SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ttSJS?. 5^ ATER-This "vening, 4 35; tc-morrow MtOViS A(Jjfi_VullmoM., 19th, 1.6 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

<^J de, : chooner, frcm Wangarei

DEPRTURES.

WrtfaJgS" SPCo>B>. <**. *« S &picr and Sarah, bd e , for ■Wanear^a.-.ud Melbourne Seesprav, mig for Newcastle TcS^:for cTair ifor^apierviaMe^B^

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

rfor ho SoiUh-WelltDgton, »s. on arrival of the ss City of a.T-. x botm,e For Newcustle-Blla Gla<!s*one, brig, early Z~' b ort 7, •wn-aeUa Martr, r-arqiw, Saturday lor thi» Sonth T.uro, rs Monday, 19th *or .London—Fernglen, ship, eaii.v *or Raroionga-Coronet, fchoonor, early *OE the Cape—Shooting Star, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of Melbourne, ss, from Ban Jfrancisco, 14th last (Rngli h mail) Wellington, ss, from the South. 15th inst (^nezmail) nnm, screw-barqucntiue, from Levuka, early Belln Brandon, schooner, from Feiiyhu. Trland, early Peerless, 'chooner from South Sea Islands, early Lsetitia, s hooner, from Barotonga Medora. b*rqne from Lyttelton Ptapr, bjrnno from Kewcaste, early Zfphyr, t(h-oner, from Moeralti. early KehroTd, barque, from Syiinpy ; siiled Ist July J"hn Kenr.ie. ship, from Lon.-Vn ; siiled May 11 Katfl Er-iir!, briga-tine, from Timaru, early Dauntless, tchroner (Hawaiian), from LeviOra, early Agnes, schooser, from Duiedin : Fuil«d 30th iiltimo Vic'or, barquer.tine, from To-tOamble, early Vivii, barque, from Circular H;ad, early Eyno, brgastine', from T-Ir.tnmKh, early I'rtpna, srhr,oTu-r, froia early Mar'h«, bsiqne, U--xi\ ihe Islands, early Edilh. tohoo er, from the Islsnds, e«lv FJec! ero, shirj, from Londoa ; sailed 13th April

C^-zl special charge of one shilling is made for fionsirnccs' or s7tip2>ers' names inserted in this column.

EXPORTS.

Per Southern Cross, for Napier:—2 ploughs, 1 bundle sla es. C copper boilers. 6 furnaces, 1 parcel, 4 packages, .3 packsgea—T. and S. Moiric.

CAPTAIN CASEY'S NEW STEAMER.

The new screw steamer Messrs Finis and Brown Bft'-o built for Casey, at the North Shore, will be launched by the time th's reaches the eyel! of our reader*, the Mine of launching being fixed at four o'clock, this afternoon. The vessel has the following dimensions :—Length of keel. 100 ft; breadth of beam, 36ft Sin; deoth cf hold. 7ft tin; register ftbeut 60 tons'. *he has two cabins fore and aft. In the fore cabin, which mmw s iß't lov>g, there is accommoda tion for about 20 passengers, th?ra beiDg 14 slee iog berths besides the side leckers, which can be used as such. The after cabin (for ladies only) is about 14ft 1 ng. snd is provided v.ith sleeDine accommodation for eight person?. The woolwork in both cabins is completed, and the decorations and painting will re proceeded with »t rnce. The quarters for the captain and engineer will bs on deck, under and aft of tie bridge, wMch will ba six feet wine, right amidships. Therfi will be two holds—one fore'ard, and the otiier aft r.f tbe engine-room, which will thus be well away from the cabins. Th« deck la flush fore and aft, with nothing upon it but the onVers1 ouarttr3 &b<">ve men tioned. Messrs Sims and Brown h*re u?ed their be«t efforts to turn oat a strong an-i seaworthy craft. The ne«r boat, which is to be named the "Nellie Casey," will be mited to cope w th any rough weather Bhe may came across and at the simp tirau i=s expected to atta n a f<?ir r*te' f spec s. it is said 9 knot*. Messrs Fraser and Tinne hwe cons racted the ergines and boile--. which are all re^dy for putting in The br.iler i* In.rs?. and strong, being tested for sust in'ng a pres sure ujto 75 lb? to tbe square inch Ths engines are 25 hor-p-power nomii al, and <vipab!e of working ud to 100 h'>r. e-t:ower. The bo;.t is exrected to be rsady for running in about three weeks tirre. Immediately after her launch, tiioNel ie Casey wiilbe towed over to Mechanics' Bay, where she vi'l bAtted with her machinery. She will supply the place of the Lady Bowen till that vesstl has b< en lpn?th°ned and re paired, when she will proceed to the Kaipara to relieve the Lily.

