SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

HrfJK *r»«H£B : TtiLt *«m!ng. 634 ; la-sssenaw >rrm .«?•>»• . v *.»c wealEß, 55: «TT>r--RTSSB ! To morsrow morning, 7.4 WOOTS'B AGE ; Full mcon. 29th, 4.22 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

Bell- JVandon. sohoomr. HP tors. Oli'.son, from I'ijis Prince Rupert, ketch, from PakM

DEPARTURES.

Toc.h Awe. fhip. 105'? tons. Weir, for ?an Francisco ETadfla. barque, tor TTewcastte ladybird, s.s , for the South

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Kandavu—Cyphrenes. ss , (English Mail), 3rd

Anenst ■Par the Tforth—rTovrcna.. ss , Monday next For I,vttelton — ~zi m Orow. barque, and Prince Alfrpd, b»rnnertin^. e»rlv For Kai»-ara - T^onlas and Henry, br?p, early Fr.r Melbnnrne--Mi'<iadps. shio. early For thfi lalanr?s-Papu< fltl(1 Fd^th. pnhooners. early For Chatham Islands-Mpgellan Clcud.. biigantioe,

early For T o^don—F^ton Onstle. barqtie, e srly ; Countess

of Kintore shir>, enrlw ' ' , For Opotiki-Fanny Kelly, ketch, "Wednesday, 29th

VESSELS EXPECTED

Victoria, s.a.. from Pvrtcev, about 4th Atiepst City of Auckland, ship, from London ; sailed 20th

Thanips, barane. from Postnr, vift Adelaide early tnch TTrr, ship, from T,or>don ; saiVrf 3<-d .Tune Ferno'aK b»Tnne, f Tntn T.nndon : ?Mied May 5 Oxford. sh:p from Lorr'on : railed 7Hi June ■PTesnor barone. from VpwcnsHe. *arly Pearl, ketch, from Smith Rei Tsianfls. early JMo Oanflfi. barque, from T.ytteTSfvn, early Mapel'an Clmid, schro^er. from Lytteltcn Clematis, ketoh, from Lyftd'on, early Wave. brie, from Osmaru HarripH Armltpeo, bnrQne. from Dwotfin ; loading Corenetj brigantine, frona Tahiti, early

IMPORTS.

Per Belle Brandon, fmm Eevnija and Eewa • 09 sacVa mfiiz», 3200 coaooanubs, 1 cj.sk oil, O-. Holdup *i Co. ; 112 iacfe. maize, ■32 r-aies fihre, 4 logs wood, .'. Bucnsnan; 254 sacks maize, order.—G Holdship and Co., agents.

The fine ship T.och Awe sailed yesterday evening tor Pan "Francisco. The barque Hndrla Failed in ballast for Newcastle late yesrerrlav aftfirnoon. The hn»antine Magellan Cloud hns come alongside the wjtiarf to discharge her cargo from Lvtrelton.

The brig Fawn arrived' at an^ early hour this morning from LytMton wi+h a cargo of Southern produce to order. She left on the 21st instant. ..-.:. : ■ ■ We learn by a telegram received at Christchtirch by the Few. Zealand Shinping Company tnerej that the ship Stirling Castle has sailed for Aticlcln.Dfl, and that tjje ship' Waitsnei is Tending in 'London fir thirf port. The fine dinner Fchonner Belle. Braivlrm. belonrim? to Messrs Hold sir p anl Co., a?" commanded by Captain Ohlson, arrived this morning fromthe Fiji after a ran of 16 days. The Captain reports leading,Levnka on the Bth and Rewa on the 11th insst, . For first three days, had N.W. winds .Vith fine ■weather. Thencfi strorg head p->lefl for nearly the rest of thn pases?^. Had to heave-to on the ISth, 21st, and 22nd for dyer twelve hours on, each occasion. Durinc the gale, or rather succession of gales, had mainsail and foresail both split; by the violence of the wind. Sighted Cuvier Island on Sunday afternoon. From there light S.W.. wiml9 into port. PaaßeWers : Ohns." and William Young [en route for Melbourne.) The Bella Brandon Vfll after discharging load again for Levuka immediately. The ketch Prince Rupert brings 30,000 ft timber from Pakiri. jlThe s.s. Ladybird. Captain Andrew?, left this morning for the South taking a penpral cargo and the following passengers:— Saloon : Rev. B C. Rutland, Messrs C. Hftley, Jas. Cowan. R, G. Creagh. the Loyal Troupe (/). and others booked at Onehunga, with six in the steerage.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows : — For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m , and to-morrow, at 10.30 am. For Wangaroa, per Ruby, to-morow, at 4.30 p.m. For Chatham Tslands, per Magellan Cloud, on f ri day. 31st instant ,„..,. t- For'Wbltiar.gi and Opotiki and Opotiki, per Fanny • Kelly, to-motrow, at 3 p m. For Tauranga and Opotild, per Southern Cross, on daturoay next, h,t 1 p.m. For Tarannki and Wanganul, par Go-ahead, to moro's-, at 4.80 p.m. „,._,. For the undermentioned place 3, per Cyphroncs, on August 3, ss under :- For Fiji, Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and S-<uth America, Mid British and Foreign "Weßt Indies, at' 12.30 p.m. For the United Kingdom a!:d Continent ct Europe; at 12 :;0 p.m For money orders, registered lelters, af.d newt papcr.-? .it 11 am. Late letters bearing an extra feo of Gd will tc received by ihe mail agent un boircl up to time ct sailing. S. B. Biss, Cl:'.o! Postmaster.

