MEETING OF PARLIAMENT ON Tuesday, 20th July.

WELLINGTON.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day.

A Gazette Extraordinary issued this afternoon, calls Parliament together for despatch of businessmen Tuesday, 20th July.

THE RACING SCANDAL.

The enquiry into the late racing fiasco be tween Daybreak and Maori Weed was , resumed to-day, by the Racing Club. Mr A. E. Isaacs, after detailing the cir cumstances connected with the making of the match, said : On Saturday morning Mr George Giles told him it was not to be a genuine race._ He then told him he would not take his money. Did not receive a letter from Mr Barron either on the day of the race or any other time. After hearing what he did from Mr. Ellis he only made one bet, which was with Mr. Perkins. He was quite certain he bad not recived a letter from Mr. Baron. Mr. Isaacs here said that if ifc_ could be shewn that he had received a, single sbillins by the race he would project £100 to the Club funds. James Saunders and Aithur Booker two small boys, deposed that they had taken a letter from a man to Mr Isaac's house on Saturday morning about 10 o'clock. Another man Kelly, gave them some money for taking the letter. They took the letter to the house, and gave it to the servant, who said Mr Isaacs was not at home. The letter was addressed Mr A. E. Isaacs, jun. KelJy (Maori Weed's jockey) recol lected Mr Baron giving the boys a letter to take to Mr. Isaacs. " He (Kelly) wrote it himself. It was simply to say that Mr Baron would like to sic Mr Isarci. There was nothing else in the letter. Be could not say whether Mr Isaacs ever got it. There was no answer. He saw Mr Isaacs on the course. Did not ask him about the letter, The in structions he received from Mr Barron were not to make too much of the horse in the beginning of the race. The enquiry is proceeding.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER . This evening 0.57 ; to morrow morning. 0 56 SUN SET : This evening, 444 ; SUN RISE : to mc-rrfw rsorninsr, 7.15. MOON'S AGE : Full Moon, 19tb, 11.35 a m

ARRIVALS.

Bio Loge, brig, from Ljtt elton, Ann McLsod, schooner, Smith, from Wangarai Ebenezer, schooner, Pkhiner, from Russell Phoebe, ss, Worsp, from the South (Suez mail)

DEPARTURES.

Eower.a, ss. Sellers, for Tauvanga Southern Cross, c s, for Kaipara (frcm the Manukau)

IMPORTS.

PerUio lege, from Iyttelton: 100 bERS flmr, 95 SHchs do, 039 do potatoes, 5 cases bacon, 23 s_c>s wheat, 198 ssckg arid 400 tags ficur, 20 sacks potatoes, 3 cases bacoD, 5 cases cheese, 20 kegs lard, 25 hegs butter. 500 sucks potatces, 8 sacl'S beans, 332 sacks oat.. 3 esses m,-ats, 10 tigs laid. 1500 sacks wheat, 50 BRCits osis. 1 ease b»cen, 17 sacks bran, 1 case lard, order.—E. Ar hur, agent. 3

According to'advices received to-day by Mr M. Sieco), -lie bari.nentine Prince Alfred is to lewe Lyttelion for .he Thames on Monday next.

Ohass- Wellington is to leave thc-Masukaufor.tha South at half-past two o'clock tc-rar.rrow afternoon

Tho schooner Helen, from th« Omaha; brines' 20 tons firewood, 34,000 shingles, and 2! hivndiesp ,liug3 The schooner Kbene-zer brings 40 tond coal from Russell.

The a.s. Southern G'rofs left the Manukau for Kaipara at s!x o'clock last night. ,

The iron brig Kio Lege arrived early this mornin . fromXyttelton after a quick passage of four anda-half days. Capt»in Miles reports leaving on the 6th-Id. t. Had prevalent southerly winds at starting ami till reaching'the East Cspe ; thence strong easterly winds into port.

The mail steamer Macgregor had not put in an appearance from Sydney when we went to press. She is expected every hour. The s.s. Phoshe, from the South, crossed the Tvfartnkau Ear »t a quarter p. st eleven this morning. She bring 3 the Suez mail and the Southern portion of the outward San Francisco mail. Ber mails had not reached town when our first edition went-to preas.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING,

• Napieb, this day. The s's. Southern Cros3 arrived from Auckland ai nine o'clock last night.

COMMERCIAL.

At Mr R. Arthur's poultry and produce sale to~day, fowls were sold at Is 9d to 2s 6d ; Spanish fowls, 5s to 5s 3d; pea fowls, 7s 6d .to 8s; ducks, 2s 4d; geese, 3s 3d; Chinese geese, 15s; turkeys, 2s-lid to 5s 9d; Aylesbury do, 3s 8d to 3s 9d; Taranaki butter, Is 2Jd to Is 7£d ; cheese, B^d to 9Jd ; potatoes, 3s to 4s 9d ; onions, lid. i'-i ■.U-.:-_.

Messrs Tonks and Co. sold to-day a quan tity of Nelson salt butter at Is 4d to Is fid fresh do, Is lOd.

