SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATKi;—Xhio afternoon,2 I; to-monot? morning, 2 36

BUN fXT—rhb oTfmlw, 454. BUN RlS**—To morrow n-.ornlnp, 6 68 MOON'S AGE—New Moon, 24th, 34 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Thomas Thrown, torque. 2SO tons, Murdoch, from

L-utrceston "GUitnpse, barque, from Nowrnstlo brigantme, from T ytlelton Stranger, bri?nntine, from Melbourne Bowena, ss, Sellers, from Tatiranga Sjren, brig, Saicty, from Aucland (in the Manubau)

DEPARTURES.

Taupo, ss, Wowp, for the South

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Napier - Southorn Cross, ss, Tuesday For the South-Australia, ss, C hours after arrival KorLonrion— Carnatic, ship, early ForLovnka-P.wrncouta, HIS, to-morrow, ISth F Loiidon—Dilpussand, barque, early

IMPORTS.

Per Thomas Brown from Lannceston—3os tons bark. 3000 palings—Cruirlcshanli and Co, agents Per Glimpse from Newcastle—6oo tons co,al—Hen derson and Macfarlane

Preliminary enquiries lir.vu tafton place before the Collector of Customs into tbo fire on board the Durham, and the drowning of young Beale by falling overboard from the Atnlanta. The deposi tions have beeu forwarded to Wellington. The TTnion Steamship Co's fine steamer Taupo left Onehunßa for the South yoste.rday afternoon, taking with lwr the following pa ssen«ers :—Mr and Mrs Maekay atid family, Misa Mnoro, J\l'p Kettle, Miss NewboM, Mrs .Tones, Mrs Butler ar d 4 children Miss MeMahon, Mr and -Mrs Grace, Mrs Thompson Captain and Mrs Sinclair and family, Messrs Russell, Tetley, Marks, Shera. Owen, Pass more Houehton, Stevens, Dutliio. Saltcr, StocU, Sewell, G nnrt T Pullman, and 13 steerage. pTho birque Thomas Brown from Launceston, arrived this afternoon, after a passage of 15 days. Captain Muidoch r ports leaving on tho 2nd inst, and having a very rough passage with strong N and NE pales till makinp; the K'ngs on tho If.thmst, after which westerly Rales with thick weather were experienced. Since the vessel left, nearly a svufc of canvas have been blown away. Tho Thoma3 Brown brinps a cargo of bark, and is consigned to Ms3sra Crulckshank and Co. The barque Glimpse has made another good ran of II days from Newcastle. She came np harbour this afternoon. Newcastle w«s left on the Cth. THe brlgahtine Stranger arrived this afternoon from Melbourne with a goneral cargo, including some powder, which necessitated her anchoring iv the powder ground. The biicantinfi Oceola arrived last night from Nova Scptia, via Lyttelton. She is owned by Captain D H McTCniiZle, of this port, and Oaptsia Mather, ■who c mes in command. On entering the harbonr last night, the vessel tonched on tho Sandsplt at tho North Shore, but floated off again this morning with out injury, Sbo has Srnthcrn produce on board.

COMMERCIAL.

CALL AND DIVIDENDS. Ths following are the current alls and dividends payable in tho companies named below :— £ S. d. Date.

Call— AlburnJa GMC ..050

— June 14

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Matls will Close as follows :— For Thames to-morrow at 530 pm For Coromandel to-morrow, at 2 30 pm For Whitianpi, Taitua, Tanrwiga, and Opotiki, per Eowena, to-morrow at 4 pm For Napier, Gisborne, and Southern provinces,.per Australia, four hours after her arrival from Kfindavu _, . For Waiwera, Mahurangi, Matakans, Mangawal, Waipu. &c, per Annie Millbank, on Saturday next, at 10 am .. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Taranaln, on Saturday next, at 10 45 am For money orders, registered lettera, and news papers nt 10 am Lute letters will be received till 11 am For Levuka, Fiji, p^r Emu, on Saturday next at 10 (Signed) S. B. BISB, Chiet Postmaster.

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

THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1876.

For the cause that \>r.ks assistant*, For ik ti-'j.-ik that Herds vesistuice, y..r '-?.c ;ii!i.r<: m the tlisl.-u.ee. _

Mr. MACANmaW has sent a final shot right home to the Government camp. He has shewn that neither by large promises nor specious representations, can he be bam boozled regarding the true foundation of the threatened constitutional changes. Indeed, the Premier's effort to establish his cause by shewing its absolute necessity, has very greatly strengthened the ground upon which the clear-headed Superintendent had taken bis stand, so that when Sir Julius Vogel tells him that if he (Mr Macandrew) were a mem ber of the Olonial Government for three months he would cease to doubt, the necessity of the law which has decreed the abolition of the provinces, the Superintendent very forcibly retorts : —" This is an extraordinary statement. Can it be true, after all, that this policy, which at its outset promised so fairly, has so involved the colony in financial disaster that the Constitution must be swept away and our political action controlled by money-lenders ? Pledges the most solemn, oft-repeated promises, Acts of Parliament, all to be ignored ! Nothing could act as a better beacon of warning to the people of Otago." Mr Mncandrew, with unpleasant persistence, forces this point upon the Premier, and insists that the deprecatory remarks contained in Sir Julius Vogel's last letter, constitute a very poor defence. He fays : —

