SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HJOH WA'f m : TiA* evening, 5 44; tC«iaenoi9 any -Jns>, 6.1 SUW-SEf : Eh!s eTenlng, 6.5; BtfH.BIB®: To morrow wot Ring, 5 28 MOOTra AGS : Kew Koon, 10th instant, 6.40 p.m.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. Southern' Cross, s.s., Holmes, from Napier, via Thames Fawn, cuttar, from Enssell

DEPARTURES.

1 . PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Tat- *"i? '•c-'h -""oiHcstbn, s.«;, TaesiSay For Ks.{p»Ta »rj<i Oamrvi;--Me-j, schc.-.R:r, enrl.y J?ci Wsa ■:• i and Sydney—TJ*n Taia, ■ barque, For the South l^ina, ■>:: nrr^l of Pan Francisco, ForSau Eraasiscj—l/rls TTrr, barque Eos Dnatflln—^vai'rato N Biiip, early Km Lyitelfcoa^-East" Tjothian. barque, early J/o~ lioudoa—Cotuitfis* «'. K?.i>-or«:, parly ; ihames, md i'erndile, bwcpieK, eariy K. VES3EIS nrXPROERE c TFoHiEgtdDi S.S., froit. the South. R?-tu,-di»y Jl Mikado, b.s., from Ban Francisco, (English j 10th i istaat Blackbird, s s , frnra'^y.Snajr, early Zealand?*, ship, from London ; sailed Oth July EXPORTS. Per Tion Trin, for Sydney -via Watigaroa : 350.000 feso timber.—G. W. Bianay, ageut. I EE'FITTIKG OF THS OONDOEEK.. The tenders for repairing aucf <siachargmg P:e ship C'ondoren were opened at aeon to ; day. The following are the tenders for dis ohargiug 60^ zour ecu :■ — Cxß.pai.~W, .and O. Winstor^ 9 3 p er toi3 :E. Oombes, 8s ;^A per ion; J., Craig, 9.3 id per toa. Laghterbd : M. : ricci>i : I0s6il; J. "Nearing, 9's 9d. Thex?! being a difficulty in. proouring a bertb at the wharf, Cap;... Nearing's tender 'has been accepted by Oapfc. 3Teiglick. PO;<. REPAIRS. SHght tenders have been received for* the tepa.ir3 to the ship.' The Election will be macU by the captain at. Messrs. Henderson an I Maefarlane's office at tea to-morrow xae-raiiig.

Captain Hoiin&s, of bhe Southern Cross, reports passing the ketch Clematis and the .schooners Albatross and Columbia off Hicks Bay. He also spdlce the cotter Greenwich coming acre to t< j overhauled. The B.a Southern Cross, Captain Holmes, arrived from Napier the Thames last night. She left Napier at 10 p. ra. on Sat nrday, and arrivsd at the Thames a 11 o'clock on "Monday night after a very fine passage. She landed GO head of cittio 'end 300 sheep yesterday morning ; and left for Auckland xa fehe'afternoon* She brings the following pjasseEgera :Mr and Mrs Brook, Captain Bendall, ; Messrs Mar ■■.hall, Nelson; McDou gallj Steadman, Campbell, and ten in the ?3teerage.--A. S. P. Co., agents. The schooner Onward, was sold at auction to-day by Messrs Tonks and Co. She wag knocked clown to Messrs Henderson and Spraggon for £685. The schooner Rnby has cleared for Wanga roa wi';h 1 ton flour, -.' tr>n sugar, and a quantity of sundries. The barque Tien Tsin cleared ouf. to-day for Sydney via W-'.ngaroa ?dth a cargo of timber. The ship Oxford cleared ab t"; c "Customs foififcy for Gaajn in ballast. She has 400 tons of bsilaafc on board, and is ready to sail for her.raythicat destination as soon as the weather permits. She is to be haule i away from the wharfto-morrow niormng. The barque Fftnadale has now fairly began receiving he,'1 cargo for London, A good deal of stuff destined for tbia vessel is netained on the eoaat by the bad weather. Among the rest are 50 $ons of bides daily expected from Panicure. The barque Lo?Ii TJrr" h~:-: not y?,t been able to get c!«';ae <>t the' '"hart. Ass soon as the weather moderates she will bake her de parture for Fan Francisco. Messrs Holmes Bros, nr-r? steamer the Manaia is n<>w '- a&J -or £C"- &'nii had a preliiftis?? ■ JjjpW '^ her engines yesterday at r:...: ;-~ proceeding uo\m to the North Head and back. The result was in fche main satisfactory. A few alterations an-i additions will be made in her equipment, and iihe will then us ready for her official trip. The Secorgtioßß'and general fittings of her cabins are first-class, and do credit to she workmen employed.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Manoi:/.f Heads,' this day. Wind -streng from the S.W. Bflr breaking.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Tonks raid Co. so!.d to-day the sohoore}' Onward for £GSS to Messrs Hen derson and Spraggon. .A farm at Paknranga, for 21 years lease, at £M 5 pel'annum, to Mr A. Bueklsnd. Five hri'-rnoniinns at )?10 53 ?.ud £10 JOs, and an invoice of carved goods at fair prices..

