SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

«pr,retino ship. 1000 to s Macxowati from London "••ellrn, „.„ M....rl ; v tt .--. f...Levnka Msuuie Haw, tcuoaner, fiom tho Aortli

DEPARTURES.

*ona, ss, for tho Korth

IMPORTS.

Per llas-el'yn. s.s. fv m Fi:i: 673 'oaga m^ize, n ■ Q'-aniitr of f nit, P3O pockets sugar, 71 bales fibre 240 b .MS m«i,-e — Couplan'ii »t d Co.' Per Hunvc-u.) fn m London 401 iron r ß ii, go S-inrfst r,M 2:i vav^ Ralv^is d iro . 3! tio-s ho-e Hi JJs. 8 i'bbi. s t'fvhani^d net me and wvh.a + r,. H l, conif.o p" c. a cas b pefnmtfd Sinn 8 ca a '•,„ tlnl " 4 cm.^ iniir ■ • casks al9pl<e 15 c-^ksVd Cover, m««™ "8 g1l"s' 4 cas"s k"i'e.cleane,s, 1 Hid Su t .* patlS 5 oasea ''»"! .are. 18 <!a*es Bornshy's Piooghs. Senses shares, 2 cises manitlea 1 tiercn, 1 ovft crockeryw.-vre. 4'.O.aksc-mnt, 3uoo firebricks, i n i ,? r,* Ives' l 3 Pa(*i<s;ea spuayarn, 20 ton-, pig loaf, .1 boiler, 3 pac-igw, 97 fume, bars, T ami £

Per Benvcnue from London—2oo cases, 201- cises WUnOy—llenili-rsm and M .cfa lane Vpv B uevue from London—B b,»103 paper—Eoed and Brett

Per B uevue from London—l csae, 2 cables—Tre land Bms

3rd Co]o]' eCCVUe flCm London"locratc3~£ Arthur

Per Ren. vne from London—<<oO t-ox %— r-tone Broq jT^fT^n,h^°v-™ ca.es bottled r ?^ r r B"jeulo,f!r3l"--ton^on-3cas*s v«ses, lease caslhairl^ , lwrtot«, 4 cases slate porcils, 1 case nan wvriies, 1 cape pipes, 1 c,^o flshin^linop, 2 Tjses perfumes, 4 c^es tacks. 1 «sa boitHng wire, 1 tJi i* 1' l Case P'nyi"? r-arda, 1 case spoons, 1 I aacf ' c Ware> 12 I>acfc>£Mmercliamliso-J!; a;d H

i £ lis Vision was at Levnfca when the Llewellyn Jeft. We learn tli.t she h»d been clmrtered by the cup'ain of H.M.B. Baracouta at «nmoa to fetch n cargo of coi's snd provisions frrm L»vnk». Phe wa« to leave f.-r Shhioh the day after tho Llewellyn lef.. If sheh»a sny Irtck si.c will be hero about tho be- Elnni X o f M*irh.

The City of isan Frarc'sw wi'l Icvve for thn Somh to-morrow morninp at So.-lock pumtually Th» foUowirg jms-orFOM have »lro»dy booked :—Cabin : S?L^.a(ie'r, Bey s Maef.rlaco and wife, a K. TVhitaker John Shtehan. Joret-h tvhito For Port Ch.lm.rs-M^rs T Q T.nt^i, V. 8. Som«.field. For L.ttelton: H. Y. Butehc:. For Napier: Mr

Th«. s.a. Llewellyn arrived In harbour at sevoti o clonk this morning from Lsvuka. Captain Mo Gilhvary remits having left - xxvVUmX on he Vth "Man.wi-h«»esh cast, rewind and thick wither. raJSrdLiWeß.rrlerat.2pm th. breea* i creasio--. y * ''m it blew a strrw gal- with heavy beim pea. Wealhirttx;der K ted ncx. tooVi.ini', but the s«a kept 4i!" 00 ! ftir ai d fille weather thence till arrival on the 22nd, at 10 so pm. Qnarantinfd for IV hsnrs on accnuutof iruorteH scarlatina at 'he Thames. Left ieynka on the svenirg of the 26th. Experienced a(g< t and variable wirtU succeeded by easterly ve.ther throughout l;ho passage. Sighted (he Poor Knieh's on tbe nlfrht' of the Ist. Had fresh W.B. W. 7 W.\ r"j £f? l)lH cnnat- On thß 1!)5h instant,-in latltcd»o4,o .18 S., lom;!Hiciel77° 2 X. , th» Llwellyn ■spoke the whaling barque Karoday, Captain »p=ncer, witft 750 barrels of oil. f-he is consigi cd to Messrs ■v. lownfs and Co., of Sydney. Passengers—Mrs (i Smith Mrs McCu'lrch Messrs Norton, Forwood, ™m»». "VVeiby, and fonr in the steerage. The fine schooner Ocean w aV c had been chartered by Mr tiohuCMoto load 800 bags Tnair.a at Nadi for ,Aucl(l-.r(l She left Levuku for* uckland via Nadi on the 26th.

Messrs Crairicsliank and Co have received a tele gram status that ilio 83 lino Ims born clocked in ivielbonrno. ~ri( i WiS to leave tie o for Auckland on I'fOmarj 3rd. She will probnbty arrive hero on Ui» )3tb.»BdjO]vcoD the lCth. The splendi l steamer ft tmytli loaves Sydney for England on ihe 20th, so that tie i'e-o w.ll piohabjy be in ample time to conmct with h>r

Tie bique Glenroe lesvs kelson on Thursday icr Hokiaugii to load t'mber for Ilob*it. Town od account of ii S Me. ers and Co

COMMERCIAL.

J/TKSSRS. GitAfcT and Morton sold to-rlay, the residence sites in the Barrack Reserve for a lease of ninety-nine years, by order of the Auckland Improvement Commissioners Lot 12, s-old at £8 per foot; 7 and 8, at £8 5s per foot. Section 2, lot 10, at £15 per annum. Section 3, lot; 12, £13 per annnm, The Com missioners' offices (for removal) fetched £75; water tank and timber £5 2s 6d, and the fence £1 23 sd. There-was a very fair atten dance, and the prices were equal to the previous sale.

