SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

* HIGH WATER : Tbia evening, 10 ; to morrow morning 10.18 SUN SET : This evening, 7.13 ; SUN RISE : to morrow morning, 5 14 MOON'S AGJS : Last Q mrter, 30th, 0.12 a.m./

ARRIVALS.

Swallow, schooner, ir..m aw^i.u!

DEPARTURES.

. Pretty Jane. 8.8. for Gisborne and Napier Ro*ena, s s, for the North Souvher. Cross, s s, ft r Taurar>(ja :"'. • - Onwar <, schooner, for Tumkaka *.-.'..- Sir Isihc JSewton, brigunt'ue, for Lyttelton, via | Tairua From the Manukan: "Wellington, s s, Carey, for the Sauth Wild Duck, ketch, for Kapara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

xx>r the Ponth— i ady bird, s.s, on arrival ot .Ban Fr^noiscn Mail For the Pon-h— Luna p s. Thursday F-r N-w York—Ayr, barque, eariy For Hoi o nlu and San Francico Maogregor, s.s., IJHn February For Londt»n-GUnIo-a sV.ip, Jurgfrau, barque, early For Ualle— Assiye, fhip, at once ■ For Sydney—Mikado, s.s, on arrival; Hero, s.s, 7th February

VESSEL EXPECTED.

ladybird, *,b, from the Bomb, to morrow 1; Mika'io. R.M.s.s, Irom tan Francisco, about 29th instant Papua, snbnoner, from Rarotonga, early • Invererce, ship, from London ;sa h d October 80 Adhzi tmque, frwin Tendon ; sailed Oct. >her 28 '~■ Rftoirto barque,from New York, via Adelaide JBdltb Rose, barq ,c, from New York ; sailed Sept.lß Chanticleer. bri<, f on Hobart Town early ■. Magellan Clcud, from Ljttelton, early Kyno, bHgantine! from 'Rotumah. early • Helena briaran me, from Lyttelton, early ■: _ East Lillian, barqne, fr<->ra Lvtteiton. early Janjffran, barque, frr-m Wellirgton, early Memnntu barque, from vewcaatl-«, early Wave, brig, from I>ttelton : sailed 15th Faille from Lyrtelton, early 5 ■'■ . Lady Franklin, batqau, from-Newcastle; sailed 4th instant Manhs, ba quo, from Russell, early Mary Me'v lie. ccbooner. from Nspler :: - Fri-ice Alfred, barquentine, fr'-m Noumea, early Ads, b rqur, from London ; aai ed Jyov 24 'In^la. ship, from i ondon : sailed Nov 21 Hero, s.B, from Srdtiey, early Wonw Wonga, r.s. fr m Sydney, early Fiery Cross, schooner, from "amaru early , Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town, early The barque Ayr began taking in her cargo to-day. We -understand that she is to have very quick dia fj patch, her probable date of departure being about the middle of next-week. V-,-. The steamers Rowena ror the North," and the .. - Southern Cross for Tauranga, left together last night. Both conveyed a large number of passengers. The ketch Fanny Kelly was put np at auction to day, but was not sold. ,¥',- , ■ The sohooner Edith, has been hauled into her ~\, ' favorite berth inside the Eastern T, where she will discharge her cargo. The schooner Kenilworth is alongside the ship Glenlora, transhipping her cargo for London. The ketch Clematis is alongside the Customhonse ■ . street quay discharging her cargo. The Government steamer Luna is to proceed to the Thames on Thursday to bring up those of the 1; ." -• Rifle Representatives-who wish to witness the regatta on the following day. She will leave the Thames at an early hour on Friday morning. . ' The s.s. Ladybird is due from the South in the g -" , Manukau to-morrow. She is advertised to leave tr [:.... again on Friday, the 29th instant, should the San ?:. \ Francisco mail arrive to her due date. Should the a Mikado be behind her time, the Ladybird will be ; ' detained till 2 o'clork on Saturday. ,:; The s.s. Kilda has been lately engaged carrying m. yrool from Wanganui to Wellington. She is expected ; ■ . in a day or two. gP _ The Aibatroaa. schooner, is discharging her cargo ';' . of timber at the Breakwater. P ~ ' The s.s. Wellington left for the South to-day at 2 ■' - o'clock. She took an average cargo, and the follow ing passengers:—Mrs and Miss Beccombe, Miss ITrodsham, Mrs Bird and two children, Miss Haul tain, Miss Buchanan, Messrs Gilmore, Gardiner, 'f ;■•■ Spencer, Smith and son, Kirton, Norris, Corbett, and '.. - ■ twenty-five in the steerage, including eleven natives and one prisoner—a deserter from the Rosario—in charge of Constable McGrath. S A barque has been signalled all day,-which up to the time of our going to press had not made the har ;••,,.- i bour. The signal flag which indicates a foreign ■; : xaerchantman has been flying at the head of the JH* signal post all the afternoon, and there is therefore '. little doubt that the incoming vessel is the long •, . expected Edith Rose, now 129 days out from New -" . York, .with a cargo of kerosene and other "American notions, consigned to Arnold, Hines and Co.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

jOpoteei, This Day. ' The ketch Maid of the Mill arrived from Auckland : on the 23rd inst. ' Nelson, This Day. The 8.9. Ladybird left for. the Mamiiau late last | " night.

