SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WaiJC c, schooner from th i M .nufeau Atlai.t c, «i-.h 'oner fr-.m Bty of Ulan is Pa .:e twuverr, kech, from IWru* a ulani*. s'h.ner, fr.m Kwpara (in the Ma ■**»» St K-W, a*, Flower lay, fr. m Wangmui (In the Wild Duck" ketch, from iGreymoatn. (in the MsuiaJnu)

DEPARTURES.

Harriet \rmitag , b-rq c for K.aip»ra. Her ..as, Lcgaa «or Syaney and Jttelb*urne Kowen*. s » , lor the '-oith Caarybdis, schooner, for &aip»i«

EXPORTS.

Per Hero for Sydney and Melf.O'irne : i cas« 1 parcfil, O*en and Graham ; 1 case toys, X Arthur; 1 do boots, S euir ns and Carter ;44 do lunejuioe, «4en.g- ; Bmney ; 4 cases N Z In^jance C » ; 24 hales mn us, J Rei I • 109 doph> mium, 38 do tow, J B. r'n trts ;lbxg H, Bauk »f Au.traUwa ; 4 boxes go. i, B*ak of NT««; Zealand ; 1 box gold, Uuiou bank. - Ormck.hank and Co, agents

The s s. Hero leaves this afternoon at four o'clock for Sydney and Melbourne. As far as can be ascertained at preseut the toJow ing is a list of her passengers -.-Saloon to Sydney Mr and Mrs Maddox and child, Mr H G Baker, Miss Con well, Miss McDo nald, Rev Mr Fordham. To Melbourne : Mr Brown, Mrs Smith. Steerage to Mel bourne : Miss Mathpus, Miss Anstey, Mr W Watson, Mr H. Brown. Steerage to Sydney: Mr Harrison, Mr Hartley, Mr Johnson, Mrs Shaw and three children, Mrs E. Long and two children, Mr J. H. Den ham, Mr Christie. . , . ~ The fichoouer Atlanta arrived from the Bay of Islands with a cargo of coals. The PhO3'>e's time of tepartnre has been altered from Weduesday to to-morrow (Tuesday), immediately after the arrival of the early moruiug tram The b<rque ariiet Armitage took ncr departure for Kaiparaon -aurday evening. The brigantine Ryno sailed for Kotumah on Sun-lay morning Mr Henderson's yacht, the Spray, accon>p.med her for the firs' few mil s <>f her voyage The schooner Sir isiac Newton was loaning at Tairua when the Prince Kupert left on Friday. The a.B. Cjphrenes is fully due from San Francisco. . Th« sohooner Mary King is loading coal at Greymoutn tor the Manukau The "ketch Prince Ruperr, which came in «ar!y «»n Sund y morning, brou 3 ht 45,000 feet of timi) r fo- Mr D Goldie. The sc <>oner Blanche lately purchased by O'en andGah>m fiom Sir Jani'S Fer^u son, arrived in harbour y st«> day afernoon from the Vfanuk^n having made the run round in cix days. Several gentlemen took advantage of the |.ileas»n wether to make the trip. The Blanche will >-h.<>rtly sail for Korotonga.

The new c ew stmin r W+sult ha "ing nad her machinery ti.:ei b> Mssrs Hawke.wood and to. m^deatriil trip in the far onr on S -turduy afrc-t.O'n towards evening, with Mes-rs B.xte-- and Light the owners on board be-id s several <tber tieutlemen The woik ing of th* en^'in^a is understood to have pro ved satisfac oy. The boilers have b^en tested uy to 120 lbs. to the square inch, i be official trial trip is to take place late this afterno- n. The s.s. St. Kilda left Wanganui on sth instanr, cro-sed bar ao 8 p.m. fine weather np coat, slowed engines from 3 o'clock Sun day, arriving at O.irhuiga at 5 30a.m ihis morning. C rgo: 51 head ca't'e, 700 sheep, orler. Passe gers : virs. Gammon, Miss Cami.bell, and Mr. Wright.—A. Barnes, agent. , I'iie Ata'aDta, schooner, arrived in the Ma ukau <hi* momma;, wih the fo lowing C9r_o:-265 bags guru, > nlph, Rt.ry and Co ; 28 package*, D»reaville arid Co. ; 69 b-t'S^um, Brown, 0-mpVH ari-1 Co.; 47 do do 6 l-al-R wool, Scatrott; 7 hides, Ireland Bros. - M Niccol, ageat Th^ sot;o >ncr Ch» y'ldix Iff b the Mar.ukau to-day in ballast for Kan>ar*. 'I he cute- < a heiints brmgs 600 bushels of lime frum Kaw ka«a. The cutte Coralie brings 43 tons coal from Russell.

T;ir' cutter Dolly Va den brings 13.000 feet tim .er tor Mr G. Holdship, and 8 bags wool for VI r Hayes. The i-a-que Bella Mary has entered out wards f r Hobart Town.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mailb will Close as follows :— For Thames this day, at 6.30 pm, and to-morrow, at 9.30 am For Taranalii and Southern provinces, per PJicebe, to morr jw at 1 p m For virang4aui, per st Kilrta, t9-morrow, at 8 am For Kawau and Mitakana, per liady Bjwen, to inorrrxv. at Lv a vi tor >a hitUugi, p ß r Dolly Varrten, to-morrow at 9a m Mars for Tar&aaki, Southern provinces, Australian Ceionies, Inlia, Ouina, v(ectiterranß»n p >rt<, Conti nent of Buro.e and l Tnited Kine.i >m via Soutli am, t in, and Brindist w;ll be nwie up per >.Velling toa. on Mon ay, ths l4tb instant Mtils tor Lar.don. via n.n Franbisco, will close at 6 p m on l>e '.emher 24, per Ojp irenes for the aniie-mrt-tiou^d pla c* per Cyphrenes, on 1 hiiraiiny, 24tn instant, as follows : — for Sauciwicc IsUuds.^ Un;ttt<l State 3of America, -.Jaua'ta. British U.jluinbi*, Central and S uth *m-ric», »nd British and Foreign West in ties at 6 p m. ■ 3 i-'or the 'United Kin(?dom and Continent oi 1 Europe, at 5 p.m. For money orders, registered let'e^s, and newv- Late leiterg bearing an extra fee of 6d will be receivea by the Mail Agent on board up to time of sailing. 8. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster

BIRTH.

Albx4nd»!R—On *he 4-h instant, the wife of Isidor Alexander of a daughter.

