SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

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VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero s,s from Sydney abf>nt 23rd Woi<sfa. from Sydney, parly

Ca ler ' n sMp, from L mrton ; sued Fernglen. ship, from London : sai'-?d

B»rrn /be-dare ship, f-om London ; failed Den 8 f-l.ooticp Siar, Daroue, from Ir.rdon ; siiled Dec 23 Bspido. barque.from New "V or&, via Adelaide Syren, hrie-, from 1 yttelton Jfyno, br'gantine! from TSotnmah, early FJirt. bigantine, from Lyttelton, early Paptia. schooner, from Rarotonga, early Belle Brandon, eclk oner, from the Islands, early

IMPORTS.

Per Star of the Sontli, from the South and Napier: 60 hbds ale, Reid ; 30 do do, Joel; 1 case confec tionery, order ; 1 case drapery, Peters ; 1 case glass, Joel; 1 bag seeds, order; ]" sack's oatmeal, Hall and Co; 5 rolls lead, Porter and.Co ; 5 tons iron, Fraser andTinne; 2 boxes, Haslem Martin; 1 case, H.M. Customs ; 1 parcel National Bank ; 1 box, Yon Blar con._A.S.P Co, agents. Per Southern Cross, from Napier via Poverty Bay : 1 case, 1 truss, Clark and Son ; 1 package, Durand; 1 box, Johnson.—A.S.P. Co.,agents. Per Ladybird, from the South: From Dnnedin—6 plates iron, Renshaw; 3 bales, Clark and Son. Prom Lyttelton —12 kegs butter, Conpland. From Wel lington—l parcel, Martin ; 8 cases, 8 pkgs, Barnes ; 3 case electro-plate, Kohn ; 40 cases brandy, Long dill and Co ; 1 ca-sej Passmore. From Nelson—2 bales hops, Khrenf ried Bros ; 1 bale paper, Lusk; 1 bale hops, Hall and Co. From Tarannki—s cases butter, BarnoH; 3do do, Veale; 7do do, Hosldns. Per Levuka, from Fijis: 720 bags maize, Fiji Bank ing Company.—Henderson and Macfarlufee, agents,

EXPORTS.

Per Cyphrenes, for Sydney : 1 box gold, National Bank; 1 box mutilated notes, Bank New South Wales ; 4 pkgs, New Zealand Insurance Co.—H. M. Jervis, agent A.S.N. Co. The s.s. Ladybircl, Captain Andrews, arrived at Onehunga wharf at 4.95 O'clock this morning. She left Port Chalmers at G 30 p.m. on the Ist March, and experienced fine weather throughout the passage. Passengers—Mrs and Miss Carling and two boys, Mrs Honey. Miss Connolly MeSBrS Beid, Paddon, Johnston. Fitzgerald. O'SulliVan, Cox, Mackay, Knight, Henning, Fulton, Vickers, Rogers, Roberts, and S4 in the steerage. "We are indebted as usual to Mr Dougherty, purser, fr our tiles and report.

TheA.S.P..Co's steamship Star of the South, Cnpt Farquhar, arrived at 11 o'clock this morning from the Sotith via Napier, which port was left at 0 a.m. on Snnflay Inst. Passengers—Messrs Campbell, C. flam say, J. Ramsay, Willis, Levi, Joel, Gollan, Master Gollnn, Misses Home and Pelichet. For Levuka— Mr Fenton, Miss Dcwin, and Mrs Boyd. Captain parquhnr reports sighting the ship Warwick in the Bay of Plenty yesterday afternoon.

The lona was towed ov.t of the Mechanics' Bay in take by the steamer Scotchman last night. She was towed up to the wharf early this morning by a cutter. She will have her fitting out coimpleted at the j .S.P. Company's T.

The s.s. Ph«?be left for the South this morning, soon after ten o'clock. She was the bearer of the outward Suez mail.

The schooner Levuka arrived from "the Fijis last ■night, after a line weatker passage of 17 days. She left Laueale on the 18tli Ultimo, and Levuka five days before. She brings a-'.cargo of maize for the i'iji Banking Company.

The barque A da arrived at the North Head yester day evening. Captain Asals reports leaving G-raves end on the 23rd November last. Bad weather to the Xine, •which was crossed on 2(!th December. Light 3NVE. trades. Passed meridian of Cape 11th January. Han down the eastings in 44° S. Rounded Tasmania on the 2?ncl February. Dirty weather across to the Three Kings, which were sighted on the 4th instant The Aria was built at Aberdeen nine years ago. She belongs to the. f> m of Messi« Robertson and Co, of ".London. She is classed Al for IV years. The Ada up off the North Shore last night. The following is si list of her passengers :—Saloon —Mr David Don. Second Cabin—Mr Robertson, Ellen Roberson, .T. Cock Mrs Laycock, Roak, Wood. Annie, Charlotte, Ethel, and A rthur "Wood ; Mrs McLaureu, Jane. Kate, Bessie, Willie, Richard, and Lizzio Me Lauren ; Miss Hamilton, (Sbarles Champion, Walter Hoxnley, Horace Collett.G T. Home, F. J. Johnson The E.M. B«S. Cyphrenes, 1 500 tons, Captain Woods, left this morning for Sydney. Passengers: Saloon— For Sydney- Rev Mr and Mrs Matthew Brown, Mr Mcllw ith, Mr. A. w. Sclmkrafi't, Mr Barriugton. Mr Young, Mr Fitzjameß. and Mr Olphert For Melbourne—Mr Andrew Kelly, Mr and Mrs Braith waite and 3 Misses Brathwaite, and 13 in the steerage.

