SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WlftE F*TBTf-ayh3f -irtetnoon, 431: to-mowow 'SUV SV^—Th^ 450. 6T7K EISB-yo" wTJ^o*- 718 "•Toys AOK-Faii mooD) Jnly 7, 317 am

ARRIVALS.

mvt of g fin Franoi?co, PIT ss, i\ra'MelJ, from tho « ou'h

DEPARTURES.

t*aty of San Francisco. VM ra, 3,400 tons, Wadflell, fir °an Francisco, via Kandavu and Honolulu, Fnjrlteh man Southern Orow, TTn'mes, for Wnpi-'r jPrettv Jane, ss f or cn«h*rr-e and Fapier Saxon, schooner, Robs, for Wanßapoua and Noumea,

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

£^or the South—Phcehe. Wednesday (July 5) :For Tanran»a—Rowna Wednesday next ffor tho Isliwis—Martha,- barquo, barly; Pearl, k.-tch, early Vor T.ondnn- C»rnatic, ship. 10»,h j u ]y • DUpussand, burquo, early ForCoromaT,del r Arp! e> H n Mondays and FriCays Kor WanRMPi-Anrylo every Tuesday £or Ba- of Islands _ Tona R^Prv Monday For T,evnka_\iT ßnstn brfeartine, at once *orNwC*le''onia—Canterbury, schooner, early

EXPORTS.

Try- Pretf.r Ja*e for Glsborne and Napifir :- 30 cises geneva. 20 cases brandy, 10 cases wine, C packages, 1 c»se, 26 mats supir, 12 packages tea, 4 packages oat mpaT. —Owen a- j( l nraham, 50 ltis p'iTvr\^r, 23 pnekagos ironmongery, 4 cases iroTimontrfvy _ T>v R Morrilli ' r "Pr Hn-jthern Cross for Napior:—SS kegs nails, 100 kecrs b'^stinj; powr>w, 12 ke?srivets, 10 buudles spades *»>rt f'<iovfil<i, 3 ranks nln(n, B casks bolts. 3 anvils, 1 P"t bellow,, of) Oo .i s roofi g ro u a f e xt, 10 axle arms, 3 pumps, (i vicßs, Uort boxes, 4 drums oil. 2 forge backs. "10 iron v»r>ts. f> cimp oven", 0 bar'ow-wheßis, 2 anchors, S drums Hirps, 2 bundles shovels, 3 anvils, 27 o*Ms. 4 rastfs hardware, 1 cask binees, 2 eases lamp chimney", ~\u ptres i:nnmon?ery.— T h 3 ATorrin, per Prr>l, y .T^nn:—l cask, 2 crises hardware, 6 "boilers, 4. cases, 2 C'S"S. 1 stove, 1 boiler, phge uten^Df 1 nftpre. 2 cases cormentrd iron, 17 coils rono, 1 ' case 2 bundles ridging, 6 bars iron, 3pkgs bedst'. a( j g j & R UTorrin, " '

■Per city of San Francisco:—46 coi'g chalk line —T & 8 Morris, ''

m?^?T,'^ Rls '£? THB ENCTISH MAIL, The PM Go's » O'.ty of San Francisco left this afternoon for Ran Fvaneisco via Kandavn and Hono- Julu with the outward KneliHh and American mails. She will recsrve the Australian mails and passengers from the City of New York at Kandavu, and the Tatt.<r steamer, after waiting for the inward New Z,n*lma mails and passengers from the Colima will come on to this port where she is due iioout the 15th instant. Pastencers, from the South :-For San Francisco : Saloon-J N B Muir, D Raynes, J H Vs,'™ fT Ballfllityne. Mr and Mrs Stuckey and family, J B Francis. F B Graham, A O Pringle, Mra Bram msr and child. Steerage—J Caister, A Henry. T Ravage, O Savage, T S Bremmer. «co Miller. Bookfld jr. Auckland—For Kandava—Saloon : Mr and Mrs Ay, J, Thomas, Mr and Mrs Smart, child, and servant. Steerage :Mr J. Martin. For San Francfscn—Salnon : Mr snd Mrs G- .T Engall, and Ml H A ■'?ni?all. Mr and Mrs .foa Hny. Dr Ma Buscherer, Mr Geo Jeffs. Steerage :Mr McCory.

