SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : This evening, 0.16 ; to-momra morning, 0.46 SUN^SX: This evening, 4.52; STTO-RISE: To* morrow morning 717 MOO2TS AGE: Last waiter, 7th inst, 6.40 a.m. .-

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

■ - ARRIVALS. Southern Cross, Holmes, from Napier Albion, brig, from the Kaipara

DEPARTURES.

•oumpter, cutter, for Levuka

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

*or the Islands—Kenilworth, sdioeuer, early , For Levuka— Sumpter.'cuttor, early .■ SorNew Caledonia and Norfolk Island—Dauntless, schooner, (Hawaiian), to morrow "■*, For Wellington—H.M.S. Blanche, early l For t/ondon—Hylton CastJe. barque, early . For B^ndavu^City of Adelaide, s:s., (English Mail) Bth July ; r -..:: For Newcastle—Rooparell, ship, early

VESSELS EXPECTED

• City of Adelaide, from the South, Wednesday Willkvni Gilford, barque, from New York, via , ■ Dunedin. Sailed Feb 15 , , ~ Countess of Kintore, ship, from London ; sailed 6th ■■■ '' ■ April ■•'. ' , ■ . '•■';-.■ \:r.'-':,: •-':.■'. &>'-■■'■ f§ Corrido. .fromLytteltaa; sailed22nd. ■'.Ferndale, barque, fromXondon H.M.S. Challenger, from Wellington, early ; ■: Oity of Auckland, ship, from London Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Lyttelton ~.,-, r , The Isabella, brig, from Newcastle, early -: Thomas and Henry, brig, from Dunedin , Syren, biig, from Duriedin, early - Eleanor, barque, from Newcastle, early ... r «..* - Thames, barqne, from Boston, loading 1 Hylton Castle, barque, from Newcastle, early Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands, early Hadda, barque, from Dunedin, early .: Papua, schooner, from Barotonga. Tower Hill, brig, from Warraambool Eureka, barque, from Diinedin ; sailed 23rd instan Wave, brig, froto Oaraara

EXPORTS.

Vet Acacia, lor Melboufiie via Wangaroa: 120,0C0 feet timber.

:Per Camilla for Lyttelton: 276 pieces timber, 123 doors, Holdship; 4302 pieces timber, J. S.-Macfarlane ; '35,000{ft do, J. W. Waller;, 4,000 ft do, Henderson and Macirrlane. and Macfarlane, Per Dauntless, for New (Caledonia! and ■ Norfolk Island—For Norfolk Island^: 15

Icas eB kerosene, G. Dacre; 4 kegs sugar, Stol^ Bros. • 3 edses, S. W. Bill. For iNonin«i: 0:_ boxes tobacco, Owen arid- Gr.ahamj 1 j-cask wine^ G. Hi Fletcher; I road engine, P. W. Londell; 29 pgsi; &o , T- C. Tilly ■■; 12 casks beer, 40 tins paint, 17. drama oil, 43,000 feet timber, 5 tons potatoes, r. S. Macfarlane.r-^Oraickshank and- Co.,

I The s.s. Southern Cross arrived to-day from lfapier,,via the Thames, with a small;portion of her original cargo from Melbourne, and' afl'passengers, Messrs. Webster, Cashmore, Anderson, and Banks. • ,

s .The Golden Isle brings 110 tons coal from The cutter Catherine brings 600 bushels of : lime from Kawakawa. I ; The schooner Albatross haa arrived at Lytteltbn, not Wellington, as announced by the morning papers. ' n ; The brig sign ailed last evening turned out to be the brig Albion, from Kaipara. She ;' brings 180,000 feet of timber, and has had a fair weather passage lasting from the.29fch ;■, -■ ./ '■':■: -:- „..." -:--'•'.., ; ,;■ ; , **>- '-A* schooner "was.signalled yesterday after noon, and a good deal of speculation was rife as to whether it was the Edith now due from • the Islands.. It eventually turned out to be the Golden Isle from Russell. We cannot help thinking that our signal-man mußt have been, dozing not to be able to discern the . "well-known collier's well-defined lines. . The schooner Colonist has cleared for Na pier with a cargo of 23,000 feet timber and 40,000 shingles. * f * > The schooner Qneen^haa cleared out for Russell in ballast. ---; The" barque Acacia has cleared for Mel bourne via Wangaroa, where she is to take lin a cargo, of timber. a The Blanche is to leave to-morrow. . - The schoo,ner. Kenilworth will be ready for Bea about Friday. ■ The Dauntless and Camilla have cleared,, , the former for Noumea and Norfolk Island, the latter for Lyttelton;. They will both1 take their departure at once. The Daunt less takea the following passengers :—Miss MaunselL Mr G. Bullock, Captain W. McLevan, and Captain G. Jackson.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

