Late Telegrams.

CHRISTCHURCH.

(Frjm our own Correspondent.) This day.

The Schooner Success.—Bodies Found- Last evening a piece of wreckage, bearing the words " Success, of Auckland," was picked up. Three bodies have been washed ashore, one supposed to be the master.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : This evening 5.7 ; to morrow morning. 6.28 SUN SET : This evening, 443 ; SUN UI3B: to morrow morning. 7.17 MOON'S AGE : Full Moon, 19th, 11.35 a m

ARRIVALS.

Khoderick Elm, brigantine, from Sydney

DEPARTURES.

Favorite, schooner, Savory, for "Wangaroa Fanny Kelly, ketch, for Wangaroa leo, cutter, Norria, for Russell

Prom the Mamikau— St Kiida, ss, for Wangauui Phcebo, bs, Worsp, for the South

EXPORTS.

Per Phoebe, for the South ; 1 parcel, Jacbson and Russell; 1 parcel, Oeorge ; 1 parcel, Batterworth ; 1 parcel, Upon ; 1 parcel. Pond; 1 case, 1 parcel, T. Jenkins ; 25 half chests. George : 1 box, Lawford ; 25 cases orarigea. i4u kits oysters, Welby.— W. F. Whesler, agent N Z.S.S. Co.

ARRIVAL OF THE RHODERIC DHU.

THE LATE GALES.

This fine schooner returned from her maiden tiip this afternoon. Notwithstanding she had to encounter the full force of the late gale, she has made a gnod passage of thirteen days, having left Sydney on the 2nd instant. Captain McKeuzie reports having been hove-to for two days in a fearful N.E. gale on Thursday and Friday last, during which the topgallant most and a small portion of the bulwarks were carried away. The vessel behaved splendidly duting the gf-I*. The Three Kings were passed on Monday, since then light N.E. winds.

Cahgo :—39 cases vesias, 1046 bags and 829 pockets 'su^ar, Owen and Graham ; 24 bales hemp, 25 cases oil, J. S. Macfarlane ; S7 pkgs, '40 bales hemp, 3 bags rice, 398 bags maize, order; 15 cases acid, J. Grey.— Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., agents.

The s.s. Pbcebe left the MaKukau for the South this morring. Tassergers.—Mrs Carru'hers, Messrs. (rmith. Muna, Mooney. IWim and Mits Thorpe, and several others booked afcOnehunga

■ The new biigftntite Ethel arrived at Lyttelton from the Thames thin morning.

The Mary Melville, schooner, left Naj ier for the Bay of Islands to-day.

The Bh< rt s; c 1 if fine weather dnring the last twe days his enabled iha ship Caller On to put nut a good deal of her cargo. It is turning cur. in capital order.

Tha ship 7'iuie<lin hauled into the stream, and droppsdl down to belovy the man-o'-wp-r ground laH evening

. The brigurtire Flirt is load'ng for Ljttelton at her usual loac in;? berth at the Br*»kwatjr.

The barque Cararfeidh, whose arrival we not ced lust nigh', up t!ie h Tb«ur !ate in the after oon. and ancVioiei above t c wha f Sh? i, as smart a looking barque an we In^e seen here lately. Her hul. is splendidly adapted in ssi'irg and carrying com bined: she isverr bro«.i in tha beam, h-r linps grace fully rounded, and with jU3t the modicum cf fullness desiriblfi in ft vassal intended for work ad not for show. Fierm st* ar* well tlacod, rvn-r taunt, but taveiing and h*r r;?gir ; jr and gear strong anct serv ce ab!e. f-'he is cl.-.S'e lat Br t:h li!oy<'s for n'neye.i-s Captain Pfaser. v-ho come* in cotnramd report1. leaving Melbourne on thn 23Ui Mar, Hs h°d variable winds on the p%*s*ge, witii severe gAm on Wcdne rivi and #| hu^Rlay lait \\ re hava alre-.d? publi>h<*d full par'.icn'iirsa?. to tha bu'ldlrg, de'tin.itloi, ■ c, of (.lie Cabarfeidh. Captain V>. 11. SicKer.zU, the owaer, will soon find her L-rcfi'abla emplox-meni

The cutter Mi«a eotered Whanpapoa on the lOta inst, a?id left en the 15h for Russell to.load coal for Auckland.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows . — Fo1- "Hinm-s 'his day, at 530 p.m, and to-mcrrow,

at 9.30 am For tjn omandei, on Friday r.ext, at 11.30 a m For Wdiwera and Warkworth, per Lady Bowen, to-

to-morrow, at 9 a in For Napier, per Southern Cress, t.--morrow,

at 3 p m For Gisbornn, Napier, WeHinstrn, and Wanganui,

per Go-fvhe>id, on Friday next, at 1 p m For Wliidaßßi. Tairue, Opctiki. and Napier, via

Tanran?*. per Rowena, on Friiiay next, at 3 p m For Australian Coloi Us, per Cyphreiies, six hcurs after arrival

Kor Ti dia, China. Mediterranean pets. Continent of Burops, Australia, and United Kingdom, via Suez ami Southampton, and viri lirindisi, i or per s.s. Taranalii, on Nttunlay, 26 li in-t:«nt. (Signed) J. E. Coney, Acting Chief Postmaster.

