SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

*$*S fic T1S~"'hls sfternoon' 342 'f tawnonow n-^^ »KT-CTis* evening, 545 BUST KIBK—To- MOOIf^&GJB-rull moon, 9th Instant, 7.13 am

ARRIVALS.

—..... ouiujjuer, urdytu, nora iiaumna (society islands) JKawn, cutter, from Tl'glan s^owei a, from Tauranga Argyle, 3 8) from M.ingiwai and Ws-ipu

DEPARTURE.

|tafTa, RS, Baker. forTairua and Opotiki Pretty Jane, sa, for Napier and Gisborne Vjsion, bri[?,ffor Tonga and Samca

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

jor jjarotonga— Vision, brig For Londnn-Ctrnatic, ship, GIonloY?., barque, early For Ban Francisco—Colima oa t.^ o ioth (?) English mail For tlie South—Taranaki, Sp*t ur( j a y sih For Adelalde-Merwanjee Fra miee,'ship, early For Sydney ann Melboi- rne _ Hero 2lßt lnstflnt for W B ng W «-ArgyV 9 ererj , Wfdne , day 3W K*y of islands- _i ona ev ery Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

aero, ss, f rom Sydney, lS(h April Tnscaror a _ American war-ship, from Sydney, early ™f r.jcesa. ship, from Lormon ; sailed BeW',,gton, ship (PKHV), from London; Billed 7th February Tilpusaund. barque, from London ; sailed Dec 22 Aline, barque, from Glasgow ; sailed Deo 26 Annie Lewis, barque, fr^m Dunedin, early Ryno, briyantlno. from Islands, early B. W. Tucker, schooner, from Melbourne .Loch Lee, schooner, from the Islands, early Dauntless, schooner, from Fiji Bdith, schooner, from the Islands Magic, cutter.fmm Petirhyn Island Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Atlantic, ucsiooner, from Dunedin; sailed Mwch 27

IMPORTS.

Per Edith frnra Heuhe'ne~-*4 tons pearl shell EO.OOO oranges, 1 barrel Jim^ juice—LD Nathan and Co, agents.

EXPORTS.

Pc» Pretty Jane for >'apier : f) coils rope. 19G sash weights, I swinp plonfrh, 150 feet spouting, 1 case axes, 1 case zitic 2 nests tubs. 9 colonial ovens, 2 nests hnsket?, l boiler, 1 bundle handles, 4 eases, 1 cask, o {jpcimeei! Ironmongery —T. and a. Merrin. 'Per Vision for Islands : 2 package* buggy shafts, 39 sheets iron. 2000 bricks, 1C coils rope, 0 dozen buck ts, 3 baindles spotxtinc, 1 bundle brackets, 4 drums tar. 1 roll netting, 1 keg copper nails. 1 tin varnlah, 4 tins paint, 1 boiler, 1 cul: hnlloware, 2 cases hatches 2 dozen spades, I case fryingpans, 3 bars and 1 plate iron, 1 srird-tone, 2 c^ses tinware, 4 e»ses lamps. 2 cases chimneys, 5 eases, 2 casks, 2" packages ironmongery, T 8 Morrin.

ARRIVAL OF THE EDITH.

The clipDer schooner Edith. C iptain Trayte, after an absence of a llttln over three months, arrived in Jiarbonr last nif>ht from Benheine, one of the Society Gronp, with a cargo of p'>arl shell and oranges Caotain Trayfce reports bavin? had adverse weather daring his outwards trip. Visited Henheine first ard thenre TSorabora. Next called at Penrhyrn, Menihsld, Rakaino, and thence back to Haiiheine, whi^h w*s left for Auckland on (he 12th March. Dtmngthe homerard run. had variable winds. Made the Great, Barrier on Satnrday last, and since that have lain bcoalrmal, Tho Tfdith brings one pisscng^r, Mr Faisal. The Edith comes !nto port in her ustul state of dazzling whiteness : her fruit in spite of the lengthy passage is in capital condition, and she has the largest quantity of pearl shell brought in one bottom fcr a long while.

The Board of Trndi Animal Statement nt Naviga tion shows (sa*g MitchelVt Bcgirtcr) tiat the rpgisterad shipnirprof <h« British Tinn're. which in 1870 con sisted of 38 817 vssels, of 7 149 IR4 tons in the agere gatee, numbered in 1574 only 36,935 vessels, but ther showd <t trtal of 7.533,493 tons. At th* close of the year 1^74 them were cm the registers of the Fnit<?d Kingdom, iT-olnrUng the OhaDTiel Islands, 25,497 vessels of 5,978.131 tors, or 288,042 tons moTe thin in 1870, and in the British rossessions 11,438 vessels, of 3,654 661 tors, an increase of 93,313 tors In the United Kingdom the railing ve?-els were of 4,108,220 tons, a decrease of 4G9.R35 tons sine* 1870; the steam vessels were of 1.570 Cll tons, an increasa of 757,677 tons In the British possessions the sailing vessels were of 1,438.037 tors, an increase of G8.592 lons, and the st.p«m vessel" were of 1,161 021 tons, an increase of 27 424 tons. The total for the British Kmpire in 3874 was-32,100 sailing v«-sel« of fi,540,257 tons ; and 4.835 steam vessels of 1.987,235 tons The estimated number of the craws in 1874 was 337,624 or 10 175 more than in 1870. In the thipping of the TTnited Kingdom they were 256,093 in nnmber. an incease of 9,363; and in the British possessions 80,926, 812 increase.