" I find your only answer to the grave charges made asrs«inst that political party with which yon nre now pllied, and apainst {he action of the Colonial Government is> a brush ing away of those charges by saying they seem to you of a hi quoque nature and out of place Puch a remark makes me hesitate na to the object of the variotp letters yru havn addressed to me ; nnd if you think the breach of faith T pointed out, the mipmanagrmen'' of colonial finance, enn be pet aside in the tv quoque manner you adopt it is evident yon altogether misapprehend the sincerity, nnd underrate the intelligence of the people of Otago."

The letter enters ft some length into a defence of the policy of the Ota go Executive with which we are less in terested. But it may he observed that Mr Macandrew throughout this correspondence, and in other letters to the Waste Lands Board and the General Government, has not shrunk from defending his recent land transaction, which has heen made the text for tei'rific onslaughts upon provincial job bery by the advocates of centralistic purity !

" It would be a vast pain to the province," says Mr Macandrew, " if the whole of the mountain lands could be disposed of for the construction of branch railways, but because the Otago Provincial Government chooses to reserve agricultural land for settlement on deferred payment, and to sell the bill tops sooner than let its best land go to auction to be purchased by speculators, its ac'ion is condemned by the Colonial Government."

In this letter the Superintendent again shadows the basis of union existing between himself and Sir George Grey. He declares that it would be clearly to Otago's interests to pay a handsome price, if by doing so, the province could steer clear of the maelstrom of Colonial finance, and that instead of there being any savings incidental to doing away with provinces, the result will be a very large additional expendi ture ; but, even if there were a saving, he is sure the people of Otago would be content to pay much more towards upholding their local Parliament. This correspondence has served to place very clearly before the public the true issues involved in the present constitutional struggle, and we cannot help contrasting Mr Macandrew's views with the different but equally important aspect of the question presented by the letters of Sir George Grey. Our own Super intendent looks at the ruthless overthrow of the constitution of a country to serve the purposes of political expediency with some thingakin to horror. He sees in tho action of the Government, towering high above all other considerations, a wrong ' committed against

tho rights and liberties of the people, a desire to create a bureaucracy upon the ruins of liberal institutions and by the destruction of true local self-government. His ex pressions .ire more those of the statesman and patriot ; Mr Macandrew's those of a keen man of the world. Rir George sees in .Abolition the elevation of official tyranny ; Mr Macandrpw detects the opsning for extravagance and jobbery. Sir George Grey fears the creation of powerful ruling; classes extinguishing the manly inde pendence of honest labour : Mr Mncandrew distinguishes big rvms and financial ]ops to the people. Rir George Grey is alarmed at, the demoralising influence ot an attempt, to bribe the cities by votes of public monies; Mr Macandrew is wroth at the withdrawal of so much cash from the funds necessary to open up a new country. Sir George Grey eees in the loss of local self-govern ment a blow dealt to the intellectual development and progress of the people ; Mr Macandrew dislikes it as the substitution of unqualified nominceism to do the work now performed by practical knowledge. No doubt both Stirmrintendents fully grasp all the bearings of the Government policy, but in Sir George Grey's mind the constitu tional and ethical sides come uppermost ; with Mr Macandrew, the practical. Many of Sir Georere Grey's utterances require care ful pondering before a mind unac customed to thn consideration of proat question?! of political rcntinmv can reaiiKetht'ir full depth of moaning ; but Mr Macandrew's thrusts are appreciated by all. Whatever may bo the outcome of the approaching Parliamentary battle, nothing bnt poor! can result from the efforts of two such able men in moulding thenew constitution under which weave to live, l»e the form what it may Every colonist, M'hose sole de.°ire is for the wf Ifnre of New Zealand, must long for a settlement of the theoretical, in order (hat undivided atten. tion may bo concentrated upon the practical aspect of the present crisis, which Mr Mao andrew has forcibly presenter! in his three letters. 7\nd everyone must deplore the plunging of tho country into a hitter con stitutional struggle, which has now lasted three years, at a time when every nerve should' have been strained to avoid the financial whirlpool into which we are rapidly and hopelessly drifting

