SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

«*„*«.% e I!;T ei BWsB. J- W. Brown, com mail) m Francisco via Honolulu (English Kebroyd, barque, 353 t.ona. Gibbon, from Sydney vlematis, ketch, from i.yttelton boverefcn of the Sea, cutter, from Wangarei Wellington, s s, from the South, (in the Manukau) i-una, Government ps, from Wellington J4«een of tha Soutti. barque, from Lyttoltoa £!viri!e, three-aiaatod schooner, from Lyttelton

DEPARTURES.

Go ahead, sf, for Wanga-mi (from tlie Mamifcau) Hout:ern Cross, ss, ftlcKenzie, for Hokiaaga, from Wang an vi OoWen 'sH schooner, for Eusaell Ella Glstbtone, brig, for Newcastle

&5-*~./I special charge of one shilling is made for r-onsignccs' or shippers' names inserted in this column.

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Wellington : 8 cases cheese, T. H. Hall and Co. Per Wellington: 1 box, 1 package, R. Arthur. Per Wellington, from the South : 220 sheep, 23 sacks maize, 179 kegs butter, 35 cases and packages, 24 sheets and 4 bundles iron, 4 kega and 104 slabs zinc, 4 bales. —W. F. Whesler, agent. Per Kehroyd, from Sydaey : 524 tons coals (Greta), ex Frowning Beauty, 108 cases vestas, 63 bags guano, 3 cases nails, 98 bags salt, 4 bales cotton waste, 103 bars iron, 2 pkgs ironmongery.—J. S. Macfarlane, agent. Per Fairlis" from Lyttelton : 200 cases fruit (brought through from Launceston), 98 sacks potatoes, 1 case bacon and hams, 100 cases ftu.it, 4000 slates. 33 kegs butter, 143 sacks malt, 80 do flour, 20 bags do (1001b), 40 do do (501i>). 300 s-tcks btau, 30 do pol lard,. 374 do oats, 607 do potatoes, 300 rio o*ts, 195 do flour,' 10 boxe3 cigars.—H. S. Me\ers &nd Co., agents. Per Qaecn o£ the South, from Lyttellon : 3200 basja potatoes, 250 sacks oats, 100 sacks flour, 45 kegs butter, 13 case 3 bacon, ha ins, etc., 4 tauks malt;.—Master, agent.

H.M.S. DIDO.

The Queen of the South while in distress off the East Cape on the 15th inst., spoke H.M.s. Dido which was going South under easy sail. The Dido as soon as the condition of the Queen of the South was made out, clapped on sail and bore down to her asking the captain if any assistance was required. The captain replied in the negative. When last seen the Dido had a fair wind and was running under all sail. Captain Chapman desired to be reported.

TheN.Z.S.S. Company's s.s. Wellington, M. Carey, commander, arrived at Onehunga at 830 a.m. to-day. She left Port Chalmers at 3 p.m. on the 9th instant; arrived at Lyttelton 9 a.m. lOsh, left at 4 p.m.; arrived at Wellington 9 a.m. llth. She was there chartered by the Government to convey immigrants ex Lammerthagen, from Ham burg, for Hokitika and Taranaki, and left at noon on 13th ; arrived at 4.45 p.m. same day, left again at 6 p.m. ; arrived at -Nelson at 4 a.m. Transhipped 75 immigrants to A.S.P. Charles Edward for Hokitika, and after discharging a large cargo lefb at 5 p.m.; arrived at Ta-ranaki at 8 am. on 15fch, landed 78 immigrants for that port, and left at 6 p.m.; arriving as above. Experienced variable winds and fine weather during the passage. Passengers :—Saloon : Mr and Miss King, Mrs Cooley and child, Messrs Murphy, Hedley, Fernandez, Herrick, Gore, Chudleigh, andWetto. Steerage: Mr and Mrs Manning, Mr Andrews, Mr Deßourges, Mr Bell,

The barque Queen of the South, 376 tons, Captain Adair, arrived this morniDg from Lyttelton, after a long and bad weather pas sage. She left on the first inst. with a fresh S.W. breeze, which hauled to the N.E. on Sunday morning, blowing up into a heavy gale accompanied by high seas in which the Bhip laboured heavily, taking over large volumes of water. While hove to under mizen and fore-top mast staysail in the after noon the cargo suddenly shifted, causing the ship to wheel over at a dangerous ?ngle, the lee-aide being completely under water for 16 hours. On Monday the gale veered to S.W. The heavy seas breaking over the vessel car ried away the starboard side of the deck-house. Xioat fore-top-mast staysail, main-top-mast staysail and jib. Thi3 state of things lasted till midnight on Tuesday, the 6th inst., when the wind moderated. On the 7th the gale came on again from the westward with tremendous sea, and the vessel was again under water. Oa Thurs day, the Bth, it became finer, and an opportunity was afforded of pa'tially righting the cargo and of sending down the royal yards. All the chain was shifted to the port side with a view to place the ship up right. On Sunday night another gale from the S.W. veering to W. was experienced, The ship, though rolling very heavilly, made much better weather of if. This gale lasted till Tuesday, when it subsided for a time but freshened up again on Wednesday. It blew heavily till 8 o'clock yesterday morn ing, when tbe weather settled down fine with gentle breeze and smooth water. Made the Great Barrier at noon yesterday Southerly winds till arrival.