Messrs. Tonks and Co. soH to-riaj-j the balance of lease of Mr J. Cruickshank's reEid<?nce for the snm of £170. The furniture and effects realised'fair prices.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND

, MATI.S WItL CT.038 AS FOV.LOWS :— For Thawe» ihffl-d*y, at 530 pm; and to-morrow.

at 8 a m .. Fortifier. *rd ''tit'hem provincts, per Cily of Sun

Francis n. tomorrow at 6 a m For • uitralk<n felonies, per Granada, immediately

aftor arriv«l For Gi-hnrne and Napier, par Pretty .Tune, to-morrow

at 2 pm. For ■yVaiwerft, WarVworUi IMatskwa, etc, per Minnie

Casey, to-morrow, at 10 am For Napier, per Southern Crcs3, on Friday, at 2 p m For Taranaki, and tiouthern provinces, per Phcebe, on

S'tu'dßy n<xt, at 1.15 pm Mails for. India. Chin*, Mediteranean ports and Con tinent of Enrope, United Kingdom via Suez and Southampton, »nd via B indisi, w 11 be made up per Taupo, on Tuesday next, Bth iu<t»nt. (Signed) s4. B. 8188, Chief Postmaster,

BIRTH.

HUGHES—On the Ist instant, at Alma P!aco, Bed wood, tho wife of Mr. W. S, Ilntjliea, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

CAItUtN'OTOff—LO^'EKGAN.— On 2fith January, nt tit. Patrick's Cathedral Auckland by the Uev, Walter StoDonald, Carey John Carrin^ton. of Wokilifiham, j;crUs)ir.<, Xi gland, to Ali 'U Mary .ToHcphii;e, Pecond danghterot' Mr. Thos. Lonersf.wi, of Auchlonil, N.Z.

DEATH.

HANCOCK,—On the 31st instant, at her residence, TJ ited Sirvicrt Hotel, Philirt, Iho bolovcd wife of Mr John Hancock, after a HngeriEg and painful ijlncss.

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

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1876.

For the cause t:nt hcks assistance, lor the wfonn lh.it nccils resistance, J'or the iutnre in the distance, AuJ the s.-ooa that we can do.

While the excitement of the recent elections was agitating the community to its centre many a householder qualified to vote bit his finger ends and lamented the folly that had prevented him from registering. Nowi.s the time to correct that mistake. The months of January, February, and March are those appointed by law for receiving claims to vote, and it is the duty of every man in the com munity who possesses the necessary qualifi cation to avail himself of hia right aa a free man. A remarkable article upon the im portance cf registering appears in the Wailcalo Times, which so exactly expresses the true position of parties in New Zealand at the present moment that we cannot refrain from quoting its sentiments and adopting them as our own. We cbarac* terise it as " remarkable," because the Wai kalo Times has always been a strong supporter of the present Ministry, and an equally bitter opponent of Sir George Grey. But even in a Government journal, public feeling will at times break out; and tho evils of class Go vernment and Ministerial fovouritism during the last five years are too manifest in Wai katofor any public j6urnal to ignore them. The Times speaking of the importance of register-

mg says :—

" Better far the revolution of the hustings than that of the barricade, and we in New Zealand, and much sooner than many sup pose, shall havb to go through the ordeal of the one or the other if our democratic insti tutions and rights as freemen are to be main tained and preserved. The struggle will be one of class. There is no disguising the fact that the lands of the colony are passing into tne hands of tbe few, but there is an attempt to establish a kind of spurious aristocracy, or ologarchy we had almost said, which is essentially antagonistic to the free demo cracy which forms the basis of the .New Zea land Constitution, The constitution of the

"per House and the mode of disposal of the «nds of the colony, the manner in which all "■blic office of importance has been and is still kept within a certain circle of governing familieameitherisland, have been great instru ments of power—and future taxation, if the voice of the small.land-holder is not heard in the Assembly, will assist evenmorelargely in bringing such a state of things about * * * Such organizatisn as will check this evil before it has gone too far is needed through out the entire colony not, in Waikato alone ; but that is no reason we should not do our part. ' Nay more, it is for tts who see and feel perhaps more keenly the growth of this parasutical plant to be the first and foremost to take action. No greater calamity could happen to us than to see the fair lands of Waikato become the sheep and cattle runs of a few lordly squatters or their freehold estate farmed, by a dependant tenantry, and yet this ip what the whole colony is at present drifting to, sub-division amongst a class from the petty squireen with his homestead of a couple of thousand, to the great capitalist with his estate of two hundred thou and acres. * * When speaking on the question af the confiscated lands on the Ist September last, we find Sir George reported in the Mansard to have instanced a case where by the consent of tha Government a single individul was allowed to monopolise three-fourths, and of course thp best portion, of a block of 200,000 arires of land. "The great lord of the soil," as Sir George expres sed it, " was to have 150,000 acres vested in him for a period of years, while the-rest of the Queen's subjects—the serfs he might call them—were to have 50,000 acres divided amongst them, or just sufficient .to give value to these 150,000 acres held by this great lord of the soil, by settling laborers in his vicinity, and farmers who would have to leate other tracts from him.*' Who amongst .us would otherwise have heard of this transaction but for the publicity given to it by Hansard ? How many even are there of us who know to whom, and to what lands, Sir George Grey referred, for even his tongue appears to have been tied by some species of etiquette in alluding to the question in the House ? And if such things can be in the gr^ien woodj what may we not look for in

the dry ? How will it be when the bit ia in our mouth, and tho yoke upon our neck, and the Government becomes the represen tative not of the people, but of a class V

The Church Gazette and St. Nalthews Ma gazine have not yet appeared for the present month. We understand they will be rosdy during the course of the present week, pos sibly on Saturday.

Osmund Lewis still lies in the Provincial Hospital in, a precarious state, and fears that he ehall not recover are entertainerl.

