SHIPPING- INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER. : This availing, 4.27 ; tO-mOHOW monung, 5 0 dUM-SSX; rhtt waning, 5.20 ; BTTK-EI8S: Xo morrow morning, 6.34 MOON'S Agß: Full Moon, 28th, 1.7 a.m.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

Tartar, ss., 1478 tons, Ferries, from San Francisco, (English Mail) Roweoa, s.s., frcm the North Prett" Jane, s.s., from Gisborne and Napier Ivanhoe, schoonei-, from Wangapoua Southern Cross, (A.S.P Co's), Holmes, from Napier Hauraki, p.s , from the Thames and tho Miranda Luna. Government steamer, Fairchild, from Wellington (in the Manukau) Wellington, s s., Carey, from the South, (in the Manukau) Clyde, schooner, from Wangarei

DEPARTURES.

Wneen, schooner, for Russell Phoebi?, ss., Worsp, for Southern ports (from the Wors.j) Seuthem Cross, Cellars, for Taurar.ja

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For the South—Luna, Government steamer, (Suez

R'aii), to-morrow For Sidney—Tartar, s.s., to-morrow, noon For Lyttelton—Fio Logo, brig, early For London—Countess of Kintore. ship, early For Melbourne--Mlltiades, ship, early

VESSELS EXPECTED

Macgregor, s s., from San Francisco and Honolulu, about 10th prox City of Auckland, ship, from London; sailed 20th May Chanticleer, Trig, from Hobaxt Town Fhnrde Maurice, barque, f.om r-ewcastlo Lady Franklin, barque, from New, astlo Glim, so, barqu?, from Newcastle Jackson, ship, from London ; sailed Zealarr.ia, ship, from London ; sa'led Montana, barque, from Newcastle Jessie Henderson, schooner, from Oamaru Loch Urr, ship, from London ; sailed 3rd June

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Wellington, fiom the South:—2 cases. Sargood, Son and Ewen; 1 case, Williamson ; 1 case, Montague ; 200 box%s candles, H. S. Meyers ; 1 parcel, Upton and Co. ; 1 parcel, D. L. Murdoch; 1 case, Combes and Daldy ; 1 case fowls, J. Law ford ; 6 kegs, L. D. Nathan and Co. ; 1 parcel, Bridson ; I cushion, 2 chairs, 1 washstand, Kennedy ; 5 cases, 1 keg, Hood. —Combes and Daldy, agents.

ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S.S. TARTAR.

The R.M.s.s. Tartar arrived in harbour late last night. The following is the report of passage supplied by Captain Ferries : — Left San Francisco at 1.30 p.m. 28th July, and .had calfco weather to Honolulu, arriving there on the sth August, making the fastest passage on record between those ports, of 7 days and 17?/ hours. Left Honolulu at 5 p.m. 6th August. Had fine weather with variable winds to Kandavu, arriving off that place at midnight 18 th inst. ; entered. the port early the following morning, but finding no vessel to receive the Fiji mails, brought them on to Auckland, leaving the port at 11 a.m. ; had fine weather with light breezes to night of the 22nd instant; from thence to port had strong N.E. breeze, with thick weather ; passed the Poor Knights at 2p.m. on the23rd, slowed the engines off Bangitoto Island and received the pilot on board at 7-30 p.m. 23rd, and started for tbe harbour at 8 p.m., arriving in the stream shoitly before II o'clock. We are in indebted to Mr Hodgkins, the purser of the steamer, for prompt delivery of our files of San Franciscan papers, report _of passage, manifest, and passenger list. The Tartar brings about 300 tons of cargo and the following passengers :— Saloon for Auckland : Mr and Mrs Morrin, Mr and Mrs Webster, Mr and Mrs Anderson, Captain Neak, Messrs O'Neil, Coombs, Mills, H. Farrat, T.H. Keesing. Steerage for Auckland : Mrs and Miss Knight, Messrs C. Kershaw, R. Ivey, T. Rogers, .1. Bunt, N.B. Pearse, J. Stephens, R. Williams, J. T. Smith, E. Griffiths, W. Farqueson. Saloon for Sydney : Mr Green, Misses Green (2.) Mr F. Linden, Master Linden, Mr E.E. Collins, Mr W. Boss, Mr Hay. Mr Bickford, Mr A. Tennant, Mr Cuthbertson, Lieut. Kinsey. R.A.. Mr R. J. Coughlan, Mr Bethune, Mr McLean, Mr Yarlton, Mr and Mrs Heath. Mr and Mrs Kemp, Mr J. Henry Miss McLean, Mr Shadwell, and 20 steerage for Sydney. Tbe Tartar is to sail for Sydney at 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday.

