SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

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DEPARTURES.

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PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

jrortheßon-ls—ladybird Wednesday For London- Columbus, barque, to morrow ; City Of Auclr'and, ship oarly For Wear Yr_ Tizzin Pox barque, e»riy For ivewca tie Tre!even Pi.miy. earl/ For tbe 3outh--Taupo, I ith instant

VESSELS EXPECTED.

.-d.W.s. Burr.couta. from F ji. early Jirrdirk Castle, ship, fr m , nrion larnatic fh'p from London ; sailed 20lh Sept **.__* P^nn'tston, ship, from vye.lfe, Sweden; sailed 13th \ugnst •Glenlora, -jjip, fr m London ; sail-rl 25th n c toher Ardvar, ship, f rom qi_ gow ._\_s .2.r, t11 Oct .be.r Benve-_a ship, from L.ndon sailed '«th October ■^abarfeidh, o.. que frout e*rly ■Je3*ica btrque, from -.w V i k ; s^ih-d 2nd June Marathon b.rque from .sewVorh; ailed October 12 'U. f 1 ;se barque, fom PT«»e<iHHe early VISIO;, brig f rQm hamoa e ., r ly brig from Hobart T.w-. ; sdlecJ Kith schooner, from t.he I.lands. _i_ly ■Kyno, bri^aatine, from Islan :s, early

IMPORTS.

Per Ladybird—l 2 kegs butler and lard, T H Hall and Co.

The s.s. Hawea left for the South yesterday aft«r moon, with the folio-wine pa'serjeers.—Mrs and Miss Rf-ise, W G Campbell, Miss E Co >__, W Phillips Nor man, W KMenValfs. Hon H Charnterlin, Mrs niatn berlin, Miss Ch.cuberlin. G R MoVab. BawMn--, H Fte-le, J U Stuffy, M> and Mrs Bkithoa. Patte.on. Dr Grace. Mrs Grace. Mis Grace, J Koda, T W Wil cox. • tender, J Andrew?, Mr and Mrs Pcpe, J T CSiark, "W Tnrner, J Anderson. \V Anderson. Miss .Anderson, Mrs Ross, Misses RO3S (3), R Bratnwell, Mrs Stuart, Miss Stuart, G Shepherd. G Hardwick. Mr nnd Mrs J Tamer, Mr and Mis F M Lester, Rev RSt-bo, Mrs >tebo, W Mason, T Guy, R Hosklnc, P Coffey, T C ffey, FT Kean. Miss MeKemie, Rev W Still. Mis Penny and 2 children, Mrs Knuchv and 1 chili, <i Boy ey, W Bayicy, Mrs and Miss T L Lyell, Culpin, Fleming, K<-«m. Reny, R T -mith, W S Andrew?. — Hend-rson and MiCft'lane, ag*nt.«. In futtre o c of the TTr-ion Co's flue new steamers Is tol-..<e O eh'in a for be -__th p<e'y Tv s^ay T" The b'iga-iline Treleve Fa-> ily "cleared out to-day for Ni.vc.iS le in b last »nd «i h he f lowing pas="ri2i-rs :—yi r and Mrs Couch and 2 children, and v. m Peers T.iu ba que '"olumbus han'ed away from the wh*rf this m irnilig .ha i.to sail for <.0.,d0n to-morrow monu nr. The ketch Clematis arriv d fnm vanier this morning with a f. w su ,drie by w<y of cargo. Ihe fcilowlug passemer* from this pors for Austrvlia left by the Mikado:—^aloon— M. de Ban„rb7 Mr D Cohen and Mr H. D, Cohen, and 7 in tha s'ee rngo. The ss Rowena arrived early thi* morning 0 m Tauran.-a l~he came up a day earner thar. -Oaual to ba cleaned. On her arrivil she was plac; < . ( j'J 1 p 0n t h 6 gridiron.

MARRIAGE.

BUCHANAN—PROBS-R—On Deceuibpr 30, at the re.<i''er.e_ of the bride's p ''rents, Turner-street, by the R-v. A Bet'd. Edwatd Buchanan, of this city, to 1-1- beth. fee nd daughter of Mr. Thomas Prosser, cf Auckland.

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

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1876.

For the cause that lacks assistance, I'"or the wrong that needs resistance, I-or the future in the distance. And the eood that we can do.

