SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATER—This afternoon, 5.4, to-morrow mon ng, 5.27 SUN -Er Thii evening, 6 9 SUN RISE— To morrow morning, 5.21 M . ON'S AUE-Full moon, 15_h instant, 10,53 am

ARRIVALS.

Glimpse, barque, from Nowcastle J Rover C'.noner, Irom potiki Clyde, schooner, from angnrei

DEPARTURES.

PRO.I E"T KD DJ-PARTfREa,

For San Francisco— Mikado, s s., 59th October For a eru_3e - Magellan Cloud, whaling biigantine, at onre For bondon- Flechero snd City of Auckland, ships ; and C .lambus, barque—early For Lyttelton- Prince >lfrcd, bvrquentine, early For Levuka—Ocean Wave, schooner, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Rszelle, German jn.n-of war from a cruise Oceau Mad, ship, W R Q P, from London ; sailed 16th A u?ust Star of Germany, ship, from London ; sailed Aug 21 Prank Pendleton, shio, from Gelfe, Sweden ; sailed 13th Ingast ■William _cl_ers,barqu3, from. Newcastle; sailed2sth September Cabs.rfei_._i. barque, from Newcastle, early Francis Henty, barque, from Melbourne (via "Wel lington), sailed October 2 Jessica, barque, from n ew York ; sailed 2nd June Prospector, barque, fromLevuha Victor, barque, from Port Gamble ; sailed 14th May Lizzie Fox, from New YorK ; sailed 3rd July _"mv, rcrew-barquentine. from Levulia Coronet, from Tahiti, early Edith schooner, from Karotonga, at once Loch L c, thiee-masted schooner, from Sydney Isabella Pratt, from Oamaru Ros-mnah Rose, schooner, from Dunedin ; sailed 6th inst _._t Dauntless, Hawaiian schooner, from Levuka

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

IMPORTS.

Per White Eat»Li from London :—1955 bars iron, 47 bundles iron, 36 bws Lnwmoor iron, 110 kegs nails, 30 cases galvanised iror, 5 bundles wire, 18 bundles galva-ssed tubs, 5 cases feeders, 5 cises springs, 7 thrashing machines, 3 wirnowing machines, 6 pack ages machinery, 4 cases sewini. machines. 1 case optical instrun.enis, 1 case electroplate, 1 c»se Runs 11 ca~.es hardware, 18 casks-hardware. E. Porter and Co.

Per White Kstglefrom London :-16c-\sesgalvanised iron, ° casks holts, 2 casks cvrt arms and boxes, 10 rolls sheet lead. S casks l-_(. pipf, 3 cisks perforated zinc. 2 cas>s ragston.s, 1 caso Sausage ma'hines, 2 casks crucibles, 8 casks T liirges, 4 bundles tinman's wire, 1 cask chest- haudles, 1 bundle* handles, 4 casks bullock chains, 3 casks hardware 6 casks, 2 c _es tools, 1 cas_ fern hooss. 1 tierce hoiloware, 11 cases ho'doware, 4 c^sks sad irons, 1 case jars, 2 cii.es, 6 wheels. 7 ploughs, 4 oskt sere-us, 5 c _sks wed .es 6 cases indiarubber belr.. 1 cose, 1 cask weighing machine. 7 casks tinware, 8 casks brass foundry, 1 case guns, 5 casks ironmongery.l roll wire, 1 c->se iron mongery T. and S. Morrin

Per White Eagle from London. —3 casks hardware. 4 cases saddlery whips, &c. Ireland B*os.

P»t White Eagle from London :—1 case drapery, J. McLachlan.

ARRIVAL OF THE WHITE EAGLE.

As was anticipated, the ship si,'nailed yesterday turns out to be the White Kea_.le from London, which arrived after a splendid passage of 88 days from Gravesend, with a full carga and 21 passengers Capt*<in Andrews reports leaving G-ravesend on the 14th July, fnd thi! Liz ird on the 17th; the Equator w.s or. sse<! on the 13th August, tho meridian of Greenwich on the 3rd r-e; teniber, the Cape on the 7th September (in latitude 44 S.), and the Three King' were sighted on the 10th instant. The ship experi enced very poor S.E. trades and very heavy we th-r in the Sonthern Ocean. Off Tasmania a g.le which lasted fox 48 hours was experienced.— Passer gets : -

Saloon—Messrs H. F. Sym-mds. \. Woodward. 1 hoi. Jolly, William H Hopkins. Thomas Balkwin Gaorgt Holcrcft, H. f-Tolcroft, Harold Smith, Thomas <-. K. Chase, and Charles Hanington. Seconc. Cabin—Mi and Mrs A, Field and infant, Messrs William Blaikie. James B Austin, James McKenzie, John Geary, William Moore, Charles Levine, 11. Pet.y. aud K. Cohn.

