SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

aifiH-W^TBE—This afternoon, S 19; to-moMOW more tag, 840 «mr Wr-Thl* avoning, 450. BTJN RISK-To morrow nmrnfatr. 7 S MOOF'B AOE-Full Moon, 7th .Tune, 1216 pm

ARRIVALS.

DEPART TJM23.

VESSELS EXPECTED Bolli Mary, barque, from Uobar-t Town, ejuly Kobfia '""unlop, barquo, from London ; sailed IBth Manli. . Marth <. barque, from the Islands, early Jane. b>isr. from Hobart Town #W,e, schooner, from Lvttelton %&' itia, schooner from KnrotoDga •Bebir-gr.on, ship (PRHV), from London; sslled 24th February Ttoglnnil's Glory, ship from London, early Loch !>c, schooner, from Syflnay, early Wnnlock, harqno, f>-om Glasgow ; sailed Fob IS woosnntr, Miip. from London, early Coron»t. Bnhonner, fxorn tholslands, parly Moneynick, barque, from Adelaide, donhtfnl Inverallen, barn,r ie , f rnm Tendon, sailed IStli March Pear], ketch, fr. O m the Tslands, early Edith, schooner, from tho Mprnds, early Valejo, barque, from Liverpool ; sailed Cth March Prince ?<.,ir,ort kotch, from Lyttelton Helena, b-igmtine, from Samoa <°?H».na, brigantino, from Lyttelton (at Onehunga)

The ss Hero is to leavo for Sydney on Satardsy at ■noon.

The s s Southern Cross leaves for Napier jthia afternoon at, 4 o'clock.

The S3 Pretty Jane will leave for Poverty Bay and Naci«r on Saturday next. Tho bwgu* Thntneß wcVlknown in this port was Isat month loading at N.p w York for Adelaide.

COMMERCIAL.

Mult. Airrinm's sale of landed properties by order of the trustees of the late Mr March, "wafi held at his land tnsrt, being the second floor oi his new building. The attendance "was very good, and bidding spirited, and excellent "prices realised. The matt; is specially fitted sor sales of this cia&s, where hundreds of persons can be present without inconvenience. The voice of the auctioneer l(Mr Arthur) can be heard to great advantage, «nd he has a splendid view of bidders. This is the first soecial sale ef property in the new building and was a great success. The following are quotations: — Karaugahape Eoad freehold allotment 33x 100 feet with a shop and residence, detached frake-house stable &c, sold at £620 ;|JBO acres of land being allotment No 35 Parish of Kaiwaka brought £15 ; East-street Newton, allotment, 40x{100 feet and double-cottage sold at £155 ; allotment adjoining running into a. gully having 3 small Cottages erected thereon sold at £90 ; S shnres Tokatea Gold Mining Company brought 8s per share.

There was a good attendance at Mr Levi W. Eaton's fruit sale to-day, when apples brought 3^d to 4d per tt>, and oranges 128 6d to 15s per case. The sale of surplus stores <Hd not take place, as they had not been landed.

Mr S. Cochrance sold at his rooms, Fort street, to-day an allotment at Ouphunga, whichSbrcraght £29; the bidding was spirited.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

!\TAns •wriiii Close as vot,t,owh:— For Thames to-morrow at 10 30 a m and 6 30 p m For Coromandel to-morrow at 2.30 pm For Wangarei, Walpu, etn., to-morrow at 8 aml For "Whltiangi. Tairua, Tanraoga, and Opotiki, .per

Howena to-morrow at 4 p m For Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Australian

Colonies, per Phcebe, on Saturday next at 0 45 a m Mails for India, China. Medeterr/inean ports, Con tinent of Europe, United Kingdom, via S'iez and

Southampton, and via Brlndiai, will bo made up

per Tanpo on Tuesday, 30th instant For Waiwera, Mahurftngi, Te Arei. etc., per Annio

Millbank, on Saturday next, at 10 am For Australian Colonies, per Hero, on Saturday nest,

at 11 a m Per Australia, on Monday. Juno 5 as follows :- For Sandwich Islands, United SUtes of America, Canada. British 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 order's, registered lettors, and news papers, at 10 a m Late letters beariDg an extra foe of Cd in . addition to the postage, will be received by the mall agent on board up to the time of sailing. (Signed) 8. B. vBISS. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

LIDDLE—On tho 24th May. at her ropidenco, Pitt- Btreet, the wife of Mr. Kob<?rt Liddlo of twins (daughters).

MARRIAGE.

JENKIN—HANNKEN—On tho 24th May, at Trinity Ohnreh, North Shore, by the lit v. J Bates, James Jenkin, Thames, to Martha, seventh daughter of Mr. F. Hannkcn, Attckland.

DEATH.

GRAY—On March 10, 1870, at her residence Elmo Lodge, Dalkeith, Scotland, Janet Beid, widow of the late James Gray, Esq.. of Over'on, Greenock, in her Ooth year, and mother of the late James Gray, Esq., of Auckland.—Friends please accept this intimation.