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

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1874.

for the cause that lack? usiatanca, For the wrong !•■« neeus rest«t»«c* For the future in the distance. tni th» rood that we nan in

Pekhaps it is not in human nature for a Ministry that leads the wandering life of the present Cabinet to avoid occasional oversight. But the practice appears now to be chronic, and we think it would be advisable in future for our Colonial Executive to have another member added for the only purpose of say. ing at home " to keep the kettle from eating the tongs." cry one was surprised at Parliament assembling som* nine months ago while the Governor and Ministry were all about the country, through the fact of nobody having thought of a prochmatiou for further prorogition. Fewer were surprised last week by tha assembling of Parliament through a precisely similar piece of bungling. This kind of thin 4 has become so common that nobody will feel surprise at the position of affairs now existing, which is referred to by our correspondent in another column— " Constitutionalist." It is a8 stated by our correspondent quite true that a Ministry go s out of office with tha Governor which created it. It was appointed and sworn in to

advise him, and wben h3 relinquishes office its work is done. The same Executive Go. vernraeat is usually re-appointed, but neces sar.ly mu-t take the oaths of office, before eus.agmg many Kxecutive work. The position of the absent Premier of the late administra tion, is therefore, at the present moment, that of the representative of City East, and that only. He is of course no longer Pre mier nor a member of the Government. When Sir George Bowea arrived, the proclamation notifying his assumption of office was immt-diitely followed by a proclamation appointing his Executive. It was the same course on the arrival uf Sir lame-< Fergusson In the Gazette of June 14, 1873, appeared his proclamation announcing his own acces sion to office, aid ie was followed by another proclamaion appointing the same Gentlemen who had advi>ed George, and they were then sworu in as advisers of Sir J»mes. Of couise the difficulty will be got over in some way ; another -will probably assume the position of Premier till Mr Voxel's rehirn, but; in the meantime it is unquestionable tha* until he takes the oaths ot office Mr Vo«;el occupies no posi ion whatever in the Govern menc of JNetv Zealand.

A happy illustration of the bow familiar subject, the lapses of the Immigration Office at home, has just been placed at our dis posal. A young girl sent out to join her friends in Dunedm, is at present on her way to ■'' uckland in one of the immigrant vesse s now at sea. We have seeD a letter rela ive to her voyage, and from it we observe that her friends at home were assured in Dr. Featherston's office that this w*g the bewt route, and that for the sum of thitty shillings she would get by rail frrnn Auckland to Dunedm. We often wonder at the a'>sur.) blunder that are male in colonial geography by residents at biime. But this is not a blunder, for surely it is impossible that the employees in the Agent-General's office could be ignorant of the distance between the two remotest capitals in New Zealand. It was clearly an act of laissez faire, the Auckland ship being likely the oue soonest sailing, and requiring the complement of passengers Whatever the trip of Messrs Vogel and Kussell may produce, it is to be hoped that now at last we may see a change in the most grossly blundering immi^rati >n system that has ever disgraced the colonies. We feel confident that if it is the f«rcune of tho colony that Mr Thomas Russell assumes the position of Dr Fe .therston, th^ London offioe will not be as it lias heretofore been, like the ante-room of an oriental nabob

Speaking of the proneness to change mani fest in s nue mirida, it was once remarked that it wtß a wise arrangement to place tne sun and moon so high as to be out of reach, lest

Some' reforming asa Should take them down to liihi the world with gas. Some such reformer however, was wauted at JSewmarket on Saturday night, for when the hour appeared of twilight grey, and the tradesmen tried to light up their shops, there was no gas to burn. home thought the supply had been cut off in order to relieve the pressure of candles, caused by the late failures. This conjecture was inconect, the cause being pressure of water, which will no doubt be pumped off to-day.

By our Napier telegrams to-day, it'will be seen that there has been the same rush for seats for Madame Goddard's forthcoming concerts there, as occuned in Melbourne and all tho .New Zealand cities visited by that talented lady. KeferrVng to the crush in Duneiiin an O.ago journal says :—'' The Bensation of the last week was Madame Arabella Goddard. There has been such a rush for seats at her concerts that the tickets are at a premium The Qoeen's Theatre, at the rates charged for the Goddard concerts, will hold a vice penny—say, £320 to £400 at a guess. Where ac our p ottctivrf chmi pionrt ? or what are they doing that they do not in this nutter «e-. k the pioiecliwn of natural industry, aud tho prevention of so much of our money goiug ouo of,: the coun try ?"

The criakat match, Auckland C<-icl- et Club v. United (Jiiuket Club is to take place on

We have received a notification from the sun, requesting us to correct au c. ror which appeared iv this moruiug's "Herald" re spec. i;:g the little performance announced to t.'ke place between that distinguished body and our li.tie sister Venus. Uur contempo rary states that it will take place to morrow, but we are iuformed that the arrangements are not altogether complete, and that it con sequently cannot take place before the fol lowing day. This cannot be regarded as a postponement, for it has been already an nounced for some time and is generally un* ders.ood throughout tne solar ays' em, ac least in that; poriiou ot it mosb immediately con cerned, that the performance would noc begin before Wednesday the ninth of December. As stated by our contemporary, it wll be an afternoon performance, which we pesume is for the bcueii of schools and chi dren. but in the exact hour, tue " Herald' is unfortun ately ouc agaia. Our co a temporary spates the tirst contact "wdl be at 1.50 p m., but those who wtfh to be in lime and get good seats should come ear y, for archdeacon S.ock who is m&iuiateiy acquainted with the anaugements ma >c, says, '"Veuus will just tou>jh the suns disc at sixteen minn.es pa^it one j" and as there is only a matter ot a lew seconds difference in lime between Auckland and vVeiluigtou, where the Archdeacon is on the look out, we would recommend our readers to come eariy. Ag an, carriages need not be ordered so early as ihe "Herald " says, viz., 5 45 p.m,, for the Arotideacon says thi-y cannot possiiily get through the programme before 6 o'clock. With these nitling exceptions tke " Herald' is in the main correct.

The members of No. 3 Company of Volun teers are reminded thai the • ompauy's lub Match, will take place on Wednesday uexi, at 5 o'clock am. The firing for choice ot Colonial ixepresentatives on Wednesday, 16th instant, at 9 o'clock a m. 'in uniformi, and that a pa ade with arms wjli be held on Thursday evening nexc.

