SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

MOON'gi AGE-last quarter, mil, !.G a.m.

ARRIVALS.

uo-afecacl, ss. from TFaitnra, in the Mamilcau

DEPARTURES.

.i louiy iiane, sa, Hnisndnr, for uisuome and .Napier JOD3, ss, Farqnhflr, for tlio North Bbenezer, schooner, for Russell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

hot juonnnn— (:arnahc. shin. Parly ForLevuka-liarrncouta. HIVIS early For London—Dilpnpsund, bnrque, parly For Pan Francisco and Oregsn—La FacoceHa, ship, eirly For Coromanrlel - ArpyTc, sc, T\Tonrlays and Fridays For Wan(jar«i—Artrylo evnry Tuo«day For Ba^ of Islands—Ton.i everpMondav For Tmiranfrn— Rowona, ss>, every Friday For tho Islands—Charybdis. fchoonor, at once

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Fairlie. schooner, from T,vtt.»lton Australia, ss. from Katiflavu (RntrlHi mail), 21st insl Hpro, sb, from Syrinny, 17th instant GlimpßO. harqne. from Nnwr^iitle early Bella Mary, barque, from TtoliaTt Town, eaily Ocpols, brjpnntirjp, from Tytteiton. early Kottna Punlop, barqnp, from Lontton WaTtha. ba'nne. from the Islands, Lady■ Prwijlln barque, from I^castle; sailed 2Dth nit Isehtiß, schooner, from r^ n tor, R a Strßnppr. Briiootier, f- /<m Molbourne Fo^brnnrl P '4rRBV >. from London; allied 24th T^S!"?^ 8 G'oTy. ship from London, early £2 C& f<po, snbooner. from Sydney, parly barqne, f-om Glasgow ; sailed Fob 18 woostinp, phip, from London, early Coronet, Rfthonner, fiom thp. Islands, early nfioniaft Brown, b*rgne. from TnurcPston Athfil brltfuritinD, from Onm'rn, parly ' Kosann9h Rnsft. snlmorer. from T>unn<?in Mfwpyniok, barque, from Adelaide, doubtful Marion, ■choor-er, from T-Tttplton Invorallen, barrnte, from London, sailed 14th March

EXPORTS.

Per Pretty Jane :-3kefrs nnilp, 4S sisli wMghts. 1 «et harrowa. 1 cwo nxe, ] porUbip boilor, 0 tubs 2 cnilfl' rope, 1 cinrtlo Trame. 5 r.nses. 2tsirltr^pslronmongery 1 paclWß Raws, T portable foree.-T. and S. Mprrln. JSSSSuMKff ' pacl^.brickandtilß

The ss Pretty Jan* left ysicrdar evening for Gisborne and Napier with a full curjro and the fol iowJn? pasfentrers :-Mr Ferrusnn, child, and servant, m. Ty' Mrs Knare- M>s T?nllin. ! The. schoonpr Clmrybdiß loaves this Rfternoon for ne Is'aods. Messrs Holland, Chester, and Hey worth/ are naßßnporg. On Friday J as ( t nfi s^ooners A ernes .Tonald anrl M»ry Melville left. Lyt.teiton with 'full nar^oes, the rormer for Gisborne and the Inttnr for Aiickland •

COMMERCIAL.

CALL /.ND DIVTBKNDS. Tbe followinp are the current cnils and dividends payable in the companies named below :— _ £ s. d. Date. Alhurnia GMC ..050— Juno 14

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Matt,h wtjji, Closji ah rcMOifs:— For Thumps tn-rnorrow at. 4SDpra For rorpinandel. fn Friday next, at 2 HO pin For wangare^ Waipn, etc.", per Atpyle, this day at 4 p Tn For Tnraraki and Pou'hovn provinces por Taupo, to-morrow, at 10 45 am. For rrionry orders, registered letters, and news papers, nt 10 nm Latel-ttors will lie rßpnivoi! till 11 am For Tryphpra. Graat Barrier, por Three Brothers, to morrow, at 4 r>m *ft>r Walwera, M»Unrangi, Mitakaaa, and To Arai, per Annip MUllnnk, on Thutsclay noxt, at. 10 am Knspell. per Mann on Thursday next, at 11 am ■cor Taranaki arid Southern provinces, pec Taranaki, on Saturday next, at 1045 am (Stgr.cd) s. B. BIS?, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

COTTETt—On the .Bth May, at Wakeflekl-street. the wife of Jlr. Fdw.ird Cotter of a son.

DEATH,

COTTEP.—On thn 13th instant., at ■WftkcfieM-Strent, John Edward, infant son of Edward and Catherine Cotter.

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

TUESDAY, MA'S 10. 1876.

Fr.r t!w cfi'-sc tlut lacks asslstinc*, Forl'-.c '.n-.-:" t!,-' i-rr.k rc;i,tmr.4, For V.~ fuliire in llie di&tvice, Au*.i the ifood that »! cm dp.

