SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATEE : Tbls evening 8.33 ; to morrow merning. 8 62 SUN SET : This evenrog,4.4s ; BUN BISK: to morrow morning, 7.17. MOON'S AGE : Last quarter, 27tb, 2.18 a m

ARRIVALS

"Victory, brig 255 tons, Whiting, from Albion, brig, 248 tons, Webson, from Adelaide Coralio, cutter, from Opotiki Albion, barque, Pennal, from Newcastle

DEPARTURES.

Dunedln, ship, Wh'itson, for Dunedin Mo.ieynick, barque, for Hokianga Isightingale, brigantine, McPhaiden, for Kaipara Albatross schooner, Wells, for Napier Southern Cross, ss, McKenzie, for Waikato (from the

Manukan) Ladybird, as, Andrews, for the South (from the Manukau)

IMPORTS.

B&~A special charge of one sliillinq is made for consignee's or shipper's names inserted in this colnmn.

Per Albion, brig, from Adelaide : 2753 bags wheat. —M. Mccol, agent. Per barque Albion, from Newcastle : 165 tons coal, 173 tons coke.—A.S.P. Co., agents.

Per Victory, from Adelaide: 100 tons copper ore (forUewcasle), 350 toes (2756 bags) wheat.—Thornton, Smith and Firth, agents.

The cutter Coralie, from Opotiki, brings 247 sacks maize, 40 do potatoes, 12 pigs, and 1 crate turkeys.

The brig Victor arrived from Adelaide with a cargo of -wheat this morning, »f ter a long run Captain Whiting reports leaving on the 24th nit. Passed Cape Howe on the 2nd June. Had easterly wind with gales at intervals all the war across Sighted the Tliree Kings on Wednesday, the 16th inst. ; thence strong S.S.W. winds into port. Passed the barque Especulador off Tutukaka on Saturday, and the Nightingale off the Hen and Chickens on Saturday niftht

Tiie A.S.P. Co,'a barque Albion arrived eariy this mornirg, after a fast run from Newcastle, which port sbe left on the 10th inst. Captain Fennal reports fresh SW. wind at starting. This veered to N. W. on Sunday, the 13th inst. Westerly and N-W. breezes attended the latter part of the passage, which was characterised by fine weather The Three Kings were sighted on Thursday, the 17th Tuick and squally weather down the Coast On Saturday experienced a g&le from the tf. K -Arrived at sa.m. this morning

The barque Albion passed a brigantine standing to the westwiird off the JP>ortb. Capo on Friday. . 1 he Roderick Dhu will sail to-morrow for Dunedin via Kalpara The s s Ladybird left the Manukau for the South yesterday moraine; with the following passengers :— Saloon : Messrs Moore. Miss heywood, Mr and Mrs George Barrel!, Messrs Hoare, McMaster, Trimble, Quick, and three io the steerage. The ship Dtwedin sailed for Otago this morning early with a portion of her original cargo from Loa pon, and a few tons shipped here.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Mantjkatt Heads. Thes.s. Ladybird, bound South, crcS3ed the Bar at seven o'clock this morning.

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING

REPORT. Business done, this day. National Bank—Buyers, 76s ; sellers, 77s Colonial Bank (30s. paid up)— Sellers, 265. 6d.

Fiji Bank- -Sellers, 543. South British Insurance—Sellers, 495. Standard Insurance—Buyers, 12s 6d. Auckland Steam Packet Company, sellers, 88 8 .

i City of London—47s. Royal Oak—Buyers, Bs. 3d. Crown Princess—Sellers, 7s. Golden Calf (new),—2s. Tairua—Sellers, 50s. Una-3s 9d ; sellers, 3s 9d. Union Beach—2ls, 21s 3d. Bismarck—Sellers, 10s 6d. Cure—lls; buyers, 10s 6d; sellers, 11s, Bed Queen—Bayers, Is ; sellers, Is 2d.

Mr B. Arthur sold to-day at his auction a number of sides of Waikato dairy-fed bacon at BJd to 9Jd ; shoulders do, 5Jd; lard, C^d to 7id, and a quantity of good Taranki but ter at Is 7d.

Messrs Cochrane and Son offered for sale to-day, by order of the Domain Board, the pasturage of that portion situated outside the plantation. The sum realised per annum was £150. The purceaser was Mr Cook.— The six allotments in Grafton-road^ opposite the Bowling Green, were withdrawn.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails "will Close as follows .—

For Thames, this day. at 6,30 p.m., and to-morrow,

at 11.30 am For Kawau and Matakana, per Lady Bowen, to

morrow, at 9 a m For Coromandel, on Wednesday next, at 11 30 a.m. For Warganui, per StKilda, on Wednesday, at 10 am

ForTidia, China, Mediterranean po^ts, Continent of Europe, Australia, and United Kingdom, via Sues and Southampton, and via Brindisi, per per a.s. Taranalii, on baturday, 26 h instant.

(Signed) J. E. Conky, Acting Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

GOI DWATEK.- On June 20, the wife of Mr. N, Goldwater, Hobson-street, of a son.

