SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HIGH WATB__Th!« »fternoon 1113: to-mnmv -Mrsing, 1134 «TTN TOT— This evening. 54 HUN RISE-T - •orrowmornlnir, 76 MOON'S AOE—First quarter, 2Sth, 258 pm

ARRIVALS.

Ebenezer, schooner, frcm Rus_ell Onward, schooner from Russell

DEPARTURES.

*">rn- ss, _,og_n for Sydney Pretty Jane, ss. Helander, for'G'sborne and Napier Clyde, schooner, for Wangarei Effle Meikle. . cnoonor for RusselJ St Kllda; as, Flowerd*y. for WAnganui

EXPORTS.

Per Hero for Melbourne—2l bales flax-E and H. Isaac..

DEPARTURE OF THE HERO.

There was th« us-al orowd on the wharf to Jjrltness the departure of t>e fs Hero to-day at noon The f-_!owlr, e }s a 11*. 0 ' the na'seners she *ook ™*J'— Saloon to Melbourne—Father Simpson, Captain Payne. Saloon to Sydney—Mr T. D. Kelly, Mr G. Holland and child, Mrs Sproke Mrs Hinton, Mr P. D. Brown, Mrs Hoski'ns, Mrs G. B. Ewing, Mr J. Hen ningfl, Mr Aken. "Rev W. McCrae, Mrs E. Smith, Mr A. E. Watson, Mr- A. E. Isaacs, Mr'ss Isaacs, Miss Smi'lison. Steerage to Melbourne—Mr T- Macfarlane, MrG. Ma. farlane. Miss M. McMahon, Miss B. Corbett, Mr & .Irs Barber, Mr W. J. Carlos, Mr'ss McDermott. Steerage to Sydney—Mr W. Howard, Miss L. Castelli. Mr H. Holland, Mr. Wm. Ward, Mr and Mrs R. Fox and chr'M, Mr and Mrs Bowles, Mr Wild and family, Mr J. Flannigan, Mrs Jones, Mr Irvin, Mr and Mrs Tames, Messrs T. Symons, F. Ross, R. G. Wame, Mrs E. Crago, _lessrs E. Jennings, P. Blair, J. Win dow, G. . evmour, Mrs J. Andrews, Mrs. T. Jackson, Mrs Ellis, Messrs T. Andrews, Butly, J. Marks, J. Giles. T. Covsh, Mr and Mrs Allen, Messrs P. Birly, J. Jackson, A. Chr'ng, A. Weandv, P. Saunders, J. P. Jones, Cook, Lock, Whellis, P. McGregor, Cook.

The s . Hawea Is appointed to leave for the South to-morrow. The ss Rowena is advertised to leeve for Tauranga to-morrow evening. The ship Camatie Is to sail for London on Saturday. All accounts must be rendered to Mr Batger by 10 o'clock to-morrow. The ss St Kilda left the Manukau to-day for Wan nanrii direct. 3 The ss Pretty Jane left for Gisborne and Napier yesterday with a full cargo, and as passengers Messrs Bnrnett Floyd, and Harrison. The ship Invera'lan having cleared at the Customs for Newcastle, Is to sail the first opportunity. A baTque bourd South passed Russell yesterday afternoon She is probably the Novelty now expected from Newcastle The ship Carnatic came alongside the wharf to-day to t»ke ln her stores and balance of cargo. The schooner Marlon has hauled into the Stream and safls for Norfolk Island at once.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

MATI,B will Closi! as follows :— For Thames to-morrow at 530 pm For Coromandel, per Argyle, to-morrow, at 230 pm Por Taranaki, Southern provinces, and Australian Color ies. per Hawea, to-morrow at 10 45 am Lat» lett-rgwill be received till 11 am J For Whlti-r.gi. Talma, TauraDga, and Opotiki, pel Bowftiaa to-morrow at 4 rm Por 'W'ancrarei, Ac, per Wangarei. to-morrow at 4 pm #or London direct, per Carnatic to-morrow at 4 pm For Waiwerß, Mahuranpl, Matikana, Mangawai, Waipu. &a, per Annie Milbank, on Saturday next at 11 am Per City of New York, on Monday, 31st instant, as follows :— For Kindavn, Sandwich Itiandg. United States of America. Canada, Briti.h Columbia, Central and South America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 5 Dm - For United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at 5 pm Por money orders and registered letters and news papers at 4 bm " Late letters bearing an extra fee of <5d In addition to the postage will be receivrd by the mail agent on board the steamer up to the time . f sailing. The steamer Alhsmbrn, is expected to leave the Bluff at 11 am to-morrow. Telegrams for the Aus tralian Colonies or Europe, via Java Cable, will be recelv.d at the Telegraph Office for transm-Bion to Bluff up till 10 o'clock to-morrow. (Sljmed) 8. B. BISB. Chief Postmaster.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr M. Jones heM a g«neral s>Te of - ons<=rrflW fnrri' ture tn-drur at the T.s'*e"ce of V. nerrneU,. Esq , St. George's R°y Road. There was a f *rr atren- a"C». Mr a. W. Pl-nev sold at b> mar* to-rU-. hv order of the Board of TMiioaHnn. ,he 'es.«» a house in Pa-nell R'se. lateW occupied by Mr Steele. The price was £46 per annum.