Poison Lurks in the Air of low lying. marshy localities, new clearings, in the vicinity of sunken lots, on tho outskirts of cities, and in the atmosphere of tropical regions. Its name is Miasma, and it produces Fever and Ague, typhus, yellow fever, bilious remittent and intermittent fever. Dwellers in such unhealty localities, emigrants and travelelrs should remember this, and procure that most reliable preventive and remedy for malarial diseases, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.

BIRTH.

PEARSOV—On ihe 15th instant, the wife of Mr A Pearson of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

TU^NY-PEjSTMETT— On lhn 12ih tastant, --t the Star Hotel, by flip Eev David Uruco, J. M Tiinncy, Esq , to Phcebe, third daughter of the late VViliium Deniibtt.

DEATH.

DAVIKB—On Tuesday, Juno 15, at lirr father's residence, Victoria-street, Kliznbeth Davirs, tlic beloved daughter oi" Samn&l ar.d Elizabeth Davits, ag<>d 2: years. Tiic fuuoral will lfave licr father's residenco at 3 P m tc-iTiorrow (Thnradaj). Friends pleasi; accept tbis invitation

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1875.

For the cause that lacks asnistsncp For the wrong that need:) rosistasc^ •"sr the fature in the distance, Aai the good that we can is.

The litigation at present proceeding at the Thames with reference to the Tairua struggle is nothing short of humiliating. Ib matters not what the position of the case may bs as affected by Jegai technicalities, ii; is none the less humiliating. The subject has now been brought within the sphere of legal in vestigation, and by the technicalities of law it mu3t iv the first instance be controlled. The duty of the magistrate investigating musfi necessarily be guided by those techni calities, and we are perfectly confident that with entire Mrnes3 and impartiality he will decide, and that his decision will be accord ing to law. But whatever may be tha decision, the situation at the present is one calculated to make one ashamed of humanity. For it is nothing less than an organised attempt to rob, by process of law, the discoverers of the Tairua gold field of the honest rewards of years of per severing effort. There has been something . akin to a regular rush on the discoverers' lease hold—for leasehold they have in equity, if not by formal deed; and the sharpest wits of the Thames, which seemingly have been lying dormant during the past few years of the dearth of share-swindles, appear to have awaked, and aroused themselves to fierce and preternatural energy. It can only be the hun ger of starvation that has inspired this raid on Tairua, and all the sharpers at the Thames, even tho&e having no prospect of a bite are apparently licking their lips with eager glee. When we consider the distinct bargain made between the Prospectors and the Govern ment, that they wore to have a lease of thirty acres, for the gift of a goldfield, it is curious to observe the pleas put forward by the various jumpeis for taking away the right. The chief of these, now being debated, is that some of the pegs, instead of being three inches square, were one eighth of an inch less, and relying on this point, an effort is made to take away property that may prove perhaps worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. And when we think of " gentlemen" going up to Tairua with footrule and measuring tape to see if the discoverers have erred by the fraction of an inch in the size of a peg which could be chopped down of any size in a neighbouring scrub, and if by such a lapsus they coulcl^ establish, by sharp law, a right to share in the property, we confess we know not fitting words with which to charac terise the proceeding. Another point of, vast legal importance is that the length of the claim exceeds twice its breadth. We do not speak of the legality of such objec tions, but decidedly the morality of putting forward a claim to plunder the discoverers based on such grounds requires no comment. The other pteaa preferred are the various rights allfged to have been acquired by " jumping"- proper; and altogether the thing, in which a multitude appear to have interests, has the aspect of being tho most disgraceful conspiracy to plunder that has yet dirtied the page of mining history in New Zealand. We have heard and wft. believe

that thegreat majority of the people at the Thames are disgusted at the affair, If it were not so, and if we believed uiat the bulk of the people there had become so de graded as to render sympathy to the efforts of Fthe jumpers we should not hesitate to regard the Thames as the moral and com mercial scab on the side of the Drovince.

Since the foregoing was putj in type we have received the telegram published in another column. There is nothing in it to make us modify one view expressed. It will be observed that the litigation is ended. The discoverers appear to have yielded a portion to save the rest, paying blackmail for quiet possession. Time precludes our considering or commenting further on the subject. Sharp practice appears to have had its reward, and the result is such as may point a moral and adorn a tale.

A singular circumstance showing how fate is often against a man trying to get on to the right path has been disclosed in connection with the melancholy death of Charles Padon, solicitor, who came to a miserable end in the police-cells. When last charged at the Police Court with habitual drunkenness and vagrancy he was liberated on the promi; c that he would go to Wellington v. here he bslieve-.l he could get work. It appears that he so far complied with this condition as to sell his shares iv the Albion Gold-mining Company through Mr Alexander Saunders, for which he received a cheque. With this money unbroken, he went to the Auckland Steam Packet Company's oflice to take a passage South. The Company.- however, had no change at the office, and Padon went up the town to cash the cheque, promising to return directly. He never went back. Where he took the cheque to we do not know, but most likely he went to one of the lintels, and, having got change, continued drinking vith tbe proceeds until fuund in the position which preceded his death. £13 53, no doubt the balance of the money real ised for the shares, were found in his pocket wheu searched at the Police Station.