MARRIAGES.

DE COTJRCY—PICKERING.—On the 18th instant at his residence, Wakefield-street, by the Key. W Tinsley, J. R; De Courcy to Eliza Pickering.

SEAGREN—BREEZE —On the 17th June, at New ton, Mr John EiicSeagren, of Stockholm, Sweden, to Emma Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Mr. John Breeze, of Stratford. London, late of Peter borough, Northamptonshire, England. — Home papers please copy.

DEATHS.

POOLEY.—On the 20th June, at his parent's re sidence, Uewton "Road, Eobert, fourth son of Wm Henry and Jane Poolc-y, aged 7 years. The funeral will take place at 330 p.m. to morrow. Friends are invitGd to attend.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENT.

Waikato Pettjlhe.— We alwajs publish the name? of steersge pa'sentrers vhsn we rrceive them, but ■very frequently their nnines are not even taken down by the purser on board.

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

MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1875.

Fer the cause that lacks asslitanc*. For the wrong that needs reaisUae* «?W the f»ture In the distance, Aa4 th» ««od that we can ta.

The despatch from the Secretary of State for the colonies to the Governor of New Zealand published in Saturday's Herald is an exceed ingly important one. We have heard it currently spoken of as a snub to Sir George Grey, but to our eye it appears as satis i factory a reply to the action of Sir George and the late Superintendent, as could have been desired; and unless we completely misunder stand the object of their joint action, that action has been effective. It is tiue that there is a gentle censure to the neglect of strict observance of red-tape etiquette, and a needless assurance that the Earl of Carnarvon still cherishes the feelings engendered in bis mind by the originality of conception, and the independence and firm ) ness of a man who sacrificed the hopes of Imperial preferment for the sake, of the people whom he governed, and whose interests he had made his own. But we believe that the opinions and the information elicited from the British Minister are exactly those required by the late Mr Williamson, and by Sir George Grey. If we rightly interpreted public feeling at the time, it was that Mr Vogel had other objects in his hasty trip to England beaides the negociation of the four millions loan, and that it was probable back stairs influence would be used in order to en trap the Imperial Ministry, and the Imperial Parliament, into giving extended powers to the New Zealand Assembly so to absolutely settle the question of the partial or total aboli tion of the provincial system. If more was de sired more could nob have been expected, than success in checkmating any underhand attempt on the part of Mr. Vogel. In this respect the despatch of the (Secretary of State is entirely satisfactory. He says : "I have, as at present advised, no intention of applying, to Parliament for any legislation on the subject of the Provincial institutions or the Crown Lands of New Zealand ; and no suggestion that such legislation is necessary or desirable has been made to me, by or on behalf of the Government of the colony, or from any other quarter.'' .Nothing could be more explicit; and whether the knowledge of the prompt action taken by the present and the late Superintendents had come to Mr Vogel's ears and told him that the game was up; or whether no such sudden and uqderhand ruse was intended, we assert that the thanks of the public are no less due to the two gentlemen who took timely steps to anticipate evil, and to prevent a constitutional change of so fundamental a character being effected by surprise, and before the country had opportunity for fully considering and pronouncing on the subject. The Earl of Carnarvon expresses a sentiment - that will be echoed by every lover of consti tutional freedom in the colonies when he says, "I do not think there should be any pretence for saying that Her Majesty's Go vernment have influenced or interfered with the decision of the Colonial Legislature ;"' and had it been so that by back door influence, or misleading information, the Imperial Government had been led to take action so as to give premature validity to those monstrous resolutions of Mr Vogel'*, or to haaty legislation based on them, it would have dealt a stab at liberty in the colonies, to be regretted not more by colonists than by the Earl of Carnarvon himself. The despatch leaves the matter precisely aa it was, and now it will be the duty of the memben^of the Assembly who

really cherish a love of Constitutional freedom, and a desire that the will of the people of New Zealand should be the law of New Zealand, to thwart and delay by every con stitutional and parliamentary means, any attempted legislation on this great question until it is submitted to the arbitrament of the hustings and the ballot box.

We have received a very long letter from "Amphion" on the subject of Sir George Grey's letter to the Wairarapa Standard. We are sorry that our able and esteemed correspondent falls into the error so common ■with newspaper correspondents of making his communication of undue length. Not only is there not space available in an even ing paper for so long letters, but we believe that we correctly state the habits of readers when we say that a long letter in a newspaper bearing an anonymous signature, however able —as " Amphion's" letters always are—is not read by one in fifty of the readers of the paper. A glance at its length repels, and its arguments are accordingly thrown away. We would far prefer such a letter broken up into half a dozen, for we believe that short pithy letters are among the most interesting portions of the columns of a newspaper. The great bulk of " Amphion's" letter consists of very severe comments on Sir Julius Vogel and the Southern Cross, and we think we know enough of the disposition of our cor respondent to say that he would himself be pained if he read them in print. We have much pleasure in giving a prominent placie to the concluding portion of the letter which bears directly on the now famous communi cation to the Standard : —

