SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH "WA.TER—This evening, 0.57 ; to-morrow morr- ng, 1.33 SUN «Er Thin evening, 5.41 SUN RISK—To morrow morning. 612 MvjON'S AGE— Full moon, 16th Inst, 0.21 a.m

ARRIVALS.

Sappho, FT Ms, 727 tons, 4 guns, 120 horse-power, Captain Digbv, from Sydrey Boweno, ss, from 'auranga Mikado. R M s s, 200 D tons. Moore from San Francisco and Honolulu !R* no, hiiean'-ii»e Miller, from Savage Tsland Floral >-tar, three masted Fchconer, Creer, from Adelaide Omaba, b igantir.e. Metklejohn, 'rom Lyttelton &*» Favorite, s-ch oner from Russell *S£? Iffie Moikle. schooner, from Oisborne In the Ma- u^au : St Kilda ss, from Warpanui Taranaki, ss, from the South

DEPARTURES.

Southern Cress, ss'ASP Co), for Napier Jessie Henderson, schooner, for Lyttelton via Tairua Fanny Kelly, ketch.f or War.garoa

PROTECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney—Mikado, srrew-steamer, early to-morrow

morning For the South—Taranaki, 12th ; Hawea, 15fcb.; Lady bird, 18th For Fokianga— Queen, schooner, early For Noumea (direct)—Knnilworth. at once For Portland Oregon—Flechero, ship, at once For London— Robina Dunlop, barque, early

B®~ A special charge is made for consignees' or shippers' names inserted in this column.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Columbus, barque, KTHK, from London ; sailed

Bth June British Empire, ship, from London Ci*y of Auckland, ship, KMTR, from London;sailed

15th June White Fsrlb, ship. QRGW, from London Ocean Mall, ship, from London Jesfica. barque, from T*ew Yo'k ; sailed 2nd June Rose M, barque from Tim am ; sailed 24th ultimo "Victor, barque, from Port Gamble : sniled 14th May Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town ; sailed 25th

ultimo Forget-Me-Not, birque, from Sydney, early lizzie Pox, from New York ; sailed 3rd July Prince Alfred, barquentine, from Lyttelton, early Amherst, brigantine, from Sydney, early

IMPORTS.

Per Mikado, from Sun Franeiscr—3 cases, 21 pgs, 150 cases salmon, 0 pgs merchandise, 138 cases salmon, 15 barrels seed. 300 cases salmon. 2 esses saddlery, S boxes, 20 flusfcs quicksilver. 1 plaining machine and shaft 3 cases machinery,loo do s»lmon,2l do merchan dise, 150 ca?es pickled g -cds. 19 pg« clocks, 1 barrel whiskey. 3 cases merchandise. 1 case brooms, 26 sacks onions, 60 crates vegetables, 2 bales hops, 1 box prunes. 4 esses brooms, 18 bundles axehandles. 500 cases sa'mop, 1 nge. 1 do. i da 3 boxes. 2 kegs sugar, 96 bags rire, 3 rases cigars. 02 kests sugar. 116 kens sugar. With 4718 pgs merchandise in fr-ansitu for Sydney. Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Per Ryno from the Islands : 30 funs copra, 5 tuns cocoavmt oil, 10 tons pearl shell, 4 tons beche de mcr. —Henderson and Macfarlane, consignee and agtnts.

EXPORTS.

Per Fouthern Cross for Napier: 2 cases galvanised Iron, 1 case springs, 8 bars iron, 20 boxes clothes pegs. 12 camp oveE s and covers. 4 bundles whiffletrees, 1 cask paint, 3 bundles brooms. 1 drum oil, 1 cisc plough shares. 1 cask res?n. 1 bale twine, 1 kegnlough Taces. 6 kegs white l<-ad 3 bundles broom handles, 9 cases hardware, 4 casks hardware, 6 drums tar, 10 dray axles, 1 bund!* spades. 1 bundle shovels, 1 bundle saws, B. Porter and Co.

Per Southern Cross for Napier: 15 kegs nails, 2 caiks zinc. 3 rases glass, 2 cases hardware, 2 coils wife, 2 do^ei galvanised buckets, 1 cask hardware, -J-doz. plonph shares. 1 pi'r blacksmith's bellows, 1 anvil, 1 t<niron, fiO sash weights, 3 oart springs, 9 cases hardware, 1 cask. 1 case iron bedsteads, C coils yone, 1 parcel, T. and S. Rlorrin. Per Kenilworth for Norfolk Islands : 1 saw. 1 drum oil, 3 cases fcercsen«, 2 dozen spades 1 keg wiro nails, 1 colonial oven, 1 case hardware, T. and 8. Morrin.

Per St Kildf., for Wanganui—l pge saddlery, Ire land Bros.

Per Southern Cross, fnr Vapier—l case saddlery, 1 bale and 1 pge leather, Ireland Bros.