From an intimation in our contemporary the Crow to-day wo are glad to observe that enterprise is developing at the Ihatnes, and that geographical explorations of great in terest aie Icing combined with geological investigation. For it is in no other light that we can understand the following excerpt from an article in this morning's issue under the head of

"Mining Matters. Grahamstown." ''Una.—The men were started to-day on THE AECTIC KXPKMTtO <

the course of the main reef at the bottom

level, ,<o." ' If this evident intention of driving on to wards the polar circle of the Northern Hemisphere is carried cut, the expedition is fraught with scientific resulta of the highest value. We wouid venture to suggest, how ever, that the Antarctic regions being nearer, and prefeijting an equally fine field for geographical and general scientific research, might be preferable. But in cither <?aso this underground method of approaching the realms of perpo'.ual winter, avoid ing as it will the dangers of borgs and frostbite, is a long advance on anything that ha,i hitherto claimed the practical attention of explorer*, and is a striking testimony to tho wonderful progress of the age It will bo a prt.u 1 achievement for the Thames, and will gratify that amour propre, and those ideas of eelf-iunportaftco and of the import ance of their district as compared with all the res'; of earth's peoples and of the gloWs surface, which nic somewhat obtrusively conspicuous in the demeanour of the dt-uizens at the head of the gulf, if their port is made the last of departure and the first of arrival in the mail and passenger route through the infernal regions. We with every success to the "Una," and shall be happy to s-nd a special reporter, if we can find one willing, fco accompany the expedition, and commuui cata with us direct from ticrra delfuega and the realm of King Fro3t.

The second practice night of the nwnbers of the Por.sonby singing class was held last night in the school-room of All Saints. rl he class is established on the Tonic Sol Fa system uncVr the manajjemetst of Mr Bloom- Held. Mr Hammond gave notice that night tliafc prizes would be awarded to the most proficient of the members at the expiration of ihe Bix months' term of practice. J^ev. E. N. Bree expressed himself satisfied with the prospect of the work and believe it would issue in good results. The Ponsonby dis cussion class will meet to-morrow evening at tbe usual hour for discussion and essays.

Wo nolice in our Hamilton telegrams of last night that our correspondent, not con tent with justly condemning the system of railway management adopted by the head of the department, makes a sweeping attack on the railway officials, accusing the guards specially of inactivity. We' believe this charge to be wholly groundless. On the con trary, it is surprising that the officials, and particularly the guards, should have suc ceeded so well in discharging the excessive duties imposed upon them under Mr Pass more's cheeseparing system. They have, we believe, shewn a desire to oblige the public to the utmost in their power with the inadequate facilities placed at their disposal We think it right to make this statement in justification of a number of industrious officers who are suffering even more than the public under the system of railway misman agement which has now become proverbial.

A meeting was held last night in the New market Reading Room, to take into consider ation the buildiag of the long-talked-of public hall for that place, on the site obtained from Government. The Yen. Archdeacon Pritt, who appears anxious to promote the welfare of the public, presided, and expressed his opinion that there was a great need of a public building in which social gatherings of the people could be held. He left it to those present to bring forward any, resolution on the subject.—Mr Taite moved that the Liter ary Association, as it formerly existed, should bo revived, in order to systematise the future working of the Institution.—This mo tion was ruled to be out of order, and was withdrawn. —Mr McColl proposed the follow ing resolution—"That the time has arrived in the history of the rising district of New market for the erection of a public hall."— Mr Witheford seconded the motion.—Mr Jenkins expressed a divers© opinion. He thought they should wait until the flaughter h-ouse was gone out of the place.—Mr Web ster thought the last speaker had raised a frivolous objection, and did not think that, as Mr Jenkins was in the Waikato half his time, the smell of the slaughter-house could reach him there, and cause him any annoy ance (laughter).—The Chairman thought the slaughter-house should prove no obstacle to the building of the hall, as the effect of the same on the members was not apparently for the worse, to judge by their healthy appear ance, and he was of opinion that, by tho time the hall was arranged for, the slaughter house would be a thing of the past. —Mr MeColl proposed, and Mr Morgan seconded, the formation of a " building committee," to carry out the wishes of the public. The fol lowing were appointed : the Yen. Archdeacon Prilt, Messrs H. Dennison, Morgan, McColl, Witheford, Angus, McNeill, and Taite, with power to »dd to their number. At the half-yearly meeting of St. James's Literary Association, the report and balauce sheet were read, both being most satisfactory, after which the meeting proceeded to elect officers for the ensuing year with the follow ing result : President—Rev. E. F. Macnicol ; Vice-Presidents—Messrs W. Gorrie, and J. Crawford ; secretary and treasurer—D. R. Caldwell. The next session commences in August. Votes of thanks were passed un animously to retiring officers.

