SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

BIGB WATEP : .his evening 6 48; to morrow morning. 6.12 SUN SET : This evening, 4.46 ; SUN KIBE: to morrow mornincr. 7.10 MOONS AGE : New moon, 4th June, 10 a,m.

ARRIVALS.

Fero. s s., Logan, from Mplbourne and Sydney Christina, schooner, 'rom Tairua * dvanco, sch"oner, irorn he East Const Echo, schooner, from Opotiki

DEPARTURES.

Ladybird, s «.. for the South Fanny Ke>ly ketce, for Wangaroa "Wild Buck k'tch, for Kaipara Southern Cross, s «. for <- aglan (from Munukau) Mercury, cutter, for Raglan (from the Manukau)

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Por the Cape- Shooting Star, barque, cany Por S»n Francis o— Macg c.or, matl steamer, June 11 For Sydney—Hero, g g, Friday. 4th For Knglard - Rnsario, H.Ms s.. early For Few * ork—Marathon, barque, early For a cruise—Uldo, H.M.s., early For Levuka—Dauntless, Hawaiian schooner, early For Lendon— Fernglen, ship, early For tho North—lona, s s, Mondays For the Islands—Belle Brandon, schooner, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Taranaki, s.s, from the South, early Cynthia, schooner, from Wellington (in the Manukau) Mary Ann Annison, bwque, from Lyttelton, early Rio Loge, from Lyttelton, early Hero, ss, from Sydney, due Roderick Dhu, brigantine, from Sydney Caller Ou, ship, HMPK, from London ; sailed Feb 18 Robina Dunlop, barque, from London ; sailed 29th MaTch Cabarfeidh, barque, from Boston, via Table Bay

sailed December 21 Ifstella. schooner, J FNS, from Dunedin ; sailed 26th Ryno, brigantine', from Rotumah, early Papua, schooner, from Rarotonga, early Magellan Cloud, brigantine, from Lyttelton, early Syren, brig, from Melbourne, early Martha, barque, from ihe Islands, early Coronet, schooner, from the Islands, early Edith, schoo"er. from the Islands, ewly Forfarshire, HN6P, ship, from London; sailed Mar-h 19 Flechero, ship, from London, early Lutterworth, ship, from London, early Look Out. schooner, from Sydney ; sailed 23rd May Nightingale, brigantine, from Melbourne; sailed 21st May Pearl, schooner, from Timaru, early Albion, barque, from Sydney, early

The schooner Advance arrived last night from Gisborne and the coast with a cargo of wheat and pigs. The s.s. Hero arrived at 6 o'clock last evening. She If ft Melbourne on the 21st ult.. and Sydney on the 26th. On the passage across the Hero had strong head winds, and heavy N.E swell with rain. She rounded the North Cape at 5 30 p m. on the 31st. She came alongside the wharf immediately on arrival, taking the Moneynick's berth outside the Eastern T. The Hero, as usual, brings an extensive general cargo, which she commenced discharging this morning. She is announced to leave on Friday, the 4th inst. Passen gers—Rev Thomas Scott and Mrs Scott, Mr and Mrs C. Gardiner, Mrs G. F. Edmondstone and servant. Messrs E M. Innes, W. M. Innes, P H. Duke C W. Edmondstone, Mrs Lawry, Mrs Gibbons, Mr J. S Macfarlane. Mrs S. Cohen. Mr A. T. Ritchie, Mr Hall, and 30 in the steerage. —Cruickshank and Co., agents. The barque Marathon is lying in the stream ready to sail for New York.

The ss. Ladybird left Pnehnngaat S o'clock this morning for the South. Passengers—Mr and Mrs M-.ori.an__, Mr T Robinson. Mr Brookfield, jun., and several others booked at Onehunßa.

The. A.S.P. Co.'s s.s. Go-Ahead leaves this after noon for Gisborne and Napier.

Captain Logan reports passing two schooners—one tops.il, and ihe other fore-and-aft—while running down the Coast yesterday. There were apparently bound in, but were too distant to be distinguished plainly. We learn that the now schooner Torea was In com pany with the Mary Webster on Tuesday, Wednes day, and Thursday, the 25th, 26th. and 27th inst. Captain Cooper reports that she behaved capitally in the gale, and worked to windward of the Mary "Webster every tack. "When the latter made the Manukau, the Torea was bearing away for Kaipara, and would probably fetch the Heads that afternoon.

AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING.

The schooner Look Out, 108 tons. Captain Sullivan, left Sydney for Auckland on the 23rd ult. Passen gers—Mr and Mrs Powell and child, and 1 in the steerage. Cargo—lo4 cases wines and spirits, 650 boxes candles, 158 cases vestas. 100 packages powder, 754 bags maize, 6 drays. and 187 packages. The barquentine Falcon, Cantata Ben.all, cleared at Melbourne, for Mersey River, in ballast on the 20th ult.

By the files hy the Hero, we learn that the Auck land-owned barque Cabafeidh. which left Boston last December, and was last heard of at the Cape, arrived at Port Phillip Heads on the 20th May. and anchored for orders. She may be expected in these waters at an early date. The brie: Syren, which was reported as loading at Adelaide for this port, arrived at Sydney with a cargo of breadstuffs on the 24th ult

The biigantine Nightingale left Melbourne fcr this port on the 21st ulr. She brings the following cargo: 100 cases acid, a quantity of blasting materials and gunpowder, 29 bales hops, 1,216 hags sugar, 500 cases kerosene, 11 packages asricultnrai implements, 83 cases vestas, ?9 cases cordials, 25 casks ale, 10 drams caustic soda. 2 cases biscuits, 21 casks treacle, 50 cases castor oil. 40 bales hemp. 90 cases champagne, 91 cases schnapps. 500 boxes candles, 2 packages merchandise. The Nightingale is consigned to Mr John Reid.

