SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ino^Sw.w?^"™' w«faMo-W; to-morrow mSow Srnin?? iF** 1 SUN EIBE-T°- M.ON'B AGK-Fittt quarter, iOth, 10.19 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

BelL^K S" 200° tons" F- Moora, from Sydney Rower?^, ba^s. Me Arthur, from Hobart Town * jsowena, s s, from Tauranga

DEPARTURES.

■**J*a .PBOJJBTFT) DRPARTTTRES. ■Knrrt,a\Fra^ cUco~ Mik»do,ss Friday, 9th tost t£A th- ] adybird. »8. to-morrow, 9th inst *or San Vranci*co—Mikado, R.M. s s , 9th July *or I*>ndon-Fernglen ship, early £or Rarotonga-Coronet, schooner, early not the Cape- Shooting bvar, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of Melbourne, ss, from San Francisco, 14th in»t (English mail) Kate Br»in. brigantine, from Timaru, early Mary Melville and Kate McGregor, schooners, from Russell Dauntless, schooner (Hawaiian), from Levuira. early Ethel brigantine, from Lyttelton ; sailed 28th June Agnes, schooner, from Dunedin ; sailed 30th ultimo Victor, barquentine, from Port Gamble, early Rosebud, schooner, from Punedin, early Vivifi, barque, from Circular Head, early Ryno, brigantine', from Rotumah, early- Papua, schooner, from Rarotonga, early Martha, barque, from the Islands, early Bdith. sefcoo' er. from the Islands, ewlv Mecnero, ship from London ; sailed 13th At-rll Lutterworth, ship, from London; sailed 10th April Vision, brig, from Samoa Alumbagh, ship, from London

Carisbrook Castle, ship, from Liverpool; sailed Columbus, ship, from London City of Auckland, ship, from London Charybdi«, schooner, from the Navigatora Vairlie, schooner, from Lyttelton, early Kenilworth, schooner from Noumea, early Queen of the South, barque, from Lyttelton ; sailed 30th ultimo Llewellyn. s.s,. from Sydney

Bobina Dunlop, barque, from London ; tailed 29th March

V3?~A special charge of one shilling is made for consignees' or shippers' names inserted in this column.

EXPORTS.

Per ss Ladybird. for the South:—4l bars and 6 bundle iron, 1- cooking range, 1 case. 1 pkpe pots, 2 colonial ovens. 1 cise.- Shipped bj T andS Morrin.

Per sr Pretty Jane for Gisborne : 4 grates, 1 corn mill, 2 sets harrows, 2 ploughs, 1 chaff cutter, 1 case lead pipe. 2 pioksfres. 1 case, 2 cases powder, 2kegs Bhot, 1 plough wheel. 2 kegs shot, 2 cases powder, 10 b.nxds caps, 1 parcel, 5 cases ironmongery.—T. and S. Morrin, •

IMPORTS.

"Ex Forfarshire from Lordon-1£99 packages and pieces —T. and S. Morrin. " Ex Bella Mary from Hobart Town I 1167 cares fruit, 33 cases, 6 bags onions, 254 cases jums.—R Aithnr

Per Mikado, ss, from Sydney:—l case, 1 truss, 2 cases, 2 do, 3 do. 1 parcel, 5 pps and 2 cases, 1 do, 1 do, 13 do fruits, 60 do do, 1 truss. 20 cases fruits, 1 case, 1 box and 1 pge. 12 casks butter, 29 J-cases and 6 whole cases, 102 cases fruits, 1 case, 1 pge, 17 cases, 2 pes.—John Reid, agent ABN Co Per Bella Mary, trom Hobart Tewn : 5000 palings, 400 posts. 3009 rails, 176 pieces .stone, 750 feet timber, 188 bags prtatous, 100 hurdles, 1100 cases jam, 2200 cases fruit. Id bales hops, 1 bale rugs, C bags onions, 33 cases onions, 1 case rugs, 1 case tree 3, 500 ft blackwood.—Stone Bros agents.

ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL STEAMER.

The RM s s Mikado, Krank Moore, Esq , enm Blander, started from her moorings in Johnson's Bay. Sydney, nt 1.15 pm, o-» Saturday last, th« 3rd inst. clearing the Hea^s at 2 pm, and airived in Auckland this morninp at 9 30 a m, hfter a passage of 4 days 16 hours Fresh breeze* frrn. NW to SW, and occa sional squalls have prevailed throughout the tud across. We are indebted to Mr Graham, the purser, for prompt delivery of our files and for copies of report and passenger list, and to Mr Glfford, the chief steward, for late Meltourne papers. Passengers: — Saloon—Mr, Mrs. Mary. Alice, Joseph, and Martin Mulkere ; IWr MaHland, Mr Mosses, Mr Abbott, and 14 second-clasa, with 47 cibin and 30 second-class in transitu for Honolulu and San Francisco.

THE FORFARSHIRE.