The nomination of Mr J. A. Tole by Sir George Gre.y's Central Committee was, We believe, at first received with _ certain amount of prejudice by a section of the E ien electors. The chief cause of this seemed t.> oe the candidate's newness to politics. But when the electors come to reflect upon the subject they will recognise in this an immense advantage. It is high time that a new leaven hhould be introduced into the old lump, a very large, portion of which has become so sour and unwholesome as to be unfit for further useful service. If Mr Tole is new to political life he will also be new to political trickery, and uncontaminated by that unwholesome atmosphere of corruption which has rendered the majority of members of the old Parlia ment ineligible as representatives of the party of reform. Mr Tole has also placed himself in the ranks of a leader who com mands the confidence of the people, and whose ripe experience will, doubtless, in fluence Mr Tde's natural abilities in the right direction. The Central Committee would have encouutere 1 no difficulty in finding an old political dodger ready to sail into Parliament under their colours—Mr. C_rle.on, for in stance, was perfectly prepxred to take the ■"hilling in the cause of Sir George Grey or mybody else who would put him in—but

his is precisely what the Committee has striven to avoid, and what the electors must beware of also, if they hope to secure any good result from the strong effort now being made to create a feeling of union among Auckland members and secure for this pro vince a higher destiny than any that i 3 possible so long as it remains a prey to the vultures which have fattened upon its unfor tunate body. We regard it as a happy omen to see the Central Committee bring ing forward young men at the present time

o be initiated into the principles and aims >fa policy which, in coming years, 'hey will have to administer ; the course pursued by the Committee is a step in the right direction ; it is the break ing of another of those fetter, that have hound the mass of the people to the chariot wheels of a very small class which has managed to seize the reins of Govern ment and has then driven defiantly and contemptuously over the rights of the peeple. The election of Mr Tole must be accepted as a clear and ringing note from

he people in assertion of their determina tion to submit no longer to the sway of those influencies that have, in times gone by, passed unquestioned until they were rapidly building up an arrogant autocracy A. noticeable feature in the present struggle is the effort put forth by the deposed olasses to come out in a new garb. The old representatives of the party sco that the game i« quite hopeless so far as they are concerned ; the good-natured old horse which has so long borne their ill-treatment and heavy burthens has kicked up its hpels and landed them in the ditch;" but they still hope to gain the mastery by putting up a new rider of the same stamp in the faith that the not always discriminating animal will allow him to mount. We confess that after considerable deliberation we fail to see exactly what Mr Taylor relies on in his claims to the suffrages of Eden. He prac tically admits all the charges of mal-adminis trationand corruption brought against the Government, but still proclaims himself an admirer of their policy, and refuses point blank to place himself under the leadership of Sir George Grey. It is true that he resides in Eien and Mr Tole does not, but then the Utter, we understand, owns property there and ib an elector of that constituency - and whether this is so or not, we have never heard that Eilen has been speci ally blessed in having Mr Taylor in the midst of her ; we are not aware that during the years he has resided there Mr Taylor has interested himself in any popular movements for the general good, or has done aright to foster that feeling of social freedom and unassuming good citizenship which we fondly dream of in connection with colonial life. On the other hand, we have heard of the creation in Eden of those class distinc tions which Sir. George Grey and every true, deep-thinking, liberal minded, colonist must; see looming a dark and threat ening cloud in the future — those distinctions which mean the elevation of the rich and the grinding depression lof tbe poor—ia reality, the creation in these &_ds of a "bastard.aristocracy a thousand times more intolerable tban the legitimate I growth of centuries in Great Britain. Mr Taylor, to our mind is a type and repre sdniativo^ot all that Sir George Grey.

so, and we can, therefore, admire the re luctance which he has manifested to give expression to views which it is'necessary, if he is to have the ghost of a chance of election, he must not openly oppose, and which he yet cannot honestly profess. It apDears to us that the only hope of strength he can Inve must come from two sources, those iD Eden who admire (!) or have good c»use to holster up political corruption and mal administration as it exists in all its naked ugliness, and those, of whom there is an unusual sprinkling in Eden, who aspire to a place in the coming peerage of New Zea land. These are, after all, but broken reeds to depend upon in the present state of public feeling, and as Mr Taylor's candidature, in the face of the events of last Parliament, might have a colour of being actuated by personal considerations, we would urge him for his own sake to save a defeat by following Mr Carleton's example.

A correspondent in to-day's Crow under i the signature of " Citizen, " evidently writing in the interests of "one of the ablest firemen in New Zealand," thinks we should " givo a reason for our sudden change of mind and dis position towards the fire brigade " especially in relation to their application fo)e itisUVance policies at tbe expense of the city. That explanation we afford with the greatest pleasure and it is not far .to seek. Since the publication of the article quoted by "Citizen" the accounts of the City Council for the year ISIS have ap. peared and reveal the astounding fact that tho cost of the Fire Brigade for twelve months was no less than £800. We confess tbat this sum has staggered us, whfn the very meagre and un satisfscto>y rfsuits are -onnideredi and it ;«ppe?rs to have been no less a surprise to tbo Superintendent of the Btigade, that officer having called upon us when the figures wero fi-st published, an expressed his belief that tbe cost had been little more than half the sum charged rgainst the brigade. This reason alone is ample to justify any protests, however strongly worded, against a single additional sixpence being paid by the ratepayers fo tbe maintenance of the brigade; and when these figures became known, the Superinten deot of the brigade should have pointed out to Ihe members tbe inadvisability of making any further demands from the Council. We should be perfectly wiliir_g to rely upon this as a sufficient answer to " Citizen's ' rf quest for an explanation of any change in sentiment, but in reality no change has taken place. It was never anticipated that our article of tho 3rd ult. would be ! accepted as an excuse for a claim by the Brigade involving the payment of more money from city rates. The remarks were merely offered as a suggestion to the Insurance Companies and Fire Brigade Committee of « Council to

