SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : Tbta evening" 5.40 ; to- I morrow morning, 5.69 | SUN SET : This evening,s.s4 ; SUN RISE: to ll morrow morninsr, 6.59 [ MOON'S AGE : Full Moon, 20th, 8.29 p.m. ARKIVAtS \ Shooting Star, Darque, 422, Gellies, from London | Dec 23 i [ Marathon, barque, trom Sydney

DEPARTURES

Fir Isaac Newton, brigantine, for Wangaroa Tacanaai, ss, fur the douth

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For the South-Taranaki, ss, 18th inst; WeUington 23rd ; Phoebe 27th For London- Rapido, barque, early; w. W. Smith, barque, early For th- JNunh—lon», s s, Mondays For ijydnoy—Mikado, a.s„ about 25th mst.

IMPORTS.

Per Dunedin, ship, from London:—3o casks, 225 cases, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 12 cases, order; 82 packages, New Zealand Loan and Mercan tile Agency Company; 50 casks, J. S. Macfarlane: 2 cases, E. and 11. Isaacs; 2 cases, J. Edson; 7 pack ages, B. Gittos and Sons; 50 half-hhds., 1 case cards, Brown, Campbell and Co.; 2 cases, Thomas Turrell; 24 bales, 250 cases. 2 cases, order; 2 cases, E. Wayte; SO packages, Robertson and Co.; 300 boxes, order; 9 packages, R. Lusk: 9 bales, Charles Williamson; 13 packages, Provincial Government Hospital; 1 case, R. B. Lusk; 138 cases, order; 11 packages, W. Wilson and Co.; C 2 packages, J. Smart and Co.: quantity of pig iron, order; 15 cases, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.; IS cases. W. Phillipps and Son; 21 packages, R. Lisson; 7 packages, J. Smart and Co.; 94 packages and parcels, H. F. Anderson and Co.; 17 packages and parcels, Winks and Hall; 6 packages, C. Shepherd; 3 ca^ g order; 1 case, T. Peacock; 1 parcel, Yarborc- h . 14 qr.-casks, 200 boxes, order; 15 cases, H ._ jj rew in ; 4 cases, Large and Thoneman; 3 paclAageSt1 AageSt t. Short; 21 packages, 2 bales, 0 cases 10 oaseS) 5 puncheons, 260 cases, 30 packages, 430 pac Ka g es and pieces, order; 4 cases, P. AY. Longdill ar J, Co . 4 caseSi Kushbrook and Bridgeman; quality of pig iron, J. Watson; 7 packages, Caleb "\V a llis; j caS e, J. It. Perry; 1 case, T. C. Hewlett; '__ c ,sk, T. J. Trimmell; 1 box, William Arthur; 1 S. Willoughby; 5 bales, Wilkinson and Horton; 7 cases, Moss Levy; 5 cases, C. T. Wren: 80 pannages, W. Phillipps and Son; 1311 packages, 12 packages, 2 cases, 137 packages, 7 packages, 310 pack s^es, 33 packages, 141 packages, order: 372 packages, T. and S. Morrin; 401 packages. E. Porter and Co.; 1 box, Konald Seton; 341 packages, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 45 packages, H. P. Anderson and Co.; 102 packages, quantity of pig iron, Stoae Bros.; 1 case, K. I\ Syi-es; 2,150 packages, Owen and Graham; 30 packages, Kempthorna, Prosser and Co.; 141 packages, Walter Graham; 182 packages, W. Phillipps and Son; 2 cases, G. Waller; 14 cases, G. Boldship and Co ; 71 packages, Minister of Public Works; 25 cases, Stone Brothers; 1,000 bags salt, 220 packages, Henderson and Macfarlane; 22 packages. Iff. Fendelow; 2 qr.-casks, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 75 ■bundles, G. E. Kead; 2 cases, W. F. Hammond ; 1 case, R. Monk; 1 case, T. Page; 1 case, Ireland Bros.; 12packages, W. A. Murray; 1 box, G. If. Layers; 1 bale, James Wiseman; 3cases, Kalph Keesing: 1 case, HO bundles, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 35 packages, E. Parker; 151 packages, Union Steam Saw Company; •i "bale% Low and Motion; 4 packages, E. Wayte; 1 box, R. J. Marsh; 1 bale, W. Binney; 1 case, Lewis Rye; 38 packages, Owen; 1 package, B. Tonks and Co.; 8 packages, Moss Levy; 00 cases, 10 packages, order; 22 packages, MeArthur, Shera and' Co.: 14 packages, order; 190 packages, Cruickshank and Co.; 3 cases. James Harris; 200 casks, L. D. Nathan and Co. ;I,bale, F. Winter; 20 tanks, 4 break breakers, 1 small respirator, Cruickshank and Co.; 123 packages, 1 piece, Minister of Public Works, 5 packages, G. McCanl;49 packages, Owen and Graham; S packages, 265 cases order; 4 pickages, Champtaloup and Cooper; 7 packages, M. Buchanan; 1 case. Tfionias Me.Master; G packages, J. ancl J. Dickey. For tran shipment to New Plymouth—2 packages, F G. Raw son; 20 cases, order. Kor transhipment to Napier—l box, Hutchings; 23 packages, order; 1 case, Captain C. B. Bennet.—Cruickshank and Co., agents.

The Taranaki left the Manukau at half past eight this morning for the South. Passengers :—Saloon : Mrs Miller, Messrs Batley, Randall, Morton, and several others hooked at Onehunga. The schooner Queen cleared for Hokianga to-day with a miscellaneous cargo. She is ready to sail. The brigantine Sir Isaac Newton sailed for Wangaroa this afternoon. Th« cotters Pawn and "our Sisters were loading in the Mahuiangi River when the Lady Bowen left yesterday- Sullivan at Waiwera is progressing with the new sixty ton schooner he is building for H. P. Morton an" others, The planking is netrly all finished. The barque Shooting Stir, whose arrival has been anxiously locked f«r more ihan three weeks arrived hv t nieht after the tremendously long p ssage of 144 days, the 'o gest voyage from London since the eventful run of the Bulwark in 1872. The Shooting Star left London on the 23rd December last, and took her Ad«l departure from the land on the 31st. From the beginning t^ the 30th January adverse gales were ex perienced, which consiierably retarded the run to the Bquator, crossed on the 23rd February. The trades wee light Moderate weather was exoerienced to the meridian of the Cape oasseci March 29. The Easting was run on the parallels of 40 and 41 8. Variable weather to Tasmania April 30 Since that strong easterly gales with heavy sea, and thick weather Sighted the Three Kings on the 15th inst. On the same day it blew a hurricane, and the ship had to be put under bare pole?. Squally weather down the Coast. The Shooting Star is a useful looking barque of 422 tons register With ordinary luck as to weather she would have made the passage out in quite a month less time. THe fact of her being 65 days out to the Equator, which is usually reached in from 25 to 35 days, sufficiently indicates this. The pa«sengers brought by this vessel are: Messrs Macffarfane, Sullivan, Buller, and Walker. She is consigned to L. D. Nathan & Co, and brings a general cargo. Last night she was anchored at the North Head

