SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

A . . _ D, ai:' nf' \>™r» from London R)irr. -Viary, bd^nUv^ from AdSaldO

DEPARTURES.

■>„,,.,"• "r TB,-OlIn», forLovuka •p t ' Ro'loonGr. for Wani?3voa nnd Oamaru Phr -*ry' schooner iat Norfolk Island & Noumea rD(i- <!, sa, Andrew, for the South

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

.ror run South-Haw«a. Saturday For Tanranga—Kow'-na, 'Vedoesdaynext ffor th« Isl.ir,<l s -Martha, barque, early; Pearl, Ki'tch, earls- For iioii'Viu. C.'miatic, ship, IOHi July ; DHpussund, h-mjne, early For Corooundel - Arjjyle, s ?, Mondays and Fridays for Wanp;' f r«i—^rgyio every Tuesday For Ra- of Islands— Ton* rverv Monday Fof L"vnlra—Avjprusta briga^Hne, at once I'.-.)-N.-.w Caledonia—CanteThnry, schooner, early For Mil- 1.-landa—Hi-I"ri,i lirU-Kntiiie, fiarly Mot AY nptiirmi and West Coast—Kennedy, s?. 'J^^urs. day at 10am For Levulca 01) do, Pchooner, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Haro, from Sydney (July !»'> 0" (KOJJJ'j from Liverpool; sailed Oth Crownthorpo 9 \j- (MOD) from "England April 19 £ nonuw, fhtp . fro ' m V TjOndOT ; early Enehnr! »G' JIV , SD I D from London. Ar>riU2 a, r,, < ns< sllin from London. E.iilod May 25 marvo n b<irqu?, from Wew York via Lyttelton "»£. v uvqne, from T.yttelton W»«fcn of the Son, b"iqan, from Sjclney iftVitlft, eohooner. from Rs.rr>tonga *L>Wn, pchoonm-, from t,ho Islands, parly Wave of Life, rtfioonfir, from "Onnstlin early JKr/vjik Guy, mboontr, from Diinedin, early lh-<m«i and Henry, brfpr, from Dunenin, early O»atybd<a schooner from the Islands, early Vision, brn^. from Tonßp,, early M&rhm. schooner, from Norfolk Island, early Rrderiek Dhu, brigaatine, from Oamaru, sailed l>t instant

IMPORTS.

Per Hoblna Dunlop, frnm London :—8 packages /[? steam ratlines), 00 bundles wire 12 keirs stapl«s, 59 feebs nnils. 17 do hnrgo nail*, 46 hundlos spades. 10 rolls nnttinß. 3 casks liollowrto, 5 casks Minton's tiles, 3 caws brush wire. 3do cutlery, 7 packages tinware. 2 c»sm £nns. 1 crate buckets, 1 cask plough shares, 3 bundles iron wheels, 1G casks hardware, 2 oases do., E. Sorter and Co Per RoWna Dnnlop from London :—2 cases saws, 20 ton* fencing wire, ] bile plough Unas, 600 bars angle iron, 25 kegs galvanized nails; 1 cask brasi wire, 2 casks tacks.vl cask butt hineea, I cask polishing pastw, 3 cask* hardware, 21 anvils. 232 barrels niilg, 5 C"Re India-rubber hn&e. 10 cases stoveP, 2 boilers, 30 kegs staples, 3 cases drilling machines, 1 cas* brass warn, S seed-sowers. 2 bales canvas, 1 bale twine, 2 casks ships lamps, 2 cuses harness. 1 case Williams' butcher-knives, IS easts coil chain, 400 barrels powder, ISO plates iron, 16 rolls shut he^ds, 1 case chopping machines 10 cases, 2 packages chaff cutters. 22 packages wire nettiner. 113 bundles. 82 lengths gvs pipes. 40 frees floor-brads, 9 c*sks, 1 cask coffoe-millg, 5 casks frvnans, 2 has* canvas, 100 casks cement, 5 frames felt.—T * S Morrin. Per Robina Ounlop :— ' < 2 cases, Ireland Brothers 3 bales, Ow»n and Graham 24 trunk?, 20 mats. 115 qr.-awlts. 75 hhds, 27 barrels, «S crate3,loo drums, 92 kegs. 351 bundles lfifil boxes, 0 tierces, 93 packajjps, 40 hales. 39^ casks, 702 rails, 80 iron plates 6 vices, 1 tank, 2 pieces 12,000 slate--, 109 bars, 2 t;rind=t<mes, 3 plates, 1910 cases. 2 crates, 8S Ireers 2 cases. 139 bundles, 19 casts, 1 tierce, 10 rolls, 2 boilers.—N.Z S.B. Co., agents

Tha brieantine Aucjnsta sailed resterday even'ne for tevuka the schooner Canterbury for Norfolk Island ■aM >j e w Caledonia, and the Belle BrandOD, for "Wangaro*. The brigantlne 'Rliza Mary arrived from Adelaide this afternoon, with a cargo of wheat and other bread stuff*. The as Kennedy left Wangatnii for the Manukau this morning.

Tho ss Phoebe, which left Onehuncra for th"» South this morning, could not crnsi the bar Sho therefore anchored at the Huia and will get out the first oppor. tunity.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"Ratepayer."—Your request hag been for warded to Councillor Goldie.