. The brigantine Roderick Dhu arrived at Sydney on the 13th May, after a passage of 15 days. She was expected to leave again about a fortnight later for Auckland.

The brig Isabellas, Captain Greenwood, which left here for Newcastle, 15th March, was spoken in a dis masted condition, 190 miles from Newcastle.

The following arrival at Newcastle are reported :— Medora. barque, 12th May, 14 days out ; Endoxie Adolphine, 19 May, 29 days out; Mary Blair, 21st May. 22 d»ys out. ' The brig Derwent left Newcastle for Auckland on the 22nd May. with 330 tons coal. The barque Albion, Captain Penn&l, cleared at Sydney for Auckland via Newca»tle on the 14th ult.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails wili, Close as follows . — For Thames, this day, at 5.30 pm, ,and to-morrow, at 9 30 am For Coromandel. on Friday next, at 11,30 a m For Whitiangi, per Ocean, this day, at 5 p m For Waiwera and Warkworth, per Lady Bowen, to morrow, at 9 a m For Wanganui, per St Kilda, on Friday next, at 8 a m For Australian Colonies, per Hero, on Friday next, at 1 pm For Whitiangi, Taitua, Opotiki. and Napier, via T.irua, per Rowena, on Friday next, at 3 p m For Taranaki, . outhern provinces, and Australian £ Colonies, per Taranaki, on Monday next, at 10 am Per ss. Macgregor, on Friday, the 11th inst,, as follows :— For Sandwich Islands, United States of America, Canada. British Columbia, Central and South Ameica, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 10.30 a.m. For the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 10.30 a m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 9 30 a m Late letters bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage, will be received od board by the Mail Agent up to time of sailing. Mails for Otahuhu, Papakura, Drury, Pukekohe, Tuakau, Pokeno, and Mercer, will, until further notice, he made up at 6am daily. Return mails will reach town at 7 pm.

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

BIRTHS.

HARVEY—On the 31st;May, at York-street, Parnel

the wife of Charles Harvey, Esq., of a son. KEVEN —On the Ist June, at her residence Nelson street, Mrs George Keven, of a son.

DEATHS.

COULAM— On the Ist Juno, at her father'sresidence, Kyber Pass Road, Edith, the beloved daughter of George Coulam, aged 2 years. The funeral will leave to-morrow, at half-past 3 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.

McKENZIE—On the Ist June, at Onehunga. of heart disease, James M. McKenzie, late of Nariti, aged 73 years. The funeral will leave the residence of his daughter, Mrs "Williamson, Bon Accord House, at 3 p.m. on Thursday. Friends please accept this invitation.

ROBINSON—On the Ist June, 1875, at Eden Terrace, Sarah Ann, the beloved wife of John Robinson, aged 21 years. The funeral will leave her late residence for Epsom Cemetery to-morrow (Thursday), at 3 o'clock p.m. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1875

For th* cause that lacks assistance, JTor the irronjr that needs resistance, *Wr the fat are in the distance, A*4 th* (cod that we can io.

The utter incompetency exhibited in the management of our railways is more and more manifested with their extension. The meeting of settlers held last night at Otahuhu confirms the views we have uniformly ex pressed on the subject, but for any practical effect which those resolutions may have in enlightening the mind of Mr. Frank B. Pass more, our country friends might as well have kept their wind to cool their broth. Like all persons of similar amount of experience and similar mental capacity, that peisoh knows that he knows all about it, and we can fancy the supercilious contempt with which he will compare the ideas of these " country boors" with the expansive grasp of railway matters which he acquired in the West Indies, and which was perfected by his visit to England at our expense that he might see railway trains running. We can readily understand how it will be re presented that the settlers would like to get themselves and their goods carried for nothing, and that all this outcry is only stimulated by selfishness, and that to them it is a matter of indifference whether the railway pays the cost, of wheel-grease provided they are carried cheaply at the public expense. Arguments of the nature of reference to Rowland Hill's triumphs or even derived from the falling away of receipts on the Onehunga line under General Govern ment control are wholly thrown away on bull headed stubbornness, fortified by ignorant conceit; and until other changes come which are not improbable as a result of the impending political embroglio, there is very little prospect of improvement to be held out to the settlers who have met and very justly remonstrated against the absurdity of a management, that must consign the railway to rust and disuse. "Now that the line has been opened," says the Chairman last night, " many of us find that we can still take pro duce into town at as cheap a rate in the old way as by rail." And " There are gentlemen here to-night," he continues, "who will tell you that they live within half a mile of the station here who have paid more to get some goods out since the line has been opened, than it would have cost them to bring them had they em ployed drays." This is a pretty state of things in railway management, and if this is the result necessitated, after all the bright promises with which the railway system Was first announced to an amazed colony, we must admit it is quite of a piece with the utter and deplorable failure that has attended the " great scheme," so far as all the ex periences of this province are concerned. It is .consolation indeed to know that tho rail

way is there!; and although the rates of fare and freight, as well as the general disregard of public feelings and public wishes, are calculated to strangle traffic in its infancy; still, all that cannot remove the railway. And if, as may be reasonably expected, events so come to pass as to make it possible to make a clean sweep of the incompetents,whom nepotism and corruption have fastened on our railway system, we can hope that the railway will yet be what it might be so easily made to be, not only a con venience and a boon to the public, but, if not a profit, at least not a drain as at present on the general revenue.

