SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : This evening, 8.21 ; to-mowow Morning. 8.37 SUN-SKT: This evening, 6.29; BTJN-RTBK: Tr morrow mnrnine, 654 MOON'S AGE : Last quarter, 11th, 9.13 p.m.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

depabttte.es. Ladybird, s s., for the South Merlin, schooner, for Lyttelton Clyde, schooner, for Wangarei Herald, schooner, for Wangaroa Saucy Lass, schooner, for Napier

EXPORTS.

Per brig Tower Hill, for Melbourne : 10Q,000 feet timber.—G. W. Birmey.

THE ANAZI AND THE QUEEN OF THE AGE.

The shipping reporter of the Cross has proved himself in this controversy quite up to his usual form in dodging an answer. The correspondence which is published on the subject this morning in the Cross is so funny that it is puzzling to guess how a man "who has had years of experience in his pro fession could have inserted it under the serious impression that he was proving a case by it. We wonder is it usual for the Gross' shipping reporter ,{when he is hard up for a re ference to go to a Mr Jones. We have heard the name before : in fact it is somewhat common; but in this instance we are rather inclined to the belief that the person in question has a mythological existence, and is a second "Mrs Harris" in the mouth of another Mrs 'Jamp. In-short, " We don't believe there's no such person." It is quite possible that the Cross will now run away on this tack, and think it has setted the whole thingtin proving by reference to a Mr Smith that there is such a person as Mr Jones. But in sober earnest we would ask one question, How is it that the Cross' reporter, in proving the position of two vessels on a certain day does, not take the ordinary and only correct method of doing so, viz., by reference to their logs ? In the case of the Anazi we can answer the question. If he "went on board he would be kicked off for his unmanly and unjust aspersions 'of the captain's character and conduct before his trial. But there is nothing to pre vent him visiting the Queen of the Age and his preferring to take the testimony of a Mr Jones to that of the Captain and officers is clearly indicative of the knowledge of being; in the wrong. With regard to Captain Mollins' letter it will be observed that the day of the month when the brig was seen by a Mr Jones," one of the passengers of the Queen, off Cape Brett, (the point upon which the •whole argument depends) is not mentioned. It therefore proves nothing. Against the very dubious authorities cited by, the Cross we will cite the two captains of the vessels. We have interviewed both of fthem, and Captain Montgomery informs us he was about to write a letter to us or one of the other papers disproving the state ment of the Cross. ■ .. • :... v Tq the : Editor of the Stab. " Auckland, sth March. 1874. "Sm,—On Tuesday, the 24th' February,^ the ship Queen of the Age -was in latitude 35 27 south, and longitude 169.18 east. It is therefore impossible that the brig Tower Hill could have sighted my ship off Cape Brett, she being at the time to the westward of the North Cape, which my log-book proves, i • :■;-■ . "Edward Montgomery, " Captain Queen of the Age." Captain Holman, of the barque Anazi, showed us his chart and log. He gives us the following statement:—"On the 22nd February1 at noon, the North Cape from the barque Anazi bore E. by S. three-quarters S. 150 miles by compass.—Holman, Captain of Anazi."; These certificates are quite suffi cient for any unprejudiced man. No.w, in regard to Captain Harless's letter, we refer to it last because it compells us to make a most unpleasant deduction, and in self de fence we are obliged to make it public. It is exactly opposite to what we learned from the same captain's own mouth, and therefore in one case or the other he has said the thing ■which is not. By the editorii.l note which follows the correspondence in the "Cross" it is evident that the extraordinary feat of see ing a vessel some 400 miles distant over a neck of land 40 or 50 miles across is considered perfectly feasible by the guiding spirit of out contemporary. Sam Weller's " pair o' patent double million magnifyin'gas microscopes o' hextfa power" are nothing to the powers of vision claimed by Captain Harlessand allowed < by the " Cross'" shipping reporter and editor.

The following is a list of the passengers by the s.s. Lady Bird to-day :—The Hon. J. Vogel, the Hon. Dr. Pollen, Hon. Richard son, Messrs Fox, Barker, A. Cox, Misses Cox (2), Messrs Duncan and Mause, and Mrs Cornford and sin the steerage. The schooner Fortune cleared for Awanui this afternoon with 1 hhd rum, 1 qr.-cask ditto, 6^ cases genevaj 1 drum oil, 1 box tea, 2 bags flour, 10 lbs tobacco, 10 lbs coffee, 2 casks ale, 2 ditto.ditto, 2.casks,stout. The brig Tower Hill will take her depar ture on or about Friday for Wangaroa, where she is to load timber for Melbourne. The presence of the s.s. Mongol at Wel lington is fortunate at the present moment. She'will take up the sailing orders of the Tartar,' and carry the next outward mail to Kandavu to connect the Tartar. By this arrangement there will be no interrup tion to the service caused by the accident to the Macgregor. The; Mongol proceeds to Dunedin at once, and will leave that port with the mail on the 10th;: instant, and Auckland on the 16th instant. The schooner Mary. Ellen has entered inwards from Coromandei with 310 railway sleepers and 10,000 feet of sawn timber. "The s.s. Ladybird left the Manukau this mprningat eleven o'clock for Wellington direct with the English inward, {mail and||thei pas sengers to the South transhipped (from the Tartar. She also took a small cargo and some other passengers, including the Hon. Julius Vogel.

