TELEGRAPHIC.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day.

The Tairua Company. The manager of the Tairua claim states in regard to the reported opening of the reef in the tunnel level, that the statement is incorrect. A change of country had set in, and a little gold was showing, but the reef was not to hand when they stopped opera tions.

Pumping Association. The Pumping Association's sinking has started, and is progressing steadily. There is no change yet in the bottom.

Robb ng a Till. At.the Police Court to-day, a boy named George Biddock, under 9 years old, who was detected with bis hand in a shopkeer's till waa sent for 5 years to the Industrial School.

COROMANDEL.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. The Royal Oak. The Royal Oak Company's annual meeting was held to-day. The directors report and mine managers report, and balance sheet were read and adopted. Messrs Woollams and Patterson were re-elected directors.

A telegraph station was opened to-day at Wairoa, province of Wellington.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

Clyde, schooner, from Wangarei South Carolina, cutter, from Russell Orc-nhead, s s, from Napiar and Gisborne Southern Cross, s s, (a S. P. Co's), from Napier Rcwena. s s. from Tauranga Ladybird, s s, Andrews, from the South, (in the Manukau)

DEPARTURES.

Helena, brlgantine, for Kaipara (from the Manukau)

IMPORTS.

Per tad*Mrd, from the South : I truuk, M. W, Hall; 1 bale, A. Claik and SOU : 2 cases drugs, TSempthorne and Co ; 1 case, Bank K.Z. : 2 cases bacon, .T. Buchanan ; 2 cases bacon, G. W. Binney : 4 cases. H. B. Morton ; 10 cases bacon, T. H. flail and Co : 2 bales, Thornten, Smith, and Firth ; 5 cases, Collier ; 1 parcel, Union Bank ; 1 parcel, A. Clark and Sons ; 1 parcel, Inspector Bank N.Z.: 4 pgs. Single?; 5 cases, Burnett and Levy ; 1 parcel, 6 hales hopß, Combes and DaWy ; 2 boxes, Telegraph Department; 15 cases. Major Xisdtll ; 3 cases. Inspector Broham ; 1 parcel, storekeeper Public 'Works ; 2 trusses. V. Scherff ; 17 kegs butter. Tonks; 7 kegs butter, L. D. Nathan and Co ; 2 orates, 2 pkgs, R. Bard : 1 bundle trees, Wren.— W. F. "Wheeler, agent N.Z S.S, Co.

The s.s. Ladybird, Captain Andrews, arrived at the Manukau wharf at 8 30 a.m. this morning. She left Fort Chalmers at noon on the 11th ; arrived off Taranaki at 11 a.m. on the 16th, and landed mails only owing to a heavy westerly gale blowing ; sailed at 1.15 p.m. the same day, and arrived here as above. Experienced fine weather to "Nelson ; from thence had strong "W. and N.W. sale with a heavy beam sea. Passengers—Hibernicon Company (7), Mrs and Mrs Bich, Mr and Mrs Manney, Mr and Mrs Husband, Mrs Searle, Mrs Holliston, Mrs Wilson and two children, Mrs Graham and two children, Miss P. Hark, Colonel McDonnell, Messrs Harrington, H. A. Nations, Beichelt, N. Isaacs, Winter, Levy, Chapman, Bow, Casey, Dixon, Masters Buckland (2), Master Quick, and 34 in the steerage. We are indebted to Mr Dougherty, purser, for report, &c The barque Cabarfeidh was brought along side the wharf this morning, and began dis charging her cargo at once. The three-masted schooner Estelle hauled off into the stream to-day.

WThe Kate McGregor is reporbed to have been lying at the Kidnappers for nearly five weeks, and owing to the bad weather has not been able to land her timber yet. 'jj

The barque Mary Ann Annison cleared out to-day in ballast for Newcastle. She was to sail this evening.

The smart little steam launch sent off a few days ago from Messrs NiccoFs yard, has had her machinery fitted and was yesterday got under weigh for a private trial. She ran under steam down to the North Head and back. She goes very fast and her machinery works well. The new pilot schooner Vindex is now completely fitted for sea. She has all her ballast on board and will make a trial trip in a few days. The schooner Queen has cleared out for Kokiango. with a general cargo. She sails at once. Passengers: Mr Chapman, Mr and Mrs Kendall, and one other.

,The schooner Ann McLeod cleared to-day in ballast for Russell.

According to latest advices, the brig Chanticleer yr&n being everhauled in dock at Hobart Town. The Bella Mary which had not arrived home up to the Ist inst, is expected to be the next vessel to arrive In Auckland from that port. The A.S.P. Co's 8.8. Southern Cross arrived yesterday evening from Napier, via Gisborne, with a cargo of cattle and sheep. After landing her passengers,' she proceeded to Orakei for the purpuse of disembarking the live stock. The Rowena which came in last night from Tau ranga brought eight saloon j'passengers, viz : Messrs Hoare, Durham, Leaf, Mahoney, Martin, Wainui, Mm Armitage and child, besides three in the steerage. She also brought a considerable quantity of cargo. The ketch Wild Duck is reported to have met with very severe weather on the West Coast lately. She was nine days off Waitara, and only yesterday succeeded In making Wanganui in a very disabled condition.