THE MYSTERIOUS BURNED SHIP SIGHTED

The following entry aopears in th-. In? of white Eagl-:—"In 1-ttitude 25° /_' south, aud longiitude 35° 42^ west, in fine weather, s'thted a disrnas ed vessel beaiing west nine mil. s. Bcre down upou her. and found her to be the hull of a large iron ship burnt completely out. Passed round her stern and mads out part of her name as follows :—The letters T I of the vessel's name and L I R of the port slie hai'edfrom (mostprobably Liverpool). Could notfind a single ve-tige of wood except part of the jibh. om '' .It will be recllected that this mysterious dirrlict was reported by ths Alumhaih By letters which were made out onthesiern. it is evident th~r. the wreck is t.h< same vessel at that rtfr.rred to by the Liverpool Mercury of the 25th June, in which tlie foilowii g piss^e occurs :—" Late on Wednesday night th- French steamer .Augustine Edwards anchoied off Falmouth, from Iquique, for orders, snd Captain 35tchw y repor'ed that on the 7th May, in lat. ii 35 South, long. 32.: 0 West, he passed a large iron ship entirely burnt out, anc with no signs of life on boirci. The Pea wag too rough to permit the boarding of the derelict, but the captain made out on her stern the letters 'T..J ,' apparently belonging to he name; and *L 1..' being the commencement of ill* name of trie port from which she hailed. On Thursday the Ger man vessel Theresa Feku, calling at the same port from Maza lav, her captain (Stettm) reports having sighted the same derelict on ihe 11th April in lat. 30 205., lor.g 34.2 W. He aLo saw no sign of lift about the ship In addition to the lettem T.J.he alto made out 'N.B. as part of the name, and in th ,t of the r.oit a portion of the third letter 'V,' wa. di3 ceroable. makiug 'L I V.' Fears are entertained that the whole of the crew of this vessel are lost." From the fa trf the hull havir g been floating about since Apiil.indepen. enilyof o.her testimony to the contrary it is evider t that it cannot be cue missing ship Strathmore, which only left London a few nays before the John Bennie, or about the same tir_e as the Theresa Beku sighted the charred hull five or six thousand miles away It wdl be Loticed tbat since the 11th april the abandoned vessel has dritted steadily towards the Equator. From the 11th April to the 24th June she combined an easterly tendency with he? northerly motion, but between th". » latter date a- d the date of the Wh.te Eagle sighting her, she -ppears to tave gut into a strong westerly current which carried her rum 31.18 Wto 35.42 W, <v about 300 miles. Should she continue drifting in this directi n she will no doubt be heard of shortly as having drifted on to the coast o' Brazil. It in very strange that no reliable clue to her name has ,yet been obtained. uautain Andrews, of the Whit- Bugle, expr^s^e- his belief that the vessel will turn < u-. to b-> the Titania, owned by Hoames Bros, of Liver pool, which was burnt off the coast of Buenos Ayes at the beginning of the year while coal-laden, aud th crew of- whicn escaped safely to Und The captain States thut the c was a pretty hig sea ou at the time of his passing her, and it would h_ve been flfcngerou to attempt to board her. On searching Lloyd's register, we find several Titanias, but none owned in Liverpool. Cai.tain Andrews informs vi that a large part of the poit bulwarks had bi-en carried away as if by the foremast in falling, ihe jlbbcom was hanging from the bowsurit in a semi-detached manner ; the rudder was still standing and w*« swinging about. The lettsrs T I were evidently the initial letters of the name, and LIX the initial letters of the port.

The b;igintine Magellan Cloud took her departure this moralsg for her whaling cruise. She is fitted out and her crew engaged fur a twelvemonth's cruise, so that a fair chance will be given her of coming across whales. The Taranaki is due in tho Manukau on Thursday. The outward Suez mail will be conveyed ./outh by this boat on Tuesday. Me._srs T and S. Morrin shipped per Pretty Jane,: 12 sheets iron, 4 stoves, 4 kettles, 4 pots, 50 lengths ridging, 65 lengths spouting, 1 handle brackets, 8 bars iron, i keg 3 nasls, 3 bundles spades, 2 cases ax _s, 1 Cask chttn, 9 kegs nails, 0 bars iron, 3 cases iron mongery, 3 nsst baskets, 2 buudle. rakes, 1 cask hardware ' . The schooner Canterbury, Captain Eccles, cleared to-day for Napier with a cargo of timber, to be shipped at Cabbage Bay. Since her purchase by her present owners, the Canterbury has been overhauled on the hard.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as follows : — For Thames, to-morrow at 9.30 a m and 5.33 p m for Coromandel to-morrow «t 11.30 am For Tairaa, per Christina, this day a 4.30 p m For Levuka, Fiji, per ucean Wave, on Wednesday

day next, at _: p. tn. For San Wraneisco, per Caiisbrooke Castle, to-morrow

at p m For Waiwera and Warkworth, p_r Minnie Casey

on Thursday at 10 a m Per s ». Taranaki, on Saturday, 16th instant :— For India, China, Mediterranean Ports, and Conti pent of Europe at 7 a m For I'anvn-ki, Southern Provinces, and Australian Co onic, a? S am For United Kitgdom. via Suez and Southampton (for li.-tiers spe.ial y addieased). at 8 a m For United Kingdom via-Brinrtisi, and late letters fir ontliern Province, and Mhlbourae at 8.15 am For j_vw.pap.-r* at 6am For money orders aad registered letters, the pre vious day at spm

S. B. 8133 Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

REED.—On the 12th inst., at Fairlawn, St. George's Bay, Albert Edgar, third son of Mr. G. M. Reed, aged 6 years and 7 months. The funeral will leave St. George's Bay at 3 p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday).

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

Tuesday, October 12, 1875.