COMMERCIAL.

*At Messrs B. Tonks and Co.'s mart to-day, the ketch Fanny Kelly was offered for sale. The bid ■ dings' reached £630, which ,was short of the reserve '-■•"■ ■ ■' figure, and the vessel was withdrawn.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Hails will Closk as follows:— . For Thames, to-morrow, at 9 SO a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Russell, per Fawn, thU day, at 6 p.m. For Russell, per Uolden Isle, to-morrow, »t 11 a.m. For Waiwera and Warkworth, per Lady Uowen, on Thursday next, at 10 & m. For Taranaki and Wanganui, on Thursday next, at * lpm. For Taraniki, and Southern provinces, per Lady bird, on Thursday, ?.?ih instant, ats p.m. For Australian Colonies, per Mikado, six hours after arrival (Signed) 8. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

Stokes -On the 26th January, John William, youngest son of John and Mary Ann Stoke* ; aged 0 months.

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

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1875

For the cause that Ineka assistance lor the wrong i nt needs resistance, ' For the iiituie in the distmic. Aad the eood that wo can do.

Among the terrible ills to which man is liable elsewhere, and from which we are happily exempt, is hydrophobia. Why these colonies are so exempt it is difficult to say, nor how long that happy exemption may continue, as circumstances now exist, can any one with certainty predict. No well authenticated case of rabies has yet been known in any of these southern colonies, and yet this cannot be from want of importation of dog 3 from places where' the malady has had for ages a permanent footing. Into Australia at present there are large importa tions of English greyhounds, and some alarm on the subject is beginning to be felt, for it may be accepted as unquestionable that if once the malady is introduced it will never be eradicated j and looking at the matter in a selfish way, we may feel assured that when the disease gains a footing in Australia, our island home will not long be free from the visitation. Some other countries like our own are still exempt from the affliction. It is unknown- in South Africa and' Madeira, where dogs from rabies-in fected countries have been imported, but countries nigher to us than these, and with which communication is becoming increas ingly frequent, are terribly subject to hydrophobia. In China rabies is prevalent, and we have before ns a Hong Kong journal, ia which is detailed the dreadful death of a gentleman in H.M. Customs from hydropho bia contracted from the bite of a little Chinese cur six weeks before. With the rapidly increasing trade between Queensland, New South Wales, and the south-eastern seaboard of Asia by means of the Torres Strait mail service, the stepping stone for this as well aa other deadly maladies among the Asiatics is supplied, and to any one who knows the terrible and incurable nature of this disease, it is unnecessary to say how needful are pre cautions against its introduction. It is known that the period of incubation may continue even for eighteen months, from the time when the poison ia first introduced into the system of man or dog, a circumstance which vastly increases the difficulties of pre vention by quarantine as compared with other diseases, and it is' even possible that the disease may.be communicated by an animal while the poison appears latent and no indi cation is afforded that the disease is maturing within. When we consider the swarm of ignoble curs that infest our citieß, it requires no stretch of imagination bo anticipate the possible results of the importation of even a single dog - with ;he germs of rabies. A hundred dogs might 3e infected before a single specific symptom was manifest, and all the penal and preven ive Acts within the, compass of legislation tould never free our coasts of the affliction. md yet from home, from the sister colonies rom every place with which we have com aercial, relations, dogs unnoticed and unin pected come and as freely as their maa era. As we have said, some alarm is begin ning to be felt in Australia at the systematic mportation of, dogs of class and blood, rot there-is at least as much danger from he casual introduction of the ill-conditioned ob-tailed clipped-ear cura whose absolute * orthlessnese and intense ugliness seem to * their only qualification for the affections £ their owner«. We make preventive re-

gnlations against the introduction of pluero pneurnonia, Cumberland disease, and scab, but what 'are these affections—confined to the lower animals—compared with hyrophobia to which the human syßtem is to terribly susceptible.

We have very much, pleasure in affording opportunity to Mr Kitchen for the following explanation :—" Sir,—ln reply to your rather severe strictures on myself, allow me, in self defence, to say that there are generally two versions to a story. V our statement was evidently prompted by the self-styled loafirjg tailor (as 1 did not call him one). The facts of the matter to which you refer are these— I was called upon some weeks ago at my works in Lome-street by a person whom I did not then know. He complained in a very excited manner that there had been no water in the standpipe near his place in Victoria strefit for four days. I know this to be in correct, and told him so, when he placed him self in a threatening attitude, pulling his fisc in my face and toid me he was one of my masters, and would kickjme out of my billet, and making use of very strong language, boasted of his power with the Superintendent and John Sheehan, and in order to protect myself fiom his heateaedjviolence, I divested myself of my coat, and proceeded to eject him from my work-shop, when seeing my determination, he ran out, this is the sum total of the whole affair. Having made a tool of the Superintend' nt he tiiea to gull the public by making use of your columns to effect his object of revenge, by holding me up to the ridicule of my fellow colonists. I trust in your spirit of fairness you will not allow such meanness to pass by unanswered.—Yours, respectfully, Geokge Kitchen.