CHrSF POST-OWICSi, AUCKLAND Wins wttii. Close as follows:— For Thames this day at 530 pm, and to-morrow at 1130 am For Cnromandel, per Argyle, on Friday next, at 230 pm 3?or Whitianßi, Tairua, '""auranga, and OpotikJ, per Eowena, this day, at 4 p m For Savage Island, per Peerless this day, at i t>m For Wanganui. per Kennedy, to-morrow, at 8 am For Tonga and Samoa, per Martha, to-morrow, at 8 am For Russell per Tsmu, to-morrow at 11 am ForWaiwera. Mahnrangi, Matakana, and Te Aral, per Annie Milbank, to-morrow, at 10 am For Penryn Island, per Pearl, to-morrow, at 3 pm For "Wangaroa, per "Waiwera, to-morrow, at 4 pin (Signed) S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

WAITE—On July 5, Mrs. H. Wai'e, Upper Queen street, of a (Jruigh'ier,

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED "The Evening," "The Morning News," and "The Echo."

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1876

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Tn our Supplement to-day we publish the full text of the Financial Statement delivered by the Colonial Treasurer in the House of Representatives last night, and the best friends of the Ministry must admit that there is nothing very brilliant or attractive in the prospect opened up by the Budget. The antici pations of those who predicted a deficit and foresaw the decline of colonial credit in the English money market have been fully realised. The revenue has fallen short of the Trea surer's estimates to the extent of £119,000 The four million loan raised eighteen months ago having been expended, the Government found it impossible to meet the expenditure authorised for public works, and endeavoured to float the balance of the unguaranteed debentures, amounting to £1,250,000. They were advised, however, by the Crown agents in London that a sale was impracticable. Instructions were then issued to raise a loan of a million for twelve months on short-dated debentures. From these causes the Minister of Public Works was compelled to delay the works under construction, and the expen diture under that head during the year was £900,000 less than had been authorised. To this cause may be ascribed the shuffling delays in connection with the Kaipara railway ; and the chance of construction remaining to that lino is far from being improved by the Treasurer's declaration. The balance to credit of Public Works Account, including the Imperial Guaranteed Loan, and repayments of all advances made to provinces, such, for example, as the £50.000 grant to the Thames Pumping Association, -ia only £1,400,000, and the debt of the colony ia £19,543,194, involving an annual charge for interest and sinking fund of £1,035.164. The aocrued sinking fund reduces the prin cipal to £18,313,994. It is proposed to charge the interest and sinking fund in the proportion of £815,000 against con solidated revenue, and a £220,000 against land revenue. Exclusive of the charge for Interest made upon land fund, the publio debt involves a taxation to pay interest alone, of over £2 per head per annum on every man, woman, and child in the Colony. This drain of a million sterling a year upon the industrial resources of the Colony is a formidable item, which must cause uneasiness to colonists who are not mere birds of passage. Nor is confidence likely" to be restored by the announcement that notwithstanding the impracticability of floating the unsold debentures remaining from loans already authorised, the Treasurer finds it imperative to ask power to borrow two millions more to complete works that must be undertaken. This is the financial out look presented by the Treasurer concerning loans, 'and we leave our Vogol-lovinp; con temporaries to unfold its beauties.

The questionof taxation is naturally one that interests the people most deeply, and the present Ministry have throughout shewn the greatest disinclination to face the unpopular ity entailed by any increase of our heavy public burdens, so long as a sixpence can be raised by borrowing. The budget this year does not differ in this respect from its pre decessors. Whether the proposed tax on sugar was found to fall flat, or whether the Premier's partiality for beeta has waned, we know not, but the budget announces no in crease in the existing taxation. A closer examination of the Local Government acheme, however, puts a very^ different complexion upon thisjmost attractive feature in the Government proposals. And, if again the seer of evil claims credit for having pre dicted that abolition means simply the ratification of a system of inequitable finance, under which one part of the Colony will rejoice in surplus wealth and another be com pelled to resort to local taxation, the Treasurer can surely have no cause of complaint. In arguing against the imposition of a pro perty or income tax, he says: "I would much rather see the direct taxation, about which so much is said, levied by the local governing bodies, than unnecessarily, as I think, force such taxation on the whole i colony." The Premier is something more than theoretical in this belief, for the local government proposals are designed to give it effect. It is provided that two-thirds of the oo3t of education, and two per cent, on the whole coat of the railways within the respec tive provincial districts, shall be charged upon thelland fund, and " the cost of charit able (institutions, excepting lunatic asylums, mainly devolve upon boroughs and counties." The balance of the land fund will be localised and expanded in the districts where raised. Applying these proposals to this province we are landed in inevitable confusion. Already the small land fund is unequal to the demands upon it for deficiency on railways, and any prospect of obtaining two-thirds the cost of education, cost of surveys, and Interest on provincial liabilities from the same Bource is chimerical This is partly provided for by advances from the consolidated revenue to be recovered from any surplus land revenue in the future. It may be at once assumed,

then, that the road districts and coun ties ia thia province will only have the £1 for £1 subsidy upon local taxation guaran teed from the consolidated fund in addition to the small funds derived fiom bush hotels and tolh to carry on public works, and this is subject to all charges for m»in roads, hospitals, and other charitable purpossa. The Provincial Hospital alone involves an annual expenditure of nearly £5000 a year, and a large pro portion of the cases are from country dis tricts. But when.the cost of maintaining the institution ia transferred from the pro vince to the city, the ■ Corporation, will doubtle3S decline any responsibility which they are nofc abrolntely liable forj and W«j eie uifcerly unable to gather ftotn the financial statement ho*? i» the absence of any parish system the public will be. forced to support accessary institutions of a charitable kind in a state of efficiency. The appropriation by the Provincial Government, for the relief of siok and destitute, and other charities, ex clusive of the Asylum and Hospital, has been at the rate of £4,000 a year. The Treasurer's proposals, as applied to this province, involve a series of diffi culties which we do not attempt to unravel. Our space today will not permit of any more extended review, but we shall revert to the subject in a future article.