Captain Trayte, of the Edith, reports meeting the schooner Ryno, Captain Mer.zies, at Manihaki early in Febmary. All in connection with her were well, and she may be expected hack soon. Letters to her OWDers and others arrived by the Edith. The Eyno left ManihaM on the 9th Feb.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Tonka and Co. sold tq-day'femi grants fittings and tanks, ex Brorlick Castle. The tanks realised £3 3s to £3 7s 6d., and the fittings fetched fair prices. Messrs. E. and H. Isaacs held a large sale of Californian produce, dried fruits, wines, etc., to-day at their Fort-street stores. The attendance was large. The prices realised by sale of Caiifornian produce satisfied the Importers. I The dried fruits quitted were not quite up to the mark, but on the whole were satisfactory. The wines and spirits offered were withdrawn, with the exception of a few cases of Geneva, and Old Tom; the former realising 18s, and the latter 15.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Mails will Close as follows:— For Thames to-morrow at 9 30 am For "Wanearel this day at 4 p m For Pusseil thin day at 4 pm For Waiwera; Mahurangi, and Tearal to-morrow at 10 am For Gisborne and Napier on Friday at 3 p m For Chatham Islands on Friday at 9 a m Per Colima on t»ond«y next as follows— For Kaiidavu, Sandwich Islands. United States- of Americi, Canada, Briti«h Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies at 11 a m For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe at 11 am For Money Orders, Registered letter, and News paper* at 10 am Late Letters bearing an extra fee of 6d. In addition to the postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on . board up the time'of sailing (B)sned) *3. B. BIflS, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

DIXON"— On the 2nd instant, at Oatherine-streot, ■ Onchnnsa, Mrs. Arthur N. 11. Dixon, of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

SMTTH—"WILLTAMS—On tho Slat March, at the residence of the bride's mother, George-street, Oii"hnn<ja, Manoel Smith to Sarah Ann, daughter of Mr. Charles Williams

DEATH.

PENNY—On the 4th instant, at 45, Grey-street, Mary Eleanor, eldest surviving daughter, of the late ■William Penny, of Prcaton, Lancashire, England, aged 20 years The funeral will leave her lato residence to morrow, the 6th instant, at 4.30 p.m.

CASEY—At her residence, Robaon-street, Anne, the beloved wifo of Captain Casey, aged 49 years Reqnieseat in pace The funeral will take place on Thursday, the Cth instant, at 3 p.m. Friends please accept this invitation1

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

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1876

For the cau;e that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance. And the good that we cvi Co.

Theek are gems in the correspondence of Sir Julius Vogel which should not be left buried, and one or two we like to bring forth to sparkle in the sunshine. Here is one of them. " Her Majesty certainly knows that she has appointed the Marquis of Normanby to govern New Zealand, but she is probably unaware who is the Superintendent of Auck land." The implication is that Sir George Grey's* 7 existence is unknown to the Queen. In relation to this, the remark of a well known and plain speaking citizen of Auck land yesterday uttered, deserves recording. He said, " Well, if Sir George Grey and Sir Julius Vogel called together to seethe Queen, while the former wtfuld be probably at once shown up, the latter would probably be informed that the Queen's cast-oflf cloth ing was the perquisites of the ladies maids, and that application must be made to them. Another gem is here. "I have through courtesy allowed you to address me." This from Vogel to Sir George Grey. Compari sons are odorous, but one cannot help "think ing that after all, shuffling is the thing that wins. Had it not been for adapting himself to circumstances, Sir Julius, as plain Julius Vogel, would probably be yet minding the little tobacconist's shop in Dunolly, deal ing out Epsom saltß,and note paper,and jalap and other small groceries. And had Sir George Grey been able to stifle his convictions, and kiss the hand of ministers, he would probably, at this hour have been Governor-General of India. The several histories of Vogel and of Grey are calculated to impart great moral lessons to the rising generation. Little boys and youths of New Zealand learn this. That by the careful study of unlimited 100, you may learn to stake without compunction the fates and fortunes of your fellow men on the throw of a die, and so dare those coups d'etat which dazzle fools and make them unable to recognise tho charlatan, s- Little boys learn also that by having no convictions, but pretending to have and by selling principles and friends whenever occasion shows it to be profitable to sell them ; by climbing any ladder available and then kicking it away when yon are done with it; by recklessly and magnificently lashing about, and lavishing moneys and pro perties entrusted by others to your care, you may attain to the character, of " Magnifi cent," and assume the air of a prince. Learn also little boys, that by firmly holding by convictions, and by subordinating self interest to the general welfare you are likely to be placed in the unpleasant position of fighting a sore battle against heavy odds, and of having your convictions and principles made a jest of by men who in other humbler cir cumstances would, for their deeds, have been adjudged deserving of penal servitude. These are the great moral lessons presented to the eye of the rising generation by the present ascendency of a political party, and we trust that fathers and mothers will duly impress them on their children's miads. As for the courteßy part of the business we cannot really see why the great Sir Julius should be bo deuced particular. Why he extends

one that hss been in Wellington ahdlmows its current rutooura, can a'ffirfti. And indeed the manner in "which these jeh'u'3 'Sometitae^ address him we believe Wheh h&kihg for for tner fareß* in 'a, fc&X on hi 3 courtesy far hfi ,yoh^ S,bything to -which he has been sub_ jected by the Superintendent of Auckland, The bakers' and the butchers', and the tradesmen of Wellington generally also avai^ themselves largely of his courtesy in ex. pressing their minds to and of him. At least so it wes a year or two ago. What change may have been "effected by Rothschild and the four million loan, and the little things hanging to it, we are not in a position to say, but this sudden assumption of a position from which he can talk in this magnificent style is rather indicative of altered circutn stances.