consider upon what terms such an arrange ment could bo effected for the benefit of tbe brigade. We still consider the creation of an insurance fund in connection with the brigade as very desirable, but steps toward that end ought not to have come in tbe form in •which th«-brigade has chosen to put it forward. Let ihe members first manifest a disposition to forego something themselves —that bread and cheese and beer, for instance—and not perpetually appear before the public like spoiled children with irritat ing demands for consideration from the Council, and we have no doubt that ample funds will be available for life insurance at even a less cost than £800 a year. We have defended the brigade since itß re-organisation against all assailants, but when we hear of the defection of its best men—those who have done good service for years in Auckland voluntarily and without reward, and when we see growing up in their place a costly brigade, perpetually clamouring at the doors of the Council for "more," we are com pelled to Bpeak plainly to the members and shew them that the time is not far distant when another re-organisation of the brigade on a totally different principle will be

imperative,

Mr John Buchanan, with that practical common sense which characterises him, hit the right nail on the head at the Whau maet ing last night, when he laid bare the system of underhand influences, requisitions, and pledges, and general toadyism so largely developed in election contests. He also ti uly defined Mr Taylor's position as essentially a Government supporter-and one of the ex treme "thick and thin" type. We believe that the ballot on Thursday will show, as it has done in the case of other electorates, that a more manly spirit has been fostered under that system which recognises as the great principle of independent voting the right of the poorest individual in the community to decide conscientiously and fearlessly between measures and men.

One "of the sufferers" complains of "a great injustice done to me and other stall holders on the race course. We paid the required amouut to Bell gingerbeer, fruit, cakes etc. Upon arrival at the course, however, the police were put on to us by Mr Lynch of the Clanricaide Hotel, and we were prohibited from selling drink of any kind, (ban ing tea and coffee). Mr Lynch proved himself very selfish ; even if he did purchase the grand stand trade, he might have let poor people have a chance of making an honesc shilling."

We have received from Messrs Symms and Andrews £2 14s l_jd, the proceeds of tbe Saturday night's entertainment on behalf of Mr Ingham. The night was unfavorable to the object, but those who were present gave very liberally to the cause, which is a most deserving one.

Two races came off at Eilerslie afte-' our ' pigeons had brought in the result -i the Publican' Plate. The Consolation was won by Eclipse, after Isaac Wpiton, Cock sura and Medea, the oth-r competitors, had all bolted. Mr,Kow's Skylark won the Hack Race.- j The members, of the Free Gardeners Friendly Society will Tiold their quarterly meeting in the lodge room this owning at "&*an »>•»•,.....A .fnU.afct<.nd»nce is reqiested. i

We have received a letter from James Regan complaining of comments in our columns on his conduct at Kllerslie Gardens, on Saturday last. Mr Regan enters into a long statement of grievances upon which no one denies him a perfect right to protest, but be does not deny that heaittitmted tmpioper motives to the handicapper. That official unenviable work has always given satisfac tion hitherto, and we do not ihiuk chat Mr Regan himself believes bim capable of un fairness. At the same time We feel confident that the, htmdicapper will not harbour resent ment for words used iv the heat of the moment.

An exciting bout of fisticuffs Pook place on the Panmtire road, at six o'clock last even ing. The dispute originated about a bet in the Gardens, and the parties were at One time intending to add the afc.ra__it.__s of a fight to the ether shorts announced in the bills. The managers, however, intimated that it was not allowed, and the men, who were fully minded to appeal to the trial by combat, to decide which was rght, made an adjournment to the public thoroughfare, at some distance from the gates. Here a ring was formed, seconds were appointed, and all the preliminaries of a real prize fight were gone thtouah. Tbe men stripped and soon got to work. Their appearance left little doubt as to tbe result. One was a well built young fellow apparently a mechanic, while tho other, who was dubbed " Frenbhi.e" was clearly a foreigner, And was ioclined to corpus lence,. besides being nearly 40 years old. rJ-he Englishman took up a very fair attitude and made play as if he had done the same thing before. The foreigner, to start with, took a steady look at his opponent and then went at it ram-fashion, lowering his head and going in with fists descibibg circles. Eight or nine rounds were fought in this f»3hion, till at last the foreigner, finding he wa3 outmatched and with one eye cut, gave in, thouuh not without the earnest solicita^ tions of his friends.

The revolutionists who spent five dollars and lost one man in overturning the State Government of Panama, last month, were disgusted to find only ?3 11 cents in the treasury.

Sir,—l thought enough had been eai4. about tbe Way in which prisoners are ill-used by the p lice On Saturday evening there was another instai cc of it. A lad (an ap« prtntice of the Ci'y of Auckland I believe) was being taken off to his s-hip by the warer police. The lad wan very drunk, and made an attempt to jump overboard, when the ser geant sez-d him and threw him about as if he had been a dog. I feel sure if this is brought under the notice of Inspector Broham he will endeavour to put a stop to it.— lam &c, A. D. B.