MARRIAGE.

HA cn_v. TT—MA' RINER-O the _6th Ju'v. at Kauri Lode-e. Ma >_awhare, hv the T*e V F. Thos Baker Jo*", Mitchell, thi-d »on of th" Me .T. M H<w'ett. Feq. of Levnv«. r^jl. *o Annie Aubrey, youngest, daughter of the late Matthew Marriner, Etq , of Mangawhare, Wairoa (fTaipara)

FLi TOTT—w Ar-PH—On the 24th July, at All Saints Church, by the Bey. Mr. Br- . Thomas Elliott to CeclH • Walsh, both of this ci'y.

DEATH.

WAT cON On the 27th July, at noon, of croup, Isabella Blch_rdson Watson, only child of A. B. Watso , Nelson-street, aged 4 years

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

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1876

for tbe c*a_e that lacks iM-rttux*. For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance, A_.d the pood that we can So

Injured innocence is the latest r6le assumed by the Ministry. Mr. Rees ventured to remark during the debate yesterday on tbe Central Prison at New Plymouth, that the proposal was intended as a sop, if not an absolute quid pro quo, for the Taranaki vote; and Mr Car rington exclaimed, "How dreadful!" while Mr Bowen meekly turned up his eyes and sighed for a window in his manly waiscoat The Cabinet influenced by political support in determining the expenditure of public moneys ! Here, as Mr J. E. Brown expressed it, was another of Mr. Rees's . insinuations which "everybody knows the value of." Ministers and their supporters, apparently, are troubled with short memories, which is unfortunate for gentlemen placed in their position, so many of their previous utterances having been written down. Mr Richardson's excuses for the delay in pushing forward public works, is a melancholy example of this, and it is hard to understand how he could have overlooked the distinct de claration of the Premier in his financial state ment, that public works throughout the colony had been suspended as far as possible in order not to overstrain the Treasury. There appears to have been a similar lapsus in relation to the assertion of Mr Rees that political considera tions are permitted to influence the distribu tion of Government favours. In an unguarded moment of wrathful indignation against pro vincialism, Sir Julius Vogel on one occasion declared, that a million sterling had been sacri ficed through political pressure. That was in the days of their power; but virtue, perhaps, has been developed under the fire of afflction. We can only say that if the faithful support of the united Taranaki team has not secured the central prison, it well deserved it. When parties are so evenly balanced that three or four members can decide the fate of the Min istry, pocket boroughs can make their game ; and if the Government fail in se curing the support of Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, and other little constituencies, their tenure of office will not be of very long duration. The spirit of the

great electorates, where independent thought is bom and bred, have with one voice de clared that their rulers are weighed in the balance and found wanting. When we find Taranaki voting for Mr. Whitaker's common land fund we may believe that the Central Prison has not been accepted as the price of an unwavering support.

Brimstone and sulphur pervade the atmos phere. Politically, socially, and commer" daily, blood is up, and contending hosts meet for battle. In no other way can we account for the re-enacting of the scenes of Ponsonby in the calm precincts of Insurance Buildings. Unfortunately, the results of faction feud's, in tbe management of a public Company, are more serious than the political squabbling, which may amuse, but hurts no one. For this reason we could wish, and we believe every mining investor will endorse our desire, that directors would sink personal feelings in earnest effort to secure unbroken confidence in the management of mines. We believe the directors of the Union Beach, whether representing Auckland or Coro mandel are anxious to do their best for them selves and other shareholders, but the spirit of self-will is abroad, and the breach in th directory has now become apparently irre concilable. A majority of the shareholders numerically is, beyond question, adverse to the course pursued by the Auckland direc tors, who must surely see now that the acceptance of Mr Beethom's nomination for tbe vacant seat a few weeks ago would have been the best policy. Not that anyone for a moment doubts Mr. C. J. Stone's quali fications for tbe office. His presence on the Boards of our most successful Companies renders his name a source of strength to any undertaking ; but there were special circum stances connected with the choice of Beach directors which rendered it desirable that Mr Beetham, who had obtained the support of both parties should be accepted ; and h»d that course been pursued the injury done to the Company's property by such statements as those made at yesterday's meeting would not have occurred. For the same reasons we think the obstinate resistance of Mr Beetham's motion for a committee to inquire into the suspected specimen-stealing, was very unwise. It must be t_ the interests of the public that every facility should be given for any shareholder, no matter if his interests were not worth five shillings, to satisfy himself upon any point of management which he entertained doubts about. A resistance that may in reality only arise from party feeling is often credited with other motives when indulged in with persistenceand obstinancy; and surely it would have been easier for the directors to disarm the malcontents by accepting Mr Beetham's motion, and shewing that there was nothing to conceal, than by baulking inquiry. The published reports of the meeting must create a very unfavourable impression, the only redeeming feature being the certainty which is conveyed to the mind of any experienced mining speculator that the property is worth fighting for, and is not likely to become the subject of a liquidating call.