Captain Daniel J^nes has supplied the following report of the voyage :—The "orfsrshire left London on the 19nh March, and took her final denaiture from the obannel on toe 22nd. Variable winds and heavy weather were experienced Ir. the Channel. The equator was reached oa the 10th April. After cross ing the equator experienced nothin* but light variable winds an* calms from the •'.V.. until in latitude 33° R; a very high barometer the whole time On the 7kh and Bth May sigps of a eh -nge" appeared, with a fall ing barometer. Upon th« morning of the 9th, the barometer had fallen to 29 35 with dark lowering weather; »he wind increased to a strong g*l«, with torrents of rain. At 4pm until Bpm a heavy gale with violent squalls and torrents of rain continued. Electtic light were visible upon each yard-arm anrt ma«tbead. At 9 pm, after a heavy burst the wind died away and veered to the north, where it remained until 10 am. It then backed toMhe eastward, and continued with ft very heavy sea until 3 am, during which time the baToireter commencii to fall to 25"90 and 5 to 2? 75, blowing furious. At spm the fore-topmast head and top gallant-mast sear carried away—fell by the b">ard, and shortly afterwards the maiutoo gallant mast followe.l, smashing up the starboard forward cotter, splitting lower topsails, and doing much other damage aloft At 6 p m the storm abated, and vaered north-eastward, after which the barometer rose slowly, the ship 'being under c'oae-reefed topsails during the time A strong gale continued for about eighteen hours aftei frrm toe »)orth-west. All the foretor-ffallant gear, sails. *c, were entirely lost, but we saved considerable of th* main, thus ending one of the most severe storms it has been,my misfortune to encounter, and which was in all its stages a enmplete cyclone of the severest kind. During fhis time t*e vessel was in latitude 23deg 20min S. and lo^gitudu 17deg W. The remainder of the voyage a succession of severe gales, mostly from the NE was experienced. Since passing Tasmania, heavy S"W and N W gales. Sighted the North Cape on 8a urday la*t, a heavy gale being experienced dowa the coast Anchored for the night inside Tiritiri g causing the Manukau Ba^ to be impracticable this morning, the departure of thef ss Ladybird has been postponed till to-morrow. , . _ . The London ship Forfarsbire came into harbovr this afternoon. She was passed by the Immigration Commissioners to-day, and her passengers will be landed to-morrow. , The barque Bella Mary arrived yesterday from Hobart Town, which- Captain Me Arthur reports having left on the 19th ult. Heavy gales were ex perienced on the 29th Jtne, and on the 4th July, when the lower maintopsail wrs blown to pieces, and the maindeck was almost under water. The_ barque came up the harbour this morning. She brings her usual cargo of H obart Town produce, and is consigned to Messrs Stone Bros.

COMMERCIAL.

CAXLS AND DIVIDENDS

The following are the current calls and_ dividends payable in the companies named below: — Amount. Date. Gaus: £ s. d. Otago 0 10 .. July 14 Puketui .. 0 0 6 .. July 14 Una ' , 0 0 6 .. July 14

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows . — For Thames, to-rr.orrow, at. at 5Dm Coromandel, to-mor-(.w, at-11 30 a m Per s s. Mikado, on Friday, 9th July as urder — For Sandwich Islatndi, United States of America,- Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies at 10 E0 a m For the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 10 30 a m For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 9 30 am Late letters bearing a 'ate fee of 6rt in addition to the postage, will be received on board by the Mail Aeent up to time of sailing. For Taranaii, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Taranaki, to-morrow, at 10 a m Late letlerswill be received till 10.15 a m. For Whitianga, Tairua, Opotikt. and Napier via Tauranga, per Bewena, to-morrow, at 3 p m For Australian Colonies, per City of Melbourne, six hours after arrival (Signed) g*S. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

KBE3— On tha Sfch instant, at Riverside, Shelly Beach, the wife ■ f William J. Rees of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

POND—COMBES —On the 7th July, at St. Matthew's Church. Auckland, N Z., by the Rev, R. S. Hassard, James Alexander Pond to Bertha, second daughter of the late Walter Combes of this city. No cardß.

DEATHS.

O'NEILL.—On Gth July, at her residence, Rutland street. Parnell, Mary, the wife of John O'NeiU, aged 33 years.

CUNNINGHAM.—On Thursday, Bth July, at New market, Mary, eldest daughter of Andrew and Helen Cunningham, aged 14 years. The funeral will leave her parents' residence on Friday, 9th instant, at 3 p.m. Friends are respect fully invited to attend.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1875,

Tor the oaoa* that lucks assistance, Tor the wrong that needs resiateaot^ •«r th* fiture In the distance, ■ A»i th* fMd that wi can «*.

The healthful influence of electioneering ex citement on the community is beyond ques tion, and among the sanatory agents at work for the good of the public health, we should give a high place to the annual meetings for the election of our little local parliaments. It is a noteworthy fact that among our districts health and belligerency go hand in hand. Which produces the other might be snbject of enquiry, or whether they mutually act and. re-act on one aliother. The Norih Shore used to be notoriously bellicose and notoriously healthy. It is quiet now, and the people take sickness as in other places. Ponsonby bears the belt at present for quarrelsomeness; and as the whole people there are on the warpath, the appearance of its denizens as they dis mount off the 'buses of a morning, or walk down Queen-street to business, the ruddiness of complexion, and gallant bearing of the manly form, show unmistakeably the con nection between mental excitement and bodily health. Whether it may be that an excess of free ozone on those lofty heights, as it was sometimes said of the same. chemical constituent at North Shore, conduces to both belligerent ten dencies and physical health, we leave to scientific enquirers to ascertain ; but we venture these various hypotheses in the hope that they may receive] elucidation, if in no