_ Butchers' Meat. Beef, per lb. 0 4—o 7 I Pork, per lb 0 6 Mutton .. o 4—o 5 | Veal .. 0 0 BREADSTUFFS. FLOTTR. WHOLES AXE. Millers' Price, per ton—lst quality.. .. .. .. £17 Fine Flour—household .. .. .. £14 Adelaide Flour £18 Canterbury £12 to £14 Seconds, £12. Sharps, £710s Bakers' Price, per lb .. 3d. Bran, Is 6d per bushel. Bread, per 21b. loaf, 4d to 4d. Maize, crushed and whole, 7s BISCUIT. Cabin Biscuit, per 1001b Retail 22s MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. WHOLESALE, Maizo, 7s 6d good ; very scarce Oats, 4s 6d to 5s per bushel. Potatoes, £3 10s to £3 15s Hay, £2 to £4 10s per ton. Straw, £2 10s to £3 per ton. Chaff, £G 10s per ton. RETAIL. Maize, per bushel, crushed, 8s , Oats, 5s 6d per bushel. Potatoes, 6s 6d per cwt. Hay, cwt., 4s to Gs. Straw, 4s to 5s per cwt. Chaff, 7s 6d to Ss per cwt. KAURI GUM AND FLAX MARKET The following are the prices in the Auckland market :— Gum— Well scraped, bust quality .. .. £30 to £32 Ordinary sorts £26 to £20 Flax.-Finest quality £isto£lS Second ditto £io to £14 Tow .. .. £7to£S.; BUILDING MATERIALS. Timber.—Boards and scantling, 100 f t, 9s to 16s ; at mills, 11s 6d ; planed, tongued, and grooved, 11s 6dl to 17s New Zealand palings, 6-feet, 10s ; G-feet, 12s ; ti tree rails, £215s to £3 per 100 ; puriri posts, £5 per 100 ; shingles, 8s to 15s per 1000; HoDart Town palings sft., 17s; 6ft., 10s ; Hotmrtown rails, 755. COAL AND FIREWOOD MARKET. Coal.—Newcastle, on Wharf, nominal; delivered, 50s per ton. Firewood.—Uncut, 14s per ton, delivered, cut 15s per ton, delivered.

BIRTH.

Rowa-On March 5, at Edinburgh-street, Newton the wife of Mr C. Rowe, of a daughter.

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

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And tli ft food that we can do

If New Zealand has not a good pestilence established within her borders it will not be the fault of the immigration authorities at home. Rarely does a vessel arrive now-a daysatthe Southern ports without bearing within her timbers some raging sickness. Through the goodness of Providence these plagues have been smothered in quarantine,' but by-and-bye we shall probably get ■- accustomed to the scare, and. proceed to disperse tho seeds of infection right over the colony, indications of

this tendency being manifested lately in re lation to the Mongol's maladies. Another i ship has ust arrived at Port Chalmers with scarlet fever and other mild ailments on board, her passenger list having been lightened during the passage by twenty-six people thrown over. Surely there must be gross neglect in England or such pest ships could not have become so familiar to us. We have been very fortunate in Auckland hitherto, but how long this may continue no one can tell ; and with our humid atmos phere and reeking cesspools we are not so likely to refuse a footing to the plague when it comes. It is true such sickness can find its way on board despite the most careful supervision, but when plague ships are the rule instead of the exception there must be something rotten. Dr. Featherston has been galvanized into preternatural life, and is promising wonderful aLui-ity it appears in the num bers to be forwarded, but the unfitness of the fellow for his responsible position is not less apparent in the carelessness of shipment than in the indolence for which he has here tofore been distinguished in the work of his agency.

COMMERCIAL.

. COLONTA f, p-ROTJTTmi!

