SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

vj-em, schooner, from Kusfell

Fed °°ner> 10S tODSI P' Brown> from Circular I(i™ Ts'e, schooner, from Russell mSyjTeZr-^"oll' from Samoa andthe Rowena.ss. Hollars, from Taursnira •Magic, cutter, from Tairna

DEPARTURES.

Phoebe, ss, Worsp, for the South (from the Manukau) I retty Jane, s s, for ttisborne and Napier Jfairhe, three-masted schooner, for Wangaroa

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For San Francisco-Cyphrenes, S3, G;U August (English mail) For Sydney-Hero, ?s, e-.rly For Newcastle—Lochn^gn'-j barque, early For London—Fernglen, ship, earl? For Karotonga—Coronet, schooner, early For the Coast—Agnes Douald, schooner

VESSELS KXP2COTKD Taranaki, s s. from the fouth, 30th inst Hero, ss, from Sydney and Melbourne, about 3rd August Cyphrenes, s s, from Sydney ; clue sth August JCmu, screw-barquentiue, from Levuka, early Flechero, ship, HEML, from London ; sailed 13ih April Alumbagh, ship, VHJG. from London ; sailed May 9 John Rennie, ship, VT G■ Q, from London ; sailed May 11 Dover Castle, ship, NCTS, from Belfast; sailed 28th May Carisbrook Castle, ship, HLWB, from Liverpool; sailed June S Columbus, barque, KVIT R, from London ; sailed sth June City of Auckland, ship, from London White Eagln, ship. QSG-W. frnm London, early Jessica, barque, from New York, via Dunedin Stag, barque from Newcastle, early Victor, barquenttne, from Port Gamble ; sailed 14th May Vision, brig, from Samoa Flirt, brigantine, from Lyttelton ; sailed 22nd Magellan Cloud, brigantine, from Chatham Island s, early Ryno, brigantine' from "Rotumah, early Belln Brandon, schooner, from .Penryhn Tsland, early Peerless, schooner, from South Sea Islands, early Laatitia,, S'hooner, from Harotonga Papua, schooner, from Rarqtonga, early Edith, schooler/from the uliuads, eirly Kenilworth, schooner, from N oumea, early

V3$?~A special charge is made for r.onsir/necs' or shippers' names inserted in this column.

IMPORTS.

■ Per Xeslie, schooner, from Circnlar TTea'l. Tas mania':—l4s tons potatoes, Sfcoue Brothers (:o'd to W. J. Hutri and Co.)

Per Churybdis, from the Friendly Islands: —13 cases oil, 6 bales cottn, 1 package 2 cases bo tiles CB{ tons copr:), C 2 bags maize. — Owen and Graham, agents.

EXPORTS.

Per Coronet, for Tahiti:-23 bales cotton goods, 14 cases cottnn goods, lro cases genevi, 0 capes drapery, 2 bales sacks, 34f< cases soap, 6 tons biscuit, 10 casks bottled rmer, 15(00 feet timber. 1 cratfl earthenware, 1 hhd, £0 empty casks.--Owen and Graham, agents.

Per Phoebe-, for the South : 3 bales leather, Ireland Bros

Per Phoebe, for the South —2 parcels 1 case, 250 kits oysters, 4 bales lea'her, 2 horses and buggy, 1 steam launch, 2 guns and " (Mrrioges, 47 pkgs ammunition, 2 horses, 12 boxes tea.—W. F, 'Wheeler, agent NZS 3 Company.

Per Pretty Jane, for Glsborno and Npier: 5 cases kerosene, 6 kfgs rails, 60 sash weights 21 bars and 10 bundles iron, a boilers, 40 coils wire, and 35 packages sundries, T. and S. Morrin.

The schooners Kate McGregor and Acadia arrived at Napitr on Tuesday last from Auck^-nd. The Schooner Gem brings £0 tons of coal from Russell.

The b»rque lochnagar dr-gpod her .anchor this morning and grounded above Freer" n'a Bay. The ss Phcrabe Jeft the Goveniiutsnt wharf, One hunga. to-day for the South with a quantity of general carco and the following passengers:—Tlp.v H. F, "Wiihinson, Messrs .T. W. Shaw H. Alley, Constable Rolleston and prisoner (George Nichnls. a deserter from the Dido), in addition to several othors baoked at Onehunga. The schooner Golden Tsle brings 100 tons coal from the Bay of Islands. The cutter Magic arrived last night from Tairu. The Coronet hai completed her transformation into a fore-and-aft schooner, and in her new rip looks a. smart, handy ve'sel. s-he cleared out to-dnv for Tahiti and the Islands vn-.h a several cargo, and is to sail the first slant of wind, fassengers :—Mr Manea, Mn Batiti. Master Totata.

Messrs Canhum and Welby have taken the contract for providorirg the A H P Company boats for the next six months.

