SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

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DEPARTURES.

zn^™vL°Xl f S ™ Francisco, six hours after For the Island % I sdaj7 Hawea- Tu osrtay next enrly. wnds~BPhemy,schooner; Martha,barque *" LCqne~oC a^ atiC' "h!p> early ;

1"1 *'raDcisco- s8- (English mall), about 17th BoMn^'n1 b, arquftl from Hobart Town- eM^ March °P> barqne> from London '> sallea 18th bS!w' schnonei-- ffom -Rnrotonea PettA P (PKHV)- horn London; s%ilea 24th w£!?n n n v S,? Tortr> sHp fr<lm fi»rlv Wool™ ?' q"fl- f'om Glasgow ; jailed Peb 18 Coronnt f' l hip-from L"nfl"n. early InvprVll^ i O°nor' fJnm thn IsUncig, early RdHh «?' barcl lle- frnm Lnndon. sailed 18th March VWMn sl l' oonfiT>. from the Wanda, early He ena hS" 9"!'. frnm L^^pool; saiied Cth March Kato TW lgr,*lt!6' frOM Sam"» Hero H Tf br'^«"o. f« Timaru Star bL^ r°K m Sv'lll6ir- 23r(1 J""« FranriQ th" ' h"Illfi- fr^ Npw York via Lyttolton Camilla h1 fa' from Tevul^ snr!y ancho' wUooner, from the Islands, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

IMPORTS.

Stonsenni 'i£n m thß IslaiKls: 91 *™ S pearl shell, -OwaLn? ooowwintß. 3 ewes diving apparatus wwen and Graham, agents.

ARRIVAL OF THE PEARL.

Thfl Ireteh Pearl, trading to the Panifio Islands for Mr E. Waters, rotui-ncd to port this morning after a Bucoepsfnl cruise of thren mon»h=. Captain'MiT-ray his Itinnly supplied us with (he following report of thfl trip -—Left A.uckhnd M*rch 4, and had to take shelter from strongl nasterlv winds in Tifo^a and Mernurr Island until th° 15th. whei t^n wind shifted to the westward. Had fine wcAfh-r ,n«UI gichting Karofonfra r,n April 1. and stror,? NW winds und rain frnm thpnoe to *utitaki, which wns renched on the 6th Left apain on the 7)h, »nd arrived at, irn . phrey's Island on the 13th. Landed stores fi^d fade, and Jet on the 16th. 4rrive* at Penrhyn I,land on •fhe 23rd. and landed remainder of stores, fito. Shipped 15 tons pearl shell and 3 cases of diving apparatus. T. P ft «g ß fn on May 30, and arrived at, ITumphr^v's Island on the 13bh : shinned CJ tons shell, robrB*, etc Left, on the 15th. arriving at *uti taki on the 21st left, aeain on the 22nd for AueV la^fl, Had moderate trades unHl lat. 25 8. lone. 17fi Www reidicrt : sinoft tlien. stronst w and SW wtncii till arrival. Mr W, KftOfh. formerly on StewaH's plaptation, Tahiti, and I«tely tr.idino; for Mr Watprn o*! PenrhT-Ti Talanii. is h rmssenrer by fhe ketch. On May %fh. in lat. 25 40. loner. 17550 W, ■»ai boarded hy the whalinfr barque anzelle. Captain Mo»hr. Rhn had t9knn ono fish, which Ticldpd 85 barrels, since leaving the Bay of Islands : wished to be reported.

Captain Mnrrav of fhe Iretch '"earl, record twiner hnvo to in roirtmriy with the brigantine Helena on tbe fith Instant."

Thn schooner Belle Brandon is loading at Oamarn for this port.

The barque Watiloek '« now llf) days nut from Glnsßow. and is ♦lierefo''" overdue. Tlw ship Bebinctnn frnm London left nort some tfi" dnys later tbnn the Wanloek, ar;rt consficiupntltr is 109 diya cut Both onght to be showing within the next few dar».

"Hie s.a Taupo after hfiinff dnlaved 2{ hour' by thn unfavorable state of tho Mamiksu bar. crossed ye day afternoon, and proceeded on her voyage tt Wel lintrton and the °onth.

The schoonnr Transit haa arrived from RtlSsoN with a enrsfo of coal

The barque Tosso is unlondi':- s i, fir car g n of coals at the whirf. The brigantice, Augusta is putting out hers in the stream.