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails TViiiii Close as follows :— For Thames, to-moirow, at 10 30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Cororaandel, this day, at 5 p.m. For Napiev and Gi3borne, per Southern Cros3, to-

morrow, at 11 a m. For Mahurangi, Mata^ana, Masgawai, "Waipu, &c,

per Lady Bower, ou Saturday next, at 10 a.m. For Whitiaogi, Tiivrua, Tauranca, and Opotiki, and Napier, via Taxiranga, per Southern Cross, on Saturday next, at 1 p.m For Taranaki and. Southern provinces, per Luna, immediittely after arrival of mail steamer from Pan Fraucisco For Australian Colonies, per Mikado, immediately

after a. ival. For Taranaki and Southern pro? jices, per 'Welling ton, on OCueEday, 13th instant, at 8 a.m. S, B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

Craig—On Bth instant, at the residence of his father, Jdount-street, William James Craig; f;jed four years. The funeral will leave tomorrow, at half-past three p. m. Friends please accept this intimation.

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance. JLild tho good that we can. do.

The evil of too much Government, and of the conflicts of co-ordinate authorities among us, is a favourite theme for denunciation. The approaching expenditure of borrowed money on the part of the Harbour Board and the City Council would afford fine ground for illustration of this evil, but we are glad to lear^ that timely steps are being taken to avoid such complication, and to make the contemplated works of both authorities harmonise. What ever may have been the influences fancied or real at play in determining the harbour improvements; there will be none to doubt the great advantages that must result from the contemplated reclamations west of the main wharf, and especially from the level roadway connecting all the wharves and the abutting of all the streets on the great water highway on the eastern and western sides of the city. "We could imagine what a pretty quarre' might be raised between the harbour and civic authorities on this matter in relation to the points of contact of the two authorities if either or both felt disposed to get up their backs and be disagreeable. Such disposition we see is absent, and as we have said steps . t are being taken to make the works dovetail. Hobson-street, from its precipitous abutment to the water, presents pecu liar difficulties, which we learn are to be met in a peculiar but none the less effective way. Instead of sinking the level

j£ the whole street at its northern end it is proposed to have two elevations, the eastern 3ide remaining at its present l«vel, while the western half will afford a carriage way with no very difficult gradient leading to the wharves below. Nelson and Hardinge-sbreeta are also intended to be connected with the harbour improvements, but the latter will be in a manner only available for pedestrians owing to the extreme nature of the gradient required. But more important still is it to learn that the great vexed question of sewage will be settled by a timely arrangement, and that we are not again to be treated to a pro longed conflict such as raged around the malodorous but once famous Queen-street sewer. In this afternoon's sitting of tho City Council the whole matter is being considered, and we may with some confidance anticipate that the borrowing powers of the two corporate authorities which are now getting under way will through co-operation promote not only the commercial welfare bufe the convenient" and health and general interea*~ —— or the city. We f-" ' -"*^r~"-1; ■ -^~ . -«ci that some apology i& due to our xeaders for the svrebclied paper on which the Stab, is at present being printed. A rapid increase in circulation has rendered our regular supplies of paper direct from the English manufacturers insufficient for the requirements of the £tar, and lio better quality of paper could be procured in the She colony than thai on which to-day's issue is printed-. This fact alone shows how great a convenience it would be to printers if able to obtain their supplies from a local paper-mill. Further shipments will be to hand shortly, and the Star will then re-appear with a clean face. A few days ago we made some remarks upon the injustice the immigration depart ment was guilty of in keeping in suspense captains of vessels, doctors, and other officers of immigrant vessels accused of dereliction of duty and subjected to an official investi gation. A fresh instance of thi3 comes under our notice new. The ship Oxford has already cleared at the Customs, and will sail almost immediately. As is well-known her master, Captain Beaver, the mate, tho school master, end matron, had charges brought agaiust them by the Surgeon-superintendent when the vessel arrived. The enquiries were conducted with closed doors—a very un-English like method, and although three weeks have elapsed since they terminated, none of the accused have heard a word as to the result. Meanwhile of course the Immi gration Commissioner" Very properly with holds the gratuity which the regulations allow as special inducements for officers counsctcd with immigrants t* do their duty. In a few days the ship will havj left the port, aad probably, uulesd some pressure is brought to bear, neither the captain nor the mate will be told why they have not re ceived what they were led. to expect was due to them. For aught we know there may be grave foundation in the charge.3, but; the reverse may be the fact. la any case en quiries effecting character and professional reputation should be settled with more dis patch than the Government appears to think necessary.

