SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : Tbi3 evening, 10.1 ; to morrow morning. 10 25 / SUNSET: This evening, 6.21 ; SUN BJSE: t<K. morrow mornlnsr, 6 1 Nf/ MOON'S AGE : First Quarter 15th, 0 44 p in

ARRIVALS.

PXWk; schooner !{i^ Iheiffanuklu), from Lyttel'on

DEPARTURES.

St: Kilda7s".s./f6f Wa'ngan'ni (from th-i Manukau) Ladybird, s a , for South (from the Manakavi) AigaraßJ2i,^clioonei> r ibr-Jiaipara(£roiiLtlie-M-aDu]£au)-

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Forßitnedin—lsabella Pratt, schooner, early. For-Bftir-Francisco-MU:ado, s.s:, (next English

Mail), March 19 For the Islands- Martha, barque, early For Napier—lnrerene. ship, early For London—Cxlenlora, ship, early For Timaru—Wave, br g, early Peerless, for Kaipwa, t j-rnorrow Daphne, for Levuka, at once Por Hobart Town—Bella M*ry, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, s.p, from Sydney, about 23r<l "Wonga, from Sydney, early Caller Ou, ship, KM PK, from L->ndoa ; siiled Fernglen. ship, from London : sai'.ed Baron Aberdare, sbip, from London ; sailed Ceo 8 Shooting Star, Dar^tie, KSiiV, from London ; svUed

Dec 23 Bapido, barque, PGRL, from New York, via Adelaide Syren, brig, from Lyttelton Byno, brigantine; from TRotumah, early Flirt, brigantine, from liyttclton; sailed Othin?t Papua, schooner, from Karotonga, early Belle Brandon, schconer, from the Islmds, early

EXPORTS.

"Per Ladybird, for the South: lkit.Mardsn ; lease | Solomsn ard Margctts; 1 pgo stationary. Bank of New Zealand; 4 boxes. 100 case?, T. Jenkins; 1 parcel, Hampton ; ldo, Fitzgerald ; 5 ba'es, Ir-l-ind Bros; 1 pge sugar, E. Wr.te's ; 1 civ.c, M Levi & (Jo ; 2 parcels, Waller.—W. *\ Wheeler, agent, N.Z B.S j Company. The schooner Pacific arrived in the Manukau yesteiday, after a quick run of four days from Lyttcl ton. She brings a cargo of oats to order. The A.S.P Co's Southern Cross left last evening for Napier and Wellington. She took a full general c*rgo. Passengers: Mr Pratt and Mrs Kemp. S:eerags : Messrs Brown and Koss, The brig Isabella cleared tc-day in balHst for New castle. Her departnre is only a question of wind and weather. She takes two passengers—Mr G. E. Clark and Mrs E. Clark. The ship Baron Aberdare is now over PO days out from Gravesend Her arriv.il may be looked for at »ny moment. From being such a fine vesse 1, shs was expected lo make a very fnst run, but the contrary weather sho met with at starting may have hampered her r'ght th.rous.-h. The thJp InveTerne moved aw.<y from the vi\\vl Into the stream this morninp. She is to sail for Napier as soon as wind allows.

The Hawaiian schooner Dauntless has taken uo her ■position in the stream, prior to taking her dspirtu.ro for Levuka, via Wan?aroft. "We understand that Mr J. W. "Waller has p""" chased, from Captain Shoit, a h»lf inie:C3t in the schooner Agnes. The schooner Peotless takes abOat 100 tons coals to Knipara. She is to siil to-morrow afternoon. The three-masted schooner FairVei-: st present dis charging at Danedin, whore she arrived on Sunday last. It is yet uncertain whether she will rctuva direct to Auckland.

The schooner Mary Blair is expected from Mel bourne, via Dnnedin, towards the end of the month ■with about 200 tons sugar, consigned to Mr Gao. W. Binney. The ssLadjbl'd took h?r depavture for the Sout>. this ifternoon ■with th 9 fallowing passengers :—Ms;grs "W. "W. Goodhue, J. M.. CHtke, Jackson, MxMiiijf, Mrs Storenson, 'infant and s?nranfc, Mi£3 ifi!!, Ei. Isaacs, and 7 in tha steerage.

BLOOD MONEY AT SAN FRANCISCO.

A very discreditable rustics, indulged in by captiins at San Francisco, has lately baen brought to light. The Nautical Magazine,tor January.thus alludes to it:— '* It seems that up to ■within a few months ago the scarcity of seamen erabled the crimps to pnt a price on the head of each seamen supp'ied, butlUely, owing to the farmers holding back their Cirpcs of ■wheat, ships hav<j to wait for their lo'-ds. and the supply of seamen far excels tin cismatsd. Thadesi c of turaine the tables on the Crimp(, added io the Wish to put seme money in th«ir v>ook*t3, hi», it ap pears, been too much for the honesty of the maskrd, acd they now demjvrd a bonus from tlie crimps as c douceur for patronixiny their stores of t -ildris "Whether it be the crimp who pays the my.st.et, or tha master the crimp, the result must ba Squall? dis s trons to the seamen or the shipowner, oat of whnss pockets in Home way the bpnTis Js Sure to come " .Tha : revelation of the practice lias called forth from the British Codsul a circnlM, addressed to the captains of British ship 3, reminding them that such proceedings aie in direct contravention of the 14Sth section of the i Merchant Shipping Act.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

?i Post Chalmers, This Day. The Albiod arrived from the Bluff at ten minutes j! peat eight this morning.

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET.