The barque Marathon, from Sydney, was spoken by the Shooting Star off Cape Brett the day before yes terday, and arrived in Kangitoto Channel lass night, where she anchored on the ebb tide.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows .— - For Thames to-morrow, at 9.30 a m and 5.30 pm J For Coromandel, on Friday next, at 11 30 a m For Russell, per South Carolina, this day, at 5 For Waiwera and Warkworth, per Lady Bowen, on Thursday next, at 9 a m For Australian Colonies, per Mikado, six hours after arrival (Signed) J. E. Coney, Acting Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

RAWLINGS—SEALY— On tho 16th instant, at St. Paul's Church, by the Bey. C. M. Nelson, M.A., Mark Rawliners, of Parnell, to Margarette JeP* ie , youngest daughter of Mr Thomas Scaly, Pi Corston, Wilts.

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

TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1875.

For the cause that lucks assistance,, I'or the wrons tint needs res: it;ii.c3, ;j,-Sr the future in the distance. And itia itood that, vra can do.

We understand that some of the revelations in relation to the land purchasing operations of the General Government are likely to prove of a somewhat startling character; and if tlie enquiry proceeding by order of the Pro vincial Council is fully carried out, they will serve to show that the iniquity of the pre sent administration must be well nigh full. It is pretty clear that grog has played an importantpartinthe process of the "extinguish ment of native title," in fact that it has been the most effective agent in the negociations. We may perhaps except bribes, which in the form of hush-money have been largely used in silencing obstreperous native advocates loud in denunciation of the more than ques tionable manner iv which the negociations have been proceeding. These little features unfavorable to the native side of the bargain ing are nicely balanced by the systematic manner in which the public as represented by the Government have been bled. The beauty of it is that there has been no concealment, and the manner in which choice blocks have been reserved for re latives and private friends or companies, has been quite open and above board. In fact it would appear that the dishonest spirit of the instructions given for negociating with the natives, has been accepted as a hint in the direction of acting in a similar manner towards the public, and tbe consciousness that the treatment of the native has been dishonest appears to have given boldness to the belief that the Government would not, and dare not visit the wrong doer for actiDg towards the public as instructed to act towards tho natives. Indeed it is now coming to be rather generally known that a Government officer is pretty safe in any circumstances, and though now and then a poor unfortunate like Mr Leggett,without frieads,is allowed to be sacrificed to appease the people, the esprit de corps of the public service is fast becoming a panoply of protection. We do not expect that any past transactions in connection with native land purchases will be visited on any agent, not even when lands have been twice bought and twice paid for; but we do expect that the £200 recommended by the Council .for expenditure in the enquiry of this committee will be well repaid in checking abuses that have become now a public scandal. And although we may not believe in all the namby-pambyism of Exeter Hall, we reckon that the record of the busi ness transactions, and of the relations be tween the aboriginal of New Zealand and his white civilizer, as revealed in the evidence now being received, will afford no unimpor tant element of mental pabulum to the members of that philanthropic institution.

The late charge of Bheep-stealing against Messrs J. and A. N. Ogilvie, in which, it will be remembered, the Grand Jury at the last session of the Supreme Court very properly ignored the bill, came up again in a new form before R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M., at the Court, Papakura, yesterday. Mr Scott, the prosecutor in the former case, now sued Messrs Ogilvie by civil process for the recovery of the sheep. After the evidence had been heard, the plaintiff was nonsuited, with costs amounting to £24 14s. There are a number of poor children in this city who do not attend schools under • the Board of Education, but who run about the streets in a neglected state, and get into all sorts of mischief. Mr H. JB. W. Sutton, of St. Matthew's in order to subvert the increasing poverty of mind which is apparent in a growing section of the community, has conceived the laudable idea of opening a school for the reception of shoe-less, unkempt city arabs on the Thursday evening of each week. Mr Sutton proposes gratuitously to give the children, who may attend, elementary in struction in the useful branches of education, and another gentleman will assist in impart ing religious thought, to the listeners. Mr Sutton will commence his crusade against ignorance on Thursday evening, the 27th instant, in St. Matthew's school-room, Hobson-street, at half-past seven by the clock, which will be free to all comers. With the winter season approaching, the people of Ponsonby are evidently intending to provide their own amusements. With their neat and commodious public hall and a good sprinkling of various talent and public spirit among the residents, they have found such an undertaking to be possible, and we see by advertisement that a Dramatic Com pany has been formed with this object, who •intend at an early date producing the burletta, "Fra Diavalo." It must be evident to the inhabitants of Ponsonby that it is a great boon to be provided with high class entertainment at their own doors, thus avoiding the trouble and expense of going into town, and we predict that the Ponsonby Dramatic Company will be greeted by a bumper house on their opening night, and a successful season, should they carry out the idea we have, suggested, of providing their own amusements during the winter. The second of the meetings for united prayer was held last night in Wellesley street Church. There was a gooodly attend ance, considering the inclemency of the weather. In the absence of " the Rev. Archdeacon Maunsell, the Rev Warlow Davies presided. The address was delivered by the Rev. W. J. Williams: It was an nounced that the next meeting would be held in the Pitt-street Church on Monday evening, the 24th instant, and the daily prayer meeting for men of business at High street Chapel, every day from 12 to a quar ter to I o'clock*

