SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

_ fIIGB W *TISB—Xlil* afternoon, 310; loffiOllOW IMonUn Xl 340 SffN iEi'-ThlM evonlng, 454. SUN RISS»-tf©<. 6 68 MOOS' 3 A Ji£—New Mof;'n, 24th, 84 a,ta,

ARRIVALS.

B?;?ARTDKES. Barracouta, HMs, Stevens, for Lovuka Luna, Gov^rnmp.nt pa, for the North Minnie Hare, sehoonor, for Russell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Napier - Southern Cross, ss, Tuesday For the South—Australia, bs, 6 hours after arrival For London-Carnatic, ship, early F London—Diipussund, barque, eavly For San Francisco and Oregon—La Kscocesa, ship,

early For Coromandel-Argyle, s *, Mondays and Iridays for Wangarsi—Argyle every Tuesday For Bar of Islands—lona every Monday ForiTanranga—Rowena, s s, every Friday

IMPORTS.

TPer Stranger from Melbourne: 400 kegs powcer, 200 bars iron, 103 bundles wire, 11 parcels bracketß, 40 kegs nails, 8 ingots block tin, T andS Morrin. 60 hf-ohests tea. Barnett and Levy. Per Oceola. from Lyttelton-93 cases wines, H. S. Meyers and Co _ . orA !.„„„ Per Thomas Brown, from Launoeston-250 tons bark, Ireland Bros.

r Tho brigantine Oceola was brought alongside the ■wharf this morning, and will commonce discharging her c*reo to-morrow. She is a smait and serviceable looking craft. A peculiarity in hey build is that she has no stanchions to her bulwarks. Looked at from a distance, she aopeara to sit very deep m the water, but this Is not apparent, as tne line which looks liko her covering-board ia at least two foet below that useful part of the vessnl, whitfi is not perceptible at a distance. The Oceola has> great breadth of beam, namely 2S it. Her miißt and yards arc fine front spars a little heavy for her if anything out, and her spread of can vas is very frroat for her size. Her crew speak of her as betas very staunch in a seaway, and sailing well. Her coat complete is said to have^been a.trifle over £3000. For a vessel heavily rigged, her chain plates must be considered rather short. nr*™.* The brigantine Strangflr comes consigned to Messrs T. and S. Morrin, to whoso order a. lar&o portion of &he cargo ia shipped. , ~ Tho Luna Jeft yesterdiy on her surveying trip to the North She is expected in the Manukau in about a fortnight's time. ...in j™« The britrantino Vibllia has reported at the Customs, and has also entered out for Sydney. The customs authorities are not likely to allow her to proceed to sea in her present condition. , By a cablegram to-day, Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane have been appointed the agents oE the forieantine Vibilia. ~, . . , . The barquentine Emu is advertised to leavo for Levutra and Taviuni to-morrow at noon. Messrs Btone Bros, are the asents, A telegram received by Captain BurgeßS from the Harbourmaster of Russell, states that a barque passed the Bay of Islands, bound South, thiß morn ing.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Russell, this day. Tho Luna arrived here at 9.15 a.m. to day. Tho lona left for Aukland at 12 15 p.m. NitiaoN, this day. ThoTaupo arrived early this morning from tho South.

COMMERCIAL.

CALL AND DIVIDENDS. The following aro tho current calls and dividends payable in tho companies named below :— £ g. d. Date,

Caxl— AJburnia GMC

0 5 0— June 14

AUCKLAND CATTLE MARKET- Ma Alfrid BnaKLA.xD'3 Wkkkly R«*ort.—At Semuera. on Thursday, dairy cattle of medium quality Were more numerous than usual, and at lower values Store cattle in less than average numbers with a fair enquiry ; fat cattle numerous, and of good quality; 180 head penned ; last week's values sustained. Store sheep plentiful and unsaleable; fat sheep in moderate numbers, with an irregular sale, but no improvement in price. Pigs, of good quality, in larger than usual Supply, with a steady demand at improved values. FTices given were: Dairy cows and heifers, £6 to £10 ; wsaned calves. 17s to 37s ; two year-oMs, JE3 to £i -store cows £4 to £5 ; fat cattle 27s to S2a 8d the Moibg;fat sheep ?M to 3i the lb. Averages ob tained were : Mr Alexwdcr, 13 h«ad, £6 13s ; J. B. Brown, 19 hesd. £1 IGs 6d ; -Tno Fisher S8 head, £8 15s •C. Tyldcn, 9 head, 17-: Cd; Roger Kay, 3G head, £9 4s; Ho^e, 11 head, £8; 0. ,T. Storey, H head, £7 29 G.l; W. J Scott, 48 Head, £0 Us M i F Hicks. 100 wethers, IBs 4rl: Df Hale. 40 wethers 18i;J Gane, 6S ewes 16a Cd; 30 lambs, 13i; J. Allen, 300 wethers, 12s Od each.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Mails ■wili Closk as follows :— For Thame3 this day at 530 p m and to-morrow at

ForWhithinfri, Tairua, Taur&nga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, this day at 4pm For Napiar, Giaborne, and Southern provinces, per Australia, four hours after her arrival from Fo^Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawal, Waipu, &o, per Annie Millb.ink, to-morrow at For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Taranaki, to-morrow at 1045 am. For Money Orders, Re gistered Letters and Newspapers at 10 am. Late Letters will be received till 11 a m For Levuka, Fiji, per Emu, on Saturday next at 10

Bor Wangarei Heads, per Ann Wood, to-morrow at 8 (Signed) S. B. BISB. Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

aLEEROI<r—On May 18. Jane, relict of the late Mr. James Gleeson, aend 20 years.