The fine schooner -Leslie, from Circular Head, wa~ signalled this morning, and entered the harbour at ten o'clock. She has made a good run of 12 clays, and brings a cargo of p tatoes. Cant'iin Brown reports that he left Circular Head on r'alurday, the 17th inst. Had strong" 8-viuh.erly and SWbTeeze-1 for first few days, afler which the wind fell light and wore round into"the N"N W, from which quarter it blew strongly for twelve hours L'ght westerly breezes then ensued till the vessel made the Three Kings on Tupsday last Down thfi coast Ugh t easterly and if IS winds till last nleht. when it Wew hard.

~ The ASP Co's Pretty Janeleft for Gisborne and Napier yesterday with a full cargo and the following passengers:—Mra Ball, Mr and Mr3 Goold, Mrs flairfall, and Miss .*. O'Beiine. The s s Eowena arrived last evening; from Tauranga with cargo and passengers, among, whom was Captain Bower, of tbe brig Syren. Captain Bower, who arrived in town by the Eowena, states that the Syren was successfully floated off the Tairua bar the day after her stranding She is some whit strained, but not, it is thought, seriously damaged. The captain reports that he was informed there was plenty of water for him to be towed over the bar by the .Effort, and in trying to enter the vessel gfoundud on an ebb tide. Captain Bower comes to make arrangements for repairing the Vessel. Captain Kcan went down by the cutte* Mercury on Tuesday last "to survey the vessel on behalf of the South Eiili;h Insurance Company Arrangements for repairs will depend upon his report, expected in a few days. The schooner Charjbdis arrived lost night from a cruise from the Friendly and Samoan Group of Jfsla^ds. She brings a cargo of island produce. The •! Charybdis left Aucklav d on the 4th May, and arrived at the island of Koa on the 19th, having experienced a "heavy N.N.W. gale on the Bth; sailed for, and arrived at, Torgatabu on tbe 21st. On the 27th, at 3 p.m., left for Levuka, which was reached on the 29th. Af^er; touching at Vavua, put into Apia ] (Samoa)' on. the 9th June. The German barques Papa, Carl and.^uguste, Kttyrme. Susanne Godeffroy,, and " the Schooner. tJpolo, were there with,the Charybdis besides the American barques Adolphand Metaris. Sailed again for Vavua, and found there the whaling "ship California and the American yacht Peerless Arrived again,st Levuka on the 30th. Left there after I*' day or two; and touched at Eoa and Tongatabu. Found in harbour the barques Beconnaisance and Bacsa, and the schooner Peerless. Sailed on»the j J2th iiistant foi Auckland, with a light 8; breeze. " After experiencing a rough passage, with gales from ths S.Y7. on the 21st and 22nd, made the land on the 26ih at 9 a m., after being close on to it for six days, an<i being .much knocked about by gales from the S.W., anchoied at midnight on the 28th. Ber caigo is consigned to Owen and Graham. Messrs F. Lang ''daleVßaihe, and J. Senior come as passengers. Messrs Jno Darrach acd Son, the well-known ship builders at Mahurangi. have received an order from . Captain H. JF. Anderson to build aSO ton schooner on the same lines as the Elizabeth (the name by which Messrs Dixon and Kggerton's vessel is to be ' known).' The proposed dimensions are :— Length of keel, 57ft; breadth of beam, 18fc ; depth of hold 7ft Bin. Special instructions, we understand, have been received by the builders as'to strength of frame fastenings, &c, and the result should be a first class vessel, of exceptional stability. All the keel, kelson, and dead-wcod bolts are to be of copper. She is to be fastened above her copper with galvanised iron, and below with yellow metal. No black iron bolts will be used. The new schooner will be classed in Germanic Lloyds. Sha is %o be finished in about three months.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

TjtM plati has neglected to forward his name. " Good Templarlsm in New Zealand' was inserted by special request.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

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

THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1875.

JTer the c»uae ttat lavhr. »gsirt»-ac« .For the wrong tint ueniis n«i*;,y-.-' *'»r tha fitur* in the- di;tau;-,\ Ab4 tha sac.ll that ws etui «r

Ie the summary of the proposed Bankruptcy Bill, published in our Christchurch telegrams on Tuesday, is a fair resume of the scope of the measure which is to be introduced by the Government this session, ifc will, we think, be accepted as a step in the right direction. Its two characteristic features, so far as we can gather from the confused telegram, are—first, that no one can file his schedule with the view of escaping from his d c bts, the initiative in insolvency being left entirely with creditors, two of whom may call a meeting of those who have claims upon an estate, which will have power to appoint a trustee and declare a debtor insolvent ; and second, the permanent liability Of an insolvent for his debts, all pro perty acquired subsequent to the issue of a certificate being subject to contri. butions towards the satisfaction of former debt 3. The meeting of creditors is to possess the necessary authority for examin ing on oath, calling for persons and papers and doing other things necessary for realising insolvent estates. Such a measure is a fair sequel to the abolition of imprison ment for debt and would prove much more efficacious in leading to caution than that barbarous system ever was. The man who feels that by no process can he get quit of his liabilities except by paying them, will be exceedingly cautious in hanging the millstone of irrevocable debt around Ms neck, and we shall not be afforded the spectacle, not unknown in colonial courts, of a man white washing over the results of a bad specu. lation previous to engaging in something more lucrative. How seldom it is that those who at any time in their lives are compelled to seek protection from the Insolvency Court and are relieved of their liabilities come forl ward afterwards and pay old debtseven when in a position to do so. Nor are they altogether^without 'justification iv the