The Eev. W. Harris, who has recently arrived from England, to assume pastoral chttge of the growing Primitive Methodiet congregation in hheiidan-sireet, preached yesterday morning in tue tSneridau-s reet Chapel, and in tne even.ng at Eiwarde sireet, to large and at eutive congregations. H.ib delivery is eainest and eioqueut, uni tnere is every xeasou to believe that hi» ministrations will be most acceptable to the Primitive Methodists of the city, who are steadiy increasing m numbers. This eveu iug v public tea-meeting will be heid in tue. scnooi-rooin, Kdware-street, to welcome Mr Harris, and afterwards there will be a mis sionary meeting in the Church. A lur^e and inteiesting g^tuering is expected.

The offertory in connection with the services at t^. Paul's Church yesterday, was in aid of the Sunday-school. Hit* Excellency the Governor, ihe Aule-de-'Jamp, aud Piiv.te Seer tary wer« present in the morning. The Key. C M. .Ne.&on preached from the text, Gaiatiaus 6uh chxp., 10th ver. The collection ac ihe close amounted to £10 14s. In the -veiiing, tlie Rev CM. Nelsoa again con ducted the services, and preached a very eioqueiit discourse from Hosea, ctiap 10 ver. 11-12. The sermon was listeued to with very deep attention. There was a full cho.r auil the anthem " Call to item.' mbraiice " — solo, quartette aud chorus, waa beautifully !■ i,dertd. The offertory amounted o£B 3s sd, making it total for the day ot £18 17s ad.

The fojl. wn^ highly complimentary address was ie»d to the unmarried women oroght out b> the id>daspe-., before the) came up fnnn Motu Lv: — '"I consider it .vili be a dwel.ct n of duty ou my pat to you to le*ve ttie Mat ou without thus ex pensing to you my mos"- sincere thanks tor the unexc p ion*i aianior in which havo Coniiuctea youiselve-i since your d-.;untioi heie Wheu I teil y<u ihat y«U are the most respectable bo ly of uuuiarried women woo jjave arrived in Auck and for ihe last 18 y«ara, 1 am merely staging a fact wh.ch 1 nave no douht will be b^rne ouc by those who wdl see, and become acquainted with you wh n you land in Auckland, where 1 most h. artiiy wi.-h you long live*, and every j-uco-S' and happiness. —JoilN* DisVAVKUs Baknslky. "

Bachelors and oih^r defaulters are informed that ttiu EiJuo-tiou la-emus, he paid at ouce ac the collector's ffi , V\yudhau» street;, or proceedings wdl l»o .t oncu tiken to recover the same without furt.ier delay.

A singular story convs to us from New Soutu Wales. It is a repet tion of th^ oldest *rory ou ear h A woman's intfde icy ami a man's nham •. The dramatis persows, are a maa and his wife. No drama of humanity can be comple c without; the influence of the marital element. Middle ag d both, the man the eld^r, as behoves conteut -- not long marri d ; the husband uxorious ; the wife wed, we may consider her indiffer ent to spousal c-rcsses. They met in " ode little village" first— a ministering Hebe she to those of bibulous habits -a sort, nait sailor h« He saw, sue conquered Loving hearts often have to part; but the rrun of ,he sea was not thusly disposed. Going to Sydney himself, ho.v could he leave hii3 Dulduea b hind His £ <ictiful hungry henrt the idea, and so he paid her passage out, aud tli y floated over the came waters in the tame ship, with the BW«et-consciousness of coudguity. Dr La ig married them in Sydney afW the honey moon they took a hotel on the I lareuco Uiver, in New >ou h Wales. At the solici tation of Hebe, her spouse sold out the busi ness and repaired to Sydney. Hebe found she could not live without the syllabub of existence, wbich is found only in the centies of population. ". heir future doings in the city of convict fame, "Town and Uountry," thus narrates : " On reaching the house the wife ente ed, having in her hand a black leather i-ag containing a few hundred pounds, her husband waiting outsi I© to pay his cab fare. '1 his done, he too entered the house, and on enquiry for his " beloved one," found she had left quietly through the back gate, taking with her the bag of money. tie waited pa it-ntly for her return, and she not putting in an appearance, he caused enquiries to be made without success." We take up the s'.ory where Town and Country falls off. He was determined, however, to recover his wife and his money, ani for this end he enlisted the services of the police She could not be found. "Come and have a drink," said Benedict to the detective ; so they went and drmk. "I'll give you five pounds to find her," said Mr -<ale. "Agreed," was the rt-sponse. The woman was found; half the money she had lodged in one ban's in the orange city of Paramatta, on deposit, the other naif to current ace >uut. Taey comproiniued the matter somehww —he gave her gold and gawds, and a chance for amend ment for so doing. He did more ;he sought to hide her jjuilt and hia aha ne, and so they came to Auckland in the Macgregor. A. woman's destiny is greater, the frail daughters of Eve declared, than a man's virtuous resolutions. Benedict went after his arrival to Napier, leaving Beatrice behind. Reluctantly she followed him. All infatuated Benedicts are asses. The ass in question seems an exceptional case. He had his money, but failed to ban it it. He carried it in gold in a portmanteau He went to Waipukurnu to look at a public house, Beatrice embraced the opportunity. Packing up a poition of her # wardrobe she came to AuckUud by the Pretty Jane, and has since indulged iv miscellaneous acquain tanceship. She forgot not to clean her moiety out both in cash and jewelry. Bene dict follows, seeks his beloved every where, envokes the aid of the police, finds her not, while the blooming Hebe has gone in for "Temperance" in a hotel of thit ilk. i^ow what we want to impress on the minds of these married feminine JiOtbs in New South Wales i< this— we can do wi hut them h^re. Dr ¥c ither ston is quite able to provide for us in r.Lis way. And even men who manifest their humiiity^of character in the manner Benedict has done cannot be considered as eligible

'1 lie following communication is re ferred, to in our leadiug columns to-day : " Sir, —You would oblige a constant reader of the Star by giving me through your columns information concerning the follow ing: -As y v .ire doubtless aware, it. is th>; in variable custom on the arrival of a new G i vernor for the gentlemen forming the Minis try to be re-appointed to their offices and also as members of the Executive. We hear from Wellington that a Gazette had b^en issued in whijh it was publicly notified that Hia Kxedleucy the Marquis of Normanby his assumed the Government of the colony, bub so far as we are informed, the present mem bers of the Government have n>t beon ap pointed members of Ins Executive Council. Mr Vogel, the head of the late Governor's Executive is in England, and therefore, I believe it would be iniuo.-sibie for him until his return, to become Premier of thd admin istrations under the Marquis of Norraanby. It is well known that Mr Vo^el (when in maita his purpose) has a thorough contempt for constitutional customs, but wh->t *ir, I desire to know is—whether, under present circumstances, the status of the Voije! Go vernment ia alter ed owing to the peculiar position in which I, for one, believe it is placed.—l am, &c., CONSTirtJTIO^LIST.'

