SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH : gjhfr evening, 0.26 ; 10-saasicw mora'ng, 9 43 •„-• fItTN-Ssr : f h!g opening, 5.45 ; gtJN.KISB : morrow moraing, 6 4 MOOK'B AGE: First Quarter, 19th, 10.44 am.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS. Macgregor, E.M.s.s., 3000 tons, A. Orninger, com- H^. mander, from San Francisco, Honolulu, and ' Eandavu (English Mail)

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For the South-"Wellington, Saturday ; For Sydney—ll elen Malcolm, and Harriet Armitago,

barques, early For Melbourne, via Coast—Lady Franklin, barque,

early For Newcastle—Montana, "Fleur do Maurice, barques,

and Isabella, brig, early For Norfolk Island and New Caledonia—Dauntless,

topsail schooner, early For Samoa—-Suzanne, brig, early For London—Countess of Kintore, ship, and Thames,

barque, early I For Sydney and Melbourne—Victoria, s.s., three days after arrival ■

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hew*, S.S., from Sydney, about 18th 35rau, auxiliary screw schooner Victoria, s.s , from Sydney, uncertain Magellan Cloud, from Chatham Islands, early Pearl, ketch, .from South Se* Islands, early Pacific, schoc'ner, from South Sea Islands ■Waitmgi, ship, from London ; loading Stanley Castlei barque, from London ; sailed 3Pien Tsin, barque, from Launceston Glimpse, barque, from Newcastle Prince Alfred, barouentina, from Lyttelton Jack3on, ship, from London ;' sailed ZeaUndia, ship, from London ; sa'led Kenilworth, schooner, from the Islands Flirt, brigantine, from Oamaru Moneynick, barque, from Lyttelton ; sailed 9th Mera, three-masted schooner, from Oamaru ; sailed 4th Elm Grove, barque, from Lyttolton, t'ktly Bello Brandon, schooner, from Lsvuka. early Dauntless (Hawaiian sohoo^er), from New Caledonia. early

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Macgregor, from San Francisco—• 47 pkgg, Henderson, find Macfarlane ; 1 do, Acclimatization Society ; 1 do, M. M. Levy ; 1016 sacks flour, Thos. Russell; 3 pkgs, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 1 do, Rev. J. Hill; 10 do, Lewis Bros. ; 1 do, Hules Mcßeth and ; .C,0. ; 1 do, H. Wilson and Co.; 1 parcel, M. -Pareona ; 1 do, T. Russell; 1 do, Upton and Co.; 1 do, Cruickshaak and. Co.—Henderson and. Macfarlane, agents.

The R.M.S. Macgregor, Capt. A. Grainger, arrived from San Francisco at seven o'clock this morning after a good passage of 27 days. We are furnished with the following report : —Arrived .at "Honolulu, from Kandavu on 29th July ■■■'■; experienced strong N. and N.E.'winds with heavy beam sea. Reached San Francisco August Sth ; landed 170 pas sengers. Proceeded again on 18th at 10 a.m., "with 286 bng3 mails, containing 25,000 letters and 80,000 papers for New Zealand, and 132 bags for Australia. The detention* was caused by the mails being ; sent from1 England, via Boston, instead of New ;York. Fine weather to Honolulu, which! was reached by 26th at 8 p.m.; sailed again 28th at 6 a.m. ; crossed the equator 3rd September in 169.49 W. Passed Phornia Island 4th ; sighted Hoome Island 7th; passed Direc tion Island, and entered Namuka pas sage on Bth ; anchored in Kandavu harbour at 8 o'clock a.m. of the 10th ; mode rate trades and fine pleasant weather. Left Kandavu same date at noon ; strong south west winds to airiva!. We are indebted to Mr H. ;B. Pringle, the purser, for file 3of American and Hawaiian papers. Passen gers : Saloon—For Auckland : Miss Kerns, Dr Buller, Mrs Buller, Mr Matthews, mail silent. For Lyttelton :MrC. A. Post. For Porb Chalmers : Mr Herman, Mrs Herman and four children, Lieutenant Bass, U.S. A , Mrs Becker, Mr and Mw Shera, and 12 in steerage. For Sydney : 7 saloon, 2 second cabin, and 14 steerage.

The barque Hairiet Armitage has finished putting out her Southern cargo. She will load for Sydney at once. Mr G. W. Bihney advertises that she will leave for that port on Saturday next.

Captain Rails, of the ship Cityof Auckland, and Captain Beaven, of the ship Oxford, both advertise that they will not be responsible for debts contracted by any of their respective crews without their sanction.

The schooner Kate McGregor arrived at Napier on the 13th inst., after a veiy rough passage.

. The p.s. Golden Crown arrived from the 3^hames at eleven o'clock to-day bringing 91 masons as passengers.