The Citr of San Francisco, .T. J. Wftddclt. com wander,, left Port Chalmers June 28th, at7pm.: 29th, strong N.W. winds and rmifch sea; 2.25p.m took in pilot, and anchored $n Lyttelton harbour at 3 p.m.; at 540 got undcrfr'elgh and encountered Tou?n sea and head winds; June 30th, blowing a eala from north, anchored In Wellington harbour at 12.45 T>.m., and at 5 p.m. passed out.. July Ist. "Very heavy erale from N and E, which increased during the nifrht, raising a heavy sea, and bringing a good deal of win. According to tho opinion of the coast pilot it ■was deemed impracticable to call at Napier. July 2nd Strong gale from the 13, and very heavy sea. with Tain and thick weather. 9 a.m., East Cape abeam. "2.20 p.m., White Island abeam; sea going down; One ov3rhead. Tiri Tirl was passed at 1 a.m. this flay, and the vessel anchored in Auckland hatbonr at 3 a.m. Pas?enfrers for Auckland : Cabin—Mr Rus sell and dnuEhter, Mr Bobettson, T Del Monto, W A. .Aldred, Mr Russell, Mr and Miss Duncan. Miss Grunsey, Mr and Mrs Foster. Steerage— Jas Graham Ja<i Thacker. Mr Crossly and family, A. Bell, J Bell, H Child, iwlth 20 for San Francisco as per ontward list. The bwque Stag was to leave Lyttelton for this port at the end of last month. The schooner Saxon sailed yesterday afternoon for "Wftngapoa where she is to load timber for New Cale donia. Our Russell correspondent telegraphs that a large English barque passed South at 4 o'clook yesterday afternoon. We learn that 8..M.5. Nymphe will make a stay of a fortnight in Auckland, and will then leave for the Chatham Islands, from whence sho will return to •mount guard over the Assembly at Wellineton. The t)arque Sea Shell went alongside this morning for the purpose of transhipping the stores she bronght from Sydney. The following are the passengers brought. by the Phoebe on Saturday from the South:—Saloon —Mr and Mrs Dillon, Mr and Mrs Breakall, Mr and Mrs Brown, Mr and Mrs Fellingham, Messrs Wood, Patterson, Gresnwood, Bernard, Hurst, Jenkins, Dennis, and Lock, with 6 in the steerage. The s s Pretty Jane left on Saturday evening for Glsborne and Napier. Passengers :—Mr Britton, Mr and Miss PoIIeD, Mr Sunderland. The schooner Maggie Pateraon cleared to-day for Timaru, via Katpsra, where she will take in a cargo of timber for the former port. The s.s Soutbern Cross left thia afternoon for Nnpier, with a general cargo. Passengers:—Mr and Mrs Foster, G. Scarfe, W. E. Mann, Miss Murray. The wreck of the schooner Helen wan sold to-day by Mr Baton to Captain Fergusson for Ll2,

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Wails will Close as follows:— For Thames this day at 530 p m and to-morrow at 10.30 am, For Coromandel, on Friday next at 230 nm For Russell, |Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per lona, this d*y next at 4 pm For Waiwera, Kawau, and Matakana, to-morrow at 9 am For Newcastle to-morrow at 11 am For Taranakl, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies on Wednesday at 5 30 am (Bfgned) S. B. 8183. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

STEPHENS—On June 27, at her residence, Grace strept, Ponsonby, Mra. Frank Stephens of a daughter.

DEATH.

KELLY—On the Ist instant, at Dublin-street, Pon sonby, Andrew Kelly, carter, aged 41.

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

MONDAY, JULY 3, 1876

For the oute that lacks ssijstarico, For the wrong that needs resistance For Jhe future in the distance, And th« pood that we can tip.

At our invitation the Gross has made a clean breast of its "awful tale" about Mr Reader Wood, and a more paltry charge to rake up out of the forgotten past we have never seen in print. Judging from the insinuations of Saturday, the publio would infer that Mr Wood had perpetrated some land swindle so gigantic that the Auckland Waste Lands Board was abolished in conse quence. Now the charge has dwindled down to the alleged acceptance by Mr Wood of £10 in consideration of foregoing his claim on a block of land which he had applied for. The Cross stated on Saturday that Mr Wood's action caused the breaking up of the Waste Lands Board. To-day it JJsays that " within a few months " afterwards the Board was abolished —no doubt from very different causes. This transaction is said to have taken place so far back as the Super intendency of Mr William Brown. Since that time Mr Wood haa uninterruptedly occupied a prominent publio position. He was a Colonial Minister in times of great State peril, and, as Treasurer, had the administra tion of millions. Yet this paltry affair, if ever it occurred, is all that the Cross can discover in beating up the antecedents of that gentleman. We have no doubt, whatever! that if Mr Wood laid himself open to censure as a member of the old Waste Lands Board, he heard enough about it at the time, and there the matter should have ended. But to such straits has the Cross been reduced in its efforts to villify and traduce every man who dares to criticise the present transactions of the Government, that it has, forsooth, trumped up this charge respecting the merits of which the publio, at this distant date, can form no intelligent opinion. The Piako Swamp and native lands administration of the Government are topics of the day, and are legitimately under review, but we should consider it scandalous in the extreme were these questions brought up twenty years hence in judgment against any member of the Ministry who during the intervening time had filled high public offices, and had repeatedly received proofs of the unabated confidence of the electors. We feel great satisfaction in having forced our contemporary into a disclosure of the momen tous secret- which it held as a rod in terrorem over the head of the member for Parnell, and we believe the public will estimate aright the calibre of the mind that could endeavour by the covert and insinuating use of a cir cumstance so small, and so long expiated if true at all, to injure Mr Wood in the public estimation.

Thb Cross this morning returns to the attack on Mr Reea. It has very good reasons for any lack of affection towards that gentleman But when our contemporary undertakes fco speak in the name of "the town," and of "friends and foes alike" its statements demand contradiction. At a distance, and by those who know not the little ins and outs, the Gross's statements may be. accepted .as a true index to public feeling, and yet we do not hesitate to say that Mr Rees ia more popular with his constituents now than he was on the day of his election. The electors of City Bast can not blink theiact that the Premier has his vengeance to wreak- on their heads nu ith^ ,t memorable night at the Choral Hall. Last session a proposal was Beriously entertained by the Cabinet for dufunohUog the electorate, but that was felt to be too barefaced an act to sncoeed

They now mean to give the constituency,A slap in the face through, its member. It would be a judicious and becoming thing for the electors to meet and express their sense of this, and testify their unabated confidence in Mr flees, than whom, we venture to say, there is not a more fearless man in the .Assembly, or one more honestly devoted to the service of the electorate that has placed its confidence 5a him.