Th« Alhion with. ( Cft Suez mail arrived at Port Chalmers from tho ■Rlaff, st 7.45 this morninpr. ThP cutter Pawn has cleared for Russell in ballast, and tho cutter Mercury for Tairua. '

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs B. Tonka and Co. sold to-day the lease of the Hospital Endowment allotment, near the Harp of Erin, for a term of 21 years, at £7 per annum. The purchase was made through Mr R. C. Greenwood. The 18 kegs of good salfc butter brought la Hd to Is 2d per lb.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

MArtR "WILL CEOfIE AS yOtIOWS :— For Thames, this day at 4,30 p m and to-morrow at 4 pm and 5 30 pm For Cnromandel on Friday at 2 30 p m ForWaiwera, Mahurangl, Matakana, etc, to-morrow at 10 a m Kor Wnpipr, per Southern Cross, on Friday at 3 nm For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per ss Phcohe to morrow at 10.45 a m For Napier, Gisborno. and Southern provinces four hoiTs after the arrival of the City of. 'Frisco' from Kandavu (Signed) S. B. BI3S, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

AIOKIN—On June 13, at Thornleigh, Park Eoaa, Mrs. Graves Aickin of a son. WILLIAMS—On Tuesday, 13th instant, tho wife of Mr. Tlioa. Williams, Hobaon-street, of a daughter.

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

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1876

For the cause that laefcs asststane*, Fcr the wrong that needs resistant*, For the future in the distance,

A.nd the irood that we cwi do.

Ait Order in Council authorising the sale of the Piako Swamp has come at last, and, we are informed by the telegram which appears in another column, " the sale will take place within a month." To some of those who know that the block was two years ago taken possession of, and has over since been operated upon by the assumed purchasers, the proclamation of an intended sale may prove astounding. The explanation is simple. The Government are now com pelled reluctantly to admit that the little back parlour arrangement by which this extensive block of public estate was spirited away has no legal standing. They csnfess this under pressure of the threatened legal proceedings which Sir George Grey intended to initiate as soon a3 the requisite authority to use the Queen's name had been obtained from Hia Excellency the Governor. The law rendered it necessary that, before any portion of the confiscated territory! was alienated, the Government should give public notification of the sale by the .promulgation of an Order in Council. It further pro vided that no sale should take place at less than five shillings per acre. Neither of these stipulations had been complied with in the private disposal of the 83,000 acres of territory, known as the Piako Swamp. Th e condition that the Order in Council should be published prior to the sale it was impos sible to remedy when Sir George Grey called attention to the illegality of the transaction, but the limitation with

r espeot to price, the Government endeavoured to meet by allowing £13,152 spent by the purchasers in improving their own estate and making roads through it, to go in reduction of the purchase money! Step by step the Ministry have been driven back until they are forced to admit that the so-called sale waa no sale at all ; and, although the purchasers have spent thousands of pounds in improve, meats, the block must be gazetted as open for public sale before the Government can give any legal title. We are at a loss to divine what is intended by the power to sell "by private Koman contract," but, on the principle that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," we suppose that the expression indicates as well as any other the oontemplated mode of ratifying the original swindle. The land, after proclama tion for sale, should be open for application, and, in the event of two or more proposals, the block ought to be put up for public com petition. The charge made by Sir George Grey having been successfully sheeted home, it is probable that the Assembly may have something to say concerning the latest pnase of the scandal.

Among the few European political questions that deeply interest colonists may fairly be ranked the affairs of the " Sick Man of Europe." Every mail brings some new con firmation of tho idea, which has gained con g;derable credence, that the Sick Man's dis ease is unto death, and that his throes even now are tho precursor of impending dissolu tion. By our Suez telegrams this week we learn that serious risings have occured amongst the Christians in Bulgaria, while away South at Salonica, popular disturbances have led to the strength ening of the Turkish garrison and the dispatch of ironclads by the Great Powers to tho Gulf of Salonica. What iroportanco we are justified in attaching to the action of "the Great Powers," ifc is difficult to determine until we receive more detailed intelligence. The measure may have very great or comparatively little significance, but in all probability, if active interference to bolster up the totterinp Empire had constituted the recognised mission of this expedition, the fact wonld have been more explicitly stated. We cannot, however, mistake the significance of any important ri.«ing at Salonica. It is hardly surprising that Bulgaria, inspired by the fresh breezes of liberty, wafted across tho Danube from the independent bordering provinces of Moldavia and Wallnchis, should sigh for an emancipation from Turkish oppression. But the district has hitherto been one of the most peacefully disposed, as it is the most fertile of tho Northern provinces of Turkey. Its population r bera three millions, main^- . -J 1"1' and hence, no doubt '' -•/ Umstlan, among Turks - r -» ""<* greab excitement our 4 ■" - rt"^ Mahommedans, noticed in .mopraphic despatch announcing the 1 rising. If these outbreaks have developed into Serious insurrections, the position of the Porte ia a hopeless one. In the North west, the inhabitants of Herzegovina are successfully fighting against the Sultan's forces. Adjoinipg this district on the East is the large province of Bosnia, which has been a perpetual source of trouble to the Porte and the sceno of many insurrections, the most recent in I.SOI, when the inhabitants Were pacified by Omar Pasha, who had in ]SSO and 1851, won bi3 first conspicuous military honours b} r the suppression of a scrions re bellion in the swrw province. South of Herzegovina is Montcgro, another province conspicuous for its many revolts against Turkish misrule. East of Bosnia it* the traditionally hostile country of Snrvia. From thence further east to the Black Sea extends the Bulgarian territory, now reported to be in a state of revolt. Tho state of North Turkey, from tho Adriatic on the West to the Black Sea on the East, a country of some six hundred miles in breadth, 'is thus in a state of open or incipient rebellion, If this were the only difficulty with which the demoralised and disorganised forces of the Sultan have to cope, tbe Government would, so far as all human foresight can per ceive, prove completely overmatched. But the rising in Salonica opens up a new frontier in the South. The city is second in com mercial importance to Constantinople, and its population of Greeks and Jews exceeds that of their natural enemies, tho Turkß. The city, however, is strongly fortified and garrisoned by Turkish troops, and unless the inhabitants of the surrounding country rise in sympathy, any insurrection would probably bo easily put down. Around the downfall of Turkey expounders of prophecy have twined anticipations as momentous as those which have engrossed the politician, and many orthodox Christians are looking for the millenial reign to follow the overthrow of the falso prophet. Others less diplomatic or devout, but perhaps more devoted to the cause of liberty and philan thropy, desire the emancipation of this great Empire from tho thraldom of a fearful social and moral corruption. This aspect of the question is at least a practical one. A writer who visited Constantinople during the present year, has published a shocking account of the degradation and suffering of the population towards which the eyes of all civilized nations throughout the earth are now directed. He says :— .