But to return, after this long digression, to Sir George Grey's letter. All the con strained Vogelian writers in the colony' are endeavouring to appear merry over the contents of this document; but as they are equally as rendy to rat and bolt, as they are to bark and bite, if Fir George would choose to retaliate through the independent portion of the public press, the repercupsions of his skilful flail would soon impel these scalawogp to make very rapid "tracks," laughing on the wrong side of their mouth. Fir George Grey 13 not an ordinary, man ; I have never bad the pleasure of making his personal ac; quaintance ; but I have often, with much pleasure and instruction, perused his writings and heard his addresses. He can, with little effort, embrace within his ample range of thought, the whole field of our colonial politics, without, at the same time, diverting his attention from considering the sort of influence which class legislation exerts on the moral and social conditions of the people. His keen perspicacity enables him to follow the results of present legislation down to future times. He knows that mortgaging the public estate has the same general effect as if every individnal in the country mort gaged his private estate. Neither of the mortgagors can, with impunity, escape tly payment of interest, and if the principal ie squandered upon vjeionaTy objects, and un profitable undertakings, the consequences will be rqually as disastrous in the one case as in the other. Every important event in the course of human affairs will always find out, and call to the front, men whose capacity for action is commensurate with the import ance of the duty which they are called upon to perform. Sir George Grey sees the Vogelian system of Government workinp with almost invincible energy for the pur pose of raising up and perpetuating in thiF country an unproductive or governing class who are in due time to be legally armed with ample powers to keep the productive or working class in perpetual subjection. It has already succeeded in billetting nearly one-half of the population upon the othe» half. In commercial affairs the influence of its blighting protection is felt to hamper individual enterprise by imposing restrictions on the exchange of commodities. _ Yon can not now embark in any undertaking without firstaskingand obtsiningthepermission of the Government crimp, whose supercilious in solence has already become proverbial. AY the laws passed and exacted under the auspices of the present Governmental ad ministration, tend to the concentration of wealth in the hands of a certain class—the favoured governing class. In New Zealand, as in every other country, wealth produces power, while poverty provokes contempt. Unequal distribution of wealth will cause unequal distribution of power, and as there is no instance on record of any clas9 possess ing power without abming it, we may reason ably assume that, unless the course of events takes a more favourable direction, those who are intended for rule, and those who are doomed to subjection, will be eventually found arrayed against one another id a state of chronic antagonism. Sir George Grey finds all the evils which I have herein marshalled together existing around him in a state of luxurious growth. His keen previsive powers ©f observation tell him that they are likely to assume colossal proportions in the future ; and, if I mistake not, the " drift" purport, scope and aim of his letter is to arrest,' if possible, their pro minent progress.—l am, etc., Amphioct.

On Thursday last, Mark Sheehy was released from Mount Eden Gaol. He wa s sentenced in October, 1871, to four years' penal servitude for larceny of specimens in connection with the Green Harp Bwindle # He has thus served two years and nine months of his term, a third of the sentence being remitted, the usual thing with prisoners who behave themselves properly during their incarceration. It will be reoollected that last year agitation waa set afoot for the pur pose of obtaining a remission of punishment in this case, and there can hardly be a doubt that the penalty was laid on the wrong shoulders. Sheehy was simply the victim of the cunning villainy of his employers, who were too clever to be caught, and we do not hesitate to say that he is deserving of sym pathy for his sufferings. At the time of his trial the feelings of the whole people were excited by the wrongs perpetrated by j[the directors in this infamous swindle. We were the first to explode the bubble, and the chief instru ment in exciting that thirst for punishment, and sorry were we that it turned almost solely against Sheehy. The real culprits, after having sent us lawyers' letters and private threats of personal vengeance, had riot the bravery to face enquiry, and through scandalous negligence somewhere, fled, leaving their helpless victim to his doom. Now that Sheehy has paid the full penalty imposed by law on an offence which simply consisted in an uneducated and un sophisticated man rendering obedience to his employers, we do trust that not only will he be accepted by society as having no stigma attaching to him, but that he will be treated with kindness for the sufferings he has borne in the room of others.

lisr our reference in a local in Saturday's issue to the despatch of the Earl of Car narvon relative to Sir George Grey'a petition, an inaccuracy occurs of considerable moment. Our local stated that the Earl of Carnarvon says that he considers " the Colonial Legis lature is quite able to deal with the quention" of provincial abolition, &r jfcT^** **»•

British Minister actually stated was, "These are subjects which the General Assembly of New Zealand is, in my opinion, quite com petent to discuss," which is a widely different thing. In will be observed that the Minis ter's voids are well-chosen and guarded, and s ignificfoitiy steer clear of giving any coun tenance- to the idea advanced by those who would ride rough-shod over the people, namely, that the Assembly has inherent power in itself to abolish the provincial element in the Constitution. That the Assembly has power to discuss this or atay other subject is unquestionable ; and that the deliberate and determined action of the Parliament of the colony with reference to any amendment in the Constitution, com patible with justice to all parts of the colony, would have effect given to it by the approval of the Home Government is also certain to be true. But that the Assembly has power in itself to absolutely "deal with this ques tion," and to abolish the provincial system —that one legislative power in the Constitu tion has power to gobble up a co-ordinate and'equally fundamental one—is not admitted in the Constitution, and is certainly not implied in the Earl of Carnarvon's words.