COMMERCIAL.

The brig Derwent was offered at auction this morning by Mr. G. W. Binney. There was little bidding, and the vessel was ulti mately withdrawn at £875. Messrs. E. & H. Isaacs' report on this morning's sale of brushware, mats, &c, was far from satisfactory : each lot quitted was considerably under edst and charges. This is chiefly attributable to the market being inundated with this class of goods.

The Facts of the Case are thal; during the last quarter of a century, maladies involving bodily prostration or a deficiency of vital power all affections of the sensitive organs, Kidney and bladder complaints, bronchia' troubles, sleeplessness, in digestion, and the nervous ailments to wbioh the feebler sex are especially subject, have invariably yielded to the operation of Upolpho Wolfk's Schie dam Abomatio Schnapps, the purest, safest, and best article of its kind in use

MARRIAGE.

F I/EM TNG— JORDAN.— A.t St. John the Baptists' Church, Parnell, on the ICth instant, by the Very Rev. H J Fynes, V.0.. assisted by the Rev. J B Simpson, Mr James Fleming to Miss Mary Jordan

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows).— For Thames, to-morrow, at 9 SO a.m.

For Coiomande), to-morrow, at 11.30 a m. For Russell, per Ann McLood, this day, at 4 30 p m. For' Napier, per bouthern Cross, ta-morrow,

at 3pm For Whitiangi. Tairup, Opotiki, and Napier, via

Tauranga, per KoweDa, to-morrow, at 3 p m For Wangarei, &c , per Clyde, to-morrow, at 4 pm For Australian Colonies, per Cyphrenes, six hours

after arrival For Mshurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, Waipu, 4c, per Lady Bowen, on Saturday next, at 9a m For Gisborne, Napier, and Wellington, per Go-

Ahead, on Monday next, at 1 p m For India, China. Mediterranean ports, Continent of Europe, Australia, and United Kingdom; via Suez and Southaaioton, and via Brindisi, per per s.s. Tarauaki, on baturday, 26h instant.

(Signed) J. E. Cojsbt, Acting Chief Postmaster.

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

THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1875.

For the c»use that lacks assistance, i or the wrong that needs resistasca, ««r the fmtnre In the, distance. Art thj g«od that we c*a *c.

The Audit Commissioners are coming somewhat into prominence, since they have consented to be made buffers to prevent rude political collisions. They were recently put forward between the Government and this province on several occasions, when the Government desired to depart from engage ments entered into with the Provincial Government ; and the breach of under standing respecting the Pumping Association^ charge of interest on cost of partialJy constructed railways, and the allocation of pro" ceeds of sales of confiscated lands, was in each case conveniently laid on the shoulders of the Audit Commissioners. Whether these wo genblemen have suddenly become conscious of the vile uses to which their dignified office is being applied, or the hand at the puppet wires begins to shrink from the consequences, a change has apparently taken place, and as will be .seen by telegram, in the case of one breach of agreement, "some difficulty in the audit office" .is being removed." As somewhat naively put by the telegrapher, " the state ment ascribed to Dr. Pollen that the £728 14s Od would nob be paid into the Provincial Treasury has arisen from a misapprehension.'' Poor injured innocence ! The statement ascribed to this gentleman was one sent in a telegram by himself to the Superintendent, and bearing his name. The misapprehension in question was a mis apprehension on the part of the Colonial Secretary himself, as to his powers to offer an insult and do a wrong, which all his previous conduct proclaims he would gladly have done to his own province and to Sir George Grey. When we say that these payments of a share of the funds arising from sales of the confiscated lands of the province, were being paid to the province in accordance with formal agreements en tered into between the two Governments, and that in the ease of the quarterly payment in question of £728 143. Od., its

being due, and notification of its being; immediately payable, had been intimated by both Dr. Pollen and Mr Bowen, the sudden rupture of the arrangements and refusal o! payment, under shelter of the Audit Com missioners, are circumstances that cannot and we believe will not, be condoned by •< regretful admission s of "misapprehension.1 The repudiation of the claim was not a whil worse than the conduct of the Government in relation to the Pumping Association, auf the sudden withdrawal of the capitatioi allowance. And not one of them woulc have been attempted, unless prompted b\ that overweening self-conceit and arbitrary insolence which comes of a man being pitch forked into an irresponsible position of power. The telegram which tells us of this change is evidently inspired, and the maudlin ex pression of ministerial sympathy convey co in the words, "It is also understood the Cjovernment are anxious to assist Auckland by every means in their power," is simpb a gratuitous impertinence. Assist Auck land indeed from moneys plundered fron, Auckland ! "With the capitation allow ance now absorbed, the General Govern ment has taken away every thing or which it can lay its hand ; and for somt three hundred thousand a year exacted fror* the province in revenue, not a farthing b given back to sustain our local interests. I' is a good thing nothing more can be taken, but it is going too far in the circumstances to talk of the General Government's anxiety " to assist Auckland by every means in their power." It is probably good for the peace of the colony thai the present regime is ndt likely to con tinue. For beyond a question, it would lead to free ports in our province, and the aboli tion of the Custom House, even though it be by fire and blood.

