SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER—Thia evening, 0.55 ; to-morrow liiorrrng, 1.47. SUN SET Thix evening, 5.4 SUN RlSE—To ruo-rnw mor.-.>ng, 7.5. M<.,o VS AGE—New moon, 2nd August, 1.7 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Helen White, barque, °S6 tons, from Adelaide Lochnnga> ; barque, 461 tons, Kelly, from Newcastle

DEPARTURES

Shooting Star, barqne, Giliies, for Wangaroa and loui. > r i ar. uh.i-, for the the North -'%. m rfip: MAf-UKAtr: Go-^hea^i, ;-a >.i; ;;.livra , for Taranaki and "Wac. g&nui Atlanta, schooner f rTvaiosra Fiery Crois. s hcon.T, for K-iipara Hawea, s s, Wheeler, for tlie South

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For the South -Ptoabe. 2Sth icstint For San Francisco - Cyphrenes, ss, Cth. August (English mail) For London- Fernglen, ship, early For Raroionga—Coronet, schooner, early For the Ccast— Agnes Donald, schooner

VESSELS EXPECTED

Taranaki, s s, from, the • outh, 30th iust Hero, ss, from Sydney and Melbourne, about 3rd

August Cyphrenes, us, from Sydney; due sth August Bum, screw-barquentioe, from Levuka, early Hechero, ship, HESIL, from London ; sailed 13th

April Alumbagh, ship, V N J G. from London ; sailed May 9 John Rennie, ship, VT G Q, from London ; sailed May 11 Dover Castle, ship, NCT R, from Belfast; sailed 28th SSay Cariabrook Castle, ship, HLWB, from Liverpool; sailed June 3 , . Columbus, barque, KTHE, from London ; sailed sth Jane City of Auckland, ship, from London White Eagle, ship, QSGV,*. from London, early Jessica, barque, from New York, via Dunedin Helen, barque, from Adelaide ; early Stag, barque from Newcastle, early Victor, baiquentine, from Port Gamble ; sailed 14tli May Victor, barquentine, from Port Gamble, early Vision, brig, from Samoa Flirt, brigantine,from Lyttelton ; failed 22vid Magellan Cloud, brigantine, from Chatham Islands; early Eyno, brigantine' from Rotumab, early Selle Brandon, schooner, from Penryhn Tsland, early Peerless, schooner, from South Sea Islands, early Latitia, s< hooner, from H arotonga Papua, schooner, from Rarotonga, early Edith, schoorer, from the Islands, eirly Charybdi*. schooner, from the Navigators Kenilworth, schooner, from Noumea, early

S&~A special charge is made for consignees' or shippers' names inserted in this eclumn.

IMPORTS.

Per Lochnagar, from Newcastle : 600 tons coal.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents.

Per Helen White, from Adelaide : 904 bags wheat, 450 bags flour, 305 tons do.—Rober ton and Co., agents

Ex Helen White : I,ooobags Dumes flour, 250 bags Harrison's flour, 250 bags Palmer's flour, Roberton and Co.

EXPORTS.

Per Nightingale for Melbourne : Shipped at Otamat ea—l2o,ooo feet timber.—John Reid, agent.

The brigantine Nightingale left the Kai para for Melbourne on the 17th instant, with a load of timber shipped by Jno. Ecid.

Several notices in reference to the newly arrived ship Lutterworth wiil be found in onr advertising columns. The iron barque Lochnagar arrived from Newcastle to-day at noon, having made the run across in exactly a week. Captata W.H. Kelly reports leaving on the 20Mi insfc. Bad southerly winds up to 16b X., after that variable winds till making the coast, on the 25th inst. Do^n the Gulf had northerly and N.N. W. wind?. Sighted a whaling vessel resembling the Milton in IGB E. 33 S. The Locbnagar brings a cargo of coals for Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane. The Locbnagar has sustained her reputation r>*< a fa«t sailer by beating the fa?fc passage "f the U ion by six hours. C&pt&in Kelly will be recollected as having brought the Lochnagar out he-e from London nearly three years ago, when he made the run in 87 days, an extraordinary T)a?sago for so smaU a vcs3rl. ~ The fcaique Helen White arrived this morning from Adelaide, which porb she loft on tbe 13th inst. Captain Dalziel reports favorable strong win'ls the whole passage. The Helen White brings a cargo of wheat and flour.

The barque Lochnagar, after discharging her cargo of coals, will make another trip to Newcastle and back, after which she will proceed to Poverty Ray to load with the first of the season's wool for London.

