SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH "WATER : Tbis evening, 6.4 ; to morrow morning. 6.26 SUN SET : This evening, 7.18 ; SUN RISE : to morrow morning, 4-55 ■ MOON'S AGE : last Quarter, January 8,1875

ARRIVALS.

JLadybird, s,s, from the South (m the Manukau)

DEPARTURES.

jrrowmng Beauty, barque, far Newcastle Macgregor, R M.s s, Grairger, for Sydney Clyde, schooner, for Wangarei Etna Meikle, schooner, for Gisborne, via Coast Hover, Schooner, jor Gisborne, via Coast"'--- ■•■•'■ IKcbo, schooner, for Russell "Wellington, s.s, for the South (from the Manukau)

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney—Hero, 8 s, Friday, noon For the S luth—Ladybird, s s, Monday next For Newcastle—Otago, barque, Saturday For Ban Francisco— Condoren, ship, early ; City of

Melbourne, R.M.S.S., (English Mail), 21st instant For Levuka—Belle Brandon, schooner early . , For Lyttelton— JVaitangi, shirt, tarly ; Albion1,51>rig' shortly ; Mary King, sctooner, and Flirt, brigan tine, early For Karot->nga—Blan^ne, schooner, eaily for London— City of Auckland, ship, Isth Jan For a Cruise—Southern Cross, Missionary barquentine early . ,

VESSELS EXPECTED.

*<*onga W.nga, s s, from Sydney, early ll.lu. s Blanche, from Sydney, early Ciemati*, ketch, from Napier J Papua, schooner, from Karotonga, early Cospatrick, ship, from London ; sailed Bth September I'ilharee, barque, ff>m London; sailed October 2 Warwick, ship, from London; sailed October 11 Inverene, ship, from London; sailed October 30 Anazi, barque, from London ; sailed October 28 . Kapido, barque, from New York.yia Adelaide, loading Edith Rose, barque, from New York ; sailed Sept. 18 Chanticleer, brig, from Hobart Town, early Vision, brig, from Dnnadin, early Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands, early Dauntless, (2), schooners, from New Caledonia, Kuropa, barque, from Sydney, early Kenilworth, scaooner, from Samoa, early Sir Isaac Newton, schooner, from Lyttelton Magellan Cloud, from Lyttelton, early Ryno, brigantiae; from Rotumah, early

IMPORTS.

Per Ladybird, from the South:—Under bond: 5 quarter-casks wine, Macky; 1 box tobacco-, Waller; 8 packages, H. T. Kemp; 1 case, Jones; 1 case, Small field ; 2 cases, Short; 1 case, Ford, Potter and Co.; 13 cases, Kempthorne and Co.; 50 sacks malt, Bedell and Watson; 50 ditto, Suiter and Co.; 2 cases, Dent; 1 parcel, Kohn; 1 case, Hoare; 1 box, Storekeeper; 2 boxes gold. Bank of New Zealand; 18 cases butter, Veale and Soskin; 31 bales 5 bags wool, Cambes and Daldy (agents). *

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Wellington, for the South:—2 cases, H. S. Meyers; 1 case, Brown, Barrett and Co.; 1 truss,, McArthur and Co. ; 4 packages, T. and S. Morrin; 7 ditto, Sash and Door Co.; 1 case, 1 cask, Kempthorne and Co.; 8 plates iron, T. and S. Morrin; 17 sacks potatoes, Jakins and Co.; 1 cow and calf, Cruick- Bhank; 150 kits oysters, order; 2 tons potatoes, E. Bilkey; 5 ditto, Tonks and Co.; 10 hhds., Reid; 10 ditto, Kyan, Bell and Co.; 1 case, R. Lusk; 1 parcel, T. Lowe; 3 bales, 1 case, R. Ijusk; 6 plates iron, Fraser and Tinne; 50 kits oysters,' order; 8 packages mouldings, Saßh and Door Company;" 11 packages, Sash ancl Door Co.; 5 cases fruit, Lawrence, 80 kits oysters, order. —Combes ancl Daldy, agents. . Per Mary King, for Lyttelton:—£,2ll pieces (C0.0.Q0 feet) sawn kauri. —D. H. McKenzie, agent.

The s.s. Ladybird arrived in the IVDmukautliia morning, with the following passengers:—Miss Camerford, Miss Redmond, Miss Clow, Messrs. Shai> land, Forbes, Wibber, "Yon Tempsky, Fernandez, and eleven in the steerage. " . '" .• < The s.s. "Wellington left last night! with, the follow ing passengers, for the South: —Rev. and Mrs.Tu.r-, ncr, Mr and Mrs Breakall, Mrs Clarkson and "two" children, Mrs Tinsley, Mrs Carey and family (5)/ Messrs. Ansley, Barusdall, Underwood, Bcnnis,'. Mahoney, Robertson, Rainford, Wrigg.-JHeJraore, and Smith, Mrs Maguire, "Miss Dank-well (2),' Masters Dankwell (3), Messrs. Given (3), <3rffkins, Spry, Stuir, Stewart; Fenehord, Jones, and Hodges, Mrs Kowei The ship City of Auckland has entered outwards for London. ' •••"-, , :

The schooner Eifie Meikte sailed to-day for gis borne via the East Coast, with 20 tons.Coal, 20,000 feet timber, and a quantity of sundries, Bhipped/by Whitson and Son and Owen and' Graham.. '..',',

. The barque Loch TJrr arrived at San FiaaoiscVon November 27, after a rapid passage of 4s day's. It "will be recollected that the Loch Awe took 63 days. The s s. Macgregor took her departure at half-past seven o'clock this morning. In. aildftibn" to her through passengers she took the following from Auckland:—Key. Edward C. Stewart, Mr Harcourt Lee, and. five in the steerage.