Mr AiFi-ED Btjcki-And's Weekly Report.— At the Hajmatket, on .Friday last, fodder was abundant and prices lower Horse stock in average supply: with a fair demand for all kirrda except heavy draught, which are relatively dull of sale. Hides command more attention; skins at late values. At Reamer.., oil Thursday, no good dairy cattle were offered ; store cattle more plentiful than usual, with a steady demand at lata values ; fat cattle in full supply—lS7 sold to the trade—prices lower 2s 6d to 7s 6d the 1001b. . Store sheep plentiful, with a fair in quiry ; f .t sheep in full supply, and slightly lower in price. Pigs in full supply ; prime quality in request at last week's values ; coarse animals at lower values. Prices given were: Hay. 3s to 6s the cwt; maize, 63; oats, 3a 6d the bushel ; heavy draught stock,' £40 to £45 each, with a limited enquiry ; active harness, £18 to £32, with an unsatisfied demand; inferior horse stock, £5 6s and upwards ; good hacks, £15 to' £41 each ; choice- fat cattle, 3_s to 37s 6d ; medium quality, '80s the 1001b ; store lambs. 7s to 10s 6d each ; aged lohg-woollcd ewe?, 12s to 24s each ; fat sheep,. 4d to 4Jd the lb ; pigs, 2£d to 3Jd the 1b...

BIRTH.

CROSS - On the 24th May, at her residence, Wangarei, the wife of John Cross, of the Telegraph Depart ment, of a F.on

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

FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1875.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs rcaist*a"o Par the f«ture in the distance -ni tho s»od that we czu in.

It is bad enough for the General Govern ment to suddenly put the screw down, and. breaking through all agreements and under standings, deprive the" province of expected funds, but it i 3 worse to add insult to injury and to make mock of the province. It has been telegraphed from Wellington for circu lation here that " the General Government yesterday paid a sum of money into . provincial account to meet emergencies,'' and Mr. Wood's action- in the matter is commended by our contemporary the Cross as praiseworthy, and the result of his communication is stated to be satisfactory, &c> and the general impression conveyed is that either Dr. Pollen and the Commissioners o^ Audit have relented and the impounded capitation allowance has been granted, or some new act of beneficence has been per formed to poor " bankrupt Auckland." The simple f.act is none of these things has occurred, and this " Oh be joyful" is only over the £6,000 due to the province in March last, over the date of paymsnt of which there has been so much keen disputing between Sir George Grey and Dr. Pollen, and which the Government refused, and firmly kept to the refusal, to recognise as due before the month of June. This sum, which, was set down accordingly i n Mr Wood's estimates as receivable on the Ist of June, and was appropriated in the late session of Council, has just been paid months after it was due, and it is over this that we are called to rejoice. After the perfidy and breach of promise which have characterised some of the recent dealings of the General Government in relation to the Provincial Government, this payment, some three months after due date, may he a subject for congratulation. For it would have been quite in keeping had a tele gram arrived stating that the " Commission ers of Audit" had refused to let it pass- This is what has occured in relation to moneys due, as the province's share of the ' proceeds of sale of confiscated lands. By arrangement definitely made some eighteen months ago between the two Governments, a certain proportion of this item of land re venue was fixed as to be paid to the province. It has been paid hitherto accordingly. On the 9th of April a telegram was received from Dr Pollen by the Provincial Government stating that £728 145., the share of the province in such sales up to the 31st March was then payable and would be paid to Pro vincial account. On the 25 th of the follow ing month, in reply to enquiries as to the delay in payment, a telegram was received from Mr. -Bowen, Minister of the Crown,

stating that the £728 14s JK»U I b paid to the Provincial Treasu y '(■■ forth with." Within the past week; another telegram has been received by the Provincial Government from Dr Pollen, stating that the £728 14s would not be paid nor would any more money be given to the .province from the sale of confiscated lands, the " Commissioners of Audit " objecting to suoh payments. A. word of comment on such Unprincipled and scoundrelly conduct is wholly thrown away. . How ever, let these proceedings go on, but let us be no more insulted by false information deliberately sent up from Wel lington for publication, with the object of shewing the tender mercies of the plunderers of the province.

We are very glad to learn that out of its penury the Provincial Government have generously consented to do an act of justice to the much-neglected but promising district of the East Coa.t, by granting a subsidy for the calling of a steamer off Awanui, or in unfavourable weather, at Hicks' Bay. It will be reco'leefce;! that a very earnest re quest by memorial and petition was, some months ago, forwarded to the General Government asking for this boon ; and it augurs very litbla for the paternal soli citude of that central administration that the small favour asked for — about a hundred pounds a year for a monthly connection between that long range of coast and the outside world—was promptly and emphatically refused. As

the service between Auckland, Poverty Bay, and Napier, is subsidised from the general revenue—the grant being wrung out of the Government by a vote in the Assembly as a measui'e oE justice as against subsidies granted to the South Island services—this small addition might we think have been reasonably male ; but the refusal is only another illustration of the contemptuous indifference which a Wellington Govern ment may be expected to mete out when any of our local interests call out for aid. On failing with the General Government, the petitioners addressed them selves to our Superintendent, and, as it appears, with success. The subsidy granted by ' the Provincial Government is ten pounds per trip, and it is impossible to over estimate the advantage that it will confer oa that rich but undeveloped land of oil springs and fertile hills and dales. Accordingly, the A.S.P. Company's steamer will call off Awanui each time in passing, and by a (Idgs.aff and boat service, which will doubt less soon be supplied by the resident?, the means of communication with the steamer will be supplied, and that hitherto almost terra incognita will be brought within easy access to enterprising touris .3 and investors from Auckland.