We would direct the attention of our numerous readers to an advertisement in our columns by which the Rev W. Tinsley calls upon the friends of Primitive Methodism to be present at a meeting to be held in Sheridan street Chapel, this evening, to consider the subject of erecting a new church in that lo cality. We understand that tbe Primitive Methodists have purchased a plot of ground at the junction of Franklin Road and Well ington-street, upon which they are about to erect a new church and school. The total cost of the undertaking will be £1300, rather a heavy task for this congregation. Having Been the plans of the new church, executed by Mr Mahoney with his usual ability and taste, we can assure the residents of Franklin Road and its vicinity that it will be an orna ment to their neighbourhood, and we hope they will come to the help of the Methodists of Sheridan-street in the erection of their new building.

The Rev. "W. Clemerton, vicar of Bethera den, states that, going into a parish church on a Saturday afternoon, he found two divines " clad in cassocks, down on their knees, busily engaged in scrubbing the floor of the chancel." He does not attribute this strange proceeding to any wish to aave church-cleaning expenses, but he refers to it as an awful example of the spread of ritualism. As Bishop Moorhouse is not a ritualist, we may rest assured that he will check any zeal for the scrubbing-brush that may show itself iv bis dominions.

We have received from a former comrade of the late Mr Daniel Keefe, who expired suddenly while discharging his duties as Crier of the Wellington Supreme Court, some interesting particulars of the eventful life of that old soldier and public servant. He first entered active military service in Spain in 1835, and took part in the storming of Si- Sebastian, capture of Irun, and many memorable engagements, receiving several medals and two erosi.es of the order of Isa bella 11. for bravary. He arrived in New Zealand with the 58th regiment in 1845, and was engaged in the suppression of Hek.'s in surrection. Through the war at Wanganui he distinguished himself aa a brave soldier. He afterwards served as orderly (holding the late rank of serjeant) from 1851 to 1855, to the respected Colonel Wynyard, who during that period commanded the whole of the troops in the colony. In 1855, on the recommendations of Colonel Wynyard, then acting Governor, became messenger in the Colonial Secretary's office at Auckland, and afterwards Crier in the Supreme Court, Wellington, serving the colony uninterruptedly for 31 years. He has many friends in this city. His family, seven, in number are left without father or mother, the latter having died eight years ago. A subscription on their behalf ia being raised in Wellington. ■>:>■ • .'■ -:

The age of Mdlle de Mnrska has often formed the topic of social gossip. The Ballarat Star " learns that a lady residing in Ballarat, a countrywoman of Mdlle de Murska, has received in .ellisrence 'from Hun gary that that distinguished vocalist, is really either thirty-eight or forty years of age. From the same source the Star learns that Mdlle de Murska, before she appeared on the stage, was married to an army lieutenant, two children being the result of the union -

Considerable interest was evinced last evening by a large concourse of persons in Princes-street, by the presence of the ex cellent band of the Auckland Naval Brigade, who mustered in force to head a procession of Foresters, the occasion being the removal of Court Zealandia, of that Order, from their old Court-room at the Provincial Hotel, to the Young Men's Christian Association, Wellesley-street, where their meetings will in future be held. The number of Foresters present could not have been less than 150, including representatives from Melbourne, Wellington, Napier, Taranaki, Coromandel, and the Thames, who were all in regalia, and presented a pretty sight in the moonlight. Previous to starting, the band played " Auld Lang Syne," as a parting honour to Mr Kidd. mine hoHt of the Provincial Hotel, who had treated the Court with much consideration, and had evinced a desire to letain their patronage by increasing the accommodation, but to the regret of many it was found that the alterations he could make would still he inadequate to meet the requirements of the Court, and hence the removal. On going down Shortland-street the band played "Silver Threads Among tbe Gold" in a merry and highly creditable manner. On reaching the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation three cheers were given for Captain Le Roy and the members of the Naval Brigade band for their musical assistance. We are glad to notice that this society is progressing and becoming strong among the rest, and that young men are opening their eyes to the absolute necessity of joining such societies in a land like this, where there are so many accidents occurring in our midst, which necessitates frequent appeals to the public. By mutual self-help in connection with societies of this nature, the evil day might be provided for.

a son, now twenty years old, and a daughter seventeen. Not long after her marriage the talented singer went on tho s.age, and subsequently M. de Vivo engaged her to travel round tbe world, and give a series of concerts under his management." We think we are riphfc in stating that He Murska is forty three.