other way, at the handa of young men's mutual improvement and discussion classes. Parnell last night was happily subjected to the healthful influence, and we anticipate a rapid decrease in the typhoid and diptheretic symptoms with which the place is vexed. We have not the impertinence to say that that place can at all rival Pon sonby, still it did very fairly last night, and gives augury of better thiDgs to come. The occasion of course was the election of a High way Board, and the moving cause, proxies. Of course as on all similar occasions, both sides had plenty of these little troublers, and those who to their chagrin happened to have the fewest, aud in consequence got beaten, 'got up a scene of virtuous indignation. It is not our purpose to discuss the merits and demerits of the system of proxy voting; it seems reasonable that those property owners and ratepayers who happen by other business to be prevented from attending a meeting largely affecting their interests, should have the privilege of having those interests re presented. In theory proxy voting is unim peachable. The abuse of it is when by its exorbitant use the wishes of a district are swamped for party purposes. The existing Act provides against this, by clogging the proxy, in necessitating that it should be signed by the giver in presence of a Magis trate, and that no more than six proxy votes should be given by "one person, and him a ratepayer. With such restric tions no very great abuse can . occur, and when, as on last night, all parties had provided themselves with proxies, the ob jection raised by any to the use of proxies is rather out of place, and savours rather of chagrin that they should have been beaten by the superior use of their own weapons. A little skirmish over the appointment of Chairman was the pre lude to the weightier business of the evening, and the formality of a show of hands, in which the crowd of non-ratepayers ■who had come to see the fun, took part, was followed by the polling. Scrutineers were appointed, the proxies were freely poured in by all without demur, save a little occasional chaffing banter, and the votes were totted up. When the chairman had stated the names of the five highest, and before he had formally declared the return, trouble began. Then objections were raised to the proxies' and while one moved the adjournment, Mr Kissling, solicitor, on the principle of nothing like lrather, urged law. It is needless to say that such was not the time for questioning the character of the proxies, but this, should have been done as each proxy was presented to the scrutineers. However the action taken had the effect intended, and the meet ing got into a shite of fo«. Colonel Nation, who as magistrate had witnessed some signa tures to proxies was invited to render an account ;" anrla resolution was urged that he should be called on by the meeting to say if the proxies had been properly filled up This he very properly resented as an im pertinence, holding; that he was not respon sible to a meeting of ratepayers for hiß actions done in virtue of holding Her Majesty's Commission of the Peace. Although the Colonel very properly declined such dic tation, it is very well known that there was not a single proxy with his signa ture but was signed by the giver in his presence. With regard to some proxies held by voters, it appears that the name of the appointee or perßon authorised to use the proxy was not filled in at the time of signing, this being certainly not necessitated by the Act. However, the action of the defeated party had the effect of giving opportunity for the vent- of much virtuous indignation and bringing proceedings into a state of muddle. Mr. Kissling's resolution included the provision that the legal expenses of his proposed suit should he a first charge on the year's rates, a proposal which Mr. Kissling as a lawyer of course knew to be nonsense. The Chairman, Mr. Colman, whose position was a most trying one, and who conducted himself with great forbearance and a manifest desire to give every latitude to the expres sion of opinion, at length felt that the efforts of those retarding the business would only lead to nothing, and that as it was I ntimated that the vote for adjournment, and the vote for expressing the invalidity of the proxies, and the vote for going to law, and all the other votes proposed would be pressed to a poll, in which the proxy voting would rise up in limine, he declared the names elected, and suggested that any rate payer, feeling aggrieved, should test the value of the proxies in legal proceedings. This was the proper and the only course that was possible in the circumstances ; and, if taken at first, would have saved a good deal of profitless discussion. But, as it is a fact which Mr Kissling doubtless knew very well, that, in order to invalidate the election, it would be necessary to show a sufficient num ber of bad votes to represent the difference in numbers between the votes recorded for the highest of the defeated, and the lowest of the selected candidates—some fifty votes—in or der to affect even a single seat, we think the law will be left alone. So far as appears, there was not one invalid proxy vote re corded ; and the mere fact of a few not hav ing the name of the appointee on the face at the time of signing is, of course, nothing in point of law. However, the whole meeting was very good tempered, and creditable to Parnell; and we hope the warmth evoked will have that hygienic and generally salu tary effect on the people, which we hold to be intimately associated with the periodical ebullition of the belligerent propensities.

The two lads, Donovan and Wdj|)| (who escaped from the Training Ship^^jp. were arrested by Constable Greene at the Huia), were yesterday brought up, and sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. The wanderings of these boys, since their escape with two others, has been of a very adventurous char acter. After getting free, one of the four escapees thought better of it an<J returned. The others proceeded on; they slept the first ni^ht out at Remuera, andf the next night put up at the deserted old Whau block-house. They procured some old clothes, cast off by wandering vagrants, and disguised them selves by dispensing with the school uniform. The trouser legs were, of course, about a quarter of a yard too long, and the capacity of the rest of the garments was propor tionate ; but they trudged manfully along towards Muddy Creek, where the other lad (a boy from Christchurcb, named Norfolk) deserted them, and has not since been seen. The boys, Wood and Donovan, went towards tbe Huia and crossed the difficult and dangerous track where the Rev. Mr Hamilton was lost. There some Maoris were kind to them, and a wahine observing the uncomfortable length of the boys' tiousers, cub a piece off and made them more presentable. One of the lads when arrested was sleeping by him self in a lonely hut in?the forest, as peacefully as if on a bed of down. The loss of liberty must be strongly implanted to sweeten such hardships to youths who are provided with a comfortable home. The authorities are anxious to ascertain the whereabouts of Norfolk, and it is hoped for the boy's own sake anyone acquainted with his movements will forward the required information.

