SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

/ /felltncton ra, f'om (he °O"th. (in the Manukau) Ayrin, scrim ner. from Wanga'ei Sruthtni Cross *s from JNai.ier and the Thames Leo, cutter, irom Russell

DEPARTURES.

Tstelle. three-wafted schooner, for Melbourne via Wa- jjaroa C(V»Ue on'ter, fnr <"'rot'W DTwert hrig, for Mmgrnnl Star of the couth, ss, for Fiji

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Wellington-D'do. TT Ms. early For San Kr»nci»cn— MikaHo, R.M. s.s., 9th July Fnr thi- North— Ion:>, s R, Mot.doys For London Fernglon chip early For Pnpet. Sound—« io .Loge, brig, to-morrow For Earo onga—Blanche and coronet, schooners,

early For the Cape- Shooting Star, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Mitrado, ss from Sydney, B'.h July Agnes, schooner, from Dunedin Victor, barquentine, from PortOamble, early Bosebud, schooner, from Dunedin, early Vivid, barque, from Circular Head, early Kyno, brigantine; from Botumah, early Papua, schooner, from Rarotonga, early Syren, brig, from Sydney, early Martha, barque, from 'he Islands, early Edith, schoo- er. from the Islands, early Forf*rshire, HNGP, ship, from London; sailed March 19 Flechero, ship, from London ; sailed 13th April Lutterworth, ship, from London ; sailed 10th April Pearl, schooner, from Tim<iru : sailed 11th inst Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Prince Alfred, barquentine, from Lyttelton Vision, brig, from Sarah, brig, from Moeraki, early Alumbftgh, ship, from London Carisbrook Castle, ship,-from Liverpool; sailed Columbus, ship, from London City of Auckland, shio, from London CharybdK schooner, from the Navigators Jfairlie. schooner, from Lyttelton, earjy Xenilworth, rrhooner frcftn Noumea, early Queen of the South, barque, from LytteltoD, early Hero, ss, frcm Sydney, 2nd July Llewellyn, s.s.. from Sydney Eobina Dunlop, barque, from London ; Bailed 29th March

t^~A special charge of one slrillinct is made for consignees' or shippers' names inserted in this column.

" ARRIVAL OP THE WELLINGTON.

The s.s. Wellington arrived in the Manukan at six o'clock this morning; but got aground on a sandbank off the Huia, and consequently did not get up to the ■wharf till after noon. We are informed that the cause of the mistake which led to the grounding was a floating kerosene tin, which int.he dim litjhthad the appearance of a black buoy. The vessel has not sustained any damage The passengers and mails were sent up to Onehunga in boats The follow are her passengers : The Chief Justice and Secretary, Dobson, Sawyer, Engel, Etheridge, Owen, "Chudleigh, Ganning, Henderson, Atkinson, Gabb, Vessell, Anderson and boy, Kay, Crowley, Smith, Healey, Sommerville, Ball, Eeid, Cowburn, Mr. and Mrs. Judd, Mr. and Mrs.-Wilson, Miss Lodge, Miss South.

The Wave, brig, from Auckland, has arrived safely at Timaru. The A.S.P. Company's Southern Cross arrived from Napier via the Thames yester day in ballast. She landed GO hfc.ad of cattle and about 300 sheep at Tararu on Saturday. Passengers :—Messrs Thornton and August, Captain Braddick. The cutter Mercury has cleared for Tairua ■with a cargo of stores. The schoonea Estelle left yesterday for Wangaroa and Melbourne. The brig Rio Lodge cleared out to-day for Puset Sound in ballast. She sails to-morrow morning. At Pugets Sound the Rio Loge is to load Oregon pine for Lyttelton. The s.s. Star of the South sailed to-day for Levuka with a general cargo. Passengers :— Messrs Paulin, Kipper, Bow, Jones, War wick Weston, Miss Wilson, Mrs Drury, and C 4 children, and 10 in the steerage. k \ The ship Caller Ou entered out to-day for re» \Newcastle. , Ja\ \ The schooner Ocean, having entered in S 6 -om Mercury Bay with 18,000 feet timber, rou\ Jas cleared out for the came porb with stores. The schooner Clyde arrived last night from Wangarei with a cargo of produce and several passengers. The brig Derwenfc sailed for Mongonm and Melbourne this day at noon. The schooner Blanche has been brought alongside the new western T of the wharf to load timber and other cargo for Rarotonga.

ARRIVAL OF THE HAWEA.