The Royal Mail Steamship Mikado. Frank Moore, JTsq., Commander, left Sin Francisco with the Austra lian and Is'ew Zealand mails on hoard, via Honolulu, at noon of Monday, the 16th August, arriving at the latter port at 8 a m of the 24th, after a pleasant pas sage of 1 days 19 hours, leaving again for Australia at II p m. same d*te, with baffling winds from TT.TS. to S.E. Caught S.V.. trades on the 27th in latitude 10° north, which continued until the 4th instant, in latitute23° south. At midnight of Ratu-d*y. the 28th, the Equator v«s crossed in Inneitude 166 c west. At 9 a.m. of the 2nd instant, s-rppedoff the island of Tutilla (Navigator Group), and landed mails and passengers. At 4.30 p.m. of the sth inst, eiphted the B.M.S. City of Melbourne hound from .Atistralia to California. At 6 a.m. of the 6th, Sunday Island horo East; distant, 25 miles. Fine weather, with smooth sea prevailed throughout the greater portion of the voyage ; arriving- at this port at 0 a.m. 'of the 9th, after a splendid run of 22 days 21 hours from San Francisco, 14 days 9 hours from Honolu v, and 3 days 3 hours under contract time We are indebted to Mr B. T. Graham (purser) for report, files, etc. Pabsbngehs:—Mies Poole, Mrs and Miss Yon Temoskey, Mr. Mrs, Misses —. Fanny Grace, and Annie Maria BretteU, Messrs E. Parnons. Blp-idell. Shipley. Bnrchet, "Whitaker, Darby, Grant. Lintlott, C. A. Fitzroy, J. Isaacs, A .Andrews (Mail Agent), and 12 in the steerage. Also, 18 cabin arid 35 second class passer-gars in transitu for Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane- The schooner KenilwoTth has cleared for Noumea direct with a cargo of timber, general merchandize, and the following passengers:—Mr J. "Watts and Mrs Green and infant. TTie screw-steamer Star of the South cleared for Levika this afternoon. She will make a second start for Tjecuka to-morrow morning Tlie Boyal Mail screw-sceamer Mikado will leave for Sydney early to-morrow niornintr. The brigantine Omaha arrived at two this morning from Lyttelton. She left on the 30th ultimo, and hftd fine weather with northerly winds for the first eight days to Mahia, and thence easterly winds to port. Messrs Ireland Bros shipped the following goods :— Per Coralie, for Opotiki—l bale saddlery, 2 bales and 1 pge leather. Per Rapid, for "Wairo*—l bale leather. Per Lady Bowen, for Mahurangl-1 pge 1p h, tli or The schooner Hannah Barratt (in the Manukau) cleared out yesterday for the Waitara with a general cargo, including 10,000 feet baulk timber. The three-masted schooner Floral Star arrived last night from Adelaide with a cargo of wheat.. She left on the 22nd. The master is agent. The brigantine Byno arrived early this morning from a long cruise among the Islands of the South Pacific. She brings one passenger, Mr Kitchen, and a valuable cargo of Island produce. The war-sloop Sappho, 4 guns, arrived from Sydney last night. She left port on the 31st ult., and arrived oft* the tforth Cape on Tuesday morning. She Sappho is the relieving ship of the Bosario. and was put in commission in October last year The following is a list of her officers: Cowmander, Noel Digby ; Ist Lieutenant, W. E. Hill; 2nd Lieutenant, F. H. H. Henderson ; Navigating Lieutenant, H. J. Perm; Surgeon, P Keeler ; Paymaster, John A shton ; Sub- Lieutenants, A.a. Kerope, F. Roope; Sub-Paymaster B. M. Pearson ; Engineers, T. Willmott and A. Spal diog ; Midshipman, W. H. Koope. The schooner Amaranth cleared oat to-day at One hunga for the Kaipara w.th a miscellaneous cargo.

ENGLISH SHIPPING.

The ship "White Eagle left London for Auckland on the 11th July with 20 passengers and a cargo valued at £26,300. /''' _ '" . ' The following vessels were on the berth in .London for this port when the mail left:—tar of Germany, 1284 tons ; Ocean Mail 1039 tons : Glenlora, 769. The British Empire. 1499 tons, left London for tMs port on the 10th July with a cargo valued at €26,100. The renowned f*st-saiJing clipper ship Ocean Mail was to leave London for -thi3 port on the 10th August.

COMMERCIAL.

There was a pood attendance to-day at Messrs Touks arid Cos. sale of vases and fancy goods, -which realised good prices;. Twelve c?»sks of ink were sold at prices rang ing from 7s to 18s. ■" The sale of the cutter " Watchman _ by Mr. Geo. Sibbin, is postponed until Satur day .

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

MAILS WILL CLOSE AS FOLLOWS.— For Thames, to-morrow at 5.30 pm For Coromar de', on Friday next at 11 30 a m For Levuka, Fiji, per Star of the South, this day at 4.30 p.m. For Australian Colonies, per Mikado, this day at Bpm For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Taranaki. to-morrow at 8 a m For Karntonga, per Isetitia, on Friday nest at 3 pm For Whitianga, Tairua, Opotiki, Napier via Tauranga per Rcweoa, on Friday at 3 p m For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, "Waipu, etc, per Lady Bowen, on Saturday at 9 a m For Gisborne and Napier, per Pretty Jane, on Satur day at 11 am For Wargunui, per St Kilda, to-morrow at 10 am For Chatham Islands, per .Agnes, on Monday, 13th instant, at 4 p m For Wangarei, &c, Rvusell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per lona, on Monday next at 4 p m Mails for A nstra'inn Colonies, India, China, Medi terra' can Ports, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdom via Suez and Southampton and via I^Biindisi, will be made up, per iPhoebe, on Thurs day, 23rd inst. S. B. BISS, Chief Postmafitor.

BIRTH.

SANDERS.—On September 0, at herresidence, Union

street, tlie wife of E. 11. C. Sanders, of a son. BLAYDES.—On the 14th August, at 4, Beaufort Buildings, East Bath, the wife of F. A. Blaydes. Esq., of a daughter.

DEATH.