We hwelly suppose that anyone wades through the dreary reports of Maori welcome with v, 7hich our morning contemporaries have been overburdened lately. But if there should be in our midst an innocent admirer of the primitive simplicity of speech so characteristic of published accounts of native salutation?, it may open hin eyes to the deceptivoness of all things human, when he learns that the " "Welcome, oh ! onr father !" " Sou of the white swan, come thou and dwell with ns !" are very often little elabo rations introduced by the interpreter, to relieve the general bnldness ot the Maori form of address. The visit of his Excellency the Governor north, under the wine; of Sir Donald McLean, is the annual native pantomime, arranged for the coming session of Parliament. Last year we had the Native Minister patiently wooing the Maori King beyond the confiscated boundary, and a similar programme was contemplated for the present campaign, but Tawhiao proved coy and distant, and has even peremptorily forbidden the proposed visit of the chief Tapahana to .Auckland, after accepting an invitation from Sir Donald in the name of His Excellency. The Haw fee's Bay and Maketu natives have declared their open hostility, and have gone so far as to elect Sir George Grey their dictator and guide. In these trying circum stances there -was no resort but the faithful Ngapuhi. The Lunawas placed in commission; a special reporter engaged to dress up the native talkee talkee for the newspapers, and prepare an elaborate report for the edification of the Southern members of the General Assembly; and the expedition was fully equipped. We have no particular objection to this harmless folly, except on the ground of its expensiveness ; indeed, as an intrinsic parb of that gigantic humbug which the colonists have quietly submitted to for years, there are many features of the trick—especially its adroitness—that callforth our admiration. How charmingly the speakers with one voice sound the praises of Sir Donald and shout down his enemies ! In the Cross report, which was, we believe, furnished by the Government, we find Hori Kipa reported as saying:—"Welcome Go vernor ! Live for ever. If another governor cornea after you, if you are succeeded by an other Governor Groy, I shall never come out again." Hetereka Kipa seems even, more demonstrative in hig address; and with a greeting that is more poetical than logical, after welcoming the Native Minister as "Hfe or death," he beseeches that great officer of the State to " Come tin to me, because lam an orphan." But, without en tering into the manifold compliments to the Native Minister with which, these speecbea are made to abound, we may select the ut terances of Wi Katene as furnishing the best example of the manipulation, of such meat ings for political purposes. That highly in telligent member of the Government party said : " The question of the extension of the telegraph to this place will be discussed in the present parliament if the Government have sufficient time to attend to business matters, and the Opposition do not waste time in useless disputes among themselves. If the Government be not perplexed by the action of Parliament it ia probable your re quest will be acceded to." Ard so the farce goes on. The gratifying vieit of His Ex cellency to the' Maori subjects of Her Most Gracious Majesty, and their friendly recep tor., [lyiirfrwm a telling paragraph in tho

opening speech, and an elaborate report of the journey embodying the high, encomiums upon the Native Minister will become for ever a New Zealand state paper. Surely all this is cheap at a paltry £1000. The visit to the North, however, is suggestive of one raiher noteworthy comparison. Upon tlic scene of these self-lnudatory koreros, was fought out the first war between Maori and Pakeba in New Zealand. The fate of the few scattered settlers then hunft by a thread, and for their protection and the restoration of ordpr Sir George Grey was chosen Governor. Let us contrast the cordial relations that have existpd tminter mpredly between the settlers and the Maorips in the North since the termination of Helce's war with the hostile attitude of the Wai kato tribes, and we shall be able to realise the merits of a frank reconciliation following an honourable warfare, as compared with the distrust engendered by a complex and costly system of spies ; of bribes ;• of trick> negotiations ; of disgraceful land jobbery ; of armed demonstration, wh'P.h the natives treat with contempt; and of bullying threats, alternated with cringing subserviency.

Oxt; of the best authorities upon tnrf matters in the province has forwarded us a very pood suggestion relative to the trusteeship of the racecourse when acquired for the pur poses of public reereaiion. He propose thai; instead of beinc vested in the City Council the land should bo bold in trust, ex offioio, by the Mayor of Auckland ; the Pre sident of the Agricultural Pocinty : the Pre sident of the Anel'innd OnVkpt Club : thp President of the .Tonlroy PI rib ; and thp rhm'nran of t.hfi Tiiqh'^v dis'riofc in which the land is pihiated. This proposal would HPCnvo the cortPtvrvnHon of nil the interests involved, and, wliilb brincr'no; the trustees ■within public influence, fifforris the best £?nnrantpe that the crrormd would be wisely mn^ngpf]. We believe that some such plan will he adopted. The promoters fro PftrrjPst in their desiro to spcnre this magnificent estate as puhlin propprtv for all time, and we hope thoy will bo successful.

We learn from Tauranea that the policy which hns closed a wid3 area of valuable land against settlement i« giving way heforr strong public romonfstranoo. Mr Olarlro. thr nrlmrnist.rntor'of n.ntive office mandates in tint nffinial-rict^pn spttlrmr'nt. Imq hfen ppirifpfl rwrav tn Wellinstor, fid Mr Brabnn*, thp new TJ M.i '8 in«<triiotfid to inquire into nY h'tlrs tn n^tivo lart'lfl nnd rnVo moasnvs for ♦ho early owning nf +ho?e that nvo avallaMo. Tt, irmy hn inferred that the pntitinn nf +ho JTearuawahta po^-^rrp. who lin^e pnffirfd undor the ?*mn Hinbtinp- irflnonco. will nl«o prevail. Thepoliny of rJn<'Tr'?. mmrmonn*- pblo barriers a^ninsf; tlin'pyfersion of sfttle inent in tneoe districts form?! one of tlico mypterirsTvlifohtrfinficcnrHbe power of hnm^n comnrr'Vipnsion. Wo trust;, however, that the information onnvpyni fo US now if! tfiP rireenrtiov of .i briphtfir future for tho "R.is* Oonpt, nnd n*]ipr (li'ptriota thn*; have been retarded by Native Office misrule.