The barque Stag was loaded at Newcastle and ready to sail for Auckland when the Lochnager left. The barque Shooting Star left for Wan garoa ;md ts.araoa to-r'ay The brisaiitina Helen arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday from Kaipara after a rather stormy passage.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails -will Close as followh .— For Thames, to-aiorrow at 9 10 a m For Coromacdel, tc-moJrow, at 9.30 am (for Wangarei, etc, per Sovereign tf the S;as, to moirjw, at Ham For Oisboriic and Kapier, per Pretty Jane, t -morrow at 2 v- m For vihUHEgl, rcr Stait, to-mor.ow, at lpm For KuaieH, per Maud, tc-inorrcw :-t 10 am Fur Tar;m*ki southern provinces, aid .Australian Colonies', jer Pho;be, on Thursday, at 12.45 pm Per C»pbr<-ne>=. on Friday, 6th August, as nuAv.v : — for Sandwich Islands, Un«ted SUie3 of imerioa, Canada, British Columbia, Central and S nth America, and British and Foreign West Indies at 10. £0 a m )r"or thfi United Kinsdom and Continent of Europe, at 10 £0 am .Kor meney orders, registered letters, and newspapers at 9 SO am Late letters bearing an extra fee of 6d In addition to ths poswge, will be received on board by the Mail Agent up to time of sailing. The stcamtr Otsgo is ejected to leave Hokitika at one pm on Wednesday, tlisi 28th iD3t. '.relefirunisfor the Australian Colonies or Kurope via Java Cat-le will be received for transmission to Hokitika up till 11am of the 23th inst.

S. B. 1315?, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTHS.

DENNE3.—On the 25th instant, at Boon Cottage, Viucent-street, the wife of Mr. W. C. Dennes of a son.

BARTLEY.—On the 21st instant, at Devonport, North Shore, the wife of Mr. Edward Bartley of a daughter.

DEATHS.

REAY.— On the 26Ui instant, Mrs. Elizabeth Reay, aged 83 years. The funeral will leave the residence of her Bon, Epsom, to morrow (Wednesday), at half-past 2 o'clock.

RICHMOND.-On the 2Cth instant, at Devonport, North Shore, Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr James Richmond, aged 12 months.

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

TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1875.

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What we are paying for our public debt is a matter which should be kept clearly in view by the people of the colony. Free trade advocates especially are interested in the problem, for so long as an enormous revenue must be raised in the colony, free trade is impracticable, and the question under such circumstances is not free trade versus pro tection, in the strict sense of the term, but how shall we adjust the duties that must be imposed so as to be least oppressive to the people and most conducive to the develop ment of the resources of the country. It is singular that a free trade paradise has never been attempted in any of the many young countries that have risen up under the colonising policy of Great Britain ; for, untramelled by the costly para phernalia of kings and "a bloated aris tocracy," with enormous valuable landed estates the property of the Government, and immense resourceg, all of which should contribute to the wealth of the land, no better field for the demonstration of the most Utopian view of free trade could be found than one of the rich and fertile lands of the South Faclh'o. So far, however, as New Zealand i 3 concerned, the day has passed when this was possible, but we need not, therefore, be debarred from presenting to free traders the picture that might have been in contrast with that which is, leaving them to determine whether our gingerbread has been bought at too high a price. The appropriation by the Assembly for 1874-75, to meet the interest and sinking fund on the public debt was £767,047. The raising of the four million loan at 4J per cent will necessitate the addi tion of £180,000 more to this huge sum

making within about £53,000 of a million sterling passing annually out of the pockets of the people to pay for the cake they have already eaten, or nearly so. The appro priation for the same year (IS7-1-75) for tlm Governor, Judges' establishment, the General Government and native purposes (which are permanent), charges on the civil list and for public departments, law and justice, postal and telegraphic, customs, native, militia and volunteers, public domains and buildings, and miscellaneous, in fact for all the charges that can be made against the consoli dated revenue of the colony amount to £519,077. So much for what, without, any public debt, even with a Government on the extravagent scale of the present one we should have to pay annually out of revenue. The reproductive departmental expenditure from the classes named, such as postal, tele graphic, judicial fines and fees, &c, amounted to £229,700. If we added the stamp duties £100,000 we should only have £189,977 to provide from the Customs to meet the necessary expenses of Government on our present scale. But cutting down the stamp duties to £25,000, which would be realised from deeds and other legi'mate fees levied for the main tenance of the department necessary for giving security to titles, then there would remain £304,700 to provide by Customs taxation, and that has been more than realised during the past year by the duty on spirits alone. This calculation assumes that under a care ful administration and the benefits of free ttade, the colony would have reached its present position, in point of population and wealth, without the stimulus of boirowed money. "Whether it would have done so, is a question that it is now impossible to decide, but the progress that the colony did actually make without the creation of any material public debt is illus trated by the revenue statistics fiom 1553 to 1859. The colonial revenue in 1853 was £14J,820; in 1859, £459,649, by no means an insignificant ratio of increase. Assuming that the whole increase of revenue since then has been effected by borrowed money we have the counterbalancing increase in public indebtedness and annual charge for interest, and we leave to political economists to say whether the gain is worth the cost.