The Rowena will not start for the Bay of Islands until to-morrow at five o'clock.

The barque Lady Franklin, with 340 tons coal, sailed for Auckland, from Newcastle, N.S.W., on August 14th. " The N.Z.S.S. Co.'s s.s. Wellington, W. Carey, commander, arrived at Onehunga at 8 a.m. yesterday. She left Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on Sunday, the 16th inst. Experienced strong head winds with heavy sea from Otago to Wellington, and from thence light favorable weather. Passengers—Mr and Miss McLaren, Mr Blake, Miss Duffas, Captain Palmer, Messrs Slobo, Rayne, Hughes, Levy, Neville, Trafford. Steerage—Mr and Miss Baker, Messrs Cain, Green, Herbert, Healy and five in the steerage. We understand that Captain Sellars, who will be recollected as having come to this port some years ago in charge of the ship Bombay, has sailed again for Auckland in command of , the ship Zealandia,^ of the departure of which from London for this port we heard by the last mail. The schooner Ivanhoe, Captain Stuart, arrived yesterday from Wangapoa with a cargo of timber for Levuka. She is to take in some general stuff, and sail for that portl Vi a day or two. The schooner Kate McGregor arrived at Napier on Sunday from Auckland. The Pretty Jane arrived yesterday morn ing from Napier with a cargo of cattle and sheep. She had to put into Hicks' Bay in company with the Southern Cross on the way up. She brings G saloon and 2 steerage passengers. The s.s. Phcebe left the Manukau on Satur day afternoon for the South with the follow ing passengers :—Mr and Mrs Barnes and* daughter, Mr and Mrs Dooley, Mrs Ward, Mr and Mrs Comisky, Miss Badcock, Rev.; Mr Thorpe ; Messrs Hamilton, Gair, Back, Ellis, Wright, Elliot, Samuels, Olson, Captain Bowman, Captain Ellis, and ten in the steerage.—Combes and Daldy, agents

The s.s, Rowena did not arrive from Russell till the evening of Saturday. The following is a list of her pass^Wgers :—Capt. Brown, Brown, Capt. Jones, Jukston, Greenaway, Futchinson, Rock, Shaw, Stevenson, Clatb, Qower, Bell, and Southwell. Steerage, 2. The A.S.P. Co.'s steamer Southern Cross arrived from Napier, via the Thames, early this morning, having had a very heavy pas sage up. Passengers : Mrs Haywood, Mr Livingstone and five in the steerage. The Southern Cross landed 48 head of cattle arid 250 sheep at Tararu yesterday for Messrs Banks and McUardy.

At the departure of the mail the New Zealand Shipping Company were advertising that they would despatch the following high class clipper ships from the South West India docks, with strict punctuality, for the undermentioned New Zealand ports :—Can terbury, Endymion, Richardson, 1000 tons, June 29 ; Canterbury, Duke of Edinburgh, Mclnnea, 15C0 tons, July 14; Wellington, Star of India, Holloway, 2000 tons, July 24; Wellington, Hindostan, Peek, 1500 tons, August; Auckland, Stanley Castle, Austin, 800 tons, July 2; Auckland, Waitanga, Sotham, 2000 tons, July 27 ; Otago, Lennox Castle, Stuart, 1000 tons, July 10; Otago, , Dunhlan, Kerr, 1500 tons, Angust.

MARRIAGE.

Richmond—Weight— At the bride's residence, on the 22nd inst.. by the Bey R. F. Macnicol, Mr James Join Richmond, ot Boston, *■ merica, to Miss Essie Wright, of the county of Fermanagh, Ireland. Home papers please copy.

BIRTH.

Hickey —At the rcsid-nce of Geo. Crummer, Remuera, M*ry Ann Hickey, daughter of Tom Hickey. Waiuku, "Werry Weny, of a son.

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

MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 1874.

Tor tlio cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance. And the good that we can do.