Sir, — I would like to make known through your valurble paper the way I have been treated by Mr -Sell, chief mate of the Hero He engaged me, the trip before last, to assist in discharging cargo, and on my applying for my money as usual to Mr E Coombes, after the departme of the Hero, I was told my name was not on the pay sheet. While the Hero was in harbour this time I spoke to Mr Bell about my money several times, and ho always put me off with some excuse, at the same time admitting 1 had done the work.—l am &c , A Working Man.

The Sunday-school children belonging to St Sepulchres and the Epiphany churches held a picnic yesterday at Kohimarama in com pany with their teachers aud friends. The party went by the Takapuna. and landed in boats. The eight of the children dressed in white, enjoying themselves like butteiflies in the sunshine, was very pretty. -<*

Upon "The Thames Election and Sir Julius Vogel" an " Elector " writes : " Sir, - 1 was somewhat amused at reading a state ment in Saturday's issue of the Herald to tbe effect that Sir George Grey's "colleague will certainly be Sir Julius Vogel." This infor mation, obtained from the ulan in tho street -not Jones but Robinson—and put forth in such a positive manner, is far from being correct, and entirely without foundation. No doubt tbe wish was father to tbe thought on the-part of your contemporary's informant I havo thebestauthority for sayingthat onthe day of nomination at the Thames there wa» not the least intention to nominate Su Julius as a candidate, and it was done only at theelevemhhotirsolely with aviewtoannoy the supponers of a local candidate, whose chance of success is much greater than could be that of the wandering Julius—l am &c, Elector.

An advertisement elsewhere informn those interested that the prizes in the late C-ledo nian sports will be presented to the winners at the Exchange Hotel on Thur_day evening at half past seven o'clock,

Mr Hurst wishes ub to contradict most emphatically the supposition conveyed in a telegram published yesterday of his coming out for Waikato. He expi esses his contin ued determination to go to the poll for Waitemata.

An instance of tbe truth of the old saying

— "Once a thief, always a thief," was exemplified yesterday in tbd case of James Bloomfield, a Suffolk man, who was sentenced to five years' penal servitude. This man, of about 40 years of age, had been accustomed to picking and stealing from bis boyhood, and it was said that when a mere child hia fingers were continually in his mo;her's sugar basin. Hnce Bloomfield has been in this colony, he has been twice conviced of stealing, and when liberated, before the ter mination of his last sentence, he went to the Bay of Islands, where he might have led a respectable and honest life as a gardener and milkman, but the old habit was too strong ia him for the pursuance of an honorable career. He saw an opportunity at the Marl borough Hotel, Rushell, in December last, of getting into the cook's bedroom, where he broke open her box, stole the five sovereigns she had saved in her situation, and which, it is to be hoped, will save him from furcher mischief until the year 1880.

The Ornamental vs. the Useful—Servant: "I suppose, ma'am, I shall not have to wait at table ?" Lady : O, no ! I want a house maid." Servant: 'I suppose, ma'am-, I shall not have to make the beds?" Lady sur piised, but composedly): " Certainly not!" Servant (thinking the place will suit) : "And I suppose, ma'am I shall not be expected to answer the bell?' Lady: "Of course not! The fact is I want a servant to look at and I don't think you will do." Punch.

Anchovies and Toast.

[From our London Correspondent] London, November 19.

CONSERVATIVE POPULARITY. I remember when the Conservative part/ first came into power in England there were sot wanting prophets amongst your news paper politicians who predicted the spe.dy dofnfallof Mr Disraeli's party. Notubly this was the case with certain Southern papffcp. There was so little justification at the Wue for such prophecies tnat I coyfd not help thinking when reading them t/at the wish must have been father to the thought, and yet even so, it was hard to ima_' ne wby any colonist should wish evil tp a party which had always shown itself particularly friendly to colonial interests, or desire tbe restoration to power of act of men who evidently have had at heart the disintegration of the ].mpire, and who even yejt cherish tbe idea in secret of the severance of »nr Australasian colonies. Be this as it may, and let the mo tives of the prophets of evil be what they may, it is very certain tha- they have turned ; out false propb.e-8 ; for instead of there being* any prospect of a change at present, thef Conservative party is absolutely overpower-l ing. F<»r a series of years the people on England have been bored to death with ■ I ib_ral sensational legislati n, and now they fiad themselves in a perfect elysium of hap piness, free from the annoyances of perpe tual change and excitement. Doubtless, some day there will be a re-action, but it will be a long time before that happens Even Lord Hartington, the Liberal leader, j said the other day at Bristol that, if the prospects of the Liberal party depended upon their re-instatement in office, the look out would be in the last degree watched. The people, he said, were happy and contented, and did not desire any great change, and the only thing tbe liberals could do was to rest patiently, and quietly oast about for mild reforms and so

od, and bide their opor .unity. There was ' no honor to be gaidd, as he pointed out, from cavilling and fiding fault with trifling administrative blundrs. To make capital out of such small maters was unworthy of great politicians and recoiled on those who fought with such wapons I was clad to see such a good apiritoctuating hL* Lordship and I hope it will be i hint to the opposition press, which has beel tr. ing haul to get up an excitement about he Fugitive Slave Cir cular, a palpably grSs and unintentional blunder. The weak point of the present administration is t bo found in the Admiralty Depaitmet, and when Parlia ment meets there wil be a great deal to he said about it, and epecially in connection with the Vanguard. ]

