SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER : This evening, 6.52 ; to morrow morning. 7.12 HON SEX : This evening, 7.18 ; SUN RISE : to morrow morning, 456 MOON'S AGE : last Quarter. January 8,1875

ARRIVALS.

««-i.i.r(.u, s.b, uuai w&iiara <m tne flianuuauj Omaha, schooner, from New Caledonia (in tbe Raipara)

DEPARTURES.

vuuooren, snip, lata tons, Captain MeigncJt, tor fean Francisco Mary King, schooner, for Lyttelton

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

J> or Sydney— Hero, s s, S-tturday, noon For the Suuth—Ladybird s s, Monday next For Nev?ca-.tle—Otago, bwque, Saturday For San Francisco— Cit7 of Melbourne, R.M.S.S., (Kuglish Mail), 21st instant For Levuki- Belle Brandon, schooner early For Lyttelton— Waitangi, ship, Monday ; Albion, brig shortly ; Flirt, brigantine, early For Karot inga—Blanche, schooner, early For London— Cify of Auckland, ship, isth Jan For a Cruise—Southern Cioss, Missionary barquentine early

VESSELS EXPECTED

I3ty oi Melbourne, sa, from Sydney, 21st instant "Wocga W< nija, s s, from Sydney, early H.M.s Blanche, from Sydney, early Clematis/ketch, from Napier Papna, schooler, from Karotonga, early Cospatrick, ship, from London ; sailed Bth September JHlharee,barque, fr-m London ; sailed October 2 Warwick, ship, from London ; sailed October 11 Inverene, ship, from London ; sailtd October 30 Anazi, barque, fcc»m LoDdoo ; sailed October 2S Bapido, barque, from New York,via Adelaide, loading Edith Hose, barque, from New York ; sailed Sept. 18 Chanticleer, brig, f ioin Hobart Town, early "Vision, brig, from Dunedin, early IKditb, schooner, from Houth Sea Islands, early Dauctlesp, (2), sdiooners. from New Caledonia .Kuropa, barque, from Sydney, early Kenilworth, sciiconer, from Samoa, early Sir Isaac Newton, fchoone-, from LytHton Magellan Cloud, from Lyttelton, early Ryno, brigantinel from Kotumah, early

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Go-Ahead, from Waitara: 42 head cattle, 260 sheep, 2 horses, 2 bales and 2 bags wool, order.— Combes and Daldy, agents.

EXPORTS.

Per Mary Melville, for Napier :—38,000 feet timber, 28,000 shingles, Schapp and Ansenne.—M. Niccol. agent. «

DEPARTURE OF THE CONDOREN.

The Swedish ship Condoren resumed her voyage to San Francisco early this morning, after a stay in the Tiort of Auckland of three months and a'half, during which time she has been conrpletely refitted at the hands of Mr Gouk. The Condoren arrived here on the 28th September in a dismasted condition, having come to grief in heavy gales on the 20th and 21st of the same month. She sailed from Sydney on the 16th September, with 1570 tons of coal. She was chartered to load grain at San Francisco for London, bnt it is hardly necessary to state that her charter has heen vitiated by her enforced detention. However, there is good demand for tonnage in California, and it is not likely Captain Neiglick will experience any difficulty in procuring a cargo. As we have already said that gentleman, with one small exception, has expressed his entire satisfaction with the way in which his ship has been restored.

The s.s. Go-Ahead, Captain Doile, arrived at One hunga this morning, at 5 o'clock, from the Waitara, which port she left yesterday morning at 9 o'clock, and crossed the Manukau bar at midnight, arriving as above. Experienced light &.W. breeze with fine ■weather. Passengers:—Mis King, Messrs. W. Bay ley, Curtis, Brooking, Heal, Russell, Powell, and Early. The brig Syren, from Mongonui, arrived at Lyttel ton on the 2fith ultimo; and the brig Pakeha at Dunedin, from Wangnroa. on the 27th ult. ' The ship Cospatrick is' now 121 days out, the Dil haree 97 days, out, and the Warwick 88 days from London. AU of them may reasonably be expected within the next fortnight.

The schooner Mary King, with a cargo of timber, sailed for Lyttelton yesterday evening, with a fine S.W. breeze.

The schooner Dauntless arrived at Noumea on the 10th ultimo, and the Prince Alfred on tbe 19th. The brigantine Omaha has arrived in the Kaipara from New Calcdonfa. Captain Meiklejohn reports having left Auckland on tbe Ist December, and took her departure, from the Poor Knights on the 2nd, at ll p.m., with light. N.E. winds. Got the trades in 25 ° S. latitute. Made the south reef of New Caledonia on "the Bth, and the Btilari passage on the 10th, and gotinto Noumea on the morning of the 11th. Left again on the 2lßt. Wind, S.E. by S. On the 23rd the wind hauled to E.N:E. On the 30th December to Ist January a heavy gale from E.N.E. Glass fell to 28*86, the lowest glass I have seen in New Zealand. On the 2nd it was blowing a gale W.N.W. Vessel hove-to under close-reefed mainsail. Made Cape Maria Van Dieman on the 2nd, at 2 p.m. The wind moderated, and fine weather continued till arrival at the Kaipara bar at 1 p.m. on the 3rd, when it was so thick and rainy that the Heads could not be seen. At 6 a.m. on the 4th crossed the bar, and arrived Te Kopuro at 4 p.m.