Ouit two morning contemporaries affect to deplore the manifestation of popular feeling on Saturday niglit. Now what we would ask is tho use of this kind of canting. Tho Cross affects to bo very indignant, and what would people say if we informed them that the Gross people were amongst those who felt most satisfaction in anticipation of. the performance, and encouraged it by their sym pathy. Of course they did not anticipate then that Mr. Luckie -would be among the figures, but we cannot for the life of us see how his being there can make any difference in the character of the proceedings. We presume it is tho first time that anybody ever heard of members of Parliament being burned in effigy. The Herald talks about the thing hi a namby pamby sort of way; about " the time being gone by for that sort of thing," and about "the fourth estate now taking public opinion under its care" ; but the Gross tells fibs in its zeal to show its propriety. It spoaks of a thousand i>eople, ami of larrikins and hoys. No one can truthfully deny that there were five or six thousand people present, and that it was not hoys, but men and citizens that appeared most pro minently in conducting the proceedings. No one can have any objection to a paper ex pressing disapproval of anything, but in its zeal to wash its hands of what may offend some patron, no paper should resort to deliberate lying. If the people desire to give outward and visible signs of the faith or the feeling that is in them they have a perfect right to do so, the hectoring and cant of any paper to the contrary notwithstanding. Tho proceedings of Saturday night were perfectly legitimate and perfectly usual, and it is unmanly in tho extreme for any man or any paper to pretend to deplore them as if an offence to propriety. As to tho value attaching to such demonstration, that is of course to be taken for what it is worth. No one would pretend that such a demonstration has any great effect in determining any lino of politics. But it is when the people are systematically snubbed, and taught that they should only assert their opinions in particular and in proper ways, and when they are awed down and dragooned to bear all quietly, and not specie or act for fear of doing something improper, it is then that such things proceed as have been taking place in Wellington. Saturday night's proceedings may or may not have the slightest political influence. But the people are not to bo snubbed for them. There has boon only too much apathy and indifference among our people heretofore, and any littlo mani festation of public sentiment, or even effort after awaking public opinion ,is not to be cowed down by newspaper bullying. We wish we had a little moro of tho revolution ary spirit in Auckland. If Wo had, the rascally business just perpetrated in Wel lington would not have been attempted. Ah it is, however little political value may attach to Saturday night's demonstration, we protest against any interference with the people in their right to express their opinion in any form, and as vigorously and signifi cantly as they please.

The concert by the Opera Company and Choral Society is postponed till to-morrow night on account of the inclement weather.

An account, by our special correspondent, of the Hauraki's trip to tho Thames and tho native meeting near the Miranda wc are com pelled on account of pressure of mail news to hold over till to-morrow.

At the directors' meeting of the Coroman del Excelsior Gold Mining Company, to-day— Mr James Burt in the chair, —it was resolved that the call made on the 15th Juno be can celled. The extraordinary meeting was then held, when, in reply to an offer of £250 from the Tokatea Company for the Coromandel Excelsior claim, it was resolved to accept the offer, the Tokatea Company paying the ex penses.

The fifth monthly meeting of the mem bers of the Auckland Institute will be held this evening in the Museum Buildings, when papers will be read on " Early instruction," by Mr Adams ; on " Deep sinking in the volcanic beds of Mount Eden," by Mr Firth ; and " Notes on the origin of mottled kauri," by Mr Stewart.

Another local industry in the form of the Thames Gas Company will hold its third annual meeting on tho 31st inst, when a dividend of six per cent for tho past half-year (2s 3d per share upon 38s paid up) will, we are gratified to loam, be declared. This company paid four por cent for the preceding six months, Which now makes ten per cent for the year. With the immediate prospect ef Ohinemuri being opened the Thames Gas Company has, we believe, a very bright future before it.

The inaugural services were held yesterday in connection with the church under Rev. Warlow Davies, M.A., in Beresford Hall, Beresford-street. There was a large attend ance at the several services. That in the morning was conducted by the [minister, in the afternoon by Rev. F. Hamer, and in the evening by Rev. R. F. Macnicol. The collec tions amounted to £31 8s 3d.

The anniversary concert of the Drum and Fife Band will take place to-morrow evening in the City Hall, under the patronage of the Mayor and other gentlemen.

The third concert of the Auckland Har monic Society will be held to-morrow even ing in the Lome-street Hall, the proceed ings to be of a secular character.

Return of sick treated at the Provincial Hospital during the week en ding Saturday, August 22, 1874 :—Remained last return, 6 ; admitted since, 10 ; discharged, 10 ; died, 2 ; remaining, 74 : males, 61; females, 13. Classification of diseases : Zymotic, 21 • constitutional, 9 ; local, 25 ; developmental, 4; violent, 15. Died, on 16th instant, E, O'D. (female), aged 23 years, of phthisis pulmonalis ; and on 17th instant, J. W. (male), aged 28 years, phthisis pulmonalis.— N,B. Old linen maeh needed,