The s.s. Hero is to saiMor Sydney an^'Mglßoßrife^ on Friday at noon. ... ■' ■ :"

The business detaining the Condoren having now been settled, the ship is ready^to'sail. lI It is expected she "will get ont by to-morrow evening^ .. ~, ,-j The schooner Mary King.has cleared for Lyttelton with a cargo of timber.

TELEGRAPHIC' SHIPPING.

•j Nafieb, tliis day, The Pretty Jane arrived at three.p.m. yesterday.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

' Mails will Clobb as follows :— For Thames, this day, at 580 p m For Coromandel, this day, at 5 30 p m For Whitianßi, Tairua, Opotiki, and Napier, via Tauranga, per Southern Cross, this day, at 5 p m F«r Waiwera and Warkworth, per Lady Bowen, to " morrpwj at 10 a m . '" ' For Australian Colonies, per Hero, on Saturday next, : at 11 am Per s.S. Ladybird, on Monday next, 11th instant, cas under:— J For India, China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 7 a m ForTarauaki, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, at 8 a ra> - Jfor United Kingdom, via Suez and South ampton, (for letters Specially addressed), at Sam For the united Kingdom, via Erindisi, and late letters for Southern provinces and Melbourne atS. 15 a.m. For newspaper?, at 6 ftEfi ... For money cinters, and registered letters/ ron Saturday, Hie 9th in.- tans, at 6 pm, For the Undermentioned places per City of Melbourne, on Kri.l*y, 22nd instant, as follows :— \ For Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South America, J»'nd British and Foreign West Indies, at 11 a m. . For ths SOnited Kingdom and Continent of Europo, ut 11 a.m. Ir S"or money orcler3, registered letters, and news <*7'7erß, at 10 a.m. ' \fiaie letters bearing an extra fee ©f 6d will be .., received by the MM Agent on board up to time of -! sailing "':'. ■-■"--' , ; i ~L- B. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster

MARRIAGE.

StAingbp.—Gazs—On 4th January, at the residence of the bride's parents, by thj Rev P. H. Cornford, Assisted b^ tlie Rev J T. Warlow Davies, Henry Vincent, son of JSTr Thomas Stringer, of Spring Bank Farm, Otahuhu, late of Sandbach, Cht shire, England, to Alice Ann, eldest daughter of Charles Gaze, Auckland. Manchester MKartiiner pleasa copy.

DEATHS.

ThAwWr—On January 4, at Charlton H;>n£e, Mount Eden, Amy Lucy, infant daugter o£ M. Thamer ; aged 10 weeks r.nd 4 days

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

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1875

: ♦ I Fw ths cause that lack? assistance, M for the wrong that needs resiataaee, Tor the future in the distance. ' : Aid Va.f reo4 th»t rre o»n it.

There is an honesty in the deliverances of the new Minister of Justice that doubtless comes of his inexperience of the ways that are dark and the tricks that are vain of jjarty intrigue. He tells the people of Kaiappi thai}- it will take two or three sessions to swallow up the provinces, and 1 they must begin with the North Island. In 'fact that tat Southern provinces will only 'have the pleasure of being eaten last. We fancy that none of the older Ministers would ,have said as jmuch to the Southern con stituencies who have been led to the belief that the destruction of the Northern pro vinces would' be the salvation of their own. The policy is usually represented in a double aspect. Before all Northern constituencies the disciples of Mr Vogej represent the, partial abolition as the begin ning of the end of pro vincialism. Before Southern constituencies they usually repre sent it as the lopping off the dead boughs •that the great tree of provincialism (Southern) may flourish. Whi6h is true time will tell, but'both cannot. However, if the Northern theory is right, and Mr Bowen speaks truly that this is but the beginning of lopping off "the provinces, we cannot for. the life of us see why it' would hot be better and plea- Tsanter for all concerned to do the whole business at once. There can be no satisfac tion in this prolonged agony. There is an anecdote told of a very humane man which is exceedingly apropos to the A lady residing next door .was, awakened before daybreak by the ■most unearthly yelling of a dog. This was continued, morning after morning at the same hour,lmtirunable'to .get her morning rest and unable to tear the horrible howling any longer, and prompted by.curiosity, <she called on* her gentle-hearted neighbour, and en quired as to the cause of the uproar. He replied that he was cutting off his dog's tail. On her expressing her surprise at the length of time he was about it, he explained that he 'fcbuld not bear to subject the poor animal to bo much torture as the immediate removal of th« whole t»il would produce, so he had been taken it off by an inch at a time. It strikes us, ti»tl if Mr Vogel intend*, as. Mr Bowen explains, it would b« much less painful to

prorincialists, and muck more satisfactory in every way t» make a clean sweep of the provinces, jthan thus to lop them off by an inch at a time.