It is surprising that otherwise sensible people should be so under the influence of the Maori "mystery" as to accept as yos-pjl all the foolish tales that come from corres pondents in nntive districts, who are often re duced to the greatest extremity for an item of news. In Auckland, where people really ought to know better, the same rubbish seems to receive credence. It was only the other day that an immense amount of jubilation was indulged in by a contemporary in connection with a statement that Tawhiao had consented to a railwaj being made through the King country upon receiving payment of sixpence a foot for the land required for the purpose. Calculations were made as to how much an acre the land jvould cost at that price, and grave injunctions were laid upon the Govern ment to lose no time m closing with the oifer. Thasame childish twaddle we iind telegraphed throughout the colony, where perhaps some amount of belief in ie might be excused on account of the total ignorance of native matters that prevails in the {South. Again, when some young Maori woman, a relative of Manuhiri's, came in on a visit to the Chief Paul, the same ridiculous amount of import ance was attached to her visit. Perhaps, wisely suggested a contemporary, she had come to see how Tawhiao's alleged railway announcement had taken, and intelligence of the visit of some of the King's relatives was even thought a matter of such interest to us that we were called upon to pay for the cost of telegrams, announcing it nob only from Waikato but also from Wellington. Now we do protest against this species of humbug. What care we for the presence of Manuhiri's niece in Auckland ? We wish her no greater harm than an attentive husband—if she is good-looking ; but as for her presence or ab sence affecting the public or the Waikato rail way, or anything else excepting herself, it is moonshine. Fortunately there are intelli gent journalists in the South who are able to estimate all this Maori twaddle at its right value. Among these is the Napier Telegraph, which thus strips off the romance from the willingness of Tawhiao to sell the laDds required for the Waikato railway at sixpence a foot :— '' On the tribal lands of the Ngatimaniapoto at the present day Tawhiao and his people are living on suffrance. Tawhiao is a mere fallen chief living on charity, and there can be no truth whatever in the report that he has resolved to permit the construction of railways through the Ngatimaniapoto lands. Any such resolve on his part would be treated with contempt, and would lose for him the hospitality that alone saves him from being a homeless vagabond."

The following modest epistle from one young heart to another was found on- Tuesday evening last in Union-stret, City West. It bad probably issued from a window to the immediate locality where it was found, or possibly it might have fiutbered from the bosom of the loser :—My Dearest Mary, — I much regret that I was compelled to disappoint you last evening owing to pressure of business, and especially as you caught a severe cold through waiting so long for me by the familiar fir-tree at the corner, where we have had so many happy moonlight meetings. I trust, my dearest, that' you will take a favourable view of my conduct, as you know I am not my own master, and especially when I tell you that I felt the disappointment a3 keenly as yourself. That quiet corner is to me a sacred spot, the sweet arcadia of my life, and by-and-bye in other years if spared I shall often look upon it with pleasurable feelings, and fancy I still hear your sweet voice/which to me will ever be as musical as the evening song of an English nightingale. It is wonderful what an influence love has over the human heart; how it calms the feelings, and how the merest pang of disappointment irritates aud disturbs those-feelings. You say you caught a cold, waiting for mo, hence I send you a little sweet mixture, and would advise you to take a basin of warm gruel at bed time (without rum and butter, as I do not wish you to break your obligation, love), and just before getting into bed put your little feet into a tub of tepid water. I send you six kisses, aud will see you to-night under the verandah about eight o'clock. It will be better than standing on the humid grass. I hope you are getting on with your crown work. Take heart, Mary, for the day, the happy day is coming, when we shall sit by our am fira-side, and no longer be exposed to the chilly evening breeze. I won't keep i you out so lat© any more.—Yours, till death, G. T.