Par tha cans, tbat _...:___. »s_r_its_noe, Tor the wronf that needs re___._j____-i * _- th* t atur_ in the <i_st;___:-e. A»<_ til* eeod tiu_. we o?i> ««

In another .column we publish a telegraphic resume of tha proceedings in the House yesterday, when Mr. Bridges, General Manager of the National Bank, was called before the bar. We cannot but regret, because we have taken and still feel a warm interest in the National Bank as a young and promising institution, to see the sorry figure exhibited by Mr. Bridges when called upon to prove the specific charges which he had preferred involving the character of public men and of another banking institution. However favourably disposed we may feel towards the National Bank, it would be absolutely unpardon able for a public journal to pass over without comment the facts of this remark able scandal, and in the interests of the Bank itself, we are constrained to con demn a position which must prove most injurious to ib in public estimation. Mr Bridges had long baen connected with the Bank of New Zealand. He entered that bank in a subordinate position, and sfceadly advanced until he obtained the con. fidential position of manager of the Welling ton Bank. Holding that office, he must have known much of the dealings between the Bank and the Government, and his state ments, therefore, acquired a special weight. Subsequently he joined the National Bank, taking with him the knowledge and ex perience gained in an institution which had certainly not witheld its confidence and favours from him, as shewn by his rapid pro motion. That a gentleman may honorably so transfer his services is unquestionable, but surely that feeling of honour which restrains a gentleman from using the most common things communicated by another privately, should dictate that the confidences which an employe" must necessarily become possessed of are to be held sacred. Viewing Mr Bridges' evidence from this standpoint, which he must, surely, himself admit to be the proper one, we find—putting asido the ques tion of pressure on the mercantile community at Christchurch and confining ourselves to the one point that has caused the intervention of the House—that Mr Bridge? is thus re ported : — Question : " I understand you also to say that you were aware that on one occasion the Bank of New Zealand had put pressure on the Government to the disadvantage of the colony ?" . Answer : "Yes." Question : " Wilt you state the cir cumstances ?".

Answer : " I would rather not, as it came to my knowledge in confidence when I held office as their manager."

Now here, we maintain, that Mr Bridges had either gone too far, or not far enough. If the transaction referred to was one which he, as a gentleman, felt he ought not allude to, why was it mentioned at all? Standing as the evidence did, we have a distinct statement that on one occasion Mr Bridges (from the con. fidential position which he was known to have occupied), was aware that the Rank of New Zealand had put pressure on the Government to the disadvantage of the colony. The committee and public could not doubt that this was true when given upon such authority, and so the matter would probably have rested but for the action of Mr Murdoch and the directors of the Bank of New Zealand, in writing, relieving Mr Bridges from any secrecy, and urging the committtee to " compel him to make the fullest disclosures." Thus relieved, Mr Bridges indicated the purchase of the Port Chalmers railway as an occasion in which pressure was brought to bear on the Government, so that a higher than a fair value was given by the Government, and the Bank of New Zealand was a great gainer. The statement was unequivocal, but again when pressedforparticularaMr. Bridges declined to give them and sheltered himself by saying that to do so would involve persons out side the Bank and so render him .elf liable to a lawsuit. This was the position of affairs when the question was bi ought under the notice of the House. The telegram published elsewhere tells the result. Mr. Macandrew distinctly relieved the Government and the Bank of New Zealand from the charge preferred by Mr. Bridges, and showed that the salo t>t. the railway was brought about by him •__ Superintendent of Otago and at a price below its market value. Mr Bridges also at this late period, when there was no alternative, volunteered the statement that "The opinion he had expressod before the committee, of pressure having been put by the Bank of New Zealand upon the Go vernment in respect to the Port Chalmers railway purchase had been formed upon erroneous and incorrect grounds, wherefore he wished to withdraw the whole of his evidence upon that subject." A mere narration of the facts carries with it condemnation to the minds of all who love fair dealing, and we think the House has acted wisely in determining that every possible guarantee shall be given to Mr. Bridges in order that this important subject may receive the fullest investigation.

A severe accident occurred to expressman Harrison on Saturday evening about 5 o'clock in the Alten Road. Harrison in company with Mr Fordyce was driving down the hill at a trot, when some planks which be had on the express suddenly shifted, and coming against his legs overbalanced him and toppled him over into the road. He fell on his chest and sustained severe contusions from his collision with the metal of tho road. Mr Fordyce immediately stopped the horse, and raised Harrison who was found to be in sensible. Hewasconveyedhomeinthe express, and Dr Dawson wassoouin attendance. Anex amin'ition of the injured man was made, which tevealed the fact that a fracture of the ribs had taken place iv addition to theexterior injuries. Harrison was walking about again this morning, but i 3 for the present totally incapacitated from work. He is one of our civilest and most respectable drivers, and we shall be fdad to hear of his speedy recovery.

Tho half-yearly meeting of Court Pride of Onehunga, No. 5201, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, Auckland District, was hold at the Court-room, Royal Hotel, on Monday evening last. The following officers were elected :- C.R, Bro. M. Kelsall ; S.C.R., Bro. W. Vv Thite ; tieasurer, Bro. W. Kelsail ; secretary, Bro. G. T. Codlin ; S.W., Bro. W. Sapp; J.W., BroH. C. Ansell ; 5.8., Bro. 11. W. L. Fuller; J. 8., Bro. T. Brierly. This Court has only been estab lished six months, and has 30 members, and funds to the amount of £50. A P.C.K. certificate was presented to K.C.R. G. T. Codlin for the efficient manner in which he had conducted the Court during the last six months.