"The Turk does not require education for his children, for knowledge would be a death blow to the fanaticism of his religion, and would be fatal to the system which keeps women in a state of slavery, far worse than that which existed in the Southern slave states. As for other horrors connected with the repulsive habits of Eastern life, it is not for us to speak here. The orime of infanti cide is not only permitted, bufc enforced in the case of collateral branches of the Royal family. Indeed, one cannot walk the streets without seeing that human life and suffering is of little account. On the bridge of Galata, and in other crowded thoroughfares, the maimed, the cripples, and the afflicted take up their stations to beg. You see mis-shapen wretches, and human torsos with scarcely the semblance of humanity, lying half-naked in the gutters along with the scavenger dogs. I asked ' what became of these homeless and helpless creatures when the winter conies V ' Well you see," was the reply, ' the cold kills off a great many ; their bodie3 are taken up quickly every morning and thrown into the Bosphorus/ This was enough to make one shudder, and I thought of the many white marble palaces that ought to have been hospitals."

Viewed in the light of such revelations, the sympathies of Britons must go with the down-trodden insurgents of Bulgaria.

Mr H. Burt has brought to town a number of gold bearing specimens from the Morning Light claim, Ohinenxnri, which he haß placed on view at the National Bank. These are, we believe, the first specimens from the Ohinemuri district that have been exhibited in Auckland.

In our Police Report on Monday, it was erroneously stated that A. G. Ward charged with assaulting H. Shumaker was bound over for six months. It should have appeared three months.

We learn from Captain Murray] of the ketch Pearl, that Mr Royl, after a residence of over 30 thirty years at Autitaki, has left for Sydney, en route for England, in the missionary barque, John Williama. It is not intended to supply his place with a European again. His loss will be much felt by v?s-ls trading to the island.

The House of Representatives will be opened by commission tt-morrow, when lhe election of Speaker will take place. The speech will be delivered on the following day.

ff?A \ number of practical miners have ex amined the specimens from Maungatawhiri Creek, now on view at our office, and pro nounce it richly gold-bearing.

There are thirty-six cases set down for hearing to-morrow in the Ee3ident Magis trate's Court.

The police have an excellent white macassar in their possession, which the owner can have on describing the same.

The regular fortnightly meeting of Court Zealandia, A.0.F., takes place this evening in the Court-room, Provincial Hotel, at eight o'clock.

The pathetic story of a poor little cloggy is thus related by a correspondent: Sir,—Be ing sensible of your love of fair play, and of a sensitive disposition of mind, you may guess my surprise when I read in your Police report of Monday last that I had been fined 5s and coats for my pet dog, whose name is " Sunbeam," and not '•' Spitfire," the former beinf! in accordance with the docile nature of my dear pet. I was away at the time at the Hot Springs with a bad leg, and left my little dog in the care of my neighbour, Mrs Whimper, with a collar of tho present year around his neck. Somebody stole "Sun beam's " collar, and as the police, for some unknown reason, have a " down " upon me. I am compelled, I suppose, to purchase a new collar, which is double taxation.—l am, yours affectionately, Annie Carrol.