Briefly summarising the conclusions of the foregoing article and in order more clearly to demonstrate what the people really pay for the public debt, we state, that with tbe present Government establishments of every kind supported on the satre liberal scale as now, but without a public debt, a working mm might get his tobacco at 2.s per lb,instta'l of 43 0 1 ; his tea at 2s instt-ad of 2s Cd : his kerosine Gel per gallon cheaper ; his coffee, 3d per lb. and his sugar Id per lb. lower ; on every pound that he spends in clothing, blankets, boot 3, buckets, sauces, pieklts, collars, combs, confectionery, pbysic, pre served fish, earthenware, jams, cornflour, matches, musical instiuments, nm.-itard, and the dozens of other things iv use in every house, he would save two shillings. It is well we should know what we are pnyiDg for the little game that is being played from yeir to year iv Wellington.

Mr. C. H. Watkins is an artist who ay. : vpd among us at a comparatively recent duie, and has become a member of the Auckland Society of Artiste. Me came to New Zealand from India about 12 months ago, ami since his arrival has resided at Russell, until lately, when he came to Auckland. He has studied in France and in Switzerland where he was a pupil of M. Calame, a celebrated landscape painter in his time, who resided at Lau sanne. His works, which are now on view at Messrs W. Phillips and Son's, Queen street, will be a treat to all who love the fine arts. They consist of water colour paintings of scenery in the province of Auckland with a single exception, which is a painting executed in oil. The whole consti tute the prizes of an Art Union, which seems to be the only way of selling pictures, how ever meritorious they may be. The peculiar merits of these works consists not in an elaboration of the parts, but in a bold and facile handling of the whole, and they are exceptional examples of truthful drawings, an honest and genuine attempt to pourtray nature as she appears in her happiest moods ; thus who can look on the river scene "Kauaeranga Creek" without being pleased with the soft mellow light which the Bun is pouring through the leafy shades on its banks whilst the cool reflection of the trees and rocks in the water beneath bespeak the quiet of the glen ; nor is this the only feature to command attention, for, as if to tell another

tale, the creek in rough and rapid course rushes along whilst a huge kauri log left on its distant bank reminds us of the toil of labour's sons and of the days of darkening clouds and foaming torrents. "The Shag Tree," a well-known object on the Kauae rpnga C;eek forms the subject of another painting. We could wish this had been more finished in its treatment, but there it is, a slight sketch indeed, fall of suggestions of natural truth, the water being drawn in a masterly manner, whilst the shags on the tree, quite undisturbed, but evidently on the gui vive show the accuracy of the artist's conception of his subject. The oil painting is of small size and represents a puriri tree, and is worked up with much care and attention to detail, the cldaro oscura particularly attracts one's attention, the golcL n hazy sunlight bathing the landscape in the middle distance is most happily delineated. Upon the whole we may say that the works under consideration are of a'highorder. Where Mr. Watkinsexcels is in the regular unbroken graduation from foreground to extreme distance, the absence of which has been a very grave defect in by far too many of our locally produced works, and his pictures contain a warmth of effect, a harmonious blendiug of light and shade which _no opposition of orange foreground to azure middle distance can ever hope to achieve.

An interesting race between two of our most active police constables for £5 a side has been arranged and will, it is expected, come off on Saturday morning at seven o'clock. The distance is stated at two hundred yards.

An exchange says that a certain, money lender was sitting in his office when an old dried-up man about 75 years of age came in and said he had just got £500 left him, and, being a childless orphan, he said he didn't expect he could ]ast mnch longer, and had lost interest in things generally. The lender of money said he thought he might give him a hundred a year for his £500, and they closed the bargain. Now moat people would have played fair, and died after a couple of years' comfort, but this dear old cripple did otherwise. It is now fifteen years since he bought his annuity, and he still lives. Year after year does this meek, childless old man walk into the office of the moneylender and draw his cheque, and then that moneylender prances round the room, blesses the man who invented annuities, and throws ledgers about, and makes it lively for his clerk, and the meek old lonely orphan goes away down street, and feels every year more and more that he has not lived in vain.

We have received a letter from Dr. F. T. Bayntun stating that his patient, Mr Jack son, was much grieved at the action of a friend "who, no doubt wishing to do him a kindness, brought the hard struggle ho has had against sickness before the public. Although serioutly iil aud in bad circum stances he hoped to struggle through without any aid from public charity. Mr Jackson is one of those sterling industrious men who would die rather than appear in the public eye as a pauper. Tho feeling is most creditable to Mr Jackson, bi;fc is altogether a mistake derived from a state of things which we are happy to say dees not exist here. We. are sure Mr Stovin, from whom we have to-day much pleasure in acknowledging receipt of £1 ; His Worship the Mayor, IGs ; O , TOs ; and J. 8., 5s ; do not consider their offerings in the light of chaiity, or Mr Jackson as a pauper. In a country like this where people lanci str.nnf.eis and for the most part without a superfluity of cash, they are subject to great hardships and vicissitudes, and if sickness strikes them down before they are able to gain a firm footing, they are not regarded either as pauper 3or subjects for charity in the common sense of the term. Nearly every old colonist who has made bis mark here has suffered great hardships, and the recollection of this renders him ever ready to lend a helping hand to others, and, in doing so, but repays what has often bsen done for himself before. We hope Mr. Jackson will be re stored to health andable to do this. Colonists usually are not kindly disposed towards paupers, and would much rather kick than help them. There is no danger of that class flourishing, nor yet of genuine misfortune being mistaken for it;.

