SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET: This evening, 7.14 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 5.11 HIGH WATER: This evening, 10.81 : to-morrow morning, 10.56

ARRIVALS. Southern Cross, ss, from Wangarel Fortune from Fast Coast Julius Vogel. schooner, from Poverty Bay

DEPARTURES.

Golden Isle, schooner, for Russell Edith, schooner, for Rarotonga Star of the South, ss. for Napier Vincent, cutter, for Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Chi!«, ship, for London, early Fanny Kelly, ketch, for Opotikt Clematis, ketch, for Napier Ladybird, ss, for Southern ports, Monday Southern Cross, s s, for Tauranga, Saturday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Wave Queen, ship, from London. Sailed October v Lauderdale, ship, from London. Sailed October 19 Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney Anazi, barque, from London. Sailed October 31 Empreza, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed October Id Dauntless, schooner, from New Caledonia, early Beatrice, barque, from New York, via Adelaide Wentworth, sb, about the 2Sth instant Queen of the Age, ship, from London Sailed Nov. 15 Queen of the South, torque, f 'om Dunedin, early Wellington, ss, from the South, early Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Bylton Castle, barqus, from London. Herald, schooner, from Levnka

The- barque Glenhuntly sailed for New castle in ballast this morning. The schooner. Golden Crown has sailed for Rnssell in ballast.

The s.s. Star of the South left at 9 p.m. yesterday for|_N"apier with alfull cargo, and the following passengers :—Mrs Ashforth, Mr Praddy, Mrs Bradley and children (2) : Messrs Lenard, Holywood, Ross, Wilson; Mrs Biggs, Mr and Mrs Gourlay and troupe (4), Mrs Robinson, and nine in the steerage. The scheoner Edith, Captain Tryie, sails for Rarotonga this evening. She takes a corgo of Bpirits and general merchandize. The new ketch Fanny Kelly is to leave for Opotiki to-morrow evening. The schooner Julius Vogel, from Poverty Bay, brings a cargo Jof 59 bales of wool, 22 hides, 332 sacks grass seed, 48 sacks maize, and part of original cargo. The new yacht Pearl, built at Waiheke Bay by Mr B. Waymonth, has arrived in harbour. She is to compete in the forthcom ing regatta. The cutter Dido has been sold to a Nelson firm for, on dit, £SOO. We are informed on very good authority that the ketch Clio is likely to be transferred from the ownership of Mr J. S. Macfarlane to Captain Reed of Poverty. The iron yacht Good Templar was removed Sisterday from the open space adjoining Mr awkeswood's foundry, where it has been built, to the Qneen's Wharf, for the purpose of being launched. The new boat is the first iron yacht of her class built in Auckland, and is a model of elegance, her lines being very beautiful. We would correct the report circulated in one of the morning papers that she has been built by Mr Hawkeswood. That gentleman had nothing to do with the undertaking ex cept supplying the iron, forwhich he insisted on bein<? paid defore the yacht was removed. The work of construction has been carried out from the design and under the supein tendenee of Mr Joseph Walshaw, late carpenter of the Golden Crown, and the workmen engaged were James Cogley, Wm. Richardson and Joseph Buchanan. All these men are Good Templars, having regular work at Hawkeswood's and elsewhere, and the yacht has been worked at in off time, principally of an evening. The result is highly creditable to the builders, the yacht being not unlikely to show to advan tage in the forthcoming Regatta, with a view to which Bhe has been expressly built:— The dimensions are as follows :—Length of keel 30ft. ; length over all, 33ft. 1 in..; breadth of beam, 9ft. ; depth of hold, sft. 9in. ; register, 12 tons, yacht measurement. The launch took place yesterday evening, and the new craft will at once be fitted with her mast and sails.

The yacht Contraband, from Mercury Bay, has arrived to take part in the regatta. The Clematis, ketoh, has cleared for Napier with a general cargo. The Julius "Vogel has hauled alongside the Gore-street jetty to discharge her cargo. The Jessie Niccol has cleared in ballast for Lyttelton. She sails to-night or to morrow.

MARRIAGE.

Maulkr—Pbnnal.—On January 50, Henry Ernest Marler to Susan Pennal, br the Rev. J. Lewis, at th". residence of Jesse Kenden, Wellington street, Auckland. •

DEATH.