A lady called at our office to-day and Btated that she was the daughter of the peraou referre.l to in a paragraph which appeared in Tuesday's Siar, relating certain curious funeral proceedings at Hamilton. .She assuies us that she paid for a good coffin with T>l;tte, and also defrayed the cost of her brother's visit to his mother. As no names were mentioned in the paragraph in question some attendant circumstances must, we suppose, identify her own case with that I alluded to on Tuesday, and we are aware ! that in the instance mentioned the daughter ■■ of the deceased did her duty nobly, bearing burdens aud expenses which ought not to have been exacted from her own hard earnings, while her father was in a good position to have borne them. That the two cases are identical we have only the author ity of our visitor for assuming, but we must state our belief that she has acted in a be coming manner throughout. At the same time, even from our visitor's statement, we see nothing to excuse in the conduct of the husband of the deceased referred to in our Tuesday's paragraph. The only person brought up at *v" . Court this morninfifw""" .- --fl JTOlie'e' McE!"' -' _--"»» man"named William ...«*ia, who *y charged with a breach Of the Vagrant Act by being an. idle arid dis orderly character; and By rciamiDg about and solicitiag alms on the 7thinst. The prisoner gave an explanation of his conduct which was not satisfactory, and his plea being construed into one of not guilty, he was remanded till to-morrow in the absence of detective Jeffrey, who arrested him. Tile rowing men of t)uhedin are agitating in the hope of raising sufficient spirit amorjg the oarsmen of that city to send a crew to the Tasmaniau regatta, which takes place on the 20th of January next. The prizes offered are not largo—one of £100 for four-oared gigs, and another of an equal amount for four-oared boats, under different conditions. We wish our Dunedin friends would transfer their attention to the Auckland regatta on the 29 tli, when we should be glad to see oars men and yachtsmen from the South contesting the events announced for that day. The Regatta Committee have offered very liberal prizes, which should create good competition. A great deal of excitement has been created within the last few days in the immediate locality of " Noah's Ark," at the corner of Moreton-street. A poor woman went into the ark on Monday evening to find a bit of wood for the purpose of kindling a fire in order to prepare for a cup of tea, when she gave a loud scream and fell upon the ground. Homo of the neighbours ran to her assistance, thinking she was in a fit, and applied vinegar to her temples. She appeared to be suffering from nervous debility, but upon recovering her consciousness assured her friends that she had seen very distinctly, the ghost of the un fortuuata woman Macfarlaue, who was found dead a few weeks ago at the aik. The announcement waa credited, and every evening the women are looking out for a sight of the apparition with feelings akin to awe, and no one can muster sufficient cour age to enter the hollow, haunted building after dusk. The jewel presented to Mr Anderson, City Surveyor, by St. Andrew's Masonic Lodge, was manufactured by Mr Alexander.^ of Queeu-street and is a very creditable piece of workmanship. A circumstance anything but comforting to those ladies who wear false hair occurred at the Melbourne Police Court a few days ago. A wretched female habitual drunkard, with blackened eyes snd a face like a bull dog, Avaa brought up charged with threaten i"g language, aud the nakedness of her head attracted the attention of Mr Sturt, P. M., who asked what had become of her hair. Her husband stated that she had cut it off and sold it in order to obtain drink. Perhaps some lady is supplementing her charms by the aid of this drunkard's trease3 artistioall y made into a chignon. In relation to the legislation Effecting hotel keepers a writer in a Southern journal in veighs bitterly against what he terms " the namby-pamby legislation to which we have been subjected a,t the instance of a parcel of fanatics and old women." He says that — "The Government collect Customs' duties on intoxicating liquors, and issue licenses to legalise the sale o£ them, and then employ an army of stalwart men whose whole duty ap pears to ba to prowl about the different public houses ready to pounce on any unfortunate publican who may be guilty of some almost unavoidable infraction of the law, until tho name of Policeman has become almost synonymous with spy and informer. And if the Government earnestly believe in the evils connected with the sale of intoxica ting drink they would act in a far more consistent manner by simply prohibiting the sale or importation oi intoxicating liquor, and thus purge themselves from the offence of participating in the profits of the traffic. Or, on the other hand, if the Govern ment deem it advisable to continue the trade why should the whole Police force be en gaged in a lively persecution of the publican's for following their lawful calling ? In any case, if a common-sense view was taken of the question, the Police would be enabled to return to their legitimate duties, namely, the preservation of the peace, and<the protection of the lives and property of the people." An attempt was made on Tuesday night to enter the dwelling-house of Mr Jack, of Ponsonby, by a burgi ar. Mr Jack was dis turbed at midnight by the barking of a dog, when he thought he heard some one at the front window tryicg to raise it. He imnie diatey got out of bed and, peeping through the corner of the blind, he discovered a man busy at the next window. He went out softly by the back door but the robber had heard his footsteps, and at once made off towards Shelly Beach, and ail trace of him was lost.

The Colonist, in an article on the veno mous snakes of India and Australia says, that were reliable information gathered from the whole of India, a gross total of 20,000 human beings succumbing annually to snake bite would probably be the result! What wonderful things professors discover now-a-days. One of them has found out lately that " Nystagmus, or oscillation of the eyeballs, is an epileptiform affection of the cerebellar. oculo-motorial centres." We have given some attention to the subject our selves, but we confers that we didn't know it was so bad as that. No doubt it hurt 3, too. Cut it out, and paste it in your hat, so you won't forget what sort of a thing a nystagmus is. . . '■' - A somewhat curious case of a hasty and soon-repented marriage is mentioned in the Hobart Town papers. Before the magistrates of that city a j'oung woman of nineteen years of age, a servant at an hotel at Newtojfrh, summoned her husband, who admitted&hat he was seventy years old, for maintenance. It appeared that although he was a teeto taller he frequented an inn where the plaintiff was serving. The first time he saw her he proposed to marry her, and in . five weeks afterwards they were married. The wedding festivities took place at the inn where the young bride had been engaged. The bridegroom got tired of dancing and festivity sooner than the bride. He agreed to go home, and that he should leave tho key of his house in the door, that the bride might enter whea she thought fit to go home. When she did go, however, she could |not obtain admittance. He refused afterwards to see her, or to be reconciled, but could give no other reason for his sudden dislike than that on the morning of the marriage he had given her the sum of £3, and that in the couroe of the evening she had asked him for some more money. The unsympathising magistrate thought no legitimate excuse for not' provi ding a home for his wife had been given, and amerced the husband in the large sum of six shillings per week for her subsistence. The benedict of seventy ia a tailor by trade.