The ship Waikato was hauled away from the wharf to-day and anchored in the stream. If fine the ship Oxford will take up her position in the vacant berth to-motrow.

The ship Countess of Kintore, now load ing for London, hauled away from the wharf this afternoon to i make room for the Fern dale. Should the schooner Pacific arrive from the Islands she will transfer her cargo to the Countess in the stream.

DEPARTURES.

St Kilda, s.s., for Wanganui (from the Manukau)

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

The ship Zealandia sailed from London for Auckland and Otago on the 10th July. She brings the fallowing passengers :— Miss Andnathan, Mr and Mrs Hawkins, Miss Metcalf, Mr and Mrs Brown and family, Mr and Mrs Symonds, Mis 3 and Mrs Gridley, Mr and Mrs Innes, Mr Dashwood, Mr Braham, Mr Macqueen, Mr Brady, Mr Da vie, Mr Thornton, Mr Gilbert, Mr Barley, Mr Slovin, and Dr. Tighe. The Zealandia landed fche pilot off the Start on the 13th July. The ship Hindostan, Captain Peek, arrived »t London from Auckland on the 12th July.

On July 17 Messrs Robert Duncan and Co., Glasgow, launched from their shipbuilding yard an iron clipper skip, named the Auckland, •of the following dimensions : —Length, 231 feet; breadth, 36 feet; and depth, 21 feet; registered tonnage, 1,250. She is the fourth constructed to the order of the Albion Shipping Company, (^lstßgow, and is intended to form one of Messrs: P. Hen derson and Co.'s % new line of packet ships between London and Otago.

The barque Stanley Castle sailed for Auckland on the 9th July. She passed the Lizard Point on the 16 th July. .

CHIEF PORT-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails wilt. Close as follows :— F^r Thtmes, this day, at '~3 0 p.m., and to-morrow.

a'. f.'JO p.m. For Xaranaki and Southern provlncss, per Luna, this

day, at) i p m. For Australian Colonies, per Macgregor, this day,

at 6 p m. For Wunganui, per St. Kilda, to morrow, at

. 10 am- For Wai'era and Warkworti), per Lady Bowen, on

Thursday next, at 10 a.m. For Kussell. per Nancy, to morrow, at 10 a.m. For tho undermentioned places, per Wellington, on Satur.lay next, as under:— For India, China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at no n For Southern provinces, and Australian Colonleß, at 12 45 p.m. For the United Kingdom, via Suez, at 12 45 p.m. For the .United Kingdom, via Brlndisi, and lata letters for southern, provinoss and .Melbourne, a! 1 15 p.m. For newspapers, at 11 a.m. For registered letters, ana money orders, at 11 a.m.

S, B. Bias, Chief Postmaster,

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

M.H.K. and Fatr Pr,Av.— Two letters bear ing the above signatures, shewiDgthefallacy of the figures and statements in a letter in the Gr.ou relative to the re.spective positions of the Koifch and South Islands, are unavoidably held over.

BIRTH.

Mobutson —On September 13, at the Rising Sun Hotel, Karangahape Koad, Mrs JS. W. Morrison, of a son.'

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

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1874.

For the cause that lacks assistance, ' For the wrong that needs resiutancet ' For the f»ture in the distance. Aai tin good that we can do.

It is with extreme gratification we observe that Mr Vogel intends to meet his consti tuents of City East to-night; and if we have spoken somewhat roughly on the Bubject it was in the earnestness of our desire that he should not again depart without doing that which is due to every constituency at the hands of its representative. If we were actuated by other feelings we might endea. your to. incite the people to give the Premier rude evidence of the newly-awakened interest in public affairs. We shall do nothing of the sort, but on the contrary we shall sincerely regret if there is not accord ed to Mr Vogel a most respectful and attentive hearing, and a can did reception of whatever explanation lie may be pleased to afford of his position and doings as representative of City East. Had Mr Vogel more frequently cultivated the confidence of the people of Auckland there would have been none of that rude manifestation of vigorous feeling exemplified in the burning of his effigy. In that there was no personal antipathy to Mr Vogel, for he is not person ally known to the people. But the storm of indignation which burst in the first meeting at the Choral Hall, and the. rougher but not less expressive process of public cremation -are the outcome of a feeling of helplessness produced by the utterindifferenee and contemptuous disregard which are commonly dealt out by representa tives who have five years' lease of power. Now Mr Vogel is acting wisely and well in meeting his constituents, and we do not hesitate to say: that he will rejoice that he has done so. We need not say that every one knows that there are secrets of cabinet and policy on which no constituency has a right to exact an explanation, but the more honest, outspoken, and explicit Mr Vogel is it will be all the better for the future rela tions between him and his constituent h ,