The three-masted schooner Farlie arrived this morniug from Lytteltob, which port she left on the 28th ult. Had W B.W. winds at starting, followed by a N.E. gale on the next day. Passed the schooner Ethel on the sth, lying off the Gape. Same evening passed the Cape. On the Bth instant, being at that time to the North of the East Cape, it came on-to blow strong from the S. W. Having lost a lot of the canvass, Captain Morris was unable to fight through it, and to this circumstance the long passage is to be attributed. Made the Barrier on the 11th instant. The Fairlie anchored from the 12th to 15th in the Waikaware Bay, it blowing a strong S.W. gale all the time. Fine weather thence to arrival.

Messrs Sims and Brown are constructing a slip at their yaid at the North Shore for the purpose of hauling up the ps Lady Bowen, which is to be shoitlv laid up *o be lengt-ened ac-d otherwise renovated. It was in digging the holt-s in which the supports of the windlass ar« to be secured, tbM the skeleton was found, to which re'ereuce ha* already been made in our columns. We learn that it is intended to supply the Lady Bowen with new and more poweif ol engines, while an additional length of from 12 to. 15 feet will afford room for the formation of a lady'a cabin. Both alterations are very necessary.

The launch of Captain Casey's new steamer, of which we gave a description in our last isiue, came off at four o'clock yesterday afternoon vvhen the dogshores were knocked away, the vessel glided imoothly and rapidly down the ways into the sea, when she was immediately tab en in charge by tbe llctle steamer JSclipse, and towed over to the Mechanics' Bay intake. When the vessel bzgan to move, a daughter cf C*pt:tiD C-isey dashed the baptismal bottle of champagne against her bows, and named her the "Minnie Casny." The arrangements of the launch were very efficiently superintended by Mr BrowH. We understand that the new engines will be on the compound surface condensing principle. After the launch, which was as successful as could well be, and ■n&s witnessed by a great number of per sons, "Success to the Vessel," and to the "Owner and Builders" was drunk in the workshops on the yard.

COMMERCIAL.

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET. Mr Alfj&bd Buckland's Wmskiy Report.— At Kemuera on Thursday, dairy cows were more plentiful than of late, and not so free of sale ; rrices lower. Store cattle in usual number, without alteration in value. Fat cattle in full supply—l7o ■old,—but of very irregular quality ; last week's values iuled. The store sheep pei,ned were in wry low condition ; thay were in request fat sheep short of requirements, aud of indifferent quality; an advance in price was obtained- Prices realised wer j : _Dairy cows (near calving) £8 to £L 0; grown gteera, £5 5s to £7 5s ; young cows £3 to £4 10*. A few head of choice fat cattle, 40s, but the greater part 35 the l(0(b; cross bred ewes in low emdition 14» 6d to 16s each ; fas sheep, 4jrt to fid per lb ; pigs in short supply, and at extreme values. Averages obtained for cattle were : Brewer, 40 head, £0. 6s : Metur, 41 head, £11 lls; Barr, 10 h ad, £10 ; Atkin son 10 head, £10; Stawart, 9 head, £12 17s 6d ; J, Williams, 30 head, £9; Eobertoa, 12 heifers, £9.

V.- Messr« B. and H. Isaacs held a very large salo yesterday ef men's, boys',.and youths' Colonial and X English-nude clotuiog Crimean shirls, hats and caps, ■ties; drear-pieces, &c, &c. The trade was well rapre-

senttd, and gcodsto the amount of £840 were quitted but not at prices that would leave a profit to the ex porter, We attribute this to the many forced sales of this class of goods that hays taksn place of late.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows . —

For Thames, this day at 5.30 pa, and to-morrow at

9.30 a m For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per vTe.hng tc'n, immediately after arrival of City cf Melbourne from Honolulu

For Tsranaki and Southern Froviaces. per Luca, im-

mediately on arrival of the City of Melb~nrne For Hobart Towd, per Beila Mary, io-morrow at 3pm For Napier. Oisborne, and AVelliatjton, per Star of the South, to-morrow atlpm For Oootiki, per Coialio, to-morrow at 4 pm For Australian Colonies, per City of Melbourne, six

hours after arrival For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, "Waipu, &c,

per Lxdy Bowen, tc-inorrow at 9 am Far Buasell, per Annie McLeod, to-morrow at 10 am M»ils for Australian Colonies, India, China, Mediter ranean Ports, Cont nent of Europe, and United Kingdom, via, Suez and Southampton, and via iiriadisi, per Phcebe. on Satnrday. "4th instant S. B 8138, Chief 'Postmaster.

BIRTH.

LIMMEK.—On the 15th of July, the wife of Charles Xiimmer of a daughter, at Mercer, both doing well.

DEATHS.

McINTOSH.—On the 16th July, at his residence, Scarborough Terrace, Parnell, Charles Hunter McTntosh, eldest son of the late Major Mclntosh, 73rd Highlanders, aged 66. The funeral will leave his late residence to morrow, the 17th instant, at 3 p.m. Friends will please accept this invitation.

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

FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1875.

J»r tht cause that lacks assia trace, gor the wrong that needs resistaaei Ifsr th» f»ture In the diitanca, AjU Urn c«od that we can as.