We have been requested to insert the fol lowing :— ** To the Editor of the Star : Sir, —While Mr. Henry Kissling was very indig nant last night at others using proxies, I can vouch for it that I saw him myself present ing proxies to the full extent to which he was entitled to vote, and I saw the same done by all the principal agitators against the declaration o£ the result of the poll. On another matter I wish to say a word : It was said by Mr Kissling last night, that the Bishop's and hey. Mr Burrows' proxies were wrongly signed and invalid. This is untrue. 1 have seen the Bishop's proxy paper ; it was filled in with the name of ' Mr R. C. Dyer,' and signed ' W. G, Auckland,' and wit nessed by Colonel Nation. The paper wa3 properly filled up and signed. The same iB true of the Rev. Mr Burrows' proxy. It was ve>y wrong of Mr Kissling. to drag in the names of these gentlemen into faction fight ing.—Yours, obediently, Ratepayer.

We learn that Mr H. M. Jervis has retired from the local agency of the Aus tralian Navigation Company, which we presume includes also the agency of the San Francisco mail steamers of the present temporary service. The long connection of Mr Jervis with tbis agency, and his courtesy in the transaction of the Company's business will make his retirement a subject of general regret. Mr John Reid, of Custom-house street, has been appointed to the agency, and we are confident thac his well-known business abilit/ is a guarantee that the agency will be conducted satisfactorily both to the public and the A.S.N. Co.

The membsrs of St. Sepulchre's and Epi phany churches will give their entertainment this evening at Newton Hall, which will bo of a musical and literary character.

Mr W. L. Rees will deliver his address this evening in the Mechanic's Institute on the " Past session of the Provincial Council and its relation to the position of the General Government."

Another of those amusing and instructive meetings in connection with the Templary movement, will be held this evening in the Temperance Hall, Albert-street, under the auspices of the Pioneers.

The ratepayers of Newmarket will h,old their annual meetina; this evening at the Royal George Hotel, for the purpose of electing officers aud striking a rate.

We have been urgently pressed to give insertion to tho following tribute, by one who can speak from experience, and al •though we believe that the gentleman, whose name is referred to in terms of warm en comium, would rather that his good work should remain unacknowledged, exoept by the quiet approval of those who are acquainted with its extent, yet we deem the letter a most appropriate and well-timed expression from a large number of people who have little means of shewing their gratitude, and there fore accede to the request of 6u r co rresponden t : "Sir, —It is a source of gratification that the controversy which sometime since raged so furiously between the directors of the Old Men's Refuge and the Relieving Officer seems, for the present, to be relegated to the limbo of the past ; and it is to be hoped, never to be resuscitated. But passing from the dis agreeable to the reverse, I trespass upon your columns, to pay a tribute of gratitude, to give ' honor where honor is due,' and to express my individual and the universal regret at the great and material loss that has accrued to the indigent sick. You are doubt leas aware that Doctor Kenderdine has seceded from the post he held for a number of years, under the Provincial Government, as medical officer to those who unfortu nately were obliged to resort to eleemosynary relief ; and it is, indeed, a source of ineffable regret to those who, requiring his professional services, derived such mate rial advantage from him, not only in the alleviation of their physical sufferings, but also, and more than all, in the kind gentle manner and philanthropic spirit by which he is imbued, and which he ever manifested to them in his ministrations, affording a practical illustration of the truth of that doctrine of Christianity of which he is so bright an ornament, and which is so successful when preached with oharity. lam c onfident that all who, like myself, came under his cognizance, derived the greatest possible benefit, nob only from his medical" attentions, but from his 'good words,' his 'gentle life,' his practical "benevolence, which he ever evinced to those he visited, seeking in every way to ameliorate not only their physical maladies, but being 'in his duty, prompt at every call,' but by endeavouring to ' heal the broken in heart and binding up their wounds,' himself 'al luring to brighter worlds and leading the way'! Should these few lines happen to meet the good Doctor's eye, I hope he will palliates, if not wholly forgive, my having ventured to give public expression to the feelings by which 1 am animated, and al though ' doing gooi by stealth' as he always does, seeking no other reward but that eman ating from the 'eternal sunshine, of the spotless mind.' I trust that he will receive the homage and thanks which I have thus feebly, but heartily and sincerely paid him. —I remain, A Voice from Vallambrosa.

To the Editor T Sir, —As one present at the meeting at Parnell last night, permit me to draw attention to the figure cut by Mr. Allender of the goapmill, and to his place on the poll. He was boasting all over Parnell that he would go into the Board, and that he would shew them how to do it. And at the meeting he put himself forward as promi nently as he could, and was very fussy. Yet after all in the show of hands he had only three hands held up for him, and in the polling with proxies he had only eight votes in his favour. I think, sir, that this fairly shows him in what estimation he is held in a district where he is an employer of labour, and where he resided for a long time, and how much the ratepayers relish the smell ef his soapery.—l am, Ac, A Man with a Nose. The next lecture of the winter series in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association will be given to-morrow (Friday) evening, in the large room of the institute by the Rev. George H. Turner. The subject, " Making your Mark," is a very interesting one, and affords scope for a large amount of nsefml information for enterprising young men. • ,

As bearing upon the determination of the Auckland City Council to levy rates on fixed machinery, we learn from papers by the Mikado to day that an important decision has just been given at Goulboum on a muQi«ipal. appeal. The Bench decided that a mill should be assessed on the land and building only, and not on the machinery.

