SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Helens, brigantine, from Lyttelton Golden Isle, schooner, from'^-ussell Gem, schooner, from Bnssel) Huby, schooner, from Wangaroa

DEPARTURES.

Southern Cross, mission vessel, for a cruiao

From the Manukau St Kilda, v.s. for Wanganui ■Ataia 'i. scho ncr, for K.iipara Da--1 ii cutter, for Raglan Hero, cutter for Kaipara

DEPARTURE OF THE MELANESIAN MISSION VESSEL

The Melanesian Mission vessel Southern Cross left at noon to-day, for a seven months' cruise among the South . ttea Islands. Since her arrival * rO m her last cruise she has undergone extensive in her rig and internal accommodation. To ensure an im provement in her staying powers, which were defec tive, the mizen-mast b> B ' been moved three feet for ward, and she has ta^ea in 25 tons more ballast. The ladies' cabin has 'j ecn enlarged by the removal of some fittings to ?,nother part of the vessel. It is tin fortunate that shice the alterations no opportunity has been afforded Captain Jacobs of trying the ship under her. now conditions. The Southern Cross, ■which Went away under steam, was accompanied out of the narbour by the yachts Secret and Daphne. A large, •party of ladies and gentlemen, the latter includ ing Borne of the trustees of the mission, and several clergymen, went with the vessel as far as Rangitoto where they were taken off by the yachts and brought back to town. The passengers comprise the Rev. Mr and Mrs Bice, the Itev. Mr Penny, Mr William Taylor, and two masons. Mr Penny has only lately arrived from England, and is making his first voyage as a Melanesian Missionary. Mr Taylor is a master-mason, who it will be recollected arrived from Norfolk Island about a month ago in the cutter Magic. His object was to procure two working masons and the requisite tools for building the pro posed Paterson Memorial Church Theso are now ou "board, and on the vessel's arrival at Norfolk Island— her first port—the work will be proceeded with. There is no need for importing stone, as there are excellent quarries on the island. Mr Bongnard still occupies the position of chief mate. Before the Southern Cross weighed anchor Dr. Goldsboro' made an inspection of her crew, and gave Captain Jacobs a clean bill of health, to satisfy the Norfolk Island authorities that no measles or .any other disease is on board.

The s.s. St. Kilda left the Manukau atone to-day for Wanganui. She had on board a full cargo and several passengers. The brigantine Helena after discharging her cargo, is to proceed "to the Thames to load boilers for Wangaroa on behalf of Mr Holdship. At Wangaroa she is to load tim ber for the South.

The schooner Agnes has left Dunedin to fill| UP with cargo at Lyttelton. From thence she is to come on to Auckland.

The schooner Oolden Isle brings 100 tons of coal from Russell for the A.B.P- Company. The mail steamer Cyph'enes is due this evening from Syduey. She is advertised to leave for San Francisco with the English mail to-morrow. Already a large number of passengers, many of whom are old Auckland settlers revisiting England, have engaged berths in her saloon

l'he brigantitiH Helena arrived in harbour from Xyttelton yesterday evening. She has beea nine days making the passage. She is consigned to Mr 6. W. Owen, and brings a cargo of Southern produce.

The schooner Ruby brings a cargo of timber from Wangaroa, for Mr Geo. Holdship. The cutter Nancy from "Warkworth has unloaded 17,277 feet of timber for the Union Sash and Door Company, has cleared out for Waikawau.

The schooner Gem arrived from Russell yesterday With a cargo of coal for H Giltillan.

The cutter Fawn has cleared for Rvissell with a quantity of oilman's stores from the Eudoxie Adolphine. and a cargo of stores. The schooner Ebenezer has cleared for Bussell in ballast.

STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

Business done to-day :— Bank of New Zealand—Sellers, £18 53. National Bank— Sellers, 755. Fiji Bank—Sellers, 58s.

South British Insurance—Sellers, 49s ex div.

National Insurance—Sellers, 2Ss 6d. Standard Insurance—lls Gd. Thames Gas-Sellers, 345. Caledonian (new) —Buyers, 10a ; sellers, 12s 6d. City of London—Buyers, 50a City of York—Buyers, 7s. Golden Calf (new) —Sellers, 4s 6d. Union Beach— Sellers, 12s. Tokatea—Sellers, 103. Royal Oak—7s 6d. HCure—Sellers, 9a. Pride of Tokatea—Sellers, 3s 6d. Red Queen—Sellers, Is. Una—Buyers, 2s 6d.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will C&osft as follows . —

For Thames, to-morrow, at 9-30 am %n& 5.30 p m For Coromsmdel, this day, ut 5 pra, and to-morrow

at 11.30 a m ForLevuka, Fiji, per Emu, to-morrow, at 9 a m For Great Barrier, per Petrel, to-morrow, at at 11 a m For Korotonga, tier Blanche, to-morrow, at 11 am Per s.s. Cjphrenes, to-morrow, 16th lost, as under:—

For Sandwich Islands, United States of Ameiica, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South .Ameicn, und British and Foreign West Indies, at 3.0.30 <»,m.

ifor thn United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 10 .30 a m.