The City of San Francisco passed Napier harbour without calling for mails or passen gers, and Hawkea Bay hag thus irrevocabty lost its connection with the service for the present month. The reason stated for ndt calling, is said to have been a representation made by the coast pilot, that the bat would be too rough to permit of the ship being tend ered. But f/hen the steamer Was off the entrance to port at mid-day on Saturday, the sea was moderate, aiid a light North east wind prevailed.. The Mail Agent lodged a written protest with the Captain against passing, and Mr Biddell, traveller for Briscoe and Go., of Diinedin, and other passengers for Napier also remonstrated, but tho Captain determined to ,go on,. Since arrival in Auckland Mr Biddeli has telegraphed to Napier iricjuirikig whether the steamer could have been tendered, »ud he reooived the following reply ; '"GerfcainJy, if ho had called, seeing she tG&derod the Ladybird twice." The telegraph board for Saturday likewise gives the following weather information bearing on the subject: " Napier•■ N. E. breeze ; bar smooth, barometer HO 20. Lno 'Government have we learn telagrapnea remonstrating with the mail agent for passing. Claims for compensation were made this morn ing by the Napier passengers, who wero brought on, but the ship refused to recognise them. What it will end in remains to be seen.

An extraordinary outcome of school com mittee blundering occurred in connection wish the re-assembling of City Past public school this morning. Some time ago the vestry of St Paul's notified that, if the Board of Education desired to keep the present schoolhousa, a new arrangement must be entered into, and that the terms upon which the building was then held, would cease opera tion on the 30th of June. The committee appear to have disregarded this warning, and the result is stated in the appended letter : — ;< Sir,—This morning, Monday, 3rd July, on proceeding to re-open City East School No 1, which for the last 3.j years has been held at St Paul.s Church schoolroom, I was refused the keys, on the ground that the School Com mittee, the Church Vestry, and the Board of Education, had been unable to come to terms of agreement as to the future occupancy of the room. Consequently, I was compelled to send away the children, about 2.'30 in number, with a hope that they may be able to reassemble to-morrow, Tuesday. —I am, Yours, etc., H. Worthiugton." The neglecc of the committee appears to be inexcusable, and will seriously iuterfere with the attendance at the school during the ensuing quarter. City East has gained a rather unenviable notoriety through the mismanagement of its school building. The accommodation is wholly inadequate to the requirements of the large district, and the injury which the children must suffer from this cause was aggravated by such a want of cleanliness, that the Inspector of Nuisances had to step in and take very summary measures to secure reform. Matters have now reached a climax and we may Burely ex pect a change for the better.

A demure looking man, named Joseph Nash, was brought up and reminded thia morning at the Police Court, on the serious charge of abduction. The man, it is alleged, had induced two girls to leave Auckland with him and proceed to the Waikato with a view of putting them into a profitable way of living without much hard work. The girls were found with him in a whare at Kangiriri; and the evidence to be disclosed, it is stated, will bring to light a state of demoralization the very reverse of the prisoner's protestations of innocence.

One or two little incidents occurred this morning in the Supreme Court during tho preliminaries to the regular business. While the Grand Jury were being sworn in, tho Registrar insisted on each gentleman as sworn taking hia place in the jury box. This put the representatives of the ancient bul wark of English liberty to some inconvenience in shifting their places, and Mr Firth expos tulated that it was not usual for them to be put to thiß trouble. Several common jurors brought excuses why they should be ex empted. Two obtained exemption on account of old age ; one of these said he was quite sure he was over 60, because he was born the year of Waterloo. Two others claimed to be let off on account of deafness, but one of them being so thoughtless as to answer cor rectly several questions put to him by his Honor in a very low tone, was told that hia hearing appeared to be good enough for all purposes and he had better take his place. Tn swearing the common jury,two gentlemen, whose names sounded like McSparrirn and McSpimmon in the by no means clear utter ance of the Registrar, got mixed up, and considerable confusion ensued before they could be sec right.

To the Editor: Sir,—While travelling along the precipice near St. George's Bay, constructed by the engineer of the Parnell Board, and known as the Bridle Track to Conquest Pl&ce, I observed the tall sides were falling in. What a comical idea the old gentleman must have been possessed of to start such a tunnel through the hill. I suppose he intends to mortgage the Parnell Board for the nexb three or four yeara to secure funds to finish his tunnel, prop up the sides, and complete the work. It will need the strange old head of the present projector of works to conduct to thn finish so extra ordinary an undertaking. kLij.ug Mr Strange will live to lininti t-ie job,—l am, etc, Paknell.

Residents in Lome-street have been en joying a new excitement—watching the carts get bogged in the pipe-track. Wo are informed that nine carts were trapped be tween Saturday and this morning, the last victim being the cart of Messrs Robertson and Wilson, bakers, which sank to the axle, breaking two springs. The street is narrow, and the black slush has so concealed the soft part of the roadway that unless drivers are warned of the danger, escape is very impro bable. Whenever the sound of a wheel is heard, the small fry and good ladies of that secluded locality rush to the windows and doors to see the fun. They have, however, enjoyed it quite long enough, and it is about time to check the mischief.

The attendance at the Gymnasium, Par nell Hall, has been as follows daring the first quarter, which has just expired:—No. of practices, 32 ; average attendance of mem bers, 12£ rd per practice; No. of visit;, 3£rd ditto ; largest attendance at any one practice of members, 22; of visitors 12; smallest attendance of members, 4; of visitors, 0. Total attendance of members, 394 ; of visitors, 106 ; general total, combined attendance, 500.