The schooner Christina has cleared for Wangax<_ - "in ballast. __■ ■■ The ship Waitangi was hauled away from the whan to-day. She is to sail for Lyttelton about Saturday, with 200 tons of manganese, and 400 bales of wool.

The schooner Mary Melville cleared to-day for TTapier, with a cargo of timber and shingles, shipped by Messrs, Sehapp and Ansenne. The schooner Belle Brandon entered outwards to day for the South Sea Islands.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

|: Napieb, this day. j ' The Star of the South arrived at half-past eleven last night.

COMMERCIAL.

\7: At Messrs. Cochrane and Sons sale to-day, the lease p of the Ejireka Hill Gold Mining Company was sold for .£l5O to the directors of the Moanatairi Company. X-: A piece of land at Wangarei produced no bidders, and X was withdrawn.

I STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

| I Business done to- day :— Bank of New Zealand—£lß 4s; buyers, :••■' £l 8 4s. National Bank—69s ; sellers, 70s. j Fiji Bank—Sellers, 62s 6d. South British Insurance— 48s 6d; buyers, ■ .48s. National Insurance—Sellers, 275. Union Sash and Door Co.—£9lss; sellers, !; £9 15s. !'.; Caledonian (double issue)— Sellers, 80s. City of London -28s j sellers, 29s 6d. p ' Union Beach—Buyers, 6s 6d ; sellers, Bs. I Tokatea—Sellers, 12s.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

MAILS Willi. <JLOSK AS Follows: — For Thames, to-morrow, at 630 p m For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 10 30 a m For Mahurantu, Matskana. Macgawsi, Waipu, &c, per Lady Bowen, on Saturday r.exr, at 10 a m. For Rarotonga, per Blanche, en taturday next, at 9am „ , , For A uatrali&n Colonies, per : Hero, on Saturday next, at 11 a m .... Per s.s. Ladybird, on Monday next 11th instant, as uuder:— For India,. China, Mediterranean Ports, and Continent of Europe, at 9 n m For Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, at 10 a n. ForUni'ed Kingdom, via Suez a Td South ampton, (for letters specially addressed) at 10 a m ; For the United Kingdom, via Brindisi. and late letters for Southern provinces and Melbourne at 10 15 a.m

For newspaper?, at 8 a m For money orders, and registered letters, on Saturday, the 9th in.'tan*, at 6 pm. For the underujeitiored pla>es per City of Melbourne, od Fri.lay, 22nd instant, as follows :— For Sandwich Islands. United Stales of America, Canada. British Columbia, Central and SiUth 'A m^rica. and Piitiah and Foreign West Indies, at 11 a m. tor the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 10 a.m .La'e 3etters be.-ricg an estra. fee cf 6d will b^ received by the Mail Agent on board up to time of sailing S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster

DEATH.

Mawkh— On Jatiu&ry 4, at Chariton Bouse, M. Un Eden, At>;y Lucy, infant daughter of M. Alawer vgtd 10 wetks atd 4 d.ys.

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

THURSDAY, JANUARY, 1875

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

It is greatly to be regretted tbat so much delay attends the simple negotiation between the Public Buildings Commission and ths Domain Board for an exchange of site. We had understood that the matter was a3 amicably as it was definitely settled two months ago, and the terms of the exchange were as equitable and satisfactory to the one trust as to the other. A very careful ex amination of the site for the new hospital was made in the end of October last, and

it was unanimously felt by the Public Buildings' Commissioners that the erection of such a noble pile of buildings as the Hospital will be, on the crest of the hill would be as great an addition to the pictu resque features of the landscape as it would be conducive to the convalescence of ithe invalids ; and a proposal was made to the Domain Board by which the slope of the hill on the Domain side might on terms of an equitable exchange, be given to the Hospital tiust not certainly to be built on, for it is utterly unsuitable for that, but so that the Hospital building being placed on the crest, might have a little bit of lawn intervening between it and the boundary of the grounds. All the difficulties of a fanciful kind as respects drainage, &c., could all be arranged, one might think, in a few moments conversation, but a species of diplomatic despatch-sending and deputationising be t ween the two bodies appears to have been set up, whereof heaven only knows the end. Meantime the commencement of the building of the new Hospital is being delayed, while two bodies, both representing the public, and both protecting and pro" moting the public interest— the one repre senting the sick when laid on beds of pain, the other representing the same sick people when well again, and walking about with wives and children under the trees—are carrying on a memorandummiad. It is greatly to be desired that some settlement of this most trivial question should be speedily effected, so that the Hospital may be built. The crest of the hill is decidedly the choicest as weir as the most picturesque position for the Hospital, but if this cannot be, and the little strip of land cannot be had, then it should be known at once.