this courtesy to the Very cabttettj as etery

As we see by otir telescr*eiß,{;ae Bay of Plenty fymes annihilates us in an article which has "given the greatest satisfaction." Ib "con curs in Mr Edgecutnbe's statement re the soundness of the native polioy," which, as Mr Edgecumbe himself is the "able editor" that wrote the nrtiolo laudatory of Mr Edge curabe's statement, is a very remarkable cir cumatauce. The Times "repudiates the Star's insinuation that the press is under the thumb of Maclean." Indeed it is true notwithstanding, and everyone in Bay of Plenty knows it. We do not quarrel with our Tauranga contemporary's bread and butter. He earns it as honestly in serving Maclean as we do in serving the people. But he should not be ashamed of his service any more than we are of onr<t.

We learn from the WaiJcato Times that the new church was opened on Sunday last, by the Bishop of Auckland, who preached two sermons suitable to the occasion. The services were wp]l attended, and the collec tions reached £3f> 123.

The annual meeting of the shareholders of the Onehunga Land, Buildirjg, and Invest ment Society will be held this evening, in the Onehung.t Choral Hall.

A new artist in the person of Mr Hunter hag appparcd in Auckland, and his painting of the "Sons; of the phirt" is now on view in the window of Mr Upton of Queen-street. The picture displays very considerable merit in the colouring and desoiateness of the lonely room. The face of the sad singer of Hood's song, is too full featured for the shirt maker, of'whom Thomas Ffood breathed such a strain of tenderness in the year 1845, and who did not appear in a silk gown. Otherwise the picture fairly depicts the expressive spirit of the song. The young girl, "with eyelids weary and worn," haß dropped her shirt, and is in the act of looking from her home of starvation, perhaps in Whitechapel, or the purlieus of the Seven Dials, upon the rude, smoky wilderness of brick and mortar, and sighing in the language of the poet :—

" Oh but to breaths the breath Of the cowslip and primrose sweet," and in the eyes of the work girl, the painter haa succeeded in picturing the wish. The half burnt ten's candle, and the three-penny candlestick are there, illustrative of a thousand miserable London homes, where the voice of happiness, and the welcome foot of a bright eyed messenger of heaven-born joy never comes. Think of it ye New Zea land grumblers, who procure your daily meals of roast mutton, and cannot eat your rich Tamaki cheese without butter. The painting of Mr Hunter illustrates a life in the dark, which Thomas Hood had frequently seen in the world's metropolis, whore young fingers bleed, and young hearts wither in the blight of silken refinement and pious civilisation. Young Auckland girls, or women at fifteen, look upon Mr Hunter's painting of the Lon don girl making shirts at four-pence half penny each for such palaces as those of Moses and Son, and say, would you exchange your sunny Auckland home, with your rich silk dresses, and splendid chignons, for the lot of Hood's sbirtmakor ? No, you would not ! The picture, however, does the artist great credit, and indicates the possession of the poetic faculty which will improve by practice.

An American gentleman said to me (says the London correspondent of tho Sydney Morning Herald) the other day—" You never seem to have any topics in your English newspapers, in which we, as a people, feel any interest; you are always discussing the Burial Bill, or the Deceased Wife's Sister, or something of that sort, about which we do not care one bit." I thought with myself, let me be aware of entertaining your readers with dry old world topics, but it was followed by the juster reflection that if my letters were to give any correct view of London life, it was> impossible to pass them by in silence. Thus the Burial Bill may be a very bony and earthy subject; but it is nevertheless » fact that it is over this bone that our two political parties will contend during the coming session with as much canine vehemence as over any proposal that is likely to be made. Two parties demand a change in the law ; the clergyman on the one hand objects to be compelled to use words of Christian assurance over a man who has lived in notorious vice, and he is in a difficult position when required to affirm the salvation of—say a Unitarian whom an hour before in his Athanasian Creed he has pronounced as eternally lost. On the other hand, the Nonconformists claim that the churchyards are national property, that even a Malay sailor washed upon the shore has a right to interment in the churchyard of the parish on which he had been cast by the waves, and that it is an indignity to be obliged to accept at the grave the clergyman's offices, or forbidden to have any service at all. Meantime, the Burial Bill is regarded by a vast number of persons as a covert attack upon the Church, and as such it is sure to be stoutly resisted.

The following tenders were received and opened at the Harbour Board sitting yester day, for repairing the pilot-house :—Dillon and Co., £105 ; Constable, £127 ; C. Wright, £89.—Mr Wright's tender being the lowest, was accepted on the motion of Mr Niccol, seconded by Mr Buchanan.- The Engineer's estimate for the work was £70.—The tenders for cleansing the foreshore were as follow :— D. Gouk, £49; W. Marshall, informal; — Turner, £125; A. Anderson, £38.—The lowest tender was accepted on the motion of Mr Cosgrave. —The Engineer's estimate was the same amount of the accepted tender— £38.