(From the Otago Daily Times ) The signal made yesterday morning of a steamer to ths southward was intuitively, as it were, regarded as ! the harbiDger of the expected Hawea, the first of the new vesse s built to the order of the TJnion Steam I Shipping Company- And so it proved, for very shortly afterwards the steamer herself hove m slgnt between the Heads, and her name being in the Commercial Code was spelled by signal. She soon steamed inside, was boarded by the officHls, and passed as clean, and in dv» tixne.moored alongside the Eailway Pier. Free comments were made upon her appearance as she steame* up the harbor, the general verdict being that she was the right kind of boat for the interprovincial service, and at. enlarged edition of the steamer Bruce. Her plumb stern good sr. ear, and somewhat full lines led to this conclusion, which was fully borne out by the arrangement of her deck ap pointments when she was inspected afterwards. Con sidered as a ljcally-owned vessel, the Hawea is an immense credit to the port she hails from, and is. without question, vastly superior to any steamer hail ing from the colony of New Zealand. Built by Messrs Denny Bros., of Dumbarton, her construction, associated with the name of that well-known firm, is sufficiently guaranteed asthorough in every particular and of the best material. She is of iron throughout, heavily plated, and admirably appointed, and is a roomy comfortable boat, combining all the latest improvements effected in modern steamboat building. As regards size she heads the list of New Zealand Bteame-s her registered toDnage being 461, and her dimensions as follows:—Length, 215 ft.; beam, 27ft.; depth of hold, 14ft. She has a full poop and top gallant forecastle, with a two-thirds hurricane deck between ; gangways leaning. across the main hatch from the poop to the hurricane deck, and from the latter to the forecastle by the fore hatch. Her boats, four in number, are stowed on the hurricane deck, in swinging davits, and the deck is also the bridge, with the steering apparatus forwards; and abaft that the captain's house, and abaft that again is the engine room skylight. On the forecastle deck, a roomy space are the usual apartments and one of Napier's patent windlasses, workable either by steam or hand, and a capstan, also workable by steam, is just for wards of it- The poop is a noble deck 80ft. long over all and has a central house 26ft. long br 9ft 4in. wide It is equally divided into two compartments, the after one being a smoking-room-so termed— elegantly and comfortably fitted up, with velvet covered settees, table, &c A handsome silver-plated lamp depends from the centre, and a timepiece is fixed in the after end. The sides of the apart ment are panelled in satin wood and teak, with silt mouldings and demi-entabletures. Although associated with smoking, the room can be converted into a commodious sleeping apartment with berths for eiebt sleepers The other half of the house, the saloon companion is one of the most commodious we ever passed through Its sides are finished off precisely similar to those of the smoking-room, and a large and handsome lamp swings over the staircase At the lore end of the house is a gentleman's lavatory, and the room wh :re the signal flags are kept. As we are so far aft we may as well visit the saloon. If. is en tered from above down a broad safe flight of stairs leading from forward art straight, and not winding, as is the rale in mpst steamers. At the bottom of the atairs is a slight bulkhead with a sliding centre, which when shut, is a handsome mirror facing the main saloon, and wnen open is an aperture through which the whole length of the saloon is visable from the stairs' Doors on each side of it lead into the saloon Thus the saloon is divided into two parts, of which the smaller is right under the companion. On the starboard side of it is the ladies' cabin, a commo dious, elegantly fitted up apartment having accommo dation for eight occupants. Abaft it are offices On the port side of the staircase is another ladles" cabin, smaller, but equal in other respects to the larger, the furniture being covered with crimson velvet, while the conches, cushions, &c, are of the softest. It opens into a lavatory and office. Abaft the latter is a gentleman's bath-room. Forward of the smaller cabin but more amidships, is the pantry, very com modious and conveniently arranged, with a steam pre's on one side where courts disbes. and plates can be kept warm—no trifling consideration at sea *nd in cold weather. A. dispUy of very handsome plated w*re was visible in a glads fronted recess. From the forward part ot the chief cabi •w« passed into the main apartment—a noble room. B4ft 4in Ing by liti 2in wide. All that skill and taste could devise id the way of eleg*noe and comfort w*s lavished upon It. Hand ome mahogany tables, with crimson velvei covered settees on either side, run down the centre, , and the settee* are so constructed as to be readily [ converted into sleeping berths, A line of swing trays intersected by halt s. dozen handsome paraffin lamps, [ _ ' ■liver-plated, depend from the ceiling above. At the Jjfcfe forward end Is a magnificent sideboard, surmounted by the mirror above mentioned and another lamp ■ Tne aides ol this bnautiful apartment are In blrd's- M eye maple, teak and sutmwood. with mahogariy fret- I work, gilt and fluted pilasters, surmounted by elaborately carved and gilt entabletnres. Blue and B gold moulding, exquisitely designed, surmounts the panelling. The recess aft, formed br the overhantr of m the stern, is capacious, and turned to good account A semi-circular settee Is in front of It. and at the aldMf are lockers, devoted to a variety ot purposes