course they pursue, for in many instances bankruptcy is not the result of personal mis management, but has been brought about by failure on the part of others to meet their engagements through this very process of insolvency which the law provides-. Under a condition of the law. which recognises a legitimate discharge from pecuniary liabili ties, we can hardly expect to find a fine sense of honour systematically demonstrating in a practical way, and in spite of the promptings of self-interest, that the moral principles of the statute from which they fmt suffered, although afterwards gained relief, are at fault. That the facility for avoid ing payment of debts, and for getting quit en tirely of even the liability for binding pecuni ary obligations, has led to a recklessness in running into debt, every business man will admit, for all are sufferers by it—some even to the extent of compulsory insolvency and ruin ; and.a reform such as that which we assume to be contemplated in the new Bank ruptcy Bill would, we believe, induce greater prudence. What we conceive to be the general scope of the new Bill, therefore, is one which coincides with our views of the legitimate onus attached to monetary obliga tions, but there are matters of detail of the utmost importance of which we possess no information in relation to the measure under review. While the creditor is entitled to the most ample consideration, the honest debtor requires some protection from yin" dictive proceedings and harrassment. A man's misfortunes must not subject him to a life's persecution from one of those miserable specimens of humanity whose souls are kept ia their cashboxes. Upon the judicious ad justment of the balance between derStor and creditor will depend entirely the success of the bill, but we do not see any insurmountable obstacle in the way of an arrangement afford ing justice to Ihe one without unnecessary harshness to the oilier. [By Telegraph.] Avvnouan full details of the new Represen tation Act are not definitely laid before the House, enough has leaked out to .show how Auckland stands affected. It may be that we should not be envious of Dunedin being elevated at a single jump to double the political influence and position of the North ern metropolis. It were bnt an exercise of Christian self-denial to rejoice that " Sleepy Hollow" has obtained the same position as that to be held in future by the Corinth of the South ; and it is but the triumph of magnanimity to learn with complaisance that Oamaru, the geographical position of which we venture to say would be a puzzle to nine-tenths of the colonists of New Zealand, has achieved >at once the importance of the ancient capital of New Zealand. Still theie are lesEons to be learned from the contemplation of the hu miliation of our city, which may be none the less beneficial to a chastened spirit than this exercise of a noble self-denial, and, first, we can in this see the ripened fiuils of Mr. Vogcl's grand policy of immigration and public works—we mean the ripened fruit that Auckland plucks. We do not _ay that the favours accorded to Oamaru or Dunedin are unfair;, at least for our present purpose, we say not so. We assume that the distri bution of representation is proportionate and fair, and this is what the policy has brought to Auckland. At the commencement of that era—the era ushered in by the right hand of her own representatives—she was peerless among the cities ; now she sits with Nelson, and OEmaru is her sister. Rejoice, ye people of Auckland ! and take in the fugling of these who have forests, or billets, or banking dividends in prospect, and sing praise to the prophet of progress. But another lesson : Blessed are they who believe and worship, for their seats shall be made secure. Oamaru has been a faithful follower, and even though such service may have proved repugnant to its people, its member shall have his seat secured by providing for him two chairs in stead of one, but City East enriched by the possession and beneficence of a Ministerial member, has waxed fat and kicked, and listened to the wooing of Rees, and made Vogel flee from the platform and from the city in the clouds of night, and City East shall be swallowed up. It is but the retri bution that power deals out in lieu of equity, and Auckland must bow and be contented. However, there cannot fail to be consola tion to ardent Centralists in Auckland, in the fact that the diminshed number of her representatives will give to her that coveted boon—a more complete southern manage ment of her local concerns. It is always well to be told the silver lining to the cloud. Auckland being, in the opinion of some of her children, unfit to manage her own affairs, it follows that the fewer her members in the Assembly it must be all tbe better for Auck land; and this is the silver lining.

[By Telegraph]

No longer any doubt exists as to the peculiar position occupied by Mr Stafford as wet nurse to tho Ministry. In fact he but faintly denies the soft impeachment contained in Sir George Grey's assertion that the Minis try could not hold their seats for a single week but for the guidance and succour of their ally, and Mr Reader Wood's produc tion of evidence that the positions of Major Atkinson and Mr Bo wen are directly, owing to his nomination was accepted by the House as self-evident. The position; is anamolous and not without its cares aa well as joys. To be the object of anger to a number of those whom he formerly led in opposition and in denunciation of the policy of which he is now the sworn protector, is hardly less unpleasant than to be the envy of those old Government supporters whose hopes have been so long deferred as to have made their hearts sick, and who see in the approaching accession of Mr. Stafford to office the culmination of that system of neglecting friends and rewarding or buying off opponents which at the present hour is heart-burnin? among the old followers of Mr Vogel. That Mr. Stafford is only waiting till the close of the session to feel safe and join the Ministry is now unquestionable. If in the chapter of accidents the feeble remnant of the Vogelian dynasty is over thrown during the coming troubles, Mr Stafford's position is uncompromised. Should they survive the turmoil and reach that haven of peace, the pr6rogation, where the

wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest, then will his passage to office be easy and safe, and Stafford will receive at the hand of an old opponent the reward which he will have earned well by extending the cegis of his protection over the feeble colleagues of their absent leader. The help lessness of the Ministry till Mr Stafford rises in his place, and the valor of his fighting in their behalf are the admiration of all be holders.