The "political rumours" current in Wel lington, as forwarded from our correspondent and published in another column are sug gestive. With reference te the return oi the Premier to New Zealand, it appears thai in that centre of political light and life, opinion inclines largely to c belief tha< the colony will see him no more. We think such is also the general belief in Auckland. We cannot exactly comprehend the bearing which the deposit of the remnant of the four million loan may have on the honorable gentleman's stay in England. Oui correspondent is vague and mysterious in his hintings, and seeks to allay our curiosity by expressing his solicitude lesfc we should be subjected to the pains of legal proceed ings—the which may the gods forfend. We think, however, he might venture; for as i 1 is said eels can become accustomed to skin ning, with us, from lengthened experience, the agonies of death are past. We see that a qualified denial is veEimed ss to Ilicate ment made, that the money has been de posited at 2i per cent.—very qualified indeed, for it is merely stated that it "requires confirmation." Doubtless, everything is al the better from having confirmation, but there is no doubt the statement is true, an^ these denials and quasi-denials of first infoi mation, which have become characteristic of ministerial inspirations, are now rather monotonous and wearisome. As to what i& hidden under the vague intimations in the latter portion of the telegram, we confess that we require the cue withheld by our cor respondent, in fear of our being subjected to the terrors of the criminal or the civil law.

The communications of our Maketu cor respondent who has furnished the public with the only reliable native news from that district, seem to be a thorn in the side of the Barf of Plenty Times, which is con tinually publishing leaders for his exclusive edification. The moat recent case is a contradiction by our Tauranga con temporary of the telegram that thf Native office was not represented at Rewi's meeting at Maketu, which the Times emphatically denies, and referring to our corespondent says: "We cannot refrain from expressing our regret that one of the leading papers in the colony should continue to avail itself of the services of this individual." Now we know our correspon dent to be thorougly reliable, in a first-clasp position for obtaining information, and what is most important of all, not under the influence of the Native Office, which has caat its baneful shadow over the East Coast We would' retort by remarking that it is greatly to be regretted that a paper usually so sensibly snd well conducted as the Times should allow itself to become the medium for defending a little peccadillo which it must be as familiar with as we are. If Mr. Hopkins Clark desires to shew that the Native Office was represented,he should write an account of his tour, explaining how the time was spent at the next station to Maketu and along the coast, and especially those days in the Maori whare at Maketu on the return journey. We usually leave Bay of Plenty matters to the local journal, excepting so far as they are referred to by our correspondents, but if these unjustifiable contradictions are to go on, we shall have to sacrifice a little of our already overburdened space to the task of letting light in on certain little proceedings down there.

An impression has got about that the two headed calf, now being exhibited in Queen street, is the well-known animal belonging to Mr Perkins' Museum of curiosities. Ifc is no such thing. The calf now on view is one of the greatest wonders ever seen. It is in the best of health, and eats with both mouths and sees with all four eyes. The four-footed fowl is of the male sex, and crosses his hind pair of legs and sits on them like a tailor.

The following is the rota of attendance at the Petty Sessions Court on June 22 :' Messrs W. A. Graham, T. M. Haultain, D. Hean, G. Yon der Heyde, J. H. Home, W. J. Hurst, E, Isaacs, H. M. Jervis, T. B. Kenderdine, W. H. Kenny, G. S. Kissling, D. M. Luckie.

While cases of distress, arising from the death of the bread-wianer of a family, are so frequently pressing upon the attention of the public, we would again call special attention to the Government industrial insurance policies. We are glad to hear that Mr S. Worms, Secretary of the Templar Benefit Society, who is the Auckland agent, has been most -successful in making known the beneficent provisions of this system of insurance, and that there are already a large number of policy holders, while several other Good Templar lodges are preparing to ..participate. One or two examples of the benefits of this, the working man's system, par excellence will suffice. By paying one penny per week a man thirty years of ago may secure £7 16s, or funeral money, at death ; by paying sixpence a week, he will secure to his widow and family £4616s ; and for one shilling a week £93 12s. The tables offer inducements even to men of the ripe age of sixty years, who for a shilling a week may secure to their heirs £34 16s at death.

The regular monthly meeting of the Masons of the Prince of Wales Lodge will be held this evening at the usual hour in the Masonic Hotel.

We are requested to remind ratepayers who desire to appeal against valuations of city property, that written appeals stating the ground of appeal should be forwarded to r-he Town Clerk's office before noon of Tues day next. Ratepayers, who give written notice, can also be heard in person.

To the Editor: Sir,—ln yours of last evening you notice that Dunedin and Chriat ihurch are no better off than Auckland in the matter of earth-closeb. If it were not so, it would be a matter of great surprise to me, seeing that they draw'their information from one well. It has been my lot to have no mild xnathemas, rung in my ears by persons who only know the earth-closet as it is exhibited in Dunedin or Auckland. Sir if the object was to thoroughly disgust the inhabitants, and make the°m gladly accept the water closet at any price no matter how, no scheme could be devised that could so effectually acccomplish it. Against such an object, any amount of authorities faourable to the earth system which may be produced can only have the effect of raising a low gurgling sound " Push on the water works." The harbour was sent fnv to be made the cesspool of Auckland.—l am, &c, Noter.