Mr P. A. Thilips, the Town Cieik, adver tises for twenty men to join the l(\re Brigade) under Mr Superintendent Hughes, accoiding to rules and a scale of payment which Avill be explained by Mr Hughes to any applicant at the Fire Brigade station, Albert-street. This system will no doubt answer better than the volunteer system, as the Superintendent will then have full command 01 his men.

A bushmaft Darned Robert Johnson, at tempted to commit suicide on Monday movuiag at Mercury Bay, by cutting his throat while buffering from the results of ex tcssive drinking. The cut however, was .not deep, and the unfortunate man will recover in a few days.

By the ship Bsnvonne to-day the first portion of the iron for the Auckland Water works has arrived to the order of the contrac tors, Messrs T. and 8. Morriu. The ships with the remainder may be expected very shortly, so that no delay is likely to occur in carrying on the work to completion.

TheiVw Zealand Presbyterian Church News for the present month is before ua, and con tains, as nsnal, a large amount of iust;ful uji.l instructive reading. First on tho list of its contents is a wtell-condcnsod summary of the bnsiness of the Otago Synod, and at page 21 a full report of the same, wiiich eiunot fail to be of special interest to members of the Presbyterian Churches of New Zealand. The sermon on a "Hymn of the Cross," with quotations, forma ihe theme of a thoroughly practical discourse, by Key D. Sidcy, of Napier. Tho sermon indeed might bo appro priately termed a proso idyl, s 0 (beautiful is it in language and argument. Then follows a well-vrittcn paper on the "Moral and Religious aspects of our Time," full of seasonable thought and Biiggrstion. An ex tract from the Treamrry Family, on "Teuny s-on amongtheProphets," is worthy of peius.il The quotations aro from. tho laureate's latest dramatic woik, but the term prophet when applied to Tennyson, the poet, is not singular, as all true poets are prophets. A very pleas ing memoir of Mrs Wilson, a Scotch lady, also appears in the present number, anil whose pious life might linda placo among tho biographies of chiistian heroines of the nineteenth century.l Other interesting items of newsin the pages of this journal will afford gratification, as well as the financial and Icoal intelligence concerning the Presbyterian Ctiurcbes of the provinces.

The usual meeting of the Protestant Al liance Friendly Society of the Victoria Lodge will take place this evening in the Christian Meeting House, Cook-street, at half-past seven o'clock,

Disraeli, now close upon 70 years of ngo, is said to have been tmitten with the charms of a iovely barmaid, scarce 18 summers old. He would have married the young woiian. who is strictly correct in her life, hid his fiieiuls not stepped in to prevent it. The Queen, it is stated, wro>e him,a letter of ex postulation. It was whoa taken with the cramp in the stomach, and while passing along the Strand, that Disraeli for relief from his pains went into a publib-houso and called for four-pennyworth of gin hob. The cramp left him, and a mad desire to marry the eirl who served him took its place. It is said that a breach of promise action will be brought agoinsfc the great Prime Minister. — Exchange.

" A meeting of the members of the Hops of Waikato and Onward to Victory Lodges was held on Monday last at the Victoria Ball, Hamilton, saj's the (Waikato Times,) for the purpose of presenting Bro. Chas. E. Madden with a silver hunting watch and chaid and an address. Bro. Mcl'herson, who was deputed to make the presentation, said : Dear Sir and Brother, —In presenting you with this testimonial I need not say many words. As members of the Order, we all feel deeply our loss in your departure, and we do not expect to fiud a better Chief in the Waikato than you have been. Wo hope that wherever you go you will still keep the good cause in view. With these few words I have much pleasure in .present ing yon with this watch and guard. The address was couched in equally compli mentary terms. Mr Madden is leaving Waikato with the intention of practsiing in Auckland. A fever ward is contemplated at the Pro vincial Hospital which will prove a necessary addition to that ÜBeful institution. The Provincial tSecretary has already asked for tenders for the erection of the same. The last opportunity of| seeing the extra ordinary performances of Natator, the "Man Fish," in Auckland, will be afforded to-night and to-morrow, at the City Hall. Count Moltke attained his 57th birthday recently, and the Emperor presented him with the family order of the Hohenzollerns, with a star and crossed swords, as a recogni tion of the Field Marshall's services. Moltke is tall, thin, slightly stooping; he is only straightened up on horseback, and then looks like a man of thirty. His close-shaven face is very much wrinkled, and his profile realJv vaguely Csesar's. He detests civilian clothes, and regards the uniform as indispensible to his person. He is a great worker and an early riser; passes sometimes as much as nine hours at his desk without taking any thing save a glass of Bordeaux and a biscuit; dines at 2 and sups at 8. He is always punctual in Parliament, where his colleagues style him the "Great Silent." His amuse ment is to walk in the Thiergarten with his hands behind his back in the old Napoleonic style. A Dane by birth, he married an English girl, who fell violently in love with him. Her premature death in 1868 came near killing him. We have received from Mr Reid, the pub lisher, a copy of the.." Weekly Register," a card calendar of all the events of each week, which will be found very useful in hotels, and by business men. In addition to an almanac calendar, the card comprises postal informa tion, notices of sales, meetings and amuse ments, railway time-tables, etc. Strong frames for hanging it up are provided. By advertisement in another column, the pub lisher of the " Register" notifies that intima tions of meetings, Masonic, friendly societies, etc., will be inserted in the calendar gratis, if communicated to the "Register" office, each Saturday, before one o'clock. A meeting of cab and coacn proprietors and others waß convened for last evening in the Cook-street Hall, to hear Mr. J. G. Baker explain the industrial provisions of the Government insurance system and shew how a man may, by payment of one shilling per week, secure to his family £100 at death. Through some mistake the hall was not opened, and the result was that those who gathered went away disappointed. Mr. Baker will, however, give the intended address on a future occasion. We cannot too strongly impress upon working men the benefits offered by this admirable system of insurance, which is within the reach of all. Scarcely a week passes without a case of keen distress, caused by the death of a iamily's breadwinner, appealing to 'she sym pathies of the public, and yet all this could be guarded against by the payment of one shilling per week. We are glad to learn that Mr. Baker has been very successful in his efforts to bring under the notice of the class for whom, the scheme was devised the benefits that are derivable under its provisions, and we hope that his future lectures on the subject will be well attended.

