SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ARRIVALS.

.Kowena » s. fro-m Tauraoga, prince Rupert,, ket<h from Lj ttclton #mgleader, Revenue cuttor, from a crnisa.

DEPARTURES.

xeor.'i.,., schooner, yiicht for the Great Barrier.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

srot .London-Cnmatic, ship, early ; Dilpussuna, barque, early jFor Coromaodel - Arpylo, s«, Mondays and Fridays For wang.m-i—Argylo every Tuesday For Ba" of Iglands— lona every Monday For Rowona, s s, every Friday For Levuka. Llewellyn, s.s. Thursday For Newcastle, Albion, brig, at once L» Kscocesa, ship early For Timarn, Clematis, ketch, t. a rfy For Suva, Stranger, biigantVne, at OUC6.

„,, „ t VESSELS EXPECTED Bella Mary, barqu' f rom Hobart Town, eaily Kobina . 'union- Daraue from London ; sailed 18th March Marthii,b i .; /qrJei from the 3i , ]andSi oaT i y _an'J' D- *.?. from Hotmrt Town talriio schooner, from Lyttelton £a»» M, schooner, from RarotoDga Uei-jington, ship (PKUV), from London; sillea 24th February England's Glory, ship from London, early Loch Lee, schooner, from Sydney, early Wanlock, barque. fr O m Glasgow ; tailed Feb IS woosun?, ship, from London, early Coronet, schomer, fiom the Islands, early Moneynick, barque, from Adelaide, doubtful Invernllen, barque, from London, sailed ISth March Pearl, ketch, from the Islands, curly Edith, schoonov, from the I*l(ftids, early vale jo, barque, from Liverpool; sailed Cth March

The flaps of the shiopina1 in harbour to-day were flvine h lf-mast in respect for the memory of tha late Caotain Palmer.

The ketch P'ince Rupert arrived this morning from Lyttelton. She Rhowed signs of her racont dismast ing in having no fore-tnptnasi: standing aa she came up harbour. Tho Piinoe Rupert brings a cargo of potatoe?.

The following are the names of the passengers who proceeded South by the Tanpo yestarday :—Mr and Mrs Burrowes and six children, Mr Mrs and Miss Leonard, Mr and Mrs Mo'ton, Mr and Mrs 'Wiltshire, Mr and Mrs Alexander, Mrs Nash, Mrs Harris. Miss Cooke "W Mackintosh and family (fi), Messrs MeAlister CUldicott, Donovan, Perry, Spragg, Cleghorn.Guthne, McLennan, Rothwell, Hopkins/ Rev C S Ross, and 11 steerage. Messrs Crnickshank and Co., have received a telegram fr^m the underwriters of the brig Sarah Instructing them to sell the wreck as it lies. Captain Farquhar of the lona will examine her before ho returns from the North and report upon her condition when he arrives. By an advertisement elsewhere It appears th\t the sale is to take place on Saturday next at Messrs Tonics and Co's mart.

The brigantine Stranger is lying in the stream re*dy to proceed en her voyage to Suva. She takes a portion of her original cargo from Melbourne and the following passengers :—Messrs Cunningham, Honey well, Goor'.wood Wilson, and Martelli. EFTheschoonerM^tlonialoadingtimbarandportsand rails for the mission station at Norfolk Islmd. She i 3 likely to leave about the beginnine oi next week. The s s. Luna arrived in the Manukau from her northern trin yesterday at noon.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs Grant and Morton held to-day a large unreserved sale of drapery. There was a large attendance of the trade, and about one half of the lines catalogued wera sold. The sale will be continued tomorrow at 11 o'clock,

Messrs B. Tonks and Co gold to-clay 20 kegs of Taranaki butter, from lid to Is 2Jd ; also several cases of Waikato bacon at 9d"

Mr R. Arthur had a moderate attendance at his general sale to-day, and the following prices were obtained :—Bacon, 7d to BdJ ; butter, lid to Is 2d; cheese 4f d to 7d; currants, 4£d ; washing soda, 9s 6d ; Wilson's jams, 7s 9.1; Holroyd's ditto 7s ; pumpkin's S3 to 3s 6d ; and onions, Jd to Jd per lb.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Uatos •wn-r Cr.osra as toixows :- .For Thames, this day, at 5 pm, and to-morrow at '9 30 a m Tor Cnronundel on FrJday nrxt at 2 30 p m For Euisell, r>er Aaeusta, this day, at 4 30 p m For Newcastle, N & W, per Glimpse, to-morrow, at Bam For W&iwera, Muhurangi, Matakana. Te Arai, etc, per Anne Milibank, t>morrow, at 10 am For t evnka, Fiji, per Llewellyn, to-morrow, at 3 p m For Whitiangi, Taima, Taur<mga, and Opotiki, per Eowena, on Friday next, at 4 p m For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per ss Wellington, on Saturday next, at 10.15 am. For money orders, registered letters, and news pa ocrs, at 10 am Late letters for Southern Provinces and Mel bourne will bo received till 11 a m. Per Australia, on Monday. Jnnc 5 as follows :— For Sandwich Islands, United Stutes of America, Canada. British Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indiea, at 11 a m For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 11 am For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 10 a m Late letters hearing an extra fee of 6d in addition to the postage, will be received by the mall agent on board up to the time of sailing. (Signed) 8. B. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