We are pleased to observe that our contem porary the Cross has the good sense to acquiesce in the general desire for the return of Sir George Gray ai representative of City Weßt in the General Assembly. It is true our contemporary expresses such acquiescence in mildly deprecatory language, and raises in an incidental way objections that ,might suggest themselves to any mind desirous of finding fault with the proposal. But it is on the whole satisfactory to observe that our contemporary has not received orders to resist with tooth and nail the pla cing in the house, a gentleman who is sure to

rally around him a large following that will regard him with deference and respects The Cross believes it " is a likely occurrence that he would be elected" if he consented, and very properly suggests "the necessity of first obtaining his consent." -There is no doubt that before election suck consent must be asked, and as lit£le doubt that if properly asked it will be obtained;, but in the meantime, as suggested by; the Herald yesterday, it is advisable that : as litUe lime as possible should be lost in testing this matter in the u&ual and formal" manner of a requisition. With respect to the '* singular and ttnp&ralelled spectacle of an ex-Governorof a colony sitting as a member of the Parlia ment of that colony in which for years he has represented the Queen/ it will be to colo nists a Very gratifying spectacle, as pleasing to them as it will be honorable to him who, having adopted this country as his home, is thus prepared to take the lower room if t hereby he can serve her interests. Our contemporary further says that Sir George would secure a seat in Parliament if he

chooses " to say the word," and adds, " Will he say it ?" The answer to this can only be given w'ien the question is embodied in a requisition, and we can say with confidence that Sir George Grey is not the man to hsng back if his country calls ; and the intending requisitionists may rest assured that if he sees in the number and names of requisition ists that it is the call of duty, he will place himsejf at the service of the people. That he will come forth and solicit "election, Or take any part in having himself returned, is surely not expected by our contemporary. That at least would be "peculiar" and " unparalleled" in an ex-Governor of a colony, but the positiorjof Sir George Grey makes it in no way disparaging to electors that they should, by the number and unanimity with which they offer invitation, show him that they really desire him to take oh him the duty of representing them in Parliament. Our contemporary identifies Sir George Grey with his provincialist views in suoh all exclu sive manner that one would think there must never have been, or never can be, any other question save that which cropped up in the last few days of last session owing to an out break of M'r Vogel's temper. But we believe th,at in Auckland, even by those who feel strongly opposed to Bir George Grey's opinions on constitutional amendment, those opinions will be overlooked for sake of the many other and great qualifications pos sessed' by liim for serving the country. We invite our contemporary to cordially acquiesce and' co-operate in this movement, so that it may be unanimous. People say that. the Cross will be afraid to espouse his cause for fear of incurring the displeasure of Mr Vogel. But we trust that our contemporary will manifest a brave aud independent spirit in the public interest; and acquiescing/ heartily in the proposal, and uniting with the Herald and ourselves, show that all the journals of Auckland, as well as all its people, are one in desiring the return of Sir George Grey to Parliament.

A shobt time ago we announced that it was understood in Sydney that A.S.N. Company would continue the present San Francisco mail service for six months longer. We are glad to learn that definite advices have been received by Mr H. M. Jervis, the local agent, that the service will be carried on as iat t present by the company for the period mentioned. No other com pany in the Australian colonies could have carried out such an undertaking on the brief notice afforded, and it is creditable to colonial enterprise and resources that a service of such magnitude should have been taken up immediately after a breakdown by a large English firm and carried on as effi ciently as before. We hope, as we believe will be'the case, that better time than has hitherto been, .maintained by1" this mail route will be secured by the service.now established. The fact that the fine steamers employed on the Hall-Forbes service will be retained on the new line as at present, with the City of Adelaide and City, of' Melbourne as extra boats, is a guarantee that the pas senger accoinmlodation will be first class, and confidence in the..,route as the best.one for passengers to 'GreaA- 'Britain will-no- doubt soon be restored. , . T '":;':

It affords us veKjr great-pleasure to ;see the announcement of a '&ivid'etfd;;j>y;the^National Bank in another column. For an itistitutibh in its mere infancy to find itself in a.position to announce such a dividend is testimony to the footing ,'it has already secured,.and an indication ofithe proud .position it will attain as time rolls over its hea,d, ,and the commerce of New Zealand grows with our growth. ''

la our telegrams to-day we read that the JS[ew Zealand Tunes ridicules theidpa that politics had anything whatever 'to do with the appointment of Judge Gillies. It is sur" prisicg what bunkum can "be spoken without making a face. We can picture to ourselves the merry twinkle in Greighton's eye'when he wrote that article. _

The New Zealand Times, we see by telegram, sees nothing,, dreadful to Mr, Vpgel : in the, coming of; Sir George" Grey _to Parliament. This is the editor's opinion, and we trust that, it will be generally entertained. "~u,-• i/^'?, ■■

Ho one;will charge us with being blind to the faults of the People's Champi6nV ' But wheh we; sac >what r appear« persecution of: any i man", we feel irresistibly impelled to range ourselves on the side of the oppressed. We ibelieve the prosecution■ of ; George" Staines for obstructing the footpath is perse cution ; and even at the risk . of. being regarded as reflecting unwarrantably on a case i while pending, we desire to ; m.ilcUy expostulate respecting the charge which has been now brought' against him. No one re quires'to be told about the position of^affair's in that part of Up^er Queen-street. The roadway is bounded on either side by a pre cipice. Mr Staines' house is far back frOM the roadway, and he constructed jvplatform across the 'chasm,*; rO£ course, this platform may be called the"pathway. "■' Anythingmay be' called anything. But no one would affirm that it is or. could be used as such. This gangway ia bounded on one side by a hand rail to prevent persons who are going into his place from falling into the abyss, aod being to all intents and purposes part of Mr Staines' own establishment, he has always been accustomed to expose his goods there. His neighbours similarly circumstanced have done the same ; but either they have got the wink at the proper time, or they choose to let the People's Champion fight hia own and their battle at the same time, for they have WLthin the past few days withdrawn their goods, and George must bear the brant. Now, we ask in all honesty, what injury are Mr. Staines' goods doing ? If his platform were not there there would be a chasm, and his platform has been long—before other similar erections were there—a sort of city .of refuge to which pedestrians resorted for protection from passing vehicles and