The melancholy death of Mr Sextieleaves another family in painful and destitute cir cumstances. It is not those who have been reared in hardship that feel most keenly the pressure of adversity, and we sincerely trust that a kind and sympathetic feeling will be awakened in the breasts of those who have known the deceased gentleman as one of our esteemed and respected fellow citizens. Mr Sfxtie has left a widow and a family of four little girls, the eldest only seven years old, and the youngest an infant of bub three months, and thf;y are left wholly without any means of support. The long continuance of ill luck which had fallen upon the deceased, and which broke down mind as well as body, had of course deprived him of the power of making any provision ; but we feel confident that tho sympathy for distress and the practical benevolence, which are really characteristic of the people of Auckland, will be manifested on this as on similar occasions of appeal to generous and benevolent feeling. It is greatly to be desired that some of those most intimately acquainted with the deceased gentleman and his family should originate some concerted effort for placing the family in a position to per manently earn the means of livelihood; but in the meantime, as we are given to understand that some assistance is immedi ately necessary, it will afford us much pleasure to receive and transmit any subscriptions which may be left at our office for the pur pose, as well as to assist in any way we can any effort that may be made to place Mrs Sextie in a position to support herself and her little children.

The appearance of the Auckland station is undoubtedly healthy, whether the line is paying or not. It is quite evident from the appearance of the goods shed and trucks that a large amount of freight passes along the line much of which no doubt would never have come into town by the old mode of transit. We learn that the Mercer morning train is the busiest train of the day, and that notwithstanding the almost prohibitory charges, a large amount of goods pass along the line. If properly managed this line could hardly fail to pay its way.

A Provincial Government Gazette was published to-day, and contained a notifica tion of the removal of the Remuora toll bar from its present site at the junction of the Remuera and Hobson Bay roads to near Buckland's sale yards on the Great South Road.

Mr H. Olson, whose name is associated with tomato sauce, has left our shores to settle in Australia. Mr Olson, as our readers will-remember, was the victim of two fires, which consumed a large number of bottles of sauce, but had the one redeeming feature of leaving the enterprising sauce-maker with several thousand pounds in cash out of the coffers of the insurance companies. It is stated that when he left Auckland, Mr Olson was the happy possessor of £7,000 sterling, a condition which, if correct, speaks well for the profitable nature .of his invest ments, for six years ago he was working as a mechanic at a wage not likely to leave any large surplus after household expenses were paid. Fortunately, Mr Olson has not taken his recipe for sauce with him, but that has been purchased by Richard Garlick and Co., who will carry on the business. We are sure that the manu facture will not suffer in the hands of the new firm. Mr Richard Garlick's name will be a guarantee that pumpkins will not* be substituted for the genuine "love apple," and connoisseurs may now rely on enjoying Olson's well-known and popular sauce in a state of purity.

! A rather singular case came before the Wellington Police Court lately. A woman of fifty-six charging her husband, a decrepit old man of seventy-seven, with refusing to contribute to her support. These aged parties only four years ago entered into the bonds of wedlock. The case came be fore the Court in this way : The defendant, finding himself unable to cope with the troubles of the world, determined to have whatever ease was.obtainable by making over his property to his son, upon condition that the latter should maintain him during the re mainder of his days. These terms were agreed upon, and the son also agreed to allow his step-mother 5s a week, which was considered sufficient, as she was alleged to be a hale and hearty woman who could work jor herself. She, however, took a different view of the matter, hence the proceedings.

Defalcations.in banks have become of such fluent occtfft*ncQ?dfk*late tha ./^according to Atticus, "■*.* bank managers have. been classed by. some indiscreet detectives amongst the dangerous classes, and are coupled .with sharebrokers and betting men as suspects." The writer furnishes an illustration of this iD the case of a banking gentleman from an inland Australian town who recently paid a visit to a port some hundreds of miles away from his usual residence.' A few days after wards a gentleman of wealth and station in that place received a letter from a detective at the port, mentioning that he had come across Mr A , whom' he had recognised as the manager of the bank at B , and inquiring whether there was anything up, as ho thought he could run Mm in. Not satisfied with taking this step, the writer of the letter communicated with the police of B j only to bo informed that the banker was taking a holiday, with the full appro bation of his superiors.