Titosk who imn"ino tint no injustice can bo done in a British Court will find ft very hard nut to crank in th<3 impripprimfint; nf a poor, hard working man to-dny for fourteen days, because he refused to pay his rnilway: fare twice over Trie ciroiimptfnees sre .very s:nir>le. The man had, to Ihe Jmnwje'pe of option-master, taken a return ticket, but had lost the return half, and the offence consisted in refusing to pny his fa~e over aeoin. Thpre was no dispute regarding the fan.tp, ond the charge, which was a vory trivi.il ore, vm pmplv met, by thn five shillings fin*1 which the JJosulent Mrjjistrate impiped. But, tinder pnmn private arrange ment between the Crown Prosecutor rind tho Government, ttifl unfortunate man wan mulcted in £?, ornm«eVa costs, although ho had pleaded puilty, nn^ being quite unable to T>ay was pent to gaol for .1 fortnight with hnnl labour. A more glaring outrr.ee upon liberty nnd jnntioe was never perpetrated. The oharpr of three pninpsn coßts upon ,1 pimple case which wan met by a five phillinpp fine is monstrous ; and the Mnpiatra^o onsht to have disallowed it. leaving the Govern ment to pay Mr Brookfield any fees tint wpre letritimatelv due for his p^rvicps In mother case, wherp t,he rffpnee consisted in trnvellincr upon a ticket which hnd been pur chased a few d.nya before but not used, in timation bnd bppn given both to the Crown Prosecutor and Magistrate that the defendant would plead puiltv of using tho tickpt in ignornnce of committing any offence, yet he likewise was victimised for the three guinea,? costs, and the ssmn charge wn» extorted in other ineienifiennt oases. In nearly all instances the defendants were labouring men nrd iJI aWo to pfforrl it Another respec^nble man wns senttogaolfora month in default of payinr costs uporrtwo ca°Oß. The whole proceedings constitute n public scandal, and we oannotbelievethnt the Government possess any power eitVrtomakc or enfore such an arrangement. We know nothing whatever of the existing relation? between the office of Crown Prosecutor and the Government. It may bo that the salary attached to the. prst is inadequate, but if so it should be supplemented in a different way from one involving such oppression and extortion as "that which was established in tha Police Court this morn ing.

visit to Wellington.

According to a cablegram received by Messrs Cmickshank and Co., the Hero was to leave Sydney to-night at 5 o'clock. She is therefore due here on Monday morning next.

The s a. Taupo, which should hrwe left for the South ro-day, was detained by stress of weather. She will leave tho Onehunga wharf at two o'clock to-morrow. ■

The High-s.treet nightingales return thanks thusi :-" Sir, —The complimentary remnks signpd ' Listener,' in your impression of the 12th instant, in praise of the vocal powers of the Hioh-street hatters, calls for at least an acknowledgment. It certainly gives us pleasure to think that, in trying to;chee,r the, hours of labour with a glee or song, listeners enjoy it as they pass along. 'Tis certain when so occupied our neighbours are not being belied. Our masters' time's not idly srjent, because on work we're mre intent.— Youra respectfully, Employees H. and F.

Sir,-—Having been a grea* many years a ratepayer of the districts of Parnell, and never behind with my rate, I see my name in the list of objections, which you were pleased to furnish your readers with. Would you be kind enough to famish through the columns of the Star what are the provisions of the Eeeistration Act that I have failed to comply with.—Yonrs, One in the Dark. [Our correspondent's name is only objected to iipon the list of ratepayers, which, as we have repeatedly explained, is deemed infor mal through the qualification not being stated. If his name is already on the roll it will not be struck off.—Ed. U.S.']

The Archbishop of Paris, in a letter to his clergy ordering prayers to he offered in the churches for the new Parliament, says the accomplishment of the programme adopted hy some members of the Legislature—for in stance, the separation of Church and State, and the exclusion of religion frQtn public education, and from other social iqstitutions —would be equivalent to the destruction of TJVnUQe* . .. . ■>

A rumour was current in England when the Brindisi mail left, writes the London cor respondent of the Otago Daily Times, to the effect thatthe rral oanse of the Ministerial proposition that the Queen should assume the title of Empress of India lav nearer home than Hindosfcan. It is alleged that some of the Eoyal family are jealous of the Duchess of Edinburgh being styled "Her Eoyal and Imperial Highness," while they are only Royal Highnesses. What bnsis of truth there may be for this rnmonr our correspon dent is not able to say. but he states that it had received pretty wide popular acceptance, though the newspapers were naturally shy of circulating or commenting upon so delicate a mattor. No one, he adds, believes thatthe Queen's title of Empress will long be con fined to jfndia, as Ministers assert."

Mr John E. White will not be responsible for any debt^contracted in his name.

One of the little disclosures concerning Mr Brough Smyth, elicited at the enquiry, was the production of proof that he had claimed an allowance of £100 a year for some work outside hia ordinary duties, which, byhisov/n admission, was done for him by his down trodden subordinates as voluntary work, and war? not paid for.