horsemen.. if there is a " palliway " there why is it, not formed, and if formed the goods iv tlie owner's doorway or window would be as near to the thoroughfare as now —nothing nrore. - r-&nd'<if the letter of the law is to be observed any person down in Queen-street hanging a pair of trousers or a crinoline outside his door post, flapping in the wind—and there are plenty that do it—is equally transgressing the by-law, andis giving far'ttiore causeto frighten animals than is done by tlie inanimate tubs and bedsteads. The fact is, George is singled out, not for this but for his other offences ; and we. do not care what may be the result of the trial, the prosecution is an unfair one; Caii he never be forgiven for having been obstreperous in Council! , Can he not be allowed to quietly carry out his piivate business without that business being visited with his public offences. Let him be nailed, if needs be., when he appears on the public platform. Let him be shot at, if needs, be when he heads a crowd. But really this is carrying the war into private life in a way that is not maply. There are plenty of graver transgressions against the by-laws than this - and they are winked at. We do not mean to write severely on the subject, but really such a way of getting at a man is very paltry ; and though George Staines has plenty of enemies in Auckland, we think there are very few who will sympathise with this atterppt to punish him in his private affairs. We trust the case will be withdrawn. This attack was at tempted once before, and failed ; and there will be no credit attaching to it if it succeeds, for it is only another illustration of what is too common—making use of our criminal courts for the the gratification of private vengeance.

We give insertion to the following growl from the Old Men's Refuge : —Mr Editor,— By inserting the following, you will oblige us: The thanks of this Institute is given in the kindest manner to the Engineers for not for getting that the like of them was in exist ence. It has been notified in the newspapers that some heavy donations has been received by some person in authority for their benefit, but it has not come this length yet. Any thing of that sort ought to be handed to the man in charge, and to be distributed to the satisfaction of all.—l am, &c, An Inmate of the Institution.

At the monthly meeting of the Templar Benefit Society last night about sixty members were present, Mr J. Warren occu pied the chair. Printed copies of the rules were distributed among the members, and it was resolved to forward copies to the various country lodges with an invitation for them to form branches. It was stared that tlie membership roll was steadily increasing. The rules of the Society provide for sick allow ance, funeral money, &c. The Society is one that holds out immense advantages to working men who are Good Templars, and we hope it will be generally supported. The weekly payment of sixpence a week is within the means of all.

The spirit with which the rehearsal held la&t evening by the Choral Society, in con nection with Miss Christian's complimentary concert, was gone through, and the deter mination evinced by the members to do everything in their powerr to promote the interests of the beneficiare, promise a most successful concert. To give additional effect to the selections from the " Elijah" Mrs Smythe and Mr Skinner, who had intended to return to Melbourne by the Here, have agreed to delay their departure from Auck land in order that they may give their gratuitous assistance to Miss Christian.

Baker's Hibernicon at the Lome street Hall, was fairly attended last night. The songs given were well chosen, and received loud applause. " Mother He's gone Away;"" a plaintive ballad sung by Mrs Baker was encored ; as was " 'Oft in the Stilly Night," an ever pleasing air, rendered with great taste by Mr H. Baker. To-night, Mr John Moran's benefit is announced, and as is it also the last appearance of the company in Auck land, there should be a crowded house.

The Rev Charles Clark, the Dickens lec turer and illu&trator, will arrive ia Auckland in the course of next week, and he will pro bably have as compagrjon do voyage Mr Hugh George, manager of the Melbourne Argus.

To the Editor : Sir, —It appears almost incrediable, but it is nevertheless the fact, that although we spend such large sums in our postal service, the mail was being landed yesterday from the s.s. Macgregor in a waterman's boat, the carts waiting on the wharf while the waterman went to and fro. —Yours, Eye Witness. [We are informed that the Auckland portion of the mail was landed at- once, but it was the southern mail for .transhipment to the s.s. Wellington that was being brought ashore at tne time men tioned and ip the way described by our. correspondent.—Ed. J&.&]

We omitted in our notice of the New Year school treats, that of the scholars of Sheridan street Sunday-school. About one hundred children were present, beside twelve male and; female teacherSjlind a numbers of friends. After a feast of tea, buns, and other niceties, under a tent, the children engaged in various sports on the chapel green until six o'clock, when the party returned to their respective homes. Among those present were the Rev. Wm. Harris, the new minister, Mr Warbur ton, the active superintendent ; Mr Hughes, secretary ; and Mr Smith.

We notice that Mrs Shayle George will re-open the High School^ Symonds-street, lately occupied by Mf Fraaer, as a school for girls on the 25th instant. :.

The quarterly meetir^Jof the Licensed Victuallers' Association will be held to-mor row morning, at the British Bjotel, at the hour of eleven.

The sultriness of the weather yesterday had. a slumberous effect upon the listeners iii the Supreme Court, and several persons fell asleep during the trials. Soon after the com^" mencement of the hearing of the case of the girl Cecilia Allen, one venerable gentleman on a seat! behind the "prisoner's bar wfes., lapped so'deeply in " slumber sweet" that 1 his sonorous snore disturbed the Court and caused a titter to run through the assemblage. He opened his eyes in astonishment and sighed "I've been dreaming."