To the Editor : Sir,—Will you kindly in form some of your numerous readers respect ing any new alterations of the Highway Act; and also whether it tends very much to pro mote the good and welfare of any district when oub of a Board of five, the said district is blessed with two permanent and disinterested storekeepers, who, of course, for the benefit of the public, supply the road labourers with their groceries ?—I am etc., A Kara^gahapb Ratepayer.— [The amendments of last session are im material, and only to rectify technical errors in tho wording of the Act a3 already in force.—'. r.. E.S.J

Wo are informed that a Court in connec-. tion with the Order of Foresters, Auckland District, will be opened at Ngaruawalva, Waikato, during the course of next week.

We would again remind our readeiß that the fourth lecture of ihe series, given by the YouDg Men's Christian Association will take place in their hall, this evening, on the sub ject of " Sound," by J. Martin, Esq., with numerous illustrations, both scientific and useful. The Orpheus Glee Singess will very kindly give some of their choicest glees, and the ins rumental portion will consist of piano solos and singing by Messrs Howden and Turrell, a piano and clarionet duet by Messrs Impey and Hovvden. From the well known talent of the accomplished lecturer, the subject will prove highly instructive and interesting. Ticket holders will have prefer ence of seats until 7.15. Chair by Captain Daldy at 7.30. Admission Is. each.

The Rev. N. McCellum, Presbyterian minister, has now taken up his permanent residence at Wairoa, province of Wellington, where a manse is being erected for him by the settlers of that district. A hen pheasant flying over Port Chalmers is noticed by the Otago Times as a rara avis, and that journal remarks : " Where the bird came from is a puzz'.ing surprise." Our contemporary should plant a maize patch, and so-, these birds polishing it off, to appre ciate them. Some settlers in this province could ttll a story about the exertions of'this by no means rara avis here. An excessively grateful young lady is men tioned by the Delhi Gazette in the following paragraph: —"A soldier in a regiment now at Lnckuow once saved a young lady from being drowned in the Thames. His regiment came out to India. The >oung lady's papa having lately died, she has remembered her preserver, purchased his discharge, and offered him her band, It is believed he will accept the offer." ..The Volunteer rifle match with dark tar gets, which was unavoidably postponed from Saturday last, will take place to-morrow, at the range. The contest will commence at two o'clock, and will be open to all comers. The clause of the Public Health Act ; enforcing the earfch-closflt system is, of' course, in operation in ill parts of the colony, and under it the necessity for using earth-closets became compulsory on tho Ist of tfie present month. This fact was notified in the Dunedin journals, but tho Town "Cleik of that city intimated through the press that the Act is practically a dead letter, as the uncertainty of its pro visions rendeis it unworkable. The Prince of Wales Theatre will be a scene ofspecial attraction to-morrow evening (Saturday) on the appearance of that greatly admired artiste, Miss May Howard, in Wilkie Collins' popular play, the "New Magdalen." Miss Howard will appear as Mercy Merrick, Miss Stephenson as Grace Roseberry, and Mr Collier as Julian Grey. The. drama will be accompanied with new scenery and effects. An amusing incident is reported to have occurred in an Otago Presbyterian church lately. A certain lady, of extraordinary \ strength of lungs, persisted in singing the last psalm at double the speed of the pre centor. Many were led astray, some singing corectly with the precentor, and others gal lantly following the lead of the lady. The following true story comes from Par nell: An uppish new chum, after vainly apply ing for a managership in several of our local banking institutions, was at last compelled from sheer necessity to accept a junior clerkship in one of them ; a situation which his friends, by-the-bye, thought him ex tremely lucky to get. He professed to be very much dissatisfied with his condition, and spoke in a very slighting way of his com panions in harness. Talking in this strain to a gentleman one day—"l tell what," said he, " half the fellows in our office are cads, and the other half arn't worth a rap." "Which half do you belong to?" rejoined his friend. The general manager of the railway has given notice that, after the 13th inßtant, all Sunday trains to and from Mercer will be discontinued. The bootmakers' strike in connection with Black and Co.'s factory has terminated, all the men who went out having been re engaged at the higher rate, with one excep tion, and the Society last night resolved to allow him 30,3 a week until he finds employ ment. Dr. Coughtrey, our old friend of the ship Chile, is now duly installed in the medical chair established in connection with the; Otago University, and will in future be ' known as Professor Coughtrey. His opening address occupied nine columns of the Otago Daily Times. He strongly denounced Otago's neglect of sanitary precautions, and -said the course pursued was nothing more than a literal sowing of the seeds of destruction. He severely condemned quackery and medical advertising, and contended that it was a mis take for medical students to begin in the hospital room, and work from the study of diseased forms to those of perfect health, iu steai of inverting the order. If the worthy doctor could get a few healthy subjects to be slaughtered in the cause of science, his theory in favour of the anatomy of healthy instead of diseased bodies might be worked out in its integrity. Will any of our readers volunteer ?