-' BiijßT, this day. .-.•-v The Biß. Tararua arrived at ten minutes to nine this morning from Dunedin. ,

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wist. Closss as TJ-kesk:— For Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, per ladybird, to-mo«'ow. at, 10 a.m; For Coroniandel, to-morrow, afc 11 30 a.in. For the undermentioned places, per City of Adelaide, to-morrow, Bth July, as under .*— ■ For Fiji, Sandwich-Island.1?, TTnited States of '<■' America, Canada, British Colombia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West. Indies, at 3.30 p.m. For the United Kingdom and Continent of .• Europe, at 3.30 p.m. f For.-money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 2 p m. late lettsrs bearing an extra fee of Od will be received, on b oard the steamer up to time of sailing. . For Newca.'tle, N'.S.'W., per Pet, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Gisborne and Napier, per s.s. Southern Cross, to-worow, at 3 p.m. For Thames, per Enterprise, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. ■ ( Signed) 8. B. Bras, Chlnf Poatmartßi.

BIRTH.

Thoupe."— Onttha 4th irist., at">hsr residence, Spring bank, Mrs Thomas Thorpe, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

West—Psek—On June 16, at St Mark's Church, Eefliuera, by the yen. Archdeacon Pritt, John Burgesa West, third son of John West, late of Leicester, England, to Mary Fanny, only daughter of W.J. Peels, ofEemuera. ; . : Andebtow— Robinson—At the Bay of Islands, by the, Rev. W. Taylor, Charles Anderton, to Amy Eobinson, relict of late FrankiEobinson, both of Auckland. " : \

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

MONDAY, JULY 7, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, ' For the wrong that needs resistance, ' For the future in the distance,

And tbe good that we can do

■ - Ai To put it mildly there -, is, something sus picious in the delay now occurring in respect of the Waitemata election. A reasonable time, and more than a reasonable time, has elapsed since Mr Henderson's resignation arrived in Wellington, and yet no writ has yej; arrived. Had there been nothing specially urgent in the matter a very simple. rexcuse for this might suffice; but when Parliament is sitting, and some time must necessarily elapse before a representative of Waitemata can. take a seat in the Souse, every day's unnecessary delay is a wrong done.< 1 We feel inclined to think that there is some dodge on foot. ,We know how the conduct of elections can be arranged by authority, and that time, place, and circum stance can be made to minister to a favorite candidate. Prom the weird bond of amity existing between Mr Vogel and Mr J. S. Macifarlane we shall not be surprised at any thing done to obtain a seat for the champion •of the logs. It is true Mr Vogel will regret it. He will curse the day he ever did it, for, he will find continued alle giance' in this case to be a costly busi ness ; still so inexplicabl is that bond that neither delay in the election, nor its strange' conduct in any form, should cause surprise. But it is really a pity that.Mr .Macfarlane should be allowed by his friends to put himseif forward. Everyone knows h e has nochatce.whatever of being returned, precisely as" everyone knew when he stood I for the Bay of Islands and for the Superin tendency. It is not kind: of the Bank to permit him to do this. He has been a good servant in former times, and now when he has reached a stage in life when the advice or interposition of friends is of use the Bank should save him frpm placing himself in a position to be laughed at. But whatever may be |he course in relation to this candi date, the delay, in the, election of a represen tative for Waitemata is exceedingly discredit.

able. Who may have been to bl&me, isijtne will doubtless tell. i;:

The approaching elevation, if " elevation " it can be called, of Mr W. JV Hurst to the Mayoral chair, will be received with accla mations by all good citizens. That he should have condescended to. accept such a position is hardly credible to some, but we are assured on undoubted authority that he has placed his thumbs in the sleeves oE his waistcoat, and declared "Ar, yes," he is prepared to saeriiice hiniaelf at tko call of his fellow citizens. The over-sight of the Superinten dent in not sending Mr Hurst the commission of Deputy is still rvesk in the minds o£ mon j but his unanimous election to the vacant mayoral chair impending will be a salve to the hurt feelings of the comamui fey. Unani mous we say, for surely there will be no one to dare disn^e the honor with so much d-aerti. We hardly know which of the many eligible qualifi cations to admire most in Mr Hurst, but we think the premier place should be given to his extreme modesty and diffi dence. It is said that modesty is an orna ment that highly adorns a woman, but it is utter destruction to a man, and onr coming Mayor is an illustration of the Litter truth. Modesty has been his ruin ; and were it not for the superlative intelligence and worth •within which compel their recognition on the part of all auditors and beholders, our worthy coming chief magistrate would hap have beenstill blushing unseen, and wast ing his sweetness on the de3ert air away down in. some of the little inlets that fringe the Coromandel peninsula. It requires, as is wel] known, the utmost compulsion on the part of others to induce Mr Hurst to come forward for any position of honour, and that the electors of City East should have succeeded in coaxing him so much against his natural inclinations to accept a seat in the Provin cial Council is one of those things _whioh " no fellah " can understand. We do trust that the members of the City Council will not listen to any absurd objections which Mr Hurst's shrinking modesty may urge, but that they will insist on his honouring the city, aud. shed on it the lustre of the friendship of the Earl of Pembroke, the Duke of Edinburgh, and others. It would be presumptuous in us to speak of the intellectual greatness of the Mayor elect. In fact so admitted is this that on the mention of Mr Hurst'a name at any time all men laugh-^at the very idea, we ( presume, of the smallneas of all other citizens. He is admitted on all hands to be the most wise, intelligent, and discreet person in Auckland, if not in New Zealand. Th* broadth of his ideas, the comprehensiveness of hia mental grasp, the mildness of his demean our, and the total self-negation ©f his dis positions are equally the subject of general comment ; and as for his integrity wo have but to refer to those who have known and admired his career in various parts of the province. " Honestly speaking," to use a favourite though entirely unnecessary phrase of that gentleman's, Auckland is on the eve of a groat honour, which we trust the gods will enable us to bear with becoming gravity.