For mancy orders, regi3tored letters, and news paper?, at, 030 am

-Laic letters bearing an extra fee of Cd will bd receive by the Mail Agent on board up to time of sailing/! For T A ranakl and Southern Provinces, per Phmbe, v to-morrow, at 1 p m jfor Watigarei, &a , per Sovereign of the Seif, to-

morrow, at 1 p m For Mulmrangi, llitakana, Mangivwai, and Waipn,

per Lady Bowen, on ttatmdty next, at 10 a m For Napier, per Southern Cross, on Saturday next, at 2 pm

(Signed) S. B. Bihs, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

BARKER—On 14th April, at the residence of her father, M. McKlnstry, Ponsonby, Mrs W. P. Barker, of a daughter.

DEATH.

MORRIS3ON—On 15th instant, at his father's residence, Biding Sun Hotel, Karangahapo Road, William John Login, infant son of Edward 'William and Lsotitui Morrisson ; aged 7 months.

Ihe funeral will leave at :$ pm. to-morrow. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1875.

For the cause that lacks assistance, i'or the wrong Ui*u neetin rosintance, B-ar the future in the distance, And the good thai we <:»n do.

At last it appears that matters have been arranged between the provincial and colonial authorities respecting the goldfields, and the delegation of the Governor's powers in that regard will be gazetted in Wellington to-day. Everything considered this result is desirable, although we have little sympathy with the outcry that was raised at the delay in its con summation. We believe the sum of fourteen o? fifteen thousand pounds from the Colonial Treasury for goldfields' purposes accompanies the delegation ; and there are few, especially of those to whom the opening up ofroads and bridges in the new districts is a matter of vital interest, who will not agree with us that the time spent in negociations ha 3 not been lost. Had the delegated powers been as promptly accepted as they were promptly offered immediately after the accession to power of the new Superintendent we should certainly have heard nothing1 of these fifteen thousand pounds j and, if new goldfields works had been suspended until theillegal and unauthorised diversion of public moneys recommended by a morning con temporary, had been perpetrated, we in cline to believe that many a miner's heart would have grown very sick with hope deferred. The sum is small, it is true; but in the opening up of tracks, judiciously expended, it may immensely promote the operations of prospecting. It has been a good thing for the goldfields of this province to have a small taste of General Government administration; and the dis graceful transactions handed over for inves tigation included in this handing over of the goldfields, should be treasured in memory as an earnest, and evidence, and memento of the benefits likely to arise from distant administration of local affairs.

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A wanted announcement appeared in last night's &TAR inviting applicants for the post of manager for the "Crown Prince" mine. It .should have read " Crown Princess."

The anniversary services of the Presbyter ian Church, Onehunga, will be held on .Sun day first. By advertisement we see that the Rev Mr Warlow Davies will preach in the forenoon of Sabbath first, and the Rev Mr Macnicol in the evening. On the follow ing Thursday the soiree will come off, and we have no doubt it will be as interesting as the soirees of the Church usually are. The Church choir will make their first bow to the public.

In our advertising columns appear various eductional announcements. Mr Mason's school, Pitt-street, commences its second quarter on the 19fch, and there will be an evening class in connection with it. The monthly training class, under the auspices of the Teachers' Association (for practice in the art of teaching), meets for the first time in the Choral Hall to-morrow night at seven o'clock. Miss Craig's second quarter com menced to-day, the 15th.

A meeting of the creditors in the estate of David Elliot, builder, Parnell, was held at the office of the Provincial Trustee in Bank ruptcy this morning. Four creditors at tended. Mr Thos. Macffarlane was elected Trustee in the estate, and two supervisors were chosen.

Fresh butter is getting scarce and dear in Auckland, and several farmers wives accus tomed to supply this nutritious article to towns-people, announced the sad intelligence that some substitute muat be found for the butter, which they had been in the habit of bringing, as they should not be able to supply them any longer unless the blessed rain, so long expected, should fall sweetly upon the yearning grass :—

At this sad news, a mother sighed. And words like these did utter— " What will my pretty children do Without their bread and butter."

Poor little darlings, all day long. They kick, and scream, and splutter, And they would stirve, I really think, Without their bread and butter. In reply to a deputation consisting of Mr J. C. Firth and Colonel Haultain; represent ing the Auckland Institute, his Honor the Superintendent yesterday said it would be best for the Institute to get a Bill authorising the borrowing of the balance of £1000 required for the new museum building to be reduced gradually. The Provincial Govern ment was too poor to make a grant. The deputation stated that £1,600 had already been subscribed privately. The amount required was £3000.