A colonial boy, naturally fast, met a violinist last evening near the Choral Hall, and cried out " Fiddlestrings." The musician immediatly Btruck him on the arm with his umbrella, and said if he did not desist, he would strike him, to the tune of liandol.

Colonel Rtesnberg«r and Mr Batzey are not passengers by the Epbemey, as stated last night. These names wero placed On the passenger list at the Customs by Mr F. Had rill, for the purpose, We are informed, of selling the Star reporter, but as the para graph served no o^her purpose than to cause annoyance to Mr Hadrill's employers, we are unable to see the point of the joke from the perpetrator's point of view.

The assistant shipping reporter of a morn ing contemporary, said to be a descendant of the hero of Bannockburn, made a pun yesterday on the wharf on observing a lazy fellow fishing. a That fellow," said the little man, "deserved the rod for pursuing such a line of conduct,"

The membera of No. 3 Co. A.R.V. are reminded that tha monthly inspection parade will be held on to-morrow evening at 7.30, when a full attendance is requested. The over-amusing Major O'Oorman made f tjr° KPee- oh ih tQe adjourned debate in the House of Commons on the Slave Circular. liccwo out as a thorough-going supporter ot the Circular, and referred to his observa tion of 8l^ 0! ,y on the East Coast of Africa. _ M snlfl he, white men would just refrain front interfering, black men, he was con vinced, would get on admirably together. The poor slaves never complained of their master nntil the white man interfered. If one slave had a right to go on board a frigate, 500 had the samo right. What was the comrrmider to do with them, especially If the frigate was a small one ?-(Laughter). OE course tho Whig captain would treat, them well, possibly give them dry oham pagne.— (Loud laughter). The slaves would not work at all.—(Laughter). In fact, they took Mickey Free's advice—

I never was jjlvon, to work, It w?s not the plan of tho liradvS; B'lt I'll unite a moßt elegant Turk, For I'm fond of tobacco and ladles. (Loud laughter.) Tho gallant Major then asked who those hon. members were who now seemed so solicitous to put down slavery. Were they not the very men who sat on tho same sido of the House with Lord J. Russell when he allowed the Alabama to CRcape for tho purpose of crippling the power of a nation which had determined that slavery should bo abolished ? And who were they, he should Hke to ask, who had allowed him to go alone into tho lobby to take the part of the veriest Blave in this country—Sir R Tichborno ? The Speaker here reminded Major O'Gorman that his remarks were not rolevant to the question, whereupon he brought them to a conclusion in a sentence or two, strongly supporting the circular.

I>r Bag3hawe, who rather moro than a year ago was appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, appears to have caught tho craze for mediaeval ism which prevails iv the upper circles of the country in respect of certain secular pursuits. Lnst year, on the Thursday in Paspion Week (if I remember aright), he created some surprise and amusement by washing the feet of twelve little boys, in poor im itation of the ceremony of our Lord, men tioned in the 13th chapter of John's Gospel. This year, after first abolishing the fine musical services in his church, and separating the sexes when at worship, he has gone a step further by introducing the flagellum, or " penitential whip." Against this latest innovation, or resuscitation, a large number of his congregation have rebelled ; nevertheless many of " the most devoted males," to quote one account, "go to the Cathedral, stript to the waist, and according to orders lash themselves with a sort of cafe of five tails." 1b is not surprising to learn that "the novelty has caused a sensation" in Nottingham. It is not likely, in these luxur ious days that Dr Bagshawe's "Cat" will become fashionable, or that educated men generally will submit to being [placed on a par with garroters, so that there need be little fear of the 19th century Flagellants becoming as great a nuisance and scandal to the public morals as did their prototypes of the;l4bh century.

The old Maori costume was worn by a gen tleman at a grand fancy ball, lately given in Dublin by the Lord Lieutenant. The gentle man in question was Captain H. G. Robley, of the 91st Highlanders, and he has drawn his own portrait, thus attired, in the Illus trated London Newajof March 25th. The letter press accompanying the sketch (which is a scratchy affair) says that Captain Robley "has paper and pencil for a sketch hidden under his apron of native flax. His tatooed visage, in enlarged proportions (sketched separately) makes a spectral apparition at some yards' distance."

We would advise ladies not to venture out after tea without their lovers or husbands, especially in any of the by streets, or if they venture out alene, they must expect to be insulted, or dogged, by some prowler or other. Several respectable females have lately been molested in this way by vaga bonds in cloth coats. Two ladies last even ing were passing up Shortland-street, when a determined looking fellow pounced upon them from Connell-street, followed them to their own door and then decamped. He even shook his fiat in the face of one of the ladies. Not a constable was to be seen.

During Mr Heale's lecture on the solar system last evening in the na.w Institute, a great noise was heard, like a person groaning in a fit. All heads were immediately turned in that direction, when a fair young man was discovered fast asleep, and snoring as though he was in the oountry. He was allowed to sleep on until the closing hour.