As will be seen from our telegraphic column there is being visited on the heads of evening papers our sin of having laboured too much for the public good. We were before aware that last year our telegraphic messages were regarded as a burthen and a bore by the Telegraph Department, and we felfc confident that that it was specially intended to bear down upon the evening papers for, the benefit ot moraine; journalism when tho alteration in the tariff of press telegrams was made. Our readers are not probably aware that our telegrams cost U9 four times more, word for word, than tele grams coming through at night rates cost the morning papers. In common withfl all the other evening papers of the colony we have memorialised the Government on the subject, but whether our demand to be placed on equal footing with the morning papers in Jfche cost of telegrams be granted for refused, we shall in no wise refrain from urging our " special" at Wellington to spare no expense but give us the fullest information in detail on everything of interest to our. readers, even though his messages load the wires till they break. ..• . i**3

The immigrants per Queen of Nations have landed this afternoon, and proceeded to the Drill-shed. ,They are unquestionably a fine lot of passengers, and whether we regard the bonny faces of the healthy buxom lasses or the stalwart forms of the men this lot of new chums reflects the highest credit on Mr Samuel Oochrane and the "North of Ireland. As will be seen from another column these' immigrants are available for engagements, ■and we believe they will be all soon ab sofbedi •

The Grand Jury have.to-day returned Ja true bill against Alexander Brown for an at tempt to set fire to the premises of Messrs Must and Co. The deliberation occupied twelve hours before a decision was arrived at. it would thus appear that the evidence is r egarded as by no means conclusive.

The defective acoustic properties of the Supreme Court have been long a matter of complaint. Yesterday, during the delivery of the judge's charge, the reporters had great difficulty in catching the words of his Honor. Sir George Arney, although he speaks dis tinctly, has not a loud voice, and the slightest cough or movement at the door being echoed through the roof makes it at times impossible to distinguish his Honor's utterances. We are quite aware that this is no new subject of complaint, and that to a certain extent the evil is irremediable ; but it is patent that much improvement might easily be effected. To mention one instance. The doors are all on the swing principle, and have, no handles out side ; consequently, when any one has occa sion to go out of Court he is obliged to allow the door to bang to behind him, which it does with a sound that drowns everything going on in Court at the time. This m^ght be prevented by supplying the missing appendages referred to. ' A canvas awning would decrease the echoing in the roof, but this would require some nicety of arrange ment in consequence of the light in a great measure gaining access from above. Whether the difficulty of hearing can be altogether re moved or not it is perfectly certain that any well-devised attempt to better the inconveni ence would be appreciated by all whose busi ness call them to the Court.

Mr Battley will read a paper this evening at the Wellesley-street Improvement Class ©n " Modern Archseological Discovery," which will be of a very interesting character. The paper will relate to discoveries among the ruins of the buried city of Pompeii, the scenes of Bulwer's interesting romance, of Java, Nineveh, Babylon, and other places which only live in history.

• At the inquest held yesterday at the Rail way Terminus Hotel on the body of a seaman named Alfred Havens, before Dr Philson, corner, the evidence showed that deceased was a sober man, and on Friday he went out in a dingy and seen no more alive. The dingy was was found floating at ten o'clock that night by Edward Hodgson with Haven's hat in it. The jury .returned a verdict of "Found Drowned."

Some, time ago at a^neeting of the Har bour Board a member%ated in strong terms that he believed the sum of £6,000, spent over the silt-basins, was thrown away. The same opinion was expressed by MrMacready at the City Council yesterday. If there is any ground for these assertions it behoves the citizens to ascertain how it is that the men they have chosen to superintend their municipal improvements are wasting their money in such a reckless manner. In justice to the Harbour Board and Council we must say that a considerable improvement has been made by the erection of the silt-basins.