People arc sickened of the drivelling expla nations of hi?, subordinates, and will be only too happy to listen to himself. It may be that we are altogether in the dark, and the member for City East may rely upon it that there will be a candid recogni tion of any and all the light he can throw upon us in relation to his doings in the past, and his intentions for the future. As we have said before, the people of Auckland think that he has sold them in the unfair ad ministration of the Immigration an.l Public Works Scheme; and they think that those three famous resolutions of his>, especially the third one, are calculated to do a grievous injustice to that portion of New Zealand of which City East forms a pait. Truth-speaking on this subject he willnot hear from the contemptible sycophants that ever hang around him, and who will to-night throng the front seats at the Choral Hall, and act as fuglemen to the audience. But as we speak our convic tions, whether they please or displease friend or foe, we ask that Mr Vogel will look beyond this self ■ elected body-guard and address himself with all confidence to the people, and render what explanation ho may deem right on the questions with which our people are sorely vexed. Hia very coming forward to meet his constituents face to fixce] will disarm any latent hostility, and we have no hesitation in -saying that he will meet with a frank and friendly reception.

Mr Vogel meets his constituents at the Choral Hall at eight to night.

It will be seen by the advertisement of tho agents, that tho s.s. Macgregor will leave for Sydney to-night at midnight.

Wo have seldom seen the Queen-street wharf present a more animated appearance than it did this morning. Nearly every berth alongside was occupied by vessels, and the line weather enabled the work connected with each to bo carried on busily. This alone was sulliciont to create a stir, and impart a busi ness-like appearance to the scene ; but other causes were also present to produce the un usual bustle and liveliness noticeable. The arrival of the mail steamer Macgreeor caused a large concourse of people to assem ble, although tho eaily hour at which she came in prevented this being so greut as it would otherwise have been. But to make up for this about an hour after the arrival the rumour began to spread that the mails were not to be lauded till Capfc. Grainger received either payment for blinking them ora guaran tee that he would be paid. This was afterwards verified, and the wharf was soon dotted with knot 3of inquirers anxious to ascertain if or how the difficulty was to be settled. This state of things lasted the •■whole morning, and in the middle of the time of doubt the Ciolden Crown arrived from the Thames with nearly 100 members of the Masonic brother hood, about to do honor to the late Provincial Solicitor. We wish this moment that Mr Bartlett had been on the spot with his camera. He might have matched a very efi'ective picture.

The friends of Mr Higgins. of Onohunga, will regret to learn that he is btill confined to his bed in consequence of a severe accident which he met with a short time .since. Mr Higgins was thrown out of a conveyance, and the wheel passed over his leg. Although his leg was nob broken he received such in teinil injuries that his recovery is a matter of deep concern to his relatives and friends.

Mr J. Martin, master of the Graftonroad School, gave an interesting and highly in structive lecture last evening "On Water," in the Albert-street Temperance Hall. Mr Wiseman occupied the chair. The listeners, though comparatively few in number when the nature of the subject is taken into account, expressed great satisfaction at the lecturer's .able and fluent ex position of his subject, which shewed how closely, scientifically and heartily he had studied it. The lecture in all its details was masterly and thoroughly practical, indeed it was the finest discourse in favour of templary principles that we have heard in this city, and worth a hundred teetotal speeches. Mr E. Carr expressed his delight at what he had heard, and if Mr Martin would kindly repeat the lecture he would raise the Templar trumpet, if possible, awaken the sleepers, and get numbers together. We have never heard a scientific lecture of equal merit so lucidly explained and co full of well-arranged facts since we heard Professor Pepper on the same subject in the Polytechnic Institution, London. A hearty vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to the lecturer. Mi- Martin thanked the audience, but informed them that he would not be able to repeat his lecture at present, as he had engaged to give a course of popular science lectures at the Park Road Mutual Improvement Association, as will be seen elsewhere.

The vocal and instrumental concert in aid of the Artillery Volunteer Band was given last evening in the City Hall. The concert was well attended, and the musical and ballad selections were received with loud expressions of approval. The programme in cluded some very sweet ballads and other selections, which were given with power and skill.

Mr John Mason writes:—"lt is generally supposed that the Premier of New Zealand is unable to carry out constitutional changes without consulting the Home authorities, for which purpose he is proceeding to England. It is well known that Mr Vogel has rich fiiends at home, from whom •he received £5,000, which he has placed in the bank and will not touch it, regarding it as a present which it is his duty to invest for the benefit of his wife and children. It is presumed that Mr Vogel will return from England with his spurs, and there is no man more en titled to honour than that gentleman for the extraordinary success he has achieved for New Zealand up to the present time."

We have much pleasure in acknowledging receipt of £1 from Mr Joy, barrister, for the benefit of Mrs Ryan.

At the City Council yesterday the report of the Streets Committee relative to works in Hobson-street, etc, was held over for a special meeting on the motion of .Councillor Holdship, seconded by Councillor Brett.

The treasurer of the Orphan Home ac knowledges with thanks the receipt of 23s 6d: from the Lumpers' Union, per Mr Kirk.