We noticed a sample of coal at the offices of the Harbour Board from the Kilburne cnnlfield, near Mercer. The coal was ob tained near the Maramarua River, some few miles from Mercer. The present workings of the mine consist of a shaft 64 feet deep, and the seam of coal is bottomed by a strata of fire clay. The coal has a light dry appear ance, contains a large amount of gas and would be likely to burn rapidly. The coal is known as "pitch coal,', and from its clear ness in buraing with little or no smoke, it is recommended for cooking, and other house hold purposes. The mine can be easily worked, and it is estimated that 100 tons per day can be obtained. The views of the company are hopeful, and, according to the report of a civil engineeer who hap examined the field, the promise of coal in the Mercer District is very large.

In consequence of Dr Stockwell having certified that the death of the man Armstrong was caused by excessive vomiting, it has not been found necessary to hold an inquest.

A Queehsahd firm, Messrs Alfred Shaw and Co., have invented a telegraphic code for the tise of tneii- customers, which, While fully serving its purpljae as a means of communica tfok between buyer and seller, succeeds in throwing the outsider, not possessed of the key, off the scenfc as regards prices ruling in the ironmongery line, and reduces the price of the message. A Brisbane paper says it does not think it will be destroying the Value of the code by giving an example of the mode of telegraphing,, Here is a specimen telegram. " Abyss canopy abused bombard adonic cttrable accursed betrustment abstrac tion, choleric afctollent cockle because.!! (This is the one shilling antl eleven pence worth for the following • —" lScwt §\ X § bar iron, lcwt Bft. 24 g. gospel oak corrugated iron. '3 dozen real patent locks No. 00, 0 in., 3 bolt. 1 ton boiler plates, Bx3 xg. 3cwt If x 12 wire nans. 10 (boxes understood) tin plates. IXX charcoal, 14 x 20. Ship by steamer; unless sailing vessel has 'quick despatch." The cost of this lftot message would be 5s Gd when eotitwieted as much as would be allow able for intelligibility, while the codified message, as will be seen, is much less. " Currency" represents "best bright" colonial ovens, while "Darkness," "Dark ish," " Darksome," "Darlings," &c, answer for " common black." It is horrible to think what the consequences would be to a customer of Alfred Shaw and Co. were he to lose the key. The only thing left him would be to take a "crape," otherwise a rope, and hang himself on a " child," which is no other than a big nail, unless he should prefer to end his days more easily with " chloroform," which, after all, is only a smaller kind of wire nail.

To the Editor : Sir, —I was glad to read a letter signed " Scrutator" in your paper the other evening relative to the casting of fifty gas columns here instead of sending home for them. It is high time this system of send ing away for all our requirements was put a stop to. " Protection versus Free Trade, forsooth." If it is fret) trade to send money away to import mechanics at a heavy cost to the colony, and also to send money away for material that can be manufactured here, and would enable employers to find them work, then I am a protectionist. 1 hope the Harbour Board will adopt the suggestion of " Scrutator," viz., to call for two tenders from each contractor, one for material pro vided here the other for material from else where, to be used for the new dock.—l am, bir, yours, Protectionist.

A curious occurrence took place on Tues day, the 7th March, at Ballarat. The Courier states that " a pawnbroker in Bal larat West having occasion to go out of his shop on that day for a few minutes, left only a child,- some six or seven years of age, stand ing at the door. While he was away, a lad about thirteen years of age, came to the little boy, at the door, aud offered him a large number of match-box tops with which chil dren play, for an open-faced gold lever watch valued at £7 10a, which was in the window. The offer was at once accepted, and the watch handed over. The watch was not missed until the owner came for it shortly after wards, when the child disclosed the particu lars of the peculiar bargain which he had made. The police, accompanied by the child, have visited several of the State Bchools, in the hope of discovering the young delinquent, but up to the present they have been unable to alight upon him. The number of the watoh is 910."

The Bay of Plenty Times seems to have woke up lately to the importance of the settlement of land in the district. Wo find the following in the last issue : It is high time that steps be taken to deal with the land in the hands of absentees whose where abouts cannot be ascertained, and with that of deceased military settlers. "The retard ment of settlement in this district may, in a very large measure, be attributed to the fact that a very considerable portion of good land is not in the market, nor likely to be, unless the screw is put on the holders if they can be found. It seems to us that the introduction of a Bill in Parliament, giving the Govern ment the power to select the names of all persons'holding land in the Tauranga District, whether by Crown Grants, Scrip, or other wise for military services, would meet the difficulty. A list of such lands should be made out, and advertised for a certain given period, and failing any claimant coming forward in person, or by deputy, then these lands should be treated in the same manner as the ordinary Crown Lands in the district, and advertised for public Bale : the amount realised by the sales, less the road-rates due on each section, should be kept in a separate account, and the money invested in Govern ment securities until claimed, or for a stated period, say of ten years or so, after which time, the balance of the money be regarded and treated as Local Land Revenue of the District in which such sale took place."

The Mail Steamer Colima Disabled.

Another Steamer Sent For.

LYTTELTOJST.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) Yesterday. The Maori brings the news that the Colima has lost he propeller, and is now 10 miles off Akaroa. Captain Rich, the pilot, has reached Lyttelton. and is trying to get one of the steamers to tow her in. This day. Wilson, Sawtell and Company, Agents for the Colima have determined not to bring the steamer into this port, there being no dry dock for her to repair in, and having ascer tained that the dock in Port Chalmers was large enough to accommodate her, sent a steamer out to order her to make her way to that port. Telegrams have been sent to Sydney to make arrangements for a connect ing boat at Auckland for advertised date. The flawea takes the mail to Auckland.