A meeting was held last night at 8 o'clock in the premises given for the Nesvmarket Hall and Reading-room; Great interest was taken as to who should be elected to manage this institution for iihe next twelve monbhs. Mr Jenkins was voted to the chair. Mr Witheford was appointed secretary pro tern. Fifteen gentlemen paid their annual subscrip tions, which gave them the righfc to vote. The meeting then proceeded to elect a com mittee of five. There were nine nominations, and the following were duly elected : —The Rev. Archdeacon Pritt and Messrs John McColl, Win. Morgan, John Jenkins, and Robert Dinnison. A vote of thanks was given to Archdeacon Pritt for the,great in terest and assistance he had given to the Institute ; also, to the Chairman and to Mr Richards for the use of the room.

England is not above taking a wrinkle from America. We notice by the files by the last mail that the Brighton and South Coast Railway Company have introduced the system of selling their tickets at agents offices in different parts of London, dated to suit the convenience of passengers. This sys tem effectually does away with the obnoxi ous rush for tickets on the eve of the depar ture of a train, and is convenient for many other reasons. We trust to see it introduced here before long..

As a respectable citizen wag returning a few evenings ago to his villa along Symonds street he discovered a man prostrate and helpless by the road-side. Like the good Samaritan of old, instead of passing by on the other side, the gentleman went across to the breathing s\ eminion of fallen humanity in order it neeessai.y to pour into his spirit the oil and wine of consolation. Pie found the image of man insensibly drunk, with his enemy, a bottle of brandy, silent beside him. He tried to raise the fallen creature from his pitiful condition, and endeavoured to elicit intelligible language from him, but was only answered with a groan As often as the prostrate being was raised from the ground so. often did he fall back to mother eartb, all unconscious of the bottle of brandy beside him. The gentleman moved him out of harm's way, and left him to Jthe light of the sfcar3. The bottle of brandy is now at our office, where the loser may gain it upon giving a genuine descript:on of the same. To the Editor : Sir,—ln your impression of Wcdnosday last you published an anony mous paragrah charging Mr R. Hill with using "language olosely allied to obscenity" in the delivery of a recitation given by that gentleman at the recent entertainment held at the Whan Public Hall. In the name and on behalf of the Committee of the Whau Public Hall I beg most distinctly and emphatically to d,eny that Mr Hill made use of any language in any way calculated to offend ladies' ears. —I am, &c, John Bollard, Chairman "Whau Public Hall Committee.

A literary gentleman who has come over from England by the Loch Awo wrote a book on the passage, which he offers for sale in manuscript. The said work is appro priately called "My Novel," and, we under stand, contains some novel observations on man and nature ; also, a new address to the ocean. The work no doubt may be had on very reasonable terms, and (if we may dis close the secret) it is the diary of a physician. Judging from the genera] character of the passengers and their faces, as seen in the Police Court dock, the work should be as interesting as a Work by Fielding, and superior to either of the romances of Eugene Sue, and worthy of being placed by the side of the " Lives of Celebrated Highwaymen," and Harrison Ainsworth's " Jack Shepherd.'

We inspected to-day at the shop of Mr. Alexander, jeweller, of this city, a beautiful piece of workmanship, namely, the Thames Borough seal. It was designed by Mr P. A. Pulleine, of the Thames, and was.forwarded to Mr. Alexander to be ongraved on steel. It is one of the most complete things of the kind that has ever appeared in Auckland. It is about the same size as those already done by this artist for the Auckland City Council and the Auckland Harbour Board. We congratulate Mr Alexander upon another success in his profession.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab : Sir, —As there seems to be difficulty in providing quarters for the newly-arrived immigrants, allow me to suggest that about 150 likely looking ones be sent off to Waikato at once. True it will coat about £2 per head to deliver them, there, but it ia more than probable that the number mentioned will go to that district during this month, and as the Govern ment pay immigrants' travelling expenses to any part of the province when they can find employment, why not put them in some of the empty Government buildings at Hamil ton, Cambridge, and other Waikato towns, where they will undoubtedly be engaged much quicker than in the city.—l am, &c, C. We would call the special attention of grocers, merchants, and others to Messrs E. and H. Isaacs' sale as advertised in another column. The goods are of the first quality, and should command an excellent attendance.