A DAY or two ago we cordially commended the proposal to combine the Mechanics' Tns'i ture with the new Masonic Hall, and nn

announcement now appears in our columns inviting persons who nre willing to fmTißcribo a guinea a year towards the establish ment of ft first-clnss library and reading room in the city, to forward their nainos nnd nddrofiprs to Captain Bur" ton, at Mr Oawkwflll'fl, Vulcan T,<ltio. Wo arc not aware whether an amalgamation with the existing Institute is still part of the schnme, but whether this is so or not. tho movPtnent is dpsrvini? of cordial support. We understand that <ho desipn of the pro" moters fmbracps much morn than what Auckland has PVer bppn favoured with in thn form.of a rrndinr/-rnom. That it in mennt to be, in fact, n, kind of club, where young men tyitv enjoy thTnsolvfa thoroughly in in tellnotnal pnrsnitfl : readinff. and dphntincr, or may pass an evening in harmless amusements, removed from the dangers and allurements that prove fatal to many. Upon this occasion the Masons are laying aside their exclusiveness, Dnd extend a hand for the public to unite with them for the general advantage. We know that even those who enter fully into the spirit of this effort, and •would willingly aid if personally canvassed may neglect to forward their names in response to a general announcement like the one pub lished in our columns, but, as upon this mode of testing public feeling may depend very much whether the scheme is gone on with, we hope that the little trouble involved in forwarding a name and address will not be permitted to nip the idea in the bud.

By the case of the man named Grimmason in the Police Court to-day it will be seen that if; is not safe for persons to lay criminal informatipns on others,,and then to attempt to withdraw from them without a good and sufficient reason. In the present case Grim mason had sworn an information against another man for stealing a meerschaum pipe. When the case was called on two or three throe days aco, no prosecutor presented him self. The case was not dismissd, but the prisoner was remanded, aud a warrant was issued against Grimmason, who was arrested and lodged in the watch house. He is now remanded till to-morrow when he will be called on to give his evidence. We should imagine when he accuses another personjof theft, he will not be so ready to " square it."

A meeting of delegates from various Taranaki Friendly Societies has been held to protest against the conduct of the Govern ment Actuary, by reason of his refusing to register societies, on the ground that the regulated scale of "payments are below the necessary average.!)

A number of the officers of the .Auckland Volunteer Corps, including Capt. Le Hoy, Auckland Naval Brigade, (chairman) Capt. Mowbray of the Scottish, and Lieut. Clifton of the Hobson's, will hold ameetingon Tues day evening next in the Drill-shed, to ascer tain and report upon the question whether Sub-Liputenant Skinner is com petent to hold confirmed rank under Clause 12, page 32, of the Volunteer Act Eegulations. The Victoria Company will be present at the meeting, which will com mence at half-past seven o'clock.

Orders have been given for new boilers to be built at Sheerness for the Blanche, recently on the Australian station, atacost of £4,300.

The monthly inspection of the Naval Brigade will take place to-morrow (Friday) evening in the Drill-shed. The prize money of the last districb firing will be presented after drill. The members will be in full uniform, and are desired to be punctual at half-past seven o'clock. Cremation, which has dropped out of sight in England, has received a fillip in Italy lately. A Milanese named Alberto Keller, who died in January, 1876, left a sum of £2000 for the erection in Milan cemetryof a temple of cremation, in which he desired that his remains should be burned on the first anniversary of his death. The municipal Council, after some hesitation,, gave its con sent to the ceremony, which took place on the 22nd ult"., occupying about an hour, during which period speeches on the advan tages of cremation were delivered.

An incident illustrative of the wide spread of the spelling-bee mania is reported from the neighbourhood of Durham. A number of half-drunken men were having an improvised competition of the'kind outside a publichouse, when they quarelled over the spelling of the word " Hibernian," the dispute culminating in one of the men having his skull cracked. He now lies in a dangerous condition.

Will a Christmas in London ever pass without the burning of a ballet-girl ? How many more fairies will h*ve to be burned, "strapped to iron rods," before the Lord Chamberlain— so sensitive on some matters interferes to teach managers that they have duties as well as rights? According to the Lancet many substances are known which render the thinnest fabrics uninfiamable. Yet, at the Alexandra Theatre lately, an other poor child wan allowed to be burnt to death in a flower basket.

In alluding to Sir Julius Voxel's sketch of the abolition proposals, as disclosed in his letter to Mr Macandrew, the Tlmaru Herald sayß : _" Wo arc bound to coucludo that hu has some covert design in now artlessly blurting out, bit by bit, what proposals the Government mean to bring down to the House. We may be r wrorg; but we think his design is this. He is throwing out feelers, in all directions, and as he observes public opinion to favor or oppose his sham proposals, so will he shape the real measures which are to be brought before Parliament. Whether by such shallow cunning, he will be able to trim his sails successfully among the rocks and quicksands which at present lie right ahead of him, remains to bo seen. For our part, we believe i'c would'be safer for himself, and infinitely safer for the country, wr-ra he to adopt an honest and consistent line of action ; to plan out a policy according to the true judgment of himself and his colleagues ; and to place it straightforwardly before the House as ths issue on which the Government ' will stand or fall."

