SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

.HIGH WATER—This evening, 7.41; to-morrow morning, 7.59. SUN sEC-This evening, 4.59. StJN RlSE—To morrow morning, 7.12. MOON'S AGE—Full moon, 19th, 1.0 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Martha, barque, McKeime, from Samoa and Friendly Islands - :-- Dauntless, Hawaiian schooner. Berril, from Tonga and Levuka '..'•".-'' ss 460 <ons, Maciiirlane, from tho South (in -.:the Manukau) - .-■

DEPARTURES.

cuvereign 01 me sea, cutter, tor vvangarei Coralie, cutter, for Opotiki I«nna, Governmeut p t>, Fairchild, for "Wellingon (from . the Manukau)

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Tor Wanganui—'-H Ki'da, to-morrow For the South-T&upo, ss, Tuesday, 20Lh ; Ladybird, s s, 24th inst For H-:<bart Town—Bella Mary, barque, at once For London— Ferngien, ship, early For Rarotonga—Coronet, schooner, early For the Cape—Shooting Star, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Star of the South, s s, from Levuka, due Cyphrehes, ss. from 3vdney; due sth August Dover Castle, ship, from Belfast; sailed 23th May Xmu, screw-bai-ciuentine, from Levuka, early Belle "Brandon, schooner, from Pe.ayhu Island, early Peerless, schooner, from 3outh Sea Islands, early Lsetitia, srhoouer, from K&rctonga Stag, barque from Newcastle, early John Renuie, ship, lrom London ; sailed May 11 "Victor, barqnentine, from Port Gamble, early Vivid, barque, from Circular Head, early Ryno, brigantine from Botumah, early Papua, Sfihooner, from Karotonga, early Edith, schoo:or. from the Islrtiids, e%rlv Flecbero, th;p from London ; sai'ed 13th April Lutterworth, nliip, from Loudon ; saikd 10th April Vision, r.rig, from amo\ Alumbagb, ship, from London ; sailed 9th May Carisbrook Castle ship, from Liverpool; sailed June 8 Columbus, ship, from London ; s'a'led sth June City of Auckland, shijj, from London Charybdi -, schooner, from the Navigators Kenjlworth, schooner irum Koumea, early Llewellyn, s.s, from Sydney, early Eobina Dunlop, barque, from London ; sailed 29th March

V&~A special charyc of one shilling is. made for Qonsiqncis' or shippers' names inserted in this column.

IMPORTS.

Per'St- Kilde, from "Wacgaimi:—72 head cattle, 400 shf ep, Comhes and Daldy (agents).

Per Ma»tha, "barque, from Samoa and Friendly Isles": 250 tons coir*. 50 bales cotton, 5 tuns oil. — Cruickshank and Co, agents.

Per Dahntleis..from. Tqngatabu: 100S b*gs copra. From Levuka:. 159' hags copra, 200 bags muizi. — Owen and Graham agents.

EXPORTS.

Shipped by Messrs T. and S. Morrin per Tona. for Russell and : 5 bars iron, 7 bundles do, 1 1 parcel, 1 bundle spades, 1 do buckets, 1 do bullock hows.. 3 camp ovens, 3 iron pots, 3 cases herf-sone, 1 ■parcel, 3 pieces pipe, 1 pared, 2 cases, 1 cask, 4 casps, J iilate, 1 bundle gumsp cirs, 1 colonial oven, 1 cattle brand; 5 kegs nails.

The brig Syren has entered out for Taranaki. The cutter Magic has cleared for the Thames with a miscellaneous cargo. The cutter Wanderer, for the Great Barrier, and the South Carolina, for Russell, have cleared out in ballast. The schooner Gem has entered in from Russell with 46 tons of coal. The ketch Maid of the Mill from Orewa trings 28,000 feet timber, and 3 tons gum. The ketch Fanny Kelly from Wangaroa brings 30,000 feet timber and 2 large spars. The cutter Leo brings 53 tons coals from Russell. The cutter Fawn, from Russell, brings 21 tons of coal, 162 bags of gum, and 1 hide. The barque Bella Mary hauled away from the wharf this morning, and will sail for Hobart Town at once. She is in ballast. Tne barques Lebroyd and Queen oi the South, the schooners Fairlio and Mary King, and the brigantines Zephyr and Kate Brain, are all discharging at the Queen street wharf. Their cargoes are tm-ning out better than could be expected, consider ing the fearful weather they have experienced. The s.s. St, Kile!a leaves the Manukau to-morrow at noon, instead of 10 o'clock (as advertised in the frontpage). ................ - .■•■ w -. ......... - The Union St-'am Shipping Companvsjss Taupo arrived in the ft'anukau yesterday morningi from the", South. She is to Isave again at eleven o'clock'to-r morrow. -■ t The schooner Mary Webster arrived at Taranalii on Saturday mornicg after after a long passage from the Kaipara of 17 days, during which very heavy wea .her was eiperie'hced.. It will' be seen by our Islands' news by the Marth 1 that the brjg Vision arrived atVsvau prior.to the 6th June, and the schooner Peerless arrived at Tongatabu on the 26th ultimo