HThe schooner Go'den Isle cleared out to day in ballast for Russell. The ss "Luna 3eft Wellington for tho Mmukau at noon yesterday. The cutter Wangarei brings a cargo of coal fiom the rewly developed Wangarei mine?. The ship Forfarshire was brought alongside the eaate n T of the -wharf this morning. The schooner Agnes is to coma on to-day from Coromandpl, where she has put out part of her Duae din cargo. Tbe Kowena arrived yesterday evening from Tau- Tanga with a quantity of cvrgo. and passengers as already published in te?ej?ram. "i he A..S.P. Go' 3ss Southern Croa3 left last evening for Nauier and Wellington. Passer gers—Messrs Ellis, T. Hunter, Nation, Abbott, and a few others. r The schooner Effie Meikle his cleared to-day for Mercury Bay with a general cargo. The schooner being built hy Messrs ?ims & Brown, at thdr yaid in Cust-irchou'e-strett, will he ready for lauuchirg on Thursday next. She is intended for Messrs Forcl an>l Hol'and, and is de&tined fur the Bay of Islands trade; Her dimensions are—s2 feat length rf heel, 16 f»et 6 inches beam, and 6 feet 6 inches in depth of hold. The second of the Government steam launcte3 bciDg coi strncted by Messrs Fiaser and Tinne was urder steim yesterday. and marie her official trHl trip wi h Sir Stewart (the Governroeat inspector for these boats) and the Collector of Customs on board. The tip was made to < rakei Bay. a,.d then vp the harbour As in the case of the first, the rate of speed attained was about nine knots, and she machinery worked well snd FmooihTy. One of these vessels will probably go t-'outh Dy the Luna on Saturday, and the other by the Phoebe next trip.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Mantjrtatj He r>s, th's d*y. The Taranaki crossed the B^r, outwards bound, ai 4.50 p.m. ytstsiday. Wind S. Bar clear cf break.

Neison, this day. The p.s. "Wellington left for the iforth at 5 p.m ye3terday.

Wellington, ttm day. The Luna left for the Manukau at h*lf-pas twelve o'clock yesterday afternoon.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows . — For Thames. torn irow, at 9.30 a m rfor '"oro:var del, to-morrow, at 11 30 fcjm for Wan^arei Ac, ptr "Wargarui, to-racnow at 3 pm, and, pcr?<cvcreiira of the BeaS, fit 4 pm For Whitiang*, Tajrua, Op titi. and Napier, via TjurAnßa, por Rowena, to-morrow, at 3 p m For TKrunai-iaEd Southern Provinces, per We'ling ton, immeriatuJy afctr arrival of City of Mel.'jturue from Honolulu For Australian Colonies, per City of Melbourne, six hours alter arrival for Mbhuranel. Maiskar.a, Mangiwai, AVaipu, &c, per Ltrty BiWen, on Saturday next at 9 am For Wellington and Souchern Provinces, por Luna, on Saturday next at 12.45 p m M^ils for Australian Colonies. ISHlia, China, Mediter ranean Ptrts. Gont nect of Europe, and United Kingdom, Via i-'ufz s.nd Southampton, and via Briadlti, .pei Ihcebe. on Sitnrday. °4th insta'.t S. B. .bISS. Chief Postmaster.

Thß " Wine of Life" can only be kept free from adulteration or impoverishment by per petuating thorough digestion and a regular action of the kidneys arid bowels A morbid hanit of body tends to derange digestion, divert the bile from its propar channels into the circulation, and thus render it both watery and impure. Deficient aclion of the kidneys also cauarß blood poisoning. Regulate, strengthen and depurate with Udolpho Wolfe's SCBIEDAM AIIOMATIC fc-OIINAPPS.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1875.

For tho cause that lacks assistance, Jor the wanß that needs resistaac* ?sr the fmture In the dJßtanc«, Ami tb« sood that we can do.

The villanies that have been perpetrated by the L»nd Ring in Hawke's Bay call for some altered legislation for dealing with disputes between black and white. It is generally believed that no impartial jury of white men could be empannelled in that province to determine a suit in which the claims of natives and of white settlers are concerned. It is a stain on the honor of our common humanity that it ia so, and it is the duty of honest men all over these islands to demand that something shoul^ be done to purge the stain. And here the question presents itself, why should not litigation between Maoris and Europeans be submitted to mixed jurie3 ? We admit that the great bulk of the native population con sists of people wholly unfit for considering legal disputes, or giving judgment based on principles of justice. But the same can be said, with very little qualification, of a very large number of those enrolled on common juries ; and on grounds of intelligence and rectitude we do not hesitate to say that from the more enlightened of our sable fellow countrymen there could be selected a jury list that would guarantee aB just and intelligent verdicts, as are usually seen proceeding from the jury room. And what can appear more unjust and more unsatisfactory to the native popula tion, and indeed to any impartial mind, than that suits between members of two races should be invariably left to juries selected from, one race and that the dominant one. In Hawke's Bay of course the thing has become a patent scandal, for it is known that so exended are the ramifications of the party

known as the Land Ring, that any juror who would express an opinion capable of being tortured into sympathy with Maori grievances would be marked and ruined, just as Mr. Judge Rochefort was marked and removed from the bench, because he had a conscience that revolted from the scoundrelism of the dominant party. But we speak not alone of that hotbed of iniquity. But in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, anywhere, how unfair does it appear for such disputes between members of different races to be decided by a jury selected from one alone. In all cases in which a member of an alien race is placed on trial, our national sense of justice compels us to give him the benefit of a mixed jury, and for s litigation between