DEATH.

p InTS _On July ?8, at Devoopoit, James, yowagest son of Henry Pitts ; aged 6 jears.

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

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance. Vor the vrojig tfiat nueo-s res :;unee, for tne future in th* disuince, Aud the good that wo can do.

The Suez mail has again arrived before her time. Ib will be s"';n from °^r telegrams that the s.s. Albion with the mail arrived at the Bluff to-day. She brings letters via Brindisi of date June 12, Mid was not due in this colony until the 4th of August. We are very glad indeed to learn from the manager that the Steam Packet Company's interests have not been prostitilted to poli tical purposes, and that Mr J. S. Macfoi lane's agent at the Thames has paid the fares of the Thames people, who have been brought up to do duty in the election to-day. It is so customary to see the interests of others treated as if they were created for M> J. S. Macfarlane's sole benefit tha* " --• ment appeared to usto hay '' ■- «•*« ™"« -*u«>ttsmt-a W- .-..n0 ftSpfetttof entire rt £' - - *re Bka for *iie credit of *f e .^oc Company that it is not so* and «tiQ rumour to that effect is only another illustration of the adage that " A man is always known by the company he keeps." The charitable institutions of Attck and have sustained a vtery sad loss, which perhaps the public are not generally aware of. The £1000 which Mr J. S: Macfarlane was to have received from Mr C. A. Harris, jun., for the damage done to character and feelings by the recent Police Court proceedings, had been very magnani mously apportioned out beforehand on papers to the various local charities. '■•'■ It is supriiing that the jury with such a fact before it— care having' been taken not to hide the philanthropical intention under a bushel — did not bring arbout a different result. Rumour hath it, however, that it was solely owing to his warm interest in' our charitable institutions that one of the distinguished four was induced to hold out. What a complete refutation to the generally received axiom that "itis easy to be liberal at another's ex pense" does the frustration of this charitable scheme afford. Here we have the utmost willingness on the one hand, yet through the perversity of others the good deed has fallen short of accomplishment.

Captain Bowman, inspector and chief surveyor for Germanic Lloyds, is now on a visit to this poit for the purpose of com pleting arrangements for classifying vessels by Germanic Lloyds. Either he or the agents, Messrs. Tonks and' Co., will be quite willing to afford every information to shipowners or builders.

We regret to learn that the young lad Pitts, whose skull was smashed some weeks ago by the kick of a horse running loose at Devonport, died this morning. That he should have lingered on so long has surprised his medical attendant and friends, as with a very brief interval he has' remained uncon scious since the time of the accident, and has partaken of very little food.

~ A practical joke, of a-very stupid and malicious kind was perpetrated last night. Mr John Symons, expressmaa, left his vehicle in a vacant allotment near his resi dence. On going this morning to prepare for the work of the day he found the tail-board | smashed, apparently with a hammer, and the cart covered over with treacle. 'He is con vinced in his own mind regarding the identity of the offenders, and desires us to intimate that if they wish to settle old grudges with him he only asks that they will come in an open manly way, when he will be prepared to deal with them. Mr Symons expresses his indignation at the character of a sneak, which every one will agree with him in.

The funeral of Mr D. J. O'Keefe took place yesterday and was attended by a large number of Auckland citizens and gentlemen from the Thames. The deceased was well known in Australia, in Auckland, and on the Thames goldfields. .The leading features of his character/have been well defined by one who was.closely, associated with him as pluck and en terprise. He was one of the few who from the first manifested strong faith in the per manence and importance of the Thames gold field, and became a, pioneer of the field.

A gentleman from Otahuhu informs us that the looonictive employed on the railway line for tLe purpose of drawing ballast wagons passed through Otahuhu early on Sunday morning. On making inquiry re garding this unusual occurrence-he was in formed that the men engaged on the Papa kura section*! ot the line were at work that day. We canuot of course vouch for_ the accuracy of this statement, but believe it to be correct. This new phase in railway con struction in this province requires some ex planation.

One of our schoolmasters was rather aston ished a few clays since when lecturing a boy on the impropriety of driving cows into the Freeman's Bay creek, and throwing stones at the neighbours cats. He said to the boy "If you continue in your course of conduct, you will bring your father's grey hairs with sorrow to the grave." "Never, never," replied the pupil, "for my father is bald, and wears a wig." The pedagogue raised his cane but could not strike. He sighed imprimatur, and gave it to the reporter of the Evening Star.