The question of dividing the city into wards for municipal purposes received a temporary check in the return of the petition for the authentication of signatures. That necessity has now been met, and we under stand the petition with the requisite declara tions will be presented again to his Honor forthwith. The memorial and prayer of the petition! are couched in the following words : "That we are of belief that the time haa now arrived when it would conduce to the better Government peace and prosperity of the said city of Auckland if the same were divided into several wards, and that thereby a better representation would be secured than at present exists. We therefore humbly pray that your Honor will see fit in exercise if the powers confered upon you by the 13 th section of the Municipal Corporation Act 1867, to divide the said City of Auckland into three separate wards by such names and with such boundaries respectively as to you Honor shall seem meet." It has four hundred and forty-two signatures appended, all of which are initialled by the persons who obtained the signatures in each case, and these collectors have severally signed the declarations prescribed in the second schedule of the Act, to wit— "l do solemnly and sincerely declare that all the signatures against which my initials are set affixed to the annexed petition are the genuina signatures of the persons whose they purport to be,

and that such persons are inhabitant house holders of the district therein referred to." The signatories to these declarations are G. Gallagher, Christopher Greenway, Joseph Naylen, Hugh Hind, W. Eyre, and Peter de Vally. It would appear therefore that the parties moving in this matter have done what was required in accordance with the tertns of the Act, and if the number of bona fids signatuses proves to be "one fourth of the number of persons liable to be rated under this Act in respect of rateable property in such borough " it will be in the power of the Superintendent "if it shall seem fit so to do," to proclaim the city so divided. In all probability the division may prove advan tageous to the city by itiduciug more special supervision, but it is not likely that the alteration will be so great as anticipated by those who have taken such an earnest part in the proceedings. .Such proclamation and division do not necessitate the resign ation of the present Council, the Act making provision for the distribution of its members among the several wards. A great deal of business has accumulated at Hamilton recently, to which place Mr Beckhani goes to-morrow (Saturday). We notice the following cases which are to be heard in the District Court on the 20th instant : —Campbell v. Young, claim £25 ; Coats v. Te Haihi. claim £36 155.; Coais v. Marshall, claim 424 ; Lamb v. Bright, claim £33 la 4oL; McVeigh v. Every Maclean, claim £50 ; Hay v. Quick, claim £21 ; Butler v. Laird, claim £50 as.; Le Quesaer v. Haikness, claim £2G ; and two bankruptcy cases. The departure of the steamer Luna with Auckland representatives for the Sonth has been idxed for eleven o'clock oa Sunday morning. In papers by the Suez maii appeais Lord Coleridge's defeace of himself against the charges brought against him by Dr. Kenealy. The serious nature of the charges which the Chief Justice of Coimnoa Pleas considered were sufficiently met by a. counter statement, will be gathered from Lord Coleridge's open ing re-marks : '■ The subject of the attack was this: That when I was Attorney-General, and when I had the conduct of the case of young Sir Henry Tichborne iv the Court of Common Pleas, at the time when his estates were sought to be recovered from him by the poison who is nosy suffering penal servi tude at Dartmoor for the perjury committed by him iv that action, I put forward false and forged documents, which, when I put them forward, I knew to be false and forged; that I asked the jury to act en those docu ments which I knew to be false and forged ; and that I had by my own hand written a confession that I knew them to be false and forged when I so dealt with them. That was the charge made iv another place on Friday night; but nothing had been pre viously said by Dr. Kener.ly which could have suggested that any such attack was to be made on me. I had no notice of it. Indeed, I was addressing 3 our lordships on iho Judicature Act Amendment Bill when

the charge was being made at great length and iv great detail. It ia true that 1 hud from time to time heard that attacks on the same subject had been made iv a paper called the Englishman— a paper purporting, by a statement; on its front page, to be edited by

Dr. Keneajy, one of Her Majesty's counsel ;

but I never read aid I never tee the English man. I never saw but two or three numbers of it; and I treated, and have continued to treat, and shall continue to treat, any-

thing that may have ?ppeared in the Englishman with silence and disdain." His Lordship then continues to explain his action in relation to the evidence of Mrs

Pitfcendreigh. which formed the chief ground of Dr Kenealy's attack.

Dr J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S. in a recent lecture taid that in daily life weak electrical currents are at work where their presence is often little suspected ; for instance, supposing a person at dinner to have a silver fork in one band and a finger upon the steel part of a knife held in the other, it follows that, when he plunges the knife and fork into a beefsteak, two dissimilar metals are tbcieby placed in a moist conducting substance, consequently a voltaic circuit is formed, and an electric current flows through the body of the indi vidual between the knife and fork. To prove that this was really tha case, he connected a reflecting galvanometer with the knife and fork by mesns of wires. He then proceeded to cut a beefsteak, and the current thus generated deflected the needle of the galvanometer, so that the spot of light which it reflected, was seen travelling along the screen by all the observers.

The greatest cold of the season -n as expe rienced last night and this morning, and the milkmen were complaining of the frost. At Newmarket ice formed three-quarters of an inch thick on water in a galvanised iron tub.

Under arrangement with the Provincial Government the Education Board expected to receive an advance upon the money to be derived from the old market reserve, so that the school buildings for which the endow ment has been made might be at once com menced. A letter however was received by the Board yesterday stating that the Go vernment could not make any advance until the debentures, now negotiable under the Act, are issued. At yesterday's meeting of the Board the appointment of Mr Glenny as teacher and Mrs R. Burns assistant teacher of the Whau school, was sanctioned. An application from the Whau for grants to rapairthe school-house and teachers residence were postponed till next week.