To the Editor: Sir,—As the District Board of Ponsonby and or Dedwood Highway Distriot has called a meeting of the rate payers on Monday, the 17th July, to receive the annual balance-sheet, I hope they will give a detailed account of how the monies have been spent, and what new roads are formed and metalled, as I understand up wards of £400 was received from, the General Government. Also the state of the roads, footpaths, culverts, and crossings, as up to this time olose upon £700 has been paid by the ratepayers. Parnell, and the country districts give detailed accounts, and I think we should be told $here our monies have been laid out.—-YorarsV &0 -> A. Black.

The July number of the CVurch Gazettehw. reached us, and besides the usual amount oi Diocesan and Parochial intelligence, it nas several letters on such matters as chur~h membership, religious advertising, chanty 'sermons, .theolo^a! k^ies, andl Ladies phobia, in the notes on advertising, a correspondent places the question in » clew and satisfactory light, and completely ovej tarns, in a few logical ™»£»"£* view* of a previous wHtfer. We ntotitoethat Some of bur church ministers have W this month's Qaketk, and o»=J«jnon« i fttttdiie theSe Contribute* yato Kfe*V*&! Bftsawd and Dudley. We have sometimes wondered that Church of England minirte" in this city do hot take more advantage ot the pre* than they do. It h pleasant some times to take a retrospective glance_ at the parish preachers of the past, f! £f what they did in the interesting field of liter atUre. Some of the finest, poets and natui.il and country historians,of the past, have laboured in the pretty English villages for the dissemination of happy thougnt, cannot forget Such writers aa old George Her herb in his parsonage near Salisbury, nor Lisle Bowles, the friend of Coleridge, nor good old George Crabbe, the Trowbridge par son, whose character was expressed m a single line by Lord Byron, nor Gilbert White, whose history of Selbourne, (at the foot of whose hill Tennyson now lives) will? Hve through the changes and fashions of a hundred years to come ; nor can we forget Leigh Richmond, musing o'er tho Dairyman's daughter, in one of the plefiaautesfc localities of the pleasant lale^ of Wicht ; and lastly we think of the genial hearted Kingfiley, the author and preacher of Eversley, and it was pleasing to read in the June number of tho Gazette, a fine sketch of Kings'.ey from tho pen of Max Muller. We fchiuk that a series of sketches of some of the fine parsons from Bernard Gilpin to the present time, would add some interest to the pages of the Clivrch Gazette ; notices of men who liyed the life, regarding the spirit rather than the letter, and whose hearts were actuated by the diviner principles of love and charity. We notice that the Gazette con tains the Sunday school lessons for the month, au<3 a number of paragraphs extracted from works, new and old. Altogether therefore this organ of the Anglican Church is fairly conducted, and as such is a representative journal.

The regular monthly meeting of the Lodge Ara will take place this evening in the Masonic Hotel at the usual hour.

We observe that Mr Crook, who delighted audiences at the Auckland Institute with his English and Continental views, will give one of his instructive entertainments to-morrow evening in the Whau Hall, for the enlarge ment of the Hall fund.

A grand soiree and concert will be given on Wednesday evening in tho Otahnhu Public Hall, in aid of the Manse fund in connection with the Presbyterian Church of that district. An excellent programme, musical and literary, has been prepared for the occasion, and cannot fail in happy results. A 'bus will leave Mr Crowther's stables at a quarter past five o'clock for Otahuhn, for the accommodation of ladies and gentlemen from Auckland, and which will return immediately after the close of the concert.

The new quarter of the Technical classes afc the Mechanics' lustitute will commence this evening- Every particular respecting the same will be given by tho seoretary, Mr Talbot, in the library.

The adjourned annual meeting of the members of the Auckland Ride Association will be held this evening in tho large room of the Young Men's Christian Association, ■Wellesley-street. As business of importance will be submitted to the meeting, the atten dance of every member is requested. A meeting of the Hope of Auckland Tent of Rechnbitua will be held this evening at tho ui-ual hour for the installation of officers for the ensuing quarter.

Relative to the " Ponsonby Jlipb^ay Board," " Anti-Proxy" writes :—Sir,—l wish through the medium of your independent journal to call the attention of the Ponsonby Highway Board to the impassable and dangerous condition of Wood-street. The thoroughfare in question is interspersed from beginning to end with ruts and man-traps, varying in depth from one to three feet. It was only the other evening that an expressman ran a narrow shave of breaking hia neck through the wheel of his express getting into one of the larger sized water holes. I have been a resident in this neglected locality for some years, and there has never to my know ledge been one sixpence expended by the Board in the Improvement of Wood-street. Now, Mr Editor, I think every ratepayer in the district is entitled to some remuneration in the shape of improvements, for the taxes he is called upon to pay. From what I can see of it, the greater part of the rates col lected in this district are expended in making good roads leading to the residences of mem bers of the worthy Board. Apologising for trespassing on your space. —I am, etc., Anti- Pboxy.

The Sfc. Matthew's Parish Magazine for July contains a considerable amount of inter eating local information, the Sunday school balance sheet, the Sunday closing petition, amount of offertories for the past month, and the chui'oh calendar for the present month. The children's concert will be held on the 14th inst. in tho Young Men's Christian Association Room, and the yearly social gathering on the 27th inst. in Lorne-»treet Hall. The local part of the Magazine is care fully edited by Rev. R. S. Hassard. The inner/ literary portion, prepared at home, contains several good papers on " Composers of English Church Music," "Church Pro verbs," and " Church Carvings," t a short sermon, and several poems of more than average merit. This monthly brochure de serves encouragement.

