SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HiGfl WATER • TbU evening 10.18 ; to mori-)•» manlng, 10 42 SUN SET: This evening,4.4s ; SUN RISE: to morrow morning 7.13 MOON'S AGE : First Quarter, 11th, 7.34. i

ARRIVALS.

DKT*«RTrrRB3. Clyde, schooner, for Wang __l St Xi da, s s for Wang .nvi (from the Manukau) Onsvard, tchoouer, Bush-11 for Russell Echo, schooner lane, for .wanni' Clyde, scaooner, Anlerson, for Wangarei Jane, brijr. for Newcastle Italy, barque, for Newcastle

PROJECT ED DEPARTURES.

For Ounedin—DaMedin ship, early For the Cape .-■ hooting S ar, barque, early ForSvn Francis o — ivla'.g'etror, mail-teamer, June 11 For London- Fernglen ship, early For the North—lona, s s, Mondays Fur Newcastle — Jane, brig, to-morrow For Kaipara Kspeculador, barque, early , For Friendly Islmds—Peerless, schooner, early •

VESSELS EXPECTED

Agnes Je_ie, schooner, from Oamaru Albion, brig, from Adelaide "Victory, b-irque, from Adelaide Mary Mclvi le. from Lyttelton via Napier; sailed 2nd instant Helena brigantine, from Lyttelton (at Onehunga) ; sailed 2nd instant Cyphrenes, R.M.s.s., from San Francisco, 20th inst. ; sailed 24th ult. ! Llewellyn, s.s., from Sydney , . Flirt, brigantine, from Tauranga, early Rio Loge, from L> ttelton, early Roderick Dhu, brigantine, from Sydney Robina Dunlop, barque, from London ; sailed 29th March i Cabarfeidh, barque, from Boston, via Table Bay ; sailed December 21 "V-vH, barque, from Circular Head, early Ryno, brigantine; from Rotumah, early" Papua, schooner, from Rarotonga, early Magellan Cloud, brigantine, from Lyttelton, early Syren, brig, from Melbourne, early Marth., b irque, from ihe Islands, early Cororet, schooner, from the Islands, early Edith, schooler, from the Islands, early Forfars' ire. HNG P, ship, from London : sailed March 19

THE SHIP DUNEDIN.

The magniPcmt iron clipper pssenger ship Dunedin, now alongside the Queen-street wharf, has finished discharging her London cargo to-day, and a good opportunity will be afforded during the next four or five days before she leaves for Dunein for our local ship-builders and the general public to inspect her and get the latest wrinkles in naval arcbitecture Captain Whiison is glad to see visitors on board, and will be happy to give any information required To give some idea of the extensive transactions of Messrs Patrick Henderson and C_t. to whom the Dunedin belongs, it may be mentioned that eight shins of tha same description as tt_e Dunedin wore ordered last year by the firm The Dunedin is 230 feet long on the keel, and nearly 250 feet overall; 36 feet in her extreme breadth, and 21 featldeep from the tap of the floor. She was launched in March last year from the building yard of .Robert Duncan and Co, Port ' .asgow: wis put together under special survey, and classed 100 Al at Lloyds. Her daught of water unloaded is extremely light for a vessel of 1250 tons, being only 7 feet lOin foi ward »nd9feet 3in aft. Loaded she draws from 15 feet to 16 feet. Looked at as tha sits upon the water, che Dunedin gives one the idea of a powerful fast sailing ship ; her lines being shauely, and her spars well-proportioned and well-placed If any fault can be found with her, it U that she is rather narrow in proportion to her length. Her beautiful conforma tion below, h.we.er; remove's'a_fy disadvantage from this cause, and we ur derstand she is very stiff in a seaway. In a strong bretze she will exceed 15 knots and in the leg of her last (and first) voyaere—to Otago —will be found a record of her running 310 miles per day for sever .1 day 3tr gather. In her general outfit and passenger accommodation, the JDunedin has hardly been uurpassei by any ship seen in oar waters The Milt'ades is a far prettier model; the Hydaspei has more accommodation ; the delivery of th<_ Loch Awe is more perfect, and thus < onducive to faster S-i.dng: but for share, accommodation, and speed combined, the f uneclin well sustains the reputation of Messrs Henderson's vessels in bfing t c most completely appointed sailing paefcets afloat We have not space to go into minute derails, so it must be sufficient to mention a few of the internal f.atires which _nake the Dunedin worthy of inspection First in point of importance is her noble poop, 80 feet long. affording a magnificent promenade, above and giving cabin accommodation for 28 fir3t-class and 20 se-.ond class passengers. The saloon is a soacioua and hand some apartment, worthy of the ship. The panelling Is of a bird's-eye maple, with mouldings of rosewood and walnut, a combinafcion : whhm 13 very effec tive, and at the * _.ame--_irrfe "Uncommon. The pilasters are tastefully ornamented, and a gilt cornice makes a pretty "topping 'to the whole. The venti lation of the state-rooms, which are of large size and supplied with every convenience;'has been well ■tudied, the air _<„_£ let in br interstices between the panels, which are arranged for the purpose in a very ingenious and novel way. (We uaderstand that some of our shipbuilders have already noticed this peculiarity with a view to introducing it in tht_r vessels) The second-class cabins are immediately for'ard of the saloon : close to them are the officers' compartments, stewards' room, and bath rooms. The captain's apartment, on the starboard side as usual, is beautifully furnished, and forms one of two splendid Btern cabins. On the main deck the objects most worthy of notice are the .condenser and the house. The' condenser is capable of distilling 1,100 gallons wat»r daily. The engine connected with it is Of un usually great power, and Is also used for working cargo, driving the windlass, hoisting the topsails, and In effect for working the ship in any way that may be required. There are two patent winches, one over the main-hatch, and another over the fore-batch. The windlass is one-of the latest and can be worked by a boy, the machinery is so simple and per fect. The house .on. deck..contains the cooking galley, bake-house, immigrants' hospital,.'patty officers' and apprentices' lodgings. The cooking gallery is well worth inspection : it is lined with iron, well ventilated, spacious, and furnished with apparatus for supplying the daily wants.of 1,000 passengers. This is one of the' most noteworthy features of the ship. The forecastle is on deck, and is of ample dimensions for the large crew.1" Going below the fine ,'tweendecks at once strike us.. They.. are over 7ft.-high,- and ventilated by means of fre quent side ports, and by six ventilators from the upper deck Everything has been obviously designed to meet the latest requirements of the Board of Trade for the comfort and health of emigrants The lower masts are of iron. Those of the Dunedin are used for purposesr quite unknown a few years ago. That is they supply ventilation to the lower hold, and act as store-rooms for the stu'nsail booms and other' spare spars. The mainyard is 80ft. long, and weighs about 6 tons : with, the other lower yards, it is of rolled steel. The mainmast- is 150 ft. 'high. The stat fang and * .running f?ear being all according 1 to' Lloyds' requirements, does not'call for further re marl;. Throughout the ship everything, from the brass rails of-'the poop-stairs to the boats, is. finished off in a manner which betokens that no expense has been spared "by..the owners. A visit to the Dabedih will well repay the time spent in looking over her