Mr Btjckland's "Weekly Report.— Xt the Hay market on Friday last fodder was in greater supply than of late, but maintained previous prices. Clood oaten hay, 4/9 to 5/6 ; meadow hay 3/0; straw.' 1/9 to 3/9 the cwt. For the liincoln ewes from the flock of Mr W. Clarke, of Lincolnshire, imported by Mr Mawer, of Mongonui, there was good competition They brought from 20 to 30 guineas each, averaging 31 guineas. The season being late, the rams were not so much in request, and were withdrawn at the auction, but were afterwards sold to Mr S tone, of

Ngarnawahia, for the sum of £160. Horse stock were in better enquiry than last week, and the greater number of those offered were sold aa follows: —Heavy draught mare, £67 10/; medium draft, .£2O to .C 29 ; riding and light harness, £5 to £12; the unbroken colts, £S to .£l6 each.—At the JEtemuera Yards on Thursday, dairy cattle were short of requirement, and in request at full values. Store cattle in limited numbers and fair enquiry. Fat cattle in average Bupply, 135 head sold; prices steady at last week's ■" quotations. Store sheep, of inferior quality, at low values. Fat sheep in full supply; 800 penned, of good quality and better worth. No pigs offered Prices given were—Dairy cows, £9 to £11; young store cows, £B 10/ to £5 5/; aged cows, ?i rom 40/ and upwards; calves, 20/ to 30/; two-year-old steers, £1 • fat cattle, best quality, 26/; inferior, from 22/ the 100 lbs; wether lambs, i/6 to 7/6; fat nheep, j%y, the lb; fat lambs, 12/ each.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows .—

For Thames, this day, at 5. SO pm, and te-taorrow at

9.b0 a m For Waugarei, per Sovei«sga Of the Seas, this;day at 5 pm ForMahuringj, Matekraa, Mtsgawai, Waipu, etc, I per li-tdy JBowen, to-morrow, at 10 am For whitiangt, per Stirt, to-rr.orrow, at 8 p m For Whitiangi, Taiiun, Opotiki, and isajuer via Tauranga, per Soutnem Ci'css, on Monday next, at :i p m, For Gisborce and Napier, per Go-ahead, on Monday nest -a: 3 pni" For Kussell, Wangaroa, and Mon^onui, per Rov/eca, en Mtnday next, at 4 \> in. Per s s. SSikado, oa Fridiiy, 19th instant, as under: i"or Sandwich liLvids, United ytatea ?ot America, Canada, liritish Columbia, Centra! and South Americs., and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1u.30 am. For tha Unit&d Kin-jdom and Continect oi Europe, at -0.30 a.m. For money orders, registered letbeis. and news paper?, at P. 30 am JL»te loiters bearing an estri fc-o of Gd wiJl b received by the M*il Agent on board up to time of sailing (Signed) S. B. Brs, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

rabeni. —At her residence, Moore street. Mrs Trapeni, of a daughter.

DEATH.

Trevena, —Oq March 11, infant daughter of Mr II TrovtrA, Albert-street, aged 9 months.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1878.

For the cause V.nt lac-us r.ssisi.ii For the v.tov.cj ti :i* no.- N ri'sibta Ifix: tbc future i:i th-o lihl.-iicc. Aai the Gcsd Sbal vre ca:i da.

Kkvi-r sir.'ca tLs wreck of the Admella on tb.a Northumberland Rocks, off South Au* tralia, some sixteen years ago, has the s'esm coasting trade of these colon?eis been visited by such a disas^ar as la the los 3 of. the (rotheubiiig. Nearly a hundred human beings have g~>ze down, almost within sijht of land and in a sea, that is usually celebrated for calm waters aud gentle bronzes. Although* rocks and i&lets are frequent enong'i within the Great Bar;u-r Reef that lies off: fetie shore 3of Noitheru Queensland, fe>v entering oa a voyage in those parts would have anticipated the danger of such dissatcr. Bib though out of the U3aal track of hurricanes, the visit of a cyclone is not unknown, and about eight or nina years a<jo such a \isita tion occurred, in which, at Townaville ori Cleveland Bay, adjacent to the sceue of the late disaster, houses were literally lifted into the air and blown to fragrnent3, lv some such skirts of a hurricane the ill-fated "Gothen burg " appears to have been caught and driven on a reef to have mcb her doom. Al though the numbers lost do nob rival the numbers lost in the Lureing of the " Cospaferic'.c," t'u3 wreck will spread sorrow over all Australia. The vetsal we understand was not in the Torres Straits mail service, a3 stated by a contemporary, but was engaged in the new and extensive trade which h/is lately sprung up in connec tion with the Gilbert and Palmer Goldfields in Koithern Queensland. Her passengeis therefore were on a coasting voyage, and likely to have been connected chiefly with Queensland and New South Wales, where the sorrowful tidings will be mo3t keenly felt. From such a disaster it is profitless work to draw a moral. It is true the Gothenburg was old and worn out in the coasting trade, anl for this reason mainly had she been withdrawn from New Zealand. But no vessel however strong might be expected to survive when driven by a hurricane upon a coral reef. There was the usual confusion and the swamping of the only mean 3of preservation, such as seems inseparable from the panic into which human beings fly when death suddenly stare 3 them in the face. The occurrence is an exceedingly painful one, but so far as we can learn, no blame attaches to any one, and i i can only be regarded- as one of those disastrous incidents that come of voyaging in comparatively unknown seas, — a penalty paid for the advance of colonization in new lands.