We have all sorts of exhibitions in Auck land, from the high-class concert to the local nigger entertainment, bufc we have never yet seen a Punch and Judy show in this city, a miniature battle which is repeated every day in some town or city in England. This street performance, utterly absurd aa it is, has attracted the notice of many eminent men. Goldsmith would stand for half-an - hour shaking his sides at Punch and Judy; so would Dickens "and Albert Smith, who himself became the most popular showman of London. It ■would be useless to attempt to trace the. origin of Punch, whose name heads a London periodical of almost world wide celebrity. Perhaps the penetrating genius of "Snyder." or the far-seeing eye of "Cameo," might discover the secret history of this central figure in the street drama. Punch's antiquity is indisputable, and notwithstanding his brutal treatment of Judy he is a popular favorite in nearly every civilised country. Some learned persons pro fess to have seen types of Punch among the hieroglyphics of the early Egyptians. At Cairo lie flourishes under the name of Kara ffuse (Black Snout). He might therefore have been the companion of Pharoah, and the wooden hero of his palace. Punch is still popular in Turkey and at Constantinople. The wandering children of the desert cherish him with singular regard • and in China, India, Persia, Cashmere and Japan he is the central figure of the streets. In the Alpine villages, and in the green thoroughfares of tiie Hartz Mountains, he diffuses mirth and merriment. Galianajsari ingenius Italian, has endeavoured to account for Punch's origin in his "Vocabulary of the Neapolitan Dialect," and of course proves that Punch came into existence in the land of Virgil and ranks among the Latin classics.

in the large room of the Young Men a Christian Association, in connection with the Auckland early-closing His Worship the Mayor in the chair. '** We have very great pleasure in acfcnow leiging tie re/eipt of 5s from H.B. being a subscription on behalf of the wife andjfwnily of'the unfortunate man Kemvorthy.

THE CASE OF McDONALD.

[By Eleotkio Telegraph.]

(From our Special Correspondent.)

WELLINGTON.

This day. The case of McDonald, found guilty of shooting a horse to prevent alleged trespass into native districts, catises great interest. McDonald is remanded for sentence. He pleaded guilty without a plea of extenuating circumstances or justification His action has been the result of a wish to determine the question of legality. He will doubtless be sentenced for three or five years, but it must be borne in mind tho man is a -political prisoner. His action is the result of blunders of Dr Featherston in the Rangitika- Manawatu dispute, the end of which we shall not hoar of this century. The Provincial Government made a good offer for the Hapu Ngatiraukawa lands with out compensation. McDonald shoots a horse to test tho legality of Government action. His friends, if sentenced, will peti tion the General Assembly forhia release. McDonald has been badly used by the Wellington Government all through. Had he been fairly treated his embroglio would never have occurred. He shot the horse Simply to test his claim. He is an adopted member of the Ngafciraukawa. He fought their battle against the Wellington Government and prevailed, hence the animosity of the police and Government is manifest.

LATER.

McDonald had prepared a written plea of justification, but he preferred letting the case go on its merits. He committed the outrage only to shield other members of his hapu. Ho refuses being guided by his counsel's advice. - McDonald's sentence has been deferred. It is believed the reason is to wait till McLean's arrival. , ~

FURTHER PARTICULARS.

[Per Press Telegram Company.]

Me Donald pleaded guilty, but urged in extenuation that because of dissatisfation amony the tribe, owing to land, he felt bound to do something to prevent worse enauing. Readmitted that his original intention was merely to prevent iToung going on the road, but had failed to carry it out properly. Therefore he supposed tho law must take its course.

The Judge said he had been led to hope that the act had been the result of a sudden burst of reckless, idiotic passion ; but now that it was shewn that the prisoner deliber ately attempted to stop the progress of civili zation in that part of the country the matter assumed a very different and serious aspect. It is stated prisoner, on behalf of natives, had tendered for the construction of the road, but failed to get it, and that a feeling of irritation was felt in consequenoe. Young and McKenzie deposed that last Saturday McDonald admitted he did wrong, but said he was sorry now he did not shoot the man instead of the horse.

Travers made no defence and called no witnesses as to Ms general character. The Judge, owing to the importance of the ease, reserved judgment,Jbut intimated that the offence was punishable with, fourteen years. The Supreme Court adjourned last night till Monday next, when sentence will be passed upon McDonald.

PARLIAMENTARY.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

{I ROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER)

WELLINGTON.

This day.

It is stated upon good authority that a deputation of members waited upon th9r Premier, regarding the duration of the ses sion. In reply he gave them to understand that as far as possible to determine at pre sent the session would not exceed two months.

There is great dissatisfaction here among all civil servants as to the salaries when prices of provisions and lodgings are con sidered.