COLWELL—On tbe 30th instant, Mrs. William Colwell, Hobs-n-street, of a son.

DEATH.

PALMER—On Tuesday evening, May 30, Captain W. H. Palmer, late of the s s Star of the South, Pretty Jane, &c, aged 29 years.—Gisbornc, Napier, and Southern papers please copy.

The funeral will leave his late residence at Remuera, on Friday next, at 2 p.m. sharp.

WILLIAMS—On May 30, a' her mother's residence, Drake-street, Edith Maud Williams, aged 4 years.

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

WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1876

p'fiv the cause that lacks assktanca, For the ~>rto:ig that iic^ds resisUncO, fr'Sr the future in the distance,

Ar.d the sjood that vc can do.

The rumour promulgated by the Wellington correspondent of the Otago Daily Times, and published in another column, that another loan of six millions extending over three years will form part of the Government pro gramme, is quite within the bounds of pro bability. The necessity for borrowing has grown greater with every increase of the Colonial debt, and the present Ministry are certainly not the men to stay the on ward career of the colony towards financial ruin. The proposal would give another three years breathing time, and another mission to England. Thia with the Premier's proposal for a telegraphic conference wil] likewise afford Sir Julius ample amusement for the recess, and the taxpayers time to realise their properties and clearj out before the final crash comes. Altogether a sweet little arrangement, and one that cannot fail to commend itself to a new House which has had no chance yet of a scramble.

Our contemporary the Gross this? morning publishes the following telegram from Wei. lington : — "If; is whispered in official circles here that important despatches have been received from London. Earl Carnarvon, the Secretary for the Colonies, has, I have learned, announ ced that her Majesty has assented to the Abolition of the Provinces Act, and no obstacle will be offered to its operation. There is much jubilation ftmong tho^e aboli tionists to whom the fact has been permitted to leak out."

We consider it very probable that there is truth in the announcement, and the the legality of the Act thus affirmed'

vould narrow down the discussion i*> ibe approaching session very materially. This will certainly not be a matter of great regret to anyone, nor do we Bee on what foundation tbe extraordinary jubilation of the Cross which accompanies the telegram rests. No doubt the little self-laudation of the "I told you so" typp, with which our contemporary heralrls tho news, ip very gratifying to his vanity, l->n% tbe logic of the deduction that follows is not quite bo clear. Unless on the principle that a king can do no wrong, we cannot for the life of us perceive that, ag the Cross puts it, " this decision of her Majesty's Ministers shows that what we have long contended as the inevitable object and outcome of sound colonisation—the consolidation of our com munities—is the true basis of colonial go vernment and colonial growth." Only a few years ago the disintegiation of the Empire wa9 a doctrine plainly heard from the lip 3of "her Majesty's Ministers." But perhaps the Cross knows all about it, and if so it is all right. In an article last week we pointed out that the first duty of the Opposition in the coming struggle would be to dispose o^ the legal question, and then, in the event of the power of revolutionisms? the Constitution being conceded, that a proposal should be sub" mittcd for tho appointment of a Convention to revise the colonial charter in a systematic and statesmanlike manner. We believe that the most virulant provincialist has never blinded his eyes to the fact that important Constitutional changes are inevitable but wo trust, for the sake of New Zealand and the progress of colonization, that those changes will never take the form of the bureaucracy contemplated in the Government proposals. [Since the foregoing was in type we have received a Press Agency despatch confirming the intelligence conveyed in the Cross. Wle gram.]