We have received the following communica tion with reference to the £4,000,000 loan, and as the views expressed are so correct and well pub, we give it a place in our leading columns. We have to learn a good many " particulars" yet respecting this loan:—"To the Editor of the Star : Sir, —There is so strong an attempt to get np an absurd jubi lation over this four million loan, that I read with great pleasure your sensible article about it. If the views of the jubilants arc correct, at present it means only that we have £180,000 a year more interest to pay, without reckoning the sinking fund. Whether we have reason to rejoice at this will depend on how the money is spent now that we have become liable for it. In the first place as to price. It is not very likely that the Rothschilds should take it in hand unless they saw their way to a good profit. But admitting that even 93 was got for the loan, (which is highly im probable), the discount on previous sales would be very great, and show that our credit is pretty well used up. In 1873 the 4 per cent, debentures were sold at 90, and four and-a-half's should there fore sell at 101. Anything less that they have fetched represents a dimunition of our credit to that extent —not to speak of another very important consideration, namely, that these last debentures have only 7 years to run, so that the buyer gets back a full hundred pounds at the end of that short period, instead of having to wait for 35 yeara, as with other loans. The fact is we were injauch a mess that every one must be

glad to see the money And what about theipolicy of the Government which gets the colony into such a corner that they must have money coat -what it may, and that we are all to go into fits of exultation because they succeed in doing so at a sacrifice we have nob yet fully learned. Victoria could not afc first float her loatl Oi a million and a ha!f we are told. But then she refused to take less than ninety for her four jjer cents., and not being in the sams fix that we arc. she waited till »he could gt-t that price, and got ifc/ She in hot yet reduced to put bsfßeW ihtio 8.-jbascllild'a or aivy ctbfiv binds, but she is able to put her loan? on the open market whenever she chooses to do so. What we have had to pay for the privilege we have yet to learn, but ?.f a young colony will borrow eleVan thillions ia four years, ami spend teven out of it in the past three, it must expect its credit to be a little strained, an1? its independence si*.glitly sacrificed.—Yours, e':c.j ALI?. C.

TF.E unfortuuate Typographical Society has failed again—see the R. M. Court report to day—and the cisc which thpy had tniinped up against the pi'ojSueloi'9 of that l>ete noir of their existence, the Evening Star, has resulted ia disaster. The keen glance of Mr. Beck ham was too se vrcliin^ for t'h&iv goose like conspiracy, aud s.MS won.lerful Society which was to Live played Old Harry with us-, ariri talked about " permitting" this, anl "tolerating" that, are lefs chewing their (inger-nuils ia chagrin. The cai?3 whs a very paltry one, anl not* '.Vfirth. referring 16 ex cept a3 futther illasfcratiVe of tin al.suuliky of any Such Society thinking of coercion amid th-3 light and intelligence, and independence of colonial life. A man of the name of Field hid been taken into the employment of the Stab, and was found to Lo an emissary of this hurnbttgvjlug so-called Association. Hy was sacked on the spot, which was «n easy p:oces3, as he ha-.l hesa distinctly engage. 1, from day to day. A second erhissary pi the conspirators, who h?A ''efelEp a en gagement, received ;a weelt'is notice, and the plagu*?. w&s stayed, The suit in the Resident Magistrate's Comt, in which Field, a d.aily hand, was impelled to sue for a for-Etughb's wage* in lieu of notify was, we presume, the dy ng kick of the Association, and we sup pose vr& h&v'e heard the last of them. The whole of this attempt to prevent U3 from fcbrovving open the doors of the printing trade to women has been such a comhin itian of cheek and impotencj7, of impcriinQnce and feeble bounce, that We 0.0 not know whether to laugh oi1 to mourn at seaihg a lot,of grown up children like these typo.i ms-klrig such i'oola of themselves,

This morning there waa 'a sitting in bank ruptcy before t'ae Acting Registrar, Tieo. Kiaaliug, Esq., for the exaiuin.afcioa of Nathaniel Jys«ph3, a stotekeeporof Tauian^a Mr Ix-as appealed for tbe b--s.kfupt, arid Mr Meyers for tha trustee. The examination occupied considerate time, but nothing important ro the public was clioited. Bank rupt ascribed insolvency to paying too much interest eri mortgages. Ail application was made by Mr Mey r for a clay to bo fixe I for a public sitting. This the registrar thought ought to ba made upon affidavit Mr Roes appiied for bankrupt's travelling expense-), &c ,to be r'lowed out o? the estate. The matter was leferred to the trustee. Owing to a mistake, the nr.nio of Mr. F. B.irnt3. of the Victorias, was omitted in the report of the district firing. His scoro was fifty six. We are informed by Mr A. Dornwcl! that tbc b.g. Charlie, which was be.iten in tlie tiotting match yesterday, ii now the property o£ Mr Alfred Seager Buekland; that the hoise was in misarable condition, and the pace very bad. He ako says the distance run was only 2.V miles and the stakes £20 a-side.

The monthly inspec'ion paia'le of No. .'} Co.npany, A.R.V., took place at the Drill shod la9t evening. There was a good at tsDiiance of membera, who weio put through various movements by Captain Morrow and Lieut Daviep, under the inspection of Major Gordon, who subsequently jut the Company through the bayonet exercise, which waa performed in a veiy creditable msnner. Before dismissing tin company, Captain Morrow announced that tbe final competi tion for officers piize3 would tako plac; on Wednesday moraing next, at a quarter to six o\ lock, and that the prize 3 would be pre3ei.te4 by Major Gordon at th« nexb mouthly inspection, when the annual fin m cial meeting of the company would also be held. Lieut. Davies reminded the members that as the Hide Association prize firing would probably take place in about three weeks time, mbscriptions should be paid before the 18th instant, and he hoped that as No 3 had been so successful in evincing the bulk of the district prize money they would keep their good name, and shew up in force to carry off the National Bank Association Medal.

A cricket match is to be played to-morrow afternoon in the Domain between the Carle ton and United Colts, play to commence at two o'clock. The following are the names of each team :—Carleton Colts : Yates, W. Lawry, Kent, T- Lawry, Tonks, Bodle, and Sharpe. United Colts : Davis, Maeh, Whi taker, Lacon, Masefield, A. Brook, Willis, Y. Brook, Brighton, Castelli, and Beale.