Thk reports circulated with reference to the large majority which the Ministry are said to have at their commanl have not been borne out so for by the proceedings in the House of Representatives; and the statement made by Mr Bunny last night in the debate on Mr. Vogel's leave of absence —that the Opposition is now a better organised one than that which defeated Mr Stafford in 18G9, is significant. It seems very doubtful whether the accession of Mr. Stafford to their ranks will give the Ministry that security which they fondly hoped to achieve by it. That Auckland could possibly suffer by a change of dynasty is not now coatended for by anyone in Auckland who has watched the continued mismanagement of public affairs, the systematic depression of this part of the colony, and the arrogant disregard of every public representation ; so that we hail with complacent satisfaction the dawn of an era when Auckland influence is onco more making itself felt in the Councils of the colony.

We yesterday referred to the deliberate robbery of which evening papers are made the victims by the telegraph department, and a glaring; case occurred the same afternoon which illustrates our remarks. The Suez telegrams and .Australian news per Tararua was put in the Telegraph office (Bluff) yesterday afternoon at 3'lo and 3 20. it was delivered in Auckland at eitjlit o'clock a'G night, so late as to bo quite worthless, and we only give a few of the most interesting items of the intelligence in our fourth page to-day. The same tele grams wore transmitted to the morning papers, in ample time for their issues this morning, in which the news duly appears. We pay two pounds for the news they pay eleven shillings. But we suppose that a trilling injustice of this sort to a refractory newspaper is not worth mentioning as a charge against a Government which can cooly disfranchise four thousand people for a like offence.

A correspondent writes from Papakura : Sir,—Could not the detention of insuliiciently stamped letters be made known through the press in Auckland the same as elsewhere. Few people in bhe country care to send above onco a week to a post office, and by that timo the mail boat may be far at sea. On the other hand almost every one sees a paper daily, and might more promptly remedy the evil, at all events it would give the ignorant and out out the way another chance before opening their correspondence, which is not at all a pleasant alternative, and if the number of erring here in any way tallies with that in Hobart Town, I am not alone in the mess,—Yours truly, Twice Napt.—P.S. Let me remind you that newspapers for foreign parts only are charged pontage in those considerate regions, and that the one, from which the inclosed was taken came here for naught. How about ours in such a case.

Mr C. 0. Davis, we are sorry to hear, is seriously ill at Taupo.

By a private letter wo learn that A. McMillan, Esq., East poasfc Native Land Purchase Commissioner, will next week meet the Tokano natives. Ho will be accom panied byMrJ. C. Young This is one of the first appointments under the present ministry.

The remarks we made relative to the willingness of colonists to help on any de serving new-comer in sickness am] difficulty receives further illustration by receipt of £1 from ".Nemo "for Mr Jackson, which wo have here much pleasure in acknowledging.

We should very much like to hear Mr. .Stickley's explanation of the statement ho is reported in the Herald to have made, that the building chosen as a tempo ary hospital for typhoid patients from tho Home for Ne glected and Desitute Children is '; in a paddock." ' The house is on an ordinary al lotment barely fourteen paces from the ad joining tenement, and a most improper one for the isolation of fever patients. We notice that Mr Fclton, of Karaugahape road, ■w rites to the Cross to-day, protesting against it, and the committee of the Institution will do well if they retire from a false poaition before public feeling is aroused in a way that must be most injurious to the Home.

The Rev. R. H. Otway has been presented with a farewell address by his parishioners upon leaving the district of Mauku and Potumahoe, where he has been residing for twelve years.

There is a loafing vagabond who take 3up his position near the embankment inGrafton Road and waylays servant girls passing to or from town. On Saturday night he caught a girl, belonging to a house a little up the road, round the waist, and offered to carry her parcels. The girl was of course, very much terrified but succeeded in making her escape from him. The night was so dark that she could not identify her assailant. The police should look after this rascal.

The members of the Templar Benefit Society will hold their regular monthly busi ness meeting this evening in the Cook-street Meeting-house at the usual hour.

A social gathering of the friends of St, Matthew's parish will take place this even ing in the Lome-street Hall.