Pkoud.—On the 22nd instant, at her fathers resi dence, Chapel etreet, Ernestina Lucy, fourth daughter of Mr George Proud. The funeral will leave Chapel street at three o'clock to-morrow. Friends please accept this in vitation.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wnx Close as U other :—

For Thames, this day, at 5.30 pm, and to-morrow

at 10 a m For Wangarei. &c., per Dolly Varden, to-morrow, at 8 a m, and per Clyde, at 10 a m For Mahurangi, Matakana. Mangawai, Waipu, &c, per Lady Bowen, to:morrow, at lv a m For Whitiangi, Tairua, Tauranga, Opotiki. and Napier, via Tauranga, per Southern Cross, to morrow, at 3 p m For Opotiki, per Fanny Kelly, to-morrow, at 6 p m For Tarauaki Southern provinces, and Australian

Colonies, per Ladybird, on Monday, at 1.30 pm For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Rowena, on Monday next, at 3 p in.

(Signed) S. B. Bias. Chief Postmaster.

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

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong tiiat needs resistance. For the future in the distance". And the crood that we can do

A well-known citizen waiting with an eager crowd of others last evening for the latest par ticulars of the very " spicy " case that has occupied the attention of the Supreme Court during the past few days, inquired what we contemplate giving Mr Barber for having secured such an extraordinary demand for the paper by providing materials of a kind suited to the public taste. There is much, no doubt, in the query calculated to provoke reflections of a character., not complimentary to the taste or high-toned morality of the community. It is not that our ordinary edition has been so materially increased dur ing the past few days, for under ordinary circumstances the Star finds its way to almost every household, but the avidity with which the lengthy reports are waited for and devoured without stopping for the delay necessary in the ordinary delivery of the paper, indicates an unusual and very general interest in such questionable matter as that afforded by the revelations in the Divorce Court, such as, perhaps, no other class of news could excite. Only the other day we announced the publication of an excellent sermon fraught with useful lessons, yet our office was not besieged, and those who came to purchase were content to fold their bioad sheets up and deposit them in their pockets for quiet perusal. To-day a divorce case revealing an immorality which we cannot but deplore, is published, and so great iB the eagerness to gloat over the details of the case that a crowd of people may nightly be seen in the streets with papers open in their hands impatient o£ a moment's delay in satisfying their desire to drink in the oontents. Our contemporary the Cross, in its yesterday's issue, laments tho f«qfe that Divorce Courts '

should sit with open doors. " While a Court is open," says our contemporary, "a journal has no choice. It must record tho pro ceedings of the Court or it ceases to be tho depictor of the administration of the law. * * * Hence we have to record evidence which, whatever its value, forms an exposi tion of a moral twist which distorts, in tho minds of persons it afflicts, the true view of what we believe to bo honest human nature," This is mere clap-trap. Week after week cases are heard in the Court which would fill as many columns of our contemporary as this divorce case ; yet the fact of " ceasing to be the depictor of the administration of the law" does not influence our contemporary in ruthlessly cutting down his reports, and with tenfold reason might he do so in a case whore he concientimisly believes the pub lication would have an injurious effect on the morality of tho community. It is useless to attempt to hide the truth under a miserable subterfuge like this. We do not think our contem poraries, more than ourselves, are influenced by the few extra pence that flow in through the sale of a hundred or so extra papers, but the fact is, and every journalist knows it, that the public, upon whom a paper must depend for support, expect, and even demand, a full report of cases like that winch has monopolised the space of the local journalsandtheattentionof newspaper readers during the last day or two. No doubt many will tell us they only read the reports just to see how very improper they are, but we are disposed to think they read with an amount of relish that goes something beyond the calm judgment of philosopher or moralist, and they do not fall very far short of their brethren of mankind upon whom their virtuous indignation is expended. Wo are not going to dilate _at any great length on the good or evil effects likely to result from the publication of such full details of what is neither moral nor elevating as those that have appeared in our own and our contemporaries' columns in connection with this ease. The deeds them selves, and the existence of instances of loose moral lives in a community, must have a demorilizing effect, and the promulgation of the fact over the land cannot but be attended more or leps with evil. There are, however, accompanying beneficial results. While con cealed or only partially exposed immorality may find admission, and receive the tacit sanction of respectability, we are thankful to say that society is still sufficiently pure to shrink back from association with glaring immorality, and when a pre viously lurking evil is brouirht to the full view of the million the public feeling must rise up in marked disapprobation of it. This exposure forms the keenest punishment in such cases, for every one feels a des'.re to maintain the'good opinion of his fellows, and instinctively cowers under the thought of be coming the subject of jest, ridicule, and cen sure at the hands of every one around. Thus it is that society restrains even in cases which religion and morality fail to reach. Hence, while we cannot excuse the very general love of gossip on such* a topic as that revealed in connection with the Carpenter divorce case, we must not regard the almost universal tendency of mankind in this res pect as an unqualified evil, nor fail to recog nise that lessons are conveyed in the story which may have profitable fruits by restrain ing others who are already verging on the downward path leading to misery and ruin.