With to-day's 'issue we publish a supple ment giving the full text of the financial statement delivered last night and a report of the water supply inquiry.

We deeply regret to hear that W. 0. Wilson, PJaq., the respected proprietor of the Neio Zealand herald, lies so dangerously ill tibat he is not expected to last through the nu;ht. Mr Wilton has been confiued to the house for some weeks, but his illness has now taken such a change for the worse as leaves little hope of recovery.

To the Editor : Sir,—Allow me to call the attention of the vestry of Sfc Matthew's to a matter which has already caused much heart-burning. An advertisement appeared in tho daily journals of yesterday, inviting the parishioners of St Matthew's to an organ recital in that church. I hope that the vestry would not if it could have prevented others than hona fide members of Sfc. Matthew's from attending ; yet still the tenor of the notice prevented myself among many others from attending aud enjoying what would have been a great treat. —I am, &c, Okqanist.

A meeting of the Domain Board was held at noon to-day. Present: Messrs Fenton (Chairman), Mitford, and Brett. In refer ence to Mr Cook's lease of the Domain, Mr Fenton moved and Mr Mitford seconded — "That Messrs McCormack and McKeoknie be instructed to eject Mr Cook as soon as lawful, and sue at once for all rent due and damages done." Carried, Tho Secretary stated that the balance in the Bank was £21G Is 7d.

Some time ago a remarkable judgment was delivered in the District Court of Auckland, by Mr Fenton, in which it was distinctly laid down that a constable was not justified in apprehending a person for an offence less than felony unless he had tho warrant with him. The doctrine was not universally admitted, but the same question having arisen in England, we observe that the High Court of Justice has laid down the same rule of law. Annexed is an account from the Times of this judgment:—" High Court of Justice. —Court of Appeal from Inferior Courts.—April 28. (Before Baron Bramwell, Mr Justice Mellor, and Mr Justice Denman.) —Cod v. Cave: This was an appeal from a decision of Justices of Devonshire, and it raised a question of considerable impor tance to the constabulary of the country. The appellant had been summoned before the Justices and convicted for assaulting a constable in the execu tion of Ilia duty. The appellant 18 montha before the assault had been summoned for trespassing in pursuit of rabbits, and as he did not appear in answer to the summons a warrant had been issued for his apprehension. While executing this warrant, the respond ent waa asssulted by the appellant and severely injured. The Justices fined the appellant 10a for trespassing in pursuit of the rabbits, and sentenced him to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for the assault on the respondent. Prom this deci sion tho present appeal was brought. It was contended that the conviction was bad, as the respondent had not produced a warrant before endeavouring to arrest the appellant, and that, although its production was not demanded, the respondent ought to have produced it. For the respondent it was submitted that it would bo highly in convenient to hold that a constable should always have the warrant with him when arresting a man for whose apprehension a warrant had been issued, for when a warrant was granted it <vas usual to give notice to all the constables of the country to arrest the man for whose apprehension it was granted. The Court thought that the con viction wao bad, and the constable ought to have produced the warrant before arresting the appellant. Although the respondent had been severely injured, it did not appear that the assault had been more than sufficient to resist the arrest. It was important that constables should know that in such a case as the present they are bound by law to pro duce a warrant before attempting to arrest a man. Mr St Aubyn appeared for the appellant; Mr McKellar for the respondent. Leave to appeal was refused. In our yesterday's issue appeared a cable gram from Sydney stating that the Fenian agent who rescued the six Fenian prisoners from Western Australia, had gone off in the San Francisco mail steamer. This rescue is exciting much comment in Australia, and the Melbourne journals characterise the act as a grave international outrage. " The pris oners," says the Argus, " were actually taken away while wearing the convict garb by the master of an American ship, who des patched a boat ashore for the p:wsj..ou. _ It is impossible to suppose that ih.i man did not know very well what he was doing, and his proceedings are precisely as if a French boat were to run to the hill of Portland, and take away as many convicts from there as could crowd into her. The Imperial authorities are bound to take cognisance of the episode, and to demand substantial redress. We shall be told, no doubt, that the escaped convicts are political refugees, and attention may be called to the fact that Communist convicts frequently arrive in Australia without the permission of their gaolers. But the attempt at a parallel will deceive on one." The most curious part of the affair is that by the latest advices it appears that tho two Fenian Agents who planned and carried out the rescue ate now actually in Melbourne. The Melbourne Echo describes them as being two elderly deter mined looking men, and suggests that the object of their presence in Victoria is to stir up the embers of the very small fire of Fenian feeling that ever existed there. Our contem porary continues :—" They have wrought a work which may give the Governments of Britain and America some trouble, for the master of the American whale-ship that carriedjthe convicts received them on board in their prison garb, and very well knew who he was receiving, and that what he was doing was likely to create a difficulty between the two countries. Perhaps that waa one of their unpatriotic objects. It is somewhat strange, however, that these agents were permitted to leave Western Australia. They must have been known to the authorities there as the persons who arranged the escape, and were therefore liable to arrest and trial. Yet they are assisted to leave that Colony with those passports, without the possession of which to show that they were not, and never had been, prisoners of the Grown in that colony, they would not have been per mitted to land either at Adelaide or Mel bourne. The matter evidently requires ex planation from the authorities of Western Australia."