GALES A2D FLOOtig

We have been hivpg and are having the most fearful weather pu can conceive. Rains and fogs, east windsind gales, repeated dd libitum. I have beeqeonfioed to my bed for a for:night with a bp attack of bronchitis* and am°only just bginning to get about attain. The lovely cjinate of your province is a bad preparation fc an English winter like the current one. If were to say that half the.country was undr water at this date of writing, I should re>jly not le exaggerating very much. The _o<_ls have been dreadful, and to make things Jeorse tleve have been high tides and tidalivaVes and all sorts of damp and disagreeabltphenomen... The lower parts of London hay been flooded, and an immense deal of darrkge done, and the dis tress amongst the vety poor has been most trying. The Royal Anenal at Woolwich has been flooded, and a a;reat deal of damage done and a number of workmen thrown out of employment.

SPORTS AT MERCER.

(From our own Correspondent.) January 3rd. As Boxing-Day fell ot a Sunday, of course the sports were put off till the Monday, when there was some very giad foot, lacing, throw ing the stone, jumping |c. The canoe racing fur Maori wom-n was iery gtod. Two of the canoes fouled, thrJving tbe occupants into the river, but bcjl.Qd a ducking the du*ky damsels did not I'm a lit the worse from their involuntary Hd_h, in fact seemed rather to like it. Wo vlmnd tp the fun by having a ball in the everitAg. Ii was held iv the Waikato S e)>ra Natation Company's store, which was kindly lent fortbe occasion by the agent, Mr Hos-king. Abut 35 couple were present, and tripped the lifht fantastic from about 8 .30 p to. to after 4in the morn- I ing, when the company dispersed, apparently well pleased with their night's enjoyment On the following Friday I vent to the Queen's Redoubt to the races. The weather and course was all that could possibly be desired by the most aideit admirer of outdoor sports, which in this instance consisted principally of lorse-racing. At an e*rly hour the ground tos crowded with people, and people could te seen com ing from all sides of the cour.tryby all sorts of conveyances—from shanks mire to pair horse spring-carte, and even drays. Mr Porter, mine host of the Queen., provided refreshments for the weary and thirsty. I noticed a good many little picnic parties, who ou their arrival took possession of some van tage ground, and there remaineitbe greater part of the day. Here and there, however, could be noticed various couples wandering ahout band-in-hand apparently quite obli vious of ail sub-lunar matters The stewards were Messrs Croshie, Kichardsoo, Austin, Rhodes, Sawyer, Kidler, and Bu.'es3. The, Judge, Mr Austin. Mr. Rhode., Starter. Messrs Crosbie, Rhodes, and £icbard_on, HanHicappers. Mr. R C Lonj, Cleik of the Course. To all of these greatcredit may be given for the manner in wbiek the pro ceedings of tbe day were conducted.

A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.

(To the Editor of the St& ) Sir,—lt is of the greatest consequence that our M. P.'s should aeree and be under the leadership of some one, on certain subjects. There are not wanting signs of division amongst our coming representatives. 'I he moneyed interest will be returned and the shepherd kings also ; the land .peculators will find their way into the House, and rich importers will be there. There is no reason why these people should not be represented, but there is no reason why they should have too much power or so much influence as they have always had in New Zealand affairs ; their interests and objects are often opposed to the real good of the general public, who are apt, especially in good times, to allow the above-mentioned powerful combinations to have too much to say in matters political It is a thing for congratulation that Mr Rees has been returned in spite of the moneyed interest. Ths public were afraid that how ever good Mr Clark's intentions might be, he would fall into the hands of the capitalists. I believe that the question deserving the greatest attention has not been put so promi nently forward as it ought to be ; I allude to triennid Parliaments If the public do not insist on having trienniil Parliaments it cannot bs expected that their representa tives wiU act in the matte ; it is not for their be»efit that a change should be made ; each MP. would wish to be snugly seated for five years. It is vain to hope for the reformation "of abuses in the Government if Parliament is to last for five years.—l am, &0., An Elector.

Eden Election.

MESSRS. TOLE AND TAYLOR AT THE

WHAU.

These gentlemen, who are the candidates for the Eden representation in Parliament, addressed the electors at the Whau Hall last evening. It was not intended that the two candidates should have met in such a friendly manner, but both having made arrangements for using the hall on the night in question, matters were compromised by both agreeing to speak on the o_e occasion. The hall was fairly filled, and Mr. Bollard occupied the chair. ■ .