Last evening about half-past mne a man named Corley, a sailor on board the barqge Glimpse, fell over the end of the -wharf. ±le was drunk at the time. Thomas Jones, a young man working at Mr Leahy s, immedi ately went over the side of the wharf, got on the chains of the Oxford, and succeeded in placing a rope round the man s borly. Several persons who were onboard the Oxford hauled the man up. Jtiad he been another minute in the water he would xiavo been drowned, as he was sinking at the ' time. Ihe opening of the Ellerslie Gardens on the 9th November is to be a grand affair. The proprietor, Mr Robert Graham, has determined to make the gardens popular, and he intends issuing a very attractive programme for the day. Foremost., we understand, will be » grand athletic festival. Running, jumping, throwing the hammer, and other Caledonian games wi.l appear in the bill, and the prizes are well worth winning. An influential oorami1 *- D<nfm . already formed M r "ferOiVai aa Irtitf, bftWanga details, and with fine weSr the affair will be a big success, Several remarkably melancholy. ; cases of , lunacy are reported in San Francisco A , ocal Wrnal in allusion to the case of the young woman who was married on Sundty,July sth, committed to the Insane Asylum the following day,-and died m that institution one week after her marriage say " this is the third of a similar character tran spiring in this State within the past year. At the meeting of the Presbytery yester day the Rev W. Wallace was chosen moderator for the ensuing year. Ifc was re solved on the motion of the Eev D. Bruce to i commend to the consideration of the GeneraJ I Assembly Of the Church shortly to meet at Wellington the establishment of a Theologi cal College at Auckland, with two Profes sors—one for the department of Sacred Languages and Biblical Criticism, another the department of Apologetic and Historical Theology. A committee was appointed to arrange'for an interchange of pulpits, and confer with the view; of creating a religious revival in the colonial church. The ques tion of the call from the Mangere congrega tion to the Rev. Mr Galloway was then con sidered, and delegates on both sides were heard,. Mr Galloway announced his deter mination not to accept the call, but to re main in his present district, and a resolution confirming his decision was passed by the Presbytery. The work of supply for Maugere was left to the Home Mission Kxecutive Committee. The Revs. Messrs McKinney Macnicol, Hill, and Bruce, and Messrs Stevenson, Peacock, and Sommer ville (elders), were appointed to represent the Presbytery in the General Assembly, to be held shortly in Wellington. Milkmen in Dunedin are being reminded that the Adulteration of Foods Act prohibits the use of water in combination with the what they sell as milk. In the case of one bearer of the pail summoned for this kmd of adulteration it was shewn by the analyst that 25 per cent of the so-called milk was water. In London recently a milkman for ) selling milk diluted to the extent of only ten per cent with water was fined £10. When will steps be taken to secure an analyst for Auckland in order that the very useful Act in existence shall no longer remain a dead letter ? It is difficult at this distance to form an adequate conception of the ravages of the grasshoppers in those districts of America which have during the past season been devastated by them. Ex-Governor Miller, of Minnesota, who has been on a tour of observation in that State, reports that there is a stretch of country fifty miles in width, and extending from the lowa line north westerly to Lake Shetek, from which the grass hoppers have removed every vestige of the wheat crop, and about every other kind of vegetation. The Argus of the 16th inst. gives a sum of £23 6s Gd as the value of our imports per head. With regard to exports New Zealand ranks fifth. The figures for New Zealand are, according to the Argus table, £17 Is SJtl, Victoria showing £19 7s 2d. "ALover of Water"writes in answer to Mr Waite's attack on him, and very justly maintains that there was no necessity for publishing his name to a letter of the kind, nor yet, (being of age and free born), for sub mitting it to any literary committee, which is a species of "putting a lock on the pen" which he does not admire. He is quite willing to leave his statements to the judgment of the public. Our space is too valuable to waste it in the wordy contentions between correspondents, and while we are always glad to give every latitude to expressions of opinion upon broad and important principles we must positively object to personal contentions. Our correspondent specifies the last open lodge in Union-street as an occasion when songs of an improper character were permitted. He says :—" People who were never at a lodge meeting before left in disgust, while perhaps Mr Waite was over-powered with laughter. If Mr Waite will only read carefully your advice given in love to the Order in Thursday's issue he will see that something like reformation in the present system must be made ; but he must stop laughing. The cause is too serious, the souls of men are at stake, and the liquor traffic is gaining ground."