An emergency meeting of the Black Rod Preceptory will be held this evening in the Protestant Hall, Newton, at eight o'olock precisely.

I. The delegates of the Friendly Societies closed their sittings last evening at the Thistle Hotel. Mr Cole occupied the chair. The objections of the meeting to the various clauses of the Friendly Societies Bill, were duly noted, copies of which will be printed, and aent through Mr Swanson to the members of the Assembly, Before rising, votes of thanks were given to -the chairman, secretaiy, and Mr Patrick Darby of the Thistle Hotel.

We understand that the police will take any respectable gentleman into fcustody, be his social standing what it may, if found in houses of questionable character, such as " Miriam's Roost," in Havelook-street, which was disturbed a few evenings since. Had not the " respectable men '* on that occasion ran to the tune of "Over the hills, and far away," they most certainly would have been apprehended, and their names would have appeared in our Police Court mirror of wrong doers. We trust this wai ning will be suffi cient to induce "respectable men" to keep good company and good hours.

The charge against Mr Abel Fletcher bears a very different complexion from that set forth in a paragraph in laat night's Star Fletcher asserts that Worms pressed the pin on him, and he pushed his arm out of the way in order to pagß, saying he did not want any of his pins. He walked quietly down the street to his son's residence. He denies emphatically the insinuations that he either ran away or was found under the bed. He was sitting quietly on the sofa when Worms returned with the police and preferred a charge of stealing the pin. Fletcher denies having any knowledge of the pin. The case was called to-day and remanded till Friday.

To the Editor : Sir,—As the Government has called for tenders for the building of 73 waggons, according to plans and specification, it is to be hoped that all tenderers will get a fair chance, as mechanics in the Goverment shop can have a great advantage over outside tenderers, those in the yard having an oppor tunity of being furnished with the use of morticing and tenenting machines, and could do a nice stroke at the expense of the public. It may be the means of preventing any unjust influence if you insert this.-Yours, &c, Mechanic.

THE MANUKAU DROWNING CASE.

We have to acknowledge our indebtedness to the master of the cntter Dante for a fall statement of the circumstances attending the death of the poor fellow William Douglas from that vessel :—

J. Bradley, master of the cutter Dante, says : We started from Onehunga wharf on Sunday about one o'clock, and got down to Huia about seven that evening. There were four passengers. The vessel was being worked by myself and my mate, William Douglas. We fetched up at Huia till two o'clock in the morning, until half-tide. At that time 1 calltd my mate and said : " You had better get down," He said what time is it, I replied, " Just two o'clock. It will just give us nice time to get down and get fast in time. I got on deck before him, and could see it looked squally and blustery. I commenced to loose the mainsail and hauled out the reef, when my mate came on deck. We got the single reef in, and hove up anchor. Two of the passengers were in the cabin and two in the hold. The dingy was towing astern. When we got down off the South Head we could see that a single reef was too much for her with the jib and staysail. We therefore took the jib off. She did not fetch into the North Head that board, and wo stood off to the Emma Spit. We came round, and as we were standing into the Worth Head, about twenty yards from tho North Head, carrying the wind in from South West, the wind drawing through the gap struck the cuttsr right from tho Northward, With the bowlino fast it canted the vessel info tho rocks. The strap out of the main sheet was carried away, and the boom was carried away against the runner and tacklo. I sung out for my mate to top the boom tip to keep it from the deck. He did <to, and came aft, and he and Messrs Jones and Lennan came aft, and assisted me to get the main sheet in. After doing this the two piSEengers went forward. Almoat imme diately after, the wind from the gap stiuck the cntter from the nor'ard, and canted her to the southard. My mate sang out, " Look out, Joe, here comes the boom." He dropped on the deck. To the best of my belief the boom did not hit him, but he dropped in the bite of the fore-part of the main sheet lying on the deck, and as that went over it carried him with it, throwing him clear over board. I dropped on the deck also, and was carried by the sheet over the tiller and taff rail. I caught hold of the chock at the stern and hung on, my legs dangling in the water. I saw Douglas fall in the water, and sang out immediately "Man overboard." The two passengers ran affc, and by that time I had hold of the dingy's painter, unloosing. I said, " He tried to catch the dingy as he passed it," and called out to Douglas, who I could see floating just astern of the dingy, "Takeit coolly, the dingy will be after you directly." He was well out of the water swimming light, and held up his hand as if to say " All right." He was then not more than 25 yards from the North Head. I hauled up the dingy and told the passengers to "Look sharp." Jones has been seven years at sea, and I thought him quite capable of picking Douglas up if that were possible. Douglas had on a heavy monkey jacket and tweed trousers. Tho two men got into the boat without loss of time, and after they were about fifty yards away from the cutter I heard them call out, "Where are you Bill ?" The shadow of the hill prevented me from seeing Douglas, although it was moonlight. I heard a voice call out as if in reply to what the men in the dingy had said. I have since been told that it was Douglas, who said : " Make haste with the boat, I'm drowning." When they got to the spot they could see nothing of him. I did all I could to lay the vessel too with the canvas she had on, which was torn to shreds. The afterleach of the mainsail was gone, and she forged away so rapidly that I soon lost sight of the dingy. The water was so deep, 22 fathoms, that I could not anchor. I then deemed it advisable to go to Huia, as I could not be of any more service with the cutter, and knew the dingy would be all right as she would go in to Paratutai Bay, which was not four hundred yards off. Jones had been working there so long that he knew it thoroughly. I tried to get a boat at Huia to go back in search, but could not; so thought it besfc to go up to Onehunga and report it. The current runs so strong where the accident happened that there was no chance of Douglas being able to swim ashore, and I don't think the body will ever be picked up.