A comparison between the tariff on our rail way, as made with that existing on leading railways at Home, is fnrnished by a corres pondent, thoroughly up on the subject, whose very lengthy but valuable letter we regret we have not space to publish. We make the following striking extract:—

" In drawing your attention to a com parison of the freight charges made here and upon the Home railways, you will see either stupid or wilful inconsistencies per petrated under the cloak of authority, which administration is strangling our railways in their birth, and doing a gross injustice to the public. Upon the London and North Western Railway, fine goods are conveyed at 3.03 pence per mile, which is the highest rate, Classs D., and comprises articles of a perishable nature and others which require great care in transport ; such as a piano, etc. Bale goo^ s are conveyed at 2.00 pence per mile, Class C, and comprise piece goods, cotton, woollen, and silk manufactures, ironmongery, wines, spirits in bulk, and salt provisions, &c. Class B, which comprises such articles as sugar, seeds, brass, copper, tin, lead, iron castings, machinery, and timber, &c, are conveyed at a cost of 1.75 pence per mile, whilst Class A, which comprises coal, coke, mineral ores, straw, hay, wheat, grain, lime, stone, cotton, Ac, is conveyed at a charge of 0.87, being a trifle over three farthings per mile. Now for the Auckland and Mercer railway. Fine goods or Class A (which class is here inverted) comprising merchandise, provisions of all sorts, coke, bran, castings, flax, and anything not otherwise enumerated, 4.37 pence per mile. Class B, second highest rate comprising grain, flour, firewood, potatoes, coal, iron, slate stone, lime, straw, etc., 3.34 pence per mile. Class C and class D are altogether superfluous, and ought to be absorbed in their proper class with articles of ,like bulk and nature. The investigation before us shows that the increase of tariff charges on' the part of the Auckland and Mercer Railway as against the London and North Western, is 1.34 pence per mile for fine goods ; 2.37 pence per mile for bale goods ; and 3 34 pence for coals, coke, lime, bricks, and such like articles, being an aggregate increase of 100 per cent, for freight above the home tariff. When we consider that 5 per cent, at home is deemed an adequate return to railway proprietors for the capital they have ox pended, the comparative charges to be levied on every passenger or ton of goods, would on a given traffic on a railway which cost £15,000 per mile, be one penny per mile, so that as the Auckland and Mercer Railway did not exceed half that sum per mile for construc tion taking into consideration, wages, and other expenses current, and the fact of it being a single line, 2 pence per mile upon a given traffic (which truly exists, if facilities offered) would afford 10 per cent, for money outlaid, and offer a most handsome return, and a liberal tariff.

It is not in stupid tariff and senseless classi fication alone that the incompetency of the existing railway management is apparent. It is forcibly illustrated in the following cases, for which we can vouch. Yesterday three loads of goods were sent to the Auck land railway sheds for transmission to One hunga. There they remained all day, and were not forwarded. After five o'clock in the evening, Mr Barnes sent carts and took the goods from the railway sheds to Onehunga. It appears there were no trucks available, or some other is the valid reason, equally creditable to the man agement. Witl ii a week a quantity of bone-dust was sent to the railway station from a merchant's place in this city for transmission to Papakura for a settler there. The goods were not forwarded for, wb presume, some equally valid reason, and they were sent for and brought back by dray to the merchant's store in the city. This efficient management was further illusl trated last night by the chairman of the meeting at Otahuhu, when he said, " There are goods—flour and pollard—now lying at the railway station spoiling, for which freight was paid, but the mode of delivery was, that the party in charge simply thr3w them on one side, and left them exposed to the weather." Such is the management of our Auckland railway, and to this we must submit. And this is the style of thing that is to come of a distant and central adminis tration of our local affairs. Billets and honors for incompent tuft - hunters; for resident settlers and their wants, contempt 1

We refer our readers to a letter in another column from an Onehunga Elector. From this it appears that the Riverhead "Special Settlement" have been at work elsewhere besides on Waitemata. It is really intoler able that these scandalous proceedings should be allowed. Is it not sufficient to bring political life and political honour into con» tempt when we find a regularly organised

ring deliberately bent on influencing returns to Parliament by wholesale stuffing of the rolls ? Anything so glaringly disgraceful as this attempted political wrong, no one has ever before seen in JNew Zealand, and it augurs a very low estimate of public morality that anyone should be found with the; audacity to suppose that public' feeling and! public opinion would do otherwise than visit it with condemnation.

The s.s. Hero has brought an addition to the staff of Presbyterian ministers in the province, the Rev. Thomas Scott, who has been sent out by the Church of Scotland, arrived in Melbourne by the Northumber land a few days before the Hero sailed, and, taking advantage of the opportunity, secured his passage, and arrived in Auckland last night. Mr Scott is a valuable addition to to the Presbytery : he has a grant of £150 a year from the Mother Church, and being the right stamp of a man, he will doubtless soon get comfortably settled. He comes, we understand, to no particular sphere, but is open to receive a oal from any vacant charge. 1

The (Bishop (Dr. Cowie) will meet the vestryfat St. Peters, Onehunga, this evening at half -past seven,) ,

The Revision Court for the electoral d A trict of Eden will be held to-morrow.at, Vf o'clock at the Supreme Coigfl&J That #irtle electbral district of Onehunga at half«past 2 o'clock at Onehunga. xP?. i'■

His Honor Mr Justice Gillies sat in Banco at the Supreme Court this morning. Judg ment was delivered in the case of Bond .. Witheford, and the appeal case of the Southern Cross v. J. Morton, Chairman of the Ponsonby Highway Board, was argued.