Englishmen and Welshmen was determined by juries consisting of twelve from each of the two nationalities. Now when peace has taken the place of hostility between the races of New Zealand, and when it is desir able to do everything to ouliivata their mutual confidence, the continuance of this palpable injustice must have an ill effect, which will not be mollified by the disgraceful proceedings that have now made Hawke's Bay Province notorious. Two years ago a Maori jury bill was among the anticipated results of the th-.n approaching session of Assembly, but the influence which controls Maori legislators was quietly used, and the idea was hushed. Of course it is quite easy to work the orjele so that the natives will noi; insist on any such measure of justice. But surely our own sense of fair play, and our sense of what is due to the character of Anglo-Saxon colonization in its relations to the dispossessed race, should impel us to remove such a blob on those relations; and if the revelations of the grcg-cum-mortgage swindles of the Hawkes Bay bushrangei'3 have the effect of awaking tho honest public to a sense of what is right, it may be after all that those robberies will serve a beneficent purpose. Whether the result may tend in the direction of a mixed jury system, a simpler and readier form for removing trials to purer and more wholso some atmoaphere, or the constitution of some new and impartial tribunal for the trial of suits between the races, it is to be hoped that the door will be for ever closed agaiutt the repetition of transactions which have given wealth to those Shepherd Kings of the East Coast, and givea baggary and degrada tion as the heritage of their children to the original owners of the county.

It is foitunate that tbe final ratification of the postal contract rests wif.h the Assembly, for surely it will not perpetuate the abiurdity of the coastal service of New Zealand bung performed by the trans-Pacific ocean steamers. That peculiar feature was the outcome of inter provinoial jealousies and was at one time a political necessity. The interprovincial jealousies are as lively as ever, but they do not appear to seek manifestation in this par ticular way. In this we have an illustration of how time brings common sense, and our Southern fellow colonists, who saw in the touching of the boata at the Northern port alone, the bogie of Auckland ascendancy, have learned by experience that the cure is wors<3 than the disease. For tho big att-amers foiling down the coast with empty holds and tenantlcsa cabin?, liavcjharl the effect of disarranging traffic, injuring the leguitnite coasting trade, and confertiug no counter* vailing benefits in return. It 13 v/01l that experience has been the teacher, and after Wellington shall have exhausted the in evitable gas respecting its right to be the centre of the universe, and the pivot on which New Zealand turns, we may fairly anticipate, if the coastal clause is lopped off that [we shall hear no more interprovincial grumbling respecting the service during its ei^hfc years' continuance. "With two such companies as those now engaged with mag nificent Bteamers in doing the coastal livd c of the ialcnds, it is idle to say that any room exists for the in troduction of the American steamers, which could be filled to tha advantage of the commerce of tha colony ; and only the somewhat sentimental feeling of desire to be on the main trunk line of' tho groat route could prompt any Southern port to cl din the visits of tbe mail steamers. The coasting trade done by the American boats under the former contract was an irregularity only allowed in virtue of the peculiar circums'.ances and was a favour that would not have been granted to foreign bottoms on the coasts of the United States. Now neither the exigencies of politics nor of trado demand that the big steamers should go rolling down our stormy coasts. And it is devoutly to be hoped that, seeing the change that Ins been wrought in Southern feeling on the subject, the Assembly will make short work of thi* feature of the proposed contract.

A gentleman who has gone to the trouble and expense of making the following scien tific experiment deserves indulgent considera tion at the hands of any public company. Where we have so many people wasting pages of foolscap in theorising, we cannot sufficiently commend the practical and incontrovertible argument supplied in this burning of the one ninth part of a sperm candle. We feel confident that in face of such an appeal the directors of the Ferry Company are warranted, and will be indemnified by share holders for investing in a pound of sperms : To the Editor of the Evening Star : Sir, — Yesterday (Wednesday, 14th instant), at 5"30 p.m., twelve persons, including myself, were seated in the fore-cabin of one of the Company's boats—in utter darkness, as usual. We thought of trying an experiment to find the approximate expense of supplying a light from the town wharf to Flagstaff Wharf, North Shore. Immediately on start ing, we lighted one inch of a sperm candle (6 to the H>, each 9 inches long), being one fifty-fourth of a R>, at 1/ per lb retail, which burned brightly in the open air and draught, until we reached the Flagstaff Wharf. As it is well known, light can be supplied at a cheaper rate with kerosene than with sperm candles, surely it would not seriously injure the large (?) dividends of the Company to grant the necessary accommodation at some thing less than Jd. per trip when dark, should the experiment with our inch of candle sufficiently enlighten the manager, so that his benign rays may be abundantly diffused into the compartment referred to, it will not have been burned in vain.—l am, etc., A Daily Traveller.

The JBatavia Sea and Fire Insurance Com pany has established an agency in Auckland, and Mr. H. W. Heath, Bank Buildings, Wyndham street, has been appointed local agent. The company offers special advan tages for marine risks, having agencies at which premiums may be received and losses paid in all parts of the world. An announce ment relating to the Atickland branch ap pears in another column.

Dover ia to be made a fortified harbour of importance. The Duke of Cambridge has given evidence in favour of the scheme before a select committee, has stated that in case of a European war it would be of the greatest importance, and has, in fact, quoted the opinion of the Duke of Wellington to show that he is right in his judgment. In reply to Sir George Balfour, His Royal High ness has further pointed out that, with a good pier at Dover, troop 3 intended for service abroad could be brought from all parts of the country by rail alongside ships, and embarked within an hour of their ar rival. After this testimony little doubt need be entertained respecting the Dover harbour scheme.