The meeting of the JSewmarkefc ratepayers Will be held this evening in the Royal George Hotel. Ihat district appears blessed at the present time with a harmonious Board of Trustees, not a dissenting voice is heard raised against them, no charge of spending money on the wrong streets, nor of refusals to pay printing accounts, nor of the collector smashing in the panels ot doors and frightening the inmates. The old quarrelsome spirit appears to have departed and settled down in Ponsonby and other regions round about. It is to be hoped that this genial state jof things will not be dis turbed.

A meeting was held, according to adver tisement, at Mr J. Darby's Commercial Hotel Shortland-streefc, at eight o clock on July 7, to consider the best way and means to assist the widow of the late Mr 1. Sweeney, and it was resolved that.the meet ing be adiourned for a week, to take place at the same house and time ; that subscription lists be sent round, and be returned on the nij>ht of meeting

At the Police Court, Onehunga, yesterday, William Matson, for stealing from the omni bus weaiiDg apparel, value £3, the property of Mr. H. Hampton, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment John George, for stealing £2 from Foley'a hotel, Otahuhu, was also sentenced to three months' imprison ment.

KAIPARA.

(From our own Correspondent.)

Tuesday, July 6. The schooner Tory arrived from the Manu kau yesterday. The Especulador and Cynthia are loading at Aratapu, and the Hanna Bloomtield, Helena, and Rhoderick Dhu at Kopura. The floods have subsided and the recent gales have driven in a large quantity of timber. Some logs have been taken forty or fifty miles down the harbour and high and dry on beach. The annual meeting of justices for the Petty Sessions has been held. Four justices were present, and J. M. Dargaville, Esq., waa unanimously voted chairman, and Mr. Gooch, clerk. It was decided to hold a sitting of the Court on the last Saturday in every alternate month, commencing in August next.

WORKS IN PARNELL.

As a desire was expressed last night at the Parnell meeting of .ratepayers for more de tailed information as to the distribution of the rates over the district in the construction of works and repairs of streets, we have been requested to publish the following schedule of works done by the Parnell Highway Board during the past year : —

No. 1, Gillingham road. £11 Bs. Gd.; No. 2, St. Stephen's road, £1G 53. 9d.: St. Ste phen's avenue, £1 11s. Gd.; Manukau road, Nos. 4 and 17, £129 75.; Strand road, Nos. 5 and 21, £82 16s. 5d.; Selwyn Terrace, £21 6s. Gd.; Bradford-street, £4 145.; Conquest Place, £5 12s ; Russell^street, £2 135.; Fox and Graham-streets, £12 16s. 2d.; Brighton road, No. 104,* £4 75.; Wynyard and Windsor streets, £2 Is.; various roads, £33 2s. 3d.; Grammar-school road and Hobson's Park, £3 17s ; Rutland road, £17 Us. Gd ; St. George's Bay road, No. 20, £18 11s. 2d.; Asylum ground footpath. £15 2s. ; footpath froH> Selwyn Terrace to York-street, £51 63 Gd.; footpath from Russell-street to Windsor lane, £5 6s. 7d.; footpath from York-street to Rutland road, £89; Cracraft street, £3 95.; Cheshire, Alma Place, and Domain road board, £18 Bs. 9d.; Selwyn Terrace, Strand land, and Barnabas Steps, £11 14s. lid ; Scarborough Terrace, £4 103.; Dr. Goldsbro's road, £16 53. Gd.; Chapel-street, £1 Is.; Bath, Portland, Bradford, Havelock, and Devonport-streets, £7 53.; York - street, Salisbury and Churton Place, Rutland-street, road and steps to Conquest Place, £7 10s.; Gibraltar Crescent. £1 Is.

Sir George Grey and the General Government.

A Provincial Government Gazette was issued fco-day containing the copies of correspon dence which has passed between Sir George Grey, the General Government, and the Superintendent of Wellington relative to the stoppage of the Proviucial capitation. The correspondence between Sir George and Mr Fitzherbert shows that the two Supet in ten dents have determined jointly to test "the legality of the General Government action by application to the Supreme Court. His Honor, in a telegram to Dr. Pollen, states that he had been advised that the act was unlawful.

Here follows the opinion of Mr. W. L. Recs, barrister, taken by His Honor the Superintendent, relative to the right of the General Government to stop the capitation money or monies due to the provinces under "The Payment to Provinces Act, 1872," for the payment of interest accrued on the rail ways to the Onehunga and Mercer railway. On grounds which Mr. Hees proceeds to set forth, he advises his Honor that neither the General Government nor the Colonial Trea surer has any such power as that alluded to, and that the detention of any money due to the province under " The Payments to Pro- Provinces Act, 1872," on any such ground as that above set forth "is unwarranted, and contrary to law." Mr Rees quotes the 4th sub-section of section 12 of the Immigration and Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1871, and says : " The words—' or against the monies paid to provinces, under the Pay ments to Provinces Act, 1871, are not in- j tended to provide a fund out of which these! charges are to be re-paid ; they only show the? manner in which the charges are to be made;* The charges are to be made in the manner, af nearly as may be, as other Provincial charga are made, by the law for the time bent in force, charged against the Land Fund, «• against the monies paid to Provincfs under 'Payments to Provinces Act, 187]!' Moreover, the ' Payment to Provinces Al, 1871,' having expired, the capitation ,monlrs were being paid under the Act of 1872. fflr Reea quoted the various sub-sections of Ic tion 12, for the purpose of shewing fat Section 12 "relates solely to railways,lhe cost of construction of which is to be chafed against the land fund.of any province,'find that the Act itself so defines the scdfc of section 12. That sections 13 and 14 ofthe same Act deal with railways, the cqnaruc tion and costs of which are to be , chjrged against the proceeds of waste lands of the Crown, specially set apart for the pufoose, and that in those cases special provisfn is made for rendering the provincial rJenue and fund and monies payable to thi pro vinces under the "Payment of Pnfinces Aot 1871 " liable for any deficiency! The opinion refers to the clauses compelli g the rendering of provincial accounts m tithly, and coincides by unhesitatingly cond nning as illegal the stopping of the cajibation money by the General Government. Under date 30th June an intimatioi [to the Provincial auditor comes from Mr B> it that the Sank of New Zealand has rece: fed in structions to pay into Provinciol JJcount, £3,137 17s 4d, due on the following flay, in reply to a telegram from Mr Lusk, I& Best telegraphs that £3,110 17s 4d, theialance had been posted that day. A letir from Mr C. T. Batkin similar to thafto the Superintendent of Wellington Bpeciajy tele graphed to the Star at the time foil \m and elosea that correspondence. The Bazrite also continues the correspondence which passed between the Superintends*;, Mr