During the month ending May, 1875, there were 36 deaths registered within the City of Auckland, the number during the corres ponding month of 1874 being 21. For 1875 : Under 1 year, 17; under 2 years, 6 ; under 10, 3 ; under 30, 3; under 50, 2 ; over 50, 5. Total, 36. For 1874 : Under 1 year, 5 ; under 2 years, 2 ; under 10, 1 ; under 30, 5; under 50, 2 : over 50, 6. Total, 21.

An effort, and we trust for the sake of Parnell, a successful one, is to be made shortly to secure the lighting of Parnell with gas. No doubt a vigorous opposition will be entered by the elderly gentlemen who never go out at night, and the young gentlemen and ladies who do, and to whom the dark ness is sweeter than the sunlight. But all people are not lovers, nor are all so fortunate as to be able to toast their toes at home every evening, and to this middle class we look to deliver our aristocratic suburb from the blackness of unbroken night.

The departure of Mr Langbridge, late editor and proprietor of the Bay of Plenty Times, from Tauranga, was deemed a fitting occasion for recognising his services in ad vancing the district, and. the residents united in presenting a very complimentary address bef ire he removed to his new and extended sphere of labour in the Waikato. The following is the text of this very graceful acknowledgment :— "Tauranga, May 24th, 1874. —W. B. Langbridge, Esq. :My dear Sir,—lt is with regret we learn by a para graph in the local paper you are about to leave Tauranga. Since you first came amongst us as Editor of the Bay of Plenty Times you have made many and warm friends. The position of a journalist is at any time one difficult to sustain, but at the first start of a paper, when so much depends upon the Editor, his qualifier are more particularly tested. Any one who has watched the pro gress of the Bay of'TPlerity Times under your guidance, will, we are sure, give you every credit for the manner in which that publica tion has been conducted. There are nume rous local improvements that may be traced to its able advocacy, and what was before an almost unknown district has now become through its means fully recognised as an im portant settlement in the colony. Whilst regretting the loss to this community by your removal, we congratulate those amongst whom you may be placed on. tbe possession in their midst of one noted for his integrity, urbanity, and kindliness of heart; of one who is always sure to carry with bim where ever he goes the well wishes of many friends. —We are, dear sir, yours, very faithfully." [The address bears the signatures of fifty nine leading private residents and gentlemen in official positions.]

On the earnest solicitation of several of the " Special Settlers" of Riverhead, who, like Mr. Fordyco, were, as they state, innocently and unwittingly drawn into the trap, we have consented —at least for the present—to not publish a full list of the names of the bogus applicants for admission to the Waite mata Roll, who hail from the now famous township of Riverhead.

Mr. James Coupland, a respected citizen, has transferred his business in the corn and produce line, to Mr. George Harper and Mr. Coupland the younger.

The members of the Sheridan-street Excel sior Lodge, will hold an open tea and lodge meeting this evening, music, recitation, and song make up the programme.

The "Trail of the Serpent," was repeated last evening at the Prince of Wales Theatre with similar success to that of the previous evening, and in some of the situations and passages, the performers were duly and cor dially applauded. Mr. Darrell took the leading part with his wonted energy, and the remaining characters were correctly pour trayed. The popular drama from the pen of Mr. Tom Taylor, "Beneath the Wheels," will be introduced to-night, with appropriate effect and scenery by Mr. Thornton, the Claude of the colonial stage. Mr. Tom Taylor does not merely write for sensational effect, but for a good purpose, and his dramas always possess some points of human interest worthy of study. Mrs. Darrell will represent the Countess in the drama of this evening.

A meeting of special public interest was held last evening at the Criterion Hotel, Otnhuhu, for the purpose of considering and expressing an opinion on the high rate of charges for conveying passengers and goods on the Auckland and Mercer Railway. The meeting was not numerously attendod, but those of the settlers who were present, were agreed in the fact that the charges were so excessive that the railway was of no real benefit to farmers and settlers in adjacent districts. The speakers of the meeting were Messrs Robertson, Wallace, Goodfellow, Gordon, Smith, Rev. G. Smales, and several other settlers. The resolutions which it was agreed should be sent to the Hon. Minister for Public Works, were, Ist. "That in the opinion of this meeting the second class single fares from Penrose to Mercer, and all the intervening ptations are far too high." 2nd. "All trains to and from Auckland and Penrose carry passengers —6 miles for 9d, or l^d per mile. The fare to Otahuhn, 9 milen, Is 6d. Deduct 6 miles to Penrose, 9d ; equal to 3 miles to Otahuhu 9d, or 3d per mile, an increase of 100 per cent; to Papatoitoi, an increase of from 66 to 100 per cent; and in no case less than 50 per cent. The same re marks will apply to the freight which is from 50 to 100 per cent too high." 3rd. "In the opinion of this meeting there should be an uniform charge both ways of Id per mile as at present, with return tickets ; or at any rate single fares should in no case exceed ljd per mile, as at present on the Auckland and Penrose line." ! "■

The Licensing Court rose yesterday even ing at five o'clock, after hearing applications for renewals and new licenses in connection with hotel life. In addition to our report of: yesterday, we may state that the applications were all for renewals in the city and suburbs, excepting tHe following, which were ad journed until the 22th, when Mr Broham will report upon the under-mentioned houses, viz.—Henry Phillips, Clarence Hotel, state of house ; John Menzies, Q.C.E., necessary alterations; Mr F. Riordan, bed-rooms; Wm. H. Bass, Cottage of Content, bad con dition ; John Caffery, improvements by Mr Nathan ; James Innes and George Johnson, Scotia Hotel, Hobson-street; applications too late.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Pioneer Juvenile Temple, 1.0. G.T., will be held this evening, at seven o'clock, in the. Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, Wellesley-street. After the usual business has been transacted an open meeting will be held to which all are invited. W. E. Turner, Esq., an old Auckland resident recently returned from San Francisco, will deliver an address in support of the principles advocated by Good Templars.