"Another Ratepayer" writes upon city matters, particularly complaining of the heaviness of city taxation. He says t —"l have known many properties, houses which did not draw as much ia rent as would pay the taxes, (to pay Is 6d in the £ on value to rent, whether the owners got it or not) is quite enough to stop the increase of Auckland city. I know for a fact that houses do not pay. I know a party who laid out £1100 on house property, and it was with difficulty he could borrow £200 Upon them, aild at pre sent the return, is not moi*e than eight per cent, and for six years previous it only returned, four per cent. That is a common statement of Auckland houses ; for every one that is better there are ten worse, tf house proprietors could get the dne-half of what it cost to build the hoiiae, Auckland would not have so manjf inhabitants next year. House building is the worst speculation, particularly in Auckland, that any man can try. What '.d paid for land, the cost of building fencing, fire insurance, city tax and special tax, re pairs, depreciation of value, interest, if any ; add and compare with the rental, and judge. He urg^s taxation of vacant allotments, Which we believe is already enforced. Our correspondent launches out on the subject of drains, silt-basins, &c. He says: "All over the principal thoroughfares there are grill'd openings. Wherefore the benefit of the public, the aroma emanates, so that nothing is lost, and if you wish to have your pre mises scented, cover the grill'd openings with bags. It is very selfish of Queen-street people to keep all. Where I came from they have a large scent bottle where the effluvia is collected, and condensed into something very valuable. I have known £3000 offered for the proceeds of one small receptacle on the street, about 3 feet square." The following is the return of sick treated at Provincial Hospital for the week, ending Saturday, May 15, 1875 : Ee mained last return, 87 ; admitted since, 10 ; discharged, 19 ; died, 5 ; remaining, 73 ; males, 64 ; females, 9 Arrangement of cases : zymotic, 24 ; constitutional, 5 ; local 25 ; developmental, 4 ; violent, 15. Five deaths occurred during the week, viz : Ist, G.H.W., male, aged 40 years, on the Bth inst., of chronic pleurisy ; 2nd, L.W., female, aged 34 years, on the Bth inst., of liver disease; 3rd, E.G., female, aged' 1G year.?, on the 12th inst., of typhoid fever ; 4th, R.C., male, aged 20 years, on the 14th inst., of concussion ; sth, H. 8., male, aged 25 years, on 14th inst., of typhoid fever. N.B. —Old Unen much needed. Rare Ben Jonson, the companion of Shakes peare, in order to please his lady-love, wrote : — Sweet maiden, brush that dewy tear away. And como with me and choose an 'autumn dress Fit for a Queen, and I will pay for it; Por thou art worthy of a silken rohe. The poet's lines were uppermost in our mind, as we were driven for shelter last even ing by a shower, into the splendid and roomy emporium of Messrs Holloway and G-arlick, of Qaeon-street. Among the many improvements of the city, thero are few show-rooms, if any, that can surpass in airiness and convenience those of Messrs Holloway and G-arlick, which have just been opened in the City Hall. Without a word of disparagement to other city hosiers and drapers, we may state that the City Hall establishment in every respect is a credit to Queen-street. On entering we observed on the right an immense stock of all kinds of hosiery, haberdashery, trimmings, mantles, and dresses of every texture and hue. To the left (the gentlemen's department) we noticed a large display of hats, cloth, and every material of winter use, calculated to please the eye and adorn the body. The ladies' department, lofty and well-lighted, was furnished with seasonable necessities of the latest fashion, including silks, shawls, and other articles in obedience to the demands of utility and fancy. The upstairs department was devoted to floor cloths, carpets, and matting, and there we saw the finest kinds of tapestry, brussels, and kidderminster of various designs ; there were also, New Zealand flax, coacoa, and other matting for household use ; also, sheepskin mats and almost numberless rues of every conceivable colour. This room is 34 feet wide by 100 feet in length. Messrs Holloway and Garlick, at no distant period, contemplate turning the premises known as the City Hall, into one vast store-house for carrying on extensively the general business of hosiers, drapers, and tailors.

The friends of St. Peter's Church, One hunga, are making efforts to get up a bazaar or sale of fancy goods, to be held the first week in June, for the benefit of the Sunday school of the parish. Mrs Purchase will receive contributions in furtherance of the object. The anniversary soiree of the Beresford street Congregational Church will be held this evening. Speeches will be delivered by Messrs Rees, Eirth, Seabrook and Barton. The choir will assist with musicial selec tions. The Parnell private subscription ball will take place to-night in the Parnell Hall. The trustees of the Auckland Savings Bank will hold their ordinary meeting to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon at three o'clock. In a recent number of the Fortnightly Review, Professor Huxley has taken what appears to be a retrogade step by reviving the Cartesian theory, that animals are mere automata —mindless machines, in fact. He ;omits to tell us, however, what is the autos • which supplies the movement. When a mechanist constructs an automaton, its "so-called automatic action is derived ivovn its fabricator, and the motive power has to be periodically renewed, , while its motions are rigidly limited. But in the dog, the elephant, and the horse, as well as many other animals, we find not only the utmost freedom of volition, but that | nearly all the mental processes are performed by them which are conducted in our own minds. They perceive, reflect, compare, re member, calculate, deduce, and even imagine —as is shown by the well-known fact that dogs dream. One of the best authenticated incidents in natural history is the following : ,—" An elephant was following an ammunition waggon, and saw the man who was seated on it, fall off just before the wheel. The man would have been crushed had not the animal strode forward, and, without an order, lifted the wheel with his trunk, and held it sus pended in the air till the waggon had passed over the man without hurting him." To call this an automatic fact would be a mere abuse of language. Nor will most persons feel more favourably disposed towards the theory by the obvious corollary that "man is a conscious automaton," or by the fact that, as Professor Huxley goes on to observe, " this view is held, in substance, by the whole school of predestinarian theologians typified by St. Augustine and Calvin." An American in London, speaking of the difficulty of strangers understanding the "cries" of the street vendors, says : " This morning, whilst passing along Piccadilly, I heard a man crying lustily, "Piolnitz, Pi olnitz." At first I thought he wifs speaking German, but on inspection discovered that he had prime walnuts for sale. A market man or huckster also attracted my attention by crying "I'm all to pieces," " I'm all to pieces," when he meant fine water-cresses, fine water-cresses.