Excursion tours through New Zealand should become veiy popular under the new system which has been initiated by the New Zealand Shipping Company. Passengers may now travel at their leisure on a through ticket, remaining at any inter mediate when so disposed, and proceeding on by the next steamer. This will be a great advantage to business men. as well as to yoi suns making a colonial trip will, no doubt, be often taken advantage of. The Company also book through to Melbourne.

Mr McLellau informs na with reference to the mystetious barque at Wbangape that he certainly did not see the vessel nor gave anyone to suppose that he had done bo. Pie says the niraour was set afoot by the Maoris, and thinks there is about as much foundation for it as for the Rangiriri murder.

A correspondent sends the following re solutions to be passed and agreed to by the Hew Zealand House of Representatives after the throwing out of the infamous Volgelian propositions : —l. Whereas a great many laws have from time to time been enacted by this House. 2. That said laws have been found to a great extent useless being totally unknown to the people and altogether un workable. 3. That the making of said laws, and the hiding them away in vaults, is a very expensive and useless folly which the people are determined no longer to allow. 4. That for the aforesaid reasons this House do cordially agree to pass a email, short Act, merely rescinding all their foimer Acts, and to start anew on another and better system. ~>. That a vast amount of waste paper ir.u t have accumulated within the recesses of this House, a committee be at once appointed to dispose of the same to the beet advantage Memo for ooaimittee: As it might be deemed derogatory to the dignity of the "House" that; these old laws (which had been got up " regardless of expense ") should get into the hands of cheese - mongers, butchers, or sausage-makers, and by this means get into the hands of the people who might be inclined to laugh at these ponderous productions of our united wisdom. This would never do - no, no, —the better plan will be if possible to get rid of this law lumber in a lump. .What an opportunity for any community about to start on their own hook ! Such a chance is rarely to be met with. Somewhere about two tnousand bran new laws at least ; they are but little the worse for wear, ninety-nine percent, of them never having been used. Here is a chance for the Iriji,uis or the Papuans of >>ew Guinea. These new coloaie." will all require a set of laws, and if tres; people -would only thikk for a moment on t_:e enormous tiouble and expense which the manufacturing of these laws had cost the colonists of New Zealand they would at once gee tin advantages of such a purchase. The alterations required ,iic a mere bagatelle .; in fact, strictly speaking, no alteration is needed. They may be safely stowed away at once—time need not be wasted in reading them —they have served the good people of .New Zealand for many years without being read, then why not the new purchasers, whoever they may be ? If they have faith in them that is .quite sufficient, they know to a certainty that they have them safe and that ought to satisfy any psace-lovirig people. However, we leave the whole affair in hands of the committee, well knowing tbey will make the best bargain they can for the benefit of the colony. We can't expect anything like cost price, therefore no " reasoi able" offer should be refused.

A Delaware man married a woman because she was deaf, and he thought she'd keep her tongue still. So she did, but when he fell into the well and yelled himself hoarse trying to make her hear, he wished she had ears a foot long and could hear a whisper a mile away.

The regnant thought with, most men is: How to make money; and the regnant thought with most women : How to spend it. In their better moments some of these women have been heard to admit that man is a useful animal.— Brooklyn Argus. Of the personnel of the present House of Representatives the Post says :—" At least a score of names might be picked out of the seventy-eight whose absence would cause no general regret, and, indeed, whose presence could very advantageously be dispensed with. We do not think that the New Zea land House of Representatives was ever at a lower ebb than at the present moment, and we trust that the elections which will follow the session will result in a very marked im provement in the character and calibre of its constituent elements. The Fifth Parliament will not occupy a position of honor in the history of the Colony."

Mr. Robert Brewin, proprietor of the Queen-street seed stores, has an eye for the beautiful and useful in the way of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. It is impossible for a stranger to enter his seed and botanical store without observing something of vital interest. We were particularly struck this morning with a splendid lemon-branch, from a lemon-tree in the nursery grounds of the Brothers Mason, of Ponsonby, containing no less than thirty-seven fine lemons ; also, a quantity of fine kidney potatoes, grown at Kyber Pass, some of them weighing 240z3. each.

The members of the Auckland Fire Brigade met last evening for practice, under the direction of Superintendent Hughes, and performed with the new hose very satis factorily.