T{je barque Florence left Boston for New Zealand ports on the Bth Jaue with a full general cargo. JEl.M.'s Pearl, with his Excellency Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, Governor of the Fijis, arrived at Levuka.-froni Sydney, on tho-24th Jane. •' "We--learn that the barque Lizzie Fox, 272 tons, ••••- Captain Hurrell, is load rig a1; New York for Auck p land ar d Dunedin with general cargo. She was to be ready for sailing aibout the present time; Mr J. W. Carr has taken a contract to build a 16-ow pinnace for the Kaval Brigadg. .. . - :-k.Yi When, the Dauntless left Le^tika, ncHfaar the Emu nor'the Star of the South had : ariivad . -the Emu left here on the 24th ultimo, and tlie Star of the' South on. the" 28ih. , . -. .---.;.;. The brig Berwent, or rather a brig-answering exactly to her description, was sighted by Ospta'n Norris, of the cutter Leo; off the Poor Knigh's on Friday morn ing. She was standing in from the eastward towards Cape Brett,'and. had evidently been blown off the land. The s.s. St. Kilda, Captain Flowerday, left WaDga nuionthe I6th, at 9 p.m., and after a very stormy passage arrived, alongside the Onehunga wharf at 6 this1 morning. Oh rh,e 17th, at 8 P-m", while off Cape EgniOnt, sppkej^Baj^etch Amitenrl of Wellington, " the. crewr of iiff~!S3iad -hf eh igfttirely without pro visions .for-a weet Lowered'a Doajbknd sent a tupply on board I,'and proceeded on the passage at.9 p.m. Passengers r-r-Mrs Person and family (3), and Messrs McNeill, Barnes, and Perston. The Government steamer Luna left Onetungafor the 3eat,of;G6verßment yesterday shortly .before noon conveying a large number-of m-mbers of :the Legisla ture. Among the passengers were :—His Honor. Sir George Grey. P. Digmn, D. r M. Luckie, «. McLean, G. Yon derHeyde. W. Swanson, C. O'Neill, G M, O'Korke, Joseph 'May, Wi Katene, and W Kelly, M.H.R.'s ; H Chamberlin, Hon. Oolonel Kenny, Bon James Williamson, M.L.C's; and Messrs G, M. Keed D. L. Murdoch, and Colonel Hariogton. • The Bawaiian schooner Danntlets arrived on Satur-r day^ night from Tonga and Levufea with a cargo of maize and covra.. Captain Borrel reports arriving afc Tonga on tie 20th ult; took in cargo, and left on the 26th *for Lavuka ; left there on the 4th inst, and had i light winds all the passage. Made the Poor Knights on the 17th insfc. The copra from the Dauntless will he transhipped into ths Ferngien. Passengers : From Tonga—Mr Dwyer. From Eevuka— Captain Sprawle, Messrs Gwynne, Evans, and Bartlett. Captain Farquhar, of the lona informs us to-day that the mysterious barqne which put into Wangape did not fire a rocket, but a gun. She stood in by the channel on the north side of. the rock, which is the usual mode t.f entrance. From this it was supposed that thecaptain knew the port welt. When she stood out on the south side it became evident that she was a stranger,-, as the water, here bristles with rocks, and • It was a wonder to'those who saw her that she got to sea safely. It is not at all improbable that the vessel will tun Tout to be the Moneynick. '

The.barque Martha, Captain McKenzie, arrived this morning irom Samoa and.the Friendly Islands with a cargo of island produce. We are indebted to Capain McKenzie for the following report of passage and for Samoan hews :—Left': Samoa oh May 30, with light easterly winds urtil we reached Vavau on June 6; left there again en the lOth.after taking in part of cargo called at Baapai and took in some more cargo ; sailed for Tongatabu, and reached there on 22nd'Jnne; took in balance of cargo, and failed from thence for Auck land on the 27th. Experienced calms and variables till July 8, when it oame.on stormy weather from the south, lasting until neariag the coast, when tho wind chopped to the N.W, and-continmd to blow from that quarter till'entering port.

COMMERCIAL.

At Messrs.,-. Coohrane's auction mart to-day the following sales of property were effected: Waikato"iallotment, parish of Pukekura, 50 acres, price—£92 10a: Cambridge (West), allotment 102, 1 acre—£2. Springbank, lot 86 of subdivision of suburban allotments 32 and 33, septlon 8, 40 feet frontage fi to Cameron-street, with cottage—£39 ;; lot 75, 37 feet 6 inches to Newton Road, with building—£37 10s ; lots 102 and 103,^66 feet to SnfTolk-street, £9 Is 6d j lots 132 and 133, 66 feet to Eden-street, £11 lis.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails TiLi Close ab follows . — For Thames, this day at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow at 9.30 a.m.- For Cnromandel, on Friday next at 11.S0 am For Kiwau and Matakana, per Lady. Bowen, to-, morrow at 9 a m For Napier and Gisborne, per Star of the South, to . morrow at 1 p.m. For Wattgautii, per gt.'Eilda, to-morrow at 10.15 a.m. For Russell, per Leo, on Wednesday at 2 p in, For Taranaki, Souchern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per s.s. Taupo, to-morrow at Sam. Msils for Australian Colonies, India, China, Mediter ranean Ports, Cont.nent of Europe, and United Kingdom, via Suez end Scuthampton, and via hrindisi, per Phcebe, on Saturday, "4th instant S. B. BI9S. Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

THOMSON—HIGGINS.-On June 24, by special licence, at St. Patrick's Cathedral, by the Eev. . Father O'Dwyer, assisted by the Eev. Father , Simpson, H, Thomson, eldest son of Mr., H. Thom son, to Elizabeth Higgins, eldest daughter of Mr. Higgins, both of Auckland.

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

MONDAY, JULY 19, 1875.