The members of the Junction and other lodges of Good Templais are informed that Rev. G. H. Turner will deliver a lecture this evening in the Junction Lodge.

A kind father living in Newton was sur prised a few evenings ago, at the shrewd answer of his little daughter. "My sweet Emilie" eaid he, "you are getting as plump as a partridge." Whereupon the child made answer, "Oh, papa, don't try to m&kegume of me."

Professor Brace's entertainment on Satur day evening in the City Hall was quite up to expectations, and his illustration on mes merism and phrenology were both instructive and amusirjg. The professor possesses a good flow of language, and is very happy in his mode of treating subjects with which he is evidently well acquainted. The entertain ment will be repeated this eveniug to the satisfaction of those who may be present.

An assault, though not of a serious nature, was committed last evening on the wharf, and which we understand will shortly come before Mr Beckham, as the police are on the track of the offender. It appears from in formation received that a young woman of prepossessing appearance was looking Bteadily from the wharf-side into the water, when Thomas , a waterman, asked her if she would like a boat. She replied, "No ; I Bhould like a smack." The rough boatman took the hint, and gave the young person a kiss. She immediately made a complaint at the police-station. The boatman has de camped.

The members of the Wheeler and De Glorion Comedy and Athletic Troupe will appear in the City Hall for a few nights only, commencing on Wednesday evening next. The entertainment is varied, and includes vocal, musical, and sensational parts. The flying fairy, Lo-Lo, designated the London Peerless will make a terrible dash through numerous paper balloons; the brothers Glorion will perform wonderful feats in mid-air ; Miss Elsie De Courcy, the protean actress, will sing her favourite melo dies ; Master Bennie, the unrivalled change artiste ; Mies Anne Fisher, the serio-comic vocalist ; and Ben Wheeler, the Irish come dian,- will severally appear in tho new enter tainment at the City Hall on the above

evening.

A young lady has devised a plan to dismiss tedious beaux who linger untii 10 o'clock. Her fan has the words, "Young man, does your mother know you're out ?" painted on one side in small letters, while the other side is blank. She adroitly turns the side with the inscription towards the young man, who, glancing at it, suddenly remembers that ho must be at home by 10.30 o'clock certain. She, of course, politely inquires why his haste, and he, murmuririg an excuse, bids her good night, and flies fiom her presence.

The ship Dunedin has been detained nearly a week in harbour in consequtnee of claims being made by consignees for missing cases of goods in her cargo from London. Tn many instances the packages claimed for have been found within the last few days at the back of the store on the western T of the wharf, surrounded by goods from the Hero. It is also stated that some of the Dunedin cases put out of the ship three weeks or a month ago, and which were known to be in the store could not be got at for delivery till the end of last week. These facts are indicative of the very deficient accommodation there is in the port for storing ships' cargo. A vessel like the Dunedin being detained a week represents the loss of a large sum of money, and if such detentions are allowed to occur the reputation of the port will suffer. We believe it is the intention of the Harbour Board at some future time to erect large storing sheds on the reclaimed ground west of the wharf. The sooner this idea is carried out the better. All that is wanted is a set of sheds sufficiently large to allow of the goods from each vessel being stacked separately. A tramway will have to be constructing connecting them with the outer T's, and then the confusion which at present too often prevails, and the attendant delays and unpleasantnesses will be prevent ed. The work such an important one that the Harbour Board csnnot Bet about it too promptly.

To the Editor : Sir,—ln the Star of the 17th yon say you have been informed by a settler that the present site of the Pokeno railway station was approved by a majority of settlers at a public meeting. Now that said meeting was not a public meeting, but a meeting of ratepayers only, as the Chairman of the Pokeno and Mangatawhiri Road Board would not call a public meeting as requested by the settlers. The majority for the present site of the said Btation being one, and that one not a ratepayer at all; but the Chairman of the Pokeno Road Board took it, as it was for the present site, and refused to take proxy of several ratepayers, because they were against it. Now, Mr Editor, do you call that a majority ? Moreover, the Chair man of the two Roadßoards before-mentioned most distinctly refused to let the public have anything in the matter, or the station would have been put in aplace to accommodate the public in place of the absurd place it now Btands. —lam, &c, R. McConnell, Queen's Redoubt.