A very interesting lecture was delivered a few evenings ago at Papakura in aid of the school fuads by Mr 0. Wallis, on the " Use and abuse of phrenology." The ratepayers of Epsom held their first annual meeting yesterday at the Junction Hotel, Mr. Albert Beetham in the chair. The Chairman having introduced the busi ness by some remarks of an encouraging nature, said the first business before them was the striking of a rate. Mr. W. Aitken then moved and Mr. Alexander seconded, "That the rate be Id in the £1 on the value to sell." Amendments of id and lid In the £1, were-negatived and Mr. Ait ken's motion carried. The following officers were then elected :—Messrs Alexander, Udy, Cosgrave, Lavera, and Beetham, trustees'; Messrs Tothill and Heather, auditors; and Messrs. Aitken and Robert Hall, fence viewers.

Information having "been given to the police that six seamen had absconded from the ship Forfarshire, Detective Jeffrey and Constable Bullenlwerejdispatchedin quest of them, when after a vigorous search in the direction they were represented to have gone, the constable detected them in a cluster on Kumco FJat in the act of cogitating on their future pros pects. They were brought back to the station, and will make their aj>pearance at the Police Court in the morning.

Some trouble has been caused in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, by the transfer of the Catholic church at Meyrin to a parochial council of Old Catholics. Tho Municipal Council, Ultramontane, refused to agree te the tracsfei*, but the Cantonal authorities authorised the Old Catholics to take posses sion of the church, which they did. The Mayor of the village has been suspended for retusing to yield the church keys. Mgr. Mermiilod has written a letter congratulating the Mayor upon his constancy, and warning the people that all the religious fnnctions of the Old Catholic priests are without force.

A strange custom observed at the hotels in Ceylon is the signing of chits when an order is £iven at the bar for wines or liquors. These chits are small pieces of paper, signed either with the initials or full name of the party who gives the order. If a stranger enters a hotel in Colcmbo, he is presented with one ,of these clrds, which he signs, or pays for his liquor in preference. It is not necessary that the visitor should be known to the bartender or she uld be living in the house. He may, perhaps be a passen ger by a steamer leaving that day ; it is no business of the employee. If the stranger chooses to sign a false name, or a name so illigebly written that it cannot be deciphered, still it is no business of the man at the bar. All he has to do is to retain the paper as a proof that the liquor was supplied st.d not paid for. These 1. O. U.s are collected about once a month, and except in cases of fraud—which unfortunately for the hotel keepers are not uncommon—there is no difficulty in finding the person who #aye them. There are not over a thousand European inhabitants in Ceylon, and the whereabouts of each of them is easily ascer tained.

On the eve of starting from Berlin, for the campaign of 1870, Moltke was interviewed by the correspondents, and replied as fol lows : " You ask me how matters are getting along. Not badly ;my wheat has suffered from raiD, but my crop of potatoes was nerer finer." The correspondents forthwith took up their watch on the Rhine.

A correspondent of the London Times who wilnessed at Damascus the return of the Mchammedarj pilgrims this year fiom Mecca, was struck by the lack of religious enthu siasm in the huge crowd which turned out to meet them. In Damascus a mosque has not been baitt for twenty years, and scores are iti ruins. It is no longer the custom, as it was formerly, for rich men to give large gifti to the churches. The pilgrimage, he thought, is becoming more and more a trading expedition. Coffee, carpets, and slaves are the principal artichs of merchan dise brought back by the pilgrims. The slave trade, which is in direct violation of the law at Damascus, is carried on openly. The average number of persons who join the annual pilgrimage is about 4,000.

A Pennsylvania lad who went fishing on a Sunday, and was thereby the means of s.iving a wealthy gentleman from drowning, has had §10,000 deposited for him by the latter in a savings bank. Such occurrences can only be interpreted as a conspiracy to overthrow re ligion. Better abandon our Sunday-schools and dissolve onr tract societies if this boy doesn't come to somj bad end bsfora the season is out.— Exchange.

Typhoid Fever in the Home for Neglected and Destitute Chil dren

We are sorry to le-irn that typhoid fever has broken out in the Home for Neglected and Destitute Children, and is creating much alarm. The management have do termined on removing the infected ones, but have Leun unhappy in their se lection of a place as a temporary ho3 pitnl, and a strong feeling has been evoked among residents in Newton on the subject. Tae house selected is one owned by the City Council, and situated in the very heart of Kar&ngahape Road, and within a stone's throw of five schools. There is, also, a day school next door but one, ao that people who have children attending the schools consider that the inmateß of the Home ate being protected at a very great risk to others. The complaint is not, we think, unreasonable, and more suitable place for isolating the patients should be found.

Man Exiled on the Railway.

MERCER. (From^aur own Correspondent.)

This day.