On Saturday an enquiry into the recant disturbance at Motu llii, was conducted as the Immi«ratim Commissioners' office, Pi incps 'street. Several witnesses were ex amined, and the facts elicited implicated some of the immigrants. Th'.se were subsequently called and formally reprimanded by the Commissioners. The delinquents, we understand, promaied to amend their ways n future.

The American Circus continues to be the one gieat attraction of the people, and on Saturday it w^s crowded as usual In con sequence of repeated applications the pro prietors have consented to repent the > questrian performances for one night mo- c, which will be the last. A great bill ha 3 been prepared for the occasion, and the conundrum prize will be awarded.

The imposing ceremony of presenting the two co«-s, "Faith" and " Hop«," to the Industrial Home, was promptly pe-form-d -in Saturday evening, a r. five o'clock. Th padsnt aninuls were suitably ado ned with necklaces of flowers, instead of regalia, as they outjht to have bt-en, whioh was, we un'lerstind, the original intention of th( j brethren but as the gentle cows had not Vie n duly initiated, and were not sufficiency civilised to regard with due rev-re -cc the P'»mp and vanities of this wicked world, if. was thought that Xa-ure's fading flowers *ould ausw-^r equally well witnout the chance of having the regalia spoiled. The sun Hhone upon th« scene with his won'ed splendour both upon nv»n and animals, as Dr Nicholson proceeded in an appropriate speech to comment upon the nature of !.ue living pr«st»nt, in the forms of cows, and of their utilitar an, health-giving streams, the pu'e mi'k <>f Temidary from the great t«nop!e of the beauti'ul. Bis Worship the Mayor then returne I thanks to the Templars oQ behalf of the commi tee. At the coociu sion of the c retnony of presentation cheers were given for the Mav>r, the Industrial H>m-', and the Good Templars of the world A wag then called for thrc.; cheera for " Faith and HoiiC," thy t ue friends of the Order. Th« cheeis, however, w<t-'. bur. faintly given, and appa eu'-ly unnoticed by the cows which, instead of responding, continued to muuch the grass The scene wis some-vh.it novel. The cow-», however, wll prove of nervice t> thfl mstitut-, and he pn.p^rly appr. ciated by its friends and supp >rt-;ra

A tfta-iri"* 1 in,' will be held thi-s evening in the Ehv irdes-street sohool-ronm, a haif-|>ast six o'clock, tor the piirp«> je of w«lcoTiing t>e Key. William Harris to Auckland from Kn,' Hn-i. The mission fun I meeting will ;il*o b hed, and addressee delivered by Revs. W H.rris. J. Snarp.j, an.l W. Tinsley. Other centlemen will alsj assist in the evening's proceedings.

A circular hai beenis-u°d to acrpnt^ of afcim vessels by 'hi Te egraph Department, all »w ---in^ the fri-e crausm a i"n by w-ire of a mesoagd announcin« arrivals and d^pirfurf»s fur and from <w Zealand jiorts. This will be a gr- at conven;ence, and will iv> doub r'Tider the t-hipp na board exhibited at the Telegraph office much marc complete thau -t present.

Whilsfc It 1^ ronrderel <>f po m'icli import ance to the advancement of r dig o >« thoiiuht r <> keep Saints days, in memory of perso i« whose real service to humariiry is s1 roud«d in obscurity, in is a* well to no^ici days in connection with m<*n who have hattl-d and died in the c<U'e of hunvin fr ifdorn. On the 7th of D^c-mlie-, 1683, one hundred and ninnt-y-on'l y"a>s ago, died on the block ;<t Tower Hil'i that uninent patrio' aid politi cal wrirer, Aigerawn Sydney, of Penshursfc, Kent;. Silney was eond mned on a fake ehi'ge of being eonc-inied in the Rye Rouse plot, but of "hich he was entirely inn'cent. This amiable pat i»R wrote a minly vinli canion of h'9 innocence, which he gave •o the sheriff immediately befo-e his execn tion, observing that he hid made his peace with God, ,in I had no'hint? mo-e to say to men. He th n pulled off his hat, c >at, 'tnd doublet, saving he was ready to die. H« gave three guineas to his ex«cutione r, kiv't down, uttced a b'ief prayer, and laid hi ■•• head upon th« block. The executioner naked him if he would like to rise azain before tho fatal stroke was given ; Sicltvy replied, " Not till tlii general resurrection— siriku on." His head wa9 severed fro'n hs body at one blow. It will be unnecessary in these days of educational progress w'ien every b>y is supposed to he acquainted with En_;li->h history to recapitu late the story of the Rye Hou^e plot, which was a preten'ed conspiracy to ass>ssi'nte Charles the Second and the H u k« of Yo-k at this place on their way to Lond >n. 'he oppressive measures of the royal brothers had greatly agitated the nation, and meetings were held'U true constitution d principles. tn consi ler the easiest and b^st nixie of op posing the further encmachmeut of despot ism and bigotry. False chafes were instigated against Sidney and Russell in connection wifch. t c supposed plot which D ivid Hume who was friendly to the Stuarts, regarded as ima.'ina'-y, but which led to the inhuman sacrifice of these two great men. Mr Pox ita his historical fragment says " Hussell and Sydney are names <hat will be for ever deir t.> every Knglish hea-t. Wh.^n their memo'y shall cease to be an object of re^p^ct and venera tion, it requires no spine of proohecy to foretell fthat English libeity will he f tst ap proaching to its final oomnmnation ' Rye House is situated in a beautifully retiied soot, close to the river Lea, about three m les from Ho ldesdon. The ruin^ of Rye Home are preserved, and shewn to strangers at threepence each. The Rye House Tavern is close by, and the branch railway brings thousands of London people down in summer-time fco enjoy the scenes and atmosphere of rural life. An old soldier shews the cares and mysteries of the ruins, and tells the whole story of the plot; and its surroundings with annzihg rapidity, and knows more of the affair than historians ever gathered or romancista dreamed. He informed us that behave Harrison Ains worth all the particulars of hia wild romance.

The new dramatic season will commence to morrow (Tuesday) even ng at tha Pr nne cf Wales Theatre, when the accomplished American actress. Miss Miy Howard will m-ike her firs'; appearance iv this city in the " Geneva Cross."