The funeral will leave her late residonc?, Prince of Wales Hotel, HobGon-strcet, to-morrow (.Satur day), at 3 o'clock p.m. Friends please accept this Invitation.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1876.

For tKe cause that lacks assistance, For.the wron; that needs resistance For the future in the distance,'' Ami the good that *c can do.

Our special correspondent in Wellington, who is on the alert to record every breath, that stirs the political weathercock, announces that the current is setting much more strongly in favour of Mr Bunny as the new member of the Cabinet. It is but just to our correspondent, however opposed to the pro" verbial modesty of the Star, to compliment him upon his vigilence,which has enabled us ? in the announcement of Mr Mtzherbert as Speaker, Mr Rolleston as Under-Secretary of Education, and other important political matters, to anticipate bj- several days our contemporaries. But looking at the chronic baldness and slow-coachism in that quarter, perhaps this is not much to congratu late ourselves upon. The defection of Mr Bunny from the Opposition ranks was, of course, understood nome time ago, and might at any time have been expected, but his accession to the Treasury Benches is a sur prise. To men who regard political life as bread and butter, the side in power possesses a fascination that is irresistable.. No blaze of patriotism can e'er illumine the sordid soul; or self-sacrificing zeal blind the eyes to the well-stored hostelries that skirt the the hard road of Jordan. The body that has fattened on Provincialism, may wax fatter upon the more extensive pasturage of Cen. tralism, so that we need hardly wonder if in the course of the whirligig, we find the Opposition whip of to-day a Ministerial hanger-on to-morrow. Thia we were pre. pared for, but Mr Bunny as a member of the Cabinet is a surprise. Not that we imagined for a moment he would refuse to become a member of any Ministry, from the bubble_ producing cabinet of Sir Julius to one having as the central figure in its policy a Bcheme for the disposal of the moon in pasturage leases to liquidate the New Zealand debt, if he could only get a chance of warming a seat in the Treasury ; the wonder is that any Ministry Bhould rule New Zealand in which that chance could arise. Should any skillful biographer or historian under take the delineation of New Zealand's statesmen during this eventful stage in the history of colonisation, Mr Bunny's career would form a curious chapter. He is not without cleverness of a sort. A good speaker; well-versed in political dodgery; and with a more than ample share of the qualities familiarly designated "brass"and " bounce;" he] is a man calculated to do*great exeoution among the][iaw (recruits; (and^perhaps^this

i 8 the Premier's design in selecting him. But withal we are disposed to think that his accession would be more a source of weakness than of strength to the Government. Sir Julius Vogel is too wily not to calculate better, and, although he may now be dang ling the seventh portfolio before Mr Bunny's nose, we shall be greatly mistaken if he does not do the same with a good many more mem« bers before the end of the approaching session. As tho stampede of rats forecasts the sink ing ship, so these continual rumours of acceptance of office and pay by once active members of the Opposition will convey to the minds of a good [many the belief that the Government is secure for this session. And it may be so ; we may dep6nd that the Bunnies of the House have weighed all the chances well. But yet it is impossible to say on which side the majority will pre ponderate in the new combinations of parties that will follow the meeting of the House.

A CORRESPONDENT in to-day's Cross bag got " journalism, " "asphalt, " "Dogberry,' "reputable citizens," "cooking accounts,' "sheer stupidity," and "prostitution" so muddled up in his Httlo noddle that we hardly know what he is trying to unburden himself of ; but we think ho wants to say something about asphalt in Parnell. We thought this topic had suddenly dropped out of mind several days ago, but it appears that this unfortunate man has been struggling in the throes of literary parturition during the interval, and has at last brought forth his little idea. Wo cannot do better than des cribe it in his own elegant and expressive diction:—"The other [that is our humble selves] seeks to override the expressed opinions of nearly all Parnell as to the 1 mistake' in what the majority of the Par nell Board designate ' an improvement,' by what is called asphalting the footpath." Whether this clever " Looker-on from the Other Side" wants to say that " the expres sed opinions of nearly all Parnell as to the 'mistake' in what tho majority of the Parnell Board designate an improvement by what is called asphalting," are so expressed because Parnell thinks the whole instead of half the footpath should be asphalted; or whether "the 'mistake' m what tho majority of the Parnell Board designate an ' improvement' by what is called asphalting" is moant to be fatal to the substitution of asphalte for scoria, we don't know. But if he will write us a letter in plain English and say what he does mean we shall be prepared to talk to him. The asphalting of half a footpath instead of all of it is precisely tho same mistake as people make who take half a loaf when they could get a whole one. What we argue is that asphalt is the right thing, and that in adopting it the Highway Board is taking a stop in the right direction. An authority which may have somo weight with this learned critic of journalism, to wit the Melbourne Arr/ns, thus speaks on the same subject in an issue received by the last Australian mail: —