The A .S.P. Co's Southern C'rosß arrived in harbour late last night. She left Napier on Saturday after noon, and called at Gifsborne on her way. Passen gers—Mr Darrell. and 5 in the steerage. The schooner Dauntless, gaptain Berrill, cleared out to-day for Levuka via Mercury Bay, with 70,000 feet tilnber. • She is to sail to-morrow.

COMMERCIAL.

CATXS AND IVIVTDKNDS. The following »re the cm rent calls and dividends payable in th b companies named below: — CALLS. £ s. d. Date. Bira-in-Hand 0 4 0 — March 8 Central 1ta1y..... 0 10—,, 10 TJnion Beach 0 2 0— ~ • 10 Pride of Tokatea 0 0 6—,, 10 Watchman 0 0 6— „ 10 Harbour View 0 10 — „ 10 TJna 0 0 6—,, 10 N .Z. Loan Company 1 0,0 — „ 11 8 outh Britiah G. M. Co 0 1 0 — „ 15 Thames G. M. Co 1 0 0— „ 18 N .Z. Loan Company 0 10 0 — June 11

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wni Close as follows :— For Thames tomorrow, at ».30.am. j_ ■■>. <;-, I t #?or O.jromandel, to-morrow, at 11 a m T7nr Tnuntufja per Vm.ent, to-moirow, at Bpm SNapier and Wellington, per Southern' Cross, on the South, on Friday next, at 3 p.m. (Signed) S. E. Bisa, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTHS.

Gbay—Oil the iOth November, at Kimberly, South A'riiau Diamond Fields, the wife of Edward F ancis Gr y oi' a daughter. Bishop—On March Ist, at her residence, Vincent strt-ct, the wiie'of Captain J. J. Lishop, of baique William Giflord, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

Jones—Hat—On Febiuary 27, at St. Mary's Church, Parncll, by 1j c Kcv. R. Burru.ws, William S., eldest eon of Mr Ji-hn Joins, Muddy Creek, to Sarah, third daughter of Mr David Hay, Brighton, Auckland.

DEATHS.

DAGNALL— A* Newmarket, on the Bth instant, aged 21 years, Eliza, the beloved wife of Mr Thomas Diignall. and only daughter of Mr Michael Brearley, late of Grahamstown. —Australian papers please copy.

The funeral will 'leave her late residence on Wednesday, at 3 o'clock. Friends will please accc:,t this icvitation.

Kemp—On March 9th, Thomas Samuel Kemp, aged 33 years.

The funeral will leave the Royal Mail Hotel, Victoria-street, to-morrow (Wednesday), at 3.30 p.m. Bignold—At Norwich, England, on 2nd January, 1875, Sir Samuel Bignold, Knt., aged 84 Griffeth—On March n, Bridget Emily Adeline, the youngest daughter ,of Mary Griffeth. aged 2 years and 9 months.

Thomas—On March 8. at her father's residence Chapel-street, Martha Thomas, of croup, aged 2 years and i months. The funeral will leave her father's residence, to morrow (Wednesday), at 3 o'clock. Friends will please accept this intimation. Scakfe—At her parent's residence, Newton Road, on the morning of the 9th instant, Flora Augusta, infant daughter of George and Annie Scarie, aged 1 year and 4 months.

■ The funeral will leave to-morrow (Wednesday), at 3 o'clock.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, The Morning News.

MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1875.

For thtt cause that lucks resistance, i'or the wroiif; I -:il nuuils resistance, ""■>* the i'ilure in tlio clUtaure. Aui the food that we can do.

In our other columns will be found all the main particulars of what will probably ever be known of the sorrowful story of the Cospatrick. It is the saddest tale that has evev been told in connection with immigra tion to our shores, and some of the little incidents recorded of that night of horror, and the weary days and nithts succeeding as passed by the survivors, are too painful to dwell on. Nothing is known, and probably nothing ever will be known, though much may be conjectured, as to the origin of the fire. Gircumstances seem to point to the inflammable materials in charge of the boat swsin as having generated spontaneous coin, bustion, and the failure in the attempt to bring the ship before the wind left the flames to lap up eiy ij>i»e infl n"n ri»ble, and sweep the decks —as seaman Cotter has it— ('like lightning.". There does not appear to have 'been any blame attachable, either in the outfit of the vessel or in the coudncb of the officers and crew, or even passengers. Water kegs appear to have been wanting in the boats/ but their presence Would not have affected the result, as the only br>at that lived bad born previously capsized. It was the rapidity with which the lire swooped fh rough the woodwork, seizing on the boats and p:ir,'ilysing every effort, that led to such disastrous results, and the sorrowful event does Hot leave even room for saying, if so nnd so had been done, this might have been aver ted. In the midst of the wide ocean, with no help to be seen, the waste of fathomless waters lighted up by the lurid glare from the sheet of flame enwrapping the doomed ship, men throwing wives and children over board, and jumping in themselves to escape a more horrible death-— such is the picture preeented in the doom of the Cospatrick.

The writ for the election of a successor to Judge Gillies as representative of City West was issued yesterday, as will be seen from our Wellington telegrams.. It is so then that the election of Sir George Grey for the vacant seat in the .Assembly will not be mixed up with the contest for the succession to the late Mr Williamson in the representa tion of the same electorate. This is weil. For though in any circumstances, and esps cially in the circumstances of Sir George Grey being now Superintendent, his return at the head of the poll against any competitors would be assured, still it is more becoming to him and better for the electorate that he should not be involved, and so con fuse the various issues raised in .the struggle which is sure to result for the other vacant seat. It was feared and seemed likely that Sir George must necessarily be mixed up in the hurly burly, but the fates appear to have willed, that the return of the ex-Governor to public life should be smoothed, and that both' in the capacity of Superintendent and member of Parliament he should be presented as the elect of the whole people.