Ii; affords us much pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of £1 from Dr. Kenderdine in aid i of the funds now being collected for the r widow ot the) late Mr. Patrick Sweeny, t We shall be very happy to receive and trans- i mit auy furth< airioun"s which may be t placed in our hinds for tire purpose, by those t whe feel sympathy with bereavement and ] distress. < Mr. Thomas Baker has called to say he is <" not dig Thomas Baker fined yesterday for < assaulting Constable Moore, and moreover ; he cannot conceive what Thomas Baker : could so far have forgotton himself as to fall out with a man in blue. The Bail of Plenty Times, ever alive to the interests oi! the districts it represents, draws attention to the fearful sta:e of the roads, especially in the Rotorua district, which are described as seas of mud, or cut up into sharp ridges and yawning gulfs— graves of delspidated vehicles, the buried hopes of road engineers, and the public works vote of the last and coming Parliament. Our contem porary hopes that £20,000 will be votsd by the next Parliament to metal the road from Taurauga to the Lakes. A party of gentleman comprising Mr G. Yon der Seyde, Mr W. Swanson, and other members of the General Assembly took a trip down to Kohimarama this afternoon in one of the new Government steam launches for the purpose of inspecting the training school there. A match between the Parnell and Ponsinby Football Clubs will take place on Saturday next in the Domain. The uniforms ordered for tha Parnell Club have arrived from Melbourne, and members are requested to apply for them without delay to the ccietary. The Melbourne Aryns which seems to be taking the lead in the direction of la'atudi narianism, if not of re; thought, has some very severe strictures on the lUv. A. M Henderson, who attracted such large congre gations at the Choral Hail. The opening hentences of the article on Mr Henderson arc as follow :—" The Rev. Anketeil M. Hender son is once more happy—that is to say, as happy as a wicked and unappreciativc age will permit him to be. lo will be remembered that not long ago he " burst " up," to use a favourite expression of the land reformers, a young men's debating society which existed in connexion with his church. These sinful youths venture:! to hold views slightly at vaiiance with their reverend pastor and president, and, what was worse still, to expre-s them. Then, when Mr Henderson demanded that a victim should be sacrificed in order to pacify his righteous indication, and that securities should be given againat the recurrence of similar outrages in the future, , th* y trucu lently refused to gratify him in either parti cular." The Magistrate at the Prahan Police Court, Melbourne, has decided that when a boy i 3 apprenticed the parent's responsi bility was in a preat measure transferred to the inasstor. The master miiit be allowed a certain amount of liberty to punish his apprentices, so long as the punishment is not unduly severe. He therefore dismissed two charges of assault brought against the over seer of Sargood's factory, although the evi dence showed that for neglecting work the overseer had tied one of the boys f.o a post, and as a punishment for the ofFjnco took down his trousers and flogged him uith a lea; her strap split into thongs, inflicting half-a-dozen lashes. Defendant then left the room for a few minutts, and on returning asked the boy how he liked ih, adding several other stripes. A similar punishment was iu/licted by defendant on Champion for ' a like neglect of work. Tho following persons are requested to call for the two amounts now lying unclaimed at this office, Mrs Cassidy, £1 10s ; Mrs Holt ham, £3 os. We hear from the General Government Age^t that the Luna left for Manukau yester day at 1 p.m., to take members of Assembly to Wellington. Tho gold produce from th.9 Queen of Beauty mine for the past fifrren months rta'ized the grand total of £56,862, out of which £23,085 were paid in dividends. This extraordinarily rich return comes like a memory of tho golden days of the past. The circumstances which led to the inven tion of tho swinging Bessemer saloon, which has recently received a successful trial, were somewhat singular. The Ji]mperor of the French proposed to confer on Mr Bessemer the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, f and ho went over to Pans to receive this , reward. But the British Minister at; the ' | Imperial Court intimated to the Government \ I of the Emperor that it would be con i trary to the etiquette of the British . Court for this decoration to be worn by a British subject. It may be supposed that a man of such vigorous intellectual powers would not lay to heait such a dis i appointment as tin's. But whether vexation had any part in it or not, tha fact is that Mr Bes-emer on returning to England across the Channel was attacked with such violent sea ! sickness that for twenty-four hours his life ■ was despaired of. But this painful experience • aroused him to a new invention. He deter: . mined to devise some means of preventing sea j sickness, and after a series of studies and ; experiments, he produced the Bessemer i steamboat saloon. 1 The Dushesne conspiracy against Bis" 1 marck's life, which formed the subject of the ' disagreement between Germany and Belgium, 1 anel about which so much has been heard ancl so little is understood, may be explained in a few words. More than a year ago : Dnchesne, a working engineer in the Belgian town of Lieges, addressed several letters to • the Archbishop of Paris, offering to assas sinate Bismarck for the good of his : soul and a consideration. The Archbishop 1 loyally handed these interesting epistles to 1 the French Government, who with praise • worthy expedition communicated the con tents to the intended victim. A diplomatic correspondence having arisen in consequence : between the German and Belgian Govern ments, the latter regretted their inability to prosecute the wouid-be assassin, the mere ex pression of an intention not being a penal act ; under the Belgian law. The negotiations re ' ferred likewise to the conduct of certain Belgian bishops, who encouraged the German 1 Catholic bishops to rebel against the law of the land. Fork-grinding is said by an English medical authority to be more fatal to human life than- any othes industrial pursuit in Great Britain. The fine particles of stone and metal which arise in clouds from the grindstones on which the work is done enter the lungs, causing consumption and wasting away of the body. The average longevity of fork-grinders is found not to exceed 30 years. A novel case has recently been reported to tho police at Lucknow. A Mahommedan woman is said to have bsen seized with sudden spasms of an epileptic nature which stopped her breathing, and which her rela tives took for a sudden dissolution. In due course she was placed in her winding-sheet and carried to her last resting-place. The Moulvie being in attendance, the ceremonial of burial was about to proceed, when the woman, who \i as only in a trance, sprang to her feet and made off, scattering the bewil dered and astonished crowd in all directions. Just then another corpse was seen winding its way thither, and as the newly-dug grave had not been used, it wag offered for the new tenant; but on hearing the story of the woman, the relatives of the deceased were so scared (he having been a notorious bad character in life), that they indignantly re fused to deposit his remains there for fear of similar results. Her grave is thus preserved to mark the supernatural result ! This is told by the Lucknow correspondent of the Daily News.