To the Editor : Sir,—Tn reference to the secretary of the Auckland Dispensary not; deeming it worth while to acknowledge the receipt of £2 2s I beg to state the money was taken by myself direct to the treasurer, who informed the secretary of the Early Closing Association he had duly received the amount, and it would be found published in our annual report, which he deemed sufficient acknowledgment without trespassing further on the press.—E.. B. Shalders, hon. sec

The Vivian Royal gComique Company, heacted-| by Mi* Arthur Vivian, will appear this evening in the Devonport Hall, North Shore, in their new «wd sparkling entertain ment.

Mr. P. Doran has furnished us with the following statement respecting the benent given at the Prince of Wales Theatie by various amateurs for the benent ot Mrs Gribble :- Expenses — Theatre (Mr DeLias), £3 : hire of piano (Mr DcLii as) 10a ; musicians, £1 15s ; Stab printing (less £1 3s 6d discount), £4 15s ; cleaning theatre, 12s ; gas, 12a 6d ; Cross (advertising), ss; Herald, ss; refreshments (10 performers), 5s 4d ; properties for stage, Is. - Receipts, £37 os ; expenses, £12 iOd, Balance, £25 4s 2d. I

The anniversary soiree in connection with the Wellesley-strefct Baptist Church will be held this evening. After tea addresses will be delivered by Keys A. Reid, G. H. Tur ner, W. Tinsley, J. Davis, and P. H. Cornford. The speeches will be interspersed with music.

The California Minstrels attracted a very fair house last night, and their melodies an° dances were much praised, especially the lighter and funnier ports of the entertain ment. Without specially mentioning each member of this admirable company, we may say simply that they, one and all, acted their parts with great credit, and gave perfection to the wholr.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before His "Worship tho Mayor and Dr. Home.) a dam's fall.

Adam Wood, a white-headed man, was charged with being drunk last night in Queen-street, and fined accordingly.

kvjb's daughters

Margaret Lyons, Catherine Maxwell, and Mary Storey were severally charged with having no visible lawful means of support. Margaret Lyons said her husband and her were, having a little row at midnight when the constable impertinently interfered. Mr Broham said the language; of prisoner was shocking. She had frequently been con victed of various oftenceß, and was a notori ously bad character. The Court sentenced her to a fine of £10, or three months' imprisonment. Catherine Maxwell, a fugitive from the Women's Refuge, also a person of evil habits and erratic turn of mind, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. Mary Storey, a well-known moonlight traveller in the streets of Auckland, who had stood in the police dock for every form of petty offence, and whoa few woeks ago was sentenced for six months as a rogue and vagabond, again pleaded guilty. Her former sentsneo was remitted on condition that she would go to the Women's Refuge. Sho went accordingly, but yesterday evening she and the last prisoner Maxwell went out for a walk, and walked into the arms of Constable Mooney. She was sentencod to two months'imprison meut with hard labour.

THSHON KST.

John King was charged with stealing a boat, value £2 ISd, the property of Marcus Anderson, on board the cutter Rose, at Auckland, on the 14th inst ; also with steal ing a pair trowsers, value £1 03, the property of Christian Janson, from the same vessel, and on the same day.

The prisoner pleaded guilty to stealing the coat, but not the boat. Captain Anderson proved the latter ofTence beyond doubt, and the prisoner was com mitted to prison for three months.

The Macgregor and the Detention of the Mails.

INFORMATION AGAINST CAPTAIN GRAINGER.

The Macgregor, with the English mail, arriving afc such an early hour, everyone anticipated an curly delivery of the letters, but to the aurpiise of a)l there was no sign of them up to a late hour this afternoon. The following may servo to explain how this happened :—-No sooner had the Macgregor come alongside the wharf than as usual the Postmaster dispatched several expresses to the ship's side, and repaired thither himself to make the usual application for the mail bags. He was somewhat taken aback rt being in formed by Captain Grairger that as the subsidy had been stopped he should expect to be paid for bringing the mail to Auckland before he parted with it.

la consequence of the reiterated determina tion of Captain Grainger not to give up the mails by the Macgregor until he had'received payment or guarantee of payment from the New Zealand Government at half-past ten o'clock, an information was laid against the Captain, and he was summoned to appear at once before the R.M., and defend his con duct. ;

Mr Beckham, who was engaged at the District Court, came down at 12 o'clock, and at that hour the parties appeared in the Police Court.

The information was laid under the 29th section of the New Zealand Post-office Act, 1858, and set forth that the informant hath just cause to susx)ect and doth suspect that one Horace Grainger, beingmaster of a certain ship, the Macgregor, has on the 15th Sep tember been guilty of a breach of the above section of the Act by refusing and neglecting to deliver on demand to the Postmaster at Auckland a certain mail then being on board the said ship.