To the Editor : Sir,—ln returning thanks to the public for their generous contributions towards the support of self and family on account of my husband's late accident, I beg gratefully to acknowledge tho receipt from Mr Hiegins, of the Wellington hotel, of the sum of £21 193, as follows :—Collected by Mr Higgins, £1S 18s Gd ; col'ected by Mr Higgins through Mr Gratten, Thames hotel, £2 Is ; collected by Mr Jaeger, Freeman's hotel, 19s Gd. Total £21 19*.—1 am, &c, M. L. Walme.

We notice that P. Humphreys, Esq., will deliver a lecture to-morrow evening in the Mechanics' Institute Exhibition on " The various steam models in the Exhibition." We are glad to learn that the Exhibition continues to attract large numbers of per sons ; and as next week will probably be the last of the Exhibition we recommend an early visit.

A correspondent, " Probity," writes that in the allege! match between the Ponsonby and West End Clubs there were only three members of the West End playing. He con siders the statement regarding the game very unfair to the West End Club, the members of which were playing at the time in the Barracks.

The rota for next Tuesday's sitting of the Petty Sessions Court has been published erroneously. The following is a correct list of the justices whoso duty it is to attend : — Messrs J. Baber, Albert Beetham, James Butcher Braithwaite, William Thorne Buck land, Archibald Clark, Thomas Cheeseman, William Crush Daldy, Joseph McMullen Dargaville, Henry Gilfillau, J. A. Gilfillan, Frederick Nelson George.

The " House that Jack Built " attracted'a full house last evening, and was received with well-merited applauee. At the close of the performance Mr Collier announced that on Saturday afternoon thef amous house which has world-wide reputation, will be open for the a amusement of the juveniles of Auckland, and will naturally be fully patronised by the small folk. Jack's house, and its humourous associations, are well-worth seeing. "Sarah's Young Man " was charmingly rendered.

The cricket match played yesterday on the North Shore ground between eleven of that Club and eleven from the Waikato, resulted after a close contest in a victory for the local club by 10 runs. We last night gave the scores up to the end of the _North Shore second innings. This terminated for 103 runs, leaving the strangers to get 139 to win. Through the splendid batting of Captain Morrison and Mr Waite they were within an ace of attaining this total. The result would indicate that had not the Waikato men been stuck up in their first innings by the singular play of the ground they would have scored an easy victory. The following is tho full score of the WAIKATO—SECOND INNINGS. Wood, c Nolan 0 Burgess, b Dacre 2 Morrison, b Dacre 79 Wood, b Dacre 5 Carlton, b A. E. Whitaker 4 Goring, b Dacre 0 W. Pilling, c Leggett 0 F. Pilling, lbw, b Rees 2 E. B. Cox, runout ... .. ... 0 A. E. Cox, not out ... 5 White, c Nolan 22 Extras 3

12S The match on Saturday should prove a close affair. The Waikato men are likely to play much better than most of them did yesterday, and no great amount of judgment has been shown in the selection of the Auckland team. ItJ would appear that the latter calculated upon an easy victory. The proceedings at the North Shore yesterday were concluded by a supper being given to the Waikato ©leyen at the Masonic Hotel. A large number sat down, and the affair passed off very pleasantly. The viands pro vided were of an excellent description,

' The Waikato cricketers went to Ellerslie this afternoon to practice in preparation for their match against the Auckland Club to morrow. Wc notice that the enterprising theatrical company now playing at the Prince of Wales Theatre advertise a masquorado ball after the performance on the night of tho 29 th inst. Such an event will bo something of a novelty in Auckland, and is likely to create great interest.

A parishioner of St Matthenv's requests us to draw the attention of those in authority to the unnecessary expense incurred by light ing the gas on Sunday evenings when the sun is shining. We have been informed that the heat in church last Sunday evening was intolerable.

We understand that an arrangement has been made by Messrs. Hickbng and Co. for a guide to the Rotomahana and Rotorua districts.