The body of a man was found in a Bwamp alongside the railway line near here. He is supposed to have been struck by the engine. There are several wouurls on his head. The body is not identified. An inquest will be held to-morrow.

The Loss of the Cutter Hero.

Intelligence has now been received in town which places it beyond doubt that Captain. Doble and the crew of this ill-fated vessel, with the exception of a lad named Hunt, have met with a watery grave. It appears that after the loss of the mast the captain and crew determined to leave the cutter and try and make for the Mokau river. They launched the boat and the whole party, consisting of Captain Doble, George Gordon (steward), Edward Terry (seaman), and Alfred Hunt, the lad above alluded to, started to cross the bar, which was breaking at the time. The boat could not live in the heavy surf and capsized, leaving the occupants struggling in the breakers. All were drowned except Hunt, who managed to scramble ashore more dead than alive. The news was received in One hunga yesterday, and caused general grief. Captain Doble, we are sorry to say, leaves a wife and 7 children totally unprovided for. He was well-known as a persevering, brave and industrious man, and had only lately faxed his residence in Onehunga. He was for some years chief hand in the pilot cutter. He was also in the employ of Messrs Combes and Daldy aa master at different times of the ketch Forest Queen and the cutter Nancy. The cutter Hero was owned by Messrs C. Watson, J. A. Walker, and A. Barnes.

Latest Particulars

Account of tlie Survivor.

NEW PLYMOUTH,

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day. The Herald's special reporter interviewed Hunt of the cutter Hero. Hunt states he is nephew of Captain Fairchild, and was cabin boy in the Luna but ran away. He is 17 years old. Heavy rollers set in from the beach and frightened the master during the night owing to the starting of a plank odfport side the vessel laboured, and she made water The pumps were kept at work, and the captain resolved to go for Mokau. He shook out a reef from the mainsail. But no sooner was this done than the mast cracked They took to the boat and the first surf capsized ic. Hunt swam ashore, and I saw the captain on the top of the boat. He wag washed off. He saw the man struggling in the water. Sfi s

MOODY AND SANKEY IN LONDON!

HOW THE PRINCESS OF WAXES VISITED THE

REVIVALISTS. A correspondent of the Oiago Daily Times writes :—As time elapses the wonderful work of Messrs Moody and Sankey in London, far from decreasing, shows a surprising and steady increase." Services are now held daily in her Majesty's Opera House, Haymarket ; the Agricultural Ball, Islington; and in a large new wooden hall erected for the purpose in the Esst End. There are also several smaller places in ctnstant requisition for the same purpose, ard the number of people thus daily brought under the sound of the Gcspel message must be about 50,000. At the same time a gratifying increase has taken place in the attend ance at many of the churches in the neighbourhood of the principal plates where the evangelistic services ate held. At the Opera Bouse Mr Moody has had crowds of fashionable hearers. Among them is the Duchess of Sutherland, vvho gees almost daily, and by special permistien occupies the royal box. One day, before tbis favour was accorded to her, she asked the Committee if they would reserve a seat next day for "a lady fiiend" of hers. The request was gladly acceded to, tut somehow it oozed out that the Princess of Wales was the " lady fiiend " in question, and the royal box was prepared. The Princess came a full half-hour before the meetiug began, and remained till the close. Mr Moody spoke with great power on the subject of " Grace," and the Princess at one part of his address seemed to be considerably afficted Hr. Sankey's sing ing of " The Lost Sheep" also appeared to° go home to her heart. Amongst the number of other exalted and famous personages who have gone to the meetings is Mr Gladstone, who went on Sunday, the 25th April, to the Agricultural Hall, and was accommodated with a seat on the platform. At the East End Hall Mr. Moody had frequently complained of Christians with leisure taking up all the best seats, while the working people had to put up with the farther off seats, where, inconsequence of their heari; g being deadened by working at ear-splitting trades, many of them could not hear at all. To remedy this, Mr. Moody one day, to the surprise of everyone, made his appearance afc the end of the hall farthest from the platform, and spoke there. It is to be hoped the lesson was not thrown away. I cannot attempt to do more than simply refer to Messrs. Moody and Sankey's labours in London. To do more, I should require at least two columns of your space. But the almost unanimous testimony of friends and fots is alike—that they are doing a great work, and it is therefore most gratifying to hear that, in spite of much opposition, it is steadily progressing. Mr. Moody, I am told, is quite awed at the rapidly-growing mag nitude of the results.

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS. This Day.