Mr Tole spoke first. He was received with cheers, and commenced his address by setting himself right about Mr Carleton s aspersions. He felt great satisfaction I)hat he had been instrumental in preventing/Mr Carleton from entering Parliament. Mr Tole declared himself in favour of Separation and of Sir George Grey's programme. He parti cularly referred to the delay in the extension of the Riverhead and Helensville railway, which he proved by quotations fcom " Hansard." He advocated the making of a canal from the Manukau to the Waitemata whi ■ h he said would be a fiae thing for the Whau (hear, hea) and the province generally. He disclaimed all per sonal motives in comiiag forward, but, if >electe-l, he would guarant'e to serve the district and colony to the utmost of his ability. In answer to questions, Mr Tole said he was in favor of a national system of secular education.

Mr Taylor addressed the meeting, jndj having explained how it was that he and hi*

opponent had met there that evening, vent into the reasons of his candidature. He expounded his ideas on the subject of the Land Fund, the Kaipara railway, and vari ous other matters.

In answer to questions, Mr Taylor declared himself in favor of secular education; He would not undertake to advocate the repeal of the Abolition Bill, nor would he pledge himself to support Sir George Grey. Although he waß an admirer of the policy of the Go vernment, he differed from/some points of their administration. A vote of thanks to both candidates was carried unanimously. / Tlie meeting separated after threo good — ... I __-_J

cheers had been raised for frole tod Sir George Grey. j

MEETINGS AND AMUSEMENTS.

THE PREMIER Tn« Ci-y H-dl lastn.gh'. wasJY^ wag ne w in all nnd the progr-mme of the -T f nevr es of is feature, Mr Danes J'r°g mi at ...... in all of cii'a'ogxi-s in »very v->rery oi s Krnpson s __ s which h" succeeded admiiao.v „ r)o „- t leave us K-ve-al te.ulirui stfngs. £'f „d Rghtinf?." Mr Moly." a d ', ITO»!M ro4t'' and the ever I*mpson gave "(.eneral W j,,, A Mmb( . P „f fragrant "Last Boso of *-» by tWf , lUU9ic i o.li^r pleasant eonga^were r ,^ greatly to the pair. Tie hrothers Do Vil|f. c J^ The pro . entertainment by their R ™° taiament will be re jnwime of this eseellent era peated this eVening. £ „„„._,-,_, t>otmpp oE WALtf THEATRE. PRTNOH, Oh vv amp . wUh hoii . The the.ire was well iucll td*d daypedpie and others and|. d . or thß " Vaval Kr.g ..gements 'anil the old Wonderful Scamp 'a £mf ££> lst(linea with Faster., story The W he revio uß equal -»lm*taOfll tc.its pe^ d £ ye and n.ght In Ahddin, the tw fa )ivel ej . H.lt were immensely .fSEL* eV enin__. followed tray tranza wi 1 be repe»*«2f 18 ®Blu°b ß _r_.'' by by the favorite pap «dWg d "thl«st time express's™, which*>»|pL y£™ Vhl also of i's n«r orma c^. BUS "*'"£ j-p t.° appear to-night in a spart \j comedietta. ttth- nr.GvmfROUPBi , , T^f^^^Ttof£ r V''ff nf'th* 'Unite" N.WZ™ar'd Mea-Servants' . _c e_r ._P i . __ci-iy, woicli ha, T Maclean- ' G«.tle fcttf c-ils us home, and S T he Pexton _" ti .litter w»s especislly rood Mr"X ClalJ invested the aud_e_c. .vi?h hi™ Irish wmfU-l at,, an Ameriom s^^-sfw&^J feu by Mr H D^an weresngh^le. Mr Allck O'Brien cLVo-t in flue styleta hiisom. and dance; also, wThB .Clair, in th/ Italy &V*_«tf %% n O'Hrien was in exccltot trin and h'S W Ward manag-ment was connendo c. «»r ISW Warn saiff ?« Bloo_.uk Mor.ing U'ry" Mr Smith failed tn !or,ea ° w th a rotation according to promise. ThX^pe^ormaDcel^sajrce, "The Intel&ence Office?'? in which appfred ltars O'Brien Clafr, »nd Vv-rd, but io whiobiihe lite- Ben.l«m*n did not seem in full swing. In »r_a. his act ng wa, below the^vewge not up 6 the-irk by any mens a quadrilLpvly w,s LeM formed, and dancing kept up ua.il tne cr*rt-g ofthe cock.

POLICE COURT.-this Day.