The drawing of Mr Partridge's Art Union will take place at his house in Welitaley atreet this evening, at eight o'e ock.

Tha members of the Hobson corpa and band will imeb in the Catholic last tae, Wellington-street, tlrs evening at a quarter past seven o'clock, to assist in form ng a guard of h 'nor to receive His Excellency the Governor at the Choral Hall this evtai ig.

The case of George Tnorue, Jan., wan called on this m -ruing. The examination of Mr Ivey, ttie Built of New S/uth Wales manager, whs prefaced »-y the angriest dis cussion which has occurred yen in the course of the paoceedings:' Fr m our reporo it. wi! appear that smne'.hmg decisive will tnive co be done very shortly.

The following dialogue was carried on lash evening as the peop'e were leaving St. Mat'hev's Churoh :— '• My eye, Ben, l<>ok at the ladies; what awful bustles. They are not bu-t ..'s, s'.uuid ; they ate tie new dr'S3 im;.rovers," said hs c mi-anion. «'Don't s.gnify what you call 'em; th«y are big enough for a follow ti dance a hornpipe ou. I never s•£ kuoli busters in my life ; did you, Bob. '• I f.ell you wnai it is, Ben, tho late miniate-- of •-■t Ma t'nsw's foun 1 it necessary to preach a spring sermon every yeir against pride of'dress, »sa sort of a c'aec'< ro is ox;jen-iv« encroac^im nta ; and they have nor, had a ciorwal lacing for two years, an 1 c^n equeucly th-j di'tsss iiqprovers ar«» coming nut exrensively thid season " " B >b, give us a light. '

The mem') r.s of the HarMagflr of Peace Lod^e will hold «n op n lodge in c in:< 'hia eveiiing, in Cook s reeo c iapel, «t huf-p'Sfc R ev«n o'clock Tho prooeedin^a will include upnechesi, soii.?a, music, and vecitafcionq

Mr Joseph Bennstt. who hia just returned from a visit to M4bmrnean I Sydney, bringfl word that fehnre is every pr-»bi.bility of Ausk lmd receiving a visit; from the Victorian cricketers in a few nion.hs There is a gre-*1. desire on their parb to test 'ha skill of the Ne>v Zealan<l operators with the willow, and the ftct that Auckland ha-t proved h rself t ie champion province of the oolony, makes them anxious o fix upon tha North Island for the principal, contests "f the expedition The question of terms has been mooted -md appears to create no obstacle to the intended trip. The secretary of the Mel bourne Club says it will meet with tli« app'ovd of the Victorians equally well whether they receive a lartje proportion of the *ate moc-y, or whether a stipul it d sum is guaranteed them Iv the former ca^e, the vuckiandrtra are to undertake to advertise the riff iir thoroughly, and otherwise work it up -vi h ihe pubic. We hope we shall hMr of the competion of ihe arrangements shortly. Wi have now some goo I clubs going in Aucklmd, and ought to be able to pick a decent team.

C'tFFE! —Brown, Barrett, and Oo.'s Stand>*r Uoffeea both delicious and strnii? Brown Barrett, aud C> 'b Hlxcelsior offee desurves prefewnca t • <t..y Ooffee on *cnount of purity and distinctness of flavour Note the brand sold at almo-st wry g ociry e« lishment in town and proving. — Advt.

<hortt's HAiR-cTtiNo •'al »>n, three do'.r» below th» Greyaou id Hotel t'irst-clH.s.s Atteutiou, Civility aud ijleanuness. (Ad»t).

FIRE AT EDEN TERRACE.

A fire broke out last night, about 10 o'clock, in a dwelling hou-ie and stables n-ar Eden Terrace, uhich destroyed a four - roomer! bouse m the occupation of Mr. Lup.on, tue property of Mrs. Meara. Mr. Lupton stat- thao hrt was awakened a lit le before 10 o'clock by a strong smell of lire, ami oa openiag his ey s disoov-'.re I tuafc th<-. jjarcitioa which »epa;a ed his apirtoicm from th-it of his o Igrij (Burns and Green) was oa fire. H^ imnc iia'-wly gave an aUrm, an-1 with the h -lp of the in-n endeavoured without success to extinguish thu tire. The ila «es howover, spread so rapidly, and 'he baiiitiug was so dry, th*t hrfir etf >r a w-r.s of liM-lo avail ; th; fir la te 1 but a few tnitiutes. Only » f<*w art dcs of fnrnit'ire wore- sived, and the tior-,«3 aud harness from the adjoining stable Mr Luo ton alii ms a!s », 'hat, iieiideali sfur n turrt he hn lost his H.-tvi igs amoun'ing t, £70, £67 bong in pound n >te-i He \VtB uuiu-.ured Mrs Mars also was uninsured, and is i HuftVer t,o the am >u<r i tlio value of t!ic hm->e, ostiantod a- £150 \8 soon as tne belis .iisturue I thd sluinbors 'if ih'i p :<iplc, numb-ii'H of p-trsois were quick y oa the spot, bui t^ 1 >t s i<> save ■ h■: 'iou.se. The Vu'i'Mid ii c Bigule werj

-.No p'jmp'ly the c, uml r S u-c intend n 5 Hu^heS, who 'id tac-ir bvsr. ro pr. v i.t ilia sp e.it of tho n nn'S ; and whoa c entitled to pru-c f>r hi- ready exurti >ns. V lag: f.irce iif poice w s qu :>ly in atten^anc under Serg^ air,- M jor Purdj f <r the purpose of keo /i-'g o ler No other reason ca ibe assigne if >r ■■fie out >r.-ak of lie lire, th tn Dtiao ie was pvir^iy th<> r«Hult 0! an accident.

MR. BROWE'S CONCERT.

Mr Jo=kph Rrowv's fi;<and vocal and inatvu m^uia; concert will be held to m >rrow even ing, iv tho Choiat Hall, under the patronage of Sir G A. Arney, aud the Ouizeu^ Bill Committee '1 he programme, full aid choice in ins chi»*acr.er, may be B<-eu in an'tier column of i.he tar. In calling attenuon o it, we tel ooutiilenfc h.»t tho sele^'-ion "f piece* vvill giv<3 sattsfacriou In fr.im.ing it there has evidently b.^en a C'imnieudaiile desh'H to avoid foi o *iv; in h-. beitea f-raok, t,oo close an adher-uiue o wh.ch l;;w resu oi in reu<leriug some of our many conct-rcß monotonous an-i unaatractive. Ag.ius, >ir 8.-.'Wi's pr'»ifriiinme n'iher th:- oha.%;-; of wa.it ■!? excellence or variety c;m be bn.utjhi;. Fiom the overenre to the closing part the .-elactioiis are no,, only of a bi.h cla^s charac ter, but ace popular and attractive even to the non-musical p n\L>n of thi; co;innuu-.t,y. The members -if t,he Choral Society will a-Sist. and i.here vvili be a full orchestra which amongst civs will render Vlendelsoim'a " Wedding March." .-i grand piano by H ipkiusuu, of London, will *>c ussd ou the occasion.