Widows Smith and Mattiaon beg to ac knowledge through the columns of the star the sum of £15 7a 7M each, the proceeds, of the benefit lately given on their bflhalf at the Lome-street Hall. They also wish to express their sincere thanks to the officers and brothers of the fountain of Friendship Lodge, and the ladies and gentlemen who took part; in the entertainment, especially Mr E. W. Ward, who is always willing to come forward and give his services for the benefU of the poor and distressed* and whose valuable aid as manager they feel the success of the entertainment on their behalf tla mainly due. TJio following is the baknCO sheet) Bhowing receipts and expenditure in connection with the entertainment:—Re ceipts ; Cash taken at door, £18 ss; by sale of ticket*, £21 5* 9d ; discount from Star office sisi Total, £39 15s 9d.- Disburse ments : Musicians for entertainment, £3 os ; hire of piano, 15s ; printing, etc., £3 17s Gd; incidental expenses, 3s ; to Mrs Smith, £15 17s 7£d ; to Mrs Mattison, £15 17s 7£d. Total, £39 15s 9d— Owen Mahon, Treasurer of the Entertainment Committee.

Mr M. Eaphael, agent for Simonsen Opera Company, leaves Nelson to-night in the Hawea for Auckland, where the Company will shortly open.

An entertainment, the second of the winter series in connection with the Baptif t Sunday school, was held last evening in the Welles ley-street school-room. Mr John Brame was called to the chair, and in a brief, practical speech introduced the programme, and called upon the choir, consisting chiefly of ladies, (Mr William Baxter presiding at the piano forte with much efficiency) who Bang "Caller Herrin'." The other selections by the choir performed during the evening were " Cherry Ripe," "Happy and Light," and other musical pieces; also, " O'er the Summer Sea," by two ladies, Miss Cooper and Miss Marbrook. The readings of the evening were—"A Horse's Letter, with a moral," by De Talmage, read by Mr W. E. Mann; "The Jumping Frog," by Mark Twain, read by Mr Cooper, jun. ; "The Orange and Green," a pathetic story of Ire land, reoited by Mr McMaster; "The Free man's Bay Baby," revised edition, read by the author, Mr J. Blackman ; " A queer discourse on a queer proverb," being a humourous paper on ghosts and hobgoblins, " When Churchyards Yawn." was read by Mr Ewington in his characteristic style. The Chairman, Mr Brame, gave the last reading, "John Maynard, the Pilot," versified from one of John B. Gough's episodes, in a pathetic manner. The choir gave the beautiful piece known as " The Men of Harlech," which was applauded. Mr Matthews, the Superin tendent of the Sunday School, came forward and thanked the audience for their patron age, which would further their object, which was to provide books for the children's library. The whole closed with the bene diction and the National Anthem.

The Rev. Dr. Wallis will give his lecture on next Friday evening on " The Emanci pation of Women." The Rev. J Wafckins' on "British Colonization," will be delivered on Friday, the 21st inst.

Sir,—The witness Hunt, in the Albertland stabbing case at the Supreme Court yester day has, I learn, complained to the Cross on the great injustice done to him in reporting him as " Thomas George Hunt," instead of plain "George Hunt." The Htrald was led into the same error with respect to Mr Hunt's name. This simple mistake is not remarkable, as Mr George Hunt, after making a great fuss about taking the oath, spoke in so low a tone, and ■with suoh a mumbling voice, that it was impossible to hear him in the reporters' box. I may add further that the witnesses generally in Pynne's ease gave their evidence as though they were reluctant to speak the truth, and the whole truth, which necessitated the Crown Prosecutor to repeat their words for the benefib of the Court.—Reporter.

The members of the Star of Newton Lodge will give an entertainment to-morrow (Thurs day) evening, in the Congregational School room, in aid of the widows and orphans of the men who were drowned in the Wairoa some weeks ago, on returning from a child's funeral. We understand that a good pro gramme has been prepared for this laudable occasion, including music and song.

A Free Templars Lodge will be opened this evening at Qnehunga by the Templars of the Star of Freedom Lodge, when it Is re quested that all Good Templars who can make it convenient will be in attendance. Brothers and Sisters may have a 'bus at the corner of Victoria-street, by the new theatre.

The skating rink will be opened this evening at the Devonport Hall, North Shore, and at the City Hall, Auokland, on the three following evenings of the present week.

Mr Crook exhibited hia beautiful views of celebrated Buildings, animals, and photo graphs from nature, last evening at the Whau Hall, to a full and gratified audience. Mr Crook's explanations were clear and intelligent, and enhanced the pleasure of the evening. At the close of the series of views, the younger portion of the audience formed themselves into a quadrille party and danced through the still hours of the night with much spirit.