A good deal has been said about the block of land owned by the Provincial Government at the mouth of the Mokau river, but from the following description furnished by a writer in the Taranaki News the land seems to be of very little value :—" The block referred to was purchased for the Govern ment by Judge Itogan when he was Land Purchase Commissioner. It is situated some seven or eight miles from the mouth of the Mokau, and on the north of the Awakino river. We have been through it, and can say that it will be many years before it tempts any occupation of it by settlers beyond an owner or two of cattle or sheep and a few stockmen or shepherds. We do not believe that we possess in this province any land so undesirable for settlement, unless on the ranges or slopes of Mount Egmont. It is not known to conttin any mineral of value. We believe it was purchased as a matter of policy, because the natives wished to sell it, and it was thought that it would lead to the purchase of land of more value."

The Dunedin revival services are held in the Queen's Theatre. '

A Nevada paper says that owing to the in cursions of the chinch bug last year the two great staples of the State at present are red haired girls and cordwoo<?.

A Long Island man has gone to sea with his soul stirred by the story of Enoch Arden. He wants to. be wrecked and come home aud find hii wife married to another man.

His honor the Superintendent will proceed to the Thames on official business to-morrow, and will be absent from town two or three days.

There ore now 245 miles of railway work ing in the colony, and 220 miles more of colonial line and 69 miles of provincial railway will be added by the end of Septem ber next to the working railways of the colony.

We are glad to learn that much more pro duce than heretofore is likely to come into town during the eusuitig season from the districts along the Waikato railway. Mr B. C. Greenwood, the lessee of the market, has arranged for considerable consignments of fresh butter, eggs, and other produce, and is in a first-class position for receiving settlers produce and disposing of it to the best ad vantage. We learn that a petition to the city council is being signed by stall holders praying that such alterations may be effected as will render the stalls rat-proof. Much loss is suffered by stall-holders through the - depredations of these voracious vermin, and they are justi fied in appealing to the Council for pro tection, especially in view of the fact that the increased rent obtained for the market places the Council in a more advantageous position for improving ifc.

The members of the Artillery and Victoria Companies will parade for monthly inspection at the Market House on Tuesday at 7.3 C p.m. in undress uniform.

No. 2 Company A.R.V. meet for .monthly inspection at the Market House on Thursday next, at 7-30, when prizes won at the late competition will be presented.

The next performance of the Auckland Choral Society will take place on Tuesday next. The rehearsal will take place this evening.

If any person doubts whether pictures are any improvement, let him contrast two houses. . Take one without any fine art decorations, and who can help observing the bare blank walls, how vacant, cold, cheer less and uninviting, almost approaching to wretchedness. Then take the other, where everyroomisa gallery of artinminiature, with the stormy sea piece, sunset on the moun tain, the pleasing landscape, placid lake, or roaring waterfall; do not these tend ma terially to impart to the cottage or mansion an air of comfort and refinement, as well as cheer the imagination and elevafe the mind. We have been led into this train of thought, by a visit we have this day paid to Messrs Holland and Butler's new fine arts gallery, ?nd to say the least, the visitor will be some what surprised at the extent and excellence of the exhibition. In another column they advertise it as a pleasant hour's enter tainment. We could very pleasantly spend two or even three hours in going through the collection, and would recommjendalltopayan early visit, after which, we have no doubt, we shall be well supported in our verdict for plaintiff on all the issues. We hope the efforts of Messrs ffolland and Butler to improve tbe decorations of our colonial homes will meet with the success they deserve.

To the Editor : Sir, —In your issue of the 19th inst. you state that tbe lunatic that escaped from here on the 17th inst. was captured and brought back by the detectives. I beg to iuform you that statement is incor rect. The lunatic has been captured and 1 brought back by two of tbe attendants named Molloy and Hardy, and returned to the house safely.—Yours,jJ &0., T. Cahill, clerk and attendant.

Mr. W, L. Bees will deliver his promised lectu re —on " Modern M aterialism " — to morrow evening, in the Beresford - street Hall, before the members of the Beresford etreet Mutual Improvement Society. Tbe subject which Mr. Ree3 has undertaken to illustrate is one of absorbing interest at the present time to tbe religious world. Specu lative thought has mado great advances during the last few years, but, as the great Milton held, -truth cannot suffer in a fair aud open encounter. Scepticism now-a-days assumes a very different aspect to what it did in the days of Bolingbroke, Hobbs, Paine, and Carlisle. It is no longer in the hands of Bcoffers, but intelligently and keenly scrutinized by scholars of the higher order, such as Darwin, Newman, Tyn dall, and Huxley. It is not, however, the teaching of these men that are so likely to subvert the force of the leligion of our forefathers, as that indifference which per vades the masses of the people and tends materially to their physical and moral degra dation. The writings of modem times appeal rather to men of culture than to the many who seldom read anything beyond the sensational novel. We believe that Mr Kees's oration on "Modern Materialism" will be fraught with much instruction, and will receive that courteous attention which both the subject and the lecturer justly claim.

We regret to have to record the death of Mr J. P. Sweeney, a very old colonist, who died at his house in Nelson-street, on Saturday morning last, from that fatal disease, consumption. Mr Sweeney was well-known in the colony, and especially at the Thames in connection with the gold fields ; he was also well-known on the West Coast of the Middle Island, and was at one time the proprietor of an hotel at Wangarei; also, of the Crescent Hotel, Sbortland street. The deceased gentleman, some time ago, t was afflicted with a paralytic stroke, which affected his right side ; he tried the healing waters of the Waiwera, Hot Springs, from which he derived some benefit, but taking cold shortly after, his old complaint returned, and he died as before mentioned.