We have much pleasure in giving publicity to the circumstance that Mr Jno. Landers, assistant wharfinger of this port, has re ceived through Mr 11. N. Warner, the agent in Auckland of the Royal Humane Society, a certiiicate on vellum from Lambton Young, the secretary of the society, in acknowledg ment of Mr Landers' bravery displayed in rescuing Ann Traynor from a watery grave on the 17th April, 1873. The certificate re cords the resolution unanimously passed by the committee, which runs as follows : — "That the courage and humanity displayed by John Landers in having on the 17th April, 1873, jumped into the water at Auckland, New Zealand, to the re lief of Anne Traynor, who had fallen there in, and whose life he saved, calls forth the admiration of this committee, and justly en titles him to the honorary testimonial of this society, inscribed on vellum, which is hereby awarded.'' Tho committee of the Onehunga Choral Society presented a statement of their financial position to the members on Wed nesday last, which shews that during the year 1573 their income from various sources was £128 13s Id, and their expenditure during the same period, £120 10s lid, leav ing a balance of £2 2s 2d in favour of the society. The committee further informed the members that there were outstanding liabilities of about £25, and they expressed a hope that members would endeavour to procure new members in order that the society may be free and flourishing.

The 1 Sth day of March has been fixed upon by the Horticu'tu-al Society for holding their autumn exhibition, and endeavours are being made to secure the old market site for that purpose, but should the committee not succeed they will try to got either the use of the City Hall or the Lome street Hall.

Mrs. Mitchell's entertainment met with much favour last night at Onehunga, and the music-loving people of that happy settlement crowded around tho {/teasing melodist and gave her a hearty welcome. The songs and glees were in excellent taste, and won the approbation of the audience. Mrs. Mitchell sang the beautiful old song (written by Haynes Bailey), " She wore a wreath of roses," and " I love the morning," a song which many of our colonial young ladies should practically study for their health's sake. In reply to an encore Mrs. Mitchell delighted the audience with a favourite little Scotch song. A pianoforte duett, "Di capricci, di Smor fietta" by the Misses James' was de servedly encored, as also the vocal duett, " When thy Bosom," by Miss G. James and Mrs Mitchell. Miss Leaf sang "Kathleen Mavoureen," and " On the Banks of Allan Waters." For the latter, which was ren dered with good taste and feeling, she received an encore. Several other pieces were well rendered, especially a clarionet solo by Mr Impey, which was re-demanded. Most of the songs were accompanied by Mrs Gibbons with much skill and judgment.

By advertisement it will be seenthatabil liard match comes off this evening at the Go vernor Brown, in which Mr Clarke, the ex champion of Australia, plays Mr Pool. The game will bo of interest, both players being of repute.

Coffee.—Brown, Barrett, ft'Co.'s Standard Coffee Is oth delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett, & Co's Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any coffee on account of purity and distinctness of flavour. Note he brands. Sold at almost evorygrocery establish ment In town and province.— fAdvfc]

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Peter Colman and Patrick McGuiro were punished for this offence. lARCEHY. Julia Murray, Martha M. Johnston, and Annie Lorncy wero charged with stealing some cocoanuts from R. Messenger, value Is. All pleaded guilty. The children had got into the back yard of the shop, and Mrj Messenger saw them running away with the fruit. .Inspector Broham said that Johnston's brother had, frequently been convicted of similar offences. The girls Lorney and Murray were sen tenced to twenty-four hours in the guard room with bread and water. Johnston was sent to St. Mary's Indus trial School for three years, the father to contribute. All children left the Court crying pite ously. cows. William Jennings, for depasturing six cows in Union-street, was fined. 10s and costs, with a warning that any future offence would be heavily punished. RATES. J. Cox was summoned for failing to pay £1 10s city rates. Judgment was given for the amount. This concluded tho business.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— This Day.

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

ADJOURNED. Geard v Bell, £1 17s 6d. JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS. Thos. Craig v Kelly, £3 15s, rent; F. Aley y Donelly, 15s 9d, goods; Bedell and Co. v Pollock, £9 18s, goods ; Jno. Pearse v S. Westlake, £11 6s, promissory note. WITHDRAWN. W. 11. Messenger «. John Blair, £4 damages ; Wyllie v. Deane, £1 12s 7d, rent. WARRATT. 0. A. Rayson v. George Morely, £9 4s 9d. Judgment summons. No appearance being put in on the part of the defendant, and the plaintiff having proved non-payment of the amount, his Worship ordered a warrant to be issued for the arrest of the defendant. DEFENDED. Walsh v. Perkins, £20, balance of ac count. ' . »> Mr J. B. Russell appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr Joy for the defendant. In this case the plaintiff, who was lately steward of the s.s. Star of the South, cJaiaied the sum of £20 for the balance of accc uab of four-and-a-half'a months wages fiom the de fendant, who was provider© of the came vessel.

Divorce Court.

Yesterday—Continued.

(Before His Honor Sir George Arncy, Knt., Chief Justice.)

WILLIAM CABPENTER, PETITIONER; HARRIET ELIZA CARPENTER, RE SPONDENT; AND HURLEN PAGE BARBER, CO-RESPONDENT.