Wircroxrr more pointedly referring to the disclosures made in the painful story of the girl Minnie Williams, we may fairly inquir 0 what attraction of an innocent kind is pro vided in the city for tho amusement of young men ? We speak more particularly of that very large section, removed from the restraints of home, and residing in boarding-houses. There are, it iB true, two cheerless and un sociable reading-rooms, in which conversation is strictly prohibited, that may afford some consolation and quiet enjoyment to tho elderly bachelor, the bookworm, or the hen pecked benedict, but no one can for a moment imagine that places so completely opposed in design to the gregarious instincts of man, afford any very great countcrooise to the allurements of tho well-furnished bar parlour, tho billiard-room, or more dangerous and demoralizing pleasures. If one twentieth of the capital and thought expended upon attractions of a questionable character were devoted to the cause of rational amuse ment, fewer bleared eyea, and blotched ledgers, and a diminished demand for brandy and soda in the morning would af-.test the readiness of young men to avail themselves of the change. We have little sympathy with the namby-pamby sentiment that draws a line between the morality of che3s and cards, or draughts and billiards, when played under equally innocent conditions. Tho same discerner of the fitness of things will reject as exceedingly sinful, a novel in a yellow cover, while eagerly devouring a bluo cloth back, or the trash of a monthly part. Any institution destined to enlist the favour of young men, must adapt itself to the varied tastes and fancies of its patrons ; and every attempt to force the current of human desire for wholesome relaxation into one straight groove, will inevitably result in driving away those whom it is sought to please. Tho model that commends itself to our mind is virtually a temperance club, and this iwe understand, is what the promoters of the new Athenasum contemplate. Nor can wo impress in terms of more than adequate force the importance to business men, and especially to such institutions as banks, of a public place of resort of this character. It really means, in many instances, the difference between clear-headed employees, and brains sluggish from unwholesome excitement and want of sleep • the maintenance of a staff, whose simple tastes are a barrier against temptation, and one under continual pressure of impulses leading in the direction of dishonesty. The letter of tho girl Mipnie Williams, if we may be excused for again alluding to the unpleasant subject, plainly insinuates that to her knowledge— and unhappily her experience has been such as to give her utterances on this point great weight—many youths must, and do, indulge in dishonest practices to main tain their expensive and immoral habits. We know that in hundreds of business firms there is unlimited scope for dishonesty without a chance of detection, unless by accident, and we are reluctantly compelled to believe that the confidence which employers thus place in their clerks and assistants is abused, perhaps to a far greater extent than anyone suspects. Every antidote to the evil tendencies of society, as at present constituted, possesses very large claims upon those whose pecuniary interests if no higher consideration, should cause them to take the lead, and on this account we would again direct attention to the s6heme which Captain Burton has determined to place in a fair way of accomplishment during the few months that he is to remain in Auck. land. If successful, he will leave a lasting and worthy memorial of his brief visit to our city.

It is not improbable that the rights of riparian proprietora to a sea frontage for land abutting on the harbour will form the subject of a test case in the Supreme Court. Claims are perpetually cropping up in connec tion with the reclamations made by the Harbour Board along the foreshore, and, as upon the definition of the powers of the Board in this respect depends the utilisation of their most valuable endowments, without paying heavy compensation, the question involved is a most important one. The difficulty has been created through the form in which Crown Grants for lands with harbour frontages have been issued. While the land between high and low water marks was exclusively reserved to the Crown, one boundary of the alienated lands on shore is very frequently described in a vague way as being high water mark. The reclamation of 'the foreshore, necessarily destroys this boundary, and raises the question at issue. On the side of the Board it is oon

tended, that the foreshore being absolutely the property of the Crown it may be utilised at will, and that Crown Grants, worded in the manner described must be interpreted as defining the boundary merely upon the basis of the water-line existing at the time when the Crown Grant was issued, and giving no rights whatever over the foreshore, or the sea frontage with which it is indissolubly associated.

On Monday evening next the new Auck land Institute will be opened by the Mar quis of Normanby, X.C.M.8., and on the same evening there will hA an exhibition of artistic, scientific, and elraer objects, which wi)l be open to visitors plfcihe 14th day of June. Explanatory lectljrresxf ill be delivered by Mr Severn the well-k/own scientific lecturer, with suitable illustrations. Inten ded exhibitors to the " Black and White " exhibition, mnst send in their contributions by Saturday next.

The old man George Pollard, who was committed for trial the day before yesterday, for stealing Mr JL^att's put?fcsknjcj, £14, was one of the originnV proprietor^ of!; the Cale doni&n claim KeNrtld hii shW^to Mr T. Russell for £50.

A correspondent writes from Otahubu com plaining that the contra^; for repairing the parsonage was let mmfoub tender ; and, he alleges, through Arouritism. We know nothing about the cMffm question, but small jobs for repairs and alterations are not usually let by tender.

The Otago railways under the management of the Provincial Government,, with a very liberal tariff, have given much more satisfac tory results than Mr Passmore has been able to chronicle on any colonial line. The excess of receipts over expendyire was £37,307 15s ; the receipts fromNwpsengers amounted to £44,725 13s 7d, and/rom goods, £47.126 6a 6d. The increase iflweight was 70,324 over that carried in th<y previous year, and the innmnßo in the revenue of the railways £01,418 15a 4d.