The following letter lias been sent to us, having been previously sent to and refused by one of our local contemporaries. It is possible our insertion of it may give offence, but we neither know nor care. It appears to us that the poor fellows have been harshly treated, and they shall not want for a medium for making their complaint reach the public ear. If their statement is untrue we shall be happy to afford space for its correction. If£ it is true, then the case is a disgrace to the new company, and shoald be promptly seen to by the agents. We are getting pretty familiar now with the despotic demeanour of ship masters, and the wrongs clone to those under their authority. We hope this is not another illustration:— To the Editor of the Stat:. ' Sir, —Will you be pleased to find space in your columns for a few words in vindication of the impositions and ill-treatment of a por tion of the crew of the stranded s.s. Mac gregor while onboard the R. M.S. 8. Tartar from the hands of Captain Ferris on the pas sage from Kadavu to Auckland. The cir cumstances are as follows :—After it was found that our ship (the Macgregoi-) could not be got off from the reef, and the mails of the Macgregor were to be transferred to the Tartar, and then she (the Tartar) was to pi-oceed to Sydney via, Auckland with passengers and mails, we, the undersigned stewards, were ordered by our (the Maegregor's) officers to get ready to proceed to Sydney in the Tartar, there to be discharged and paid off. Our cook having been ill with rheu matic fever for ten days was also sent on board the Tartar, also with instructions that he, with the balance, was tobedisoharger'l and paid off in Sydney. These orders of course being from our superior officers were obeyed, in the presence of Captain Grainger, of the Macgregor, and we were duly transferred to the Tartar, together with our baggage and the pa sengers for Sydney and Auck land. On the morning following our departure from Kandavu we were called aft to be interrogated by Captain Terris. We told him we were ordered on board his ship, and given to understand that we were all to be paid off and discharged in vSydney. He said we were all G d liars, and used all the most insulting lan guage that he could invent, and which in fact is not fit for publication, and then threatenedl to put us all, twelve in number, in irons on bread and water, and to be handed over to the police in Auckland as deserters. However, in lieu of the irons and bread and water, he put us to doing all of the most filthy, dirty work in the ship up to her arrival in this port. On the day pre vious to our arrival in we Auckland called upon .Captain Ferris and Miv H. .H. Hall, manager of the company in wHich we were all shipped in Sydney, and politely asked him for a decisive answer as 'to the course he intended to pursue with us upon our arrival in Auckland, and in answer to three successive appeals we only received evasive answers, and not until the gangway planks were hauled aboard, and the ship's moorings were cast off, were we aware that we were to be left in this port. We were then at the last moment ordered (iv fact forced) ashore without money or dis charge, and are now compelled' to throw ourselves upon the charities of the sympathetic people of Auckland until such times as'we may be enabled to proceed to Sydney, where we will be enabled to demand our just dues and seek redress for the many impositions which have been practised upon us since our departure • from our ship, the Macgregor. This, sir, we ask you to insert (if your columns will admit) merely to let the people of Auckland judge for themselves whether we 'are in the fault or no, as we have not the slightest doubt we will be, if we have not already been represented as having deserted our ship and shipmates while in distress. These, sir, are the true facts of the case, to which we are ready to make oath, too, if required.—We are, &c, H. |W. Gilmcre, Geo. Biles, Hugh Sin claie, John Shaw, John C. Edwards, John Warren Ssiith, and 6 others.

Ifc will be in the recollection of many of our readers that a question was raised in connection with the late athletic sports at North Shore with reference to the giving or withholding of prizes in the Maiden Race. The question was referred by Mr. Brassey, on! behalf of the committee,, to the best authority on the subject in the colonies, and the following is the reply of the Editor of the Australasian, as we find it in the columns of that journal of date February 21st :—" North Shore Sports Committee. —He should be disqualified for the Maiden Race most certainly; but as there was no intention to deceive the committee he should i receive the prizes won in,the other races. A maiden in pedestrianism is one who has never 1 won an advertised race anywhere. At all important race meetings in this colony com petitors, when entering, are bound to give previous performances until they become , well-known runners. Had there been such conditions attached to your sports, and A. had not complied with them, then he would have deserved disqualification for all races. The idea of a man who has won in this colony, say, going over the border and run ning as a maiden in New South Wales, is abaard, and should not be tolerated." The Princess Louise, of Lome, has been chosen President of the National gjUmon for Improving the Education of Women, i

We understand that several of the inhabi tants of Parnell have missed their fowls on rising in the morning lately, and that several persons of doubtful character are suspected of being the thieves. There is only one police constable in Parnell, and however vigilant, he may be he cannot take in the whole locality at one glance. We are glad to know that these foul depredators are pretty well known, and will, it is expected. be introduced to the Resident Magistrate in the course of a few days.

The several companies of the Rifle Volun teers will parade for monthly inspection this evening in uniform (full dress), under Cap tains Robinson, Morrow, and McConnell. No. 1 Company of Auckland Volunteers, under Captain J. H. Burns, will assemble at the same time for inspection. Members who are absent will be fined in accordance with the regulations. Members to appear in full dress.

The Rev. J. G-. Paton, missionary from the New Hebrides Islands, begs to acknowledge the receipt of five pounds from Messrs. McArthur, Shera and Co., towards the fund for purchasing the new mission vessel Day spring.

The diorama of the Franco-Prussian war was again exhibited last evening to a respect able audience, and the projectors received the plaudits of the visitors. Added to the war scenes were a series of views of trie Suez Canal and the Nile, made famous by the exploits of the immortal English Nelson. The pictures are exquisitely painted by several leading artists, including M. Renard, the celebrated Parisian painter, and David Roberts, E.A., of London. The entertain ment is divided into three parts : the first illustrates the Suez route and the Nile ; the second, the principal events, characters, and places of the war, after continental artists ; and the third, from illustrations by Custave Dore, from the town of Metz to the river Seine. The scenes, as they successively pass in review, are pleasantly described by Mr (r. W. Collier, the accompanying music be ing under the direction of Mr Lord, and the mechanical department by Mr Howard. The diorama is well worth seeing, and is instruc tive and elevating, especially to young per sons. On Saturday a mid-day exhibition will be given in order that school children may be able to witness the diorama.

To-night will be a great night with the Auckland Good Templars in the Choral Hall in celebration of the planting the first lodge in this city a year ago. Tea will be on the table at half-past six, after which Mr Lusk and Mr Edger are expected to address the assemblage. The programme is full and varied.