After tbe bu. mess of the special meeting of the City Council yest.rday'Councillor Goldie laid upon the table the following notice of motion : "That the Town Clerk be instructed to write to tho contractor for the removal of night soil, requesting him to make a liberal reduction in the heavy charges now made by him; at the same time in the event of his not complying with the request th. Council will no longer secure to him the monopoly he now enjoys."

The public sympathy for wealthy breakers of the law has been so strongly exhibited of late in Victoria that the Independent press has become loud in its denunciations of the evil. The Melbourne Age, reviewing a number of cases where Magisterial sympathy has been exhibited in favour of the accused, says :—"We have no word of commiseration for the poor wretch who steals a loaf to satisfy his craving, but the merchant who is accused of defrauding the revenue of thousands by means of salted invoices may safely calculate upon finding defenders to do battle for his cause."

The celebrated steamer Whampoa, on her last trip from London, eclipsed all other pas sages by either herself or any other vessel, the total time being forty-two days three hours from anchorage to anchorage, and the distance run 11,781 miles.

A pamphlet has been issued in Melbourne entitled " The Stevenson's Case, A Complete Expose of the system of Alleged Frauds, also a Self-vindication of the Writer, Mr J. T. Trowell." The pamphlet was printed by vV H. Williams, who, when the brochure was announced, received a letter from Messrs. Stevenson and Sons cautioning him that if it contained any libellous matter he would be held responsible in an action at law. Thin attempt to throttle the press was not so successful. Mr Williams published a reply stating that "Whatever the motives wero which prompted Messrs Stevenson and Sons to make the above communication was of no moment to him, but, in justice to himself as well as in consideration of public rights and morals, he had determined to pnblish the pamphlet after consulting the best legal advice." It only requires that the press should be brought under the thumb of wealth to ensure unbridled corruption. It will be a very bad day for the people when that takes place. The Rev. Charles Clark leaves by the next outward mail for San Franoiseo accompanied by Mr. Smythe his agent, with the intention of lecturing throngh the cities of the great continent.

The vote of £60,000 passed by the House of Commons to cover the whole of the ex penses incurred by the Prince of Wales' visit to India, has been found sufficient to pay for all the pomp ahd pride of Imperial grandeur and munificence. Sir Julius Vogel who ap propicated £9000 to his own cheek for bis last expedition, must admit that if he lived in a way whioh he considered reasonable, the Prince and his retinue have been decidedly mean.

PARLIAMENTARY.

[Prom our Soacial Correspondent ]

WELLINGTON.

This day

prosy Voting. On Tuesday, the Legislative Council, by a majority of one vote, inserted a proviso for proxy voting into the Regulation of Local Elections Bill on the motion of Colonel Whitomre. The provision is more liberal than the Auckland one, as it allows two votes to be represented by one person, what ever number of votes they can claim. This might allow one person to exercise 18 votes at a highway election in Auckland, instead of only 12, as at present. The proviso will not meet with much favour in the House of Representatives, unless it is strictly oonfined to country districts. As it now stands, it would include municipal elections. Probably the result of the negotiations may be that the Council will drop this provision, as the members are so nearly balanced on the sub ject. 3V_r. 'Whitaker's Resolutions. Mr Whitaker yesterday gave notice of his Land Fund resolutions in a substantive form, bo that on Friday they may be considered in the House instead of in Committee. Welling ton and Taranaki men are said to have pro mised the Government to oppose them, as they consider that they involve Separation, from the fact that Canterbury members would join to obtain Separation if they were carried. They are almost certain, therefore, to be negatived unless Otago men could see a way to vote for them to bring Separation about, which is to expect rather too much for Otago members ia the face of the outcry that would be raised against them. Central Prison- Yesterday afternoon nothing was done beyond the discussion of Mr Murray's motion that the tenders for a central goal should not be proceeded with until the House has time to make further enquiries. The Government having called for tenders to be in to-morrow, were very anxious to negative the motion. Mr Sheehan moved the adjournment of the debate for a fortnight, which, after long dis cussion, was finally carried against the Go vernment on the casting vote of the Speaker. The Taranaki people are very indignant and vow vengeance upon everyone. During the debate they all said they did not care about it at all, in fact, were rather opposed than other wise. Much amusement was expressed at the ludicrous change of sentiment the moment the question was postponed. With the exception of one or two second readings of local bills and thepassage through committee of the Auckland Institute Amend ment Bill, the whole evening sitting up till half past twelve o'clock when the house roße, was taken up in discussing the details of the Municipal Corporation Bill. This bill was advanced as far as the 105 clause with a good many verbal amendments, but none seriously affecting the principles of the measure as brought down. Much, care is being taken i with this bill, and it Beems probable, it will ' be passed in a very workable shape. How Elections are' Tiddle vinked. It is probable that the committee now Bitting on Karatiana's election will bring up their report to-morrow, and it is probable that it will be in favour of his taking his seat. The evidence taken yesterday of the Deputy-Returning Officer ia said to have made several very startling disclosures as to the way of managing elections in Maori districts. He stated that he was not informed there were several candidates ia the field, bnt that he understood there was only one and that one the candidate favoured by the Government. It is highly probable that under all the circumstances the House will give Karatiana the seat out of which he has been unfairly kept so long.