" A footpath frontage of an ordinary house can be paved upon the new plan for the sum of two pounds. Let ua see at this rate wbat the paving would save. Each house may be supposed to contain five persons and each one of the five, on an average, will certainly wear half a pair of boots annually less by doing away with the gravel and laying the footpaths with the tar material. A half-pair of boots may bo token as worth Bs, and five half-pairs £2. Therefore, the extra boot leather ground away during one year on our present gravelled and unmade footpaths would lay them all with tar pavement."

The views expressed in our article of Wed nesday last, relative to tho perfect legality of the claims to vote presented in the form of alphabetical lists of ratepayers have proved perfectly correct. Mr Swanson, member for Newton, determined to test the question in the interests of his constituents, and Mr Devore, who appeared before the Revision Court to-day and argued the case, succeeded in establishing the right of all the ratepayers returned by the Chairman of the. Newton Board to a place on the new rolls. Un fortunately for City East and City West, our timely warning was disregarded, and the whole of the names on the ratepayers lists, being objected to without anyone ap pearing in support of the claims, were struck off. The objections to the ratepayers of other districts will be dealt with in accor dance with to-day's decision, and those rate payers who are not upon the roll will be accepted as qualified. For this the electors will have to thank Mr Swanson. Mr Devore'a argument in favour of the validity of the lists was clear and decisive. It will be found reported in another column.

The Cross seems to have selected as its speciaj mission on this sublunary sphere the vilifica tion of our public schools. We shewed in a recent issue that its highly sensational report upon the crowded state of these schools was based on a fallacy. But instead of acknow ledging the palpable mistake and doing what it could to remove the injury which may have been done through the promulgation of a gross slander, it reproduces to-day from the Coromandel Mail with evident approval, an article in which our schools are spoken of in language of the most exaggerated kind. The opinion of the Mail may be taken as expressive of the impression which would be formed from a perusal of the Cross report, anywhere outside of Auckland, respecting the state of education in the city. The Mail sayß :—

"The report, as it appears in successive issues, gives sufficient evidence that the com missioner has done his work thoroughly and with his eyes wide open, although we trust with closed nostrils. Temperately and dispassionately written aa is the report, the mere perusal of it creates a feeling at once of pain and indignation to think that the youth of both sexes of our province which in a few years to come will form a large portion of the back-bone of the popula tion of the colony, are horded together as close as sheep in a fold intended for slaughter, and this accompanied by foul smells and noxious exhalations from undrained, un -1 covered, |and filthy water olosetd. One can scarcely read portions of these reports the accuracy of which is not disputed, without that sickening feeling which comes over us when we are compelled tn look upon some hideous putrescent animal matter."

We should like to know what the teachers and school committees are doing that these statements have been allowed to go uncon tradicted by them. If what the Cross has said we at all near the truth, both teachers and committee-men in some instances are wholly unfit for the positions they hold.

We understand that the father of the lad Beale who was drowned by falling overboard from the Atalanta schooner, has demanded a public investigation of the circumstances. This appears to us only reasonable. Captains of vessels are but men after all, and woula

naturally be disposed 'to make an accident of the kind appear as much as possible the fault of the unfortunate sufferer, and it is therefore only in accordance with English principles of fairplay that the friends of the deceased or their solicitor should be present at the enquiry to watch the case on their behalf. Some weeks since a schooner left this port, and after getting but a short distance on her journey, had to put back in consequence of an accident to two of her crew. It was then stated that owing to what is called the " topping lift " giving way, the boom had fallen on- to the men and so injured them. In that case the ship chandler who supplied the gear wrote to this paper contradicting the statement made by the captain, and explaining that in con sequence of the vessel being so overloaded, the usual arrangement of the rigging had been interfered with, and that it was owing to this the accident had occurred. As the captain did not reply to the letter, it may be presumed that the ship-chandler's was the correct version of the affair. We in stance this to show that it is highly important on public grounds that every facility should be given for thoroughly in vestigating accidents at sea, and we feel certain that all right-minded captains of vesselo will agree with us that it is to their own interest that such complete investigation should be the rule and not the exception.

In our remarks yesterday upon the pro posed erection of an Athenaeum, and Masonic Hall, we laboured under a misapprehension which may have been conveyed to our read ers. The Bcheme does not in any way emanate from the Masonic brotherhood. It is being promoted quite independently, and will probably be floated as a joint stock company, the Masons merely guaranteeing to become good tenants for the use of the hall aa a lodge-room. It is proposed to pur chase the ground and massive scoria founda tions in Shortland-street, and to erect thereon a handsome edifice that will be an ornament to the city.