In extension of his remarks on provincial management in Hawke's Bay, published by us the other day, our Napier correspondent says:—" Save in the Seventy-mile Bush no attempt at special settlement has been made, and land that should have been reserved for such purposes ha 3 passed into the hands of private individuals for a bagatelle, and now command £20 and £30 per acre. The re maining unsold estate seems also in a fearful muddle. A fey? days since a new arrival went to the Land Office seeking to purchase, and blocks on the map were shewn him. The following day he was informed it was believed they were not for sale. Common report says the surveys are in a fearful state. As with the country so with the town. Theoriginal map 3 and field - books are not forthcoming; the latest survey map of the town bearing date 1865." If any of the Provinces of New Zealand deserve to be subjected to the treatment Mr. Stafford suggested at Timaru, in 1870, viz., the compulsory acquisition of land at nomi nal rates, for purposes of special settlement, Hawkes Bay should be the locality where the experiment should first be tried. Many people look with suspicion on the transactions even of the Land Department here; they maintain that the intentions of purchasers leak out in an irregular manner, thereby preventing healthy competition, and many other undefined charges are made; but of this matter it is the safest' thing to quote the words of Judge Johnston on the subject:'' We could not shut our eyes to the fact that the system of dealing in land was probably not what it should be." Such however haa been the management of the landed estate of the Province that many score thousand acres, and that no later than the year passed, has been bought from the Government on the one day at five shillings an acre, and sold the next at thirty-five and forty shillings the acre. Fortunately for the Colony such Provincial mismanagement is rare. As in land, so in the other functions of Government, the Representation Act of the Session of 1874 was so manipulated that the influence of the governing interest-were confirmed instead of being abridged. It fares hard with those who wish to live here and will not bow the knee to the graven images that have been set up. They must conform or go away." - We notice that the Her. Samuel Edgar will' deliver a discourse on Sunday evening to young people especially, entitled "Counsels of Life to Young Men and^Women."

Five young lady operators who have graduated .in the' Wellington Telegraph Office, and attained considerable proficiency in their business are to be transferred to tbe Auckland station, and may be expected next week. The majority, we believe, of those chosen for this duty were selected on account of former residence here and the presence of friends or relatives in our city.

To the Editor : Sir,—ln your issue of last night appears a letter of defence from Mr. J. A. Campbell, of his cows and horse with destroying the footpaths of Collingwood streefc, and accusing Inspector Goldie of what he is not guilty of. Nd*w, sir, as one of the residents (and I am sure the rest of them will confirm my statements) I may state that both his cows and horse have went up and down on the footpaths up to the 13th of the present month. Let; Mr. Camp bell state facts tbe next time he writes. N.B.— What has Mr. Campbell to say to his trying a race on horseback with his boy on Monday last along the foothpath ?—I am, &c, A Beside-t.

The meeting of the ratepayers of the Arch hill Highway Board was held last evening in the Newton Hall, Mr. Kelly in the chair, when the following financial state ment was road and passed : —Receipts : Balance from last B.iard, £5 13s 4?, d ; rates collected, £771152Jd; amount received from Government, £60 3s ; to al, £143 7s 7d. Expenditure : Forming roads, £4(5 14s 2d ; mefallh-g and channttlling, £53 15s j com mission for collecting rate?, £6 18s 7£d ; legal expenses, £1 7s G1; scoria and labour for footpaths, £4 83; salaries and rent,' £4 15s; printing and ad vertising, £4 14s 7d ; balance, £15 11s B£d. Mr Morris proposed, and Mr Niohol seconded—"Thab the rate for the current year be Id, with power to sell." Mr Wright moved, and Mr Butler seconded- " That the rate be Id in the .£."—Mr Cook moved, and Mr Keeroy seconded "That the rate be |d in the £.—The motion and amendments be ing put to the meeting, the show of hand? was in favor of the original motion of Mr Morris, which was carrier!. —The following gentlemen were then elected to serve as trustees :—Messrs W. Stewart, M. C. McGregor, James Kelly. William Coote, Janus Murpby. Messrs Ratcliffe and Graham were appointed auditors.—A vote of thanks to the Chairman finished the business.

A very successful swindle, says the Some J¥ews, has just been perpetrated in Paris. A few days ago a gentleman of irreproachable appearancs presented himself to Messrs Arthur,. the well-known exchange agents. He requested them to change a circular note of a London banker, and produced at the same tin.c tl;e usual letter of recommendation in the name of Mr James Graham, whose signature was appended in tho corner. The applicant was asked to sign his name, which he did at once, and his signature corresponded exactly with that on the letter. Ho was, moreover, inscribed on the books of the Grand Hotel, so the noto was cashed with no objection on the part of the exchange agents, who trans mitted it to Londou in due form. In a day or two, however, they received notice that the real Mr James Graham had been robbed of his circular note 3 and latter of credit, and that, consequently, the person Avho appeared at Messrs Arthur's wes a swindler. Subse quent inquiries have elicited the fact that this enterprising gentleman bad extended his favours to many other banking houses in Paris, and of course with tho same unsatis factory result.

The Waikato Times replies vigorously to our correspondents' " Mangatawhiri" and " Reader," relative to railway management. As concerning the charge of eight shillings for luggage to a member of the staff of thai; paper^it says :— " It is a fact that a member of the Btaff of-this journal was chaiged eight shillings by a railway-guard at Mercer upon personal luErgage. The statement that it was ' extra luggage' is iirnply untruo, and we are prepared to prove it. The passenger carried no orher luggage. The same parcel was afterwards conveyed from Mercer to Hamilton by the Waikato S. IST. Company, and its weight on arrival was found to be 80 lbs. Now, on this luggage, the guard at Mercer charged eight shillings, or at; the crushing rate of eleven pounds four shillings per ton ! But this is not all. The regula tions allow each passenger to convey free of charge SGlbs of luggage. Therefore the Sn was charged upon the "extra" 24 lbs, being at the enormous rate of thirby-seven pounds six shillings and eightpence per ton. And yet we are told that the railway does not pay. The statement can only bo reconcilable with belief upon one hypothesis, and we should be sorry to entertain it."