To the Editor: Sir,—l was much sur prised, on reading in y- ur I•' evamu» s a report of the meeting of the Ci y U'Uici ~ a that a petition was p.snid trow >c t residents of Collingwood sireer, eoiupU n "*-' « that Campbell's cows and horses rie-f ;<<y; «» -: their paths in travelling to and fro fioai tt v paddock. 1 beg confidently to state that; our cattle are carefully driven to the paddock, and that the badness of the road was not caused by the COW 3 and horses as alleged, and I think is very hard that our cattle should be continually under the surveillance of the police, an.l the far-reaoh.m« eye of Inspector G-oldle, which smacks of persecution.—Yours, &c, J. A. Campbell. It is at all times a pleading duty ro record enterprise oi the part of our fellow colonists, we would now do so with reference to the establishment of an oil-skia manufactory at (;nehunga soss.-e two years ago. Mr G. Vau?e began to experiment on the best method of making these valuable water-proof goods, bis perseverance and knowledge of the required material, and of the way to use them has re sulted in a most complete success, after undergoing every fipeci.es of tri^l the oil skin garments art) found to possess the necessary elements of any good article, viz., superiority of material and work. The demand for them increased to such an extent that Mr Vause found it necessary to build a new factory, which is seen by any one walking from the Onehunga Station towards Mr EUrdiogfcon's hotol. The same being a compact three-storied building well adapted for the purpose, and a credit to Onehunga. On the ground fl or is the storehouse ; on the second and third floor are scores of pants, coils, &■.; , in dif ferent starts of preparation. Altogether eight hands are employed in various parts of the manufacturing and finishing, so ihas Mr. Vause may be icgire'ed as a public bene factor, inasmuch as he retains in the jjlace an amount of wages money which would otherwise be lost to the community, and be paid away far the imported article. Mr. Wiiiso refers to his stopping the importation of these goods &s being an advantage to the mercantile world, or rather to the insurance portion of it, contending that oilskins paoke I close together are very liable to spontaneous combustion, and ho is of opinion that the many fires at sea, otherwise unaccountable, may be traced to this source. Three young men were brought up before the Resident Magistrate's Court, Onehunga, yesterday, by Constable Greene, charged with using the Manc.e c Bridge on Sunday evening, June 27, as a race course, and galloping horaea thereon, to the danger of anyont'd life who might chance to have boon thereon. Mr Keetley appeared for the accused, whose names were John Rae, Hugh Kko, and Joseph Moody. The case was proved against two of them, and a fine imposed of 40^ each and coats. At the meeting of gentlemen for promoting the subscription in aid of the family of the lato Patrick Swe&ney, held last night, eight of the subscription lists wera returned, shew ing £12 93 (5 1 collected. This was paid in to the treasurer, and the meeting was adjourned for a week for the other lists to come in, and it is hoped that the amount will be largely added to. A singular correspondence has passed be tween the local secretaries of the Acclimati sation Society at Hoiorua and a gentiemsn at; Taupo, who proposed to seed a supply of carp from Taupo (introduced there some years ago by Captain Morrison, of the A.C) to be placed in ihs ancient lake of Rotoma. In reply to this excellent proposal, the Ro torua secretary rf-plied :—"Sir, —After due consideration, we have determined not to have anything to do wi^h your fish." The Ohinemntu correspondent of the Hay of Plenty Times, who records the following, jocularly remarks: —''The reason assigned (but omitted mysteriously from the Becie tary's letter) fur declining the Taupo carp, it is understood, was their alleged coarseness and dangerous superfluity of bane, which it WPS surmised might too violently expediate the doom of our native allies should this acclimatisation project be developed in tbis populous centre of Maoridom." Mr Barnett, the well-known poi-k butcher, of Queen-street, has opened a branch c tt!> lishincnb in Parnel], just opposite the Catho licc Church, in the promises lately occupied by Mr Pike, grocer. The new shop forms quite a feature in this quieb suburb, and of an evening the cheerful *:low from its win dows lights up the street in a very pleasant in inner. The tasty edibles, in the shapa of pork pies, polonies, &c, which are there dis played, aro sufficient to make anyone's mouth water. Such a shop was much wanted, and we anticipate that Mr Barnett will not repent hi 3 new venture. An important decision ba3 recently been given by a fuli Court of Judges in Melbourne. A grocer named James Caspar Morris was convicted at the Criminal Sessions in April last of disposing of uoods he had bought on credit otherwise than in the way of trade, and with intent t> defraud. The evidence shewed that he bad bought kerosene oil on credit, and that thonly after he had so purchased it he had told it by auction for a much less pries than he bad paid for ir, so as to put him in funds. His firm shortly afterwards became in solvent, and Morris, in the course of his examination in the Insolvent Court, desciibed the process he had resorted to as financing. Mr Justice Molesworth, who had tried the case, reserved for the full Court the question whether the insolvent cou^d be found guilty of the offence with which he was charged. The case was argued, and the Court held that there was sufficient evidence to go to the jury to sustain the conviction. The Improvement Commissioner ease occupied the District Court until five o'clock yesterday, when Mr. J. B. Russell applied for a nonsuit on the ground that the exemp tion of the drill-shed and site set forth in the act included the adjoining buildings. Mr. Lusk replied and the case was adjourned for a fortnight on that point, Mr. Russell inti mating that if it were decided against him he would raise the question of the jurisdiction of the Court. A meeting of the Loyal Albert L O.L will be held in the lodge-room, Wellesley-street, to-morrow evening, at half-past 7 o'clock. A singular combat took place at Inglewood between akangaroo and a dog. The long-tailed one was observed in a paddock belonging to Mr. James Bloan on the banks of Bulabul Creek ; and on a dog being set after him the kangaroo turned, and seizing the latter in his fore-paws hopped off into the creek, and there tried to drown him ; but not relishing this kind of treatment, the dog freed himself from the kind embrace of his tormentor, and getting on to the back of the latter, held his head under water in such a persistent manner as to effectually quieten him. The dog then swam ashore, and the dead body of the kan garoo floated down the stream.

