SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

aiCffi WATKR-TLls aftarnoon. 89; to-monmw tac?nfng, 8 23 817 N SiX-iTii? Bvenlnj. 452 SOT? KIBB—To- M-' s A(4K—t»st quarter, July 15, 135 am •

ARRIVALS.

ouuinern vross, ss, Hrlmes, from Napier Bhu, b-igaotine, McKenzle. from Oamaru Uilmfeidh, barque, McKenzin from Lyttelton Marion, schooner, from Norfolk Island i'rank Gay, three-masted schooner, Ircm Dunedin

DEPARTURES.

xmi onrantine, McKenzle, from the Thames Southern Cross, as, Holmes, for the Thames (From tbe Manukau) Go-ahead, ss, (or the "Waitara Sissy, schooner Torea, schooner

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

ror Tauranga—Rowciia Monday next ror London- Carnatic, ship, 10th July ; Dllpussund, barque, early Z°* tevulra-Clrde, schooner, early Jfor Chatham Islands—Nymphe, H.M.S., early

VESSELS EXPECTED

■ttero, from Sydney (July 17) Valejo. barque, (KOJP) from Liverpool; sailed 6th March Crownthorpe. ship, (MKBD) from tfnglana. April 19 Behmgton ship, from London overdue aanpn from the South 12th lr>st Cuez mail) City of New York, sn, from Kandavu. Isth instan (English mail via 'Frluc*) Marion, schoouer, from Norfolk Island, early tfodertck Dhu,.brlgantine. from Oamaru, sailed lit Instant jg»o3l- Syren, brig, from Sydney, early ■%$& i^^

IMPORTS.

... Per 'Roderick Dhu,! from Oamarn : 100 Backs flonr, 20 do oatmeal. Per Frank Guy, from Dnneclin : 200 bags salt, 5 onses marches, 6 pickages, 137 hhda. alo, 5 cases glue, 2042 bags oats. 40 do barley, 1405 sacks flonr, 10 packs pearl barley, 4 cusps groats, 170 bags flour, 20 sacks bran, 200 sacks oatmeal.—Coupland and Co., agents. 20 bagH oatmeal.—Barnett and Levy. 35 ton* flour, ]2 tons oatmeal.—T. H. Hall and Co. Ppr Prank Guy, from Dunedin:—2oo bags fine salt, H. »}. Morton.

ThP schonner Marion, under the command of Capt, Jacobs arrived in port yesterday afternoon from NorfnlV Island. She had some very heavy weather pff the Island, and whb prevented landing her cargo for Rovcval days .Rho left for Auckland on the 80th with aliplit hreez" from tho N.E., which changed next day to n stronff pain. On the fith t^e forerig^lnp; wan carried away In a hurricane. A.ll sails wpre kept. cTo.°e reefed till the Oreat - Barrior was made on Friday. since which 'If;ht southerly winds h^vo been PTpeM^rcd The Maiion miner'a'small cirgo and tho 'o'lowintr rja«spn?''S—Mr and Mrs Mackay, and Mr FinlaTsnn. Tho harqun Cir.fir'pidh Cart*ln McTCenzio, left TjyUelton on Hie SOth ultimo, and arrived in port last nieht Shn brines a nargo of crra'n and pntatoe?, i>nd isconnifrned »oMrT). H WTeKenzie. partfowner. The captain reports expp.Tieneinir vpry beavy veather on the coast. He has bPen in sight of the irri>at Barri»r since Thursday last, but haa been kept back by the strong westerly woatlier. The brigantine Roderick Dhu arrived yesterday from nurnarn, with a narpo of wheat flour, oa*mp.al, and bran She loft port on the 2r,d instant, with fine weather. Tint experienced heavy pa'es between tht Srd ?.rid fith instant, Thn Wsst Oape was rounded on thfl Rth, since which fine weather has bean enjoyptf. Th« ves3el is conssigned to Messrs Crnickshank and Co Thp. ss Pretty .T«n« I* advertised to sail for Napier and Crlsborne on Wedneaditr yext. Thp rehonner Dancirp Wave. wMch was attacked in iho "olomon Group by the natives, and the crew mapsncrprl, was built in this port by Mr Beddoea, of thp Nnrth Shore. Tho ss Southern Crops arrived fi-om Napier yester day morcinp. TTavinsr landed her passenperc, she left for tho Thames to put, hpr cargo of cattle ashore. The ss f'uthern Cross is advertised to sail for.Na pjpr nt 2 pm to-roorrcw. Tho bs Tanpo. which Mb Wellington for th« North at 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, is due here on "Wednesdßv, and is appointed to sail again for the South on Friday next. Thflbri/antiv l eTliirthas entered in from the Thames With 2(\oonft timber. The brier Vmv.ror entered ontto-d*r for Guam, The schonner Atalanta has'cleared for Tairna with a cartrn of stoves. A preliminary enquiry is to be held to-morrow into the colHMon h< tween tho Oabarfelrth afd the Magpie Pobp'tson which took place off Tiri Tiri when the Cabarfei h wna last leaving this port.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