The Choristers' concert at the Newton Congregational.school which came off last evening;, was well attended, and succesful in ministering to the pleasure of the visitors Mr E. Baxter conducted, Mr Lambert pre sided at the harmonium, and Mr E. Wood presided. The concert closed with " God Save the Queen " and votes of thanks.

We notice that Mr. W. C. Dennes of Queen street, will give another of his beauti ful lime-light entertainments at Ponsonby hall, on Tuesday evening, the Bth inst., in aid of the fund, of All Saints' and the Bap tist Suhday-schobls of Ponsonby. The aeries of photographs will include many views, illustrative of a tour through the United States,. shewing the principal cities, rivers, scenery, and spots of poetic and historic interest associated with the remarkable country of Washington and Franklin, Emerson and Longfellow. A number of songs will be sung in connection with tho, scenery, with pianoforte accompaniments by Mr. W. J< Rees, leader of the All Saiota choir*

•/ The-. Presbyterian ChurcJi News for June, just published, has a well written article shewing how far the Church has endeavoured to supply the spiritual wants of the Pres- ! byterians in the province, as ascertained by ' census returns for 1874. It concludes that, i " there is no place so badly provided with ministerial superintendence as Auckland," and the people here are the least given to ■ Church going in the colony. In Auckland only about 1,200 out of 2,834 attend' Church, ' and each of the three ministers of Auckland, Parnell, and Newton has 944, souls under his care. "Alpha" contributes some "Notes on" Apostolical Preaching," "T. W. L." a paper "On Material Aids to Devotional Feeling," and the Rev. W. A. Cathcart on "The Progress of Presbyterianism in Eng land," from which it appears that in 84 English towns having populations of over 20,000 each, Presbyterianism has increased at the average rate of 150 per cent, whilst the highest rate of increase of any other denomination has been 108 per cent. There are now 146 congregations in England. Articles on '-The iievival" in England, "The Theatre Witnessing to Moody and Sankey's Work" and " Mr Moody on Eternal Punishment," furnish some facts concerning the great revival carried on by Messrs Moody and Sankey at home. "The Special Reli gious Services" in Auckland and other items of "Church News," shew what is being done by the New Zealand branch of the Church. Among the reprint articles are "The Duke of Argyle on the Anthropomorphism in Theology," "The Covenanters, Charles 11, and Argyle," and "Garibaldi on the German Church Struggle." Tho Parnell Highway Board are having the annual coat of whitewash applied to the fences along the main road. Whitewash has often been applied with much less beneficial effect. Her name was Addie Andrews, 20 years of age, and she walked from Lawrence, Mass., to Nashua, N.H., ten miles, in the darkness, barefooted, arriving at her destina tion with her feet terribly bruised and lacerated. Addie mysteriously disappeared, and there was no other way of accounting for it except by laying it to the scape goat for all the insoluble myteries connected with people who are missing— the treacherous waters of the canal or the river. Miss Andrew's father re sides in Nashua, and she has an Uncle in Lawrence. She retired on Friday night at 10 o'clock, and at half-past five the next morning was missing. All of the clothing she was known to have was in her room. The police could find no trace of her, and it was finally decided by the wise that she mußt have walked into the "raging canawl." It was knowD, however, that she was subjsct to sleep-walking, and that she was a recent convert at a revival in Nashua. A letter received by a cousin of Addie late the next day contained the surprising information that the girl was at home in Nashua. She arrived there, having travelled through mud and snow, with nothing on her person but her night dress and waterproof. She knew nothing of directions in Lawrence, or of the roads lead ing from the city. It has since been ascertained that the girl left Lawrence at midnight. She never before attempted and never has performed such a feat of somnam bulism. It is the most remarkable case of sleep-walking with which we are familiar. Probably Addie will wait until her wounds are healed before she undertakes another such trip. If that girl ever gets married her husband may some night find himself left alone in bed, while his wife will be cavorting around the country robed like an. angel. The quarterly meeting of the New Zealand Agricultural Society will be held at the British Hotel, on Friday next, at noon. The Engineer and Scottish Volunteers held their weekly parade last evening, and the few present were satisfactorily paraded. To the Editor: Dear Sir, — Seeing Mr Carr's letter of the 31st instant, Oh, let me commiserate him, seeing that I am in a far worse fix. Unfortunately I happen to hold not allotments, but acres, to my sorrow in that rising place. I believe from what appeared in the list of objections, my name is also included. But well had it been for mo if I had never invested in the Waitemata or Rodney districts, holding in both not less than GOO acres freebold for the last six years, from which I have never received a penny. The rate collector never called on me; just ask him why I escaped. Simply for pure love and affection, being his towney; as also for knowing that the value of my land was a sure stake for the rates. Value! value ! Why, you have never seen those rising properties. Had the same * been divided into allotments and given to my friends free—and why free ? because if friends, by doing so, I should be at the head of the poll ; and if any Registration Officer either in Waitemata or Rodney, insist upon having my name struck off let them do so. But suppose they are not worth powder and shot, and only fictitious names, then who is so pay the expenses ? Answer—Lawyers best know, for paid they shall be. Having received a letter from Mr J. M. Murray, Registration Officer for Rodney district, stating that my name is struck off the roll. In every locality where a man holds freehold to the amount registered, why object? Answer—Corruption ! corruption ! —I am,, &c.,W. Kirby. The fortnightly meeting of the Otahuhu Mutual Improvement Society took place on Monday, the 31st ult. The subject of dis cussion—the influence of Henry the Eighth as man and king—was beneficial to England. The Rev. F. Gould took the affirmative ; Mr Wannop the negative side of the question. After, an animated discussion, in which Messrs. Gamble and Markham took a pro minent part, Mr Luke summed up the evi dence pro and con. It was decided by a large majority that the influence of Henry was not beneficial to his country; but that indirectly, and in spite of Henry's bad management, good has resulted to posterity. On Monday week, June 14, Rev. F. Gould will deliver a most interesting lecture on the ' * Pyramids of Egypt." The St. James' musical and literary enter tainment, under the chairmanship of Rev. R. F. Macnicol, was given last evening in the City Hall. By the, time of commencing the large hall was completely crowded by spectators desirous of passing an agreeable hour with the members of Sb. James. The minister, Mr Macnicol, opened the proceed ings with a speech bearing upon the progress of their Society, and of its educational advan tages to young men. The ladies and gentle men who formed the choir, were very pleas ing with the opening and closing choruses, which were given in admirable tones and sustained with timely harmony. The choral scene was quite picturesque, with the young ladies in front and the young gentlemen behind. The ".Flowery month of June " (in the old land) was sung with marked fidelity, and was listened to with evident delight. The songs of Mrs Mitchell were welcomed in that especial manner which is ever pleasing to the singer, and were deservedly encored. "Oh, sing to me the old Scotch songs," and "Erin, my Country," were given by this lady, and the touching "Land o' the Leal," accompanied; by. Miss Kennedy, in the; most complete man ner, g and called up many a dream of memory from the dim past. The recitation and readings were the " Tinker and Miller's Daughter," "Dead in the Street," and "Mancy Waugh;" the former two pieces were well delivered, but the latter was given in so low a tone of voice that it was im possible to hear him at the far end of the hall. "I have Buch a Wife," a two part song, was a most laughable per formance, but a worthy pair, who lived gene rally on very good terms, but occasionally had a little row which usualy subsided in an Atmosphere of peace. The famous trial of j Pickwick, by_ Charles Dickens closed a. really good entertainment to the satisfaction, we elieve, of every penon present,