I hear from good authority that the head of one department last Bession refused in creased salaries to his subordinates, but as soon as the estimates were passed raised them all en hloc. Another department in this year, 1 am told, will follow suit, but I will not vouch for the fact. The cheap and cheese-paring system in vogue with the tele graph department does not answer; fines are inflicted without discretion or prudence. I know boys here earning only £50 or £60 per year often hare to pay twelve or fifteen shillings per month for fines. Fine 3 for eutering wrong address in abstract, a shilling. Fines of five shillings for messages not being sent in order or delayed ; employe's failing to enter names in book, like civil servants, wh-n they commence work, fined shilling. People ask what right has the manager to inflict these fines, and where do,the proceeds go. Under paid boys get their flues., deducted every month, and their hosts or board ing-housekeepers have often to go with out money justly due them. The whole sys tem is declared by many to <be antiquated. Forty words a minute is the maximum rate, hence causing high tariff for press messages. The alteration in the press tariff was induced after last session by the Auckland Stab blocking the wires during the, day. There is a general feeling that some man is wanted to introduce a bill for new regulations for the control of the department. Vogel has no time to look into these small details.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

Before his Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Kt., . Chief Justice, Yesterday—Continued. •> .

HORSE STEALING.

Heta, alias Peke Puru, a native, -was arraigned upon an indictment charging him with stealing a horse on the 28th May, the property of Eobert Kelly. Prisoner, through an interpreter, pleaded not guilty. J - v , .Robert Kelly deposed : I am the owner of the horse, and left the gelding in the pad -222: ?PP° sjte my store« at Hikutaia, on the 28bh May last. In the morning I missed her. A stable-keeper at the Thames par

assess*! sentenced to two years' penal servitude. UNNATURAL OFFENCE. William Johnston, a sailor, aged 44, was years penal sen;^£ DAy ; ! His Honor took hid seat at ten o'clock.

lARCKN V. George Mountain, aged 30, described as a butXr was arraigned upon an indictment chartng him with having stolen and earned away*, oa the 27th of January, several coats, shirk, and other wearing apparel, the pro perty of Edward Marsh Williams. Prisoner pleaded not giuity. ■'■ m" Brookfield appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr Joy for prisoner. Mr Brookfield opened the case. Mr Edward Marsh Williams deposed tha* he was a resident magistrate #at the .Bay oi Islands, and that prisoner resided m a whare at the T point. On the 24th January he selected certain goods at Mr Rattray s shop, consisting of an Inverness cape, a waterproor overcoat, a patent leather ba*, thirty yards of print for girls' dresses, and sundry other articles of wearing apparel. (Constable Donovan produced the parcel.) lie saw the goods packed in Mr R'^ rays warehouse, and directed to him by the Rowena. He never received the parcel, and made every enquiry about it. The value of the goods was a little over £12. Maria Armstrong depose! that she was a dressmaker in Auckand, and in January last Pho made two dresses for Mrs Williams,, which Master Williams called for. The dresses prodnced were the same. Mr W. Rattray, draper, of Auckland-, de posed that in January last he sold the goods produced to Mr Williams. He knew them by his private mark. He was standing by when the sale was effected. The goods were securely packed in oanvas and forwarded to Mr Williams' address, which was painted on distinctly with a brush. Thomas Freeman, porter in Mr Rattray s establishment, deposed to taking the parcel to the Rowena on the 26th January.

Parcel's book produced. Frank. Rackstraw was chief officer of the Rowena In January last, and remembered dis charging the parcel from that vessel into a boat. We knew the T point, which was a quarter oE a mile from where the cargo was discharged. There were two receiving boats (Yorke and Irvin's), but he could not say which of the two took in the parcel. He did not see the prisoner there. James Yorke, boatman, was engaged by Mr Williams to receive any parcels by the Roweua for him. He recollected the 27th of January, when Irvine's boat was nearest the vessel and goods for him were handed across Irving's boat, but he did not receive the parcel in this case. He expected such a parcel and enquired about it. He knew the prisoner, who lived on the T point. The whare belongs to Walter Irving, the owner of the boat, and he occasionally lives there. He went to prisoner's house on the 7th April with Mr Donovan and another constable. They had a search warrant. A search was made in the bedroom, and we found some of the goods (produced) in a box ; Mountain was not 1 present, but was sent for by his wife. When ihe came Constable Donovan asked if he had any things in the house which did not belong to him : he said "yes" some things which he found under a bush in the the tabbood burial ground. There was no particular track through the ground, nor fence round it. %_ Cross-examined by Mr Joy : He and Irving were opposition boatmen. There was a strong feeling against him. He believed prisoner was some twelve miles away fishing. When the parcel was miosing, Walter Irving had been accused of the theft. Information was laid by a man who had been employed by him. John Donovan, police officer stationed aj Russell, deposed to searching prisoner's house and finding the goods mostly in ; Mrs." Mountain's bedroom. Mrs. Mountain stated that she had bought the property some months before of a tradesman in Rus sell, but when Mountain came in he said he had found it at a place which he pointed out, between bis house and the native settlement, partly enclosed by a broken fence. He reprimanded Mrs. Mountain for telling a falsehood, but she did not answer. Witness arrested the prisoner and took him and the goods to Russell. This being the case for the prosecution Mr Joy addressed the jury for the defence. After some deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. LAECENY BY BAILEK. ' '"■ (seorge Smyth was arraigned upon an in dictment charging him with larceny as bailee of a mare, on the 15th August, 1573, the pro perty of James Shirley. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to one year's imprisonment with hard labour. TRUE BILL. The grand jury, after twelve hours' deli beration, brought in a true bill against Alexander Brown, charged with incendiar ism.