lUrta WTO, Oi.r>9E 40 row-owi: For Thames this day at 5 30 pm, and to-morrow at 3 pm For Cororrmnrlei. on Friday next, at 2.30 pm For TussfH and Mongonui, per lons, this d y at 4 pm FcrWhltißngl, Tairna. and OpotiW, per Roweiia, this day, af, i p m For Waiwe ra. Fawan, and Watakana, per Annie Milbank, to-morrow at 9 am For Wanparca, per Telegraph, to-morrow &t 10 am ; at ripr Enby, at 4pm For Tai'nn per Mc-rcnry, tn-raorrowat 11 am For Napier per Rouihfirn Cross, to-morrow, at 1 pm For WangaMe, Heads, Mangapal, Waipu per Arpryle, to-mcriw at 4 pm For IRnsseH per Ebernezer. on Wednesday next, at 10 am For (risborne and Kapler, per Pretty Jane, on Wed nesday taxt, at 2 pm Fot Kapler, and Southern provinces, per of T*"ew York, four hours after her arrival from Kandavu (Signed) 8. B. BIS 9. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

DTOKINSOff—On .Tnlv !), at her refirlence, "Wake field-street. Mrs. "W. DioJcin.on, of a son. TSIOCOt,—On July 9, at Devonport, North Shore, Mrs. M. Niccol of a son.

MARRIAGE.

HART—LEVY— On tho sth July, at the residence of the bride's pareDta. WeiHn;>toi]-s!reet, by the Rev. Mr. Elkin, Hanuah, eldest canghter of Hyam Hart, to John Levy, both of Auokland.

DEATH.

CAMPBELL—On July 9, James, the beloved son of Jameß and Alice Campbell, aged 7 monthß. HEWIN—On the Bth inst, Ernest ViDcent, youngest sou of Fredeiick Hewln, aged 6 years The funeral wilt leave his father's residence, top of Edwardcs street, to-morrow (Tuesday), at 3 30 p.m.

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

MONDAY, JULY 10, 1876

For the cause that lacks as:btanc«, For the wrong that needs resistance For the future In the distance,

And the eond that ire can uo.

Rumours of combinations and caucuses form tho staple information from Wellington to day. Our correspondent intimates a prob ability of Sir George Grey aocepting the seat for the Thames. In that event a vacancy will arise in City West. From a party point of view the choice of the Thames seat by his Honor would doubtless prove judicious. City West's cordial sympathy with the Auckland party would render the return of a genuine Greyite a certainty, a result which cannot be relied upon in any contest for the goldfields.

Two conditions are imperative in any fair and intelligent review. The first is a com plete acquaintance with the language and views of the author who is subjected to oriticism, and the second is the possession by the critic of something more than a superficial knowledge of the question under discussion- An article, however, appears in the leading columns of to-day's Herald, mainly distin guished by the writer's exhibition of ignorance on both these cardinal points. Not that we regard the review as other than an attempt to get off a covered shot at Dr. Wallia without any particular reference to his lecture, but even such a desire would ) have been better accomplished by intelligent argument than by mis-quotation and a reck less employment of epithets of the " absurd" and " nonsense" type, with which the article is very liberally studded. The Herald haa accepted as its text, not Dr. Wallia'a lecture, which, was one of the best constructed and well argued discourses ever delivered in Auckland, but its own condensed and garbled report of the lecturer's views, In a half-column summary taken by a junior reporter who came into the hall late, the Herald on Saturday professed to give the substance of an address that occupied an hour and a half in delivery ; and to-day if, coolly quotes, within inverted commas, passages from that report as the expressions of the lecturer. Oar contemporary is mainly