One of the things which always strike a stranger on visiting England, says the Dunedin Guardian, is .the extraordinary number of lawyers who wax fat on the sub stance of the laity. In the larger towns of New Zealand, and especially in Dunedin, the proportion of lawyers to the general public is something incredible. In Dunedin one out of every six hundred and sixty of the population is a practising lawyer, and, including their clerks and pupils, one out of every two hundred of the population makes a living by the profession. And the number is daily on the increase.,. \

"We regret,'iteays the Themes Advertiser, "to have to stale that the search for. the body of Mr Andrew Petersen, who was drowned in the Kauwaeranga river, has been so far unsuccessful, although the most vigor ous efforts have been made to recover the body. On Saturday, there were 15 men employed in the search, including Mr Kelly (manager of the Waikawau sawmill, and brother-in-law of the deceased), Kilgour and Coombes, four men sent out by Captain Richards, the police, and a number of others. They constructed two rafts, and dragged the hole in which the fatal , accident occurred, and the long reach j of the river below that, but without avail. In Saturday's issue we called attention to what we considered, from information given to us, unwarrantable conduct on the part ot Messrs Kilgour and Coombes, who were alleged to have fenced in the upper crossing, and so prevented Petersen from taking it on the occasion he met his untimely end. It was stated that the upper road had been made by Messrs Smith, the water-race con tractors. Mr Pepper, manager for Messrs Kilgour and Coombes, called upon us on Saturday to explain several inaccuracies in the information given to us. Mr Pepper says the road was made by Messrs Kilgour and Coombes and the Shortland Sawmill Com pany. Messrs Smith did not contribute one farthing towards the formation <of the road, nor even lend a pick and shovel to aid in its construction, al though it is stated that Messrs Smith took down some of the fencing which had been put round a paddock laid down in grass by Messrs Kilgour and Coombes. The paddock was sometimes used before it was ploughed, althoagh there is a good dray road round it, but the lower road is more frequently used because it is nearer, and was so. used by the deceased and Mr Banks on the day of the accident. The upper road was almo3t im passable until it was widened and made available by Messrs Kilgour and Coombep. The land is the property of these gentlemen, and the fencing complained of was only put across on tke day after, not before, the acci dent, so that they must be absolved from all the blame attributed to them in the para graph in our Saturday's issue."

The members of No. 3 Company A. R. V, are reminded that the monthly' inspection parade will be held in the Albert Barrack Reserve on Thursday evening next,' at half past seven o'clock.

We are informed that in consequence of the .'inclement state of the weather and there being no drill-shed, there will be no parade of the Victoria and Hobson Rifle Companies this evening ; nor of Nos. 2 and 3 Companies A.R.V. ; and Engineer Company and En gineer Cadets, on Thursday evening next. Wc understand that Mr Perkins, of the Occidental, has bought up the refreshment booths, at the back of the grand stand, for the forthcoming races.' The fact is an earnest of the public wants being well supplied.

POLICE COURT.—This day.

(Before Robert Graham and Thomas Macffar lane, Esqs., Justices.) PETER AND JAMES. Peter Nollekins, Jas. Watts, alias "Romp ing Jemmy, " and a peculiar individual named Henry Maunsell, were charged with bsing drunk ancl incapable last night. Nolle kins was fined 10s. ; Maunsell, known as "Leicester Harry," 53., and Watts escaped free. "my son dan." Daniel O'C'onnell was brought up on a charge of stealing a glass tumbler, value Is, the property of Maurice Sullivan, of Queen street, on the 17th inst. The mother of the prisoner who was in Court said : " Ah, its my son Dan, he's a wild boy, and has not visited his poor mother at the North Shore .these two years. I have seven of 'em, and my son Dan's the worst of the lot, he was born in Sydney, and sure he's no credit to ould Ireland. Daniel said he was innocent. He knew nothing of the charge. Mr Broham asked for a remand as there were other charges against the prisoner, one for a violent assault upon a person at Coro mandel. Remanded until to-morrow. " A nOESE ! A HORSE !" John Ryan was charged with stealing a horse on the 13th of May, tho property of Donald McLeod, of Waipu. The prisoner, a Maori boy, said nothing. _ The case was remanded for a week, in order that McLeod, the prosecutor, might be present. ERROKS OF JUDGMENT. James Garrett was summoned for per mitting his horse " Smiler" to walk un bridled along the Kyber Pass Road on the 19th inst., in opposition to the laws of the Council. Mr Garrett said he was guilty, but re gretted the waywardness of his lively animal. Fined 5s and costs. MILK AND WATER. John Conway was charged with assaulting John Slattery on the 10th May. Mr Rees informed the Bench that com plainant had twitted defendant about the character of his milk, impugning its purity, when defendant promised something weightier than milk and water ; he had as saulted him with a shower of hard words. | The matter however, had been settled out of Court. A CROW AT MOUNT EDEN. William Francis Crowe, was charged with loitering by the gaol of Mount Eden with the view of holding communication with pri soners undergoing sentence of imprisonment on the 9 th. Mr Rees appeared for defendant and pleaded not guilty. James Beattie, Warder, deposed that de fendant was constantly in the habit of attract ing the attention of prisoners, and on their liberation was in the constant habit of receiv ing them. On the day in question he '' waved aloft a snowy scarf, which fluttered in the breeze." Defendant was constantly on the watch both on Sundays and week days. Captain Eyre also deposed to Crowe's increasing interest in the welfare of pri soners. He had been brought up before on a similar charge. Mr Rees made an able defence for his client. <& The Bench said that the evidence was not sufficient to find a conviction, but if he was ■brought up again on such a charge, he would assuredly be sent to prison for three months. THE GREAT ST. BERNARD. James Fergusson was summoned for per mitting his dog, St. Bernard, to be at liberty to " bark and bite, the dogs' delight." Mr Fergusson pleaded guilty. He had purchased a collar in accordance with the stern demand of law. The Bench imposed a fine of 5s and costs, which was at once paid. This was all the business.