Bth» cause that lacks assistance, the wrone that neetla resist* -*.-», tha fmture in the distance, -«^ Ami tha S«od that we can 4a :

People who fall into the hands of a con stable are not usually disposed to view those necessary public guardians with favour, and complaints which are made from time to time of police tyranny must, therefore, be taken with caution. But that constables do sometimes presume on their little authority is nevertheless true and we believe it would not be diffi cult to adduce instances where gross and shameful brutality h aa been perpetrated by thos» minions «f the law. A case arose last week in which a constable was guilty of unwarrantable conduct in dealing with a respectable carter charged with a petty assault ; and in the Police Court to-day one of the force admitted having struck a man a violent blow on the head with his baton: while arresting him on a •cHarge of drunkenness. Of course the inevitable second constable was there to: .swear that the man was drunk and very disorderly, but three or four respectable* witnesses came forward and swore to the contrary and the Bench evidently thought the balance of testimony was on their side for the prisoner was discharged. What we [have to do with now, however, is not whether the man was drunk or whether he was sober, but to condemn in unqualified terms:theaction of the constable inmakinguse of his baton without, any reasonable pretext. The offence in the present case was seen by several witnesses and therefore there was no opportunity for denying it, but can we'doub" that the same recklessness characterises som° I

members of the force in making arrests-in the dark, where there is no one to bring them to book. That prisoners frequently com plain of such treatment is notorious, although they are seldom prepared with witnesses to substantiate their charges ; butjj the. cases, just alluded to, give considerable weight to the other allegations. One or two members of the force, who have been drafted from the country, have evidently yet to learn that the rough practice of bush stations will not an swer in the city, and the sooner they recog nise this fact the better. The majority of the people will always be on the side of law and order, but police tyranny is no more tolerable than rowdyism. We hope the conduct disclosed to-day, will be investigated by the Inspector, and that such action will be taken as will relieve the public mind of that uneasy feeling which such high handed proceedings are calculated to excite. The practice of locking up men on Charges of drunkenness who may be perfectly able to take care of themselves and offer no offence to the public, is also one that requires some check. The liberty of a man, even though he may occasionally indulge in more tipple *han is good for him, is not a thing to be so lightly regarded as some gentlemen in blue I appear to think.

As might be expected, the recent failures in London have caused a semi-panic in the Stock Exchange. A cablegram, received by the Alhambra, informs ns of this fact, and adds : " The London and Westminster banks paid dividends of the usual per centage, but their losses are estimated at half a mil lion Stirling, and the bank deposit reserve, of fourteen millions, had to be drawn upon." What all this means is not very clear. The telegram has evidently been mangled in transmission, as is very often the case with our English telegrams. Our contemporary the Herald assumes that the loss is wholly sustained by the London and Westminster Bank, and founds on that text a homily on reckless trading. We are of opinion that their assumption in this in stance is just as correct as their assumption that the reserve fund of fourteen millions alluded to is the reserve fund of the same bank. We know as a fact that the reserve of the London and Westminster Bank was only a few years back raised from £500,000 to £1,000,000, and even at that it stands considerably higher than that of any other Joint-stock Bank. During the panic which ten years' ago followed upon the stoppage of Overend, Gurney and Co., when there was a run upon almost every other Bank in Lon don, the doers of the London and West minster Bank were besieged by people not drawing their money out, but opening fresh accounts. During the two or three days which immediately succeeded the crash, up wards of two hundred new accounts were opened in the Bank ledgers, a fact which was proof incontrovertible of the public en fidence amid the general distrust. Another fact about the Loudon and Westminster Bank is worthy of notice. Wjhile every other Joint Stock Bank has been in the habit of allowing interest at one per cent, less than the Bank rate on all deposits, the "West minster" has never allowed this except on sums over £500. Smaller deposits were only conceded two per cent less than the Bank rate. On these terms so unfavour able to their customers, but favourable to themselves with the ready oj)por tunities afforded of profitable reinvestment, the directors have for the last eight or ten years managed to keep their deposits up to the enormous sum of over £15,000,000. Against this the amounts shewn in the half yearly balance-sheets as due to the Bank on account of acceptances has invariably been very small. Under these circumstances there is little necessity for reckless trading to bo lugged in to explain the large dividends — nearly 30 per cent, per annum on the psid up capital—which the London and West minster Bank has been in the habit of paying. Jio banking institution in the world, we will venture to say, can shew sucb ah uninterrupted career of success attained by legitimate operations only as the London and Westminster Bank. Bringing these facts to bear upon the mutilated telegram just received, while fully prepared to admit that a change may have come over the rosy paths trodden by the pioneer joint stock bank, we should be inclined to translate it as follows : —" The London and Westmins'.er Bank has paid its usual dividend : but other banks losses are estimated at half a million sterling, aud the Bank deposit reserve of £14,000,000 (that is the agglomerated reserves of all the Banks) had to be drawn upon." .

A gentlemen in Symonds-street bought a goose on Saturday, and the goose wasbfought by a boy in a cart secured, it was thought, in a wicker-work frame. The arrival of Sunday's dinner was announced, and the purchaser came to the door,*, waiting while the little boy ran down the steps to fetch up the goose. While doing so, the goose as if anxious to be eat by the purchaser, flew out of its cage towards the house. The boy made a plunge to catch it, when it rose on its wings, soared over the boy's head, over the cart, over the house of its purchaser, over in fact, everything which : could have any, claim to it. .Then without further delay stretching its broad pinions; "Sunday's Dinner " swept down the valley towards the Domain, wheeled round in the direction of Fraser and Tinne's Foundry, and though still to memory .dear was lost to sight. A gentleman on horseback who was standing by the cart was asked by the boy, if he would mind galloping after, the goose and catch it, but as the horse could not fly, nor follow after the goose up sewers and drain pipes or where ever it might chance to run, the horseman declined the chase.