exercised over an assumed assertion by Dr. Wallis, that " woman is equal to man in her mental qualities." But singularly enough no proposition of the kind was put forward in the lecture for acceptance. The well worn stock arguments which form the stand ing weapons in the hands of advocates of male superiority are employed by our con temporary with a pleasing self-complacency that bespeaks blissful igDorance of the de struction dealt upon the antiquated armour by John Stuart Mill and other intellectual giants. Dr Wallis pointed out quite as effectively as the Herald how the teaching of results was adverse to the mental equality of women. His reasoning so far as it favoured the reverse proposition was limited to shewing that past conditions were such as rendered the testimony of apparent fact unreliable, and in demonstrating his main issue, that no justification of the legal and civil 'disabilities of women could legiti mately rest upon an assumed intellectual tin fitness of the weaker sex to enjoy the privi leges now reserved for the lords of creation. Perhaps the easiest way of exhibiting the silliness of the Herald's diatribe is to let the language of the reviewed stand side by side with that of the reviewer, leaving the intelligent reader to choose between them. We quote the exact words employed by Dr. Wallis in referring to this part of his subject: "In proof of women's intellectual inferiority it has been argued that they have never reached the highest or foremost place in any department of science or art—that they occupy only a second or third place in the Republic of letters and philosophy. There have never been among them a thinker like Plato ; a poet like Shakespeare, a philosopher like Bacon or Newton, or an artist like Michael Angelo. Supposing all this to be true, does it justify us in relegating them to an inferior legal and social position, or does it disqualify them for the exercise of those civil rights and privileges which are granted to the least intellectual men ?" After refer ring to the disabilities under which women have laboured, na compared with m^n, the lecturer proceeded to say that "though inadmissabla to the great Academic Institutions where men got their training, and though there are scores of men for one woman encaged in the cultivation of science, or of liteiature or of art, yet the vast number of living women of acknowledged ability proves that theie is no intellectual inferiority of tbe sflx —no inferiority which bars their claims to equal rights with men." The remainder of the Herald's article w even more peurile than the part already referred to, arc! is equally founded on its own blundering report. The elephantine fun con cerning the power of a husband to chastise his wife has its entire justification in the following sentence from the leoture :— " According to another distinguished writer, the statute is still in force which per mits a man to beat hiß wife in moderation and to imprison her in any room of his house." Perhaps the summit; of surpassing oheek is attained in the closing paragraph of the article, in which the writer, no longer able to contain his pent-up feelings, exclaims, " We are the more moitified at Dr Wallis's utterances, because a really good leetnre might have been founded on, his tsxb." We should be sorry to charge upsn the editorial pen the string of twaddle whioli httS in some mysterious manner found its way into the columns where we are wont to look for wisdom from tho inner sanctum, As a moderate contribution towards the advancement of a causo whioh modern en lightenment is maturing, we shall publish in our Saturday's supplement the full text of Dr. Wallis's admirable disquisition, and are satisfied that it will operate as a sufficient autidote for the Herald's maundorings,

A ratepayer of Ponsonby ventilates his views on the proxy system in a lettor which residents in that district will do well to ponder. Proxies and party rule are insepara able, and the ratepayers will fiud undue prominence given to personal intorests wherever a clique succeeds by paper votes in thwarting the equitable representatien of a district. It is for the ratepayers of Poußonby and other Highway Districts to put down this year the domination exercised by vacant allotments. No right-minded ratepayer who considers the logical reault of his act, will attempt to thwart the wishes of a majority of those whose keen interest in the welfare of the districb induces personal attendance at the annual meetings.

Mr Dennes1 grand washing oontest will take place to-morrow evening at the Young Men's Christian Association ; also, a lime light exhibition of Scottish views in connec tion with the British classics, Rev. 8.. S. Haasard, of St. Matthew's, in the chair. A grand opening entertainment will be given to-morrow evening in the V\ ellington street Catholic Institute, consistiag of dis solving views, musio and song, concluding with a dance. The Templars " Saturday Night" of Sat urday evening was crowded to excess, and a good programme was prevented to the audi ence. Mr Meldrum occupied the chair, and iv a long and eloquent speech., expatiated en the evils of intemperance, and the many ad vantages that must naturally accrue from a sober life. He then called upon the list of singers in succession. The band played several musical pieces, and a number of comic and sentimental songs were Bung. The only recitations were a long poem on the " Battle of Inkerman," by Mr 0 Brown, and the tragio history of a street girl who sold tfire-sove or naments. The first was powerfully recited by Mr Brown, and the latter was told iv melting pathos, by Mr Allen. Coinio songs were sung by Mr W Doran, and Mr Chap man ; sentimental songs by Miss Ash, Mrs Homer, and Mrs Marsen. Mr Marsen Hang the "Old Musketeer;" Mr Redfern "The Photograph of Jessie ;' Mr Jamieson "The Village Blacksmith;" and Mr Carter, "My Love's away, and lam sad." The entertain ment gave general satisfaction. The skating rink on Saturday evening at the City Hall was well attended, tho music, no doubt, had the effect of attracting many persona who might not have been there. In consequence of the extra attendance, the projectors will repeat the rink on Saturday next. The funeral of Mrs Theophilus Cooper was largely attended yesterday and the funeral service was impressively read by Rev P. H. Oornford, the minister of the church of which the deceased lady waa a member. After the singifig of a hymn, Mr Cornford referred to tho excellent oka raoter of Mrs Cooper ia very feeling ttjrflM. Mrs Cooper was always native ia g««d we*ke in connection with ths ehvroh, the Sunday school, and the local charitable iasfcifatießß of the city. We beg to acknowledge from Mr Thomas Kelly, plasterer, and his men, per P. Darby, Esq., the sum of £3 9a., on behalf of widow Cotton ; also £1 from Dr Kenderriiae A Russian paper reports that the Oossaoka of the Don believe that the end of the world is at hand. Many of them have given up all their property, and have ordered their coffins. The authorities have taken no notice of the excitement, which has been fomented by th« Dissenters. < . ■, :