Our readers will be sorry to hear that Miss Alice May is suffering from severe lameness. It orginated from an acsident which hap pened on the occasion of the Opera Com pany's second representation of ihebrranct Duchess," at the PrincAof Wales Tneatre, when Miss May w^hurrying from her dressing-room on to the stage. While in the act of running up two or three steps which are at the entrance of the room, her righu foot silpped between two of the steps, and an injury to the shin was sustained. Ihis has become gradually worse till on Friday last the talented prima donna was hardly able to go through her performance of Satanella. Not wishing to disappoint her numerous admirers she appeared on Saturday in Ocr Freischutz In the second act the injured limb completely gave way, and she was com pelled to declaim and sing the remainder ot the part of Agatha while in a sitting posture. At tbe conclusion she was vociferously cheered, and Mr W. Rowe, on behalf of the residents of the Thames, publicly thanked her for the great treat she had afforded them during her stay. Miss May's medical atten dants' express' their belief that she will be sufficiently recovered to play at Napier. Tbe accident will not prevent Miss May appear ing at the Choral Hall this evening.

A-heavy ga'e from tbe eastward set [in yesterday," and has continued without inter mission up to a late hour this afternoon. The shipping in the port, we are happy to state, has received little or no injury owing to the timely precautions taken. Tho force of the wind drove the new steamer Hauraki against tho new eastern T of the wharf on her arrival last night, and some damage was done to her rail. The wind was accompanied by heavy rain, which rendered the part of a pedestrian on tho wharf a very unpleasant one.

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

(From our own correspondent.)

London, June 30. Shipping business for all ports of New Zealand has been brisker this month than previously. Since my last tho New Zealand Company's ship Loch Urr has been des patched for Auckland. She went away in fine trim, and ought to make a splendid passage. Tho company are now loading the Stanley Castle for Auckland, which will leave here cm tbe 9th of July } she will take six sbcercge passengers out. The next will be the company's splendid new ship Waitangi, 1143 tons register. Captain F. J. Sfthain" goes out in command, many years in George Marshall's employ. I feel certain she will bo one of the finest ships that ever entered your port. I consider her model is perfect in every way, and that for her strength in hull, masts, and spars she is second to none in England. She will leave with 350 government emigrants, and be full of saloon passengers ; hnr sailing day is fixed for the 301 b of July, and being a likely ship it is to bo hoped Bhe will do tho pas=age under DO days. Her cabin is fitted up in as handsome and costly a style as the Waikato. Everybody must acknowledge, since the commencement of the company, you have had a very different class of vessels than before. I enclose a list of ship 3 sailing for the company, with number of passengers. The ship Endymion will sail to-morrow for Canterbury with 00 sheep, and a full complement of saloon and second cabin passengers. — Captain Frazer, late of tho Ferndale, is building a ship in the yard used by tho New Zealand Shipping Company, viz., John Blumer and Co.'s, of Sunderland. She will be a vessel of 850 tons register, and be ready in December. The owners intend her for tho " Auckland passenger" trade.

The ship Chile arrived at Gravesend from Auckland on the 25th June.

The Loch Awe, barque from London for Aucklrriri, was spoken on the 9th June in 48 N. 7 W.

THE MIRANDA MEETING

IMPORTANT RESULTS

(From Our Special Correspondent.)

The great native meeting is now completely broken up; at least two-thirds of tho Maorics are gone. Te Hira still remains, and ex presses his intention of stopping till tho end of the week. In addition to the intertribal ceremonies and the bone-scraping, the native lands question has been freely discussed, and Mr James Mackay has used strenuous endea vours to bring things to a satisfactory issue. The blocks which have received most at tention are of course the Ohinemuri and Te Aroha blocks on tho Upper Thames. The objections raised by tho land-league party to selling the Ohinemuri land are now looked upon as having been got over. Te Hira has consented to abide by tho decision arrived at by a meeting of the Ngatamatera tribe, to be held shortly at Ohinemuri, where Mr Macky and two well-known friendly chiefs are to arrange matters. The position of this vexed question is now very favourable as it is understood that the chiefs alluded to are both in favor of selling. Te Hira refuses to take a personal share in the arrangement, because he says that would bo forfeiting his principle all through. However, he promises to affirm what is done. In regard to the Te Aroha block, the question is not considered finally settled, but the majority of the natives are said to be favourably disposed to an arrangement, as nearly all those in occu pation of the lands havo received advances.

THE S.S. TARTAR.