, To the Editor : Sir,—Of flail the Highway Boards that have met, they have given an account of the money received aud how it was expended, and stated the streets, nd the amount of money laid out on each 3treet footpath, culvert or broken metal, or scoria ash, but the Ponsonby and or Deo" wood Board that* was. Mr. Morton said they received £683 16s 7d j £40 spent on Alma place, £40 on Richmond Road. Mr. Mc- Rinstry asked what part of the Richmond Road £40 were spent on. Mr. Morton said on works with the Newton Board. That would leave a balance of £603 16s 7d for all works not. enumerated ; that is a large sum ; only Wallace street and Dublin street, the amount on both streets hot stated. It Would have been better for the ratepayers to have paid secretary, and to know where their m»ney was; Spent. Mr. Tole, the present chairman of the Board, stated when he was a member of the late Board, that they were watched by the watchful eye of a bull-dog. It is a pity there was not two bull-dogs watching for the ratepayers on such a large amount of money. Mr. Tole will perhaps tell whether the bull-dog is of English breed or has any of the Scotch terrier in him, or if he is an Irish cur. An educated gentleman like Mr.-Tole, who knows how to behave, and it is not difficult for him' to give the breed as he is a high authority, a Barrister at-Law in New Zealand.—A Black.

- A Newcastle telegram in Saturday's Waiftato Times says :—"The diver from the bridge is going down on Saturday to examine the damage done to the Rangiriri. If the river continues falling, she can be pumped out. Thirty-two single men, eight married couples, and nine children, immigrants per Forfarshire, have arrived per Bluenose. The sub-Immigration Agent intends distributing them between Hamilton, Cambridge,' and Alexandra.".:; .'.-

'{ The reputation of Atkinson's perfumes is well known to all dwellers in the West End : of the great/Metropolis. There is no London perfumery_-;depot which enjoys a greater fame for the exquisite delicacy arid purity of its fragrant essences than the Bond-street emporium of Mr Atkinson. Very few Lon don belles consider their toilet table complete without these delicious scents. It is there fore very'gratifying to our Auckland "fair." that an agency for the sale of Atkinson's perfumes has been established in our midst. Mr Aicken, the chemist, of Queen-street, has already received large shipments of these beautiful goods, and visitors may be sure of getting a genuine article for their money. The variety of Atkinson's perfumes is only Equally by their consistent excellence, and we shall expect to hear of Mr A.icken largely increasing his business by importing these fashionable toilette requisites.

:' Mr Joseph Brown will open a weekly sing ing class in the High School, Symonds s_treefc, on Wednesday evening next, on the Huliah system, for the benefit of young persons of both sexes, who may desire to acquire a knowledge of music and singing. Mrs Shayle George will afford information respecting the particulars of the projected Huliah singing class.

The Waikato Times evidently admires Sir George Grey. It says : " The spectacle of a man like fc^ir Geooge Grey standing in a Colonial House of Representatives will be unique in the annals of history. An experi enced statesman, a skilful diplomatist, a gifted and persuasive orator, and probably a splendid debater, with all the influence of wealth and rank, the respect that attaches to one known to be far above selfish or mean considerations, the flve-tiirle3 Governor and great Pro Coisul will stand in the New Zealand House of Representatives like a giant amongst, pigmies." The ratepayers of Mdunt Eden District will hold their first meeting this evening, in the Eden Vine Hotel, for the purpose of striking a rate, appointing trustees, auditors and fence viewers. The monthiy inspection of the Victoria Company, A.R.V., will take place in the new drill shed, Wellesley street, East, to morrow evening at half-past seven. Every member is ordered to attend. Grey uniform with waist belts only. Mr P. Doran, long and favourably known to the public as the leader of a troupe of minstrels whose mission is human charity, drove round the city on Saturday in his new capacity of expressman, in his new and prettily decorated express-van, christened the " Favorite," drawn by a fine horse in new harness. Mr Doran has for some years been employed in a firm in Vulcan Lane, aud in consequence of changes which come about, Mr Doran has been obliged to shift his quarters. Mr Doran has been thrifty, and to his credit has been enabled through his forethought to order an express-van, buy a splendid horse, and start expressman for himself. The ''Favorite" is perhaps the prettiest turn-out of the kind in Auckland. An interesting gathering will be held to morrow (Tuesday) evening in the United Methodist Free Church, corner of Pitt and Vincent-street, when a new service of sacred song will be presented to the audience entitled the "Exodus of Israel," with con nected readings by Rev. G. H. Turner. The efficient choir connected with the chapel will take part in the proceedings which will •be of an instructive character. A general meeting of the members of the Carpenters and Joiners Protection Society will be held this evening in the Young Men's Rooms, Wellesley-street. Among the full particulars of the starting of the Arctic Expedition given in the Illus trated London News, wc find short accounts of the careers of the officers engaged. Some of them may not be unknown to Ancklanders. Commander Albert Hastings Mark ham, the senior executive officer on board the Alert, in IS7I. held command of H.M.s Rosario, and while in that capacity, from October to February in that year, was occupied in a cruise among the; New Hebrides and Santa Cruz Islands putting 40Wn the Polynesian slave trade. Commander Markham wrote an interesting account of this voyage, which was published by Messrs. Sampson Low and Sons. He was also cruising about on the Australian station. Lieutenant Lewis An thony Beaumont holds a similar position on board the Discovery, the companion ship. Of him it is recorded that in 1868 he was appointed to the corvette Blanche (under Captain. J. *E. Montgnmerie), from which vessel he was paid off in October, 1871 Captain Nares, the leader of the expedition, was lately in command of the exploring ship Challenger, which not long ago visited Wel lington, while the chaplain of the Alert (the Rev. H. W. Pullen) is best known as the author of the political skit—" A Bow in Dame Europa's School I"

The monthly inspection of the Auckland Battery of New Zealand Artillery will be held to-morrow evening in the new Drill shed. ' After the parade a meeting will be held to elect a lieutenant vice J. B. Mclntyre, resigned. : j Tbe Coronet has undergone a thorough overhaul at Mr. D. Gouk's yard. She has been Btripped, caulked, and re-coppered. Extra fastenings have been added through out. She is now quite ready for re launch ing, and is only awaiting a good tide for the operation. When again afloat she will be moored into the berth astern of the ship Foifarshire, where she will receive her new masts and take in cargo for the islands. She will be ready for sea in about a fortnight's sime.