• We observe that Mr. David Bloom has removed his old established crockery ware house. His new aud commodious premises are opposite the Thistle Hotel.

DISTRICT COURT.—THIS DAY.

(Before His Honor Judge Beckham.) ■ RYAN, BELL, AND CO. V. MORRKOW.

Mr Hesketh appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Whitaker for defendant.

The plaintiffs in this action are Messrs Ryan, Bell, and Co., merchants, of Vulcan Lane, and the defendant is commander of the ship Emily McLaren. 3he claim was for the sum of £140, the value of a billiard table alleged to have been broken and rendered useless while in defendant's care in its passage from London to Auckland. Counsel on both sides having spoken in favor of their respective clients, the witnesses were called.

Thomas James Bell, one of the plaintiffs, deposed that the firm were the consignees of the goods mentioned in the bill of lading, and they had received the live cases mentioned therein ; but one of the cases was in a very bad condition; it contained three slates, about 1$ of an inch each, which were broken in the centre. The table was rendered use less ; the value was £140 complete, the amount claimed.

(Left Sitting.)

COLLEEN BAWN.

This well-known and widely popular drama was presented to a good audieace on Satur day evening at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and commanded the amount of applause which usually accompanies this lively and ever acceptable performance. The Auckland public are not unfamiliar with this play, which was some fourteen years ago adapted from one of Griffin's novels, and which had an immense run at Astley's Amphitheatre. The piece, as its title implies, is essentially Irish, and descriptive of Irish life. The leading character, Eily O'Connor, was represented by Miss May Howard, - with all the vivacity and penetra tion of character of which that lady is capable. Eily also gave Miss Howard an opportunity of displaying her vocal abilities, and her songs were moat satisfactorily re

ceiyed. Mr. Collier made an excellent Myles, and the songs "Pat Molloy" and 11 Paddy's Wedding" were sung in excellent style. Miss Clara Stephenson, as Ann Chute ; Mrs. Jones as Mrs. Cregan, Mr. Aveling as Kyrle, Mr. Deering as Father Tom, Mr. Holloway as Danny, and Mr. Sweeney as Bertie, gave a perfectability and fullness to the play, and rendered it ex tremely interesting. This evening, a drama of a very different order will be produced, in three acts, entitled " Dora," founded on one of the most beautiful of Tennyson's poems.

POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.) SUSCEPTIBLE CREATURES. William Swan was charged with being drunk on Saturday night (second offence). Fined 20s. Joseph McGuinness was also drunk, and fined 20s; Robert Bruce (not oi Bannoekburn), was also fined 20s (second offence). Alexander Graham and John McCullagh forfeited their bail. ELIZA. Now stood Eliza, in a dirty plight, Beneath the clock, For she was drunk last night. Eliza McGinn, an old offender, was charged with drunkenness for the twenty-third time. The woman, who had just come out of gaol,-presented a miserable spectacle to the Court. , , She held down her head, and pleaded guilty. Fined 203.

A ROUGH CUSTOMER. James McDonald was brought up under the Vagrancy Act with having used violent and improper language in Victoria-street on the 21st insfc.

The prisoner said his memory was very bad, he might have used bad language, but did hot remember it, he was drunk and very sorry. , Mr Broham said the prisoner had been convicted on seven previous occasion. Prisoner said he was a sailor, and was occupied in that calling when not in gaol. The Court fined him 40s, or in default 14 days' imprisonment, prisoner preferred the latter alternative and went to prison.

ON THE WOBLTj'S WIDE STAGE.

Charles Clarke, a sharp lad of eight years, was charged with committing a breach of the Naval Training School Act by wandering at large without a proper guardian. Constable Mulville deposed that he saw the lad on Saturday evening, with a number of other boys in Lome-street, letting off fire works. He took the boy, who was the ring leader, and found that be had neither home nor friends, and that he slept out o' nights, and got his living how he could. His father was a labourer on the Waikato railway. fhe boy expressed a wish to go to the Naval Training School, and was committed for two years, to be brought up in the faith of ths Church of England.

BREACH OF CRIMINAL ACT,

Robert Speers, engineer, was charged with a breach of the Neglected aud Criminal Children's Act, by withdrawing from the Institution his two children, without being regularly discharged, on the 19th instant. Defendant was fined 20s. and costs. "the green."

James Hayes, was summoned by Thomas Heath, 6% a charge of striking him on the head and pummelling him on various parts of the body, on the 12th instant, without either the consent or approval of the said complain ant.

