or pe^ons who supp 1-" d him with it. Mr We3ton deposed that he was duly authored to cct rs a^ent for Ba3s and Comprny, and ci such a^ent he caused a notice to be reived on defendant on the 26th Ap.' 1. ?ast, but who had nsver |,lven him the 'nfoimation required by the notice. Defendant kreps the " Star" hotel, Karanga hape road. John Cook, of Auckland, knew the defen dant. On the 24th o2 Apr'l last he went into the Star hotel and purchesed the bottle of beer (produced) o' Ins barman. rihe bottle was handed to him from a shelf. He did not observe any other bottle with Bass' paiticu^r trade mark. He went to other public-houses. He was sent specially by Mr Wesion, and cai.icd a special caipet-bag. Mr McCoruriek asked that an order nvght be g'.ven for the name and address of the person of whom defandait purchased the beer.

His Worship gave an order for defendant to make the necessary disclosure by Monday next.

His Worship said if the statement of defendant should prove a fiction he would be indicted for tlie rrisdeinernor ; he would therefore recommend that he should make a truthful statement.

, <BARRATKY. Neil Beaton was charged, on remand, with larceny of cargo of the schooner Florence, of which he was master.

ISJMr Cornford appeared for the prosecution, and Mr Leary to watch the cace for the pusoner.

_ John Marshal deposed thnat he was trad ing with his brother James, in the name of Marshall and Copland, of the "Water of Leith Brewery," Dunedin. Mr John Reid, of Queen-street, Auckland, was their sole agent, through whom they did all their Auckland business. In February last they consigned a quantity of ale to Mr Reed, which was shipped by the Florence and the invoice produced was in the handwriting of Mr John Simpson, he had been in the sLore of Mersrs Binney a few days ago, and previous to that he was on board the

Florence, and he pa1!? casks of their beer ia, both placss, with their brands upon them. | At this stage of the proceedings the case I was adjourned until Wednesday next. Two other charges will be pveferred against the defendant on Morfday.

This wo<3 all the bus;ness.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST FROM COROMANDEL.

COJIOMiNDEL.

ThisirTay. The Key of Tolratea nut the r,eef.'to-day. Shares have risen, and arc quot"! to-day with buyers 3s fid sellers ss.

TAUfiANG-A.

This day. The s.s. Southern Cross ai.'ived at 4.30 p.ill. yesterday. The Napier coach started this mov ling.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

THE PARLIAMENTARY CAMPAIGN.

Mr. Stafford Resigns the Leadership of

the Opposition

He Blames the Agent-General

The Chai::nanship of Committees.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

WELLINGTON.

This day. A good muster of members is expected for the oper:"ig speech. Lesid^n^ members of the Opposition are now m We'^c.iofi. The Independent Sitys Mr Stafford Basiiiti mat d that he m 'U noi ttfrA the Opposition, but v.."' s;"nply obsei ?e nd c'lltisi'/e t.Jv« Go ve. .'meut. The Independent throws the blame of tm failure of the inr-r^gration scheme on the A#eflt-Geiiei? T, who resumed to be stfj?enof to the Goveinitl^t,- gndiotarcd^^ttticiiGM It blames the Govei J'HH*il f# *** r*W*?T^ The Government have resolved to nominate Mr Seymour for the cr'3ii*r'vnsb'p of com mittees. Mr T. LV Shepherd wa,3 fQrmerly mentioned as the probable chairman. , The Disaua^fic^tion of Peeress.

The Rector of the Dunedin High School.

(Per ANOLO-AusaaAL \n lelkoraii Company.]

CHIIISTCHURCH. This day. The Jockey Club held a.lengtlfy meeting to re-consider the disqualification of Peeress It was ultimately &< o eed to subnet the facts sinv'ar to those sent to the Ausiralailajt to Admiral Rous, for his opinion.

DUNEDIN.

This day.

The Government intend to lecommeadthe extension oi telegraph stations throughout the province. , ' ;^-^' The Rector of the High School asks leave to defend l^raself at* the bar of the House. A motibti in favour of the request was granted by a majority of six.