They have the same system of raking the mud into heaps in Dunedin as prevails here, and the Otago Daily Times explains the way the evil was remedied thusly :— " Last even ing, a gentleman, who had been over his shoe tops three times in these mud heaps, deter mined that instead of writing to the papers he would get a Town Councillor to accom pany him through a carefully collected heap of mud, and thus enable the city representa tive to fy""*l * practically on the matter at the next meeting of the Council- He was not long in finding his man, and, suggesting a drink, the two crossed at the University corner, for the Empire Hotel. The councillor was on the left, and with a little judicious steering on the part of his friend, he was landed centrally in a heap of well assorted slush. That Councillor swore, he used ad jectives, he said somebody would hear some thing about our dirty streets next meeting. He was last sp^u vvith. an order paper taking off the thick of the mud, before spoiling a doormat. Example is better than precept."

Gentlemen interested in the holding of a' a Dog and Poultry Show are invited to meet a:, ib-i Hotel, at half-past two o'clock to-tn«rr w afternoon. The last show was an uiq.iiliuo.l fii-tes and Mr Greenwood has hven v ge I ;o make it an annual even 4", jhesd eiTows it c :• gieat benefit by offering encourajtmifci.t o 1-r. c ois of poultry and in ducing "a healthy jv.tiry. Wo hope the attendance to-uioirow vvi 1 '•<: good. In addition to all other orders in force^ on the rifle range, and in order to guard against all possibility of serious accident when en gaged afc rifle practice, officers and non-com missioned officers in charge of firing squads are held responsible that no Volunteer shall load his rifle or carbine until be has taken up the position in front of his equad from which he intends to fire, any inattention to thi3 ■ necessary order must be reported os soon as possible to the officer commanding the district. The <ovn is infested just now with loaning vagabonds, who go about asking for money, and, if a chance offers, pick up any small articles Ijing about. One of these men yes terday opened the door of Mr Ewinsjton's residence, situated on the cliff, lower Ch'pel street, and walked boldly in. When he got as far a3 the dining room door, he was met by Mrs Ewington, whom he asked for money. Although naturally alarmed, Mrs Ewington ordered the rascal out, and he skulked away. Very lately an impostor went the rounds of the suburbs, puticuiariy Ponsouby, and after ascertain ing something of the frieads and connections of residents, proceeded to represent himself as personally acquainted with them, con cluding by asking fur a small loan. Ttns gentleman was pretty successful, but in one of his applications he was asked to wait a few minutes, a constable being sent for in tbe meanwhile. However, after a lapse of several minutes he began to wake lothe con- Bciousness that nil was not right and cleat ed otf. But the police were on his track, and upon discovering that the friendly although impecunious gentleman wa3 an old acquaint ance, he was brought up at the Police Court and sent to gaol for six months.

The Bench and Bar.

Proposed Establishment- of a Central Colonial Ceurt-

(SPECIAL TO THE STAR.)

WELLINGTON".

(From our own Correspondent.)