Referring again to catapults, which seem to be the rage with the youths of the city just now, we would draw the attention of boys as a warning to sec. 13 of Bye Law, number 0, which provides a penalby of £5 for " throwing or discharging any stone or other missile, to the damage or danger of any person or property." Mr Inspector Goldie informs us that he has taken a number of catapults from boys this month, and when ever he sees a lad having such a thing about him he either secures it, or makes the boys break it in his presence. If parents would take these dangerous playthings from their children and destroy them, and if schoolmasters would do. likewise, and caution the boys, it would, we believe, be the means in a great measure of checking •this practice, whichfis fraught with danger to the boys themselves.

Major Gordon will present the prizes given by Mr Kohn to successful competitors on. the 22nd inst. after the parade of the No. 3 Company of Auckland Rifle Volunteers.

We sometimes see some rich things in Maoii toilettes. This afternoon a dusky belle was standing at the corner of West Queen-street gaily dressed in a bi-ight blue siik dress and mantle, and hat with waving feathers. Hor rig oltfc was completed by a very short aii<J dirty clay pipe. Occasionally she expectorated, and not being an adept at the practice, she could not; get well quit of the saliva. Her gay attire and filthy splut terings made a capital ioid ensemble worth a philosopher's attention.

The Auckland Western Academy, con ducted by the Rev. Peter Mason, will re open on Monday, the 19th insfc. There will also be an evening cla?n>

A.coldblooded mimW (says a correspon dent of the DundalJc Democrat) was perpe trated near Middletown, Cumty Armagh, bordering the County Monaghan,^ on the sth instant, the victim being a young man named Thomas Hush, a Roman Oatholio. On the abovementioned date the deceased, who was an egg-dealer l'esiding at Middletown, was returning home after transacting his usual market business, in company with one Patrick G'ormley, and when near the above place they were assailed by four men, one of whom persisted in asking <ieopased to cry "To h U with the Pope." which ho man fully refused, whereupon he was knocked down and stabbed in several places. After doing their bloody work, they ran after Gormley, leavinc R.ush lying in his gore. Deceased, through great exertion, made his way to his mother's, which was not far dis tant, where ho to attended by Dr. Wade of that town, but ho died in a short time. An inquest was held, the jury returning v verdict of wilful murder against some parson or persons unkown. There are at present three peraons arrested and lodged in Armagh gaol on suspicion. The deceased was about thirty yearn of age, a fine-looking man, who bore an excellent character, and is deeply regretted by his many sorrowing friends. He was in the habit of attending Monaghan every Monday on business. He leaves a feeble mother and loving young wife to mourn his loss.

The cold in the United State* during last winter was so severe that the frost in Home instances, in the State of New York, pene trated tho earth six feet below the street bed. Many of the lateral ivator-mains con ducting water into houses have been frozen, and those mains are laid five feet bcl'uv the surface. Families have thus been deprived of their supply of water, and it required from forty-eight to seventy hours to get down to the mains through the earth, frozen almost as solid as a rook, po as to thaw out the conduits, and secure water again.

Hia Honor the Superintendent, at the roqupst of the Rev. C. M. Nelson and Mr R. C. Dyer, yesterday consented, to tako the chair at the next annual meeting of the Orphan Home, should he be in town at that time.

To the Editor : Sir,—The Auckland and Kaipara railway, to us poor country pettlers, is a thine? of vital importance, for I fail to see the advantages of raising produce and see. it rot before your eyes without tho possibility of Rending it to market. We are, many of us, hanging on to sec whether we shall have a railroad or not before there is a general exodus. It is hard to have, lost our all with many of the best yearn of our life, without consigning to our children a life of misery and hardship which no effort on their part can .avert, and better leave a% once (even in poverty) knowing tliot th^re nre other pro vinces and other countries where our industry will bo rewarded with full and plenty— where there are facilities for agricultural pursuits denied us her?. In other countries the sons of farmers can have Government grants of land : here they have no encourage ment whatever. Emigrants from the cities of Europe, who know nothing in the least of farming, ran have land, whilst the sons of our old farmers (born in the country, with all the experience of their fathers) can not obtain an acre. This i* not th« wav to colonize. This is not right. This is why .Sir Gwrcre Grey has drawn upon himself the costermonger drop in the cross breed of the adventurer who rents the Cross to blow his horn, for daring to a'SCrfc that this province has any rights at all ; that it has a right to an equal expenditure of the borrowed money ;to an equal amount of railroads; in a w">rd, pqnal rights with other provinces. The Cross lias amused us by many devices, but has never advocated our rights. Tho Craw has lived by no, lived, amongst us, and sold us. Rat Sir George Grey can afford, to la\i«h at tho Cross, knowing that he has a whole and undivided people with him in everything—yes in everything, and that we shall yet conquer our rights along with our birth-rights. The Southern Govern ment has left to watch us the man who sold us, and they have profaned his name with Honourable. This is a sign of the times and a reminder of our own disgrace. May the gods pity the wretch of a representative who runs out on the lobby or votes against Sir George from this province in the coming session of the General Assembly. Would you kindly give us some reliable information in reference to the above ° —Yours, etc , Country Settler.