A correspondent of the Cross this morning inquires: " Can you tell me who was the author of the following lines, and the name of the poem in which they occur ? I ask the question to settle a dispute between two supposed to be well-read men: —'Though lost to sight, to memory dear. ' — I am, &c, Abydos. To this the Editor replies, ' Though lost to sight, to mem'ry dear,' appears to be the line of a song which has eluded, as yet, all searchers.. We therefore cannot tell whence it comes." We may add, for the information of "Abydos," that tho quotation he inquires after is believed to be derived from Cicero's line—"Friends though absent.are still pre sent ;" "On Friendship, chap. 7." The Cross is correct in stating that in its present form the quotation does not occur in the writings of any author, so far at least as authorities on these subjects have ascertained.

| A very pleasing gathering took place at the residence of the Rev-C. M. Nelson last night to bid farewell to Mrs J. N. Flower, who has for'eighteen years been connected with St Paul's choir, and who is removing to Foxton, Wellington province. A hand somely bound volume, and two elegant vases were presented by the Eev Mr Nelson on behalf of the members of the choir to Mrs Flower a3 a token of their regard. The volumes bore the following inscription :— '' Presented (together with a pair of flower vases) to Mrs J. N. Flower, on the occasion . of her departure from Auckland, in recog nition of her faithful set vices in the choir of St. Paul's Church, rendered during a period of 18 years, and as a parting token of esteem and affectionate remembrance, by Charles M Nelson, M.A., Incumbent; Mark Rawlinga, churchwarden; A. Livingstone, organist; and the following members of the choir : A. M. Feale, J. A. Beale, B. Blandford, J Bowring. H. Brett, W. Brinsden, G. S. Coate3, L. T. Cooper, W. Dawson, L. M. Did dams, E Hammond, G. W. Hardwick, C. Hopper, 3. Hopper, A. E. Leaf, R. Leaf, J. F Mcintosh, M. Mcintosh, E McKenzie, M. J. Vanghan, L. A. Williamson." A rifle match to test Sergt. SoalF.s theory about black targets will come off to-morrow afternoon at two o'clock if the weather is at all favourable. The village butcher at Mercer has bis own little grievance againsb Mr Frank Passmore. He offered a bullock's head as freight by train from Mercer to Papakura, and the guard asked him 2s 7d. The market value of the head, when it reached its destination would be Sd. The inhabitants of Mercer watit to know what the Government means by strangling industry in that way, and ruining their export trade. At the Pakuranea Licensing Court, pre sided over by R. C. Barstow, Esq, R.M., licenses were granted for the Criterion and Star Hotels, Otahuhu, and the Commission ers promised to recommend a reduction of the fee from £40 io £30. An application by Mr Mclnness, supported by 122 signatures, for a third license in Howick was refused as unnecessary. The Acclimatisation Society is now distri buting a large quantity of seeds of timber trees recently im norted by it from England and America. The varieties include three varieties of osier, valuable for basket-making ; the bitter purple willow, useful for a close fence and basket-work; the great round leaved willcw, from which the cricketers' implement of warfare takes its name, also valuable for making axe handles, &c; The pinus excelsa a mountain pine of India, which attains a height of 150 ft., yields a large quantitygjof turpentine and a close-grained resinous wood ; the Quebec oak ; valuable timberfor ship-building ; the North American swamp oak, the bark of which yields a beau tiful red dye, and the North American red oak, rich in tannin ; the Norway spruce fir and Norway maple, also the sugar maple of Canada; the North American white elm, valuable for shaft handles; thebass-woodtree, a soft wood much used by turners and musical instrument makers; the American paper birch ; the sassafras and the benzoin trees of America, the names of which indicate their qualities • the American cranberry, the three thorn C( j acacia and the false acacia or " locust tree," a hard wood useful for posts and pa lings, cabinet-making and ship-work ; the American black walnut, yielding a fruit and useful for cabinet-making ; and the " butter nut" tree of America which bears an as tringent bark, abundant fruit and a useful wood. The partirs who captured the monster fish at tho Waikato Heads, as mentioned in our cnlnntns ysterdav, are now exhibiting this marine curiosity in a tent erected on the old market reserve. The f. ncy silo in aid of the St. Peter's Sunday School library fund, will be com menced this evening in the Onehunga Institute. Tho right of electors to ask candidates questions on the hustings received rather an amusing development at the o^ct'on of Mr Oillon to the Wellington Provincial Council last week. After it had been announopd that there was no opposition to Mr Gillon's return, and that 'gpntleman had addressed the electors, one of those present, Mr Maeinity, came ve.y gravely forward and said :—"Mr TJeturning Officer, before you fdr.se the proceedings. I wish to a«k Mr Gijlon a que-tion."—Mr Gillon : " I shall be most happy to answer any auestion any elector may choose to put "— Mr Magiuity : "Are you going to ' shout ?' "—This sally was fol lowed by a roar of laugher, during which the proceedings were brought to a conclu sion. The Melbourne Town Hall organ cost between £7,000 and £8,000. The mpre decorative painting of the front was £500. the gold-leaf having cost £100 It costs £3 a week to keep the organ in repair, and lately there was a row about the work not having been done, organises declaring that the monster was so dreadfully out of tune that they -would not peril their reputations by touching it. All the musicians in the community agree, ssys the Melbourne cor respondent of the Otago Times, that this organ is really a grand instrument, when taken care of, and second to none in the world, with its range. There are three key boards^ one above another, and 140 stops, each with its note. The vox humana, which can be played by itself, is the sweetest and most plaintive little treble imagin able ; and the vox angelica is as beautiful. From one of these faint and delicious warbles the organist can sud denly bring on a crash which makes the immense hall seem to tremble. It is said that the organ is too large for the hall, although this will hold 4,000 people com fortably. The hydraulic bellows, which supply the o.gan with wind, are equal to the power of 12 men. The Van Yean water, for this work, is applied from the street pipe merely by the organist turning three little horizontal wheels, each of which his hand covers. Standing by the organist, one can hear the rush and gurgle of the waters as he plays. Beneath the organ a machinist has to be in attendance upon the waterworks, which resemble a large steam-engine going. The melancholy death of a wandering colonist is thus briefly recorded in a San Francisco paper by the last mail :—" Yester day morning an Englishman named G. A. Fisher was found dead in his room in the Coso lodging House. A bottle of sulphite of morphia was found on a table near the bed. He came to the house on the Ist of this month, and stated that he intended going to Australia, but had missed the boat. On Saturday he had asked the clerk to get him some morphine, but the clerk refused. An envelope was found on the table with the following words written on it in lead pencil: " Beware of the saloon on Pine-street, near Kearney. W. White (two words are here illegible) take my effects. Write to (illegible) West Market, N.S. W. (New South Wales) he will pay Bryan and Harrison." On the i other side of the envelope was written " God have mercy on me and pity me. Get my watch from Uncle Harris, on Kearny-street, j and send my wife." The Coroner will hold ] an inquest to-day.