Mackay and the General Goveanmebt rela tive to the argument under which Ohme muri was opened. In a letter to ttir George Grey, Mr Mapkay expresses a hope that " your honour will do me the justice to say that you never asked me for a copy of the agreement before I left Auckland for the South." Sir George replies that he did not ask Mr Mackay, because he did not know that an important public document, which should have been handed over to him as the Governor's delegate, was in Mr Mackay's possession. There is some further corres pondence in wbich the Superintendent inti mates to Captain Fraser, Warden, that agricultural leases will be granted to persons recommended by him.

Arrival OF THE S.S. MIKADO WITH English and Australian Telegrams.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS

(BY CABLE.)

Disastrous Floods in Prance.

Twenty Thousand Persons Rendered Destitute.

Sir Julius Voxel's Proposed Resignation-

PROPOSED CONFEDERATION" OF SOUTH APKTCAN STATES. ' London, June 24. Sir Julius Vo»el is awaiting the decision

of his colleagues in the New Zealand Ministry a3 to whether he shall resign or not. ■ -

London, June 30.

The Cape Cabinet have objected to con sider Earl Carnarvon's suggestions that there should be a conference of delegates from the South African States to consider a scheme for confederation, because such a step is con sidered premiture.

AMERICAN AND IRISH RIFLEMEN.

The American team of riflemen won a match against the Iriah. team by .38 points.

THE EMPERORS OF AUSTRIA AND RUSSIA.

London, June 29. The Emperors Francis Joseph of Austria, and Alexander of Russia met in Bohemia.

GERMANY.

Berlin, June 25.

The Coutf of Appeal his convicted Count Arnim of iinlawfully removing documents from the archive* of the Assembly at Paris while he yas Ambassador to France, and has affirmed the sentence of nine months' imprisonment.

FRANCE.

INOTDATIONS IN FRANCE.

Paris, Ju ac 25. By disastioua inundations of the Garonne, at Toulousej one hundred persons have been drowned. Paris, 26 th June The detais of the inundation of the Ga ronae are most heart-rending; 215 corpses have been f<!und, and there has been immense destructionjof property, while 20,000 persons have be«n tendered destitute by the disaster. The Marehjl-President MacMahon has gone to Touloua^ to afford succonr. London, June 29. The inuifdation has extended to several department in the south of France. The Assembly has voted 2,000,000 francs for the relief of the" sufferers.

COMMERCIAL.

London, June 26. Money ijj easier, and the bank rate is 3^ per cent. I Trade is depressed, but confidence is slowly reviving.

Wheat is firmer, owing to the unfavorable reports of the French and American harvest prospects.| Copper »nd tin are quiet.

SHIPPING.

London, June 26. Arrived : Waitangi, from Auckland ; Celestial Queen; Hydaspes.

THE TORRES STRAITS MAIL.

The sttamer Singapore left Singapore for Brisbane on Monday, June 28. She has 200 Chinese passengers on board for Cooktown. The steamer Bowen has arrived from Eng land, and will bring the next mail.

Australian Telegrams.

SYDNEY.

JulyS

, The Government has arranged with the -A.B.N. 00. for four additional trips to San Francisco and back with the mails, pending i the operation of the permanent contract. After a heavy debate, Mr Parkes' resolu ; tions for the adoption of the Committee's r/port on the removal by the Colonial treasurer of £250,000 from the Bank of New South Wales, waa negatived by 30 to 35. / The Land Bill is still under consideration i of the Legislative Council. Satisfactory reports have been received | from the pastoral districts. The increase of flocks is unprecentedly large. Extensive preparations are being made for the Philadelphia Exhibition by the Com missioners. The steamer St. Osyth has arrived from Melbourne. Heavy gales were experienced at the be ginning of the week, with a tremendous sea. Vessels arriving at Newcastle were unable to enter*the port. No serious casualties are' yet reported, except that the ships Ben Nevia and Result, bound for Newcastle, are ashore at Broken Bay ; The schedule of V. F. Cape, broker, de ceased, has been iiled ; liabilities, £23,000; assets, £254. A North German ship showing signal R.D.B. bound from Hanover to Wellington was spoken on May Ist twenty-five days out. ' ■ . ,' . Late heavy rains have caused floods in the Hawkesbury and other rivers, but the weather cleared before- any serious damage was done. At Goulbourn snow fell for five hours. The breakwater at Wollongong has been damaged by the gale. Four concrete blocks each weighing twenty-five tons were washed into the sea. No steps,have as yet been taken in regard to the visit of the Australiam team of cricketers to New Zealand. The official reports of the several goldfields at the Palmer are favorable. The miners, generally are earning good wages. The popu lation is i orderly,, provisions are ample, but dear, and the general health is good. There is great activity amongst the reefs, and machinery is daily expected. A good many of the sluicing claims are yielding handsomely, hut many of the lately-arrived Chinese are scarcely making a living. The blacks are exceedingly troublesome, and have killed several cattle, and also attacked the mail man. The public finances continue in a most satisfactory position. The large surplus of