A great portion of the time yesterday nf ter noon was occupied in reading thejrespondent s letters to petitioner while he was at the Thames. We have already published ex tracts from them, and/do not consider it necessary to republish them. Petitioner's examination continued: I always understood by C. that she meant Charles Ogg, Charley as she invariably ; termed him. I saw her after the receipt of the letter stating that co-respondent in ' tended to give up the house in Bath-street as !it was too expensive. I asked her what her ' intentions were ? She replied that she in tended to go either to Wellington or Dune din to seek a situation as governess or housekeeper. I was compelled to allow her to have her way. I then re quested the co-respondent to see to the 1 sale of the furniture, and also to get her any boxes she might require to pack her j clothes. I heard nothing more of her ti2l I heard that she was gone by the Wonga AY'onga to Australia. I received a letter dated 28th February, 1871, from her. I had no other communication from my wife from January 1871 to March 1872. I believed she was in India. In the meantime I wrote to her mother in England on the Cth January, when I explained every circum stance that I have mentioned, and stated my suspicions. I received a reply about May, 1871, or rather a reply to the first portion of my letter. Immediately upon the receipt of my letter in England the respondent's brother corresponded with Charles Ogg. (Mr Whitaker objected to this). I received several letters from my wife's mother bearing upon the subject of his letters to her. Enclosed were two letters from Charles Ogg, which convinced me that Ogcr had never been away from England, and that I had been misled, The information given to me by respondent in relation to Charles Ogg was false. This information caused mo to look back over our acquaintances to find out who was the real " absent one," but I conld not satisfy my mind in this regpect. I did not even think then of the co-respondent ; in deed I should have felt such a thoucrht unjust towards him. When I received the letters from home I mentioned the fact in a letter to the co-respondent, and told him that I had strange stories from home. In March 1572 my wife made her appearance again. I was stand ing near my office in Grubaaistown when one •of the boatmen came to me and said there was a lady closely veiled who wished to see me. I went as directed. The lady bowed, and said "Good afternoon, Mr Carpenter." I knew her voice immediately, and invited her to a Beat in the office. I was not before aware that she had returned to New Zealand. I did not meet her at the wharf. When seated I asked her where she came from. She replied from Australia. I said, "Why do you come here?" She replied, "To see the children." I then said, " Where do yon intend to stay ?" She said she did not know. She wanted a lodging. I went with her to the Pacific Hotel, but she could not there be accommodated. I then went to a restaurant, but she would not stay there. I then returned with her to the office and consulted Mr Hollis, an architect, who recommended Champion's Boarding-house. I then r got a man to place her luggage upon an omnibus, and drove round with her to Champion's. I inquired if Mrs Cham pion could accommodate a lady, remarking that she being in a delicate state would re quire attention, and by giving that attention, I would be greatly obliged. She then went in, and I left her there in the entrance hall. I did not introduce her, but she said she Bhould pass either as Mrs Clark or i Clare. She remained at the Thames for eight or nine days. I did not co habit with her, taor did she come to my house. I had several meetings with her. She called on me twice. The first three or four days while she was at the Thames she told me the most extraordinary tales of her life in Australia. She appeared to have been engaged, according to her account, as a governess, housekeeper, writer for a newspaper, actress, and member of a > private detective office. She seemed to have led a gay life, and said that she had been a kept mistress of a squatter named Frank Clay. I had no suspicion before this con ; fession that she had any criminal connection . with any person. I was so astounded at her confessions that I do not remember what reply I made to her. I subsequently spoke to her of the disgrace she had brought not only upon herself but upon me and my family. I subsequently said that the tale , she had told had raised a barrier between us ' which could never be removed. When I re ferred kindly to the children she seemed to feel some repentance. I pitied her for the fate she brought upon herself, and she seemed overcome with feeling when she found that she had lost her children. She said if she could only live the last three years over again she would rather live in a hovel with me, and do any kind of domestic drudgery. I replied " 'Tis too late now ; but if you will live a life of quietude and retire I will allow you one-third of my in come, whatever that may be, retaining two thirds for myself and children. She refused to receive any monetary assistance, and implored me to forgive her. When I saw her so prostrate and heartbroken 1 for gave her, giving her distinctly to understand that the relations of man and wife must cease between us for ever. I told her of the letters from England, when she persistently refused to tell me who the ' absent one' was. It was not until two days before she left the Thames that she told me that the co-respon dent was the man she so often referred to in her letters as Charles Ogg, She did not admit that there had leen any criminal connection, but that she loved him, and he loved her, and confessed that he declared himself thus. About a day or two before I left for Sydney she said, " I was reclining in Mrs Burdett's house, with my head resting against the couch weeping, and thinking oi the possi bility of you and Alic^ being lost, and was bewailing tho sad and desolate state in which I was placed, when Mr Barber walked into the room, inquiring the cause of my sorrow. I told him, when he placed his arm around me, and told me that he loved me, but I told him I could not admit of any familiarities." I pressed her in respect of the co-respondent, but could elicit nothing. She said she was now living with a lady named Hamilton, whom she had accompanied from Sydney. I have no recollection of sepding a telegram to Mr Barber for her. I saw her on the day she left the Thames, but I did not accompany her to the steamer. She called in at my office, and wished me good bye. After she left for Auckland I reoeived several letters from her, I never saw her kneeling by the sofa, no* did I say that I suspected her f iom May 1870. I