A special meeting; of the Land Society will be held this evening at the offices, Wynd bam-street. The object of this meeting is, elect a president in the room of the late Dr Nicholson. This popular institution is now attracting much atcenion, and no doubt there will be some close voting, for the several candidates to the vacant office. At Messrs. E. and H. Isaacs sale this mornirui the surplus immigrant stores of the barque Dilharee were sold. These were of spleudid quality, slid were quite equal to the cabin stores of the ships of ten years ago. Among them we were surprised to see pota toes (hot preserved) in fine condition. It is very seldom indeed that a ship comin£» from England is able to keep potatoes fit for use the whole way, but here we have actually a sniplus. We learn that immigrants have hid fro<h and preserved potatoes alternately throughout the voyage ; preser ved carrots and onions were also among these stores. These however Were mort intended for "medioal comforts" than ordinary use. Altogether from the appearance of the pro visions we sh'iuld think immigrants now-a daj s fare very well. Custom-house-street is uudergoing consi derable improvement. The laying down of the asphalt pavtmtnt from the Thames hotel to Beli's stores is now finished, and, in point of use and ornament, is a great advance up on the old broken path. The creditors in the estate of Mr' H. Fugate met to-day at the office of Messrs Grant and Morton The liabilities were stated at £1,500. and the assets were roughly estimated at £700. Mr Lewis and Mr Thomas Macffarlane were appointed trustee* for the v iuding up of the bankrupt's estate. The Water Supply committee at a meeting yesterday afterno< n, resolved to recommeiM 'That] Mr Young's offer for a line of pipes be accepted." 'lhat no steps be taken at present in regard to Messrs Cromwell and Mcllwain's offer."- "The sub-committee having failed to receive any communication from Mr Motion, recommend that plans be carried out without any i^erference or refer euce to hia property." "That steps be taken immediately to obiain the Hospital Reserve, to employ the necessary labour to remove the stonea and test the springs there, and report thereon." A number of most interesting letters have been received by the proprietor of a registry office in this city from single ladies and ■young widows, recently from the old country requesting his assistance towards procuring for them suitable situations, and what is the more remarkable, the majority of applicants express a wish for situations where there are "no encumbrances," such as the position of house.keeper to a single gentleman of steady habits.

The united fraternity of Good Templars held a meeting last evening in the Lorne sfcreet Hall, tlon. S. D. Hastings in the chair. About five hundred brethren were present, and twenty new members initiated. A number of the sisterhood were also in attendance. On Friday evening the second anniversary meeting of the Lodge will be held and a farewell soiree given to the flon S. D. Hastings H.P.O.R.S.T.

The report No. 2 of the Scholarship's Committee of the Board of Education states :

—" The following candidates obtained the marks set against their names, and scholar ships have^been awarded to the first four :— ■ Skeen, Parawai school, 436 marks, (the biirbeat obtainable being 640) ; Rhodes, Pokeno Hill, 435; Baavan, Otara, 428; Arneil, City East, 424 ; Norrie. Papukura and Onehuoga, 419; Baar, Otara, 410; Kerney, Otara, 374; Lupton, Otara 367; Jervis, City East, 367. Your committee hope to be able to biing u-p their report awarding certificates of proficiency in the course of a few days. - J. Logan Campbell, Chairman. 'I his is th« 3 first time a scholar ship has been awarded to any school either in Auckland or Thames. Otara school has taken a scholarship each year, and one year took two.

The New Zealand Wesleyan Conference soiree will be held this evening in Pitt-street. Tea will be provided at half-past six in the schoolroom, and at its close the publio meet ing will be held in the church. Several of the principal ministers of the Conference will address the meeting on the occasion.

The Hobson corps of Volunteers will hold their annual ball on Thursday evening in the Lorne-Btreet Hall. The Hobson Band will be in attendance, and the whole affair will be under the patronage of Volunteer officers and members of the Auckland Benefit .Societies.

The householders of the Remuera and Newmarket districts met last evening at the Remuera school-room for the purpose of receiving the annual report,.electing commit tee, and other business. The chair.was occupied by the VenArchdeac nPritt. 'I he report of the out-going committee the wed that the aitend nce of scholars was about 100. A girls school had been established in the Remuera schoo room, aod tbe boys school was carried on in the school-room, Remuera, which had been fitted up for the purpose. . "The report was adopted. It was announced that the Go vernment had granted as a school reserve a piece of land at Newmarket formerly used as a quarry. Mr Scarborough was of opinion that Mount Hobson should be made a school reserve for the district. Mr Wrigley. replied that a difficulty regarding the title to Mount Hobson existed, Mr Dil worth having claimed apart, and Mr Ruther ford another part. The meeting proceeded to the election of a school committee, and the following gentlemen were declared duly elected:—Archdeacon Piitfc, Messrs. Morgan, Hesketh, Angus, and Westwood.

Another narrow escape from fire occurred last evening about six o'clock Mr Brinsden, storekeeper, had just returned home when he found flames breaking out from the lining of hie house. He at once procured several buckets of water and succeeded in extinguish ing the fire. Combustion is supposed to have commenced in a quantity of loose rags aid paper left by a former tenant. Rubbish of this kind is a very fruitful source of .danger. ,'■■';■:■ •■.;-• .-■ ■ .■". ~

To the Editor: Sir,—Seeing your readi ness to enlist sympathy for. every case Of distress I would be Borry to See either you or the kind hearted of the public riiade a fool of. Jn yesterday's £*ar I see a subscription got up by some good fellow Mr A. ——, for •' poor old Walsh the grave-digger." I would like to know how much money this " poor" man has out on mortgage ; how much short of £300 a year has been netting for a £reat number of years: how much lie obtains of the wages of his son who lives with him, but •who finds grave-digging better than cabinet making. If "poor old Walsh the grave digger" or any one for him answers these questions fairly, and if he has not more money laid past than I have earned for many yeai-s, I will put my name down for a pound.—Yours, True Chaeity.