We understand that the members of the popular Hobson Band contemplate celebrat ing their anniversary by a select ball in the hall of the Auckland Catholic Institute, Wellington-street, on the evenimg of the 28th of January (the night previous to the anniversary Regatta.) Further particulars will appear in a future announcement.

The Acclimatization Society has been un fortunate in its shpment of birds by the Gleniora. Of 12 nightingales shipped all have died : Of 22 whitethroats all have died ; while of 80 hedge sparrows, only 18 were landed this morning. The value of the last named birds as destroyers of insects is w«U •known, and it is therefore a matter of con gratulation that even so small a number has Burvived.

A service in connection with the new Church movement in England, called tha Evangelical Alliance, will be held this even ing at St. Mary's; Parnell, where an address will be delivered by the Rev. C. M. Nelson on " The Outpouring of the Spirit."

•The Auckland Haras onic Society have for some time past been preparing for the per formance of Handel's magnificent oratorio, " Judas Maccabaeus," which will be rendered to-morrow night in. the Choral Hall. This evening a rehearsal takes place at the Young Men's Rooms. The performance has been looked forward to with a very large amount of interest, and we believe we are justified in stating that the result will be a gratifying surprise to those who have not been afforded the opportunity of being present at any of the society's practices. The oratorio will be rendered with full orchestral accompaniment.

• The feirl 'Cecilia Allen was found Not Guilty " on the charge of setting fire to tbe house of Mr Howard at Takapuna, but was not discharged, as another case of arson will be.brbvjgSET'against her next week*.

POLICE COURT.— This Day.

'(Before Messrs W. J. Hurst. Esq., and Jno. V/ Casgrave, Esq., J.P. s) DRUNKENNESS. James Walsh, George Marsh, and John Thompson; convicted of tbia little failing, had to p&y the usual penalties. it's false, your honor, false. James Ryan, a sailor, accused of the Bame offence, indignantly denied it. He was going on board his ship when arrested. He had no money, and could'nt get drunk. He only wished he could» .' Two constables,; in.-espite of these assertions, swore that he was very drunk, and their Worships preferring to believe the custodiaus of the peace., inflicted a fine of 5s and costs, with the usual alternative.

! NEGLECTING TO CONTRIBUTE. ■ John Knox was brought up charged with neglecting to contribute towards the support <j>f his two children in the Industrial Home.. Inspector Broham said the accused had only paid 8s duiing three years, which had elapsed since the children were committed to the Home. He was in receipt of a pension of 2s 3d a day, and was well able to earn more. , The accused denied that he was able to work. He was G7 years old, and some days was not able to dress himself. The Court ordered the accused to pay the amount claimed. BREACH OF MEPX'HANT SHIPPING ACT. William Crotb was charged with the above offence, by absenting himself without leave from the ship Assaye on the 2nd inst. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and as the captain refused on-account of his bad character to take him back, he was sentenced to seven days' imprisonment. THE IMPOUNDING ACT, William Hughes and Tho«. Conley, foi petty breaches of the Impounding Act, were fined. Is and costs each. A POWERFUL POLICFMAN. Enoch Santon, to a charge of allowing his horse to depasture in the public street 3, pleaded guilty. The horse got out and "a policeman picked it up." Fined Is and costs. SUSAN AND MATILDA. Susan CoDley appeared to answer a charge of using filthy and abusive language to Matilda Kelly, on the sth inst. Mr Joy appeared for the complainant and Mr Thorne for defeudant.

The complainant, on going into the witness box, deposed that she and the defendant were next-door neighbours at the Wynyard Pier. On Tuesday morning defendant came to her door and first of.all spoke to her husband. She then said that she wanted bis wife out. When she (witness) went out, Mrs Kelly called her the foulest names, and threatened "to rip her up." She also took a spade handle and threw it at witness, but it hit the fence.

In cross-examination by Mr Thorne, witness admitted that she did- sometimes use bad language. She had been up at that Court accused of it, but was discharged. She had been in prison : what it was for she could not say :" that was best known to the Court.

William Kelly corroborated the statement of his wife.

Catherine Cope, a married woman, deposed she was in the house at the time of the row.

Mr. Joy : Will you tell the Court what the defendant said ?

Witness (shaking her head solemnly) iNo that I won't.. - ..

Mr Tbiorne : You are too modest I suppose,

Witness : No, I am too old a woman to be very modest. I can tell you, if you want particularly to hear it. Witness went on to confirm the com plainant's version of the story. The row began about buying some clothes. Defend ant vilely abused complainant; shouted out some lie about her being seen with seven sailors on the. wharf, and threatened to rip her up. A dense fog enveloped portions of Eng land on Saturday and Sunday. Steamboats on the Thame3 suspended running fort»vo days. At. Liverpool forty boats stopped. Railroad accidents are reported at Wolver hampton, Shrewsbury and elsewhere. At Newport, in Monmouthshire, a collision oc curred, and fourteen persona were injured. Annie Hassall a pert young lady a daughter of the defendent was called for the defence. She put a very different colouring on the affair. It was Mrs Kelly who wa»ithe assailant. She was like a lioness, and called her mother frightful names. Her mother. was as quiet as possible. .She was not. at all violent, (laughter). ■ • , ' ' Mr Joy : Are'you aware that your mother has been bound.oy^r.. to keep the peace before this.