The exigencies of time and space preclude our reference to the items of English tele graphic news which have come on the back of the voluminous and interesting intelligence per the Cyphrenes. Mr. Vogel has placed the loan in the hands of the house of Roths child, and it is announced at 93. Tenders are called for the Trans-Pacific service for eight years ; and the President of our Legis lative Council has received the guerdon of honour and been dubbed a knight.

Some days .ago we announced that the M'rit for the election of Superintendent had been issued by bis Excellency the Governor. That writ has been to day received by Colonel Balneavis per the Lady Bird, and is re turnable wichin fifty days from the date of issue. It devolves on the Returning Officer to fix the date of nomination. As . all opposition to the return of Sir George Grey as Superintendent is now withdrawn, the nomination and election day willbeidentical; so that but a very few weeks can now elapse until, as we hope, the " Hermit of Kawau," as he has been sneeringly called, will hold in his firm hands the reins of what is destined to be the leading province of the colony. We learn that the nomination will take place on the 22nd instant.

At the fortnightly meeting of the Harbour Board to-day Captain Nearing was voted £10 compensation for loss sustained for putting down screw moorings.—An application from Mr Bain for compensation for loss of horse was not entertained. —The report of the De benture Committee on dock tenders was de ferred till after the return of Mr Murdoch. — Mr James Cruickshank was appointed Lon don agent of Board.—Mr Brett asked what stepj were likely to be taken by the Board in respect to the Parnell landslip. The Chairman replied that seven men would be at work on the ground to-morrow morning, and that temporary steps would be taken to prevent any further landslips.

We are requested to state that there will be no practice of the Choral Society this evening.

The membeis of the vaYious Orange Lodges, of Au<*k-and are requested to assemt>le this t-veiiing in ihu Lod_e toom of the Young Men's Christian .Association, v/ben business of importance; will be brought before them.

In our obiiu;u*y columnß we note the death of Sir Samuel Bignoli, Knt , Secretary of the >o> wii-h Union P'ire and Life Insur ance Cmp vie*. He di«d at ibe advanced ;>t>e of 84 In politic? he was thoiouyh Cou jaervative, in insurance rmtt<rs a vetei>n, havaig conducted <he Korwich Union for upwards of halfa-century, and in private life, in all senses of the acceptation a truly good old English getitleman.

The members of No. 2 Company are re minded th \z the parade on Thursday is rhe lasb monthiy inspection of thy year. Mem bers are specially requested to attend.

On Saturday morning at nine o'clock there will be a toni.iet.iu. n at MoiiDt Eden for the f 'adet Championship of the coiony. The pre iimmaiy eonfcuPo took [.lace aboub a month ago, wheu thirty competitors wbo scored highest were leffi in. Among tbese four were Auckland boys, namely—Sergt Parting ton, Engineers ; Sergt. Saunders, Engineers ; Corp. Yafces, Sir G. Grey's; Lieut. Kattiay, Grammar School.

Messrs. E. and H. Isaacs call the special attention of the trade to their sale of the thirtefih cases of floor-cloths, handsome patterns, and in. good order, to be sold to morrow, at eleven o'clock.

A Provincial Government Gazette was pub• lished late last niyht containing a procla mation by the Hon. Dr. Pollen authorising the occupation of the Prospectors' Claim by those who prove, in the Warden's Court, that they first fuuud t;old on the reserve*

Sr.me time ago we had ah article in our columns relating to the abuse of the labour traffic among the South Sea Islands. We then said it was only too apparent that many of the attacks made upon English vessels and their crews by the natives in the South hare bfeen provoked by the bad con duct of the crews of the vessels themselves. An instance was given of a case where decoyed natives bad been kept on board a schooner against their oWn will, and even against the protest of the missionaries. This same schooner was afterwards the scene of a fearful tragedy, nearly the whole of the crew being murdi red by the islanders. We then called attention to the Urgent need there was of further governmental supervision in this trade. Since that article was written Fiji has bceu annexed' to the British Crown. According to the Queen's speech, read at the opening of the linpeiial Parliament, that annexation will be useful among other ways in affording better opportunity of regulating the labour traffic among the Polynesiau and Melanesian Islands. It yet remans to be seen how this regulatiou will be c.irried. out,' but it is tn be hoped it avill bo effectual in putting an end to such a state of affairs as that reported by the Dido ju.-t arrived, and also lvferred toiu very strong terms by the lies'. Mr Jackson of the Melanesian Mission the other day at Chiistchurch. Captain Chapman states that out of 100 labourers returned by the Dido t > their homes, a large proportion were in plain language kidnapped by vessels carrying the English Hag. VVhatwoold ?uch men as Wilber force think of this. What would thousands of people in England think and do if they fully understand the existence of this fearful reproach on the English name. We, who have stood forward :>s the champions of liberty, who have aboli-hed slavery in all our dominions, and influenced nearly all the other nations of the world to abolish it in tht'irs —how ashamed ou^ht we to feel when it is foiinal'y asserted that sii'-h ou'-iagfts are committed by ships carrying the Union Jack. The Uev. Mr. Jnckaon, at Christ chujeb, is reported to have said that he quite believed that scenes of cruelty resem bling those described by Airs. Sfcowe in Uncle Tom's oal in are even now of common occurrence among the planters of the South Seas. If the AJelanesian Mission effected nothing e7se ifc would have done good work in exposing such a miserable condition of thincs in spots where British freedom isi sup posed to reign. We shall look anxiously for the promised means of amendment.