One of these prntoiD a fmsll tut fncUri* usly self ct* library. A grta'. many b-ds conlJ b« made up on a pirch np'"in th<j trinsom Tli» ordinary "leeping ac commodation of the oaloon is frund ia live cabins of a side. <?a<ih containing wo * erths Hnd a sofa, with ap pliances for irtcieasinj; the number if berths tn four, excepting the case of th<" -wo aft«r cabins There is thus sleeping acco « modation for thirty-.«ixpeople.and ■when the transom tnd settees are ut'lised. half as many more can be "shaken down" comfortably for ihe n'elit '(he side cabins are 6ft Bio square, by 7ft 7in high, that, of corns'-, being the heUht <.f tin saloon. TheT are mo<t eotnfoitfcbly fit ed up in ever* tpspec- In f*ct. taking the H*we*'s sa'o n righ through its eqnal is not, be fonnd in any bo*t tha trades here. Much ingenuity h-s been applied to it, to wit, the lower part of the settees are lockers, in whi'h bedding, table furniture, *c, ffre stowed. She has a comfortable fore-ca v>in. constructed to accom mndxte from twen<y to thirty pesons, with pan'ry, office's *c, extra attached. The officers of the ship are berthed on de- k The chief engineer and chief officer, tho fi re side of the poop ; the second and third officers in a forward house, whilst the captain, as we before stated, has bis quarter.- on tbe bridge Mr Baunatyne, formerly of the steamer Ma <ri, is chief eig neer, with Mr Brown 2nd. and Mr Cameron 3m. Mr Conwa>, who wax here many ye*r3 ago in the ship Cecilia is chief officer We thank both these gentlemen for their ready courtesy in exhibiting and explaining. We made a tour of the engine room with Mr Bannatyne, and had the pleasure of inspect ing one of the most complete and effective compound eDgines that ever found its way aboard a vessel. It was built by Messrs Denny and Co, of Dumbarton, and comprises two cylinders, the high pressure one 3*>in in diameter, and the low pressure 60in; length of stroke. 3ft; nominal power, 165 horse ; and indicated power 900. The engine is simple, and yet complete as possible. A notable feature about it is a patent governor by Weir and Co, of Glasgow, which Mr Binnatyne avers is one of the best he had' ever tried. The main shaft is in three sections, of which the crank shaft is lOjJin in diameter, the intermediate sh»ft lOin, and the propeller shaft. lOJin. The shaft passes from tne engine to the stern pipe through a water tight tunnel communicating with the engine-room by a water-tight door. The object of this tunnel is to preserve tho steamer from danger in the event of her stern pine leaking. The tunnel is easily traverseable from end to end. The propeller i<s four-bladed and 12ft In diameter, with a variable pitnh ; for, by a pecu liar adaption of the blades tn tho boss, the pitch can be va<ied from jLCft 3in to 18ft 6in. A boiler of six furnaces, three in each end, supplies steam to the engine. It weighs about 47 tons, and is 17ft 6in long, by a mean diameter of 12ft Sin Orders from the pilot or officer of the deck are transmitted to the engine-room by one of Chadburne's instruments—an ingenious and effective affair— consisting of the usual dial, with the centre innicator and another working on the outer edre of the circumference of the dial. The latter is the deck telegraph, whilst tho centre one is ■worked from below in response to thp decfe commands. Thus'the officer in charge is instantly made aware ■whether his order bad been heard and understood. Two donkey engines are attached to the boiler, and on the main deck are two steam winches— one at the main hatch, the other at the fore hatch; the latter works the windlass as well As the Hawea ' brought no cargo out, having only room for coal, wo are unable to estimate her carrying capacity ; but we may observe that she had CG" tons of coal on board •when sbe left 8t "Vincent, thus her capacity is good As our readers are aware, the Hawea is commander! by <'apt&in Whe«ler. late of the Taranalu, a genial and popular commander and most skilful seaman. The Hawea is not the first steamer brought out by him from England The magnificent Kaikoura, one of the old Panama Company's boats, was commanded by him on her outward trip. We were pleased to ■welcome him back, after a very short absence—only four months and twenty days having elapsed since Captain Wheeler left Port Chalmers, en route to Britain to take charge of the Hawea. He was ready with a jnke (and we must say it was a most abomin able pun) before the steamer was fast to the wharf. Taking off M 3 Scotch cap, the jovial skipper shouted to his friends on the pier, "How's Hawea?" thereby skilfully blendiDg the time-honored Hcotch salutation with the name of his vessel. On her pa«s»ge out, her best day's work was about 265 milea. She con sumed at the rate of about 9} tons of coal per diem, and upon thr\t consumption a speed of 9J- hnots could be kept up. But upon the maximum' consump tion of 12 tors it is calculated that she will travel 12 knots her hour, and, indeed, approached that. rat« whilst Tunning from the Solan(?er to Cipe Paunders Hlowever, she has done very well. Her maiden trip occupied CO dnys from Glasgow, all stoppages in cluded, bin her absolute running time was only 62 daps. We may observe tint the Hawea is brigan tine rigged, with double topsail yards, but no top gallant sail.

DEATHS.

DAVTES. —On the 2fith June, at his residence, the Beach, Shortland, the Rev. John Davies, pastor of the Baptist Church, Willoughby-Btreet, aged 54 years

MARTIN.—On the 27th June, at the residence of his parents, St. Mary's Road, Dedwood, Timothy Bartlett, youngest son of Mr Thomas Martin, aged 18 years, i The funeral will leave his lato residence at 3 p.m. to-morrow (Tuesday). Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1875.

For tha o»ub« that lucks Mnlntanre, Fgr the wrong liiat needs resiatuxfc ""or the fatiiri) In the dlstance- Aad tin tttai that we can 40.

Although the people of the Thames have been represented as strongly in favor of the Central Government, they appear nothing loth to avail themselves of provincial help. The residents there have cultivated the American principle of interviewing to per fection, and they have never been deterred by foolish modesty from opening their mouths pretty widely on such occasions. We have not a word of objection to urge against the indulgence of the local idiosyncrasy during the recent visit of the Superintendent to the Thames, but on the contrary we are really sorry that the " disease of the chest" of the province has made their applications bear but limited fruit. But what we do think deserving of comment is the earnestness with which they ply their arguments for provincial assistance, after the gushing terms of attach ment to the Central Government at Wel lington, and of admiration for every thing thence emanating, in which they have recently indulged. Because Mr Carpenter, one of their members, presumed to think for himself, and did not altogether admit the central form of adminis tration to be perfection's self, they were going to kill him entirely ; and all sorts of terrible menace were flashed on the winged lightning to coerce their member into obedi ence. The Thames people have recently had better opportunities than most for com paring the frnits of centralism and provin cialism, and it is possible that at the present hour they would have as much confidence in Sir George Grey as in Dr Pollen. We can never be sure, for they are an eccentric people and moody at times ; but we really think, judging from last week's deputationis ing that they would like the Superintendent had money, and that they would believe him capable of administering its expenditure as wisely at least as the General Government administered the spending of the province's goldfields' revenue at Ohinemuri. Does it not occur to the Thames people that it is a little stupid of them to go on lauding Wel lingtonism after all they have seen passing before their eyes ? Just now they are red hot over Tairua land-purchases, and they are periodically red hot over Ohinemuri and various other little matters connected with General Government administration. We dp not hear of their bringing out much tidley-winking, ireal or fancied, in connection with provincial administration in those parts. And yet they gush like any thing over the idea of having their affairs all managed from Wellington. They would even go so far as to unfurl the standard of rebellion and erect themselves into a separate colony, sooner than sever theit attachment to the beloved Wellington Government, and cast in their lot with the province. They are a peculiar people, and their loves and | hates are a riddle to us.