MORE FICTITIOUS CLAIMS.

To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sir,— Being attracted to the Onehunga Court on Wednesday last by the presence of three advocates from Auckland, namely, Messrs. Rees, Hesketh, and Russell, I had the pleasure of seeing the interior of that sanctum, when I observed on the list of new claims posted up for the Onehunga electoral roll the ominous names of Edwin Carr and Allender, of Riverhead "Special Settlement" notoriety. And if I mistake not1 their claims were attested by one of Jai S.s minions. ' I thought nothing of this at the time, but having since read your remarks in Saturday's and this even ing's Stab about the Riverhead pro ceedings, I have begun to think that not only is Mr Carr, the would-be tem perance champion, put down for our new roll, but a good few others of Jai S.s Riverhead brigade also. Of course these are all fictitious claims. As for Mr Carr he has not even the shadow of a bona fide claim to- qualify him for the Onehunga roll. I hear that this Mr Carr is a great temperance advocate. Is it in the interest of the temperance cause he is thus seeking to exercise the franchise in this electorate without .'a qualification ? Does the cause justify the deception ? Is Carr going to seek the suffrage of the district? I wonder has Carr put in a claim for the Bay of Islands and all the other electoral divisions of this province ; if so, [he will be a highly powerful man bye and bye, in fact another Julius Cjesar—not Vogel. Mr Editor, to be serious, I think our legislation should be amended so that persons attempting to insert fictitious claims on the electoral roll should be severely punished. Is it not in effect as bad as personation or worse ? The time has lapsed for making objections I hear, so we shall have Mr Edwin Carr on our electoral roll with a myth of a qualifica tion. What will Mr Rees and Mr Revising Officer Lawlor think of this 1 Is it not manhood suffrage—aye, and womanhood suffrage too for Mr Edwin Carr.—Yours, &c, An Onehunga Elector.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

(PER CABLE.)

[Per s.s. Hero.]

RELIGIOUS DISTURBANCE,

LONDON.

May, 21

The strike of colliers in South Wales has virtually terminated. —The French Re publicans have expressed their approval of the Constitutional Bill which has boen intro duced into the National Assembly.—A decree of King Alfonso authorises the liberty of the Press in Spain.—A private London telegram states that wools of all kinds are stronger, and crossbreds higher.—The Liege tribunal has dismissed the charge against Duchesne, and the result has created a pro found sensation at Berlin. —Religious dis turbances in Belgium are frequent; the popu lace have assaulted some of the Pilgrims.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

(S7P7ECIAL TO THE STAB.)

A CAPTAIN JUMPS OVERBOARD.

COMPANY TO BUY SARGOOD'S OUT

FOR £250,000.

SYDNEY,

May 26,

Sir Alexander Gordon, Governor of Fiji, has arrived, and is now a guest at Govern ment House.—The bulk of the French ex hibits intended for the late Inter-Colonial Exhibition has arrived and will shortly be exhibited. — The Commissioners ap pointed to make preparations for the Melbourne and Philadelphia Exhibitions have completed all their arrangements. •—A return as to plenro-pneumonia shows that the previous experience of stockowners confirms the beneficial effects of innoccu lation.—The action taken by the Bishop of Newcastle against the Rev. Mr. Thac keray, for ejecting him from land at Mait land, resulted in a verdict for plaintiff. —Captain Field, of the barque Henry Buck, recently arrived, jumped overboard from the City of Newcastle while on her way to Sydney, and "was drowned.—A champion footrace between Watson, of Scone (N.S.W.), and Watson, of Geelong (Victoria), for £200 a-side, distance 200 yards, was' won by the former easily in 19| seconds. —A man named William E. Thatchell was brought up from the South Seas in H.M.S. Pearl, charged by Commodore Goodenough with having mur dered a T^nna woman. A remand has been granted. Commercial news is dnll. Two thousand cases of Devoe's kerosene were sold at Is. lOd., duty paid. The advanced rates required for Martell and Hennessy's brandies stimulated enquiry for good second brands. McQnarrie, shipbuilder of Sydney and New castle, has assigned hfe estate; liabilities, £9000.