The melo-drama of the "Lancashire Laas," which presumes in some respects to represent the factory life of the northern shire of Eng land, was the dramatic feast of last evening at the Prince cf Wales Theatre. This piece was a special favorite with the people of London and retained its place en tho stage for a considerable period. We believe that this dram i is familiar to Aucklanders, as this was not the fir'ot time of its production in this city, still in a certain sense, old things become new in the hands of such qualified artisles as Mr Hoskins and Miss Colville. The party by the name of Johnson was a Hever representation by the former, as was Ruth Kirby by the latter. In deference to a general wish they wilf leproduce the Lancashire Lass again .this evening. To morrow the interesting play of " Romeo and Juliet," illustrative of the everlasting senti ment, will be played for the benefit of those whom it may concern.

OUR LONDON SHIPPING LETTER.

EFFECT OF TBE C"1 SPAT KICK ON

EMIGRATION,

EXTREME COLD IN ENGLAND,

(From our own Correspondent.)

London, January 12, 1875

Since writing to you by the last mail via Brindisi the total destruction of the emigrant ship Cospatrick by fire off the Cape of Good Hope bound to your port caused a great sensation in this city, the full details you will read in the various English news. This sad calamity has caused a stagnation with respect to emigration for the time being, al though the New Zealand Shipping Company have some Very tine powerful iron ships on the berth, the greatest difficulty is experi enced in obtaining emigrants for the ships now loading.

The fine new iron ship Fernglen, 817 tons, Captain Fraser, sailed from Gravesend on the sth of January, and landed her pilot off the Start on the 6th. " All well." _ This fine ship only carries 160 adult emigrants and 12 saloon passengers. She left here in splendid trim, and having every appearance of a fast sailer you ought to have her out by the end of March.

Your next Auckland vessel will be the fine composite ship Caller Ou, but she will not be an emigrant ship, and takes only a few pri vate passengers. This vessel will leave about the 30tu instant.

Shipping business in general has been very dull to the various ports of New Zealand, but dead weight has lately come forward more freely than for some time past. On the 9th, the Kingdom of Italy sailed for Wellington, and the Mystery sailed the same day for Canterbury, both vessels with cargo only. •

The ship Cicero will sail from New Ply mouth for Canterbury with emigrants on the 27th inst. ; ship Wemington, from Plymouth for Wellington, with emigrants, on the 29th inst

The weather over Great Britain the last ten days, in December and the first week in January was very severe in the North. In several places railway communication was entirely stopped. The parks in London were covered several inches with Bnow, and all the ornamental waters being frozen over thousands of both sexes were amused. The past few days* the weather has been quite mild and pleasant.

The following is a list of the ships and the number of emigrants forwarded to New Zealand by the Agent-General for that colony during the month of December last : —Wellington, for Otago, with 184 souls; Baron Aberdare, for Auckland, with 164

souls ; Fritz Renter, from Hamburg* for Havrke'tt Bar, with 440 s^uls ; Dallatn Tower, for Wellington, with 265 souls ; Feru Glt-n. for Auckland, with 189 souls; William Da\ie, for Otwgo, «i.h 170 souls; Tintern Abbs, for Came!bury, with 318 souls: and Timaru, from Glasgow, for Ot,ago, with 130 souls. Total, 2170.

NOTES.

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[FROM OUR LONDON CORRES-

PONDENT)

THE NEWSPAPERS' i-XCITING RACE

FOli NEWS

The Christmas of 1874 will long be remem bered iii England as oue which brought on the whole more material misery than hap piness, and the shocking details of accidents following rapidly one after the other* which disfigured the columns of the daily papers, marred in no small degree the pleasures of the holiday-makers. We had received the news of the Cospatiick disaster by wire some time before the arrival of the steamship JVyanza with the survivors, and for days be fore that vessel was actually due Plymouth was crowded with a mob of ' specials' from the London and provincial papers, hungering after the prey. The English papers are ap proximated very closely to their brethren in America in the matter of Rpecial eorrea pond^nta alid interviewing illustrious strang ers. I don't know that they are any better for it. It feeras to me to be pandeiing to a low, morbid t iste in supplying details of little or no benefit to the public at large. How ever, as long as their is a demand for the '.special,' I suppose he will continue to flour ish. The pressmen who went down to Ply mouth were the pick of their profession, and each man was on his mettle, trying to out-do his neighbour, and secttre something for his paper alone. They bored away like moles un derground, milling, counter-mining, and laying all sorts of plan's and schemes for another's de feat. Theytoldoneanother, flatlyanduablush ingly, the moat palpab'e and irifernal lies, and all pretended to swallow the statements that were offered them. The end of all, however, was that all these artful dodgers found themselves pretty much on a level, and so they concluded to work together and join their force*:

SPECIAL STEAMER CHARTERED.

Mr Forbes, of the Daily News, and Mr Whalter Wood, of the Standard, however, each chartered a apscial steamer of his own, and went off in the hope of getting on board before the Custom House tug got alongside, Mr Greenwood (dog and man fight), of the Telegraph, went with the Custom House ofliwsr, and the rest clubbed and chartered a steamer. When the Nyanza was reported off ihe Lizard, there was a huge excitement; All the Cteamers had their steam up, piid were snorting away readj' for a start, and before the Nyanza could pos sibly be up to the breakwater, the "special*" were being dashed over the " foaming billow," in the direction of that grand construction. Tlie night was dark, and blustering, and there were some very sick stomichrt amongst those who were best accustomed to terra Jirma. At last the anchorage was reached, but still there was no sign of the Nyanza. Mr Forbes was brought up in a capital position for a start. He was the dreaded bird, the favourite, the bete voir of the crowd. Forbes was the first newspaper man to enter Paris after the seige, and would be be the first on board the Nyanza. The thought was gall and worm wood to the rest.