On arriving at San Francisco cable in structions were received by tho commander to take the steamer out of tho hands of the Australasian and American Mail S.S. Co.'s agents at that port, as they hadfailed to pay the oharter money for some months and had otherwise broken through tho charter party. By the terms of the Tarter's charter she should have been delivered in Hong Kong before the 10th of May, and her pecuniary prospects have suffered most severely in consequence. The agents of the mail company at onco placed an attachment on the stores, fuel, and other property of the mail company to protect themselves as they stated, and repudiated all through tickets granted in Sydnoy and New Zealand. The passengers who unfortunately held them were seriously inconvenienced, not being provided with ready funds for pay ing their rail and atlantic fares a second time. After considerable delay those having credits in San Francisco raised sufficient means to assist their lees fortunate companions. After a fortnight's detention in San Francisco in structions were received from London to place the Tartar on the berth for New Zea land and Sydney on owners' account, ar rangements having been made with the postal authorities to take the mails then waiting some days at the San Francisco post-office. Messrs Laurence, Clark, and Co., of London, who are in no way to blame for the mismanagement of the Company's affairs, made arrangements with the owners of the Tartar to recognise all through tickets granted by them as far as Auckland and Sydney. During her stay in San Francisco the Tartar was docked. \ but no damage waa found done to her hull on th reef.c

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN NEWS.

The long talked-of tunnel beneath the bed of the Mersey, between Liverpool and the Cheshire coast, seems at length likely to be made. , . The Minister of Public Works has ap pointed a special commission, composed ot engineers, to examine the results ot the enquiry made into the scheme for construct ing a submarine tunnel between France and England. , ~ , i It is announced from Beyrout that a large party of Prussian explorers have begun ex cavations at Tyre with a corps of over a hundred workmen, and it is thought that Balbec may soon be visited for the same purpose. . , , Gladstone's wife has inherited a property of £15,000 per annum by the death of her brother, Sir Stephen Bichard Glynne, baronet, of Hawarden Castle, and the Lon don papefs say that tbe liberal party will lose their leader in consequence, Gladstone proposing to take his ease in Italy. If the statement contained in a recent letter from Berlin is to be credited Prince Bismark is preparing to take another important step in his war upon the Church. It is said that the Government will present a bill during the present session to regulate religious pro cessions and prevent them from using tho public highways. Nothing has yet been heard of the Austrian expedition which started for the Polar seas in the Tegethoff two years ago. The Constadt Messenger requests all travellers and seamen who may have learned any news about the expedition to communicate it to the foreign office at Vienna, or to the admiralty at St Petersburg. At a fire in the Jewish quarter of Starn boul, last month, when over 500 bouses were burned, the Sultan had two Pashas thrown into prison and their estates confiscated, because they didn't seem concerned about it. The net proceeds, however, were not turned over to the homeless families, but to a favor ite Sultana ; all the sufferers got was an order not to beg. Or Beasley insured his life in En pi and for €1,000 sterling, and went to New Zealand. Thenco ho continued his travels to "that bourne," etc. His heirs applied to the in surance company for their money ; and they refused to pay it, as insurance companies always do. They said he had no right to go to New Zealand ; but the court or exchequer has compelled them to come out with their Brown Brother* &Co. have received a tele gram from the National Bank of Scotland, London, saying : " There are forged circular notes purporting to be issued from this office. Great caution in cashing and identification is necessary." „,.■___ The Scotland team won the Elcho Shield, at the Wimbledon meeting ; England second and Ireland third. Tbe benchers of Gray's Inn have decided to limit the Kencaly in quiry to the fact whether or not he is editor of the "Englishman. An accident on tho Lancashire and York shire railroad caused tho death of several , persons.

SPAIN.

THE CARLIST WAR

MADRID. July 10. —Tho Carlists have abandoned tbe siege of Puigcerda, after a second r.ssault, in which they were repulsed.

Private information sent from Madrid says that Marshal Serrano is believed to have made known to these three Powers his in tention to claim from France an idemnity of at least 2n0.000.000 francs, when the Re publicans shall have gained a decided.victory over the Carlists

There was a riot at Levida yesterday on account of the opposition of tho Pope to the active tax. Tho troops suppressed the dis order. Several persons were injured. Tho Cirlists have burned several houses in the suburbs of Cuena, and have killed many of the inhabitants.

Decrees have been issued declaring all Spain in a state of siege, sequestrating the property of Carlists, whose estates will be held liable to he^.vy penalties to the relatives of Republicans slain, and also creating a special reservo of 125.000 men. The Go vernment announces strict official orders pro hibiting the shooting of prisoners in retalia tion for Carlist atrocities.

The TEpoca denies that ex-Queen Isabella intends to revoke her act of abdication.

Don Carlos has issued a manifesto guaran teeing religions toleration, and ensuring liberty as far as consistent with order, promising a representative but not a revolu tionar}*- government. It says: "If the rebellion continues we shall stifle it with cannon. Those who reject our proffers of conciliation to-day will be compelled to sub mit to the law of tho conqueror to-morrow."