DUNEDIN

[Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day.

At a meeting of the Harbour Board the Superindendent brought under the notice of the board the departure of the steamer Colima without entering Otago heads. His supervision was that the steamer ought to have been brought in, as not doing so would do the port of Otago a deal of harm. Northern ports would make the most of the matter. Ultimately a commission was ap pointed to enquire into the circumstances of the departure of the Colima, and condition;of the Otago Harbour Board in reference to it.

CABLEGRAMS.

[PKESS AGENCY.] London, April 3. The Queen has proceeded on a Continental tour. She has arrived at Baden, attended by Earl Derby. There is suspension of armed force in Herzegovina, and Turkey has declared a general amnesty. There is a panic in Foreign and Eastern funds. The Porte has postponed payment of the April coupons till July. On the second reading of the Queen's Title Bill in the House of Lords, Lord Shaftesbury is to move that an address be presented to the Queen against her assuming the title of Empress of India. The steamer City of San Francisco arrived at San Francisco to-day.

AUSTRALIAN.

SYDNEY.

This day. The s.b. Otago arrived yesterday morning from New Zealand. The Markets: Case brandy (Hennessy's) firm. Sales, 30s.

MELBOURNE.

This day.

In the case of Learmouth versus Bailey, a juryman states he had been offered £250 to nob agree to a verdict.

BRISBANE.

This day. The Inspector of Native Police has been arrested for flogging a native boy to death.

SUPREME COURT.—This Day,

(Before his Honor Judge Gillies.) His Honor took his seat at 10 a.m. Am^CATiON FOR SPECIAL JURY. _ Mr Hesketh made application for a special jury in tbo bribery cases against Major Pitt to be tried during the present Criminal Sittings of the Court; ~. . , t .. , Mr ftess ypposfed oil the ground that & common jury would be sufficiently intelligent to give a correct ver ict. _ His Honor was of the same opinion. He thought a special jury in the case, as it was one of no extraordinary intricacy, and might easily be settled by a common jury. He therefore refused the application. "Wilful Murder- HimionaTe Rua, a wiry-looking young Maori, was indicted for that he did, on the 13th of November last, feloniously, wilfully, and with malice aforethought, kill and murder one Ttikino Te Marae. Mr Brown was sworn in as interpreter, and through him prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr MacCormick appeared to watch the case on behalf of prisoner, and was allowed half an hour's private conversa tion with him in order to be enabled to dis tinctly understand his position and settle a line of defence. Mr Brookfield, the Oown Prosecutor, opened the case. He said the prisoner had previously admitted he had killed Te Marae, and had set up the defence, which was in point of fact no defence at all, that Te Marae had been for years past employing witchcraft for the purpose of killing other Maoris. He then called a Maori named TeKanapia, who deposed he lived at Ilangataira. He remembered the shooting of Te Marae. He,, was working at the time with three other Maoris on a cultivation. All were working in different parts of the ground. While there, saw Himiona walking past, going towards Tukino To Marae. Himiona was not living in the same settlement. He had in his hand what appeared to be a gun. Witness could not see Te Marae at the time as there was a bush between. Called out to Tukino, and on calling a third time the gun was discharged. Bid not see Himiona fire it. Could see him at the time, or at least what he believe-1 to bo him. After the gun was fired Himiona went back the same way he came. When Himiona had passed witness went to the place where Te Marae was. Found him wounded but not dead. It was a gunshot wound in the left groin, caused by a bullet. The bullet came out at the back of the right hip. Went for the other men, and took Te Marae into a canoe. _ Did not hear any words spoken between prisoner and deceased. Could have heard them if any had been uttered. Took Te Marea to Pupuhinau. He lived some days afterwards. To Mr. McCormick : Himiona lived at Ahikeri at the time, and not at Waitapu, where .deceased lived, There is some distance between the two settlements. Te Uru was working as near to Te Marae as witness. _ Te Uru was iv front. Called out several times to Tukino to warn him because a letter had been received from one Pairau, did not call to warn Te Uru, but when witness called to Tukino, Te Uru heard, and also called to Tukino, called ont specially to Tukino because be thought he, aud not Te Uru, was in danger, considered Tukino in danger of being killed, on account of what had been stated in the letter. The letter was not from Himiona. The letter had been written on account of some persons having died through the witchcraft of Te Arae. Con sidered Te Arae an adept in sorcery. The Maoris were very strong in saying he was so. It was, the persons that had been killed before he died were ten chiefs. Witness belonged to the hapu Hikukino. Te Marae belonged to the Ngatihauas and so did Himiona. Prisoner did not belong to the Uriweras, but did live there. When the feast was made a woman took him into the Uriwera country. Until the conclusion of the war with the Europeans the Uriweras kept themselves aloof from other Maoris. When witness went there it was during the war.

Mr Brookfield objected to this line of ex amination. He thought it was taking up the time of the Court to no purpose.

Mr McCormick said his object was to shew that in that part of the country, the Maoris having kept themselves separate, were leas civilized and unaware of European customs, and that therefore, prisoner was guided by Maori ideas of a barbarous kind, and could hardly be responsible for infringing European laws.

Re^axamined : This was about two years after To Teko was taken, in 18G5.

To His Honor : Was about the distance of the length of the Court room when Te Marae was shot. Could not see how far Himiona was from Te Marae by reason of the tutu bush.