The Star Supplement of to-morrow will be of an interesting character ; it will con tain poetry, sweet as cowslips ; funniosities as fresh as the dew of Hermon ; sprigs and sprays of thought more tangible than those of Arcadia ; stories of breathless interest, superior to those of the "Pacha of many tales ;" and tit-bits of fancy, wit, and sober thought, sweet and golden as a Yorkshire pudding at the famous Wakofiold Borne. The number will be full of seasonable delicacies, not forgetting the oyster sauce, and Heliconian wine of lite.

The Lord Chancellor, has brought forward his measure for constituting a tribunal of final appeal for the United Kingdom. The proposal ia that there shall be Lords of Appeal, consisting of Peers who have filled high judicial offices, such as the Chancellor and ex-Chancellors j and of salaried judges sitting in the House in virtue of life-peerages. At first only two salaried Lords will be appointed, but other two will bo added to make up for vacancies in the Judicial^ Com mittee of the Privy Council, which is gradually to be absorbed in the new Court. In all probability the work will ultimately devolve entirely on the Lord Chancellor and the four paid judges. The bill provides for the continuous sitting of the Court during prorogations or dissolutions of Parliament.

A week's work in Birmingham comprises, among its various results, the fabrication of 14 000,000 pens, 0,000 bedsteads, 7,000 guns, 300,000 000 cut nails, 100,000,000 buttons, 1,000 saddles, 5,000,000 copper or bronze coins, 20,000 pairs of spectacles, six tons of paper macho" wares, over £30,000 of jewellery, 4,000 miles of iron and steel wire, ton tons of plus, live tons of hair pins and hooka and eyes', 130,000 gross of wood screws, 500 tons of nuts and screw bolts and spikes, 50 tons wrought-iron hinges, .'WO miles length of wax wax for vestas, 40 of refined metal, 40 tons of German silver, 1,000 dozen of fenders, 3,500 bellows, 800 tons of brass and copper wares.

Extensive dock works have just boon com menced on the banks of the Thames, and will extend a di3tauce of four miles between Blackwall and Barking. These works, which comprise the extension of the Sb. Katharine and Victoria Docks, and the creation of exten sive now shipping accommodation, have been rendered necessary by the increase of the shipping trade of London. The works just commenced will extend over a period of three years, and furnish employment to between 2,000 and 3,000 hands, chiefly excavators or navvies.

The well-known colonial actress, Dolly Green—or, as fihe now calls herself, Dolores Drummond—is playing at the Globe Theatre, London, in a version of 'Bleak House,' en titled 'Jo.' She plays the small part of Hortense, the French waiting-maid, but does it so well that she has made a decided hit. Mr B. L. Farjeon is coming forward as a dramatic author, and promises a series of plays, one of which is to be a dramatic version of ' ("inf.'—Sims Reeves has been ill some time, and it is much feared that from a throat affection England will be de prived for a time, if not for ever, of the ser vices of this great tenor.

At eleven o'clock last night some commo tion was created in the brains of many tvhose craniums were pillowed on their domestic couches, in consequence of tho blowing of a huge fog-horn in the harbour. The imme diate thought with business men, post-office employe's, shipping reporters, et hoc genus omne, was that the mail steamer was entering the port. We heard of one case of a vigilant post-office gentleman, who was just contem plating retiring for the night, rushing off from his lodgings in Parnell and hastening down town only to find that it was a false alarm. We believe that the Barracouta is responsible for the temporary excitement. Since the above was written, we have iearned that our respected chief pilot, Captain Burgess, was among those who were deceived by the noise. On hearing the horn, Captain Burgess hurried down to tho station, turned out his crew, and started round the North Head expecting to meet the steamer. While pulling round, however, the fog horn began again, and as the sound came from the harbour the crew were puzzled as to what direction to pull in. " She must have got in by herself," thought the captain, and told his men to row up tho harbour. It was very dark, and nothing like a mail steamer could be seen ; but to the astonishment of the orew, when the boat had arrived off the Wynyard pier, a rocket was seen to go up from the Barracouta, then a blue light was shewn, and then another rocket. These signals suggested to Captain Burgess that the man-of-war might be responsible for the horn blowing, and on hailing the man on watch it was ascertained that this was the case. It may bo imagined that the Captain's state of mind, on being pulled back to the pilot station, was not so friendly to her Majesty's ships as strict loyalty demands.

The Newmarket Highway Board being desirous of making improvements in different portions of their district, require funds for the purpose. As the majority of ratepayers have paid their rates, it is but fair that the remainder should do the same, and not im pede the works requiring to be done. _ The chairman intimates that defaulters will be prosecuted.

The Army estimates lately introduced into the House of Commons provides an increase of 2d a day to all private soldiers, the money to be regarded as deferred pay, and dis tributed as a bounty of £18 on completion of the six years' service. The Guards will receive beyond this another penny a day of direct pay, and all non-commissioned officers obtain an increase—6d a day for sergeant majors, 2d a day for sergeants, and 4d a day if they remain two years, and Id a day for corporals. The Medical Service is to be better paid, and the Yeomanry turned into Light Cavalry. The Reserve men also obtain £2 a year more.