(Per Press Telegram Agency.)

Tables for Friendly Societies- In reply to Mr. Rolleston, Mr. Bowen ex plained that there was a misapprehension in regard to the tables of payments on which they proposed to insist before registering Friendly Societies. It was not intended to have any special tables mnking an a^bite rule for Friendly Societies to go by. What they intended was to prepare from time to time tables, and to submit tbem for the in formation of tbe Societies. Postal Card System. In rpt.lv to k question V Mr. Stevens, it wa_ intimated that the Postal Card system won!.! bn shorty in+mdnoed into the colony Expenditure Forth of Auckland. Mr Sheehan moved for a return shewing tbe amounts respectively expended in tbe electoral cH. triets of the Pay of Islands, Marnden. Rodney, and Waitemataout of the amount set apart out of tbe loan for roads and works in tbe Nov.h of Auckland. The motion was agreed to without any objec tion.

THE SUEZ MAIL.

(PER RINGAROOMA AT THE BLUFF.)

The Turkish Complications.

The rumonrs of difference of policy between Turkey and Egypt are denied. The rumours of European conference have been dispelled. In the House of Commons Mr Disraeli said all the powers had agreed to exercise no undue pressure on the next Sultan, but allow time for hla advisers to mature a new policy. In reply to a note of tbe Grand Vizier, the Minister of Foreign Afr-u'rs in Servia has given an assurance of tbe peaceful Intentions of S. rvia. It is considered that the recent events are a decided check upon Russian policy. On June 15. Lord Derby in the House of Lords said that the guarantee of the treaty Paris with regard to the integrity of Turkey remained unmodified, but that the clauses in tbe treaty only refer to the aggression of Turkey from without, not to internal quarrels. Telegrams from Constantinople on June 20. report a disagreement amongst Turkish Ministers on tbe subject of the creation of a National Assembly. An innennite post ponement of the constitution is considered probable. Lord Northbrooke has been created a peer.

Latest telegram despatches from the Con tinent state the outbreak of war between Turkey and Servia is imminent. Tbe Duke of Edinburgh, in the Sultan, arrived at Malta.

The report of the Fugitive Slave Commis sion has been issued. It deprecates active interference on the part oi Coramissioned officers against slavery where legalised, or of H.M. ships being made an asylum for slaves. The report favors discretion being given to commanders, and defines general principles for their guidance. Emperer William goes to Ems to meet the Czar. There will probably be an interview between the Czar and Emperor of Austria at Warsaw.

The Norcl, Russian organ, published in Belgium, contains an article virulently attacking the policy of England. The Ascot Cup was won by Honblow, and Gold Cup won by Apology.

Australian Cablegrams.

(PRESS AGENCY.

WRECK OF THE BRILLIANT.

Sydney, July 26

The schooner Brilliant has been wrecked off Cape Byron. The fate of the crew is un certain.

THE METROPOLITAN.

Kingßborough's non-appearance on the training ground for the last few days has affected his position as first favourite for the Metropolitan. The Albion has arrived at Melbourne. SE-IRMISH WITH THE BLACKS.

An affray between blacks and blaok troopers is reported from Queensland. Several of the latter were wounded.

THE VICTORIAN "BUDGET."