Thomas Heath, deposed that he was a labourer, and on the evening of the 12th June, he went into the Star Hotel, Newton, for the purpose of settling a little "business ; he said nothing to defendant, but to his surprise, Hayes came up and dealt him a violent blow on the chest, and then drubbed him on other parts of the body. He was still suffering and under the doctor's hands. Defendant : Was there not harmony in the Star that night, and an Irishman singing the " Wearing of the Green?" Plaintiff: "Did not hear it; by faith, I didn't." Defendant: "Did you not sing out, to the annoyance of the whole house, ' Hurrah for the green ?' " Plaintiff: " By heaven, I didn't." Defendant: "Did you not call me a Protestant rascal, before I chastised you ?"

Plaintiff: "By St. Patrick, no, no." William Adams, a slim young man, with his hair duly oiled and brushed over, saw something of tbe row; heard something about the green ; understood it had reference to the land of O'Connell, but did not know ; he was busy. Heath fell very gently, very gently indeed. Defendant began to make a long speech in his defence, when he was stopped by the Court, who considered the offence proved, and fined defendant 40s. and costs.

mann's xjnmanlinesS

Hezekiah Mann, of Freeman's Bay, was charged with neglecting to contribute to wards the support of his wife and six children.

It appeared that Mrs Mann had been subjected to gross ill treatment at the hands of her husband. She was nearly covered with bruises.

Prisoner expressed his willingness to con tribute, but was not in a position to do much, Tke Court ordered him to pay 15a a week, This was all the business.

News by the San Francisco Mail

GERMANY.—THE ATTEMPTS ON" BIS MARCK'S LIFE—THE ECCLESIAS TICAL PROSECUTIONS.

The Provincial Gazette and the Source Gazette report that the police have procured the arrest abroad of Dr. Daan, principal con spirator in the plot to assassinate Bismarck and Falck, Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs. The Gazette says the prisoner is a relative of Archbishop Ledochowski, while the Press states that he is related to Monseigneur Duning, Ledochowski's predecessor. Both journals assert that the plot included the assassination of the Emperor. Three men were hired to carry out the plot.—The Standard's special from Berlin says the Prussian police force redoubled their vigilance having received alarming notices of plots against Bismarck and Minister Falck. A special staff of fourteen detectives has been formed for their protection. —In the Lower House of the Diet the bill for the suppression of religious orders was read a second time without amendment, and the bill giving Old Catholics a share of Roman Catholic Church property passed to a third reading, by 202 to 75. —Instructions have been sent to the provincial authorities of Prussia to treat the collection of money for priests who have been subjected to legal penalties as a punish able offence.—The Roman Catholic Bishop s of Prussia have decided to dissolve even the r religious orders which the Btate tolerates, being unwilling to see them subjected 'o governmental supervision. — Six thousand German families are preparing to emigrate from Prussia on account of the oppressive conscription,—The inquiry instituted in the Catholic societies of Berlin at the time of Kullman'a attempt to shoot Prince Bismarck has been closed. The public prosecutor has made charges against their directors, and the case will come up for trial.—The priests im prisoned in Posen and neighbouring towts have been released, and informed taat evi dence with regard to the alleged secret ad ministration of dioceses by the Government. —A crowd of women mobbed the Old Catholic school-house in Konigshutbe, Silesia, declaring they would never allow their children to become Old Catholics. After much excitement the military were called out and they cleared the streets, which were full of spectators. Twenty ' persons were arrested.

BEVOLT ON A SCHOONER.—TERRIBLE PROCEEDING.

BThe schooner Jefferson Burden, from New Orleans for London, arrived off Port Haven. The Captain reports that [the crew had

mutinied and the first and sfecond mates were killed, two sailors wounded and put in irons, one wounded and chained to the pump and another dying, the vessel being worked by three hands. The schooner Bailed from New Orleans on March 3rd, and when eighteen days out- the mutiny broke out. Oaptam Patterson and his officers fought the men with pistols and knives, and after a terrible struggle, in which the first and second mates were killed, the captain succeeded in disabling and securing all the men who resisted. He obtained sufficient hands to work the ship, and proceeded on his voyage to London. The mutineers seized an opportunity to carry out their plot, when only the first mate and a boy were on deck The latter was gagged, and the men then struck the first mate from behind and fractured his skull. The second mate coming to his rescue, was seized and thrown overboard alive. The boy meanwhile got free and alarmed Captain Patterson, who came up from the cabin with two revolvers, and began firing with effect. One of the seamen received seven bullets, and another was wounded in the stomach.

THE DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN PENN.