Great Clothi Few season goods j^ac* Tho Qt7»-~ ««w wow. ... Some of the Polish papers reporb that the Pope has addressed an autograph letter to the Emperor of Bussia, severely reproaching him for the forcible conversion of the Uniate Catholics of Poland, and threatening him with the Divine punishment. " Some New Yorkers talk of doing away with the police force entirely." This is an other Wow at the criminal classes.— Norris town Herald. A revolting case of brutality to a wife, has occurred in Christchurch. The poor woman, writes the Christchurch correspondent of the Otago Times, testified before the Court that her husband had ordered her to clean out the pis stye, and told her to do it at once. She refused, saying that she was no going to do that kind of work, or be his slave any longer, while he ill-treated her as he did. Her brother wat» in the house at the time, and he offered to help her husband to empty a large trough outside, but he refused his assistance, sayine that he would make com plainant do it. Ho then pushed her outside, and kicked her when she was coming m again. He laid hold of her by the throat and tried to choke her, and then pulled off her bonnet and threw it on the fire. He afterwards got the broom handle, and threw her down on the bed, atid beat her severely, saying he would break every bone in her body. After he had pulled her by the hair across the room, he told her to pack up her swag and be off, and he would pack up his, and go off too, on his own hook. He had ill-treated her for years. He had often made her get the horses ready for him to start work, and , had frequently threatened her life. _ Me was sentenced to fourteen days imprison ment, with hard labour, and from the general , asppct of the case, I pity the woman's chance when her husband comes out again. Nothing like the cat-o'-nine tails." Mr Brown, settler of Panmure, met with'a sudden accident yesterday, in the Raranga i hape road. Mr Brown was driving into town in a epring-carfc, when the horse bolted and, i losing control over the animal, Mr Brown leaped out of the cart, and in falling sus tained severe injuries. It was found that he • had suffered a contusion of the skull, and j broke his thigh. The horse continued his course with unabated speed, until it reached j the waterpipes opposite the store of Mr Welshman, where the wheels of the vehicle ' became entangled, and the animal was com i polled to stop. Mr Brown was subsequently taken to tho hospital, where everything was I done to alleviate his sufferings, and put him f in a fair way of recovery. 1 Gymnasts In England and America perform r Incredible feats nowadays. The three bro s thers Wilson were lately exhibiting in Chi . cago their unparalleled demon's leap. One c brother stood on another's shoulders. The o third then took a flying leap on a trapeze - from one side of the theatre to the opposite, s alighting on a ledge, off which he imme ;. diately turned a back somersault, and fell on y his feet upon the shoulders of the topmost of d the two standing on the stage. Only a gym t nast can understand the extraordinary diffi g culty of this. Signor Gonza, of Paris, ad vertises that he will drop any distance from , the roof of a theatre through a trap door in ,'f the floor, and bound, up again to a high tra , peze, by means of his new spripg apparatus, ,' on the same principle as that introduced in ;e London recently by Lulu, the FJying Lady. >f Mr James Hume, a gentleman connected r, with the Waikato branch of the Bank of )f New Zealand, had a narrow escape, this d wofik, from b3in» -gored by a savage bull. is Mr Hume wns on horseback at the time, ami i« the bull ruehed at the horse, and succeeded x in knocking the animal down, and necessarily if its rider. Mr Hume fortunately soon re iO covered the use of his legs, secured the horse, ?. and escaped with a bruise. The infuriated !„ bull went bellowing away in another direc d tion. n Mr Gladstone has published a new work ih entitled " Homeric Synchronism : An In le quiry into the Times and Place of Homer." i- The date of the overthrow of Troy, he fixes 'o as between 128G 8.C., and 1220 8.C., and the af poems were written, he thinks, probably ;s between that period and 1209 B.C. °* Mr Hardy, in the course of a discussion in ~jo the House of Commons on recruiting, told a lV capital story about the utter want of con science most men display in giving charac y ters. A man of notoriously bad character, es residing in a village he knew, wished to c, emigrate. To obtain assistance from the a- Emigration Commissioners one must have a of character, and the man accordingly asked at one from his neighbours. Everybody was id anxious he should go, and everybody there as fore testified to his excellent reputation. No of one was more astonished at this result than

the man himself, and, after looking at his

certificate, with its long list of signatures, " Well," said he, " I had no idea I was so much esteemed in the neighbourhood; I

think I shall stay."

Tho Alexandra correspondent of the Wai kato Times says:—Old Tapihana is very much chagrined at his projected trip to Auckland being stopped by Tawhiao. No doubt he expected to make a profitable trip by the presents he would receive from the Native Minister for saviDg his life, aa he says.