Jesse Pomeroy, the boy who has been subjecting smaller children in Boston to excruciating tortures for some years, has been sentenced to be hung, by the Judge before whom he was tried and convicted for the murder of the boy Millan. This youth ful felon confessed that in addition to tortur ing several children he had cruelly butchered and murdered one Kato Curran. It is said that while the Judge was delivering a feel ing address, nnd pronouncing the highest sentence known to the law, no person in the court-room seemed to appreciate th* solem nity of the occasion less than Pomeroy himself. During the proceedings he preser ved that calm, stolid and indifferent manner which characterised his appearance during the trial —not moving a muscle or seeming to care for the fate which awaited him.

The Rev E. S. Hassard, incumbent of St Matthews, will this evening, deliver the third of his interesting course of lectures on the history of the English Church, in St. Matthew's school-room, at half-past seven. The subject of this evening's discourse will be the " Reformation, or the period of Henry the Eighth and Wolsey," a most striking epoch in English history, and one which would take many lectures fairly to illustrate, but Mr Hissard's object in these pithy discourses is not so much the elabora tion of history, as the hope of inducing young men especially to read, mark^ learn, and inwardly digest the facts of history, and draw such lessons therefrom, as shall be of service to them in after life.

A Newton correspondent writes :—" Sir : The advocate of reform, and so far as your able pen extends, the corrector of abases in town and country. I wonder that in your own caustic style you have not exposed the naked deformity and the gross mismanagement of the Post.-iffice department. It appears strange that letters are delivered by a carrier in Grafton Road and Parnell, while there is nothing of the sort in the more im portant suburb of Newton. This rap:.dly rising district, bo anxious to be embraced in the fostering arms of the city, is permitted to remain neglected, and with the unwedded spinster to sigh and sing— " Nobody naming to marry me, Nobody coiping to woo." This would be a fit subject for the member, a] well as for yourself, and I am not without tiopo that, with his energy and your eloquence, this crying evil might be reme died. I do not overrate the serious incon venience which the inhabitants suffer here from the want of a post-office delivery Letters of importance have been known to lie for months strangers to whom they were addressed calculating on a delivery such as that enjoyed by more highly-favored dis trict". The Postmaster cannot be blame! for the detention, but one thing he ought to do : to present letters to the parties when they call, and keep a list in tho window (or outside the door) of all those for whom letters lie in the office unclaimed. —I am, &c, Pko Bono Publtoo.

A woman rode home from a ball in Boston on a recent cold night, and the driver, upon hearing the door of the carriage open and shut, supposed she had alighted- He drove away, without having got down from his seat, and left his carriage standing as usual outside of his stable after caring for hi« horses. The woman who had been drinking freoly, had not got out of the carriage, and was found in it the next morning frozen to death..

The Hibernicon Troupe arrived here by the Ladybird to-day en toute for Sydney. They have been very successful in the South.

The quarterly meeting of the Royal Albert LodGe will be held on Friday evening next, at 7.30 p.m., in the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association.

" A home without children is like Heaven without angels," says a deacon. We just want to have him get out of bed four times a nijkht for a month, to keep a baby's legs covered up.

Miss Christian's concert, previous to that lady's departure by the Cyphrenes, will take place to-morrow evening. The programme of the same appears in another column, and shows the high class character of the pro jected concert. The quartettes, instrumen tal, are from the living folios of Hayden and Mendelssohn. Musical and vocal trios will be given, the first, "Oh, Memory," by Miss Christian, Mrs Mitchell, and Mr Toole ; the second, "The Hawthorn in the Glades/ a beautiful specimen of modern poetic compo sition, will be sung by Mrs Mitchell, Miss Christian, and Mr Brett. Mr Tole, ono of the most interesting of our local lingers, will sng that taking ballad, " Sally in onr Alley," the only claim on oublic favour being its lively burden of the merry inhabitants of that dingy London alley. We notice further that- Miss Christian will give two note worthy Bongs— "The Lime Trees by the River," and that much-admired old metro politan ballad, "The Bailiff's Daught r of Islington," which was one of the chirms of musical circles of the days when Fielding occupied the magistrate's seat in Bow-street, and when Goldsmith held lodgings in Canonbury tower The ever beautiful duet, the "Sainted Mother," will be given by the leading ladies of the concert. Mrs Mitchell will sing her exquisite, pathetic ballad. "Who can Tell?" which finds a response in many a heart o'ercharged wi' love ; also that charmiHg lyric, made musical by Hatton, entitled " Her heart was in her Song." The" Chough and Crow" will be re-introduced by worthy hands; and the whole will conclude ' with the national anthem. Mr Joseph Browne will conduct the musical department of the concert.

The Key. Peter Mason has commenced evenirig classes in the Western Academy for instructing young persons in the classics, mathematics, and English.