To the Editor : Sir.—l see by your par>pr that the Town Clerk has made out a Bill to be presented a* the first meeting of Oners! Assembly. I think the ratepayers should know something about it. lam a constant reader of your papr>r, and I hive never seen any account of its various clauses bping dircnsßcd in Ihe City Council. I have been making enquiries at. some of the ratepayers, nnd they seem to be quite ignorant about the matter. I hope that the Council will let the nnbh'c know all the particulars of the new Bill through your large circulated paper, If this new Bill is going to be an improve ment for the cit.y in general, the ratepayers no doubt would assist the bill in parsing with n petition,—Signed, Reader of the "Evkkino Star."

We notice from the advertisement in another column that an entertainment is to he given in aid of tho funds of the West End Cricket CJub, and from a sketch of the pro grammo which has been handed to us we believe ifc will be highly successful. The members of the West End deserve tbe thanks of tho public generally, and especially of tbe young men residing on their side of the city, for having secured at great trouble and ex pense a recreation ground, the want of which has been so much felt in that flourishing dis trict. A considerable amount has been already expended in levelling and fencing, but in order that, the ground may be rendered fit for matches ftp.., more funds are necessary, It is for this laudable object then, that this entertainment is to be eiven, nnd we feel certain that those who r/ive it thpir support, w'H he> highly gratified at the manner in which it will he carried out.

The latest nov^Hy in pines is nir-onncpd by a Napier tobacconist thus : - " Ju«t re ceived, from Vienna,- mep>-Rohaum pip^s, carved from Sir Donald M'Lean's photo graph." The pdvantagps of this hapny idea are so manifesb that wo should not bo snr nrispd f.n Ip^rn that the Government had plnccd £ ;*>oo on the p°timatps for the purpose of funplying the whole Maori race with thpse peculiarly appropriate emblems of tbe policy nf ppnep, It is muol) morn renKonahlo than half thn things the native office dons, to bfiliove that if the roi^ellious fcrihPß can be induced to draw perpetual oonsolntion from tho head of Sir Donald the pacification of the native people is accowpliahcd.

"Inquirer" writes : — " Rir, — Can you inform mo if the money that was votpd to the Lie pump on the Thames is the same ap is bring !>p*nt now' in prospecting townrds the old Shotnver nnd towards the Bripbt Smile, or if tho comrmnieß ore paving the exnonflps of the driving • for I am led to understand that monpy voted by the Government for no other purpose but to sink the "Pumping Association shaft " The work is Vipim? f?one out of the Government Grant,, his Honor the Superintendent, having consented to this in deference to tho wishes of the Thameß people.

G! The loan charges on tho present debt of Dunclin Corporation amount to no lens than £11,000 a year, and he necessitated this year notwithstanding the Government grinifc. an extra rate of threepence. The city has hitherto been governed by a number of pro vincial enactments, bnt it is intended to introduce a bill next season for the re-incor poration of tho city. This Bill empowers the City Council to borrow £200 000 on debentures, nt six per cent , in addition to the loans already authorised. This newlor.n is to be spent upon drninago works, nnd is to be stvl'id, "The City of Dunedin Sewer ago and Drainage Lonn"—a fragrant appella tion, which ought to attract investors. Should it be granted by the Assembly, the City Council will hold borrowing powers to the extent of £800,000.

What ailed her.—" Madame." said a quack to an old lady who insisted on knowing what; ailed her, " the nerveß of your tympanum have fallen on tho cerebellum, causing a tizarizen, snd it is what we call a scrutinary complaint." "Goodness me," she exclaimed, " you're ..the firHt doctor that ever told me exactly what was tho matter ! "

Mr Passmore informed a deputation lately thsit the tramway lino (now a railway), between Foxton "and Palmerston has been running at considerable loss, despite the high charges mr.de for carriage.

It is rumoured in London that a gentle man has recently appeared on the st3ge under an assumed name, who was until recently in minor ordora in tho Church, of England, and licensed ho a well-known Lon don Ritualist church.

A wag who recalls Mr Fitzherbert's celeb rated speeches of thirteen and nine hours respectively, says that he considers the Hon. gentleman has earned the title of Speaker better than any other man in the House of Representatives. .'

A man named John Norton, who lives in Lytteltonj the other evening went home to supper.' The supper consisted of tripe. In swallowing the first mouthful he laughed at something paid. The",muscular effort of laughing was fatal. The tripe stuck in bis throat, ho was. gradually suffocated, and in half-an-hour was a dead man , An open meeting of the Pioneer, Juvenile Temple, 1.0.G.T , will be held this evening in.the lodge-room of the Young Mens' Christ ian Association, Wellesley-street, commenc ingat a quarter-past seven ojclock. The en tertainment will be of an interesting charac tei 1, comprising recitations,-singing, etc., and when it is considered that np charge is made for admission there should certainly be a largo attendance. Mr Hislop, secretary of the Otago Board of Education, has. been on a twelve weeks

It is understood that

j he was summoned there 'by the General Go t vernment for the purpose of obtaining bis assistance , and experience. in framing an Educational Bill for submission to the Gene ral Assembly during its next session.