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

The business on the order paper of the Pro vincial Council to-day iacludes the adjourned debate on the Appropriation Bill, and Mes sages No. 1 and 2. Questions by Mr. Moat whether the Government intend to appoint a resident engineer to advise Highway Boards ; by Mr. Davies whether the Thames water works are to be transferred to the local authorities; by Mr. Goldie inquiring whether Messrs. Lundon have paid the Provincial Government for the timber cut for rail ways at Hokianga; also what fime the Provincial Secretary has devoted to his report No.No. 19 of last session ; by Mr. duties and what pay he has received ; by Mr Crawford regarding Petitions Committees Hamlin, whether the Government intend to connect Waiuku with the railway station at Pukekohe; by Mr Taylor, relative to the intention of the Government with regard to the report of the Tolls' Committee, 1874.

Motions are on the paper as follow 3 : Mr Roche, for a return of monies spent on Wai kato roads ; Mr Cheeseman, for a return of law expenses, incurred during the year, and to whom paid; Mr Crawford, for £100 to be placed on the estimates to connect PaParajia district with the Great South Boad ; Mr Davies for a bill providing for the formation and management of Tbames cemeteries. Mr Dargaville to move that the police should remain under the control of the Gen. Govern ment; also, thattheSuperintendent beasked to request the General Government to survey ithe Katikati block into 300. acre section to facilitate settlement on the arrival of the Stewart special settlers ; Mr Prime for a £50 grant towards the Mechanics' Institute for the half-year ; Mr May that the papers relative to Mount St. John quarry and educational reserve be referred to a select committee. Mr Carpenter for a committee,' to investigate the causes which operate in depriving Auckland of a share of the colonial laad fund ; the same member also to move a, resolution condemning the action of the General Government in relation to .the Pump ing Association grant and appointing a> com: mittee to take evidence and report to the Council on the subject of appropriating the money for the use of the Association."

AUCKLAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

Lewisson's Cadet Champion Bebt* . , The competition for the Champion Belt, presented by Mr Lewisson, of this city, to the Cadets, and some money, prizes offered by the Association, took place this morning on the Rifle Bange, Mount Eden, when Lieut. Battray became the winner, with the score of 67 points. Ihe weather was very unfavourable, and this no doubt accounts for the poor muster of competitors, and the very mediocre shooting of some who did attend. Lieut. Skinner kindly took charge of the Cadets. The following are the scores :—

KAIPARA RAILWAY.—A CASUAL PAYMENT OF £6,000.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Now that the ice is once broken and Auck land members have taken upon themselves a duty required of them by their constituents, I, with others, sincerely hope that they will not only enquire into the purchase of native lands by the Native Lands Deparment but that during the coming session of Parliament, in July, tfaey will require a statement of all monies paid on account of the Kaipara rail way to the contractor or his agents; together with the estimated value of the^vvork done on that line by him, and all 'tee1 correspon dence relative to the general wading up of the contract between him and the Govern ment, to be laid on the table., And it s'p'e- j cially behoves them to enquire into the matter of the sum of £0000 paid by the Government to him when they, finding him incompetent to successfully carry on the line took the contract out of- his hands. I have personally had much experience in the construction and detail of railways both in England, Ireland, and America, and must say that the line was a bungling job through out, and discreditable to any one professing to have passed a lifetime1 amongst British navvies. During a forty yeara experience I never saw woise workmanship,- in a measure owing to the low rate of wages and enumer ation paid by the contractor to men, a few of whom, I am led to believe, still remain un settled with for work done on this line. The only exceptions to these statements were some cuttings done by a sub-contractor named, (I think,) O'Brien or O'Bierne, which were a credit' to him. This item of £6,000 may not to some appear a very large sum, but it adds very materially to the total amount of wanton expenditure that the Auckland people will find charged against the province, and which they will have to repay. The Premier of New Zea land has saddled the province with a bur den that will not be easily shaken off ; and it was time we had the aid of a Sir George Grey to pilot our ship out of the dark and dangerous shoals of Vogelian quicksands, and we may thank Heaven for it : it was not an hour too soon. In the face of all the over whelming charges made against the province, ) how can the Customs' duties be revised for reduction, unless by special legislation? Some of the charges against Auckland's revenue are recalled and made chargeable against the Consolidated Revenue of the colony. Then only may we look for a" reduc tion in the tariff. There must be a surplus beyond what the General Government bolts,, to meet the legitimate Provincial * require ments and permanent charges, until Provin cialism is swept away from the colony, but while we have the institution :by: all means let us maintain it creditably to ourselves.— Yours, etc., Reform Asfo Retrenchment.

Arrival of the Dunedin.