"Music hath charms" said an old poet of the time of the Stuarts, and a skill greater poet of the time of Elizabeth expressed an opinion that the man without '' music in his soul was fit for any wicked deed " A reporter states that he was this morning almost un consciously drawn into the shop of Mr. F. H. Lewisson, watchmaker and jeweller, by the sweet mellow sounds of. music issuing therefrom, and upon entering beheld one of the most beautifully toned musical-boxes that he remembers to have seen. This beautiful instrument, on view for a few days, was imported from Geneva by Mr.1 F. H. Lewisaon direct from the manufactory. The box plays eight tunes, selected from the music of various nations, viz. : Swiss, Italian, German, English, French, Welsh, Scotch, and Irish. The proprietor set the wonderful box in motion, and the represen tative of the Fourth Estate listened with a thrill of delight to the "Wishing Cap," "Willie Brewed a Peck o' Maut," "She Wore a Wreath of Roses," and other strains which charmed in days a-gone. The box is quite a novelty, chastely made, and would form a sweet addition to the home, and act as an antidote to family cares.

Mr H. T. Whittington, the energetic business secretary of the Fakir of Oolu, has been actively engaged during the week pressing forward the preparations at the Prince of Wales Theatre necessary for the appearance of Dr Silvester on Monday next. All the scenery and mechanical effects employed in the entertainment will be brought by the Fakir, and workmen have been employed clearing the stage, fitting up the water - tanks and fountain, and making other necessary preparations ; so that no delay shall occur after Dr. Sivester's arrival. The Southern press has unanimously confirmed the verdict of other countries which the Fakir has visited, in pronouncing Dr. Silvester's illusions most wonderful ex hibitions of the wizard's art.

Since he went to Wellington bis Honor the Superintendent has again taken action with reference to the transfer of the police to the province. Sir Donald McLean has intimated to the members of the force through Mr Inspector Broham that it will remain wijh themselves to determine whether they shall continue with the General Govern ment or go over to the province This places these men in a serious dilemma in the pre sent unsettled state of the provinces, and we believe it is intended to asertain from the General Government what would be _ the position of the force in the event of abolition if they now entered the Provincial service.

We are glad to learn that the operetta of the " Crimson Scarf" will bo repeatel at the Choral Hall, by general desire, on Monday evening next.

Mr D. W. Macffarlane has executed a very good sketch of the Manukau Hotel, Onehunga, by the crayon process of litho graphy, alluded to in a former issue of the Stab. Views of this kind are well adapted for show cards on steamers, in windows, and in other public places, and should meet with a large demand.

The Oddfellows of the Auckland district will enjoy their annual dinner and dance in the Lorne-sfcreet Hall to-morrow evening.

Early this morning indications of a gale from the N.E. v/ere plentiful in the harbour. The sky to seaward had a nasty sullen ap pearance, and the wind was blowing up with fast-increasing force. The barometer, which last night stood at 30 45, and this morning at 30 29, also pointed to a change of an unfavourable character. As the day pro gressed, those signs were verified ; and, at noon, a stiff " noitieasfcer" was whist ling through the rigging of the shipping. The barque Lochnagar, which lud Le >n along side one of the hulks, in Retting away went aground on the back off Freeman's Bay. lc is to be hoped that she will come off with the turning tide, as she is very heavily laden and straining will do her no good. AS one o'clock things looked so threatening that the watermen mindful of the effects of last gale lugged their boats up on the wharf to prevent accidents in case of a sudden shifc. The The Lady Bowen did not make her accus tomed trip to Mahurangi to-day. It is to be hoped the gale will subside after nightfall.

We notice that Messrs. Hurst and Co. have purchased the Tasmanian potatoes per Leslie, from Circular Mead. They are in first-class "condition. Iho arrival is most opportune, as good seed potatoes are badly wanted.

RAILWAY MANAGEMENT.

To the Editor of the Evening .Star,

Sik, —I positively wish the Auckland and Mercer railway had never come into exist ence, giving rise as it has to so many exhibi tions of bitterness and bad taste. lam an old superannuated railway man, and as such I love to hear the whistle of the locomotive and linger about the station. I am very often poking about in a quiet way, and pro bably know as much of the ins and outs of the line as most people. I think, sir, and I am probably as well able to judge as most, that the institution, taking all things into consideration, is admirably managed. I know that it is very strictly managed. I cannot but think that if people would lay their complaints before the management in Auckland instead of rushing into print and maligning the hardest worked and worst paid class of officials in the colony, they would get speedy redress. I feel sure that Mr McDonald and Mr Lloyd would be glad if people would report to them any laches or incivility on the part of any of the officials, and I also feel sure that instant redress would be in any case it would be by far the manlier oouise to adopt, instead of making sweeping and ignorant assertions against the manage ment. I have little patience with people who parade their grievances in the papers because a ticket-clerk happens to charge threepence too much, or a much - worked gooda-clerk, in the hurry of despatching some hundreds of packages of goods, happens to make some slight error—forsooth, its the management. Let these grumblers occupy the position for a week, and I fancy they would be sadder and wiser men, and more charitable.—Yours, &c, VERITAS.—[We quite agree with our correspondent that complaints against the railway oificials are for the most part trivial, and should be re ported to the manager l-ather than to the press. The rottenness of the concern is one of system, which the hardworking and underpaid officers of the line suffer quite as much from as the public do.—Ed. E.S.]