The attention of the sporting public is drawn to the fact that the entries for the several events of thePapakura Annual Haces close to-Dight at the Papakilra Hotel and the Auckland Hotel, Auckland, at 8 p.m.

This afternoon tenders will be received by the Harbour Board for the reclamation of the foreshore west of the Queen-street wharf. It is refreshing to know that this work is about to be entered on, for when it is accom plished we may expect a considerable reduc tion in the foul smells which at present offend the noßtrils of having business or seeking recreation in the neighbourhood of the wharf, It is amiatakethatthe stench arises from the silt-basins. It proceeds,—that is to say, quite nine-tenths of it, from the rotten beach, which is now to be filled in. After the tenders have been received, and the work committed to the successful ten derer, we may confidently look foi'ward to seeing the job begun in a day or two. The earlier the better. Another good work to be tendered for to-day is the making of a cul vert to supersede the wooden trough which at present carries the Stanley-street draia across the inner intake in Mechanics' Bay.

To the Editor : Sir, —I hope it will be found out by this insertion how it is that for whole three days and three nights the staDd pipe at the fir's bell, Victoria-street, is entirely without water, and at other times there is a plentiful supply of it. Mr Secombe I understand gets five pound per day for his supply, and if there is no falling off of water from his source, why is it we cannot have water every morning and night, from the carelessness of the party intrusted to turn the water on. Sir, by inserting this in your valuable paper you will releive a great many sufferers who are in want of water.—Yours, Fresh Water.

The annual meeting of the parishioners of St. Sepulchres is to take place in the school room to-morrow, Wednesday, evening at 8 o'clock p.m., and not this evening as has been announced.

To the Editor : Sir, —In your Saturday's paper, naming various schools to be opened to-day, Monday, you have included my name, consequently several ladies have made applications. Therefore, to save further trouble to all parties, will you kindly rectify this error, and oblige, Mrs Woolley, Pro fessor of Music, Karangahape Road.

The session of the Grand Lodge of the Northern District of New Zealand was com menced this afternoon at the Temperance Hail, Albert-street, for the purpose princi pally of electing and installing of grand officers for the ensuing year. By the time of commencing; business, the hall was com pletely filled with members of the various lodges of the Order. As the business of the meeting was entirely private, and confined to members, our reporter was not admitted. We learn, however, that Brother Speight was the successful candidate for the honor able post of Grand Templar, having one rote beyond the number in favor of the Key. S. J£dger, The {business is still pro ceeding, and if possible, we will give the result in our next issue.

THE REGATTA.

A meeting of the Regatta Committee was held at the Club-room last night. Mr D. H. McKenzle filled the chair, and there were present —Messrs Thos. Henderson (secretary) T. Niccol, U. Grattan, C. Dacre, ])ixon, and D. Oxley. The first bnsiness was the hand ing in of subscriptions, which had been collected since last meeting. With these the amount now reaches close on £300. The offer of Captain Skinner, of the ship Warwick, as a flagship was formally accepted with thanks. The next busi nese was the receiving of tenders for different work on the day of the Regatta. These were settled as follows : — For catering, Mr. Stacey ; for printing, Mr. Atkin ; mark boats, Mr. George Henderson ; band for flagship, Hobsou Company's band. Tbe price of tickets of admission to the flag ship was fixed at h've shillings, including boat fare to and from. Some alterations were made in the proposed course of the large cutter race, to meet the wishes of competi tors, which have been strongly expressed in the matter. The boats will now have to round the mark boy on the port side instead of the starboard when running down. A timo allowance of 30 sees, per foot is to be made in the race for open sailing boats. Tbe meeting for receiving entries is to be held to-morrow evening, at eight o'clock. En tries must be handed in before ten o'clock.

Several of the yachts, were out yesterday evening trying their new gear. The new yacht Secret although still deficient of some of her sails got under weigh and sailed across the harbour and back under her mainsail and jib. To-day we believe her staysail, gaff top sail and "kites" have been supplied to her and she is now in point of getting out nearly complete. She took another trip this after noon when she appeared .to get through the water pretty fast. An impression has got abroad that Mr Gieen's cat-rigged yacht was to sail with the 6-tonners. This is a mistake. In the first place Mr Green will not be here on Regatta-day and his vessel will not start. Jn the next place his yacht is over 9 tons and no would not be qualified to enter for the smaller race.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Captain Daldy, and Mr Tole, Justices of the Peace.) . * MIDDLETOST MUDDLED. William Middle ton was found in a mud dled condition yesterday £in Queen-street, ■ai I generously assisted to the Police Station by Constable Graham. - Prisoner was very sorry, but he was drunk. Fined 5s and costs. OFFENSIVE MATTER. Thomas Smart was summoned under the Municipal Police Act of 1870, with deposi ting offensive matter on} lands by a public thoroughfare, to wit, Port street, Auckland, on the 19th inst. Mr Phillips defended the condnct of defen dant, who was a servant of the City Council; the matter was not of an offensive nature, still he wou'd plead guilty. Sergt-Msjor Pardy said that the matter was very offensive, and defendant had been cautioned and had set the police at defiance. Mr Phillips thought the police had ex ceeded their duty in this case. Fined 53 and costs. William Moslem was summoned under the same Act for a like offence on the same date. Mr Phillips appeared for defendant and pleaded not guilty. The case was remanded. UNRULY SEAMEN. Augustus Hanson Was charged with a ireach of the Merchant Shipping Act, by disobedience of lawful commands on board the Warwick. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr Hesketh appeared for the prosecution. James Skinner, captain, read extracts in proof of prisoner's disobedience from the official log-book, wherein it was stated that prisoner, with another seaman named Hinds,