The Swiss people are becoming univei sally musical, they not only retain their fore-fathers love of liberty from the days of Tell, and excel in watch-making, but every Swiss villiage is said to have its organ in the shape of a cheap newspaper.

The seventeenth anniversary meeting of the Auckland Ladies' Benevolent Society will be held this evening at the Young Men's Christian Association, Wellesley street. His Honor the Superintendent is expected to take the chair at half-past sevon o'clock. The meeting will be addressed by ministers and gentlemen favourable to the Society, which haa been the means of doing good work among the deserving poor of the community.

The architectural drawing class will be commenced this evening at the Mechanics' Institute, affording an opportunity for builders and joiners to study drawing.. The matter of roofs will be the subject for this evening, under an efficient master.

The shipwrights of Auckland hold a meet ing last evening in the Temperance 'Hall, Albert-street (Mr Ramsey in the chair), and passed the rules which had been approved, and elected officers for the ensuing quarter.

The exhibition building at Vienna is not to be destroyed, but is to be converted into a permanent museum and palace of industry For eight days after the recent death of thn Dowager Queen Elizabeth of Prussia, the widow of Frederick William IV., all the theatres and places of amusement in Prussia were closed by order of the Government. General mourning is to be observed for six weeks from the death. The church bells are to be lolled daily from twelve to one, and black sealing wax is to be used in the Government offices.

We have received the report of the Mela nesian Mission for the year 1873, containing a statement of accounts and a list of sub scribers. The report, which occupies nearly thirty pages, is exceedingly interesting to persons who take an interest in the mission and in the propagation of the Gospel among the Melanese. The descriptions of the various islands though brief, are sufficient for the purpose, and give bird's-eye views of their position and prospects in relation to the work of the mission, with notices of the missionaries and the new mission ship. The receipts, including a balance of £294 18s 8d from the previous year, amount to £6155 13s 6d ; and the expenditure to £4552 ISs 7d ; leaving a balance of £1572 14s lid.

The Dove hotel, Wellington-street, which has been spiritless for a long time, and until recently the rendezvous of a weekly dancing party, is about to be turned into an institute or mutual instruction society. The first or inauguration meeting will be held there to-morrow (Friday) evening at half-past seven.

The hitherto wild district of Pukekohe, by the Great South. Road, some thirty miles from Auckland, is'improving, and on Monday last the settlers held a meeting in the village, if the term is admissible, with Mr Robinson in the chair. The meeting was held in com nection with with the little Pukekohe Insti tute just budding into being, which com mands twenty-six members. The library contains over a hundred volumes, and ten pounds had been voted to the library by the Library Committee of the Provincial Council. A discussion class is also commenced for the ensuing session, and several important sub jects announced for discussion. The com mittee for carrying on the business of the institute consists of the following gentle men :—Messrs Morgan', Easton, Ogilvie, Robinson and Smith. Since the notice appeared in the Evening Star informing persons that they must re ! gister their dogs during the present month, the clerk at the Police station has been in undated with men, women, and spinsters desirous of prolonging the lives of their pets and apparently some of the poor animals look as if it would be a charity to send them to sleep in the dog-cemetery. Dogs of the barking kind are not so numerous as they were two years ago, still it is computed that there are no less than 5,000 dogs in and about the city of Auckland at the present time, many persons keeping as many as four, and one chemist in Upper Queen-street boasts of having six splendid black dogs • and one Maori lady in Nelson-street posseses nve poodles, which follow her daily about the streets and are her constant companions. • ,VV c append an apt jeu d'esprit on the sub ject written by Mr G Come ladies, register your dogs, And don't delay like noodles; Or you will lose your yelping pets - Your Newfoundlands and poodles. Come register your dogs, my boys. Pay up, and don't be nettled; For dogs not collared during March— Jn April will De settled, 6 "' I

A meeting of the Board of Education was held this afternoon in the offices, Wyndham street, when a number of applications were read from different settlements for grants &c.

There were two deeds of arrangement declared completely executedby the Registrar in his chambers at the Supreme Court tms morning. The first case was that of Edward Message, of Ngaruawahia, for whom Mr. Laishley appeared, and the other was John Hy. Cheshire, of Tuakau, represented by Mr Alexander. The liabilities of Edward Message were £386 9s lid, and his assets £197 8s 3d ; deficiency, £189 Is Bd. The liabilities of John Hy. Cheshire were £370 6s 6d ; assets, £IGO ; deficiency, £216 6s Gd.

| We would draw attention to a sale to be held to-morrow by Mr Sibbin as advertised iti another column. It is of the remainder of the store and the goodwill of the business till lately carried on by the Messrs Duder at North Shore. The front store, with all con tained, was burned down on Sunday morning last, and the loss has been so severe that the Messrs Duder do not feel in a position to resume business. But,there is not in the province a nicer opening for a man with a little capital. The business has been a safe and a paying one, and as the location of a store in that end of the district is a necessity we would direct particular attention to the sale as advertised.