FORBES MAKES A DASH AND WINS

At last a green light was seen approaching the breakwater, j;nd the mail steamer came toaring up to the unchorage, and away went, her anchor. Now wan the time. Slap dash went the Customs' steamer, -and misled her mark in the Hurry of* the moment. Now wa3 Forbes' chance. Of course it was u'terly contrary to board before the Customs oflicer, but what was law ah the moment to Forbes. His steamer made a dash ami missed the Nyanza, but Forbes jumped and was in the main chains in an instant. Of course he was soon pulled inboard and what he did then no one seem 3 quite to know, but bo it was that when the other correspon dents got on board neither Mr. Forbes nor tho three survivors were to be found any where.

HIGH PRICES FOR NEWSPAPERS

In the meantime the sailors of the mail steamer were not asleep. They had secured copies of the St. Helena paper containing the narrative of McDonald, and these they pro duced and offered for sale to the eager preis men. One sailor got £10 for a copy, and another £15. Several got £10, and the cheapest and last copy was bought at £5. The sell came a few minutes afterwards when the captain told them that he could give them the whole narrative for nothing. Tlien was the time to see the look of satisfaction on the faces of those who had hung back, from investing.

FORBES BHYS THE SURVIVOR'S STATEMENT.

But where was McDonald ? The curses fell fast and furious on. the head of the devoted Forbes. But little he recked, for presently he and his party appeared on deck from somewhere below, and then it was known that £100 had been offered to McDonald and £25 apiece to Lewis and Cotter for a Daily Neios monopoly of the story. Greenwood and Forbes at once joined issue and went at it in an up and down slanging match, so furious that the rest formed a ring, and at one time it seemed likely to end in a free fight. The yeliings and bowlings were terrific, and in the midst of the tumult there stood the three rescued ones unmoved by the turmoil. Mr Wood offered £100 to Cotter to go off with him, but Mac Donald would not allow the bargain to be made, and refused to tell any thing himself. From the commencement Mac Donald seems to have been a rather stupid fellow, who stood both in his own light and that of his companions. Sovereigns were hopping about in all directions, and pencils and note books were fluttering in the air, every syllable tbat fell from the men's lips being recorded on the spot. At last the men were removed on board the tug -and Forbes was charged with attempting to buy the party. He fired up at once and offered to fight the party of specials, one down, another come on. At this point one of the pressmen said to Macdonald that he had sold himself. At this McDonald fired up and said he acted by command of his owners, and when it was urged that nothing of the sort appeared in his letters, he said he was a dogged minded sort of fellow and had determined to keep siience and should do as he liked in spite of any body. On the pier there was an attempt made to seperate the men and smuggle them off, then in the Custom House officer's room there was a free fight and a second edition of it at the railway station. The chaff was most amusing though somewhat coarse.

THE SURVIVORS CONVEYED TO

LONDON.

The men, were got into their carriage for London with no little difficulty, and one or two press men got into the carriage with them by getting round to the other aide of the train and climbing in at the windows just before the start. They got nothing from Mac Donald on the journey up that they had not got before, but they considered they had achieved a triumph because they were able to relate next morning how sleepy and tired the three men were all the way to London. The whole thing was discreditable to the English Press, and the men said themselves that at St. Helena they were received kindly; but at Plymouth they lelt aa if they

had arrived at the Cannibal Islands. They were conveyed straight to Shaw and Saville's offices and saw the member* of the firm. For a day or two afterwards they Were in terviewed by the relatives of persons who had been lost, and finally they were sent to their homes until the Br>ard of Trade Enquiry can take place, in about five weeks' time. Mr Petherbridge was Shaw and Saville's agent in charge of the men.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SURVIVORS.—

ONE A ISEW ZEALAND SEAMAN

Charles Henry Macdonald is a tall and spare young man of dark complexion, and hails from M»ntro?e where his wife live 3 Thomas Lewis A. B i* a Welshman, a weafcherbearen looking fellow of 46, and he has a sister living near Bangor. Macdonald says he was his right hand man in the boat, and Cotter says he was the salvation of the party. It was he who prevented Cotter and Macdonald from going to seep and so dying a9 the others did. Edward Cotter, 0.5., is an intelligent looking lad of 18, fair and thick set, a Londoner but of Irish origin. Macdonald is a Freemason and the Lodges at St. Helena made a collection for him The London lodges have done the same thing. Lewis has suffered most of the three and he says it is as good as 10 years taken off his life. He was delirious when taken on board the British Sceptre, He was_ the one who divided into nine portions^ the dreadful food which the poor fellows in the boat ultimately eat. Cotter was brought up in the training ship Chichester, and h*S a brother at sea in H.M. service. He has been in the coasting trade in New Zealand, ami was working his1 way out again. He tells me that he first shinped from London in the s.s. Tartar for Ohinn, and thence he pailed for Melbourne, where he got hm dis charge. Thence be worked his way across to Port Chalmers, and there joined the schooner Jane Anderson, and was in her for six months. Then he joined Brogden's boat, the Paterson, and was aboard of her for some five months. Then he left her and worked ashore for Mackenzie dn the railway from Port Chalmers to Oamaru. Thence he went to Port Lyttelton and shipped on board of the Hudson (one of Shaw-Savill's) for London, which bring him up to the time when he joined the Cospatrick. He: 13 a nice - spoken, civil fellow; and I en close you a note I had from him in reply to a late enquiry of mine, a3 to how it was that when there was not wind enough to give the ship steerage way, there was enough to blow the flames aft with violence. It was the only part of the narra tive that I could not quite understand. His letter makes it clearer ; as it seems, after the burning of the foremast the breeze sprang up. I thought you might like to print the letter, and at any ra*e it is a cariosity as coming from a man who has witnessed such awful scenes. A handsome fund has been realised in aid of tha relatives dependant on those who were lost, and the New Zealand Government have headed the lisb hand somely with £1,000.