Speaking of the travelling of sound, a lec turer said : " The voice of a woman can be heard further than that of a man." " Yes, and oftener," said a disgusted looking man, who was not happily fixed at home.

A couple of ralley farmers recently came into town, and sat down on a box in front of a blacksmith's shop to talk over some busi ness. One of them was heard to say—" As I was saying, you can have the four-acre lot for—whoop ! Thunder,and blazes—ouch —dash it —gosh all firelocks !" and he danced around for two or three minutes before the piece of hot iron he had eat down on dropped from beneath hia coat-tail to the sidewalk, and the bystanders found out the cause of apparent lunacy. .•

The Pokeno settlers will notice with pleasure that tenders are called for the erection of a commodious goods station at Pokeno. We also learn that a good road is to be formed to connect the station with the Great South road, .so that the district will have no reason to complain of inconvenience arising from this cause. In reply to a corres pondent who wrote on the subject a short time ago, a settler informs us that the present site w*s approved by a majority of thesettlers at a public meeting, as the most don veriient to the bulk oi the settlers in the district.

Another number of the Waikato Times is to hand,- and shews still furthur improve ments Speaking of the significance to be attached to Mr Vogel's absence, our con temporary says:—"We shall not be far wrong in assuming that the Premier's visit to the German baths will furnish an oppor tune avenue of escape from an awkward dilemma. His colleagues will be iv a position to crave the indulgence of the House for any immature and indifferently digested scheme they may bring down, and at the worst, should the Provincial party pin the Govern ment to their pledges of last session, good grounds will be afforded for a dissolution, and an appeal to the country upon tLe most popular platform the Ministry could take." We are sorry to hear that a good deal of Sickness prevails in the Newton district, and no doubt many poor families suffer much distress in consequence. Mr A R. Martinson, chemist, of Karangahape Road, authorises us to state that he will supply medicine gratis to any poor and deserving person living in his district who brings him a certificate from a medical man testifying that his circum stances will not permit of payment. This charitable act is deserving of recognition and imitation, and we have much pleasure in making it widely known through the columns of the Stab.

During the interruptions in Mr Whitaker's speech yesterday, his Honor Mr Justice Gillies spoke in terms of great commendation of the accounts made up in the estate by Mr John Waymouth. His Honor has before remarked upon the clearness of Mr VVaymouth's statement of accounts in the estate.

The Whangarei Comet and Northern Advertiser is a surprise We were quite unaware, aad we believe the public generally are also, of. the importance of this Northern settlement. The lasr issue of our young con temporary contains a budget of news of interest to the district.

The Pitt-street Weeleyan Young Men's Mutual Society holds its winter musical and literary entertainment to - morrow (Friday) evening, at half-past 7 o'clock. These entertainments are now proved to be of a first-class character. They are not got up to make money, but as a pleasing close to the session, aad are most attractively and even expensively got up. The coat is only Is, and when it is remembered that apart from the musicial and literary treat, nearly every person receives almost a Is woith of refreshments, which is generally of a lavish character. A rehearaal was held a few evening's ago, when the programme sub mitted was really a capital one. The choir has been hard at work for some time, and have prepared various new pieces. Mr McMaster has volunteered one of his inimi table Irish impersonation—Handy Andy, the Irish letter-carrier. The affair will be held as usual in the Pitt-street Wesleyan suhool room. The Khedive of Egypt wants to borrow £15,000,000 at 12 percent, interest payable monthly, just to get rid of a little doating debt he has of about the same amount.

In the courfe of a case brought by Emanuel, the London jeweller, it was shown thafc he charged £4000 fo- a necklace which was valued by a Paris jeweller at £1500.

The steeple of the Chnrch of St. Nicholas at Hamburg, which is 472 feet high, is now the highest spire in all Europe, overtopping the spire of the Strasbourg Cathedral by six feet.

The Judges of England, with one or two exceptions have unanimously pome out in favour of flogging as a means of punishment. Chief Justice Cockburn thinks that Hogging should be extender! to cases of violent assault; Justices Blackburn, Mellor and Lush, from practical observation take a similar view. Mr Justice Quin says that flogging is the only punishment, except the punishment of death that seems to retain any real deterrent power about it. Baron Bratn well believes that crime branded in this way would soon become odious. With such eminent authorities in its favo- flogging may once more become common in England. * It is very easy to speak of glorious manhood, and a fine thing for glorious manhooo to Jive in a country where it can pass its leisure hours in cutting throats, kicking the life out of help less womanhood, and doing deeds of which a Soko would be ashamed But when glorious manhood has forfeited its right to look an honest man in the face, when its ruffian hands are stained with blood, and its eyes wild with the fury of the wolf or tiger, it seems to the eye of English justice only right and proper that it should be disgraced ; that shame, if nothing else, should be called into requisition to couvince it that its puny strength is but a reed in the hands of justice.

The shareholders in the Red Queen G.M.Co. who have not paid the calls now due are told as per advertisement in another column that the shares will be forfeited, if not paid for by 25th June.