It is a fortunate thing that little Cecilia Allen had not been "Chloroformed out of existence "as suggested by a. contemporary. It appears that after all she has not been found guilty of the grave offence charged against her, and the tittle tattle that had been raked together for sensational purposes, and cruelly piled up against her has not had that effect on the mind of the jury which was anticipated. There is we observe another charge of incendiarism against her which is yet to be the subject of trial, and 0 f course to th at we make no reference whatever. But we cannot help reflecting on the rumours that were set afloat respecting her connection with the fire which has

already been the subject of enquiry. We can understand the feelings which are. generally entertained in Auckland respecting fire raising. Goodness knows we have had enough of " spontaneous combustion" of insured buildings to make asy one sus picious, and to prompt even to a desire for satisfaction out of somebody... But this affords no warrant for seizing bold of bare suspicions and working them up for the sacrifice of a helpless lit de child. The case just ended affords also a lesson as to the value of so-called confessions, which, on superficial consideration seem to be the most reliable of all evideuce. Experience has often shown how the imagination is wrought upon by terrifying circumstances operating through a nervous temperament; aud num berless illustrations are afforded of persons without any motive whatever, and even un influenced by any fears, or by relations in any form to a crime, coming to the police and denouncing themselves as guilty. _ In this case, saving the child's own confession, afterwards withdrawn, there does not appear to have been anything whatever to connect her criminally with the fire, and had it not been for the tittle-tattle referred io, few would have paid much attention to the charge against the child. Some people, however, with the bump of wonder largely developed, cannot resist the temptation to adding a few plume to a dish of horrors ; and then when others are found ready to pander to popular excite ment, and humour a morbid state of the public mind, we have such a case as that now dismissed by the jury. We are glad that Cecilia Allen has not been put to death by chloroform. It would have been no less unjust to her who is now declared innocent, than it would have been discreditable to our nineteenth century humanity to have in dulged in so antiquated and savage senti ments of vengeance.

A deputation from the Thames, consisting of Messrs. Rowe and Porter, waited on his Honor the Superintendent yesterday, rela tive to the establishment of a superior school at the Thames, under the Education Act. His Honor expressed the utmost readiness to forward the object which the deputation had in view, but desired tbat the Thames people should first take some definite action them selves, when the Government would assist them to the utmost. The deputation thank ing his Honor for this assurance, withdrew, and will consult with the Board of Education on the subject.

The suggestion that Sir George Grey should enter Parliament seems to have been taken up with avidity throughoughout the colony. The Wellington Post says :— " After the action which that distinguished states man has recently taken he can scarcely re frain from entering on active political and Parliamentary life, and it can scarcely be doubted that the electors of Auckland City West would gladly entrust their interests to the hinds of such a representa tive. Once emerged from his retirement, Sii George Grey will quickly be enabled to become en rapport with the state of public feeling throughout the colony. At present we must confess that he has comparatively few sympathisers in his earnest champion ship of the Provincial system as it now exists, A more intimate acquaintance with affairs as th. y now are will probably cause Sir Geo Grey to considerably modify his views. His great experience in public affairs, acknowledged abdity and thorough acquaintance with the past history of the colony, all render him a man whose services are sure to be of enormous value at a time when great con stitutional changes are impending. He may render gcod service in remoulding our con stitutional institutions into a ntw form ts well adapted to the present position and circumstances of the colony as the institu tions which he originally bes>towed upon us were to the circumstances of the colony at that time. Sir George Grey would act as a check on the ill-contidered and hasty policy of Mr Vogel. Sir George Greys presence in the House of Representatives next session would be of the greatest possible benefit to the colony, and the electors of Auckland City will deserve the gratitude of all the other constituencies if they return him as their representative in Parliament."

The charge of murder against a Maori for the murder of a native girl, now proceeding in tbe Suprerre Court, caused great excite ment among the natives, and the outside and inside of the court this morning were crowded with, we should imagine, the whole of the tribe to which the parties belonged. It was interesting to observe the particular habili ments of tbe women in imitation of Europeans. Some wore bats of the latest type, feathered and flowered, and highdieeled boots. They were also adorned with rings and expensive jewellery ; others, again, wore no hats, but had their hair bound round with white'hand kerehiefs, somewhat after the fashion of the women of Turkey, with their expansive biown feet exposed to the sun. The men mostly wore tall bell-toppers, or the recent etyle of summer straw hats. The scene, however, was lively in the extreme as far as appearances went. Yet every face wore an expression of sadness and anxiety, and, doubtless, everyone felt a special interest in the case. The prisoner himself evinced a twitching anxiety as he watched the proceed ings. He is a smart-looking native, with nothing of the murderer in his countenance.

A short time ago his Honor the Chief Justice, on the application of Mr Whitaker, granted a writ of attachment against Mr Meredith, clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court, Patea. The case seems a remarkable one, and it is suggested by the Wanganui Herald that the Government should inquire into it. That journal ex plains Mr Meredith's position thus :—Mr Meredith is a subordinate in a department, and has been acting strictly according to the instructions of. his superior, Major Ed wards, who ought to be the respondent. The whole business is most extraordinary. A case came on in the court at Carlyle, Major Edwards on the Bench, when judg ment was given for the plaintiff. The de fendant, through his solicitor, Mr Hughes, appealed, lodging £20 to cover costs, and duly entering into the necessary bend to prosecute the appeal. The plaintiff, through his solicitor, the late Mr Perham, demanded the £20 which had been so paid into Court to meet the judgment, and notwithstanding the appeal, Major Edwards actually ordered the Clerk of the Court to pay over the £20 to the plaintiff, and the Clerk obeyed accord ingly. The appeal went on, and bsing main tained, the Chief Justice has ordered a writ of attachment to issue against the Clerk for retaining the £20. The case is altogether unique. That the Clerk had no other alter native than to obey, may be understood from the fact that Major Edwards addressed him afterwards to the effect that if he had not handed over the money he should have "locked him up."