This day. The Times sgain remarks upon tbe status of the bar, and the consolidation of the Supreme Courb at the seat of Government;. It takes the same grounds rs before, viz.. that the system is bad, tint men are frail, and that it ia impossible but that the localisation of a ju ?go in one place must result in his being surrounded with satellites whether he likes it or not, partisans in the press will laud him, members of a servile bar will beslaver him with praise, the more active of his social ring or set will button hole and intrigue in his favour. A judge may surround himself with hi 3 whole family belongings to th:; remotest degree, and this may come to monopolise the bulk of the legal business of his Court quite naturally and innocently enough no doubt, and people see nothing wrong in it because they become accustomed to it, nay, some even cry out through the press for i's continuance, but the administration of justice suffers. Abuses creep in by slow degrees, jealousies and animosities are created, justice is openly intuited in her temple, the judge is bulied en the Bench, or bullies the bar from the Bench, and the pre3S teems with charges and. counter-charges, of which, if only the title be true, the country has reason to blush for miking their recurrence possible. It concludes : " By concentrating the Supreme Court at the seat of Government an immense reform would be effected ; j;idge3 would have the assistance of an educated bar, and of eioh other in doubtful ca<e?, and would moreover be under the wholesome check of a bar opinion. The ordinary legal business of the country would be mire expeditiously and more cheaply conducted thau at present. Attorneys in the provinces would have agents in Wdlinginn to attend to their business without dragging up " counsel" attorneys on special retainers, and the change would be altogether in favour of Buitor3 aud agaiust the legal fraternity, who now blandly pocket their ambidetrial fees and swear by tns exist ing system ; issues of facb would be tried in the province where the cause of action arose, and there is no reason why for example periodical sittiDga of the Supreme Court should not be held in other centres of population besides those now honored by the presence of the Supreme Court judge. But the practice of making business by protract ing litigation for the sake of cost*, could eoe be canied out were the Supreme Court; of the colony concentrated here, as we suggested ; and we need hardly add, by way of finish, that the tone and status of the JSew Zealand Bar would be sensibly improved."

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., K.M.) LOVELY NELLIE. Ellen Brown alias Lovely Nellie, was brought up on a charge of being found drunk and incapable in the public thorough fare. Mrs Brown, previous to being brought into Court, fainted in the passage. Upon recovering slightly she pleaded guilty, and was fined ss. and costs. A LONELY MAN. John Wilson was charged under the Va grancy Act, but upon coming into Court ie)', down in a fit. The prisoner being in a verj weakly state, the case was remanded til' to-morrow. ALFRED THE LITTLE. Alfred Arnold, a .seamam, was chargee with deserting from H. M. ship Dido on the 2nd inst On the application of Sergeant-Majo] Pardy the fugitive was remanded for a week Attempt§d Sfe&er of a "Wife. lagllight Paalson, a native of Norway, was again brought up on a charge of attempting to murder Lena, his wife, by striking her or the head with a large stone at lliverhead, 01 the 12th inst. Mr Herman Mattson, baker, of Baker street, acted as interpreter. Prisoner said that he struck his wife, bu she hit him wii/h tiie stone first; she was th< aggressor. Lena Paalson, wife of prisoner, who was ii a very delicate state of health, was accom modated with a chair, deposed that she resided at Kiverhead ; Mrs Christian, a friend, asked her to come and spend a week with her ; she was parted from her husband; she lef*t him in Norway, and emigrated to this country, and he came out after her ; he found her out, and said he was going to leave her, and was going to sea ; he wanted to say " goocsbjs.;" she said, very well; I suppose you will come back again. (The poor woman here gave way, and was quite incapable of proceeding with tha evi dence, and was taken into the passage for a short time.) On returning into Court she proceeded to say that he caught her by the hair and struck her on the head three times. She saw that he had someting heavy in his pocket, and upon enquiring he grew angry and committed the offence. She fell down insensible.

Prisoner said he gave her two blows on the head, but not three; the third blow was false, and his wife had told a fib. Lousia Christian, a married woman, also