The ship Dunedin was signalled this morning at daylight outside Tiri. She had only made the harbour late this afternoon, so our reported has not had time to obtaifi hfeOepfert. The Dunedin si a fine large ship on her third voyage. She has made !the„pres^s run in 94 days from port ; very fast, considering the long voyages which have been thd'ruleof late. She brings a general cargo, and a large number of immigrants. The Health Officer's flag was flying when she was niajde but at half-past one off the reef. .<..;: r PASSENGERS. ;-!! ' Per Dunedin, ship, from '.London:—Families:— Burt: Robt. 27, Ann 27. Ann;s, Eliza 3, Thos.l; Burt: Richard SO, Maryj3s Wm. 9, John 4, Riehd.' 1, Mary 1; 'Black: Robert 28, Mary 29; Chapman: Thomas 34, Ellen 35; Dodds: James 43, Anne 43, Alexander 16, 'Mary 11, Margaret 9; Puller: Jdhn 26^; Amelia 27. Ellen 3, Florence 1; Gill: E imund 42"; Jane 40, Alice 19, Jane IS, Florence 15, Sarah 14, Maud 9. Edith 8, Alfred 7, Miriam 5, William 4, Emma 3,', Ethel 1; Hope: Adam 36, Mary 36, Jane 12, Joseph 9,"Harry 2; Harris: Joseph 40, Anna 31, Alices, Arthur 3: Mason: Charles 43; Elizabeth 40; McGuire: John 22, Margaret 18; Mclver: Michael 23, Mary 22, Catherine 1: McWil liams; James 29, Rose 33, Thomas 8, Agnes 6; James 4, Richard 1; Paul: Charles 24, Elizabeth 26, Isabella •1: Pickup: James 38, Mary 32; Ritchie: Watth«w22, Harriet 20; Ramsay: Wm. 29, Margt. 27? Andrey 10, Susan 4, Margt.l; Ronald: John 29, Jane S8«- Steven son:. Wm. 24, Elizabeth 23; Thorne: Charles 36, lLydia 28, Arthur 8, Agnes 6, Chas. 3, Minnie 1; Williams: Thos. 31, Ann 31, David 10, James 8, Mary Jane 4, Margt. 2, Elizth. 1; Davies: Hugh 21, Mary 22; Jeqkiij: James 27, Ann 23, Edith 1; Somers: Ellen 3&;.ltatetta,' 20, Mary 17, Thos. 15, Ralph 13, John .11, Wilbam 9; Grice: George 41, Mary 35. Agnes 13, Blanche 11, Prescilla 9; Lucas: Charles 40, Edith 40, Amy 9 'Elfen 7, Rose 5; Naden: G. 28, Elizabeth 17, Ldusia 16, Emma 14, G. 13, Clara 32, Harriet 10, Christopher 8, Kate 7, Ellen 5, Charles 3, Charlotte 1, Susan l;.Turbit: Thomas 29, Mary 22; Hynes: James 26, Masy 28, Annie 1. Single Mtsn:—Burbick, John, 21; .Davies, John 30; Ellis, David 19; Foster: John 48, Albert 22; Frodsham, Calvert 24; Goolden, Andrew 24; Reardson, Patrick 20; Griffiths, Edward 24; Huline, Richard 25; Helebert, Pat 19; Hogan, William 20; Stanley, James 19: James, William 30; Kneely, Wm. 20; Levinshon, Myer 15; Moore, Lewis 29; McNill, James 29; Mathers, Joseph 30; Miles, Thos. 24; Maker, Patrick 28; McSermon, Samuel 21; Ronton, Arthur 24; Roberts, Hugh 20; Ronald, Robert 31; Rowe, William 21; Hill, Thomes 21; Shannon, James 18; Sheedy, Daniel 20; Taylor, Peter 20; Thomson, Robert 21; Todd, John 21; Black, John 17: Wall, Michael 18: Riordon, James 18; Weeks, Geo. 25, Warnock, Christopher 21; Cleave, William H. 16; Cole, Frederick 21; Clements, James 20; Ellingham, Jeffrey 21; Hnghes, Hugh 16; Loane, Robert 20; Martin: James 19, John 22; Court, Henry 22; Brown, Wm. 23; Collins, Wm. 23; Dorritz. John 34; Keneally, Jeremiah 24; Cowlon. Thos. 26; Ben nett<, James 23; McKenzie, George 21. Single Wo men :—Roberts. Alice 21; Stanley,' Elizabeth 22; Kneely, Margaret 19; Burt: Maria 56, Jane 35; Collins, Mary 25; Cleave, Elizabeth 18; Clauley. Annie 28; Davies, Mary 30; Eason, Sophia 34; Elphinstone, Jessie 19; Forbes- G. L. 25, Isabella 22, Jane 17; Futcher, Patience 19; Gervans, Bridget .24; Lasson, Caroline 27; Moves,. Harriet 26; McGan; Mary 31; fasmitt, Lydia2o; Reid, Elizabeth 35; Rogan/Mary 21; Scofield, Jane 29; Watson,: Mary 20; Byrness, Lizzie 19; Ross: Mary 22, Nancy 20. ;.< r 08.-U

Mahurangi Items.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

MAHURANGI AT LAW.

Law is,the latest modern luxury in the flourishing district of Mahurarigi, and is per haps the surest sign of an advanced state of civilization. It is as difficult to imagine a polished society without its law courts as it is to picture a Maori war-chief without his tatoo marks. Between two and three years ago four resident justics were appointed in the' district, and since that the work upon their hands has been growiifg with the im portance of the place. The most interesting case vet heard in the Petty Sessions Court at W"arkworth was heard yesterday before Matthew Angove, Esq., J. P., and Dr. Cruickshank, J.P. It was an action in trover brought by George Young against John Carr King to recover the sum of £5, the value of a beast which the plaintiff had lost and the defendant was alleged to have converted by selling The case had been adjourned from last week. Sheep and cattle farming being the staple industry of the district, every one took great interest in the resuit, more especially as the defendant is one of the largest resident landowners. The limited knowledge of law procedure possessed by the gentry of the neighbourhood, led to far the larger portion being impressed with the con viction that the defendant was charged with downright cattle-stealing, an idea which was greatly strengthened by the fact that the local clerk of the Court, to make sure of having the right kind of summons served, issued two, one an ordinary civil summons, ancl the other intended to be a criminal in formation or complaint but really nothing at all since in the filling in, the words essential to the description of the offence were omitted. Both plaintiff and defendant were repre sented by counsel Mr Alfred Whitaker ap pearing for the former, and Mr E. Bennett for the latter. When the case was called on, the .Public Hall (which is constituted the Court-house on such occasions) was crowded with excited settlers. . n Mr Bennet enquired which case the Oourt were about to proceed in. Mr Angove replied that there was only one a summons to recover £5. Mr Whitaker said that was the only one he knew of. ' Mr Bennett asked what was the meaning of the other extraordinary document his client had been served with ? Tbe document in question was passed I round and examined, and pronounced to be " all a mistake." Mr. Bennett alluded to the important nature of the "mistake" and to the injury which might result to his client if it was not openly and clearly stated that no criminal intention was imputed. This was satisfactorily declared by Mr. Whitaker, who expressed his regret that the clerk had issued the document in question. The civil case was then proceeded with. All witnesses were ordered out of Court. At this moment a rain and hail squall had just set in, and there being no shelter within a quarter of a mile, the position of the witnesses was unpleasant. One of them —a lady—roundly told their Worships she didn't mean to stir out in such weather. The lady was allowed to stay. The defence was that Mr King had bought the beast at Mr Hull's sale in September last, and that it was not Young's at all. George Young, the plaintiff, deposed to recognizing the red steer outside the Court as his property. He bought him of Suther land— Mr Whitson's manager. He had not parted with him to anybody since. He lost him about eight months ago. About a month ago he went to Mr King's to bay some cattle for >»J>s-irs Whitaker and Palmer. One of the catik' be bought was the red steer which he now claimed as his own. He did-not tell Ml' King then that it was his. The Court here remarked upon the plain tiff's extraordinary conduct in buying his own bullock. The plaintiff said he did recognise the animal, but thought he wouldn't mention it. He asked Mr King where he got the animal, and he said he had bought it at Hull's sale. The plaintiff was cros3Texamined but stuck to his assertion that the beast was his. He missed the beast some time ago and spoke to several people about him. John Sutherland would not swear that the beast was the one he sold for Mr Whitson to Mr Young, but he believed it was. He knew it by its general appearance, and by its hav ringworms ronnd the eyes. Thomas Immanuel, a butcher, positively swore to the beast being Young's He knew it by the* ringworms and general appearance. M. W. -Monro, the district constable, was called, but proved—nothing ! Henry Salt was at Hill's sale in Septem ber, and saw King buy two beasts : a heifer and a bull. He helped to drive them home. There was no red steer. If Mr King bought three beasts, he must have bought one privately. This was the plaintiff's case. Mr Bennett, after reserving a point upon which to claim an appeal, called Charles Hooper, a settler, who deposed that he authorised a man named Samuel Stackpool to sell a red steer for him at Mr. Hull's sale in September last. The beast outaide was very like it. He should say it was the same, although he would not like to swear it. He bred the animal. The price he got for it was £2 ss. f | Francis Hull, auctioneer, deposed he held ' a cattle sale at Warkworth in September. 3 \ The book produced contained the record of : [ the sales on that occasion. There was an . entry of a red steer put in by Stackpool and I sold to Mr. King for £2 ss. Mr. King bought two other beasts. 1 The defendant swore to having bought the ' beast at Hull's sale. He drove it part of E the way home. It had been on his run 3 ever since last September. He had no 3 doubt about, it. The ringworms came b about two months ago. He had not branded it. * All his cattle were hot branded. About a month ago he sold the - stegr. to Mr Young for Whitaker and Palmer. ; Heproduced Hull's receipt for the money. ' He; paid him for three beasts at the sale. ' Yjoung did not say anything about it being . his beast till some days after he had bought c him, when he said he should put the affair '• in Munro's hands. 'If