We are informed!that as soon as the barque Albion returns from Sydney she is to bs sent by the A.S.P. . Co. to Levufca, where she is to be used as a floating' store. Great "inconvenience itid serious delays h»ve been experienced by the Company's boats hi herto on aocount of there being no" wharf or proper .store- tot depositing cargo, for or from shipment at that port. Claims for damage from tils cause have frequently resulted and done much tointerfere With the harmony of business transactions between:the Company and the Fijiaus. ;' When the Albion arrives Jn this port, ■he will be divided into two pacts -one, for receiving and one for'-discharging cargo. *; It is calculated that at least three days detention will be saved, while the increased security to cargo against bad,weather and accident will^be very valuable. .

Several incorrect statements having -appeared aa to the tonnage and dimensions of the new - steamer pur chased by the_ A.S.P. Company, we append the cor rect particulars," TheXl.wellyn is_ .crew steamer on the compound principle, of 293 'tons' register, and about 461 i tops burden i-fler. -length-Is 161 feet. 8 in, and her extra me breadth 24 feet. 'She is quite a new' vessel, having only been launched a few months from Mort's yard at Sydney, where she was built.' We understand, that to increase- her passenger trade accommodation, which is at present^omewhat scanty, the A H, P. Company intsnd as soon as, she arrives expending £500 in building, a spar deefct throughout, her whole length.. The!steamer will cpst. between .£12,000 and -.13 OOOV'tli- "former proprlet >r, "Mr Hughes, taking part payment in shares of the .Com pany. The (Llewellyn is rigged as a three-mastad schooier, and has three separate holds. The ship Caller Ou aud the • brigantine Nightingale, and the schoooner Look Out having finished discharg ing their explosive- materials have come up the harbour and taken berths at the QiieM-s'tree't' wjiarfi- The Ciller Ou is sdongside the'easte-ri 6-tef T." l" <

The Dolly Varden cutter, on her' way taßunedin, bas b _en severely-mauled by the '.late gales. She put into Napler*ir_ep*lr_t&_'#)£ lstjirisl The three-masted schooner Pairjie- arrived ...at Launceston on the 21st May, a'ter'a"'i.assage of 27, days She was to load at once with' bark Tor Ilyttcl ton, 'whence she will come oa to Auckland. The Prince Alfred, barquentine, begins loading for Auckland at Lyttelton to-morrow.

The s.s. St. Kild» left the Manukau yesterday after noon for Wanganui. She took a general cargo and several passengers. The ketch Clematis, which has been trading down South for some months, is to come up to Napier in a few days.

A notice to consignees of the Look Out appears to day in our advertising columns.

The schooner Clyde left this morning for Wangarei with nine passengers and a general cargo.

COMMERCIAL.

, E. & H. Isaacs report the result of their auction Bale this morning of waterproofs-as follows:—The goods offered were of a very superior class but owing to the fine weathe/ bidding was not very brisk, but under all circumstances prices realized were quite ud to expectation. 1 The attendance to-day, at Mr. G W Binney's sugar sale at the Corn Exchange was small, About forty tons of sugar we™ « old ranging in pr ice from £28 10s. to £34 K a A bond. ~t •* _■».»

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follow..'. — For Thames, to-morrow, at 9 30 a m. For Corpmandel, to-morrow, at 11.30 am Forßorotonga, perlcetilia, on Wednesday next, at 4 30 p m Foi Wnitiaiiija, pnr Start, to-morrow, at 3 p m For Newcastle, NSW, per J.me, on Thursday next, at 0 a m. For Waiwera and Warkworth, per Lady Bowen, on Thursday next, at 9 a m -, For Russell, per Fawn, on Friday next, at 10 am. For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Australim Colonis, per Wellington, on Saturday next, at 10 a m Per ss. Macgregor, on Friday, the 11th inst,, as follows:— . ... For Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South Ameiea, and British and ForeigD West Indies, at 10.30 a.m. For tha United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 10.30 am. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 9 30 a m Late letters bearing a 'ate fee of 63 in addition tp ; ' the* postage, will ba received on board by the -rtail Agent up to time of sailing. Mails for Otahuhu, Papakura, Drury, Pukekohe, Tuakau, Pokeno, and Mercer, will, until further notice, be made up at 6am daily. Return mails will reach town at 7 pm. (Signed) J. E. Coney, Acting Chief Postmaster.

DEATHS.

PEUK—On the 7th instant, at his residence, Hope-

town-street, Newton, Thomas Peulc, aged G3 yeirs. The funeral will leave to-morrow at 3 o'clock

p.m. Friends are invited to attend GREEN—On June 7, 1575, at; the residence of his father, Hobson-street John, infant son oi Mr John Green, aged 10. months. The funeral will leave his' late residence to ' morrowf at 10 am. Friends please accept this invitation-. -'■"-' '• -' • SLYFIELD—On May 27. at the residence of Mr R. S. i • Lineefa-t-Rymdnds-street, Noel John,-third son of ! Mr John siyiicld, late of Guilford, Surrey, aged 1 month.

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

TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1875.

£or the cause that lacks _u.sl3tar.c_, For the wrone tint ne«ds i-3jfit_i__.ee. *_r,the f«tnre in the distance, —»» —• 1 tod that we can do.

Gradually and steadily Dr. Pollen is put ting down the screw on Sir George Grey. There is no use in euphemisms, such as say ing that the General Government is. acting with increasing stringency in its relations to the Provincial . Government of Auckland.