{Before Eobert Graham, Esq., Colonel Nation, and Captain Daldy, Justices of the Peace. DRUNK AGAIN. James Leslie, of sallow countenance wag discovered by Constable Axam, in Queen street, in a afcate of drunkenness, and was Sued 203 and costs. Charles Robinson, one of the would-be pugilists in the Auckland Hotel yard, was subsequently found drunk acd exhausted by Constable Winslow, wa3 also fined 20a and costs. HENRY MACJNSELI'.S DOG. Henry Maunsell, an old man, was sum moned for allowing his dog to be at large without a collar. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Constable O'Reilly deposed that he saw the dog with defendant, who did not deny the ownership. Defendant : My name is Harry Maunsell. I came from Leicester, and never had a dawg in my life ; the dawg is a pet, belonging to Mrs Chapman, of Hobson-street. Fined Is and costs. Defendant : Will this afternoon do. The Bt-nch : Yes. Defendant : Theo, I'll run home direcbly, and got the money from the Prince of Wales. Mary SLeeney was lined Is and costs for a similar offence. M'CASLIX'S COATS. Geo ge M'Cislin, cow-keeper, appeared in answer to a summons, charging him with allowing t-*.o cows to stray in Howe-street on the 17th instant. Mr. M'Cislin said that he would plead guilty, but the cows were a perpetual nui sance ; there was no such thing as keeping them wifchin bounds. He should tike to dis pose of them cheap. Fined 10s and costs. A widow's goat. Mary Mclvor, a poor, but apparently a respectable person, appeared in answer to a summons charging her with allowing her goat to stray in England-street, Ponsonby, on the 20th instant. Mrs Mclvor said that her goat was of a lively disposition, and during her temporary illness, had broke its tether and got loose. She would take care that "Nanny" did not " take her walks abroad" again without her consent The Court commiserated the widow, but the law must be obeyed ; they Would only impose a fine of 5s and costs. '• MOKE LIGHT." Thomas Wendover was charged with a breach of the Harbour Regulations in not exhibiting a light on board the ketch " Maid of the Mill," on the 19fch inst. Defendant said he was not guilty ; he was not acquainted with the regulations. Mr J. B. Russell said this was no excuse ; he could get a copy for 2s. 6d. Defendant protested that he was a per secuted man. Sergeant Martin and Constable Samson proved that defendant had no light burning on that evening. The Court said that the Harbour Regula tions must receive attention, and as a re minder defendant must pay a fine of 20s. and costs. Mr. Russell asked for his fee of one guinea, which the Court allowed. A REFRACTORY BOY. John Mulhora was charged with abscond ing from the Industrial School in Howe street, Newton, on the 24th insfc. Mr John Stickley, master of the school, stated that the boy had run away four teen times; he had tried all sorts of remedies but in vain. He had tied him to another boy's leg, but he broke loose, and his last caper was getting out of an upper window and slipping down the water spout. The Court: Why do you run away, from the school. Don't you get food enough ? Boy : Plenty ; but I get whipped. The Court: How many times have you been whipped. Boy : Once. The Court ordered the boy to be whipped and sent to his friends at Papakura, if they would take charge of him. WHO OWNS IT? George Henry Evans again appeared on a charge of stealing half a sovereign, the property of Henry Wolfe, on the 23rd inst. Mr Joy, for prisoner, pleaded not guilty. Henry Wolfe, seaman, native of Germany, discharged from the Fairy on the 23rd inst, was paid £20 in notes. He went drink ing with a portion of hia money. He could not have lost more than a pound. He went in the Auckland Hotel, but he was so drunk he could not say whether he lost a half-sove reign. He might have seen the prisoner before, but did not know. He was too drunk to know any thin". He knew he had a half-sovereign somewhere in his possession. To Mr Joy : He did not find the half sovereign. George Henry Clarke, a settler deposed that he was in the Auckland Hotel when he saw prosecutor drop a coin, which he thought was half-a-sovereign, he waa certain it was

gold. Prisoner picked it up and put it info V his pocket. He saw that prosecutor •»*■ *' S stupidly drunk, and asked prisoner to ri ' the money back. He then drew ©ut shilling and offered it, but not likin - to see the man defrauded; he deeited prioner to restore the proper coin; but •«■ he did not, he communicated what he" sB seen to Sergt. Sanderson. I 'j

Cross-examined by Mr Joy : Did jiot fc him take the purse out of his peck et wt^ he picked up the coin ; he saw him tiH half-a-Eovereign in his in his pocket and tender a shilling in the place of it. To the Court: The prisoner was a Btranee. to him ; he did not know that he had eveV seen him before ; he was searched af «, " station. w ™M

Jcbn Fpeeiinp, farm labourer of Rettneri was in the hotel at the time of the allege! robbery; seme beer was called for when a coin fell fum the prosecutor, as he though? be saw it rolling, it was yellow, he believed it was gold ; be was sure it looked yellow : Mr Joy : Yen are sure it was not "gietn" Witnes : Quite sure, I'm not so "green" as not distinguish green from gold, fr made no remarks. Prisoner pulled out bis puise and offered to be searched. Be could not say what coin it was, but he would' swear it looked yellow. Sergeant Eichard Sanderson deposed that he went to the Auckland Hotel, and saw Mr Clarke at the time of the alleged robbery, when he was informed o f the loss of the half-soverein, and that prisoner had put it into his pocket, and substituted a shilling for it. He took nog. session of prisoner's purse and found foui sovereigns, one half-sovereign, and two notes, besides a quantity of silver. ]J e ' found a half-sovereign and some silver on the prosecutor-

To Mr. Joy : Prisoner was a restauraht ketper in Queen-street, and had never been charged with any offence of this kind before, All his money was in his purse.