'. Isaac McGaber, and Joseph Maiden, two lads in defendant's employ, the defendant's wife, and Joseph Barton, an influential settler cprrbborated defendant's testimony. 'After hearing the counsel's addresses on either-side the Bench ordered the Court to be cleared. After a consultation of about ten minutes the public were re-admitted, and judgment given for defendant with costs, the Bench being of opinion that the beast had belonged to Mr Hooper, and was sold to Mr King at Hull's sale. An assault case against Henry Salt, a settler, was withdrawn by. the complainant on the defendant consenting to enter into his recognizances to keep the peace for six months. This ended the business.

MAHURANGI: NEW STEAMER.

Strange as it may appear the good steam ship' !Lady Bowen does not altogether suit the people of Mahurangi. They are agitating for a new boat. A meeting was held upon the subject some days ago, which was adjourned till yesterday morning. The settlers mnstered in good'numbers, and the important question of communication with Auckland was fairly discussed. It was generally agreed that the Lady Bowen was not what their steamer shoulcjlbe, and a committee was appointed to get information on the subject. The names are: Mr Snooks, Chairman of the Mahurangi Board, W. B. Farrand, Chair man of the Te Ara Board, Rev. W. Worker, Chairman of the Port Albert .Board, and Messrs Angove, J.P., Meikle, Sandrson, and Moor. A resolution was come to, "that the committee confer with Captain

—— 1 Casey and the owners of any othef who are willing to run to Mahuranf information in reference to time, prig &c." Mr Snooks was chaiiman of th; ing. \

ACCIDENT.

Mr. G. Johnston, of the firm of WJ and Son, met with a severe accident \ day's since. He was driving a light along the main road at a place wi, there is a deep declivity on one sia, The horse grew restive and backed over the siding capsizing the vehicle and severely bruising Mr Johnston. Mr Barton, a settler, who came by at the time succeeded in releasing him from a very unpleasant predicament underneath the prostrate horse.

THE ENGLISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION

INTERESTING PARTICULARS.