We have received a copy of the report of the proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church held ab Wellington in December last. The report is published in pamphlet form and has been printed in Auckland. It embodies various reports on the state of the Church laid before the Assembly, the resolutions passed, detailed statistical information, and other information of interest to members of the Church. We gather from these statistical tables that there are in the province of Auckland forty Presby terian Churches, with sitting accommodation 5494; communicants, 1,332; adherents, 3,700 ; sittings let, 1,889, or only one-tbird of the Church accommodation ; the total. debt on Church properties in the province was £1,164. During the year over £6,000 was raised in the province for Churrh purposes. The highest amount by any one Church was St. Andrew's, £1,039 16s 6d j next St. James, £866 14s 21d. The largest sitting accommodation provided in any one Church in connection with the General Assembly is St. James's, Auckland, 600; nexb Whanga nui, 580 ; next Sb. Andrew's Auckland, 500. The highesb number of sittings let in any Church in the province is at St. Andrew's, 420; St. James's next, 340.

In view of the approaching Horticultural Show, "Rock Melon" writes on behalf of the youngsters. He suggests that an hour should be set aparb for the admission of the children of the various Orphan Homes free, and that juveniles should be admitted at a low price. The suggestion is a good one. We have so few entertainments for children in Auckland, that one of such an instructive and pleasing character as the Horticultural Show should be thrown open to them.

A "Reader of the Stab for four years" writes in advocacy of the case of Mr J. Bain, who lost his horse by backing over the fire wood wharf. He takes the Harbour Board severely to task for refusing to afford some compensation, contending that it wa3 solely through the want of a ledge on the wharf that the accident occurred. There is no doubt that Mr Bain has been, exceed ingly unfortunate, and is deserving of sympathy and aid, but at the same time it would bo a dangerous precedent for the Harbour Board to recognise liability for accidents at the wharf, and we tfiink the members acted rightly in refusing to grant o ompensation in the case in question.

One of the most painstaking and laudable ' of our Auckland Institutions is unquestion ably the Ladies' Benevolent Society, and to night its eighteenth annual meeting will fee held in the room of .the Young Men's Chiistian Association. I?he cliair will be taken by G. M. O'ttorke, Esq., Deputy- Seperiiitendtnt, and speeches will be delivered by friends of the society, inter spersed with selections of music by the members of the Harmonic Society. This scciety in the hands of the gentler sex lias been, tho means ef doing £ l&rgo. amount of good., and, tHo?s ladies are entitled to tho practical thanks of the public for their ,^ns.itlnsli and humane endeavours to lessen ■the "vices axid miseries of those who, either by mi*fortune, or a want of iinnneSs j'4 right principle.?^ have fallen mtc physical and moral degradation.

Messrs Srogden and Sons are still busy on tiro terminus works at Britomart. A fence of sawn kauri pos's and rails \B being con structed along the bousdary of the Govern ment property, arid between it and the new Bes^A Road. Eight or ten chains are already up, and the work is going on fast. It is to extend from the station to tlje com mencement of the i l-ailway eWibankment. Alongside, thf) fiencS a large drain is also being built, the pipes of which are already being laid down. This is to carr«r away the refuse from all the work-faked*! bIoEQ at hand. The outlets of trie "drain is into the Shoit sti^et telvorfc, which carries tho sewage into the sea near tbe Wjnyard Pier.

At the Board of Education meeiing yester day afternoon, a deputation fbprtaiuting O;ty East pobOo] committee, urged the im portance it establishing another school in the disliict. At present there are numbars of children who arc depiivcd of thoopjjorti".nity of attending the public sVJbool in consequence of it 3 ciowJed BfcMe. The district is also ft \viiie oVfc, ana for a large section of residents St. Paul's School is very inconveniently situated, Ife was ultimately determined to ascataiu whether another place Suitable for a, SohooWiOUsS CW.ld be( procured iii the district, i t w&s {alsoresolved to close the night ryliicili is very thinly attended.

The Market Square Exhibition las!; night', attracted a considerable number, ot penon», who arc ever hunting to*: novelty and ex citement;. T"?;o Leopard Boy and the little lady were subjected to much shrewd ciiticism by visitors of an enquiring turn of mind, and met with satisfactory replies. The " Light ning Calculator," and the selection of stereo scopic skitchea helped t« maJie up a very good evening'fl enteiHainDient;

To the Editor: Sir,—ln Wednesday's issue it is state 1 iii a local paragraph that Queen Victoria v/a* titiiried on the 10th of March, ISIO. If you look at Keed's and Brute's almanac you will find that this is a mistake. The Queen was married to I'iiacc Albert on thn 10th of February, not March, sis stated. Perhaps the writer intended to ref-sr to the Priuca of Wales' mairiage, which took place of the 10th of March, 1803. I would not trouble jdu with this Utter if it were not that a little confusion has occurred iti soni3 people's minds with regard to the two raarri;igC3.—\ours, &c., AeCtTBACV. The annual sciiee of the Fapakura Presby terian Clutch will be held on the 18th inst.

At the Supreme Court yesterday, several c.'.ses of bankruptcy were partly heard and adjourned. Iv re Nathaniel Loui3 Joseph, a store-keeper at Hamilton, after some discus sion ai to the power of tha Registrar to hear evidence, the matter wa3 adjourned until Friday next; also the cases of John McOory, J. It. Hovvar.l, Charles Bui ton, Muiphy Bros., and Charles lanes. In re Charle3 Drj sdale Thompson, a clerk in the employ of John soap boiler ; ths estate f: 11 into the hands of the Provisional Trus tee iiis lialiixtiu3 were £202 4s 4d. Asset.-, £20

(PER STAR CARRIER PIGEON.)