■ *?* revenue on hand has induced the local bankers to address the Government on the advisability of doing all its business with one bank. Mining matters progress steadily, all the feverish excitement having died out, ftjid^ been succeeded by more substantial devejroSxt, ment than what prevailed during the "mining? 1?' *jf mania." . / „!*" ■ Bail way extension is going on satisfactory, though somewhat retarded by the very iu ferior character of some of the material im ported from England. Sir Arthur Gordon and a portion of the officials of Fiji have proceeded to their head quarters After being formally installed as Governor of the new. colony, his Excellency intends makiDg a short cruise through Polynesia in one of her Majesty's ships, and will probably visit New Guinea. Monetary affairs are quietly recovering the effects of the recent disturbance. Capital ia plentiful, and the policy at the banks liberal. A miner fell down a seventy-feet shaft in Reed's Gully, Parkes, and remained there for twenty-four hours. After he was taken out he lived twenty minutes. An inquest has been held, and a verdict* of accidental death returned.

MELBOURFE.

July 3. A fire took place last night in Elizabeth street, at A Hard's produce store and Lincoln's clothing factory. The buildings were insured for £1900. Fears are expressed for the safety of the ship Crown Prince, which left London in January last, and of which nothing has been heard. • The Supreme Court declined to interfere on application to compel the Medical Board to register a Chinese doctor. At a meeting of the creditors of Thomas Luke and Co., the liabilities were shown to be £41,713, and the assets £36,038 ; a com mittee was appointed to report on their estate on Tuesday. Unseemly ptoceedings took place in the Assembly, caused by the conduct of Mr McKean towards other members. He was frequently called to order by the Speaker. The Eev Mr Clark has been requested to lecture on behalf of the Tichborne claimant, and promised the use of some fresh docu ments, but he has declined. All hopes have been abandoned of saving the Blencathra. Two clothing manufacturers have been fined 10 each, with costs, for a breach of the Factories Act, in defective ventilation. The wreck of the British Admiral was sold for £70. The Eiver Murray is still rising at Echuca ; ail the flats for miles rounds are covered, and people are making preparations to escape. The creditors in ME wen's estate agreed that the bank be paid 6s. on their claim, and the estate be afterwards wound up on behalf of the other creditors. Measles have broken out all over the town of Wallabadah, and there are only five children in attendance at the public school. Tbe full Court sustained the conviction of O'Ferral, and upheld the sentence of nine years' imprisonment. Sir George Bowen leaves England for Vic toria on August 3 and is expected to arrive on October 16. The steamer St Osyth arrived on Sunday morning after a passage of actual steaming under forty-three days—the fastest on record.; her actual time occupied under forty-five days. " She left Plymouth at mid night on the 12th'May, and was twenty seven hours at St Vincent. She has 300 ■passengers and a full cargo for Melbourne and Sydney. A child fell from a window to-day twenty feef, and sustained fracture of the skull. The mail news states that Admiral Rowley Lambert is to have command of the flying squad ion, vice Admiral Randolph.

BRISBANE.

July 2.

Charles Dunning, once an inspector of police and recently a clerk, has been found dead on the railway line. The Legislative Council has passed the third reading of the Bill to legalize Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister.

WRECK OF THE CORRIDO.

LAUNCESTON.

June 80.

The -barque Corrido, from Newcastle to Adelaide on June 10, with a cargo of 350 tons coal and a quantity of ironbark timber, sprang a leak oh the morning of the 20 oh. off Flinders Island, duriDg a strong westerly gale. She ran for Swan Island, with all hands at the pumps, until 1 a.m. the follow ing Tuesday, when she was run ashore on the West side of Swan Island, and became a total wreck.

THE SHIP RESULT ASHORE.

NEWCASTLE

July 2.

The ship Result is ashore on the sandspit inside, opposite Nelson's Heads. She had signals of distress flying. The Ballina attempted to put to sea yes terday afternoon, but shipped a heavy sea, which injured two seamen. The Agnes Irving and the Platypus also tried to get out, but had to return, the sea being too heavy. The ship Result is said .to have six feet of water in the hold. ■ : -■'

•The Ben Nevis ha 3 gone ashore on North Head, Point Stephens, and it is supposed that two men have been drowned.

ADELAIDE.

July 3.

The revenue for the quarter ending June 30th is £281,123, being £70,000 more than the estimate.

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

(Before C. N. Marshall, Esq., and G. P.

Pierce, Esq., Justices.)