The Oxford Combination Troupe, consist ing of Miss Blanche Fane, Mr Seymour, and Mr Verten (late of the Bellringers), with Messrs Fox and Reid, are announced to appear at the City Hall on Thursday next. The variety of this entertainment should' recommend it to public support.

The two elevens selected from the A.C. C. and North Shore club will meet at the North Shore ground on Saturday afternoon, to commence a final contest. The A.C.C. will be represented by Messrs Yates, Buckland, Russell, Ryan, Masefield, Bennett, Garland, Cotton, Connell, Mooney, Osborne, and Davies ; and the North Shore by Messrs E.ees, Nolan, Thorne, Wynyard, C. Daere, Stan field, Kent, Brassey, Waterhouse, Whitaker, and Swanson. The North Shore team has been very much strengthened by the addition of Messrs Kent and Stanfield, (two late arrivals), and as the team are in constant practice, the A.C.C. will no doubt find them "rather tough" to put through. As the players comprise some of our best cricketing talent, and no trouble is being spared to get the ground in first-rate order, we may anti cipate a very exciting match, with which the presence of a good band, will no doubt draw a large number of the fair sex. A boat con veying the players will leave the wharf at one o'clock, and play will commence imme diately on arrival at the ground.

To T. S. Rosenthal, Esq. Dear Sir,—l have great pleasure in testifying to the efficiency of your curing my deafness which I have been labouring under the last eighteen months.—l am, dear sir, yours respectfully, John Dinntesox. Newmarket, March 1874. We can also add to the above testimony that a family of the name of Stokes, who have been suffering from chronic disease in the eyes for many years, have under the doctor's treatment been fully restored. Mr Stokes in particular, who had lost his sight for about forty-five years, is now enjoying the usual health that was his in earlier days.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham,.Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Hugh Gordon, Patrick Nolan, Joseph Mc- Gee and .Tamos McOaffry, for this offence, were dealt with in the usual way. STREET HOWPDSB. John Murray and William Powley were charged with improper behaviour in Victoria street on the sth instant, with intent to commit a breach, of the peace. Prisoners pleaded guilty. Mr Broham stated that the prisoners were fighting by moonlight at two o'clock this morning. Fined. 5s each, or 48 hours' imprisonment. Thomas Wright was charged with a breach of the Vagrancy Act of ISGG by creating a row in Victoria-street last Bight. Prisoner said he was a clerk out of employ. He was sorry. Mr Broham said the prisoner bore but an indifferent character, and was making grimaces at two young women and molesting | them. Prisoner said he was going into the theatrical line, and was merely performing a part of "Romeo. Fined 40s and costs, or forty-eight hours imprisonment. STEALING A KNIFE. William Blako was charged with stealing a knife, value 275, the property of James Wood, on the 3rd instant. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was ordered to prison for three months with hard labor. THE BABY. John Griffin appeared in answer to a summons to show cause why he should not contribute towards the support of his illegiti mate child, the daughter of Ellen McGlyn. Mr Joy appeared for the complainant. . Defendant, a modest young man, said he must admit that he was the father of the child, bet he had strong reasons for not marrying Ellen". __ Ijis Worship asked why he did not marry Ellen, or give her £50 and settle it. Defendant said he was willing to pay a weekly sum ; the child was really his. His Worship said the poor girl would have all the trouble with the child as- long as it lived, while he could get off with a paltry 10s weekly. Ordered to pay 10s a week, and a fine of Is and costs. ,: • A FUGITIVE. _ Frederick Vesey was charged with desert ?§ * ™mat te£ William Hartshorn, on the 3rd of March, he being a hired servant Adjourned until Tuesday next. , THE PEOPLE OF REMUERA. i David Kenealy again appeared in answer to a charge of giving offence to his neigh bour, Charles Eaton, and Charley Eaton was charged with offending David KeneTly at Remuera, on the 26th February - n eskf h appeared for complainant: and Mr Joy for defendant. ' Charles Eaton deposed that he lived a quarter of a-mile from Kenealy, who owned a number of cows, and that on the 26th of February one of Kenealy's cows got into his SSS?" «? Ot f 6^ °n. good terms with Kenealy grough a previous suit, he went and got Mr Monroe to accompany him to Kenealy's house, and request him civilly to fetch his cow out of his orchard and see what damage had been don e Thtrrf V m for the dan™ge' They went Kenealy came out in Ms shirt sleeves, and ordered him off the place and if he did not go off at once he wouW take out his windpipe. ■He backed off the premises into the public road, when he-iT defensive attitude, but did not strikTnL he could do to keep her off hia legs. He supposed that Mrs Kenealv came to. wfr^ hn. B han.«, jfc feSSSiJ:

soon as possible. He feared that if Kenealy was not restrained his life would be at a low premium; in fact not worth the price of a cow.