MR, VOGEL GETS EXCITED ABOUT IT.—THE TELEGRAM UNOPENED.

Julius Vogel was greatly excited about the affair, and was telegraphing away from Florence like a house on fire. I have not heard of ariy arTditiorial live 3 haying been saved by the process. Shaw and Saville got into some trouble by closing their offices at Ohristnns time. The telegram announcing the burning of the Rhip laid unopened in their offices from Thursday until Monday. The papers, expressed astonishment at such a thing being possible in any house of busi ness.

ITS EFFECT ON EMIGRATION",

Tho Morning Post thinks the disaster will ch<eck the flow of emigration to distant colonies, but I don't believe it will. Of course steerage ernigraats arc terribly un reasoning persons, and such a row has been nude about this single isolated case t' at they will forget all about the doz-ns of steamers that have sailed west from Liver pool, and have never boen heird of. The fact really is th&t the Australian voyage is the safest in the world at a good time of year. Of course there is a srre.at out cry about the insufficiency of means for pre serving life in case of accident at sea. and if steps are taken in conseqderice of this disaster to put things on a better footing, it will be a good thing.

THE CAUSE

OF THE CAPTAIN'S

WANT OF PRESENCE OF MIND

Poor Captain Emslie is gone, and nil nisi morluis, &c, but it is impossible to avoid the suspicion that if he had not had his wife and child with him he would have made a better ending. I have always thought from some considerable opportunities for observa tion that no master of a sbip should be per mitted to take his wife with him when he carrie 9 passengers. It is surely not too much to say that if he had had his thoughts collected, he would have bad all the boats •lowered at the outset, the weather being so fine, and would have made them hold off the vessel until provisions could be got up, and some, at any rate, of the passengers packed into them. At any rate, he would not have allowed the boats to be burned before bis eyes. There is no suspicion, of course, that the poor man attempted to plan his family's safety, but there is every reason to think tha*. his coolness would be much affected by the thought of the perils of those so near and so dear to him. (For details of the 'Cospatrick' Calamity, see Supplement.)

DISTRICT FIRING.

The district firing came off at the Mount Eden range yesterday. Major Gordon was in command, and Serjeants Wainhouse and Gibbons officiated at the mantlets. The following are the prize-winners :—Vola. Kelly, 72 ; £10 ; T, Alderton, 68 ; £8 ; W. Partington, 65 ; £6 103 ; Sergeant J. C. Soal; 63 ; £5 10s ; Vols. E. R. Partington, 63 ; £5 ;E. Mills, 62; B. Kohn, 61; W. D. Buttle, 59 ; £3 each ; W. A. Brighton, 59 ; John May, 58 ; Stone, 58 ; Serjeant Geor«e Kitchen, 57 ; £2 each ; Captain A. Morrow. 57 ; Vol. Haresnape, 57 ; Lieut. Connolly, 57 ; Corporal Haslett, 56 ; £1 10s each ; Vols. McDonald, "56 ; B. Buttle, 55 ; Fowler, 55; Serjeant Bell, 54; Vols. Geo. Evitt, 54 ; McLean, 53 ; Lieut. J. 0. Da vies, 53 ; £1 each. Twenty-aeven others fired, their scores ranging from 52 to 30 points. Kelly's scores is the highest erer made in this com petition. We fully expect that the Thames men will beat this by One (as they invariably manage to do.)

DISTRICT COURT—Yesterday (Con tinued).

(Before His Honor Judge Beckhatn.) Berry v. Brooden and Sons. Claim, £99 11s. Mr Rees for plaintiff, and Mr McCormick for defendants.

The time of the Court yesterday was taken up chiefly by arguments of counsel. His Honor then reviewed the whole of the evidence, and considered that plaintiff had not clearly proved his claim.

Mr Rees declined to accept a nonsuit. The jury returned a verdict for defendants

THIS DAY,

TRUSTEES IN THE ESTATE OF GEORGE THORNE,

JUN., V. HENRY PALMBR,

Mr. McOormick appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr. Whitaker for defendant.

This was a claim ©f £05 11s. 2d., alleged to be owing to the estate of the bankrupt by Henry Palmer, a flax-grower, of Mahurangi. The claim was made up of two balances— one on an ordinary merchant's account for goods sold and delivered, and the other on two of Gibbons's patent flax machines and a screw-press, which was supplied by Mr. Thorne, including the balance of £20 15s. on

a promissory^note for £50 .Those "verd siitns with interest, amounted to £()51 is za. ; the sum now claimed The defence was a eeneral denial of the whole. . Mr George Thorne, Jan., was examined regarding the nature ofl the transactions between the firm and Mr. Palmer. Mr. Palmer also gave evidence. (The case was proceeding when our reporter left )

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

LOSS OF A BRITISH STEAMSHIP.

EXTENSIVE TRADE STRIKES.

GERM AN TRADES UNIONS SUPPOSED

GERMAN INDEMNITY PAID BY

SPAIN.