Another illustration of the absurdity of the Pacific Mail service boats going down the coast is afforded in the fact that the City of San Francisco had to pass Napier in coming up from the South in consequence of rough weather. Our Hawkes' Bay frieuds will therefore be unable to send their English letters by this mail. Another time they will, we should imagine, take the precautiou of forwarding them to Auckland by the local coasting steamer.

The Skating Rink at the City Hall on Saturday evening was largely patronised by gentlemen, who alone ventured on the rink, although a number of young ladies with en couraging looks were there, ready to cheer their lovers and friends on their brief rinky career.

The first meeting of the members of the Auckland Institute in the new building will be held this evening, when His Honor, Mr Justice Gillies, the president, will deliver an anniversary address to the audience. Two papers will also be read, one "on the Fertilisation of Selliera," by Mr Cheeseman, 'and the other "on the Insects injurious to kauri trees." The attendance of ladies is requested.

The revolution of another year in the system of the Newmarket Literary Institute has taken place, and has been productive of fruitful results. The work of the trustees for the year has been the raising of funds for the erection of the Publio Hall, and they are to be complimented on the handsome receipts for the year, the same being, from all sources, upwards of £280, not including an advance of £100. Twelve months ago it was con sidered very doubtful if the "Hall" would ever be up, as many an obstacle appeared to embarrass those engaged on the committees. The managers of this Institute have, how ever, worked well together, aad pulled through the year's work in fine style. Mr Clayton, the chairman of the present trustees, must feel well pleased at the success achieved during his term of office. Donors of £5 and upwards towards the funds of the Institute are reminded of their being voters at the meeting, whioh will commence this evexunn irt 7.30 in the HaU,

The Rev Cf. M. Nelson forwardsus the fjowine remarks On Sunday traing: "tSr Sir : Yesterday, as I w«B »mg to Church, shortly before 11 o'clock, I saw about a drzen sailors from the inaT,of-war DO w n port going in a body into the public Souse near my residence. They we. of course trawttin ;' for the journey j a long on" Sbe Bflre, ft* the •%..*« Main, when on my road to Sunday^ohool, shortly before 3.o'clock, I saw a bind of sailors emerging froffi the call, so wearied, with « travelling that tU *rte tfnite unable io walk straight. Now, bir, this sort of tJiiiff may be s»en any time that a war vessel is infpoif,, and it a Modifier! form, every Sunday. Cannot the projje^tjtho rifcies send us a constable in fhh part of the ,tnwn, that Sunday-school teachers and scholars, may not have constantly before them the uuw&lcbjne aight, of shasser ing drunken men on the Lorct'fs l)a,y? — Yours, &c, Chas. M. Nelson, St. Paul's Parsonage.

During the month ending June, 1876, there were 17 deaths registered within the city of Auckland; the number during the corres ponding month of 1875 were 21 deaths. For 1876—Under 1 year. 3 deaths; under 5, 3 ; under 20, 2 ; under 50, 6; over, 50, 3. Total, 17. For 1875—Under 1, 6 ; under, 5, 2 ; under 20, 4; under 50, 8 ; over 50, I, Total, 21. There were four deaths in the hospital during the month of June, 1876. — Gho. Goldtr, Sanitary Inspector.

Daring Burglary.

A most daring burglary was perpetrated at the Wyndham Arms Hotel, at the Symonds sfcreet junction of Wellesley-street and Aber crombie-street, on Friday night, or rather in the small hours of Saturday morning. The thieves succeeded in carrying their design into execution, and. clearing off with their booty without being interrupted. It is only conjectured t.hat there were two persons engaged in the affair, but whether there were two or more, they were evidently well up to their business, and did th?ir work in so clean a fashion as to warrant the belief that tjiey must be practised hands. From footprint which appeared next morning between the place and the house on the AW crombie-stroet side, it would seem tlat tha burola-s first tried a door ilia window here. Finding that they both were securely 'fastened they had evidently retraced their steps, and getting back into the road, had come round to the front and boldly attacked the building in front. Tley managed to effect an entrance bytbe window of the parlour between the hall and the bar. Close to the window were a numter of cages with canaries in them which lad been piled there for the night. TheßO tley coolly put out of the window under the 1»11 steps, and there they were found somewlat damaged in the morning. The rascals tlen went about their work with wonderful cleverness. The only direction from wHch they could be interrupted was from tho door from the hall, so this they locked on the inside. They left the window open by which they had entered, and to hide their proceedings from pasiers by, they had carefully drawn the muilin curtains together, and tearing the ed/es, had tied them by several knots so tiat they could not fall back. They ffixt forced open the door between the pr lour and the bar, which was looted, and were now on the scene of their operation. It is probable that they had seen the call box placed in a email cupboard against ;he wall, and they now made for this expectng no doubt to secure a heavy booty. The cip board door was unlooked and the cash-fox was taken into their keeping. Extendng their search they came across a box contan ing £5 worth of coppers. They secued these, and having as we may well suppoe liberally drank to the health of the host aid hostess, decamped by the way they hid entered. But a big disappointment was in waiting for them. Wnen hey had gained the open ground on the side of the hill going down to tie Domain they had evidently Rat down to examine their prize, the cash box. Un fortunately for them, but lucky for ftr Hamley, the money had all been taken ott that very day, and all that the scoundrels found inside were about half-a-dozai cheques and seevral letters. So wrath weie they at this discovery, that one of them smashed the box across his knee, and tbev then tore up the cheques and letters, leaving them with the box to tell the tale. Here the interesting documentary evidence was found on Saturday morning. The rascals were to knowing to negotiate the chques. It! is evident we have some bad characters in Auckland at present, and people cannot be too careful of securing their premises. The culprits are not yet captured.

DE MURSKA TO-NIGHT.