We would remind those who are desirous of obtaining city properties of the sale by Mr. Binney of Captain Burton's property, Hobson street. The allotments are un equalled in the city and very valuable whether as bnsiness sites or for con venient and pleasantly situated city residences. We know of no other vacant block of freehold land near the city which possesses these recommendations in such a marked degree, and it is opportunity like that to be offered, to-morrow will occur again for a long time to come. The sale will take place on the ground which is well-known, corner of Cook and Hobson streets, aud running right through to Nelson street. Luncheon will be provided.

The action, Dalton v. Foote, heard yester day in the Supreme Court, before his Honor Mr. Justice Gillies, resulted in a nonsuit. The action occupied nearly the whole of the day. From the evidence adduced it ap peared that from 1872 to 1874 plaintiff acted as agent to defendant in the formation of " Foote's Coal and Iron Company, " i a consequence of which appointment plaintiff paid several visits to the land at Mara marua, and gave advice in respect thereof. He claimed £300 as commission, and the balance for sixtr two i*ems- Against these there was a set-off, which Plaintiff disputed. Mr Rees cross-questioned plaintiff closely with the view of shewing that Dalton had charged for work and labour done, also for commission twice over. His Honor having commented on the items of the alleged claim, suggested that plaintiff should accept a nonsuit, and adopt other means to get at defendant. Mr Bennett, for plaintiff, acted upon his Honor's suggestion, and the jury were discharged.

Subscriptions to the Exchange Sweepstakes on the Melbourne Cup must be paid by Sa{ turday, the 23rd instant, or they will be forfeited and re-allotted to other applicants.

A movement has been set on foot among the natives of the Punjaub to get up a pro vincial testimonial to the Princess of Wales: It is proposed to raise two lacks of rupees (£20,000) for this purpose.

The Napier Daily Telegraph of the Bfch' instant states that Sir G. Grey has intimated his intention of residing for a short period at Napier, after the closing of Parliament.

Mr Henry Webb, the editor and proprietor of the Poverty Bay Standard, has resigned his position as editor of that journal into the hands of Mr. Hays.

It will be seen from our advertising columns that the time for sending in tenders for the reclamation between Hardinge and Nelson-streets, to be carried out under the auspices of the Harbour Board, has been altered from the 19bh the 26th of this month. The building of a retaining wall forms part of the work.

Punch has the following timely item : " A notorious gentleman who has been in jail is reported to have said that he had left prison, after having served his sentence, without any stain on his character. Very likely, some characters are of such a color that they never show the dirt."

"T. C." writes from Gtahamstown rela tive to the large leases held at Tairua, which are not merely undermanned, but in many instances have no men on them at all. He says : "I have tried to get this published on the Thames, but in vain. I trust that, if convenient, you will publish it in your columns, and thereby confer a public benefit on the miners of this district" The list he forwards certainly shews a state of things that need rectification, but as our correspon dent's figures relating to 25 chain* may have been altered since he was on the field we do not re-publish them. In thirteen cases he shews tbat from 13 to 52 men's ground are held without a single man working on the claims, while all the other claims mentioned are greatly undermanned. We give-our corres pondent's own remarks on this state ol things: " Sir, —This is a nice state of affairs at Tairua. The mining inspector was up there a few days ago, did he visit all those mines ? Yes ! did a whale come ashore to fiddle ? I indig nantly ask why should the public be robbed by every such " whale," who swells its blubber by the vitals it sucks and draws from the people, and gives them nothing whatever in return ? It's time there was a stop put to this business, and steps taken immedi ately to request Sir G. Grey to remedy this infamous evil in the new bill about to become the law of tie country. I have said nothing about the auriferous nature of the country— in one word I am satisfied that there is pay able gold in it. I have said enough to show virtuous editors, and others who have the interest of the district at heart, that there is a very legitimate field, wheiein they can exercise their talents with a chance of doing good to the public —I am, Sityyours, T. C."

With reference to a nuisance at Remuera, a correspondent writes :—" Sir, —Can you inform me whether it is the duty of the Central Board of Health, or .Local Board of Health, to stop the nuisance at Remuera caused by the carting and spreading of slaughter-house manure on lands belonging to'one of the Boards of Health ? Many of the residents complain and say that the stench arising from the decomposition of animal matter is dreadful ; surely the Provincial authorities oucht to take steps to prevent the lessee of tbe slaughter-house from spreading diseaso and death among "the residents of this suburb, as it is well known that typhoid fever, diptheria, and otherjnfeotious diseases are created by this abominable filth.— Infection.

Tho Pitt-street Wesleyan soiree of this evening, to which we called special attention last evening, will be of a very interesting literary character, as will be seen by the programme elsewhere.

An interesting thanksgiving service was held last evening at St. Paul's Church, for the immigrants by the British Empire, ship, which was well attended. Rev. R. S. Hassard conducted the services.

The monthly meeting of the Auckland Fire Brigade was held last evening at the Albert-street station,* Mr Hughes in the chair. Thanks were voted to Messrs. Staines and Matthews for donations of books. It was announced that £4 had been collected for the widow of tho late Mr Fitzpatrick. A further sum of £7 5a Gd was gathend among the members on the spot. Mr Leslie was elected an honorary member of the Brigade.

On Friday evening next, an entertainment of a novel character will be given in the Choral Hall, in aid of the funds of the Auck land Cricket Club. The programme pro mises comic reading and music, after which a " Spelling Bee " op an entirely new plan will be introduced, wnich might be termed the " burlesque Bee," on the funny -graphic principle.