Our readers will observe that a divorce ouit cropped up in the Supreme Court; this morning and is set for hearing next Wednes-. day week. The case is Grace y. Grace and another. The petitioner is a son of the Rev. Mr Grace the well-known missionary, and is by profession a native interpreter. In a moment of weakness or perhaps led by bis father's teaching to regard his dusky neigh, bours in the same light as white people, he married a M<\ori lady, the daughter of a chief. But the lady has not worthily rewarded the compliment paid to her race, for she _ has thought proper to indulge in pranks entirely inconsistent with her marriage vows, and has capped her naughty behaviour by run ning away with a gentleman of her own col our. We regret to say that we cannot promise our readers any very interesting dis closures in the case, for it is anticipated that the suit will not be opposed. If this is so the adultery will merely have to bo proved and the decree pronounced. Several subscription lists are being taken round the city for the relief of the widow and children of the man Cotton, who was killed at the new buildings adjoining the Bank of New Zealand in Queen-street. Mr Castle and Mr "Swington will also receive donations towards this good object. The following sums have been received : J C. Castle. £1 ; Chas. Canning, £1 5 friend, 10a • Dr. Camp bell, £1; H. Brett, £1; George Sibbin, 10s ; Miss Faulder, 10s ; Miss Robertshaw, 10a. Some fifteen years ago a number of converts to Christianity in the south of London, such an William Carter, Richard Weaver, and others, conceived the idea of preaching on Svmdavs in the theatres of South London and East London ( and ill this they were assisted by Mr W» K. Murphy, Rev. PaXton Hood, aud encouraged by Rev. 0. H. Spurgeon and Newman Hall. These preachings had the effect of winning a large number of hearers, who never frequented any place of public worship. Some of the promoters of religion among the people In Auckland have thought to follow the example of the men mentioned above, and last evening the crusade against sin and wrong was commenced on the boards of the Prince of Wales Theatre. The call was responded to by about 500 persons, a much larger assemblage than any dramatic performance has produced for years, and which was most encouraging to the Speakers. We are glad <" to learn, moreover, that the lessee gave th< free use of the theatre for this purpose, free of charge. This first veuture therefore v/r\» successful, the auditory was very attentive, and the admonitiorja of the speakers wre listened to with heooming reverence. Th" service whs most impressive throughout ; several of Moody and Sankey'a hymns were sung, and addresses and prayers delivered by Rev Thomas Buddlo, Roy R. F. Macnicol, Mr Ewington, Mr Hemus, ami other pentle men. In his address Mr Buddie referred to the wonderful life and conversion of John Newton, of Olney, and Mr Ewington to the sudden death of the unfortunate man Cotton, on whom an inquest has been held to-day, and exhorted his hearers to the importance of preparing for the great change which awaits ua all. The service occupied about one hour. Mr Armstrong, a resident of onehunga, who has taken a leading part in all local movements, died on Saturday. It is not the case, however, that ho expired suddenly in the shop, as stated in the Cross. fFhe deceased gentleman had been ill for two or three days, and was oonflned to bed and attended by a medioal man at the time of his death. Ou« London correspondent writing by the last mail draws the following gloomy pioture j — "Things are pratty black in the commer cial live at urasenii. There ia no break in the oloada. The drill grey of 'bad times' ia unrelievod by a single ray of sunshine. Rail way traffic returns are on the wane, and iron and coal companiea are mostly working at a loss. Big failures are rolling up in every direction, and prices are bo low that the pre sent rate of wages will not permit of con tracts being taken. The consequence is that lots of work is going abroad, and yet the workmen are such lunatics that they can'r, for the life of them see that they are cutting their own throata Most of thn biggest and most important Trade Unions of the men are in a hopeless and abjeofc Bfcate of bankruptcy, only the men who are> not professional 'figurists' can't see it and go on paying m their money and fancying they are providing for old age, whereas they are merely con tributing to the support of their idle fellows —such is Hfo dear boy."