Mr McCormick represented the defendant, and Mr Brookfield, the Crown Solicitor, appeared for the informant.

At the opening of the proceedings Mr McCormick stated that it was the intention of his client to try and arrange the diffi culty. He was certainly entitled to some remuneration for bringing the mails on. Mr Vogel was in town, and. it was the in tention of himself and Captain Grainger to have an interview with him at once if the Court would permit it.

His Worship said he thought it would be best that every attempt should be made to arrange matters amicably. With the object of furthering that end he had no objection to the Court being adjourned till half-past one to allow of negotiations being effected. The Court then adjourned.

At the adjournment of the Court, the parties on both sides waited on Mr Vogel at his office and had a rather lengthy interview with the Premier and Postmaster-General. Mr Thos. Russell was present at the inter view. After it was over, Mr Vogel and Mr Russell conferred together, and the result was that Capt. Grainger was informed that the Government were not prepared to make any overtures for compensation until after the mails were delivered.

Before the resuming of the Court Mr Bsckham asked if the matter was arranged. Mr Brookfield replied he was happy to in form his Worship that it was. Mr McCormick here entered the Court, and on silence being cried, spoke as follows : His client was the captain of the steamship Macgregor, chartered to carry the mails be tween San Francisco and New Zealand. The contract which had been entered into had been allowed to lapse"! in consequence of which Captain Grainger before leaving San Francisco had received positive instructions from the owners not to part with the mail unless he received pay ment according to the rate of the subsidy. Acting on these instructions he had incurred the present charge. He had since ascertained that be vrm wrong in refusing to deliver up

the mails/and was willing to rectify his error at once. Captain Grainger was ignorant oi the force of the Post-office Act, and so tar as any violation of the law was concerned he was sorry he had acted as he had done. Mr Brookfield, in rising, said he was glad that the matter was so amicably settled. Ut course, under the circumstances, the charge against Captain Grainger would be with drawn. At the same time he must be per mitted to state that so far as New Zealand was concerned every farthing of the subsidy had been paid, and with respect to the penalties not one farthing had been exacted (of course he could not say what would be). This being so he could not but feel that it was doubly hard on the people ot New Zealand that such aline of conduct should be pursued. '" . His Worship then formally told Captain Grainger that the charge was dismissed, and the parties loft the Court.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. MACGREGOR WITH THE English and American Mails.

GREAT BRITAIN.

August 1 to Auguat 17. An immense Home-rule demonstration took place at Glasgow to-day. The procession was a mile in length and 20,000 persons attended the mass meeting. An equally entensive meeting was held in Dungannon to-day. Among the speakers was aMr O'Connor of New York.

New York, August 7.—A letter from Ireland says :—John Mitchell had a brilliant reception m the City of Cork. The whole town was a blaze of excitement. He was waited on by crowds of his old associates of 1848 and the young disciples of 18G7. At night the streets were alive with bands of music and bonfires, and there was a torch* light procession to his residence in which rive thousand people took part. The American ba3e-ball players appeared at Sheffield yesterday. A game at cricket between a Sheffield club and twenty-two of the Americans wa3 begun. The Americans won the toss, went to the bat, and made 132 iv their firat innings. The Englishmen then went in. When the game was suspended for the day they had four wickets down with four runs, During the afternoon the visitors gave an exhibition game of baseball, in whioh the Bostons beat the Athletics by a score of 19 to 8. The weather was fine, and about a thousand persons were present. A riot occurred in Armagh yesterday dur ing a parade of OraDgemen, which, for a time, threatened serious consequences. An armed mob attacked the procession, and a general tight ensued. The military were called out, aud cleared the town at the point of the bayonet, and many of the participants were wounded, but no one was killed. The Daily News says that Marshal Bazaine ha 3 arrived at Spa, and M. Piouher has gone to Chatstone de Charnemburg to consult with the Empress Eugenic.

The owner of the American schooner yacht Enchantress has issued a challenge to any member of the yacht club in Europe to sail a match with his vessel next July for a cup valued at one hundred guineas, over the Prince of Wales cup course. Fifty thousand miners assembled on Durham racecourse, and were addressed by Bradlaugb, McDonald and Lloyd Jones. The Public Worship Regulation bill passed to a third reading in the Honse of Corninona. It is reported that Roman Catholic bisheps have forwarded to the (Government a protest declaring that they cannot aubinifc to one bided laws, claiming that the legislative power in matters concorning the Church belongs to the Pope alone. Le Temps says Germany and England have arrived at a complete understanding on the Spanish question, and hereafter no complaints will bo made if British ships conveying con trabands of war to the Carlista are seized.