TATTERSALL.—On the 9th inst.. at Mount Pleasant Richmond, ir'arah Hannah, the beloved wife of Mr. Lawerance Tattersail, ajjed 30 years.

The funeral will leave her late residence at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Friends please accept this intima tion.

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

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1875

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No one must be surprised at the course which the debate in the Assembly is now assuming. The Opposition have entered on the work of simple obstruction. Let this be distinctly understood, so that no one may be affected by the various efforts that will be made to bring discredit on those who are fighting the battle of the people, and are determined at any cost to compel the great Constitutional question's being referred to the country and to the General Election. It will be charged against the Opposition that they are "talk ing against time." The charge is admitted. " Talk against time" is now the business to be transacted. It is the last constitutional resource against the tyranny of a majority. And our defenders have taken it up and have expressed the determination to con ■ tinue it to the end. We are thus explicit and emphatic that no one may regard as dis creditable what is honour and glory. We ob serve that poetry has already been introduced into the " debate." We shall be glad to see it followed by Eong. There are, we are aware some good singers in the House, and an occasional comic song would enliven the " debate." We do not think there is anything in May against it, and the rules of the House are silent on the subject. Then let us have song, and history and theology, and biography, personal and pointed for enlivenment, and metaphysics. In fact the occasion furnishes opportunity for duly ventilating many subjects which otherwise would not come directly under the cognizance of the "assembled wisdom." In the plenitude of their power the Ministerial majority tbrea ten to hold continuous sittings. That is to say, the " debate " will continue night and day until it is concluded. Be it Bo- There appear to be twenty-two determined on resistance. Therefore, little more than one hour's dissertation on things in general each day will be required from each member. Not too much, considering the vast public in terest staked. Two or three to attend on each speaker, to bring him water, and relieve him in turn, is all that will be required of attendance from Opposition members. The Ministerialists must always have considerably over half their total number present to keep a quorum and preven- a "count out." This will be oppressive to them in the meantime, and embarrassing when shearing time comes round, unless indeed as suggested by the Post, a bill is passed for deferring the shearing season. Then lambiDg time will create a difficulty; though indeed we do not see why the House should not also pass a bill postponing lamb ing until after the Abolition Bill is passed We believe they have the power, quite as much as for abolition, and we are sure that the Attorney General will be got to endorse our opinion. However, in the meantime the talk will go merrily on. By the arrange ment of " watches" day and night, the Op position will be very little distressed, and will have an opportunity of pricing a good many pleasant things to the Ministry and the hungry expectants of Superintendencies and Provincial Secretaryships, besides em bracing the whole circle of the sciences. As over one half of the Ministerialists must he always in their places, it follows that everyone of them must spend twelve hours at least out of the "twenty-four on his bench and thus unitedly supply an unwilling audience to the speakers. This is the position, and we wish all our readers to thoroughly understand it.. Let the taunt of

" obstruction" and " talk" be accepted as praise, and let us feel a pride in our defen ders when we find them setting to the steady work of talk,* talk, talk till February; and when we see thus the realization of the promise sent by the Leader of the Opposition to their Auckland sympathisers and sap porters, " We stand firm, and will stand firm to the end."

The Concert and Spelling Bee entertain ment is likely to be a very great success this evening. A very large number of tickets have been sold, in fact more than enough to fill the large room of the Young Men's Christian Association. The projector therefore, has deemed it prudent, in order to the accommodation of al) persons, to engage the Lome-street Hall, which he has done. It stems that the new introduction of the '• Spelling Bee," has created a great deal of curiosity amongst young persons who are desirous of taking dart in the proceedings. At the Prince of Wales Theatre last even ing the play of " Lost in London" was re peated to a very good house, and the various scenes and positions gave equal satisfaction as on the previous evening. This evening Buckstone's much admired drama of the " Green Bushes," or Ireland One Hundred Years ago, will be represented ; the principal character, Miama, will be impersonated by Miss Carrie George, and Jack Gong by Mr Lawrence. This beautiful drama is in three acts, representing scenes in three countries, and is lively and interesting throughout. The play was suggested to Buckstone by the old song of the " Green Bushes," so admirably sung by Mrs Fitz william on the firßt appearance of the drama at the Adelphi. We bring before our readers a case of genuine suffering worth, in the full belief that the kindly feelings of the Auckland people, often tried, will still be true. Mrs Johnson's husband was hurt some nine months ago at a sawmills; since then he has been a patient suffering invalid till three weeks ago, and then he died. During all that time and still she has worked, earning a small pittance with her mangle, and supple mented by the poor rations provided by the province, has supported her family. This consists of six little children, from fifteen months to eleven years, the eldest a girl, be ing unhappily bereft of reason, unable to feed herself, and requiring unceasing atten tion. Yet Mrs Johnson has honestly and regularly paid her rent of five shillings per week, and with the balance of her earnings, averaging from nothing up to four or five shillings a < week supports her family, and with the feelings of a true woman and a true mother refuses to part from her children or have them taken into any of our elemosynary institutions. Truly one half of the world does not know the keen but heroic endurance of the other. Our esteemed citizen has brought the case under our notice and another giving the initials of G. L. R. has handed us 10s. to commence a subscription; and it will afford us great pleasure if others will add to it. Should, however, any desire to personally interest themselves and realise the picture of pure and undefiled religion in visiting the fatherless and widow in their affliction, the person referred to will be found pursuing her faithful and heroic work, in a cottage opposite the Newton Hall. We believe this is one of the most deserving cases of patient, faithful suffering.