The popular actor, Mr Hoskins, has arrived in Dunedin with a dramatic company of 21 members, hia intention being to open the new Princess Theatre for a season. The company, in addition to Mr Hoskins and Mica Colville, numbers amongst its members several well known colonial artistes, including Messrs Ohas. Burford, Douglas, Musgrave, J. Stark, Hesford, Power, Lawrence, Miss Docy Main waring, Miss Lizzie Lawrence, Miss A. Wil lis, Mrs Hesford.

Building Societies in Melbourne are not In a very healthy state. The correspondent of the Otago Guardian writes :—" A strong undercurrent of criticism' goes on as to the position of the numerous Melbourne Build ing Societies. Some are drawing in their horns. For instance, the Eoyal Standard Building Society, and the Universal Per manent Building Sosiety, have coalesced under the name of the Universal Terminating Building Society. The so-called permament societies are the most likely to smash. They number about twenty five. There is already evident a feverish competition for deposits, and also in lending money. New societies advertise, " Borrowsrs share equally in the profits with investor)," One new society guarantees nine per cent, and draw your money out at any time. The mildest catas trophe that can happen will be amalgama tions, with loss to ihe weaker parties next to ruin."

The usual monthly meeting of*theJTemplar Benefit Sooiety was held in the Temperance Hall, Albert-street, last night. There waa a full attendance o: officers and members, and a great many lew members joined the Society. We are hformed this Society has been thoroughly reorganised, a new code of laws adopted, and an additional scale of con tributions and benefits incorporated with them. A large amount of arrears was paid up, and generally tie Society may be said to have re-commenced in a most satisfactory manner. A resolution was passed, allowing all old members in arrears to again avail themselves of full benefits on payment of back contributions, production of doctor's certificate, and application at or before next meeting. This Society now strongly recom. menda itself to al! Good Templars, and we suspect they will not be slow in becoming possessed of the advantages offered them.

The anniversary of the Koyal Good Intent Lodge 1.0.0. F. vill take place in the Cook street Hall on Friday the 14th instant, and will be celebrated by a dinner and ball.

[S The Hibernian Ball at Onehunga last night waa very succeßsfal, the hall being quite full Mr J. P. Lonergsn's band under the leader ship of Mr Joni Dillon discoursed sweet music to the measure of the tripping feet. This is the first appearanoe of the band at a ball, and they acquitted themselves admirably.

Mr Editor : Sir,— Tt would seem that no sooner does a clergyman or anyone whose duty it is to point out manifest anuses, attempt to do so, than he is sure to be assailed by those who desire those abuses to continue. In your issue of last evening such a produc tion eppears from the pen of '-Richard J. Feltus." As to the last part of his letter, nothing need be said. His own neighbours. Who have often received the spiritual ministration of Mr Nelson, would, of course, give it a flat denial, ot denial ■Were at all needed. But at the same time Mr Feltud might give us his idea or definition of "a parishioner. For \ears I have taken part in all parochial meetings connected with St Pauls; and tor years I have constantly worshipped there; but never to my knowledge have I seen him at any meeting on parish matters or within the walls of the church. Mr Feltus is about the last person, as I think, who should falsely malign any clergymen for drawing attention to what must be admitted by all decent people to be an abuse. I am,—A Pakishioner.

AtSthe inquest on the man Waller who was found dead on the South road, the evi dence tended to show that the deceased was very much given to drink, and had probably laid down to sleep in a state of helpless in toxication and been suffocated. He was lying on his face. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that deceased having par taken of too much drink died from exposure to wet and cold.

CABLEGRAMS.

[press agency.]

SYDNEY, Tuesday. THE SOLOMAN ISLANDS' NATIVES MURDER A CREW. News from Solomon's group reports that the captain and crew of the schooner Dancing Wave, while engaged obtaining labour for Queensland ab Florida Island, were attacked by the natives with tomahawks received ; in barter. The captaiu was killed almost im mediately, while the chief mate and steward, after receiving numerous wounds, shot them selves. One seaman escaped to afneighbour ina, island. The natives after plundering the vessel left,and she'was recovered and brought on here.

THE FIRE AT THE ROUEN THEATRE.— EXCITING SCENE.