1 In consequence of a rise of a penny per ' pound on meat in Wellington the inhabitants have started a Cooperative Cattle Dealing and Butchering Society, Limited, in f>,ooo £1 shares, which seems likely to bring the butchers to their senses.,

To the Editor : Sir,—l read with much pain your opinion of the Auckland Bench of Magistrates' as expressed in Saturday's leader. As regards myself I have always endeavoured mo3t strictly and solemnly to adhere to my sworn duty. I can name J.P.'a who cannot also possibly be tampered with. I have sat frequently with Mr Beokham. His practice ever was, do you find for the plaintiff or de fendant? without any comment whatever. In the case Harris, junr. p. J. S. Mac farlane I had consented to sib before tbe case had come before the pub lie. On the morning of hearing I met' Mr. Beckhatn ia Court. He asked, "Do you sit?" Yes ; reply thereto, lam very glad Messrs Baber and Buckland had arrived, but whether Mr Beckham was aware of it I do ■not know. Mr Baber requested to be ex cused sitting on plea of urgent business. Mr Bncklaud objected. On the following morning Mr Beckham casually remarked, "I sec nothing thus far to affect Mr Macfariane." I remarked'" that I thought both plaintiff and counsel lelicd much on some letters sent by defendant to Major KeddelL" Mr Beck ham, warmly answered " that if Ivcddell had allowed" himself to be tampered wich ho ought immediately to bo removed frum the Bench.—l am, &c, J. H. HoBNE.

The construction of mountaifi roads in the Himalayas requires Bkilful engineering, and is extremely difficult. The roads are in some cases at an elevation of twenty-four thousand ftj cf-, aud in some districts the annpn.l rain t'all h;:s icached 220 inches; of cvll'iuh 170 iuilv-ft fell i-i the two tn 1 v 'c.if i«uuMjs of the rainy season, and u^ inches in a single hour. In some places are built, jut ting out from the rock, and in others galler ies arc excavated in the rock.

The anniversary tea meeting of the United Methodist Free Cliiircb", corner of I'itt-street, will be held this evening, when several ministers and gentlemen will address the meeting in favour of the Sabbath-school connected with this place of worship. To the Fditor : Sir, —I notice in your issue ef last evening that a writer signing himself himsdf "Decent Man" made - as he imagined —a bold literary effort to criticise my re marks on the opening of tho Mechanics' on the Lord's day. If it were not for your willingness to give publication to every rea sonable application I would say, Why waste half a column of your valuable space to please a man who could not, if he dare, adduce a single argument in support of -his premises ; but one who seems to glory in being calltd a Sabbath-brc^kor, and whose arguments (so-called) are without logic or reason. Is this the only champion the «■ can forward? I pause for - -wouorß &c, By. T. • " '"Piy.-YottM,

iktte Mit&f : Sir,—At tjho close '(•{ my week's labqur oh Saturday afternoon 1 occa sionally take a trirj b^ rail to Onehunga, which costs me eighteen pence for a return ticket, but on Saturday last I walked as far as Newmarket and took a return ticket at that station when, judge to my Surprise, i was charged Is 6'i frri; a return ticket, and was told °" it was all right;." This is a strange way of doing business,, but I suppose "<itis all right."—Yours, etc, Decorator.

A young member of one of our volunteer corps on leaving the Albert-street Temper ance Hall last evening in company with a young lady said, "My dear Ellenor, I have long wished for the sweet opportunity, but hardly daro trust myself to utter the deep and tender emotions of my heart, but I declare unto you, dear Ellenor, that I love you most tenderly. Your smiles would—ah—ah— shed " "Never mind the old drill-shed now, George," replied Ellenor, "that .will soon be removed ; but go on, pray go on with your pretty talk."

In the case of Anderson v. Robert Kelly, claim £100, tried before His Honor, Judge Beckham in the district court yesterday, the court ruled that it had no jurisdiction iv the matter. We may state as a singular circum stance that the jury of four empanelled to decide the case bore the surname of Clark ; the foreman was Mr George Henry Clark.

The monthly meeting of the members of the Auckland In stitute was held last even ing in the Museum buildings, Sir George A, Arney, president, in the chair. Since the last meeting several new members had been admitted and donations received. A paper was read by Mr T. F. Cheeseman on " Pterostyles Squamata," also an essay on " The Claims of Science on National Educa tion/ which were received with approbation. Mr Martin's paper was a valuable one, and •worthy of a wider circulation.

"It is said by a correspondent," observes tine Bruce Herald, "that our partridge will not have the same flavor as the Scotch bird on account, of the absence of heather. From the same cause our mutton suffers. This, however, will not be the case always owing the ; patriotism of,a well-known Miltonian, who is sending the purple heather far and near."

Notice is taken in the Dunedin papers of large meetings assembled for the purpose of " special prayer," at which hymns are sung, addresses delivered and prayers offered up'for special objects, intimation of which is given prior to the holding of the meetings. As many as twenty-seven .requests for prayer were made on'one occasion.

The Evening Post is now printed by water power. As soon as the city water-works were complete a water-engine was ordered from Messrs A. and T. Burfc, of Dunedin, which prints at the rate of 2,000 copies per hour. .

The annual meeting of the ratepayers in Karangahape distrist was held last evening in the Newton Academy. The report of the trustees shewed a balance of £69 12s 7d; arrears, £43 Is 7d ; total amount of rates, £365 =16s 4'd. , A rate of Id in the pound was agreed to for the current year. Messrs. Cherry, Duke, Morrison, Stephenson, and. Warren.;,.were elected trustees, and Messrs Heslop and Dames auditors.