In another column will be found a second valuable letter from Mr. Turner on the street railways proposed. We venture to say that no proposal has been launched in Auckland for a vary long time that has evoked so general and favourable comment; and from what we can gather, there appears to be but one opinion on the subject. That the project will be favourably treated by the City Council, we feel every confidence. ' It has the merit of costing nothing to the Council, and of imposing no taxes on the people, and yet we believe it is calculated to confer benefits on residents equally great with the water supply. On two points we trust great care will be taken in fixing the terms of concessioner franchise as it is called by our cousins. First that the maximum

of fares may be as low as may be compatible with the necessities and reason able profits of the undertaking at first; and secondly, and chiefly, that the rails may be extended a good distance into the country. We should say that the first layiDg of rails should go well out towards Onehunga, if not the whole.distance, in the one direction; and several miles out the Great North Road to wards, if not to, Mount Albert district in the other. If, on these two points, the in terests of the public are well conserved, the new railway system will indeed be a boon. We observe that Mr Yon der Heyde has been nominated to-day for election as City Councillor, the nomination paper being signed by three, the specified number of ratepayers, viz., Messrs W. C. Wilson, Ire land Brothers, and Ryan, Bell and Co. We learn that our worthy fellow-townsman, Mr James Coupland, had been intended for nomination, and that the nomination paper had been prepared and transmitted; but on that gentleman having learned that Mr Yon der Heyde had been nominated he withdrew, remarking that when a gentleman offers to devote his time to the public service gratui tously, he ought not to be put to the expense of a contested election.

We scarcely venture to hope that we shall survive the terrible denunciation levelled at us by the "Otago Typographical Asso ciation" as it appears in our telegrpphic columns. Yet even in the melancholy circumstances we hazard a few words of reply. Our "bitter hostility to the craftsmen who assisted us to attain our present position" has long been our distinguishing characteristic, and as most of the members of the craft who assisted at the issue of j our earliest sheets from our own press still remain with us, their patience has been, indeed, ex emplary. The printers of Otago Bay that by our " contemptible meanness we have compelled most of the respectable printers of Auckland to go elsewhere," mean ing we presume the' last batch of printers, whom, after threatening to gobble us up, for daring to teach girls to set type, we compelled to beat a haEty retreat to the South. If Southerners regard those as being " the most respectable printers of Auck land ;" we don't wonder at their thinking that only the " scum of the printing pro fession " are here. We do not exactly understand what this cultivated Secretary of a liberal profession means by " scum vegetating." Possibly scum "vegetates" in Dunedin, but we have never heard of such a thing before. However, when he saj-s that " the scum of the printing profusion who vegetate in and around Auckland are beyond redemption, and their vitiated atmosphere would only contaminate a respectable class of printers who reside further South," we take it that he means that the respectable printers there are already being polluted by contact with the last lot we have sent. We do not wonder at this, and we are sorry for the respectable printers there. But what could we do ? We must shoot our rubbish somewhere, and the south of New Zealand is as good as anywhere else for our purposes. The respectable printers here were in the same way contaminated by the " vitiated atmosphere," but we are happy to state that the offices here are quite healthy now. We don't wonder, judging from whatwe have swept out from here, that among Southerns Aucklandmusthave "been regarded astheverysink of typographical iniquity;" but we can assure our Southern friends that tbe character of the place is wholly changed, and that the offices of our two contemporar ies, and our own, are now filled by as respect able and worthy a lot of fellows as are to be found in the colonies. People don't judge of the health of a people by what they nee in the hospital ;nor would itj,be fair to esti mate the cleanliness of our citizens by sniffing the odours of the city sewer. And co we trust our respected friends, the respectable printers of the South, will rather give our printing social circle credit for having got rid of what has, seem ingly, proved an offence in their own nostrils in the bracing South. Eeverting to the tele grams, we are sorry that we have felt im pelled by instinct to deal roughly with " some of New Zealand's best men— the latest instance being E. J. Wake field." This gentleman is the member of the General Assembly for Christchurch, who, as our readers will recollect, was some months ago continually appearing before the Police Court at Wellington for habitual drunkenness; and who slept at night in one of a pile of drain pipes, until unfortu nately he was rendered homeless and house less by his residence being shipped South — perhaps it is now used by irregular members of the Otago Typographical Association — and who made it a matter of complaint to the Bench that the police had not searched him and removed his pocket-knife before shutting him up in a cell. Such being an illustration of "New Zealand's best men " in the estimation of the Otago Typographical Association, we fear that the contamination and deterioration of the craft have been very rapid indeed, since the arrival of the Auck land printers. In conclusion we trust that the respectable Southern printers will keep what we have sent them, and endeavour to lead our exiles to habits of quiet industry,in stead of trying to live by spongeing on the good nature of the craft. _, An important error was made in^the summary of the two deeds relative to the alienation of timber rights at Tairua sum marised in our Saturday's issue. In the summary the dates on which the deeds were attested by the Native Interpreter, were given instead of the dates on which the deeds were actually made. The document grant ing the timber rights, etc., to Messrs Sec combe bears date, tbr 6th of December, 1872, and the deed of Sale to the Crown is dated tbe 7th day of December, 1872. The Venerable Archdeacon Maunsell yes terday evening delivered one of those original and vigorous sermons for which he is noted. His text was " This He ordained for a testimony in Joseph," and the preacher hinged upon this a most instructive dis course upon the value of traditional and legendary observances. Whatever there might be of extravagance and even absurdity about the legends of saiuts and other holy subjects, it would be discovered upon enquiry that there was a groundwork of truth upon which those legions were founded. Great men and great events in their descent through ages collected about them an in crustation of fiction which was like the moss which grew upon an old stone. Proceeding in his illustration Dr. Maunsell in his quaint but forcible style continued. His hearers might imagine themselves in a forest at a pic-nic. In their rambles they came across a green mound looking soft and inviting with verdant creepers and beautiful plants growing over it. Would they not exclaim, what a beautiful place to sit down upon ? But let them beware for a hard stump was under the soft looking surface. The preacher conclu ded his discourse by applying his text to the Holy Communion as commemorative of the great love of God to mankind, and by inviting the members of the congregation to partake at the celebration after the evening service next Sunday. Several bridges and a large amount of fencing have been washed away by the recent floods at the Paparoa settlement. This will be a great loss to the settlement, and the damage will be difficult to repair.