The third De Murska concert will take place to-night at the Choral Hall. The programme is an usually interesting one, and the selec tions set down to the great Hungarian song stress are peculiarly calculated to exhibit hei wonderful powers to perfection. Prominent among these is Bellini's remarkable produc tion, " The Shadow Song," in which Adolina Patti always creates a sensation, and the celebrated "Mad Scene," from Lucia, wWoh caused a great furore in Melbourne, Maestro Strauss Ilia will play a fantasia on "Molly Darling," and the concert wind up with a grand trio from "Belisario" by Mdlle de Murska and the Signors Rosnati and Susini. The purchasers of unreserved tickets are requested to come early to prevent dis appointment. The postponement on Satur day night caused very great disappointment to a large number of people, and there is no doubt but that the Choral Hall would have been crowded to excess, Saturday being always a good night in Auckland. But it must be remembered that the extremely delicate construction of Mdlle De Murska's vocal organs leads to a greater susceptibility to cold than ordinary, and as a consequence, compels her, much against her will, to refrain from singing in instances-, like the present. The pecuniary loss is necessarily very great to the management, besides pro longing the season beyond tho intended dates. It will be seen that the concerts take place this week as follows : To-night, Wed nesday, and Friday, and will terminate with the sixth concert nexb Monday night. We are requested to call attention to the adver tisement regarding tickets issued for Satur day night and to-night.

THE SHAUGHRAUN.

The afternoon performance of the Shaugh raun on Saturday was not so largely attended by the young people as might have been expected; but in the evening the theatre i was crowded to excess. The whole per formance was a complete success. Mr. Wheatleigh as Conn was in high trim, as theugh determined on his last appearance to win a triumph. Mr and Mrs Searle were equally good in their positions ; Mr Searle as Father Doolan and Mrs Searle as Widow Kelly. The remaining characters were very fairly represented; Mr Tom Burton did ample justice to Kinchella, a character in which Tom excels. We feel it but due to Mr A. Smith, whose excellent portrait of Harvey Duff we liked better even than the Duff of|Mr Collier, but who has, been silently passed over, not willingly, perhaps, by our morning contemporaries, to say that his representation did him very great credit, considering that Mr Smith is an amateur^ and his services called into requisition at the eleventh hour, when no one could be found immediately to impersonate Harvey Duff. Mr Smith's every action showed the actor and much dramatic power. At the close of the last act, Mr Wheatleigh was re-called by the sound of many voices, aad gratefully made hia.fiwoweU bow %ohm Auckland, supporters,

WHY THE RAILWAY DOES NOT PAY.

(To' the Editor of the Evkntnr Star.) c-j-jj _a_ 3 a twenty je%rs resident in this province I feel keenly the injustice entailed on Auckland by mulcting her in the heavy monthly losses entailed by the Mercer rail way, while everything is done under Govern ment; management that can possibly render that railway a loss, parties cannot possibly be expected to wade half a mile through a sea of mad to the .station to encounter all the annoyances to which they are subjected. They can get a 'bus b Onehunga at three or four places in Qneenstreefc at any hour of the rtav, they find civil drivers, cheap fares, plea sant views, and equal despatch. While if they pa to the railway, alter wading through the aforesaid seS of mud, they get no views, un civil guards, and hisi r»tes, with the addi tional cbances of beirg left behind if a second or two too Jate,and-Jf being Hauled up and fined-£1 and costs ifthey step out before the train is quite ritftfafa*. The regulation that renders that illegal la all veiy well on English railways, whtre trains go from MfV) 60 miles an hour, andtheßailway companies are liable to heavy damages for. accidents? but it is absurd her* where trains go very little faster than a tna and the Govern ment are totally irresponsible for any dam age incurred. Mr Reessees this anomaly, hence his motion in tbe Assembly to render the Government responsible for accidents under its )wn management. I don't think the Government will oppose this motion; why should they ? They don't nay for it themselves. They will merely debit it to the province ai usual. Now, Mr Editor, don't you think tiat if the railway W as carried along three or four hundred yards more to the foot of the Fort-street cliffs—and then a tunnel & about 400 yards more carried under Shortland-street, bring ing the terminus out at the foot of Barrack Hill where the Mechanics'lnstitute now is — that it would pay better. The station would then be in the heart of thefcown in a straight line, and no compensation would be required to any one on that line, as it would pass throngh nobody's property, Till this is done, I f«ar Auckland will have to pay her £2000 to £3000 a month ad injmium to recoup the railway losses. —I am, etc.. Colonist.

CITY COUNCIL AND ITS PRO CEEDINGS.

(lo tho Editor of the Evehng Stab). Sir,—ln your morniDg conteniDOHry a letter appears signed 'Business" defending tho action ol the Council In refusing the return asked for by me, relative tt the Mayor's expenses when at Wellington two years »go. I had almost made up my'mind not to reply to ;h& Jetter.i which appear from time to time in thepnblic press under various nom-de-plumes, because I mow from information received that in nearly everf case theyare either written or dictated by a gentleuan who darefyiot sign his name, for he knows too well what the public feeling is toward himself. Bit perhaps it may be better in this case to give my rason for asking the question which has caused so nnch siir, and further inform the writer of tho aforesu'd, letter and the public the courso I intend to pursue in future witl respect to such matters. Mj reason for asking this question was this: An attics appeared in the Eerald to the effect that a gentlenan had been sent to Wellington on Council businas, and then went on to draw a com parison betweei the cost of Parliamentary agents and the cost of enploying the Conndl's own officers stating that tht Christchurch peofle had paid £800 to an agent for york done for them, whilst the Auck land Council ha< only to pay £40 to Mr P. A Philips for doing a very 'mportant work for them. Now I had been prevlotuly informed by a leading Councillor that the cost wafl !ar in excess of the mm named. I therefore determbed to ascertain beyond "[dispute what the sum realiy was. The result was just what I expected, insteat of £40, it turned cut to be £87. Now if you add to this three weeks salary as Mayor