DRUNKENNESS,

Joseph Hughea was fined 5s and costs for being drunk last night. Ellen Conlon, who had indulged to freely several timea before, was sentenced to 7 days' imprisonment. SERVE HIM RIGHT. John Kennedy appeared to answer a charge of assaulting a boy named William Smith, by striking him with a whip on the 7th inst. ' Mr Joy appeared for the defendant, and on his behalf pleaded guilty, but urged in mitigation of punishment that the lad had been very impertinent to him, and - used t very bad language. The father of the boy admitted that bia son ha<? behaved very badly, and deserved I his thrashing. X Inspector Brobam believed that the ease was a very trifling one. THE POLICE AND THEI* PRISONER. The same defendant was then charged with assaulting Constable Allen, while in the execution of his duty. The defendent pleaded not guilty. Constable Allen deposed that he arrretted defendant for striking the boy, on the 7th inst. Defendent refused to go with him, and when he attempted to take him into cus tody he assaulted him by pulling his fine beard, and striking him, to his great incon venience, with his clenched fist. By Mr Joy: He did throw defendant down. It was not to save himself from falling that defendant pulled his beard. The defendant refused to go with him. because he said, he had to mind his cart. He had seen , the boy's father, and he had declined to prosecute. He did not know what the boy had done. I, Constable Day swora that drfeJ^ant assaulted the constable. The man & Heß&~ v drinking. am PrintlnJK Sergt.-Major Pardy confirmed ifi,Aucklan*»' assertion. If it had not befgfg . |



Tfl NNISKILLEN LOYAL ORANGE Jjj LODGE, NO. 3.. A Royal Arch Purple Chapter will be held in the Lodge room, Young Men's Christian Association, Wellesley-street, on FRIDAY Evening, July 9, at 7.30 p. m sharp Visiting Brethren are invited to attend. By order of the W.M. pHEAP -QRAPEKY. A LARGE PARCEL OF SEASONABLE GOODS, PURCHASED AT AUCTION, AND TO BE SOLD CHEAP FOR CASH, Comprising — White and Blue Blankets • Winceys, Black Lustre All Wool Plaids, Serges, Tweedß. &c, &c. 9 x 4 White Blankets, from 12/6 $ pair 9x4 Blue Blankets, from 11/6 $ pair . . All Wool Plaids, wide width, 1/10 # yard* Plain Winceys, from /8# $ yard Fancy Check and Tartan Wincey, 10>£d. Blue serge, 1/6 and 2/ ¥ yard Colored Shirtings, &c, &c, &c, ALL MUCH BELOW USUAL PKICES. A LAEGE AND VARIED STOCK TO SELECT FROM IN EVERY : DEPARTMENT. J»S~ COtTNTEY ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT AND CAREFUL ATTENTION. KUSHBROOK & BR.IDGMAN, [Latk E. Hobbs], JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, , qppcwite^the Army »nd Navy Hotel, IJppbr QtriaßW-anaatT, Auckland.



T pOSGRAYE AND po. HAVE RECEIVED TWENTY-SIX CASES OF LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S UNDERCLOTHING, PER FERNGLEN. They wiil be Sold to the Public at V COST PRICE. V ~~ SPECIAL. WE ARE DAILY OPENING UP CHEAP AND FIRST-CLASS GOODS. JUST TO HAND— 9x4 White Blankets, 10s 6d, a bargain Good White Blankets, 13s 6d a pair Grey do. 7s lid; large size, 10s 9d Toilet Quilts. 4s lid and 5s 6d ; large size, 6s 11 72-iDch Croydon Sheeting, Is Id Wool Crimean Shirting, Is 2d Wincey Skirts from 3s lid,' good value Ladies' Cloth Jackets, 4s lid; handsomely trimmed, 8s 6d Large lot of Ladies' Silk Umbrellas from 4s lid Anti-Rheumatic Flannel, good, Is 4d Imitation Welsh Flannel, IOJd 6 pieces Fancy Dress Goods, @ 7s 6cT dress of 12 yards Trimmed Hats from 3s lid Tapy Carpets from 3s per yard Coir Door Mats from 3s 6d Ladies' and Children's Underclothing in the New Show Eoom. HOLLOWAY & GAELICK, Drapery, Clothing, and Furnishing House, CITY HALL, 230, Qtieen-Btreet, Auckland. TTT EAR-RE SI STING FABRIC BOYS' AND YOUTHS' CLOTHING. A. LINABURY & CO. Have just opened up fa large quantity of Real Home Spun Melton Cloths, specially adapted forTSoy.i' and Youths' Clothins. Double Width (nearly Two yards wide), 3s 6d, 3s lid, and- 4s 6d PER YARD FIFTY DOZE.'J PAIRS PERIOR KTD GLOVES. In all theSleadfrg colors, ONLY Is llrl PER PAIR.



npHE COLONTAL BANK OF JL NEW ZEALAND. Capital, £2,000,000; Subscribed Capital, £850,000 A Branrh of this Bnnlr, for the conduct of General Banking Business, vri 11 bo opened on or about TUESDAY, the 20th July, in the premises Quppn street. next the Insurance Buildings, and lately occupied by the National Bank —J. T WARREN, Branch Inspector.—Auckland. 2lßt June, 1575.



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On the principle of fairness in giving op portunity for showing the other side, we give insertion to the following :—To the Editor: Sir,—ln your paper last evening there is a well-written lady-like letter im plying that the Education Rate was illegally, and unjustly obtained from her, and your view. In the particular case reference to the rate was paid without the slightest ob jection by either the lady or her son. It is a question for the lawyers to decide if they can agree upon the point whether the de mand is a just one or not. A widow lady resides in her own house, which is her own freehold property, her son resides with her as a lodger, and is of full age-21 years— consequently is liable to the non householder rate. Query :Is it illegal or unjust to charge the widower with the householder rate, and the son with the non householder ? Suppose there is more than one son; how then ? — The Collector of thb Ratb. The Park Road entertainment is una voidably postponed until Thursday, the 15th inst.