BAKER'S HIBERNICON.

Many of our readers will remember with pleasure the pleasant entertainment illustra tive of the scenery, the songs, and music of the Emerald Isle, which constitutes what is known as Baker's Hibernicon. The singing of the silver-voiced tenor and his no less talented brother, the drolleries, which come withjthe evergreen freshness of thejland of humour, the real merit of the panorama, and the variety af the entertainment render it one that will long live in the memories of those who have enjoyed it. We are glad to learn that the members of this clever com pany intend to give oue night's performance in the City Hall on Saturday evening next. On Monday they go to Onehunga. As this will probably be the last opportunity afforded the people of Auckland for enjoying the Hibernicon we look for a bumber house.

TAIRUA.

(By Telegraph from Grahamsfcown.)

Thousands of Tons of Rich, Stone.

- This day. The Prospectors' at Tairua are driving into the big reef, 30 feet South from whence the recent trial of 5 cwt. came. The con stitution and quality remain the same as on the outside. Several prospects were tried and showed rich loose gold.. The lode has been pierced nearer the Gem boundary than before, with the same prospects. The manager is bringing a shoot of water to sluice with.

The Gem are clearing a face on the sideling a little inside of the south boundary line. The trials have been satisfactory. The manager will proceed from the last hole in the Tairua claim into his own ground. The Eldorado shareholders are conveying a two ton trial to Neveaville which is ex pected to give two or three ounces to the ton. They are cutting through the? reef, which six feet is now visible without the off wall.

New ground still continues to be taken np, and men are put to work daily.

SUPREME COURT;—This Day.

IN BANKRUPTCY.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Gillies.) He Samuel Brown.

Mr Hughes appeared for the bankrupt, and made an application for an order of the Court declaring a deed of arrangement com pletely executed.

His Honor, having elicited from Mr Hughes some explanation of an apparent informality in the deed, granted the order.

He Jas. John- Hanley. Mr Rees appeared for the bankrupt and Mr Meyer represented Messrs Barnett and Levy, opposing creditors.

Bankrupt came up for his final examina tion and discharge. He was described as a ginger beer and soda-water manufacturer of Newton. The report shewed a very faulty system of accounts had been kept, and there were several discrepancies. In December last the liabilities amounted to £305 17s, and the assets, £32 83 6d, showing

a deficiency of £273 8s 6d. It appeared that the bankrupt had, since his insol vency, sold a lemonade machine tor Xio and converted the proceeds to his own use. He believed ho had a right to do this as the Act save him permission to retain tools and implements of trade' to the extent of £25 He had paid part of the proceeds to his lawyer and lived upon the rest since the 24th of May. . , Mr Meyer asked the Court to prevent the bankrupt passing his last examination till he had rendered the money into the hands of the trustee, who had warned him that he was acting against the Jaw. His Honor said the bankrupt's statement was quite clear, and eaid there was no reason for his declaring that he had nob passed his examination. Mr Kets applied that the bankrupt be discharged. He quoted the 136 th section of the Act to show that he was justified m his conduct in regard to the machine. Mr Meyer left the matter in the hands of the Court. , , His Honor said that the bankrupt had clear! y come within the provisions of toe 4th sub-section of the 120 th clause of the Act in carrying on his busi ness for six months after he knew that he was hopelessly insolvent. Ie waa no answer for Mr Rees to say it was the creditors fault for supplying him with goods. His conduct as to the machine was exceedingly reprehensible. Even if the Act allowed him to retain the machine he had no business to act in de iiance of the expressed instruction of the trustee. The mode in which the machine was disposed of, and the use to which the money was put showed that it had not been excepted in the way contemplated by the Act, which intended that any tools or implements of trade reserved should "be used for the. support of his family. As he had kept his books so badly, and had contravened the Act in other ways, his Honor said he felt bound to suspend bank rupt's certificate for twelve months. Be Kdward Hake.

Mr Thorne made an application in this cast;, for an order declaring a deed of arrange ment completely executed. The order was granted. Tie Nathan L. Josephs.

This case, in which the bankrupt was a storekeeper at Hamilton, had been remanded for the purpose of allowing a more explicit statement of accounts being filed. The supplementary report was read, but owing i;o the high winds rattling in the windows of the Court.the particulars were inaudible.

Mr Kees, who appeared for the bankrupt, opplUd that the report be declared satisfac tory, and the examination be allowed to pro ceed.

Mr Meyer contended that the order of the Conrt had not been strictiy carried out, and gave illustrations. His Honor coincided in Mr Meyer's opinion, buf, while he thought the accounts highly unsatisfactory, did not see anychanco of their being improved. Bankrupt then swore, in examination by Mr Kees, that he had filed a true and correct statement of his afFairfi.

He was then cross-examined at some length by Mr Meyer.

POLICE COURT.—Tins Day.

(Before Messrs Dargaville and Newman.)

PARENTAL NEGLECT.