" London," writes a correspondent by the last Suez mail, "is rapidly becoming mesheri beneath a tniider'tj web of telegraph wires, which, without regard for architectural pre tensiobs, or even the ordinary comeliness of street pevßpecHve. stretch from roof to roof, with a heavy-looking cable attached to strengthen them nnd to lesson the swing in a wind. Even the offices at Whitehall—the Treasurer's and Colonial Offices-are dis figured in this way. the. wires being above ground, presumably for the sake of economy, and the moat objectionable feature to which I was about to allude is, that a high wind can snap off wires from the roofs, and throw them with arcat weight and violence into our crowded fitreets. Such a mish.ip wae attended with fatal results in London on Sunday, when an omnibus driver was_ struck from the box of his omnibus, and his head nearly severed from his body by one of these wires, and a like uiid, Or rather a commen surate danger, nearly threatened the '''mprees of Außtria the same day. Her Imperial Majesty is staving in England in cofjnrlo, for the purpose of enjoying the end of the hunting reason, as she is devoted to that sport."

A love story in connection with the visit of the Prince of Walr.B to India, is thus re latcci by the correppondentof the New _ Fot-7^ TTcrahl : — "The first pipn of a cloiul in tho sky occurred during His Foyal Highness' visit to Baroda. The Prince met here, I don't know how, a very beautiful Eurasian girl of tho tinrae of CleghOrn, her father being a Scotch officer who wag killed in a fight with the hill tribes during Lord Mayo's administration, and her mother, a full-blooded Mahratta, niece of a chieftain of come con sequence living near Suttarn. To say that Miss Olechorn attracted the Princes attention

is to employ mild language ; the acquaintance, however, had lasted only a few hours before Mi°s Oleghorn was mysteriously hut effect ively spirited away, and disappeared from Tnriia altogether. 'l have since learned, tha* who is now in Singapore, and that sho loft P>aroda nncl Piomoay voluntarily, The im pression in Ir.dn, however, was, and is, that she. was murdered or put into secret confine ment, and the result had a bad effect."

The truth of the repeated allegation that the Pope wns a mrmber of tho Masonic body, seems to be at length established, an Italian newspaper having published n copy of hip certificate of ndmirsion into the. Lodpe "Eterna Catena," of Palermo, The certifi cate is written in Italian, and sealed with the great seal of the Grand Lodge. "LncePer pertua," of Naples. The following is a translation of it :—" We, the masters, digni taries, and offieera of tho three Masonic degrees of St. John, do certify, in the namo of the Supreme Master vho directs all, that on this date, at twelve (midnight) we have received into thia lodge, with all the forms prescribed by its ritual, and with entire obe dience to its constitution,,, Pro .Tohn Fcrretti- Mastai. nitivo of the Pontifical States, who, after having taken the oath in presence of all of us, has piven assurance that he belongs to no secret society except this lodge, and has paid the fees required by it. We enjoin all the Masonic lodges of the work! to renoenise him as a real and true Mason, received in a real and perfect, lodge, »b we, being men en lightened and honoured, do judge him and attest him ; and that all may hold this docu ment as true, we append to ifc our Bign manual in Palermo, in the profane and civil year 1839, on the Ist of August—Ne Variotur, Giov. Fcrreti-Mastai ; the Yen. of the Lodge, Matteo Chiavo ; the Secretary of the Lodge, Paolo Duplessis ; the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Naples, Sisto Calano.

During the quarter ending December 31st, 1875, the Agent-General despatched 14 ships to the Colony with immigrants. The total number of immigrants was 3725,^ of -whom 590 were single women, and 1144 single men The various rationalities of the emigrants were as follows :—English. 1241 ; Scotch, 419; Irish, 1029 ; Welsh, 54 ; Germane, 582; Danes, 173 ; Swe<W, 33 ; Norwegian*, 40 ; other countries. 154 The foreigners were nearly all for Wellington. There is a probability that Mr_ David Goldie will not be opposed in the position he seeks, as a member of the City Council, in the place of Mr Wi'liam Buchanan, as Mr Johnstone, of the firm of Whitson & Sons>, will not contest the election at present, preferring to wait until the next election of Councillors in September.

The Tonya Times comments in an amusing and self satisfied way at an alleged attempt upon the part of Mr Layard to induce King George to licence a grog shop. His Majesty curtly refused, and the reverend editor chuckles a fat complacent chuckle. _ Mr Layard was also, it appears, asked to intro duce an Episcopalian clergyman, with the object of counteracting the " overwhelming" influence of the Missionaries. We know not what reply was made by the above named gentlemen, but it would appear that the more prominent of the petitioners have found the climate of Tonga so hot since, that they have cleared out.

The annual report of the Unsectarian Bible Woman's Mission has just appeared. Mrs Wallis holds the offices of Superintendent, Treasurer, and Secretary. The committee includes the following ladies : Mrs Battley, Miss Oompton, Mrs Cornford, Mrs Cousinß, Mrs Eaton, Mrs Hinton, Mrs Holmes, and Mrs Lawry. The objsct of the Society is ro employ a woman, competent to read and pray with persons in times of sickness and bereavement. The report states that the services of such a woman have been secured, and during the past year this person, whose heart is in her work, has made 836 visits for the purpose of administering comfort by readings, and 158 special visits. The object of the Unsectarian Woman's Society is com mendable, and espficially as its operations are of a truly Catholic character, and inde pendent of creeds. Mr C. Holloway the ex-agricultural dele gate writes to Mr Haughton : "I am con stantly engaged in the1 various counties, lecturing ond otherwise imparting inform ation among the very class you want in the Colony; and I believe you have the right man in Mr Kennaway in the office in London, who spares neither labour or pains to secure only emigrants who are thoroughly eligible. They are now granting free passages to South Australia, charging nothing for ship or outfit;, and paying the railway fare of emigrants to place of embarkation. Queensland is still taking out emigrants free."