M. Gaston Tissandier, an astronomer, the sole survivor of the catastrophe of the Zeaitb balloon, in Franco, on the 15th April, has given the Academy of Science an account of that fatal voyage. The whole French and foreign press rang with the recital of this tragical event, which has added two new vic tims to me martyrology of science viz., the two companions of H. Tisaandier, Sivel and Oroc6-Spinelli. The aim which the aero nauts had in view was to' discover up to what altitude the air is fit for breathing. The height to which our hardy adventurers really arrived has nob been exactly ascertained. At 7,700 metre 3 (about 9,000 yards) they fainted away, while the Zenith was still rising, and, when Tissandier came to himself agaiD, he was lying at the bot tom cf the car, half covered by the bodies of his two companions. Up to the moment of their fainting away, the aeronauts bad been able to count the number of their pulsations : Crock's pulse being from 71 to S5 ; Sivel's, from 76 to 90 ; and Tissandier's from 70 to 80. Going on to speak of the state of the atmosphere, the re port says that, at the height of 7,000 metres, the car was surrounded by a vast circle of cirrhus, presenting the appearance of a solid crystalised mass. These clouds seemed like so many filaments or threads drawn out, on the surface of which there appeared smooth protuberances. The earth might be still descried below the balloon, but only a small portion of its surface was visible, looking like the base of an immense cylinder bounded by an opaline vapour and cirrhus above it. At 7,500 metres the sky in the upper region appeared to them with its usual tint of blue. M. Tiseandier concluded by saying that the death of his two companions was, according to him, ascribable to atmospherical depres sion.

The " Poor Strollers " and the " Loan of a Lover," formed the programme of amuse ment at the Prince of Wales Theatre, and both pieces were well represented in detail, and deserved the favorable reception they met with at the hands of the audience. This evening the performance will be for the benefit of Mr DeLias, the persevering lessee, who has, in spite of adverse circumstances, kept the Theatre open in dreary evenings when no other amusements were available. The piece selected for this evening is a new version of " Uncle Tom's Cabin," with scenery painted expressly for tHe play in which Legree, Eliza, Cassey, Ophelia, and all the leading charac ters of Mrs Stowe's novel will be repre sented. The character of Eliza will be represented by Miss Clara Stephen son; Topsy, Misa Patty Holt; Legree, Mr Collier; St. Clair, Mr Aveling ; George, Mr Hollo way ; Uncle Tom, Mr Oily Deering ; Phineas, Mr Sam Poole ; Eva, Mrs Collier. We also notice that Miss Lizzie Bushe has volunteered her services as Ophelia. The splendid comedy entitled "Barney, the Baron " will bring an admirable entertain ment to a close.

A general meeting of the Juvenile Recha bites will be held this evening at the usual place of meeting, at half-past seven o'clock. We hear that this Society is progressing satisfactorily, and adding to its numbers.

We would again warmly plead with the benevolent in favor of the movement for pla cing Mrs Cassidy in a position to earn a liv ing for herself and her little children. A few pounds are still wanting to purchase a sewing machine, wherewith she has the pros pect and tbe promises of sufficient employ ment. We referred at length, some time ago, to the circumstances of the death of her husband, and her destitution, and will have much pleasure in receiving any contribu tions ia aid of this realJy deserving object of charity.

An alarm of fire was given at eleven o'clock last nk'hfc, and tbe cause proved to be the chimney of a house at the corner of Wyn dham a~nd Chapel-streets. The fire burned with great fierceness, but, by active exer tions, it was extinguished without having caused any damage.

' Official corruption in New York has con taminated every department. One of the detective force, named Mason, has been con victed of forging aud has told a story in explanation of his arrest and conviction at the instigation, he asserts, of Colonel Wash burne, head of the United States Secret Service which has elicited a howl of wonder ment from bankers, brokers and money dealers, long lost in amazement at the mysterious inauner in which the street is, from time to time, inundated with counter feits of national currency. Mason's " Wond rous Tale of Alroy," which bears on the f ace of it evidence of truthfulness*, is a strange revelation as to the connection of leading counterfeiters with our governmental detec tives, an insinuation satisfactorily accounting for the exemption from arrest of notorious felons known to be hovering in our midst. He states that, being a private detective in Toronto, he was eu«ng«l by the United States Consul to proceed to Washington to aid the Treasury in obtaining possesiioa of a large quantity of counterfeit notes. He accepted the caisson upon speculation and shortly after turned over to Colonel VVash burne $12,700 of the " queer," fur which he received upward of ftuOO.

Judgment was given for the collector in all the education rate case.? heard ai the Police Court yesterday. One of those sum moned— Mr. Wiighfc — objected oa con scientious grounds to pay the tax, offering to put £5 in the Poorbox if the rate were remitted. He also stated that if compelled to pay he would leave the pro vince within six montb.3. He had taken an oath to resist the tax. The Resident Magis trate said he bad no al'cernauve but to give judgment, which was recorded accordingly. Alexander Leckie pleaded sickness as a ground of exemption, and produced a certi ficate fram Dr. Ellis, but the Board had refused to exempt him, and the Bench' gave judgment for the amount, remarking that the only valid reason which could be urged in defence of these summonses was an ex emption by the Board.