Susan Wetherell was brought up on warrant on charge of failing to contribute towards the support of her two children in the Industrial school, Howe-street, arrears due £] 103.

Defendant said she had other children to support by her work, bub her wages were irregular Mr Broham said the woman promised to pay 2s 6d a waek, a very small sum, and he believed Hhe could pay if she liked but, like others, she would not without the interven tion of the Court; her husband had deserted her. The B?nch allowed fourteen days for the payment of arrears, or she must go to prison; she was row earning good money, and the order of the Court mush be attended to. A VUNAWAY SAILOR. George Nichols, charged with deserting from H.M.s. Dido, wag ordered back to the ship. BREACH OF SHEEP ACT. Charles A. Dowden was charged with a breach of the Sheep Act, at the instance of Mr Lewis, the Inspector, for having sheep in his possession infected with scab. Mr J. B. Ilussell for the prosecution and Mr Joy for defendant. . Mr Ilussell opened the case, and said that this was a matter of grave importance to the public, and, after tendering the Act and other documents in evidence, he would call wit nesses in proof of the charge against Mr Dowden. Mr Lewis, Inspector of Sheep for the Auckland district, deposed that in June last he attended Mr Buckland's sale yard, in the Great South Koad, where he saw the sheep, which defendant admitted were his, and had been driven from Otahuhu by his son. He examined the sheep, and one of them was infected. He called the attention of Messrs Graham, Shepherd, and Dilworth, and they agreed in opinion that the sheep were scabby. He waited some ten days before taking proceedings. He went to defendant's farm, and found him and his son bottling the sheep, that was washing them with a certain liquid. He asked what was his object in bottling them, when he said it was for the purpose of killing vermia.

To Mr Joy: lie shewed scab on one of those sheep, which was of a different lot. Mr Joy : I believe where one sheep is infected with scab, the whole flock may be infected, or as Dr. Watts says :—

One sickly sheep infects the flock And poisons all the rest. f Mr Lewis : That is so as far as my expe rience goes. Mr Russell said the lines were proverbial and no doubt true.

He, Mr. Lewis, examined the sheep on the 24th June, but it was possible to remove all traces of scab within a month after dipping ; he could not say what treatment the sheep had received; kerosene would remove it. He met two veterinary surgeons at the farm on the 6th July, but he did not remember their statement; one of them thought it was not scab, when he replied that if it was not, he knew nothing about the matter. He had employed Mr. McLaughlan, but he had made a mistake, and he should never employ him as an assistant again ; he would also acknow ledge that he had made mistakes.

To Mr. Russell: The bottling process is to check the progress of scab. Mr. James Dilworth next gave evidence ; he was a farmer at Remuera, and had some experience in sheep ; he knew scab when he saw it j he was told that there were scabby sheep at Buckland's sale yards on the 24th June. Mr Lewis drew his attention to one sheep which was scabby, he had no doubt whatever about it.

t Mr Thomas Shepperd, farmer, had almost sixty years experience among sheep ; he was at the sale yards on that day, and simply corroborated the evidence of Mr Dilworth.

Mr. William Ferguson, a shepherd of 40 years experience among sheep, gave similar testimony.

To Mr. Joy : Are you aure the sheep be longed to Mr. Bowden ?

Mr. Russell abjected. The Bench said it would protect the wit ness, and desired Mr. Joy to put his qnes tions one at a time.

Mr. Joy then addressed the Bench for his client, and believed he should be able to shew that in this case, as in others, Mr. Lewis had made a mistake, notwithstanding the evidence on the side of the Inspector. Charles Bowden, junr., son of defendant, remembered driving hia father's sheep, on the day in question, to Mr Buckland's yard.

Mr Lewis, oil that occasion, marked o _i the sheep on the head, wiich was sn? «l quently carted home, and put into a sens * •,' pen. A permanent mark was then put n that sheep, which has since been e„n J- 1*11 ■ by Messrs McLaughlin, Braddelv w" 6. Calvert, Austen, and McLeod. Mr t!''' pronounced anotner sheep infected whelu! 5 came to the farm. These two sheep had n kept separate until yesterday, when died. uffii Frederick Young was on a visit tn! C Mr Bowden's at the time ahd helped to M the sheep to the sale yard. Be then r scribed what took place in accordance Jit previous statements. ' '» James Bradley a small farmer of Otahnt, had examined the sheep since, butdis eo yev c V no traces of scrub ; there was a red mark one but the skin was clean. He was cert° -11 it was not scrub. taßl Robert Bradley, Henry Bobey, Th oni Inwood, farmers, and five other witness who had had considerable experience amo sheep, were of opinion, after minutely ip amining them, that the sheep were n i scabby. * Counsel addressed the Court, when th ■ Worships considered that the charge uJ been proved; but as the defendant had _* attempted concealment, the fine would o_l be £5 and costs. J

RED QUEEN GOLD-MINING COM PANY.

The annual meeting of the above compan, was held to-day at noon, in the offices of Mr Garland.

Mr. Williamson was called to the chair The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed.