Messrs Howie and Pilcher have just en tered into partnership as horso-clippers. Their temporary office is at Mr Webster's, sadcUer, Queen-street, where any orders left will be promptly attended to.

In framing the English budget, provision has always to be made in leap year for an in creased national expenditure consequent upon the extra day's pay for the military.

The Admiralty are now offering £25 for every boy from a training ship who enters the Koyal Navy.

Some ideaof the severity of. the snow storm which caused the railway accident at Abbotts Ripton, may be formed from the fact that at. Cheltenham a large iron church was literally crushed by the heavy weight of the snow upon the roof causing the walls to collapse. The Manx Legislature has passed an amended liquor Jaw, under which any publi can who supplies drink to a habitual drunk ark after receiving notice from the hitter's wife not to do so, becomes liable to a fine of £10.

The Senate of Finland has voted 800,000 marks as a subsidy towards the cutting of a ship canal from the Gulf of Bothnia to the White Sea.

A very funny thing happened, illustrative of Chinese customs, recently near the famous city of Hong Chow. A wealthy married Celestial, who was not blessed with a 3weefc voiced wife, concluded to try a second venture in the great lottery. Making the acquaintance of anoily-tongued tailor through the medium of a pair of satin breeches he had ordered, he was informed there was a perfect divinity, longing for the nuptial chains. So the marriage-broker arranged the wedding j the bride appeared in the orthodox scarlet veil; the ceremonies were finished; the beauty with the lily feet retired to the sancity of the bridal chamber ; the anxious and expectant groom lifted the scarlr.t veil, and in the place of beauty he saw the wrinkles of age; she was blind and deaf and dumb ; the poor old hag had been used as a tool by the gay and festive tailor, who robbed his new friend of the big pile of Mexican dollars he had given to him to buy the bridal gifts and then dis appeared. So much for the charming Chinese custom of taking a second wife, because you do not like the first, and of taking her fo your bosom without looking at her before the fatal noose is tied.

Wellington is suffering from the depreda tions of petty thieves.

The ArcLbishop of Piheims has received a letter informing him that the Government has voted a sum of 2,000,000 francs to be ap plied to the restoration of tho cathedral of that city, one of the finest buildings of the Gothic style now r.xtant in France. It is there that the kings of France have, from time immemorial, baen anointed. "About Mourning," our friend W. E. Sadler, discoursed : " Sir,—Lately I was forced to hear a deep curse. It was about disconforming. Would now write concern ing the very same. I understand that nearly all the English newspapers have lately beeD full of the subject of the old fashion of ' going in mourning," or not goins in, the two things—the for and against—ss one theme. Have heard only a little on the subject as treated by literateurs ; but, having a Btrong antipathy to shams, when I heard that funeral rfform was the most modern social rage in England, I immediately, on due consideration, yielded my very sincere credence to the new-fangled notion on the matter. Well, sir, often, not always, new notions, or innovations, meet vifh my blast, not because of newness, but of common un truenees. That is it. For one instance now in brief, one of the legion of new grafts lately exhibited at show is on tho vastly pro found and metaphysical theology of John Calvin. This is illustration. The novel must be had somehow by people of a particular idiosyncrasy, on whatsoever line of things they enter. Something fresh ! Doubtless some things br.tn new arc demonstrably and

abominably untrue. We moderns are marvels. When we die, wisdom will die, most assuredly ' and no mistake !' Bur, still, for all that, we should not pre-judge a thing bad because only fresh. Well, now, I judge the said mourning or funeral reform a good. Wealthy people of public spirit abstain

from the costly ordinary black habiliments and equipage and paraphernalia, partly from compassion to the highly respectable people who cannot afford such expensive parade and sham gow-gaws, and to whom a rig of such like stuff, with full equipment for all the friends and enemies and hangers-on would inevitably prove a break. And here, too, in New Zealand, some have abstained in like manner totally. But, oh, dear, dear, no affection there, that is evident ! The old identical white clothes and puggery after a death ! Sir, there was, to my own observa-

tion, deep affection, and is now mourning though in white. I have thought on this matter before, and am now prompted to write about it, because of a censure yesterday vented against some respectable people who would not conform to the very old fashion of extreme externality and show in sorrowing ; but who, though severely distressed at the bereavement, quietly, unostentatiously, per sisted .in wearing their ordinary clothes. Nevertheless, I do believe in "the golden

mean," or medium ; and protest against any flaunting the white turban in sheer opposi tion. Via media. Extremes are mostly wrong.—l am, &c, W. E. Sadler." Mr Arch was the chief speaker at a dis orderly meeting at Sheffield lately to advocato the disestablishment of the Church of England He said the Church had turned its back on the agricultural labourers, and they their backs on the Church. In Wanganui they have fcaken to prosecut ing small boys for fishing off the wharves on Sundays.