We have received for the widow of the late J. C. Sextie £1 (one pound), from W.D.

On the vexed question of pheasants, a correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times writes :—One day last week a pheasant was shot in the neighbourhood of a field of green oats infested with caterpillars. On opening the crop of this bird no less than 155 cater pillars were counted, also some crickets and grasshoppers. What an enormous number of insects would be destroyed by a dozen of these birds in ten months ! When it is remembered that there are only two months of the year in which pheasants can do any mischief at all—that is, sowing and reaping times. They may be a nuisance, but they really do a great deal more good than harm to the farmer.

The practice of bleeding calves to make the meat look white, has been very properly condemned by the Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals, both on account of the pain thereby inflicted on the poor creatures and the injury done to the public health by the use of this dry and innutri tious article of food. A distressing case of this kind of cruelty has just been shown up in Liverpool, where quite a number of calves were found with pins in their necks under going the painful and exhausting process of bleeding. Some of these poor creatures were lying down in a pool of blood, while others were being beaten and probed over the body with a pointed stick. A vigorous prosecution of tkese torturers is being made, and it is to be hoped that an end of the barbarous practice will be forced.

Photographs have been obtained in Paris four feet three inches long by three feet four inches in height.

In consequence of the prevailing inclement weather, the monthly parades for the month of June will take place, in undress uniform and without arms or accoutrements, as fol lows :—ln the Market-house : Tuesday, 22nd, at 7.30 p.m., Aitillery Company, Hobson Company, Victoria Company, Scottish Com pany ; Thursday, 24th, 7.30 p.m., Engineer Company, No. 2 Company, A.R.V., No.^3 Company, A.R.V., Naval Brigade. Otahuhu : Saturday, 26th, 8 p,m., Otahuhu Rifle Com pany. Albert Barracks : Tuesday, 29th, 12.30 p.m., Grammar School Cadets. St. Matthew's School, Hobson-street: Tuesday, 29th, 7.30 p.m., Engineer Cadets and. St. Matthew's School Cadet Company.

The late Mr David Burn was buried at the North Shore to-day. The funeral was to be at 3 o'clock. The shops in the district, as well as several in the city were partially closed, out of respect to the deceased, and many flags were half-mast high. This is another old settler gone to his long rest.

It will be seen by ottr Wellington tele grams that the City of Melbourne with the last San Francisco mail reached San Francisco on the 6th June, three days before contract time.

A middle-aged woman of unsound mind, named Oonstantia Johnson, was brought up from Gisborne this morning for admission in to the Asylum. Her husband, William Johnson, is a labouring man, and states that his wife's unhappy condition arises from religious fears. She has recently undergone what is termed " conversion," and has since had a continual dread of the future before her. She will be examined by two medical men, and probably will be committed to the Whau Asylum.

Mr Ferrier late accountant of fthe Bank of New Zealand, was a passenger by the Pheebe to Dunedin, where he takes the post of Assistaat Manager in the Dunedin branch of the same Bank.

iJAnd now the head of the family, return in^ from his " club" through the sharp mid night air, gently rolls his sleeping spouse* over to the cold side of the bed and sinks softly into the vacated spot with a sigh of thankfulness.

The entertainment to be given by the Hobson Band Minstrels, to the patients of the Whau Lunatic Asylum, comes off this evening.

"The people of Wellington," says the Dun edin Star "or some of them, at all events, have lately had their minds exercised with regard to Joshua and the Battle of Ajalon. Quite a lively discussion on the subject has been carried on in the New Zealand Times. One would almost think on reading the letters in the (Times that the said battle wa9 quite a recent event —that, in fact, the news of ichad been wired to Australia, and the cablegram had been brought to New Zealand v by the last mail steamer." This reminds us of the Yankee who expostulated with a Jew for being concerned in the crucifixion, and then when told that it occurred nearly 2,000 years ago said it might be but he had only heard about it "last night."

Colonel Trimble, who arrived in Auckland by tae ship Dunedin, seems to have been the victim of newspaper correspondents. The Wellington Times says :—" It is rather hard that unoffending travellers should suffer be cause telegraphic agents misdirect their accivity and men mistake their vocations. A Coionei Trimble, in an unfortunate moment, for himself, left England to settle in &qw Zealand. He came to Taranaki, looked about him, purchased land, we believe, and then came further south to view the colony. He did this in peace and unostentation, so far as he was personally concerned, but the telegraphic agents could not let him alone, and started sundry accounts of his movements around to the papers with that curious persistency, cnaracterisfcic of tele graphic agents, which makes them ferret out unimportant items and neglect those of interest. So Colonel Trimble's name began to appear regularly in telegrams ; and the ignorance of who he was drove wild some agreeable fellow or another, who, having got to§ write for newspapers when he should- have been chopping wood, pitched into the Colonel with a jocosity of style about as ponderous as would be the waltzing of an elephant. It is a pity that the telegraphic agents, when sending news of Colonel Trimble did not send something; about who he was, else they would not have earned this punishment for him. The consequence of their neglect; have been unpleasant for the Colonel. WesympatbisewithColonelTrimble, but we also sympathise with the people who got angry because they did not know who he was. We can conceive of nothing more ag gravating to aoy one, about whose notoriety ihere can be no possible question, than the continual publication of a name he himself knows nothing about. But we desire to ad minister comfort and to relieve ignorance. Therefore, we may mention that Colonel Trimble, it is said having served in the British army for some time, resided in Liver pool where he obtained a lieutenant-colonelcy in a volunteer or militia regiment. On leaving Liverpool for New Zealand he was entertained at dinner by a number of the leading citizens, including the Parliamentary representatives. Evidently he was a man somewhat; esteemed in a by no means in significant city. That being the case, those who are angry because they do not know him are likely to have further cause for wrath. If the facts be as we have stated, they are. very unlikely ever to make Colonel Trimble's acquaintance."