After Mr, MacCormick [had addressed the jury for the defence, His Honor shortly summed up, pointing out that the evidence was very clear, and that the jury need have no difficulty in arriving at a verdict. a » The Jury retired shortly after four o'clock and at the expiry of a few minutes returned into Court with a verdict of " Guilty " ac companied by a recommendation to mercy. His Honor formally passed sentence of death, and it is understood that the recom mendation will be forwarded to the Govern-

ment,

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Messrs. Beetham and McMillan Esq., Justices.) i RICHARD THE LION-HEARTED. Richard John Kowland was found drunk last night in Newton, and fined 5s and costs. PETER, FINK. Peter Einn, described as a native of the county of Wexford, afterwards a fruiterer in Taamania, and latterly a shoe-black of the odorous and dock-surrounded locality of Chancery Lane, was brought up on charges of drunkenness and vagrancy. The old man, nearly covered with rags, looked, fat and well, and displayed a face as red as the morn and as sleek as a mole. The Police Court chronicle of the Acts, and imprisonments of Peter Finn, com mencing April 14, 1868, Bhewed that Peter had been in prison a number of times for various offences, making about five years of his life, and that his conviction^ for drunk enness amounted to 177; and stilt Peter asked to be forgiven according to scripture. The old man acknowledged that he was drunk; he had received a fee as a witness in the Mayor's coat-case, at the Supreme Court, and he had spent it like a man ; but he was not a rogue and a vagabond. He never robbed a man in his life ; he would not disgrace himself by confessing tto being what he never was. Peter might get drunk, but he would never pick a man's pocket. Mr Broham said the prisoner was an old man, and did nothing but get drunk j it would be a charity to imprison him for the remainder of his days. The bench sentenced Peter to one year's imprisonment. THE MAGIC RING. Gold, gold, gold, Heavy to get and light to hold. But to Kitty's mind 'twas a pleasant thing To finger a gentleman's plain gold ring. Catherine Jones was charged with stealing Robert Chalmers's plain gold ring, on the 3rd April, value £2 ss.

The young girl, who was smartly dressed, pleaded guilty. . , , Mr Chalmers said ho did not wish to press the charge against one so young. _ , SfMr Cunningham said that the girl had. been in his service for two years, and a better servant he never had. . ' The Bench, as this was the girls first offence, -discharged her, hoping that" she would take warning by her escape.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. > Mary Jane Printfe, a respectable married woman, appeared on a charge of attempting to commit suicide from fche wharf side, bub was prevented. , , > Mr Brohatn stated that abouti 12 o clock last evening the woman was observed to make an attempt to roll off the wharf, bhe had been much depressed of late. The poor woman, who appeared sadly depressed and weak, burst into tears and wis.prS&attffirom falling by Sergeant Mul- VlT ehe Court ordered her discharge from custody. EDUCATION BATE. Mr Beal again appeared with the latest edition of the Education rate defaulter a list. Joseph Westmoreland, deposed that he was aPduly appointed coUector, and that Bobert Evans and John Higgms, had not paid their Education rates. DrKenderdine also appeared as adefaulter, and said that he conscientiously objected to pay the rate, but of course if the Court made, an order for payment, he would pay it. The Bench accordingly ordered payment of the rate, with 17s Court and solicitor s costs. Mr Beal asked for collector s expenses. The Bench : What will they be. Mr Beal i Ten shillings. The Bench considered that as the collector had no trouble in the matter, the 10s was an unncessary demand, and consequently they could not allow it. i -r 1 Nine cases from the Thames, namely John MeLeod, Edward Brownlow, Michael lower, John Quiszley, John Algee, F. Jackson. Jas. English, Henry Coram. and Thomas Logan were called andon the evidence of the Thames collectors, Messrs Mitchell and Crick, an order was made for immediate payment in all the cases with costs. y The Bench thought the cases might have been heard at the Thames to have saved the large addition of costs. Mr Beal stated that the rates must be paid into the treasury at Auckland.

BREEZY AND BRIRI?. Edward Fiske was charged with assaulting Charles Pelham with a walking-stick on the Ist of April. . Mr Joy and Mr Kissling appeared in the case.

Mr Kissling said that it was unnecessary to trouble the Court with anything like a graphic description of this April breeze, as neither of the gentlemen lost their sails, although their tempers were slightly ruffled. His client, the defendant, was willing to be bound over to keep the pezce for three months towards Mr Pelham. Mr Joy said he would acquiesce in his learned friend's suggestion rather than take up the time of the Court further. Mr Pelham assented to the course with a smile. Mr Fiske noe'ded a nod of approbation, and was bound over in £10, and one surety in the same amount to keep the peace.

This was all the business.

THE TRUE STATE OF NEW ZEALAND,

WHICH ARE THEY TO BELIEVE?