We have heard many complaints relative to the way in which exemptions from pay ment of the Education Tax have been granted. '' Eairjjlay." writing from Onehunga on the subject, sajs :—" fc>ir : May I ask through your journal if the Education Act provides for the rate - payers in their respective districts. Seeing a list of the persons who have been granted exemp tions from payment of rates under the .Act, as I believe, such a list would be highly instructive in the Onehunga district, where many of the people best able to pay are recommended for exemp tions oh very questionable grounds. It is currently reported here that to be in the books of certain individuals will ensure a reccommendation for exemption from the "odious tax." Now, having paid my own rate, I naturally think that all others who are able to do so should pay. Yet I know that pensioners and others in different circumstances are being exempted usque ad nameam." - .-

The Presbyterian congregations in this province that have been so long deprived of the ministrations of their own church, will now have an opportunity of bidding for the services of a clergyman who arrived the other day per Glenlora. The Rev. Mr Neil brings a commission from the Presbyterian Church of Ireland to the Presbytery of Auckland. He is a young man of good attainments, popular gifts, and good address, and will prove aa acquisition to any congregation. He will be open to receive of call as soon as he has visited the vacancies, aud those who have been crying out for resident Presbyte rian clergymen had better now renew their demands in the proper quarter. The .same ship has brought another Presbyterian clergy man to our shores, and although he does not come "commissioned," still it is within the bounds of "the possible" that he might be persuaded to remain, and add to the mipis t; rial staff here. The Pie v. Mr Brown is a minister of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. He has a charge at home, but in consequence of indisposition he is on furlough and, accompanied by his wife, has taken a trip out here. Those who are interested in such matters should take the hint and offer such iuducements to Mr Brown as will entice hitn to remain. It is said that there 13 a great scarcity of clergymen of his persuasion in the mvviuce, and it will be a great pity if he is*allowed to go back to cold and gloomy Scotland after enjoying for a season the sweets of a New Zealand climate.

The interesting ceremony of paying over the stakes won at the last race meeting took place last niaht at the Auckland Kaciue; Club's room, at the Auckland Hotel, when the following sums were paid over by the secretary of the Club :-Mr F. W. Delamain, £456 ; Mr James Watt, £309 14s ; Mr Wal lets, £42 15^ ; Mr George Crummer, £10410s; Mr W. J. Marks, £98 ; Mr F. Wright, £4(3 lis; Mr E. Perkins, £9 10s; Mr J. G. Buckland, £47 10s ; Mr H. N. Abbott. £14 ss; Mr R. R Taylor, £9 10s ; Mr J. Kelly, £9 10s ; total, £1,144 15s. We observe that both our ccntemposaries call this the '"set tling," a term which is applied in racing parlance to paying over the bets.

" Go-ahead" writes:—Sir, - Have you not a word to say in favour of direct steam com munication with Otago, or would you not join ihsue with your namesake there in so good a cause. No doubt you are both very easy as to the time correspondence takes while you have the telegraph at hand, but. are passengers and goods the better for so many delays? Where would the boats running between the North of Scotland and London be were they to halt at Newcastle, go into the Hnmber, and other places on the way up? T'eho answers, railway. Alas ! thero is no railway to be dreaded here by our local companies. But to come to the point If you want to go to Dunedin you are only a few hours from the Manukau ere Taranaki brings you up, then you must herringbone Cook's Straits to fetch Nel.-on, Wellington, and _ Pic ton, besides dawdling another day in at t yttleton before you make Port Chalmers, how to consume seven or eight days (instead of three or four,) in this fashion seems quite beneath the dignity and enterprise of two such cities as Auckland and Dunedin ; I hope therefore you will kindly take the matter in hand, jog your contemporary down South to the end, that tbe object may be brought about despite the opposition of the various little Peddlingtons, which it might not be desirable to altogether snuff out, as each may still retain its branch. And what can be more fitting than for the Mayors of Nelson or Wellington on going off with their bum-1 oats to take ashore a passenger, or, it might be, a box of eggs for their respective constituents, scarcely at all stopping the speed of this our express. —Your?, &c, Go- Ahead. [We fear such a line would hardly prove remunerative just yet. —Ed. E.S.]

Mr Doran's Variety Troupe is again to tbe fore in the cause of charity. The widow of poor Joe Noyec has been left unprovided for, and it is in tbe hope of raising a fund for hvr benefit that an entertainment is announced to take place in the Lome-street HaU, on the 20th instant, under the patron age of tho 1.Q.0.F., MIL We are glad lo learn that the Fountain of Friendship Lodge has siiven the use of the fine hall in Lorne street gratuitously. The act is one worthy of this Lodge, which is daily rising in public estimation.