Witness: No I cannot recollect. ' , ""■'' Mr Joy : What not with Mrs Cope. ,!., Witness : No !pon my word I really can't recollect. ' • ;: ■ • ['"■, ' '

The Bench ordered the' defendant to find two sureties for her good behaviour for six months, Court fees, but not solicitors ex penses being allowed to follow the decision..

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BISMARCK AND THE ULTRAMON >. TANES. - ; . EXCITING, SCENE. .■ Berlin, December 4.—ln " the' Riehstag to-day a letter from Bismarck was' read announcing that the sum for the main tain ance of the German Legation to the Vatican is stricken out of the Budget.-^ln, the course of the debate on estimates for ap propriation for the . Federal Council, Herr Joerg, one of the Bavarian Deputies and a member of the Clerical, party, made a bitter, attack on Biemarck's. foreign!, policy. He remarked that in .consequence, of "Russia' holding aloof, the Chancellor had made a fia«co of his attempt at Intervention in Spain. —Bismarck replied that there had never been any idea of intervention in the affair* of Spain. When apprised of th«-murder of Schmidt, he said to himself, such a thing would not nave happened to a British, American or French citizen.' 'He' remem bered the humiliations imposed on the Ger mans, andc considered ■ that the time had arrived to avenge such.wrongs.. The only way of helping Spain was to recognise those elements in the country which wore dis posed to restore public order. Refer ring to the assertion of Herr Joerg that Kullman was a mad man, Bismarck replied that he was not a madl man. " You. don't mean to have anything, in common with, Kullman ; r that I comprehend ; but he clings tightly to your coat-tails. I asked Kullman why hej wish«d to kill me. He answered,, "On account of the church, laws, and be cause you injured my party." I asked him which party, and he'jfeplied;" ' - th£ centre of' Ultramontane." [Great tumult in the Chambers.] You ■ may thrust Kullman away ; he nevertheless belongs to ypu. [Here the House burst into cheers which were loud and long, with continued applause.]— Windhorst Ultramontane, said', that, in his speech from the balcony ok Kitsengen, after Kulman's attempt to assassinate Bismarck, gave the signal for the attack en the centre. It wai wrong to incite one party against another. They were drifting without that, towards war.—Bismarck replied to the accusation that he pointed to the continued incitement of the Ultramontane press, and events which led to the attempt of Kullman on his life, and added : " Were Ito believe half of what the Ultramontane papers say against me, who knows what I should do ?'■'• —The debate continued till a late hour amid scenes of great excitement.—The evening

papers issued extra editions after dark giving reports of the proceedings, down fro »Vjourn- TtHIERS ON ITALY AND tfJUKCE^ M ThierS, on November 27, in an inter view with a representative of theia France. newspaper, said Italian unity was irrevoca bly accomplished, and if France wishes to preserve the- friendship of Italy she must recognise this fact, and not adopt a clerical policy toward that country. In relation to France, Tillers said the country was neither Bonapartist nor monarchical, but P^publican, and must be so recognised by MacMahon. WESLEYAN MISSIONS TO AFRIC*. Sir Bartle Frere's favourable accounu ot South Central Africa has aroused the Wes lfcvar;S of England to the consideration ot a mission there." Sir Bartle describes ift as a fertDe, healthy region, containing 6,000,U0U inhabitants, who are willing to have inter course with the whites. It is the country of the Makokolo, Livingstone's favorite tube. The proposed mission is made easier by the fact that the'Sichuaua language, used by the VVesleyans in tlie' Bechuana district,, is the basis of all the dialects spoke up to the equa tor. ,i NEW ZEALAND DIVOKCE CASE. In the Divorce Court, London, the case of Cowderoy v. Cowderoy was heard. The petitioner, who at the date of the marriage was only 15 years of age, married the re spondent, an actor, at Ipswich, in 18a8. They lived together for about 18 months, when the respondent withdrew from cohabitation, and the petitioner now prayed for a dissolution of the marriage on the ground of his bie-amy and adul tery. It was proved that in 1867 the respond-, ent went through the psr.emony of marriage witha woman named Rose Cox at Bristo1 } that they lived together as man and wife, and that last year they left England for New Zea-_ land.—Decree nisi.

THE BRITISH BISHOPS VI.^TT ROME. The object of the journey of the English bishops to Rome is to obtain permission to. pursue an independent course, in case the British Government should seek to restrict liberty of action of the Catholic clergy. They will represent to the Pope that they wish to respect the, laws of England and cannot blindly accept such regulations as are im posed on Continental Bishops. PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA. • -' ; Already, the existing discontent of the diplomatic corp3 at the arbitrary acts of the Government has been materially augmented by the violation by an armed force of a house at Keehaher, near Latakia, belonging to American missionaries. A party of soldiers scaled the wall surrounding the house, and carried off to prison two converted natives who had become Prote3tant teachers. Bolcer, U. S. Minister, entered a strong and spirited protest against the violation of the mis sionaries' house, and reminded the Porte that his Government was always quick and energetic to defend the rights of its subjects The Sultan promised that full redress should be given for the proceedings.

On account of the recent .conflagration in Cronstadt, Russia, says letters have been found threatening similar fires in other cities. There is no clue to the incendia ries. The Turcomans recently attacked a town on the- Caspian Sea .and ..carried off .150 women and children into slavery. Prussian troops pursued, but without overtaking the Turcomans. There are fears of a rising of the natives against the foreigners in Para, Brazil, and the President of the Province has asked the .Government for means to suppress riotous demonstrations.