THE OPERA.

It is so long since an English opera com pany visited Auckland that the very novelty of the entertainment presented last evening at the opening of a season announced to last over twenty-four nights was quite sufficient to draw a large audience; but when to this is: added the reputation which Miss Alice May, the primd donna, in particular, and the whole company in general, have acquired in their recent progress through the colony it is not wonderful that in spite of the "most unfavourable weather the Theatre on the occasion of the company's introduction to an Auckland audience should have been crowded with the most brilliant assemblage seen in. the Prince of Wales Theatre for many years ' Maritana' was selected as the operaf or the first nightof the season, and selected wisely Fresh or we might say stale, from a sea voyage it was noti to ba expected that all the artistes would be m their bestllettle : and Wallace's sparkling opera is a work which, in the ren dering, does not task the powers of the per formers nearly so much as for instance AuberVor Balfe's achievements To E Alice May was of course assigned the f&le of _tho interesting and ambitious gitana, who is the heroine of the;piece. Don Cajsar de Bazan t was played by Mr H. HallaiTDon bvM M «S ed :H miQOr chara6ters by Messri Howard, Vernbn, G. Lester, Wil kinson,, and Misses Florence Howe and B Harris, besides a numerous and effective cnorus; -The overture was executed in a masterly manner by the orchestra led by fii At leury> and. conducted by Mr G B Allen (Mus. Baa, Oxon.); This was listened to throughout with marked atten non, and' the i performer must have felt §Sf rt a|i eing aPPlauded at the finish. i ll^*.9 f tne^Pera is shortly.as follows:— *or fighting a duel in defiance of an edici; against such affbires d' homeur? Don Csesar