The Turkish bath scheme at Onehunga has fallen through, owing in a very large measure to the unwillingness of Auckland people to cuter heartily into a scheme for erecting baths on a site so far removed from the city, on which it would have to rely for support. Can nothing be done to revive such an admirable project ? We notice that the Dunedin Turkish baths have been com pleted, and were opened last week by his Honor the Superintendent. There are three hot rooms, which, on the day of opening, were heated to 120 deg. and 160 deg., and as v imming bath of from 4 feet to 6 feet in depth, and containing tweuty-four to thirty thousand gallons of water, supplied by the City Water Works. The Hon. Mr. Fox was present at the opening, and said he had had Turkish baths in Damascus, Cairo, and Beyrout, but he had never found any to compare with those established in England — such as at the Hum-mums Hotel, at Weston super-Mare and, in fact, almost every town in Great Britain. The English went on the true principle - not that of the application of water, but of dry heat water, if heated to 300 degrees would be utterly unbearable, but in England it had been shown there was no difficulty in entering a room heated to that extent; while if a person were immersed in water at 212 degrees, he would come out in very poor condition. Men had been known to go into an oven with a beefsteak, and come out unharmed but with the steak cooked. Tue common porters of Cairo, who carried unheard of weights, took baths after a day's work, and came out as fresh as kittens. The very beggars in the East con sidered baths a necessary of life.

The Hon. S. D. Hastings, P.R.W.G.T., who, as we announced some time ago, has been delegated by the American Good Tern plars to visit the colonial branches of the Order, was a passenger by the Macgregor' from San Francisco, and a general meeting, of the Good Templars of the city will be held this evening, at half-past seven o'clock, in the City Hall, to welcome him. We have already published at length an account of the circumstances which led to the present visit of the Hon. Mr Hastings, and we have no doubt he will be cordially, welcomed by the Good Templars throughout the colonies.

Cardinal Cullen and the ballet girls in Dublin have been in turn rousing each other's ire and indignation. One of the scenes in the opera of " 11 Talismano," now being performed at the Theatre Royal, Dub lin, represents the interior of a Roman Catholic chapel, into which a procession of ballet girls, dressed as nuns, enters. The idea of a nun being represented by a ballet girl, whom he denounces as "a stumbling block for the fall and ruin of the unwary," was too much for his Eminence, and he forth with issued a pastoral forbidding Catholics to visit the theatre. The gods in the theatre have determined to carry out the cardinal't veto, not by abstaining from visiting the theatre, butby going there, and making the most uproarious and threatening demonstra tions whenever the objectionable part comes on.

The Rev. Dr Antliff is lecturing in Wel lington, and is highly spoken of by the local press.

Mr Parsons, the Poverty Bay oilspring manager, states that the rain, which has fallen abundantly in his locality during the past ten days, has materially impeded the sinking of the shaft. They are now working in blue clay, at a depth of about 52 feet, everything indicating that the rock cannot be far distant. The oil is filtering up through the bottom' and sides of the shaft as plenti fully as ever. -'

We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following : "To the Editor: bir,-- We were very much annoyed and grieved to read in your issue of yesterday the un warrantable strictures you were, (it seems to us) pleased to make in re the prosecution against Air George Staines. We have no personal feelings in the matter, we are not influenced directly or indirectly by any other motive than the unfairness under which we believe ourselves to suffer; and it is very unmanly oi you to make any insinuations ot the nature contained in that notice. We have always been on neighbourly terms with Mr Staines, and would not complain at all of his obstruction did it not seriously inter fere with our business. If Mr Staines is allowed to put his goods in front of his house as he does now why should not we be allowed to do the same ;— what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, you know. We are sorry to have to remind you what you so often impress upon your readers— audi alteram partem.— Youra, &c, The Petitionees." [We cordially accept the invitation partem alteram audire, and our evidence of .this is our insertion of the foregoing in a meek aud humble spirit. But we do not think that we said anything reflectingon Mr Stames' neigh bours. They are not the prosecutors, but trie City Council, we presume, or the pokce, or somebody else. And we do subscribe to the dogma that what ia served up as sauce for the goose is equally applicable to the male bird, for beyond ail question, if George .estab lishes hi 3 light to expose his trinkets on his platform, his neighbours also may place thumb to nasal orgau aud extend digits at tbe police. As was wellput by the Herald this morning the footpath is underneath at a dis tance of some twelve feet, and ia not obstruc ted, and if the City Council have permitted George and the McKerradtes without any conditions to build a balcony over ihe foot path, they have no right to prevent them from placing chairs and tables on it, any more than they have to their placing tiiem on the top of the house. The City Council should either- make the road to a proper width, for it is unquestionably dangerous, and make a footpath and then compel all to take in their goods ; or the Council should continue the gangway South and .North, so as to make of it really a footpath, or they should allow all those who connect themselves with civilizarion and commeioe by tnis causeway system to utilise the exyendituie for their own advantage. We pardon the petitioners for being mildly insolent. We are aware that they suffer inconvenience, and we sym pathise with them.]

The log dispute at Whangapoua, which has gone through so many phases, has now, in the opinion of the Maoris of the district, assumed a new one. Mohi Mangakahia, one of the mo3t prominent actors in the w<*r, has come up to Auckland very ill, for the pur pose of consulting Dr. Philson. The natives are convinced that Mohi has been inakutued (bewitched) by Tommy Craig's witch at Whangapoua, iv retaliation for having de feated him in the many actions for the possession of logs at Opitonui. They also believe and assert on the authority of their men, learned in such matters, that if Mohi dies the bewitchment will assuredly fall on Messrs J. S. Macfaiiane and Jianis. What Mci c Taipare will do with the logs, when ad .the dispuants have been disposed of in this unceremonious way, has not; yet been revealed by Craig's witches, but one feature in their programme will certainly be fully approved of in Auckland.