Mr J., T. Thomson, of Otago, 'who was recently appointed Surveyor-General of tho colony, is organising his department. M. C. W. Adams has qualified himself by examina tion jn the astronomical branch of the ser vice, and has been recommended for appoint ment to select the meridional circuits in the Middle Island for the initiation of actual survey mathpm,atic?lly reduced upon the meridian and perpendicular. One of the most intelligent officers of the North Island has been asked to come to Dunedin to ohserve the true meridian, for the purpose of introducing the astronomical and mathe matical . system of survey into the 'North Island, in those places where it has not yet been commenced. Other appointments have

ECHOES FROM OLYMPIA; OR, JOTTINGS OF THE GREENSWARD AND THE TRACK.

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Siint qims curr'culo palverem Olympicum Colkgisse jurat.

—Horace.

EAOING NOTES.

Twotoh we shall have no very large fields on tbe 24th, we are sure to hnve aorae excellent sport. The genpral entnps nnd acceptances ire now to band, and, with the exception of the Lager, which appears in public form a foregone conclusion of Ariel, every race is nearly certain to he well contested. The Champagne Stakes for two-year olds, which last year gave us finch a magnificent finish between .Ariel and Isaac Walton, has this year four acceptances. .According to all ac counts none of the youngsters are very for ward in condition, and Aerolite is the only one of them who hns already appeared in public. Next week T hone to be able to give my readers some definite information in regard to their respective chances. The Selling Rsofl has five horses entor«d, all of which are likely to start. They inelndn two Eclipse's, and T expect the race will lie between them. An extra race is to be run by the members of the Nixon Light Horse for a cup presented by Captain Isaacs. The Hurdle Race has six who have paid the ac cpptnnee money. The handicapper has given G-ladgtono tnpweie-ht with only list, while one of Mr MiGpp's novieps, May Moon, gets the "feather," with ftet ] llr,«; po that there is no preat ranrre of weights Mystery, 1 Ost 41bs, ia the reigning favourite, and she is such a "ure jumper that rhe is bound to do well. "For my own part I think GWlstone ought to heat her at pue.b a slipht difference as lOlbs, while it is quit" possible Mnv Moon may turn out another Perfume. '"The best handi cap ever made in Auckland," is the character very generally given t«the Birthday Handi cap, the acceptances for which number eioht out of the ten entered. Mr Handley has good cause to be proud of his handiwork, when even Mr Owen MeGee owns himself perfectly satisfied, and though Mr "Edgar says the Don ought to have a few pounds lesa, f have cood reason for believing that if the old horse happens to win, his owner will nockft considerably more than the mere stakes. Over and pbove the satisfactory bandicapiig the public have another reason for anticipating a splendid race in the fact that no two of the hordes belong to the name owner. In is very rilincr when you fanov "the chestnut" and hr-ve backed him perhaps, for the owner at the last moment to declare to win with " the bay." Such how ever cannot be the fate of any investor on "theßirthday." At present there is every prospect of all the candidates appearing at the post, and each, one running on his own merits A few of the very extra clever think there are only two in it, Ariel and Folly ; and I have heard that one gentleman has crone po fa? «« to lay 3 to 1 on these two against the nVld Directly I heard of this I went' in search of the layer, and was disappointed nt hearing that he had "cone out." I was not sur prised to find Ngaro's name miosinor from the "contents," for T had heard that her off fore-leg wan still rlieky, and her trainer wa« unable to five her any strong work. Ariel, I am told, has gone thin on his long tra'ninp. nnd looks tucked nn ahont the ribs. If this is so it would apnear to indicate staleness : bnt he is in good hands, and I have little doubt "the best three-vear-o'd in -Few Zealand," as Mr Bnckinnd's colt may |with Rome truth be esteemed, will bo Rent to the post fit and well on the 24Hi. Can Perfume stay ? is still the puzzle of the handicap) and will he, I expect, till the horses are turning into thn straight. Bedouin has done 'well nndcr Thorpe's care "Since the JVster race Tfc is not at all unlikely that he will run n 71bs better horse than he won on that dny, and if he does he will about win with such a handy weight as 7st 31bs against three-year-olds with nearly Ost. Folly arrived last week with b pr stable companion, (^'insboroiiph. a four-year-old gelding engaged in ihe ISeIU ins; Eace. They aro both reported doing well. The mare, as I have already infrimarfd, ps ft great favorite for the big event, but I am not nmonp her admirers. Nearly every animal has received support of Rome kind, and the batting is sure to be of a profitable nature to the bookmakers. To some of these gentle men I would respectfully submit that it is not liberal to offer level money against each of the favorites, and 2 to 1 against, any other While Buch inadequate odds are offered, it is moderately certain that the general public will prefer sweepstakes to making a wager. If anything like fair prices can be procured T should prefer taking the odds against Bedouin or Perfume to backing either of the favour ites.

Hotspur,

SPIRITUALISM.

(To the Editor of the Evening Stab.)