Letters and leaders written to order have shewn the necessity laid upon the Colonial Secretary to act a_ he did in respect of the advance to the Thames Pumping Association. The Commissioners of Audit would not pass the accounts in any other way than as money paid; to the account of the Province of Auckland. The Commissioners of Audit did it,and Dr Pdllenyfbrsobth, had been unjust Jy accused;': It did not' signify that ifrlj^d been done differen-I^th-r'etdfore. •] That had been in accordance with Mr Vogel's arrangements aa made face to,face. at,, the,, Thames and»sub" seqi^ently. ";:The Commissioners of .Audit .did, hot mind'it then. Bu^/when a new rider gets into the saddle," ahd;Dh-Pollen, who was. at all ,t»njes disinclined to/the' advanpe"^;!)|ie. has been to everything'for the relief or ass'is-'; "tahce of Auxskland ? had the supreme diree-. tion, forthwith the Commissioners'of 'Audit manifest their solicitude. And thus now. It was distinctly understood .that interest should not be exacted from' the" province on the cost of construction oh' sections of .a rail? < "way. until' it 'Was all' comple'tedi ,7,.That is altered now. Suddenly,' and without any warn ing, the ...balance <o. -the _apitaMon allowance is withheld, and this is not enough,, but the

money coming to the province, as its miser* able share ofi the proceeds of sale of vconfis cated lands, is also absorbed. And this is wh^i it has come to now. The very last dole handed back to the, province in return for some three hflndr6d thousand a-year of Customs jeyenue,. is now annihilated. When

we think of the bright promises held forth .with the inauguration of the " Grand Policy;" the largo 'and liberal capitation allowance that was ''.settled "on" ,the pro ovihoes ;'- When: we r contrast with, that ,the present' as presented to Auckland eyes, the railways incomplete,' and,"so! far as _Mshe<£ jEO^keddn&in^ uik satisfactory to'" -the.lZpeopfe,/; v .and', v^hen we see the last of the capitation allowance for provincial works gone, we may well edify ourselves by saying, look on this picture and on that. Two causes contribute to this put ting down of the screw. It is known that the General Government is really hard up. This is of course laughable to some who have learned to look on the sources of colonial loans as -an inexhaustible fountain. It is true though, and is clear enough to eyes that can interpret' the c signs of the times. Subterfuges for avoiding payme nt are . exalted into the observance of great political principles, and the very tradesmen who for months and months and months can not get their accounts paid by the, General Government, are led to believe that the delay is in some way mixed up with the evolution of great constitutional theories. The second I cause that gives a twist to tbe screw in the I

deep and insidious dislike borne by Dr Pollen to his own province. We venture to say if retrenchment is necessitated, his pro vince which bas not honored and never will honor Dr Pollen will feel it first, fin Sin

George Grey he sees the shadow of hijfvdoom - He knows that the anomalous position which he occupies, as virtual ruler of the colony,

though representing no jportio^ of its people save himself, is one that is intolerable to one like the new Superintendent, who comes rudely up to the root and principle of things. Dr. Pollen feels that like Mr Gisborne and others who depend, for subsistence on the public bread aud cheese, he is likely to have to soon scamper away into the rathole of office again. He feels therefore vicious, 'and wid use his little power when he can,to spite his pursuers. The Commissioners of Audit are convenient shields for him'in his spite fulness ; and he knows that so long as he occupies position, he will find • plenty of defenders who will straighten up their backs and "assert, that the Colonial Secretary was compelled by the exigencies of the occasion, and the necessities of the Audit Act, to perform the unpleasant duty. The simple fact, waiving all humbug, is, that Dr Pollen, [wishout any new necessity arising, is enjoying (while he can) the deli cious pleasure oi putting the screw do^vn on Sir George Grey.

As the Tribune appears to have sliclden into the' position of trumpeter to the Ministry, there mky be something in its pro gramme for the coming session. Referring to the proposed constitutional changes the con sideration of which it would have us believe is not to be deferred,our Wellington contem porary says :—" The clauses will be so drawn as very easily to permit without any-rude dislocation. of the several parts of the measure the inclusion of provinces of the Middle Islandjas well." The ruse would be an ingenious one'and if sufficiently and care fully worked might catch all parties. It seems however to be such a plan as would require an adroitness in manoeuvre hardly to be expected in the absence of Mr Vogelj or even, with his presence, likely to be suc cessful after the' clever manoeuvring of last session. On the former occasion, from gather ing up the information supplied by caucusera when before their constituencies in North md South, it is--evident that Mr Voxel's scheme had been made to appear to Northern Centralists a3 the thin end of'1 the wedge which would inevitably separate provincial-1 iau. from the Oonbtitution ; while to South.] ernors it was nude equally clear that he-scheme was intended to confirm 'pro vincialism in the South, and confirm to it, its land revenues for ever. We greatly question, however, if these two parties could be brought face to face and hoodwinked again. If therefore a measure i 3, introduced capable as intended of being shewn to Southern men as only meaning, abolition of Northern provinces, and to Northern cen tralists as int-nded to ba moulded in com mittee into the total abolition of provincial ism " withont rude dislocation of the several parts of the measure," we venture tq say •.that either it'will b? rudely dislocated on its .firat presentation, or it will dislocate the neck of the ~ Ministry that fathers it. ' Any man may.. be- onee humbugged, but n,one but a.fool submits to a second attempt. The idea launched in the Tribune is either a feather thrown up to see ifhe course of the wind, or is intended to show that the Ministry is not emasculated by the removal of one member, and that it has the pluck "to dare and do, .if the Assembly extends to it that amount of con fidence which it would fain show it has in its own capacities.