Dourneou Dupre, the French explorer of Africa, was killed recently by marauders, while crossing the Desert of Sahara. The Lord Mayor of London gave a grand banquet July 21st, in the Egyptian Hall of the Mansion House, to representatives of literature, art, and music, without regard to nationality. There were 300 persons present, comprising all the eminent persons in these walks in London, and including many ladies. Conspicuous among the guests was Adellina Patti, who occupied a seat immediately on the [right of the Lord Mayor, on whose left was Lord Houghfcon. The latter made the speech of the evening, which was full of interesting memoirs of past great names, and happy allusions to the famous men and women of the present day.

A correspondent of the Times writes" from India that the Bengal famine is far from an end. Five months must pass before the rice crop can be harvested. Meantime, portions of the rice stock in Government stores may be spoiled. Prices continue high, and famine characteristics are as marked as ever. It is impossible to say how many die daily, but it is well known that the death rates are fear ful in some districts, and the suffering dis tressing.

The sale of the Tichborne claimant's jewellry and other effects for the benefit of creditors brought a large price. Bourke, in the House of Commons, said Great Britain had no intention of taking part in an armed intervention in Spain, and had no reason to suppose that other European Powers had.

The House of Lords to-day threw out an important amendment made by the House cf Commons to the Public Worship Regula tion bill, granting parishioners the right of appeal to the Archbishop in case a Bishop refuses to authorise the prosecution of clergy men for rituralistic practices. The House of Lords coincides with the views of Gladstone, who is an earnest opponent of the amend ment.

The accusation against Johnston in the Mordaunt case has been withdrawn.

FRANCE.

PARTICULARS OF THE ESCAPE OF

MARSHAL BAZAINE.

AN INTEMPERATE PASTORAL

LETTER.

London, August 12.—The following par ticulars of the escape of Marshal Bazaine from his prison on the Isle of St Marguerite are received : The apartment occupied by Bazaine opened on a terrace which was built on the edge of a precipitous cliff over hanging the sea. A sentry was posted on the terrace with orders to watch the prison er's every movement. During Sunday even ing the Marshal walked upon the terrace svith Colonel Villette, his Aide-de-Camp. At 10 o'clock he retired as usual apparently to sleep, but before daybreak he had effected his escape. He must have crossed the terrace in the dead of night, and, eluding the sentinel, gained the edge of the precipice, whence, by means of a knotted rope, he descended to the sea. He evidently slipped during the descent and tore his hands, as the rope was found stained with blood in various places. Und.w tlw Qliff, in a faired boat, were

Bazaine's wife and cousin. They received him as he reached the water, and Madame La Marechale taking the oars herself ™wed directly to a strange steamer which had been lying off the island since the previous even ing. They reached the vessel in safety, were taken on board, and the steamer pufe. to sea. It is thought they landed at Genoa, as the steamer proceeded in that direction. The first news of the affair came to Grasse, the nearest place on the coast, and the magistrates immediately sent officers in every direction to search for the fugitive. Tnere was great commotion in Marseilles when the facts became known. An investigation was opened. Colonel Villette, who was walking with the Marshal oa £he evening of his escape, was discovered there and imprisoned. The commandant of Fort St. Marguerite was placed under arrest, and General Lewal has gone to the island to investigate the affair. Paris, August 12.—1t is reported that Marshal Bazaine landed at San Relo and travelled by way of Turin to Basle. At the latter place he took the train to Brussels, where he arrived at 7 o'clockonTuesdaymorr. ing It is believed that the rope found on the cliff on the Isle of St Marguerite was suspended there to mislead the authorities as to the manner of the Marshal's escape, which was effected in some other way through the connivance of the guards. Le Soir states that Bazaine had given his parole not to leave the island, and the precautions were consequently relaxed. The sentry was withdrawn from the terrace every morn ing at 5 o'clock, it being considered unneces sary to keep him there after daylight. Two soldiers belonging to the garrison at the fort swear that they saw the Marshal on the terrace at 5.30 on Monday morning. It has been ascertained that the plan of Bazaine's escape from St Marguerite was ar ranged six weeks ago. It was entirely the work of Madame Bazaine. The Marshal refused at first to fly, but finally, owing to his failure to obtain some modification of his sentence, yielded. He sailed from the island in the steam yacht Baron Eiscasoli, beloßging to an Italian company. The prisoner refused to employ a French vessel. He was accompanied in his flight by his wife and brother; His place of refuge is not known. Some persons say he is in Spain. The domestics at the fort where the Marshal was imprisoned have been arrested. New York, August 17th.—A Paris corres pondent says : " The Archbishop of Paris has given rise to another diplomatic difficulty owing to a pastoral letter which was read to a few faithful in the cathedral, and posted up a short time since, as the journals dare not publish it. Some idea of its tenor may be formed from these facts : First, it was written immediately after Ginbertz's return from Rome, where he had several interviews with the Pope ; second, Marshal McMahon went directly to De .Nigra's, the Italian Minister's house, and made an apology for the letter, saying a note on the subject would appear in the Journal Offiriel next morning. The pastoral letter contained things offensive to Italy and to Victor Emanuel. Paris, August 17th. —President MacMahon has arrived at Lemans and was enthusiasti cally received to-day. He will visit the barracks and work-shops. There will be a banquet and review of troop 3. From Lemans he will proceed to Tetaval, the capital of the Department of Mayenne. Paris, August 10.—An election to fill a vacancy in the Assembly was held in the Department of Calvados to-day. Complete returns show the success of the Bonapartist candidate by the following vote :—Aubert, Republican, 15,000 ; Delaney, Bonapartist, 20.000 ; Foutele, Legitamist, 5,000. Complete returns from the Department ot Calvedos give Dellany (Bonapartist) 49,704 votes, and Aubert (Republican) '27,000. The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter from Madame Bazaiue to Minister Chauband Lfctour, in which the lady declares that the first account of the Marshal's escape was substantially true. She says she planned the affair herself, and had no accomplice except one of her relatives.