The Italian Parliament was opened on Monday by the King in person. His speech related mainly to the reorganisation'of the financial system of the country and measures for public safety. Constantinople, November 18.—The Sul tan of Turkey has promulgated a decree, for biddiog the Governor of Tyro from carrying into execution his threat to suppress all Protestant schools in this province

In view of the Arctic expedition to be fitted out by the British Government, Lady Franklin renews her offer of a reward of $10,000 for the recovery of the official records of Sir John Franklin's expedition.

AMERICAN NEWS.

A TERRIBLE STEAMBOAT DISASTER

New Orleans, November 17:—The coast steamer Empire, Captain Jean Preau, arrived here at midnight, loaded down with freight and passengers. At 430 a.m. to-day she sank at her wharf.. Fourteen of the passen gers and many of the crew are believed, to be drowned. Five bodies have been recovered, including the captain's daughter, a' young lady of 17 years. The captain lost four chil dren, bat saved his wife and^baber-" 1 'One-of the saved passengers flays he thinks the boat was overloaded and parted in,the centre. A number of passengers left the steamer shortly after she landed. The "boat is valued at 30,000 dollars, and had a valuable cargo.

GRAND ENCAMPMENT ..OP KNIGHTS TEMPLARS OF THE UNITED STATES. ■New Okltsans; 1 December s.—The Grand Encampment of Knights Templars decided to prescribe- no radical change in uniform. The whi^e dress, distinguished *by: baldrick, plume-and' gauntlet,...now -worn by the greatest number of Templars, was confirmed aa the regulation. The next jtrrennial con clave will m%et in Cleveland, i:f . ....., :; v: The train, leaving Blyjmouth, New Hamp shire, at 7.35, ran off the track near Woo'd-* , yille.' The" engine and tender were thrown clear from the rails, and one passenger went over the embankment. F, Br t own,. brakes man, was instantly kjlled, and several others seriously injared. • ' ... ; if * - A number of FrenchrCanadian physicians of Montreal have formed* an Anti Compul sory -Vaccination ( League._ . . .__, .«- The linen trade of New York has adopted resolutions recommending a uniform duty jiot to; exceed 35 per cent, on all flax goods, and that Congreis repeal all Acts allowing commissions on brokerage, transportation, shipping,-etc. -— —

'■ i MASKED ROBBERS.-STRIKES. ;Ajgangof masked robbers entered a rail road, car near Toronto, ' Handcuffed the baggage-master and expressman, and Btole between 30,000 and 40,000 worth of property.—Several more strikes have taken place in New York, including one of 1,500 weavers at Higgins and Co.'s carpet factory — '-A- Kingston, Jamaica, letter ' put's the" dajoaage to that island by the late typhoon of November Ist at $350,000.—0 n Saturday night, near Marion, Ark., Isaac Ruffin, colored, met Melissa Woods, also colored, in Jthe woods, outraged her aad * beat her until; he supposed she was dead ; then went :to;h'er father's house, called out a younger siater, telling her Melissa,, wanted her, viblated her, and fled.7; He was arrested at Memphis, taken back and jailed!. "On Tues day night a crowd of negroes took him out of (^jail and riddled him with bullets.—A journalistic dispute < 'between^ the. Merces. Tribune and the fJ&§<its resulted'in the ste'p^ son. of the editor of the Argus shooting the' editor of the Tribune, killing him.— A man named Ludwig, his wife and infant child; were found ia bed," at Scranton, Pa., on Thursday—the parents dying from poison. The wife died within an hour, without re turning to consciousness. The husband revived long enough to say that he had been given something to drink, but refused or was unable to > tell by whom. The child is still living, but Buffering—William Westgarth Esq., arrived in S«n Francisco by the Mac gregor, to collect samples of Californian industry for exhibition at th 9 Sydney Metropolitan Exhibition in April. He is also endeavouring to create closer trade relations between San Francisco and Sydney.

EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.

I Particulars of the earthquake in BQsa \ ~a tate that at Flberrado the church anaV * vent were much shattered, and a portion '■, "the tower fell, burying, it is supposed/^! several priests who were preparing for matins. V| *In Tuxtla the shock was very great, pros- y trating several houses and killing and wound- \j ing a number of people. In other parts of the country similar damage and loss of Jiffg.--' resulted. BOSTON WOOL MARKET. **5 • Boston, December 2.—An active demand has sprung up for fine snd desirable lots of fleece wool, and the transactions" of the/week promise tote quite laige. Manufacturers are evidently short of stock. They are com pelkd to purchase from..week to week or ' stop, and holders feel that all the wool they I have on hand will be wanted. Some!larj;ey mills are looking around.for fine fleeces, and have been for some we'.kspait trying to bear > down the mai ket one,to two cents per pound*" ■ Holders feel that their position is a strong w one for fleece wool, and concessions are now out of the question. FEARFUL TORNADO AT TUSCUMBIA, ALABAMA. A gentleman from Tuscnmba states that j : Sunday's tornado was most disastrous-initg : effects upon?, the ,-surrounding country. f Fences were blown in every direction ; large trees were torn from the ground, and ffl carried miles: cabins and.-out-houses Were lifted from their foundations. In Tuscumba the loss will be balf-a-million dollars. Nearly every building in the place was more or less damaged. Provisions were given out;, and up. wards of 400 destitute, homeless people. The ruins of the lesidence of State Senator Moore were removed after the storm. Mrs William Winston, mother of the late ex-Governor Winston ; the wife and two children of the Hon. J. B. Moor.c, Fenator from the District, J. D. Hodgkins, editor of the Chronicle, his . : wife and fdnr children-were killed. The Catholic Church, Dishier Female Institute, recently finished, both of the flouring mills, and most of the substantial brick dwellings in town were destroyed.-Many poor families ?; are with/put homes. A. despatch from Selma. dated to-day, says:—"A terrible stormy visited Montevallo, five miles north of Selma, last ni^hf. Twelve or_ fifteen houses were destroyed, and two persons killed^ and fifty or twenty injured, some seriously." :■