Mr. A. H. Clark, of Waitekauri, sends us a letter with reference to the late crushing at Grahamstown, of stone from the Golden Point claim at Ohinemuri. He says : " All experienced miners pronounced the stone to be very valuable and clean of all metals. The stone was put through at Webb's machine, but did not shape • according to prospects, as there is every reason to believe that the stone had been tampered with by some interested party. The men who had charge of the stone discovered something was the matter .when the amalgam was reported, and were advised to take the gold to Mr. Severn at the Bank of New Zealand, who would be able to dis. co^er-what"' foreign Bubstance hajd , been introduced Vdifrfpg« the crushing. Well, ' what: is } the .result ,t ? Mr.; Severn at 'first _aid the substance was not gold at 'all, but if ifcl was left with him, to operate upon he -would-be able to discover whst it consisted of. \_!ff[er two days he couldn't Or wouldn't .give" "any satisfactory result—the. only thing, it was gold, and offered ( at the .yxjte of. £2 p_ -per oz. - Upon "t'hife effer being refused,'.he., at once advanced tha price- lis'-'__" per oz. ; but it was not sold, as it is going to bo tested elsewhere. 'Can you give' any reason why thdj p.riy.e rose so suddenly wh-n"'the first offer was refused. As there was a per son! up here a few —days before the stofae wa^^seftt ,tp, iGrahanistown who made Lan 'absurd offer to some of tl(s shar-^b-d-rs in the Dan Leahy and Golden Point claims, which'was fqrj- bpth. claims to, amalgamate ..and? gi^e hina half the interest and the whole . management- of- the c6h<S_rrl',.M:.t¥'.ould then put; up a large-battery for the benefit of the , district. The object in tampering with -he stuff, was to make it appear' tha. the Golden i Point stuff was of very little account, but it doeSn^ go down, and to show the deter mination "of the men, they- have.started a vegetable garden, and. sent. c|own to Gra ham-town for some Beed potatoes, so they mean sticking,, ( ip their interests for , some tjune> and it the interested' party'L 9 spoiie 'of domes up here and fancies. that he Has got ne% chums or natural-Born, fools :.|d : deal :$. i,th, he will find his mistakei..^ There-is<no blame attached to the machine when the stuff was crushed at that. Webb is quite jjajisfied that there^is, __q^ lead , oryanything else in the reef, fpom r what he has s«en of the stOnaT ' " ~ *" v :7 -sl_._ I ■-.•'."-. -j_ ■■-~, S- Slips of this morning's Thames' Imtiertiser, brought by our pigeons from the Thames to day, shew that our goldfieid's contemporary still defends the attempt to deprive the original shareholders in the Tairua Company of the legitimate reward of their enter prise. But for the employment of a pros pector for months by Messrs Preece and Graham, Tairua would still be a terra incog. It is such proceedings as those lately developed at Tairua that have disgusted people with goldmining specula tions, and the Thames is at present suffering from that want of confidence. We do not think the tone assumed by the Advertiser a creditable one. We know that ' people are often deprived of their just rights through some legal informality, but it is more the duty of a journal to advocate the cause with equity on its side than one which may possibly be sup ported by some quibble of law. The Govern ment is justified in nsing every means within its power to secure to the original discoverers of the Tairua goldfield their first rights,

Tpie poor little children of Cyrus H^y,* tbel_re-raiser, as will be seen by the tele|j»in of our Dunedin correspondent, ware Icjund by/the police with their, mother inW.jtnost miserable position in Dunedin; an<|ii_vejjeen sent to the Industrial School. Thu^St; is that,the sins of the fathejr fall upofc the children. __rs Haley seems to have been attracted to Dunedin by that fascination which leads a woman to cling to a man she loves through good report and evil report,—for with three life sentences hanging over his head, Haley could 'hardly hold out any hope that he would be ablje to do anything for her support. She, also, has sunk in the scale of. human degradation, and is spoken of in the language of police chronicles as a woman of bad. and dissipated - character. . Without manifesting any feeling of false sentinient for a man so justly punished as Haley, it is impossible Fto look upon the picture; of wretchedness presented by the few lines of telegram published in another column with out a feeling of pity. Their present position., must be felt the more keenly by Haley's - family from tbe fact that they at one time occupied a position of comfort and luxury.

The cross examination of Mr George Thorne, jun., concluded at the Supreme Court yegt'. rday afternoon,"abd Mr Whitaker applied for the bankrupt-discharge. Mr McCormick opposed the application, and the argument on the question was adjourned until next Tuesday. During the cross examination yesterday, Mr McCormick said that he desired to shew that the bankrupt made away with his property after jb^s became insolvent for the purpose of making the bank his sole creditor. His Honor salid this had been admitted throughout the cross-examination. Mr McCormick,-a'po'. contended'that' Mr Thorne was1 Insolvent on the 2nd of January, apart from, the.lo.3s? on the wool shipment ; that he had nbt disclosed the true state of his affairs ; arid that he had concealed an asset of £100, drawback duty recovered by Messrs Ryan and Bell from the Customs. His Honor thought there had not been any concealment in relation to the £1001 j The last examina tion having now been passed, the argument of Tuesday next, will bring this protracted case to a close.

The vendor of liquor under the state laws of lowa, U.S., is held responsonible for civil damages in the event of any evil befalling one of hi. customers while in a state of intoxication. A case under this law bas recently arisen. One night last winter George M. Brown, a lawyer of McGregor, got drunk and slept in a gutter. In the morning he was so badly frozen that both of his hands and one of his feet were amputated. Brown drank at six saloons that night, and his wife has sued the pro prietor of each for 15,000 dollars.

A monkey seizad with measles in Aus tralia has been quoted in .support of the Darwinian theory, but in Massachusetts a house dog had the measles simultaneously with the children of the family, from whom he "caught the disease. He was carefully doctored, and wa3 getting • along finely, when one day he slipped out of doors and played in a snowbank. This indiscretion was fatal. He took cold and died. -

"■ Adulteration of food has been developed to an alarming extent in Paris. The great problem with many bakers there is to make bread in the shortest time possible, little Hour and much water. By the addition of one ounce of blue vitriol dissolved in one quart of water, the bread rises beautifully and^wcll, and each«pound of it retains an extra ounce of water. Alum does the same duty, and in the hospitals of Paris many patients are treated for alum poisoning. Milk is generally adulterated from one-fifth to one-half of its volume with water. It undergoei three baptisms — first, with the farmer ; second, with the wholesale ageat ; and third, with the retailer,,.

; The frequency of breach of promise cases in England has suggested the possibility of a Inew source of revenue. The Pall Mall Gazette says :—". It is surprising that among the many schemes for increasing the revenue in the-least irksome method to the commun ity, the imposition on stamp-duties on offers of marriage has. never been seriously con sidered. There oan be little doubt that such an impost would not only be cheerfully paid, but would bring in a considerable sum annually to the Exchequer. It would, more over, do more than anything" else to put an end to those ' breach of promise cases,' which give rise to so much unseemly mirth, and desecrate some of the noblest feelings of our imperfect nature. If it were rendered illegal to make a proposal or accept one except by a Btamp document it would be impossible for the most heartless trifler to get out of his or her en gagement, on the'ground of no serious inten tion. Thi3 plan would, besides, throw a spirit of earnestness into social intercourse which is sadly required. Unstamped profes sions of admiration or affection would be looked upon not only as hollow flirtation, but as'_ttempts to defraud the revenue, sub jecting the gay deceived to a penalty, part of which would go_to tieMnformer."