The members of the Men Servants' Associa tion met last evening in the British Hotel. Mr Mclntosh filled the chair. The meeting was. mostly of a conversational character. The members congraJMated the chairman on his recovery from a«£rare fit of illness, and hoped his return tofthq chair would be the means of infusing nev^/ife into the Society. It was resolved that members in arrears be called upon to pay up, which would at once place the Society in a favorable position.

We notice by advertisement in another place that the deWftites appointed by the various Friendly JJmAb ties, will meet this evening, at the itms/lo Hotel, to consider the Friendly Society's Act.

Tho young men of the Ponsonby Literary Institute will hold the anniversary of their first year's existence to-morrow evening, in All Saint's SchooffVaomj when officers for the second year will bj) elected, and the re maining hour spent in reading and reciting pxtracts from the poetical works of Lord Byron.

lima de Murska made the journey over land from Dunedin to Christchurcb, playing two nights at Oamaru and Timaru, where the houses had been purchased at £150 a nitrht, all expenses paid by the purchasers. £600 clear made during this little journey is encouraging. The opening at Christchurch was very successful. She intends to stay a fortnight or three weeks at Chrißtchurch ; then proceeds to Wellington, and expects to reach Auckland about the beginning of July. The Olarjo Guardian gives Mr Medcalfe, agent of the dißtifflurehed vocalist, a very comnlimentarst^agewell notice, in the course of which it eiya :—"Wo Intend no un friendly comm/iyonß when we Bay that few agents have £to^",knaok " of so thoroughly winning to himself and to hia object the kindly goodwill of all ; but Mr Medcalfe, (!>y a quiet, unassuming, but withal genial man ner, so won on all with whom ho came in contact thathia departure was to a very large circle of Dunedin people like the loss of a personal friend of years. It may be that sympathy with his singular position, and the peculiar class of trials in which he found him self in tho various eccentric and unexpected movements of his fair and talented mistress may have had something to do with it. For it was impossible to look into his pitiful face when the telegram brought some new, strange incident in tho life of the charming vocalist, without ono's heart melting for his distress and perplexity. And the painful efforts he used to make to convince people that he was not to blame for her getting married, or her hußband being sick, or something else, would move tho heart of a wheol barrow."

Wo have almost a new array of Constables in Auckland, and, without a word of dis paragement on the men who have passed to other scenes, we may say that their successors appear to be a most respectable body of men ai^d well educated. They are mostly from the Waikato district, and wear a bloom-up on their chcoks which indicates that they must have come from a healthy locality. One of them, a fiao younr; man, who has won repute as a successful larrikin catcher, was clerk in the Hibei'nian Bank of Dublin, and came out to the colony with the view of a speedy fortune, and finding that he had to wait for " the good time cominc;," entered the force rather than lead a life of idleness.

Our Mercer correspondent writes:—On Sunday Divine service was conducted in the Conrfc-house by Mr McLennan at 7 p.m., in a very able and energetio manner. The sub ject chosen was the " Prodigal Son," which was elucidated in a forcible and masterly style by the preacher.—Three large mobs of cattle passed through Mercer on Bunday, on their way from the Waikato to the Auckland mar ket. This is a good sign for the consumer, and no doubt the dealers in beef will again reduce the price of meat.—The Quickstep arrived here on her way to Ngaruawahia from the Waikato Heads, where she went for re pairs. She will no doubt soon resume her trips. The Waikato river has risen now to such a height as to guarantee rapid ana regu lar trips from Hamilton to Mercer, thereby rendering the same good accomodation to the travelling public as was accorded to them last winter, when the roads were so bad that it

was almost impossible to go to the Waikato by any other route than the river.—The weather was intensely cold here last night, and frost was seen in quantities in the early morning.

Wiremutfl Tuwhera, of Mahinepua, Whan garoa, Bay of Islands, says in Te Walca Maori that a runanga has been held on the death of a child named d ami Tangaroa, who died at the Ngaere, and a unanimous decision was arrived at that the child's death was brought about by witchcraft. It was proposed by the father that the witch, he having ad mittsd his guilt, should be shot. This, however, was not allowed by the law, and the runanga eventually decided that the witch should be handed over as a slave or servant to the i father of the deceased child, and that a 1 similar course should be pursued in all future witchcraft cases in that district. The father expended a large quantity of powder in firing guns as a token ol affection for his ohild, and one of bis boraea was sacrificed to bear his soul to tho world of the spirits. Wiremu te Tuwhera says that according to Maori custom the witch should die ; he hag committed a great crime, and being a witch, he is without the pale of the law, in proof of which he quotes the 15th verse of the 22nd chapter of Kevelations :—"For without are dogs, and sorcerers, &o." He has heard fchafi Himiona te Kua has been imprisoned by the pakehas for destroying a witch, and he ask« Te Wakcc Maori, in all earnestness and simplicity, what it thinks should be done with a man who causes the death of another by witchcraft. Te Walca of course argues the matter out with its correspondent, and points out how wrong the Maoris are to believe in such rabbish.