To the Editor : Sir,- Would ynu kindly rectify a small mistake which appeared in your last evening's issue. It was intended to read thus : "That Mrs Long, the wife of one of our most energetic members of the Early Closing Association, had collected for Mrs Holtham the sum of £S 10s on behalf of that Society, and the further sum of 10s made it the amount specified. I have still other small sums to come in."—Yours, &c, N. R. Cox.

Two inquests have been held at P.apakura during the present week, before J. Jackson, Esq., coroner. The first, on Tuesday, was on the body of a labourer, Thomas Quin, who died suddenly on Sunday last. A ver dict of natural causes .was returned.—The second enquiry, touching the death of an illegitimate child, named Elizabeth Lord, a posi-mortem examination shewed that the child died from' inflammation in- the throat, and a verdict in accordance therewith was returned.

To the Editor : Sir,—l beg to inform you that I have sold my three cows, which I had hoped would have aided me in the support of my three children. There was no grass to be got—scarcely any water—and the poor things would break out, (I could not help it) and then they were hurried off to the .pound, and poor me was hauled up and fined with a severa scolding into the bargain. Now the question was "grains or no cows." I did not like to use grains as they make the milk acid and uncomfortable to infant stomachs, and so I sold my cows at considerable loss. My cows, my dumb friends are gone, and niy mind is now at ease. —Yours, &c, A Widow, Freeman's Bay.

Two residents in Princes-street write in forming us that the rope of the Princes street fire-bell has got adrift on one side, and stuck in such a manner as to prevent the slightest sound escaping. The Superin tendent of the fire brigade should see this rectified.

The members of the Auckland Naval Bri gade will meet for big-gun drill in the Albert Barracks to-morrow evening at 7 '30 o'clock.

The debt of Canada is becoming a serious drag on the resources of that colony. The interest on it last year amounted to £1,144,000, and her total expenditure £4,829,000, or more than a third (as much as that of the United States before the war), against £3,320,000 in 1872.

The present drought makes it imperative that the small stock of water we have should be carfully guarded. This morning the plug at the bottom of Shortland-street was over flowing at a rapid rate for nearly two hours before the turn-cock arrived and stopped it.

It is stated that in consequence of the difficulty of collecting the lightlug" rate in Ponsonby, the supply of gas will shortly be cut off from the street lamps. Pornell does not seem to he the only suburb where the residents won't pay for a light to light their darkness.

The next entertainment of a musical and literary character, in connection with St. Matthew's Church Union, will take place in the schoolroom on Friday evening.

The grand complimentary entertainment to Adolph Gonzales, -will be given this even ing in the City Hall. The programme is long and varied, the projectors having resolved that patrons shall receive fall value for their money.

A man named J. O'Connor was committed to the Asylum by the Magistrates, to-day. on the testimony of Drs Stockwell and Young. The medical testimony went to show that the patient was labouring under various delusions, especially the idea that food was poisoned, which caused him to refuse sustenance. He also talked much of religious subjects.

The return stream of emigration from the United States to England has reached enor mous proportions', owing to the depressed state of trade in the Gnat Republic. The i\ rew York Herald is authority for the state ment that 78,000 emigrants from the United States landed in Liverpool last year.

We are rrqjiested to draw special atten tion to T. Holland and Co.'s new advertise ment, relative to the lar^: stock of groceries at his premises 223, Queen-street.

To the Editor : Sir, —1 read with extreme regret an article in the "Cross," which to say the least was a disgrace to that paper, or any paper of this hemisphere. Ihe article I ailude to was a tirade of abusive language against a citizen of Auckland and an aspirant to political honors. The article to which I rf-fer is of the most scurrilous kind, and simply implies some invidious hatred. I will not occupy your space more than necessary ; but I will state that I can never sanction brow-beating,ior as I may infer, a stab in the back by an enemy. Any man who has generosity of feeling and principles must resist insults which now find their way into the papers. I allow labitude in language in political excitement, but I disallow anything approaching to personalities. I now state my vote was promised to Mr. Hol^ship, bu it will be given to Mr. Uses, and every elector must see that if one section of society wishes to stamp out another, the time has come to show in elections that stubborn doggedness in society cannot and shall not rule here.—l am, &c., J. M. It is somewhat singular that in Ponsonby Road, while the residents on the ieft hand side going from Newton have plenty of good water in their wells, those on the right-hand side with scarcely an exception have no water at all, or only some turbid stuff totally unfit for drinking or household pur poses. Pails are going to and fro across the road all day.