A bridal party from fEureka were stopped by three masked Bfien while on their way to the railroad, and their cj»jn aDdoother articles tajten "from them, The Sentinel says that when the stage overtook the party, and the ' friends were'givirto the "goodbye" at the ' Btage door, the newly-we^ded^iooked rather blue, not having asy breakfastsmoney ; but their sorrow was turned to joy when one of their friends returned to them; all their lost, money and jewehy^at the,same time inform-* ; ing them that the whole' tratwaction was a joke, and that the supposed robbers were /friends to all parties. The last seen of the 'bridegroom he was trying.; to find out where the joke came. in. ft

One of the latest European scandals is to the effect that the Duchess Sophia, youngest ; sister of the Empress of Austria, and wife j of. '■> the Duke d'Alencon an _\rleans prince, has fled to the United States, with Haufstenzel, a Bavarian photographer, with whom she has ' lpng been infatuated. She had, previous to her marriage with Alencpn, been engaged to King Louis the'second of Bavaria, but the I match was broken off on account of scanda lous stories in which the same photographer was-involved. 4V' The public debt of France;-now stands at' £900,000,000, and the interest is over £33,000,000, being considerably the largest which is paid on any debt in the world, r'.'One half of the whole cultivated! area in Great Britian, or about 23,000,000 acres, is given up to permanent pasture*aiid meadow, , and the average yield of hay from4*,i,_:only 2,01 p pounds per acre. .. ~ ~"..; ..... Considerable surprise has been -"(ex pressed that Sir George Grey should have addressed a letter on political matters to the editor of the Wairarapa Standard (a country journal published 50 miles from the Seat of Government.) It may not be generally known that Mr Wakelin, the present editor of tbe Standard,, w*B iQ early days in the confidence ofl Sir George Grey. He was in 1853-4 secretary to Dr. Featherston, and previous to that period, editor of the Indepen dent. He is an able writer, and his know ledge of the political history of the colony second to none. How on earth a woman can keep her gab going while holding a backcomb and six hair pins iv her mouth has always been a mystery and always will be. The prizes enumerated in 'the Stab last night as having been awarded to the pupils of the Hebrew School were distributed on Sunday last, when L. D. Nathan Esq., President occupied the chair. The proceed ings were of an interesting character, aud were diversified by recitations, etc. The bootmakers of the city held a trade meeting last evening in the Wellesloy-street Young Men's Booms, which was well attended.—The shipwrights, also, met in the Albert-street Temperance Hall. Our repor ter was informed that the business in each instance was of a private character.

\ "¥kb scene described in last night _ Stab is byl no means uncommon in the last train from Onehunga on Sunday," writes "A ij&_T4-Ot in Onehunga." The only amuse meptSoftered in that rural locality is drinking and this seems to be precisely the amuse ment which the excursionists most desire. As they pass muster as "travellers," the landlord can serve them with impunity before the very eyes of the vigilant police officer in the district. Constable Green. This is a matter which the proper authorities should look into, especially so far as concerns the preservation of good order on the train.

The -Fraternal" Home of Good Templars will hold a tea-meeting and entertainment in the Tempera_p;<? Hall, this at half past _ix o'clock.... the proceedings will be of the ordinary-Character.

- A workingmat. apparently, who had taken too much of that " which cheers not, but iftehtiM^BX-' was lying by the pavement side in Victoria-street last night, beating the air »with "his aif'm<4 muttering something about content.' '.i*'T_ it'the Cottage of Content you want?" ask-d a'poor woman standing by. "No," replied the prostrate, man, "I'm catching at content, but can't get hold on't." At this moment, a smart-looking constable 'came ' up;,.i 'when the "man muttered " contented." The constable lifted the pros trate man to his feet, and said— - '

'* Come along with me,- ' , And contented you shall be,",. and led the man, like a lamb, to the station? house.

The third annual meeting of the Auckland Permanent Co-operative building and Invest ,!_ufnt Society will be held this evening in fTthp .Christian Young; Men's rooms, Wellesley * street, for the purpose of receiving the ..annual report and electing officers.for the ensuing year.

* The ordinary monthly meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society was. held yesterday in the Museum Building. Tbe business was of the usual' character. The financial sheet shewed a credit balance of }£g99 O-.'Ud in. the•' Society's favour.' "The monthly accounts, £170 15s' 7d, due to the i ondon Society was ordered to be prid Some suggestions as to the manner of keeping the accounts were made iv a communication from Messrs Waymo.uth and White and adopted by : the meet ing. The following persons were recom mended by the society to be appointed by, his Honor the Superintendent as rangers of districts. Sergeant Cassells, for Alexandra ;, Sergeant Chitty, for Cambridge, Detective' Doolan, for Ngaruawahia; Constable Hod dock, for Hamilton ; and Sergeant Alath, for Te Awamutu. It was also stated that a number of hedge-sparrows were expected by the ship Caller Ou, which would be set at liberty in the district of Takapuna lake._ It was res.olved to send' the two' hundred pheasants now in: the aviary South and to Melbourne; and to procure some South- American apple trees from the latter place. Thanks were returned to Mr Just;ce Gillies? for some seeds of the Cork oak, and on ah application from Mr'Runciman it was re solve to send some fish and birds to Waikato a£early,as possible. ......... A. bootmakers' strike has occurred in con nection with Black and Co.'s factory. Be yond the advertisement in another column, we have no information respecting the merits of the question in dispute, but1 we always hear with regret of the occurrence of such a ycomplete rupture' between employers and workman. It is much better, when practi: cable, -©^ settle these disputes by a friendly crjnference, or-reference to an arbitrator opitually approved of.—[Since the foregoing was in type we have been informed that the 'cause of the strike was a demand for higher 'wages, and that Messrs. Black and Co. 'claimed that notice should have,been given __d declined to 'accede to theh. request. As wittbe seen by advertisement, the ffrin. adveriiee for other men at the higher ra?e ot pay. The men on strike are technically known as "bench-hen."] - - ».-' .- ; ;