MELBOURNE.

May 25.

The general conference of the Wesleyan I Church has resolved to open the doors to adherents. Admission by ticket only.— The Australian European Bank have reduced expenses to £1,500 per annum, with a view to an enlarged dividend.—Richard Williams was garrotted and robbed by two men in Fitzroy.—Thomas Riley, an employ.c in Martin's brewery, has been committed for trial for a murderous attack on the foreman. He attacked him with a * brass tap of hose,— Joseph Sutherland's wUI has been proved to be under £37,000 ; D. S. CampbeU's nnder £3000.—Carroll has failed at Arrarat. Liabilities, £18542 ; assets, £7790.—The governors of the Melbourne Hospital have resolved that M.B. or M.D., of the Mel bourne University should be allowed as candidates for honorary surgeon or hospital physician.—The Commissioners have resolved not to open the Exhibition until the 2nd September.—Messrs Morris and McMurray, grocers, of Melbourne, have been sentenced to twelve and six months imprisonment respectively, for fraudulent insolvency.— The verdict in the poisoning case, Johanna Prior, was death by strichnine, but how administered there was no evidence to show. —A lad. six years of age, was burned to death, and another severely injured by the destruction of Wm. Thompson's house, Gaffney's Creek.—A prospectus has been issued of a company to buy Sargood's soft business ; capital, £250,000, in £5 shares.— Blencartha was unharmed by the late gales. —Harriett Barrett, wife of a baliff named Eulton, was stabbed to death by her hus band. They lived unhappily. The husband has been committed for trial.

THE VICTORIA HTTNT CLtTB RACES,

In the Hurdle Race Larrikin was Ist, and W.F., 2nd.—Maiden Steeplechase : Dawn of Day, 1 ; Murgah, 2.—Flat Race : Onyx, 1; Break-o'-Day, 2.—Victoria Grand National Steeplechase: Prodigious, 1; Ballarat, 2. .

BRISBANE.

May 24. The Assembly-agreed to pay the members £200 per annum. The Aration Apear arrived en route for Cooktown with six hundred Chinese.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Lurline won the Adelaide Cup easily. In the Conference of the Evangelical Ministers, it was resolved to promote brotherly union and support united Evangeli cal work. '

Madge, new member for, Wallaroo, has

been untested for soliciting votes. A ne# election has been ordered. The tailors' strike has ended. Mr H u u the newly-appointed engineer of public works, estimates the breakwater and ?o e e_JT° tka at Victor h»rbour will cost too, DUO. The case, Dal wood v. Government for £120,000 breach of contract ia connection 1 with the over land telegraph construction ] has commenced. ' < /Wheat, 4s Id to 4s 2d. *-•'

HOBART TOWN.

The Executive has determined to allow ;! the law to take its course in the case of John Smith, who was sentenced to death for rape. , J -

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

(Via Melbourne.) t Cape papers state that the miners at the diamond fields are on bad terms with the authorities, and have established a semi military force of cavalry and infantry. Arms are being bought in every direction. A pro clamation issued by the Lieut.-Governor was met by a counter proclamation from the Diggers' Association, complaining of the incapacity of the local government, but dis avowing any treasonable intention.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.)

LEVELLED AGAIN.

Two men, bearing the names of John Taylor and John Gledhill, were found drank last night, and were fined 10s each or 48 hours.

POOR ELIZA.

Eliza Scott was drunk last night. Eliza did not appear in answer, and forfeited her bail.

TOO BAD OF DAVY,

David Hamilton, a stout, well-set man, was charged with being drunk last nightin Ponsonby Road, and with assaulting Ooh stable Graham while in the execution of his duty; also with splitting the constable's trousers and rendering them useless. The damage was laid at £1. Prisoner, a seaman on board the Rover, said he was quite drunk, or he should not have done the mischief.

Constable Graham deposed that, while on the road in question, he was attacked by prisoner, who said he would make short work of him (Graham), and caught him round the waist and hurled him to the ground. He then committed a violent assault on his breeches. There were no visible marks of violence on his body.

His Worship gave prisoner a severe lecture, and ordered him to pay a fine of 10s for get ting drunk, 20s (and a fine of Is) for splitting the constable's trousers, and 25s for assault ing the constable by throwing him on the ground, or 24 days' imprisonment. • | SLEEPERS OUT. Joseph Naylor, William Moor, and Maiy Orr, companions of the niaht, were charged under the Vagrant Act, with being found on the premises of Mr Rennell, in Albert-street last night. Prisoner, pleaded guilty, and Moore and the woman were sentenced to four months with hard labour ; the boy Naylor was'con sidered of unsound mind, and was remanded' until to-morrow. , |i

LEFT OTX THE SHOES,

John Stephen was charged under the Merchant Shipping .Act with wilfully and wrongfully leaving behind him John Crawley, a seaman belonging to the brig Drover .before the completion of his voyage, for which he was engaged on the 6th February last. Mr Brookfield appeared for the prosecution and as defendant did not appear, a warrant was issued for his apprehension.