When the Cross begins to chaff it reminds us of a story. A gentleman was the possessor of a favorite dog which. one day commenced gamboling and jumping up on him in the affectionate exuberance of its feelings, and got caressed. He was also the possessor of a fine donkey, which, seeing the caresses bestowed on the canine, thought he would merit them by the same playfulness of demeanour, and was wallopped with a stick. The Cross's playfulness is elephantine. Sombre platitude is more becoming, How ever. Our contemporary this morning grins grimly over the petition to Sir George Grey and Thermopylae, the "Minute Men," and all that. We laugh not, but we weep at the facial contortions of our contemporary in the sad effort to be funny. For our sym pathies are moved when we think, how if our contemporary uttered one independent thought, or ceased to ridicule and undermine the champion of Auckland's rights, Sir Julius or his agent would be down on the mortgage like a thousand of bricks, and how unpaid interest on debentures could squeeze it to submission. To be funny in such circumstances would be superhuman, and the attempt to be merry is heroic. Our contemporary decries the petition to Sir George Grey, which in eight days received only eighteen hundred signatures of electors. According to him twenty per cent, of these had signed twice, fifty per cent are non clectoi-s, and fifteen per cent, signed under misrepresentation, making a hundred and five per cent, in all. But as only yesterday our contemporary admitted having perpetra ted a wicked forgery and falsehood to " clearly convey to the reader the full mean ing" of Sir George Grey, the representation of one hundred and five per cent, of the sig natures to the petition being wrongful, shows how terrible is the service entailed by the bond. To refute any statement in our contemporary is idle. It stands in Auckland to sow discord among the friends of Auckland and to prevent the overthrow of that system which has for years been robbiDg the pro vince, and aggrandising the favoured circle at the expense of the unhappy Maoris and the public estate. This work it must needs fulfil. By forgery of telegrams and by lying statements let it perform the duty. But let it neve be funny. That is too painful.

The first anniversary At Home of the Aucklaud Degree Temple, 1.0. G.T., was held last night at the Cook-street Christian Meeting House, under the presidency of the Rev. Mr Edger. The hall was crowded on the occasion, the visitors finding seats with difficulty. A capital tea was provided by the committee, with the assistance of several ladies of the Temple. The first part of the programme consisted of an eloquent opening address by the chairman, followed by songs, recitations, &c, by various ladies and gentle men. An interval for refreshments then occurred, after which the great affair of the evening came off, viz., the American Spelling Bee which created much interest and amusement. Five ladies and five gentle men volunteered for the trying ordeal, the prize consisting of a handsome edition of Cow per's poems in three volumes. We should have been happy to have given a detailed account of the fun, but unfortunately the arrival of the mail renders it imperative that this and all our other reports must be brief. The successful speller was Miss Edger, a daughter of the chairman, who outlasted all her rivals. The meeting concluded with some more songs and wound up with the Templars closing Ode. The City of Auckland Loyal Orange Lodge will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening at the Lodge-room, Wellesley-street, at half-past seven,_ _ , A lodge of instruction of Lodge Ara will be held to-morrow evening (Friday) at half past seven o'clock at the Masonic Hotel, Princes-street.

The next lecture of the winter course of the Young Men's Christian Association will be given to-morrow evening by the Rev 0. M. i Nelson, of St. Paul's Cathedral, and the subject will be " Myths." On a previous occasion the rev. gentleman dealt' in a very interesting way with superstitions of the past, and his promised discourse on •' Myths " is in .some respects a twin subject which will be handled by Mr Nelson in an equally able manner. "Myths," accord ing to a modern writer, may be divided into several classes, of which the first and most important is the theological and moral. The oldest theology of all nations is in the form of myths, hence the great importance of mythological study now universally recog nised ; for it is not occupied merely or mainly with strange fancies and marvellous fictions, invented for the sake of amusement, but contains the fundamental ideas belonging to the moral and religious nature of man as they have been embodied by the imaginative faculty of the most favoured races. It will be seen, therefore, that Mr. Nelson has chosen a subject that cannot fail of much instruction and pleasure.

A meeting of the electors of the Franklin district was held on Tuesday evening at the Howick Arms, on the Abolition Question. About thirty-five electors were present. Mr William Lundon was voted to the chair. The meetiDg, with one exception, was unanimous in supporting the spirit of the following re solution, which was carried on the motion of Mr James White, seconded by Mr John Me Inerney :—" That this meeting strongly reprobates the action of the Government in endeavouring, in an unconstitutional man ner, to force through the House the so-called Abolition of Provinces Bill during the pre sent session, feeling assured, from the strong expression of public opinion on the subject, that if the Bill in its present form is sub mitted for the timely consideration of the people of the province, as it should be, that they will return no person to sit as their delegate and representative who will betray the liberties of the people by supporting it, and thus hand them over to be dealt with— not by the voice of the sovereign people, but as it may Beem fit, by the nominees of a corrupt and incapable Government. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Sir George Grey, with a request that both him self and the other members of the Assembly in tb.eir place in the House carry out these views."

The third annual meeting of the Ponsonby Cricket Club took place last evening, at the All Saints school-room. There was an excellent attendance and Mr. F. Jones was voted to the chair. The report of the last season was brought up and confirmed. It shewed the finances of the club to be in a very flourishing condition. The club had been very successful during the paßt season ; the great drawback being the want of a proper practce ground. This however will not be the case for tho coming season, Mr, Kelly having kindly placed his paddock at the digposal of the club. The election of officers for the ensuing season then took place. Mr. W. Townshend was re-elceted hon. secretary and treasurer. MrT. Masefield appointed captain and a committee consisting of Messrs. Masefiold, Devore, and the secre tary were duly elected. A hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr. Kelly for the use of his ground. A vote of thanks to the retiring officers and the chairman brought the meeting to a close.