Tha elneil*? portion of the Jprogramme of the entertaiument in aid of WidowjCotton, to be given on Wednesday evening in the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, is under the guidance of Mr Ryan. The elan of McKenzie is in great force among our master mariners just now. With* in the laat two oir three days, we have had no less than five vessels in port whose skippers have borne this gallant name. The barque Martha, and the ketoh Pearl of the number, have sailed for the Islands. Yesterday was marked by an incursion of McKenzie-Captains which more than compensated for those which had left. Thus we now have in har bour, the barque Cabarfeidh, and the brigan tlnes Eoderiok Dhu and Flirt, all commanded by McKenzies, and we may add to thiß that the first and last named vessels are consigned to another Captain McKenzie. Two or three other Captains McKonzie are known to be about. We are afraid to attempt to go into the subjeob of the relationships between them, biit it may safely be assumed that if no nearer kindred oan be established, they are all Scotch-cousins. To distinguish them, it is now usual to prefix the name of each one's vessel as his ohristian name. The return match at Football, Auckland v. Ponsonby was played on Saturday after noon, and resulted in Auckland getting two touches down against nothing on the part of Ponsonby. No goa's on either side were ob tainad, and therefore as the rules are at present, no victory could be claimed. Ring and Woon were the Auckland players who made the runs in. The first try was a duffer, but the second, in spite of the needless hurry of the kicker (who caught the ball from a pant out, and might have taken a mark, was so nearly being successful that the ball actually struck the bar. Next Saturday the grand match, Auckland v. Waikato comes off at the North Shore ground. To the Editor : Sir, —In looking over Borne of last week's papers my attention was drawn to a letter signed "Baker," and to my own knowledge the remarks contained in it are quite correot. Sir, are not bakers entitled to their night's rest as well as any other tradesmen ? Just notice the difference in appearance between thu men who have their night's rest, and those who are com pelled by their slave-driving masters (as " Baker" rightly terms them) to be up at ons and two in the morning. The miserable appearance of men so employed is enough to prove what unreasonable hours do for their health and strength ; the white faces and haggard looks tell a tale of an early grave if not soon put a stop to. Sir, I have been a customer of one of those employers for acme time, bat I oan assure him that unless he aiakea a ok&Bge in his hours of labour, I mast make a change in my baker, and X call on feke public U do the same, end set hay* mea in crap u4iti trho a»« ireated no b«fcte» tkan white slawss. —T»*»a* fea.» Jcwei. TP.ffc—Tea «aa <Caol»8« my aame if required* Mi Editer * Yrom ttntft to tim» I observe large numa of msney are voted for the ho called improvement of our streets. Yet ■where a few shillings would suffice to make a Bide-path passable no ootioe is taken. There exists almost at Mr GledhilFs hall door in Wellesley-street a deep bog, whioh measures at least a yard wide, too feet deep, and six feat long. Ifc is a curiosity worth coming to see, and the inhabitants in the district would like the authorities to bury a load of scoria o» one of themselves in it.—Yeura,, Aoathos.

We tfonld remind our readers that the last De Murska concert takes place this evening, and that those who have not ye*h. eaTJ^ most talented and wonderful artiste should Giammona. also the delightful aria Uno Voce 1 from "II Barbiere.' and a beautiful vocal **W("¥er Sempre ) by Giorza. In addition, the new pianist, Mr Hadley, will make his appearance in a duet on two pianos with Maestro I Ua, and the comic trio "Pnpataci," vnll be sung by Signors Rosnati, Susini, and Giammona, the latter gentleman making his first appearance here as a vocalist. The attraction is nn doubtodly very great and should draw a crowded audience. The season has been the most successful on record in Auckland, and deservedly so; for such a strong and talented company has never visited us before, or one that has been better managed or conducted throughout. A wish has been very generally expressed that some operatic scenes m char* acter maybe given before the company leaves Auckland, ann we hope the management may be induced to comply. The unfortunate man who recently poisened himself and wife at Timaru left behind the following letter. It is evident from this that his first intention Was to destroy himself only and that the poisoning of his wife was an afterthought:—" Friday night. "My dear, darling Wife—Before you receive this, your dear John will have left this world, I can not to see you worried to death, and not wishing to see a good and virtuous wife with any stain on her character. As it wou d take me longer than you can bear, I would rather die myaelf than kill you with trouble. See those that owe money and get it, Holmes inoludpd, it is five per cent on £250—£12 10s. If I had been well I should have got you more. Nobody can touch your little home after my death. Send for father and mother to com fort you. May the Lord forgive me and and allow me to po to heaven, where I trust in him he will allotv you to go also very shortly after me. There is Pallisers cheque in my pocket. Give my parting love to all our friends, also enemies, leaving you in the faiHi of the Lord to protect your good virtue. T have nothing further to say, only that may the Almighty teach you to pray for me, and rVjfivG me for mv action of depriving myself ofrny life. Good-bye and blpss you, and I trust you will be blessed with happiness for the remainder of your days, until I meet yon in hr-aven. I don't think your John wonl A have lived much longer worry, as it givos me ex-remfi palpitation of the hpart, as as it gives you nervous debility. "Your lov ing husband, John M'Gr/egor, in Heaven.