We learn by the annual statements of the City Council that the expenditure on the Fire Brigade, maintained by the pity Council, was : last year, £806 3d, of which the Insur ance Companies contributed £370 ; in 1874, the cost was £357 12s ; in 1873, £97 3s 4d. Total expenditure for three years nett £884 15s 7d. How our correspondent, MrGoldie, makes it amount to £1200 or £1500 we do not clearly understand. As soon as the water is once in the town, we presume, even tho present expenses will be very materially reduced.

The fortnightly meetint? of Court Zealaudia A.0.F., will be held this evening at the Court-room, Provincial Hotel, Princes-street, at eight o'clock.

Abodt twelve o*clook last night a fire broke out in a small building on the beach, One bunga, at the rear of the Manukau Hotel, which left the structure is ashes in a few minutes. It was not more,than seven feet square, built principally of palings. The building is said to be the property of Mr Gobbet1, but had been lately used by some carpenters, who were emp'oyed at work in the neigbourhood. one of whom was in the building when the fire broke out, which must have been accidentally caused it is be lieved by a match or candle incautiously used among shavings, etc. A few of the neighbours and Constable Greene came to the scene, but the surrounding buildings fortunately were in no danger, and nothing could have saved the little shed. Some car penters' tools have been lost, but the build ing itself could not be worth more than two or three notes.

Temperance people will be glad to find by referring to our advertising columns, that a Temperance Mutual Improvement Associa tion is in course of formation ; and that those desirous of joining such a class are requested to attend at the Temperance Hall this even ing, at 7 o'clock. It is open to members of any Temperance Society, and one of its chief objects is, to discuss matters bearing upon the evils these Societies desire to repress. It should be well attended.

The Finance Committee of the DunedinCitv Council n commended the setting apart of a sum nf £100, to be placed at the disposal of the Cimmiasiioner of Police, for the purposes of di tac'lng sly grog-selling.

The Greymouth Acclimatization Society have Kuccepefully stocked the rivers in that district with trout obtained from Dunedin.

Mr James Stewart, C.E., Government Engineer, proceeds shortly to Greymouth to occupy a similar position-there.

Political News.

A Six Million Loan Contem<

platod,

DUNEDIN,

(From our own GQrradp'ondent.) This day. TnE Times' Wellington correspondent tele graphs that rumours are current that the Government will propose to Parliament another loan of six millions, extending over three years.

CABLEGRAMS.

[PRKSS AGENCY.]

PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON CABLE TELEGRAPHY.

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Sir Julius Vogel has comaunicated with the Victorian Government, suggesting a confer ence of the colonies in^HT?rence to tele graphic communication witn Europe, with a view to the Australasian colonies being re prpsented at the next conference. Tho New Zealand Fire Brigade left yes terday. There are no signs of any castaways at the Auckland Islands.

SYDNEY, Tuesday.

A heavy flood has occurred in Queensland. The water at Gympie was fifteen feet above the bridge.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Messrs Beetham and McMillan, Justices of tho Peace.)

PROVIDING FOX WINTER,

Isabella Russell was brought up on a charge of stealing from the shop of Mr Andrew Heavey, of Wyndham-straet, a quantity of wearing apparel, value £5, on the 28th inst,, and Catherine Ingbam was charged with re ceiving the articles knowing them to have been stolen.

The woman Russell, a wretched-looking person, pleaded guilty. Sub-Inspector Pardy asked that the charge against Ingham might be heard before pas siug sentence on Rusßell. The woman Ingham was then charged with receiving the said property, and pie ade d t guilty. Andrew Heavey deposed that he was a pawnbroker in Wyndham-street; he knew the prisoners. The woman Ingham came to his shop yesterday to pawn a red shawl for 3s, which he lent upon it. Subse quently he looked at the shawl, which he identified as his own property. Ha then suspected that the woman Kussell had stolen it from his premises ; he spoke to her, and she acknowledged the theft and that Bhe had stolen a quantity of other things, but that she was induced to steal them by the prisoner Ingham. Bussell had been em ployed in his house. He then went for Ing ham and brought the two women face to face, when Russell aocused Ingham with in ducing her to steal the things as it was ho sin to rob him (witness) as he had plenty. The white blanket (produced) and the other articles were his property. He sent for the police and Detective Grace came and searched Ingham's house and found a Paisley shawl, a blue table cloth, a lady's jacket, a night dress, a man's shirt, a chemise. (Here the woman Inghana began to scream out, and struggled to address the Court, but was quieted by the Sub-Inspector.) Witness continued to Btate that the various articles had been forfeited by persons through lapse of time, and they were packed up in his store. He remembered the Bhawl distinctly, but Bhould not have recognised the blankets and other articles. The things stolen would fetch at least £8 at auction. He had lost a number of boots, which had not been discovered. Mr Sub Inspector Pardy said the amount had been reduced in order that the Bench might deal with it summarily. The Bench asked prisoner if she still per sisted in pleading not guilty ? If she was guilty, and would acknowledge it, she would save a great deal of time and trouble, and the case might go to the Supreme Court. The prisoner Btated that she had not a guilty knowledge that the things were stolen from Mr Heavey, nor did she induce Russell to steal it by saying that it would be no rob bery to rob Heavey. She repudiated the vile charges, and would still maintain her nnimpoaohable character. Mr Heavey said his property was fully worth £7. '