In consequence of the cutter Watchman not being at the wharf, the sale haß been postponed till Saturday, at eleven o'clock.

Mr and Mrs Whitehouse, two passengers by the Mikado en route for Sydney, called at our office today, and informed us that they had lost their only two children on boa;il the Mikado, between the date of her leaving 'Frisco and the vessel's arrival at Houo.ulu. One of the children, a little girl aged 5 years, died on the 18th August, and the other (a little boy of 2 years) died on the 22nd. The cause of death assigned by the Doctor was diptheria.

William Grunday, alias Te Kooti, alias the Wild Chief called at our office this morning and complains of having been summoned under the name of William Solomon alias Te Kooti to appear at the Waiuku Police Court on tho 24th inst, to answer a charge of vagrancy. Mr Grunday has no objection to responding to the summons, but wishes to place upon record, his objection to being called out of his name.

Sir, —In reading the Police Court cases in your yesterday's issue, Mrs Davis has been reported to have said sho wonld sell her cows and leave the country if the case waß dismissed. Certainly we could ill afford to lose so amiable a lady, and particularly the cows. Now, Mr Editor, I can assure you that this old offender, as Mr Broham justly terms her, is a perfect pest and nuisance in the locality where Bhe resides, and I am sure that her immediate neighbours would only be very glad to pay the last fine and costs in consideration of her leaving the locality. I respectfully ask through the medium of your columns how it is the Inspector of Nuisances or the police never pays us a visit so that they could see the state of the road and foot path—cut away to that extent that it is with much difficulty people get to or from their dwellings.—l am, &c., One of the Sufferers.

The meeting to welcome the Vesey Stewart Special Settlement Immigrants will be held in the Choral Hall to-morrow, Fri day, at 730 p.m. A number of clergymen and gentlemen will address the meeting, and a good band will give selections of music at intervals. Refreshments will be provided. A very large meeting is anticipated, as we doubt not our citizens will be glad to wel come such a large number of families, who have elected to take up their abode perma mently in our midst.

The mail steamer to-day brought the famous "Little Nell," who is making a "starring" holiday with her brother S. D. Wright, Esq. "Little Nell" is an actress of the same school as Mrs. Williamson, who hasmade such a tremendous hit in Melbourne. She goes with her brotner through to that city, but we trust we shall yet have the pleasure of witnessing this lady's clever impersonations on the Auckland stage Among the passengers also is the Petite Danseuse Little Benson the best adept in the art of terpsichore the world has at present. She is travelling with her mother and we hope to see them both in Auckland again.

A Startling Incident.

A RAT ATTACKS AND BITES A CHILD

A story has reached us which establishes beyond all doubt the theory that rats, under certain oircumstanoes, will attack human be ings in a most savage and persistent manner. On Sunday morning last, our informant tells us. Mrs Preece, who resides in the Grafton Road, -was lighting a fire, whan a rat which had concealed itself in the shavipgs suddenly jumped out, no doubt having an objection to the application of the match, and in his hurry to get away, plumped into a boiler of hot water, which was standing close to the fire-place. The rat, not finding his change of quarters any improvement, scrambled, out of the hot water and with a view, as it appeared, to cool his par-boiled skin betook him to some cold water which was in a pail next to the boiler. In addi tion to Mrs Preece, two children were in the room at the time, one of them a little boy about nine years old, a nephew of the lady. Of course the antics of the rat caused great astonishment, but this was turned to alarm when the vermin on getting out of his last bath made a deliberate spring at Mrs Preece. It did not succeed in biting her, and next tried to get at the little boy. In this it was successful, for it bit a small piece of fresh clean out

of the little fellow's elbow, and then, not satisfied with this, attacked him in the leg, getting a hold of the calf, and causing its teeth to meet. The animal was then scared away, and got off uninjured except by the hot water. Kecollecting the dangerous na ture of rat-bites, Mrs Preece had the child taken at once to the hospital, where the wounds were at once examined by Mr Norton (the house-surgeon), and cantensed. We understand that the child was very unwell for the first two days after the occurrence, but is now much better.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Joseph Newman and Edward Isaacs, I Esqs., Justices.) eve's daughters. Ann Southwell, Emily Diver, and Margaret Carroll were brought up on charges of drunkenness. Southwell was fined 55., ana Diver and Carroll 10s. each. Stephen Troner was violently drunk last night, and forfeited his bail. OUT ON A SPREE. John Patter Eon, a seaman, was charged with a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act by absenting himself without leave from the British barque Delmira, on the Bth mat. The captain and a passenger deposed that prisoner was a perpetual drunkard, and the captain was anxious to get rid of him. Fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour. AGET> EIGHTEEN". Jane Anderson, a young girl, was charged with having no visible lawful means of obtaining a livelihood. It was stated that the young girl was a new arrival who came out in one of the immigrant ships some eighteen months ago, but; who had been leading a disreputable life ever since. She had an illegitimate child, a few months old, which was entirely neglected. The Bench sentenced her to three months imprisonment with hard labour, chiefly that the child might have some protection. The prisoner went screaming out of Court and made a faint in the passage. TME LANGUAGE OF PAT. Patrick Bedford, was charged under the Vagrancy Act, with using language of too gross a character for publication in a news paper, in Lome-street last evening. Prisoner a powerful fellow said he was guilty under certain circumstances; he met a young woman in Lorno-street, and they had words which resulted in blows, and he must say that he used language which the court might not like to hear. Sergeant-Major Pardy gave the prisoner a character. The Bench imposed a fine of £2 or one month's imprisonment. A FALLEN" ANGEL. Jemima Morgan, a good-looking girl, was charged under the Vagrancy Act with being an incorrigible rogue, a prostitute, and very disorderly person. The prisoner, who was smartly trimmed about the head, and exceedingly rough about the skirts of her dress, who might have taken the character of " Draggletail, " pleaded guilty, and received her sentence of three months' imprisonment with hard labour with the utmost sangfroid.