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

THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1876

For the cnu«e that lacks asristanca, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, Ajid the food that vc csa do.

Mr Macandrew made a capital hit at the monster benevolent fete held in Dunedin yesterday, at Messrs Guthrie and Larnach's factory. Wo are informed by telegraph that after the orchestra had sung " God Save the Queen," his honor led off with this verse :—

" On her our hopes we fix, Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks,

And make them fall." A good many truths are spoken in jest, and perhaps we are not over-stretching his honor's affcer-dinner joviality if we infer from it that there is still a likelihood of abolition, which the Premier assures us is an accomplished fact, being " confounded " and " frustrated "by the Imperial veto. No steps, so far as the public know, have been taken to determine wnether the Assembly really possesses power to subvert the Consti tution granted by the Queen for the govern ment of the colony ; and this, it will be remembered, was a point dwelt upon with considerable persistence and force by the Opposition last session. We think it more than probable that a decisive answer to this material issue will be demanded by the Opposition early in the approaching session. Its determination in the affirmative should be followed by some thing more comprehensive than the patch work series of bills announced by the Ministry. If the Imperial Government admits the right of the General Assembly to overthrow the Constitution, and replace it with a new one, then by all means let a Conven tion representing the people consider the whole question, and frame a new Constitu tion more liberal in its scope, and more in accordance with the altered circumstances of the country. And, as it is under the Con stitution that the Governor and Legislative Council derive their authority, it is manifest that—the right of re-modelling the Constitu tioh once conceded—it would be competen"

for a Convention lo cornder ire desnor

ness of substituting an elective Governor or an elective Upper House, or the propriety of dispensing with those time honoured in stitutions in their entirety, or of replacing them with a more economical and efficient substitute. The question opened np by the concession to local legislatures of Imperial control over the Constitution of a colony ia one of much wider operation than baby-poli ticians imagine; and if the action of the Government; in destroying our existing charter is declared to be perfectly legal and satisfactory, we shall be greatly mistaken if the wisdom of revising the Constitution in a systematic and statesmanlike manner does not find favour in the eyes of the legislature as more conducive to the public weal than the wretched tinkering which is announced as the Ministerial policy.

A TRIBUTE TO SIR GEORGE GREY.

* Fame," wrote Sir George Mackenzie, e< is a revenue payable only to otir ghosts," and it may be a source of consolation to the victims of a fickle popular sentiment that the calm judgment of a future generation will assess at its true value a faithful service rendered to a nation. But fortunately the public bene factor in these days, when the Press diffuses far and wide the materials upon which inde pendent opinions may be formed, does not have to wait for Mackenzie's shadowy recom pense. Eor although during a temporary ex citement the current of popular feeling may run in tho wronj? direction, yet the clear in tellect which detects the error and steers faithfully on, oblivious of undeserved repro l batinn, and relying upon conscious integrity of purpose, will inevitably find the event pro claim the true prophet in the sight of all men. No public benefactor has suffered more from misrepresentation and prejudice, fomented by not over-scrupulous partizans, than Sir George Grey, but to none has been vouchsafed the satisfaction of a more complete reversal of crude and warped opinions, after time had matured a sound judgment, and revealed his aims and public services in their right light. This is the fame that a patriot and statesman may honorably aspire to. Not the transient halle lujahs of an excited mob, but tho enduring reputation established in the faco of mis taken animosities, and criticisms intensified by bitter personal rivalries. Unhappily for the people, tho press, which should clear away the false from the true, has, in many instances, become subject to unworthy in fluences that render it the mouthpiece of party virulence rather than the intelligent and dispassionate critic. We arc reminded of this by a series of onslaughts upon Sir George Grey, written in a spirit of subser viency to the ruling party, which have ap peared of late in the Nelson Colonist; and wo cannot refrain from contrasting theso attacks with an article in the same journal, nine years ago, from a pen which has become some what familiar, although in a different role, to Auckland readers. We commend the article as ea;bodying a wonderful store of truth peculiarly applicable to the present political situation, and conveying a salutary rebuke to the Colonist of to-day and others of the class so vigorously assailed by our contempo rary in his better moments in by-gone years. [EXTRACT FROM THE NELSON COLONIST, 1567.] " It must be gratifying to Sir Georgo Grey to know that tho sentiments which are ex pressed in the address presented to him by the Legislative Council of New Zealand arc widely shared in by tho people of tho Colony ; and the satisfaction must be greatly increased when his Excellency remembers the obloquy which a section of tho Press, in the interest of a section of politicians, showered on him a few short years ago. Then his honour, candour, loyalty, and truth fulness, were questioned by men, who must now think with shame and confusion of face on the injustice of their accusations, and the wanton acerbity of the party warfare, of which abuse of tho Governor three or four years ago was the outcome. We remember when in 1863, ere yet the war had broken out at Taranaki, how the Governor was reviled, becauso, while steadily preparing for the strife that seemed imminent, he was exhausting all visible moans of peace, — acting as well in support of the Queen's supremacy as for the sake of justice. While doing so he was also helping to still the clamours of .Exeter Hall, which were awakened and maintained in a great degree by the extreme violence of the partizana who assailed Sir George Grey. All this past; and we envy not the feelings of some who, while perusing the address of the Upper House to the Gover nor, remember all the part they took in tho attempt to lower his influence and injure his name and fame. After serving his Queen and his country in New Zealand for fourteen years, and having witnessed the advance ment which has taken place in the Colony since the time when in Auckland he wa3 present at a public dinner table, on which ordinary black bottles did duty for candle sticks—a circumstance which tells its own story—Sir George Grey is about to resign his office, and from Governor of the Colony to retire into private life as a modest settler in his beautiful and rich island of Kawau. It is not necessary, neither is it called for here, to dilate on the spirit of unselfishness and liberality which has invariably marked his career ia the colonies he has governed, still, it is not out of place to mention that his conduct in South Australia, where he narrowly escaped losing his life from the spear of a native, is remembered with satis faction by the settlers in that colony ; while at the Cape of Good Hope hia munificence is recorded—imperishably, we hope—in the splendid library which he bequeathed to Cape Colony, and in a statue which a grateful people have erected to his name. la New Zealand—where he has unflinchingly borne unjust reproach and waited for time to do him justice—he has been a benefactor, spend ing of his substance for the welfare of present and future generations, and now that his career as Governor is nearly at a close, it is a satisfaction to know that past injustice is sought to be obliterated by a frank acknow ledgment of services which no one now doubts it was bis Excellency's unceasing desire to render to the people over whom he was placed as Governor."