Miss Eliza White, barmaid at the Accfc1 land Hotel, deposed that she remembered the parties, snd saw Wolfe, -who paid four shillings for drinks. He had a half-sovereign' in his hand, with some silver—two single shillings. Some of the money fell, but she could not cay whether the half-sovereign was atrong the money that fell.

Mr. Joy said there would be no necessity after Miss White's evidence, to go farther into the case, as it was most conclusive.

The Court considered the evidence insuf ficient for a conviction, and discharged the prisoner.

Alil/EGED ASSAULT.

John N"ash was charged with committing a violent assault on Anne Vesey, at the North Shore, on the 20th instant. Mr Joy for plaintiff.

Anne Vesey deposed that on Tuesday last she went to defendant's place to ask for a debt which he owed for board and! lodging and washing for twenty - one weeks, amounting to about £8; he said, he could not work and could not pay; after other words, he flew at her and clutchedher by the throat and slapped her three times on the face ; he clutched her so tight that she could not scream; he then knocked her down and kicked her on the tirigh; he eaid he had been dining with Mr Broh&m and Sergeant - Major Pardy jjj that he was a police spy, and that he had received instruction from those officers to thrash her to any extent, so long as he did not kill her.

Defendant stated that prosecutrix came tip to him in an angry mood while he was chop ping wood; that she said that she was married to him and where he was there she would be, and his God should be her God. She also had a knife which she bran dished in a terrific manner. He did not know what she meant, and he put her out. , Complainant denied the whole of defend ant's statement, and as for taking him fora husband—she had one already, which wa>| enough for her. She had come to this country by the Chili, and had a great deal of trouble on the voyage; but, since that, she had done her best to get a respectable living. The women who had persecuted her in connec iion with the Chili case, had since expressed their regret for having wronged her. William Bond, of the North Shore, de posed that he saw defendant ill-use Mrs. Vesey, and that he said that he had given her three or four clouts on the head by order of Mr. Broham; he saw the marks in her throat.

John Bass corroborated: defendant's con duct was very violent. He was twisting her arm as though he would break it. Thomas Vesey, husband, sent his wife for the mon^y due, when she returned with her nose bleeding and her hat torn all to pieces. George Element deposed that Mrs Vesey trid to strangle Nash, vowing she would twist his neck ; she broke into his yard, smashed the windows, and affirmed that she was commissioned to be the "Joan of Arc" of the colony, and she would clear the North Shore of its in habitants. In short she was a dreadful nuisance. She was the spiritual wife of Nash, and she sctatched his face. Sergeant-Major Pardy denied that he ever told Nash to slap the woman's face. Both parties had been complaining to him, and he advised them to keep out of each other's way and live in peace

Defendant made a long address which amounted to this ; he and the woman hw been great friends, they fell out and parted, when she followed him about, and said if he did not return to her, she would either stick him or give him poison ; she also picked up a great stone, and threatened to satisfy her self as to whether or not, he had any braua. The Court decided that each party should find sureties themselves in £20 each, and two sureties each of £10. , Mrs Vesey here burst into a violent fit ot crying, and said that the man was gre*Jv in her debt, and that she had pawned her things to support him.

PARLIAMENTARY.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPON-

DENT.)

WELLINGTON.

This day. Graves of New Zealand Heroes- Mr Swanson haß seen Major Atkinson respecting the graves of soldiers fallen u» the war lying neglected. He showed how by utilising the skilled labour among the Armed Constabulary, and the expenditure ol a small amount, the graves might beKep* with decency and respect. Major Atkinson saw Sir Donald McLeMi and an order has been issued for the repair and protection of all graves of those wno have fallen in war. The Constitution Bill- The Constitution Bill comes down on Thursday, and will be proposed to be rew a second time the following Tuesday. Cau cuses and consultations are active aU,d»yi and the atmosphere is surcharged wiW electricity. ~ Sir George Grey's a-^uments on tne illegality of the proceeding,'and his detero* nation to contest it in the courts of (i«|j| unless the question were lef i; to the country exercised an astonishing influence. j The principles of the proposed Constitu tion Bill are guarded with profound secrecy. No one ha 3 the slightest inkling of » nature.

What the Minijerial Organ says-. On Saturday tbel\^«»e intimated tfiM although the Govertfge'^. V«ld confident^ reckon upon a major^^ughtnotexerci* its strength to the utmost, fandfpossiWy *»

TBE EVENIiNG STAB, TUESDAY JULY 27, 1875



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