The monthly inspection of No. 2 Company ■will take place on Thursday next. Those who have not yet returned their arras should do so at once.

The annual meeting of the One Tree Hill ratepayers was held at the Junction Hotel to-day.

NEWTON HIGHWAY BOARD.

The annual meeting of ratepayers of the Newton district was held at noon to-day in the Newton Hall, Mr Richard Warnock in the chair. In consequence of the early hour of the meeting, only twenty persons were present. ■ ' Mr F. J. Jones, chairman" of the outgoing Board, read the financial statement, which shewed that the money collected from all sources during the past year including a balance of £23 ,14s lid from the previous year,.amounted to £375 143 Bd,_and that the expenditure for the same period was £352 4s 4d, leaving a balane of £23 103 4d.in the bank. : ' . The report upon being put to the meeting was unanimously adopted. Mr Jones proposed, and Mr McNair se conded that the rate, be Id in the £, with power to sell; Carried. The nomination of trustees was then pro ceeded with, and the following gentlemen proposed : Messrs. F. J. Jones, McNair, Maclean, Warnock, Read, and Wilson. Messrs. Billington and Jones were ap pointed scrutineers. The result was as follows : Jones, 61 ; McNair, 57 ; Maclean, 43 ; Warnock, 40 ; Read, 36 ; and Wilson, 29. five former gentlemen were declared elected for the current year. Mr Jones then addressed the meeting at some length on the cow nuisance, and said that some forty or fifty cows wore continually wandering about the district, . tearing up their roads, breaking down their fences, and destroying the young trees and these cows belonged to persons who did not contribute one penny towards, the rates of the Newton district. .He considered that it was high time that some strenuous effort was made to put a stop to this kind,of vandalism. If they spoke to the owners upon the subject they met with laughter and insult ; (hear: hear.) He would therefore propose "that a requisition be sent to his

Honor the Superintendent to allow the Fencing Suspension Act to come into opera tion in the Newton District, and that the Chairman be requested to forward a copy of the resolution to his Honor with out delay." , . , Seconded by Mr McNair and carried unanimously. The meeting, which was of a most harmonious character, closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.

Island News.

(BY THE ' MARTHA.')

FOR the following items of news from the Navigator's and Friendly Groups, we are indebted to the captain of the barque Martha :— . • . r ' On our departure from Samoa we lett there the American ship of war Tuscarora, which had been anchored there for for seven weeks previous, the captain being engaged in settling claims of American citizens resident there, against Samoans* for damage done to property during the late war. : She also brought down from California, Colonel Steinberger, with letters and presents from President Grant to the Samoans, and recommending Colonel Stein berger to the natives as a proper person to advise them in framing laws. They have accepted his advice in the matter, and .have set up a king named Malietoa. In Vavau harbour we met the Vision, brig, on her way to Samoa, and the whale ship' California, both of which were there when we sailed* In Tongatabu, we met the Hawaiian schooner Dauntless, and Peerless, schooner, both from Auckland. The latter arrived the day previous to our departure, and the former sailed for Fiji two days before.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

(PER ALHAMBRA AT HOKITIKA.)

THE BEECHER TILTON JURY DIS*

AGREE.

RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND

AND RUSSIA

COST OF THE PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO INDIA.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.)

LONDON.

July 3 to 9. It is rumoured that Sir George Bowen will be appointed to the Governorship of Bombay, as successor to Sir P. Wodehouse.—The San Francisco mail was delivered on the 28th of June. The new service commences in November.—There is a semi-panic on the Stock Exchange, caused by the recent failures. The London and Westminster Banks paid dividends of the usual per centage, but their losses are estimated at half a million sterling, and the Bank de posit reserve of fourteen millions had, to be drawn on.-The jury in the Beecher- Tilton case, after a week's deliberation disagreed and have been discharged.— Sir H. G. Bulwer is appointed Governor of Natal.'—The Australian mail via Brindisi has been delivered.—The Government troops in Spain under General Jovellar completely de defeated Doersquarie in Aragon, and has besieged Contavangia, the stronghold of the Oariists. —In the House of Commons, Mr Burke said that the communication as to correspondence relating to the Russian occupation of Khiva was premature ; but that tho Government had abandoned a policy of a reutral tone and refused to fetter its freedom of action. Relations with Russia were BtiJl friendly. Galle, July 9. The Pera left Galle for Australia on the 3rd instant.—The Emperor of Germany visits Italy in September.—ln the House of Com mons, Lord George Hamilton said that the Indian Government insists on Burmah pla cing no obstacles in the way of obtaining redress for the murder of Margery 5 but the King has refused to permit the passage of British troops. Lord Hamilton believed that he would eventually yield to the demand of England. —It has been resolved that the cost to Parliament of the Prince of Wales's visit to India should be confined to defraying the ri'es of hospitality, a turn probably of £30 000. The Naval Estimates of the visit amount to £52,000. The personal expenses and cost of presents are estimated at £60,000. The Prince starts from England on the 17th October.