; A singular case, involving the rights of landlord and tenant, has arisen at the Thames, and was referred to in our tele : grams5" ,last night. Mr Thomas Spencer, owner of the Paraw'ai Gardens, desired to get rid of two lessees in possession. Mr Cassiif^the principal one, quietly removed, but Mr Frederick Bennett, the other, refused to quit the house in the gardens occupied by him. 7"*'Mr Spencer engaged an ex-_ailiff named Frederick Mayo, and, accompanied by Mason (a bailiff of the District Court) and others, proceeded to Bennett's house, forced open the dobr. took out his furniture, and ejected him in spite of his remonstrances. Bennett retaliated by laying a criminal infor mation for forcibly entering. hi 3 premises , against Spencer (the landlord) and Mayo, and" both were committed for trial yesterday, bail being allowed. The difficulty of getting - out an obnoxious tenant has always been one of the troubles landlords' have %o contend against. \ ■' .'•-.,. -..',,--.,. ... '..'". "Money,*' one,of the most practical-if not the most interesting of the late Lord Lytton's dramatic performances wa_~ introduced, at the Prince of Wales Theatre last"evening."' This play was aptly chosen. J. irs., it was a'dramaj1 of the higher order ; second, it. was the part ing with the Darrells, And their special benefit ; hence/ the title" Mdney " was most appropriate. The pla^~was'well put upon the stage,' anos.eYelfjr»oipV^wd^en-'npon' doing his .or her best, so as ±6 leave a^jjfetfi'* sant impression behind. / Mrs Dar'rell, as Clara Douglas, evinced that" high, order-of appreciative talent .'which/enables. her -to, present (the- c_a_aoter_ she • undertakes,-jjEo, delineate'with such^remarkable fidelity.', M_L Darrell was Ti_l excellent cue as Alfred-Evelyn^ '• and played with his wonted- firecand'-energy of will. The^other represpntationß {such us Vesey, by Mr Deering ;" Graves,.', by. Mr Sam Poole ; Blount, by Mr. Aveling ;" Gebrgina. by Miss Steph^nson,' r >nd La&> FrahklinX by Mrs Jdnes£_ sejrved^.to .impart life and reality; to the sqenes. The playera metwith applatt»_; The house was one __*_he/best of ihe'se^soh,^ and shews that a highly moral with the better Buccess. Mrs.Darrell seemed a favorite throughout, if we may judge-from the feeling shewirtbwkrds her. - At the .lose, of "Money/ Mr.Darrell came t^efpre the curtain, and, in "the j"olht'names of himself and gifted wife, expressed thanks, and bade the audience farewe11......-. r "The Discontented People-.C-VNe'W'Zea land," | will bp, rt.be subject, of: a paper-this, evening in the Newmarket Li.erary'lnstitute Mr Dennes will give" his limelight esh,ibi-. tion Jthis evening'; ih°'P__];_pnby- Hall, at the hour of eight. _.i The scenes .will b0 illbStra tive of the scenery^ of the ittinited States of America, with a descriptive -lecture thereon.

TEE SUEZ MAIL:

Thb s.s. Phoebe, with tlje .Suez Mail, left Wellington at noon to-day. She riTay* there fore be looked for he__ on Friday: £, ~ . _

Shocking Accident near the Rail way Line.

A shocking accident occurred this morning near the railway line at Tuakau. We have only very meagre particulars. It seems that as a train was coming down from Mercer this merning when nearing a road orossing, a horse coming up drawing a cart was seen to take fright at the sight of the locomotive, and backed over a steep embankment into a swamp. Mr Dent, who observed the occur rence, was in the last van, and he.called loudly to the engine driver, but the train had gone a quarter of a mile before Mr Dent, who bad shouted himself quite hoarse, could make his voice heard. The train was'then stopped and assistance at once went to the relief of the unfortunate man, who was found under the cart with his arm smashed near the shoulder. The cart was lifted off, and the poor fellow extricated. He was conveyed to Tuakau, where his injuries were attended to. ;J

THE KAURI GUM TAX.

Or/E telegrams from Whangarei have already announced the fact that the gum-diggers are in arms under the mistaken notion that the proposed tax of £5. per ton will j^ess very seriohslv upon them. The Whfcngarei Comet, in ita first issue gives voice to this cry in the following article, which is by no means bad for so juvenile a member»pf ,the fourth es-! t a te :—"The proposed tax of £s'per ton on kauri gum has caused considerable excite ment on the gum-fields, and not without cause, we think. The-^iiggers themselves— although a large community—have not in reality any representation in- the Council. The gold-miner pays £1 per year for his miner's right, and being in possession pf» property of the value of £s—a5 —a whare, for instance —he is entitled to a vote. The gum digger, on the other hand, pays a royalty of £3 ior every ton of gum he digs—or about £l6 per year—but has no vote. The royalty, of course, is paid to the native owners of the land, because the Government does not pro tect the gum-digger with a license as in the . case of the gold-miner, but actually prohibits gum,-digging on- Government land. We would ask any sensible man whether- this ■ system is not rotten. The Government pro hibit gum digging—gives the digger ng. protection—forces him4o pay an enormous1 royalty, and then calls upon him to pay a still more enormous tax. Is this justice to the gum-digger? We say no emphatically. And what is the consequence ?^-a hard-work ing, industrious community, who produce a' staple export commodity of the value. of £125,000 yearly, is to be taxed at the veiy modest rate.of 17 per pent—and perhaps :more—on their yearly earnings..for the edu cation of the progeny \ Because why ? Because the generous minded politicians who have pro-' perty had to parry off an income tax. This, they did with that pure and noble instinct' that told them Self must otherwise suffer. Is it not monstrous. Tidiculous and absurd in , the extreme that a community of labouring men should be singled out tto pay for the education of the children of both rich and poor by a direct tax upon' theft industry ? What an anomaly in political go.venment! Mr. Dargaville, or any other politcal quack, can say it is not a direct tax, but th_,t is'orily child's talk, peculiar to that shallow school of lavender-glove-and--Iver-spoon-and-fork" politicians. We;ask is there a man with so little manliness who would allow the earnings' of the. gum-digger to be-devpted to the educa tion Of his children ? Mr. "Dargaville would perhap_—and probably his worthy seconder, Mr. Hurst—-but there arc-not many of them. . Our worthy Superintendent, in his opening i speech, said a man having a .wife and four children, contributed £26 yearly to the re venue.- Suppose that man to be a gum digger —then he pays besides : royalty £16, and with the export tax £25 more; in all £67. Not bad ! The province in its bankrupt state would do well with a few more gum-diggers.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Gustav Yon der Heyde-and Geo. "S. Graham," Justices).