Alag, for the lack of gallantry in thes^un chivalrous days ! Can no comnter-movement be iaauaurated to protect .the.fair Hebtpot ■our hotels from the baleful influence of Mr Fox's unfeeling proposals? The ex-Fremier intends to move in committee on the weens mc Bill that no girl under thirty years 01 nge shall be permitted to serve at a nar. Good gracious ! does he mean to imply that there Ire any unmarried ladies m this colony of over thirty years of age, or is fljs a ««eP: laid plot to deprive us of the addition of sweet feminine smiles to the more _ sub stantial flavour of our P.B. Where is the champion who will stand forth and plead trie cause of the thousand interesting creatures who with throbbing hearts now await their doom ? He shall not lack smiles or nobblers while barmaids flourish. We are glad to learn from late advices that the b™llei, is to the fore, and that Mr Fox shall not tamper with the ladies' privileges witu im punity, The members of the Wesleyan Mutual Im provement and Literary Society held a meet ing last evening previous to their social gathering on Friday evening next and the commencement of their new syllabus of essa>s and subjects of debate. The-great log war has, it is believed been brought to a final termination. The tarns of the truce are given in our report ot the Supreme Court proceedings to-day, and we have much pleasure in adding our congratu lations to those of the Chief Justice upon the settlement of this protracted and wearying litigation _

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

PER ALBION AT THE BLUFF.

THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF BISMARCK. PARIS. July 80. General Lateour, Orlcsnisfr, has been ap pointed Miui&ter of Interior, and Bouet, a jmoderate Deputy, Minister of Finance. The other Ministers remain in i.ffice. The As sembly, with them, is giving the Cabinet time to deliberate, and postponed the consti tutional debate till Thursday.

BERLIN.

July 20,

■ A priest, arrested on suspicion of being an accomplice in the attempted assassination of Bismarck, has been released.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

(Peh s.a. Albion.)

EifiECTRI) iilv-mXATTON OF THE VIUrOJtQAH MUSIbTKY.

STEAMER EXPLOSION AT ADELAIDE.

MELBOURNE.

July 23

On Tuesday night the tltird reading of.the Constitution Act Amendment Bill was car ried by a majority of two .votes only, the numbers being 35 for 33,, against. Ye&terciciy when the Ass-embl}' metj_the Treasurer askud_°for an adjournment until Tuesday to enable the Government to con sider their position, and the House adjourned accordingly. It was thought their resigna tion will follow. The Chief Secretaryis still very ill. Dr Oairus has resigned his pastorate of Chalmers (JhurcrJ? Tho congregation is send ing to Scotland for a successor. JDr JJer. of (ifasgow, is recommended for tho chair of theology in connection with t>- Presbyterian Churoh ifTViol^--' -**v Three can' 1''1 ' .""■• , , r ' i "\ ]■~. ' ...^»se« aro uoininatea lor O^l« .uwoof', aud two for Grenvillo. Tho Bteattior Amoy with new teiw hse arrived from FoO Chow,

COMMERCIAL.

Wheat and ilour improved. Sales dull: kerosene, Is sd. Large Bales of Bardines at an advance.

SHIPPING.

Melbourne. —Arrived : Rose M, Chris tina, and Chanticleer, from Whangaroa.

SYDNEY.

Parliament is furche. prorogued to 23rd August. Dr Lee has resigned hia seat for Maithmd.

The new Wallsend Company' has obtained the Imperial contract for supplying the Aub« tralian squadron with coali The Mavigation Board has suspended ab solutely the cereificate of the Captain of ship Cakworth. It wss shewn in evidence at the enquiry that after the fishing vessel was run down in the Frith of "the Channel and the cries of .the men were heard for assistance the Captain shewed an utter disregard for the Sifety of their lives. : «\ The financial statement has been post poned for another fortnight, The Govern ment stated after making full enquiries they were satisfied that no kidnapping had oc curred on board th 6 Daphne in the Sonth Seas.

i The Governor was informed by telegram of his mission to Fiji.

BRISBANE.

Parliament has been prorogued. The speech referred to the work of the session, and regretted the action of the Council re garding the loan measure which left the demand for agricultural settlement unsatis fied.

TASMANIA.

i Parliament has opened. The speech spoke satisfactorily of the state of the revenue. An absence of increased taxation was pro-

miaed.

ADELAIDE.

En explosion on board a river steamer killed two men and injured several others. The Speaker of the Assembly continues ill.

SUPREME COURT.—CIVIL SITTINGS. This Day.

(Before his Honor Sir George A. Arney, Kt., Chief Justice, and a special jury, consisting ' of* Messrs H. S. Rudock, Joseph Bonnett, W. Buchanan, W. C. Hill, Barton Ireland, M. M. Taylor, Frederick D. Yonge, Jeremiah Casey, A. Saunders, James Baber, Gabriel Lewis, Edward Barfcley ; foreman, William Crush Daldy.) His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock. HARRIS, SEN"., V. MACFAULANE. This case, which occupied the Court the whole of yesterday, was resumed thiß morning at ten o'clock. Mr Rees appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Hesketh for defendant. Examination of James Young continued : In the absence of John Macfarlane in the Kaipara he refused to allow Harris's men to have anything to do with the canal, but did not refuse them the use of the booms, although they belonged to J. S. Macfarlane. On his return from.town he found the logs scattered about upon the banks, and a great number were out at sea.