DOMAIN BOARD.

A meeting of the Domain Board was held this day, at the Mayor's office. Present— Mr F. D. Fenton in the chair ; Messrs G. M. Mitford.j Mr B. Tonks (Mayor), Mr H. Brett, and Mr Barnes (Karangahape Board Chair man). THE DOMAIN" LESSEE. A discussion arose on the receipt of a letter from Mr Cooke in reply to a communi cation from the Board giving him notice to terminate his holding. Mr Cooke's letter set forth that he was fulfilling the conditions of the lease as regards drainage, &c. The general opinion seemed to be that Mr Ctibke had not done this, and the following resolution was proposed and carried : "That Mr Cooke's agreement be terminated as soon as possible." HOSPITAL SITE EXCHANGE BILL. The draft of this bill, as prepared by W. L. Rees, was submitted to the Board, and by general consent left in Mr Fenton's hands. THE CRICKET GUtOUND. The report of the trustees of the Domain cricket ground was read. This stated that the past season had been a very successful one. The accompanying balance-sheet showed that the receipts for the season had been £51 3s 6d, and the ex penditure £42 9a, leaving a balance of £8 14s 6d in hand. Several members present ex pressed their opinion that the trustees had managed exceedingly well. , ~..■•

Mr Brett suggested thafc if any money could be spared It would be well spent ia improving the ground. Mr Fenton said he looked upon the cricket ground as one of the successes of Auckland, and it ought to be encouraged. Mr Brett said if the ground was properly leveled it would be a magnificent cricket field, fit for an eleven of England to play on. The Mayor spoke in high terms of the management of the trustees, and said he felt great pleasure in proposing that a vote or. £50 be passed for the improvement of the ground. ~ , Mr Brett hardly thought £50 would be sufficient; he should euj/gest £100. The motion for the £50 grant was passed ; and Mr Fenton was appointed to confer with the trustees as to its expenditure, and to report to the Board if more money was wanted to make the ground first-class. COMMUNICATION. A letter from Mr R. Baird concerning the drainage of some land in the Domain, was ordered to be acknowledged. Domain allotments. A letter from Mr Smith, of Newmarket, was read offering £12 per annum for allot ments 15, 16, 37, IS, 19. It was agreed that the offer be accepted if proper guarantee of Mr Smith's responsibility be given. KOAD INTO THE DOMAIN. The desirability of * carriage road through the Domain, and affording access to the Acclimatisation Gardens and Cricket Ground was mooted, and generally acknowledged.

DISTRICT COURT. —Yesterday.

(Before F. D. Fenton, Esq., District Judge.)

THOMAS POPS V. WILLIAM APPLEEY,

This action between two settlers in the Mangatawhiri valley occupied the whole day. The claim was forj damages sustained by plaintiff for alleged destruction of a dam which stopped the working of a flax-mill. A great deal of evidence of a wearisome cha racter was adduced as to whether the river, or creek, or stream, for all three terms were frequently used, was navigable or not. The time was mostly taken up with argumenta tion, which was of little or no public import ance, when his Honor reserved judgment on this point.

THIS DAY.

His Honor, in reviewing the circumstances of the case Pope v. Appleby, was of opinion that the river was a navigable one, and a public highway for settlers generally, and that plaintiff had no lawful right to erect a dam on the river ; he felt justified therefore in giving judgment for defendant; costs £23 3s.

OEOP.GK KITCnEN V. "WH. ELEWDEIT. Mr Thome for plaintiff and Mr Brock for defendant. This action was brought to recover £35, for work and labour done; but as there were a number of witnesses to be examined on both sides, and his Honor having to leave town to-day the case was adjourned until next Court day.

This concluded the business,

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Messrs Beetham and McMillan, J.P's)

EUMJTIOSITY.

Men and women, women and men, Fined for being drunk again.