The election in City East to-morrow will not perhaps be charactetised by the same intensity of feeling among the general pub lic as that in City West on yesterday. Still various interests and feelings will be brought into play- that will make ifc no ordinary con test. It is a pleasant thing that the two combatants are personal friends, and this position is not lesscncl by the fact that, strange to say, they were not brought out; n opposition to one .another. It is now generally known that Mr Holdship was originally brought forward to oppose au oiher, and not Mr Hues, and had it been distinctly known to those originally moving in the matter that Mr Rees Avas really a candidate, Mr Holdsliip would not have been called on to stand by these parties ; nor indeed we believo would Mr Holdship have consented. As it is the con test must go on, although it is difficult to see what is the principle now

at issue. Aparb from those who first moved in this matter, there is rs all kuow, a party who huve the strongest motives in this election) namely those who at any cost are determined to keep Mr llees out of public life. Their feelings are well manifested Jn an article which appeared in yesterday's Cross attacking Mr Itees, the perfect brutality of which has, we think, never been approached by any printed matter pub lished in New Zealand. But the article well exhibits.the strength of feeling which certain parties entertain on the subject of Mr Itees' entrance into public life. The determination is apparent, a»d fcas long been, to crush Mr Eeoa, raid pity is that on the present occasion tho3e resenting this would have to vote against one of Auckland's best and worthiest citizens. Mr Holdship's sterling worth should make any one desirous of seeing him in the Provincial Council, and ifc is fco be regretted that the chapter of accidents has: brought it fco pass that people mint choose between a gentleman whom everyone esteems for his worth, and one who, lighting now against these that hate arid fear him for hit) independence, is destined yet to take a fore most rank in the public lifo of New Zealand. In these respects, the contest of to-morrow is an event of importance.but it is satisfactory to know that, whatever the result, the Pro vincial Council will obtain a good member. Mr Holds!)ip, by his successful management of his own affairs, shows himself able to serve and administer the interests of the pro vince, and the respect in which he is held by his fellow-men i3 a guarantee of the respect and deference that will be paid to his ex pression of opinion in the Council. Mr Rees, on the other hand, luis the stuff in him that is required for the stern struggles coming, and in him the province would have an able, an eloquent, and an uncompromising

Although Mr. Dargaville was defeated yesterday in the contest for City West, his position is one at which any man might be gratified in his first contest for the General Assembly. I n one of the largest, if not the largest constituency in New Zealand, he ran hard with a very old and very respected resi dent identified with the district since it was a

district, and who had represented it already in the Assembly. To have defeated Mr. Dignan, in the circumstances, would have been an achievement hardly to be expected, and yet Mr. Dargaville dared it, and fought bravely, and with some promise o£ Success. We believe the defeated candidate will yet hold a seat ii*. the Parliament of New Zea land, and take a prominetit and honorable position there; and although there were some mistakes in the conduct of his candidature, yet the creditable position which he wod, and the large number polled, considering all the circumstances, should be accepted by him as an omen of good.

OHINEMURI.

[From our Special Reporter.]

[BY PIGEON EXPRESS-]

PAEROA.

This day, 1 p.m. Mrs Allen, who had such a narrow escape from burning, is recovering fash.

Nolan's chum adjoining the Banyan cut a 3 feet reef, .showing gold.

A trial crushing from Snowmen's Star of the Sooth claim, at Boawell's berdan, Mac kaytown, turned out very rich. A valuable horse, belonging to Mr Akers died yesterday at the Puke.