An Alexandra correspondent sends us the story about Bishop Selwyn being awarded a tin kettle by some countrymen for telling the biggest lie of the party in asserting roat he had never told a lie in his life. The story is too old to republ'sh, but our correspondent gives it a new application by adding : — "Alas, po:>r Bishop ! He would not have stood a ghost of a chance had the letter of our church-wardens appeared. No, they would safely carry off the piize against all earners if they never told another in their livfs "

The members of the Grand Black Chapter of Ireland will hold their regular monthly meeting in the Protestant Hall, Newton, on Monday evening.

Professor Bruce, the great curative mes merist, will give his Electro Biological and Phrenological entertainment on Saturday and Monday evening, the 19ch and 21st of the present month. Professor Bruce gives written delineations of character on phreno logical principles, and during his stay in Auckland may be consulted daily. The professor has made a successful tour to the South, and the southern press is loud in the professor's praise. "Apart from the pheronological interest of the evening," says one journal, "we may add that Mr. Bruce.s conversational and descriptive powers being of a high order, it was a positive pleasure to listen to his delineation." We shall how ever have the privilege of listening to the professor and judging of the merit of his work for ourselves.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Otahuhu Mutual Improvement .Society was held on Monday last, when Mr. Luke, the President, took the chair at 8 p.m. A most interesting Lecture on •' The Great Pyramid" was delivered by the llev. F. Gould. The theory that the reverend lecturer adopted was that propounded by John Taylor, and since that almost reduced to a certainty bj the researches of Professor Piazzi Smyth-- That it was erected and intended for a standard of weights and measures, and for astrouomical purposes.

Dr Wilkes, in his recent work on phy siology, remarks.that " It is estimated that the bones of every adult person require to be fed with lime enough to make a marble mantel every eight months." It will bepar ceived, says Max therefore, th*t in the course of about ten years each of us eats three rr four mantel pieces and a few sets of front door-oteps. And in a long life I sup pose it is fair to estimate that a healthy American could devour the capitol at Wasli infcton,,and perhaps two or three medium sized quarries besides. It is awful to think of consequences if a man should be shut of! from his supply of lime for a while, and then get loess in a cernetry. An ordinary tomb stone would hardly be enough for a lunch for him.

As Miss ChristiaD, the lady who has chaimed so many of otir citizens by her ex quisite voico, and sweetly bimplc melodie3, is sufficiently restored to health ; her pro mised conceit previous to her departure from our shores, .will bo held on Friday evening next in the Choial Hall. The programme which will be bigh-claae, and most interest ing character, will appear to-morrow, and pr. pare the public mind somewhat for the intellectual and musical treat they may antici|)Ate. We hope the evening will be pleasant <n the occasion of shewing this lady how liiphly sho is esteemed by the good city citizena <;f Auckland, who possess a keen appreciation of the power of song.

Mr If Arthur sells at his mart to-morrow at 12 o'clock fivo cases of handsome Japanese ; comprising round tables, cabinets, whatnots, toys, &c. The article* are peculiarly handsome, and as ornaments will be pri/C."1, and eag ily contested for. A p-cp at the goods is sufficient to chow their value.

Tin " 2s Tew ilaud.ilen " was presented for the third time lasb night at the Prince of Wales Tiicatro The ''New Magdalen " contains many points of interest, which wore brought out l>y the performers in a manner which entitled them to tho applause they merited and received. An additional interest will ho associated with the theatre this evening in porsoa of tha celebrated .American artiste, Miss May Howard, who will appear in a new (to Auckland) drama entitled " JRosedale or the Hille Bill." Miss Howard in the character of Hose Lci^'n, Mi^s Sttphenson as Florence May, and Mr Collier as Elliot Grey," with a new song. The piece is specially interesting and ih in five acts ; the first represents the old Manor House of Roscdale, and the return of the 1 ancers, the second, tho library and secret panel, the third, Tabitha Stork's lodging house, the fourth, Gipsy Dell, a most effective moonlight scene, and the last will be the wind np " Hide Ball." The scenery, entiiely new, is by the dramatic artist, JET. N. Thornton. We anticipate a good run for the Theatre, during the twelve ap pearances of Miss May Howard.

The entertainment by the Hobson Band Minstrels to-morrow evening at the -Whim Lunatic Asylum, for the patients, will be of a very interesting character, as the pro gramme sufficiently indicates. The proceed ings will open with an overture by the famed Hobson Band ; a song (" Maggie May") will be given by Mr. Hull in that gentleman's best manner. Mr. Fred Eice, the rising minstrel, will sing the "Yaller Girl that Winked at, Me ;" and several other ditties by local men. A double song and dance, "The Happy Little Nigs," by Mossrs. Seton and Bertie, a most amusing thing. A comic sketch, "Insult and Apology;" a hornpipe by Mr H. Gray don, and "First Round for John" are among the musical provisions of the evening, and should the weather be favorable, the ride to and fro will be ex ceedingly pleasant.