An ambitious Milwaukee wife has named her first babe Zero, because it is nothing to the number she expects to have.

We would remind bidders that the lease of the new Market-house will be offered for sale for one year from the lst July next, by Mr R. Arthur, to-morrow (Friday), at noou, at his sale rooms, Queen-street.

Fearful Accident in Chapel street.

At half-past seven o'clock a horse and trap accident occurred at the corner of Chapel and West Queen-streets, which endangered the lives of three young men and a valuable horse. The injuries received by one of the lads are so severe that it is probable he will be a cripple for some time to come. The manner of the accident was as follows :—

The boys had driven in from Epsom in a milk-cart belonging to Mr Leonard, dairy man, living close to the Prince Arthur Hotel, on the Onehunga Koad, for the pur pose of. making the usual round among Mr Leonard's customers for the morning milk. Going down the street the Horse, which is a young spirited animal, shied at something, it is not known what, at the side of the road, just after passing the Roman Catholic Cathedral. In its fright the animal accelerated its speed and swerved suddenly to the left. Ths near wheel catch ing the kerbstone close to the lamp post at the corner of West Queen - street, the check gave tha vehicle an inclination up West Queen-sfcreet, and at the same time canted it over to the right at a dangerous angle, and it spun acros the street on the on& wheel in the direction of the side path at' a point immediately above Worrrall's grocery store. Directly the wheel came in contact with the kerb the vehicle upset with fearful violence, the reversion being so complete that the horse remained on its back with its legs kicking in the air while the three lads were thrown into the gutter and were partially covered by the cart. The head of one of the lads came into violent collision with the asphalt of the path, which iuilieted a terrible wonnd on the right tem ple, a pool of blood nearly a foot in diameter marking the spot where he fell. 3he wheel of the cart also remained right across his. thigh, and the struggling of the-horse caused the iron tyre to graze and bruise the flesh very badly. The other two lads escaped with slight contusions, one of them getting his face cut in two or three places, while the other complained of his thumb being sprained. The upsetting of the cart was attended with a loud crash, caused by the scattering of the milk cans, which flung their contents all over the place, adding a comic element to the tragic nature of the scene. Few people witnessed the accident owing to the eariiness of the hour, but the crash and the cries soon brought a crowd round. The injured lad was assisted

i nto Mr Finlay's house at the cornei- »i, the cart firßt Btruck the sic^T&h. Her«? was most carefully atts^ A to by thl mates of the house, J^TFinlay » B J v family doirg their bes: 6 alleviate his a? feriDgs. When first /(fought in he » moaning and complainiyg of his Bide, JnT* this it was feared that in addition to V other injuries some of his ribs were broke Dr Hooper was at once sent for. and a ajj also rode into Epsom to acquaint Mr Leonjwt When the doctor arrived be found ti* sufferer on the sofa in Mrs .Finkya front parlour with w?t bandages already appljJ to his head. He immediately examined th wounds, which he pronounced serious but not fatal. There was no fracture of th» skull and no breakage of any bones, J],. shock to the system necessitated jthat the patient ehoflld be kept as quiet as possU^. ■ and having given other medioal directions' and sewed up the wound on the temple the doctor^ deaprted. Soon afterwards the lad fell into an easy slumber, from whic-si h e awoke just before an express came tothe house to take him home at 10 o'clock. . Jj r Leonard arrived on horseback an hour before this. A plentiful bed of straw was made W in the express, and the injured youth did not complain of any violent pain when removed, The horse, strange to say, was uninjured, and was led away as quiet as a lamb, apparently sorry for the mischief he had been guilty of. The Cart was damaged a good deal, and wag taken to' a coach-builder'a to be repaired. The persons who saw the accident say that it is a mirucle the whole three were not killed outright, the cart was going at such » pace when it went over. The lad most I hurt has been for some time in Mr. Leonard's empl6y, and is spoken of as being very steady. He is commonly known ag " Charlie" amoflg his mates. His fiunuuna has not reached us.

Escape of a Dangerous Lunatic.