The Bench considered that the information must be amended, as it was a case for the Supreme Court ; the Larceny Act was very explicit upon this matter. Mr Heavy then said that he did not accuse the prisoner of having possession of all the goods, as several of the articles were not found in her house, which would not reach £5 in value.

The Bench then agreed that the case should go on. Elizabeth Parsons, a married woman, de posed that Ingham came to her house on Saturday evening with a table-cloth, and paid she would let her have it for half-a-crown as she was dying for some beer. She told

her she did not want it, but was at length induced to give it. When she heard of the robbery at JffldHeavey's, she gave the cloth up to the police. Henry Barnard Kissling, assistant to Mr Neumegen, of Queen-street, deposed that the prisoner, Ingham, came to their shop on Saturday and pledged a pair of boots, apiece of toweling, and calico, for the sum of 4s, which, on application, were given up to Detective Grace.

To Mr» Ingham : I do not think you are ! the person who pawned the things, but they were pawned in your name. Detective Grace deposed to going to Ing ham's house yeaterday at noon, when prisoner denied having any such goods as he described in her house. He then proceeded to search the bedroom, in which was a heap of straw, when prisoner rushed to the straw and drew out the shawl. He also found the other articles concealed among a quantity of old fags tied in a bundle. He found a quantity of pawn-tickets in a little box. She said that she bad received theni from Mrs Bus sell, and disposed of the things for the pur pose of getting bread for herself and child. He confronted the women together, when Russell said that Ingham had induced her to steal the things, as Heavy was a d d old rogue, and there was no harm in robbing him. Ingham did not deny it. Isabella Eussell was then sworn, and deposed that she had been in the service,of Mr Heavy. She knew Mrs Ingham, who lives next door.

(Here the witness burst out into a flood of tears, and talked in a Most incoherent manner.) The witness went on to state that she stole the things afc the solicitation of the prisoner Ingham. The two prisoners were then placed in the dock together, found guilty, and sentenced each to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. A BOW ON fiOAED. John Roach, an able seaman, was charged with assaulting John Duchesne, a French man, by striking him on the mouth on Sun day last. Defendant denied the charge. John Duchesne, deposed that he waa a i Frenchman, and could not speak English.

Mr Cunningham acted as interpreter. •f The evidence shewed that the man and boy belonged to the crew of the Stranger, and that defendant had continually annoyed the young Frenchman in various ways, by language, gestures, shaking bis fist in his face, and at last he struck him so violently on his mouth that he found it difficult to take his food. He was afraid to go on board the ship again, and wished the captain to grant his discharge ; he was urged through fear to lay the present information. Defendant said he merely chaffed the com plainant, who could not take a joke. He had been a good friend to him throughout the voyage, and had done his best to teach him the English language. Complainant acknowledged that defendant had previously treated him well, and tried to acquaint him with English, but he did not like to be punched on the mouth ; that was not the thing at all. Defendant had asked him for a florin, but he did not tip up, and then he immediately felt his fist against his mouth. He would be glad of his discharge. The captain said he was willing to dis charge the seaman, but not the complainant, as he was extremely useful on board. The Bench then retired to consider the case, and, atfer a few minutes' consul tation, said they must dismisa the case, and recommended the captain to dismiss one .of the men.

This was all the business.

MOANATAIRI GOLD MINING CO.

The annual meeting of the Moanatalri G.M. Co. was held to-day at the offices of Mr F. A. White, Shortland-street.

Mr J. McCoeh Clark occupied the chair, Only half-a-dozen shareholders were present.

The minutes of the previous meeting having been read,

Mr White, the legal manager, read the report and balance-sheet for the past year.

The report showed that 15,960 tons of quartz have been crushed during the year, yielding 6,2540z5. 14dwts. of melted gold, being an average of 7dwts. 20grs. to the ton ; the return from the mine and battery had not discharged the company's liabilities, and consequently the directors had approved of the suggestions of Mr Comer to commence operations below the tunnel level. The balance-sheet showed that the receipts for the past year had been as follows :— Cash, £20; gold (6,2540z5. 14dwts.), £16,905 6a lid; crushing for other mines, £1,683 8s 6d; other items, £576 3s 6d. Total, £19,164 18s lid. Expenditure, £24,053 2s 4d, leaving a debit balance due to the Bank of New Zealand of £4.56S 3s sd.

In moving the adoption of the report, Mr Clark said it was to be regretted that they could not show more satisfactory results, but the directors still had confidence in the future. It was proposed during the next few mouths to confine operations to sinking in the winze on the slide, the cost of working which was set down by the manager at £1000.

Mr C. J. Stone seconded the chairman's motion. The attempt to pay off their large debt by working on the shallow levels had not been successful, and now it was necessary that they should make trial of the low levels.

Mr Clark said there was no intention to abandon the working of the surface levels so long as they paid the cost of working. The battery had turned out well. Mr Lennox was of opinion that it spoke well for the management that such a small per centage of gold should have turned out payable. The report and balanoe-sheet were adopted unanimously.

Mr Eobert Bleazard was re-elected a director, and Messrs Fraser and Waymouth were re-elected auditors.

A vote of thanks was passed to the chair' man.

This terminated the business of the mcci ing.

A PHANTOM BOAT.-A REMARKABLE STORY.

Ouk Picton contemporary publishes the following extraordinary communication from his own correspondent at Havelock. Some of the good folks thereabouts must have very vivid imaginations, or somebody is playing them a trick. Here is the story :—" Extra ordinary Phenomenon.—Some short thte after last Christmas, two poor fellows named Charles Nicholson and bames Broadbent were drowned in a gale in Nydia Bay. Since that time a most curions phenomenon appears over the spot where th 9 boat capsized. Some times in the morning, ana sometimes in the evening, in all weathers, clear or clowdy, a seeming boat will appear, as though it comes up from the sea, and will skim rapidly along backwards and forwards for a short time, and as suddenly disappear. Being in company with a gentleman from Havelock yesterday evening, we were talking about this (as it is called here) phantom boat. It was a fine clear evening—not a sign of a cloud, and we were looking towards the place, when my companion suddenly called out, 'There it is ;' and sure enough there it was. It came up as suddenly as a flash of lightning, and Sjeemed going along most rapidly right over the spot where the real boat went down. We both watched it for about three or four minutes, and it seemed as though a slight mist was gathering round it; and, as we watched it, it vanished as suddenly as it came. It did not seem to go down, neither can I describe exactly how it went ; but it was clean gone in a moment. Many others besides ourselves saw it at the same time, from different parts of the bay, and it is seen very often, appearing and disappearing in a most mysterious manner, which has caused it to be called by the inhabitants of the bay ' Charlie Nicholson's Phantom Boat.'"

A Melancholy Love Story.

A YOtmo and tender heart is easily O v^ whelmed, and a meny voice soon cfigedt tones of sadness by the fickleness of 2f $ painful instance of unrequited love, fc J" dence of the truth of the foregoing senti™. I has been exemplified durin/thefaStwdi in the delirium of a young lady who has Sj under a sudden disappointment, and wS should be a warning to all young men no t trifle with » young lady's affections % young lady m question possessed vocal vowZ of no mean order, and some two years agS into the company of a young man of m !i promise, whose prospects in life were favor able, and who fairly answered the descrintil" given of David, the son of Jesse, who ™ , ! stripling and fair to look upon. After a few* years' courtship of the most interesting , character, the young man seemed to c JI down, there waß a wordly reserve in m! \ manners, and the sunny light which W} I hitherto radiated his features whenever ton < loved object was near, bad evidently ' I given place to a shadow which indicated a change. The young roan was going away to a distance, and a full confes sion was expected from him by the parents of the young lady, and a confession was made, but not spoken, in the form of a very brief epistle, not lengthened out as on other occasions, to the effect that their evening walks must now be ended, and their cooinsa and wooings closed ; that all thoughts of matrimony had vanished from his practical mind, and in a few days he should be hun dreds of miles aw.iy. The young lady fainted, and fell with the sad letter in her hand arid was taken up unconsciously and conveyed to the home of her parents, where she now lies under medical treatment in a state of deli. rium. Occasionally she opens her eyes, and holds up her ringer, and asks with dramatio intensity, "Is he coming 1 is he coming ?" and in a second of time she sinks back upon her pillow with a moan. Her case appear hopeless. Still, we hope that time—the great restorer of wounded hearts —will bring her back to her wonted activity and merry song, and that she may find a lover ani mated by greater constancy.