A meeting of the Improvement Comission ers yesterday passed a resolution sanctioning an action against John Harker and others, contractors for the removal of the drill-sbed, to recover the value of 322 sheets iron, worth £56 75., wrongfully removed from a building in the barracks.

Messrs Cochrane and Son offered for sale to-day by order of the mortgagee the allot ments 14 to 17 with the large building thereon known as Ponsonby Hall. The bidd ing commenced at £600, and was knocked down to Mr Jakins for the sum of £690. This commodious and well-erected hall originally cost about £1,600.

The case heard at the District Court yesterday, arising out of the dismissal of the master of the cutter Dawn resulted in a verdict for the defendant, with costs, amount ing to £62 Is.

The Government have evidently made up their minds to reduce expenses on Coromandel at all hazards, instructions having come to the Inspector to finish all works entered upon and discharge the men employed on the roads. No doubt the main road ia at present as good as anybody could wish for, and is better than it ever hatf been duriDg the winter months for many years past; but the inhabitants around the New Zealand Kapanga mining company's mine have claim upon the Government for not only a road but a right of road leading somewhere near their residences. This the inhabitants of this populous distriot petitioned for some time ago, but like many other of the Coromandel petitions, has ap parently been shelved. An expenditure upon the goldfielda is of greater importance to this dißtricb than the keeping in repair of the main road, and should be fostered by the Government. It is rumoured that the Superintendent is likely t& press the district under the operation of the Highways Act, and make them keep their road. There may be truth in such a rumour.

From a young lady in town to her friend in the oountry : • I'm sitting on the latest spring style, Mary.' And judging by the number of monstrous buttons one sees in the fashion plates, a very uncomfortable seat it must be^

Heavy floods were caused in various' parts of the province by last weeks heavy rains. At Lower Wairoa the river overflowed its banks half a mile and destroyed a quantity of fencing. The settlers reserved their cattle from the low lands with difficulty, Mr Thorpe losing between twenty and thirty sheep. At the Manukau Nort Head damage was done to the tramway of the Whatepu sawmill, and to property in other parts of the district.

A mtebiDg of creditors in the estate of Patrick Moylan of Otahuha was appointed to be held to-day. There were no creditors present, and the estate fell iuto the hands of the Provisional Trustee, The liabilities are £65 14s. SJ. and the assets £5.

We regret to learn that Mr D. Stephenson, of the INew Zealand Steam Coffee Mills, Wyndham Street, is dangerously ill of typhoid fever. Dr. Goldsbro considers that the patient shows a slight improvement this morning.

On Saturday next the members of the Parnell Football club and the members of the Ponsonby club will meet in the Domain for a contest with legs aud the football, play to commence at three o'clock. On the fol lowing Saturday another contest with the men of Grafton wi)l take place ; and on the 3rd proximo, the grand match of the season will bo played between New Zealand and the world at large-; on the 10th the Par nellians have resolved to try their strength with the veterans of the North Shore ; and on the 17tb, this band of resolute men will try the remaining strength of the men of Auckland.

THE LAST LOAN AND THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

(To the Editor of the Evfniso Star.) Sir, —If the information furnished by your correspondent at Wellington is correct, lelative to the rate at which the proceeds of the four million loan are deposited with the Bank of New Zealand iv London, there i 3 another grievance awaiting enquiry and redrofs. The proceeds of that loan are said to be deposited at 2i- per cent., the colony paying 5 per cent. It would be deemed incredible that such a one-aided arrange ment should be made by those who have the control of the public funds, if we did not know the overwhelming power exercised by the Bank in question, fro wonder is 13 able to go over to Australia and outbid older and wealthier institutions in the competition for business. Look for a moment at the finan cial pietuie hire, and compare it with the assumed action of the Government in dis posing of the colonial funds in London. In New Zealand there is a iierce competition over money, and the other b^nks are bidding 7 per cent, for large sums at a year's deposit, The Bank of New Zealand is qnietiy enjoy ing the game which it has set going, and all the while getting enormous sums of colonial money in London at about one - tbird the price it is worth here. Local institutions are all very well, but they may become great evils if local influences are brought to bear to avoid fair competition, and the colony is therefore mulcted for their especial benefit. This is no me-re abstiact question. If the information with which you have br:en furnished is true, it means that the colony ia receiving many thousands a year les3 on a given sum of money than it is paying, and this in spite of the fac£ that the motipy might be lent to tha other Banks do ing business in New Zealand at &n actual profit. It is a question that concerns every taxpayer, and we can only hope that Sir Geo. Greyj who is understood to be keeping a keen eye over the proceedings of the Government, will elicit mote information when the Assembly meets. There are now three so called "local" Banks in the colony Why not allow the Greneral Government accounts to be Eubumtsd to competition. —lam, dtc, Fair Play.

LECTURE ON LIFE ASSURANCE.