At the request of His Honor the Superin tendent, the .Baker Hibernicon troupe have kindly consented to give an entertainment at the Lunatic Asylum to-morrow night.

The members of the Ponsonby Musical Society will meet this evening for practice in the Ponsonby Hall, when selections from the " Last Judgment" will be peformed. This society commenced under favorable auspices, but the members have not hitherto attended with the desired regularity. Mr .Rees, the persevering secretary, is determined to rally the members, and his exertions will possibly have the effect of making the society something more than a name. There are Borne really good voices in Pon sonby, and there is a jirobabiLty of their bt-ing heard frequently during the present year.

Measles have, we learn, broken out in

Auckland, having, no doubt, been introduced from the Southern provinces, to which we are also, in all probability, indebted for the diptheria now prevalent in Newton, as both these complaints have recently been epidemic in the South, deferring to the visitation of measles, the Dunedin Star says:—"Almost every family in Dunedin has been visited by measles, or some form of disease analagous to it ; scarcely a business fum has escaped inconvenience or loss through illness having attacked one or other member of the staff, and many valuable lives have been sacrified in consequence." It will be remembered that our Dunedin telegrams stated some time back that this non-colonial com plaint had become so wide-spread in cer tain districts as to necessitate the closing of public schools in some districts. In view of these facts, it is very necessary that some steps should be taken to prevent the exten sion of the disease in our city. Our Dunedin namesake attributes the prevalence of such diseases there to the bad state of the drainage in the Southern metropolis, and is supported in this view by a correspondent, who says :— "Impure closets, private properties nn drained, public property badly drained, uncovered sewers and low-lying grounds smothered in fetid water, are breeding sick nesss and pestilence." '

"A Sapper" replies to " An Old Settler's' strictures on the Engineer corps. He says : "Any sane person, however slightly ac quainted with the organisation of the Engineer Volunteer Militia, they will deem the settler a foolish as well as an old one. 'An. Old Settler,' in his farrago of nonsense, has stated only two facts—that is, that the pay of the captains and lieutenants is 15s. and 12s. respectively. There are no sergeant majors ; there is a sergeant-major however, and his pay is 9s. per day, not 10s. as stated by 'An Old Settler.' The pay of the first class sergeants, and there are only three in the entire force, is Bs., not 9s. as stated. Thus there are four commissioned officers and four first-class sergeants (including one sergeant major) in the force. One of the officers acts as adjutant, and as the force is organised into three companies, and contains sixty-seven men in each company, one officer to each company seems a poor attempt to supply the ' loating swells ' of the province with a home. With <An Old Settlei-V in formation of their spending their time walk ing^ round the public-houses, I recommend their conduct to the notice of the Good Tem plars for approval, since it seems far better in their and my opinion to walk round them (so long as they don't break the fences or their shin*) than to go into them, or come out in such a bemuddled state as ' An Old Settler' evidently was when writing his astonishing letter." The members of All Saints' Church held a meeting on Tuesday evening in the school-room of the parish. Rev E N. Bree in the chair, who with much pleasure announced the gratifying fact that All Saints was now out of debt. The financial statement for the year shewed that the receipts had been £403 lis 4d, expendi ture £348 lis 7d, leaving a credit balance of £54 19s 9d. The statement having been adopted, the election of officers was proceeded with, when Mr W J Rees organist of the church, was elected church warden, andMrT. H.Hall, minister's warden. The gentlemen chosen for the Church com mittee were Messrs Boardman, R ees Leieh ton Hoyte, Masefield, and Dr Baynton g VSe are requested to state, with reference to the case against Susan Conley yesterday that it was complainant's mother who has 25 Mad S* ? ighteen *ears> *ot Mrs My that Mrs Conley made certain disgraceful accusations about, "^graceim

The members of the Auckland Harmonic Society will hold their fourth concert this evening in the Choral Hall, when Handel s oratorio "Judas Maccabceas " will be per formed with full orchestral accompaniment. As the evening is fine, and a large number ot tickets disposed off the concert will be fully attended.

The Good Templars of Auckland will hold a large meeting this evening in the City Hall, for the purpose of making arrange ments for a due reception of the Hon. b.V. Hastings, of America, on his arrival in this city.

Canada's bright and sensible Governor General, Lord Dufferin, has given the Dominion a new by-word, which has spread with electric rapidity from one end ot Canada to the other. On his voyage out, being caked upon by the emigrants to address them, he alluded to this phrase which had grated harshly on his ears : " He bad the misfortune to have too many children." Lord D. said : "I remarked that perhaps no better idea could be given of the differences between the old country aud their new home than by the fact that whereas in England a struggling man might be overweighted in the battle ot iife by a numerous family. In the land to which they were going a man could scareey have too many children." Here I was ap plauded lustily, with a cheerful accompani ment of laughter also, when I was further greeted with an approving thump on the back by a stalwart young emigrant, who cried out- " Right you are, sir ; that s what I've been telling Emily." The Canadtnas have got the slang phrase—"Thais what I've been telling Emily," having had tbe anecdote made familiar by going the round ot the papers, and one hears everywhere— "That's what I've been telling Emuy. — " Harper's New Monthly," for December.