To the Editor : Sir,—l would lay a wager, that the correspondent of last night, " One who regards the Sabbath " is eithera humbug or fool, for if people want to rush into print with complaints, there are at least a thousand of a more serious nature to bring forward. Eef using to cut meat "that is killed" on what he out of custom calls the Lords Day, he must be what I have put him down for ; and if he was known better, would I am sure turn out, one of those men that put all their religion into one day of the week. I am Dear Sir, not a butcher, as you may think having espoused this question, but simply opposed to.—Humbug.

With reference t6 a correspondent's re marks in a late issue, relative to the narrow pieces of asphalting in Grey-street, we learn that this is the fault of the owners, and not the City Council. The arrangement hitherto carried out haa been that the Council do the work, owners contributing one-half the cost, and, seeing how very much such improve ment must increase the value o£ property, and the smallness of the cost, it is hardly conceivable (but so it is) that owners refuse to pay. It is not considered desirable —pending legal action being taken to compel them to acquiesce-that the public should be made to suffer for the want of a dry foot path, so in the meantime a path, five feet in width is made opposite the premises of re calcitrant owners. In some instances own ers are out of the colony, and it is not al ways possible to enforce enactments against agents. We think the owners will in the end be the greatest sufferers, for most per sons will avail themselves of a dry, comfort able footpath, and avoid visiting shops or renting houses where there is difficulty and danger ill approaching one or the other.

To the Editor : Sir,- A bets B that all bets on the races are off by the postpone ment ; B says that they hold good. It is left to the editor to decide. — A Constant Eeadkk. —FTho bets stand good. They would be off if the meeting were postponed over a Sunday.—Ed. US.]

A correspondent writes about Sullivan : — "Sir, —It is a wonderful thing in these en lightened times to see that every cablegram that comes has something to say about that notorious man Sullivan, whoso name ought fco be the cause of consternation to all right minded persons, and ouojht not to be men tioned except by private messages of his movements and whereabouts to the proper places, instead of showing him forth as if noteworthy." If our correspondent had to pay for theEe silly cablegrams he would cry out still louder. We are doubtful, however, whether Sullivan appreciates the notice taken of him. From a Bendigo paper we learn that a subscription of £4 was raised there to provide the wretched criminal with food, which he had not tasted since he left Sand hurst, and at his old place of residence, Wedderburn, being refused accommodation at the hotel in the village, he spent the night, the day, and the night that followed, in the bush.

William Atchinson, of Douglas county, Colorado, in speaking of his Newfoundland dog, the other night, gave the word a pronun ciation from which John P. Davis dissented. Atchinson refused to conform to Davis' views, and the latter very properly shot him, inflicting a fatal wound. Correct pronuncia tion must and shall be preserved.

Reports of great destitution come from Cape Breton. Over 300 persons in the neighbourhood of Sydney are said to be destituto of the necessaries of life, and the number is every day increasing.

An error occurred in our Police report of Tuesday. Mrs Bailey summoned Mrs Coghlan and not visa versa, as stated in the St.vr report.