Sir,—As a constant reader of your valuable paper would you insert in your columns the encloßed. It is a clipping as you will observe from an English paper called the "English Labourer, which I had sent to me by the mail. I don't know that I should have sent this letter if I had not read the letter whinh appeared in your columns of the 29th. When I read that letter I said which are they to believe ? I- answered myself, noli either of them, because I think such letters are calculated to mislead, and such letter writers ought to be punished." The friend wbo sent me the enclosed aßked me to write him the truth, which I will do ; he said he did not believe any such rot. In reference to Mr Grant, the writer of the letter in your paper,—if he had not told us the place of his abode I should have made sure that the letter came from the Wbau. I am sure if ever there was a candidate for a Lunatic Asylum it is Mr Grant. Now sir, a word or two. I have been in New Zealand 12 years, and am a labouring man, and have always had a good day's pay for a good day's work, that is 6s or 7s per diem. And that is quite as much as any employer can afford to give. We know the Government are giving a nice dance down South just now to the tune of public works, but wait a bit till we see the poor ratepayers paying the piper.—lam, etc. Labourer. emigration.— an invitation to new zea- LAND. Sir, —If you have space in your journal I shall be greatly obliged if you insert this letter therein for the benefit of my fellow labourers in England, for they are but slaves to what they are here. Here John is as good as his master. I will give a little information of what I think of the colony. We arrived here the sth October, 1874., The first work we done was a half-mile embankment on the railway, barrow-work, at the rate of lOd per yard ; there we made over 10s per day for four months. We completed the contract, then proceeded to the bush where there was a sawmill going to start; there we took two miles of tramway to lay down, and we are making over £12 a month. The lowest we have worked for is 10a per day, for that is the pay where we are for the day-men for eight hours' work. A man can live on the fat of the land for 10s per week. Beef and Mutton 4d per pound ; Bread 2s 6d per stone, but there are plenty here that would be as well at home, for as soon as they get a few pounds they go to the ale house and spend the lot: Others give the colony a bad name, but they are loafers that would not work at home nor yet here. Some are Londoners, others from different towns that never knew what work was ; but a working man that is steady (that is to say, single men), can lay by a hundred per year for old age, if wages keep as they are. At the present time a married man on a farm would get £80 per year and all found, a house to live in, and plenty of beef and mut ton, for men do not eat bread and onions here. If you be ruled by me, come out at once, and do not stop all your life with them old bone pickers. If a married man has sons and daughters so much the better, for single girls as servants get from £40 to £50 per year and all found. Carpenters get from 12s to 14s per day ; stone masons get from 16s to a £1 per day ; shoemakers get 12s 6d per pair for making strong -shoes, all peg work. A labourer in the harvest can get £3 per week and his tucker, that is to say all his beef and mutton and plum pudding he can eat; for three months it lasts, for it is nofc as at home. They thrash it all out as soon as they have got it in, and it you work over eight hours per day you get 2s. for every hour. Eight hours is what every men work in harvest or winter time here. Sheep shearing lasts for three months; the shearers get £1 per hundred and their tucker ; some of them shear two hundred a day, but not as they shear at home. ' A labourer do not want to see no fear incoming out here, for he will met with plenty of masters as soon as he lands. When we landed I was offered £60 per year and all found as ploughman* William. Carter was offered the same, but we would not take it. If I had known what I know at the present time I should ha^iTseen here before I was. Here a man can tike Bis gun and shoot what

he likes, for there is tdenty j^si7T"Y ; and pigs bjewi se plen y \! ' in the rivers. In all, I can say rfttl r ony, it ib a land flowing with v£ C± ( v honey, for there is all the heart canwv r here,_plenfcy of good living and p Kfe > gold. I should ike to hear hof^? poor slaves are getting on at home T 8 •' get but little home news, I sSgeV9 ' are still at war with farmer Grumps ff a*' are, tell them to keep advancing and if flf ' i tiring will not pull better wages out of V ' march ou and give him a few good vnil m >- ' and I think they will wake hiVuo m^" 1" will see where he is. For if you wonld k! your own friend you would not ston wifu ' him, but roll your duds up and come aw™ that little ditch, for you will get more he " in one week than you will at home in a month 8 You can earn as much here in two weeks you will get for your harvest at home Tf this letter will not induce some of yoti w come out, you had better keep at home and starve, and die with farmer Qrumps. Gonfl> bye. Wo beg to remain, your'"fellow* labourers,, late of the Shouldham Branch Swaffham District, Norfolk, England, '" JOSTAH BOWEK, WILLIAM CARTER, A^' William Parltjtt.— Address: Josiih 1 '' Bowen, Invercargill P. 0., Otajjo, N ew ; Zealand. ' *'

DOMAIN BOARD.-THIS DAY.

The monthly meetfng of the Domain Board' was held to-day in the Council Chambers' Present —His Worship the Mayor (duto Messrs Mitford and Heale. ' The minutes were read and passed. I ' hooan's case. The Board then took into considersfoj the case of Hogan, a constable, who 1^ befinme quite infirm. Mr Brown said that Chalmers suggested that Hogan be kept on at a reduced salaryl : las he was very useful in keeping the Dqmaia paths clean. ~ ' :'; i; It; was finally decided to give Hogan£l per week to attend to the paths, and Hatnil, ton 6s per diem, for acting as constable in addition to his other duties in connection with the cricket ground. A letter was read from Mr Watson,asking for employment. The applicant has been in the grocery line. The Secretary wag ordered to say that the Board had bo opening at present, .*' ANNUAL ACCOUNTS. ■;- It was resolved on the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Mr Heale, "That Mr Mitford audit the accounts." '<; The monthly accounts amounting to £39 14s Id, were ordered to be paid. .-,;■,;r,^ rt

VOGEL AND GREY CORRES PONDENCE.

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Sir J. Vogel to Sir G. Grey.