A -corrsspondent writes correcting the report of the Herald's correspondent relative to the Pokeno railway station. He says : "The piece of flat spoken of by Mr Hobbs is half swamp, and as for it being so very near the South road, let me tell him it is very near half-a-mile from the South road to, the place where he advocates for the station ; and the Maungatawhiri Road Board would have to make that appear to oblige one or two people, for I am sure none of the Pokeno settlers will gain anything by it. And again, on the other side of the South road, the Pokeno Road Board will have to make near a mile of road, and a good part of it across a swamp and over a creek, and for what, I should like to know, for the Pokeno settlers send nothing into the market in the shape of produce with the exception of a little butter and eggs. Now there is Mr A. Mure, as Mr Porter very correctly told the meeting, sends more to the market in one year than the whole of the Pokeno settlers do in seven, and still Mr Hobbs thinks the public should have nothing to do with the erection of the station. Now there are a very large number who send lots of cattle, sheep, *c, to market the same as Mr Mure, and which would be the most convenient for those gentlemen to have the station where they could have accommodation for themselves and cattle and horses, and witjhin two or three chains of the South Road, or to have it at Mr Hobbs pet place, where there is not a house within cooey. A pretty place truly for a railway station to be. Lsay put it as near the South Road as it can be got, \*. will then be convenient for all parties, both .settlers and the public gene rally. Mr Porte offers his ground free if the station is erected thereon, and what more is wcnted ? The public would then have a house of good accommodation, which every gentleman who has ever called at this house can testify. I mean the Queen's Hotel, Queen's Redoubt. There are also two stores that have been doing business at this place for the last ten years, which supply the greater part of the Pokeno settlement." The settling-up after the race meeting will take place to-morrow night at the Auck land Hotel. SaoiiTr's HAJR-OUTTIN& Balook, three doors below the Greyhound Hotel. First-class Attention, Cisrilitv and Cleanliness - [Advt 1 OOlfPBK! — Brown, Barrett, and Oo.'s Standard l/Oltees both delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett and Co. s .Excelsior Coffee deserves preference 11 any Coffee on account of purity and distinctness of flavour ?hf&™ c ?f n *dl Sol!i at aJ mo3t *very swwxy esl atmsament in towa and province.—Advt>

SUPREME COURT.— Wednesday.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

( Before His Honor Sir George A. Arhby, Knight, Chief Justice.) His Honor took his seat at 10 o'clock, WILFUL MURDER. Charles Dyer, formerly a sailor, aged 54, was arraigned upon an indictment charging him wivh the wilful murder of Eliza Batteraea on the 9th of July, of the present year. Ellis Dyer, a son of the prisoner* was next examined, ami, having been sworn, deposed as follows : I recollect Monroe being at my father's house on the Bth of July, and on the day xvhen Eliza Battersea was burnt. _ I was in the room when some conversation occurred between Monroe and my father in the presence of deceased. My father paid, "Don't you see the devil pictured in her " She was sitting on the stool at the'time, and father was beside her. He raised his hand to strike her. I never saw him strike her, but have frequently heard her scream as from blows when in the room with my father. This was.some days before she was burnt. I went with Monroe to shew him the nearest way through the bush to the main road, and when about 400 yards away ' heard a noise a* though something had fallen down. I thought the noise was caused through my father beating her again. Welmmediately (I aad Munroe) returned to the house. We left shortly after and when about the samfe distance from the horase heard the noise repeated. We went back a second time. The woman had kept to her bed for a week previously through my father's ill treatment j she was very sore It was about, four o'clock when I got to the house the third time. I looked m and saw Eliza Battersea sitting on the floor close to the form; she was burnt. All the hair was off her head, and the noor w» wet. She had a oheimae on and nothing else. The upper part of her body was not bare. Father was in the kitchen with the child, three years old. Became out to me and said, "I have done it; take the child away." He was about to say some thing else, but I ran away. I afterwards took the child to Mrs Bond, my sister, and did not return to the house until the next m Witness was then cross-examined by Mr Joy at some length. • William Enoch Bond deposed : I am prisoner's son-in-law, having married his daughter. 1 resided at Pakiri on the 9fch of July I knew of the disturbance about some stores, in consequence of which Monroe came to prisoner's house. I and my wife had been living in prisoner's house, but left on account of the unhappy state of thehouse and prisoner s constant state of ill-usage of the deceased woman. I could not stand it no lonffer. When the last witness brought the child to my house 1 went to prisoner's house, accom panied by Monroe, Sharp and Reynolds. I saw deceased there ; she was quite uncon scious. I lived with prisoner three weeks, and saw him beat the woman twice during that time. It wa3 about a week before Monroe came down. Cross-examined by Mr Joy : I believe "Dyer to be a man of a peaceable disposition. I am not aware that any of his family re quested Monroe to take her to Auckland. To Mr Brookfield : The members of Dyer's family did not take much interest in the woman ; they allowed her to be buried as a pauper. George Watson, bushman, deposed : On the 9th July I was in prisoner's employ. I know the Pakiri creek ; it is about ten yards from prisorer's house. The ground between is level and smooth. The creek is seven yards wide. On the day .that deceased was burnt prisoner called me to tbe creek. He wanted me to assist in carrying the woman from the creek into the house. She had been in the creek, and was lying at high water mark. She was dressed, but her arms were bar-\ He took hold of her by the arms, and prisoner carried her by the legs. We put her down in a sitting posture by the form. I saw the kerosene can in the room, and placed it under the stairs. I then called George Sharp; at prisoner's request. He came, and by pri soner's desire went to fetch Mrs Bond, prisoner' 3 daughter. The Court rose at a quarter to six o'clock.