A ltjvatic, named John Ost, escaped from the Whau Asylum this morning, about Kalf. past seven o'clock. When the attendant wag engaged passing out some articles of ■wet bedding to dry in the air, Ost made a rash at him, and, getting past him, set off at his best speed into the country. Up to noon he had not been captured. Osfe was received), into the Asylum on the 4th February, 1874 He is described as a very dangerous maniac, having once nearly killed a man in the Waikato district. He is aboat sft. Bin. in height; has light, sandy hair, and light com piexion. He was dressed at the time of his escape in moleskin trousers and blue-serge shirt. He was bareheaded and barefooted. Any person who can give information to the police as to his whereabouts will be confer ring a benefit on the community by doing so.

VOYAGE OF THE COUNTESS OF KINTORE.

We are indebted to our good friend Captaia Braddick, of the ship Countess of Kintorey so well known in these waters, for sending us a short account of his late voyage from Gravesend to Napier. It will be .seen that the Countess has done some capital sailing. As already stated, the passage is the shortest on record between London and Hawke's Bay :—"Porb Ahuriri, 10th of June, 1875. Countess of Kintore left •Ckavesend March 17th at 6 a.m. ; at noon same day passed through the Downs ;. off Dartmouth 18th of:. March ;at 8 am. sighted Madeira, 6 days from Dartmouth; crossed the Equator 23°-W. 19 days out; rounded the Cape of Good Hope, 42 days out ; passed S. end of Tasmania, 67 days out ; and the frnares, 73 days ; had light >* wind from N. E. till in the lat. of JSanks Peninsula-when had a heavy S. gale, The • next day Suiadayj 6th June, experienced a tremendous S.E gale with very heavy sea;, anchored under Cape Kidnappers at dark on 7th June ; thua making the passage from Gravesenrt to Hawkes Bay in 82 days, the best passage here on record. Two children died on the passage, and one was born. The weather generally on the passage was fine and the ship made some good j,days runs, | the best being 300 miles."

THE PLOUGHING MATCH.

The annual ploughing and draining miatch, fostered and encouraged by the agrioultu' rists and farmers forming the New Zealand Agricultural Society, was held yesterday afc Papatoitoi, in a convenient paddock ; belonging to Mr. Thomas Rogers, v The ploughing matches in the old country, despite the associciating aristocratic feed,., without which nothing seems possible in England, have done indirectly a large amount of good in stimulating the arms of industry,' and awakening the peasaancry to a fflise of^ ; the dignity of labour. The competitors formed three classes ; the first class for lads over eighteen, with either swing or, singw •;■■; furrowplough ; second clasfe for boys under, eighteen, with single-furrow ploughs, and the third class for double furrow ploughs; entrance fee in each case 2s 6d. The judges ' were Messrs John Hedge of Waiuku, John r Wallace of Flat Bush, and T. D. Cleghornof Epsom. The competition commenced in real earnest about ten o'clock. The prizes were j obtained (Ist. class) by Henry, Brown Ist, £5; 2nd. £3 ; Thomas Lindale 3rd. £i; (second class) Wm. Gray £3, Malcolm Clark £1 ; (3rd. class) James Langford £5, Wm. Morris £3, Draining Ist. prize, Joseph Harper £5 ; 2nd. prize, John Hogan. £3: Several extra and special prizes were also given. About fifty of the gentlemen sub sequently sat down to an excellent dinner; Mr Goodfellow in the chair, and Mr Wood- . ward in the vice-chair. The loyal and patriotic toasts followed in rapid succession, which were spoken to by Messrs Andrews, Murphy, Wallace, Robertson, Hedge, Gray, Calvert, Bainbridge and other gentlemen. - Amid comicialities the evening merrily passed, and the festival closed at a reasonable hour.

THE SUICIDE OF A NATIVE AT MATATA.

The frequency of suicide among the Maoris is a characteristic which would hardly be looked for in a people living such a free and easy life, and the causes which influence na tives in taking such a step are often equally sin' gular. Our telegrams recently informedus.tha a native had committed suicide near Matata by blowing his brains out, and as illustrating the subject of native suicides, we clip the following particulars of the occurrence from the Bay of Plenty Times :—" The particulars of the melancholy suicide of the young chief Memana are but few, but still they are im- • portant. It would seem that he has for some time back complained bitterly to his uncle (Pokiha), of tneunkind remarks of bia wife and relations (Arama Karaka's family), com plaining that he was a person of inferior birth, and not possessed of landed estates, &c, &c. The last time that he was here • was about ten days ago, during Rewi Mania poto's visit. Up "to the present there appears to be no other reason than this for the rasa determined deed which he has committed, except that he was suffering from a great depression of spirits. lc seems thaton the day he committed the rash act that he we're into Poia's whare, at Matita,"got his (Poiaa) gun, carefully wrapped it in a mat, went directly to his own house; loaded the gun» tied a handkerchief about his head, so that a part of it should fall.over his face; alter this he locked the door, sat down upon hl* bed and commenced atangi (cry)/ A wo, y v passing outside, hearing the tangi, we 6 :/ to the door and enquired what w4 /^^./ matter, which he replied by askingj*^ I that you, bo and so?" calling her .fcTg^ name. He then bid her farewell, ancL 9 the fatal shot. The natives heariiP bn t report, instantly broke open1 the do&t' alas !it was too late, all was over." Iff

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