Melbourne, July 26,

The Bu 'get shews that the revenue ex ceeds the estimates. The customs, excise, and territorial revenue, shewed an increase, and are prosperous. The state of the colony is altogether satisfactory, although the esti mated loss of a million on the decline in wool would affect all classes. The Budget ad mitted the necessity of a re-adjustment of taxation, hut to introduce it now would only be a waste of time.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before J. Coegrave, Esq., and R. Baber, Esq., Justices.) ONE MORE trNEORTCTNATE. John Marshall was charged with being found last night in a drunken condition, and was fined 6s and costs or 24 hours imprison ment with hard labour. VAGRANCY. John Collins* an old man, was charged with a breach of tbe Vagrant Act, and having no visible lawful means of obtaining a liveli hood. Detective Jeffrey deposed that last evening the Rev D. Bruce came to tbe Police-station, and complained that the prisoner was sleep ing in an old shed ot the back of his premises. Mr Sub-Inspector Pardy said it would be doing a kind act for the prisoner, if they committed him to Mount Eden gaol for a term. He had formerly been an inmate of the Old Mens'Refuge, but it was impossible to keep him there, he always went away. The Benoh sentenced prisoner to Mount Eden for six months. alick's meerschaum. John Berry was charged with feloniously stealing from the person of one Alexander Lynch, a meerschaum tobacco pipe, valued at 10s., on the 24th inst. ~ The prosecutor, a bushman, deposed that on the aight of the 24th inst. he was in the bar of the Greyhound Hotel, when the prisoner came and snatched his favourite silver mounted meerschaum from his mouth. He afterwards asked him for it, but on being refused, sent for the police. He could not bear the idea of losing his beloved pipe. Detective Grace deposed to arresting the prisoner at Newton on the charge. He denied all knowledge of the pipe, bnt Detective Jeffrey found it in a box in hii house. The Bench decided that the case was sufficiently proved, and sentenced the prisoner to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. PARENTAL AETEOTION. William Re veil was charged with desert ing his wife and family at Hamilton. Mr Sub-Inspector Pardy asked that this case be remanded to the district in which < the woman lived. Remanded accordingly. LUNACY. , John F. Chevallier was charged with being of unsound mind, and on the medioal testi. mony of Drß. Bayntun and Ellis, was com mitted to the Whau Lunatic Asylum. This was all the business.

UNION BEACH GOLDMINING COM PANY EXTRAORDINARY MEET ING (VERY).