was very riotous, used very bad language, and threatened the captain. They defied him and swore that blood should be spilt. This state of things continued from nine o'clock in the evening until one o'clock, until the whole ship was in a state of confusion. His conduct was alarming. Jrmes Headley, second officer of the War wick, gave evidence. He heard Captain Skinner give Hanson orders te go to his quarters, but he would not obey, and when Hinds was threatened witl^the irons, prisoner swore that no man in that ship should be put

m irons. Prisoner said he had witnesses to prove that he was not so bad as he seemed. William Ogden deposed that he was stand ing a few yards from the captain when he told Hanson to go forward, and said he should piit Hinds in irons, when Hanson eaid if he did* there would be a row about taking tiordials to the single women. Prisoner was sentenced for thi3 offence to four weeks' imprisonment with hard labour. John Hinds was charged With a similar offence on board the same ship, m which case similar evideDdewas produced, and the same witnesses examined. Hinds said he had lots of witnesses to speak in his favour* but he did not know their names. The conduct arose in conse quence of his beitig deprived of his grog. Captain Skiilner also threatened to shoot him, which he did not care about, while the grog was near at hand. The Bench said it would reserve its judg ment until the other cases were heard against the pj isoner. ' Hinds was then charged with stealing two bottles of sherry, one pot of jam, and one of marmalade, two pounds of Somerset cheese, and one pound of Stratton's cocoa, value 11s, the property of Captain Skinner ; also with stealing one shilling's worth of coppers and one pound of tobacco, the property of Chas. Wimbull, of the said ship. Prisoner said he took a little jam to be sure, but he did not steal the wine, Captain Skinner then read from the log book the several entries of prisoner's petty larcenies.

When asked what he had to say, prisoner replied, nothing. Charles Waters, apprentice, said he was on watch with Hinds at the time, and saw him go into the cabin passage under the pretence of lying down. He (witness) went into the cabin and observed Hinds in the pantry. He suspected he was after a feed. He saw him biting at two pounds of cheese, but did not see him with anything else. -Be knew nothing of the jam and sherry wise. He came out and went forward.

The steward deposed that on the night of the 22nd November he safely locked up the lazerette, and placed the keys as he thought under his pillow, but he found that instead of doing so he had left them on his side-board. He did not leave any sherry out. He was quite sure of that. The two bottles found were part of the ship's stores. He missed the two bottles from the case, which had been broken open. The next morning he missed the cheese, marmalade, jam, and cocoa.

Pi'isoner Baid he could prove his innocence if the girls would only come forward. Several smart young women in Court were pointed out by the prisoner, but who said, when called upon, that they knew nothing about it. They had none of the jam. The next charge was preferred against the prisoner, namely, the stealing of the coppers and the tobacco from the chest of Charles Wimble, on board the ship Warwick.

Prisoner described his loss. His box was broken open, apiece of the lid splintered off, he money and tobacco had been taken, and when he drew the cork of £ bottle, he found that ita contents, pine-apple rum, had passed away. To the Bench : He suspected the prisoner because he had got tha reputation of being a thief.

Olif Mattson, able seaman, knew Wimble's chest, and saw Hinds in the act of moving the chest;; he watched and saw him break open the chest with his hands and knees. He still had his eye on him through his " loophole of retreat," and saw him lift the rum bottle to his mouth, and empty it at one swig. William Smith, another seaman, was also a witness of the above proceedings, which he described in a manner worthy of Captain Marryat. Other evidence having been adduced, the Bench sentenced prisoner to one month's imprisonment for disobedience of orders ; to three months for larceny of ship's stores, and as there was some doubt in the case of the seaman's box, although prisoner no doubt drank the rum, the third charge was with drawn, the Bench expres-sing its regret that the law did not permit a much severer punishment, as the utmost order should be preserved on board ship, especially on an immigrant ship, where the comfort of pas sengers were concerned.

The man, Moslem, again appeared on a charge of depositing offensive matter in Fort street ; but as it was shewn that he was only acting under the instructions of Thomas Smart, in whose employ he was, the Bench dismissed the case.