Don Carloa entered France on the morning of the 28th February, and was immediately conveyed by special train to Paris, whence he was despatched to Boulogne, and pro ceeded to England. No convenio was entered into by King Alfonso, and no promises made to the Carlist troops, who submitted in masses, 25,000 Navarrese being said to have yielded in one day. The men seemed stumfied by the King's departure. Don Carlos, it is stated, will henceforward live on the estates left him by his uncle, the Duke of Mondena, but reserves all his " rightß."

Archbishop Manning calls the English Government a sleeping partner in the beer trade. In his opinion, money spent upon drink might as well be thrown into the sea. 11 However," writes a London correspondent, "the Government and Magistracy of the day appear sublimely confident of their own wis dom, and the gin-palaces and public-houses find no difficulty in obtaining licenses, or in getting an additional hour allowed them for remaining open. Brewers and distillers multiply, laugh, and grow rich, and being " jolly good fellows" get returned to Parlia ment, and pass fresh Bills, in the interests, not of patriotism, but of themselves. Thus a national vice must eventually be a national ruin ; however little the speck may appear at first, drink is becoming a cancer unquestionably. Still the evil has not shown lbs fruits in any desperate degree at present, i£ we refrain from counting the wife-kickings and head-breakings of the mining districts and slums of large towns ; and it is to be hoped that some temperate legislation, not too motherly, will check the tendency." The Turkish Government has made another default by failing to pay the interest and

drawings on the loan of 1858, which was

originally £5,000,000, at So, and was specially secured on the Cus toms revenue of Constan tinople. In this case default has not bean

preceded by any pompous announcements, or soothed by any promises. The Pashas have simply failed to remit the money, and the

Turkish treasury is all the more comfortable for not remitting it. The event will perhaps give investors a much-needed lesson as to the folly of trusting a special hypothecation. The bankrupt has absconded, but they think they have a lien on the shoe-buckles which go with him.

A Mexican girl living at Tußceole has three well-developed arms. She can do up her hair without cramming her mouth full of hairpins.

We are informed that Mr Worthington, of the City East School, has received a telegram from Mr W. H. Holmes, the Secretary of «-.he Wellington Teachers Association, to tne effect that a Deputation of Teachers is to wait on the Premier, Sir Julius Vogel, on Monday next, and desiring to know it Jney shall represent the Auckland teachers on that occasion. In order to give the latter an opportunity of expressing an opinion, Mr Worthington has by advertise ment convened a meeting of Teachers for to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock, at Mrs Shayle George's School room in Symonds street. As in all probability, considerable changes in Educational matters are m progress, it is well that our Teachers should have a voice in the matter. Mr Davis, proprietor of the Hobson-street Boxing arena, will give a public entertain ment to-morrow evening (Saturday) in Us rooms according to advertisement in the Stab. Mr Davis is a professor of the manly art of self-defence, which in a certain degree is necessary, and if generally practised would subvert the cowardly use of the knife of which we have had so many sad examples. Englishmen however, never rssort to such a savage mode of self-defence, but simp y rely upon nature's handiwork, the brawny, labour hardened fist. Mr Davis will present a gold medal to-morrow evening to the'most success ful competitor in a boxing match. Mr Davis wili also shew off, in evidence of his fitness for fistic display.

A trial of the new dredge built by Messrs Eraser and Tinne for the Harbour Board will take place at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon m Mechanic's Bay. The engine and all the machinery on board is now finished, and after the trial the dredge Trill be ready for use.

To the Editor : Sir.— The price of _ admis sion of children to afternoon entertainments in this city has invariably been sixpence; which fact Messrs McDonough and Earnshaw of the Royal Marionetteß was probably not aware. Much disappointment was felt in many families on Saturday last, when it became known that the children's price was one shilling. In consequence of this, hund reds of little ones were prevented from seeing the Marionettes.—P.A.P. A.

A young man, named Thomas Prenderville had a narrow escape from perhaps a fatal accident yesterday, while passing over the railway bridge at Mechanics Bay. From some unexplained cause when near the end of the bridge, the young man pitched head foremost down the embankment. A crowd of persons immediately rushed to the spot where the young man was groaning.piteously Some of the spectators carried him to the room of the Swan Hotel, and a medical man was sent for. It was found that he had sus tained a dislocation of the shoulder. He complained however, of Bevere pains inwardly and, fearing that he might have received internal injuries, he was conveyed by Con stable Jackson to the Provincial Hospital, wherehe received immediate attention from Mr Norton, the house-surgeon. It is hoped that the young man will speedily recover. Mr F. J. Bennett, who waa recently burnt

out almost completely, offers his balance of salvage goods from the fire, at what is known as carrying away prices. He means to clear the lot out, before going into new premises. His present place is next to the Albert Hotel, Queen- street.