The meeting called together by the share holders of the Union Beach Mining Company, and held in the hall of the Insurance Build ines yesterday afternoon, for tbe purpose of criticising the recent action of the directors was prolonged till after six o'clock m the evening, owing to the strong party feeling developed, and the fun which was looked for came off. Mr C. J. Stone occupied the ch-nr Mr George McLeod, of Coromandel, whose rising was greeted with cheers from the partisans of the Coromandel directors, opened the ball in a speech principally de voted to inveigling against the gel6sh action of Caotain Daldy, against whose character, however, Mr McLeod wished the meeting particularly to understand he had nothing to say. He would pass over that gentleman s timber transactions connected with the mine, though that was what first opened his eyes that things were wrong. Hewonld cometothe appointment of the sub-manager. Mr Fraser had been proposed, and though Mr Hanney told him he had no objection, he sent a telegram to the directors to a totally contrary effect. The charge that he had made himself ob noxious to Mr Hanney was wholly unfounded —the boot was on the other leg. Look at his treatment at the last meeting. When the poll was being' taken, he stepped out with a friend for a few minutes (George wanted a "refresher," and went across to the "Met. with a kindred spirit), and when he came i back he was chucked out, and his votes were not received. He wanted to know was that fair? He wasn't much of a hand at speaking, but he knew he had the In terest of the mine at heart, and had looked after It faithfully, doing his best to make it pay handsomely. He did not wish to speak against two such gentleman ; but he knew one thing, and that was that William Crush Daldy and James wonld stick their hands fnrth-r into the mud for a sixpence than George McLeod would for a pon»d (cheers). Mr Woollams went at length into the points of dispute between the Coromandel Directors and tbe Auckland Directors as to the mine manager. His opinion of Mr Hanney was that he was an excellent miner, but a man of poor discretion. He (the speaker) was a large shareholder, and their interests were his own, and be had from time to time made suggestions for the good of the mine, bi_t they had been systematically neglected by Mr Hanney, and the Auckland Directors always backed him up. He first suggested tbe appointment of bosses of shifts, in order to ease Mr Hanney of part of his responsibilities. It was agreed that tbe directors should have the names submitted to them, and then the next thing be heard of was that Messrs Spense and W. H Daldy had been appointed. Mr Daldy might be a very clever young man, bnt he happened to know nothing whatever about the work he had to do.and he bad actually heard one miner say that if he wanted to do a lot of specimen stealing, Mr Daldy was the very man he would like to have looking after him, because he would be less likely to be detected. Nothing like proper precaution against speci men stealing had, he maintained, been taken. There was nothing to prevent men planting specimens during the day, and removing them at night. The shaft had been left open at night so that anyone could go np and down ; and when he pointed this out he was jeered at by Mr Hanney. It was a most desirable thing to encourage men to prevent specimen stealing, as it was notorious what an amount of sympathy was felt amongst miners for such offenders. All his attempts to bring abont a different state of things had been pooh-poohed by Mr Hanney, who had been known to make the remark that so long as he had Daldy and Watt at his baok he didn't care a rap for anybody. It was not the thing to give £1000 for an engine and boi'er which it was known could have been got for £750. He had spoken against the timber sent to the mine, which was bo crooked that it was only fit for boat building, but no notice had been taken of his remarks. Mr Woollams gave several other instances of how his position in the Board had been rendered nugatory. He referred at length to the pro ceedings at the recent election of a chairman of directors, and defended the action of the Coromandel directors in walking out from a meeting in which they were persistently disregarded. He next touched upon the appointment of a sub-manager, and called upon the secretary to read the letter he had received from Mr Hanney on that Bubjeot.— Mr Clarke read the following letter from Mr Hanney: — To the Chairman and Directors of the Union Beach G.M. Co. (Limited), Coromandel. Gentlemen,—l am in receipt of your letter Inform ing me of the proposed changes paused at your last meeting. I now take the liberty of addressing yon on the appointment of a sub-manager. )t appears to me that this Is, in the flrit plac*. a moat decided waste of money, which, as a shareholder, I objsot to; and that it is lecondly a direct Insult to me Already there are two really good men under me as underground managers, and, as I have already told you, there Is in no one way work or necessity for another manager, unless he is intended to watch me. I have ln Victo ria had charge of mines, where there were ten men working for one here, and was always found oapabte of taking sole charge myself; yet it seems my directors here do not place sufficient confluence in me to leave me the single control of this much smaller concern. lam well aware that this proposal emanates from the local directors, and that it is only another instance of the characteristic petty spite and annoy ance to which they are constantly objecting me. You are well aware of what I have done for the mine since I took charge of it, also that I have been very poorly paid, I have never spared myself trouble in the interests of the company, and ia return for this it has been the constant aim of tne local directory to make the discharge of my duties as difficult and un pleasant as possible, in place of their being an assist ance to me If this sub-management is persisted in, I beg respectfully to suggest that you give Mr Wool lams the efflce and Mr Chas. jKing that of manager, as I shall send in my own resignation I may also remark 1 am hurt and displeased at the dismissal of my present time-keeper. This I also attribute to local influence, the object of which is annoyance to me. Mr Woollams has stated that he objected to Manning simply became I appointbd him without his being consulted. Am Ito consult Messrs Woollams and Ring as to every man I engage ? My reasons for appointing Manning were that I knew him to bear an umblemished character, to be honest, and sober as well as a generally useful man ; also, because the man who is necessarily my conflldante in many matters, and with whom I am brought most in con tact, should be one whom I could implicitly trust and like. This it seams of itself was enough to cause his speedy dismiss-1. It seems, also, that I am unable to please you in the amount of -urfaco labour I employ. My blacksmith and striker are always fully employed, and as fer the carpenters, I can truthfully say Ihtt I have had more work done by those two men, than I could out of any oiher three in Coromandel in the same time If there was no necessity for them they would not be here. I have no small interest myself at stake in the mine, which it behoves me to look after. The only work which required an extra carpenter, was that which was started at the instigation of the Loca Directors, the Changing House; now, they are th first to cry out about It. One great objection to Man ning and myself is the fact th.t lately the Directors here have been able to get the first private intimation of what was occuring and going to occur in the mine I am quite sure now that Mr JR. Bwi»dly is a comp»tent trustworthy man. But I still fail to see why my own appointment should have been upset. In conolurUon I beg to say that if my services do not give you the .il M *"»"**action, you are quite at liberty to dispense with them. 1 consider it worth £200 per annum extra, to be brought into contact with, and worse than that, to be subject to such men as the Local Directors —I have ths honor to be, Gentlemen, yours, Ac. G.o Coromandel 15th April, 18T6. rhrT.°. em*_ d,, _ApJ!,il^'lß76-To th« Director, of Si_-!_m-5 Be*<*-Q.™tlemen,-Your Chairman has 2n3S__^°_f "?? my.letter of the 15(fcinst, which was written by Mr Manning by my direction when labour *J fA" the looP"»don that I had been very badly treated by some of the Directors. I generally told «fffc_. at TI-, wlßhed t0 ***> but he dld not ™»dit to me before I signed, or I should not have approved the er , whlch he "Preyed what I said to him, or putting in matters qnite irrelevant to the inbject; w.!L ciore sJ_ ould l* m,>ei y°™ views, I de_ire to withdraw that letter, and treat matters as it It had never been written. With regard to Swindley. I am. w«ihiPhflM,<it^ ,,omeo,ths.directorß. W»i» sati_fl_d with him, and now see that I made a mistake ia _ w t™* **nnin 8 »ft"f r h»* had occurred with tbe other two, before consulting you on the matter as jroni^correspondence had to pas. through hffid, ft,..t° " "■ta*«fc m ""to m-nager, the Chalrm__ h__ !rfrTro, ni 0H mcd. me of y°« view, on this mSter," LSS PWPeriy Ac, which I must admit 7w g i T' ght' aQO 1 nhM ba *»<>" bappy to do all __¥_!__. i n myPowe/to forward your wishes, but _2ui .£* ba on moat *nttmate and confidential terms of your confidence by permitting me to propose a person for your approval. With regard to the hum