A correspondent says concerning the war in Spain :—"On a modern computation the strength of the Carlist troops in all Spain, in the Basque provinces, Navarro, Catalonia, and Valencia, cannot be less than 50,000 or 00,000. Among these there may bo a per centage of pressed men who care nothing for the cause—still less for fighting ; but the great majority are volunteers in the true sense of the word who have their heart in their work, and, accordingly, do it well. Your correspondent, with the National and Carlist armies lately, bore witness to this, and to the fact also that a great many Re publican soldiers engaged on the 27th were undersized lads, quite unfit for the work given them."

The action of 27th ultimo will have encouraged the supporters of the Carlist cause, perhaps to the point of fresh disbursements. The Carlist cavalry has grown in numbers and efficiency. It is chiefly a question of artillery, and if the Carlists have moHey they can buy this, and, thanks t© tho facilities afforded by friendly neighbours, once bought- it might soon be in battery, and althorsght it Is not to be believed that the Pretender can possibly triumph, he may be enabled to prolong the war, aud even increase the extent of territory he already holds. This is a gloomy moment for Spain.

An official report of the loss of Cuerca has been received. The defence was brave and obstinate to the last. On the 13th the Kopublicans defending the Faubough of Carritia repelled three assaults made by Don Alfonso with 8.000 Carlists, who ultimately captured the Faubourgh. The Republicans retired to the principal square ©f the town and refused surrender. Four mora attacks were made upon them, in each of which the Carlists mat with a repulse. During fthe morning of the 15th, after tho firing had lasted 56 hours, the Carlists gained tbs square. The Repub licans began to retreat to the Citadel, when they suddenly encountered a fresh force of 4,000 Cariists, who by some unexplained means had gained possession of the Citadel. General Yglesias the Republican commander, and all the officers and men then surrendered as prisoners of war. The Carlists sacked and burned many houses, murdered a number of inhabitants, made a heavy requisition for pro visions, demanded a contribution amounting to two years' taxes, which was paid by the city, and destroyed the fortifications. The enemy reported their loss at 150 killed and 700 wounded. j

GERMANY.

A special from Berlin says it is reported that the German Government ig makiu

strenuous endeavours to stop supplies, j weapons, and money being sent to the Carlists, and has called the attention of the Marseilles Government to the subject. A Berlin letter, on the approaching Brus sels Congress, speaking of the current German Conference, says a number of little circumstances throws some light on the subject, and the first is the well • known relations existing between the German and Russian Chancellors. The personal and political intimacy between Prince Bismarck and Prince Gotschakoff is one of the most striking, not to say portentious, facts in European politics to-day. It is common to speak of the friendship of the two Emperors as a basis of harmony of policy between empires, and since this friendship falls in with the purposes of the two Chan cellors it is, of course, an important factor ; but the sovereigns are minor pieces after all. They are pawns of the game. A significant fact is that the fortunes of Europe are now at the mercy of two penetrating and ambitious politicians. In view of this state of things it seems morally impossible that Prmce Gortschakoff could have jJanncd the Brussels Congress without the concurrence of his Ger man colleagues. It would, indeed, have been imprudent to do so. A congress under the distinct and exclusive patronage of Bussia would have been impotent from the start. France and England would have controlled it completely, and the reserve which those state 3 now shows proves at least that they detect a combination more or less solid be tween the three great Eastern Powers which support the highest standing armies, and they are interested in adding to the value of their armies by paralyzing all other combinations only. The Paris correspondent of the London Times writes as follows : " Letters from Ber lin state that the Emperor, in giving his con sent to the Ecclesiastical laws, told Herr Falk, Minister of Public Instruction, to en force them mildly, as a rule, but where he encountered serious and^ unjustifiable resist ance to count upon his support.

TURKEY.

Constantinople, July 17.—The fire in Galatea was brought under control after racing six hours. About two hundred houses were destroyed. Loss £500,000.

INDIA

London, July 22.—Advices from Tndia represent that there are fears! of cholera breaking out among the 50.000 pilgrims assembled in Pooree for the Juggernaut festival. The southern districts are still without rain, or the little that has fallen in some sections has done no good.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Jules Favre has married [an Alsation refugee.—Prince Jerome Napoleon has arrived at Paris.—At a colliery explosion at Wigan, England, fifteen persons were killed.—-Dis patches from India announce that the inun dations are subsiding.—Thirty-live thousand, gallons of creosote was destroyed by fire at Rotherite, England, Thursday.—A Calcutta dispatch says the rivers from Assam to Oude have flooded the country, causing much damage.—The Levant Times, Constantinople, has been suspended again for publishing a calumnitory statement in relation to certain dignitaries.