As Eev. Dr. Purchas is about to leave the quiet settlement of Onchunga for a new pas ture, his friends are invited to meet this evening in the Choral Hall at eight o'clock in relatiou thereto.

The soiree committee in connection with the Orange Institution will meet this evening in the large roo.ii of tho I'oiing Men's Chris tian Association.

The members of the Ponsonby Literary Society had a t;ood meeting last night in the All Saints' School-room. About twenty members were present, Mr Ring in the chair. Tho proceedings opened with an essay on the •'Greatness of the British Empire," by Mr Bailey, which was an excel lent paper, well-written, and ably dkcussed by the members. Several recitations and readings followed the discussion, and a pleasant evening was passed.

The Auckland and Otahuhu troops of Cavalry Volunteers have amalgamated, and have unanimously elected Mr A. K. Isaacs captaiu. Tho other officers appointed art* Lieutenant Bushe, and Sub Lieutenant Levy.

There will be no necessity to rush the Butter Store to-morrow, A. Battany having completed arrangements for an unlimited supply of the celebrated double rose perfec tiou butter, of the same quality as issued from his store tho la3t two weeks ; a!so a prime lot of dairy fed bacon and hair--, prices same as last week, at Bettany's Double Rose Perfection Butter Store in the Market.— [AdviI.]

' II loved Charles,' said cli?, wiping 'her eyc3 with tho ham of her overskirt, ' I loved Charles as mueli as any woman cou'd lova a man, but when ho commenced wearing spit curb, I dropped him.'

CONTRACT FOR SUPPLYING THE ADMIRALTY WITH TIMBER.

An absuj d rumour has gained currency in the South to the effect thab Sir Julius Vogel and Mr Thomas Russell have entered into a contract with the Admiralty, on behalf of the New Zealand Government, by which a large portion of the New Zealand kauri forests are to be reserved for the purpose of supplying the British Admiralty with timber for shipbuilding purposes. The true facts of the case, we believe, are these :— During his residence in England, and in his private capacity, Mr. Thomas Russell has pressed upon the attention of the Admiralty the valuable qualities of the kauri pine for shipbuilding, and has succeeded in arranging for its use to a very large extent at the naval dockyards. With this view he has entered into a contract with the Admiralty, on his own behalf, to supply two and a-half million feet of timber per annum, in the form of spars and balk timber. This important con tract has been sublet to Mr J. M. Dargaville, who, as is well known, has acquired rights over extensive kauri forests on the Wairoa river, Kaipara, and elsewhere, and has now some large contracts on hand for supplying logs to mills, particularly to the Aratapu sawmill. The Shortland Sawmill Com pany, in which Mr. Russell is a share holder, has also xindertaken part of the contract. The arrangement will no doubt tend^o briDg the kauri into still greater re pute, and by increasing the demand will tend to accelerate the present very rapid process of denuding the lands of the province of their timber. Even at the present rate of consumption, the time is not far distant when the kauri pine will be a rarity. The tree is one of very slow growth, and no measure, however comprehensive, for the conservation of forests can possibly keep up such a supply as that no w oeiag drawn from this province.

Sudden Death of Mr Mclntosh.

We regret to learn that Mr Mclntosh, of Parnell, died very suddenly at his residence during last night. He was in his usual health yesterday, and had been walking out, nor was anything noticeable on retiring to lead to any suspicion that his end was so near at hsnd. Early this morning, however, he was auiuiealy seized with illness, and ex pired in a few minutes. The deceased was a very old settler, and had been in the civil service of the colony many years. He was 65 years of age.

Painful Accident.

WAIWERA (Hot Springs.) [PER "STA.i," CARRIER PIGEON".] This day, 9 a.m. William Henderson, when fencing yester day, struck a post with the back of a toma hawk, which rebounded, and the edge cut into the corner of his eye. It is not certain whether the eyeball is injured. He goes up by Bteamer to-day to be taken to the Hospital.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.- This Day.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.] Judgments tor Plaintiffs. Tames Bain v. R. Garnaut, claim-£l4 12s (good*; costs, £2 9s. Thomas Daltoa v. Tnhn McLellan, claim—£l 9a. George H. Sn v. D HoWeil, claim-£l 17s Ud j.IOb a ™OMAS THOMPSON V. JAMES DOHERTY. Claim £2 12s 6d, goods. THOMAS THOMPSON V. JAMES GAMBLE. Claim £2 Bs, rent. Mr Thome for plaintiff in both cases. Int the first case a judgment summons had been issued against defendant, but he had failed in payment. ,'.'-, 4. Defendant said he was out of employment, and could not pay. He had a wife and four children, . ~ , Mr Thorne Raid defendant was impertinent, or Mr Thompson would not have pressed so S°The Court ordered payment by instalments of 5i a week, and on the first failure, he would go to prison for three weeks. In the second case, the claim was for^ use and occupation of a cottage in Wakcfield- Defendanfc said he owed the money ; but had done a certain little job in the garden, for which he expected to be paid. His Worship told him that he must bring his action in the proper way ; and gave judgment for plaintiff, costs £1 4s 6d. JAMES H. HANSON V. JOHN CAMPBELL. Claim £3* 14s 3d. Mr Joy for plaintiff, Mr Thorne for defen- Jh'e plaintiff, a farmer ab the Whau, claimed uf defendant, a cow-keeper, of Wellington-street, for a load of hay. Mr Thorne said that Mr Hanson had sued iihe wrong man, the hay was purchased by a Mr W. C. Campbell and not by John Campbell. - Mr Hanson expressed surprise at the mistake, but on looking at the supposed de fendaut, was quite sure he was not the man that bought the- hay. Mr Joy withdrew the case for the purpose of bringing the right Campbell to Court on Friday next. This was all the business.