LOCAL INDUSTRY.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) g lß) _The question moved by Mr Burns in the House of Representatives in reference to railways on June 28, is I think one of great importance to the colony aßa whole. Why should the Government send home for every thing while they glut the market with labour, and then send the work away, and the cost is lost to the colony. Supposing the work did cost a little more made here than at home, it should not matter, seeing the money would still remain amongst us, and our labour fully employed, instead of as it is now and hns been for several months past, and seems likely to continue here for at the same time, there are four or five men in the iron trade idle to one man whois working. I am s>nre there is quite sufficient plant in Auckland to manufacture locomotives quite equal to those running on the line here, also carriage wagon trucks ; In fact everything that h required for a railway plant. The Waterworks plant could I am confident have been marie here, divided amongst the several foundries, who T am sure would only have been too glad to have kept the work in the province. The remarks of Mr Burns that it will not pay to make one is perfectly oorrect, but if tenders were called for 10 or 15 locomotives, it would pay those who have got their plant here already. I would not advocate the giving of the whole to one shop, but divide among the several shops ; engines to one, first-class carriages to another, second-class carriages to another, and' truoks and waggons to another, thereby giving all a chance of receiv ing some portion of the vast sums which are being constantly sent out of the colony. We should then be in a more flourishing condi tion than we are how ; If we are to beaome self-supporting they must manufacture for their own requirnments. Let each province separately construct all and everything per taining to itself, it would give some en couragement to employers to obtain any tools which they may not at present possess. I think It is the duty of the Government to encourage the development of local industry in every possible way. lam quite confident that if the Government would plaoe a tax of say 15 per cent on all manufactured iron, steam engines, agricultural implements, in fact everything bat the raw material, we shonld then have room for a few hundreds of skilled labour than at present, and the in crease of population would certainly ?be an increase of revenue, and the colony would become generally benefited thereby; we should become prosperous instead of dragging out an existence as at present. I firmly believe that if a meeting of everyone connec ted with the iron trade were oalled in Auck land and the other provinces, at an early date, to consider the best means to draw up a petition to the General Assembly now sit ting, that it would be favourably received, and forward the same to Mr William Swan son at Wellington, I am snre that he would do his utmost in the matter. Mr Editor, I have trespassed to far already.—l remain, yours, etc, Subsokiber.

PONSONBY AND PROXIES.

(To the Editor of the Star.)

Sib,—The ratepayers of Ponsonby attended in very large numbers the last annual meet ing. There were two tickets—the old Board and new men. The voting for the new men waa : Masefield, 149 ; Thome, 132; Rees, 130 ; Black, 117 ; Jones, 10S. For the others : Tole, 134 ; Morton, 114 ; Dacre, 96; Stewart, 67; Jakins, 58, this after only deducting the informal votes of the Toles, The majority for the new men was therefore 167 by personal voting, and that although the other party had been canvassing for themselves for weeks before the popular party came forward. But the unpopular and really defeated party had scoured the town for proxies signed in blank. They filled in the names wholesale on the night of meeting, and gave a block proxy vote of 153 votes, which completely swamped the residents, who showed by their voting their appreciation of the candidates. Attempts are now being made by tha same party to over-rule the residents by proxies at the coming meeting. Bat many respeotable ratepayers are very rightly declining to give proxies to these parties and their friends. They will not be dragged through the mire this year as they were last, and give proxies in blank to be used they knovr not by whom, to over-rule the respect i able inhabitants. If the property of any of these oroxy-givera be in any of the streets in wkiak any momber of the Board, or a few of tbeiu friends live, they need nod enquire whethes those stieotß are in good repair or not. These receive their annual coating of sooria, and private crossings, as opposite Mr Morton's for instance, are also made. But if their property is not in theae streets, let them pay it a visit, and they will find the adjacent roads either in a thoroughly dis giuceful state, though once formed and metalled, or they will find them exactly as they were fifteen years ago, before a high way rate was paid. Each proxy-giver can, for himself, test the accuracy of this state ment.—l am, Ratepayer,

THE REVEALED RASCALITY.

(To tbe Editor of the Evening Star ) Siß,-And so, now, sir, it seems, per partiz anship account, that Superintendent Sir Georae Grey is a lunatic ! and his friends are fools! and some people and Reader Wood, per Southern Cross news paper of last week, is a public robber of £üblic goods ! And, so, the partisans, careless of the right and the true, evince a consciousness of party desperation. Now,. I earnestly protest that that style is wholly and entirely foreign to solid argumentation, l should decisively say that Grey is, naturally and educationally, at the very exact anti podes of lunacy. I judge his intellect m calm, clear, keen. Never was a bad word worse misapplied. I deemed that slander impudenc,-impudence sheer and unmm gated, considering circumstances and the person-shocking, culpable, t™culen impudence. Again, Eees is vile and his speech wild (say they); but a gentleman retorted his Wellington speech the other day as calm, legal, and telling. South island members admired. Again, for independently vindicating, in my own plain way, one point of Grey's proceedings, I was, straightway, you kn yow, a glutton of all God's good things, and worse. Just then, for once, I very strangely felt extremely innocent of all fault! Sir, we must be sincere and fervent dissenters from "all that sort of thing. Debates, written or oral, should be composed of reasoning only. Scurrility is not only immoral, it w also irre levant; or, if some would very much like to swear they cannot understand this, I would say, good reasonings not made bad by being put forth by a nick-named man. Slanderous personalities do not refute argu mants. It is quite high time to enter an emphatic, effectual protest. A final stop must be put to such paid-for blackguardism. I am, etc,—W. E. Sadler.

Death by Drowning.

About two o'clock yesterday morning the body of a man was seen floating under the gridiron of the Queen-street Wharf. _ The waterman Strong immediately communicated with the Water Police, and Sergeant Martin, accompanied by Constables Tapsall and Sampson, unloosed the water boat and re covered the body. Dr Dawson was at once sent for, and used the means to restore ani mation, but without effect, as the man had been dead some hours. The man had been missed on the previous evening by his family. The deceased was well known as William Nightingale, the French polisher. _ He was sixty years of age, and leaves behind him a family of sons and daughters. His body lies at the Freeman's Bay Deadhouse, and an inquest was held on the body at the Freeman's Hotel this afternoon.