The members of the Carpenters and Joiners Protection Society will hold a special meet ing this evening, for particular business in connection with the trade.

Plural marriages are on the decline in the Mormon Territory. The recent conviction of Reynolds, one of Brigham Young's body guard, and his sentence to one year in the Penitentiary for marrying a second wife while he was living with tha first, has cast a damper over the ardour of the Latter- Day Saints, and there is a lull in the matri monial breeze. This was selected as a case to test the constitutionality of the Act of Congress of 18G2, prohibiting polygamy Toe Judge read the law on that point, and charged the jury that the law was clearly constitutional. The evidence was plainly convincing and the jury—composed of eight Mormons and four Gentiles—could do no other than bring in a verdict of guilty. This is the first conviction for polygamy ever had in the Territory, notwithstanding Congress passed a special prohibitory Act in 1862—thirteen years ago. A San Francisco paper siya : —"One of the New Zealand flax plants {Phormium tenax), growing in the ground in front of the Post-office, is preparing to bloom, the flower stalk being nearly seven feet high. The plant is a rarity in this city. Captain Braddick, of the ship Countess of Kintore, arrived in Auckland on Saturday night, having travelled from Napier to the Thames by the Southern Cross and come on from the Thames by the Hauraki. We understand that his visit to Auckland is to negotiate a London cargo for the "Coun tess." F:om what we hear, there is every probability of the.well-known skipper suc ceeding in his mission. The land lying between the Ponsonby Road and Point Chevalier, and between the old North Road and the new one, is being steadily brought under cultivation, and is laid down chiefly m grass. The whole ap pearance of the country, in faot, is changing, and in a year or two, ti-tree scrub and low fern will have given way entirely to pleasant fields and good pasturage. The roads are also receiving attention at the hands of the Highway Board. The following ia the return of sick treated at the Provincial Hospital for the week ending Saturday, June 26. 1875 : Ee mained last return, 85 ; admitted since, 12 ; discharged, 10 ; died, 4 • remaining, 83 ; males, 70 ; females, 13 Arrangement of cases : Zymotic, 28 ; constitutional, 7 ; local 28 ; developmental, 4 ; violent, 16. Four deaths occurred during the week, viz. : Ist, H.C., male, aged 45 years, on une 19fch, of phthisis ; 2nd, W. W., male, aged 56 years, on the 19th June, of disease of the brain ; 3rd, A. S., male, aged 35 years, on June 23rd, of typhoid fever ; 4th, J. C, male, aged 35 years, on the 21st June, of heart disease. Thanks are returned to Mrs Williamson, for a parcel of old linen, and to D. L. Murdoch, Esq., for a number of late date Graphics, and to Mrs F. Williams, for a parcel of linen. The monthly meeting of the St. Andrew's Lodge will be held this evening at half-past seven in the Lodge-room, Star Hotel. Two large guns are to be removed to Nelson for the use of the Volunteers there, and as these are loaded it will be necessary to fire them off. Citizens need not therefore run away with the notion that the Russians are upon us, or that the mail steamer has up expected ly arrived when they hear the booming of cannon. A meeting of the various choirs in connec tion with the Choral Association will be held to-morrow—being St. Peter'R Day and the Anniversary of the consecration of his Lord ship BisKop Cowie—at St. Mary's Church, Parnell. The meeting will take the form of an evening choral service with the anthem, " What are these." The versicles and responses will be sung to Tallis' arrangement, and the chants will be mostly the same as. those sung at the last Choral Frstival at the meeting of the Diocesan Synod. Dr. Maunsell gave notice at St. Mary's last night that the offertory on this occasion would be for the benefit of the funds of the Association. We should men tion that for the benefit of those members of the Choral Society who wish to attend the practice at the Choral Hall, a 'bus will be waiting at the Church door to take them down immediately after the service The progress in the fine arts within the last few years is a remarkable feature of the age, and the time has arrived when the walls of the humblest home can be embellished by the hand of the artist, and made the medium of pleasure and instruction both to parents and children. The exhibition of oleographs, chromos, and photographs, now open at Messrs Holland and Butler's (Victoria-street), which consists of many hundreds of pictures, embracing every variety of conceivable scene on land and water, is an instance of the rapid strides of art within a compara tively few years. Messrs Holland and Butler's gallery of illustrations is now open to the public free of charge. We have had the pleasure of inspecting the hundreds of pictures recently imported by these gentlemen, and Baw much to admire and no thing to condemn. We cannot, of course, notice every gem in this excellent collection, but would draw special attention to some of the best of them, such as " Sunset on the Coast," " Midnight Sun at the North Cape," and the " Launching of the Life-boat," " The Head of Amy Robsart," whose strange viscis situdes will be remembered by readers of " Kenilworth, " so finely drawn by the genius Sir Walter Scott. Other scenes were also noticeable, such as the stage-coach (4 illus strations) in the days of George the Third, English and foreign marine and landscape views, scenes of the Rhine, floral illustrations of Scfipture History, sketches of English watering-places : viz.