Anne Swift, said to be a needlewoman, took a drop after a hard day's wash, yester day, and the infernal stuff got into her head. This being her third offence she wa3 sent to Mount Eden for seven days. Ellen Maclean for the same offence was fined 10s and costs. Nelson Ireland, contractor, and George Churchill, were charged with the same of fence, and fined 5s each. IN THE RAPIDS. Ellen Conlon, an old offender of several years standing, was charged with being very drank last night in Wyndham-street.

Prisoner was a young woman, who pleaded pitiously and said she was going away by the Hero to her husband.

Sub-Inspectoi Pardy said the woman was a perfect pest and did nothing but get drunk ; her husband was compelled to leave her, and her children were in the Home.

The Bench said her career was a bad one ; there were eleven convictions against her.

One year's imprisonment with hard labour,

THE GOLD PIN,

Abel Fletcher was charged with stealing a gold breast-pin value 3a 6d, the property of Joseph Worms, the well-known hawker. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr Smith said that, as Mr Joy was unable to appear to-day in defence of prisoner, he would ask for a remand until Friday.

The request was granted, and prisoner bound over, himself in £30, and two sureties in £15 each to appear on that day.

QUITE AT HOME,

John Connor, a man of irregular habits, was charged with stealing eleven pence from the bar of the Exchange Hotel, Parnell, the property of Mary Ann Hale. Prisoner said he was drunk, and thought he was quite at home. He had no recollec tion of the circumstance.

Mary Ann Hale deposed that she knew the prisoner, who was a labourer. She was sit ting at dinner yesterday, when she heard a noise, and looking up saw Connor's head passing into the bar. He took some money, lid., off the sideboard. She did not wish to hurt the man, whose greatest fault was a love of drink.

Constable Jackson deposed to taking prisoner into custody, and he appeared to be quite conscious of what he was doing. i

The Benoh sentenced prisoner to one month's imprisonment with hard labour.

FIRE AND WATER,

Charles Hargreaves was fined 103 and costs for allowing his chimney to blaze up, which was put out by a bucket of water.

Robert Woods, of Bank-street, was fined 103 and costs for the same neglect.

Mr Woods said he was but a poor working man, and hoped the Bench would make the fine as low ts possible. The Bench could make no reduction ; it was the lowest penalty. , i MORE LIGHT. William Hamley was charged with allow ing his lamp, over his Wynyard Hotel en trance, to go out. Mr Hamley said it was a very rough night. Mr Inspector Pardy said the statement was correct. Dismissed. MR BANNISTER'S LITTLE DOG. Frederic Bannister was called to answer for his dog "Bounce" who was found by a constable.'without a collar, but in consequence of some informality, the charge was paßsed. A MISFIT. i Thomas Specket was charged with unlaw fully having in his possession a pair of trousers value £2, the property of William Miller, which were too short for him.

Prisoner thought he .was not guilty. William Miller, of the La Eacocesa, deposed that in May last he entrusted his trousers and a rug to prisoner to take to the Governor Brown Hotel for him ; the prisoner worked his way out as a seaman, he pave 25s for the rug, and 12s for the trousers. When he went to the Hotel, no one knew anything about them, the things were evidently taken away by prisoner, but he did not wish to be hard upon him. George Poole barman at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, remembered the prisoner who came to him and offered the rug for sale ; he bought it for 9s; he also gave 3s for the ticket of the trousers, and 2s 6d beside. He gave them up to the detective. Detective Grace arrested the prisoner on the charge, who acknowledged that he had stolen the things, but that he was drunk.

Prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done, but he hadjbeen drinking hard, and was under the impression that the things were given to him, which must have been a mistake j he knew they were not [his own

trousers, or were not made for mm."«MW were a misfit. ' tUBJ The Bench sentenced prisoner to tW months imprisonment with bard labour This was all the business.

CABLEGRAMS.

[press agehcy.]

CHARGE OF FORGERY,

SYDNEY, Jn ne 12 Mr^ W. Laidlaw, an old and wealth; colonist, is dead. '

MELBOURNE, Jane 13 A witness for the Crown in Stevensons' case to-day said that flannels were largely undervalued.

Mr Sin cock, late manager of the Land Mortgage Company, has been arrested for forging a bill for £7000.

Political News.

The Premier's Arrangements,

"WELLINGTON.

(Prom our own Correspondent). „ T This day. Sir Julius Vogel has the gout so bad that he will probably nob appear in the House much this session. He has intimated that sessional business will so occupy him that he will be unable to have any communication either privately, by deputation, or writing. He is also having a telegraphic wire eon. structed from Parliament buildings to his bedroom, so that he can keep his helpless colleagues posted up. The troubles of the great man sit heavily upon him. The arrangement is considered a very ingenious way of answering unpleasant questions. As the session is likely to be very warm, it might be judicious for the whole Cabinet to follow the wise example of their chief.

Accident on the Wharf.