PrrKTHKR particulars have come to hand from Rouen concerning this serious conflag ration, which appears to have been more disastrous tbaa was at first expected. The building is close to the Seine, and at the outbreak of the fire the spectators who had been waiting for admission soon formed a chain, tinder the direction of the police authorities, and passed water to the burning buildings until the few fire engines with which the town is supplied could be brought to bear. Everyone deplores the absence of a fire escape. If one could have been em ployed at the rear of the building, in assist ing the unfortunate inmates from their lofty dressing rooms, there seems no reason why a single life should have been lost; as it is, seven people are known to be dead, and thirteen are lying at the Hotel Dieu and elsewhere, more or less dangerously injured. Many are still missing. There are some singular escapes recorded. One soldier, well known as a gymnast, took a flying leap, bead foremost, from the fourth floor window, and having managed to alight on his feet with no bonea broken, set to work at once at the pumps with a will. Against this escape one may set the fate of the leader of the choir. The poor fellow struggled to an upper window, fell faint, and was burnt alive in sight of the crowd below. Three figures stand out prominently from among the rest in the awful confusion within and without the theatre. M. Guillemot was to have sus tained the leading baritone character'of Ham let, and to his dressing room flocked many of his brother actors and actresses when the cry of fire was raised. As if born to it, he took the command at once, and guided them one by one through fire and smoke to the stage door till all were in safety, but one ; this was Madame Preys, a lady who, sustaining a subordinate part herself, had a husband engaged in some minor capacity about the theatre. She refused to leave it till she had found him. Despite all entreaties and pom mands, she ran through the burning corridors calling him by name, and persisted in mount ing to the tipper storeys in Btarch of him, though some force was used to prevent her. At last, whsn a responding voice answered hers, and she knew that her husband was in safety, the knowledge came too late. She sank with a yielding floor into the midst of the flames, and her body has net yet been recovered. Madame Dallier, a poor dresser about the theatre, was jammed in the corner of a small window, and she was observed to be helping her fellows out to the air and encouraging them to drop. After ten minutes of this, and when all at her window were disposed of, she was observed to grow faint; but she had strength to grasp a rope thrown to her from a neighbouring window, and, tying it round her waist, she made the leap. The rope broke, she fell on the abutment of a wall, and was taken np all but dead, and is little likely to recover.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before J. M. Dargaville and J. Donne, Esqs Justices of the Peace.) BRANDY BLOSSOMS. I Maria Price, Anne Poulgram, and Mary Burke, were charged with being drunk. Price was fined 20s, Poulgram ss, and Mary Burke 10a with the usual alternative. A JOLLY SPREE. Edward Lodge was charged with having been drunk last evening, also, with behaving in a manner calculated to provoke a breach of the peace. Prisoner admitted being drunk, but denied the charge of disorderly conduct. Yesterday was the 4th July, and he surely had a right as a true and Loyal American citizen, to in dulge in a jolly spree. It was a Yankee's privilege to get "tight" on that day. The case was proved and prisoner fined 20a and costs, or 48 hours sojourn in Mount Eden. A ROUGH YOUTH. John Gallagher, a youth, was charged with destroying a pane of glass valne 15s, the property of Adam Cairns. Sub-Inspector Pardy stated the circum stances ot the case. The prisoner and another were engaged in a quarrel in front of prosecutor's Hotel; when Gallagher, in punching his opponents head, ran it through the window. Prisoner was fined 10s and costs, and ordered to make good the damage done. A REFRACTORY SEAMAN. Wm. Westney was charged with absent ing himself without leave from the British barque Speedy. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The case was proved by the master of the ship, Edward Lewis, and prisoner ordered back to his ship, the coata of the case to be deduoted from his wages. INQUISITIVE COWS, James Harris was charged with allowing his three cows to roam at 'large in searoh of " Fresh fields and pastures new." The Bench referred to a number of previous convictions against the defendant, and fined him 30a and costs. AN TTNOHAINED WHEEL. John Brown was charged with leaving his cart without a chain affixed to the wheel, in accordance with the City By-laws. Defendant pleaded guilty under extenuat ing circumstances and was fined Is and costs. A FIERY CHIMNEY. Wm, Searle was charged with allowing the chimney of a house occupied by him In Grahame-street to take fire. The case was proved, and defendant fined 5a and costs. This was all the business.

ORGAN RECITAL AT ST MATTHEW'S CHURCH.

? n VI v"v large concourse of peop o, and by S o'clock there was few seats in the cWh unoccupied. The congregation were reverent and attentive in tbeir demeanour throughout. After the Rev. Incumbent had aken Ms place in the cloir, the " Te Demn" was suva to Barnby's Chant Service by a mSed choir, accompanied by the organist 3 the churchMr Bro*n. Then followed °f Zes of selection* of «^d musio reformed by Professor Hill on the ESm All these selections he flayed 3o"ut his music. We particuarly Iticed the chorus " Thanks be to God, and Handel's "Angels ever bright and fair Mendelssohn's wedding march and Costa s march from "Eli" pleased us very much ; So a solo with variaWs for the flute stop^ After the programme had been gone through Ken's evening hymnlwas sung by the choir and congregation, and tie Benediction having been pronounced, the people dispersed [ while Professor Hill played the "Hallelujah Chorus " The thanks of the Auckland pub lic are due to Professor Hill for his great kindness in giving so rare a musical treat as that enjoyed last evening.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.

(To the Editor of the Stab.) "Alas for the rarity, Ci Christian charity, TJnder the sun " , SIR) _Truly St. Paul's Church figures largely in your impression of yesterday, and among other correspondence relating thereto, is an effusion of which even the writer is apparently ashamed, not having affixed his name like a man. No, sir, he threw up a masked battery in the norn de plume of "A Worshipper at St Paul's." I wonder what sort of a worshipper he means, as he is evidently not a true worshipper for two reasons :—lst. If he had been, we should not have seen his production figuring in the columns of a secular journal. 2nd. He would not have countenanced those giggling and laughing ones in their conduct towards one who evidently en deavours to carry out the injunction, " Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it; with thy might. "A Worshipper at St. Paul's " forsooth 1 Ah ! Sir, such worshippers as he had better stop at home. But, sir, it is useless encroaching farther on your space, save for an answer to the interrogation with which "A Worshipper at St. Paul's" opened fire. Advice gratis : You just find out that "tall, thin-looling fellow's name, and communicate with him on the "in tolerable nuisance."—John Birnie, Hobson street.