UOBLEKIZERS

. Thomas Holmes, Jane Whitaker, Jamss Macdonald, Joseph Penton, John Flaherty, Timothy Eogers, and Porena (a native), were charged with drunkenness, and were - 'fined 5s each. . [ A SCOTCHMAN _ ABILITIES. . Murdock McLeod was charged with being drunk and disorderly last .'night, and, while in that state of effervescence, striking Con stable Moor in the chest. Prisoner, whose face was in a terrible con dition, Baid he was drunk, but did not insult constable. -<»_■.. ! James jMo&r deposed that he. saw tbej prisoner on the wharf at -half-past one this morning. 'He wa'at ib __ 'beastly state of ; drunkenness, and thinking the prisoner might fall into the water,-he-persuaded him not to go. He said he would serin spite p£ all tbe police in Auckland. ' He then i/truck him violently on the chest. Prisoner remembered nothing of the cir cumstance, and the Banch sentenced him to 20s for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and 40s or a month's imprisonment for the assault. A GENERAL SMASH. 1 Martin Willis, Aaron Bowers, John Mills, and Thomas Luckey, alias " Lucky Tom,.", were brought up on a charge of wilfully... destroy ing thirteen panes of glass, value £1, the property of Mary Skiffington, of Auck land, on the 7th inst. -.. Prisoners pleaded not guilty. Z "■■ " \ Mary Skiffington, a single woman, a dress-* maker, of , Wellington-Btreet, deposed that one of the prisoners knocked at, her house last night and enquired for a certain person, jbut no such pet;_on was in the house. Bowers thien pushed by her and "rushed into'the rohm-; a-scuffle-and arow followed, and she 'saw thfelwindows smashed. " ' (Bridget Kelly, a smart young woman with i a /cavalier hat^ deposecHhst she opened the dobr to Bowers ; her friend," Mr Macaleer, put Bowers out; the men were total strangers to her and had no business there. There was a great row. X Joseph Macaleer deposed thkt he was a connoisseur, in paintings, and was at the a house of Mrs -Skiffington* when the parties It- was about nine o'clock. He enquired f»r a ijictitious name, ;. '■ Thia-witnesaes's evidence was corroh'ora- Jtive of that, given by Bridget Kelly. f. Bowers said-that" he was _infonned_that a j ..friend of his was at the house, and he pimply ' called fo* him, when he was knocked down and kicked - on.. ~' TH W ' WdßWir .^re^th'eb smashed ; that was all about it. Mr "Broham-aid the prosecutrix and the young-* woman, Kelly, were people of re spectability. . tt .|,.,, '.„ t .^ ...,. ... f« : nr-The prisoned were sentenced' to pay-the. ' damage : and 20s each, with costs, or be itipieo'ted to one month's imprisonmentwith ■ 4ard labour. ~ .*" . ~ .AX OLD; feANto.^*1 _*■« yj* Bichf-rd Sarsfield, a well-known character, was charged under the "^agrantj^-t with, using' obscene language^m^William -"street, Chahdery Lane, to tbfr annoy an a\ of the inhabitants'thereof,.,on> the ( evening of the, Ist instant. '"*'"' ",;,,'' * ■-. - ~' ......The prisoner* began-.o_b.akeV long speech .iiV.his defence, not a word b_ whic_ could be understood by the Bench. . ' ' taS Mr stated-thatt.prisorterjwa-tiAing shocking language, which could be heard by Sergeajnt O'Goifhor at- the .tatipn. T> -As prisoner was a very bad character, he was ordered to pay-_r"fine"_f; £10^or go-fro" prison for three months. - -A NATIVE BTJRGLAR. ... ; jj i Thomas, a' Maori, was charged with break ing and entering the dwelling-house of Mr . McDowell, at -Mahurangi, on the Ist inst. The Bench expressed its surprise that this case could not have been dealt with at "Mahurangi. - " Jtfr Broham said there' was no place theret.o_ keep prisoners in custody, and probably i_te Justice of the Peace did not care to deal with the case. Mr Keati y appeared for prisoner, and asked for a remand until Friday. Prisoner, through an interpreter, Mr Brown, wished to have the case tried now ; ■ suspense to him was painful. As the case could not be gone on with, it was remanded until Friday. NORTH SHORE PEOPLE. Mary Ann S<veetman was charged with felony, she having appropriated the sum of £3, found in the pocket of Mary Ann Denby, at the North. Shore, on the 3rd instant. • Mrs Sweetman pleaded not guilty, and the case was remanded until to-morrow. DOUGLASS DTOP'S HORSE. Douglas Duff was summoned for trotting too fast ronnd a corner. |Mr Duff avowed that he was as careful as possible......

Mr Broham said that his instructions wem quite the reverse. pll| The Bench fined Mr Duff 20s and costs. Thomas Lupton pleaded guilty to plyina his horse and cart for hire, within the limits N of the city, without a license. >^ Fined 13 and costs. ■' n\ -U_UCY. • ■ ~~~Jy Charles Hall waß pronounced ,to be of mind bf-Bri Eec and'Kend-rdine. an.d .committed to the Lunatic Asylum. ( This wae-all fEe business. j

MELANCHOLY DEATH OF MR J. C. SEXTIE.

Fears of Pois'o-ii_ig.' rM We., regret to hear of -_e-uddfeh-de£sfeqf __ t J..C. Sextie, which' took piace'_t:_a^arl-~ hour this morning ~> under circumstances leading' to the suspicion that he had taken poison. The deceased, with his wife sn4 family, had'remgved into-a-house on'Cplilegg. fiload afeout a*foSttnight ago. ' -^->__^Bighfe he came home in a very depressed state, of mind. '. and under ■• ~___D)tin. fiuence; of'driu^..-' He spoke to j his »if e in a' de_p6ndentr tone, .reniarkmg that that would'be his last home.""He lay1 down oa the sofa in the sitting-room, and when Mrs Sextie retired insisted on remaining there and refuged to aljp.w^' her to put. any covering . over ' His wife heard: ho.i.Sbue > ' during the night, but about four o'clock this morning-,1 .d consequence of sounds proceed ing irom the sitting-room s she got up and went in, whe_n_sho.found-h€«-husbaiid.'_rtlie ■agonies „ of . death. • - -{A -"''mesae_Bejc_."'was t at v once •despatched' for DrlJ^Hodpt^ *who '-arrived'- within a _i*ry.)%.^tort time, but^tfoe, "Struggle was _"yen then "oY-f and life' yns quite extinefr^ altjipu^the - .body wasstill'warm. A cup containingajew '? crystals like strybhnine was found in the room, but it should be mentioned that.the bqdy'''did*no-:presertt _h^^ , developed in cases of strychnine poisoning. It is possible.,-jjhat-the-death was natural, although -the surrounding circumstances -point to' "~a . different-.-. xoncSKioit. All doubt,; ho"wev.e.,»»»will- :_e'3e^;at rest by an analysis of the crystals "in. the cup and a" 'gost'-martom examina tion which will fee conducted by.Dr, Hooper in preparation for an* inquest "to' be ' held to-morrotf at-'-^he -'Suffolk Hotel The deceased gentieman^arriv.ed in- New Zealand from Victor-a.-Ajrfstralla,' about'li or 12-"years sihcf and- with the exception of a couple of yeaiii at the otago.gold-field, hag been residentrfti Auckland".ver-ince. jOn-the dpening of the Thames gold-field Mr Sextiirtl Victorian and .Otago experience WJj|-^tf much benefit, -and his_ well-kac«n^_jte|r diction, that - all ( the l gold would'nt be extracted in a hun___d.j_-_years, u\ "> • quite likely to become true.;". Mr Sextie long occu.pieji a good position dn-.the business of MiningsAgeat, and wag greatly xpsp£pM. by all who had dealings with him for-the hone'-t'and* stfaightforward manner in. which he conducted transactions. Latterly, "owing to the depression in the mining market, the deceased" had beetr_n' -poor circumstances, and the care of providing, for hiir'ia__y had* caused him _nu-h anxretyand hatassmeilt'af mind. We understand that he leaves a wife and four young children totally* unprovided