" Wellinton, April 3 5 " T am not surprised at your Honor dreading to read the reply to your telegram of March/ 31; but lam surprised that, after abstaining^ from reading it, you have continued to address telegrams to me personally offi cially. I cannot take notice of them, I have, through courtesy, allowed you to address me, although the Civil Service Beguktidns! ( , make the Colonial Secretary the proper 'channel for your communications,—Julius VoGEL."' ' . , ; .., ,; 7 Another long batch of correspondence, te Auckland and its finances, will be published in the Times to-morrow. Attached,tor,s* memorandum from Mr Reader Wood, ex plaining why he need not go to Wellington, is a memorandum of the probable receipts and expenditure of Auckland for the eight months, from February 1 to September 30, 1875, in which he sets down the-receipts at £GO.OOO, and the evpenditure at £72,000. f^. The most important document in the series' is a memorandum from Major Atkinson,; in 1 which he says that the arrangement referred to by Grey and Wood, with regard to assist* ing Auckland, •amounted simply to this.: ---"I agreed to ask the House to authorise the Colonial Treasurer to advance £60,000 in aid of the Provincial revenue, if • such re venue should prove insufficient to meet the necessary charges of Government. IHo definite sum was ever allotted, or ever in tended to be allotted, to the province which it had aright to'claim. The arrangement was to supplement the revenue to the extent of £00,000, if necessary. The terms, oHbe sbh sectiou of the Provincial Extension Act, which were not objected to by any Auckland member, that I am aware of, shew this clearly, The amount of the limit of the advance, mf; £60,000,* was arrived at in this way. Mf Reader Wood estimatedlthe probable revenue at £25,000, which included £10,000, the un expended balance of the £40,000 granted to Auckland under the Provincial Pnblic WorW Advance Act, 1874, so that, from capita*^ and special allowances and provincial reTOiue proper, he only estimated to receive £lft,ow. His expenditure he estimated at £75,000."W ---eluding £13,500 for education and *1 JJWJ public works, leaving a deficiency of sW,liw, which I agreed to ask authority to advance. Before this "was done, however, Mr W told me that he had omitted any money, f« expenditure upon necessary works uponeoW' fields, which would, probably, require £SW. and that £10,000 would be better still. ;*, replied, "Very well; it wili;be safer to nave a margin in case of accident; I^MS?' fore, ask for £60,000 instead of £50,001). The remainder of the memorandum goes J» shew that it is evident the deficiency,^ plained of, if it occurs, will caused, # through any falling off in revenue, but trom a larger increase of the estimated expenditure' —such as education, put down at *W £13,500 was originally asked for «vfT' public works, which were estimate?, : »?; £10,000, £12,000 are now asked, i : >*:<' a , .

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

MR AND MRS BITES K^OTtfl*.'^ §£_: The advent of the well-known ■««*[* $£,& i; Bates, and the announcement of their appMT»^» night at the Prince of Wales . IJ ei l s?J™iffls«w tragic play, of "Elizabeth," P^Jor S% - togetheracrowdedaudience,andourvisn°rsi»v * j relson to be gratified with the ™&™*Xfsn from all parts of the house. Mr Bate»w» d«*j , months ago, bnt Mrs Bates has no befor. ■£» on the Auckland stage B*J*«_«W^<sW arduous HSU for her dtfrttt, Mrs ?•* ta!MUjn I- : as a tragic actress of the Uf*«*j«* t Sf herptaW. ! New Zealand she may ™>doubtedly tttoWg , 0 ,. From her acting last night, we llaJ a,XcWion is lowing estimate of her power*. He J^™] a -ft» finished; the articulation being clear, eve* ' .^ ■, most rapid passages. h« pronunciation W"«^ iM periods well marked, and the {be managed with great artistic dtW. SjSty/Sej natural advantages of vigour .«* "^ifrew* tone of speech is dignified; her points »re « ledge ol with telling effect, and .he shows w» '. the "business" of her profession I guijWW, „. have seen here for a long while; her acuo priate, and her manner perfectly free l«o» BMd or stiltineas; her power of depicting ""g^n contending emotions is her great /m «R « ■ honJ o grand, and last night the »°Mened •£"» 0 did more homage to her than w 0 | applaiise or the caU before the &***%% rwloni 1 bouquets, all of which ■■«seted e^, oß ptof* (i stages of the piece. Her *aoW «P» prq4 uc« an important part in the. eftect j* tt I- >eW - in trying situations. To Msut. th r Y* with i'**^} ' adventitious aid that art can ..deriw, wm , which last night in the dyingscene^ or Ung in its fearful reality. We wouia w | readers to the belief that Mrs . She has many, and one or two wbieh «sr * & mention, show as great blemishes on , W f w bright surface The firs is, &' *>«^\ Br passiOJ appreciate the beauty of a chffiias: »d 8 tone «c Her tendency is to take too topS, BO rbing siarttog, thereby detracting.from .v»*< M no tiw »cter of the tUnoument. Atany rrfo i able last night. »pe»lMf.J^Sftijei. VZ much fuHi over the- subsidiary P»^ betb ln b« an instance: it is un^'X of «*■■ world renowned wisdom, on »PP% with Phillip 2nd. would h'^Tt of waft- % ifaents of her army andflf^ f in an dlno«^S BhewasmadetodolastnighMnain^ ffljflg, text is not to be blamed for JM v flf fault we will mention js a•«"£ lB » sw"" In the gait and^ movement^ »»■ deficiency, and Mrs Bate ia A cpr^Xl her attention to wmedytaK":, eveniJWCiOl V run wildly about her connc^I htfg B rf J**Bj fit of uncontrollable' P^ 0" *$ iet '/ear».. .ffl far forget herself a» to b« • ffbo le, o« the representation, however, sw »

THE EVENING STAR MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1881.



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