(Before R. 0. BaraOW, Esq , R.M ) THE SHORX.V. D-S-REBT TRAGEDY. _ Edward Whech, or Little Teddy, as he is commonly calbc, append to answera charge of being drunk... the _apreme Court yester- Trisoner saidhe hadjcrewed himself up to the task of gi<ing evicence m the charge of murder agains Mattbw Moore. Fined 5a anccosts Charles Gubrie, oit on bad, did not appear, and hi, hail we forfeited. INADO-fiTINOp- NEW VBAR. Frances Sinmons apeared, on remand, to answer a sunmons charging him with seriously assatlting tb wife of his bosom by striking her abut theface and head in such a manner as | endarger her life on the Ist Tanuary. Prisoner plnded no; guilty; Tbe wife, who wis in Court, said she wished to nihil raw tie charge. Mr Partly asked f>r costs. The woman had been seiousiy inpred, and now turned round and sad it wasan accident. _ The eharg was disnisßed, accused having to pay 6. 6dcosts. AN'OTHEI AXAM. F D Winslow, fomerly of the Armed Constabuhry, was br.ught up charger! with forging rod uttering a eh* que for £5 25., purporti/g to be sgoed by Mr bobert Graham, with i"te_6 to defraud Messrs Dunnir-hatr, and EUg Prisoner jieaded lot guilty. •Mr Sub-lnspecto- Pardy asked for a further remand of aweek. Thepxi--***----I*-^*) cjuld sbnw that the signatire was not if-, W 'that he'coola get w.tnesses to pove how he became posseaed of the cheque. He obtained it from he captain of i cutter. Hit Worship saS it was necessary the aff-irshould be clea-d up and he should re man, the case for eght days. TOt EAST. \_n. Greaves v»s charged with trotting hiR lorse round the corner of Shortland and Quern-streets, contrary to the bye-law. Defendant was feed 2s Gd and costs. j r o W Dawsoi charged with the same offeice pleaded giity, and was similarly punished. W-fIDRAWy. Geo. Crammer lagain appeared charged with assaulting hi wife. Hr Laishley s.itd he was happy to state thst a reconciliation had taken place between the parties and hi asked peirnission for the prosecutrix to be allowed to withdraw the charge. .j, ,_ Mr W. H. Kistag, who represented the defendant, said fh. arrangement had been tlat a statemenS in one of the journals slould be contraJiited. Mr Laishley said he was willing to admit tlat he did not _e_.ribe the assault as alarm iig, and he bel/ev.d Mr Crummer did not iang his head in court. The charge vas allowed to be withdraw^ <n condition tlat the court fees were paid letween the parties.

JDT7CATION RATH. Several cas.B of summons for nonpayment if Education Tax were called in, but all (laving settled tbe cases were struck out. This was all the business.

SUPREME COURT.—This Day.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

(Before his Honor Mr. Justice Gillies.) His Honor took his seat at ten o'clook.

WO-NDING WITH INTENT.

Alfred Baker, described as a labourer, aged 32, was arraigned upon an indictment charging hiia with wounding Elizabeth Baker, on the 7th December last, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Prisoner pleaded not guilty, bub he had engaged Mr Quintal, who had taken his case in hand, and was in possession of his papers. The Coujt at cnce sent for Mr Quintal, solicitor, snd was delayed fully forty minutes. W Quintal could not be found, and it was said that be had gone to a cricket match, and kad quite forgotten to act in the interest oi the prisoner, who was put back in cons> qrence. The Gajid Jury brought in true bills against SUinuel Hayes, stealing from the premises/ __d John -hearer, larceny as a bailee. f • STIALING EROM THE PERSON. Samu/l/Hayes, described as a baker, aged 54, was arraigned upon an indictment, charg ing him'with stealing the sum of £12 from George Fleming on the 12th October \ Mr BMO-field opened the proceedings and detailed the facts of the case. J Geoigi Fleming, labourer, deposed that he in the colony in September last, and that ok (.he 14th October be fell in with the ' prisoner, and with him visited a number of hotelf ia the course of the morning ; went with prisoner to the Foresters' Arms, whet he and/prisoner laid down and went to sleep. Hadfia his possession a deposit receipt for the into' of £12, on the Bank of Australasia wheji he awoke, he missed both prisoner and his receipt, he also had £1 3s 6d in bis pocket when he fell asleep; that alsa had pasted away. j! (TRUE BILL AGAINST WILLIAM KIRBY. _ The Grand Jury found a true bill against William Kirby, on ball, charged with inde ceat assault; also, .true, bills aga£_-t Mar-, gajret WaUs, on two charges of "Wuful j marder. i T: -r-. _-•___£

To 4onerPould bo- recollec* distinctly abJutteSfr; began to^ breakfi. ; 31$ wemt on the wharf , mighiav'e 11 into the Exckange ; Wwr he fell asleep^t the Foresters A^ns, thought he hflbQUt £ 4 iv hisi pockA m eluding the fiPt J did say he. *£ ™J tired, not tha^ *> was tight ; bad t»o dashes of drink at | testers' Arm^, bad* bath; might We tendered a nflte in pay men{; was ha. all thafc day. Anne Allurtjidow, d?P° 9°*'th»* shewas tired, and, wif ** P"B^' JJ O ' c iock and PdßoDer ab^_n-oS^the,vening. prosecutor abo^niueoci m # The latter s|JJjJh_4 down Btairg Several person! Passeu, "l J. between six an ™ne °J 'V_ kin th e Bank iLr-fthrdepSrieceipt which was not

presented ted the p rißo ner Sergeant Mjpjw J . Durham-street, Hayes on the charge » searche d which he Persist yrfeoiea him and foundhe**s*££*. P H e said This being W«J'^ JJ p % the prisoner gP 6?"^ * d the jury with a man of educationi-ddifß aa.%* i - S n9cfth a be hemp M— be6Q dHnkin^t^hk -d that Fleming g ave "Sft^lK oSnSy summed up, The iurv afSalf an-hour's deliberation, money but no U• | Qn strongly reconuenaea wm • jp account of the ojcumstances of the case. Aeiil7 eß__-fon a charge of wounding wi* tteTtL grievous bodily harm,