The football match between the Parnell Club and the Grafton Road Club comes off to-morrow in the Domain, commencing at three o'clock. The following are the teams : Parnell—A. King (captain), Messrs Cotton, Hetley, Yon Tempsky, Tonts, Fobertshaw, Haultain, Walpole, Evens, Blaydes. Mitford. Woodhouse, J. Philson, Jackson. C. Nation. Grafton Club team —D. G. Snodgrass (captain), T. Whewell, A. Beale, R. Mason, G. Ridings, E. Castelli, E. Moss, W. Mason, C. Ewen, P. White, A. Mears, W. Rose, H. Green, G. Orchard, and E. Gatland.

MR. MOODY'S SERMON AND STYLE.

[Daily News', March 10 ]

Mr. Moody's style of preaching, as demon strated in this address, does not lack impres siveness of a kind. It is true that he is ex tremely diffuse, that he is unconnected, rambling, and given to repetition. But he is full of pith, and manifests great earnest ness. He is continually saying quaint racy things, such as we are quite unaccustomed to hear from a pulpit, such as are often in tensely grotesque, and not unfrequently raise an audible laugh. The truth which he laid out to enforce and illustrate was that "God's ways were not as man's ways," and that He chose His instruments on a principle which to men appeared passing strange, and sometimes indeed absurd, from their human point of view. He said \ that what he feared most in coming to this work in London was lest many should be leaning on the arm of the flesh, and on the influence of a "great meeting," and so would be getting their eyes away from God. "There is no new Gospel," he exclaimed ; "its the old story. The world of to-day is always running after something new; but if you come here expect ing novelty, I tell you you'll be disappointed.'' Their message was the same as that of "these ministers—and with us it is in weakness too; for there's hundreds of men in London cm preach better nor we can. What we want is to look right straight away from man, right straight up to God. If God's going to work in London, He must work in His own way, and all we're going to do is to mark out channels for the Holy Ghost. God will take His choice of instruments and means. There's a mountain. God wants to trash that moun tain Well, He don't take up an iron bar ; He ketches hold of a little worm to thrash that mountain. When God was going to destroylhe world, He did not warn a nation or the world, but a single imn whom the nations hfild in cantempt and jeered at. . . '. . Why, God's way of delivering the Children of Israel was different altogether from what ours would have been. We'd have *.ent an army, or if we'd been going to send a single man, we'd not have chosen one who'd heen forty years at the backside of the desert. But he sent a quiet humble kind of man, one " whom we'd cal 1 I suppose, a stuttering man, and He said 'tell them I AM.' That was a blank cheque which he was to fill in by and by with water from the rock and manna in the desert. The man whom God works with most is always considered by the world the greatest fool. Enoch wasn't a bright man to the world, but God said • Come up here, Enoch !' No.h was the laughing-stock of his day. Look at Joshua, going tramping round the walls of Jericho blowing in horns—the most absurd thing in the eyes of the world—down right ridiculous. Why, what would the English Press have to say of ?uch a crazy like proceeding? Fancy the Archbishop of Canterbnrv trapesing round London blowing horns ; He'd have had golden hoens any how. Look at Pamson—how he worked with the jawbono.of an asi; he slew a thousand men. We don't like to go to work with the jawbone of an ass ; we'd prefer polished weapons. But if we are to be in earnest, we must grab np the first jawbone of an ass we chance on, and me it for God. . . . Look at the seem ing absurdity of a raven sent to feed the Prophet, and then the Prophet sent for food, not to a palace with well-furnished tables, but to a poor widow, and she with a child.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before Dr. Home and Gustav Yon der Heyde, Esq , Justices.) DRUNKS. Several topers pleaded guilty to having indulged last night, and were punished accordingly. AX ADMISSION. James Kelly pleaded guilty to being a rogue and a vagabond, and having no lasvfal means of subsistence. A constable found the prisoner wrapped up in a tarpaulin on tha wharf last night A number of previous convictions having been-put in, prisoner was sentenced to three months' hard labour. NO APPEARANCE. Hezekiah Mann was charged with using threatening language towards Elizabeth Mann, his wife. On the complainant being called there was no answer, and the charge^ was dismis sed. A DOG. James Munn was charged with having an uncollared dog. • ; Defendant was represented by bis wife, who pleaded guilty, and a fine of Is and costs was inflicted. mr. Cunningham's dog. Jno. Biglow was charged with the same offence. Defendant: I haven't got a dog. The Clerk : Do you plead guilty. Defendant (with a confident smile) ; I haven't eot a dog. Defendant was informed that the excuse would not save him. The law defined the owner of a dog to be the occupier ot the premises upon which the dog was found. Constahie Graham, in a graphic manner, described the circumstances of the finding of the dog. Defendant's wife owned to the dog being theirs. Defendant said the fact was they were so frightened at the majestic appearance of the constable that they did not know what they said." Suppose it had been Mr Cunningham's dog. The Bench : Well Mr Cunningham is here if you say that it was his. The upshot was that defendant had to pay 5s and costs, and went away muttering that the dog wasn't his anyhow. A SERIOUS CHARGE. Thonlas Ike, a Maori, was charged with ha* ing, on the night of the 3rd instant, bur glariously entered the premises of William John McDowell for the purpose of commit ting a felony. Mr Keetley appeared for the prisoner, who is a fine tall native with bushy black beard and whiskers. Mr. Brown, Interpreter, was sworn in this case. Mrs. McDowell said she resided at Wark worth, Mahurangi. Her husband was work ing in the bush some sixteen miles away. She occupied a cottage with her two children. She recollected the night of the 3rd instant. She went to bed about nine o'clock. About twelve o'clock she was awoke by hearing a pane of glass breaking. She called out, who's there ? There was no answer, so she got out of bed and called again several times. There was still no answer. Then looked,out of the window and saw the prisoner. He made use of very foul language to witness. (The language used, which is not fit for publica tion, left no doubt that the prisoner intended to have committed a criminal assault on the woman if he could have got into the house. When she got to the win dow the bolt was off the catch. Prisoner had put his arm through after breaking the pane. She saw him put his arm through and push it back. She put the bolt back and fixed it with a knife and a spoon. Was screaming all the time. Pris oner was all the time standing outside the window. A neighbour named Hugh Calder came to her assistance. He took her into his house for the night. He also took the children. Next morning she went back and found, that the window was open, and there were foot-prints on the blind, on a box, on the floor, and on the bed. She knew prisoner by sight btlt had never spoken to him but once. He knew that her husband was away in the bush. She had no doubt that the» prisoner would have injured her if he could have got in. He appeared quite determined Hugh Calder a labourer, residing at Wark

worth, within 20 yards of Mrs McDowell's house, deposed he recollected the night of the 3rd inst. He was roused from his slew, that night by the "roars of the woman sh—-._,"'' out murder." He went to her door and "c.

out what was wrong. She stopped singh_ out then, and asked the witness v there was a man there. He said no. j He heard no footsteps, nor saw any one. Complainant then told him what had * occurred. He took her and her children into his house for the night. Daring the night footsteps about the house were plainly distinguishable. He did not see who it was. Some one came, to the back door. Ho told him to clear out. The door was fastened or the fellow would have come in. He accompanied Mrs McDowell to her house the next day.

Witness corroborated the previous witness as to the marks of a person having been in the house during the night. Mrs McDowell did not tell witness who the man was. She only said it was a dark man.

William Too. McDowell, a bushman, said that on the Ist of June he went away to the Makarau bush, where he was employed with the prisoner ia getting out sleepeis. The prisoner left Makarau on Thursday morning after breakfast. He told witness the night previously that he was going to Mahurangi Heads, and from that to Taranaki. Prisoner knew where witness lived, and that his wife was alone. On Sunday, the 6th inst, he was' with Constable Munro, when he arrested the prisoner at a Maori settlement about 3 mites from the Hot Springs. He heard Monro tell him the charge. Prisoner replied he knew he had done something wrong, but he was drunk. Michael Wm. Munro deposed he wag special constable at Warkworth. He arrested prisoner on the 6th instant. He had been after him since Friday morning. He told him tbe charge, on which he made the reply sworn to by the previous witness. Next morning at the hotel prisoner asked him if he thought £5 would sebtle it. Witness told liim he thought not. Prisoner then said he would not grudge £10 or even £15.. Witness told him he would have to go to Auckland. Prisoner asked the questions in English, which he spoke and understood, well. It was all sham his pretending not" to understand it now.