do Bazan, a Spanish soldior of an ancient family but impoverished fortune, i B con , . demned to be hung. Don Jose*, a noble who is desperately in love, with the >.~, Queen but unable to gratify his desire prior to Don Char's arrest detects the Kin? for the third time in a meeting with Maritana, a gitana or gipsy who ia amHtidtig ~'« to become a fine lady. _ Visiting Don Casar. in his confinement he informs the luckless ; adventurer— whose only £,rief at his fate ia that he is to die like a felon instead of like a - soldier—that if he will consent to a secret marriage with an unknown lady he will ■ ! guarantee that he shall be shot instead of ' hung.. The lady he intends shall be Marl- ' tana. His object in^ this is thus stated in the libretto, '' married to. Don CaS?ar the \ widow'd Conntess of Garofa ma7.i^roach v-"" so near the King as to be ever C*C ■" 'ng in his eyes and heart." F v advancing the attractive charms a; ; »y| tana Don Csesar hopes to find opportuV -\ gratify his guilty passion for the sQaewj. '■' Don Oassar accepts the offer. Maritana, de ceived by the lie that it is the Queen's com- r; mand, and allured by her ambition, consents to the marriage, and it takes place. Don Ccesar is then led out to'be shot, hut his guards, who had been-treated right royally at a banquet to which the Don made it a * special request they should be present, have their muskets loaded without ball, and he ;' falls unhurt, and subsequently escapes. Man- '. tana is. lodged with a marquis } : ;and -jh|g|j« wife, who|aro in Don Josh's . power, at their gvilJa, and kept carefully secluded except from the Kin*. Knowing thai -. Camr de Bazan has escaped, Don Jose ia much put to it to find means of keeping the married pair, who have fallen in love with one another at their short interview, from coming together and so spoiling his scheme. In spite of all his contrivances Don Ccesar at last effects an entrance into Maritana'a retreat, narrowly escaping being shot. at -• the door by Lazarillo, a page now in*Doajg Jo3e's employ, but who formerly had. been : , the innocent canse of the duel which'had'^W brought him into so much trouble, and' who was devotedly attached to him. Th«. v , lovers recognise one another and embrace - fondly, but their joy is ' cut short by 1 the tidings brought by Lazarillo—who has found, outfwhoDon Cseaar is—that the king's guards are approaching. At Maritana'a ,y request the Don hastens inttf the garden to the Queen, whom Maritana haa' seen there. .. He finds her Majesty in secret converse with : the traitor, Don Jose, whom he. punches withf"" his: sword upon the sppfc, and. returns taliu(|/^ wife, to find her listening with indignation to >« the impassioned vows of the King. A scene - of explanation follows, Don Caesar convinces^ the king of Don Jose's treachery : the^King ; recognises the loyalty of Don Caesar, who . ;: ha 3so promptly avenged his outraged honor;T. "■■' 'so does the magnanimous, that is gives up Mari tana with his royal blessing to her husband, whom he creates at first Duke of Valentia, || but afterwards Duke of Grenada at the Don's-f? special request, because as he nays with the 'M characteristic caution of his less fortunate :?ti days, " Grenada is one hundred miles from j" Madrid, sire, and beyond the reach of my r creditors." Miss Alice May's delineation of Maritana quite comes tip to ourexpectationijj' and they were not small. Her yoice iaai? pure soprano of magnificent flexibility and compass. There is a sweetness of .tone about it which makes it peculiarly adapted for the S! plaintive wailings of distress and grief, while with rare versatility its sparkling brightness i befits equally the cherry notes of -jof--* and gladness. Miss May has evidently" undergone a long .and careful train- ,' ing. Her command over her voice" is perfect, while her marks of expression are ; observed religiously, and with telling effect Her intonation is singularly clear. l Even in? her passages there was little need to refer to the libretto^ Where such euloginm -: may be bestowed withtout hyperbole^'upon ? Miss May's powers it cannot be • "'.. esteemed a disparagement to say that we do . not think her histrionic abilities are quite up !T to the same standard. She has grace, ease,:* and elegance in her movements, together with natural deolamatory powors of a hi?h order. Her expression, ; of deep pathos *a\'. real and earnest, but the^passion'is tjhiefly •,«* told in the voice. 'There appears tons, and perhaps it may be thought treason to say so, a touch of sameness about her gestures which prevents the beholder being .wholly carried away 'with the tide of passionate emotion. Our criticism amounts to this—that Misp|| May, if not perfection, is as near to it as any one ever seen in Auckland. In the opening romanza, "It was a knight of princely;. "■ mien," the naivete of the gipsy was well embodied, • and her secret aspirations • betrayed very artisticallyin the gusto thrown " into the linej " 'Twas a King ! the King of . Castile!" In the Angelus, "Angels that hover round us," the traditional religions fer- "' your of the gipsy race, in spite of all its erratic propensities, was delightfully shadowed, forth. The duett with Don Jose, "Of fairy wand had I the power," was a sparkling per formance of the 'most opposite nature. Its conclusion was greeted with awakening enthusiasm onthe part of the audience, I; who were'evidently determined to form their 1 own conclusions. In the fortune-telling^ scene the action of Miss May was very suc-l!^_ cessful. Her caution to the old man— ' "When w«ak old dotardi - , m To young maids week - Young men do sometimes Hake love Instead . was gwen with an archness that called forth laughter and applause mingled. ;• Another; ; duett with Don Jose, .*' .Andmore than that ..." within my hand," called forth increased ex. pressions of approval. Maritana's appearances ■ in,the second act are not calculated to arouw much enthusiasm. Her song, "I hear it again, 'tia the harp in the air," told with an 1 eloquent appealinguess the story of the blighted hopes of the gipsy maiden, and im- ; mediately afterwards her agony of mind on discovering her lost husband, and being pre- ::;. vented from flying to his arms,.wasexhibit^d^ most truthfully in the' wild yet beautiful exclamatory passage " What • mystery ? Why this control ?" This brought the . second act to a conclusion, and a shower of bouquets greeted the last notes of the already assured favorite. But Miss May's greatest '; hit of the evening was to come. The recita tive " How dreary to my heart in this gay chamber" was a- sweetly telling Wi" ;■ of desolation, and stirred ■av^inpathetio...4< chord in the hearts of the audience. ; ' Then Miss May rose to her grandest ia^tielg following aria " Scenes that are brightest." In! this she fairly carried the house away. At the end of the first stanza the applause was tumultuous. When the concluai r '-id the . climax was reached in the desp^^-AT 7or( *8 "The heart is lost" there wassueh| W& ; of enthusiasm as has rarely beeis P^ml in Auckland. Another shower OjiMerwUfttS^ fell at Miss May's feet, and she" and|com' polled to render the last stinz^Tli .;^ c,/ may have another opportunity ufiiJ'^Shg *° Miss May's performance of Maritana, so we will only notice one more feature, and, that is_the orison duett "Sainted ? mother1 giii'de his footsteps." Thii was ag effective as the last mentioned aria. There was a piteous earnestness »ho|^a it that waa very affectirig. Miss Lain'ijijw|fi contributed to its success by her round, aOj|M musical mezzo notes, which blended bea^tfa fully -with Miss May's richer and more fnU^Sj developed tones. Mr Hallam's Don Cleß|M de Bazan was a:well-eonceivedrepreßentati#S

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