lived at Riverhead. She knew the Paalsons. ?iBP She was a Norwegian. She saw Paalson and 3 M his wife on Monday morning last. They 9 I met. He said he was going to take ship and I going to leave his Lena. She seemed ■ pleased at the intelligence. She --—t Si-~"Y I to get some wood, and on iookin r d/ SS I prisoner hammefing his wife'd I } V W did not know how many times h\ -i ' .V.. ■ He was very quick about it. —I B duced with stains of blood on it.) The . 1 blood was from Mrs. Paalson's head. w Sergeant Henry Martin deposed t^i£oa jl Monday last he accompanied the wony'^V 1 the hospital where her head was dre?-' & I Dr Norton ; he observed that blood -^ed by > j the woman's head, there was a scalps upon- 31' the hair was matted in consequence. _ vAjl i Prisoner said he had a hole in his head which his wife had made. j .. Serjeant Merlin examined prisoner's head at tbe request of the court, but could not discover any indentation; prisoner said it must have healed up, there was a great holo there ; he was angry with his wife, because she had got another sweetheart. She wa3 false to him j she did § not love him truly. 1 His Worship said that because she had I another sweetheart, that was no excuse for his conduct in trying to kill her with a stone, the Court would find him guilty, acd he must go to prison for two months with hard labour, and, at the expiration of that term, to find two 6>uretie3 in £?5 each for his good behaviour for the next six months. Prisoner said he could not find sureties ; I His Worship replied that he muatjeherefore & continue in prison for the who'e term. I BREACH OF DOMAIN ACT. . / <f John Harker appeared in answer to a |||p summons charging him with a breach of the \||| Domain Act, in having removed certain W$ buildings in the Barrack rtssrve, against \i| the provisions of the said Act. V i The particulars of this case were discussed > a few days since, when his Worship promised to consider certain cases cited analogous to the present case, and he had come to the conclusion after much care that the Commis sioners being a corporate body could not delegate their powers to a stranger, and con- j sequently Mr H. II Lusk had not the power to lay the information ; the Court, therefore, had no alternative but to dismiss the case. j A similar iuformation against Thomas .; Howeli was also dismissed. f, TAMAKI BRIDGE. ; William Lundon, hotel keeper and omni bus proprietor, of Howick, was summoned for committing a breach of the Tamaki Bridge Act, by driving his 'bus and pair of horses over the bridge with a view of evading payment of toll. Mr Joy appeared for the prosecution, and Mr J. B. Rufeseli for the defendant. His Worship suggested that this case shoul i have been tried in the locality, as it was now the practice in every outlying dis tiict, to send all their cases tD this Court, which was being overwhelmrd with business more in fact than the Court could properly get through. It was also pressing very heavily ou the clerk _ whose fingers could scarcely keep space with accumulating work. Me would of course hear the present cas-, but he certainly objected to every case from distant places being sent to this Court through, it was said, the tardiness of justice in couscquence of the long intervals between the sittings of country Courts. He believed that if such cas:s were heard in the localities of the complaint?, it would not only ease this Courh, but would be for the general benefit of remote settlers. Mr Joy addressed the Court at great length in favor of his client, and cited a number of similar cases to shew that Mr LuDdon had committed a breach of the Act by forcibly crossing Tamaki Bridge and evadiug the toll. A plan of the bridge and j locality was put in, bub which was not very I artistically drawn. ■ _ I Tamaki Bridge wag described as most I picturesque, and perfectly rural in its I situation. ' If His Woiship said he had not been that I way since the bridge was built. ■ Mr. ilussell suggested that the case should I be rtni^nded to Howick, when his Worship t would have the opportunity of seeing the H bi idge. m Mr. Joy said ■ there would be the further I pleasure of visiting the dull but far-famed I village of Howick. f Counsel then turned to a number of | authorities, which were submitted to the | Court. m I Mr Joy then put in as evidence the 1 "Tamaki" Bridge Act," and the "Gazette" I of the township district", of December, 1864; 1; also, the lease aud bond under which the I lessee was employed at the time the offence I was committed. [' John Argus Hyorfch produced the condi- | tions of lease under which he acted under § the Superintendent as toil-collector of the I bridge. £ Mr Russell contended that Hyorth was i; ■ not properly appointed, which could be ■ : shewn. i t Mr Hyorth said he knew nothing about R ; " properly appointed," but he knew that he I;; purchased the privilege as the highest I I bidder. He only had his documents respect- ■ ing the lease. . n His Worship asked, assuming that inform* ■ ant was lessee, would that make him a f collector ? t I After some discussion on this point the « case moved on. H Harriet Hyortb, wife of last witness, de- f 3 posed that she lived in the toll-house, and | I was in the habit of collecting the toll and, | - with assistance, opening the drawbridge; she I: acted for her husband. H b Mr Russell considered that Hyorth could i i not delegate this business to his wife. m 1 His Worship thought he could, and the I case moved on. ' m Witness said she was opening the swing* t - bridge on the morning in question, when Mr 1 Lvrndon drove up with his 'bus and pair; the p bridge was half open, and Mr Lundon said 1 " close that bridge," she could not; he called again, and she positivelj refused. He then, said he would do it himself, he jumped off nis 1 bus, opened the toll-gate and threw the chain c in the grass by the road-side. He then ordered her to clear out, when she asked him v r he was aware that he was interfering with ;. her duty. He replied that he intended to close the bridge, despite her notions of duty. He then swung up his arms, and snatched s the winch-handle out of her hands, and g ordered her off. He closed the bridge, and a prevented the cutter Bella from passing. She E a knocked against the bridge. fl Mr Russell said the opening; of that bridge ■- had rendered the woman liable to a penalty X of £10. ■ t Mr Lundoa called Constable Naughtonto c his assistance, and went over the bridge witfl- B out paying. W: n Cross-examined by Mr Russell. B

The Courb then adjourned. Thomas Boakes corroborated the evidence of Mrs Hyorth as to the action of defendant; in forcing a passage over the bridge. John Hyorth, a lad of about tea years old, also gave evidence similar in every respect to that of Mrs Hyorth. Cross-examination failed to shake his teS".i timony. He did hear defendant call out when he got to the bridge, and say he must: cross because he was carrying the mail. Constable JSTanghton, examined, said that ou the morning of the Bth of last month He was a passenger by defendant's bus. vvnen it .arrived at the toll-gate, defendant asfcea Mrs Hyorth to close the bridge, and allow the mail to go over. She would not, and ae-, fendant and the passengers went and closea the passage, opening it again after the w» had passed. "" R. B. Lusk, Provincial Accountant, ww questioned as to thb appointment of or lessee of the tolls. There was no evidence of his appointment\as such except the boaa*^; which had beenM<jj<KCtfjJt>y him. . _^__ ' 5

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