Scarlet Fever in Auckland.

An outbreak of scarlet fever, we regret to state, has occurred within the last day or two among the Maoris at the hostelry in Mechanics' Bay. A correspondence on the subject has already passed between the Chairman of the Central Board of Health and the Native Commissioner, and immediate measures will be taken to have the cases isolated.

In reference to this the following conegpon dence has taken place :—

Auckland, 26th May. Sir, —I have the honor to inform yon that it has been reported to the Local Board of Health that five cases of scarlet fever exbt among the natives at the hostelry in Mechanics Bay. The Native Commissioner has been communicated with requesting that steps may be taken to isolate the patients and prevent contagion.—l have, &c, P. A; Phillips, Town Clerk.

The letter to the Native Commissisner simply acquaints that officer with the presence of the disease in the hostelry.

Civil Commissioner's Office. Auckland, 27th May, 1876. Sir, —In the absence of the Civil Com missioner, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date relative to the natives who are at present residing at the Native hostelry, Mechanio'a Bay, and suffering from fever, and to inform you that Dr Purchas is attending tbeee people, for whom a portion of the hostelry has been set apart. The person in charge has been instructed to prevent any inter course, and to keep the (sick people com pletely isolated from other natives.—l have, etc., S. C. E. Vickers, in absence of the Civil Commissioner. Civil Commissioner's Office. . Auckland, 30th May, 1876. Sir.—ln further reference to your letter of the 26th inst., relative|to the Bick natives who are residing at the Native hostelry, Mechanics' Bay, I have the honour to for ward herewith a copy of a letter from Dr Pnrchas, in reply to a memo, in reference to the precautions taken.—l have, etc., S. C. E. Vickers. [COPY.J Dr. Purchas. Instructions have been civen to the keeper of the hostelry notfto allow other natives to approach the room occupied by the bick people, and to keep them isolated from others As you are attending them will you kindly state your opinion as to whether these pra> cautions are sufficient.— S. C. E. Vickees. . [reply.] • " Karangahape Eoad, "Auckland, May 27. "To the Civil Commissioner, Auckland, " fair, —In reply to your enauiry of this day in reference to the sick natives in the hostelry I have to inform you that I think the precautions referred to are sufficient, pro vided they are strictly carried out. It would be well to keep all other persons away from the building if possible, and, when the pre sent inmates leave, care should be taken to have the rooms thoroughly cleansed and disinfected.—l have, etc., A. G. Purchas."

MR. GOLDIE ON FINANCE.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir,—Mr Goldie owes his position aB Coun cillor to the happy accident of an uncontested election, [and it is therefore not known to what extend fee represents the opinions of the ratepayers. Not having been put to the test of their votes it is possible he may hold the views of a mere insignificant minority. Whether this be so or not, it is much to be regretted that he should exhibit the extreme bad taste of goiDg into print with a criticism upon past resolutions of the Council, made no doubt after due deliberation and discus eion by those at least as wise as himself. At the proper time and from his place at the Council Board, Mr Goldie will have every opportunity of enlightening the world upon the errors of our civic body. It is to be lamented that the City Council have so long been denied the advantage of Mr Goldie s experience and advice ; and had they been aware of the profundity of his knowledge, no doubt they would have hesitated even to make a shilling rate according to Act of Parliament without his consent. Reading between the lines of Mr Goldie's two letters, the City Council will please understand that hitherto they have been a Corporation of bunglers; but when the time arrives for that gentleman to grace the Civic Board with his presence they will at once be rendered intellectually bright by the mere reflection of his super abundant brilliance. Mr Goldie's idea of paying interest out of principal does not even possess the charm of novelty, as it has been adopted time out of mind by bankrupt States, bubling companies, and many other commercial abortions; o? 8. it is not probable that the utterances of Mr Goldie upon matters of finance could induce gentlemen of greater experience and sounder views to lead the city of Auckland into sucn a position. The Act says that the Loan shall be expended upon " the construction or the works, and otherwise in defraying tne cost of the undertaking ;" but no one possess ing the slightest knowledge of sound finance would dream of interpreting " the cost of tne undertaking" to include the item of interest. Interest, I may inform Mr Goldie, w «» annual charge upon the cost of an nnd^" taking, and should be properly paid by, We annual income arising from such undertaking. In this case the annual income means tne rates upon city properties; and the Council have, therefore, acted in accordance witn sound business principles in imposing rates to meet interest. I can easily understand that Mr Goldie,,as a new man, has been fined with a laudabl/ fflteire to do something ; ana

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