PORT CHALMERS.

Yesterday. liie schooner Ivanhoe ins arrived from Wangapoa. The schooner Coronet and barque Mary We)sh, bound for Auckland, are ljlng here w'ndbound. Money Wigram'e ship Yorkshire having fitted her rudder resumed her voyage to London. The s.s. Albion has soiled for Lj oteUon. The barque Gleuary has arrivdd from livci^ool.

VENUS GOLD MINING COMPANY.

To the Editor of ihe Evening Star. gl» Being away from home the whole of last wrek 1 had no earlier opportunity to reply to Mr Woollams' " explanation," as published in your paper of the 4th iust. I trust, therefore, you will give me a small space for a few remarks, as it would be a prey for such a gem to pass unnoticed. It is painfully curious to observe that this ro ma^kable epistle commences and ends by asserfci^ that "Shareholder's" statements are untrn.?. while the rest of the letter is devoted to'a-.? letting the main facts of the allegation. I cha^.enge any impartial reader to put the two letters side by side and say this is not correct Next thing we come to is Mr Woollams' advertise ment, "That upon payment of Is Gd per share shareholders would be allowed to come into the new company 1 the moneys derived tlLr? this, source to be appropriated thus : l rom by myself to be audited expenses ix.;; . ijjcomiug shareholders and r-id approved bj *C v bG . devotad to working paid, the balance to • Qi^ this long' ad- Company's propei ty.'' '^veF, a sensible vertisement, which is, morev, -d in public vnd honest one, may have appears print, but I never saw it. Mr Woo. : >;beral offer of 350 shares for £50, to ok. gentleman at first suiprised me, but in re flecting that the late chairman never held more than 70 shares in his own hands, sf) ol which were contributing shares, my surprise abated;it was easy to dispose of other people's property to recoup himself ? . Now let us see wltat his expenses really are. According to his own account "in round numbers £100.* Deduct from this £50 for sale of 350 shares, and £17 from Mr Burt —in all £67 —would leave him out of pocket £33. for which h« gets in ro.uud numbers, say 700 Union Beach shares. Noble Woollams !—what a martyr to the apathy of yonv fe.Uow-shareholders ! ! Of course shareholder cannot but be satis fied with this lucid explanation ; if not, they must be, for they'll get no other. One word, however, to the directors of the Union Beach Company befoie a 1 locating these Venus share to Mr Woo]!ams, or to any one individual — pray reconsider part of your circular, namely, " These three Companies became involved in mone tary difficulties, and their properties were seized and sold by the -Sheriff. The , directors of this Company have become the purchasers in order to preserve the property for such of the paid-up shareholders of the old Companies as may be willing to become shareholders in tha uew Comp^r.j, with a view to the effective working of tlie ground. The amount paid for this purpose, amounts to £500." lam a paid-up shareholder in the Venus Company, and I am willing to become a shareholder in the new Company ; there are many others similarly circum stanced, and we look to you to protect our property.—Yours, &c, VenusSiukeholder. j\

ASPHALT.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sir, —Would you oblige me by inserting the, following reply, to Messrs Knight, Crawe," and Co.'s letter of last evening, in which they susert thfvt "Fair Play" does not 6i?aik thg

fax wnsisQ stab. SAttritDAT. 3Wi 12,187a.