New York, August 17th.—-A Pari3 corres pondent says three Carlist officers, re sponsible for the execution of the Gorman named Schmidt, have been arrested. After Schmidt's execution they fled to Pau, where they were arrested and sent to Paris, whence they were sent to the Belgian frontier. The Belgian authorities re-expelled them. They returned to Paris and were arrested. Their names are Leopold Gallato, aged 22, Louis Nineton and Pascoe Sarogue. Paris, August 15.—General Marchie, Gov ernor of the island of St Marguerite, protests his innocence of complicity -with the escape of Marshal Bazaine, and accuses Colonel Villette, the Marshal's Aide-de-Camp, of having perfected the plan to secure his flight. Eight persons are now in custody on suspi cion of aiding Bazaine's escape. On the night of the escape one soldier was twice on guard, and each time the jailer engaged him in conversation and,kept him iv the sentry box. The jailer has been arrested.

Marshal Bazaine arrived at Mayence yes terday, and will go to Brussels, via Cologne. France will make no demand for his extra-

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Paris, August 12.—Eight hundred and six persons, formerly connected with the Com mune, have been arrested in Marseilles. Among them are M. Esquiras, ex-Prefect of the Department. Vienna, August 7. —The New Free Press of this city reports that Duke Decazes, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, has com plained to the British Government that Germany is seeking a quarrel with France. The complaint is based on a conversation held July 30th between the Duke and Prince Hohenlohe, German Ambassador at Paris, when the latter stated that Germany, irre spective of the actions of other Powers, would take what steps she thought, proper against discriminations by the French in favor of Carlists in viola tion of the obligations of neutrality. The London Times publishes the text of a long dispatch from Duke Decazes, categori cally denying the charges of connivance with Carlists. The Duke says Lizarraga's escape frorn^ arrest while parsing from Bayonne to Perpignan was due to a misunderstanding of the local authorities. S.That theJCarlist officers seen in uniform at Bayonne and elsewhere in French territory had passports signed by Spanish authorities. That the Carlists obtained their supplies of arms and other war material through the remissness of the Spaniards in watching the coast. The Duke, in conclusion, assures Spain that instructions to the Prefects of the Southern Departments to be vigilant have been explicitly renewed, and the Government will see that the inferior authorities scrupulously respect them.

GERMANY.

BISMARCK'S WAR ON THE

CATHOLICS

New York, August 10.—A letter from Berlin on the'attempted assassination of Bis marck by Kullman contains the following :— "The very first step1 which the Go vernment takes is to open an attack on the Cathelic party. The private dwelling of. Christopher Joseph Cremer, acting editor of the Berlin Germania, was searched ; bythe police, who confiscated letters, raanu cripta, and some pamphlets. The next visit f the polioe—fleven in mmtar—wjw to %l®

houSe of the Counsellor "Va&Jfafif^s tery of the Mayence Ca&olic 3 X their booty was conßiderable~ t W. \ ity documents, letters and circX the names of the members t*^ society. On the same evening W Kehler's work-room was searched ? on the following morning. The 1 meeting of the German members *? °f Gesslyn Vereia Union, and the hon a . % Vicar and Spiritual Counsellor w^ father of Catholic societies i a Befli f. searched. These police inqtrigititiJ1' v 6 been followed by the temporary IL^ the Catholic societies of -Berlin authority states that the members' -fa Catholic Gesslyn Unions in German* gate 80,000. Besides these there *88*" hundred other societies, such as the Oatt! l Adult Societies, the CathoUc Youafe v Societies, University Societies', soft i^1 of women and children." .^%

SPAIN.

GERMANY THANKED FOR bw^ SIZING THE REPUBLIC^ 3' Madrid, August 14.—The Government V thanked Germany for taking the Iriitiativ»■ the movement for the recognition t Spain by the European powers. A special dispatch from Madrid"!^ that the Republican General BlmwT captured Vittoria. He captwed^Q.caJf an<l several convoys from the CariUts 7 retired to Estella. General Saballa has U recalled from the field to Madrid.