A social entertainment in connection with the Excelsior Lodge of Good Templars, Sheridan-street, will be held to-morrow evening in the little chapel on the hill. We notice that the Revs. Messrs Tinsley and Edger, and Messrs Hemus and Smith will interest tho audience with speeches, recita tions, and songs.

A very distressing case, caused by the death "fa new arrival, is disclosed in the following letter :—" The arrival of tho good ship Alumbagh is, 1 dare say, still fresh in the memory of the people of Auckland, and there is, I have no doubt, many people who came in her that will peruse these few lines ; it is to them that I more directly appeal. Mr W. Pook (who, alas, is now no more) will be well remembered by the majority of them as a quiet and unassuming shipmate, and they, I am sure, will extend their heartfelt sympathy to his sorrowing widow and her two fatherless little ones. On our arrival here, myself and the poor fellow, now dead, obtained employment under Mr Mason, the proprietor of the well-known Parnell nursery; when, after working for a fortnight, Pook complained of feeling unwell, and the following day took to his bed, where* after lingering in great suffering for upwards of one month, throughout which he was attended by Dr. Stockwell with the most assiduous at tention, expired on Saturday, October 9, aged 30 years, leaving a widow and two children totally unprovided for. Living under the same roof, and for the last seven weeks being intimately acquainted with them, I am in a position to assert that his widow has no resources whatever to enable her to defray the expenses which she will necessarily have to meet. I. know that there are many ship mates who will willingly respond to my appeal, and need but little asking, but I appeal to them all and to every charitably disposed person in Auckland. Is it not truly sad the position in which that poor woman is now placed?—a sorrowing widow with two fatherless children, with no strong arm to protect her, 7no near and dear friend to Comfort and console her in her bereavement, a stranger in a strange land ! Husbands, I appeal to you. Wives, think on the situation and trust, that a like lot may never befall you, trust that your mainstay may not be taken from you, and yourself thrown on the tender mercies of a hard world, and as you think try if you cannot afford a trifle to aid a poor sister whom misfortune has so swiftly overtaken. I trust, sir, that 1 have not intruded too much on your very valuable space, and that this my appeal for the widow and fatherless will be responded to.—Yours truly, W. C. Caselton. —[Subscriptions will be received at the Stab office, or by Mr Blackmor c, f orera an }.lason Brothers' Nursery, Parnell.] . j

We see by advertisement in another column that the private school lately, carried on by the late Mrs. Hedgecock, in a room connected with the Baptist school. Wellesj ley street, is beiug taken up by Mrs. Dent; who will continue the school in the same place. Mrs. Dent, we learn, is a properly trained teacher, and has had great experience in teaching in Newton some years ago as Miss Robinson. From this lady's known ability and success we expect to see her well supported in her present undertaking. The school will open on Monday next.

A bicycle race over fifty miles, for £100 and the championship, has taken place in England between Thuillet, the French cham pion, and an amateur named Stanton, of London The race is described as most ex citing, the Englishman finally winning by one yard.

It is announced that three new French Universities are about to be founded, one at Paris, another at Orleans, and the third at Angers (Maine-et-Loire).

The late yacht race for the town cup of Cowes by the yachts of the royal yacht squadron, was one of the closest, on record. It was won by one second by the schooner Corinne.

Messrs Barnett and Levy invite tenders for the erection of their new premises at the corner of Victoria and Queen-streets. The block will be a handsome one. three stories high. Tenders are receivable till the 25th instant.

To the Editor: Sir,—Your edition on Saturday afforded a most amusing contrast. In your second page you gave an account of a meeting of the shareholders of the National Bank, London, in which Mr Bridges, the general manager in New Zealand, was re ferred to in high terms as contrasted with the late manager, Mr Adam Burns. Turn ing to your third page, a telegram met my eye which shewed that this much belauded manager was summoned to the bar of the House under remarkable circumstances. A copy of your journal of Saturday should be remitted to every director of the Bank in England.—l am, &c, Reader.

NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The Queen's Yacht Catastrophe

[FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.]