EDUCATION RATE OPPRESSION

As esteemed correspondent, npon whose Statements the utmost reliance can be plnced, sends tlie following : Sir,—Notices having been served on several of my neighbours for payment of the education r.xte (upon which Mr. Lusk, ifca father, prides him self), I forward ons of the many cases to show how hard it bears on the working class. I feel assured Sir George Grey would, if the law would admit, stop the present pressure on the working clasp, whose families, through the epidemic, ha^e had heavy expenses and are, many of them. in very straightened circumstances Icm vouch for the truth of the statement I forward. Case No. 1 is that of a family occupying a house at Gs Gd per week ; Ckl extr.i, for sanitory measures. About two months or more since, the four children had the measles one after the other, there was no one but the mother to attend to them. She suc cumbed to the night .and day attendance, and was herself prostrated. The eldest daughter who had but just risen from a sick bed, had to attend to her mother, and is now ill from over exertion. During the illness of the family with medical attendance and medicines, &c., &c, they have, as any one must know, upon £2 a week fallen in arrears. The mother has in the hope of reducing their debts and repaying the borrowed money gone out daily to work. The bedridden child has thus only those younger to attend to her. They are to be summoned for the Education Rate. The case may be stated thus :—Mother and father, 2; children. 4 ; in family. 6 ; w.ages, £2; rent, &c, Gs ; balance, £1 14s; deduct rate £1, leaving 14s for the week's support. The children require better nourishment than they can obtain without being mulcted in one pound Education Rate. Case No. 2 is as follows :—Child of two years old ill for a long time ; died about a month since. The mother confined (viz., natural emigration), fagged from over-exer tion in her state in attendance upon the deceased. The expenses of medical attend ance and medicines in both cases, the hus band having no means to pay, a nurse has been compelled to remain at home half a day and depend upon the kindness of neighbours. Of course they could not but get in debt. They are to be summoned for £1 house rate for a small cottage. The woman requires more nourishment than the husband can afford. Their position may be stated thus : —Child's illness about £4; funeral ex penses, about £4; total, £8. The money saved for confinement of course gone, and in debt. Wages, £2 per week when employed ; is often laid up through working in the water at the breakwater.—These are cases occurring in my own neighbourhood. Who shall tell of the load of suffering, care, and oppression that has been caused by this un just, ungenial, and oppressive tax ?—Yours, &0., One of the Many-headed.

ATHLETICS IN PARNELL.-EXCITING RUNNING MATCHES.

It would seem that the remarks relating to Auckland youths which accompanied our notice of the Auckland Gymnastic Club meeting a day or two day ago have already borne good fruit. We hear that several strapping young fellows who have hitherto esteemed it the highest occupation of life to attend the "fair" and bask in the sunny smiles of beauty—we have read this last sentence three times, and unhesitatingly pronounce it good —have now become tired with a deter mination to distinguish themselves in the health giving sports of the field. The ladies themselves should aid this important moment. Let them take a lesson alike from the ancient dames of Greece ; from the ladies of King Arthur's court, whose "matchless forms"

and " beauty snch as women never wore, ' graced the lisfcs at Oamelot, and from the squaws of the Red Indians. Opposite in every other respect these—well, we will give them all the title of ladies—made it the price of their bright-eyed glances that their ad mirers should be able to point to something great, heroic, or noble they had done in the tented field cr the stadium. The same can hardly be said of the fair sex now. But why not? We cannot answer the question. The foregoing philosophical reflections are preparatory to a report of a couple of pedes trian contests which came off last evening m Parhell. The stiene of the spoit was St.. Stephen's Avenue, a spot eminently suited for such competitions. The competitors were Mr M , a young gentleman from the Kaipara district now on a visit to town, who has distinguished himself at the athletic gatherings at Hokianga, Bay of Islands, Wangarei, and elsewhere, by beating all comers at one, two, or three hundred yards* and Mr C , of Parnell, a young Apollo of no mean physical proportions, whose powers though frequently proved in the cricket field, have not hitherto been tried on the running path. The match was made for 100 yards, the northern runner conceding 10 yards start to his opponent in consideration of his inexperience. There was a goodly muster of spectators assembled at 5 o'clock to witness the event. The course was measured off with exactness, and at half r past five the men appeared in their respective marks. appearance was widely dissimilar, Mr M-— ---being about 5 feet 6 inches in height and dapper made, with the very cut of a speedy runner about him, while ty[ r 0 showed a length of about 6£fc lin. with limbs in good proportion. Both men looked in moderately good fettle. The proprietor of an important wholesale establishment in Shortland-streefc acted as starter, and the office of judge was filled by a well-known public official. At the start the town man was the favorite, it being generally thought that the start given was too long. The event showed this supposi tion to be correct. At the signal Mr M-— went away at a great pace, and gamed quite three yards on his opponent in the first ten. At 50 yards he was within hve yards of his man. But now Mr C. had got his limbs fairly into swing, and exhibiting a length of stride, such as is seldom seen, bpcjan to draw away again. This he con tinued to do to the end. At 80 yards he had nearly recovered his full start, and he breasted the tape, after easing in the last 10 yards, fully a yard more than that ahead of Mr M . Immediately after wards another match was made on level terms, which took place within a quarter of *n h'.vv of the other. The event of this showed the correc'ness of the first running. Mr C wa* slow at the start, and at 30 yards was two yards to the bad. At half the dis tance ho"had made this up, and from this point he went steadily to the fore, finishing a clever winner by two yards. The result was a great surprise to the friends of_ the Northern man. and only shows how little the young swells of Auckland know of their own powers. We understand that some other contests are likely to arise out of the above.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.] thr crniiT) dodk.