AMERICAN NEWS.

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN

CHICAGO.

HENRY WARD BEECHER SCANDAL,

GREAT CLERICAL SCANDAL IN

JNEW YORK

BISMARCK AND THE GERMAN

CATHOLICS

FIGHTING IN SPAIN,

Theodore Filton has brought remarkable charges against the Rev. Henry Ward Bee cher, tho celebrated pastor of Plymouth Church. Ho charges him with criminal connection with Mrs Filton—time and places being specified. Mrs Filton ha 3 published a card, denying the thing in toto. Beecher is, it is said, preparing a statement defending himself, and totally denies the charges.

The Daily Graphic gives an outline of Beecher's forthcoming defence, derived from parties who profess to thoroughly understand the situation. The Ghraphic says the docu ment will be a very powerful and startling one, and will make some confessions which will create as great surprise as did Tilton's now famous presentation of his alleged personal grievances. Beecher will acknow ledge that since the beginning of his ministry he has been beset by letters addressed to him from women, expressing great personal admiration —adoration indeed—of him as a man and as a minister. Ho will show that communications of this nature are constantly received by every noted man in the community, and that it is a special annoyance of clergymen, poets, and actors to be the recipients of these abnormal demonstrations. After the general statement Mr Beecher will allude to the case of Mrs. Tilton, who it seems conceived for him the most extravagant passion. Know ing the lady from childhood, having married her to her husband, s»nd having been on terms of close relationship with them both, he was led by a strange |infatuation to sub mit to her blandishments, and an intimacy was formed which, while it was not criminal, was reprehensible, or, at least put him in a position which made him seem to do a great wrong to Theodore Tilton. He will confess that both he and Mrs Tilton were very emo tional and given to exaggeration in sentiment, and that the correspondence between them was not what should have existed between pastor and lady, and that lady tho wife of his friend. But the peculiarity of the case was that Mrs Tilton complained bitterly of her husband's self-sufficiency, want of kindness to her, and possible infi delity, and she looked up to Mr Beecher to give her that affection and sympathy which she failed to find at home. Beecher will acknowledge that he was tried with the temptation, that he allowed tho kindness and expressions of sympathy and tenderness by Mrs Tilton, and that he reciprocated them to a great degree—so much so that while not actually guilty of any wrong to Theodore Tilton, he s© far compromised himself and the lady as to render necessary, as it appeared to his mind, the letters which he subsequently wrote to Mr Moulton and Mr Tilton, humbling himself before the latter as before God for his extravagant demonstrations of affection for the wife of his friend.

Woodhull and Tennie 0. Claflin have arrived in JS Tew York from their western lecturing tour. In conversation with a reporter the former said Tilton ha d | begun the battle nobly, and when his strength failed she would take it up. She said both sides have told horrible lies about the matter. iShe cared for Beecher's relations with Mrs 'Tilton, but could and would show that he was as much a free-lover as Theodore Tilton. When the time comes for her to speak out the world would stand aghast at the hypocrisy of Beecher. The ship ' Warrior Queen,' from Ota»o, New Zealand, went ashore at about 6 p.mion July 20th, about four miles north of Point Beyes. The boats were got out immediately. The captain remained aboard all night, an

at 4 a.m. the following day all hanflgTiir wreck, and arrived at San Franc}- —-J? §* The wreck was sold the foil-- -$JN. 7Godol. -eS- Uis.jv The accident occurred during _HJn_, The World characterises tho S% which Tilton himself revives the unsDeaV v* sorrows of his difficulties as an advert! • dodge to secure attention to a g np • 8 number of his weekly. General Trace Plymouth- Church, says that while 'IW °{ letter fails to show what his charge • clearly shows that it was not an offend which one gentleman could not apoloe, another and have the apology accepted -iv charge against Beecher is just this •' Tp years ago Tilton claims to have received "^ formation which led hiu to charge Beec^' with having made a dishonorable sue«™l to his wife. This is the extent of the cU. and the only charge that Tilton has * made against Beecher. This is all, jy V? well known to members of Beecher's ckwk that Mrs Tilton has repeatedly and emr,WT cally denied it. m^ The trustees of Plymouth Baptist Chur I state that an attempt has been made to sassinate their pastor, Rev. Henry Hmf' owing to a sermon delivered by him ____&£ the reading of the Bible in the public schooV Two shots were fired into the pastor'a stnd during his absence and he has received threatening letters.