Mr G W Collier, a gentleman well known in connection with the drama, and who haß materially aided ita existence in Auckland announces his intention of delivering an essay on the evening of the Queen's Birthday on the Life of Actors, and the tragic death of the late Mr G V Brooke, who went down heroically with others in the ill-fated London. The lives of actors would form many lectures and present as much of human suffering as the lives of poets and painters of the past, but of these, we presume, Mr Collier does not propose to deal, as his title is the life, not lives, of actors ; so that it is poseible. Mr Collier, may lift the senti mental curtaiD, and Bhow that close on the beels of comedy are individual scenes of tragic human interest; he may shew that the actor is beset with vicissitudes of an harassing nature, precariousne.BS, pecuniary difficulties, printers' as well as bakers' bills, bursting bubbles, heartaches, brain weariness, and E,ichard-like dreams for the peace that waits on virtue. Whatever view Mr Collier may take of his subject, we feel sure that the words of an actor of so much experience cannot fail of being both amusing and instructive.

Sir, —As you are so generous as to patronise every exercise for the benefit and pleasure of the youth, if you would advocate the intro dnction of the game of handball in lieu of football, I think you would bring about a good exchange. It might not answer the ohemista so well, as they would not have the same demand for the repairing of injured shins as at present, but if any of the enter prising hotel-keepers were to erect a ball alley 1 am of opinion that it would soon pay them for their trouble. There are plenty of old hands in Auckland would like to see the game introduced, and would instruct the youth in the mystery. —Yours, &c, G. James Boswell, the friend and biographer of Dr. Johnson, died in Gres.t Portland street, London, in the 55th year of his age. Boswell's careful biography of the great moralist has been pronounced by Southey, Macaulay, and others as the first and best of biographies, and after the lapse of a century of years, it retains all its lively interest for readers, and for ages to come it will remain a mirror of Johnson and his literary companions. The largest chapel in England in connec tion •with the Primitive Methodist 3 will soon be completed in Hull, Yorkshire, Mr Hodge, a gentleman of large property, has recently given a fourth instalment of £1000 towaida the new chapel, thus making £4000. A football match, Ponsonby v. North Shore, will take place at the North Shore to-morrow afternoon, play to commence at 3 o'clock sharp. The following are the names of the teams : Ponsonby—W. Jones, T. Macky, J. Macky, King, Yates, Fairburn, Kerr.jHerries, H. Dunnett, J. Dunnett, Brave water, O' Sullivan, Keece, Bucholz, and Hanna. North Shore- Rees, Duder, Dacre, E. Burgess, Hales, Nolan, G-. Burgess, Whewell, Wells, Swanson, C. Burgess, Sibbin Copland, Niccol, and Atkin. Ponsonby players will go over by the 2.30 Steamer. A curious accident happened the other day to Mr John Blythe, in the employ of Mr Nicholson, proprietor of a saw-mill in the Kaipara. Mr Blythe was in the act of- cutting firewood near to one of the buildings when his axe struck a stay which supports some heavy spouting, causing the latter to fall upon Mr Blythe's cranium, severely enough to knock him down. His head was cut and bleeding, but nothing fatal resulted, fortu nately for the sake of the young lady who, it is stated, is now on her way from England to share the fortunes of Mr Blythe. Mr H. Alley, of the Upper Thames, has returned from Cambridge where he attended the Native Lands Court. He writes to the Thames Advertiser that great dissatisfaction exists among the natives at the looking up of the Ohinemuri lands, and adds:—"The public will continue to suffer, and the country will continue to remain closed if the people return members who will traffic in lands, and who buy for 3s per acre and sell immediately for 30s per acre. If the policy of the Native Department had been one of settlement, the country from here to the Puna river (Waikato) would have been settled on by thriving settlers and smiling farms. At present it is only a wilderness or depot for thieves and murderers, instead of being the mo3t thriving district of the North Island." We learn that the Rev. Mr Can1, who was married to an Auckland lady at Pitt-street, a few weeks ago, who was appointed to the Wesleyan Church of Balclutha, that his ministrations are acceptable to the Wesleyans : of the district.

REVISION COURT.-THIS DAY.

NEWTON DISTRICT.

Important Argument.

The Court for revising the electoral roll of the Newton District was held in the Supremo Court Building this morning before H. 0 Lawlor, Esq., Bevising Officer. * Mr Devore, instructed by Mr Swanimn. the member for Newton, appeared to sustain the claims to vote of the ratepayers of the Ponsonby District, and submitted that the 11 Registration of Electors Act, 1875," sec. 3 provided that an alphabetical list of all those persons being'males of 21 years and upwards who had paid rates for which they had been assessed in respect of rateable property within an electoral district were entitled to be registered as voters if Btich lißt wsb signed by the Chairman of the District and forwarded to the Registration Officer within the ti me limited by the Act, snd the Be^s. tration Officer, in receipt of such lists, was bound to treat them as claims to vote as effectually as though made in the form pre. scrited by the "Registration of Electors Act 1866," the evident intention of the act being that the mere fact of their being ratepayers who had paid their rates entitled them to be registered, the lists were to be treated as perfect claims to vote without the necessity of furnishing any address, occupation, or description of the property. The Act of