THE S.S. HERO.

A cablegram received by Messrs Cruick shank and Co., to-day, states that the Hero left Sydney at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, having been unavoidably detained till that time.

CABLEGRAMS.

[press agency.]

INCREASE OF IMPORTS AND

EXPORTS,

NEW ZEALAND WHEAT,

SYDNEY,

May 17,

The imports to the first May exceeds last year by £300,000, and exports increased £200,000.

New Zealand wheat is a penny. lower.

A B C D E P at the City Hall.

A Beautiful, C leanly, D urable, E cono-

mical P loorcloth Linoleum, the Cork Carpet, has now been proved by the severest tests to be the best covering for floors of dining-rooms, halls, offices, &c, it lies:more solid, is warmer to the feet, much less noisy, retains its pat tern longer, and is far more durable than oil cloth. By the " Dilpussund " Holloway and Garlick have received their fourth large ship ment- six new handsome designs never seen in the Colonies before ; also, a lot of Tap. Brussel Carpets at 3s 4d, 3s 9d, 3s lid, the very cheapest in Auckland; Door Mats from Is lid each. They've on view Furniture of all kinds, Bedding, their own make, good and cheap ; 100 Hearth Rugs from 5s lid to 18s 6d, decided bargains ; Toilet Glasses and Chairs, Dining and Drawing Room Suites, &c , &c. Goods delivered Free to any part of the city. Cash buyers call at Holloway ] and Garlick's, who offer you excellent value. 1 Go and test them.—City Hall, Queen-street,

THIS ELOPEMENT OF LADY AYLES FORD WITH LORD BLANDFORD.

Tttat is a cheerful little scandal which en kalograms, kalogrammata or "*>*«%s&. rising off with Lord was away in India with' *he J"?o6^ Wale*' It is incumbent, we thnjlt, on Gmnod, or some of these musical ftlow, to Trite an opera, after the manner of LAfri caZ founded on this graceful episode What a arand scene .might contrived of A vl^ford ti^er-hunting in the JJ Hindostan, when enter the Pnnce of Wales on a Sit elephant with a .telegrami at the MnUadoo, were to exclaim to slow music _«Give me a Wandy-ard-sodal I lm oWIIA glad she's gone !>' . Bea lv thorn*. them young swells are •• going it, as Miss ?n Parliament for almost half a century ; so that they are quite respectable people, if not downright genteel- The Marquis of Bland ford is the eldest son of the Duke of Marl- Sough, and is married to Lady Alberth» Frances Anne Hamilton, daughter of fS Sib of Abercorn, a beautifn young woman of twenty-nine. Lord Blandford was always a horrid young cub and wed to be awfully hated in the Guards. Hew M>a*hed by a parson named Owen at Colchester, whom some of our ex-military readers may probably remember ; and white there hie "form 'j used to b, to dnje tandem through the Ruffolk villages in the middle of the night, yelling at the top of his vo,ce while a festive friend by his side poured forth diecord from a Frenoh horn A fellow who could find amusement m ttat sort ot thing and be proud of it, would be capable of nnVthina ; and we are not in the least surmised to hear of the sweet ycra*h cominc utterly to grief at thirty-two. The only person who is really to be pitied is the unfor tunate Lady Albertha Frances Anne ; but modern etiquette has brought refinement of marine™ to such a pass that even she will eat. drinV, and sleep, p^v visits dance drive in the park, and dress delightfully, just the same as if nothing had happened. As for Lord Ayiesford, it would be mere wnste of sentiment to pity him. He has got rid of a bad wife, whom he most likely rlicl not care twopence for ; and after the usual formalities in We Divorce Court, will be able to take his pick of all the jolly girls in England, who will be only too ready to inmn it his earldom and his £40.000 a year. W Bland ford and Lady Aylesford are in the most awkward position of all. The Mam ma jp said to V uHerly penniless, and it is not likely that theCounteps carried off much with her except her jewels. Their friends will probably cut them altogether ; and after they have exhausted their credit and diH po-'ed of their personal property," as poor old Micawber called pawning the spoons, there will be nothing for it but the boards of a music hall, where their titles will make up for bad singing. Can one not picture J ord Avleeford chuckling incor), in the pit of the Aihambra, ™hile hfe quondam CoimW Enualls dismally in a fkxen wig and a fearful coat of paint ! Fancy, too, the scene in the garret in Leicester Square-Blandford toast ing a redherrincr for the supper of the noble pair while Lady Ayl"sford measures ont a quartern of pin apiece in two cracked tum blers Bis Lordship (burning his fingers) : "TTa'ns it, Edith, if it hadn't been for you, I'd have been at the Olub to-night, playing 100 nnd eating, devilled kidneys!" Her Ladyship s " s< V™ nasty great di sa£r re^ able'unkind unfeelinp wretch, and if it harln t bpßnfor you I would have been dancing at Walpo's and eating me-me me-ringnes, I would-boo-hoc-hoohoo I" Ah ! The world is full of quiet melodrama, if we only knew it.— Timaru Herald.