SYLVANIA

Two American steamboat explosions with, loss of life. A despatch from Osceola destroyed through the great forest fires in Pennsylvania says :—For miles around this place the fire is still smouldering in the woods. The loss on lumber will be much greater than at first supposed. Millions of logs chopped utterly useless. Besides these there are millions of young trees still stand ing, out of which the fire has taken the sap, and they will be valueless next year. The Relief Committee met yesterday in Philips burg, and drew up a circular appealing to the public for aid to build up the town of Osceola. Provisions and clothing are coming in from Cleat field, Tyrone, and other places. Last night it was discovered that a barrel of whiskey had been brought to a place in the woods near town. A number of men had got drunk. A Catholic priest went to the place to disperse them, but was roughly re pulsed. Coming back to town he secured the aid of a party of citizens, who routed the sellers and spilled the whiskey. A police force was organised yesterday, and placed under command of Captain Clarke. Already two shanties are erected, but in most places the ruins are still too hot to commence building. The logs forming the curduroy roads leading to the town are still burning. The Town Relief Committee will to-morrow put up a frame building for the reception of clothing and provisions. The fire in the vicinity of Honesdale is belived to be under control. Friday night it reached into a patch of forest that covers a hillside between the Franklin and Sterling coal mines. The proprietors of both mines had nearly 500 men fighting the flames. Many of these men were badly burned in cutting down trees and brushwood. The fires are still burning in the forest near Honesdale, but appear to be travelling in a direction away from the towns. Woods .are still burning in the vicinity of Phillipsburg, but the town.is not considered in danger.

BOILER EXPLOSION".

The boiler of the steamer Senator, while she wason the way from Portland to Oregon City, and soon after leaving her dock, blew up, and the forward part of the boat was blown to atoms. Captain McGill and J. D. Locey, the parser, are reported missing. Griff Jones, the steward, was badly scalded. Felix Evans, the mate, was severely injured. The passengers are reported to have escaped, some with slight bruises. Some of the deck hands are reported lost or badly injured.

SPAIN.-PROGRESS OF THE WAX.

The CarJist Committee has received a tele gram, May 3, reporting great victories by- Don Carlos' forces under the command of Rabelie, at Breda, Lerida. and Santa Colonna. King Alphonso's forces number 40,000 men. They lost 5 chief officers at Breda, and 350 men at Santa Colonna. —Another victory for the Carlists, under Castillo, is reported from Aragon. The Government troops are said to have lost all their artillery and many pri soners. The Alfonsist general, Dela.tra, was killed.—The Carlists shelled Guetaria, and great damage was done. A vigorous fire was returned from the fort, and from three men of-war in the harbour. — A special from Madrid to the Daily Neivs reports that a Papal [Nuncio has made a formal demand for the restoration of Catholic unity in Spain, and the Governnent has replied that it is re solved to maintain liberty of worship.—The Government forces have gained a victory at Monscovat, and have captured the formidable position of the Carlists on that mountain, with the loss of only ninety-three killed and wounded, —The Carlists attacked Pampeluna on Sunday, and threw shells into the town. No casualties. The Insurgents were finally repulsed.—A decree has been promulgated declaring that the press is free to discuss all constitutional questions, except that of mon- * arc by, and thst public meetings of a political character may be held. The decree concludes by expressing the hopes of the Government for the re-establishment of a representative regime, without which there can be nothing but anarchy.—ln a decree issued to-day the Government avows its intention of doing justice to the Church, and gives a hopeful review of the military situation. —Informa- tion has been received that the small-pox is prevalent in the Carlist camps. An impor tant political meeting in Madrid was at tended by 600 gentlemen who have had seats in the Cortes, either as Senators or Deputies. A resolution was unanimously adopted that, oa the opening af the next Cortes, a resolu tion shall be submitted formed on the basis of all monarchical and liberal parties.

Additional Australian News.

(PER ALBION.)

The barque Albion from Newcastle this , morning brings Australian, papers to the 10th insb., from which, we make the follow" ing extracts : —

SEEIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN

AUCKLAND SHIP'S OFFICER.

At the Newcastle Police Court, oa May 31, Thomas Zealand was charged with stealing a quantity of Bhip's stgrea— : viz., brashes, a handle, a rope, a harpoon, . hammer, and sundries, from the barque Albion, at New castle on the 30th inst.—Constable Knight deposed that he arrested the prisoner, and charged him with having things in his posses sion belonging to the barque Albion ; he told me that all his goods were at Duncason's" hotel. I went there, and found the articles , before the Court in a canvas bag ; prisoner was with me when I found the goods; he said they belonged to him.—Thomas Pennal," master of the barque Albion deposed : The articlss before the Court are the property of the Auckland Steam Packet Company. The prisoner was chief officer of the Albion, and I discharged him on Friday last. 1 did not give him leave to take any of the goods be fore the-Court. I saw the prisoner this morning. I asked him why ha had taken the goods ; that. I was sorry for him./ He said he had taken them beciuse he had not money enough to take him to Hobart Town, where his wife and family are. I told him I would have given him £10 or £20 rather than see him in the position he w« in ; some of the stolen property was on bosrd my ship yesterday morning.—Charles Web ber deposed: I am steward on board the barque Albion. I was on board yesterday,' afternoon, and saw the prisoner come on board about six o'clock. I saw him leave the ship, and take with him the articles now be*, fore the Court. The articles were concealed among his clothes. I followed him ashore g and gave infoimation to the police. X f ',C •aricles belong to the Albion. —Pns* said that the things had been left kjSsf^" about the ship, and the captain jfoiajoia , him he might take anythislg he revjairea.-r,

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