"trilkfieTopened the case for the pro-

BeE,Xetb B**r, wife of the prisoner deposed that he and prisoner W bjj -. _if_>._ ..nfß Afiust last. In the eariy part, Sled at the Jouse. She was getting tea ; on the back, saying, " Old girl, 1 W on 6 hurt you •" ste asked him to wart until she _:_Vot teafady and she would speak to bim- be to* tea by himself, and when about to go J ber own room he said he bad Lmetofetc-ber away he had got* good home for her; she said she bad a good home already and did not wish to leave it; ahe was away te» minutes in ncr bedroom when he came ancwanted her to let &»»££• came out ad he caught her lightly round the waist; le was ia a great rage, and she was frightered ; she stooped tc wk *Pa wash -basin when he caught hold of her again, and s.e felt a knife at her throat he held her dovn ; it was a penknife (pro duced? -she-aught hold of the knife to p* vent her threat being cut and cut her fingers very severely ; she bad not yet recovered ; her little finger was permanently injured ; a good deal of blood flowed from the penknife wound in ler throat; the wound was now healed ; she screamed as loud as she coubd and Mr McLeod and another gfntleman came to her assistance and rescued her; finding her bleeding they sent for a medical man, who attended her. John McLeod, a settler^of .Raglan was the next examined, but his e™*ence was simply in corroborati.- °\™t sta-emeat of Mrs. B.ker. He heard a scream, and on going out saw Mrs Baker outside the verandah on her back, and her husband standing over her. A struggle wm evidently going on ; saw blood flowing, from - ■■__.«_ _u. u »t_ad immediately^ caught _Ja_er , by the collar and p_lled him off. '. Cross-examined at great length by Mr Quintal.

NO TRUE 'BILL,

The Grand Jury found no true bill in the case of George and Margaret StroDg, on a charge of arson.

TRUE BILLS,

True bills were found against Matthew Moore and Anne Muller, or Miller, on charges of wilful murder.

TELEGRAPHIC.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

(__om our own Correspondent.) This day.

Thunderstorm A heavy thunderstorm and tremendous rain is falling this morning. Election Contest.

Election matters are increasing in inten sity Gibbons has retired in favour of Vopel. The Ministerial party are now running Vogel and Mitchell for the two seats, leaving Rowe to fight his own way. The miners at Ohinemuri have requisitioned the Wardtr to extend protection to the 7th, in order to obviate their having to go to Waitekauri on the 5Dh to man their claims, and return to Paeroa on the 6th to vote.

WHANGAREI.

(From oar own Correspondent.) This day.

The annual races eventuated on New Years Day, and were a great success. Over 200 horsemen were on the course. Brunette, Wizard, Sultana and Eleetrio were perfect pictures and had been, trained to a hair. The prizes were small, jbut .hat did not depreciate the sport. Younp Performe. wonjtoe Maiden Plate. He ifis protested against as not a maiden horse. .- Electric was winner of the Settlers Stakes. Wizard, winner of the Wangarei Plate. The Maoris were in force.

The gumdigger named James who attemp ted suicide has died.

The Elections

Sir Robert Douglas has had a unanimous vote of confidence passed to him at Waipu, and a strong committee is appointed for hia return. He is almost cer'.ain to beat Mnnro who is quite taken aback by the antagonistic feeling shown towards him. Tbe general opinion is now that Sir Robert Douglas will poll a large majority.

TAURANGA.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. Marsh has been urged to resign by one of Mr. Read's supporters. . Captain Morris is gaining ground every where. Mr) Kelly is now here. A Government officii! has been reported using influence for Mr _£elly. A great crying match is going on at Rangaiwara, over Te Mm.hi. A boat loaded with beer, rum and doui* has be«h sent for the tangi.

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

• •:nai>.iEr_' (From onr own Correspondent.) .' .' ' . •/- .. ' jt his day. Four natives, including Kamtiana, were proposed a. th- nor^ina_ion foil the Maori electoral district "fhe show of j hands was : Karaitiana, 53 ; others two each. A poll was demanded to be tiaken on for j January 15. The election caused great exoitement amongst the natives. /Th^ proceedings of the nomi nation were OTde_-|^

WELLINGTON.

- (From our own Correspondent.) /..' ;■ f ■■&:. -- . This day. ,* «.,, Tt^ Election. I 4r GUloa yaa. « gt^t deal oat up by his

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