1866 was subject to the Act of 1875; the Registration Officer had read the Act of 1875 as though it was governed by the earlier Act, but the Act o! 1866 did not' in any way control the claims

to vole. The Act of 1875 was consistent with all other Acts on the subject, and, with " The Lodgers' Franchise Act, 1875," passed immediately after it, section 7, of the Act of 1875, added another qualification to the Constitution Act, sec. 7. By the latter clause five qualifications were created, and the two Acts of 1875 added two other qnali« fications, and that now there were under the quoted Acts seven qualifications. [The Revising Officer intimated that the Govern ment had admitted the Act of 1875 was unworkable.] Admitting it was co, it did not deprive ratepayers of the right to be registered as voters, for the Act of 1866 did not in apy way bear on the question until the lists were in, and those lists were in all respects perfect and complete claims to vote. Where the Christian or given names were not furnished, or where the name was already on the roll, the objection held good. The signature of the Chairman to the lists was in the nature of a certificate that the names on the lists were ratepayers of pro per age, who had paid their rates, and it was submitted the objections must be disallowed and the claimants be registered.

Mr Devore was prepared, if the Revising Officer was against him, to supply the omis« sion of the qualification under the powers given in section 24 of the Act of 1866, but would press the contention that the claimants were entitled to be registered without com« plying with the requisites of 1866. After consideration, the objections of the Registration Officer were disallowed, and the claimants registered. . The lißt of objections was then gone through, when the names of those whose claims were not substantiated weie struck out. ' ;

POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

(Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., E.M.)

SCEAP9 EROM THE GUTTER. Matthew Wbitlaw and John Millington were charged with having been found" last night in a drunken condition. Whitlaw was fined 5s and costs,, .''aid Millington, second offence, 10s and coßto. |t LAKCEEY. t , •; Robert Edwards and George Tilsley, two little boys, were charged with stealing a quantity of lead, valued at 4s lsd, the pro perty of George Holdship, on the 15th inst. i Mr Laishley appeared for the boy Tilsley, and asked that the case be dismißfied, 88 the boy's father was a hard-working man. .(The boys were employed by Mr Holdship In picking up pieces of wood, and, seeing some scraps of lead lying about, they appropriated •

Sub-Inspector Pardy said that both boys were neglected by their'^parents— the boy Edwards having no mother. -'■■■ His Worship adjourned the case till to« morrow in order that the lads' fathers might be present

AY EXPENSIVE PIPE. . John Mahon, (on remand) was charged with stealing from the person of H. Grimma son on the 9fch inst. one meerschaum pipe value £1. . ~ Mr Sub-Inspector Pardy asked that the case be remanded till to-morrow, as tne principal witness was absent. . ,, f f Eemanded accordingly.

WIFE BEATING. Frank Diver (on remand) was charged with brutally and violently assaulting m wife, Emily Diver, on the 11th instant, witn. intent to do her grevious bodily harm. _. Dr F. W. B. Dawson described the wounds, which were of a serious character; they could not be caused by a fall. She was not at present in any danger from the iniuries received. . . n i. Sub-Inspector Pardy informed the Bench that the woman had been at Court during the morning, but was too drunk to *PPear [A great hubbub was here caused in tne room by some refractory female, who Knew well how to use her tongue. She was promptly ejected. 1 , i. j His Worship, considering that there had been provocation, inflicted the nominal penalty of 40s and 303 costs, or three weeKß imprisonment with hard labor. A REPENTANT ASSAILiNT. . . ; Darcy Leigh was charged with Ming raw teniug and abusive language towards J. towy with intent to provoke a breach or me Mr' Joy appeared for complainant, and stated that defendant was willing to .W bound over, and pay all oosts a connection with the affair. , a!? Bound over to keep the peaca for » months.

CITY BYE DAWS. _ ... William Smith was charged with ftUJJ to keep a light burning on hia cart on ■«« evening of the 12th instant. , * Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was nnea and costs. ■ j «« two George Chapman was summoned on w charges of a breach of city bye-laws, ana v» cases were withdrawn. ... . Thomas Penzholz was charged ? ltn,.* breach of the city bye-law with d} o™lVl privy attached to a house occupied by.ww Edwardes-street to overflow. Defendant denied the chargo-tne f was emptied last November. George Goldie, Sanitary Inspector, pro, that the box was in an overflowing condiiw ■ He at once sent the contractor to have *" nuisance removed. , «- ft nld Defendant said that the contracfcer w»P not clean his back premises. Mr Paulder was in Court and said «nat, ia had given defendant notice that », ne. " c not pay him, his nightly visits to flisfl" would be discontinued. Pined 10s and costs, £2 10a. , ofltl ted Charlotte Gilmore, who was represent by her son, pleaded guilty to allowing »<> to stray in Stanley-street, and wasfinecuso and costs 193 6d. *VMsto& James Conley was charged with aliow^s a cow to roam at its own sweet will. , Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was nne. 2s 6d and costs. , .v oW fog George Giles was charged with throws . rotten onions in an open allotment. , Mr Brock appeared for defendant,,* said that Mr Giles had not offence till he had received the summon

THE EYEING STAR THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1881.



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