We would remind Competitors for the prizes, for the beßfc kept working man's gar den, the prices for which are, first prize £:" 2a ; second prize £1 lls 6d; third prize £1 Is, that their names, with places of abode, must be sent in to the secretary of the Wot k ing Man's Horticultural Society, D. Gold U'tibpr-meivhant, Custom-house-street, no later than Wednesday, t.hn 9th met., so ;> tj allow the ju iges time to make their awa-c p'fvfons fcoilie Exhibition, which takes place n the ISfch, intt.

Arrival of the Benvenue.

Tire ship Benvenue arrived from London a' an early hour this moraing after a passage o 9G days from Gravesend. She is consigns to the New Zealand Shipping Company, ant; brings a Valuable cargo and nearly 40 passen gers, all in good health. To Captain Mac gowan and Mr Dnnlop, chief officer, wo an indebted for the following report of the pas sage :-Left the Docks on the 26hh Oct. and Graveaend 28fch ; anchored off the Nor< and proceeded next morning at daylight; towed through the Downs and then cnado sail with a southerly wind ; had dull hazy weathp) n the ChannelwiAhincrfas'ng breeze from the S S W, and S.W., gradually hauling to tin westward Took final departure from Alder ney light on the 30th Had favorable, bni 'light, winds from the N. W. for a week, whet the wind backed into the S.W. ; weather still br»Zy. Tacked .off the island of Madein at 0 o'clock on tho evening of tho 11th No vernber. On the 12ih encountered strong southerly wind and very l.oavy sea. Tbc wind increased to a moderate gale mi tl ( IStli, and tho ship laboured very much. Cant'lit the N.E' trades on tho Kith No vember in latitude 30 degs. N., longitude 21 degs. W. They proved very light and shifting. The Equator was crossed on the Ist December in longitude 29 degs. W Sighted the island of St. Paul the following day. The P.K trades, which were picked up oa tho 30th of November, were mode rate and carried tho ship to 20 S., which was reached on the flth December. On the day previous in a squall, carried away the tnainroyal-mast and yards, sprung the lower foretopsail yard, splitting the upper sails to ribbons and tearing the maintopsail. Spent the next day sending up a spare topgallant mast and repairing damages. Had moderate \yinds from thtTN.W. till the 2lst. The breeze freshened on the 22nd, when the ship did her beat run of 302 miles. Crosped the meredian of the Cape in lat. 45 S. on mns Day : brisk breeze and weather hazy. Ran the principal part of the easting in 50 S but the sliio went at timps as far South as ;">2. Saw no ice. On the Gth January,during a strong unsteady brec/.o the jib sheet parted splitting the sail. Soon afterwards the main sail split to pieces, the leach rope piving way; tho fore-topsail tie gave away, and the yard came down very heavily, carrying away the neok of the parill. Had to bend new sails next day. Crossed the meridian of Hobart Town on'the 18th January. Thence to the Three Kings, N.W. and variable winds. Sighted the Three Kings on the 27th. Down the coast had heavy head winds, On the ,30th and 31st had heavy gales, and the vessel shipped largo quantities of water. The foot of the lower main-topsai! pave way on the 30th. Tho weather broke on Monday evening. Lay becalmed under the Great Barrier the greater part of yesterdny. Made Tiri Tiri light at 8 o'clock last night; reduced canvas and signalled for the pilot, who was taken on board 3 o'clock thia morning. DroppedSjkghor in Auckland harbour at half-pist,Seven. The ship Benvenue is a fine clipper vessel in her 10th year. Sho was built by Messrs. Barclay and Carle of Glasgow, for the Sydrisy trade. She has been eDgaged in the China trade, and in the Australian trade, but this ia her first voyage to New Zealand. Sbe belongs to the Glasgow Shipping Company, who own most of the shirs whose names begin with "Ben." The Benvenue is 1,000 tons register, and is a powerful looking ship; that she is a very fast sailer, her log of the present voyage proves, but she has done much greater runs in previous voyages. Most of the passengers landed during the morning. The vessel will come alongside about the day after to-morrow.

Paß,s»NOErs : Cabin—Mr ami Mrs Shirrcaa and famify ((!), Miss Hardftss, MiS3 Oldiss, Mr O Cannon, and'Mr AValton 2nd Cabin—<;aptain fl Billing*, Thomas Owens AY H We« ley, Chai W Broudbent, ITerbcrtO CRpstock Benjamin J Hamlbln, C'his H Bradley, Mlsi l^atrico " Dar.do. Mister IT P Dando. HtcerjßO—Thos II Trlnible an I Mrs Marg*»etTrimb'e Miss Maria i eon, William Ltdstone, Uohart Hill, KramctH Koga, JohnGThooiptou, Kdwarrt Holdsworth, A. It Miller, AVilliam Fletcher, Georgo Biown wife and son.

Sudden Death.

Ay elderly woman, named Maclefl), close upon 80 years of ago, was found dead in her bed-room, this morning in (Jook-street. She was known to be extremely poor, but was a person of quiet and cleanly habits, and lived alone. The neighbours frequently saw her at the gate, or about the outside of the house, but missing her; informed Sergeant Mulville, who lives next door, of the fact. He at once opened the window, and discovered the poor old woman partly unrlrest, and apparently dead. He got into the house, and found that his apprehensions were 'oS true; the body was dead and cold. He immediately gave information at the proper quarter, end an in quest, will' be held to-morrow afternoon, before l)r PHilsonaQd a jury, on the body.

EXECUTION OF ANIMALS FOR CRIMES.

Thb London Athenaeum gives the following concerning the physical and spiritual penal ties which the law formerly visited on four footed malefactors : The condemnation of a bull to the gallews for the crime of murder is by no means a singular example of the eccen tricities of ancient legislation, at leasb in France. For instance: on the 4th day of June, 1094, a pig was hanged from a gibbet near Laon for. devouring ■ the babe of one Jehan Lenfant, a cowherd. Again, on the 10th of. January, 1457, a sow and her six sucklings were charged with murder and homicide on the person of Jehan Martin of Sevigny, when the former waß found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged by the hind feet from the branch of a tree. As for the piglings, in default of any positive proof that they had assisted in mangling tho deceased, although covered with blood, they were restored to their owner on condition that he should give bail for their; appearance should further evidence be forthcoming to prove their complicity in their mother's crime. The individual, how ever, declined to become in any way answer able for the conduct of such ill-bred animals, which were thereupon declared forfeited—not to fche-parents of the mur dered child, but to the noble damsel, Katerine de Bernault, Lady of Seringy. Yet again, on the 2nd of March, 1552, the Chapter of Chartres, after due investigation of the circumstances, -sentenced a pig that killed a girl, to be hanged from a gallows! erected ok,the very spot polluted by the bloody deem, Even so late as 1612, a pig was conyietec^of having worried to death, and partially devoured a. child fourteen or fifteen months old, the son of a mason residing at Molinchari, also within the jurisdiction of Laon. Nor was this all. Animals were liable to spiritual censures, as well as to penal sentences. In 1120 we find the Bishop of Laon excommunicating a swarm of cater> pillars in the-same terms which the Council of Rheims had employed in the preceding year in denouncing priests who indulged in the sin of matrimany> Still later, in 1216, the Court of Troys, complying with the pray ers of the inhabitants of Villenoxe, admon ished the caterpillars, by which that discrict was then infested, to take themselves off within six days; •on pain of being declared I "accursed and excommunicated."

DOMAIN BOARD.—This Day.

A MKETINa of the Domain Board was held in -,he City Council offices to-day at noon. Pre (ent Messrs Heale (Chairman), Hughes, Mit tord and Brown. IimtTTBS. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. IMPROVEMENTS. The secretary (Mr Brown) informed the 3oard that the culverts and other changes had been made by Cnalrnerß according to the recommendation of tho Board at their last meeting. Mr Mitford said he had seen the wonc which waa well clone. 817RRENDBR OF LEASE, Mr Hughes stated that Mr Rogan, solicitor, who had gone to settle at Gisborne, was willing to surrender a lease which he held under the Board. Ifc^vas therefore agreed that the offer to surrender be accepted on condition that Mr Kogan paid the costs. UNRULY BOYS. Mr Mitford stated that complaints had been received in relation to boys who were in ths habit of haunting the Domain on Sun days, and annoying persons walking therein by uuseemly expressions. Affcer^ some re markß from Mr Heale, Mr Hughes, and Mr Mttford it was resolved to ask the advice of Mr Inspector Broham on the subject:. EIRDS. An application from the secretary of the Ac jlimatisatiou Society to catch birds in the Domain for further liberation was granted, THE BALANCE. SF.Tbe balance to tbc credit of tho board was stated to be £377 It was resolved there fore, that £200 should be deposited in the I'Jovenmeut Savings Bank in the joint names of Messrs Heale, Mitford, and the secretary.

Arrival of the Llewellyn from Fiji.

AMERICAN DISPUTE AT SAMOA.

News from Samoa, brought by the brig Vision, speaks of disturbances occasioned by a Yankee adventurer yclept Colonel Stein herger, who some twelve months since located it Apia, and set himself tip an a great authority from America amongst the natives. It appears he brought with him a couple cf Oatfcling guns, and has constructed a mud fort with which he intends to defend his sanctum sanctorum from the aggression of authority who dispute his Bell-constituted powers. The American Consul had arrested him, but he had defied the arrest, and that functionary invoked the assistance of H.M.s Barractmta, that ship having called whilst thi disputes were proceeding. Captain Stephens has dispatched an officer —Sub- Lieut. Collins—to Sydney for instructions from Commodore Hoskens. We prophecy fchat Captain Stephens will be told to mind his own business and not meddle with the affairs of either the Samoas or the American residents on Samoa. The Fiji Times says : —Tt will, no donbfc, bo remembered that Colonel Steinberger was accredited upon some special mission to the South Seas, but his mission has expired long since, and he is, of course, now only know as a private individual. This insignificant position does not seem to suit the gallant officer's predelictions, and he has been ren dering himself very obnoxious to some of the authorities. Some short timejback he commit ted a breach of what are known as the Amen can Neutrality Laws, and the Consul of that nationality determined to arrest him nnd a vessel which he bad or has in Samoan waters. With a view to effect this purpose, Captain Stevens of H.M.S. Barracouta was applied to for assistance, which he did not feel himself authorised to give. Upon this the Consul placed the " Marshall" acting under his authority on board the vesse 1, and seized it; and , upom the Colonel attempting to regain possession by means of an armed force, again applied to Captain Steven?, who, as we are informed, Hid not upon this occasion refuse his aid Colonel Steinberger has entreocbed himself, and declared vengeance against the American - Consul, who is supported, however, by the King. The Consul for Germany sides with the Colonel, but it is more than-whispered that this is owing to the fact Sf his being somewhat largely interested in the vessel The whole affair has been referred home and pending advices it remains in statu quo. LAUNCH OF A SCHOONER. On Wednesday afternoon last a large num ber of gentlemen were invited on board the schooner Star of Fiji to drink the health of her builder, Mr G. Petersen, of Taviuni, and her present owners—Messrs Houng Lee, McDonald, Chaflin, and Johnson. She is a very pretty schooner, of about 80 tons re gister, built wholly of Fijian timber, and intended for the beche-de-mer fishing trade. ROYAL ENGINEERS. Another of the Royal Engineers., we under stand, fainted in the street from the excessive heat of Wednesday. We do not wonder at this whilst the poor fellows are compelled to do duty in the heavy reeimental clothing they are compelled to wear, in this fearful hot climate daring the present months. These uniforms, however well adapted for the frosts and snows of old England, are death to those compelled to wear them in this country. SURVEY FOR CABLE TO AMERICA. The American ship of war Tuscarora left on January 17 for Kandavn, where her com mander hopes to secure a supply of coals from one of the mail steamers. Should be prove unsuccessful, the ship will at once shape for Sydney to procure the necessary fnel, when she will return to Fiji again and continue her soundings for a proposed cable from San Francisco to Australia. Mr G. A. Woods, the agent for the mail steamers, availed himself of the opportunity, and returns to Kandavn in her. LAND CLAIMS. In a despatch from the Secretary of State, the Governor has been instructed as follows : —" It vill be necessary that a Commission should be at once appointed as suggested by Sir H., Robinson, to deal with the whole question of ownership and occupation, of land. In appointing the Commission, you should accordingly be careful not to confer upon its members any further powers than chose of enquiring and reporting to you, and it will be for yon, with the advice of your executive Council, to direct the action to be taken in each case." ' 'THE LEWELLYN QUARANTINED. Thes.s. Llewellyn arrived in harbour on Saturday night (her due date) from Auckland (says the Fiji Times, of the 26th ult.), after a pleasant run of seven days. She brings general cargo and her usual number of live stock. On account of scarlet fever being prevalent in the colonies, the health officer was slow to give the vessel a clean bill of health ; and, in fact, did not do ao until he had consulted the Board of Health, by whose directions pratique was granted to the ship on Sunday afternoon. Of course quarantine is disagreeable at all times, and we were not surprised to hear the passengers '• growl." ' FEARS FOR THE SAFETY OF A BOAT. 7/ Much uneasiness is felt in Samoa as to the probable fate of Mra Macfarlane and her two children, who, accompanied by Miss Williams, left that place for Tonga by a small vessel, commanded by Captain Hamil ton, who for years past has been pilot and harbour master at Apia. Mrs Macfarlane and those with her were en route to Tonga, and left Samoa but one day before the blow occurred there in November last. This lady was a daughter of Mr Williams, so long and favorably known as British Consul here, and the uncertainty which enshrounds her fate, has cast quite a gloom amidst the circles of the many Mends who' are warmly attached to her and'her family; ' s

CAPTAIN BERBILL AND HIS CREDI TORS.

Captain Berrill of the unfortunate sohooner Dauntless still appears to be in a nx at I evuka. A writer in- the Fiji Times says : Certainly it is a most unfortunate affair for the captain, who no donbt is very honest. The people who are now pressing for pay ment of what is justly due to them, are hard working industrious and honest men, and had the~y been unscrupulous they would not have permitted their judgment debts to stand over for months, instead of issuing execution at once, which they might have done. Mr Murray hat? for months staved off further process by assuring the creditors that funds would be sent from the insurance office in New Zealand, and everyone would be paid in full. Such however is not the case, the writer has it direct from the assur ance'agents here that not a shilling will be forthcoming from that quarter, as the mort eageeslhave laidlhold of the insurance money, allowed Captain Berrill to shift for himself; and that being so whafc are his creditors to do? RETURNED CARL LABOURERS. In August, 1873, Captain Chapman called at the plantation of Messrs Towson and Wil liams, Kavu Savu, to remove certain laborers who had been kidnapped by the notorious Carl in her firet trip These men, while admitting they were kidnapped, declined to be taken.away from their employers, express ing perfect confidence that they would receive their wages and be sent home at the expira tion of their term of service. They were re tnrnod in October last by the Zephyr, and so satisfied were they with their treatment that from their report to their countrymen, seven teen at once went on board and volunteered to go to Fiji In addition to this, the paid men sent back to their late employers many presents of plants and seeds. EXPORT OP MAIZE. Those interested in the welfare of the colony, says the Fiji Times, will remark with considerable regret that maize rules so low in Auckland, where tha demand, in fact, seems almost to have ceased. Victoria seems to present a much more favourable market for the disposal of this article, as the average pi ice there appears to be about 5s per bushel, and the duty is only 3d instead of Gd as in New Zealand, This difference would, how ever, be met by the Increased freight; but the ateadiness of the ruling rates can be much more eafely relied upon in a place where consumption is so great, than in New Zealand where it is affected by the state of weather and quantity of feed.

Symptoms of pleuro pneumonia have made their appearance amongst the herds of Fiji.

THE MURDER AT EPSOM.

At four o'clock this afternoon no further in telligence had been received by Mr Inspector Broham at the Police-station respecting the murderer Hara Winiata, or Harry Wynyard. It is still conjectured that he made his way to Orakei immediately after the murder, as the evidence of various persons who are positive that they saw him goirg in tfcat direction. The police are still inde fatigable in their endeavours to track the miscreant and bring him to justice, which we hope they will soon be able to do. A number of the police are si ill on the look out in the districts where he might possibly be secreted. The inquest on the body of the murdered man will be resumed to-morrow at the Prince Albert Hotel, when it is hoped some new light will be thrown upon the matter which may lead to the apprehen sion of the villain.

Arrival of the ' Omeo.'

BLUFF.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.) This day.

The B.s. Omeo, Captain Chatfield, left Sandridge at 3 20 p m. on the 27th January. Cleared the heads at 7 p.m. Had light northerly winds and fine weather all the passage. Passed the Solanders at 7.15 p.m. on the Ist. Arrived at the Bluff 215 a.m. on the 2nd. She brings 26 saloon and 40 steerage passengers, and 139 tons cargo, and 225 rams for all ports. She sails at 4 p.m. for Danedin.

The Omeo arrived. There is do later English news ; Australian to the 27 th.

Australian Telegrams.

OPPOSITION OBSTRUCTION.

SEIZURE OF JEWELLERY.

MELBOURNE,

Thursday, January 27.

There was no quorum in the Assembly last night, the Opposition declining to make a house when the speaker took the chair. J. J. Walsh is to be brought forward, for East Bourke Borough in the interests of the Opposition. At the annual meeting of the Hospital Subscribers yesterday, five new members:of committee were elected, and a vote of censure passed on the members of committee for their action in the non-recog nition of the University medical degrees. The Mongolia to-day takes a large number of passengers.

A seizure of £2,600 worth of jewellery was made on board a. (Sydney steamer on Tuesday morning early. It-has been traced tp a presumably respectable firm.. Dr. Langford' if, travelling through the colonies to.obtain an insight into the educa tional system of the colonies.

A Marine Aquarium is to be established in Melbourne on the model of the Brighton Aquarium.

A case has occurred at Kangaroo Flat where a priest refused burial rights to a deceased woman because her children at tended a state school.

Oats have improved Id to ljd, sugars ad vanced from 10s to 15s.

Arrived : Prosperity from Hokitika, Franeise and Gertrude from Westport. Sailed : Adieu for Greymouth.

(PER ALHAMBRA AT HOKITIKA.)

MDLLE. DE MDRSKA STILL IN MEL-

BOURNE,

[PRESS AGENCY.]

Melbourne, January 26.

The political situation remains unchanged, and the Opposition still refuse supplies. In the meantime demands for payment are be ing made on the Treasury. Mdlle. de Murska, who was to have left for New Zealand in the Omeo to-morrow, has postponed her departure for about a fortnight, owing to the illness of her husband, Mr Alfred Anderson. She has been having tremendous audiences here, and it is therefore probable that she will give one or two more concerts. She also goes up country before leaving for New Zealand.

Afire yesterday destroyed a large portion of the Mowling Stearine Candle Factory on the Yarra bank. Loss, £2000.

The City of Melbourne arrived at San Francisco on the 21st inst.

Scarlet fever has not yet been stamped out. The electoral roll for the current year shewed a total increase of electors of 17,226. The Hibernia, with the New Zealand cable aboard, passed Cape Otway thiß morn ing bound for Sydney.

Sydney, January 26. The went of confidence motion has been negatived by 34 to 23.—Spryule has been

commited for trial for cruelties to cbildw* in Randwick Asylum.—A boy named Mi? gridge was killed at Redf em by a blow w cricket ball.-The gold yield for lastye a V£! 17,000 ounces less than that for the previo year.—The most severe gale known here/ years was experienced on Monday in R t -° r bane, doing much damage.—The dwmgU}'' Queensland continues. \ v Ar>ELATBE, January 26 • The population of the colony at the end'nt the year was 210,600.— Two men We J! drowned in the harbour during a boat race

"TIN-KETTLING" AT A WEDDING.

Tiieke has lately been a wedding in fog household of "Saydcr" at Coromandel, and the larrikins of that place appear, to have indulged en the occasion in the nuisancj commonly known as "tin kettling." latu following issue of the Coromandel 2tail "Snyder" thus dilates on the sensation aroused by this developement of juvenile exuberance: "The wakeful infant shall be ' soothed to slumber in it mother's arms^fter drinking from the fountains of life. Th e forsaken maiden, faithlessly deserted by hef lover shall find! consolation in the reflection that there are as good fish in the seas as evet came out of them. The bankrupt trades^ may hope for a, new start in business undo a beneficient bankrupt law. The dyspeptic have hopes while there is Pepsine tn the druggists shop and the sick patient takes comfort in doses of foomccpathic globnlej, 1 But what consolation shall be offered to the trembling girl who, it is not four hours since, when he who fills her soul with love, plighted his troth to her at the altar and place'fl the golden ring upon the fourth delicate finger of the right lily-white hand. What comfort comes to her when the begins to hear the

rattling of kerosene tins; the -whoops of wild boys ? Whafc answer can she make when 3 f wild ragamuffin puts his mouth to the key. bole of the street and shouts '.Nowthen, my beautiful and fond one, come oit and show yourself.' How do her tenors increase as the noise from every thing capable of prodnc. ing a noise is brought into play. There is but a thin partition o! wood and window between her and sixty juvenile human fiendi, . frantically dancing, hurrahing, screaming, j gesticulating and raving as if desirous iorthe j shedding of blood ; and of the tearing of | things to shreds. She sees the bridegroom trying to suppress his passion till _he can suppress it no more. She sees him rise, rush to the door, rush out and hears him rush among the crowd f but with halloes ant screams it disperses, and behold, in the twinkling of an eye, in the sounding of the trump, there is nothing in human shape to be seen in the whole length and breadth of the street. Then he returns flashed, and in a passion uses the word dam several times and drinks brandy. Thus does the trembling bride, before she has been married a very few hours, learn that her husband, the love of her soul, can swear, drink brandy and get in a confounded passion ; and all because rude boys are beating empty kerosene tins with sticks and shank bones. "What has she," trembling, twittering, gentle little thiig, to look forward to in the future? Will it ever come that he will rash at her; will he get j, into a passion should the starching pf his '. shirt not come out quite right ? Will he continue to drink? But hark! there we | those blackguard boye once more surround- 1 ing the front of the bouse with their horrid 1 kerosene tins and marrow bones._" I

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Messrs G. M. MM ford, and W. J Hnrst, Justices.) IN A GKNBEAL WAY. A c<nt,*avest a collar and ormt," fg A p-ilr of trousers roots, and black felthar. 1 He took away, two Hnpn shirks as well. Until young William felt himself a ewelL William Hyde, aliaa Swabey, was_brought np on two charges of larceny :—-1, with tsteal ine a coat, value £1 ; the property-of,John Williams, of Auckland, on the 30th January: _ 2, with stealing a tweed coat, pair of boots, pair of trousers, six photographs, and a num ber of other articles* of wearing apparel.^n the same day, the property of John Mann, value £3 ss. " . ' • Mr Inspector Broham conducted. , The prisoner, a fair young maD, said that he would confess to stealing everything ex cept the boots, which he did not steal Mr Broham stated that the prisoner had only recently come to this country, and in the latter case, Mann, who "vas a shipknate, bad taken prisoner into Mb lodgings purely out of charity, when be robbed him. The Bench considered ife was a heartless case, and sentenced prisoner to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. A WILD BOY. James Igo, was charged with a breach of the Naval Training Act, and beyond the ; control of his parents. Mr Kensington stated the case. Mr Stickley Sf>id the, boy had beenin the Home for crimnal and destitute children, but his conduct was very bad, and it was with difficulty that he could be kept In order. He might say further, that there was now 104 children in the Home, and the place was quite full. The Bench ordered'the boy to be Bent to i the Naval Training School at Kohimarftv mara, for the term of five years, to be j brought up in the Roman Catholic faith. . LTTNAGY. Elizabeth Nichols, the wife of a labouring ' man, was charged with being of unsound ; mind, and on the medical testimony of Dl Dawson and Dr Hartmann was committed | to the asylum. ... ? CHECKED WITH A CHEQtTE. Charles Hill again appeared on a charge of forging and uttering a cheque on the 22ndof January for the sum "of £11 14s. 9d; with . intent to defraud Robert Stow, of Freeman's Bay. Mr. Broham appeared on the part of tbo police. The prisoner was undefended. Robert Stow, of the Freeman's Bay Hotel, ; deposed that he knew the prisoner, who was some time ago working at the reclamation works close by ; he ran up an account at his house, and on the 22nd January, "(MB in debted to 12s 6d. On that day he called at his house to pay the account; he presented a cheque (produced) for payment, he; gave him the difference; the cheque was on the National Bank of New Zealand in favof of Mr Cox, purporting to be signed by Nevill* . Walker. He' asked' prisoner to endorse the cheque when he said he could not write, ho therefore, put his X to his name which he (witness) wrote. The next Monday he took it to the bank and found there were no effeots, and ascertained that it was a forgeryi At ■, the time he got the cheque hetold prisoner ; he knew nothing of Neville Walker, when : :| he said it was all right, as Mr J. B. Russell " was connected with it ■; he said if such-WaS the case it was ell rfgj(i; f < To prisoner: You said that Mr Neville Walker was at work!tinder Mr J. B. Russell in reply to me when I said I did not ktoW Neville WalKer. ' , r « Nevil Walker deposed that he was a squat ter, residing at Mangiati, in the Wellington diatrict. He was slaying in Auckland ia January. Knew nothing of the oheque now produced j the signature Was not his. He spelt his Christian name "Nevil," not "Neville." He had no banking account at Auckland. Knew the prisoner, who took a contract of him sixteen months ago to put up a stock-yard and paddock, which, was the only dealings he had with the prisoner. To the Bench : Squatter was the expression for a sheep farmer in the Southern islands. Settlers were frequently oallw "cockatoos." (Laughter.) , Mr Collett, ledger-keeper, remembered the cheque being presented to the; National 'Bank. - There was no person of the nattfe^o^^^U 8 Walker with an account ,at ,the..b'ank'.]i?>J| ii .. a

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mi M B E R. "^•v;1..-.-:.■ v, ■' .■«■■..-'.: ■■ ■ .<; j , The Union Sash and Door Company, Mechanics' ,-. -~ Bay, are selling their large and varied Stock of Timter, Sashes, Doors, and Mouldings, atvery.lpw rates. T* TQEIGr SYREN, FROJ'j J?sJ|\ J3 SYDNEY (IN M4NITK4T T I Hffiic »** Consignees are requested to Pass En- tries, a«d obtain delivery orders from the undersign, d lor their rooclb w tbout delay. Cargo in'pedttsg tho dis< h-rge of ihe vessel will be ■ ~'■ landed and gtorta af consignee 'ri.k and expense. I S. HOW^ttD, i •: : • jvo3, Qnean-Btreet. BjJbSFORD - STBE" T CO I* GREGA TIOJN.*L SI JSDaY SCHOOL. On TBTJBSDAY EVENING, 3rd instant, at half past seven o'clock, there will be an eihibltion at the Beresfoid Hall of the Sunday-school Unions NEW ; r«MiKiMA, 'TJp ibe Rhine to Italy. A des criptive ltciure will be isiven by Mr Barton. Ai*mission : is; children 6d QT PAUL'S CHURCH IMPROVE ■■;■:,. rfovi ■ ■ ■ Mtib% ; '•' ■ ' Pubsoiiberß to ih« above fund are respectfully in form** that the amounts standing ag»inßt thtir names J'-I.'l'i are urgently required, and will be thankfully received to meet demands by the contractor, who will shortly cbnii'lete his cuntract. Bubi cnpttons can ba paid to the accountatthe National Bank. toG. W. Hardwick, Vereer: or to either of.the undersigned, ~,,- - S ITS} Churchwarden. ' iho-Storqf^evton'Lodge will on and from TO-, tt-r>,j« MOBROW'(Thursday), the^^3rd instant, meet!at the Congtregatioual Hchool-room, Karangahape J^ond, at -iifv; 780 >ew Members are requested to -attend hot , later than 7.45. Insiallation of offieota at B^3o. A ~,,.. full atteadance requested. g BROOKING> 1 Secretary. ":"!: fifiTjiliHE WKEELY, REGISTER.', rrtr>'\,',' Beiuii} a. Compfiidium.'.of General Buainess Intormati in, with the despatch of Mails,' --,* r-'pi-i ~.,, liailwity ,Trains, C'yaehes, i tttai Win' ,•■•'!)'"''Bußies, &c, couipiled and oonected evtry Issue, is j NOW, EUBI,ISHI,IS.u EVEBV MONDAY JIOENING; "» B —Ttifbrro'atioii as'to Basiness Meeti." jfs of all -viz: Mining, Banks, Insurances,: Fubllc ■ m b'j-b*.•>!!" -OVo: ;'aHibMaßOnlo,iOraiiß&.i Good 'i'tmplar, ~ „ i- , ,• -. -jr pther. Societies, inserted 'gbmis on -"' ' ■ ■""'"■; gent (not later tlianlb'dlobk on each Wyndnam Ohaoibers, ,1^71;! HA *-T "" 1 " MB, vi h. h <'v y-, 4k ? /..'■ \ S W8 H *~



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