WAIWERA (Hot Springs)

Friday, 2.32 p.m

Steamer Lady Bowen did not call ycbLei* day—coming in to-day on her way up brought no mails - were told none were put on board

in town

Groat disappointment is felt, especially on accouLt of ariival of Frisco mail. Had no news since last Saturday. 'J his ought to be enquired into, considering subsidy paid.

EAST TAMAKI RACES.

Tiik Moose ia struck out of all engagements at this meeting. Wm. Pkkcjvat,, Secretary,

THE OHINEMURI MUDDLE.

Many people are themselves in a " mnddle" respecting the bungling that has caused such a ferment among the mining population at Ohinemuri. The following statement of the case has been furnished to us by a reliable pen : —" There has been a great deal said in reference to this gold-field and all the ability that can bo brought to bear on the discove ries that have at present been brought to light, state it is doubtful. There was only one mistake made in reference to the open ing of this field namely, allowing the delegated powers to be placed in the hands of a General Government officer who has the credit of being a good public servant and office man, but what the diggers call in their quaint phraseology, as far as their interests are concerned, decidedly a duffer. When the hard-workiug energetic Mackay had managed with great discretion and skill to settle the dispute relative to the Prospectors' Claim by granting five additional Miners' tights, and making the claim for fifteen in stead of ten, he received the thanks of the diggers, and one vociferous cheer resounded through hill and dale from the lungs of the bravest lot of diggers that you could wish to look upon. To an eye witness this was suffi cient to show that they all agreed in the sound views of the man they considered held the power to settle such difficult disputes. The general impression at the time was, that had Mackay attempted to peg out the ten miners' rights as the reserve there would have been bloodshed. But here the valu able experience in goldn'eld rushes came to Mr. Mackay's aid, and without hesi tation he settled the matter by promis ing five extra righta and inducing the different claimants to amalgamate : this decision was telegraphed to Dr PoJlen who, without consulting any one with the least knowledge of such matters, refused to autho rise the additional area for the prospectors. When it was made known that Mackay's promise would not be carried out, there was a nice state of confusion, and every one whe could get on the ground with a miners right pegged out indiscriminately, the great desire of all being to get as near as possible to the Prospectors Claim, and this claim now presents the most fantastic checker-board you ever beheld. Many rights aa now pegged, even inside the Prospectors' Claim, overlap each other, and I do not know how it is possible for any one to decide who was the first on the field, in anxiety and haste each man think he was first. At this crisis Mackay could have settled the difficult question, but after the manner he was treated, Tiow could he be expected to exert his power amongst so excited a mob. 1 know for a fact, if the Government had left the matter in his hands the whole of the legitimate prospectors would have been satisfied, and the diggers would have been shown a good payable reef, instead of which the case is to be taken into the Warden's Court, on Friday, 12th instant. I was amused, with a sketch by an old digger of the Prospector's Claim and Mrckay's additional five men's ground. There ia only one corner of this area that is not intersected in every conceivable angle with claims pegged out. The sketch ia headed " Pollen's Folly." »

OHINEMURI.

(From out Special Correspondent)

March 10. Ransacking the prospectors

claim

A crowd of diggers went yesterday morn ing to the Prospectois Claim and ransacked the whole of the old workings, but^ did pot discover anything at all vorth Speaking about. Dhe prospectors, Coleman and party failed to put in an appearance, -which per haps for themselves was just as well. They say that they will not shew their golden retf until the ground is accu: ed to them. It Bttdi is the casia the sooner that they have some ri^ht and title given to them the better it will be for Ohinemuii and the Province at' large. The general opinion which, is, freely expressed, is that j:h'e Prospectors Claim is a duffer, and that ther* is nothing in it shewn to the Wai-den or anyone else to entitle them to any protection or extra ground. PRESKNT PROSPECTS OF GOLD. Port;ons of the ground that were so eagerly pegged out the other day have been thrown up this morning. I was offered five; meu* ground adjoining the, Prospectors for ; the pegging off, but, I declined having any thing £0 do with.it., (W pails of the rfeld will, I believe, turn out far better as several parties ara working quietly in different parts of tuo ran;e3. Having discoyered gold they are following it up, but do not care just yet spying much • about it. In ..my ~ne£* l%\lei I liopu to be able to Send you news of a more cheering nature. ... . : RErjrjRKtNG DIGGEBS., Numbers are r°,|U ni? WP thnir sr'^s and returning to Auckland and the Thames, very inncli dissatisfied at nob being able to hit upon something in the few dnys th-,t they have been 171> lice ; but I should nob he stir priscd to see the mOit of them ui-.hing back again in ,a few we«ksi ... ¥B iN'Q^ tN &EKE R AL. I Mr TV, A. Clark, late pf the Army and Navy Hotel, has opened ,a restaurant at Macxaytow x n, and ia, doing well. ; The. natives do^ not seem to fancy the •pakehft rushing oix to dig for gum ; they say that they ought to dig for gold, not gum. Mr Mackay is gone, but, I hear, i 3 shortly going to return to have a meeting with the natives upon various land matters.

ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

Bf Triri

GOTHENIhfRGr DISASTER

(By TELEGii-vrn )

The stc.imcr Kunyip, chartered by the Go vernment to ecarch for the surveyors .rom the wreck of the steamer Gothenburg, picked up thrfe men off Holdern Island. They report that the Gotheh burg struck the reef when under all sail and full steam The captain lightened the ship forward by filling casks. She swung off, and came broadside on the reef ; two boats were lowered with four men in each, but the sea was too heavy to keep them alongside, and they went astern when they broke adrift, and reached Holdern Island, where they were found, aho the four men who had been driven away in the port-quarter boat, which was smashed. They lived on sea-birds' eggs, and Bhelifish. The vessel finally settled down in three fathoms of water. The two quarter-boat? were capsized by a rush of passenger?. The last time the lifeboat was seen she was driven to the east of the reef— her stern split, and Borne men in her. She has not been found, and it is feared the occupants have also perished. Fourteen men were clinging to the masts till Friday, when they succeeded in righting one of the capsized boats, and the niea are n/vr rescued by the Bunyip. Th-i Adelaide mail bag 18 lo3t, but the Sydney mail saved. Burns, one of the men rescued, states that there was no confusion on board, and that everything was dono in order. Up to i 1 o'clock, the cap:ain entertained hopes of getting the steamer off, but after that hour preparations were made to supply the boats with provisions, tarpaulins, e lc. No attempt was made to construct a raft. All hinds are known to be drowned, except 22 brought here, and about seven men who drifted away in the lifeboat.