To Mr Hesketh : On his return he found | that the booms were broken : bothJlamsa and Macfarlane's. f , T To the Foreman : There are.a number of Mr Hrrris's logs still lying at the mouth of tho WaiteUuri creek. , . , ■. Thomas Gillivan; commission agent, ae pcs.d that be went to Craig's mill on the last day of March, 1873, and remained there until the following June, and -assisted m getting the logs through the canal. Me uu- Lstotd they were J. S. Macfarlane's lo.^s but lying on Harris' land. , When Young was away as a witness on a former case a portion of the logs drifted out to sea and both the lower booms were broken and went outside the harbour. The logs were the property of C. A. Harris according to the brands en them. He was employed as cleik at Craig's mill ; in fact he was in charge ot the mill, but was not there at the service of the injunction against J. S. Macfarlane. Alexander Muir had been employed as log measurer by Mr J. 8. Macfarlane, and was bo employed/ On the second of May, when Young went to Auckland; there was a good number of logs at the booms at the time be loceinff bothtoMr Harris and Mr Macfarlane. The other portion of Muir'a evidence was mostly in corporation of the statesmen* of the previous witness. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr Rees then commenced to addre33 the Court on the plaintiff's case. - Mr Hcsketh,aLjo addressed, the Court for the defence.

The Log War Ended.

After some consultation '"between counsel Mr Eeoa consented to withdraw the records in two other pending cases between the parties, each party paying his own expenses, and his Honor dismissed the special jurors in waiting. : ■ Mr Kees submitted that the only question for the jury was the consideration of the value of the logs which it was not denied plaintiff had lost, and the assess such damage as would satisfy the plaintiff for the property he had loßt through the wrongful acts of the ■ defendant. Aft r some further consultation, Mr Kees informed the Court that he was happy to announce tie fact that both plain tiff and de fendant in this action had expressed a strong desire to have matters amicably-arranged, and that there would lie no future breach be twt on either them or Craig. Mr Harris had consented to bear bis own expenses. Mr Heaketh said that his client, Mr Mac farlaue, was also desirous that all present and future litigation should end* and He waS wil ling tc bear his part of thfe expenses. His Honor then tdld the gentlemen of the jury that he was plensed to inform them that they were now discharged without giving a verdict, but tliey should not go without re ceiving their f< o. Great 1 opos v. arf entertained byall parties that the battle of .the log*'were at an end. , The Court then rose.

COURT OF PLTTY SESSIONS.-This Day.

(Before A. K. Taylor (chairman), Allan O'Neill. T. Macffairlane, T> Cfreeaeman, S. L. Tole, and L. H. Kathan, Esq?;, Justices). - ■ . DItTJNK. Francis "Reid and Thomas Jones were con victed, on their own admission of this offence, and received the ordihary punishment. Henry Green, an able seaman of the Coun tess of Kintore, was charged wi'h. a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act by absenting himself from his ship without leavQ Qn \h(T vi *Moi<L7,zn infant. ' , .- Tho chief officer of the vessel deposed to prioonur haviug been ordered to.keep wfttch last night on board the ship. He went on duty but afterwards left the ship without permission. He ga}-e him into custody m QDeeb-Btfeei at 10 o'clock. Ptisorier ask::d the mate whether it was not true that be liacl been told that he would not be obliged to keep night duty. This the officer denied. , On making his statement the prisoner said he had had aheavy fall. He did not know tn'ritjho^M. brflaVinfl the taw or ho should not have left the bill p. The Bench decided that the prisoner should go back to the ship on payment of tho costs of the proceedings.

A BAD CHARACTER. Rebecca Culberb, a gaudily dressed young lady of equivocal appearance, was accused Of a breach of the Vagrant Act by being a noto rious prostitute and having no lawful means of subsistence. She was also accused of being an incorrigible rogue" aiid a vagabond by. haw" four previous convictions recorded aorainat her. As the prisoner would only plead guilty to a poition of the charge, Detective Jeffrey was put into the witness box to prove the case. He deposed to com plaints having been laid against the house which prisoner occupied at the corner of Victoria and Coburg-streets. .On receiving the complaints he had been instructed to go to the prisoner's house and give her warn ing to leave within three days. This she had taken no notice of, although she pro mised at first to go and live in Symonds-. street. He had known her for many years as -a notoriously bad character. She had been frequently detected in harbouring children. On being questioned by one of their Wor ships, the witness said he was satisfied when prisoner told him she would remove to Symonds-street. This the Bench expressed surprise at considering the character of the woman, who would be as great a nuisance in Symonda^reet as where she was now Detective Terna^! 1 corroborated the evi dence of Detective Jeffrey. -?->+pptivea The prisoner denied that the ««>,% ; had spoken to her personally. It w&S the people next door that complaints wei'e made about.. She was quite willing to leavo the place on Friday in the "Southern Cross" if let off this time. She had some friends at Tauranga who would be willing to receive her. An excited individual here got up in Court and began a harangue in prisoner's favour. He had known her for six years, and she was honest—that she was. An officer here said that the defender of beauty in distress waa drunk. • The word was no sooner uttered than the indiscreet champion was rather forcibly evicted into the street, and his oration came to a premature close. Their Worships said that if the prisoner would keep her word to go away they had no wish to deal harshly with her. Sergeant-Major Pardy said the police only wished to protect the interests of the respect able inhabitants. Prisoner was then discharged on condition that she left the town within a week. CHEAP PASTURAGE AGAX"»V William. Jennings waa charged for the fifth time with allowing his cows to stray on unenclosed land within the City of Auckland; to wit, the neighborhood of Edwardes street'

Mr P.A. Phillips, the Town Clerk, attended on behalf of the City Council, Hje said he trusted that whether' the defendant pleaded guilty or not guilty the Court would mark their sense 01 the seriousness of thefcharge. He had been informed that defendant carried on his infringements of the law systematic oally, He let out his cows and posted big

sons on commanding spots in the vicinity to <r \vc the alarm on the approach of a blue- C°Deftndant on* being asked, pleaded guilty. Ho was fined 30s, and costs.-

A NUMBERLESS CART. - Joseph Craig, who was represented by the would-be champion of distress mentioned above, pleaded guilty to not keeping , the number of a cart belonging to him exposed in a conspicuous place according to the Dy law. He was fined 103 and costs. A NtTISAKOa. William Jones was summoned for allowing the contents-of a privy on his premises to °Vl)efen Vdant pleaded guilty, but said Mr C. Gr.-enway had promised to settle it. He was fined 20a and coats. A charge of vagrancy against poor tiiily Wells, a shoe-black, was withdrawn by con- Pardy said that the old man had b£en found asleep in a loft, hut he was in such a miserab.'e condition that it had teen deemed advisable to send lnua to thehoapital. Before the conHrming of the licenses Mr L. N. Nathan retired fttm the Bench.

TKAHSFEKO-F titiBKSKS. The fbllawinjr' transfers' of licenses ap proved of by the Inspector of Police were confirmed by the Bench : — ' To Adam Cairns from Albert Gnmtas, Eoyal Mail Hotel. " to Mary Con way from J. J. Con way, Crown and Anchor. _ To VV. _H. Packer fioin VVm.. Drew, Flag staff Hotel. . '' ToH. Bee dell from Patrick South,-I'erry Hotel. c< , To F. Michael Eiordan from Samuel Brown, Custom-houße Hotel. •' To H. Oram from Emile Simmelhayj Prince Arthur Hotel. To Emile Simmelhay from James Stewart, Provincial Hotel. . To Hugh Hood from Thos. Scrivener, Cottage of Content. This was all the business*!. ~■ ■■

ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY.

A splendid house the production of Rossini's opera of " Cinderella" last night at the Prince of Wales Th« atre. The simple face of a work of tins great genius being per formed was sufficient to attract a large number. Rossini has been conceded the palm amongst modern composers. From the year 18 L 3, when as a boy of 20, he brought out " Taricredi" at Venice, and took the musical world by atdnh; up U hi* death #n\s the other day, his .position as facile prin&eps !ainong the kings of music has only been ap proached not "disturbed. All his more im portant operas, including "II Barbiere di Seviligia" " Otello,'" "La, Cenerentola," (Cinderella.), "La Gafea Lsidra,''' - *'' £el- Vmra" " GuUkume Tell," were composed in the interval between 1813 and .1829. After that time Kossini wrote but little, the " Stabat Mater " being almost his only later work .of note. After occupying the post of director of the Italian Opera at PftriS from 1828 to 1830 he retired from public life, living for the pSSfc ygars at ' Paris/ and after that in his own sunny Italy. We have before given reas.on of Kossini's never-failing popularity with all classes of opera goers. ; To iepeat it, it is becaufee hQ. never forgfeta what some com posers seem oblivious of, tiivfc to plbaafc should be one of the'principal.aims of true art. II is compositions are characterised by a vivacious melody in addition to a brilliancy of ihstnimchtaMon ?nd effect;' 'Cipderella" is emi nently a spectacular opera,, atstL dc-pefids mttch more than most operas on the scenic acces sories, We were glad to see lasfc-night that this was fully recognised by the company The scenery was the -best, we have seen on an Auckland stage. The fairy scenes at the opening and the conclusion were really mag nificent The dres^a, were in,accordance I with the scenery. They had the appearance at any rate of being rich and costly, while the* Certainly were tasteful and elegant.. Tlaving dispas&a of trfesa minor details let tis see°what there is tti U Said about the actual performance. * The opera oi S-in derella" is deficient in beautiful songs, so that its strains do not come home to the listener like the music of "Maritana" or the "Bohe mian Girl,' 1 but for all that it is as we have irttimakd, brimful of sparkling melody, lne instrument&l. accompaminenta to the fairy spells were rendered ttith a lingering and mysterious softness which accorded well with theideaof enchantment. Throughouttheopera the instruments give forth as it were a dreamy wave-liko melody which, while it stirs every musical impulse within one, yet wraps the senses in slumber to every outside influence .—a beautiful rise and fall like the gentle un dulations of a maiden's bosom. This charm ing characteristic was specially noticeable at theend of the second actinthesong and chorus "'Midst doubts confusing," sung splendidly by Mr Templeton and the company. Mr Allen's orchestra here seemed to enter fully into the spirit of the passage, and were, eminently succesful in producing^he desired effect^ Miss May, «• tne heroine of the glass slipper, gave prominence to the naivete and charming simplicity of the character. Her first song, " Once there chanced a king to be," at once stirred the audieuce to enthusiasm. She was in excellent voice, and maintained as she always does a vivacity of action and expression which gave life and individuality to the role. The duett, "Whence this soft and pleasing flame," by Miss May and Mr Hallam, was one of the most delightful touches of harmony we have listened to. The music is eminently characteristic of the author, and was given with all the required impressement by the singers. This was surpassed later on by the duett, "Let thine eyes on mine mildly beam ing." This was undoubtedly the finest morceau of the evening. It was expressed most happily, and at its conclusion a storm of ap r . flowed. Mr Hallam, bearing in plans* *„_ —"■» his first appearince in the mind that this >r.-_ ' -olf very favorably, character, acquitted hlnie^ * mentioned In addition to the duets we haVe *u_ -■ .' :" his siuging throughout was marked b"y n,*. usual clear intonation. A very pretty part soug, in which Miss May, Messrs Hallam, Templeton, Raiuford and Vernon Bang was not given in the libretto. We noticed too that Mr Hallam left outihe song:" Of beauty rarest." Mr Templeton as Dandini, and Mr Kainford as the Baron, peiformed their tasks very efficiently. Miss Lambert and Miss Howe, as the proud , sisters, put plenty of life into their action. T,he per formers, as a body were less perfect in their libretto than is usually the case. To-night is to be produced the "Boss of Castile," re peated by. special request. To-morrow Weber's great masterpiece " Der Freischutz" is to be .performed.

AMUSEMENTS.

THE CIRCUS,

.The re-opening of the Asiatic and Siamese Circus last evening was the scene of much amusement. The pit: was crowded. M. and Madame Salevero and Mr Braham performed their extraordinary feats of horsemanship to the evident delight of the audience. The Japanese jusglers exhibited their tricks/with their wonted cleverness, and Mr South created great mirth by his funny sayings and doings. The circus is well worth visiting, THE LdYALS' TEOCPE. This excellent company gave their parting

entertainment last evening in the Loh, street hall for the joint benefit of li&t Zuila and Miss Shapter, -which was of ay« pleasing character. The house was not"** full as on some previous occasion?, but Jj° performances and minstrelsy were quite j* to the mark. Mr Turner's songs werewj. received, and the dancing of MyaJy" >, much admired. The Party^qmp-r,,,-, A for the South. - J THE (?" tK.MPLAR. *'■) The membfes/tt the Pioneer and Fram. nal Home Lodges held an open vaj W* X last evening in the Albert-street Tempqr^ m. Hall. Mr Hemus, senior, occupied the .■i and spoke a few introductory word« "Tj^m low a tone that it was impossible to him. ?he choir then gave a glee with ' |g spirit, after which MissProbertsang "y.'-wm by the River," and subsequently "Wr-' §! : a Letter from Home" in a ve^plea"*T^_Mp ner. A young man, Mr Keesing, ga^J^lßjl citations. of a humourous^ <?£§^fj| " Mother's Baby " and the " Eaw^tßrnlt,'*' which were much applauded.' ' Mr Catsf^ gave several airs on. the aceordiaa ifl^' masterly manner, which elicited a burst (jf approbation. The speakei-3' of the eVeiljng were Messrs. Atkin, - Leßoy, and KeY, William Tinsley. Mr Atkins speech;^ ; the best and the most practical of a11'% 6 speeches that we have heard this geiltlenua deliver ; that of Mr LeJJoy was to the poj^[' bnt too brief; while that of the Kevi &lj Tinsley was earnest, aud occasionally spark} ling with anecdote: His.pbotbgrapH of t|ife unhappy (Irunkardwas clever and aTtisticalJy skfetched. Mr ITnnt fcung the " Pußl|Ckh' B Plaint" (original), wluoh. elici^eji^' much gratification. This gentleman B^9 written: several songs, and has taken**a,posifciotiskg the laureate of templarism The hall waa crowded to excess, dad the utmost gobd 'humour prevailed. The meeting closed mth •the National Anthem. - riff- r./"' ■, ;

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I The panorama of■" Coal and Coal Mffifig^' iwas exhibiter^last eVeDirig in the schoolroom, of St. Paul's to a crowded audience.' Theßfev C. M.'iTelsonj M;A".j occupied the'ehwfafid 5 with aft* approjJriate remarks*injroducedj trie lecturer (Mr Battley) to the^aßdiem*,; who with much ability. descrißed^thfe- scenes', as they passed before the eye.; The panorama is pleasing and instructive, and caleulated^to infoim young persons on a &nnjjg|sl>of pecufiar interest in connection' with "ou^hearthjfand liornea. . .-.-, ' .>." \ Jf

FUNERAL SERVICE AT ST. JAMES.

In* the fdrepoon service on Stmday/m Sj,., James' Presbyterian Chin eh, 0? v/tedi Chdreitthelate'Mr W."Eattray : w.^ an offios-r bearer, the P^v R. ¥? Maenipol, pgßtgjffiff the Congregation, preached &< serak«ar,i--«»h? special reference to 4hs, 3e|eate4. taking lor bis text, John ix., 4, M*l;;-ffitet r .Jrorfctte \vcrks of him' that eeni me wifcile Itiajdayj the night cometh when no man/can'^rK.1' In concluding his discourse M* Mfttenic^fljiid, '} Dear brethren, it hath pleased rthe^ftraJo remove from our, midst at beloved foothenk* (jhrisi and a zealons and dev.o{€d "cffice| bekrer ;0f this cong^egation^^jiie^whp^j., naturally energetic spirit^ Bei^g subject to the .sanctifying andT gtjtoing-. iuflnenpe^ [iivine »race, was no mean'exsinpief or a Christian wqrker."" IfcJwasTitt this|issp"eefc we w^e perhaps chiefly led-to admffe his char acter £* ire held intercourse and counseir together in cotineCt?.on with the Lptd^GrkJ, amongst us; while at #§ jai>ne time^we could not but be impressed v/ith Ahaevideac* wh^eh his whofe .bearing >**O& conduct 3 afforded tit his being.not only a|ealonsand active, but also a loving disciple of the Lordofcsus t3£^Pg ot'my intention; to pronounca S TeflgKfttf&l eulof-ium upon the character aodgrac^rtoW deceased brother, as" this, I-ftm convinced, *..;. not neceasary to deepen the.>Vo^nd;^vet?.s ence which you will cherj^fcrrhk^mory .?,*. aud lam also aware tba^tomatiy-of fott^T, was mach longer, -a&d ~ VP^%^£t,» mately know itim -^ffyi«lt..,- w it only just to his'^Te'nxoiy, .and^ my ; "duty * to vGu- *>■ call to mind &#. Qhnstian e^" 58 loncies Which adorned ,the r H*ara^ter and,,, save usefulness ai?d beattiy to ihe|rfe-«i,;p«R eparted friend. From,afi fe«. w§ have learned of his history tiis 'life -seems t«*have> been a peculiarly peaceful, usefttrandsuc^ cessfal one. Mr. Battray wSabom at iSakirk, in Scotland, in *lS22jVancL^as the's^»/of-.«■»; minister ol^the United Eretby%erian e^irch.^ He began his active, business careetia'the City of Glasgow; whither be' went^gwtt* ; vouno man to obtain a knowledge that mercantile pursuit which be had res^^to follow. His business connections 08' pects led him afterwards to Londonptere ie resided for some jears^before leavmg Britain:for this colony. While m ; :W^ he was'connected with the late Dr^James Hamilton's congregation, and profitedimaoh from the services of, that eminent master. ; He arrived.in thia colony (*& 21 yeaW ago^ , Immediately on his arrival connect^, i; Eimself with St. Andrew'a^oDgregltaon jpw this city, and was ordain^relderan con nection with the same 1860. Prior to, .that date, ? and Tor f»^ ei?2 ' time afterward's,lie 'acted as aup^.end|nt^ of St. And^w'aSnndaySchodl.andce^sedto hojd thatoffice only on his resolving^;c<» nect himself with this congregation ,at if^ commencement. * About ten L yeajs ago^UU ? system sustained a rather severe shock rrem i an internal . disorder, whicV-.to .a consi derable extent unfitted him fa^the constant and arduous duties of Sabbath Bchoot ?OTk, and he was obliged to confine himseK;t|. -toe. \n-djnary duties of the eldership m^nec tion with this'church. . From first to. l^our dear brother maintained a deQp.anCer^.iu the young. While still qnijfc a young m*? £ Glasgow He connected- himself^ *}?&,ff* Raised School movement,, then fancy, and wrought diligentLy m connection with it. And until the end he .ducted hii attention to the -welfare of enddfen: of the destitute class. Within•* very 1^ of his death he topk th.eV opportuijit4^ -»nal Sabbath afternoAns ;of I tvo^ ?™ to the children of^he,Oft t; °? te-r?-. T* '4 --h institution hf was , gious matow. -,;; ac tiv^nem -5 dustrial Home, of ,4 - t ._,,».^ .'. is3|*«ndtf , one of the founders, and * hio»»-^ " : ; r ber of the committee wniofiT^B^-; ---[ to its management. AsV a - Wtwett , . our brother held an honourable s}>lace. [ Of his charaoker in that, oapaoity, K[!n*Bd ; only say that the deep regret^sfejjils.J.osß<. . expressed by all the community fully t^sfcifie* . to the high esteem in whichthe.wa^the?^-, : As his life was, so was his.dea^. 2:His;-eAi ' was peace. His was not a rapturSas transit but a calm entrance into resfcviNo-trintn- ' phant expressions came front himj^bHt h« went on hia way peaceably :a"na::jferus||Qlly to that biased jand wheref^eatfi'diwdeo friends shall meet never ag'ain^to par^^ivHe j entered the dark valley confiding? in-tfejl-1j?,,, and leaning on the, strength of. thatt 'Fft«» whom he had long known—the.'•'JFriepd;^* sticketh closer than a- brother."' &?&s*§, memory of his consistent and acSve'ChtTHp^ life stimulate all of us to greater.eneVg^ and | fidelit3>- in the service of our. blessed -Ijor« » let it be ours.as; we^believe it ?was hw stant aim to live and'labour inu the slftiri| _ the maxim, which our Saviour*h^s giyei£|^ d * by whidh bur Kves as truly as .His oHghfr-f?* j to be*influenced,: "I must wprk thg^W; 7 'of Him that, sent '.me while.it is d»yij JP? / night oornetb, yr he» ao man e«wr woj^ 1 < ii

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