A Newton correspondent writes :—"Sir,— I think that our buss proprietors would find it more profitable, if they charged 3d to rido to tho Karangahapo Road. Sixpence is rather much for these times.—Yours, Onk That Wottld Ridk—[By buying tickets the fare is only fourpence. —Ed. E.S ] Mr Harris, of Cavendish House, has of late beon annoyed by boys pilfering goods from tho large, tempting assortment in his shop. He caught one urchin the other day who stole a pipe, but out of philanthropic motives let him go. This morning two youthH were seen helping themselves to a variety of goods. One of the name of Mills was ca tight the other, a milk boy from Mount Eden escaped.

The members of tho Artillery, Scottish, and Hobson Companies met yesterday morn ing, according to orders, and inarched from the Union Bank to the Eaihvay Station, where they entered tho train which conveyed them to Pukekohe. The members of the Otahuhu Company did not join them at their station, probably owiDg to the wet weather ; this was rather unsoldierlike, still it is necessary to care for the body. On reaching Pspakura, only one officer, the bravest of the Wairoa Rifles, was present to welcomo the men of Auckland. Captain Burns decidodat once to proceed to Mercer, where they again placed their military feet on terra firma. Nothing daunted by the weather, the men were put through company nnd batalion drill, and other exercises, after?which they marched to tho river sido headed by their fine band, whose musical performances were quite a treat to tho settlors of tho district. By the river some other drill was performed and a feu clejoie was fired. The officers and men then retired to the goods shed of the Railway Station where they partook of refreshments provided especially for tho reinforcement of the inner man. Subsequently a dance-party was organised in the shed, the use of which had kindly been granted by the railway officials, and some pleasant moments were passed in the healthy exsreise of dancing. Some native girls, attracted thither Dy tho irresistable strains of the band, took part in the dances with much credit. The men left for home by the four o'clock train, and reached Auckland in safety. Captain Burns, before parting, delivered an address to the men in which he expressed satisfaction with the day's arrangements, and considered the voiunteers were indebted to the railway officials for their courtesy and kindness in permitting the use of the goods shed in which they were enabled to make themselves comfortable; he would therefore, call for three cheers for them. The call was heartily responded to when the band struck up " For they are jolly good fellows." The national anthem followed. £The whole of the companies were under the command of Captain Burns, assisted by Lieuts. Payne and McLennan.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES' COURT.- This Day.

(Before R. C. BarstowEsq., R.M.) JUDGMENTS FOB PLAINTIFFS.

Robert Lusk v. Geo. Jones, junr.—claim, £6 Is 6d, goods ; coats, £1 Is. M. Horton Busby v. G. W. Beer—claim, £9 13s 6d, promissory note j costs, £2 7s. Lewis Bros, v. G. Norcross —claim, £30 Ba, balance' of account; costs, £3 14s. K. Maccallim v. G. Rhodes—claim, £40, damages. Alfred Buck land v. Richard Pearce—claim, £10 8a lOd, promissory note; costs, £2 7s. Thomas William Seymour v. Isaac R. Cooper —claim, £6 19a 3d, highway rates; costs, £2 Is. Walter Stimpson v. John Mullally—claim, £5 15s 3d, goods supplied; costs, £1 19s. Walter Sfcimpson v. Joseph Rodgers—claim, £4 2s 6d, balance of account ; costs, £1 18s. George W. Binney v. William Britton— claim, £12, goods. Walter Lee v. Frank Pascoe—claim, £3 4s, attendance ; costs, £1 14s 6d. Wm. L. Roth v. G. H. G. McLennan—claim, £4 7s 10d, goods. This case was remanded to next Court day by consent of the parties, aa it had been left to the arbitration of Messrs Smith and Burns. HAYDEN V. BRADY. Mr Joy appeared for the defendant in this case, a resident of Coromandel, who had been sewed with the summons ordering his attendance at the Court. He had come to Auckland to attend the Court, but now found that the case was to come on Thursday next. He now claimed costs for himself and a wit ness, whom he had brought from Coro mandel. Mr Joy called the defendant, who^ proved that he had been served with the summons on Wednesday 17th, and the bailiff had told him to be present at the Court in Auckland, on Thursday week. His Worship asked if it waa possible to have the case tried to-day.

Mr Meyers, for Mr Hayden, Baid that that was quite impossible, as the plaintiff was not present. The matter was left until next Court day.