— Scarborough, Greenwich, Hastings, Windsor, and other places ; also, two pair of Punches town racing lithographs, colored by hand The Holland and Butler gallery of art is well worthy of inspection, and is open for a few days only to the general public. Mr Robert Gallagher, plumber, Wynd ham-street, has been appointed to the charge of the Provincial water supply. The ratepayers of Ponsonby are making a move in the right direction, and will hold a meeting this evening at eight o'clock, in the Baptist school-room of the district, for the purpose of considering matters of local im portance generally, prior the annual meeting to be held on the 9th July. The contractors lor the JAuckland Water works are pushing on the work rapidly at the Western Springs. The formation of the reservoir at the corner of Ponsonby and Karangahape Roads is also going on most satisfactorily, so that no time will be lost when the necessary plant arrives from Eng d. The entertainment in connection with St. Sepulchre's parish is -unavoidably postponed until the evening of the Bth July, when it will be held in Newton Hall. A rnmour of a very portentous character, relating to a measure stated to be in con templation with.regard to the reorganisation of the British army, has been published by the Wellington Gazette, an English authority on army matters, which says :—"This is no other than the approaching establishment of the conscription—a measure'the necessity of which, it is said, has impressed itself upon the Government, in view of the twofold fact —the threatening aspect of certain Conti nental Powers, and the increasing difficulty of obtaining recruits, even for the small army of 130,000 men. It is believed that a policy of opposing millions of armed citizens to the millions of troops of a probably hostile con feration, is considered not alone desirable, but, in the present state of affairs, necessary ; and the public must not be surprised if an edict goes forth that every man in the United Kingdom,, betweeu the ages of 18 and 40, will have to elect between a voluntary enrol ment in some established corps, co that he mayglearn the rudiments of warfare by being adequately drilled and disciplined, or an en forced conscriptiqn early in the ensuing year."

Going down Shortland-street today we could not fail to be impressed with the good work being done by the patent horse-road sweeper, belonging to the City Council. As the man and horse with their revolving purifier went on their way they left a beauti tully clean track behind them. The fact was indisputable and called forth the admi ration of all beholders. Another fact was also generally noticed — the road was perfectly clean in front of them. A.few days ago the road was ancle deep in mud, and then there was no purifier visible. A friend, but he must be a wag, tells us the machine does not work po well in dirty weather. "We're no vera fou, but we're gaily yet," will be the impression of natives of Scotland on considering the following figures supplied by a correspondent. Scotland spent last year fully seven millions on whisky for her own consumption At the same time it ap pears from the return of the value of lands and heritages in Scotland presented last year to Parliament that the annual value of these was £18,098,804, and that these figures re presented—l. Gross annual value of lands and heritages other than those contained in burghs of more than 20,000 inhabitants, £13,516,848 ; 2. Gross annual value of lands and heritages in said burghs, £5,181,956 — together making, as above, £18,698,804. On constrasting these details, it appears that the people of Scotland now expend on whisky alone more than one half of the annual value of the lands and heritages which are outside of the nine larger burghs in Scotland, and more by two millions a year than the whole value of these as contained within these burghs.— Pall Mall Gazette. The Naval Brigade in the boat crossed o'er; on Saturday last to the North Shore ; and by their Captain Leßoy was led, and Lieuten ant Parker, on to the North Head ; and well they went through their weekly parade ; these active young men of the Naval Brigade. The firing was good, of thos;e warlike sons, who like ancient.heroes, stood close to their guns.

SUDDEN DEATH AT THE NEW HOSPITAL WORKS.