RE-OPENING OF THIS THEATRE.

The re-openine; of the Priaco of Wales Thea tre under the nviuxgoraeut of Vle.-isra DeLias and (JolliO", t.k a placa co-rnorruw night The compauy is, without donbf, the >>es' that h-is appeared ou an Auckland stige for a very long period. Miss May Howard, who pla.s a stairing engagement is r,n actress of very grsa t;iica r, and her clever im personations are heigh teued by rAv.it w 11-1-eco..iu-cd adjunct to stage off.cfc, reiiuarkabl- per.-onal. aMiracions Mr Sam Pooie is <n accor of. cousidcrable merit. Ot Mr G W U'lllior and i)th)ii-kuuwn uiunibers of the company it is noc necessary f'tr us to speak, buc theie are il&o several strangers to Auckland pla .-goers, among the numba^ who bring wich them very high JH^ut ata from Australia,. Mr Tom Remp^TTvery old favouriss, has b on busy during the pise fevv d;t.\s, prepaviag sceneiy for the n^ras appearance uf r,he com pany, an twe ac assured tlaat nothing >viil t>e omitted in ttie mat.ter of stage appoint ments aad effects that is neoess *ry to ui«ke ,he first production in Auckland of the popular drama " I'ha Geneva Cross," a bril liant success.

POLICE COURT.— This Day.

(Before Thomai Buefetaam, Esq., E.M.) MARBLE HA.LLS, Matthew Carroll aud William Villier.--, alias the Duke of Buokiu^tiaoj, were bronglio up oa charges of drunkennei-s Ca>roU was fouud singiug •' Mamie H Us" with his hea>i u^jOU the (javcm'-n'u, wiieu he was caught by the hair of hia head by me oonst.abxe. He was very ill. Cousta le Allen proved that he was drunk. Fine^i 10s. and costs. Buckingham oleaiiad guilty, and was fineu 10d. PAL3V PRETENCES. A charge of obtaimn^ uaoney by faLe re^resenoacioi.s. was withdrawn. CRIKS up MURDBR. John Ftrzgibb >n was c..ar^ed with violent ly assaulting vis wife, SaraU hitz^ibbon, by striking h^r with his misculme fist on th«

Mrs F'.tzglbbon : Oh, dear, your Worship, loO'c over it, thi« tuns. I cannot; go against mv huabaad. He ouly squeezed me, and my nos<i bled. His Worship : I cannot allow you to with draw :"hiy ciia-ge-, y:iu will bo biin^iug him here ag ia to-morrow.. Mr. Broha-n sad the n#ii»lib'>nrhopn had. b"it disturbed by bha wou m's cne3 of murd -r a httio before one o'cl >ck oa Suaduy

moronic;. , , C>r"svib!e SmUh deposed that he hoard crina of marlcr issuing from pnsoaer's house in Victoria-st-eet, at twenty minutes to one o'clock on Sunday morain?. The rain had his wife in his arras, ;vj(l tho floor was sorinklod with hi od Ths woman said that her husband iia t tri»id to :nur ler her. The wife ho>e ste.n>e-l forward and im pl ir«H the co-it . t > !es John off, no w.13 druuk a,id <H1 n-t know wha-, he was aboui I [is W'>i- hip : liov/ did you get those t-ro black ev>-s ! . The woman trerabl-rl ani wept, and in a tre nu w voice s dd John g »v« t,n m to me, yoi Wo- ship, but he did nor. meau it. Prisoivr'ieclved that unh f«il on the pry, and struck h«r nose violently, a.-.d tha ii/o -d eama on ■ freely. I. w s shewn th t prisoner's conduct wa=? so vi-jleai-., tint his wife hid been compeiie i to hnve aim oa a former ocoauion. The Court remarked that H/n ing hu bmls, which were bee ■mmv; adailv miisanoe to r.h * puhlio. mn-'t not b^ allowed to escape He musn fiad sar-ti^s t > k e> the paace fo_ six months, himself, in £10, and two in £5 eajh.

MATERIAL IMPEMIMESTTS. Junes Demptey aopeared, in answer to summ .us -s charging hi n under the hye-iaws, with obstructing a pa--t of Du-ham-street ; also, with allowing bricks to hinder pro^re-s without bning sufficiently lighted to prevent accident-", on r.he 3id m^ant. Defendant p eadwd gui ty. Mr Goldie informed the Court that a horse ha'i fallen over the bricks and stones and re !'-iwl severe inju'iea. D fendant male a long spepch in vindica tion of Irs conduct,hhr.u r. as Mr Demp^ey had frequently offended against the bye-law, he was fined 20s and co-ta in each case. KNUCKLES AND NOSES Charles Dor*, was sum-none'! for violently lasaulfiiojz William Stewart r.y giving him a " -pinker" on the noe on the 2nd ins-ant The defendant pleaded not </uilty, ?nd as the ca^e possessed some features of interest which were likely to occupy the conm some time, the case was adjourned until Wednes day next. SHEPHERDS AND STTFEP. Joseph Banks *as summoned for allo^in" certain sh-e ■, infecte I with scab to stray fr.im hia 1-mds, oa th?j Great South Road, on tbo 9th November. Mr Hanks pleaded gui'ty Mr Lewis the Fnspecf.or. said h° permitted fhe sheet) to be driven a'^ng I.he road, but h< was not prepared to s-av th'ifc t]v sheep were Rcabby. He acted aide' instructions. His said that if it c >nld be shewn that the she.-.p wre scabby h miould fine the defendant £100 ; but if V could not be uroved he must dismiss defen 'lant, and Mr. L-wh mu-t piy fhe costs '•'is Wo>--h p said it was a matter that »hoald be looked into It •<a/? a very sri -us on" I", -vis true that "One "tabby seep infests ! the fl'ck, an! poisons all the. res:;." Mr. Lewis pad tli> . t,h-s sheen broko nut on the mornius; before I hey were t> be d iven our by his permission. The danger w-,s hat, they might; stray, and t'mis spraad the Hiaea^w. Th'• c were bn- 4000 sheen rv.und about Auckland iuf otert it the present time Mr. Binks' sh<»-o hid b-n dimi-d, and were free from the dis« as - on «he murning of tbeir escape I", was bis duty to hrrsg the o-ise forward, but be would only ask for a, norainil fine. FT'S Worship sa:d that had it not been h-wn that rh-> • h-ep wee not in^cted, he r,h >ul.l have inflicted thu full penalty.