£250 per annum, you will find tlut the sum was att so insignificant»fter all from a ratepayer's point noview. Now wife respect to ray iuture aotion-in the Council. Whist lam fully aware that I can get any information I want by applying privatety to the officers of tho Cornell for it, for of course, they are simply the servants ojthe public: still I have neither the inclination nor he time to "waste en Ruch a humiliating work, bit will take the courso I have already taken, viz: *sk every question in pnblio before the representatives of the Press, so that rate payers may have 4*e fullest information upon all mitters relative U the Council and its various workings. If the infirmation I ask far is denied me, then it will be to the public to note by whom .'■ueti information is wlhheld, and deal witb them when they again ask foriheir suffrages. PS—I shall be happy to give or get for ratepayers any informa tion relative to Council matters they may desire if they will communicate with me.—l am, &c, D. Goldie.

THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN POLICE CELLS.

(To the Editor »f the Stab.) Sir, —A good many correspondents have lately alluded to the netessity of better pro vision being requisite tovards a preventative for saving life and protecting the health of the unfortunates who are consigned to our police cells for breach© of the laws. I 1 believe the subject wouldbe almost forgotten I were it not for a letter mder the signature .of " Visitor," which apjeared in your Sa turday's issue. It is a great pity that 1 " Visitor" did not give hinself a clearer title jj —whether a regular and official visitor, or one of those who entered the cells out of curiosity after the prisoners were all re moved and the cells oleanei out. Perhaps "Visitor" would inform year readers how often Mr Broham visits the |olice cells each night for the purpose of seeiig the classifi cation of prisoners, and asctrtaining what complaints they had to tntntion against their treatment by his subordinates. I would ask also whether this «orrespondent is cognizant of a charge of ill-treatment against a constable to a prisoner, which has been lodged with Captain Dally, orwhether he is aware that the frequency if stich con ,| duct has necessitated a series of vritten com ) plaints being placed in the hanjg of many ii Auckland members for investigation during I their sojourn at Wellingten. I»m writing .J in the interests of the public, and must . i express my surprise that long eie this the j authorities did not take steps t< g e t addi , tional cell accommodation providyi so as to . separate the oriminal and the iniocent ap , prehended. I have read the ] connected with the late unfortunate death in t one of the cells, and cannot reconoi'e it with Imy conscience. One of the constables swore , that the Sergeant visited the dead woman every twenty minutes. When om knows , that a nighb sergeant is supposed to g 0 his rounds, and see that constables are it their 1 posts, is it reasonable to suppose that so . much attention should be given to & voman [ ran in for drunkenness. Your readers will , iraw their own conclusions. The most pain . ial thing connected with the late death al -1 \ided to is the fact of a constable searching a . cead woman, and testifying tc wha\ ■was . ftund on her. Surely it is high :ime that a , ttmale searcher for prisoners of the Wjaker toss should be provided, and suoi searthing alottedflto her.—Yours, etc., Citizen.

To the Editor : Sir,—l think " Visitor" mist be a favoured lodger at the Pclice Station. If so it is his duty tc comm*nd upm the accommodation. The jlollowinj I kn>«r to be facts. A respectable iian in tijg citj was arrested on a warrant, anl when>n the way to the station he asked tie amiaHe servant if he could get a bed. " Oh, yes, Bad he, you will be put to no ineonymience it all it all." But when he got his btd insidi, he demanded the prisoner's wafeh, &O, in t very insulting manner, md be causj he did not hand everything ou: in aminute, the officer assisted \i m verj rougUy, and when the man reminstrated at thi liberties, the police called hia a black guard and took hold of him by th* back of the njck and ran him into a cell, not forget ting t» give him the final push whtn enter ing tie doorway which sent the prisoner reeling against the opposite wail. The only accommodation in this cell waa the etld, cold floor, was damp, and smelt inythin^ but svfeet from the drunkards th 9 ' night before.v There was a Btrong wind blowing through the iron bars, enough to strike death into anj strong man, much less info a man that was suffering from lung diseaso as" this man was. The consequence was that this unfortunate was compelled to remaif in this exposed tfafce, walking to and fro ill night, bseauaß Bone oi his Hende kmvf thife b© was