London, August 24

Now for the next sensation. Last week Her Majesty was on her way from Osborne to Gosport en route for Balmoral. She was being conveyed by the Alberta, one of her steam yachts, probably the fastest vessel in the navy, at the rate of 15 knots or 17 statute miles an hour. It was in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon last and the Solent was thickly dotted over with yachts large and small. The wind was very light, so that sailing vessels scarcely had steerage way. You may imagine this great vessel coming tearing along under the circumstances. What would you think of a frigate steaming up Auckland Harbour at 17 miles an hour on the regatta day ? Rather rash, at any rate I think yon would pro nounce it. But they do this kind of thing in England where everything must give way for Royalty. After narrowly shaving two or three yachts, the Alberta found herself nearly on the top of a schooner, the Mistletoe, owned by a Mr Heywood, a Manchester gentleman, who was cruising about, and who not having steam was unable to get out of the way of the Queen's ship. "Hard a star board" was the order, given too late, for in a moment the ponderous bows of the Alberta had passed 'over the poor little Mistletoe, and those of her crew who had not gone down in their bunks were floating about the water amongst the wreck of their craft. Of course the Alberta's engines were in stantly stopped, boats were lowered, and every effort was made by officers and men to save the yacht's people. The owner waa picked up with a broken head, the mate and a young lady were carried down with the wreck, the master was killed by fallen spars, another young lady was saved whole, and the rest of the crew, some with broken limbs and other wounds and bruises were dragged over the frigate's bows. As you may imagine the poor old Queen was greatly shocked. She has a thoroughly kind heart and was aR sorry as anyone else would have been for what had occurred. It was certainly not the old lady's fault, neither, as yet, is it possible to lay the blame on any one con nected with the /.lberta, except in a general way. It is very certain that in a three-knot breeze a yacht could not. even if she wished, get out of the way of a steamer, and it is generally certain that a steamer ought to give way to a sailing vessel. It seems to me that the question amounts to this-Is any vessel, even the Queen's yacht with all her her sanctity ft a, privileged to steam at racing speed in fine summer weather through such a crowded water as the Solent, and if so, ought she not to give every vessel a good wide berth ? The enquiry is now being conducted and nautical men are a good deal divided. The bulk of opinion however, is against the system of break-neck speed, for which there is no earthly necessity. Why the Queen should always be in such a confounded hurry whenever she travels is more than any fellow can understand. Keeps up her dignity I supnose, hut then if her journeys are to become a kind of Western Juggernaut and she \*. to travol over the corpses of her loyal subjects, the sooner fhe reduces speed the better. It is amusing to read the Jenkins and Jeame3 papers, of which the Times is ever the leader, on the accident. They appeal to our feelings as to how very much more dreadful it would have been if the Mistletoe had sunk the Alberta and drowned old mother Guelph. and the mighty Thunderer even thinks Mr Haywood and his party ought to regard it rather a privilege to bo run down by Royalty ; and says that, although of course Miss Peel feels hurt at the drowning of her sister, it must be inex pressibly sweet to her to think that the Queen spoke to her and asked her how she was and how it felt to swallow such a lot of salt water.

Robbery from the Pukekohe Railway Station.

Intelligence was received in town this morning that a prosecution was likely to fol low consequent upon a robbery of some sugar from one of the railway trucks, at the Puke kohe railway station. The facts, so far as we can learn, are pretty strong against one of the residents in the district, but as the case will, very likely, be gone into before Mr Barstow, the Papakura Resident Magistrate, we refrain from further comment at present. The increased litigation am ongst the settlers in some of our Southern dist riots is unfavor ably commented upon by our correspondent.

Narrow Escape of Mr. Perkins.

Mr. Edwaud Perkins, late of the Occi dental Hotel, has very narrowly escaped having his holiday trip through America cut short by a bullet from a San Francisco rough. In company with a friend Mr. Perkins was walking along the street when a half-tipsy man jostled sgainsfc them, Perkins said something to the man by way of remonstrance, when the fellow suddenly drew a revolver from his breast-po-ket and fired. The bullet prinsed close by Mr Perkins and struck his companion killing him on the spot. The murderer was captured and when the Cyphrehes left Mr Perkins had been detained a week in, San Francisco to give evidence. . ,' .-.

What may happen a Man in Auckland.

What may happen a man in a civilised com munity has received fresh illustration in the case of George Burslem, tried at the Criminal Sessions of the Supreme Court and acquitted. The accused was committed for trial at Poverty Bay on a charge of receiving a watch, knowing it to be stolen. The person accused of the theft was a Maori woman, who was fined £10 with the alternative of imprisonment; and upon the moat paltry evidence, the insufficiency of which was commented upon by Mr. Justice Gillies. Burslem was sent, by Dr Nesbitt, for trial for having the watch in his ijudses sion. Immediately upon learning the trouble that had come upon Burslem, the native^ who knew Burslem to be perfectly innocent, of the charge brought against him, broke into great lamentation, and refused to pay the fine, although a member of the constabu lary in the district kindly offered to pay it for her, if she would go and live with him, and she expressed her determination to go to gaol. Burslem was sent up to Auck land with a number of other prisoners, all Maoris. He was treated with the greatet harshness, being kept handcuffed in Poverty Bay and upon coming ashore, although a Maori, who had been before con victed of housebreaking, was allowed to go loose ; as a prisoner and felon he was marched through the streets of Auckland,| where his friends are in a respectable position, and