A very sudden death ocsurred at the new hospital works this morning. A man nrmed Edwin Lamb, in the employ of Mr Taylor, contractor, was cutting a piece of stone, when he was observed to fall down appa rently in a fit. His fellow-workmen, under the direction of Mr Taylor, who was on the ground, carried him at once to the hospital, hut he was then quite dead. The deceased had been an out-patient of the hospital, and had received treatment for fits of an apopletic character before the one which carried him off this morning. Therefore there is no necessity for an inquest, as Dr. Philson will give a certificate. He has been residing at the Clarence Hotel, and is a single man,

POSTAL MANAGEMENT AND AR RANGEMENT.

To the Editor :—Sir, —There is now out and abroad an imputation of some degree of postal mismanagement. I have this week seen a word in the several newspapers here, about the necessity of some particular postal improvement. It has been stated that Parnell has a regular postal house-to-house delivery, and that the more populous place lately called Newton has none -a rather surprising statement. If the people for days expect letters, they have to dance attendance before some grocer's pigeon-hole. And letters unexpected, though highly important, are often gotten too late. If so, it really appears inequitable; and also seems a limitation of the usefulness of the postal institution. Only, I should say, that the Parnell delivery affair, mentioned by said complainants in their gratuitous comparison, is decidedly incomplete. For instance, our two members of the Provincial House, because living a few fathoms off the main road, have no delivery ; and yet Reader Wood's correspondence is very large. So with many others. The deficiency has to be supplied by the courtesy of neighbours, who are by au thority pointed out and painted up re ceivers.—Well, the postal service is certainly of immense importance Its importance is, I think, quite inestimable. It shows to "the common people," better than any other insti tute, the necessity and importance and value of secular governments ; and, therefore, if any supposed improvements in working of the system be required, then to point them out ia to do good. In so saying, lam assuredly also thinking on the money question, for is there not misappropriation ? A letter not delivered, but only left in honorable waiting, may involve, nay has often entailed grievous effects. " Ob, just four days too late ! I had previously called for it often. Oh, dear ! this is bad."—And, morover, I say the Parnell plan of delivery is also imperfect. Surtly our New Zealand revenue is nnfairly appro priated and expended. Some very poor public service is highly paid. Some so-so, indifferent public servants are largely paid. And some really good service is put upon courtesy and no remuneration. There are duly appointed receiving houses. Now these receiving houses might be and ought to be of vastly greater service to the public ; but the extraordinary fact of being no awarded remuneration (not so much as a shilling, sir. To most people this is incredible ; but Borne of us being high transcendentalists we must live on the good climate and on courtesy) there being no remuneration the accom modation is minimised unsatisfactorily. This reprobated style of management does really seem more than erroneous, it looks a little like the ridiculous. And, a^ain, there ought to be a branch delivery here, from this our Post Office, sweeping through the outlying streets and chief adjacent roads. The in equitable arrangement should be instantly rectified, and without fuss or circumlocution. —I am, &c, W. E. Sadler.

STREET TRAMWAYS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir, —Street railways being jast now the all absorbing topic permit me to give those interested a few facts on the subject. In the first place as to the great bugbear of hills, an outlet can be obtained out of Auckland say Wellesley-street —with a grade of one in about fourteen. Cars are now, and have been for many years past, running on streets in San Francisco, Cmcinnatti, Philadelphia, and many other cities with a grade of one in nine This fact ■will, lam assured, be borne out by many of your citizens who have travelled on the routes. .As to the rails be ing an obstruction the fact is they are rather a benefit than otherwise, the rail being virtually a flat piece of iron laid flush wibh the street, no groove, the wheels of the cars being made with a small flange on the inside edge, which runs along the inside of the rail, and has sufficient power to present the wheel from leaving the track, or if it does get off it is simply and instantaneously put on again. Of coarse round the corners the tail does project slightly above the street, but to no extent, and this is always at right angles with the- street traffic. The line of track, together with the crossings, are kept in perfect repair by the Company. The cars are built of the most approved pattern, being light, well ventilated, the convenience and comfort of passengers being studied in every particular. The cars are fitted with powerful breaks, and are worked with the utmost simplicity, in short they are the most cheap, comfortable, convenient, and safe transit known, and in those particulars, as much excel the present "busses" as the " busses" do the old style bullock waggon in use 21 years ago. As to speed—there being less friction on a smooth surface, one horse will pull more aDd travel quicker than two horses will in the present style of busses. People will travel in cars whe"n they will not in busses ; for instance I see by a report before me that whilst in London with its population of 3,000,000 in habitants, only 45,000,000 people trav elled by the omnibusßses; in New York

with a population of only 1,000.000, tn* street carß carried over 130,000,000 people in the same year. , One company in Boston averages Over 50,000 persons daily, and in Philadelphia over 80,000,000 passengers are carried annually in the street trains. San Francisco, with its population of abou' 200,000 inhabitants, has nearly 150 miles street railway ; in fact the same is the perience of every city, both in America ; ,d t" urope (except Sydney), where they huve had a fair trial; in Liverpool, lam informed that the success of the system waa so marked that the powerful 'bus in terest had to succumb, and, for their own salvation, had to resort to street rail ways. To say that Auckland has not a po pulation sufficient to support a line of street carß is to argue against the experience of every city that has already given the matter a fair trial. If there is traffic sufficient to support several lines of 'busses, and enable the proprieters to grow rich off the profits, What, in the name of common tease, is there to prevent a line of cars that can be run without expense, and give a great amount of satisfaction from paying and paying well; for the sake of the place, •I do trust your Auckland capitalists will see the desirability of taking hold of this mat ter themselves, and not allowing foreign capital to absorb every paying institution in your midst. I trust the ball will be kept rolling until the Street Railway is an actual fact, and the authorities be made to see that delay will no longer be tolerated by the people, the vested interests to the contrary. —I am, &c, W. E. Turner.