In connection with the complimentary concert to be dven to Miss Christian, next. Tuesday, with the aid of the Auckland Choral*Societv, we are requested to state that a fuli rehearsal is called at the Choral Hall for to-morrow (Friday} evening. The programme wii be of a mixed character, the first part including the principal solos and other'favourite numbers from the "Elijah, aud the second part of an excellent selection of vocal and instiumental music. As solo vocalists Miss Christian will be assisted by Mrs Smythe (who for several years has been principal soprano of the Melbourne Phil harmonic Society,) Mrs Mitchell, Mr R L- Skinner, and gentlemen amateurs, Mr J. Brown officiating as conductor. The front seats will be numbered, and the plan of them will be opened to-morrow morning.

A correspondent, whose letter was mislaid and h«s been overlooked during the past few days asks the meaning of Parawhenua. The word is capable of at least two definitions. It might be interpreted, the refuse of the land, as, for instance, the sediment deposits after a flood, or it might also be used to signify clearing away, or to clear all before you. " It is probably in the latter sense that the name has been given to ihe well-known race horse, although we hardly think it is in accordance with maori usage, to employ the word as indicating any qualities of a horse.

DOMAIN BOARD. -This Day.

An adjourned meeting of the Domain Board was held this morning, at the Council Cham bers. Present : Messrs. Fenton, Hughes, Brett, Heale, and the Mayor (chairman). Mr Fenton wished to state that the news papers had misreported him on tbe previous day. He was reported to have stated that a good deal of feeling had been evoked by the proposed change of the hospital site. He had most assuredly said nothing of the kind ; what he did say was, that it was a mere matter of opinion.

HOSPITAL SITE

Messrs Fenton and Brett, the sub committee, reported on the proposed Hospital site, recommending that the piece of land suggested before, should be granted with certain restrictions for the purpose of securing drainage away from the Domain ponds, and other conditions arising out of the exchange of land. Mr. Fenton explained the necessity for taking very careful precautions to prevent the drainage from the hospital running into the Domain water-shed, from which the present city water supply i 3 obtained. Mr. Hughes said that if the land were granted, they should insist on the building of the hospital at least a chain distant from the boundary. They ought not to leave it within the power of careless servants employed at the hospital to contaminate the water. Captain Heale remarked that to insist on building a chain distant would mean to throw over the whole negotiations. He had no doubt that if tbe hospital were built on the site proposed, sooner or later a further grant of land would be required.

Mr Brett understood the Superintendent was opposed to the removal of the hospital from the present site. Mr Fenton observed that Sir George Grey in laying off the reserves had evidently intended to keep the watershed clear. The effect of the grant of the site recommended in the report would be, rightly or wrongly, to upset Sir George's intention. He would, however, move formally that the report be now considered.

Mr Hughes moved, as an amendment, "That consideration be deferred until a committee of the whole Board shall have met on the ground, at three o'clock on Friday afternoon, to examine the proposed sites ; the secretary to inform the Building Com missicners of the proposed visit, and request their attendance."

The amendment was carried, which con cluded the business.

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS,

THIS DAY,

(Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight Chief Justice.) His Honor took his seat at 9 o'clock. WILFUL MURDER, Newton, a Maori, was arraigned upon an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of a native girl, Henrietta, at Oraki, on the evening of tbe 13th October last. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr Brookfield prosecuted, Mr McCormick defended, and Mr Brown acted as intepreter. Mr Brookfield opened the case for the prosecution and detailed the circustances which may be still fresh in the recollection of our readers.

James Baber, surveyor, deposed to the correctness of the plan which he had pre pared of the district where the parties resided. The lands thereabouts was rough but level. &

Mary Anne, deposed that she was the mother of Henrietta, who was now dead, she lived at Kohimarama, she knew Newton, and saw him on the evening when Hetta died. She was missing, and JSewton said that Henrietta had run away to Piriki, and he would go and seek her. Piriki's house was on theliill. There was a stream below. The distance between their houses was about 200 yards. She told Newton so go and bring her back quietly, but not to touch her with his hand—not to beat her. He had been in the habit of beating her. He was no relation, but he was very jealous of her. It was his desire that Hetta should be his wife. He went after her,- and, after three hours absence, returned at nine o clock. He said Hetta was dead ; she had been struck by a Maori Satan. He brought her body to the house. She burst out crying, as she was distressed in mind. Ihe hedf was brought to her house, when Henry, her husband, took her on his lap and put his arms around her ; he tried to hold her head up, but it dropped back again; she did not litter a