Trio fine would he U an 1 c;sU. Jih'-s Wit's »'3S Nuntnonprl on a similar charge, for allowi g iuf<c ed ah^ep to wander nei- S . John's Co' e?p, on the 12th i^>st. M HesWeth app< a<e 1 for defend nt Mr. Lewis exp'ained hi". M-. W-itfc was n•.'. a •!"■' t.hut his s .eep were infected ;he -.<. as a ve-y ca->fui man. Mr. tie3keth thought that th^se cas^a I woul 1 mtcrfdre somewhat wich tho sale of lUllt Oil. Afti3r snrae remarks from tin Court, defen dant was subj C%ed fO n tin * >t £5. BREACH OF L CKXSINO A T. His WurshiM procedel -o «iv»> jr.dament in the case >f Mr. Corcoran s \>;i m-.■. for selling bear on ->andiv, Novembe- 22ad, and in S'> doing, said th> re would h vo been lit le dithcultv m 2> jtt'.!i.j; :i cmvioJi-ni against Mr. Goreor-m, •' '.d tie evidence s.ie^rn rlnt'he money for th^ he-er ia ) a-n- inro t c maker's till, and chat Mr Co-coran eujoyei the fruits o> <he a'e. i'iir tbat evidence was withheld, and oth:'i* evidence squeezed otr; of the-bir man 'o th • ff'.-t 'ha' he hid omimitte^l the .iff nee contriiry c> his employer's orders, waile he ivas in bad. Affcer rovicWin.-: the whole of t;ie c'n-cnm-jtanco-!. ha felt that he could nob cony ct the barman, hut had Mr Corcoran lann-d the act of the birman. he should have co vi-ited. H^ hop d h wever, ;hat th--p >'. co .vould no1: ralax in their <.xer tioua, altaougii ha muss therefore didoiisa the case. OHASaE 0? ABSON. Cecilia Allen was brought up on a charge of s.v ;i g lire to v dwelling-house at Taka puua on she 27t;-j Isos-amber, ti-.e property of Mr. Samuel (iov/ard ; also, on ihe 9tb No vember' with satttng fire to :i stable at the North Shore, also tiie property of Mr. Howard. As the girl was undefended, Mr. Eees, who "as i ' Court, oifered to watch tho case o:i he;- b- half.

My. Artnst ong represented the Imperial Insur nee « iompany amuui Howard, m tho emp'oy of Messrs. Kath-m, deposed that he owned the house 0:1 the Pakapuna ro ul which wms destroyed ou ill' evening of the 27 rli of November The girl was servant; in the house He had

a policy for Ll9O on tin? hi>m a ia the Imp! rial, and ona on the funiiture in the Norwicli Union for LSO. Mr Howard tii^n described the position of khu house and tha eh:ir;:cior of tho furniture, some of which was saved. Ha spoke to Uie girl, bus not a'nout the lire, as Bond was speaking to her about; it. -ha said that she had aei'.u a man come out of the ti-tree and sit <iown n«a,r the house ; this was in itmwerto a quescion from B.md ; she did uot say she saw anyone set fire vo the house. Mis Kmily C. Howard, wife of the Jast

\vitn-.-S3, deposed that sue left nor ho-ne on the morning of the 27ih November on a visit to Aaokland. fcjiie ietc tvv'o children aud, the house iv chitri^e of the: jiirJ : and took the

baby with he:-. -he lefu no tire in ihe place; nor wa3 there any occasion to lv ht a rite daring her absence. The girl expressed a strong desire to he allowed t>» do soau; ironing. She io:d her she might if she had lime, not thinking for a moment that she would find time, fehe would then-hive lighted a fiVe in the kiicaeu, On returniny fusni town she fouud the house reduced to ashes, but moss of the furniture and the things that had betn washed were tave;L

To Mr. Kees : The ashes from the fire place were put into a tiu, ana were scattered o '■■ the garden.

Thoma-, Ciaike, master of the North Shore ferry boat., remembered the <»;ite of the tire ; he paseel near Mi* HoAau's house about t**o 6'eJitck in the afternoon • h<-saw fUtues i a; i a from the iower i art o» the hoase ; he haiiied his hora^ up, ,nd jump<d dun. Ue wtiut and asktid tue lite girl (prisoner) if i-he knaw tie hoa«e was on ii;e ? Bhe rep ied "Y^s." He said, "-VVliy n put it out?" rthe said ahe did .-'Ot know the way. He Cook a t'i'-ca <>f w 'od aid raked ih» tire out fiom unuer tli>- h>use. A skir; ing-board had bee!: taken j»w .y from hniMatli rh^ window

old hat and on top of thia~^ B '7^ = placed there temporary and in a V° a td position, the upper end lodowl -".lai«Mis Lor of the hooK He beW^^ laid in that direction carefully n\Z } b -«a not caught (he house ; he told «T. cha d fetch , backet of W, which she fM and stood by while he put the nre oug stayed ibew for an hour and a-half 'S^ he- ge had been on fire hut the glr l Bairl 1 10 had pus that out. M r Duder accom ne him over tho premises, and theylT^ free *r,ua lire, he .saw tbe fe^S*^ smouldering, but the wind hhw the away from the house. The girl^h^ many of tha things out, becau,e she sKi $* house had" been oa fire. h e a C.^ \ 6 a bag of. gum under the house wS she said had beeu carefully tied up by V H.jwar.i, l.ut some on s had untied if f | loft the ,v.m loose. He had m et f^f. .haruai, aud irom h s descriptioa of hi the girl B aid she thought sue k*& Bttea iw l '' man on tae premises. H u v -,a. j^ftSVetK eh« 1-ire was a made tire He was cwu'm chut thefurnivuro was movea before th P fiT was life He left a, 3.10, aud upun S soon after ;j 3 tjehuuss was com^tbiy biux,? a own. Uil Grace Davis a little girl of 13. re ß idi De A-ituher paients at <he O rth fehore w . svvo n, aud said sh« was passing Mr Howard' b«iU«e abdu- four o oluok rw-u-uiuj/ f mr ! school, on the day of tae fire, -witd tnothw suh -iur named ichoioou. ,-he caw som smokecomng from under the verandah on tne ngh. h <n.t side of the housa. Theiitu girl asked her to help her out w;ith SO m! things; Bhe went. Nearly «li the thm>. a -veto then out of the iiouie. The ri had not then much hold She saw dames un !er the verandah, and brought some things ous. She got some water outi of trie taufc. and poured ie on che tire, when the girl said by throwing water on ihe tire it would bJaze af/csh 8 c ttought nhe could hive put it out ghad she been allowed The house was neariy burut dowu vvhile she wa3 there. Mr Uuder, Mr Mays, aud the Misses Seaman came to the place. '