Mr. W. A. TIIOMSOW, travelling agent and leeurer to tho Australian Mutual Prevalent Society, gave an entertaining and instructive iecture on " Life Assurance" at the Ponsonby Hall on Tuesday evening, June 15, when Geo. W. Owen, Esq., took the eh i<\ Mr. Thomson said, in lecturing on life assurance, I fahali t-ndeavour to m;ke popular aud undtr .'■tano'able much that has been locked up in the libraries of the learned,and to rescue from a delude of mathematical formula) aud scieu tific inyttilication (totally incomprehensible to the majority of my hearers) gdms from the great authors who have raised the science of life assurance to what it is by explaiuiug those principles vhich no longer require algebraical demoustra ion. By diagram illus trations I shall exhibit to you the progress of life assurance under the mutual or co operative system, Hamely, the Australian Mutual Provident Society. It was estab lished in 1849, and its first year's total receipts amounted to £2(57 14s 9d. In April, 1875, its invested capital was £1,538,947 2s. Od. The property of the assured, and possessing an annual income of £359,742 175., a rate of progress never before achieved by any financial institution in the world during the twenty-five years of its ex istence. The Society had paid £400,000 in claims at death, and had returned in reversionary bonuses to the assured one million one hundred thousand pounds, repre senting a cash value of £411,784 sterling. These profits could be taken by the assured in cash, or applied for the reduction of premiums, or as addition to the sum assured, at the option of the member. If left; to fructify at compound interest, the policy would double in amount in about 26 years. If used for the reduction of premium pay ments would cease in about 20 years. If the bonus was taken in cash, the assured must be in a position to invest the amount at com pound interest, or it would be better to leave it as an.iaddition to the,policy.—The lecturer stated that the policy holder could borrow ninety per cent of the surrender value of the policy ; that thirteen months' grace was allowed for the renewal of a lapse policy, and to prevent for future the bonus if left, would be used for the payment of premiums as they fall due. The lecturer observed that it was thought by some persons that the New Zealand Government Assurance was cheaper than the Australian Mutual Provi dent Society. This was never the case, and is clearly shown by the late tables published without profits, the rates of which are lower than any other As surance Institution in the Australian colonies or New Zealand. Mr Thomson ai-ked his audience to consider for a moment the utter impossibility of any Life Assurance Institution competing with the Australian Mutual Provident Society, where all the profits were divided amongstjthe assured, and the highest possible interest obtained on the investments with approved security. The following diagrams were exhibited :—The mortality tables ; the various modes of applying the bonus ; the investments of the Society ; the lombardian system of invest ment ; Life Assurancemeasurementindebted ness ; compound interest tables ; diagram ex plaining the non-forfeiture system ; weight for age, &c , &c. ; the effect of intemperance on a Life Assurance risk. The lecturer ex plained that all policies were protected against bankruptcy by the Societies Special Act first used in Sydney, and afterwards adopted in New Zealand. That all policies were guaranteed by the New Zealand Go vernment, and that the loan to that Govern ment amounted to £167,998 7s lOd. Further description of the many advantages brought the lecture to a close. Mr James Morton proposed a vote of thanks to the lecturer, and expressed his satisfaction at the complete manner in which Mr Thomson had treated the subject, and added that by the assist ance of the diagrams, it was understandable to all. The usual vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meeting termi nated.

The Onebunga meeting under the Presby terian series of revival services, was held in the Church on Monday night. Ihe Rev. Mr. Brown conducted the services, and the Rev. Mr. Cathcart gave an outline of part of Moody and Sankey's work in the north of England. The Rev. Mr. Macnicol spoke of the necessity of earnest prayer for revival. The Piev. Mr. Scott engaged in prayer, and the meeting closed. Tht r j was a fair attend ance of earnest hearers.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(FKOM OTJR OWN COKRESPONDKNT.)

Paris, April 17.

GAY PARIS.

Although hailstones are more plentiful than new leaves, and cold showers than sunshine, Paris continues her gay life as if Spring was not lingering by a month in the lap of win ter. Dinner parties are more general than balls, and conversation turns a good deal upon, end very seriously, the growing fast manners of young French ladies. Perhaps these are algo a fatal relic of the second Empire. Ba this a3 it may, the opinion is pretty general that the girls of the period are anything but bread-and-butter misses. There is something militant, decided, and imperious in their character now as compared with some years back. They 'make war instead of waiting to be attacked. Some attribute the change to the growing habit of allowing young ladies to promenade at certain hours only with their maids—known to be dragons of virtue ; or for a drive in their personal phtetons, for an establishment within the family establisment is the order of the day. Gentlrmen aro becoming more and more addicted to club life, where smoking and gambliug constitute fche chief attractions.

BOIS DE BOULOGNE.