Two Negro butchers fought in their shon in Chelsea, Term., with cleavers, and each inflicted mortal wounds. One wasdiaem. boweled, and the other received a wound ex' tending from the shoulder to the groin. A destructive storm swept over Pennsyl vania on the 2Gfch of July, resulting in the ha of 150 lives and a large amount of property Pittsburg suffered very severely. The rain poured through the streets fromthe neigh bouring hills, and the Union Depot was inundated with water from three to four feet deep. From all side streets leading from the hill boulders were rolled from their position and hurled to the level below, while in many other places great holes were opened up in the streets. In Alleghany City the flood waa terrible. A sewer on Madison ayenue and Vista-streets bursted, inundating the whole of the upper part of the city. A numher of houses were swept away on Spring Garden- i street, the water attaining a depth of ten 1 feet, causing a large loss of life in this vicinity, I A waterspout broke over Eureka,- Nevada," and washed away many houses, causing great 1 loss of life. I

Another great! 7 fireg occurred in South Chicago, in the vicinity of Michigan Avenne and Twelfth-street. Half a mile of buildings were in flames at one time, and all efforts of the firemen for a long time proved futile to check its progress. Buildings were blown up, and the whole force of the City Fire Department were on the spot, with every means available for fighting the fire. The streets were jammed with teams moving goods. Thousands of families lost their all, and were rendered homeless. The loss oi property is estimated at three million dollars' Insurance, SOO,OOO dollars, chiefly in Ameri can offices.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Dr. Home and Thomas Macffarlane,

Esq., Justices.) John Faulkner, John Lyncham, and Agnes Coulon, were charged with being drunk on Saturday, and fined in the usual way. vagrancy. Thomas Purcell (on bail\ was charged with using indecent language in Queen-street on Saturday evening. Prisoner, a very modest-looking man, pleaded guilty, and was fined 20s. and costs. SUMMONS OASES. Mr George Jakins was charged with allow ing his horse to wander in Queen-street on the 15th instant. Mr Jakins said he was not prepared to plead guilty as he knew nothing of the circumstances. Constable Maroney deposed that he found the horse unattended in Queen-street on the day in question. Mr Jakins' man stated that the horse was left in Mr Lendrum's stable properly tied, and he could not account for the animal getting loose. Fined ss. and costs. OBEYING ORDERS. Charles Boyd appeared in answer to a charge of wilfully setting fire to a quantity of shav ings on land in Upper Queen-street on the 14th inst. Defendant, a youth of seventeen, said he did it by order of his employer. Mr Broham said the boy's statement was correct. Fined 10s and costs MR. HURST AND THE MILKMAN. John Campbell was summoned at the instance of Mr Hurst for negligent driving in Queen-street on the 12bh instant. Mr Joy appeared for defendant, Mid pleaded not guilty. Mr William Hurst deposed that on the evening in question he heard a milkcart com ing down West Queen-street, and thought there was danger ahead, as defendant was cantering in a furious maimer. There wis a little child in the way, and prompted by feelings of humanity he cooed, -whai, defendant stopped. He remonstrated with him, when he said "youbed—."andrefnsed his card. He said he was one of the Campbells, but he would leave him to find out his address. He (Mr Hurst) brought the matter forward with great reluctance. Mr. Edward D. Halatead deposed that he had frequent opportunities of seeing defen. dant driving his milk-cart, and his opinion was that Mr John Campbell was a careful driver and a sober man.

•?|The Bench having commented on the cas« fined defendant 20s. and costs. Richard Ash, for allowing his horse and cart to remain in Queen-street unattended, was fined 5s and costs.

LIFE IN CHANCKKY LANE. Eliza' eth Burns and Elizabeth Drummond pleaded not guilty to a charge of thrashing Ellen Hart, a resident of Chancery Lane, OH the ISth.

Mr Joy appeared for defendants. After hearing a large amount of _ evident the Bench considered the case trifling—only a two-sided picture of life in Chancery-lane and therefore dismissed it, each party pny^S her own costs.

This was all the business,

POLITICAL DEMONSTRATION.

BURNING OF EFFIGIES.

On Saturday night the streets of Auckland were enlivened by one of those popular demon strations which not unusually mark strong political indignation. At the close ol ww public meeting on Thursday night rt.beo^! known that it was intended to burn W emgy the Premier of New Zealand, and several w the supporters of his for aggW ' during the South Island by the subjects and spoliation of the North. Those member* who from their connection with c 77. c were regarded as having betrayed the ca were especially obnoxious, and expect was on tip-toe for the anticipated ew • The streets of the city were wcottW from an early hour in the evening » sually crowded by a concourse <jLJv ,I class and sex and age, and J^^k in the commencement at lengj&dE2K& a considerable number to take jmß*l"^

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