MARY COTTZTmS>. MINNIE WILLIAMS. r Claim, £19 18s 4<l, cash lent s Mr Hesketh for plaintiff, and Mr Kees for ths defence. The defendant pleaded coverture. f Mrs Couzena deposed that she carried on business in Hobson-street as a furniture \ merchant. She lent her £3 to get her clothes i from the French girl's establishment, where c she had previously lived. She afterwards ; came to her crying and said her father was j then dead. She asked her to allow her to 1 get a suit of black in Sbalders in her name. ] She allowed the defendant to write a letter for that object, and she signed her name to it. She had seen her wearing the clothes afterwards. She (plaintiff) paid for the clothes. She had lent her money to pay Mr McLaughlin £9 43 which the defendant To Mr Rees t She owned seventeen houses, but did not know any thing of the character to whom they were let. She was not in the habit of supplying liquors to her t wants. The money had never been paid by defend ant to her. She did not know that defend ant was a married woman, she had come from Synney as a single girl, and had no husband living. Minnie Williams deposed that she was married on 198h Novembea, 1872, at St Patrick's Church, Sydney, to Thomas Williams, a compositor. Her husband was still living. She had paid Mrs Couzens part of the money, and Miss McDonald had paid part. To Mr Hesketh: She had Mary Val lantyne's receipt for the money paid to Mrs Couzens. She was going to the theatrewhen thoy went into Mrs Couzens ; she paid her some money, and they had drinks. _ Sophia Walker was not present when she paid £2 for a watch bought from Mrs Couzens. Sophia Walker did not come to see her ; she was not acquainted with hei. She was 20 years of age last May. Isabella McDonald deposed that she re- Bided in Auckland. She paid a pound to Mrs Couzens for Miss Williams. One even ing, while she and Miss Williams were on their wav to the theatre, Miss Williams said she would call and pay £2 to Mrs Couzens. Sho did so, and they then had drinks. Mrs Couzens did sell a watch and chain to Miss Williams ; that was after they paid the £2. She did not see any money paid for the watch. Judgment for plaintiff for £16 18s ; costs, £2 15s. STEPHBN E. HUGHES, JUN., V. GEORGE P. DOWERS. Claim, £2 2s, commission. Mr George for plaintiff, and Mr Rees for the defence. Stephen Hughes, jun., deposed that he was a commission agent. He had sold land for defendant, and claimed the above amount for commission. George P. Dowers deposed that the £2 23 was to be deducted by Mr Hnghes from £42, the price of the land when the money was paid. He thought that the money had been deducted. Donald Hugh McKenzie remembered the sale, when there was a dispute about com mission. Mr Hughes was not present at the time of the settlement. He received £39 for Mr Dowers for the land. The case was nonsuited, coßts £1 15s 6d. ADJOUKNED CAUSES. The following cases were adjourned : — Charles W. Jones v. John Smyth, one week; Administrators of William Rattray, one week ; J. G. Wilson v. J. George Becker, until 27th July, in order that defendant's evidence migbt be taken at Waikato. This was all the business.

R.M. COURT, RANGARIRI.—Tuesday, 23rd. May.

(Before W. W. Searancke, Esq., R.M.) TAKORO NOAWHIRA V. ItORI HEREWrNI.

Mr Dufaur appeared for defendant. This was an action to recover possession of | a cow which plaintiff alleged was unlawfully detained by defendaut, but which defendant stated he had purchased from the plaintiff. Aftnr hearing the evidence on both sides, his Worship gave judgment for defendant with costs. ANARU MAKIWJIARA V. TAKORO KGAWIIIRA. Mr Dufaur appeared for plaintiff. This was an action to recover damages for injury done by defendant to plaintiff's horse, of which he had wrongfully taken possession and removed from plaintiff's land. The defendant, in cross-examination, admitted 1 that he had injured the plaintiffs horse, and after evidence of the value of the animal had been given, judgment was £,iven for plaintiff for full amount claimed, with, costs. A good many Maoris were present at the hearing of both cases, and they manifested the greatest interest in the proceedings.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Dr. Homo and W. J. Hurst, Esq., Justices.)

DRUNK,

Patrick Dunno, Elizabeth Nelson, and Anne Knobbs wore convicted of drunkenness, and punished accordingly. The case of Anne Knobba was singular. She came into the Court the other day, and began crying, saying she was turned out of her house by the lodging-house keeper, and it appears that as she could not find any other place she got drunk and thought she might as well live for 48 hours in Mount Eden Gaol, a wish that will be fulfilled.

A ROWDY HUSBAND.

Jno. Hands, an able-bodied looking man, was charged with creating a disturbance in Victoria-street on Tuesday night.

Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Detective Jeffrey said that the police had had a good deal of trouble with the prisoner and his wife, who were living apart. On the night in question they had had a quarrel over their two children, and the prisoner who had managed to get them from the woman had left them on a door step in the pouring rain. They had been again put nnder the woman's charge, and then the prisoner created a disturbance. Theresa Hand said she waa the wife of prisoner. They had been recently separated, and he had taken her two children from her. Detective Jeffrey brought the children back to her on Tuesday night. When she was putting them to bed her husband came to the house and wanted the children back. He said if she did not let him in he would break in the door. She went down to the police for protection. Prisoner asked some questions tending to throw the blame on the woman. Detective Grace gave evidence which showed that a breach of the peace was only prevented by the intervention of the police. The prisoner had left his two little children on a door step exposed to the wind and the rain. Prisoner wished to call Sergeant O'Connor, but that officer was found to have retired after doing night duty, and as it appeared that he had nothing to do with the case the Court saw no .necessity to remand the examination for his attendance. The decision was that the prisoner pay 20s and costs, or go to prison for 14 days. BREACH OF BY-LAWS. Reuben Elly was charged with driving a cart on the public foot path at the back of the hospital. Defendant pleaded guilty. The roadway was so bad that it was impassable. The bench fined the defendant Is and costs. MAN AND WIFE. John Goodman was charged with using threatening language to his wife Charlotte Goodman and saying "If you come into bed with me this night you'll be a dead woman." Defendant coolly pleaded " Guilty," with out any remark. The bench ordered him to find two sureties of £10 eaob, and to enter into his own

recognisances of £20 to keep the peace for six months.