did not state anything in reference to her marriage with the co-respondent. She j once spoke of it, but I merely listened and made no reply. I did not reply to her letter on the subject. I received another ot date April 7. I made numerous enquiries as to respondent's mode of living, but no one could tell of her whereabouts. In May I heard that she had been delivered of a male child in February. I took steps in June towards obtaining a divorce, and placed the matter in my solicitor's hand. On the 14th July she called uoon me at the Auck land Hotel. I went to the room in which she was said to be standing; it was nearly dark Before entering the room I solicited the waiter to light the gas, whioh he did, suspecting who was the person. The waiter on leaving was about to close the door, when I requested him to leave the door as wide open as possible. I leaned against the door post. Any person could have heard all that was said. She com menced by asking if I had received any letters from England. I said I had received one. She wished to have it, when I told her she would receive it to-morrow through Mr. Hesketh. She then wanted to know if Mr. Hesketh was my agent. I replied, in this instance he is. She continued, then the rumours I have heard are correct. I said if you heard that I am collecting materials for a divorce, you are right. She said : ''Why did you not do it before." I replied that I wanted proofs. She said : " Have you got them now." I replied : "Yes, if it is true that you were delivered of a male child. She said : " If you had come to mcl could have given jou all the proofs." She also acknowledged that she had been so delivered, and that the co-respondent was the father of the child. I asked why she came to the Thames. She replied I was sent. The scheme was arranged by Wilson and Barber in order that, if possible, I should en trap you in an act of condonation. She further stated that the letter A and D was written by their dicta tion. She added that she lived a most wretched and miserable life—that they had quarrelled about the naming of the child. The co-respondent wished the child registered in my name, to which she objected, as she had disgraced me enough already. I should have brought on the case earlier but I had not the money to do so. I have now had to pay close upon a hundred pounds for the respond ent. I have only given to my solicitors a part of what they are entitled to, and of the £100 I had to borrow over £50. It I should gain the cause it will, in a pecuniary sense, be a loss to me. If I gained tho case I should bo rather deprived of any of the money expected from the co respondent's marriage settlement of £2000 instead of being in a better position with regard to it. , . Tne witness was about to be examined in reference to adultery with other women and cruelty towards his wife by communicating disease to her when the learned counsel on the other side stated that they abandoned both those pleas.

The Court rose at half-past six.

THIS DAY.

His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock.