Str,— The subject of modern Spiritualism has been creating a sensation in Auckland, and would nppear to be captivating the spirits of some of our citizens. The subject has cer tainly exercised a wonderful influence on the millions of the JTnited States, and has won believing disciples in many of the larger towns in England, while, the older belief in ghosts has passed away. Some twelve month ago, the Eov Samuel Edger pave a fair and honest exposition of Spiritualism in an ad mirable lecture in Lorne-sti'set Hall. The irrepressible phrenologist, Pr Carr, also figured in the City Hall as a teacher of the new creed, and Rev Dr Wallis recently dis coursed upon the subject in accordance with his views. Jn consequence of floating opinions and influences, a number of " mystic circles" of apparently intelligent persons have been formed in the likeliest houses to attract the unseen messengers from the ethereal spheres, and have listened with exemplary patience for manifestations and spirifc-voioes, hut with little or no success. One evening it would appear, a rattling was heard in the room, and a brilliant light crossed the curtain ; but,the light wns of the lighten ing, and the noise was that of a hungry rat. On Monday last, Mr William Cooper, a young man of some literary ability, in connection with the Pitt-street class of essayists and thinkers, delivered an elaborate paper on the comparatively new subject, and a number of fair speeches followed. The subject seemed to exert a marked influence on the audience, and much interest thereon was excited, so much indeed, that the debate was adjourned until last evening, when "everal of the older and more experiencfid Mantis entered vigor ously the arena of debate. A lectnre, which it is anticipated will occupy three evenings, will also be commenced during the present week by a well-known Spiritist, in the " ."Rx celsior Hall," Newton, and his discourse, mnst likely, wiil create some discussion. A belief in, spiritual agency, apart from the teachings of theology, has influenced the mind of matjgM| the most eminent rjersous of past and ]?M|f acres, and whoever observes closely the sl||f;&of the times, will be prepared for any change, or subject of controversy. We are emereing from a rationalistic age, and the scepticism stealthily promulgated by Gibbon, and openly avowed by Voltaire, is gradually yielding to a more humble spirit of enquiry, and a large class of thinkers are beginning to believe that much which they bad been taught to reject as fable, has been has partly-understood truth. There is moreover a tendency to deny impossibilities, without taking the ti'ouble to calmly inves tigate things, which is equally as bad as that blind credneity, which, accepts every thing that is taught without the test of the understanding. It is not wise there fore, to reject hastily, theories or apparent facts, which may appear opposed to our MigUmg opln.ion.B) m mortifying to our

cherished pride, and especially m relation to the question discussed by the philosophers of Pitt-street. It must be remembered that Socrates, Plato, Pliny, and others of the past, and Moore, Addision, Johnson, anrt Isaac Taylor, of a more recent date, held, and many of' the intellectual men of the present hold, more or less, to Spiritualistic ideas. "What good is spiritualism calculated to do ?" I asked of one of its prominent votaries ; he replied "that it was a material evidence from the spint-land of the truth of 'immortality." Whether it be so or not, it has been the means of introduc ing many persons into the realm of religious thought, (like the late Ttobert Owen who had previously stood outside the pale of Christi anity) and were avowed sceptics on all matters beyond the secular concerns of material life. Spiritualism may therefore, in an indirect manner, be productive of good. Mr Cooper, in his extended paper, omitted to mention the name of Martin Farquhar Tuoper.in his list of converts to spiritualism, and in Tupper's "Probabilities, or aids to Faith " are statements as strange as those related by Mrs Crowe in her " Night side of Nature," but of a very different character. I believe that Tapper's notion as to the spiritual mission of the moon, is unequalled by any previously conceived opinion by any other philosopher, even by Mr McMaster s friend, Daniel O'Rorke, who according to Daniel's veritable history, visited the solitary tenant of the moon and was unceremoniously kicked down. J.JS.

FILLETED FLOUNDERS.

Piscatores desimunt in pieces,

Throe fisher* came hither our monov to waste, With orders to shout for all who would taste, Thoy cautiously mnrmnr'd in ne rents sweet What will you take ? we are willinpr to treat ! Comn drink of onr tap, ynn'll find «s then Not fishers of figures but fishers of men. The hod: they have taken—tt stick* to theHrgulUts— A thini? to be sure, very rare in three mulMsJ Thpy have gone with aflat-fishy look on their faces. Ow'nifimbers won't barter their soles for plmees ! They snp.er »t the bait, for shrewdly they ken ; Those fishers of figures, were fishers of men. Concise 's their tale to the needy-man trwppev : That ciAKTi-nsn nt Auckland can bite like a schnamwr ! The Premier whiso^s with ominous nod, " Our fithing line certainly ends in a rod!' We must try somoihinjr else, for too well they ken, YoUa FISHINO FOR riGUKES, WAS PrSHIKO FOR MEtf.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

[Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.]

DRUNKARDS.

Chas. Harrison, Francis Conway, Jno. Toiler, and another were fined for being drunk. , , , , . Sarah Ann Conley (with a baby) pleaded not puilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly. , A sergeant of the Constabulary stated that prisoner came into the watch house last night, and wanted to know who was inside. Pho misbehaved herself very much, and later on returned very drunk; so to give her a practical answer, ho locked her up, Fined 5d and costs. PUGILTSTIC. C. Gil!ard and Geo. Richardson, two rough looking fellows, were charged with fighting on the footpath opnosite theWaverly Hotel. Bath prisoners pleaded guilty. Fined 40s or 48 hours imprisonment. DITTO.

Joieph Robinson and Francis Conway, two costermongers, were charged with similarly riotous conduct in Shortland-street. They pleaded guilty, andreceived the same punishment as the other pair.