DELIRIUM TREMEFS. John T. Brock was brought up under the following circumstances. Sub-Inspector Pardy stated that he had been drinking heavily for some tune, and was at present suffering the results in the shape of delirium tremens. He was under the im pression that two men were after him intend ing to take his life. Mr Pardy thought if the Bench would remand him for a few days, he might recover. The prisoner was remanded till Saturday. This was all the business.

THE CASE AGAINST MR WYLDE BROWN.

Sir,—l noticed your report of Tuesday evening the case of X endall v. Brown, which you headed " Youthful Depravity," etc. I wish to say there is a mistake in the printed representation of the case, and, knowing that the Stak is looked upon as the defender of the honest man against the proud man s arbitrary contumely, I quite believe you will accept for insertion my brief explanation of the affair, which, as it stands, looks black against me and mine. I quite agreewith you that boy—or hobble-de-hoy rowdyism should be put down and suppressed with the strong hand even of the police ; but in this case there is a mistake which I complain of, and which has much vexed me—a mis take resulting in defeat of justice. The boy has father and mother; is not a wandering arab ; the boy is not a rowdy, but rather a baby, or a little innocent fellow. But, had he been a big, rowdy fellow, Mr Wylde Brown should have been found in the wrong box for attempting himself, and in a high temper, to administer law. Had the baby boy been as represented—a rowdy rascal - Mr Wylde Brown should, perhaps would, have got three months at the tread-mill.— I am, etc., W. Cannell.—[So our corres pondent thinks perhaps ; but the majority of people will be disposed to differ very materially from his conclusion. The con duct of the boy, as satisfactorily proved m evidence, was not half punished by the well merited thrashing which Mr Wylde Brown administered ; and, if the lad's parents en tertained right views of what is for their son's good, they would have doubled the application upon being made aware of his offence. The behaviour of the parents in this case is ample proof of the necessity that existed for the course pursued by Mr Wylde Brown.—Ed. E.S.]

A WORD TO THE FREEMAN'S BAY CONSTABLE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Stab). Sir,—May I infringe upon your usual goodness? Dnring a number of years, this immediate neighbour hood was made the general abiding place of Camp bell's cows. It was the daily scene of dog flshts, cockfights, and almost every abomination. All the dirty urchins round, from the little child In arms to the great lazy rowdies near twenty years of age, with the filthiest and moat disgusting of actions and language The cows in the mean time were allowed to stray wherever they pleased, Tf you npoke to the boys, you received in return a volley of abuse. When a woman ventured to expostulate with them, the mildest term applied to her after was " Old Mother So-and-So," be she whom she might. However, by degrees, aod through good perseverance of the more, decent ot tho community, the nuisance becamn con siderably lessened, and during Constabio Graham s time, these cows were pretty well looked after. Still they were continually driven over two little wooden bridge* and the footway between them (the only tiling done by the Road Board for the ratepayers in this neighbourhood), the turnstiles of these small bridges they very soon broke down, while the boys stood looking on. But since Graham's departure, these men's cows and horee3 are roaming here again, often without any guide whatever, and fre quently nii>ht as well as day; and upon being re monstrated with by two or three of the residents, Campbell was most abusive upon each occasi n, saying he shoulido as he liked, and that he defied anyone's inteif erence. This morning they were again driven deliberately opposite my residence (for the hundredth time or more) on to the footway and bridge', while the girl and boy with the dogs seated themselves at a distance, making use of tho most dis gusting language and gestures the while—the I*nguat;e is of daily occurrence all the year round. Pity has hitherto kept roe from takin? these poor ignorant boys and girls before a Magistrate, eapodally the girls, for surely they cannot have mothers, and I am bound to say that bad as the boys ar3 the girls are ten times worse. It Is only the unpleasantness at^^nton anything of the kind that has kept me ai d others from prosecuting these men long since. As li. is, we are determined to potition tho authorities in a body if the nuisance continues. The only two cowkeep3r3 in the neighbourhood, with only a few cows,-aud who do their utmost to keep thorn out of mischief, are very sharplz looked after, while these Campbells, with from twenty to 50 head of cattle, and their o) her nui»ances, are allowed to annoy peaceable residents with impunity. I cannot help thinking that these things ought not to exist so near town, and I maintain that these men should be compelled to drive their cattle through the main streets, and not through these private unformed streets, destroying tho only tracks tbat pedestrians have to enable them to cross tho gullies. The whole flight of steps leaving down to these bridges are entirely worn away by these droves of cows, and this in the face of heavy rates — Yours sincerely, KDnn F. G-. Gkainhek, Norfol* s tree t, Ponsonby.