Mr Brobam said this was a common trick wita the natives. It gave a great deal of trouble.

This was the case,

Mr Ktetley said if their Worships thought there was sufficient prima facie evidence to send the ca.e for trial, he should advise the prisoner to reserve his defence. ' . ■ Tho evidence was then read over, and the prisoner, who said he did not break the house, was fully committed to take his trial at the next criminal sessions.

On the question of bail being raised, Mr Inspector Broharn said the prisoner, if con victed, might-be sentenced to penal servitude for life : he ttusted their Worships would remember this in fixing the bail. The b&il was fixed at two sureties of £100 each, and prisoner's own recognizances of £200.

This was all the business

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT. This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., M.) JAMES CARSON V. STANK US JONES.

Claim, £3 2s lid. In this case the plaintiff claimed for High way rates for the district of Dedwood, since changed to Ponsonby, the legality of which B professed claim the defendant denied. Mr Rees appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Hesketb for defendant. ... _ His Worship, in deciding the case, the particulars of which have already appeared,. cited several similar cases. In the present case a certain document should have been signed hy three persons, but in the present case no such document had been signed, and after the testimony before the court by Car-^ son, and as Mr Jones had declared that he was Chairman of the Board at the time, he thought the defendant woul d be called upon to proceed further. ; , .; Mr Hesketh said he had evidence to ad duce in favor of his client,

Mr Rees also had some points to urge Oh the other side. The matter was then allowed to stand over as a defended case.

GE >RGE WILLIAMSON V. WM. DREW., . Claim, 12s fid. . ~ ..... - Mr Thome for plaiqjiff; Mr Brock for defendant. This was a claim for a box of cigars which. was adjourned from last week, in order that | plaintiff might produce his day book conO taining the entry of the same. Defendant purchased, at different times, three boxes of cigars, two of which he alleged '•> he paid Mr Williamson for, and the other to : Mrs. Williamson but which amount she r affirmed that she did not receive. After some discussion Mr Thome accepted a nonsuit. GARRETT BROS. V. THOS. SLATER. Claim, 13s 3d. Mr Rees for plaintiff, Mr Brock for defend- ;;.;. ant. This was a claim for work and labour r done. His Worship advised a settlement which would save the hearing fee. Mr Rees said he had witnesses in court to -:■ ---prove the debt. Thomas Garrett deposed that he supplied the goods to defendant which had not been _ paid for. To Mr Brock : The 13s 3d was not included in anf of the accounts paid previously it was , a separate account. Bis books would prove the facts, but he thought that it would be unnecessary to bring them. Mr. Slater had admitted the debt, and frequently promised to pay. . .«. His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff, costs, £1 15s. fid. CLEMENTINE HARRISON V. THOMAS KELLY. Claim, £16 16s. This was a claim for a promissory note, " ' which was dishonoured. Judgment for plaintiff. THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL V. T. B. HANNAFORD. Claim, £2 25., city rates. Mr. Rees appeared for plaintiff. Mr. Harrop proved the debt, which was- [■ ■ still owing. Judgment for plaintiff, costs, £1 4s. 6d. ; - '"DAILY S9UTHERN CROSS " V. WILLIAM BRIGHTON. Claim, £1 7s 6d. ' - : Mr Bennett for plaintiff ; Mr Rees for defendant. r - * .- Mr Bennett opened the case in a very humorous manner, showing that the claim was for advertising strawberries and cream by defendant, the well-known gardener and ~~ grower of strawberries in the Domain, for the gratification of young lovers and citizens generally ; the advertisement was to be , continued until further notice. Mr Charles Macendoe proved that he . . received instructions from Mr Brighton to continue the advertisement until counter" manded ; Mr Hurrell was present: To Mr Rees : Mr Brighton subssquently denied that he he had given such orders. '"f; Uriah S. Hurrell, assistant clerk, corrobo- , rated mainly the statement of last witness} he heard Mr Brighton deny his indebtedness. William Brighton deposed he invariably ■. paid for his advertisements at the time, and ■•: had never given orders for their continuance «! without paying in advance. On seeing the advertisement continued, he went to the office to enquire by whose authority it was continued; when Mr MacendoeWdhe (Mr Brighton) gave orders to that effect. •' Mr Rees submitted that plaintife had . ' failed to make out their case. i: ; Mr Bennett submitted that the claim wajC. well established. Mr Brighton sa«^K^-r. _..__, advertisement continued, and took no Btß£.~- { _

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