This was all the business

DR. WALLIS AND THE EDUCATION RATE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Stak.) Sib, —In your issue of last evening I ob served a short -paragraph relative to the seizure of upwards of 40 volumes and pamphlets of mine by the order of the Provincial Government. In' your notice of this legal spiolatipn you mention particularly a Hebrew Bible &o. ; and I am surprised you did not also mention the ten copies (the only ones remaining) of my pamphlet on the "Unjust Tax." I considered that the dis traint (or robbery by the strong hand of the law) furnished an excellent opportunity for making the Government persecutors the agents or means of disseminating that pam phlet on the unjust tax. The foresaid ten copies, in addition to the 290 copies already sold here, will do some good in the com munity. And now with your permission, I beg to state in the briefest way the precise ground on which I stand in my opposition to the Ante-Christian Education Act and the unjust tax. Tbe Legislature, which enacts that of all of the religions in the world, the Christian religion alone should be excluded from our Government schools ; the Legis lature which enacts that the Book which we acknowledge to be God's own Book, and which ia recognised in the laws of the British Empire a3 God's own book, should alone of all books be interdicted in the said schools. The Legislature, I say, which does these things exceeds its lawful limits and passes beyond its legitimate sphere, and is not in such a matter entitled to men's obedience Christians ought in every lawful way to withstand legislation so daringly impious. It is therefore the duty of Christians to refuse the payment of a tax for the support of a law or of a system of education which, by its positive exclusions, offers a gross insult to, and puts a brand of disgrace upon, the word of God and the religion of the Saviour. I am, &c, Jambs Wallis. January 26, 1875.

PASSENGERS PER A.S.P. COMPANY'S SOUTHERN CROSS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir, —Having read in your valuable paper a few days ago that the master of the s.a. Hero was fined £150 for infringing against the Passengers Act for carrying more pas sengers than her certificate allowed, allow me, sir, to call your attention to the departure of the A.S.P. Company's steamship Southern Cross, on Saturday last, 23rd mat., for Gisborne and Napier. She had, without doubt or miscalculation, 60 or more pas senger* on board. Now, sir, neither her

certificate nor her accommodation qbes allow her to carry one half of the above number outside harbour limits. Having seen.her saloon and steerage, which is very small, l should calculate tnafc by placing and stowing sixteen or seventeen in the saloon and about eight in the steerage department would be & clever problem for the " managing engineer^ of the Company to work out in "angles, and as there were several lady passengers on board- and the ladies' cabin can only accom modate four without children -I really cannot concieve where they are all going to sleep or lay down, pending any bad'weather; also the steamer was heavily laden with railway iron &c, and her decks likewise hampered up with waggons, &c , with scarcely any room to move about. I think sir, that after the first 25 have been accomodated with a nights lodging the remaining 35 will have to knock about the decks all night amongst waggons, timber &c. I merely mention these tacts, (being an eye-witness) just to show you that there must bs bad management somewhere ; because why was the gallant "Logan and his Hero " pounced upon and heavily nnea for a much less infringement of the Passenger Act than the 'Southern Cross ' is guilty ot vSir these things should not be allowed from time to time, bub should be strictly looked into from the proper quarter, and the salety of those that "go down to the sea in ships. Hoping you will excuse me for trespassing so much on your valuable space, I am&c, uld Skipper.

REV CHARLES CLARK'S SECOND LEC TURE ON "CHARLES DICKENS."

The Choral Hail was crowded to excess last night by the more intelligent portion of the community, who were anxious to enjoy the splendid literary treat offered to the public by the Rev Charles Clark, to whom Uickens and his works are truly " household words." Mr Clark's former lecture dealt, in a great measure, with the facts and incidents of the novelist's life, with references to his earlier and best known works. The second lecture of h»st evening, touched lovingly upon some of Dickens's later and perhaps less read works, and wa3 in every respect a triumph, alternately moving the audience to laughter and tears by the representative passages recited with so much pathos and humour, according to the nature of the selections. The lecture was nearly two hours in length, but not one individual listener we believe, felt weary at the recital of the pathetic or ludicrous illustrations presented to them by the appreciative "talent drawn from the wonderful memory of the speaker. These lectures win general interest, as the lecturer intimated, from the fact that the books were written in our own time within the recollection of many of us, and that most of us are more 01 less acquainted Witu the writings of the man who passed from his world-wide au dience in the summer of 1870. 'Jhe interest therefore, that is B(i universally felt in Dickeus arises from the faco that he is so near to ua, and of our own age and country Mr Clark's lecture on Goldsmith was not su well attended, although it was a most excellent and exhaustive discourse, just because the good genuis of the " Deserted Village "ia somewhat remote from our times, and a century of years has passed between Goldsmith and us. Dickens however frequently bont tenderly over Goldsmith's pages, as he did over the diaries of Evelyn and Pepys, and these w« know were among his favorite books. Mr Clark's lectures on tnese authors will we trust have a beneficial influence upon the minds of the young people of Auckland, and lift their thoughts from much of the painted twaddle and degrading literature in yellow covers, which is lavishly circulated in Auck land families; inco the life and light and noble sentiments embodied in the works of Dickens, Thackeray, and Kingsley, perhaps, the healthiest writers of the nineteenth century. The large audience last night, and the number of young persons among that audience who exhibited a pro found sympathy with, and listened with deep attention to the words of the great author as they fell like honey drops ' from the lecturer's Hp 3, bid 3us hope that our young people will turn to the pages of wiser instructors for intellectual aliment. The selections la3t night were judiciously made, and delivered in a clear and marked manner. The " Deformed Boy's Flowers," illustrative of the London courts, was most pathetically rendered, and was moreover, as many know from, actual obser vation, that the picture was not overdrawn, but unhappily true of many a child-life in that vast city. Such scenes may be daily observed in close thoroughfares, where the pent up inmates of dark dwell ing, stick languishing flowers in broken bottles and spoutless tea-pots, which shed a faint perfume at the patched window, like fading memories of other days, passed in the sweet, unadulterated air of country life. Mr Clark then g?ve us a sketch of the irrepres sible Sam Weller, and his account of the sausage manufacture and his termagent part ner, given by Sam for the ostensible purpose of cheering Mr Pickwick previous to the im mense trial which he was destined to go through. The ludicrous cats that were out of season in summer time when sausages were not in demand, caused roars of laughter among the audience, while the death of Stephen Blackpool from Hard Times, brought tears iuto their eyes. Again "Boots at the Holly Tree Inn," and the sketch of the Baby Lovers, and their contemplated elopement, was relished immensely, especially by the ladies, whose eyes literally glistened at the enchanting picture. Mr Clark con cluded his animated discourse on his favorite author with Dickens's last written words near tne old city and suburbs of Rochester, where much of his life was spent, and which figures frequently in his pages ; and with the feeling words of Thomas Carlyle at , the period of the novelist's death. The lecturer was loudly cheered at the close of his lecture. Mr Clark shewed that Dickens was an apostle of the people, and that his message was cheery, joyous, and gladsome, which the people understood, and by which they could hardly help beiDg bettered ; it was the gospel of kindliness, of brotherly love, of Bympatby in the widest sense of the term. Dickens has shewn, as the Bishop of Manchester said, " How much ftunshine may rest upon the lowliest lot; he bad evident sympathy with suffering and such natural instinct of purity that there is scarcely a page of the thousands he has written which might not be put into the hands of a little child. He must therefore be regarded by those who recognise the diversity of the gifts of the spirit as a, teacher' sent from God. Mr Clark's last lecture in Auckland on Thursday evening will be " Christmas in Old England • its Customs and itß Carols." The interest of this Christmas lecture will be illustrated by these exquisite Bingers, Miss Christian and Mrs. Smythe.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