OHINEMURI.

(PER STAR CARRIER PIGEON.)

Hearing of the Prospectors

Dispute.

Additional Facts.

MACKAYTOWN,

[From Our Special Correspondent.]

This day, 11.30 a. m. The case relating to the survey of the Ka rangaheko Prospectors Claim ia adjourned till 2 p.m , to allow Logan to put in an appearance.

The applicants for the ground are Logan and party, Coleman and party, O'Neill and party, Baird and party, Thorpe and party.

An old diary, kept by Mr Johnson, is ex pected to furnish some important facts as to the first discovery of gold.

Intense interest is felt as to who shall be adjudged owners of the ground.

The reef, in the ground from which the specimens came, is stated, not to have been discovered by the diggers.

The case is not expected to be concluded to-day, as their are a number of witnesses who will doubtless have to be examined.

Grave suspicions are entertained that specimens shown to Mackay by Coleman, Smith and party, in a hole on Prospectors Claim, are not bona fide Ohinemuri stone. They contain too much silver, and are like Thames or Coromandel quartz.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before His Worship the Mayor and Dr Home J.P.) NOK COMPOS MENTIS.

Walter Eggenton, Joseph Robinson, John Wilaon, and James Craig each pleaded guilty to being in such a condition last night that they were not able to take care of themselves They met with the usual retribution. AN ITCHING PALM. Catherine Douglas was brought up and charged with mis-appropriating a table cloth the property of John Henson on the 10th insfc. Prisoner pleaded guilty. She had nothing to eat. It was shown that the prisoner was a very old offender and bad about thirty convictions recorded against her. She received a sentence of three months imprisonment. ONK OF THE CREW OP THE WHALER ALBION. Joseph Cunningham, a young man about 22, was hauled over the coals for stealing three medals and a gold ring, value £5, the belongings of William Robb, at Auckland, about the 3rd November, 1874. Mr Inspector Thompson explained that the prisoner was only arrested last night, and the police had had no time to complete the case. It was also probable that other charges might be brought, to light against the accused. He must apply for a week's remand. Application granted. ___.

It appeal that the prisoner had evaded ihe police by going away in the Albion whaler.

NOT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. Hubert Leary was brought up on remand charged with the larceny of a coat valus Bs, belonging to Alfred Moore, on the 4th vnst. This man had been remanded from last week owiiU' to the chain of evidence against him not being complete. ■ Mr Inspector Thompson now said the police had not been able to trace the coat, and they therefore had nothing to do b'»rt to withdraw the charge. , Their Worships directed the discharge of the prisoner.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Tim Day. (Before Thomas Beckhuin, Esq., TLM.)

TOIIFEDO FIELD V. HEED AND ERKTT,

Claim, f4 33 4d. Mr He*keth for plaintiff; Mr Eesa for defendants. The particulars oi tliU claim hay* already appeared; in wl'ich the plahiiiff, a jobbing prinler. sought to recover in lieu of notice. Plaintiff had been employed in a miniature srouateci Bom!7.lloitj, it Was alleged ifl Shortland street, but where his position was rendered uncomfortable' through .the undue interfer ence Hf, ike manager pro tern. ; hence^he sought a more eligible petition in.the ofnee of the J^ENisa Stab, but had been tud denly diismisFed. .i ;.. ; . His Vfrta&ip said t'uifc he had c-refully examined the""notes taken last Court-day, and ho wa3 of opinion that plaintiff ha] failed in making cut his case Much more evidence i;i favour of defendants ir,i..'ht have been obtained, especially thc-if of Mr Beauar.ont, which Wo^ldhave safc&faritfrily settled thoqvses t]o37 one way or ilia. othor. The evidence was certainly in favour of.defcadan'.s. ~Mr Heskoth said be woiild acsapi a non suit. A nonsuit was therefore recorded, witn costs £2 G.I. H^XHY NTSA.L V. MA.KARXA XGA^OUPOU. Claim £'6 18?. The claioiaut in this case is the proprietor of a number of email tenements off Grey straefc and the present claim was for rent from the 23 1 March to the 20th December of la?t year, at 4a a week. Plaint ff, in giving c ,'idence, at length acknowledged that he had madj a mistake of £1, which reduced the amount to £o 16s. Jadgrr.ent for plaintiff. ASiisn vSHtn v. darnel monrob. I Cl-sim, £3 This vir.3 a, claim for rent lor a houae I belocginiz to pliiiuiiff. Mr Abiier hr.ving prove l^ths claim, judg ment was given for plaintiff. ANPRKVTS V. ELMS. Claim, £2 rent. Mr Brock for plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff. HEXDEKSOX ASD 7JA'FARIASE V. W.tt fiIL LTNGHAM. Mr 3. B. Rusrell for plaintiff. Mr lirook for defen lanh. Th's was a claim for goocb and freight amounting to £15 103. Plaintiff agreed, through Mr Eussell, to accept £1 per week. Judgment for plaintiff. JOHN EDSJX AND ANOTHER V. ROBERT COKDALL. Mr J. 13. Pcussell for plaintiff. Mr Joy for defendant. Tlis was a claim of £2, rent, plaintiffs being desirous of recovering the tenement. Mr Joy said the defendant was a yearly tenant, and did i.05 wish lo leave just now, as lu3 children ware dowa with the measles. His Worship said, "Why not take the meases away with him.'' Mr Russell having remarked upan thscase, called the defendant. Ro'oert UuuJall deposed that he rcsulel ia the Great North Roid. He was a yearly tenant, having takea the premises on the lbt of Juae, 1572, off Mr Green (since deleted), at £20 per annum. Since Mr Green's death, he had pail £25 to the trustees, the plaintiffs in tbw action. Mr Edaon had some cor:V3salion with his wife, informing her that the trustees were anxious to cell the property, but they could not dispose of ii without his signature, in consequence of which he signed the deed. Mr Edson came to Lirn on the following Monday, and wanted him to give up posses sion, to which he certainly obj --cte.L at a week's notice, ha seiag a yearly tenant.