William Dodd was brought up on a charge of stealing a purse, containing tb« snra of £2 11s in gold and silver, on the 11th inst., the property of Thomas Smith, of ISewton. The boy,'about ten years old, commenced cryinc, and said he was guilty. S!ercennt--Major Pardy said the prosecutor left his waistcoat in the house of Mr M'Cas lin, and the br>y, who had no business in the home, got to the waistcoat, and took up the pu'Pe r,r\fl money from the vest pocket, and nUnfed it in the ground. He spent two shilling* of the money. The mother of the boy informed his Wor ship that the boy would not go to school. His father was at work, and the boy had ofc^n bfif>n punished for his conduct.

His Worship paid that it was difficult to know what to do with such boys. To send them to prison was doing them but little or no sood. The case was remanded nntil Saturday. FATHKK AWA 1. ."Richard McConville again appeared on a charge of deserting hi 3 child at Nelson. The prisoner was remanded to Nelson in accordance with a telegram which. Mr Broharn had received from Nelson. The prisoner will go by the Phoabe to morrow. SUSPICIOUS. Georcre Foster, a seaman, who had been remandrd several times, again appeared on charges of larceny on board the Baron Aberd.ire, on the high seaa, first with larceny of John McMahon's purse, contain ing £3 10s and second, with stealing a hide of leather, on the same vessel, the property of Captain Bichard Edmonds.

Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr Brookfield appeared for the prosecu tion.

Captain Edmondß proved that the hide was bis property, and for which he paid £4.. Charlea Eolandi deposed that the leather was found in his bag. He gave it to the chief mate. He soled prisoners boots with a portion of the leather which he thought at the time belonged to prisoner. When he found that witness had given the leather Co the mate prisoner threatened to annihilate him, and knocked him down ank kicked him ; but that was partly about his speaking of a man's shirt, which Foster had stolen ; he was a cripple, or the prisoner could not have treated him so.

"William Lawrie, chief mate, missed the hide on the 2nd January, and found part of it in prisoner's bunk; it was pump leather, and not such as is used for shoes.

Charles Quantic, seaman, saw prisoner gi**e Rolandi the portion of the leather which was used for soling his shoes. He 'saw pri soner spit upon Rolandi, and heard him swear that if Rolandi split upon him, he would murder him, and give his body to the deep.

Prisoner : I saw the leather brought into the forecastle.

His Worship : Most likely j it is very p'-nb^We Detective Jeffrey took prisoner into cus tody. He denied the charge.

The other case against the prisoner lapsed as the prosecutor, who was butcher on board, could not now be found, and there was no probability of finding him. Prisoner saids he had lots of witnesses, but could not find them. There was Mike McCarthy who could prove that Rolandi stole the leather. Captain Edmonds said that McCarthy had deserted the ship. His Worship : Do you know that McCarthy took the hide. Prisoner : Yes, your Worship, I saw him take it; he took it from such and such a place. His Worship : Oh, you know all about it, do you. Prisoner : Yes, your Worship. His Worship : Then I shall find you guilty, and sentence you to six months' im prisonment, and as you have already suffered one, the term for you to serve w ill be five months. DABK BROWN. Thomas Brown, a young man from the Wbau district, was charged with an un natural offence on the Bth April.

Mr Hesketh defended the prisoner,

James Oaldwell, labourer in the employ of Mr Buchanan, deposed that Brown was also in a similar position, and slept under the same roof over the stable.

(The witness with much hesitation then described the nature of the offence, which is utterly unfit for publication.)

This witness was cross-examined by Mr Hesketh at considerable length.

John Buchanan, merchant, and owner of a farm at the Whau, deposed that prisoner was in hip employment, and in consequence of what Caldwell had told him he expostulT ted with him, gave him his wages/and told him to clear out. He sent infoSjati^ £ the police, which he considered w W! Detective Jeffrey gave evidenc^ , 1; || The depositions were then read M fjjM prisoner fully committed to take vWqJi af the next criminal sittings of t#^%,J Court. . i The father of trie prisoner, though Jf Hesketh, requested that prisoner' migh t j^ admitted to bail. His Worship remarked that he thougU two sureties in £150 each would be suffi c i ent ■UNPLEASANT. :

Thomas Smith was summoned for fail^. to keep his private passage clean, thereby causing an unpleasant odour which Was con sidered injurious to the public health, on the sth inst.

Defendant said all the tenants of the block used the passage which was in the use of the Provincial Government.

Mr Russell: I'he offensive smell arose from a barrel of bad beef and box of rotten onions which were Smith's property. A complaint had been lodged with the Inspector, and the stench guided him to the nuisance. His Worship said that in this dry weather the greatest ears should be taken to suppress these nuisances. He would not be surprised any day to hear of some in. fectious disease having broken out. J e thought large penalties should be inflicted. If a man was compelled to pay £5 for these offence?, they would exercise greater care, Mr Russell said he would not press fa a large penalty in this case so long as it went forward to the public through the press, that high penalties will ba imposed in future. His Worship said that after Mr Russell's remarks, he would only impose a fine of 10s, buu any future case would be severely dealt with.