POLICE COURT. -This Day.

(Before Hia Worship the Mayor). THIRSTY SOULS. Jno, Leonard, William Mailing, Jno. Donovan, Hy. Price, Jaco Wh:tier, William Baddies, Ellen Whitaker, and Henry Jones for immoderate potations last night were fined. GOXE TO THE BAD. Ellen Conlon was charged with dninkeness and also with beiag a rogue aud a vagabond. Eilen hung her head, and looked a3 well as pleaded guilty. She was sautencsd to threa months' imprisonment with hard labour. WITHDRAWN. A charge of larceny against a man named McElwey was withdrawn, Mr Inspector Broham stating that the evidence was not sufficient against the accused. WASTE OF TIMS. A delay here took place before the re mainder of the bu--.in.eaa was proceeded with, in consequence'of the difficulty experienced in procuring a companion for bis Worship on the Bench. Ssveral constables scoured the city aort after a protracted aeareh found Mr R,oberfc Graham who look the vacant seat. THE VAGRANT HORSE. Alexander McClusky was charged with allowing his horse Bucephalus to be at large in Grey-street on the sth inst. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined ss. and costs. THE LICENSING ACT. Andrew Fernandez was accused of com mitting a breach of the_ Licensing Aci by supplying comforting drinks to one Griorge Sheriff, on Sunday Jasb, the same not being a bonajide travellf-r. Constable Mulville said he was taking a quiet stroll ou Sunday morning, enjoying the beauties of nature with his bosom friend Constable Allen, when quite by chance they found themselves in the neighbourhood of Si^juor Fernandez's picturesque hostelry. To their uubounded astonishment they saw the side door open, and on looking in they were shocked to see a Lumber of men diiak ing. He spoke to the landlord about the sad, sight;, and took the Lames of some of the men.

Gaorge Scheriff said he was a foreman plate-layer on the Waikato Railway. He lived inOfficial Bay. On Sunday morning he had to go to Peurose in discharge of his duties. On his return at 10 minutes to 11, he felt faint-like, and thinking a drop of something good might refresh him, he dropped into Fernandez', where he was always sura of getting the right sort of stuff. He went by himself. Mr Fernandez was very particular about asking if he was a traveller. He told him he was. He had not been home. He went straight from the station to the hotel. Mr Broham said he supposed it would be no use calling further evidence if Mr Beckham's late decision in a similar case was concurred in by their Worships. He him self could not see how a person who lived close to a public-house could be a traveller. Mr Laishley who appeared for the defend ant maintained that the witness was legally a traveller and called upon their Worships to dismiss the case. . Charge dismissed. A CONFUSED YOUNG MAN. Patrick Gleeson the proprietor of the Aurora Hotel, at the corner of Chapel-street and Victoria-street pleaded not guilty to a similar charge. Mr Laisbley appeared to defend. Constable Mulville gave evidence to the effect that in the course of his Sunday's stroll he looked in at Mr Gleeson's "pub" and there saw three gentlemen taking their morning " eye-opener." Be knew that such a practice was nice but naughty, and he acquainted Mr Gleeson with the unpleasant fact that he should have to haul him up. A man named McDonald was there whom he accosted. He acknowledged that ho lived in Chapel-street and had come in for a glass of beer. He acknowledged to having indulged in a "pint." There was some porter on the bar in front of him. Mr. Laishley : How did you know it was porter ? Mulville : Because I nosed it ! (Laughter.) W. T. McDonald, a^labourer living in Chapel-street, deposed that he was in Mr. Gleeson's house on Sunday morning with a couple of pals. He' weDt there to have a drink, but knowing it was against the law he was satisfied with the smell of the bar, and didn't drink auvthiuk. Mr. Inspector Broham : What! do you mean to say you did not have a pint of porter ? Witness : Positive I didn't, sir. Mr Broham : Was any supplied you by Mr Gleeson ? Witness : Quite sure there wasn't, sir. Mr Broham : But what did you tell the constable ?

Mr Laishley objected, but at length al lowed the question.

Witness : Well, the constable asked him what he had to drink. He understood him —what would he have to drink ? and he re plied, "a pint of porter," that being his favorite beveridge. The constable after wards set him right as to the purport of his question, and he told him that he had drunk one pint already. He could not say what made him state that to the constable, as it was really natrue. It must have been that he was so confused at a swell like Constable Mulville condescending to speak to him that he did not know what he was saying. It was the first time he had ever been spoken to by a policeman, and, he might add, this

was the first time he had ever appeared WjmU police Court; Mr Broham : But being in a police Courti .' ought to confuse you much more than-talking to a policeman. Witness : It does, sir, very much more/jijli feel so upset and so bashful, I don't kri***t| which way to turn, (laughter.) ~~ j Mr Broham : Then, perhaps, you ma^Martfei made the right statement on Sunday, ajgjj^ are making the wrong one now. Witness said be was quite sure his present' statement was the correct one. Mr Broham said he would give it up. The witness had before said he had the beer, and now denied it. He supposed the case would have to be dismissed. Thwir Worsaip3 said there was nothing elfio to be done, and the charge was struck' out.

Ms. Macandrew and his Con stituents.