ESCAPE OF FENIAN PRISONERS FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

A. gentleman who arrived in Victoria from Western Australia, has given the following particulars relating to the escape of six Fenian prisoners from Freemantle on Easter Monday, intimation of which was received a few weeks since. It appears that about two months prior to the day of escape, three strangers, apparently having no connection with each other, arrived at Freemantle. Two of the number took apartments at separate hotels, and spread a report that they were capi talists seeking investments. The third found employment as a carpenter. It_ was noticed that each of the strangers was in the habit of engaging traps or buggies for a day or r,wo at a time, and subsequent events justified the conclusion that this move was adopted with the object of dispelling sus picion when the time should arrive for action. The men conducted themselves like ordinary citizens, and did not attract more than the usual attention bestowed upon strangers in a small place like Freemantle. Tn the evenings they were to be found in the hotels and billiard-rooms, but seldom to gether. Of the six escaped jrlsoaers, four were at work on the breakwater at Free mantle, the fifth was a constable, and the sixth held the position of groom to the convict chaplain. The latter acquired his situation —which afforded "him unusual access to the streets —in consequence of having renounced Roman Catholicism somo weeks prior to his escape. There is no doubt this move was part of the well-concocted scheme. Oh the morning of Easter Monday the convict constable walked down to the breakwater and requested the warder in charge of the four Fenian prisoners to allow him to take the men away to assist in removing furniture at Government House. In reply to the warder's request for an authority, the constable said, " I have been sent in great hurry ; they are short-handed and require assistance at once." The request appearing a reasonable one to the warder, he consented, and the five prisoners marched away to a Bpofc in the. bush jjabout two miles out of FreemaDtle, where the three mysterious strangers were waiting with three hired conveyances, fire arms, and a change of clothing for eack prisoner. The convict groom had also, by some unknown means, reached the meeting place. Very soon the buggies were rattling at a furious speed along the coast to a secluded spot, about twenty miles from Freemantle, where the captain of an Ameri can whaler was waiting with a boat to convey the prisoners to his ship. Near the meeting ground is a small public-house, where f;he party called for refreshment. The publican's suspicions being aroused, he put some ques tions, in reply to which he was told to mind hiß own business and keep quiet. Before em barking in the boat, the horses were turned loose, and the buggies left on the beach. All the telegraph wires leading in that direction had been cut down. The publican lost no time in riding iuto Freemantle, and inform ing the authorities of the mysterious boat. The escape of the prisoners had then been discovered, but it was not known what direc tion they had taken. A water police boat was immediately sent in pursuit;; and on reaching the whaler the police were con fronted by the chief mate, who, in reply to questions, stated that the captain was in Freemantle on business, and that there were no Fenian prisoners on board. After satis fying themselves of tha truth of the latter statement, the police returned to Freemantle. It appears that the boat containing the pri soners had not, from some cause or other, reached the whaler at the time'the water police boarded her. The authorities at once retained the mail steamer Georgette, which happened to be in port, and sent her in pursuit, under the charge of Major Finity. The Superintendent of the police accompanied him, with instructions to arrest the men, if possible, without violence. In the evening they came up with the whaler, and de manded of the captain to deliver up the Fenians within fifteen minutes, or otherwise they would fire into his ship with cannon. '' I have no fenian prison ers on board," the captain answered. " Yes yon have," the superintendant replied. "I see them, and in her Majesty's name I de mand you to give them up " At the end of the fifteen minutes Major Finity, addressing the Captain said, "Will you deliver the pri sonets or shall we fire? Just then the American flag was run ap to the masthead, and the captaiu, pointing to it, replied, "I guess you'd better not; that flag protects me." The Georgette then returned to Free mantle, and the whaler set sail. Since the escape, ifc has been discovered thatoae of the self-styled capitalists held communication with the convict constable, by placing letters under a Btone on the beach within his patrol. The affair caused the greatest excitement in Freemantle.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.) THE POPULAR INFIRMITY. ■ ..-^ Elizabeth Burns, alias Lynch, alias Topper, was brought up with a baby in her arois, and changed with drunkenness. Mrs Burns said that as this was the first offence, and as she was going to search for her husband, she hoped his Worship would let her off. His Worship said that if this had been her first offence, he should have been disposed to listen to her petition ; but as it was tho fifty-first time she had been convicted of drunkenness, he could not let her off under 5s and costs. IRISH MOLLY OH ! This notorious woman was brought up for the forty-third time, charged with drunken nPog and vagrancy. Molly said she certainly wag tight, but as for being a rogue and vagabond,, that was JSng beyond the mark-she never stole a fttidia her life ; she was a very respectable Son indeed, if people only knew it, but, the Messed Parnell folks did not respect a respectable woman. Constable Jackson was about to testify to Molly's character, but Molly said she was drunk, and there was no necessity for any farther trouble. The Court sentenced her to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour Molly became very boisterous at the hard decision of the Court, and was speed, y helped into the passage by the_ man m blue," when she broke out singing the Hibernian air of " Irish Molly oh ! John Combes, a labouring man, was fined 10s and costs, for being drunk on the Sabbath. LUNACY. Mary Macdonald was charged with lunacy, but as it was a severe case of delirium tremens, Z woman had been sent to the Provincial Hospital, by request of Rev. Dr. Walhs, SEit'was expected she would soon re °°The case was therefore withdrawn. MAD NATIVES. Two powerful natives, known as Bob and Ngunga; were charged with being of unsound mi?sßob had been taking too freely of grog, he was ordered to be sent back to his tribe. Ngunga, on the medical testimony of Dr. GoldsW and Dr. Young, was ordered to the Lunatic Asylum. This was all the business.