(A great deal of cruss-firiag occur;el here between the learned counsel on certain tech nical points of Ixw, which causal some amusenieut.)

His Wo:ship wished to know what lent defendant owed at the time, and what advantage the signing of the deed was to him. Mr Russell replied that it would have taken all the responsibility off Lundall's shoulders, and would have allowed him to surrender. He had paid the rent due up to the date of the document.

IVMr Joy : He* was told by Edson some time since that the propeity was sold, and Mr Lupton had informed him that he wag the purchaser. Re was not consulted in the matter. Mr Edion informed him of the exchange of the property before the signing of the deed. He had occupied the house since June, 1563, and paid his rent quarterly up to the lat March of the present year (receipt produced.) He had never received obher than a verbal notice to quit; he was told by Mr Edson that if he left the house he should receive compensation, but which had not been offered. He consented to go ont as soon as his children got rid of the measles, and hi could get another house, especially as Mr Edson harped so much upon the string of compensation, and named £10, which he re fused ; lie then sprung another £5.

Mr Russell objected to this, it was imma terial and did not bear upon the document.

His Worship : Why cannot you give de fendant something now, and settle the matter, as both parties require some ad vantage.

Mr Russell: We object to extortion, yoi r Worship.

Defendant said he would accept £10, and get out of the house as soon as possible. Mr Russell said if defendant would get ov.t by Tuesday, he would give £10. Defendant objected to go out by that time. Mr Russell characterised this as outrage ous, he had no personal feeling in the matter, he simply_wanted justice. Mr Joy" considered that defendant's con duct, in not waiving his rights, was not out rageous ; the term was not applicable. At the suggestion of his* Worship j Mr Russell consented to give plaintiff £10 clear, and a week to clear out, and thus ended the controversy.

PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH.

A match at pigeons was decided at Ellerslie Gardens this morning, between Mr Edwards the well-knowa proprietor of the Waitemata Hotel; and a gentleman newly arrived in the colony, named Mr Cake. The contest arose out of some chaff a few days ago, when the challenge was given'by Mr Cake, and prompt ly taken up by Mr Edwards for £10 aside. The gentlemen with their friends rode oub to the Gardens this morning, and the match came off about eleven o'clock. The conitions were six birds each, on trap, twenty yards rise. The rule of the Hanley Gun Club was j<also adhered to, by which a kill by the first barrel counts two, by the second only one. At the close of the shooting the scores stood as under : Mr Edwardes-2,0,2,2,2,2. Total 10.—Mr Cake—2,0,0,2,0,0. Total, 4. Mr Parsons, of Tauranga, kindly officiated as trapper. Mr Cake expressed a wish to have a further trial, and it is probable another match will ta^o place. ■..■._^_^_in_^_^__^iL-*i

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

Per Star Carrier Pigti,^ GRA.HAMSTOWN. .. I (From our own correspondent.) r • This day. The Red-White-and-Tjlue, No. I tribute- ' crushed 3 i tons, whbh yielded 33-zj .11^ 12 ;^rs melted go-di Sudden Beatli at GraKamstowit. Yesterday afternoon, Mr.3. Duko, widow of the. laic Mr James Dnke, died suddenly in Her house in Abraham-street, Grahamstoyjj uadcr rather extraordinary circurdsfem^l Deceased, who was intemperate in her habits' had been in service afc the British Empire but lived at her owa house, The landlord of the British Empire Hotsl had prevented her getting any liquor there, but she had' evidently got some elsewhere. Yesterday afternoon she went to her own house, aad a short time after tils servant at the hotel went to specif she -would shaves-an3 dinner. Looking through tb.3 wiadavf she saw Mrs Duke half sitting on a chair, with her head renting on tue°edgeof an American bucket-, and with part of her face m the water. The alarm was at.onco giveD, but although the body was warm, .\lrS Duke was quite dead. An annuity was left tp decked by her ; l'";e husband, agd. bat ior her unfortunate ,Ua,b_ita fclja have been comfortable iaud respected. Xiig • iaquest is nor/ prceecdiag< THE CANOE ACCIDENT. There can no longer be any doubt respecting the fate of the young man I'ortcr, of the Batik' of Australasia. As we stated yesterday, the little steamer La Duona Ventura was chartered to make a cruise in the direction of the Mi rand.i and Ovcri Toiftt in order to ascertain if ! there \v:>s. any cine to the vocoven* (lierearg man or the i)'ur. Suii'lnspertbi" Trnvleu-toiij. i t>dvantage ol the opporlunily thus affqrdcftj^..- '"■ send one of his men., and so satitfy himself thai;-"■■: ' proper steps were taken to glean all informa- I lion respecting the missing boat. Constable1 Scott accordingly accompanied the steamer, i which left Shortland soon after five o'clock yesterday morning, and proceeded across to wards Pukorokoro, searching the coast as they wentabng. The constable landed at Porter's Creek, and went to the house of the settler named PelersSri, whom it -?VUl_ be itraeni- bered \\'as fetiirning frdni GrahaaistoWri ■ on the evening Porter was blown out ■ into the harbour in his canoe, and promised to ■ keep a good look-out fov the boat in Order fo rescue the youth from his perilous position. He reported that although he kept a good look-out after leaving Grahamstpwn wharf he saw nothing of the ber.t. The little steanief, in charge of Captain Watt?, vho i; thoroughly acquainted with the coast, kept going under easy steam