Sl© Advocates Separation.

[Special Telkgeam to the " Star." "■'■■*

PORT CHALMERS. (From our own Correspondent.)

This day. Mr. Macandrew (superintendent and mem ber for Port Chalmers) addressed his con. stituents last night in an able speech. The meeting was crowded. He announced himself: a steady supporter of the public works and emigration Jpolicy, but objected to unecp-1 nodical manner of administering the policy^ and believed the local governments would have done better with the money than had r the Central Government, because the ad-: ministrators would have been more directly under the eyes of We people. He advocated - the application of the sauio principle to the system of immigration, Upon education and other questions he also avowed himself a separationist, and would strenuously support^ measures tending to the separation of the : two islands with a merely federal bond of ' union. Alluding to the approaching session at. Wellington, he condemned the super, fluiiy. of legislation with which the Colony was burdened, and thought it a good thing if the Colonial Parliament were to go to sleep for a while, merely providing for the payment of debts in the meantime, though the Colonial Parliament was eating out the very vitals of the country ; if that of retrenchment-was not practised, a day would soon arrive when New Zealand would not to able to keep its head above water. Be denied there was any truth in the rumour that he had agreed to join an Opposition of which Sir George Grey was the reputed head. His action would altogether depend upon the action of the Government; if the latter wished to change the constitution of one part of the colony, he should oppose it. Ho did not believe the Northern provinces were in the abject prostration assigned them. Either the system of Government would remain as it is, or they must go in for some rub, and the two Islands separate. He wasin favour of the latter course. He concluded by alluding to the political apathy of the people—money-grubbing was un happily the rale.

EXAMINATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES AT THE PARNELL CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

The examinations and distribution of prizes at the schools conducted by the Sisters ; of Mercy in connection with the Church „ ; of Sk John the Baptist, Parnell, took place to-day. The llev. Father Fynea, > ' Vicar-General and pastor of the congregation, ; presided, the lady superioress and Father - Walter Macdonald were also present. The examination of St. Joseph's, junior school, commenced at eleven o'clock, when a largo number of ladies were present. .The general , neatness of tho grounds around-the school, , and the attention paid to the cultivation of.. r: a refined tast", were very noticeable. The ; examinations in this school included, in addi tion the ordinary subjects, questions on New Zealand geography; and the maps hung,S around the echool-room shewed that this im- ,; portant branch 01 education is not neglected. ... ■ There are 100 pupils on the roll of St. Joseph's school. The same attention and evi dent mutual trust between teacher and pupil, which is observable in all the nuns' schools, ; was very manifest during the examinations, and the little pupils acquitted themselves most creditably and in a way that must be eminently pleasing to their patient and painstaking teachers. The examination was diversified by music and recitations.

THE YOUNC LADIES' SELECT SCHOOL. . ; The young ladies of the Select School, who ._, number thirty, gave a pleasant entertain ment in the afternson, which aptly illus- -.. trated the progress they have made in the ->v accomplishments ladies so eagerly cultivate. Music, recitations, and singiDg formed the ,\ first part of the programme, which concluded with a pretty little drama, the various char- , acters being cleverly sustained by pupils of * the school. The interesting proceedings were opened with an address to the Rev. Father Fynes, congratulating him on hisv£ recovery, and expressing the hope that he might long be spared as pastor of the church. The address mentioned the fact that sick- - ness had been very prevalent during the , year, yet there was reason for great satisfac tion in viewing the real progress that h«d been made. In the school-room were many beautifttl specimens of fancy work, including St John the Evangelist, in .Berlin wool by Mis» Molloy, two pieces of French embroidery on white satin, with floss silk and balloose, richly mounted, by the Misses Munro, two handsome footstools on black cloth, French embroidery by the Misses Munro j also good specimens of point lace by the same young ladies. Hand some cushion on black silk velvet and tufted by Miss McGarry ; handsome cushion in French embroidery, by Miss George; ~ point lace by Miss Kilfoyle. Also, several cushions worked in Berlin wool, antimacas sars, table mats, crochet in various forms, by the other young ladies richly worked. A , splendid set of pincushion, watch-pockefc,. • : etc., on velvet, richly worked with beads, by * , Miss McGarry ; two watercolour paintings of flowers, with leatherwork frames, by Mis*. Carmichael; a handsome table mat worked , - by Miss Mitchell, and another of the same . by Miss Avey. Prizes were awarded to the following young I ladies :—Misses Mary llapson, May Rapson, . % - Munro, L. M. Munro, L. Kilfoyle, Molloy,; . McGarry, H. George, Mitchell, Avey, Brown, E. Haydon, C. McDermotfc, A. McDermot*, .; Brennan, Judge, H. Brennan, S. McLennan, J. Mitchell, Gearn, E. Moule, Bond, Cohnell, Carmichael, Mary Geard, Ida George, 11.I1. . . Mitchell, and Kate Molloy; and to Masters Francis Fitz and Augustus Avey. - : !

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

GEAHAMSTOWN. (From our own Correspondent.) This day- The Tairua Meeting .. :^ The Tararu meeting for adopting tne rules reducing the number of directors, - lapsed for want o.f a quorum. It is "under stood that Mr. G S. Graham's dispute wittt regard to the 1000 shares is settled, the- - Company acknowledging his right to them, and he hands over the other 500 shares which he held in trust. Messrs. Graham and % j Howard ware to have been elected direc^' The Cure. JlUx The Cure Company is obtaining ncß^ \, from the main face and stopes to-day. \; ysMi

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