Petitioner, cross-examined by Mr Whita ker: I was married at Great Yarmouth. My wife was then within three months of seven teen. Her mother told me this. I had only been engaged to her eight weeks before marriage. She was then in lodgings in Alma Terrace, Great Yarmouth. I was an in habitant of that town. I considered her a respectable woman. No undue familiarity passed between us ; I swear to that. After my marriage we lived in Yarmouth three years, and then came out to Auckland. Mr Barber came to lodge at Mrs Burdett's just before I went to Sydney. When I came back I found my wife there, and subsequently became very intimate with Mr Barber. My wife was also intimate; my friends were her friends at that time. I saw no signs of any familiarity between them. I was in the habit of play ing cards occasionally with" Barber, euchre. and bezique. I never witnessed anything between them on those occasions to cause me to be angry or there would have been no case here to-day. I speak positively on this point. I removed to Hulme Court as previously stated, and remember the bolt on the door. Plan produced is an exact representation of the rooms in Hulme Court. I cohabited with respondent at that time. The bolt was put on by my consent, but I cannot say who put it on ; it was put on avowedly to keep out burglars, to satisfy my wife's professed timidity. It was not put on to keep out prying people. I laughed at the idea; I thought it absurd, but permitted it to satisfy the respondent. It appears there was some other object, but I was not aware of it then. I went away to Wangarei, and left my wife and Mr Barber in the house. I stayed at Wangarei about four weeks. When I came back I went into another part of the house. That part was the farthest in the house, nearest the nur sery. It was the only room unoccupied. My wife and Barber occupied the two front rooms. 1 did not leave them to their own devices. No thought of the kind entered my mind. We left Hulme Court and went to Bath-street at the end of July. The co-respondent negotiated the taking of the Bath-street house. I had nothing to do with it. Had I done so I would acknowledge it. I think the landlord lived next door. I knew Mr Bright, but did not see him on the matter of taking the house. I do not remember speaking to Mr Bright about the house, or the respondent's furniture, which 1 gave to her I did not turn her over. Pre viously there was no distinction in property with us. You are too fast, sir. The go Ods' were handed over for the use of her and her children while I was away. I gave her absolute control over the furniture. The furniture was sold before she went to Sydney to supply her with money to go, as was supposed, to the South. I had bor rowed £10 off the co-respondent, which he was to receive out of the proceeds of the furniture. I subsequently exercised no ownership over the furniture. I borrowed £10 from Mr Barber before I went to Wan garei, and the money was laid out in furni ture. I gave him security for that amount on the furniture. The bill of sale is in my hand writing. The bill of sale was for £150, covering the £10, and the other £140 was for the carrying out certain suggestions made by respondent in one of her letters to me while at Wangarie. I gave an absolute bill of sale to Mr Barber for £150; the receipt for that amount is on the foot of the bill, but I only received £10. I was in Bath-street three or four times while I stayed at Hulme Court. I did not put them there, but left them there when I went away to the Thames with my children. Mr Whitaker: That was for your own convenience. Petitioner : In what respect. Mr Whitaker: To allow them to make love together if they liked to do so. Petitioner : Certainly not. I should have selected some quiet places in the country tor such an arrangement, and had no servants. (Laughter). Mr Whitaker: Is the country more con ducive to love than the town ? Petitioner : I should -think so. Upon leaving the Thames I visited tho parties in Bath-street. Sometimes I found a female there, I believe she was a charwoman or