CHARGE OE STEALIKG TOOLS.

George Wermon was charged with stealing a quantity of furniture and tools from the dwelling house of John Elliott, in the month of January last, value estimated at £712s 6d. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. • ; - John Elliott deposed that he was a con tractor, and had recently been employed at the Thames. He was the owner of a house in Rokeby - street, in which he formerly resided. He was there at Christmas last, and left on the 4th Jan. He locked up the house safely, and hinted to Mr Davis to keep his eye on the spot, as persons had intruded through the fence. On the 27th May he came up from the Thames in consequence of hearing that his house had been forcibly opened. On arriving at the spot he found the tale o'er true. The win dows and doors were all open j the house entirely stripped of everything save a three legged stool. The prisoner resides in the * next house, and, on enquiring into matters, prisoner said he had seen two strangers come down on a sunny Sunday afternoon. They walked into the house ; he did not say they broke in. He did not then accuse prisoner of the robbery, but went to Detective Jeffrey, who returned with him to prisoner's house, in which they found basins, ewers, jugs, two tables, a stretcher, spades, chest, tomahawk, and an old saw (list of articles produced). They were his property. He denied that he had any Buch articles in his house, but when the articles were ■ discovered, prisoner said his friend Jack Johnson brought them to his house. '

His Worship: Ia your friend, JphMon, here.

Prisoner: No, your Worship, I cannot find Johnson anywhere. Detective George Jeffrey deposed to pro secutor calling upon him touching the matter of the robbery. He saw prisoner and asked hint if he had taken any of prosecutor's things out of the house ; he replied in the negative, he had seen no person there except children occasionally rusticating by the fence. He searched the house and discovered the lost property now before the. Court TBoth prisoner and his wife said the things came from England. Prisoner then said, " 'Tis no use. I'U teU the truth," and made some allusion to his friend Jack Johnson, who brought the goods. He enquired for.„ the address of his friend Johnson, as Johnson's presence would be required. Prisoner said he did not know Johnson's address, his resi dence was far away in the bush, Johnson was a man of retiring habits. He, Jeffrey, found the old saw at Mr Heave/s in Wyndham- Btreet. 7: Andrew- Heavey, pawnbroker, deposed that on the 7th May, prisoner pawned the saw at his house for Is ; he gave the name of Warman.

. The depositions were then read, and the prisoner said that since he had been living in Rokeby-street different people had often been in and out of that house, and the property which prosecutor identifies as his property, ,he bought of his friend Johnson, and for which he paid him. Johnson left his house in March saying he was going to Ohinemuri. The pawnbroker had made a mistake in iden- ■ tification. His Worship recommended the prisoner to. consider the Chinese proverb " speech is silver, but silence is gold." 7 The prisoner was then committed for trial ' at the next criminal sittings of the Supreme Cou.fc'.."_. . '7-7 .7 ' • 'Ww : ■ MARIAN'S BAIRNS. Marian's Paul was summoned to shew cause why she should not be ordered to, contribute towards the support of her j chil-"1 dren, under the age of fourteen, now in the Industrial Home for Negltcted and Criminal children. This young person, the mother of five children, whose name has been several times before the public, did not appear, and the case was remanded till to-morrow for her attendance. . J A SIMILAR CASE. ' vi Thomas Lyons was summoned to Court for neglecting to contribute towards the support of his ohUdren ia the Naval Train« , ing School. • ': ;r'T ■, /'). This case was adjourned until the l&b.-l k instant. - tTsTM This was aU tho businert,



T HOS GRAVE AND fiO. BEG.to. inform .the Inhabitants of AucMand that, owing to excessive shipments to hand, and expected, . ... „,. ,they find it necessary to call a Sale of their DRAPERY and MEN'S " ' *' :' cidTHIKG, b-th; Wholesale and i Retail. The entire Stock, valued at ■ has .been Re-marked, land.will be offered to the Public at COST. ... Ve~ ~The" SALE COMMENCES 1 THIS DAT (FRIDAY), the 7th May, at our Retail Premises, Queen-street. i £JITY QLOTHING TV/TART, V ' 92, QU E E N.-S TRE ET, NEXT DOOR TO THE AUCKLAND . . A : ' AND 7 Opposite the National Bank. rpHE r ENTIRE BUSINESS A is now carried on in the One . > Establishment, where the Public will ', find an r ENTIRELY NEW STOCK, which,"for Cheapness and Quality, cannot be Equalled in New Zealand. Every requisite for Gentlemen's wear in stock. Men's, Boys' and Youths' Clothing, Hats, Caps, Scarves, Hosiery, Portmanteaux, &c.,&c.; SAM TJE L COO M B E £i 92, QUEEN-STREET. * I Winter Evening Entertainments.—The time of year has arrived for lectures, concerts, andehtertainments of various kinds. To aid .heH'Good Templars and afford caterers'of public amusement every facility, the present proprietors (Messrs.Holloway. and Garlick) have determined, after the Ist June, to let the City HaU-at muck lo.Vrer rates than lpna%lyL"•. This HaU, the:-beat situated of any in Auckland, and-unsurpassed for its acoustic qualities, will be let for, ten guineas per week, or two guineas for a single even ly A J 1? w _B ™UB Prove the Proprietors we 4°«gth,eir share towards proving cheap _S/ffl*^S^*s «« necessary com P JX^rlMr Wv!^ F evening«. and Holloway iS feZm* ™*7 large stock, have resolved to clear them out It unheard of y, prices, and have marked down: gents' ±d *Ok umbrellas to 7s 6d, 9s ildPl_Jsu U«_£aS_tfas_g ft '



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