in the direction of OiCii Point and the Sand spit, after leaving Petersen searching along some ten miles of beach, and then crossed over to Tapu Creek. They continued the search along the coast oft this side, and in mid. channel, returning to Shortland about six

o'clock in the evening without success. Mr Peterson stated that the cutter Tarn o' Shanter left Crahamstown about the same time as he did, and the master in charge knew of the young man's disappearance, and promised to lookout for him, but as the Tarn o' Shanter

was only proceeding as far as Deadman's Point, from which place Porter could have walked into Grahamstown, there is but veiy little hope from this source.

TESTING. OHINEMURI STONE. As a rule we do not place much reliance upon bank tests of auriferous stone, because they so

rarely give a true indication of the actual value of quartz, or of the probable yield by battery crushing. They are, however, valuable as showing the auriferous or non-auriferous cha racter of the stone, which is submitted to the

Yesterday Mi". Severn made an experi-

nient upon a piece of s;eput™d Ohinemuri stone, which is interesting. The stone was in the possession of Mr. H. Adams, and some metal, which Mr. Severn did not believe to be gold, was apparent on the surface. This was scraped off by a knife and tested chemically by the tin process, when it was found to contain gold, although only a few grains of metal were treated.- Another test was made by Mr Masters, of the Pyrites Reduction Works, which gave a large and rather astonishing result. The piece of stone which was treated was taken out of the prospectors' claim, the day before the opening of the field, when SMithand Coleman. showed their specimens to Mr Mackay. Capr. Newell, in charge of the Armed Constabulary, took out the stone himself, and handed it to Mr A. G. Horton, who was returning to the Thames, to have it tested. The following is the result of Mr Masters' treatment:—" Gold, 3iozs. 7dwts. 4grs. ; silver, 270ZS. Bd\rts. i9grs.. to.one ton of such stone." It will be remembered that Smith and Coleman did not show any reef, but that their specimens were duried in a hole where no reef was visible. Wherever the stone came from, it is undoubt edly rich; but the proportion of silver seems rather large for Ohinemuri stone.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

PRIZE FIRING.-This Day.

The morning was exceedingly favourable for the prize firing, and numbers of spectators were present who evidenced much interest • in "the scene, lhe contest commenced on Wednesday and was concluded to-day. The following are the names of the prize winners with the amounts attached :— Wes ton 68, £6; Peak 64, £5 ; Finley 64, £4; Norrie 60, £2 16s ; Hill 59, £2 19s ; Clifton 59, £2; F. Limb 56, £1 10s ; Whitehead 55, £1103; Houston 55, £1 103; Serjeant* Ansell 54, £1 10i ; Dickson 54, £1; Goodie r 53, £1 ; Goosenian 52, £1. The following are the scores : — 200rds 400 yds 500 yds Ti. Lieut. Beale 20 14 16 —50 " Vol Bishop ... ... 20 14 16 —50 Vol Geary 24 10 16 —50 ;--..,: Vol H. Ansell ... 25 14 9 — 48. Vol W; J. Nash ... 25 18 4— 47 VolJ. Taylor ... 20 14 12 —46 VofcJ. Hendry ... 20 16 10 —46 Vol W. Carson .. 22 13 11-46 Vol W. H. Fort ... 22 14 9— 45 Vol Smith 22 9 13 —44 VolJ. Elliott ... 21 6 14—41 VolJ. Lowd ale ... 12 21 7—40 ' Vol W. Fowler ... 16 10 13 —39 Vol G. F. Murphy... 19 8 12 —39 Vol C. P. Taylor ... 19 12 8 -39 Capt. C. Taylor ... 25 11 3— 39 Vol McKay 20 11 8— 39 Vol A. McGongle ... 18 '13 7— 38 VolSkullen 16 9 9 — 34 VolHitchens .. 17 15 2— 34 Vol Greaves..,- ... 12 9 12 —33 Capt. Harley ... 22 2 9— 33 Vol Eobertshaw ... 16 10 7—33 VolJ. Ness...' ... 18 9 5— 32 Vol. R.Frost ... 19 13 0-32 Vol. G. Lamb ... 13 7 9— 29 Vol. Craddock ... 18 • 8 0—26 / Vol. R. Black ... 19 5 2 — 26/ y Vol. J. Hunt ... 8 8 9 - 2a|; Vol. Ryan 15 2 8 — 2aJ Vol. E. Wilson ... 5 0 19 — 24| Vol. W. McGongle... 14 8 2 — 24- Vol. A. Baddeley ... 14 5 2 -*&.. Vol. J. McDonald ... G 15 0 -fv^gt ■>.. Vol. W. Murphy ... 5 7 0 -^|¥<B ■Vol. F. Finlay .&... 0 7 2 —^M>*\

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

The " Octoroon" was successfully repeated i last evening at the Prince of Wales Theatre to a full house. The various characters were presented with the same skill and finish as on the previous occasion, ani^.l caljl for no .. special remark beyoud what; »c had prs-|Jl| viously made. t& , | * MR. HO3KINS' BENEFIT T^NIGPT. We need scarcely inform^frar (theatrical Hn readers that Mr William Boikinß'will take..«■

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