Perhaps the Bois de Boulogne is after all the centre of Paris ; one is certain to en counter these people, you know, that you do not know, and will never know, though daily, meeting them. You are also certain to light on those acquaintances, only to be met with at decisive epochs, tuch as ab deaths, mar riages, baptisms, funerals, and duels ; you encounter people that are sympathetic and antipathetic. Belonging to the latter class is a gentleman and his wife, movieg in the best society, but apparently liked by no person, for the Dr Fell reason, perhaps ; the fashion able world of the Lake have given them a sobriquet, reeal ing a familiar but trouble some insect. A young nobleman had the idea of hiring one of the noted advertising vans of a certain shop, famous for its insect destroying powder ; he instructed the driver of this van to keep the horse's head close to the carriage of the unpopular lady and gentleman, making with it the tour of the Lake. The allusion had a great success, but the originator has been invited to cross into Belgian territory to give satisfaction.

jjjgjThe Bishop of Orleans condemns Free masons as Atheists, and the Archbishop of Toulouse excommunicates Spiritualists as

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ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

REUTERS SPECIAL,

[Per 'Omeo' at the Bluff]

COLONIAL HARVEST.

WOOL SALE,

g"The Oineo, Calder, left Melbourne on the 10th, at 2 30 p.m., and experienced head wind and thick weather. Arrived at Biuff at 2.30 p.m., on 16th. She briugs 15 saloon and 49 steerage passengera, 50 horses, 400 tons cargo for all ports. She sai! s for Dune dia at 6 p.m. LONDON. Jane 5. James SJaden, of Victoria, and Mr Tur ville, formerly Private Secretary -to Lord-, Lieuar in Eogland, has been appointed Kmght Commander of St. Michael and St. George. A dispatch from Earl Carnarvon to Go vernor Barclay, at the Cape, p;opose3 a con ference of delegates from the colonie3 and States of South Attica for the consideration of a scheme of confederation.

'Fiisoo mails delivered 2ad Jane. The wool tales are proceeding satisfac torily. The siles concluded on the 17th. The wheat market is languid—N.Z , 445. to 435. Moaev easier. Stock market improved, &s the apprehension of money being barer is subsiding. Arrived —Excelsu.r and May Queen.

June 7. The New Zealand mails, via Brindisi, have beea delivered.

The mail steamer Ceylon left Galle for Australia on the 6th.

The Golconda arrived from Australia on the Bth.

Australian Telegrams.

SYDNEY.

June 10. Incessant rains has caused heavy floods in many districts. Residents of low lying lands were compelled to abandon tbeir habitations, Fortunately no serious damage was done.

The larque P.C.E. was wrecked at New castle. It is supposed two men have been drowned. The Premier has recovered but is still unable to leave the house.

Several very heavy failures are reported, including E-eiliy and Scott, in the flour trade, liabilities something like £200,000, and others are freely spoken of. .

MELBOURNE.

April 10. Yesterday morning an extensive fire occur red at the the works of the Victoria Sugar Company, Sandridge. The water supply being defective, the best pait was pretty Eoon destroyed. The loss is estimated at between £2o,ooo and £40,000, of which £20,550 is covered by insurance. Nearly all the companies are concerned : New Zealand, JcloOO ; and National of New Zealand, £1000. Nearly 200 persona are thrown "out of employment. It will be some months before operations can be returned. The fire broke out of the top storey of the sugarhouae. The origin of the fire is unknown. 3,500 persona attended the Rev. Charles Clark's lee Cure on the "Tower of London" in the Tower Hall. It is estimated that up« wards of eight thouand attended various places of amusement that evening. BreadstufFa are very quiet, "Wheat, 4s. lid to sd. ; Maurtiua sugar has advanced from 10s. to 155.; oats, 4a. to 4s. Id. for milling. Arrived at Newcastle: 6th, Tien Tsien, from Auckland. A meeting of Bishops will be held at Mel bourne on the 4th July, for the election of a Bishop of Brisbane. The Frowning Beauty, from Newcastle for Auckland, put into Sydney leaky. The steamer Duke of Edinburgh, leaving Newcastle, broke down, and narrowly escaped going ashore. MELBOUBNE. SHiPPißra—Arrived : Atlantic, from Ho kianga. ADELAIDE. The Government has resolved to pursue a vigorous policy, and on the meeting of Parlia ment will submit several important measures. A league has been formed in favour of free secular compulsory education.

HOBART TOWN.

Parliament meets for despatch of business on July 2 7th.

COROMANDEL.

(From our own Correspondent.) «-i „ « June 15 u-oiconda Company. The Golconda Gold Mining Company - likely to make a new start under th-^s^^sj. ment of Mr Edward Thomas ; in'tr^l^^^ are now employed cleaning out thi level preparatory to commencing! |i^ v< shaft for deeper sinking. On WeMcsda lasb Mr William Home, who has fjL m charge of the company's property ftSVeoine time, under instructions from the directors handed over the mine and battery pr.opertv to Mr Thomas, with the view of his workine ib on tribute ; this no doubt is a very proper course to take under existing circumstances provided permanent works be introduced and adhered to as the tribute term progresses No doubt Mr Thomas understands all this' and will do the property justice, if left to himself, being a thorough and practical miner, and of considerable Thames ex perience. The property, if well handled will no doubt be one of the best on the field'

City of Auckland Company. This Company have now on hand 650 lbs. of picked specimen stone, and this is being daily increased from the stopes above inter mediate level. The general stuff in paddock will be crushed immediately the Government tramway being laid down reaches the mine. It is the intention of the manager to resume work, the leader in the intermediate level when put in having carried gold for a con siderable distance along the foot of the drive.