Mr J. B. Russell applied for costs,

His Worship said that he hvA thought over this question of costs very carefully, and had come to the conclusion that he could not saddle the public with snch a great burden. It was the Town Clerk's duty to do these things. When a man had pleaded guilty and given no trouble, as defendaut had done he ought not to be mulcted in counsel's coats. Mr Goldie ought to have appeared himself.

Mr. Kuasell contended at length that this case was different from others. Any one might lay an information in such a case as this.

[His Worship said'thatin a preciselyjsimilar case to this, when he had questioned the Town Clerk's right to appear, Mr Phillips had actually written to the Government complaining of ib.

Mr E,assell said he did not appear for the Town Clerk but for Mr Goldie, who found tha-t he could not secure a conviction when he appeared by himself.

His Worship said that if he granted this application, he should expect to have every policeman who conducted a petty case of drunkenness or some other offence to claim counsel's fees. He could not grant the application. VIOLENT LANGUAGE. Pdchard Bach, described as an engineer, appeared in' answer to a summons charging him with using violent language towards Thomas Aldridge on the 6fch instant.

The defendant did not appear and the summons which had been served at the house, was enlarged.

This was all the business,

"PONSONBY CLUB HOTEL." (To the Editor of the Evening Star) Sir, —Under the above heading I perceived in your last night's issue a fabulous pros peetus of a public house proposed to be erected in the Ponsonby district, and so situated that it is (in the event of a license being granted) likely to prove one of the ; worst sources of permanent annoyance to the neighbouring residents. We have at present within a short distance of the site of this proposed hotel, a duly licensed housej.which is eminently successful in frequently letting loose, in the stillness of midnight, a let of roaring demons, whose drunken shrieks, and foulest of anathemas, shock and terrify the surrounding inhabitants. And-itia false, dishonest, and tyrannical, to say, that a licensed public house, where liquors, good or bad may be sold, will not be just as suc cessful, if not more so, no matter how secret the bar may be—how ornamental the columns supporting the balcony, or how numerous ; and capacious the rooms. Indeed these seem to me £only Fstrong reasons why 1, a house is calculated to offer greater inducement in violation of public morality, and to harbor within its walls a greater number of the class of habituals like those above indicated; and further to imbue habibs of intemperance in young men in the district, and also similarly to allure those who might be induced to become lodgers in ; such a house. It is of course quite compe tent for a few persons resident at a remote part of a licensing district, miles in extant, to lend their names to this project, which does not prejudicially affect them, and the nuisance of which will not offend their ear?, and will annoy and prove a soandal in the immediate neighbourhood; but I repeat, Sir, no matter what may be stated or pub lished to the contrary, that wherever there ; is a bar for the sale of liquors (and the pn-; „ vacy, so called, of that bar only aggravates the matter), there will be established at once, be law, a nuisance more or less. It will, therefore, be only the duty of the Licensing Bench (which I have no doubt they will certainly do) to wisely discriminate m this matter, and to afford us that protection ■„. which it is within their power to decree.-, Yours. &c, Resident. |

WAIWERA (Hot Springs.)

(PER STAR CARRIER PIGVON.) This day, 2.10 p.m. ; Ths cutter Morning Star sailed lasfcewn ing for Auckland. ~ Arrangements are being made to et^ x. large reservoir and twelve new bath roo without delay; also hot water swuMUDS baths. These additions are required to> ac commodate the great number of yisiw frequenting these springa. o

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST.

(FROM OTTR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.) London, February »■ THE 81-SEXUAL CLUB. The new Bi-Sexual Club at the outsei promises to prove a fiasco. This is, ' what one would anticipate. At a « meeting, when the rule for dec^nw ™J-;.;, limits under which members should « allowed to introduce their friends, °»D% j for discussion, a party under the leaders v of Miss F. P. Cobbe entered an euWWJ test against admitting strangers at all. an hot discussion ensued. The result;■*■■"«» Miss Cobb- and the inhospitable wgw. were defeated on a division, and they .* upon gave notice of their resignation.* | to be regretted that such incompwan^^^ temper should so early have interfere a- .^ .■,-■■ the carrying out of an interesting «i> OWNER OP HALF BIRMINGHAM WANTED. • „» or Do you know anybody called Jennings Jennens, or Jenyns, or Jenens ? ■» - I he is worth remarking, for some OJ^HV name if he had his own, would be the ricfle^ man in England. The land of about liaiig Birmingham, besides other estates all ovei the country belongs to some o? e°*J^ Jennins, or its equivalent, and thei rig EJ, ; can't be found. Perhaps you might *«/ .^ out of some dark corner. Such a- | sure to be discovered living amo'fj y^yje'* ; Maoris, or cleaning boots at t^ff fI d* corner. I am sorry neither yo? ' i{ Q % boast of a fair claim to the nameinj^^

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