DRIVERS, BEWARE ! Jno. Nubie was charged with driving a cart; nfter sunset in the city without a light. Defendant said his employer had not given him a'lamp. His Worship said this was no excuse— the by-law laid the responsibility on the driver. Sub-Tnspector Pardv "aid this was^ the first Case since the by-law had been revived. Tfc had been found np'cwsnry to enforce it, as the traffic had greatly increased. Fined 2s 6d and cost1?. DOGS AND COLLARS. Jacob Prime, who wrote explaining the circumstance, was fined Is ?nd costs for having a collarless do?. THE CHIMNEY. Henry Clist was charged with allowing the chimney of his house, in Karangahape Road, to oarch firo. Defendant said he was only three weeks in the place, and the agent told him the chim nies were in pood order. His "Worship expressed his snrprise that defendant should believe all that a house agent told him. REPREHENSIBLE. Jno. Smith, for driving; a cart without reins, to the danger of her Majesty's leiges, was fined 5s and costs, his Worship adding that he. should come down heavier on the next offender. DEFRAUDING- THE RAILWAY. Henry Maherty, a respectable looking vonng countryman, pleaded guilty to unlaw fully making use of a railway ticket, the date of issue of which had passed, while travelling on the Auckland and Mercer line. Mr Brookfield appeared for the railway authorities. Defendand said he did not know he was doing wrong ; he had not used the ticket before. His Worship inflicted a fine of 20s and costs £3 9s 6rl. ! CHEAP TRAVELLING. i Lawrence Carrie was charging with refus ing to produce his ticket when asked to, while travelling on the Auckland and One hunga railway.

Mr Brookfield again represented the rail way.

Defendant pleaded guilty, but said he was asleep. Mr Brookfisld said the defendant was a passenger by the 4,45 train to Onehunga, and on the arrival of the train at that place re fused to give up hia ticket. When he was told that he must give it up he first said that he had no ticket, and then said he had no money. He after wards pulled out a half-penny and a button, and told tbe collector he might take it out of that.

The same defendant was also charged with that having taken a ticket to Ellerslie he did travel with the same to Onehunga without firsh paying the excess of fare. Defendant pleaded guilty to this also, and ■was fined 20s and costs in each case, amount ing altogether to £8 19a.

Defendant: What ! £8 19s !Oh my eye !

Currie, who said he had no money, was sent round to his employers to see whether they would pay the fine for him, but he returned saving they would not help him.

His Worship then made out an order for defendant's committal to prison for 14 days on each charge. . ONCE TOO OFTKX. A charge against Richard Lane of travelling without having paid his fare was investigated in the .absence of defendant who did not appear. The facts were proved on the testi mony of Mr Glyn and defendant wag sentenced to pay a fine of 20.3 together with £3 123 coats. It was stated that defendant had played the same g*me several times before but had been let off. A STUBBORN FELLOW. Henry Harb pleaded not guilty to a charge that being a traveller on the Auckland aad Mercer railway on the Bth May, he refused to give up his ticket when requested to do so by the.ticket collector. ' • William Henry Shaw, deposed he was a ticket collector on the Auckland and Mercer Railway. On May She was on duty' ou the 4.15 train from Auckland to Papakura. The defendant was a traveller by that train. Previous to arriving at Papaknra, he de manded his ticket, on which defendant said he had, Hqs6 it* Tho seconcUclasei jE ftrf?

3a ea. On being asked to pay the Fate to fendant refused, Baying he had paid J c ' and should not pay again. oce < Defendant, in explanation, saidhf>h»,?i , the return half of his ticket in Auckland! S? Shaw knew he had a ticket in the morni because he had given it up to him ■>„;?• had given him the half back. ' Dd he Mr Shaw said he recollected this ciren* stance, but he conld not allow such an cuse for defendant not showing hia tickef 61" The defendant said he understood Mr Sh to demand the whole of the return far o His Worship said this must have be misapprehension. He was very foolish notY have paid the fare when it was demanded He must now inflict a fine of Sg, au^ 0 J ' him to pay the fare 3s 6d, together vtli^el 12s costs. w

Defendant said he had no money and property.

His Worship said he was unwilling to g 6n j defendant to prison for an offence arising more from ignorance than intention. He could tnke time to pay the money. The defendant said he was out of employ and had no prospect of paying the money He was willing; to go to prison.

His Worship committed the defendant to prison with 14 days' hard labour.

A. Painful Case.—Cliajge-of Ea« "besalemont. ■■%

Wiliiam Fradeley, .station-master of the Auckland and Waikato railway, at Pul e , kohe, appeared to answer three charges of embezzling monies committed to him on be half of Her Majesty the Queen on the 17th day of April last. Mrßronkfield briefly stated the,,caHe and called the following witnesses.

Frederick Nortbrope, trnffio clerk on the railway, deposed that it was the duty of the station-mnsters to sond to him day by day returns of what tickets they had sold and money they had received, and to remit the cash they had received. On the 17th April no returns were sent in ' from Pukekohe, where prisoner was station-master.' Since that date no returns for that day ,had been received by him. ; \

The prisoner, who was undefended, said he had no questions to ask. Terence Kavanagh said be was a settler, residing at Patamahbe. On 17th April he travelled from Puke, kobe to Onehunga on the railway. He took a ticket from the station master. He could not say who it was from whom here, ceived it, as he paid the money and took tbe ticket through a pigeon-hole. He paid 4s 9d for it.