To Mr .Toy : He made a line with his foot, and promised him a Yorkshire touch if he crossed that Hue. He was not in a passion, nor in the habit of kicking Jout, but he did not kick Kenealv. He did not make the sign of a cross in ridicule of Kenealy's faith. He was never impertinent to him. He was a very gentleman by nature. He could shew the Court the mark on his leg where Kenealy kickpd him. Hugh Manroe said he belonged to a religion that did not permit its adherents to kiss books. He was a Scotchman, and his ancestors were Scotch covenanters ; he knew Eaton, and saw the cow in the orchard jumping about like a wild roe ; he never saw such a frisky animal in all his life. He then described the scene of the meeting, and said that Kenealy was raging like a Tipperary man. Eaton, in trying to get out of Kenealy's way, -capered like a French dancing master ; and then Mrs Kenealy bel owed out The lord and my husband ;" and she began dancing. He tried to calm the belligerents, but to no purpose. There was a good deal of capering, but no fighting. It was all blathering, and nothing more. Mr Joy then addressed the Court for his client, and called a witness for the defence. John Good, gardener to Mr Hunt, knew the parties, and the morning after the cow job Eaton told him about the matter. He had heard there had been a grand fight be tween them. Eaton said he legged Kenealy, and Kenealy aimed at his sneezer but missed it. Eaton, did not say that he had been brutally treated. He was an independent witness, simply one of the people of Re ma era.

William Kenealy, the younger, gave evi dence. He heard the row ; Eaton gave his father a kick, which he called a Yorkshire touch (laughter) ; his father did not strike Eaton ; he made the rfign of the cross from his forehead to his chest, but he did not do it properly as they do in church. He was not instructed as to what he should say by his father.

The counter charge against Eaton was then read, to which he pleaded not guilty. Mr Kenealy gave evidence to the effect that he was first insulted by Eaton, who gave him a Yorkshire kick, and dared him to come into the public road, or cross the line that he made with his foot; it was very aggravating, and he went, when Eaton kicked him on the thigh, and he aimed a blow at his nose.

After a good deal of cross-firing between counsel his Worship went over the various features of the cross-cases, and dismissed the second case, and in the first ordered Ken ealy to be Lound in a bond of L3O, and to be fined two sureties of Lls each to keep the peace for six months.

THREATENING TO CRUSH A MAID,

Jane Johnson, on warrant, was charged with threatening to settle Mary Jane Roberts, of Hobson-street, on the 2nd inst. Mr Laishley appeared for defendant, and characterised it as a paltry case. Complainant, a domestic servant of small stature, stated that her solicitor, Mr Madden, had not yet arrived.

Mr Madden then came into Court and stated that his client was afraid of defen dant, who had promised to make mince meat of her, to which she strongly objected. Mr Laishley said that his client would be leaving Auckland in the course of nine days. His Worship suggested that the case should be adjourned for that time. Prisoner would not admit that she was guilty.

Mary Jane .Roberts deposed that she was servant to Mrs Pelham, in Hobson-street, and that on Monday last prisoner picked up a large stone and heaved it at her, and threatened to smash her up. She feared the prisoner. She had since promised to kill her, but she did not state the day. She had boxed her girl's ears for upsetting her washing clothes ; she also threw stones at her.

Mrs Isabella Pelham corroborated the statement of the previous witness. Mrs Johnson denied that she threatened to make mince-meat of Mary. She only slapped her face for beating her child, and throwing soap suds over her.

Discharged on paying costs and a promise to leave the city in nine days, and not inter fere with complainant. This was all the business.

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN NEWS.

ANOTHER MIRACLE-APPARITION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN.

The iPelerm, a French religious journal, publishes a narrative of an appearance of the Holy Virgin on the Sth of December last, lhe " apparition," it seems, had been announced beforehand, and came faithful to the hour indicated, namely, between mid-day and one o clock. There were from three to four'thousand persons present on the scene. I heard from the mouth of the person who saw the vision the words of the Holy Virgin." The Holy Virgin said we were on theeye^of a terrible political crisis; it will be brief, and for a time the wicked will seem to have the ascendancy. The Holy Virgin spoke only of Paris as likely to suffer from this crisis ; she said nothing of the provinces. The vision lasted fifty minutes. The person who saw it was teased in a thou sand ways, but felt nothing ; all the experi ments made on her did not disturb her ecstacy. The number of people daily is in credible; but the diocesan authority is re served, especially since three weeks ago on account of revelations of an extraordinary character affecting the Pope. A country land - owner, who has known the person tranced for a long time, asked her in' my; presence how the advent of Henry V. in 1874 was consistent with McMahon'ss ap pointment for seven years. She was asked if the; latter would remain in power for five years ? No. Four years ? No. Three years ? No. Two years ? No. Three months ? She smiled, and made no reply. It is always so when she is questioned about facts she is not authorised to reveal. The Virgin has pro mised other visions, but did not fix the date."

TRAFFIC IN HUMAN FLESH.