MR COLLIER'S LECTURE.—"THE STAGE AND ACTORS."

According to announcement Mr G. W. Collier gave a lecture last_ night at the City Hall on the above interesting! subject. As a prelude to the piece de resistance of the evening a concert was given in which Miss Lizzie Morgan, Miss Bella A Teague, Miss Milly Collier, Mr Alexander, and Mr Tom Burton, took part. The two first mentioned ladies were highly successful in imparting pleasurable emotions to their audience, and they were loudly encored. After an interval of ten minutes, Mr Collier appeared and, af ber acknowledging the cheers which greeted him, opened his lecture. Space does not allow of our minutely criticisiag the lec turer's performance, and, moreover, Mr Collier partly disarmed criticism by claiming indulgence for a first attempt. The essay, which was delivered partly from memory and partly from notes, treated in entertain ing style a most luxuriant and interesting subject. Commencing with a defence of the stage, in which the speaker dwelt prin cipally upon the innocence of theatrical amusements, and not at all upon the high position which the drama should take in the education of the people by " holding the mirror up to nature," the lecturer proceeded to make good the claims of actors generally to he considered unselfish and benevolent. In this he succeeded ,very well, and his anecdote later on of Charles Kean and his covert charity to the suffering, poverty-stricken Irishman and his family, was very apropos and well told. The portion of the lecture devoted to "first ap pearances" was excellent. Mr Collier's own experiences en that head were given ia very amusing style. The story of the property man who succeeded in borrowing a tinker's budget by representing that the actor for whom he wanted it was a fellow craftsman of the lender, created much laughter. The anecdote of how the lecturer " shut up" Mr Bandman, was not in particularly good taste. Mr Collier's tributes to the memories of G. V. Brooke, Edmund and Charles Kean, Charles Matthews, and other "stars" of the century, were well appreciated by the audience. It struck us that the jealously and ill-feeling evinced by his fellow actors to Edmund Kean on hia first appearance in London did not exhibit in a favourable light that esprit de corps which Mr Collier claims for the profession. The difficulties which beset lessees, managers, and stage-managers, wore truthfully and graphically exemplified. This portion of the essay would more appro priately, in our opinion, have been Worked into the introduction. If the lecturer had referred to dramatic rules for his guidance in constructing his essay, he would have seen the importance of a good exit. The peroration last night was the weak point in the perform ance. Instead of sending his audience away in a happy frame of mind, Mr Collier devoted fully a quarter of an hour at the finish to bullying the people of Auckland for not ac knowledging theatrical merit. Now surely this was unhappy in every way. In the first place the audience would be sure to make the reflec tion a personal one on both sides, and would answer in their thoughts something like this : Why should we, who are here, be scolded

for those who are not? and, Why if *» actor is not appfeciated, dies 2 stay here to be ruined? Mr Collier is sufficiently an artist to acknowledge the truth of oxir remarks on this subject Ha has a splendid subject, and he has the ability ,f he would divest himself of pique, to con struct not one but a series of lectures uDon which he could "travel," perhaps not S the success of the Rev Chas. Clarke fan imitation of whom could be faintly detected in Mr Collier's method of address), but still with paying results Lastly, the appl außo which greeted Mr Collier's singing of the " Slave Mother." shows that he may safely avail himself of his vocal talents to assist his histrionic and elocutionary talents. We had almost forgotten to mention the admira ble imitation of Mr Hoskins, which was given in the course of the lecture. The -well known actor was hit off to the life— walk gesticulation, voice, and manner, were all fac similes, and could not be mistaken. We are sorry to learn that the lecture was not a pecuniary success, though there were fully 300 present. An injudicious friend who would keep applauding at the wreng plaoe, caused great amusement during the evening,

WESLEYAN SUNDAY SCHOOL ANN VERSARY.