Madrid, August 7.—The Republicans W relieved Tiernai, and the Carlists who>•* besieging the place have fled. . c The judicial investigation into the aasaa! nation of Marshal Prim has resulted in& indictment of fifty more persons. ''"

Munich, July 7.— The crops in all j Bavaria, are quite satisfactory both asS quality and quantity. J The Spanish Government wV atout tj dispatch twelve thousand additiohferott, to Cuba. Republican forces have entered Olot, Tk met with no opposition The Carli^ts M leaving behind them 1,000 prisonenir::

ITALY.

GLOOMY REPORTS FROM ITALY-H COUNTRY BANKRTJET.-^ |

New York, August 17.— European 1 lettn say Italy seems to have become hopelesly bankrupt. The people are sincerely loyaltt their King, and the Ministers are, alms pedantically attached to the EngHgl^tlietj of parliamentary government, li^e Site asks nothing better than to leave thf^eliui alone, but they have no bread tmdjnollpett. and they have floods, malaria, bandits, aj paper mnney. At thededication of St. Anthony's pjp&cbl school yesterday the harmony ; wag?,'inirri by a dispute, between the Italian: jSociej Oliurch and Father James. :The "socifl desired to carry their flag in the .pfoeessw, ] but the Father insisted that march under the Pontifical flas:-~Exfpei folly was displayed by some of taemimbej for rather than surrender the emblem unity the Italian Society dispersed ti other societies., Iceland, America, >Belgini etc., were represented by the respecti) flags. New York, August 11;— Alette? fro Borne says there are reports about the'dyh condition of two leading personages'!!!'tl; Vatican. Some of the opposite party are; impatient to have the Pope and Caidin Antoaelli out of the way that they frequent put afloat exaggerated reports which we dii regard. ~^-* The official journal of Rome publishes a casionally a report of the progress made i the sale of confiscated ecclesiastical property While the amount disposed of front JB6' when the law was passed, up to the end & June of the present year is represented, bj the sum of 406,000,000 francs, tlte Govern ment has come into possession, of little tttlqn than 90,000,000 franca from this sourcfe|

RUSSIA.

PROBABILITY OF A WAR BETWIP RUSSIA AND CHINA. ;*

New York, August 12.—A correspondent! writes that news has reached Berlin that China has pushed forward 190,000' picVed troops to the Kashgar frontier, and, ufaddi-; tion, placed large garrisons in the towns of Barkerel, and Chinese troops have, moreover, been concentrated in the north at Tarhaltati, Kelno, and Olyesutia, which can he readily made available for war with^Kasbgar. It is proposed to attack the latter country simul taneously from two sides. At St Petershurgh it is believed that in that event Russia would at once come to the assistance of Kashgar, since China is known to be arming, also, for a war with Russia. The Chinese Government has already made a complaint to this Govan ment, and the case is now the subject'of diplomatic correspondence between the two Governments. The action of the United' States officers referred to was totally un authorised, and will no doubt be disavowed by the Government..

CUBA.

HORRORS OF CHINESE COOLIE

SLAVERY, New York, August 17th.—A pitiful story, of horrors of the Chinese coolie system in Cuba is told to-day by an educated China man, a Mandarin of the third class, now in exile. From this account it appears that W [ condition of the Chinese laborers m Cuba is worse than that of W negro slaves. The poor- Chinamen is held for a limited period ; the owner nu paid a good price for this system of bondage and must get all he can before the coolief freedom comes. Death so often intervenes before the end of the term of service that« is estimated that only one out of twenty, lives to return to China. This writer tninM, < there can be no hope for the Chinese people until there is a change in the ruling power.

ASIA MINOR.

THE FAMINE — FEARFUL DISTBES3. A letter from Caesarea gives a tbriUjg account of the f amice in that region. J*?x region of Angora many villages are enW' deserted. In the district of Sungnrli : «• thousand have perished. Numbers Jl*v subsisted on grass for weeks and thsn p»v Bodies have lain unburied in the stieets several days/ • ; '^L. Disastrous floods have occurred in -W. Scinde, Asia. Several towns have W* washed away.

MASSACRE IN CHINA.

TEN THOUSAND NATIVE CHRIS® 8 SLAUGHTERED.; , The French periodical, Mission Cafe| Hques, of the last of July, gives W« *™L authentic and detailed narrative of massacre of Roman Catholic naJase'Sonyei'*;1 in China. The account, as translated for tl| London Tablet, relates that the mauc^ broke out on the 25th of February .jrf^^l| "literates," as the persecuting party" called, opened the oampaign by beheaduHfe^ two mm ia t&e Berriae o| fieye Dow «*• •

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