This was all the business

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. IKADO WITH THE English and American Mails.

THE CARLISTS GAIN A VICTORY.

Now York, August 14th.—The following despatch bas been received from Europe :— " A battle has taken place between the Carliats and Government troops at Arduna, in which the (Jarlißts were victorious, driving the Alphousists with considerable slaughter from the field. They csptured a number of prisoners, and artillery and ammunition " COLONEL BAKER DISMISSED FROM THE ARMY. London, August 14. —Colonel Valentine Baker, recently tried before the Assizes at Croydon, and convicted of indecently as saulting a young lady in a railway carriage and sentenced to fine and imprisonment, has been dismissed the British army. ANOTHER STEAMSHIP LOST. London, August 14. —The steamship Payne (from Brazil for Southampton) has been lost off Brest. Crew and passengers saved. THE O'CONNELL CENTENARY CELE BRATION.—RIOT IS GLASGOW. London, August B.—The O'Connell Cen tenary was celebrated in this city by a ban quet last night at the Cannon-street Hotel. A majority of the gentlemen present were Home Rulers. Cardinal Manning ordered a Te Deum to be sung this evening in all the churches of the Archepiscopal Diocese, for the blessings resulting from O'Connell's labours. A serious riot occurred in Glasgow yester day, between Orangemen and Home Kulers, during the O'Connell celebration. Five policemen were injured. Fifty arrests were made. The rioting was renewed to-night. 5.30 a.m. —Many fresh arrests were made in Glasgow last night, in consequence of the renewal of the disturbance. Several of the rioters and policemen were injured. The military are held in readiness to prevent further disorder. A special despatch from Glasgow reports that the rioters, many of whom were badly hurt, were brought before the Magistrates yesterday morning and remanded to jail. Rioting broke out again in the suburbs on Monday morning. Volunteers and regular troops were ordered to hold themselves in readiness, but the disturbance was stopped by the reading of the Riot Act. It is re marked that mobs of Catholics, armed with hatches, steel-knuclrles and knives, are ojqgsgfized.and acting under a leader. It is reported that several of the men in custody are head-centres. REVIEW OF THE BREADSTUFFS TRADE. London, August 14.—The Times' city article to-day says : "The following on the condition of the corn trade is derived from good sources. Admitting as certain a further rise in the event of bad weather, in the contrary event tliere is still time to secure a large proportion of the wheat crop in good condition. If so, the recent apprehensions will probably prove to have been extreme. If the American crop is secured in good order, there can be no great change in the result of the Spring wheat crop, from what we had reason to expect a few weeks ago. There had been already reason to apprehend a de ficiency, which had not been sufficiently heeded, which should certainly be heeded now. The last report from France was much less unfavourable than was apprehended. Most of the recent rains have done but little injury to farmers. The Btock of old wheat is reported to be small, but it can Hot be quite so exhausted as it was last year, and deliveries during the last two weeks have been double those of the corresponding weeks a year ago." GLADSTONE AGAIN ON PAPACY. Gladstone publishes another pamphlet in which he discusses anew the questions relative to the Papacy, which formed the subject of his former pamphlets on Vaticanism. The present publication takes strong ground against Papacy, from which he predicts trouble in the future, both to Great Britain and on the Continent. The pamphlet declares that Papacy will seize the first opportunity, through bloodshed, to maintain its rule, and. if necessary, even plunge the world into war. The new document is much discussed, and is calculated to renew the

religious conflict raised by his efforts on thi

THE FLOODS IN HUNGARY.

W. L. writes to the London Daily News: " I have before me the Pester Lloyd of July 2 Its description of the floods of June 26 is heartrending. Hundreds of people have lost their lives, streets suddenly became streams, and people were carried off their feet with out a moment's notice, and washed into the Danube. Others were drowned in their houses. Thousands of people in comparative ease have been rendered houseless or penni less. One of the Banks in Buda has' been washed away, cash and all. A great sewer burst, upon which the building stood, the building fell in, and was washed away, and the great bank safe with all its contents was washed one knows not w here—mo3t probably into the Danube. The same paper, of July, gives an account of how Herr A. Aside rescued thirty-two per sons, and narroweiy escaped losing his own life. It may interest your readers to learn that this Mr Albert Askie is an Englishman, and holds an English passport granted to him in April 1872, through Sir Andrew Buchanan, her Majesty's Ambassador in Vienna. English bravery was thus represented at the scene of danger, and it is to be hoped that English charity will be as conspiciously prominent in relieving the distressed. Berlin, August 14th.—The Catholic clergy holding State appointments in Po3en have submitted to the ecclesiastial laws. London, August 15th. —Over 80,000 visi tors, principally Bonapartists, yesterday celebrated the fete of Napoleon by attending High Mass in his memory at St. Augustin Church. New York, August 9th.—From the latest European files we glean the following : The Turkish Government is giving no quarter to the Herzogovian insurgents, and is adopting every means to suppress the rebellion. The rebels are gaining many Moslem adherents. The Herzegovinan insurrection threatens to become a religious war. London August 14. —The hop blight is damaging the crop, and the prospects are at present IeBS favorable than hitherto. The Continental crop is also suffering from variable weather. Madrid, August 14.—A Royal decree orders conscripts to join their regiments before the end of October. The price of exemption is fixed at 800 reales. Inquiry into the latest revolutionary movement in Peru shows that at Arequipa the Friars of the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy were actively concerned in the revolt Some forty conspirators were captured in the Monastery, and the Bishop of the diocese has been applied to to close the rebellious insti tution.