GENERAL SUMMARY OF ENGLISH

AND FOUEIGtf NEWS

The British steamship Bride, from Alexan der for Hull, has been lost, and twenty of the crew and passengers drowned. Russia has recognised Alfonso a3 King ot Six'thousand shipwrights at Newcastle-en- Tynehave struck. „ „. . The coal-miners' lock-out in South Wales has begun. One hundred and twenty thousand men are idle. A disturbance is reported in Aspmwall, in consequeuce of the imprisonment of Dr Pigott, a British subject. A man-o'-war has been ordered from here to support the British Consul, who has been assaulted. The police have closed all i<he social Democratic workmen's societies and ladies Unions at Frankfort on Maine. Eight vessels of the Orman fleet were despatched to the Bay of Biscay to enforce reparation for the treatment of the crew of the Gustar. The Spanish Government paid the money indemnity.—The Spanish Army of the North continues to advance; It has taken Montreal and Lerge. The relief of Pampeiuna is considered certain ; the Carlisfcs are abandoning the route without resistance. They have been severely repulsed by' Don Alphonse's forces. It is still feared in Vienna that 3 collision between Turkey and Montenegro cannot be averted, and it is thought necessary that Austria should increase her frontlet- force 3. Russia and Austiia have both warned the Hospodar of Montenegro that if he declares war, he does so on his own responsibility.— The Journal de St. Petersburg ha 3an article which is taken as an indication that Montenegro has the support of Russia in the difficulty with Turkey.

THE AMERICAN SENSATION OF THE DAY.

Mr Maybridge, a photographer at "Vapn, described by Harper's Weekly as haviug no superior in his orofession, was tried, on the 3rd, 4th, and Oth nit , for the murder of his wife's seduc-r—a Colonel Latkynp, whom be shot through th* heart after finding out his intimacy with Mrs Maybridge, one of the most beautiful women in the c:ty. The trill has been the sensation of the day, and fills whole columns of the "-an Francisco paoers. The evidence given was eleir as to tho deed, but the questions of justification and insanity were raised. Splendid speeches were made by the council on both sides. After twelve hours' consultation, the jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty," which was re ceived with Joud applause. The accused nun wept like a child when he received the verdict.

GAS EXPLOSION IN- BIRMINGHAM.

A tremendous and destructive gas explo-ion occurred shortly before eiyht o'clock 1 i*t evening in Great Lister-street, Birmingham So far as can be ascertained, there has 1 e*±n a leakage in the water mains in the streets for some time past, and this caused a su'r>.-i denco of the snil of the roadway, forming a cavity beneath the surface. It is believed the sinking of the earrh tore away a service-pipe from the man of the Birmingham and Staf fordshire Gas Company, and thug a large ts cape of gas took place. The gas which had accumulated in this large cavity, and the sower adjacent was fired it is universally believed by a person throwing a lighted fnse into a hoJe which had forme 1 in the roadway. Instantaneously a terrible ex plosion took place, followed by two otc.er explosions at other parts of the street, rii'ht and left. At the scene of the central explo sion the earth was born up, and shortly a chasm 25 feet in diameter and 8 feet in depth wss formed. The other explosions took place at "manholes" connected with the sewer, the covers of which were blown away and the pavement torn up. Many of the houses and shops in the neighbourhood have been severely damaged, and four or five persons have sustained injuries more or le?s severe.—Liverpool Post.

A BAD NIGHT IN PARIS.—INTENSE COLD—MANY ACCIDENTS.

One thousand two hundred and sixty people fell down in the streets of Paris last night, Six of them were killed. The other 1,254 "were injured, more or less, hundreds of them breaking their arms or legs, cutting their faces or otherwise bruising themselves. Last night was New Year's night - but let not the rash reader exclaim, " Oh, certainly. It is natural. These 1,210 people were all drunk." Nofchirjgof the kind. All day long it had been freezing hard, but towards ten o'clock there came a heavy rain, which froze as it fell, and by eleven o'clock the streets were more slippery than glass. Now it happens that the night of the Jour de I'An is the very time when Paris is most astir. EveTy one goes out to dinner or to an evening parby, or to the theatre or at least to the cafe. Thus at 11 o'clock, when the people began to try to go home they found themselves unable to get there. The streets were full of horses, attached to cabs carriages and omnibusses ; but trnse were either fallen down and unable to get up again, or else stood trembling afraid to move a foot lest they should fall. But peo ple had feet, and they tried to walk on them : but they, too, fell at every step. I saw gen tlemen who had taken off (heir boots trying to walk along in their stockings, but even these stumbled and fell, Thousands of people in full evening dress, took refuge in the cafes and spent the night there. The police sta tions, the firemen's stations and the mairies were full '.of finjured people. The omnibus and cab drivers kindly left their vehicles in the streets to serve as refuges for the people, but unharnessed their horses, put their own stockings on their feet and led them away, themselves barefoot. The rain continued to come down,- freezing so fast that an umbrella in a few moments became as if it had been made of sheeb-iron. In going a very short distance dowa the Avenue Si. Cloud, I had two severe falls. The whole city was in dis tress, and to-day I hear that 262 people with broken limbs have been received into the hospitals. Such are the effects of verglas in Paris {verglas is a sleet) ;-but its con sequences are worse in Paris than elsewhere, because here the footways are of smooth asphalte, and the carriage-roads, when not of asphalte, are of the smoothest macadam.

A FOOLISH LEAP.

An incident occurred on board the Cyphrenes while on her voyage from San Francisco to this port, on Sunday lasb. which promised to have a very trigic ending. A saloon passenger, Mr. Chas. H. Delmore, who is described by those who know him as a most gentlemanly aiU endow ing person, but who is at, tiraes Jiable lo attacks of temporary Insanity, about 8 o efock, suddenly jumped overboard, sayino as he did so, "tinat the ship was going to founder, and that he meant to nave himself.

liverers

His foolish act was nearly costing bim hi?p' | life, which must have 1-een sacrificed, had ifc I not been for the prompt action of Mr. 1' Bro^n, the 2nd officer, who rapidly lowered 7iH§V a boat and rowed back to whe-e the unfor-'.. jfmfmm ■ tunate man was fluating on bis back in the f"/ W& water, lfc was evident from the man's be- §P W^ haviour their was no desire to commit I Kf suicide. Fortunately, although the ni^hfc Wf was dark, the sea was smooth, and, in Ibbs "< I £&• than ten ininutts fiom the time the engi neß J| were stopped, which was done at once by $ order of the captain, the crew had picked S him up and returned to the ship. There was great chefring on board wLen M r . Brown returned on deck after his successful '' rescue. The rescued person was very p rog . '. crate for a short t.ioie, but late in the tven ini? recovered sufficiently to thank his de-

OHINEMURI.