RAILWAY CROSSINGS.

(To the Editor of the Eveniko Star.)

Sir,—The " narrow escape " incident at the Penro3e railway crossing, published in your Monday evening's ipsue. serves in an eminent degree "to illustrate both the 'dipastrons con sequences which may be anticipated from an improper control and management of our railways ; and also from the repeal fat the arbitrary will of a strong Government), _ of certain** clauses of that legislation which was designed to afford protection to the public. I am informed that up to last session the Railway law (an Act of the Im perial Parliament) in force in this colony, was, that gates should be erected at railway crossings, a very wise and proper provision as is evident; but in the last session of the General Assembly, the Hon. Mr Richardson, Minister of Public Works, adroitly, (as such things are usually done), introduced into the Immigration and Public Works Act of that session, a clause to repeal the operation of the law in this respect. In reference to this important matter, Mr Richardson on the occasion of the second reading of the Bill, is reported to have said, in a spirit of utter disregard for human-life :—"Through some oversight, a clause of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act had crept into the previous Aot which rendered ib neces sary that gates shotild be erected at railway crossings." * * * It was to remove the "necessity for erecting these gates that this (repeal) clause was in troduced." So that now, for the ostensible reason of saving expense, while at the same time public money is squandered for native and other purposes, the crime of man slaughter and the boundless number of accidents ascribable to so wanton a condition of railways are all justified by law. ■ This is only one instance of the manner in which, by the introduction of clauses that should pro perly not be inserted in bills relating to a wholly foreign subject, the rights'l as well as the safety of the people, are ruthlessly in fringed and ignored. The same observations apply to the stealthy manner in which Har bour Board and City Council bills are pre pared, become law by some trick, and are in the full swing of operation before the pub-: lie, who are most affected, havo time to raise a voice against them. You will per ceive, sir, that in relation to the above averted accident, I have confined myself to commenting upon the unwarrantable inter ference with a protective law, which does, not affect the alleged reprehensible conduct of the engine-driver in not giving due notice of the approaching train by " whistling.'— Yours, &c, Safety.—May 17, 1876.

SPIRITUALISM.

Wfwtwo Stab ) (To the Edlto* of the Evening bTAR_) Sir,—J. B. should have signed himseJ f 1.11, an "Immersed Blackguard." # ™IDy> m n. ls Natural History, maketh mention of a certain people in the Indies upon the river nges. called " Astomi," that have no mouth, out do feed upon the smell of herbs and flowers. We are sure that there is such a generation in this community that would try to extract poison from the flowers of Paradise, and suck venom from their grandmother s eggs. The nut that he so liberally presented to me to crack must have reference to his own base skull, if it is not in that condition already ; and he has also developed the truth of the axipm, that "a man may be known by his thoughts," inasmuch that, having gob into the society of " prostitute mothers and lewd debauchees," we leave him in the enjoyment of his moral proclivitiea.—l am, &c, J.C. W.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURTS This Day.

(Before R. C. Bar3tow, Esq., H,M,)

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS. .7. B. Russell v. P. P. M. Burrows -claim £17. promissory note ; costs, £2 2s, T W* Marsh v. Margaret Peckham and Charloa Duckinfield—claim, £31 2s 6d, promißsorv note; costs, £3 15h, to pay £lperxveek Richard Rogers and Pon v. Matthew Rose-^ claim, £4 10s 6d, goods ; costs. 14a, "William Rattray v. Wynne P. Orey—claim, £13 \o. goods; costs. £3 18s. Coombes v. Barnett-1 claim, £12 7s. goods sold ; costß, £2 g7 Coomhes v. Morrin—claim, £5 6s. goods sold and delivered ; costs. £2 ss. Ooombeg v. Baxter-claim, £8 6s, goods sold and delivered. Christopher greenway v. peter mctavish Claim, £17 10s Id ; judgment summons. ' "*" j Mr Brock for plaintiff. The defendant pleaded his inability to nay' at present, through non-receipt of monies expected.

Mr Brock produced several letters with the intention of proving the debt. His Worship dismissed the case. C. B, C. SMITH V. GEORGE VAUGHM. Mr Joy, on behalf of plaintiff, applied in this case for costs.

His Worship allowed the matter to stand over until next Court day, as the case had been settled, and the defendant was not present. ADJOURNED CAUSER. Estate of W. Rattray v. Eton Jeffcoat claim. £3S 8s 6d, goods. Adjourned for one month. —Thomns Barr v. J. Mullaly; claim. £0 11s lOd, judgment summons. .Adjourned', for a fortnight.—"Mary Cousins v. Minnie Williams ; claim, £19 18a 4d, cash lent.— Wm. Holmes and James Barr v. Hunter and Nolan ; claim, £1S 12s Id, goods supplied. Adjourned for a week.—A. M. Normanby v H.W. H. Millias: claim, £6 15s 64, judg ment summons.—Kathleen G-. McCallumv. G-. Rhodes; claim, £40, damages. Adjourned till the 25th.