DISTRICT COURT.—This Day.

(Before F. D. Fenton, Esq., District Judge.) JOHN MCGARRIGLE V. WJI. DBNHAM. Mr Alexander appeared for the plaintiff and proved that the claim, which was for a promissory note, was still owing. Judgment for plaintiff; costs, £4 11s. AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL V. GRAFTON KOAD DISTRICT BOARD. This was a claim to recover the costs of repairing several streets In the Grafton Road district belonging to the Board. Mr Davore asked that the case be ad journed as the new Board had promised to recognise the claim. .. The case was- accordingly adjourned until next Court day. A. BTTG'KLAND V. J. S. HENWOOD. Claim, £76 6s Gd ; balance of account. On the application of Mr Devore this case was also remanded until next Court day. This was all the business.

SUPREME COURT.—This Day.

CIVIL SITTINGS.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Gillies, and a common jury.) -

GJUGE V GRACE AND ANOTHER. In this case Mr Laishley representing the petitioner who sues for a divorce, made an application to his Honor to fix the trial for some day further on in the week. The ' petitioner had made his arrangements to come up from Napier by the City of San Francisco, but in consequence of that steamer passing Napier without call ing he had been left without the means ot getting to Auckland till the Pout-hern Cross left He had only arrived on Sunday. His Honor said he could only place the case at the bottom of the list. Mr Laishly said his Honor would see that the order was made out for " the close of the Civil Sittings." . , His Honor expressed his surprise that thi3 was so. The minute of the order simply fixed the hearing for the Civil Sittings. He could not see how, in the face of the wording of the order the case could be heard before the Civil Sittings had closed. The So licitor-General might wish to intervene. His Honor ultimately allowed the case to be set down for Wednesday, the 26th inst., and ordered notice to ba given to the Solicitor-General of the new date. R. J. PEARCE V. CHAS. G1883.— ALLEGED TRESPASS. Mr James "Russell appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr Hesketh for the defendant. In this case plaintiff, who is a settler at Coromandel, sued to recover £500 for damages alleged to have resulted from an act of trespass. The issues were—(l) Was the defendant on the 26th October, 1874, lawfully possessed of the land described in the declaration ? (2) What amount of damages if any is the plain tiff entitled to recover from the defendant? There was another issue, bat it had been agreed upon after the verdict in the case of Williamson y. Pearse, tried some months ago. ■ >: y His Honor said he took it that the case would really amount to an assessment of damages. The verdict in the Williamson v. Pearce case established the disputed point as to right-of-way. Both ooun3el agreed that this was the question for the jury, Mr'Rtusell having opened the case, R. J. Pearce, the plaintiff, deposed that he had been living at Kapanga for four or fiva years. Mr Gibba lived close to him. Ha (witness) had occupied the land continuously all the time of his residence at Coromandel. The area of his land was 74 acres, 1 rood, 12 perches, of which 25 acre 3 was fenced in. The plan produced was a plan of his pro perty. The pencil marks on the plan showed the Hue of fences which were standing on the 26th October. Several times previous to this he had found the fences broken down. Mr Hesketh here said the action was for damages done by trespass on the 26th October, and what was done at other times was nothing to do with the case. Mr Russell, said he wished to show that the trespass was an aggravated one. His Honor said each trespass was a separate ground of action, and as only one occasion was mentioned in the declaration, he could not permit evidence to be taken relative to other occasions. Mr Pearca then continued his evidence, and deposed that on the 26th October, 1874, the defendant deliberately, in witness's pre sence, broke down the fencß. Mrs Gibbs, himself, and son, and a Mr White were present at the time. He asked Mr Gibba by whose authority he broke the fence down, and he replied that it was by Mrs Gibbs' aushorby.^ They took down two panels of the fencing; the posts were taken away, and the rails buried in a ditch ; that was the only damage done to the fence. At the time of the fence being removed he had a mob of cattle in the en closure, and since that time he had lost six head of cattle. Mr Hesketh objected this was not evident® —there was no special damage claimed by the plaintiff. His "Honor coincided In this view.

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