Thts place of amusement was well filled last mght by an eager audience, with whom the principal source of attraction was un doubtedly the wonderful performance of the Giraidßrothers. The exciting melodrama in two acts called " Harold Hawk," in which Clara Stephenson sustained the role of the principal character in her usually lively manner, and the sparkling and racy farcial comedy of the "Area Belle" formed respectively the prelude, and supple ment to the piece de resistancv of the evening. When the Girard's made their appearance they were loudly cheered, and they at once commenced a series of performances which heli the spectators in a prolonged stare of astonishment, varied by intermittent bursts of applause. Their en tertainment is rightly called "Legmania" for how on earth any legs in thew right senses could go throughthemarvellpus evolu tions which are accomplished by the limbs of

this trio we are at a loss to imagine. T -f,l must be legs run mad indeed. All three '. ' j excellent, but one of the brothers cutdoeiwS I all the rest as far as the rest out-do ordinJttffHH performers. Were a man's legs cut tff utthflHl hip socket and a pair of india-rubber W,:' '■ supplied him, vith jiower to work them !I|| m will, he could not perform more txtrarifaall^B nary feats than this abnormally lesaome in, 1 dividual. It is usi-less attempting to describV i the performances exhibited by this wonder ' Ie must suffice to mention a few of the more* 9 striking achieveinen' s. Among these are holding a barrel nearly three feet over hi* head, and in that position kicking it withhig m foot; kicking off the hat of a bystander "q kicking off of his own hat; stowing liimgelf in a doubled up position im a barrel not large enough for an ordinary sized man to get info' ■•' at all; going up a high stair-case in two - strides and down again the same way.' bounding alone; over the ground after the 1 fashion of ths Black Dwarf described by Sir Walter Scott, We might extend the list ad ivfinetum for all the feats are marvellous I he Girards are only giving a few more T\er formances so that those who want to\;>o them must not delay or they will miss the opportunity. To-night the " Child of the f-egiment" with Miss Clara Stephenson tg Joseph.ne will inaugurate the proceedings and the musical farce of La Chalet will b^ j played as a wind-up. Such attractions should draw a crowded house.

COLONIAL FIRING.

+ . — (PROM OUR SPECIAL REPOBTER.) [BY TJELEGBAPS.] (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPOBTER.) VOLUNTEER CAMP, THAMES. Monday, 8 p;m. Infantry Practice. The infantry representatives spent the afternoon in practice with Eley's ammnni tion It is not considered as strong as 1870, 1 dropping nearly two feet in 500 yards. An 1 order will be issued to morrow prohibiting 1 the use of 1870 ammunition, as some have stated their intention of doing so. - Second Cavalry Match.—Ranges 400 and 500 yards. Seven shuts at each range,