The Three Brothers

Are getting a parcel of good specimens from their main reef, and have now about 25 tens of good payable quartz on hani.

Increased Tramway Charges. The Government have authorised an in crrase to bs madejin the charges for convey hnce along the tramway line, and at the same time calling for tenders from persons willing to lease the line, having (as they say) lost £1,000 per annum on it. This seems an extraordinary course to take —advertising the tramway to let, and at the same time increase the rates. Any person taking t*>e tramway will, of course, fix his own tariff, and submit it for appi-oval. Until this be trier", why then increase the rates. I should imagine under the circumstances the better way would be to invite tenders, stating the lowest subsidy required per annum, to take over and work the line. However, I do not think that many will be found to tender. Mr Keary having so long and ably porfo^med his duties in coiinectioa with the management of this tramway, and even with a slight increase in the charges, in consequence of the decrease in the traffic to the mills, the public will be perfectly satisfied. Bismarck. Tbe Bismarck GoldmiDg Company have obtained a haul of good specimens from the stopes above the van level, this is the lowest level yet opened upon, and proves the exis tence of payable quartz to a great depth on the Tokatea range. Gold of a payable nature has also been found within thirty feet of the Tokstea boundary line, which is also encom-aging prospects for the Tokntea company, and also shews that gold is likely to be found in this level when it reaches to their own mine. The Bismarck company have now 250 lbs. of picked stone on hand, sni is increasing the amount by a few pounds daily.

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

(Befoie Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.) THS IMNYNWATtD PATH. Dan'el Biitt, and Robert Bruce (not of Bitmockburn) were charged with being drank last evening, and were fined 10a each. A LYOIT.

Thornns Lvotis was charged with neglecting to support his cbildren in the Naval Training School. ■ : -: The oLler Lyon said he was not able to contribute ; he hid be°n in the Waikato, trying to gpt work ; he did rot know whether ho had a wife or not ; she bolted and he skedaddled. . Rig Worship said the defendants conduct was very bad ; he had gone away and left hi 3 child, to starve, or to the mercy of the world ; he ought to be ashamed of his*' conduct; he must pay 6s a week towards his children.. "Defendant said he could not pay ; he tad been oat of work for three months ; he had now got work at 153 and found. His Worship : You are well paid, and yon must pay the 6s, or you must go to Mount Eden, and you must pay in advance. Defendant : I have got no money, at least only 10s. ' His Worship : Then out with it, sir, and quiet, or you may have to pay more. Defendant pulled out the money, and pud it, promising to pay the 6s regularly to the constable at Hamilton. NEGLECTED. John Smith, a smart lad, was charged with being a neglected child according to the meaning of the Act. The boy was the first that had been com mitted to the Home for Neglected Children, and, having been trained by MrStickleyin the use of the spade and book, a situation was obtained for him at Kaipara, where ho was badly treated ; he was then put under the care of the constable at Momgonui, with whom he had lived two months, and who was desirous of having the boy again. Mr Stickley having explained, his Worship ordered the boy to be re-committed for two years. THE HORSE. William Charles Campbell was summoned to answer for allowing his hor3e to eat tfras'i by the way-side, on the 7th inst. Mr Campbell stated that his mare was allowed to go across the road for water, when Mr Goldie, who happened to be passing at the moment, collared the horse. 3 His Worship said that the city by-laws must be attended to, and he must pay 5s and costs. BREACH OF THE SHEEP ACT. Frederick James Somerfield was_ sum moned under the Sheep Act, with having, on the 19th of May, driven sheep at the North Shore infected with scab. Mr. W. H Kissling pleaded guilty for Mr Somerfield. . ■■'.'

Mr. Lewis said ha wag very sorry to in form the Court that this was a very bad case. He saw that something waa the matter with the sheep, and that they had been clipped He cautioned defendant, as he saw indica tions of scab, and told him to let him know if such waa the case, and he would cure them. Instead of doing this defendant allowed 58 sheep to run ; hence he brought the case into Court. He was glad tosay that the sheep of the province were entirely free from scab, excepting those of Mr Somerfield; and be was glad to say that Mr Somerfield had since done his best to carry out bis instructions to the letter. . His Worship said that might be so, but it would go forth throush the press, and it would be difficult to get the public tobeheve that scab was no where else than at the North Shore. It might appear a very small thing, bub in tiuth it was a very serious matter, and he should not be doing his duty were he to impose a less fine than twenty pounds, with costs. , His Worship remarked further that tot trespassing by scabby sheep, tbe fine wafl £100 ; for driving, a fine of £50, or not less than £5, according to^ the circumstances pt such case.

DADDY COMB HOME. Henry A. Barnett was charged with being the father of an illegitimate m^ass^Wi :.*?~ . wards whose support thewsajham, $^ Barnett had failed to contribvtanan,V\a\ - Defendant denied the paterkik^/jSS&uSu^., ..■ j

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