FAMINE IN KANSAS-GRASSHOPPER - '' •'■ PLAGUE. : \ Seventeen counties, in which an aggregate of i 58,000 acres have been planted in corn, produced not a bushdl,:An r aggregate popula tion of 17,000 settlers," who generally had their first crop planted, ,fcad expended all their means in building houses and putting in crops. The drought and grasshoppers wrought the total destruction of everything, they° had planted, leaving them totally destitute. -They are without food, clothing orifuel to sustain them until they can produce something on which to live, and must be sustained by the charitable contributions of people in other sections of the State and country at'large. The C7iampwn computes the number destitute in the State at from 20,000 to 25,000. . «

Reports from the trades in New - York and Brooklyn show three times as many men out of employment as at the same time last year, and the suspension of building on account of the cold weather will soon add largelyto the number. "

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

_ Yes^ej? ay-t Continued*

(Before His Honor Sir G.; A. Arney; Knight > -'-Ghief Justice.) . '" ' THE ARSON CASE. .'? ".'. '■'-

.Thomas Clark, in the Employ of the North Shore""Steam Perry Company, deposed that on the 2Hh of'NcSvember, a,3 he was passing Mr Howard's house,. he observed, emoke issuing therefrom, The 'prisoner and two .children were on the verandah, and some furniture was outside the house ; the gorse fence was also smoking. He asked prisoner to get a bucket of water, with which he put out the flame. Upon Asking :the girl about the fire, she blamed, an old man, who had passed with a bag on his back. He waited at the house about an hour, until he bad satisfied himself that the premises, were safe. Grace Davis, a girl , of ten years, deposed to seeing the fire, and prisoner removing the furniture.1 r < ~ t .'

Oliver Mays, of the North Shore, was at Mr Howard's' house at eleven o'clock that morning with some parcels.. -'There was- no sign of fire thett ; but on returning at three, in the afternoon^ the place was on fire.,.-• JETe asked prisoner how the fire occurred, when she said that a man down there (pointing to the North Head) had seenanother,man.do:it. Thomas Hammond, 'the man. referred to, denied the girl's statement.

Sergeant-Major Pardy deposed to; appre-' hendiag the girl in consequence of facts .that had come to his knowledge. When the girl was in custody, he gave strict" orders that she was not to be questioned concerning the fire. He explained to the the nature of the charge against ' her. . -.On the 30th November, on going into the station yard, where the, prisoner was, she commenced crying. He enquired if she wanted anything, when she replied that-her mother had persuaded' her Jtdf tellthe tru^h. She'then made a voluntary..cohfessibn, stat ing that she set [fire to the house" near the gorse fence, but that Thomas Clark came along and put it out. Whence went away, she set fire to the verandah,' and burnt the house.

In answer to Mr Rees, Sergeant-Major Pardy denied that he had. ever induced her to make a confession. • ■ >- -■'-> <■ -

Ann O'Connell had frequent conversation with prisoner while at the police station, and onESundaVj the girl told witness that she had made a'vJjGuy Fawkes," filled it .-with-kauri; gum, and set fire to it on the verandah.

Frederick Ross Howard, ah intelligent boy 'of six years of age, saw theprisonerjonce. or twjce under the house ; she had been baki»g some cakes. >, , . " •■r-.r-j This being the-evideribe, the Cbiirf ad journed until nine o'clock this morning.

THIS DAY.

His Honor took his seat at 9 o'clock. . ARSON-.'"'"' "' ' '.' ... , - The girl Cecilia Allen was again brcftignfc ""' up on a charge of Betting fire to. a house belonging£o. Mr-Samuel Howard," of Taka-1 . £ puna, on the'2tth lNbvember JasK:',, Thomas Clark was* recalfedftttjd in answer to His Honor, said that he_ only raked out part of the rubbish from under -the house on ■ the first occasion, ttft'^Sfter 1 the fire, he raked out the remaining part so that nothing was.lpft to, burn. He stayed on, tjw 1 ••/'; premises * fully anhWr^affeerwards.1- There y "was a fresh breeze blowing at the time, but awayj from the'house. 'J ° ' v Grace Davis was :aisp recalled by his Honor. . and said she helped to remove the furniture but did not see Cecilia go nnder the house a , after that, but could not undertake to say that she did not gti under the house. f; - t , r5 », Mr/Rees then addressed, tjia jury for the defence, and said he felt a difficulty in deal ing with this case, both in relation to the public and the extreme youth, of the prisoner. From the very period of the occurrence, it was assumed that the prisoner was guilty ; and every little in cidenb was made to fit in with the assumed guilt of-the girl. He was not about to" j attempt to catch their sympathies ; and he hoped they would dismiss from their minds all - preconceived notions in respect to this affair, and look the facts fairly in the face. Mr Bees then proceeded to review the evidence of the several witnesses who had been examined, and argued that in this case there was an absence of motive. The prisoner, a child of twelve, had nothing to gain by committing

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