Mb. Clements Markham, secretary of the Royal Geographical Society, has delivered a very interesting lecture on the forthcoming English Arctic Expedition, which is attract ing much attention in all parts of the world. He said there had been a development in the HISTORY AND OBJECTS OF ARCTIC EXPLORATION, Going no further back than 1773, then as now there were several millions of square miles round the North Pole which were un known, and then as now it was felt that dis covery within that wide area would lead to useful results in extending human knowledge; and this motive had led to the voyage in that year of Phipps, and five years after of the celebrated Cook, who tried to penetrate from Behring Straits to Davis Straits. Though the North-West Passage had sinoe been discovered, it was not from any idea of commercial profit that subsequent expedi tions had been undertaken, but purely for the advancemeet of Geographical and other knowledge. Tnat had been and was the sufficient object of all the voyages which haa been made. Sir Edward Parry had been directed to carry out magnetic operations, to make experiments with the pendulum, ttf investigate the phenomena of refraction, to take accurate meteorological observations, and to make collections illustrating the flora, fauna and ethnology of the region, Such also had been the object of the Franklm ex pedition, and with additional investigations in magnetism, electricity, geology, zoology, geography, such would be the work of the expedition about to leave our shores. Its object would not be merely to reach the North Pole. There were other broad and tangible objects sufficient for the dispatch of that expedition alluded to by Mr Disraeli in his now historical letter announcing the reso lution of the government when be referred to the scientific advantages derived from Polar researches, and also emphatically dwelt on the importance of encouraging that spirit of maritime enterprise which had ever distinguished the English people. A EXPERIENCE EEOM PAST FAILURES, • . * In considering the means by which the unknown area was to be penetrated, Mr. Markham said the present explorers would profit by past experience and daily apply lessons taught by the history of past explo rers. The first great lesson was that, the open Polar track must be avoided, and explo ration conducted along a coast line; the second Arctic canon was that at least one winter must be passed in the frozen zone if not two ; the third was that mere navigation in a ship could not secure all the results designed, so that it was necessary to supple ment it by sledge travelling, after the short navigable season was over. Having shown how from ignorance of the ; necessary prepara tions for and precautions against an Arctic winter early explorers, who had had to face the long season, of intense cold and utter darkness had lost health, become despondent, and had generally died, he described the very different result now attained, seeing that with good food, suitable housing, adequate clothing, plenty of occupation, lots of ventila tion, healthy exercise, and regular amuse ments, an Arctic winter may now be passed not only without danger, but without the health, strength, energy, or spirits being impaired in the slightest degree. SLEDGE TRAVELLING. : . -~ Dealing next with the rise and progress of sledge travelling, he gave full credit to Admiral Sir M'Clintock for having reduced it to a science by demonstrating the best mode of its construction, how much it was possible for men to drag in it, what food was necessary for them to maintain health under the severe exertion of constant travel? ling, and what was she lowest temperature it was possible for them to endure in a tent during the explorations away from the ship. In 1853 this gallant officer, then a lieutenant, was absent 105 days, and marched over 1200 i miles. Lieutenant Michaud in 70 days had marched 1157 miles. If the ships only reached to 84 deg or 85 dee; north latitude,- , as was expected, and the sledge accomplished what their preeecessors had achieved a quar ter of a century ago, all the results that were anticipated would be fully secured. ",. f THK ROUTE RESOLVED ON AND THE. EXPLOB,;- ING SEETPS. ' ,y.fi~' ./.-..> Describing by a reference to the chart what had been, effected, in Smith's sound by the American explorers, Kane, in 1853, Hayes, in 1860 and Hall, in 1871, in the Polaris,, which went without a check to 82 deg. 18 mm., north; he said that point watt reached by the route which would now be fottbwed' by the English expedition ■On the 30th of August, and thence a " water sky "had been seen to the north. The Alert and th&Dia covery, which had been selected < for the duty, were two powerful steamers thoroughly strengthened, and' the bows would be protec^ ted by heavy iron plates, for charging the- ice. They were expected to sail in Juhlß£! and the first operation would be to place them in such a position as to enable the. sledging work to be commenced with eveip/1! advantage in the following spring. . After crossing the Atlantic and rounding. Gapef- Farewell, the ships would run up the West coast of-Greenland to Cape Shakelton, in 74 deg north, where the first ice of an obstruc tive character was met with. The wholtf area of the bay, which was 250 miles frtm Cape, Shakelton to Cape York, was some?, times filled by ice, and here, in the days m sailing ships, long detentions frequently oc- - curred ; but now that steamers could charge, floes, and take instant advantage of ■ any opening caused by the wind, the expedition^ would be probably as many hours crossing| the bay as it had taken Sir Edward,; Parry"' days, in 1819. On rounding Cape York the ships would proceed across the north water to the entrance of Smith's Sound, and^ben, if circumstances were favourable, they WOtddf I probably find open water, and the expeditiQn, r would proceed without check to asuitablfla position for winter quarters inlß3 deg.j, 84- deg.,' or, as it was. hoped, evenin'Bsdegibtf north latitude. _.y '' ; WINTER QUARTERS. ' I '''-^'Cjj '"'■ As it was intended that the Discovery should, remain in Smith's Sound to keep up conl" munication with a vessel to be sent out in 1876, she would winter in an intermediate position, probably in Newman's Bay mi w deg N, while the Alert.would be pushedm,h far north as possible, and from this adyMM?.?"* position the work of exploration wbula , commence. Some severe work would have to be accomplished in the autumn in the jway,<i 1 of laying out depots for spring travelling,;^ and then the ships would be prepared ">?,:? 1 passing the winter by unbending Bailßjpn-f 1 reeving running rigging, sending down BP*%' housing in the decks by a covering of till 1 cloth. An observatory would be built,; *n* 0 the scientific work would begin. It T*W^ni' L not, however, be all work in winter qt tf*' J for amusement being a necessity for.thpfigJWS > >' tenance.of health and spirits, it wpid;^.V " provided in the various ways that Oxpeie^i r: | has shown to be efficient. , , _ . -~ \ - V 1; THE SLEDGES, KSOVISIONS, HOUSING, '^'jf. Giving a dese»rijrtion of the sledges whiph *Pm to play SO ifflpOrtant a part, and of

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TELGRAPHIC SHIPPING. Russell, this day. The s.s. lona arrived at 10.5 a.m. from Auckland. Nelson, this day. The Wellington left at 6 p.m. yesterday for New Plymouth. She is the bearer of the Suez mail. c - ' ~=g TUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE. We are now Opening up OUR NEW TOOK or AUTUMN AND WINTER DE APERY & 'CLOTHING, To Hand Ex Ada!, Bacon Abedabs, &c, To our order direct from the Manufacturers. FRENCH MERINOES in all colours ALL "WOOL PLAIDS WINCEYS r '•■■'■■■" SKIRTINGS SHIRTINGS FLANNELS BLANKETS SHEETINGS ~ ■, •:;.,., And every description of _ FTJRNISaiNG' GOODS. A Choice Lot of CHILDREN'S, MAID'S, AND L4DTES* WATER PROOF CLOAKS AND MANTLES LADIE3' BLACK CLOTH JACKETS. HOSIKRY, ETC. FANCY DRESS. MATERIALS in great variety. NEW CLOTHING, ETC. To be followed by further shipments ex Emily McLarren and Dunedin, RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, (Late R.- Hobbs). JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE, Opposite the Army and Navy Hotel, Upper Queen-street, Auckland. i ~ 0 A 'E.E.I V E, Per the barque Especulador—• BAKEE'S FLOUR BUTTER POTATOES. T. H. HALL & CO. TO A R R I V B, Per the Estelle— OATMEAL PEARL BABLEY BIN EST FLOUR. T. H. HALL & CO. Q N HA N -'D, FIXE.TEAS, in Chests, Halves and Boxes BARLEY MEAL BRA.N, % JL HALL £ CO/



Tremendous Failures, involving the loss of millions often occur iv the financial world. Far more deplorable failures often happen in the domain of medicine, patients being sometimes made the victims of mistaken treatment But the record of the past does not disclose a single instance of failure to cure on the part of that supremely efficient remedy for kidney and bladder ailments, dyspepsia, undue nerve excitement, and general want of strength, Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.