SAILORS ONSHORE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir.—l regret by your evening edition of the 3rd inst., to find that the RevO. M. Nelson ia not as his illustrious namesake of old "An admirer of the British blue jacket," but, to the contrary, prefers rather painting than correcting or endeavouring to remedy any of their short comings. .Asa sailor I would ask the Reverend gentleman whether, instead of writing he would not h»ve better fulfilled his sacred calling by having some consideration for the spiritual welfare of these men and not only volunteer but perform (like the Venerable Archdeacon of Wellington did), services on board th 9 ship for their benefit, than in facetiously criticising their failings as he does by his letter.—l am, etc., R.N. To the Editor: Sir,—As a resident near the Wynyard pier, I feel bound to support th 9 statement of the Eev. Mr Nelson with reference to the indecent; sights on Sundays caused by intoxicated mm. The drunken ness is not confined to seamen at all, but has for long past boon a disgraceful stigma on the neighbourhood, even Maois are at times to be seen drunk and fighthg, and men lying about with clothes hanging from their per sons, to the disgust of passers by.—l am, etc.. A Resident.

[We have other letters on the same sub ject, but this must close the correspond ence. —Ed. E.S.]

FREE TRADE IN BRAINS.

TO THE EDITOR.

Sir, —What donkeys men are I Will they ever cease to quarrel with their daily bread ? Why can't they take what the gods Bend them, and be thankful, never asking from whence it come ? Why d» they look auspi cously on lady writers ? Is their vanity so inordinate that they reallj believe what they often say ? —that " every lady writer haß an eye to some man." Faugh ! With charac teristic perversity, men twist and distort feminine effusions (unlea expressed in the moat cut and dried fashion) as if only evil could be concealed beneath them, and make women fight every inch of their way into print, as if the interests of man and woman were antagonistic instead of identical; and when a mischievous cli sits crooning, sparkling nothing in their eara, instead of listening as wise men stould, would you believe it? they ory Fie and drop a dia mond to pick up a pebble Query : Is the world so overdone with irains that it can afford to give men a monoply of the same ? Nature has not been guilt] of such injustice. Indeed, olever, very clevei though men think themselves to be, if they Tere all to die to morrow (I hope they woift) wisdom would not die with them - not i bit of it. The proxy fellows grind away at their "vexed question" to a very monotonous come-day go-day tune, much like theold mill, with its salt grinding, at the botton of the sea. Free trade in brains would concen itself only with what is said—not at all vith who said it, which would give scope formental recreation that is now absolutely impesible. It is not desirable that women Blould write like men, but in order to trite intelligibly, no practice is equal to tht of writing for the daily press; yet frcn this attempt women have been driven back and back withja perversity truly maauline, and, must we own it? too often with a bray all asinerill But wait a wee ; hard as 'he battle is (few know how hard), woman* persistence is slowly and surely gaining (round, and will erstwhile triumph over bliril-bat supremacy. She need not show the wlite feather; Bhe is contending for a right, axil must gain it by might, the might that cannt be gainsaid— that of unquestionable 'ntelligence. If women were women, not thbgs, they would use the brains God has givei them, and take care to deserve the consideration which they claim of men; and if mci were men, not clods, when heaven comes V:ry near to them they would perceive it. Ofa truth, if, as we are told, " all the angels of.ieaven are men," its hard to say how tbey gotthere, for heaven is the last place the men of to-day desire to go to. Verily, men are domeys.— Evil be,

Among the Bucoesful eanddates at the late junior examination for the Civil Service was William Stewart Mclntoßl\ who has for some years been employed fo Captain Near ing's office on the wharf. Toung Mclntosh passed with great credit. Young men, in over-heited and poorly ventilated theatres, ought not to flourish their horribly perfumed fendkerchiefs bo constantly, even if they are of colored silk. What does Cowpersay— * I cannot talk with oivit in the room, a fine puss gentleman that's all perfume.' Why is the letter 's' like Uamb ? Because it is the beginning of ' sheep,1 Why is a chicken just hatched like a cow's tail ? Because it was never seen before. What workman must alwajs have his glass before he can do a day's wori ? A glazier.

ROMANTIC BIGAMY CASE.