This was all the business.

POLICE COURT.-THIS DAY.

;Before Dr Home and G. S. Graham Esqg., Justices.) TOrWOMAWIiY.

Anne Swift was fined s=l and costs for being in a state of intoxication last night.

KIDNAPPERS ASHORE.

Hugh B. Ra*ssey, mate of the briganline Vibilia, and John Henderson, steward of the same vessel, were charged with being drunk and disorderly last night. Bnhh prisoners pleaded guilty and were fined 5a and cost. A TOUGH CUSTOMER. Lawrence Hughes, in addition to being charged with drunkenness, was called on to answer an accusation of having assaulted Constable Vincpnt in the execution of his duty on the 18lh inst. He was also charged with wilfully destroying the constable's uniform. The prisoner pleaded guilty to being drank, but not to having committed the assault. Constable Vincent detailed the circum stances. The prisoner was drunk, and on V>eing arrested was guilty of great violence, striking him in the face and ticking him. He had to call the assistance of Constable Revell and another to help take the prisoner to the ]ock-np. These facts were corroborated by the other constables.

To the charge of destroying the uniform, prisoner said he supposed he migght as well plead pnitty. Fnr being drunk, prisoner was fined 20s. and costs, or 48 hours imprisonment; for as saulting the constable 20a and costs, or 43 hours ; and for damaging the uniform, Is and costs, and to pay the damage 303. , /; AY EVASIVE PRnSFCUTOR. Robert Grimraason was charged with fail ing to appear as a witness in a case of laroeuy in which he had laid an information. Mr Sub-Inspector Pardy said the prisoner was prosecutor in the case referred to, and had tried to decamp.* When the case was called on the other day he was not to be found- . = He asked that he might be remanded until to-morrow, when the larceny case was to

come on asain,

Remanded accordingly,

THE DOO LAWS,

Jno. H. Addy was fined Is costs, and for having a dog without a collar.

MUNICIPAL POLICE ACT.

Matthew Grace for letting his horse stay in Union-street, was fined 2s 6d and

costs,

Serious and Fatal Accidents at Aratapu.

Several accidents have occurred recently at Aratapu, the first happened on the 24th nit, to a lad named Thomas Woods, who, while at play, fell to the ground. Doctor Goold was fetched, and paid every attention to the lad, whose knee and ancle were dislocated. On the following day, an accident happened to Mr Ramsey, of the Aratapu Companys new mill, through a piece of wood coming forcibly down the shoot and striking him on theknee, cuttingthroueh the flesh to the bone. Ramsey will be unable to pursue his work for some time, but fortunately he is a member of a benefit society. An accident! a'so befel Mr Drummond of the Tokatoks Hotel on Tuesday last. Mr Drunvmond wss ascending a flight of stairs, and ot reaohfn? the top, missed his footing, and*fell xiM great weight to the bottom, his head ana shoulders coming with much foroo; against the window frame. It-was found that tne collar bone was broken, and that he had received other severe injnries. In addition to the list of accidents above, the saddest and moat melancholy of all has to be recorded, and there is something extremely touching in the narrative. Un the lGtb'inst, a little pirl, the daughter oi Mr D. Reid, was consigned to the grave at Mount Wesley. The little girl Mary Ann, was a scholar in the local Sunday Bchool, ana when the cortege was about to leave for we burial ground, her young companion in me, gathered around the coffin, and the smallest of them laid upon it a wreath of the flowers of the season, and on the moving away, oi the corpse, the children commenced singio* the hymn, " Go bury thy sorrow," followea by other Sabbath school melodies, sue" as "Safe in the armß o! Jew* "Room among the angels," etc. On ww procession reaching the wharf, the coffin wa lowered into a boat, which was pulled om into the stream. The funeral party reacnea the burial ground in safety, situated on «w Wairoa River. The Rev Mr Baker read,w» funeral service. On returning, however, \ funeral party went up the river as far Mangawhare" in boats, one a keel boat, which were seated Messrs Christroan, Wj MoNnmara, and friends, the second^ held Messrs Reed, Woods. Paton and J*y ther, and the third contained fouryows Indies and Master Powell. Subsequently, when near the residence of J Dinner, the keel boat of Mr Reid and .m party capsized. The children scream^ loudly, and brought to their assistance m Stehr, who came in a boat and pavea « man, Mr Laytber,. who was bangtogtoj" gun-wale of the unfortunate boa!;. * other men had gone into the v exhausted. As soon as the sad became known search parties went era* quest of the unfortunate men, wheiv a * ascertained almost to a certainty tD% h j r three men had found a watery grave. J-i names are David Reid, father of tbeD" , child.who leaves a widow and three enu« • '■ Samuel Woods, who leaves a wife ana v children ; and Philip Pflton, a Bingle man.

fill IYIIMO BTAE, THTTRSDAY; MA.V 18, Wt



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