throughout was subjected to very wrogh usuage. As we have stated tbe only evidence at all against him was the fact ot ms having been Been wearing the watch ana guard, openly in a small place like Poverty Bay, where it could not but be noticed, bo far from their being any evidence ot criminal knowledge the testimony tended to shew that the accused was either entirely without suspicion of crime, or else very reckless indeed. He was well known in the district as an industrious hard working young man, although after the fashion in Poverty Bay, he did certainly keep a Maori woman, the person convicted of the the theft. It does not appear that he was short of money, for he had debts due to him there ; yet a single circumstance, which he made no secret of and gave a reasonable explanation of, was accepted as sum cient ground for subjecting him to the rough handling and long confinement which followed his committal. At length, although undefended by coun sel he was acquitted and set at ; liberty, the judge expressing surprise that any magistrate should have sent such a case for trial, but here his troubles had by no means ended. While hustling him off post haste, he was prevented from collecting the amounts due to him in order that he might have the necessary funds to employ counsel. His goods also were left behind, and when turned adrift from the dock late on Thursday afternoon he was sent into the streets utterly penniless and destitute. Without money to get a bed or procure a meal, and, ashamed to ask for it or meet anyone who knew him, he walked the streets of Auckland during a greater part of that night. Had he taken refuge in any place of shelter he would in all probability, have found himself again before the police magis trate, and possibly in gaol on a more tangible charge, and so we might have had a young man industriously inclined absolutely driven into the ranks of our criminal classes. Since he was liberated he has for long periods been with out food. He applied to the Government for a passage back to Poverty Bay, from whence he was unceremoniously hurried up here, and where he could easily get the means of livelihood, but they state they can do nothing in the case, and so he remains without remedy. The case is one of very great hardship. The manner in which justice is administered in our out districts requires very rigid investigation. Cases such as that of Burslem are by no means singular, and apart from the. injustice done to the sacred liberty of the subject, the country is put to great and needless expense, through the sending to trial of cases that break down completely or are of such a trivial nature as should have been dealt with summarily. During the present sessions of the Supreme Court, out of'five prisoners from Poverty Bay three were discharged, and in the other two the sen tences were only a week and a month respec tively, yet these cases cannot have cost the colo v much less than £150.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Judge Fenton and Albert Beetham, Esq.) FIVE SHILLINGS A HEAD. Henry Abbott. John Cromb and John Newman, were severally charged with being drunk and fined ss. each. FAIR ISABELLA. The particulars of this young lady's unfort unate courtship with a worthless man, ap peared in last evening's issue, and this morning the Bench gave judgment in the case. The Bench said that sufficient proof had not yet been produced to fix the fatherhood upon defendant, but if complainant liked the case adjourned for the appearance of Farrell, the Bench would have no objection. Upon the application of Mr. J. B. Russell, the case was adjourned until the Ist of November. VAGRANTS; Fdward Waller was charged under the Vagrant Act with using indecent language in Queen-street last evening; and a wretchedly clad miserable looking man named William Lestrange was charged with being an habitual drunkard under the same Act.

The prisoner, Waller, repudiated the lan guage imputed to him; he certainly was drunk, but such words as produced on paper nev. r came out of his mouth.

Constable O'Rielly stated that at half-past twelve last night he saw the prisoner by the Greyhound Hotel, and heard the language.

Constable Dews corroborated

Prisoner said it was no use opposing the testimony of the constables, still he should like to call a witness.

John Cromb was then called, and said : "__ our Worships, I was so awfully drunk that I don't remember anything, but my friend Waller is a respectable fellow, and I don t think he would swear false.

The Bench : You may stand down. The captain of the ship here stepped for ward and said the prisoner was his first mate, and his imprisonment would cause him great inconvenience. The Bench said the public good must be considered as well as the convenience of the captain. Fined £5 or six weeks' imprisonment.

Lestrange pleaded not guilty ; he never was a rogue. The Cleik of the Court was then sworn, and proved a large number of offences of drunkennesss against the prisoner, amount ing to sixteen within the last twelve months. Tha prisoner admitted his drunkenness but never robbed the community.

(a. discussion between justices, the in spector, and Mr. Russell then ensued on the clauses of the Vagrant Act, which occupied exactly thirty minutes.) >-. Prisoner was sent to prison for t^ree months with hard labor. \ A DISOBEDIENT SEAMAN. \ Joseph Elliott, a seaman, was charged with; disobedience of lawful commands on board the ship, Flechero, on the 11th inst in the port of Auckland. Prisoner, a youth, pleaded guilty, but he was ordered to do what he ought not to have done ; it was not his place to do it. The captain said if the boy would pre mise to obey his lawful commands in future, he would withdraw the charge. The Bench reprimanded the prisoner, and discharged him; MASTER JOHNNY. John Wadham, on warrant, was charged with absconding from the service of his master, AdSdrew Craig, to whom he was an indentured apprentice, on the 11th instant. Prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr Brock appeared for Mr Craig, and said that the youth was an unruly apprentice, and had left his master's premises, and was found stowed away in a ship about to leave the colony. The boy said hehad been employed at other work than that of a plumber and painter, and he questioned the lawfulness of Mr Craig's, and bolted. The Bench said that John was liable to three months' imprisonment, and he should have his choice, if his master would take him back, between three months at Mount Eden and that of learning his trade like a good boy. The lad said that he preferred the shop to 1 the prison, and was allowed his liberty. THE REPORTER AT SEA. John Gardener Henderson gwas charged with a breach of the Harbour Regulations Act, by going on board the ship British Empire, before she had been moored by an anchor, and cleared by the Health Officers, on the 7th instant. John Conley was charged with a breach of the same Act by going alonside the said ship and communicating with her before she had been moored by an anchor and cleared by the Health Officers, on the same. Mr Henderson, in a firm voice, pleaded guilty.

Mr J. B. Russell appeared Burgees and staled the case, i n.& ffi' 1 * i defendant bad infringed the har] bour *^ ' tions, and this case was brought forJ*^" an example rather than otlherV^ll order that the public may kno^' th J*' '** an offence cannot be committed. \?' *»di derson in his zeal had overstepped ft- e °' The Bench said that on the fiui* « "^* the fine would be nominal, hp"1- \° Cca*io H rence of the offence, the "offei, dealt with severely.. The fine v. A&fT ■*• and costs. ifF 1 *18. James Conley also pleaded guilty Mr J. B. Kussell said he would'mot for a heavy penalty ; he had sinmlv $**** the will of the reporter. * 3 m M Fined Is and costs. BREACH OF BY-LAWS. • Mr Samuel Vickers was charged ■«_&.' offence against the City By-laws , *» Mi Philips said that Mr Victors li re medied the evil as .soon as he waa m ;? acquainted with it. wide Fined Is and costs. This was all the business.