Australian Telegrams.

PER ALHAMBRA

MEETING OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS RELATIVE TO SECULAR EDUCATION.

; I.' ;].,. Melbourne, jtQylO. : The railway revenue last year a tnoun ted to £920,000.—The scandal about Ju<j ge D unne is likely to be ventilated. The j a dge has sent in his defence to the charges of intoxica tion, but it is hardly considered sufficient to satisfy the country.—The Rom an Catholics have declined to offer a deter m i ne d opposi tion to the new Education Acfc, At a meet ing of bishops held this week a series of resolutions were agreed upon.— The scandal of Father Daiton kidnapping the children of a dead mother, and placing them in a Catholic Orphanage, will shortly be brought before Parliament.-, Mr J. P. Macdonald, theatrical lessee at Sandhurst, has been committed for trial for stealing money.—Very cold weather has been ex perienced.

Sydney, July 10. The steam colliers, Susannah and Cuth bert were wrecked on the Long reef.—The quarter's revenue, ending June, . shows an increase of £152,000. —Professor." Beveridge's report on the Sydney Water Supply, has disclosed the existence of the most disgusting impurities.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Messrs. Hurst and Marshall, J.P's.) STORM AND CALM. The following individuals, all tattered and torn, were introduced this morning, one by one, to trie presiding justices, and fined as follows : Charles Johnstone, a youth of 18 fined 10s, being drunk on Sunday; Alex! Graham, drunk and fighting, 10s; Henry Burnett, an elderly man, drunk on Sunday, 10s; John May, for being drunk and dis orderly, 10s. j William West was charged, with the same offence, but indignantly denied the charge. iConstable Axam deposed that prisoner was horribly drunk in Victoria-street, and was ru'ning and Shouting in a fearful manner. Constable Winslow corroborated; he was alarmed at the violence of the prisoner.. Prisoner : I was not drunk, your. Worship —rhad only a nobbier. Fined 20s and costs,. t; .■CONSTABLE AXAM'S NOSE. . .'''■':; ' jThomas McCleary was charged with being drunk and disorderly last night, and with damaging the nose of Constable Axam while in the execution of his duty; ' ! . ~ •Mr Joy for prisoner denied the charge. Constable. Axam deposed that prisoner was very drunk, and - . He aimed two blows, And one struck his no?-,'.'"■ and the other,fell plump on his mouth. Prisoner also used very bad language , To Mr. Joy.: He did strike him on the head with his baton. He did fetch blood but if he had hit him harder he might have broke his head. ; Constable Moore saw prisoner in Queen^ street late on Saturday night. He was drunk. ' ! .v"-' Mr, Hurst: Will you-speak londer?- lain rather deaf.

To Mr Joy : I know he was drunk. I saw the liquor on him. Think I don't know when a fellow's diunk, I should think I do. I saw blood on him, I don't think Constable •Axam hit him hard enough to fetch blood. It was a heavy baton. Did not see the blow Mr Joy addressed the Court for the defence and called witnesses in favour of his client, and asked thatf the baton might be produced. He desired that it should be brought forward, to shew the Bench its size and weight. No wonder his client had a large bunop on the head, and was supposed to be drunk. ..,..' Sergeant-Major Partly objected, and thought that Mr Joy should have bad his client's head examined by a medical man. The baton was here produced and inspected by the Bench. William Major was present on Saturday evening, and was certain the prisoner was not drunk. _vv To Sergeant-Major Pardy : He and pri soner went into the Occidental.and had two glasses each of " Tommy Dodds." He did not know of what liquors "Tommy Dodds were composed of. 'Twas splendid stuff; warmed him down to the heart. Thoy left and Constable Axam cautioned him because he was speaking loudly. He said something about the "bobbies," but be did not use vulgar words. _ ~..•> To Mr Hurst : He was quite sure his friend was not drunk, two glasses of Tommy Dodds would never make a man drunk ; it might make him a little jolly like. Albeit Kunst was also present, and was certain that his friend was not drunk, be had one glass of "Tommy,*' and a cheroot 5 he talked very loud as was aaual with him, and bis indistinct observations attracted the sensitive ears, of Cahstable Axam, who walked up in his stately manner and said something. He beileved the constable had committed an official error of 'judgment. Robert Morley; chemist-, knew neither of the parties, but as he was walking down Queen-street he could not say that prisoner was drunk. He was there simply to protest against what he considered to be an undue interference of the constable in using his truncheon. James Quirk deposed that the prisoner was neither drunk nor disorderly. He had been in his company sometime previously. His manner was usually boisterou», which would lead some persons to suppose that he was drunk. Mr Joy said if it was necessary he would call four more witnesses. The Bench said as there was a doubt, the prisoner should havo the benefit of that doubt ; the case was therefore dismissed. The case of assaulting Com.table Axam was then called. Sergt.-Major Pardy asked that this case might be remanded until to-morrow iv order that witnesses might be piesent in favor of the constable Mr Joy said there was no reason for such an adjournment ; he bad eight witnesses pre«ent; he would, ask under the the Justice of the Peace Act that the case might be dis missed. Tbe Bench considered they had the power to adjourn, but would dismiss the case. The prisoner then left the court with his friends. "let there be light." Thomas Ricketts appeared in answer to a eummons, charging him with a breach of the Haibour Begulations, in not exhibiting a light/ on the evening oi the 30th June, on board the cutter Fanny. Mr Dufaur appeared for defendant and pleaded guilty, but would call evidence to shew the reason why, on that particular oc-, casion, the light was not exhibited. Mr J. B. Russell appeared for the Habour Master, and said that, in this case, he did not press for more than a nominal penalty, as defendant generally endeavoured to observe the law. It was esrentially ne cessary that master of vessels should keep a person on board as an anchor-watcb, accord ing to the 43rd section of the regulations, which would enable them to give more safety to vessels. Gtorge Walton, mariner, on Boaid the Fanny deposed that the night was very htormy ; he was very tired, and '.' turned in" at half-past six ; tho light was blown out ; there were two men on board, but they had been hard worked and like him wanted rest. Samuel Bowker, seaman, corroborated; when he found the lamp was out he lit it again. The bench said it would take a lenientt view of tbe case, and impose the limited penalty of £5 and costs. " OSE SICKLY SHEEP INFECTS THE ELOCK AND POISOSS ALL THE K/EST." Charles Augustus Bowden was charged with a breach of the Sheep Act, by permit ting scabby sheep to be driven on a certain highway, without the sanction of the Inspec tor of Sheep, on the 24th ult. : In the absence of witnesses the case was adjourned until Thursday, the 29th inst. This was all the business.