QAUT 1 O N OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. Connoisseurs pronounce th's Sauce to be the TSTCST 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 b« Registered under tho provisions of the "Trade Marks Act, 1860," and proceedings will be taken against such persons as may forge or counterfeit such mark. The public are cautioned to ASK FOR OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the name is Stamped on Bottle and Stopper, and wrapped round with his we"-known label. JUST OPENED 2000 pairs Tweed Trousers.. .. 8s 6d 5 cases Crimean Shirts .. .. 4s Cd CITY CLOTHING MART, NO. 80, QUEBN-RTR.E'ET, SAMUEL COOMBES. PORTMANTEAUX AT COST. I AM Clearing Out my Stock of the above at Cost, to make room for Increasing Clothing Business. Poi -manteaux, Travelling Bags, and Valises, of nearly every size and quality. SAMUEL COOMBES, No. 80, Queen street. GEEAT EEDTJCTIONB FOR THEEE MONTHS ONLY AT THE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY, 194, queen street, Next Door to Savings' Bank. Cartes-de-visite reduced from 16s per dozen to 13s 6d. Maori Celebrities (largest stock in New Zealand to solect from), reduced from 12s per dozen to 6s. Views from all parts of New Zealand reduced from 12s per dozen to 6s. Enlargements from Cartes-de-visite to Life-size, plain or beautifully finished in Oil or Water Colorg, also reduced in price. Large Stock of Photographic Goods and Apparatus, Magic Lantern Slides, Stereoscopic Slides, &C, greatly reduced. J. MoGARRiaLE. Manager. NOTICE. THE undersigned having entered inio Partnership as General Drapers, Clothiers, &c. the Business lately conducted by MR RUSH BROOK will in future be carried on under the style and firm of " RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN." W. RUSHBROOK. WILLIAM R. BRIDGMAN. EUSHBEOOK & BEIDGMAN T> ESPECTFULLT invite attention XL to their LARGE AND WELL-ASSORTED STOCK of NEW AND SEASONABLE DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, Fancy Dress Materials, French Merinos, Winceys, ALL WOOL PLAIDS. Crimean Shirting, WHITE AND SCARLET FLANNELS, Calicos, BLANKETS, HOSIERY. A LARGE LOT OF CHILDREN'S WINTER JACKETS to be sold CHEAP. Ladies', Maids, and Children's Waterproof Mantles, Black Straw Hats, Flowers, Feathers, &c. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING IN GREAT VARIETY, Crimean Shirts, Men's, Boys', and Youths' O VERCOATS. Lambswool, Merino, Mi"tary Worsted, and Cotton Half-hose. Extra Heavy Mole Trousers, &c, &c. NB.—COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY EX ECUTED AND CAREFULLY PACKED. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, (Opposite Abmt and Navy Hotel), UPPER QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND, YOUNG MEN'S CHEISTIAN ASSOCIATION ROOMS, WELLESI'EY-ST. ■ Nbw Books Added to the Library. " Modern Scepticism," vß'shop of Gloucester) "The Earth and Man," (Dr Dawson, F.G.S.) " Sketchei of the I *fe of B.'shon Patt?son " "Avstrp'"aandNew Z- land,' (Trollops) "The Seven Weeks' Wpr," (Capt. Hoos'er) " Golden l^cs," (H. A. P».?e) "Great Battles of the British Nay," Lieut. Low) " The Royal Princesses of England " " Traditions of Scotland," (Chambers) " The First Englishman in Japan " "Work Among the Lowly," (A. Lerch) " The Wife's Trig's," (Misi Wprboise) "Pillars ef the House," (Miss Yonge) " By the Trent," (Mrs Olc'ham) " Husbands and Wiv -," (Miss Warboise) " Kene'm Chi'Ungly," (Lytton) "Memoirs of Great Commanders," Aud other. Miscellaneous "Wort's. Teems of Spbsoripixon :—Library and Reading room, 2s Od each per Quarter, in adT.mce. C;"n .;omß a.m. to 10 p.m. FURNISHED ATJ RTMENTS. A LADY living in a pleasant ard convergent locality would be glad to accom modate two or three Gentlemen with Board ard Residence. A nice Diawlng-room and Bed-room, with use of Piano, and every possible attention givi to ensure the comfort of the boarders,—Apply toi card Of address to Star ofllco.



Coffoe.-E a -r, LarrettW Cos. fcianda: l Coffee ,s both f'ol'-L.a atl strong. Drown, B«Tstand Co.'s JLiceljlji- Coffee <?eserves preference to auy coffee on nscounu of puriiy and distinctness of flavour! Note the brands-, sold at almost every grocery establishment \ i town and province.—[Advt.]