AN ! INSIGHT OF THE SYSTEM OF CHINESE BONDAGE MAINTAINED IN A CIVILISED COUNTRY. ■ ! '

A Chinese: hag named Tan Van Kaw was arrested this afternoon, at her den on Stout's Alley, by officer D. Coffey, in consequence of information coming to the authorities concerning her traffic in human flesh. The case in view was the sale of a woman named Ah Ho, who was purchased by a Chinaman living in the interior, but was rescued and obtained refuge at the Chinese Mission House, where she now remains. The vile business was reported to the authorities by Rev. Mr Gibson, and Ah Ho's statement was taken down in writing, as follows : "My name is Ah Ho, and I am 23 years of age. I was the second wife of a man in h}™>> a. nd £ aye °, ne child there. I came to California about the sixth month of the pre sen Chinese year, (about August) being in duQed to iewfeome by a mmm wb . Q j^g.

mised to find work for melTc """^^ she brought me to Hong Kot,^ol'\ placed me in Tan Kaw, \ pfi *%:' > are kept for sale. Many r,l ere Vo ™ and said it would be finS H*»»*J forma, because they had silv** c *<> (V I did not know that I w T 8 !^ gold £ put on board the steamer il IJ? for me in China was 270 dola T Price M on the ship by Sam Lum, wh'b 11** vQ of Tan Van Kaw, my mistressS* 6 *% reaching here I was taken K^H Tong, from where Tan Y&T^S me and placed me in.a brothel v* 'H woman named Ah Ny. whoT '^Hy earnings and paid them to Tar, vlTed> Afterward, my mistress toot nj,* W and sold me to Chum Chee 5•T* X They forced me to receive t£« * pass it over to Tan Van Kim^ t^H willing, but she struck me and TV**' money and gave if to her Tw bought me took me in a Wri ma H i Bteamer to take me into the'S M when he took me out of the carriaSs * out so loud that many white n ß', Ctid around and talked in English + ![ c who bought me, and he took W back S* Ching Chong, a cigar-maker, assX Be* get away from the place to theSnxW and from thence I got to the Mis*f ■ H not desire to go back to Tan YanT' Ido THE HEATHEN BILL OP «m ' |The biU of sale by which Ah &f veyed to Chum Chee Vat has W^^ by the authorities, and is a V Sa Zl Bec«fd heathen ingenuity in attemptinlt • Ot tte ' the laws of the country, which don ;ev* nise this sort of traffic. The hut on red paper, after the style of On?* contracts on papers of cpnßequ«£ ? translated as follows :—" An am* il! assist the woman ,-• h Ho, beS^'> from China to San FranS^vTß came indebted to her mistress fi#>F ■* Ah Ho herself asks Chum (s£%&• advance for her §530, for which £rV° tmctly agrees to give her body to Tat fc vices as a prostitute for a term of foZj There shall be no interest on th« U^ 1 Ah Ho shall receive no wages LT*l piration of four years Ah Ho shallT?" own mistress. If Ah Ho rung awa Vfc f her time is out, her mistress ahVli c! her, and return her and' X, expense is incurred Ah.^'4, ■ ,i, pay. On this day of, the•■•£L f Ah Ho, with her own hands, £2 from Vat $530. If Ah Ho shafteig any time more than ten days B h ft 6 y make up by an extra month seryice fotS ten days sickness. Now, this agreemwi has proof. This paper received by Ahl makes her her own mistress. Tunuru 12th year, 9th month, 14th.day. ' A SECOND CASE OF THE SAME <ffii>M, Subsequent to the arrest of TanYanKaT the proprietor of a brothel, namedlim Lii was arrested by Officer Supple, chargedvitl holding a woman in bondage. ?The woman was anxious to enter into the marriage con track, according to the Christian form, •Biti one of her countrymen, but was'held a prisoner by Kirn Sin, who'demanded2sodols as her market value. The investigation o! these cases cases will form. anfinteresi™ chapter in the annak of the Police-,(W and probably adduce a storm of antagonisft Chines evidence, similar to the famous flip Ye Tong investigation.— WeeMytßulktin,

APPALLING SCURRILITY.