THIS DAY. His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock. George Sharp, on being sworn, deposed : lam a shipwright living at Pakiri. In July last I was living near to the prisoner. I saw the prisoner and Watson on the 9fch of July near the Pakiri creek. I saw them dragging something between them which I thought was a pig. I could not distinguish their exact position; they appeared to drag it alongside the house. Watson then crossed the creek, and told me that Dyer wanted to see me. I went at once and entered the kitchen, and saw Eliza Batfcersea sitting on the floor against the fireplace, and prisoner pacing the room smoking his pipe. She was nearly naked, and I noticed that the hair was off her head and the skin of her face, arms, and palms of her hands was hanging in shreds. I said, "Good heavens, Dyer, what hare you done?" He replied, "Ask her." She was then con scious. She had a skirt on ; it was very wet. I did not observe any kerosene about, but afterwards I did when we had got the woman into bed. I did not ask her about her state at first, when prisoner wished me to do. ' I assisted her into- bed. Dyer lifted her by the arms into the room, but I believe ho dragged her into the room by the trail of wet along the boards. When I first saw her she was in a sitting posture. To his Honor : Her remaining clothing con sisted of a flannel petticoat and a top skirt. She had no stockings on, but her legs were bandaged. Sbe was wet and muddy. To Mr-Brookfield : I do not know what became of her clothing. When I had done what I could for her I left. I did not notice whether the things were burnt or not. I put some flour on the burnt parts and some oil on her head, and covered it with a cloth. She was a very short person, about four feefc ten in height. About twenty minutes elapsed between the time of my seeing her dragged out of the creek and the time I asissted her into bed. I broomed out the room in the afternoon, and then I saw the stains of kerosene on the floor. I should think that about a pint had' been spilt; the wainscoting was stained with it. I have known Dyer about four years, and believed him to be a quiet, respectable man, I do not recollect telling Mr Clarke, the landlord of the Shakespeare hotel, that I saw Dyer pour the kerosene over the woman, and set it alight, but that I would not dis close it aa I did not want to get Dyer lagged. Ido not know what I said. I had been drinking at the time. I believe I had an interview with Clarke in his bedroom, but do not know what passed. I was full of beer. Ido not recollect say in* anything of the sort to Jeffrey. lam not aware that I admitted to Jeffrey that I had told Clarke so. I do not know that I was in Jeffrey's care to prevent me from drinkingut the time of the inquest. Ido not remember that Monroe called my attention to the stains on the floor and the wall in prisoner's house; if he said so I think he made a mistake. I may have forgotten some of the circumstances: my memory is not good. I cannot swear to the exact position of the feeder on the shelf Cross-examined by Mr Joy: I have been in town' nearly a fortnight. 1 came up on Monday week. I have been drinking heavily, but I am now perfectly^ sober. I was not at prisoner's House when the woman was taken to the ketch. I believe Monroe did say something to me previously about removiag her to the Hospital. I thought it was unsafe to do so. lhad nothing to do with it. Monroe had not arrived when I put flour and oil on ber