Serious Accident.

An accident of a somewhat serious -nature, occurred last evening, between five and six o'clock, to Mr Cottis, tomato sauce -manufac turer, of Payne-. Mt CoJt&.Jias' driving _his horse *and-cairt, - iull of empty boxes, steadily by St. George's Bay, when all on a sudden the box up^jWhic- the driver- Was sitting, _.ipped"-6rw%rflU and Mr Cottis was precipitated"head -oremosb-into the road.. He fell on his head, and his right cheek coming an contact with some scoria, was laid bare to-the bone, and-bled profusely. ""He was assisted; to his .house, &nd his wounds- , attended "to by Dr." "Goldsbro'; but no^bem*!: were broken. He still lies in a weakly con_iv^. tion, but hopes-are*"entertained of __^]_§{f!' ■■. "mate recovery. The^toU- was very steep down which the _prge^wenl? r , and-th_.Bitt ? behind acted as an impetus rather than as a preventative to speed. After Mr Cottis ~U^ | thrown out the horse went ata^uriousp-ce downthe street and came-in contact with the*' ' fence.at. the, tjie road? kn-eK_|gSi, down two panels and two stout posts^paifiw^^j into the paddock. Fortunately ttfe, horiS, *J was not hurt, not-waathe cart damaged*--- ''■'■

Our Pigeon. Goldfield' Budget.

[From thi__Hioraing____" T_____e_? Advhß* J* tiser."] '" n irr^- ± ~r~ _i:;:.-!°t."»,* <__BaK<, ../>■■ THE ABOLITION SCHEME^ " " At last we have a sketeh-ol<-^e~ _hea____ Hfce be proposed on the subject of local gov«»*.i. 'ment. , We consider it" certain "that the Government -will- lay- a. measure before, thflf Housed-hot probably with' the- - expectation J that itwill-beJlfasßed^-btit; in ord« to; jiaYe <- something io go to th.. coiintry upon. - It is needless to criticise .the .^details which are^... published, as., t___ 3Vf-««-^m_y ,be.rWroiig'*■''" o _£these. We should be sorry if th* measure.: •' prove^of _6^Mo-_e/' f.^ as is indicated; fih_^lwe_t_m),£We ■ uowtoi^l, ment {would have.done better ' to_ave taken,, up a firmer position. We may iiqw expec«or _ have any day a'fuller revelation of the detail* *■'-. of the measure. * : .._._.,-:- THE ipHQSPECTOKS' DISPUTE, ..'. " V~ - TAIRUAV -'-'*■•-i:';' The Auckland a.telegram "froih the Thames in" reference-tb-the reports that Dr. -?ollen had decided to take "ihe XJ Prospectors' claim" out of ■ the-gold-eld at Tairua, and alluding, to a clause in its tele* gram, in which we are stated to have wid, • -''-Sir George Grey having declined to break . - th§ laWyWe pr.s_.m_ ___.~Polleff will act in sjiite of binj, " .says : —" If there is-any x dangerj of tie1 Prospedtdrs' being deprived of their just rights., by somelegal quibble, we think ,the sooner the prospec|Qra' v £area ii: taken but of the goldfield the" betier. It ia surely seme thing new for fche,__„--.fc_W r.to 1 'become the organ of the jumping hj^uuiiff.'h {^ Jj We are 'bound to'assume .that our opßie_»-,_ notary Bpeaks as usual -in' ignorance"of- - facts. The truths.is ithat' thei_ tf no prospectors' claim at Tairua. The parties who ; now hold what -_s /(Jailed the Prospectors? claim there mado no ap^Jiwtion, . for ground on such a pTea—they simply pegged out after; the "goldfielda wivs 1 pro claimed, prior information 'having been.fj_-_~L «* rushed to them,-itis believe*T~by_a Govern ment Officer. Upon thaf^th^y"-tepended, and not on any claim they had otherwise. But others had-been before them, and certain parties claim to have pegged oat before " the prospectors," and after the proclamation had been issued. If that prove to be so—and all we ask for is that it should be fairly tried in Court—the Tairua_ Gold Mining Company have jumped the claims of Bergin and the other parties, and it is the . Evening Star, which is the organ of the jumpers, not the Advertiser. And if the Government take the ground out of the goldfield they will be taking the same : position. THE NEW BRIGANTINE. v The new brigantine Ethel, m Capt_i__^j3| McLeod, 'sailed yesterday on her maiden *J^3f to Port Lyttelton with a cargo of 135,00fe^8 feet of timber, shipped at the Hauraki Saw • Mills. She was pjldted out of the Thamel -j* Kiver oa Saturday by Captain May. " VAj

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A Flesh Creating Medicine.—When a due proportion of the food is converted into pure, rich blood, the natural nutrient of the body, there :s nothing to prevent the acquisition of flesh, provided there be no undue waste of tissue from overwork, or any depleting ailm; nts. We would recommend those who desire to see the angles of their frames " rounded off "■ to use Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, which promotes assimiliation of the food and repairs all losses of substance.