A BATHKK romantic bigamy case occupied* the attention of the BaUarat Police Court recently, in which a farmer named Peter- Thomas, on the Sinytbesdale Road, was tho defendant. The wrongs of the "inured woman " as represented in the Argus corres pondence, were first before the court soire time ago, when she sued Thomas for tho support of herself and chiid, and on that occasion she said that after being Thomas wife for 12 years, he one day cooly told her that she was getting too old-looking for him and that he meant to put her away and substitute a young lass for her, which threat she said he carried out, and married the girl; but as it transpired that Mr Tnomaa had thus been married twice, the Bench made no alteration in the case then, bafe directed the attention of the police to the facts as given. The police took action, and hence to-daya proceedings. From tho evi dence it appeared, by the statement of Matthew Williamson, that he came to this colony 19 years ago. Before he left home he was a lay reader in the Episcopalian Church of Llanartb, in the parish of Gwemeth Cornwall, England, and while m Llanarth he saw the present, Mrs Thomas married m name of Julia PhilKpJ *° one Joh, n R°p» by the Rev. William Tucker, Church of England minister, in L>arth village church. He knew both .Bogera and his bride well, and the present de^ndant is Rogers' uncle. In 1857 he boarded at golden Point, Ballarat, with the same John Rogers and his wife Julia, who were then living together. About the end of 1847 i he lost? sight of them both altogether, but in May, 186S, he saw John Rogers working in a prison gang outside the Ballarat gaol. Mr Magee, the governor of the gaol, knew Rogers had been there as prisoner for some offence, and that the record showed that he had arrived in the colony in the Red Jacket in 1855. The marriage of Julia Rogers to Peter Thomas was proved to have been celebrated by the Rev. Stanton Weagh in 18G4 in pre sence of witnesses, who were also called. The Rev. Joseph Soppett then proved that he had, at Ballaiat, on the 3rd of April, 1875, married the same Peter Thomas to Jemima Hughes, in presence of witnesses, who were also called. The Bench said that as the first wife had contracted marriage with Thomas as a married woman, it was no marriage in law, and no charge of bigamy could lie. They therefore dismissed the case.

SUPREME COURT.— Yesterday.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Gillies.)

LARCENY.

The whole of the evidence having been noted in the case of the old man, Mr Tyler made a long and moving defence for Pollard, contending that the jury could not find the prisoner guilty of larceny, unless they were satisfied that he was actuated by a felonious intent. His Honor then summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. His Honor, in discharging the prisoner, told him that he had a very narrow escape, which he hoped would be of use to him in future.

The Court rose a few minutes before five o'clock.

THIS DAY,

His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock. GRAND JURY. The grand jury came into Court at twelve o'clock and reported that they had found " No Bills" in the following cases :— Captain Morris, accuspd of bribery ; Catherine Buden, charged with stealing from the person, and also in the case of a man named Kirwan. His Honor thanked the grand jury for their services and discharged them from further attendance. MALICIOUS INJURY TO PROPERTY. Alexander Andrews, the younger, aged 20, was arraigned upon an indictment, charg ing him with malicious injury to property by setting n're to a stack, value £12, with a quantity of gum in it, the property of Robert Rogan, at Northern Wairoa, on the 6th of May. Prisoner pleaded not guilty,. Mr Brookfield, Crown Prosecutor, opened the case, and Mr Hesketh defended the prisoner. Mr Brown acted a8 interpreter to the native witnesses. Robert Rogan deposed that he lived at Northern Wairoa, and was the owner of land in the district, and dealt in gum. He knew the prisoner, who lived with his father. On the 6th of May, as he with several natives were on a hill-side, he saw the prisoner riding on horseback towards the whare where his gum was lying ; saw the prisoner stoop from his horse and shortly after saw a quantity of smoke issuing from the ti-tree, and subsequently from the house, which shortly after waa in flames. The prisoner rode away ; he did not get off his horse, only stooped. Witness was on the west side of the place, and prisoner was between the whare and him, so that he could not distinctly see what he did. Prisoner was not a smoker ; if he had a pipe he could not have seen it from the distance ; he had been driv ing cattle. A great deal of ti-tree, the shed, and his gum were all ..destroyed ; the gum was his property. He rode after prisoner and caught up to him; asked him if he had set the place on fire, and if he knew that he had burnt his gum ? Prisoner said yes, he had set the place on fire, but knew nothing of the gum; he went with prisoner to the house of his father, who returned with him to the scene of the fire ; the gum was in bags outside the shed, standing on end. To Mr Heskefch : He did not instigate the prosecution ; only wanted prisoner to pay for his gum ; the land belonged to the Govern ment ; he was on good terms both with prisoner and his father ; had never quarrelled with him.

To the foreman : The wind was blowing in an opposite direction from them—west ward^

Catherine, a native, deposed that she re membered the firing of tho gum shed. She was near the place with two other natives ; they were about half a mile away; saw Andrews riding towards the shed j saw the smoke and the prisoner, who was standing ; could not tell anything about the way the wind blew, thought it went right up. (Laughter.) There was no ti-tree close to the house ; the prisoner rode away very fast; she called after him, " Alec, Alec, you have set fire to my gum;" saw Eogan ride after him.

Cross-examined by Mr Hesketh : Previous to the fire she had been on excellent terms with the prisoner. Eogan built the whare, principally of ti-tree, but had left it and gone somewhere else. Brown accompanied Rogan in pursuit of Alec, whose cattle was ahead of him; she was sure that it was the prisoner she saw by the whare. To a juror: There had been no fire in the whare or thereabouts for some time before.

Henry Brown lived in the locality, and saw the prisoner at the whare, and gave similar evidence.

Madill deposedjiito arresting the prisoner, when he admitted setting fire to the Bcrub. He (constable) subsequently searched him, when he found a tobacco pipe in his possession. He had frequently obaervedhim smoking. He laid the information on his own responsibility. Alexander Andrew, father of the prisoner, remembered the natives coming to him about the fire. He accompanied them to the spot. There were four sticks of ti-tree standing, the highest being 22 inches from the ground- Td Mr Brookfield : His house was not a mile from where the fire took place, which was in a hollow from the westward, but on a rise when looking from the north. There had been two tents on the spot about the beginning of the year ; they had been re moved.

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