[Per Star Carrier Pigeon.]

Mr Mackay's Departure.

Stormy Meeting of Miners.

MACKAYTOWN,

Tuesday, noon.

Mr. Mackay yesterday paid off all tho employees on the roads, surveys, &c, and announces his intention of leaving for the Thames to-day, and resigning any further management of the field. Warden Fraser visited the hill claims around the Prospector' s Claim yesterday f or the pmpoae of examining pegs, etc, but not for anything connected with tbe prospector's claim.

A stormy meeting of minerg was held yesterday afternoon at Mackay town, Mr. McDonnell in the chair. A resolution was proposed by Mr. Mulntyre that 300 men should band themselves together and test the Prospector's Claim. It was finally resolved to take the advice of Captain Fraser before anything was done, as to the legality of the step. The Warden pointed out to the men that it would be quite illegal to do anything of the kind, and that they ought not to go on the Prospectors' Claim. Captain Fraser stands with the miners, and they readily ac cept his advice. There is still much feeling about theprog« peetots' reserve, and strong expressions are used agULjsi; Mr Mackay by many miners.

The latest.

(PER PIGEON EXPRESS.) - : 1 p.m.

Mining matters are very quiet; A large number of diggers are out in the rang's at the Prospectors' Spur, bat there has not been much done.

It is said a little gold has been found in No. 1 cl dm, south of the Prosptctors.

The Go^erument offices are beiog re mo ed to day out of one large building into M ten.

Mr Mackay has been busy all day, squaring up matters prior to his departure, _ and-the c:)mp generally is dull. Regret is expressed by a few of Mr , iVTackay's friends a!; his departure but gener ally much indifference shown about him. None of the men have returned from - Waitekuri. : At the Police Court Maekay Town, John Smith alias Higgin3 was charged with stealing a greenstone ear drop. A native named Pereniki had lost Mb ■ poofcet-book, containing L 7 10s, four Miners'.... ; Rights, and other property, including the.; ! fjreecstone. The prisoner subsequently sold • the greenstone. The book and Rights were ;: found on the road, but the money was gone. Prisoner admitted finding the greenstone, •_■ but denied any knowledge of the purse.— Sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before His Worship the Mayor and J. Cos grave, Esq, J.P.) DRUNK *S A TART. ;, Richard Bar paid five shillings and costs : f for being found in this condition last night 1 THE C'ALTPH OF B.VGDAD. An Oriental named Baba, supposed tobea '. distant relative of the celebrated Capnsalem was proved to be a vagrant, without any r ; t lawful means of subsistence. Their Worships explained that a nomadic ■ \ course of life though allowed, and even en couraged in Eastern climea. was not "the." \ cheese" in N.Z., and they enforced their ■': distinction by a sentence of a month's im- j priaonment. ASSAULTING A WOMAN. William Bryant appeared in answer to a , summons, charging him with assaulting one - , ! Margeoa Hooper by striking her with his fist, ,j and otherwise ill-treating her on the Bth inst., and also on several other occasions. The evidence disclosed a very unhappy ; state of affaira. Tbe defendant was living with complainaut, whose children were aU down with the measles. She complained that it was impossible for her to put up witk his ill-usuage any longer. He had tried to .■ ; turn them out on the streets. A SAILOR ADRIFT. David Wilson, charged with deserting ;* : from the Waitangi, was brought up on re mand and discharged. POLLY AND SALLY. .' A charge against Miss Mary Jonss of using insulting language to one Miss Sarah Cham bers was withdrawn, the aggressive female - , having apologised for her little lapsus lingua. A YOUNG JACK SHEPPARD. P. Molloy, a boy about 14, was brought up, charged with running away from the , training ship at Kohimarama. It will be recollected that tbi3 same youngster was ; brought up about.a fortnight ago, and re- ::' Jt ceived a sentence of seven days' imprison- ; rnent. It appears that while at the gaol He hid managed to get out, and- gave the au- .;, tborities no end of trouble. He had only been back at his ship a few days when M again escaped by swimming out to sea and landing on the other side-of the bay. He wa<i caught again the next day.- Their Worships thought he had better be remanded till Mr. Beckham was on the -

Bench

Remanded till Thursday. This was all the business

LATER ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

PER TARARUA, AT HOKITIKA..)

THE NEW ZEALAND FOUR MILLION LOAN.

MAJOR RICHARDSON- KNIQHTED.

THE CALIFORNIAN SERVICE.

LONDON. February 22nd. The Australian maila via California were delivered to-day. -'l/*^ John Mitchell intends again to stand lOF Tipparary on February 23rd. * The colonial wool sales opened this evening _ The total arrivals are upwards of two hundred thousand bales, upwards.of eight tho"B*"*^ have bean offered consisting 0£44,557 ; Adelaide, 1000 Cape orincinallv areas? saw*- - The attendance of both home and foreign" buyers were large. Prices as compared with . last series show a decline of a penuy to three t half pence. i deash is announced of Sir Ohsrlea Lyell. •■-,. ■•: , i ,%{J

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