Oliver Mays, of the a orth Sno c, deposed :hat hs was a storekeeper, and remembered he 27; h November ;he "Was going towards ho lake on the morning of that day, aud v ssed Mr Howard's at eleven o'clock He left some parcel-; wnh the oi r i fir Mr Howard, but saw o sigds of fire. He retumei ab n tour Jjiock, -wh. n he -aw the lire ; th« whole of the interior was on fire, ile was on the hill, half a mile away wueu tie lirsD dsuovered the riie. He asked he «irl what rime the tire h-id broken out when she rep ied thai itlhhdlHenbainugaU day. He said ie was no^ ou nre this momijig at eleven o'clock. He took her hand and cold her that; she must teli him all about v. when it commenced, and how. Ufa pointed towards JL»evotport, and said the h jU3e way set ou fire by a man wuo is gone tuat w.iy, and was working un tneroad. iShe described fhe man, aud fcae burning saying •li<; mus. say ■■■ what thiugs ahe could.

[The evidence of Sergeant Major Pardy. giviui; the girls confes ioa, ■will appear ia a second edition di ectj.y-j

Serke-nt-Maj >r Pardy deposed that he aired'.ed the girl on the enaige in consequence uf iuiormaiiou received. He went with .VI r. Howard to an unoccupied h /use, wh-re iliey found a lo; of furn.'.ute saved irom tue tire. Tuc girl said she goi it out by her self wick the assistance of two others. The eh ffonier vr 3 ye y heavy, which she said she got oat herself. He thought it was unp :s.ible, wlieu sue shy wed liim it was by '■ cutting" it. He told her that; he Relieved .-lie had set fire to the place, and ho must arrust her. lie explained the uid. ter to her, and this whatever sue said tie should be obliged 10 lvpsat before tha magia cvate. She stoutiy d'-nusd having dne it, ami said tha--> all tier own things were bnrnt, an I was it likely, if she haU.doneit, she stiould no. ha,v. : SiVod her own things. Sfie suUacfOueiuiy said that sue Md lit a fire under the oven, althouga Mrs Howard had

lol.i har noo to do so, as id was dangerous, there beiDj; a hole in the Mcks, which miaht cause the house to be burnt. He asked how the ti-tree got Tinier the house which Air Clarke fouud. She said *\ir H®ward pat it there. On the 29th the girl's mother visited her and urged her to tell the truth about the fire, and on the fol lowing day she told witness that she would out wich it. She then said "I first set lire to the brushwood outsids the house which caught the fence, but did not touch the house as the wi< d was biowiug lie other way. &he then took some o t'-.e pieces of burning ti-tree, and put :» lindei the house, .-he then commenced to get out the lurmture, when Air. Ci rkti ame up and put the lire our He went, and after he was g >ne, slie set fiie to the ouse ..gin, under tiie verand.ib, in the way alieaaj described, wnen thr- girls previously mentioned casu u^ ;tud assisted to get out the fuinit,ure. He asked her why sue did not coufess to h-r inosher. Sue "replied chat if sne hat told her moaner she ahouii iiave got a s«verß bcAtuuj. Hia Worship said it would be too late to go into che second case this evening, if (?| Broham tnoughs it wor h wtiile to go on with the st-cond case. He h.id noticed the girl throughout .this case, and she did not seem to teei ihe position she had placed herself in. The case was then adjourned until Mon day next.

SUPREME COURT.—This Day.

Sittings in Bankruptcy.

Pc Gkoegk Thorne, jew. ("11 the ease being called ou, Mr Buddie appeared for the bankrupt iustead ot^m Whitaker, who was indisposed. Mr. Mac- Cormiek represented the Lank of -New boutu \\ ales. , , Mr. Buddie rose, and was understood to say that all the accounts had been filed.- This brough forth from Mr AlacCormicM flat denial chat such was the case. Iso state ment of accounts, in the proper sense of tne word, had been made out. , His Honor : Have no accounts been niea Mr. MacOormick: ISo yonr Honor. Besides, ie can t>e shown -chat tue bankrupt paid away i.8,000 at the beginning of Decem ber to persons Co whom he was uoC indebted. His Hunor: This will never do. It wIU. come as last, 1 am afraid, to a struggle between tlia bankrupt aud tha Court. I aba* 1 very mv If re^reu it if I am obliged, for tw first time, to puD the extreme powers of tfl» Court ia force agaias; a gentleman in tnß bankrupt's position. I shall have, I foresee^ 1,0 demand a separate statement of accounts With each person the bankrupt had dealing" with. ,«■„ After some further remarks from » MacCormick condemnatory of the hue conduct pursued by the baukrupt, His Honor went on to say that he hail * entire volume of notes, which he had ta*« in the hopes that they might eluciaate j accounts, which were in themselves uniu* ligible. He had been originally influx* by a desire to get the case through; but he known the trouble he would have, would have refused to enter upon tne , without proper accounts being hied f Mr MacCormick said if a &**%?,&. assets and liabilities had only been niacte it would have helped wat;eis. H,s Honor : I will fetch tue fV Slf- k His r.onor went out of Court tor a mom^. and returned with auouument vvnicD a up to the counsel, and declared ibat the only statement of account* fur^ da y the Court. It was impossible to go Horn to day as ih y haO done. , , gr, Mr luacCormick here alluded to^ Hes^eth's exanimadon ou behait «:• g e set of oreoitoiß on accouut of timoei. believtd ie v\aa ull a rick. nut]ii..g iv the accoants to show "^ ket h ■ was any liability for timber. Mr. He?

:sr;i'-H \&\ najmaasiST.; »--^J

THE EVENING STAK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1874.



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