word, but gave two groans (which witness ' imitated), and died within a minute; New-atf* ton was runniDg about outside the housfe the time. He did not tell how Hetta flffchin struck WN To Mr McCormick : She remembered thf enquiry on the Thursday, following thf Tuesday of Hetta's death. The enquiry waf before Paul; Newton lived in a house of his ■ own, close to her house; she sent .Newton to fetch Hetta, because it was such a wild night ; Henry was in Auckland that m'ght; she recollected hearing Newton call out' " Mary Ann, come out, your daughter is ill.", Newton went to fetch some water and poured it over Hetta's face, as she lay on Henry's knees. The only persons present when Hetta was brought home were herself Newtoae and another native. Afterwards Hetta's real father, Gray, came and He Mira,., Heketu, and Ktdhuma. They saw the body and ctied over it. She was full of pain; Newtone eaid Hetta had been punished by the Maori divinity. Hetti was as tall as witness but not so stout, she did, not know her exact age, she was » strong, hard-working young woman. SBe and Mewtone both'belonged to Ngapuhi, but | to different hapus. His grandfather was not her grandfather. • Piriki was next examined, and deposed that he lived at Kohimarama, He knew Henrietta, who died in October on a Tuesday, He had been in Auckland that day, and re turned home in the evening. He took his coat off, and went to meet Henrietta at a house according to arrangement. It was a cooking-house, one of Grey's, occupied by He Muri. There were several persons in the house, and he shewed them his photograph, which Hetta admired. She then winked at him with one of her eyes, which he took for a sigu. She went out to the back of the house, and be followed her. They went to an empty house * * * It was then dark. Newton came into the whare, which was also dark, and felt around with his hands. . He put his hands upon witness, and exclaimed, "Who's this?' When Henrietta put her hand upon his mouth to prevent him from exposing her, Newton said, "Piriki, Piriki, who is that with you ;" He replied, "it is my original wife." They then left. He went to his on house, and Hetta went her way. He arranged to meet her again that night at his own whare. She said on approaching she would sing a Maori song. She did so according to promise ; it was a kind of chant, meaning " I'm coming Love," or some i thing of that sort. Newton then called out to her, and she answered him. They went away together, and be saw no more of Hetta ; he was certain it was Newton that called out, because he knew the voice. She wa3 thenin good health. William as tie deposed that he was known by the name of Bill, and was acquainted with prisoner and the girl. Hetta was at his whare at nine o'clock on tbe evening of her death. She said she was going to her father, Grey. She was then in good spirits, and full of life. She sometimes liVed with her father, Gray, and then with Henry and her mother. On leaving his house she begaa to sing a native love song. Newton then called out, "Helta, where have you been ?" but she gave no answer. He re peated his question, when she said, " I've been at Billy's place " . At 10 o'clock that night he heard that she was dead. Newton told him some months before that if Hen rietta went astray, and he caught her, he was the man that would kill her. He had re peated this on subsequent occasions. She was afraid of him. He saw her body after her death, and observed a bruise on her shoulder. Newton was a man about 50; Hetta about twenty. He was asked at the enquiry what he knew about the matter, and made a similar statement. The natives found Newton guilty of the murder of Hetta and they resolved to give him for trial, and they did so on tbe 17th October. Pera was next called. He knew Newton and Henrietta; also, Billy Astle. He remembered tbe death of Hetta. He saw her in Bill's house on that evening. It was about nine. She was well; nothing the matter with her. He saw her leave a few minutes after nine, and heard her singing a Maori song. He was in Bill's house at Christmas, 1873, when Newton was there, and said-that if Efetta wens wrong he would put her to death. He also repeated his threat at the time when kumuras or sweet potatoes were beiDg dug up. [The case was proceeding when we went to press.]

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. Graham, Esq., and Dr. Kender diue, Justices of the Peace.) ROYSTERERS. Michael Sullivan, Annie Nobbs, Annie Reilly, Michael Kelly, and Charles Merwin, all pleaded guilty to being incapable over night, and were ordered to pay the usual fines. THE SABDLE OS THE WRONG HORSE. William Strong was brought up on remand charged with stealing a saddle, the property of Thomas (^'Sullivan, at Dedwood, but as the police had not had time to investigate the case, it was again adjourned till Friday morning. WAIFS AND STRAYS. James Page was charged with allowing one cow and one heifer to wander on the New North Read, on the 29ch November, 1874. Accused was represented by his son, who pleaded guilty, and a fine of 5s and costs was inflicted. ANOTHER. . Wm. Burton, for allowing a whole lot of cows to wander in the Park road, was fined the same amount. Corporation Cases. a smoky chimney. Hugh Hood was charged with allowing his chimney to catch fire, in Victoria-street. Defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s and costs. whebe's the driver Thomas Lupton was charged with leaving his horse and cart unattended in Queen street, without passing a- chain through the wheel. He pleaded guilty, but urged in extenua tion that he was unloading bricks. The furthest he was away from the horse was thirteen feet.

This was denied by the constable who took, the charge, and their Worships inflicted a fine of £1 and costs.

HORSES AT LARGE. ;~ Francis Conley for allowing a horse to wander in WelliDgton-streefc without a man in charge, was fined 5s and costs. "

Henry Smith was charged with a similar breach of the bye-laws, the scene of the oc currence being Grey-street. In spite of Mr Joy's advocacy and demonstration that there was no allowing in the case, a fine of 5s and costs was inflicted.

Robert Tigg was accused of depasturing his horse in Wellesley-street. Defendant : "Guilty, sir, through ignor ance." .

Fined 53 and cost 3. John Kennedy pleaded guilty to allowing his horse to be at large in Qaeen-street on a certain day and was similarly mulcted. WHERE'S YOUR NUMBER? Joseph Craig was charged with a breach of the city by-laws by failing to keep the number of his license on hi 3 catt.

The Town Clerk said the justice of the case would be satisfied by the infliction of a nominal fine, as there were mitigating cir cumstances; The Bench, upon this consideration, im- /}' posed a fine of Is. and costs. - f_fi stainks and his valuables. } George Staines was charged with a breach-"" of the city by-laws By expasing goods on -"A. public foothpath. Mr. Joy, who appeared for the defendant, asked for a remand on the double ground that Mr Staines had hot had time to prepare his defence and that the technicalities which ~~~

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