WARFARE BETWEEN TWO DISREPUTABLE MW PAPERS. —SPONTANEOUS ERUPTION OFiPffil UP SHAME AND. DEPRAVITY.'; ''']"' [From the Evening 'Bulleiii?ssmxfi\ The^ ordinary serenity of the commnniij •was disturbed oa Saturday by a geandaloiu warfare inaugurated between;twSnewspaper establishments, the effect ofi which was very similar to the commotion thatimightbe^in duced by dropping a fire-ball into uuclean varmints, the whole,, city,).ban? shocked by their offensive emanations. Die disturbance commenced.byr.tfie publication in the Chronicle of that morning of; a-severe attack upon the personal character of BJ, Napthaly and R. F. Fitzgerald," assumed to be the'editor and proprietor, respectively, of an obscure evening paper called the "Sun," the purportfoff the article, in questiontending to excite, public imjniij why either one of the persons named ;W permitted to remain outside the walls oi some restraining institution. : Ihthe ifto noon the Sun made its appearance^ ani retaliated in kind,* with a little neavier shoij if anything, than the openmgiftietfrom'tlie Chronicle. Public interest seemed1 to'be greatly excited in a - combat between tfo such journals, and the demand" for-the Sit was very great, copies of the paper, aftertfce supply became limited by interference y& the printing of the sheet, selling^ Mghs 2dols. 50cents. in some instances.'' The Be Young brothers, of the Chronicle, m& whom the Sun took issue in the discussioii of personal . character, next-proceeded to : actual hostilities in their efforts to rep the return attack. Fitzgerald was captww in the press-room where the Sun vi printed, knocked down and 'beaten, m his assailant was making preparatioM M if designing to finally despatch the pnbliflher of the Sun, when bystanders 'seized to W" yoiver, and permitted the propagator ofJi# in dark places to radiate himself throng?,J back door. After the occurrence'of' tP animated scene a vigorous jchase was fflMj. after the responsible editor^lJaptMyi"l" that individual avoided a personal enconnwi and did not exhibit himself corispicuonsly w& Sunday morning, whenhesetouttpflurrenoei himself into custody, and was captured <? Kearney-street by an officer, while'onM way to the City Prison, as he claimed. I 1 the meantime a general warrant .had wflj issued at the instance of the De Youngs,*" complaint of libel, and all suspected ?f any connection whatever with' the W^f tion of the Sun were-arrested.inclnimg'f" several who happened incidentally/to -W^ the' office of the paper. - , i,t The bonds of the prisoners were nxeO* 2000 dollars for each, which ; they,«J enabled to give, and all were released, f Saturday night with the exception' otot". person, 'who declared that he had no»» nection with the Sun,- and was'deternii^; to bring an action for false impnsonng : After the clearing |out of the Sm.mW? their printing material was ,tbJown'UiWg fusion by scattering the type upon t&8 V of the office and damaging the vanon»i?r. ments. On regaining their liberty M™^ men returned to the office , jrtpwjfjgr. commenced the work of putting right again. While so employ«o door was burst in and; the.. ! J Youngs of the Chronicle entered l^JLfr: one of them drawing a revolver anai ening toshoot any person who atremßj^i escape. Immediately after, pii with several officers arrived,■'j> rial^. 081' soners were cornered in the editpn. . and held under guard for s«ye^ g while the De Youngs and C^P ts!ijjg absent procuring a warrant for *D,, the Sun printers, bhe De Youngsi > their complaint that the accusea y gaged in restoring to type the saIB-jjji Qje which had given them o^fv^",^}. design of repeated publication °l xjl jof libel. Aftor the second arrest <>t ; ™7;^m the demolition of tiheSun1 VTiW :rW^ was more effectually acco''i qy!)//V damage estimated at abouc .-.%''':..a^'^'l perpetrated. Thia tramosWi |»|

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flMr R, Arthur sold to-day—Nelson apples, from 2^d per lb. Yesterday's clearing-out sale of general groceries was fairly attended, and good prices received. T COS GRAVE & CO HAVE JUST RECEIVED PER ~, ~, SUEZ MAIL : i :■ . . 1 case Self-coloured Gros Grains 1 „ Black „ „ 1 „ Best Paris Kid Gloves I ~ Best Assorted Colors. ££ A T 8! HATS! SUMMER HATS AT REDUCED PRICES. IN ORDER TO EFFECT A CLEARA.NCE C RUSHP.ROOK & BRIDGMAN have decided to Sell the Balance of their Summer Stock of Children"s and Ladies' Straw Hats at COST P RIC E. A Great Variety to select from. , RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN > (LATE R. HOBBS), Wholesale and Retail Drapers, Clothiers, &o JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, (Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel,) TJPPER QmSEN-SITtEBT, AUCKLAND. jp A U T [ O N OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. Connoisseurs pronounce this Sauce to be the BEST for general use in households, and, in con sequence of its high reputation, som» unprincipled persons have been induced to Collect Empty Bottles bearing the manufacturer's name stamped thereon, *nd pass the same off as "Olson's Universal Tomato Sauce." The proprietor has in consequence caused his TRADE MARK to be Registered under the provisions of the "Trade Marks Act, 1866," and proceedings will be taken against such persons as may forge or counterfeit such mark. The public are cautioned to ■ •.•■'.; •: . ASK FOR OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the name is Stamped on Bottle and topper, and wrapped round with his well-known abel. N ° I_ r c E RATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY • ) ">- 1. . . OF ! i : NEW. ZEALAND. ij ; ) :—"-:■" ' ■ "- . Shareholders can obtain their Scrip by applying at the Company's office, 25, Queen-street. nil 'io ANDREW G. MILLER, ,i■• ' - rti -il!'.! :. '-;. ■. ; i ':■. •, •■. Manager. , CHIEF POST-OFFICE, A OAKLAND. .. Mails will Close ia Dnljr:- For Thames, to-morrow, at 9.30 a m and 580 pm For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 12.30 p m For Opotlki, per Fanny Kelly, to.morrow, at 5 p m . For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, Waipu, &c, per Lady Bowen, on Saturday next, at 10 a m For Whitiangi, Tairua. Tauranga, Opotiki, and I Napier, per Southern Cross, on Saturday inext, at 3pm For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Rowena," on Monday next, at 3 p no. ,;■ • • "For the undermentioned places, per Tartar, on Monday, 16th March, as under :— For Fiji.Sandwich Islands.United States of America ! Canada, British Columbia, Central and South ; ; America, and British and Foreign West Indies : atlo.3oa/m. ; "-'■ , - ': '■ For the United Kingdom arid Continent of Europe, via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. Letters bearinglate fee will be received until 11 a.m For money orders,, registered letters, and news , paper at 9.30 a m (SigDed) 8. B. Bibs. Chief Postmaster.