The anniversary tea meeting in connection with the Grafton Road Wesleyan .Sunday, school was held last evenin?. The attendance was small, owing to the incle mency of the weather. The trays were Bnp. plied with good things by the ladies of the chapel. Subsequently 0. J. Stone. Esq., took the chair, according to promise. An excellent choir enlivened the proceedings with hymns and sacred melodies. Rev. Mr Williams offered prayer. The Chairman, in his open ing remarks, gave a succinct and interesting history of the rise and progress of religious effort in Auckland durine: the past thirty years, and prave sketches of some of the more prominent Wesleyan ministers which had laboured in connection with the Auckland churches Ho next described the Sunday, school of Grafton church, with an account of its position and prospects, as touched upon in the tenth report which Mr Ewen read, which shewed rhat the number of scholars in one year had arisen from 160 to 200. They had 119 teachers, a superintendent, 2 librarians, and a sec retary. The library contained 500 volamnes. The Treasurer's statement, was as follows :— 1876 : To balance due to treasurer last year, £3 12s sd; expenses of anniversary 'of 1875, £4 163; expenses of festival £141:4s 8d ; mission money handed to missions, £22 18s 8d ; half proceeds panorama and expenses, £1 138 9&; periodicals, books for lihe library, hymn books, and various other ex penses, £17 4s 8d ; balance in hand, £3 15g 4d ; total, £68 15 6d. 1876 :By proceeds of anniversary services and meeting, 1875. £23 18s ; subscriptions account festival, £17 16s 9d; collected by children's account mission fund, £22 18s 8d ; sales of hymn books, etc., 17s 7d ; panorama exhibition, £3 4s 9d ; total. £68 15s 6d. By balance, £3 15s 4d." Mr gMcMaster, the respected superintendent, in a pleasant speech gave an interesting account of the working of the Sunday school, and recommended the co> operation of parents in the training of the young. Rev Mr Kirk, Mr GL Holdship, and Rev 'Mr Williams, also delivered addresses to the audience. Between the several speeches, the choir sang, " I'm Kneeling at the Door," "Sing Always," "Cast thy bread upon the Waters," and "Abide With Me," in a manner which was highly com mendable and praiseworthy. The pro ceedings closed wifch the benediction.

MR. LUPTON'S VINDICATION.

(To the Editor of the Stab.)

Sir,— la your last night's impression ap peared a most malicious and untruthful letter from a party signing himself " A Labourer." Having given publicity to'that letter, prove in my case, as you have done in hundreds ot others, that your journal is an impartial one, by allowing me to vindicate my character and place the matter before your readers in i a very different light. I have a sub-contract at Freeman's Bay under Mr Donagber, the chief contractor, and have, when in full swing of work, an average number of 36 men and drivers working for me. On Satur day last I met Mr Donagher in Queen-street; be told me to come after my money to settle with my men. This I did do, but for some reason I am ignorant of, he failed to fulfil > hia promise ; indeed, although he. paid his own men, he refused to give me one penny to pay mine, but promised to do so on the Monday. I was not only refused mpney by Donagher, but he actually refused to shew me or furnish me with the fortnight's measurement, although he got them from Mr Anderson. I went again on Monday to Mr Donagher, who again refused to pay me, although I pointed out to him how hard it was upon the poor labourers. As he still refused,! left and went home. The men came to my house, as stated in the Stab; I told them plainly I had not been paid one shil ling, but I said, "Never fear, boys, you will get your money." I most solemnly declare I never said I had got it but wouldn't pay; Whereupon one of the men, called Green, commenced to insult me and made use of most filthy and disgusting language, so.bad was it that I ordered him out of the house,, and as he would not go by telling so to do, I pushed him out. The assertion that I struck the man is a downright falsehood,. At the very time Green was making a blackguard of himself in my house, my wife was_ lying dangerously ill, and a doctor waa in the house attending her. It was true when 1 advertised for 50 men, I did not require more than one-half of them, but Donagher wanted the balance ; indeed, he paid me 2s towards the expenses of advertising. In the name of all that coastitutes fair play, I crave space in your columns for this my vindication.— Yours, Thomas Lupton, per T.B.H.

OTAHUHU.

The Otahuhu Mutual Improvement Assoeia tiou still keeps up its influence, and is just now a very popular institution in Otabuhu and the neighbourhood. On Monday, May 15th, a discussion took place in accordance with the printed programme, on the subject, " That Temperance is superior as a system to Total Abstinence." Much interest was felt, and the speakers were so numerous, that one night did not suffice, and the debate had to be adjourned till Monday 22ad inst. when a .. was kept up till a late hour. The Rev. J.- Gould opened in the affirmative, an<Taavo cated in a forcible manner the establishment of societies on a broad platform, suoh as tne Church of England Temperance Society, in preference to Total Abstinence ones. Mr Eirch very ably replied on the negative side. On a division being called the advocateslol Total Abstinence had a majority of votes. i The regular fortnightly meeting will be neia on Monday next, May 29, when readings wui be given, and a paper on the " Mentat ßo^f and religious condition of Modern .J»td». ians " will be read by Mr Luke. -The General Government have refused to give any' gtm* this year to the Otahuhu Highway Boara, the reason assigned being that they, General Government, have made theroaa™ the Otahuhu Railway Station, Our more highlyfavouredneighbourstheMangerelligfl way Board, through whose district half the roau runs, have received their two instalments. The people of Otahuhu consider this trea* ment very unjust. We trust our members, Messrs Lusk and Hamlin, will represent the matter to the proper authorities, »nds. eeJr^ the Highway District of Otahuhu. .get wnai is justly due.-The concert to be held in tM Choral Hall Auckland under the management of Mr J. Browne is one that deserves every encouragement from the Auokland «»«



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