servant. I did not shut my eyes __\ thing. I did not then go to examijjsi§lH beds. I did not find Margaret Naiinu^ Margaret was nothing to me. 1 kne^i" was there. I don't know why I shoula * amine servants in every house that I jJ}' visit. Icertainlydidgothroughthehonsei^ ■■- rooms included, and every thing was 0 X t Mr Rogan remarked. I had seen Mfßtik f> on several occasions atGrahamstown. l___\ ■ have asked how my wife and Mr B&T "" were getting on. Put on what construct you please I don't remember my convene '' tion with Mr Bright. I pcssibly aimul him near Grahamstown wharf, but f& Q __ •■ remember. I went there aboutf jJ;* ---1870. I might have complained £ him about my wife's temper. I do b$ know. He did not speak at any tiffiaf a^ || about the imprudence of leaving my,*jj,j? ='•" the house with Mr Barber. I speak potitiJJ on this point. He never spoke te me on tkl matter. I never borrowed money, bend the £10, of Mr Barber. In Febuary l%__ asked him to do so; he said he would, but hi ;; did not, but charged that amount to H, & Banks, as though he had lent it. lallo^H it in an account to Mr Banks ; two letten ' will explain thewholetransaction. Theprivai, - box C 6, belonging to Rolfe, Sterry and Co before the fire. I addressed one letter to m» wife as Mrs Clare, care of Mr Barber, % him to deliver to her. That was I thiakic August 1872. I think I did not addresSa,, "< other letters in that way, but sent one ® two letters to Mrs Clare, Post Office, _a_\ \'. Mrs Crawley, according to her desire, \ wrote once to Mr Barber for my wife'i ' address, but did not get it, as she was in Am, tralia. I have some recollection of a telegrsn from her. In the state of mind I was tbeujjf [ I might have drafted fifty telegrams without remembering particulars. I have no iderpfl the date when I went to the telegraph office with her, nor do I know who the message was to. I will deny nothing. I have not '• since that time written a single letter to Mi I 1 Barber, but 1 have written to the firm re. specting a report that something was wronc connected with the gum trade, in which it was reported I was implicated. The letten # produced addressed " Dear Barber" ar_. in my handwriting. It Avas customary to address the co-respondent as "Dear Barber," '■"■' up to March, 1872. j| W\t Several letters were read chiefly relating .. to business matters between the petition "■ and co-respondent. The following letter was sent by the petitioner to his wife, and was, la. deposed, written in a satirical vein after r= ceiving a letter from her suggesting that he I should keep a mistress : — &&■ " September, 18R. " My much esteemed and beloved wife-^1 It is always a source of great satisfiwtioa when one receives letters trom those whey they ki;ow and regard with the profoumleot , esteem, and this feeling becomes a hundred- ' fold enhanced when the writer is related to us by the holiest of ties. TheD indite" tf. pleasure we find in perusing the writtr. record of the writer's sentiments, espeoialij i whenindicating a high intellectualand »ori. ; capacity, becomes increased to such a degree that it can only be regarded as having as affinity to that supreme state of happimara all anticipate enjoying in an eternal g state of bliss. The noble and exalted aepti- '' ments expressed in your letters do honour to your head and heart, proving that n intimate acquintance with the book of Ita>JJ))fjflE has elevated your thoughts and feelings,' ana | that the precepts it contains are promiski; '<■ an abundant harvest of all the exeelleticeil^B that can spring from the human heart. I «m - do not mean to flatter you, but cannot n- 00 1 frain from expressing nfy admiration W of the utter unselfishness which pemdeis|§H| your epistles. Such feelings exalt th* human mind to a position that is almost divine, for he or she who can attain so a height of moral excellence is surely on«9H such its the Divine Teacher would have lov. 1 to honour. Happy is the man who posses'* a wife who desires to attain such excellence, but fhrice happy is he who can say "E'j wife is all this," and how eagerly he must ' desire to be for ever near the beloved partner whose expressions, Uke the strains of a grand __3Eolian harp, strike chords which convey the most inspiring music to his soul. Eureka ! I am that, thrice happy man, md a proud moment will it be when I shall see our chilchen tread the path their mother trea-is ' so nobly and so well. Deeply do I regret this at present they are prevented from enjoy* ing the privilege of living within the .influ ence of her actions, and from benefiting by her teachings. "As the twig is bent so the tree inclines," and that I shall see'than trained under the watchful eye of a mother such as Borne never saw, and thesedegen: rate days rarely see, becomes the daily >wiaJj '> of my expectant and exultant hearth It would be a bitter trial for some tq'U separated from their children, but" to <Jiose who are sustained by a reliicca on a Directing Power, strength is gjysn which enables them to bear their cross with resignation and submission. Pray that tho time may sooh arrive when distance may no longer be a bar to our enjoyment of each other's society, that our children may share in the bliss of a united home. If .any- , thing reconciles me to my enforced stay heru it is that the knowledge of your goodne?* of heart is ever prompting you to aid me o\ your valuable advice. Truly I feel grateful, but you must understand, my beloved wife, that when one is compelled tc live in the vitiated atmosphere of a wicked and demoralized community it wi not be deemed consistent for me to aMumeg an.. appearance of greater] sanctity than may be adopted without ridicule, to *??#J§§l which I abstain from visiting, ti^^use d God more than once or Iwdce-r_n Ji weefcjM although my desire to gratify the earnesW longings of .your loving heart wottld prompt"*, me to attend oftener, for it is ;the_a; .'I truly I feel my heart to be in communion wrj|| yours." I The following is a portion of a' letter wntteii ! by the petitioner before the satirical one:— -'; " The best are liable to en-. I have arrange with Vaile regarding T cloths and D Daps.^:f A j few luxuries the less need not -disturpfflH! your equanimity. I saw McKelter,.who"»J»|HM the account was never settled:'" ina^^f^m ! remarks about Chamberlain,'but as youdwl; not live in a glass house of course it is Q^E^H correct and charitable. I applaud-H. Ji^.*-lß| paternal care. It is well he appreciates Hi*^| heavenly charge. Thank him. sq? nw..'.- If^H promised Rady she should cometO Auckland to see her mamma, and must keep faith w^SiSHi her, and will gratify the longings of vourfl|| motherly heart in about a fortnight's time. I have too much hard work to spare ad^ .ijff time in the delightful task of writing to JP^,m_\ Nelly: can walk; does this not. afford you _m cause for rejoicing. Continue to study .J^JM Bible. I kiss the hem of your radiant garment, and am with the profoundest -A admiration and love your to be envied </; husband." <t f From the petitioner's letter to the C* W0 respondent while she waa at Grahamßtown we can only make the briefest extract. v-He said: "Ellie,—l address you by the oIA-m name because the memory of the time wnen it was almost sacred to me steals across vaj '_9\ mind and refuses me power to use any other ,jsm term. * * * The tie that binds hnibaiW|Mj and wife is holy (if I may use the terro), W|-;S| I cannot meet my wife and the mother « my children and yet feel üßOoaioionfli ajj 11 though I know she has separated nß***!* for ever from me as such, * * •**;*

fHE immraasTAß, Friday, January 2,1 m.



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