Poeluit z takes the range prize at 400 yards, £1; and Johnston at 500 yards, £1. . This day, 11 a.m. The Cavalry commenced firing at ieven i o'clock this irorning in the third match. There were ten sbots, and the Barriball family are again to the front, the two brothers having again carried off the flit and second prizes. Eich made a score of 32, with four buls-ejes, four centres, and two outers, the only differeßce being that il. Barriball commenced with bulls-eyes, while hia brother Alfred^ finished with the same. In firing off ties, Alfred made a centre and 2 M. an outer. For tbird place Connell and Johnson tied, with a score of 30. In firing off, the form* made seven and the latter five. Lieut Baniball, the present champion, made 28, and but for missing his third shot the three prizes would no doubt have gone to" Waiuku. Cavalky Third Match.—Range, 200 yards. A. Barriball, Waiuku, Ist prize, £5 32 M. Barriball, Waiuku, 2nd prize, £3 32" P. Connell, a .0., 3rd prize, £2 30 Sub-Lieutenant Jolinstone, Patea 30 . Mills, Kangitikei 29 a. Yon Poelnity, A.C ••• w J. Pellews, *.C ™ Lieutenant Barriball. Waiuku .... 28; ; E. Keys, A.C ' 28 K. Bruce, Waikato •« W. Barriball, Waiuku, ...-••■ ™ jr. Barriball, Waiuku :..-.. ■» Lieutenant Melsopp, Waiuku 23 Two additional men, Collard and Churton, have arriyed from Wanganui just in time to compete for the belt. v The second infantry match commenced at nine, and will occupy Bix or seven hours. At the completion of the second range the M men will adj >uru for dinner. The men have all settled well down to work, and splendid firing may be anticipated. The weather ia beautiful, but there is a liitle shade on the target, which continue! till about ten o'clock. In this mat, i there are ten prizes, in addition to range prizes, and it is considered the heaviest on the liat. It is difficult just yet to place the proba bilities of the cup. Otago relies mainly on Richardson, who stood third for the belt &t Nelson, Christie the ex champion, l?oldie, aud Wilson, and all of them will doubtlea stand well at the close, if we can judge from their previous successes. Hamlin, the pre sent champion, is firing, with remarkabw steadiness, and Btands as good a chance as any I know. Skinner, of Auckland, also seems to be in good practice. Grew, °i Napier, is in high estimation, and is not likely to disappoint the expectations that he will make a good score. The Thames put forward seveial first-class marksmen espe cially Hoskins, Murray, McLean, and McLeod, who should stand well in the aggregate Bcoring. As the firing proceeds a better opinion may be formed of the chances of the day than is possible at present.- Infantry Second Match.—Ranges, 400, 500 and 600 yard*. Seven (7) shots »t each range. Range Phizes. Highest score at 400, yards • ".**., Highest score at 500 yards... < ••• i . Highest score at 600 yards \ * .}.■ ■ Match Phizes. ..■'•:;■ lstPrize..., .£ls 6thPrize ••• *° 2nd Prize 11 7th Prize ° 3rd Prize 10 Bth Prize * v 4thPiize 2 9th Prize -••-• * SthPrize 8 10th Prize..... ■ J 400 YARDS RANGE. ■; ' '.' ' •/, Noon. — The firing at the four hundred yard range is just completed. The followiug is the score: — 400 500 600 Names. yds yds yds. Tl .. -s Wilson, Dunedin 27 Partington, Auck1and......... . 25 Gallaugher, A.C 25 Gascoyne, A.C . 25 Stonebridge, Westiand 25 Christie, Otago ... ; 25 Gilbert, A.C 25 McLeod, Thames 25 : Skinner, Auckland .;...-...:... 24 Goldie, Dunedin 24 Blake, A,C 23 Hamlin, Waiuku ............... 23 ' -; '? Basaett, Grey town and Masterton.. 23 . : Dundas, A.C ■" - 23 Fairbrother, Canterbury ....".]....' 23 Mclllbridge, Hutt 23 - McLean, Thames.. 23 ' ■ Grants Thames ....*."".".*.*.! 23 ■ Richardson, Otago .;...,.,.... 23- Sykes, Thames ...•' 23 Brown, Thames 23 KingsweU, Southland " 23~ Campbell; a.O, ....... . 22 Hay, Auckland .. • 22 Robinson, Wellington 22 Stitton, Marlborough 22 ' *S Gordon, Thames..... 22 - '■■ -■$& Pumell, Wanganui \ \ 22 Murray, Thame5......... 22 M Chalken, a.C ....... 23 Fox, Canterbury.................. 22 ■ Greer, Napier .'............-... 21 Johnston, Rangitikei .............. 21 • Thompson, Southland 21 .l V. "'f, Armstrong, Thames ....21 ' fi Blythe, BangiUkei......" 21 -. * "

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100 500 Names. yds. yds. Ti. Poelnitz, a .C, 1st prize, £A 25 1G ,« " Lieut Barriball, Waiuku, 2nd prize, ,62 10s 25 12 37 J. Barriball, Waiuku, 3rd prize, £X 10s 20 15 35 ' Barriball, Waiuku 21 14 35 -I5j Key, A.C • 20 14 34 1 Bruce, Waikato 22 9. 3lw; Hedge, Waiuku 20 11 31 Connell, ».C 18 12 30 f M. Bartiball, Waiuku 17 13 30 MiUs, Eangitikei 16 14 30 • .lolinston, Patea .' 12 18 80. ■ 3Iel8opp, Waiuku 18 10 - 28 W. BarribaU, Waiuku 20 8 28 Blake, A.C 14 9 23 Pellew, A.C 10 2 12 ,



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