body. I used prisoner'sflcmrTm, «T"^-'' I do not believe that I said to L^ the kerosene falling over herfnS^W and a spark from prisoner's mii3. T *^ her that "it would not wash S^ 1* was impossible,» tt> that U»e & His Honor here read onr tW t Monroe's evidence, to which DrisoiZ. P&rt -4 " I said nothing of the kind » aertsies To Mr Brookfield: .1 in a, 8 about ten minutes after Monroe's anf iOn% do not recollect making use of :'H; pression. ac"aiiei/: Mr Brook6eld: I must answer—yes or no. . BP°l n Witness : I did not say so Mnn Swan were at my house together Xtr I"*' not say to them that prisoner's »t -% impossible, .""ty W»a Dr Edward Ellis, a duly qualified n. a- ''■ practitioner of Auckland, deposed • (t 11th July I made a post-mortem exam- of the body of Eliza Battersea. ff° "* of her death was nervous shock romp* from internal congestion and extenaiv^v^ ing. In other respects the inte ma i $§1 were healthy. .Dr Ellis then descrihS? burns on the various parts of the twu'T their degrees. ÜBDw yan4 "William Richard Swan was duly.* and gave his evidence as follows* Ir1'1 Mahurangi. I was living at prisoners£ m June, and knew the deceased womai^ had heard prisoner make use of threats Mr Joy objected to this, as some time W elapsed between the time that witness liw? with prisoner and the .time of the bnrni He thought his learned friend should T^" some authority for introducing such a (2 of evidence. *" His Honor ruled that in this case the • dence of this witness was admissible. **' Witness deposed : Charles Dyer'aaM one occasion at the breakfast table tliTf Eiiza Baitereea did not strike any man tiat looked at her he would roasi; her alive, V have seen him strike her "with his hand,.'}, have heard her scream at different time! when she and Dyer werein the roomtoeeifcr He heard her cry out "Oh father, j '£■• seen cuts and braises more than once tfo! or four times on her face." I was at'pS on the 9tli July, at Sharp's house. Bum and Monroe were there. I heard Sharp st! that Dyer had told him that the woman % sitting on the form, and when she stood m aha accidentally knocked the kerosene fe^A down and the spirit went over her that Dyer wa3 striking a mj^ atithe moment, when the head of the'Rs^ flew off and set her head on fire. Stitn immediately replied, "It won't do, thVtfc is impossible ; ib won't wash." To Mr Joy : I was then in Sharp's houjj. I have spoken to Monroe about the case aim I have been up. I have lodged with Monroa ever since the burning. lam in his employ. meat. I had a conversation with him thi morning, and knew that he gave his evidence' ye3terdiy. I never saw prisoner liftlpiund to her but once. To his Honor : I saw stains of kerosenek prisoner's room in several places.-; [Wite« here described the room in an intefligai mamier.] Thomas Reynolds waa next examinednd sworn : He said my name is Reynelds, bn{ in Pakiri I am known by the name of Bum, I.live within three miles of prisoner's Hume, and am a bushman. On the 9li>:Jity. Constable Mulville called at my house, asd in going towards Dyer's house we called upon Sharp. Swan waa at Sharp's honaj, Sharp said on that occasion that lirDjs* had told him that Eliza Battersa lad capsized the kerosene tin over her^ andftj light from his match set her hair on ire, When Sharp said "that's impossible; itwon't Welsh." I accompanied them to priso4a'! house, and saw the marks of tfie kerosene'<n the floor, form, and wall (described byp» vious witness). He saw the woman in W, and saw Monroe dress her burns on the km and hands. Nothing but sweet oil hid m previously used. To Mr Joy : I was not at the inquest. I first heard that I should be wanted Ml i witness on Monday week. *Sl did notgeti subpoena to attend the inquest. I; -hftt spoken to Monroe recently, but not spaa this evidence. George Jeffrey, detective officer^. wunet!; sworn, and deposed : I recollect beingiiMr Brookfield's office on Monday week, «3 went with the witness Sharp ta fc Shakespeare hotel, when in theiictoe^ of conversatian Clarke repeated rai ments that Sharp had made to » privately. Sharp said that-he hidw Dyer pour the kerosene over the womaf , set fire to her, but he had known Dyer?v long time, and was not going to say »n« against him, but would favor him all tH«a could. Sharp said to me that he did.irt.* member telling Clark this, but he asp ledged saying that he would not1 •■»J«| thing against him. Clark told him-Ml» favor anybody, but to speak the _» Sharpe had been drinking heavily onW<a before but not on that day. 1.-.ta(iJ the guard-room for some time to prejentJ™ , from drinking. He went direct J«t* Brookfield's office to the Shakespeuvu was perfectly sober. He did nrf;MW«[ beer at Clarke's; he wanted some,* would notaUovv it. Mr Clark is *#£ fined to his bed ; he is very,ul. . • The prisoner's son-in-law, Ma-Bm* re-called. *". «&Ji To Mr Joy : I was present a JJJ. house on the evening of the 9a JWiJ j, ! Munroe and Burns came. i:'Jrt cl »i ! the kitchen ; the prisoner's son m 1 also aud Sharp and Swan. Lwas tww^ ' whole evening but did nothe»»ys" •££ tion regarding the matter at all lfß $ Sharp aay the words as aUeged^W"^' i so I must have heard him, as the fa«w ! small. I [Left sitting.] -

CITY COUNCIL.

A special meeting of th?^&sjffl held to-day to arrange matters m !*-gj|fl with the proposed oity lo«^*Sß| had been invited, and to transact other 1 "^ TWENTY THOUSAND 20^jH'jJ By a resolution of tbe>QouD?^j settled that the minimum V™° w ipM tenders should be accepted shouW v-, ■ TENDERS.* .. , , ".fffi:'tim j Only two tenders were xeceiw y* loan. Thesewere :-C. PM £20<W«r| R. Isaacs, £500 at par. . '-'Agiiim ! It was settled that the balance^,- | . left ooen for sale at the same price. ■ • CITY LIABILITIES. J.:-^M His Worship the Mayor W^^l received from his Honor mfff^M stating that the sum of .^ L qpW required from the. p^rZ^'M debentures of the old dtj!3*"J* ■ due in London on the General dissatisfaction ww p rofl i« the short notice given Dy •» - ■ Government. _ ■ A letter prepared by^^Lof. .-■ the notice was read and «P» jjgtyMH Councillor Daldy fchqugWJ Q ffjS « of the Provincial Govern^ tt « glaring in the matter.., .iW j^tAsM favourable opportnmfe^^^B mortgages. It was .»^gKI»SB such sum at a days no^". b e info#*,i«« " That the Superintend^^ <**%■■ this Council from wairt *^£ W« not able at present to gf opp ori^' )■ but will do so at he *M This was seconded After some fnrtharoj^tfjfSß subject it was agreed yo afl] .^ ■ sion till an answer was.,,, h Worship's letter. ra .r»O^j(^B| CITY AND HABBOri- l consider improvement

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