According to the accounts from Damascus, dated July 22nd, the cholera was then raging there. Four hundred cases were reported daily : but the real number was concealed. The Christian quarters were deserted. Sud den deaths were occurring in the streets. There are no physicians nor medicines to sup ply the patients. The disease is also bad at Autioch, Deerhems, Hamah, Homan and Salijah, and among the Druses. The Mission schools are closed and the children dispersed. An additional §100,000 in specie has been recovered from the wreck of the Schiller. Despatches from Central Asia report that a revolution has broken out in Khokan. The Khan ffed, and his forces joined the insurgents.

THE O'CONNELL CENTENARY CELE BRATION IN IRELAND.

ARCHBISHOP CROKE PREACHES IN

DUBLIN,

Dublin, August 6. —The numerous organiz ations, civil and military, which were to take part in the procession to-day, began to assemble at an early hour this morning in St. Stephen's Green and vicinity. It is es timated that there were nearly 40,000 people in line. The houses and sidewalks were crowded with dunse masses of spectators. There was great cheering as the procession marched past O'Connell's house, and at the City Hall: where the great liberator deli vered his first oration against the Union. The members of the Fenian Amnesty Association marched with a banner at their head hung with chains ; their flags were draped with crape, and other emblems of mourning were displayed. Dr Isaac Butt and other Home Rule members of Parliament inarched with the procession. In Sackville-street, as the divisions of the processions, with bands playing, arrived and took up their positions, the scene was grand and stirring. Long before all had arrived, the commemoration ceremonies began at the Bite of the monument. Lord O'Hagan, who was to have delivered the oration of the day, was not able to be present, and the Lord Mayor of Dublin came forward to read it to the assembled multitude. The moment he appeared there was a great uproar and con fusion. The Fenian amnesty men had moved up to the front of the platform, and as the Lord Mayor began to speak they shook the chains attached to their banner in his face and drowned his voice with shouts of."No Whiggery," and there were loud and long continued cries for Dr. Butt. The Mayor made a second attempt to read the speech, but finding it impossible to make himself heard, withdrew from the platform and pro ceeded to his carriage, under protection of the police.

Dr. Butt, in response to repeated c&lls, came forward and made a speech, reviewing the career of O'Connell and thanking the people for their praiseworthy conduct during the day. He was enthusiastically cheered. Speeches were made by J. O'Connor Power, member of Parliament for County Mayo, and Sullivan, member for Louth. The proceed ings were then brought to a close, and the vast assemblage peaceably dispersed. With the exception of the scene in front of the platform, there was no serious disturb ance throughout the day. The sermon delivered by Dr. Croke, Arch bishop of Oashel, yesterday iB much admired for its eloquence, but is sharply criticized by liberal Catholics for drawing anew the Ultromontane line which virtually ex cludes Liberals from the Church, The Dublin Mail says nine parts of the discourse were devoted to the Church and one to O'Connell. A grand banquet, at which the Lord Mayor presided, was given at the Exhibition Palance in the evening. The proceedings were marked by no incident of interest until one of the regular toasts, viz;., " The Legislative Independence of Ire land," was reached. This the Lord Mayor announced, and called on Charles Gavan Duffy to respond. Duffy, on rising, was greeted with a tremendous uproar and shouts for Butt. For twenty minutes there was a scene of wild disorder. The Lord Mayor made repeated attempts to gain a hearing, but in vain, and vacated the chair. Dr. Butt then rose and began to speak, when the gas was extinguished, and the company dis persed in great confusion before the series of regular toasts were finished.

THE MASSACRE AT SAN MIGUEL.

Panama, August I.—The electoral struggle for President of the United States of. Columbia threatens a general war and a division of the country. New York, August 10.— A letter from San Miguel to the Star and Herald of Panama, received to-day, says of the massacre:— " After the barracks had been taken nothing was heard but the savage yells of the as sailants, dispersing in all directions, breaking open the doors and windows of houses of merchants and others, robbing, pillaging, and assassinating in their fiendish occupation, and applying the torch to the houses, and whatever else their whims chose. Amidst this the cry of 'Ueath to foreigners!' 'Death to heretics!' was constantly heard. The town remained for three days at the mercy