DISTRICT COURT.

(Before His Honor Judge Beckham.) JTTDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS. John C. Seccombe v. Patrick Madigan, claim—£3o (promissory note). Isaac Bar nett v. Wm, Moon, claim—£24 2s; the same v. George D. Hay, claim -£24 2s, (pro missory notes. J. S. Macfarlane v. the Ex change Goldmining Company (limited), claim —£38 6s 6d (fora coil of Manilla rope). GEORGE MAY V. CHARLES BTJRTOIf. Claim £21 10s. Mr Hesketh for plaintiff and Mr Lusk for defendant. In this case the plaintiff, a farmer, claimed of defendant, a baker and confectioner of Parnell, the sum of £21 10s., for quantities of potatoes delivered during the month of March. Mr Burton denied having received the potatoes mentioned in the account. Mr Hesketh stated that the potatoes were delivered to defendant on different dates in March, but the bill was not delivered until April 29th. Mr Burton said he paid for all the potatoes he received. Mr May here broke out in a passion, and Ms solicitor, Mr Hesketh, had great diffi culty in quieting him. He was not going to be dene out of his potatoes. Mr G. May, farmer at Epsom, deposed thafe he was a grower of potatoes, and would swear that the weigh-bridge tickets were all correct, and that every load mentioned in the account was delivered to Mr Burton : the quantity on the 3rd March. Burton refused to pay for, until he had got Mr Garry to weigh them again, there were 1300; on the Bth he delivered 1500 and a quarter ; he took him. the weigh-bridge tickets but Mr Burton did not pay ; but agreed to take all the old potatoes he had. To Mr Lusk: Mr Burton's little girl entered the disputed quantities in a book, but he had not brought tbat book with him. Mr Lusk : We shall see about that. Michael McGarry, weigh-master of New market, deposed to issuing the weigh-tickets for the whole of the potatoes, but knew no thing of the delivery. Mr Charles Burton stated that all the potatoes received by him were duly entered, and he was willing to pay for the quantities shewn by such entries. Counnel on both sides addressed the Court at some length, when his Honor gave judg ment for plaintiff fo? £19 ss, the value of three tons and 17cwt., according to the weigh-tickets. ADJOURNED CASES. Bank of New Zealand v. Luke H. Hollo way, claim £98 03 2d, balance of account.

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY

(Before C. O'JSeilTand C. N. Marshall, Esqs., Justices.) VOTARIES OF BACCHUS. Jane Whitier and John Tollison, for being drunk, were fined 5s and costs. Catherine Andrews and David Conolly, who had in addition to being tight forgotten the sanctity of the Sabbath, were fined 10a and costs. Alexander Richie, who had been admitted to bail, did not appear, and he ia not likely to see his bail money again. THE MANN OF VIOLENCE. Hezekiah Mann, who was " up" a few days ago and bound for assaulting his wife, Elizabeth Mann, was again brought up charged with using threatening and abusive language to his partner in life. He pleaded, not guilty. Mrs. Mann deposed that on Friday-night her husband and she had some words. It was his fault. He went on frightful, and used the most filthy expressions. He also threatened to have her life, and seized her by the throat and treated her abominably. He said he wouldn't lest till he had done for her. He should be happy if he had to swing for her. She believed her life to be in danger. The Bench ordered the ruffian to enter into a bond of £50, and^to find two securities of £25 each for hi 3 good behaviour for the next six months. THE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. John Hunter, charged with this offence, was again remanded till Tuesday. A JUVENILE OFFENDER. John Mulhern, a little bit of a boy only eight years old, was brought up under the " Neglected and Criminal Children's Act," charged with absconding from the Industrial Home. Mr Stickl'ey, the Master of the Insti tution,, gave evidence to shew that the little fellow had run away three times during the last three weeks. On the first two occasions he had gone to the hospital to see his father, and had returned of his own free will. On Wednesday last he ran away and did not come back. He was found by the police with his sister, who was a servant in the Clanricarde Hotel. The Bench ordered the lad to be taken back to the institution and privately whipped. This was all the business.

FOOTBALL.

Two oapital games of football came off on Saturday afternoon. The wind wa3 rather too strong, but the ground was in splendid order, while the crisp chillness of the tem perature rendered the violent exercise plea sant and enjoyable. AUCKLAND V. PONSONBY. These two clubs joined issue at Ellerslie Gardens. The players on both sides showed up well, and the game began soon after three. The Auckland men were heavier, and also had the foot of their opponents, who, though they played up pluckily, were slightly over matched. The game was won by Auckland by scoring a goal and two "touch downs to nothing on the part of their antagonists. PARNELL V. GRAFTON. This match came off in the Domain and was well contested. There was little to choose between the two sides, Parnell, per haps, showing a little superiority, .which was the result of their greater weight, for the Grafton boys were as active as fleas in the field. Snodgrass, Mason, and Whewell were especially conspicuous in this respect/ Evens, on the fajnell side, exhibited a splendid bit of drib bling in the early part of the game. W»l ---pole, Yon Tempsky, and Blaydes played up well. Cotton was unfortunately disah ) early in the contest and had to retire, y f game ended in a draw, Parnell 0&*»-~4 ing the barren honor of twa " touch down*

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