arrested, ordozensjof them would have offered to go bail as they did the next morning, but too late to prevent him from getting a most fearful cold, which confined him to his bed, and cost pounds in medicine and doctors, and very nearly his liftl. If iJie nronmmodntion no\" is the same hh t,h<m I would recommend " Visitor" *o try one night, if his life is insured.—Yours truly, Spkro Nelioko.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before F. 0. Barstow, Esq., R.M.) SHATK \VS OF ITTIMANITV. Eight; individuals were found prostrate anrl incapable of the exercise of reason on the evenings of Saturday and Sunday in the street of the city, and were dealt with in the following manner ; William Alcock, sa, Pprer Young, 10a, "Richard Fletcher, ss, Jnhn Wilsou, 5s Robert Reed, (drunk awe? disorderly having bitten Constable Allan's thumb very severely) 20s, Michael Foster JOs, with costs, being a Sunday case : Mary Ann Boyce, a young lady, and William Clarke forfeited their bail. ' ABBtTCTION". Joseph Nash was brought on n serious ohafge j viti.f that he did, on the 20th June, unlawfully" «Mse" to be taken from the houso of her father Steven Home, and against his will, Sarah Ann Home, she being under the age of fourteen years. Sub-Inspector Pardy Raid tfrafc as there was a very important witness in this ease, named' Julia Murray, who had not come down from the Waikato, he would ask for & remand for eight days. The, prisoner said he rook the girl away* with the consent of her mother, for the pur pose of splitting shingles, and for no other purpose. Remanded for eight days. PARNKLL JOHNNY. John PitzGibbon, one of the most innocent looking of little men, was again placed in the dock, on a charge of assaulting Jane his wife, a respectable looking woman with a baby in her arms. The pirsoner said he had been a very foolish fellow, it was all owing the drink, but since his three days study and simple diet in prison, he had calmly made up his mind to be a Good Templar ; he was not naturally a bad man. His Worship said that prisoner's conduct had not been what it shoald be for a long* time, towards his wife ; he should therefore order him to be bound over on his own re cognisance in the sum of £20, to keep the peace for six months. Mr FitzGibbon opened his eyes wfftb ap parent astonishment, as he expected to be liberated at once. STEALING SOVEREIGNS. John Webster, a young man of 22, was charged with feloniously stealing £9,~ in sovereigns and a bunch of keys, the property of Dr McKinley, of her Majesty's Navy, on the 23rd'June last. Archibald McKinley deposed that he was a surgeon on board the "Nymphe." About six weeks ago, he cime on shore with other officers ; left on the 15th ult., for Admiralty House; left prisoner, in charge He returned on Tuesday last. He immediately missed his bunch of keys, also, the prisoner, who had left in the mean time. He proceeded to the Police station, and found the prisoner there on a charge of desertion ; asked him about his keys, when he said he had left them at the Sailor's Home; he confessed, also, to taking about £9 in gold. Detective Grace gave him his keys, and upon examining his tin box, he found that £9 bad been extracted therefrom, and £19 left; he left the keys in his coat pocket, which was hanging up in his private room. Riohard Verander, seaman on board the Nymphe; he was left sick at admiralty house ; he remembered Dr McKinley going on the trip to the Waikato ; knew the pri- Boner, and saw a sovereign in his hand some days after the doctor had left ; he believed the prisoner had no money of his own, but did not question him about it; he knew that the doctor had such a box as that1 described, but aid not know what ifc contained ; he locked the doctor's door tfnee, because the prisoner was frequently coming home drunk, and he thought he did not come by it honestly. When he locked the door, he kept the key until Mr Bremer returned, when he gave it to that gentlemen. Prisoner wished to get the key back, but he told him he should not get it without force. Prisoner left the house before Mr Bremer's return, and on leaving soid he was off, meaning, as he supposed, to desert; he next saw him in custody for desertion. Leah Sinclair, a widow, and until recently, the hostess of the " Sailors Home," said she knew the prisonei as a customer. He came to her house about a week ago when he left a small bunch of keys injher possession, which, he said, a man would call for. He made no remark upon them. She gave them up to the constable. Detective Grace, saw the prisoner in custody on another charge for desertion, and subsequently when the discovery of the robbery was made, he asked him for Dr. McKinley'skeys, when he denied all know ledge of them. Afterwards he confessed to the dootor that he had left them with Mrs Sinclair, also, that he had stolen £9 from his box. The prisoner was taken into custody at the Thames, whither he had gone by the Enterprise.

This being the case the evidence was read over to the prisoner who, having nothing to say, was fully committed for trial

SUPREME COURT.—This Day.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

(Before E is Honor Mr Justice Gillies and the

Grand Jury). The Quarterly Circuit Court for the trying of criminal cases was opened this morning at the Supreme Court, by Mr Justice Gillies. The judge took his seat oa the bench at eleven o'clock, at which time the Court was well filled with the gentlemen of the grand jury, common jurors, barristers, witnesses, and the general public. The business began as usual with the swearing in of the grand jury, which com prised the following gentlemen : —Thomas Whitson, W. P. Buckland, Thos. H. Ivey, James Watt, Abraham Boardman, Albert Beetham, John Fairburn, Josiah Clifton Firth, Patrick Comiskey, G. S. Graham, Jno. Rogers Harrison, Allan Kerr Taylor, G. W. Jones, G. S. Kissling, R. J. Taylor, J. McCosh Clarke, Wm. Earle, W. James Taylor, Jno. M. Shera. Mr Hinge's name was called, but that gentleman had sent a letter stating he waa unable to be present through illness. Mr J. C. Firth was elected foreman. Mr Broofield, the Crown Prosecutor, In spectors Broham and Thomson, and Mr O'Brien, the Governor of the Gaol, were in attendance. The usher then proclaimed silence on pain of imprisonment, while the judge delivered his charge to the grand jury. The Charge, His Honor, addressing the foreman and gentlemen of the grand jury, began his ad dress by alluding to the rather lengthy character of the calendar. There were in all 21 cases set down for trial, but of these only 19 could be dealt with at present, as in the other two the depositions had not arrived, and His Honor Baid he should have to ask the grand jury to return and try them at l future time. At present, as he bad not Sjen the depositions, he could give them no about them. In four instances itlere were two charges against the same pkrson, He was happy to say there were no thxrgea of a very serious nature. Three aUrges that would be brought before them Wild be against Maoris. In regard to these it Vas satisfactory to observe that as the ndrives were becoming used to European craiea, they were also.becoming amenable to ■ftttQjpGftu justice, H« was glad 69 aotise

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