murt carr-idly jwr I tS™* ™ management Tarn shown the confidence in my m g^ or entitled to. I J""£°l; Mmendltora without your incurred extra ordinary to c .rry out authority, but when I am im cerUm worts, I *»"* u_J.,i » 8 myself what labour is , o one should know so wpH_»| mysei .^ X-" Trn-tfn* this may b. the moan, of removing Sent servant, Gougf, Hakkwv, At Captain Daldy's request the secretary read the minute of the action taken upon the iTrter which shewed that tbe appointment had been proceeded with. A subsequent letter from Mr Hanney was also read with drawing the other. Mr Woollams, in conclusion, strongly-re ; nrobated the choice of a sub-manager which had been made, and said there was _oo good an understanding between him and Mr Hanney, not to mention that before he had been appointed a week be had raised a scan dal for lying-round drunk. But this did not matter, and he was still their sub-manager. It was hopeless trying to do one'b - duty under such drawbacks, and he should place his resignation in the hands of the shareholders. Mr Woollams' speech, which occupied up wards of an hour, was very attentively listened to, and frequently applauded. ' Mr Ring, speaking for the Coromandel directors, said it was toPfSsible to work with Messrs Daldy and Watt, and he thought it was the best thing to elect a fresh body of directors. (Cheers.) The meeting now became very demonstra tive and it was evident that, however many vote's the Auckland directors might possess, the sympathies of the meeting were with the opposite side. , Mr Albert Beetbam, in reference to his unsuccessful candidature for a director ship, said be one day met Mr Howard, and that gentleman said, " Mr Beetbam, we want yon on the Beach directory, but you must work with us." He asked him what was meant by working with them, and Mr Foward'said : "You must support Hanney. He went away without giving an answer, and thought over the matter, and determined not to pledge himself till he knew more about Mr Hanney. The election came off, and Mr Stone, an infinitely better man than himself was elected. He wrote some letters to the papers after his visit to Coromandel. and he had been threatened with action for libel, but he had really only spoken the truth. But there were other letters which had passed-letters which were sufficient to make a man s hair stand on end-bis did stand on end (laughter). Those letters were of the most alarming description : they were distinct charges of specimen stealing, giving the names of offenders, receivers, and other particulars, which made it impossible to bring them before a public meeting. One of these letters was, he knew, given to Captain Daldy three months ago, with a request to bring the matter before the Board. Captain Daldy : Who by ? Mr Beetham: Mr Ring. The speaker resgmed': This ?was so, he knew for certain |-md yet Mr Howard, when he was she wn one of the letters declared that was the first he had ever heard of the matter. He did not want to attack Captain Daldy or Mr Hanney—it was the system he found fault with. He should like a committee appointed to examine these letter : they could not be printed, they could not be read in public, and they could not be acted on. The committee might see the letters, and then the shareholders ceuld meet again—say to-morrow—to decide what should be done. Mr Beetbam then moved, That the meeting be adjourned, and that a committe be con stituted to investigate the correspondence. Mr Stone pointed out that, by moving the adjournment of the meeting, he was stopping ". discussion. Mr Beetham withdrew his motion for the present. On Messrs Wright and Walker's report being read to the meeting, the faotion fight became more violent. Several speakers, who were loudly applauded, freely expressed their. opinion that the Directors had wasted the shareholders money in commissioning these gentlemen to make such a report. Dr Hovell thought it impossible for Mr Wright, who was lame, to have gone over the mine. The merits of both gentlemen as surveyors could not be disputed. The Chairman stated Mr Wright had gone over the greater part of it. A Voice : Yes, and has reported on the whole of it. Mr Hanney was at this juncture very freely discussed, and it was allowed he was an excellent miner. Captain Daldy now rose to reply on behalf of the AneklandfDirectors. He ran over the various charges which had been brought againstl-bem, and reduced them all to a spite against Mr Hanney, and the wish of the Coromandel Directors to establish a spy system. (Loud cries of No, No.) He wonld pass over the timber business. (Mr McLeod.: Yes, you've got the money.) Mr Weston's appointment had not turned out very well, and that gentleman was only con tinued on his good behaviour He denied that the engine could have been cot cheaper. He did not place any confidence in the reports sent up by their detectives. