SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATfiEs Thta evening, 97; tO«mtKW SUN-SET : 5Wa eTentae, 5.53 ; BtrK-Eieß: To norrow moralng, C 42 «->,.„ MOON'S AGE; Last Quarter, 3rd pros., 1,17 a.m.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

AREWALS. . tr j£r Belle Brandon, schooner, 60 tons, Ohlson, ,"o=^ Taviuni and Levuka, Fiiis .., n^WiL \ Condoren. ship, 1007 tons, (disabled), CaPtam 1 Neiglick, borma from Sydney t■> San Franc soo

DEPARTURES.

*or°tS«i«itie"l»bell«. brlß, »t «■» t Me™

schooner, shortly , , Vi Ol . mie 3Por r>n- P dinvia Wangaraa-Moneynick, barque

For Sydney—Harriet Armitaga, barque, at once JTor Lytteiton--)i;ast Tjothian, barq\ie, early tfor Timar-i—i'li.rt, brigantine, parly J?or the "South- Ladybird, 5.5 , Wednesday, n«on For FohartTo^n—Bella Mary, barque, "Wednesday next iFor London—Countess of Kintorc. ship, Thames, and Ferndale, barques, early * t For San Francisco— LrvhTJtr, barque, early For Duaedin—"Waikatfi, sliip, early •• F.or Swuoa-Pacific, schooner, ea»ly ,j

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Zealand's,, ship, from London ; sa^ed 9th July Pretty .Tane. s.s.. from Oi-btttoe and Napier, due "Papufci schooneij from Raro tonga Ivanhoß, sohooPei, from Levnka Soutii"rn Otosr 'Mission schooner; from Sou^h Sea _ Islands;, early Siiui Hose, bai^ne, from New York, efcrfy Mikado, s.s., from San Francisco, ■early Jackson, ship, from London * Sailed "Stanley Castle, barque, from London : sailed 9th July Hydaspes, ship, from London ; sailed: August Assaye, ship, frnva London ; failed August Waiiangi, ship, from London ; sailed £>aivntless (Hawaiian schooner), from Mew Caledonia, early Vision, brig, from Dunetlin, early Pftheha, brig, from Oatnaru. early Magellan Cloivi, from Chatham JslaettS, early Pear], ketah, from South Seils»a'Jds. parly Emu, auxiliary ?:crew sebwrte'r, from Lyttelton, early

IMPORTS.

Per Belle Brandon, from Fiji: 221 sacks make, Holdship ; 88 do do. A. Buckland ; 77 do do, B. Tonks & Co, ;7? do do, Stone Bros. ; 148 do cobra,,2! casks oil, order.— G. Holdship and Co , agents.

r,The fine schooner Belle Brandon arrived this afternoon from tha Fijis with a carg<o of maize and other island produce. Captain 'Ohlson has obligingly futuished us with the following report:—Left Levuk*>, for Tavvdttft September -f)-; arrived there on the lOfch. Took in maifsg and produce, and sailed for Auokknd on the 17+a at 6 p.m. &ad finfe weather, with Very light winds and calms till 2Stb. inst, v/hen we made Cape Brett at six p.ni. From thence moderate breeze, with ram till arrival.—Passengers : Messrs Hul* cod, Parkhowse, Keesinjy, Conhell, and; PftnK The brigaiiiine Kate Broin seems like the Onward and the Coralie onty- blxilt to be un fortunate. Scarcely refitted after being wrecked at the Bluff, sh,e has, again been ashore on the l^halea' Back Bank in DunerHrt river for four days. She had a cargo of timber from Pictoa on board!. .';"

The schooner Pacifioiss entered ontwards mtlie .^vi^atora* and the Friendly Islands. The iron brig Eio Lpge was loading at -Lytfcelton for this port on the 24th inst. The screw schooner Emu, left LyttfUon for, Oaniaru with S cargo of sleepers the 17tB inst.

The three-wasted schooner Melanie sailed for. Kaipara. from Dunedin, on the 19:h inst. ' > The Ladybird, during her stay in Dunedin this voyage^ h>i her bottom scraped and , freshly: pointed in Messrs Murray & C.o's • Hoatfng-^wjM;^^-- ..; ■■; ■; ■ The ship Waikato is announced to sail ' from Dunedioj. for London, at the end of November.. ■ •-: '

A useful s&ew steam-tug was launched this mormpr; a t9 o'clock from the yard of the braider, Mr Ross, in Freeman's E>y. lne vessel hag .been constructed to the order t>f Messrs. Kinross and Co., of Napier. Her dimensions are as follow : —Length of keel, 64ft.; breadth of beam, 13ft. Gin.; depth of hold, Oft. 6iu, , She is to be commanded by Captain Wataon, of 'Napier] Her engine's will be fitted at once, and she will leave for her destination at an early date. She has been named the Sir Donald. Her lines are very shapely, and her general appearance does credit to her builder. The launch went off most suceejsfully. The brig Syren, whose arrival in Dunedin en. the 17th we announced some days back, met with au accident when starting from Tairaa. While being towed out of the Bay of Plenty by the steamer Effort she took the ground on the bar, and before she could be floated off a»ain it was found necessary to throw overboard all the deck-load, and part of that stowed away iv the hold, amounting to about from 17,0'JOft to 20,000 ft of timber. The s.s. Victoria will sail for Sydney and Melbourne to-morrow at noon. The s.s. Rowena sails at six this evening for the Bay of Islands. Advantage has been taken of her compulsory detention to give her a thorough overhaul. She has also been freshly painted, an operation she was much in need ok During the Luna's recent cruise, the Brother's islets were carefully examined with reference lp their suitability as.a sight for a Cook Strait light, as lecommended by Captain Johnson in his able report to the Commissioner of Customs, which was laid Jbßfore the General- Assembly. Captain Johnson, inspected the islets, and found them eminently suitable, abounding in con venient sites, the rock soft, and easily ex cavated, and the landing tolerably good. Cook's Rock, on which the s.s. Queen was ■wrecked some years ago, then was examined with a view to ascertaining whether it would be better to blow it up or put a beacon on it. The preliminary inspection was not sufficient to settle this point, and a second visit will be paid to the spot. The friends of Captain Kennedy, late of the p.s. Paterson, will be pleased to know that a telegraphic message was received to-day in town announcing that office!'s ap pointment to the s.s. Easby, the new steam collier trading between Newcastle and Dun edin. She is a fine boat of about 1,000 tons register. . „. ... ~ ' , ;r ,,v r

The following refers to the long missing Sbeamer the City of Boston :—New York, July 23rd.—A beach-searcher has found a bottle on the coast of Florida with' a paper bearing tht!following information: —" Steam ahip City of Boston—To all whom this mes sage may come : that I, the undersigned, a passenger on this ship, write the following statement :—On Sunday night last a heavy storm arose; 12.30, increasing; 1.20, all hopes lost; 4.2 o'clock,.going do—. (Signed) John Caswell, London, England." Near the place where the bottle was found was a board on which was some pencilling, nearly illegible which read "We have now taken to the boats as oar last resort." The board was headed " City of Boston." ' . Q

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wibii, %h Follows:— Pr t!i:s day, at 5 p.m. for Thames, to-mqrrow,,at 10.80 am. and 5.30 r.m. ifor TtLrahiki and Southern province?, pei' Ladybirti, to-morrow, at 10 a m. For Australian Colonies,' per Victoria, to-morrow, at 11 am For E-rotongst, &c, ptr Paciftc, on Eatuiday next, at 11 a m. N.B —The Post-offices at Drury and will be constituted Money Order and Savings JBank Offl es fvom Ist prokimo. r • ' S, B. Biss, Cliief Postmaster.

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

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs rusiulancet For the fature in the diaUnct", Aad Hi* iceod that w« chu do.

We observe that our contemporary the Cross in this morning's issue endeavours to " sit upon" the recently formed "Reform League." We do not assart that this institution has qiiite followed the course which would have ensured success, but the feature which has excited the ire of the Cross is exactly that isvhioh is most deserving of commeudation, and will, we believe most awake a popular, response. It is the second in the advertised list of objects "To secure an appeal to the constituencies before any import ant constitutional changes are made." We can quite understand how this should of all be the most repellent object with those who blindly follow Mr Vogel and applaud his actions, whether good or bad, whether in accordance with, or in direct opposition to the'wishes of the-people. We can also .under stand how such a proposal should be parti cularly abhorrent to Mr Vo#el himself, whose precipitate flight from the face of his constituents shows his disinclination to remit a question like this, to the people. In the House of Representatives, constituted as it at present is, with a large majority of hungry waiters on Providence, and thoroughly demoralized by influences operating on them for four long i years, it is quite clear that Mr Vogel's personal views will be all-powerful. But it i seems a strange thing that the people should be told to their faces that it is not wise, it is not safe for them to be consulted respecting jihe most radical change in our .Constitution '.that has ever been proposed in New Zea land. . -The present proposed changes "have icome wholly unexpectedly before the people of the colony. They had birth in the jbrain of the Premier, and momentary irrita jtion was their accoucheur. Like Minerva irony Jove's brain, they have come forth armed.

cap a pied,, unexpected and unannounced, save' by; the perturbations wherewijih Mr Vogel's head was vexed; At the commence ment of the session, a few weeks before, they :were not even conceived, and moat decidedly ■the popular voice and popular will ,had nothing fo do with their crea jtion. That Assembly was chosen on an issue as wide as the poles asunder from jthe alteration of the Constitution; and to >ny unbiassed mind it must seem nothing less jthan insolent impertinence for any politician in the enjoyment temporarily of: almost absolute ■power through the sycophancy of demoralized isupporters to dare to tell the people of New (Zealand that this newest wlr.tn of his should |be defiantly carried into effect without asking the will of the colonists of New Zealand who jmust oe so "gravely affected.? It is nothing 'but the insolence of arbitrary power, ' which may have temporary success, jbut must coun"; upon a terrible reckoning at last. WJia'fc is to be done' should be done Quickly says the; Cross;, or, in other words, Mr Vogel has now the power to act, and he doesn't care a dump about the people. There is not a doubt that the Provincial system is doomed to pass away, but we question if there are many outside the walls of Parlia ment who would lik"e to entrust the altera tions to the present Assembly. The majority there has no will but Mr Vogel's

and the greater portion of that majorits' hang on to him either as dependents or expectants for their daily bread. Better far to entrust the whole thing to Mr Vogel himself, for then there would be some responsibility and appeal—if to nothing else—to'the common human sense of shame. Behind the shelter of the present large majority any amotitit'of wrong to the Nor':h Island, may be perper trated, and ifc w;ll have the aspect of beingl done by the "representatives" of the people. To speak of +v ~ House of Eepresp*^ •■". . .^ present ing the .natives &B represent people on the question of constitutional reform is simply farcical, and yeu this*'will be the aspect in which the matter will be presented to the Home Government in order to obtain an Imperial permissive Act giving power to our Assembly to finally deal with the question. The League may have weakened its position by not from the fir3t submitting a tangible and important demand like that for .& general election before the people as something worth | struggling for, but by eliminating this, fs requested bythe "Cross," the League wiJl eliminate its own backbone, and make itself valueless for any effort against the headlong and arbitrary conduct of Mr Vogel. Which is what the " Cross " intends-.

The almost rural district of Davenport, North Shore, with its quiet scenery, summer attractions, blossoming hedgero^rfl. , and grassy enclosures, nAg .moreover -its hnlls, ■waterside habitations, indications of civilised life ; and last, but not least;, its pleasant little Anglican Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. An artist who resides in that locality informs us that even the English skylark, of vliich Shakespeare, ShoJleyj And the Ettrick Shepherd jirw'." ihr~obi;iy BUng ; wa-hles bin hnhvbnVVard strain above the verdant hiJif. Tt ',3 gratifying to witness t'l-5 growth of colonial settlements, the in crease of comforts, and the spread of th_o various instruments of civilised-, life; Still ifc is quite trUR that9,,.ra^'s;lifi'>(ioea no* con" sist in fcn>. abundance of the things which he possesses, nor doesa nation'shighestlife consist inits wealth, however broadly and beneficially that wealth my be spread. The knowledge of ourselves, and of our relative di' Hen to God and man, are n the -higlic-it aims of life, and.for w^i'cti Sen individually and collec liVefy ought to strive. The tapering fingers of thousands of English places of worship in the old sfod other lamis seem to indicate that the countrymen of Milton and Scott are, at heart- anct in practice, a religious people With the increase of the population at the North Shore, so h«s the necessity for church room become apparent, and in order to meet the difficulty money is needed. The Church going settled of the North Shore are enlarg ing the church of the Holy Trinity, whioh has given! general satisfaction. On Sunday hat the "Rev. R. S. Hassard, of St. Matthew'?, conducted the services, and the collections of the day produced £11 in favour of the improvement funds. In order to assist still further the endeavonra of the Devonport people in perfecting their church a votial and instrumental conceit will 1-3 siven on Thursday evening at the Dovonport Hall, for which an excellent programme has been arranged, and the leading musical and vocal talent secured. A boat will leave the wharf at feven o'clock ia time for the concert, and return at its close.

We should imagine from tho numerous complaints made by persons summoned to the Police Court; for a breach of the by-Jaws in a'lowing their chimneys to catch firo thai cbimney-sweep.'ii are vei*y careless about their work. One instance of something worse than carelessness was brought before the Bench a few days since, in which it was shewn that Mr Coombes had actually paid the downy sweep for denying the chimneys of his new premises, but the m?n of soot neglected his business altogether, and did not sweep the chitnney3. Wo do not wish to detract from the merits of the frater nity of Auckland sweeps, but there is a growing feeling of dissatisfaction on the part of householders with regard to the unsatis factory manner in which chimney-sweeping is offcen performed. H ippily tho years have passed from cities and towns whon poor shoeless hoys, of tender age, were brutally compelled to climb hot narrow chimneys with, burnt feet, and this practice was pub a stop to through the instrumentality of the amiable poet of Sheffield, James Montgom ery. There is, however, no reason why soot should not be as effectually removed from a chimney with machinery, as dust from a dust-hole. If. chimneys catch fire through the negligence of the'sweep he, instead of the householder, should be compelled' to pay the fine.

A nunierovisly-attended meeting was held last evenmg in Biordan's Custom-house hotel for the purpose of presenting Mr Asher with a testimonial,- consisting of a handsome silver salver, manufactured to order by Mr Kohn, jeweller, of Queen-street. Mr Guilding was called to the chair, and in a pithy speech re ferred to Mr Asher'a long and gratuitous services in seasons of calamity. He then , presented in the name of the subscribers the testimonial to Mr Asher, which bore the following inscription—"Presented to Mr Asher Asher by the late members of the Auckland Fire Brigade as a memento of their esteem, 28th September, 1874." Mr Asher returned thanks, and in so doing reviewed the incidents of'bif! seventeen years' service, ,and hoped at some future time_ they would jmeefcagain under still happier circumstances, party then sat down to an excellent supper provided by the host. The supper :being over, the usual toasts were given, from I" Her Majesty the Queen," to the " Ladies," and' the "Press," 'which were drank with enthusiasm. Between the several toasts several humourous and sentimental songs were given, and at a quarter to twelve the party broke up and returned" to their respec tive homes.

Ninety railway companies in the United States have suspended payment of interest on their bonds, and the total amount of bond 3 thus dishonoured amounts to nearly three hundred and fifty millions of dollars. Is it any wonder, asks the New YorJc Herald, ■that American credit abroad is no better than that of Turkey or Brazil?

A curious incident occurred on the last night of the opera at Drury Lane on July 18. !At the end of the opera, when, amid a hur jricane of applause, Mddle Albani was called before the curtain, a gentleman in the grand tier threw a bouquet and a box at the prima donna, the latter of which unluckily struck her with considerable force in the centre of the forehead. The author of this calamity was observed to throw up his arms with a gesture of despair when he saw the lady place her hands on her forehead, and instantly retire to her private room, where (some, simple remedies were applied with good effect.: Perhaps it should be added that the restoration was.a little assisted by ithe discovery that the guilty box when opened contained a tiara of splendid dia monds. ..-.- * .. ..-,■.-•'. ■;"

Miss Stoneham's drawing-room entertain ment was repeated last evening at the Prince of Wales .Theatre, but possibly owing to the rain th'a audience was not so numerous- This evening a new programme will be pre sented, including "Mr and Miss Stoneham at Home," and "A Trip to the Continent." Several new songs will be given, by Miss Stoneham, and Messrs Stoneham and Verner. The wonderful box myatery will also be dis closed. X : ■

The proposed visit of a Victorian cricket ing eleven to New Zealand, says a corres pondent of the Dunedin Times, "may fail for this season because of dilatoriness or Canterbury, without whose assistance a suffi cient proposition cannot be made to Victoria; but a leading Ofcago cricketer, now on a Visit to Australia, will'-trf-tb arrange. with'iMr1 Hanfield,Vof theM;G.C., ttf send over to; I)unedin and Clinstcllurcli, in February ; n«xt. astrong Eleven,;:with* Mr Kobetf^'" •■•■;;• -head -h© , who*~:ci*Dt?»r- - * , ftli 1% Eighteen > '■'' t,Jw""?*ielb'ournfe +"" .- *ne fffiti Match with Grace's 'Ihehrin. W. Fo*. in a re'cHnt article on intemperance; makes the, following assertions with reference to the development of the evil in this colony:.—" That the average con sumption of alcoholic liqiiors in New Zealand per head is about twice that of the popula tion of Great Britain; that, according to Judge Gresson, the suppression of crime in this colony, which arises almost entirely out of drinking habits, co3ta £80,000 a-year; that our gaols and asylums are as full in proportion to the populatititi as those of the bid "country that a • large part of Our population is but recently from the old country- and bring their habits along with them j that in every town and village 'the most prominent and apparently, most proSD'et-'dus ciisineas is that of I;he pttbiid'houae ; "that the proportion df public-houses, J;o the pqffuiation is quite as great as in - iGi-reat; ,^rftam, while, there is fflofe sl«p grdg'seliirig. There may be lefts-E<itta]ol; and misery apparent to the eye, but the waste of life, of force, ,aild of means^ areat least as great here as in the old country.! A gentleman writes to a friend m"Welling" ton an interesting account of-'fche means used by his ?oii to stiriiulaiie ero;}gration to New Zealand, extracts from which appear in the Post. He says :—" My son is a capital sketcher, and prepared in water colours a set of racy and amusing sheets. on _ double elephant drawing. One was an agricultural laborer at home in England, With h's smock frock and h^vy Hoots (10 or J'ilbs weight) ; diiuther was navvies in New Zealand at work in a cutting—those were the fellows; we wanted, and what we wanted them to work at; another was the pay table and the . big . pil,es ; of <• money ready for the men ; another was a fellow '' pocket ing " his £8 11s (see report o£ meeting in newspapers), with his face beaming with delight; another was the smoking menl of jjitits and mutton waiting for the New Zea land workmen, enough to make bin! dance after a hard day's work ; another shewed his progress as a small sub-contractor, giving his directions to his gang of men ; another, his new home, built after 10 years of steady industry and perseverance —a nice comfortable looking farmstead ; and another shews him riding on a handsome steed to the House as an M.H.It, or M.L.C. You cannot conceive the electrical effect produced by the unrolling of these immense sheets to au audience of 1400 or 1000, and sometimes 2000 people, in a country town, Corn Exchange, or Town Hall, no previous intimation having been given (if such illus trations. The meetings were well worked up, by posters,, hand bills, t( Sandwich men," newspaper advertisements, town criers, and a New Zealand banner outside the place of meeting for a few days before. We have had to contend with newspaper cor respondence. It whs not to be expected that we could descend on a district and make everyone ' iS'evv Zealand mad' (give them '• New Zealand on the brain 'we callel it), without being denounced and anathematised and "finding New Zealand held Upa3 th« land of cannibals, earthquakes, murders, poverty, wretchedness, disaffection, &c."

A very severe aiticle upor^Mr Vogel's visit to Enclafcd appears in tho "Canterbury 7Ve.w. The writer says the negotiation of the loan did not require ths presence o:E the Premier ia London, the Crown agents being best able to (leal with the matter, and con tinues :—" Mr Vogel may have private alFair3 in England which need his attention, aud his visit may be both pleasant aud profitable to himself; but there is not tho shadow of reason for supposing that the £-1000 or £5000 which it will cost the Treasury will have been expended on any public grounds, orbc repaid by any public service. In the second place Mr Vogel is not to be trusted in England. He is a man who needs some powerful con straining influence to keep him within bounds. Directly he gets beyond the immediate range of public opinion he breaks loose altogether. His passion for contract making takes posses sion of him, and hurries him to the maddest extremes, lie has no hesitation in coinmittiag the colony to enormous liabilities, which, unauthorised as they are, the Assembly Bnds it has no alternative but repudiate at a damaging injury to the colonial credit or to compromise at a heavy money sacrifice. A Minister who could perpetrate the Brog den contracts - who, without tho knowledge and sanction of Parliament, and even with out consulting his colleagues, could of his own mere motion sign contracts to the amount of £4,000,000, and grant away 3,000,000 acres of land—is capable of anything. Lastly, even if Mr Vogel had lona fide business in England, this is not a time when he ought to leave the colony. Efis work lies emphatically at home. New Zealand is now about to enter on the largest and most radical scheme of constitutional reform. To frame a constitution— not a mere paper scheme, bub one adapted to the wants of the people, aud that will have a fair promise of [permanency —is a task to tax the capacities of the ablest statesman. But Mr Vogel seems to think it; beneath his notice. His first proceeding h to throw it all aside as a matter •of no moment, and to start off on a holiday tour round the world. Mr Vogel's departure from the colony in the present position of its affairs is simply monstrous. It argues an utter absence of principle, a deadness to any sense of responsibility, an indifference to public duty, and even a want of decency, which it is hard to characterise in fitting

language."

; Our Volunteer readers will see by turning to our advertising columns that on Thursday evening next, at the Drill-slied, a paper on "Piactical Rifle Musketry" will be read, all volunteers being invited to attend. As we are informed that this meeting is intended as a means of arousing a spirit of inquiry on the most important qualifications of a volun teer or soldier, it is to be hoped a good number of our citizen soldiers will attend. The members of the Auckland Total Abstinence Society will hold their annual, meeting to-morrow evening in the Temper ance Hall. Dr Nicholson, a friend of the cause, has consented to take the chah'. We notice that Miss Haseldean has been appointed mistress of the Kauaaranga school, Grahamstown; a position lately filled by Mrs Cololough. This lady's appointment was approved yesterday by the Board of Education. It is proposed by the Volunteer Ball Com mittee to hold their projected entertainment and ball in the Choral Hall on the 14th of October. . .. ;

We notice that Mr Coupland's large brick oorn store, by Wellesley-street, is nearly completed. The building is by Mr Watson, from a piai,n Italian design by Mr W. F. Hammond, architect, of Shortland-street. The advocates of women's rights will be gratified to learn that the cause is advancing at Westporfc. At the municipal election last week two lady voters, each proprietress of a well-known hostelry, recorded their votes "like men." Mr and Mrs Bunten (Miss Aitken) leave the West Coast shortly for Scotland. Miss Aitken intends to make a professional tour throughout America on their way home.

A meeting of the trustees of the Graf ton Road Highway Board will be held in the district school, Carlton load, this evening at half-past seven, for the purpose of hearing objections to the assessment roll.

The annual meeting of the members of the North Shore.Cricket Club was held yesterday evening at the Masonic Hotel, when there was affair attendance. Mr W. L. Kees itt the chair. : The "minutes of last meeting been read aqd; confirmed, the annnal was submitted, which gave a,^^-" the proceedl"" ■ —'«»üß<* clab *r .'->^s3 AriA ro^ s%u

the proceedl"" . «.«u«ußd "the clab *-* - v -s= *"A Progress ot R*-' the no/s* #eftr. Ihe L-tffßMn*.M.liJWffflfefii and liabilities o£ toe 1 06 £as then re^ tbattj^ w-*J 1 bakiice in favour, of the. a-Bets, llw_ report End balance sheet was adopted wi}b<J» cussion. . The office-bearc I fj^2§^ Selected for ensu^jy^.

members were then propose!. Iho n_ concluded with a voto ot thanks to WJ chairman. . -.. • • " The annual general meeting of the shar<? hoWersS doctors of the kj^;J*£s Gold Mining Company (Lr*ited, .was,|£d in the offices, Wyndham-«tr|«t gig M*£ noon; F. Whibaker, Ksfj. m"tile chair lhe balance-sheet and repu.t ware rod anU adopted, iind the retifiog duectors reeieoted. A cdfr^sponctent pdirits ddt t^t the, trees on the Barrack Bill slope are tied so tightly to stakes as to stop the sap from « especially whea the string t.ghteiiS through getting wet. , , v Mv £ugin, son of the late .celetmrtea arbhitect,°was tried lately at tlie P^tral Criaiinal Ooutt upon a charge of P^S libellous letters reflecting upon the character of Mr Herberf,.K,A: AmoSg the wijne ses naUoA ws^ Mr W "E. Gladstone, tile late Premie? Thl iory acquitted the defendant, Sng that the letters, although scurrilous, were not libels. TKViea and open ld'dge meeting connec tion with thetfraterlial Home Moo d■ T«nplaM will be held this evening in the AlbertsW Temperance Hall, oommenciug at halt past six o'clock. The shipwrights held their cjuarterly.nieet m."laet eveniwS in the Albert atreet 1 emper auce Hall. There was a very good attend ance, and the business before the meeting was carried through in a satisfactory manner.

Lately the Dunedin police took proceed ings against: a carpenter named.Hopcroft for ; working at his trade by builditig a house on the Lord's Day. Mr Barton defended, and addressed the Court at length upon: the applicability of the English statute to this colony. He contended,that there was local ity in the stattite, arid it did not reach New Zealand. His Worship differed in his opin ion, aud while deciding that the law was quite applicable, dismissed the.case in con sequence of it being the first of the kind.

At the close of the business at the Police Court this morning Mr Hannaford asked the advice of the Bench under the following cir cumstance :—A young woman, recently from England, obtained through his office a situa tion at an hotel in City East, where she had been employed diiriiig the past eight weeks, and had given satisfaction by her conduct and services. She had brought excellent testimonials with her, tho captain had also spoken in her favor. She was now turned adrift without any notice, and without her wages, £3 12s fid. She was now penniless. He considered it a very hard case. The Bench remarked that the case was beyond its jurisdiction, and recommended Mr Han naford to apply at tho District Court for redress.

the benefit promised for Mrs Ryan will take place next Monday week in the City Hall, in which the principal amateur talent of Auckland will take parb. They have secured the patronage of the Oddfellows, Hibernian Society, and Foresters', who hav>: promised to grace the performance with their presence. The amateurs who have taken this distressing case in hand are doing all in their power to make the performances a success, and the benefit a substantial one. We hope they will be successful.

"Trans-Pacific" suggests that the San Francisco steamers should run through in stead of calling at any place on the up trip. TTe saya this was done by the Panama mail boats. He is also in favour of carrying on the service without assistance from .New South Wales.

•The OlaffO Daily Time? and the Lyllelton Times both strongly condemn the Premier's present visit to England. The former journal says: — "Mr Vogcl's departure is really talcing the mainspring out of the clock, ami expecting the rest of the machinery to work on without its aid." The latter paper states : —He (Mr Vogel) "proposes, almost on the spur of the moment, what amounts to a new Constitution, and instead of staying in the colony to frame it with care, be hurries off to Australia and Eng land, and hands over what is practically Ids own business, in his relations to the country to a lawyer who, he cooly tells us, has a colonial reputation. • Mr Travers has a colo nial we might even say an Australasian, repu tation, but it does not thereby follow that he has the ability to frame —or that granting the ability, he is tho best- person to frame—a new Constitution. ***** \\r e f ee i it out- duty to pi-otest in the strongest terms against the whole arrangement, and to point out that Mr Vogel has virtually assumed the position of Dictator."

A branch of trade about which very little is heard, but nevertheless a highly important branch, is the trade in china, glassware, and earthenware. Of these in Auckland who have attended to this traffic. Mr J. B: Francis, of Queen-street, ranks decidedly first. His stock is perhaps the largest, in the colony. In addition to a large show at his new premises, next door to Messrs Blair and Lambert's, his stores in Durham-street are very extensive, and are replenished by every vessel that arrives from England. Mr Francis conducts his business in a quiet unostentatious way, but' it would be found on investigation that very few if any of our tradesmen import more largely than he. The Zealandia and the Hydaspea' bills]of lading are now to hand, and show large consignments to be on board these vessels. Mr Francis was a large loser by the fire at the corner of Wakefield-street, but he is determined to rise superior to misfortune, and to render hia assortment of goods more varied than ever.

Two youths at Birmingham have been committed for trial on a charge of wilful murder, they having induced a companion, who could not swim to accompany them into deep water, and there left him to drown.

Mr Thomas Poison again wiites with refer ence to the Miranda Coal Compaay, ia reply to Mr Friend, and says :—" With regard to 'impertinent questions,' I contend that my questions were very pertinent, and I fancy too much so for these" ' would-be promoters,' or they would have given me the informa tion. Can you imagine a greater imposition than a body of directors publishing a pros pectus, giving a glowing account of the profits that will accrue to the lucky share holders, if at the same time they retain daggers up their sleeves to stab the unlucky company, and thus bleed the unfortunate shareholders of some £3000 (three thousand pounds) in paid up shares, and elect them selves for life or term of years as a reward fpr .their services. 0 In the prospectus the directors pledge themselves for its accuracy, I would now ask why they assert (when it is not the truth) that the tramway has l>een accurately, surveyed and'found to be twelve njiles in length ? And also if the report of^ the engineer of the Hauraki battery is not on Graham's Wharehaka coal ? :

POKENO AND MAUNGATAWHIRI RAILWAY STATION.

The ratepayers andj^^^njffrfif- tfisse the ,26th instant^ *• fViffle o'clock in r#ponse to notice given . by Hi " aX SSaiSin of the MSungfcfca- IS Bdard, and Mr Hobbs, chairman ot^e pSeuo Board. The meeting was very orderly rhrm-hQut. Mr K. Hobbs moved i-k&x, JSSg approves of the site in McLean s ,n?hip already fixed by the c-nflfmflfla and would respectfully but Kr "That the rajlway gfcatioh will be most convememt to the public between Hie Queens hotel and •aihvay crossiug, Great South Road, ami that a-public petition be presented against the atatlou beifig placed any where else. j Mr It Macfarlane seconded this aifleiKiment — , Mr itnodea mloved as an. amendment that the site be on the Bluff road. Seconded by Mr Saitb.-The Chairman pt Mi motion, when five voted for it, Then Mr Porter's amendment, when seventeen voted for it. One party present being neither * ratepayer or landowner was not allowed to vote, and after the mfeeting tfc^as found that two others, ft'least, who weft neither rate payers nor landowners had voted for Mr Porter's amendment, so tha 'Jf mie2 ,.Jf" tually voted for it.-Mr Hobbs' resolution was then put, ithen nineteen bona fide rate paye»s arid landowners voted for it, and the Chairman declared the resolution carried-— A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings.— [Correspondent.]

THE DISMASTED SHIP.

NARROW ESCAPE OF THE MATE.

The fearful gale of last week mrxsl have; severely mauled any unfortunate ships winch: were within its range. Most of our coast-; i& fessWs seem by great good luck to nave escaped its violence, either by being in har bour at the time or by having iirnsly warn in" of its advent, and so running for shelter into one or other of the many friendly bays which indent the East Coast of New Zealand. But although sevefal days passed and no. tidings were received of any serious misfor tune, men learned in the mysteries of ..he sea shook their heads and murmured, ' time enriuoli yet." Their forebodings have been verified, and we now have au instance before us of the merciless vioiende of tiie wind nnd waves on the 22nd and 23rd ifflst., The ship in distress which put into our port yesterday afternoon a few minutes before our publishing time, and whose bare arrival we were thus only just able to announce; turns out to he the Swedish ship Condoren, 1,06/ tons register, CaDtaiii Neiglick, bonnd from Sydney to San Francisco with .1,000 tons.of coal. The chief officer has supplied us With the following account of the disastrous oc currence which has necessitated her appear ance in these waters. The Condoren is an American built wooden ship launched in the state of Maine in the year 1864. She has, how ever, been transferred to' the Swedish flag, and now; belongs to a firm in Gothenburg, being manned and officered by Swedes. She sailed originally from London on the 11th March of this year for Adelaide, where she loaded wheat for Sydney, and arrived in the latter port after a quick run of seven days. After loading with coal she left .Sydney on tho 15th inst., and enjoyed fine weather with lifihfc R S.W. winds for tho lir-t two.days. On the 18th the wind backed to W.S.W., freshen ing considerably, with a falling barometer and mnch lightning afc night. On the 20th tbe wind shifted to the N.E., and increased to a gale on the 21st. with thunder, lightning, hail, and rain. Suddenly it veered to N. W. f bringing down a tremendous sea, and caused the "vessel to roll fearfully. The ship was hove-to under lower main topsail. Late in the day a heavy sea struck the ship, washing^ the gig from the davits Succeeding tins several heavy seas made clean breaches over the vessel, and the tremendous rolling slackened the rigging. On the 22nd the fury of the gale intensified. It was now obvious that unless some of the upper spars were cut away the masts would be shaken out of her, so the main-top gallant mast aud yard were cut away to prevent it. Scarcely, however, had this been done when the main-top-mast was* observed to give, and hardly had the hands aloft time to get clear when the whole mask came down with a crash, falling upon deck. The third mate had at this juncture a wonderful escape. He had remained on the mast longer than the men, and had not completed his descent when the wreck came down. He was washed overboard, but managed to keep hold of the rigging and to scramble on deck unhurt. Following close on the fall of the mainmast,, the foretopgallant mast came down with a run, the scene of ruin be ing completed by tho carrying away of the mizen topgallant mast above the eyes. In falling the mainmast divided into three pieces, which smashed two of the boats. One of the broken spars did much damage as it washjprt to and fro on the deck : the pump was broken, the after deck-house battered in, the capstan sustained injury, and part of the bulwarks and topgallant rail on the star board side carried away. Strange to relate not a single man of the crew vas seriovisly hurt at this time of general danger. The captain, however, was knocked down, and being washed about the deck was considerably bruised about the chest, stomach, and legs. The deck planks received mauy deep spliaterings from . the heavy spars falling on them. Much difficulty was experienced in clearing away the wreck. Of all the spars only the foretopgallant yard, which was sprung, and the foretopgallant mast were saved ; all the rest had to be set adrift The mizzen mast, with, the cro'-jack yard upon it, .was left standing, and the, foremast and foretopmast with the yards upon them. The stump of the mainmast was left sticking up abcut 1.0 feet from the deck. At about 4 p.m. the gale moderated, and at 9 p.m. the wind shifted to S.S.W. As soon as it was practi cable jurymasts were rigged and sail was made on the vessel. Observations re vealed the position of the ship to be lat. 35° 40 N S, long. 167° 30 v E. Auckland being the nearest port it was resolved to lay her head in that direction The wind veering to the S. W. enabled a direct course to be steered. The Captain having no chart of the New Zealand coast was in great anxiety after passing the North Cape The wind had now settled down into a tavorable N. W. breeze, and on Sunday after noon the barque Montana, bound for New castle, was sighted and- spoken off the Poor Knights. Captain Mudgetfc kindly supplied Captain Neiglick with a chart anct the vessel continued her course to Auck rtjA av7 iV/?£ a3*bov. e' "« believed that the hull of the ship is uninjured below the water,lme, for ! she has not made more than her usual amount of leakage. ' Had it been otherwise the position of the ship would have been very perilous from the uselessness of the pumps. We understand that tenders for the repair of the damages will be called for on Thursday next, when the. specifications will be exhibited at the office of Messrs ESferfS "AMaefttl^ the appoiS theConi '^ tar- ? is notk «own whether has hSfr. I 8 mSUred °mot- Ca Pt- Neigleck *S+i * so long away from his home port tht\JL 18 ft- — are What "^gements in SnZ P6(l h^ OWner\ may made. The Condoren has been anchored almost on the •same ground where the Allahabad lay, and S l?^ eno?gk the two vessels on their arrival presented, a very similar appearance.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

vi. xiorne and D vt t * B Justices.) lX%| UNBALANCE©. 1 ■ ; SaTahConway f ayoußr2 0wl«m~« X 20, smartly dressed, with^HEf^S 1 ing ringlets, was chafed with ?» B last night, and fined 5s ; James S*4 II a sturdy young Scot; and JoffS^ll brawny seaman, six feet in heitit'H X guilty to the saroe offence, and SIJN'M the same amount, ""«%} :■ _■ ■--*; T6M AND THE TRQtrg^ " ./' i Tom (a Kanaka), was brotoft „« I charge of stealing a pair o f tSjP.o*, I 3s, the property of Andrew Hewl! I 28th inst. ™WNTrw|J I Prisoner, who was unable to awat 1 of English, was understood to ator!t*N 1 was tempted to take the trouseriftr ?^ I otitor's shopbecsase they apMtt^aSPl*' I actly his size ;he acknowledges^v r:V I f was guilty. --'.-'■ r ■ Xftl% I I The Bench sentenced TmtflL^ V I imprisonment with hard labour^ rffl I A 6LEVER BO?. 1 I Patrick Robb, a lad of 15, Waß I 11 on a charge of absenting himsellfß^^ I service of Mr Thomas Shove hntj?l« I 1 Sobgon-atreetonthe lQthW. l "I I pleaded not gnilty ; I ; [li&r, appeared for the n tion, and stated that Mr Shove Bal^ 8' this case forward with the Mew i# A^s* lads tllafc^ they must no% i|J'|s 1 employers' services with impunihr 'ua^ ' out giving due notice. He had lte» 1 in a similar way by other laify J, • often put to great inconvenience. ' I • Mr Thomas Shove stated that h 'tidL I the lad on the 11th of Septemb<sf ■ fc^v I in carrying out meat andmaking kinieit^f I f v.l. He engaged him by the weak at S I his food upon the understanding tkt I week's notice was to be given on eitfei 1 I He left upon receiving nine days' wj&S I out giving such notice. ';;; (■;"*• I Mr Bropby, immigrant °fficer;c!ep<aedftj ( I the boy bad come out by the* Oxfiird^g I "procured employment with;Mr .Shore called subsequently and informed! ')m:nL i the boy had left in the mannerj^ijS i| He asked the boy's parents aWlfhW $■ ... they replied that he was ill, but upon jS y ing the boy he told witness that lie,kd-^ . a better situation. Mr Shove said that he did HotiigJ to J. p hard with the boy ;he could not well taks a him back as he had got another master. The Bench recommended tha^tiieMfljl, 3 should be consumed in the mfeiifcr,'.« £ . boy had rendered himself liable tfriniprijoj. 3 ment. • c ! The case was then adjourned fotihisMt ! po3e until Friday. v ' Q : NON-PAYMENT OF WAGIS. ' » c Alfred Nichols was suninionei for boj, } payment of wages, £6 14s, due ? te>^j|^ X, Franklin on the 28th inst. r Mr Rees informed the'"Beiioli;;that flmj e was a probability of this case Sieingsetthi s out of Court, and he would, aik'fw amj. 7 journment till to-morrow, ; ifhich m a granted. ;. •/ ,f This was all the business,

TELEGRAPHIC.

(From our own CorresponfliftCf'

LATEST FROM WAIKATO.

PROGRESS OF THE WAIKATO,

RAILWAY

STATE OF THE-R0AI&

NEWCASTLE. : \ This iliy. The railway should be opened Mx dice to Papakura. The line will be completed fc Drnry to-morrow morning. Th^pspmpi settlers-must agitate. . Tke bridges between Hamilton, and; Nnr-j castle are in a very dangerous state, vi unless something is- immediately done » munication will be stopped. Ninety men are now working oa %.ia! way between Ohaupo and Newcastle. Wort this side of Mercer is being" pushed •« rapidly. .

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

THE MAKUKAU CRr^ING.*

DAMAGE BY THE GAI& #

GBAHAMSTOWN. ; ;. T^W-^ The Manukau is crashing spetiflieirt day, and will probably have 400 ozs of goU to add to that lodged last week 1 •■■'■■■;'! '■' Considerable.damage has been"; caused 15 the high tide and gale last night .The.Tsnn wharf is broken also a portion of tne t»mw»y, Tne District Engineer is takiiig steps a repair it so as to keep up commraiiiation,- Sales : Crown Prince, 14s. Buyers :JW Ss 6&; City of London, 25sM; \m Prince, 13s 6d.

UNSATISFACTORY STATE OF LANE NEGOTIATIONS ON EAST COAST.

Thisd»3[' The news from inland is xaari&f&Q. The recent intermeddling act of the Wj» ment at Wellington with the land puKl**" Commissioners betrays weakness; '" .w The natives having concluded W*?£ are making fresh demands for. a JPgg? of the concession recently pin«""' unsettling all the commissioners tfW ments with the Arawa tribe. A«nedDV haus are engaged pulling u E the survey J* on the Niho Kiore and Cambridge MWL, MrHaig, surveyor 2 has been campe^f return to the Taurun;settlement. _ ■ j^U The Southern Cross has been detain^ through stress of weather. She does w to Opotiki this trip, but returns to Anci^ to-morrow night.

TAUfiANGA.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Destructive Floods <>il th West Ooait'

GREYMOUTH. A gale of wind was blowing last ig^ The Waipara is high and dry. ■*&&) require launching four hundred J«Wt» riVer ia flooded. The protective; works areJfflgjfrr damage to Greymouth ■ but. there »?«« encroachments at Cobden. , ''HjiJbeliiii'l The Grey is running immediacy "^ houses in the main street. ~ Several buildings .are in courfleei r

WESTPORT.

: IThe river rose)rapidly^^tSat^] little damage was done compa«« :wi^(C W floods. The chief .encroa^ent^^i corner of Molesworth-streefc. J;™?^ »re office, Fallas' store, .^^f^SJiß* 1" now being pulled down J^ ygS&rf*; JSTelson-streethas; saved the ioww^ ~ township. -• , ; v. ' a jJ.WII6? The Orawaiti river is- f^T s^ol^{ last night w&* received trow J J floods there. ' fl

GREYTOWN.

The flood covered the town^^^Ji day. Mr O'Mear's house wasJg J*l^H The family and furniture weW^^Jiß neighbours. , ' i* to H The flood still rising. j^id-'UfIOO J» M In the Hutt distriotfthe -h#w . ■

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