Dnniel Eonghtley, a farmer, recollected last Easter Monday. He and hishrotherand two sisters travelled on that day in the rail way from Pukekohe to Mercer He paid 10a for four tickets before they Htarted* ,

John Morton Fealey, foods clerk on the Auckland and Mercer Railway, deposed that on Easter Monday hefientup a-parcelof harrows to Pukekohe. The freight was to be paid fo the Nation-master at that place.

John Reynolds a farmer said the harrows were received by him, and lie paid the-freight 3s. to Mr Frarfgley. He recollected that it was on Easter Monday

This closed the case for the prosecution. On being asked if he had anything to say, the prisoner replied,

" I plead guilty to that charge, sir." ANOTHER CHARGE.

William Tradgley was farther charged with having received certain tickets on behalf of her Majesty the Queen and embezzle! the same.

Mr Brookfield said he thought after the evidence was given it would turn: put that the charge was really one ef larceny. After commenting on the case Mr Brookfield/called.

Frederick "Nbrtbrone who gavo tnu^li the same preliminary evidence aa to his. men and Tvrisnners' duties as in the former case. He knew thoprisoner's hand-writing. Thefpaner produced was prisoner's receint for 250 second-class return tickets from Pnkekoheto Auckland. They were numbered-from 500 to 740 inclusive. The receipt was dated the 29th March. The value of each ticket was Bs. The 15th day of April was'the last day on which he received any return rof tickets sold. He had received no return 'for' Easter Monday. The last ticket accounted jforin the return was 503. tot

James W. Oldham, a clerk employed on the line, recollected being sent on Easter Tuesday to take charge of the Pukekohe station. He went up in the evening.; Did not make any examination of tickets;that niaht, but did the following mornine in company with Mr TBluek. The number 504 ought to have been the first number, whereas 538 ™ n * the first they could find. From 504 to 537 both inclusive were missing. Several other tickets wee also missing. It was the duty of a station olerk to issuo the tickets conspcntiVely. -Had seen the prisoner in Auckland that day, and he started to go to Pukekohe with witness. Believed he got out at Papetoetoe. Whim, wit ness arrivpd at Pukekohe the door of the booking office was locked and he had to enter through the window, which had been left open. Thegtickets were not locked up or protected in any way. Alfred Blnck, the clerk referred to by Mr Oldbam, : corroborated that gentleman 8 evidencp.

Detective Martin Grace rfepoped to arrest ing the prisoner on Tuesday, last atfNeff' market;. The warrant bad been issued on the 22nd April, and he had been on tbe look but for ]i?roflsey in the interval.^ On the occasion of the arrest, witness saw; pri soner coming towards him. On perceiving witness h« turned back; on which be hailed him, and Fradgley came to him. Whentbe charge was mentioned he said "all right, I know all about it." He said he^ had|een told there was a warrant out for his'arrest a fortnight before! Prisoner said he had^-sold the tickets and had the "money but got drunk and lost it. He Paid he had not the. courage to report tbe lors of it, to the r matfager; Then he got drunk again and his books got into a muddle and be could not make; 5 them up. He told him that since his suspension he had chiefly slept at the Remufira railway station, after the last train had passed. ~ Tbe prisoner, who declined to qneshon'.any of the witnesses, and said he had nsh«H to urge in bis defence, was fully committed for trial on both charges. ' • '-

This was all the business

DISTRICT COURT.—This Day.

[Before FranoU D Fenton, Esq., Disfcfc* Judge,] :•■ .'". •/ : ! V':'fj

EYRE V. GLEESOW. :,.••'?![ This wag an action brought by the • plain tiff, William Eyre, of Inniskillen House. Victoria-street, against Patrick Gleeson, ot tho Aurora Hotel, in the same street, to re cover damages for alleged injuries done to plaintiff's foundations Ky certain excavations which the defendant had .been makings" his premises. • jier« Mr Rees appeared for the plaintiff, and.Mr- Heskefch for the defendant, : i;r ;!' t ; * ~ The case involved the examination, ot several witnesses, and was not over,wheUff 6 went to press. ■ ', . .* / • / ''"""^ ■ TSMTCA.II WA L MERGING; AT1 BOMB W_ A, public meeting of . Education ratocayers . held in the PrejbytorUn Church. Bomb>7 »" metit, on th« evening of the 10th of May. to_-"rJ lon roply from the Board of Klunation to a "JP1"^ sent to wait upon them, to nscerUfn on.wnat gnu^ the local committee had beon stiperceded ny *» I 6 of Commissioners apnointed in their R * settlers appears that' a Committee was elected by \ne< « in Jsnuiry last, some of the memoirs "vi, 011 |rti were not the men apreeaWe to tho toaoher. »'» put in by a large majority over tK.c^ her) brought forward for election,- and he ( t. l1?--^i will immediately commsDced a system of mwiup ~{ in the* district, largely aid<>d by "one o\^jiV anpoiatod ciudWatos for officn. - : »nd oi ,•■ y jinmber of fihar eu s ft p«inst the Central BoaTd. of Kducation, the «3nit oi wiuo , »n enquiry by Mr O'Siillivan.the Inspector or s << .-^ held in the Bombay Sohool-ro-m, o,™ r e; n " rt o* Board of Education. As the Tnspectpr.« repw jJJ the charges has already appeared' brf°W v^tf

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