Tossed by a Bull in the Air.

b<ARROW ESCAPE OF MR JOSEPH

MAY.

Mr Joseph May, of Epsom, has a very valuable bull in his possession,lately imported from England at an expense of over £500. On Saturday evening, about, five o'clock, Mr; J. May was in the act of driving the animal from the paddock into the shed, using a small switch he had picked up, and neglect ing the precaution of takfng bis whip.. The bull tuddenly turned on Mr May, and attacked him in a fierce and determined manner; knocked him down, and but for the peculiar shape of the horns, wonld certainly have gored him to death in a very few -minutes. As it was, Mr May dexterously avoided some of the most violent thrusts of the furious animal, and, while down on the grass pluckily seized the bull by the nose, and called loudly for help. Mrs May hearing the cries for assistance gave the alarm, and the brother rushed to the spot and gave timely aid, as Mr May was becoming exhausted with his herculean struggle with the powerful beast. On being rescued it was found that the sufferer had sustained Very serious injury on various parts of the body ; his leg is much injured and a severe bruise was sustained on the temple. Dr. Wright was quickly in attendance. The bull was not considered a dangerous animal, although it would at times shew an irritability of temper, supposed to be the result of being teazed while on the voyage out. Singular enough, Mr. Joseph May was mentioning to a friend only the other." day, his surprise that there were so few people attacked by Inills in this country, compared to the frequemt attacks made on people at Home. Another attack on a man by a bull is said to have ; been made at the Kawau on Friday. Tif» man had lauded from a cutter with som* other mates, and was. rushed by a bull, aastainlng so much injury that his mates brought him. on to tOWHi;

THE DUVALLIS.

"There was a good attendance on Saturday evening at! the Prince ef Wales Theatre to witness the second repetition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which was favourably pre sented to the audience. The sisters Duvalli, we notice have been engaged for the evenings of the present week in connection with the ■ members, of the Star company, assisted by Messrs. Hall and Ooutts. This evening a dramatic version of the " Flying Dutchman "» or "Phantom Ship," which forms the sub ject of one of Marryat's best novels, will be given with appropriate scenery and effects. A pantomine will also be performed in the course of the present week, which will be something novel to the public of this city as we do not remember anything of the pan tomimic in the theatre fat years past.

OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

His Excellency's Spee&V- ■[' ASTEB. I :;;|! [By our Clairvoyant Rep, _ __ t. •; "WELLINGTON. f Tuesday. " ■ His Excellency the Marquess of Normanby opened the fifth session of the fifth Parlia- I ment of New Zealand in person at two | o'clock to-day. Nearly all the members were " 1 present. His Excellency said :— HbNdRABIEG'F!NILEME.&',— MEMBEE3':bp'-TBriji 1 LEGISLATIVE CoEKCTX, "AND GeNTLITJSkI'' - oe she House of Representatives. v . \ The short time I havebcen in the oolofiy has-li- prevented me from seeing all those sublime ■ features of this great country which my - I esteemed and gushing friend, Sir George, Bowen, so fondly dilates upon, but my brief'" tour through the. colony has sufficed to. >i convince me that no three hundred thousand".; people in the world have drawn more largely;; on their expectations than have the colonists"'" whom her Most Gracious Majesty has placed under my governorship. Ineedhaidlysaythat the cordial reception' accorded me has been " exceedingly gratifying, although it is. some what to be regretted that the Chr.ist'church'"-'' people are now quarrelling in public over , the little bill of costs. In having recourse to your advice and as sistance on the present occasion, it is a >'j matter of regret to me, and still more to my | advisers, that the honorable _ gentleman-; ; | who so long guided the destinies of this." t country in its onward progress towardsnaV tionality, is absent from his usual place,; I am sure that many members of this Assembly have pood cause to remember his princely beneficence with tearful regret. It will, however, comfort you to know —as we do ; know on the authority of an ancient and beautiful ode—that "'Absence makes ; the, heart grow fonder," and it will stimulate;-;. - you in your tedious duties to think thatfX whether sacrificing health for. the good of the :■ colony in the smoky precincts of London or recruiting his enfeebled frame on the Spa, the thoughts of Sir Julius will: still turn with fondness to this colony, for which he has.;.; sacrificed so "much and received so little in. ; ;, return. I am sure that there is not onei colonist who will begrudge him the rest andf-> leisure necessary to restorers health, broken' in the service of the colony. All must have '; marked with feelings of profound gratitude the assiduity which has characterised his ',; , attention to the administration of the Govern- , I ment of the colony during the recurring.re-; 1! cesses of Parliament; and the toiling labourer .. • with a large family to keep on his six shillings per day will have felt thankful thpthis own lines have been cast in pleasant places, when he reflects that such an amount of;.' : toil has not been exacted from him as? to undermine his constitution. Theserrefle- t tions will I trust reconcile bim to the punc-";."; tual payment of the education rate and such other taxes as this Parliament may from time to time impose upon him. It affords me pleasure to inform you that.:, the peaceful relations with the native; m-if- 'In habitants of this colony remain undisturbed, g. During tbe recess my adviser in native-^ matters, prudently recognising the fact'that' if the Maori King . would not come to ', him he must'go to his Majesty, met the King in his own dominions across the con-,,, fiscated boundary. His Majesty received the Native Minister with the utmost grapiousv.' ness, and the gratifying intelligence on being communicated to Great Britain by cable : ; created a profound sensation :at a time"-;-; which proved exceedingly opportune, inas much as, with singular unreasonableness, the London Stock Exchange was then viewing with some distrust the negotiation of an-x ■.■';■{ other four millions of your undoubted deben tures. This feeling, lam happy to say, was n at once removed by tbe publication by Sir \- Julius Vogel of the particulars of the reconci-^ ; liation between tbe two races inhabiting theses islands It will please you to know that; his Majesty h?.s given me » cordial in«: * vitation to spend a week at his palace at Te Kuiti, but the journey is./such as a .j£\ gentleman at my time of life could hardly Vv ; be expected to undertake, and the accommo-,. dation is said to be indifferent. I should be most happy to meet bis Majesty at Kawhia, |g but as he declines to come there or allow me in, tbe intended meeting is indefinitely posfc-^ .;. poned. The spontaneous petition by a large "' i and influential section of natives in the North, praying for the retention of Sir j Donald McLean as permanent Native >i Minister is one which should, in view of the' ■-"* uncertain tenure of the present Ministry, re-i v^ ceive early consideration. . I . :i1 The railway and public works policy, wnioh^-'..' you have inaugurated, is being steadily de veloped, and the railways completed are — working with the utmost- satisfaction :to;j the people and a- large profit to* they colony. A gratifying proof of the wis- '.-} dom of that policy, which had as its object cheap and speedy traffic into the;interior,1 is-'^ furnished by the fact which has come to- the^ knowledge of the Government, that, in several.- instances, carriers' carts have been run off; | and it is confidently "believed that" in a few;. ; -j.. years, as Mr Passmore's railway policy be- . , comes developed, still;.more "marked and ■$& startling results"will be exhibited. -.-'; '.' v:i It will please you :to know that that great work the Kaipara railway, taken over by the Government ;pnly half-finished wheni ■' the' Public Works Policy was initiated, is - now nearly completed, and that in a few years* it will be thrown open to public traffic. "| y-.••>: The attention .of the Government has been ly directed during the recess towards tbe pro motion of the welfare of those parts of the colony which, although contributing a full proportion-to tbe colonial revetme,- havefrom the absence of land fund beenunable to carry : ,r. on the work of Government vigorously. The liberal policy which has been pursued*iifcirela*'.ra- tion to the province of Auckland particularly 5. will doubtless meet your approval. Gentlemen' op -the'.Housei of BfpresentUO tatives.— Your assistance and guidance will be sought in considering estimates which will be laid before you to provide for thesalaries ' of the worthy officers who devote their attention to the public service. I have to; *; congratulate you on the satisfactory state of the revenue. The judicious change Irommea surement to ad Valorem duties has continued to work most beneficially, and I trust that by adhering to those sterling fundamental principles hitherto followed by the Govern ment of saddling local revenues • with the duty of making provision for education; • gaols, asylums, police, management of wasted i lands, construction of roads; de velopement of goldfields and other mineral resources, eJo., the General Government will be in a position,.,, to still administer to the necessities of that' ' ; large and deserving class of the community ! whose welfare and prosperity have sb'long been promoted by it. . . . - ..■ -,: Honorable Legislative Councillobs and - Gentlemen of the House of Representa- tives.— I regret that the Government have V looked in vain for a *i barrister of colonial reputation ".willing to,accent a roving-iom- -. mission with the view of consulting the Chairman, of country highway boards relative to their yiews of what a colonial ,cpnsti- ; tution ought to be. This is much to be regretted as it was expected that a class so universally intelligent would have far- •'.'"■ nished the Government with the ideas 'v they stood so much in need o|. Nevertheless, feeling that those institutions; thatvhave hitherto prevented the Government from ab sorbingallthe colonial revenues ihnsthb Icihger continue, the Government have framed a |j measure. In so important a question ttfey do not desire to fetter Parliment but bay V*^'1 ample room for embodying such sug^sa "*?"•'- "' as will.enable honorable gentlem/deorge /: effect to those broad views whicH r -Kw«ffTOtf them the confidence of their-codrSntuents, or of the Ministry of the day. Measures will; '•" be submitted for recognising; by*a gran*o* £20,000, the able services] rendered to

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THE COLONIAL BANK OF ,■',"' NEW ZEALAND. ; f Capital, ;•' Subscribed Capital, £850,000. W & A Branch of this Bank, for the conduct of General I*'™ Banktag-Business; will be'opened on -or about. i? TUESDAY, the 20th July, in the premises Queen-.. Wt% atreet, next the Insin*nc&-Bull togs, and lately , Wk occupied by the National Bank.—J. T. AVAEBEN \ ftanoh Inspector;— Auckland," 21st June, 187&. J



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