TELEGRAPHIC.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

(From our own Correspondent.)

Thi A " The Cure had 30 lbs. rich specimen ____ GO lbs. picked stuff to-day from the stopeson No. 4 reef. c 0I *

The Caledonian have almost finished break ing down section of reef stripped indrivM* It shows a little gold. w*

The crushing started this week on tha Manukau rer-f is improving in the main drive Jt is more compact and solid, and contains a large proportion of promising stone also. The Golden Calf start permanent cru___i_i» this afternoon. •»

The Crown Prince crushing shows well.

HAMILTON.

{From our own Correspondent.}-.! ■;: . Thi, day. The Waikato Times, although a supporter of the Government, severely handles the Representation Bill, and calls upon every settlement throughout the district to hold indignation meetings. Consequently memo rials are in course of signature throughout the district.

The Times this morning publishes a scathing satire on modern society entitled " Mr. Satan at Home."

Tourists for Ohinemutu are arriving, daily by this route, being cheaper and pleasanter than Tauranga.

ALEXANDRA.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) Thisday. Native Feast.—Visit of Sir George Grey. Tawhiao and party are all off to thelarge feast at Patetere. On the conclusion alliriJl return to Hihurangi to a feast to be held there. It is reported that Sir George Grey will come to meet Tawhiao at Hikurangi shortly. There is a fresh in the river and a number of canoes are down with produce.

HOKIANGA.

(From our own correspondent.) -..', This day. Brig Stranded.

The natives report that a brig is stranded near Mongonui Bluff. The masts,ate still standing. They could not get close enough to distinguish the name of the vessel, nor could they see any one on board.

COROMANDEL.

(From our own Correspondent;)!!' This day. Union Beach. Union Beach.—The reef is still stowing gold freely and carrying its full size, but no rich specimens have been obtained during the last few days. Waterworks. The new waterworks have been just com' pleted. Robbery. i The New Zealand Battery was broken into last night and several articles carried aw»y. The matter has been placed in the hands ol the police. •

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

WELLINGTON.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day. Arrived: Star of the South from Auck land. She sails South at noon.

CHRISTCHURCH.

[Per Press Telegram Agency.] ; :.': This-day.

John Williams arraigned at the last session of the Supreme Court for obtaining 1,200 corn sacks irom a Christchurch merchant by false pretences, but discharged on a techni cality, has been re-arrested on a charge o obtaining sacks at Ballarat, Victoria, by false pretences. It seems that Inspector Feist suspected Williams of having been a Victorian offender and while Williams' was awaiting trial Eeist communicated with the Victorian authorities^: arid his suspicions proved correct. A warrant was''received from Victoria, by last steamer and.^pams was at once arrested. . A court of the ancient Order of Drtudji is to be established.

PARLIAMENTARY.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.)

MONDAY AFTERNOON." The Tairua Committee's Report. The Tairua Committee's, report was read to the House. It appeared from the report that Mr O'Halloran and Mr Cnppen were clerks of Mr James Mackay, and:_re ceivedashare in a claim from one_of tne parties to a suit upon which Mr Mao_ay was to decide, and that O'Halloran ad mitted that be sobsequently received^ t»W for his half-share. The share ;had originally been offered to Mr Mackay, bat M declined it on account of being _ a Government officter. Mr Mackay demefl having any interest whatever in the claim. The committee thought that the action on the whole was very improper. , With, reg?"i to the purchases of land at Tairua,, the,com mittee considered Mr Mackay u °ccupi«J* very anomalous position, inasmuch, as hlßtw clerks were necessarily, acquainted W™ *" the lanil purchase arrangements; of the w verment, and that as they were in a pos"tf» to possess themselves of every information a» the disposal of the Government; and **.*"? were not under the contiolof the Government in any way,' their position was pednhar » most unsatisfactory, and ( shat, legwia™" would be required to remove sucn »» anomaly. ■-•— '-~~~__ _wr Commodore's House at Auckga. In reply to Mr. C O'Neil, c^._l- _■ Richardson.said the Commodores Rouse Auckland was put in proper re P Mr T ? >* ojrt0jrt reception of-the-new Commodore. A* . was estimated by the Colonial - Architect » £150, ";' ; -. ' #c' ■■:;•' I The Purchase of Native I^jJJj ace Mr. Thomson obtained leave to intromv a bill for providing thatpf? |;PM h9 chased native lands shall, in")| 6 o- price paid to the natives, p|hi/, Qt.s.' jgine per acre to the State, preyiofe^^fS^ s of the CroWn grants. The R^j,, first tinae, and t}ie second reSSfflg P***;. ~ Wednesday. ... __ •■•'■'"

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J COSGKAYE AND CO. el a HAVE OPENED UP THEIR SUMMER SHIPMENTS, Consisting of r_Y*Zj_e__ PACKAGES OF DRAPERY AND CLOTHING, Which is much in excess of their orders, and are now obliged to hold a SALE of the same. The whole of the Goods havo beeu purchased from the Home Manufacturers, and will be Sold REGARDLESS OF PRICE, in order to realise. THE SALE COMMENCES TO-MORROW (FRIDAY), the oth instant.



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