An accident which fortunately was not at tended with any loss of life, occurred on the North Shore Ferry tee of the Queen-street wharf to-day. About half past ten o'clock three or four men were employed at the s ion crane of the Harbour Board hoisting np two timber piles belonging to Mr David Gouk, and weighing 1^ tons. The men at the winch had already raised the piles the height of the tee, and were just about to swing them round on to the wharf, when suddenly something at the head of the crane gave way, and there was a momentary check. The men had scarcely time to look up to Bee what was the matter when suddenly the whole machine collapsed with a run, the logs fell with a mighty splash into the water, and were followed by the greater part of the crane, including the1 jib, stays and chain. Luckily all was clear below and no damage was done to life or limb. The dingy of the steam launch Transit had a bit of her gun wale smashed, but this was the only property that was injured besides the crane itself, The wreck of this was most complete; scarcely a cog wheel was left whole and the huge solid iron frames were broken like bo many pieces of stick. The'cause of the acci dent can only be guessed, as no flaw appears in any of the ironwork to explain it. It is sur mised that the chain must have got out pf gear on the jib-head, and in some way brought an undue strain to bear on the stays. Whatever the cause, the accident was of such a nature, that it is a wonder that a serious calamity h»s not to be reported.. The crane was bought at Wellington, and was thought to be a cheap bargain at £125. Xtis calculated that it will cost quite £100 to put it in working order again. Workmen have been employod during the day lifting the fallen portion on to the wharf again. •

THE NEW STEAM DREDGE.

An official trial of. the new steam dredge was made to-day for the purpose of testing its working capabilities in deep water; Early this morning the steamer Tainui towed the dredge into a position about 100 yards east ward of the middle of the new railway pier, and she was there anchored. At 11 o'clock steam was got up, and about half-past that hour Captain Daldy, Chairman of the Har bour Board ; Mr Brigham, the Secretary; Captain D. H. McKenzie; Messrs Jones and Wear, contractors for the Dock, and several other gentlemen, including the representa tives of the Press, went off in a waterman's boat, and were present during the trial, which may be briefly expressed as follows : —When down to the lowest workable depth the dredger gets good hold of the bottom at 14ft, At 13ft. Gin. the buckets came up well filled with silt. The machinery worked perfectly, and at full speed from 14 to" 15 buckets came to the surface per minute being about two more than had been calculated upon. The complete chain consists of-22 buckets so that about 1J minutes are consumed in a complete round, a very fair speed. The shoot operated well. It is advisable that the well should be fenced in on either side of the buckets as the water and mud splashed about in working is at present very incon venient. The arrangement of anchors and chains by which the dredge is moved about appeared to answer admirably. Within its depth of 14 ft. the dredge is an undoubted success, but our admiration is lessened, by the fact that it is principally required for greater depths. It is obvious that the machine will be very little use for dredging outside the railway pier, and as this_ is the principal uso to which which it was originally intended to put it, we cannot congratulate the Harbour Board on the result of their expenditure of £6000.

AUCKLAND INSTITUTE.

The Museum and Institute wag well attended yesterday afternoon, and quite crowded in the evening. The museum seemed to attract a large amount of attention, and in the room over the entrance, Mr Cheeseman was busy shewing and explaining different instruments to visitors. There were two cases of butter flies in. this : room very tastily arranged, which arrested much attention, and many enquiries were made unsuccessfully for the exhibitor, who,.we understand was aMr John Smith. A beautiful cabinet of porcu pine quills was another curiosity exhibited by Miss Hunt, also, a fine vase of flowers by a lady. The Mißses Teutenberg of Grey- Btreet, deserve great credit for their excellent imitations of flowers, and the ornamental cushions. One original picture by Rubens, seems to have escaped notice ; it was found among the ruins of Reading Abbey, by the father of Mr Brown, the musician, and is a very valuable gem of art. A large box of silks exhibited by Theophilus Pairs, displays an amount of attention and taste that is very creditable to a youth of tender years, and in its various stages and arrangements, forms a page in, Natural History. Mr Theophihiß Heale delivered a carefully prepared lecture on the solar system, which was full of in struction, but unfortunately the lecturer was much disturbed by the noises of feet and tongues along the galleries. The lecture was illustrated by a globe and diagrams of the stars etc , but was comparatively lost. We hope that Mr Heale may be induced to repeat his lecture under more favouoable circum stances. The people last night were bent\ upon examining the contents of the museum. At the close of the lecture, Mr Crooks ex hibited his views of Palestine, Italy MJ London, introducing new scenes of the ■world, s metropolis. The series of animals in Regent's Park Zoological Gardens, elicited much cheering. JQr Purchas and Mr BaJ sto. v; take great interest in the progress of tne Institute, and have done much towards maK ing it a success. About £20 were tanen yesterday at the doors. This evening, several microbcopes and spectroscopes will pc ewu

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