of the assailants. -DuungtbattimealV v-?-?' of crimes were committed, and*^" those who took refuge in the di^ were threatened with assassination by!? v mob. The losses in property will not t 1 short of one million of dollars. The P • dent of the Republic has done all thaM?' could to bring the offenders to ppnißbn, but so numerous are they that they can^' be dealt with. The foreigners in the id' have addressed their respective Govern™ i! for the purpose of making the Governm responsible for the massacre." Panama, August I.—President Gonzalo. * Palavodor nad about fifty of those eTJw, in the recent fanatical outbreak shot^ squads, at the towns between San &; J1 and the Capital, causing the padres S, occasioned the riots to witness the c x l, tions. Many of these victims confessed th" were set on by the padres, by telling «» they might rob the rich, provided they Mv part to the Church. Great sorrow and indfo nation is expressed throughout Central America at the events in San Miguel Hi which respectable clergymen join.g ' The following is taken from a letto by an American resident in Costa Bi» " In July a number of Jesuitß entered ft • Republic of Costa Eica from Guatemala* whence they were expelled. "When th ' arrived within ten miles of the capital th * were ordered to stop. Congress met t/ same day, and 200 Masons went in a body to the Congress hall and petitioned for the Jesuits' removal, as mischievous members of society. The President, who is a Mason and several memhers prominent in debate and influence made able speeches on the subject. Congress finally voted ' them $15,000 for their immediate wants, m ordered thtm to leave the country." ■ ' RAILWAY TRAINPRECIPITATEDINTft A EIVER-GEEAT LOSS OF LIFE/ Panama, August 10.- One of the moat terrible railroad accidents that ever happened in Chile occurred recently on the Santiago and Valparaiso Railroad. As a train from Valparaiso was passing over the bridge at Limache the structure gave way, and with the exception of the engine and tender, the whole train, containing fifty persons, was precipitated in the river below. The lampg were broken in the fall, and the oil running out was ignited and set fire to a large pattof. the wreck. Fully one-half of the passengers were either crushed to death or perished by. fire or water,

An' investigation showed that the accident was caused by the defectiveness of the bridge, which was condemned by < the engineer as unsafe several months ago,,and no measure was taken to remedy it. FLOODS IN THE UNITED STATES. There is probably no recorded history to show, since the settlement of the country j year in which the floods of the Atlantic slope have spread over co vast a section, or been so destructive in their fury. Hardly a State but has been .visited by the overflow of its I rivers. The Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Wabash, and hundreds of smaller stream, have risen above their banks, and rushing abroad into the valleys, swept away homes, cattle, growing crops and grain in the stack, bridges, mills, and other valuable improve ments. The pecuniary damage is counted t>y millions of dollars, and there has also been some loss of life, while the destitution jg fearful. These floods are all the more^re« markable because occurring in midsummer. They are anticipated to a certain extent in the Spring, at which seasoa they work less ruin. MOODY AND SANKEY IN AMERICA. New York, August 14.—Moody and San key, the great revivalists, arrived to-day from England in the steamer Spanv A party of gentlemen, including several clergy men, met them at the wharf. Moody is accompanied by his wife and two children,' and Sankey by his wife and three children. Moody says that they wiil go to Northfield, Mass., for the present. Their plans are not made up yet Their snccess in England was marvellous. By-and-bye they will return to their old Church in Chicago, and will make that the central point of their future work. Their work will be on the same general plan as in England.

The New 'Frisco Mail Service.

Fftoii American files to hand by the Mikado we learn that the Vasco da Gama is to be the first boat of the new line. She is announced to sail from San Francisco on the 9th October next, so that she may be expected to arrive here about the 3rd or 4th November. The San Francisco papers appear to have the same,objection to the steamers ninning dqfn the coaat of Ne\.- Zealand as we have. The Examiner alluding to the service says:-"One of the difficulties to which ye referred was calling at Fiji, and thus exposing heavily laden vessels to risks of no ordinary charac ter, the Islands being surrounded by coral . reefs, and no complete snrvey of the harbour and approaches having been as yet "pade. The next unreasonable stipulation imposed was in compelling the contractors to run down the coast of New Zealand from Auckland to Port Chalmers, a distance of 900 miles, on a rugged, boisterous trip, which should not be undertaking by an ocean-going vessel. In reference to the name of Mr. Hall berog mixed up with the contract the same paper says : "We cannot but deplore that Halls name should have been mixed up in »ay manner, no matter how distant, with the recent tenders for the service. It is however sgtisfactory to perceive that his name does not appear in the contract, and we unhesi tatingly denounce the statement, made^by him to his friends in Sydney, of bis having formed a connection with the Union, Pacinc, for the purposes of the contract, as a gross fabrication. Men of his stamp tend in_no trifling degree to bring the people of, the nationality to which they may belong, into bad repute; and it is with pain we observe that he prostituted his position as American Consul at Sydney, and created an unfavour; able impression against our countrymen. In speaking of the Pacific Mail Company the Examiner dwells upon the thorongniy established basis of the Company and looks to it to redeem the character of American scources in the eyes of English colonists. •

THE CITY ELECTION.— To-day.

The City Council election to-day seemed altogether to have escaped the notice ol the public, with the' exception of _« visitors and was perhaps the duUesiM>i all the elections that was ever held inw»* city. Our reporter peeped into ? ne stood at the entrance to the hall, but having nothing else to do was quietly enjoying *J innocent pipe. Mot even the figure ot m Staines was' present, so little interest ap parently did the man of the people take in w« proceedings. Neither were any outside ipnn- ;. gers visible in the enviable capacity, of toura. hall of the Mechanic's Institute several times during the day and observed only u» officials at their tables, and one or two elec tors recording their votes. A 'CM*»g at two o'clock only about 170 votes had■;«£ recorded, and these were mostly in »w of Messrs. Cosgrave, Prime and V*W' The number in favour of Mr. Staines ten* the smallest. We fihall give the result pi the election in a later edition of tbe &ta«

THE EVENI^ STAB, THOfeSDAY SEPTEMBER 9 1875



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