The directors' and mine manager's reports were read, and showed that the operationsof the Company had been confined to the small leader, which had produced 102 tons quartz yielding 2140zs gold, value £602 16s 7d, but that this sum bad nearly been absorbed^ working the mine. The financial statement| was healthy and shewed a balance of of £6 "5 7s Id in favor of the company. - ;

The reports and balance sheet were adopted; Messrs White and. Rollinsoa elected auditors, and Mr John Symong auditor.

A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the meeting.

PARLIAMENTARY.

(-FROM OUJi SPECIAL COIMESPON. DENT.) '

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WELLINGTON.

This day.

The. Absence of Sir Julius Vogel- An exceedingly spirited debate took place on the motion of Sir Donald McLean that leave of absence be granted to Sir Julius Vogel for the remainder of the session. Mr Sheehan expostulated against a matter so grave as the absence of the leading man of the Ministry being passed over without a full explanation and assurance of the legality of bis position. Major Atkinson replied somewhat snap pisbly, under the impression apparently that the matter would be got over by pooh poohing. He adduced no arguments, but asserted that the action of the Government in relation to the appointment of the absent Postmaster was perfectly legal. ■ <

Mr. Fitzherbert made one of his most caustic speeches. He referred to the apolo getic tone adopted by Mr. Sheehan in yen- ; turing to speak of the great man. The House had learned this deferential manner he knew not how, but if the Ministry thought they could continue to sneceed by domineering they were grossly mistaken. He then supposed a general case which members could particularise if they pleased, amid irrepressible roars of laughter. He described the possible case of a man con tinuing sick because he could not practise self-denial. He pointed to the impro priety of Mr. Vogel continuing his atten tion to the important business of tele* grpahic cable, loans, etc., when infirm, and said that such an angry correspondence as that which had passed between the Crown . Agents was the very worst thing possible for a man afflicted with his malady. He wondered how he could do all this and not be able to take a two months' voyage to join his col leagues. He was like a leader giving the: order to fix bayonets and then becoming «o» est invenins, the call out party en avant, and' himself runs en arriere. The speech bristled with fun, blending doleful sympathy so grotesquely, that the House was in fits. Mr Stafford replied to shew that Mr Fitzherbert once occupied the same position himself.

Sir George Grey replied in an able speech on the Constitutional law of the question, shewing that the exercise of Executive powers could only be inside the colony. H Mr Vogel, he said, were other than our agent, all his contracts were illegal, and ad vantage could be taken of that fact if de sired, by the contractors. Mr Bunny made it exceedingly hot for Mr Stafford and his proteges, the Minsters, whom he commanded like children. He made the important assertion i hat there was a better organization of the Opposition at the present moment than that which turned out, the Stafford Ministry in 1869. Mr Bowen, in a piping treble, squealed out a feeble reply expressive of the deep anxiety with which the Government had considered this question, and secured the legality of their position. , ■ Mr Reader Wood made a monfc capri" speech in reply to Mr Stafford, giving authority for the assertion that Major Atkin son and Mr Bowen were nominated by Mr Stafford, and that Mr Stafford was really Premier. ' Messrs Johnston andßolleston supported Sir George Grey's views. Mr O'Rorke showed from the Executive oath determined the year before last that Mr Vogel cannot be a member of the Executive. Sir Donald McLean briefly replied, and leave of absence was granted without division.

The Kaipara Railway- In reply to Mr O'Neill, Mr Richardson was understood to say that the Auckland and j Riverhead railway was not commenced owing to a scarcity of labour. And to another \ question of Mr O'Neill's, the Government i replied that the consolidation of Gold-mining Acts could not take place owing to con- ; flicting interests, and could not be before next session. , "" In reply to Mr Sheehan as to what author- | ity and what were the reasons for the cost , ; ? of the erection of Mangare bridge being ; charged apainst the sum of £60,000 vote? for roads and works north of Auckland, Mr j Richardson said great pressure was given from the Provincial Council and Provincial ;; Government in favour of this work, and we; Government had told them that there was no appropriation or other means for doing"- Out of this vote the Provincial authority had seen the contract before it was signed, and should have objected. The Power to Abolish Provinces- Several questions of only Southern in terest followed, and at three minutes to tne dinner hour, Mr Header Wood's great ques tion, Whether the Government had te»», ; any steps or means to get an authoritiveleg* opinion or opinion to remove doubts tns exist as to the constitutional powers of *& General Assembly of New Zealand ? an* J* | so, whether they would at once communica^ it to the House, together wi|li^^ corres" pondence in connection there\f v£\ a , The House, resolved to g<O,piier, »a- : to dine did go accordingly. >§* *-



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Every temperance law hitherto framed admits the necessity of stimulants as medicines, and no tetota'ler of sense denies that ttiey are essential elements of cure in a variety of diseases. Only fanatics deny the utility of -v alcoholic preparation. The rai.id and positive cures of nervous debiUty, dyspepsia kidney and bladder complaints, uterinr ailments, wrought by Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Axiomatic Schnapps, give the Me to those who deny the utility of spurious medicines.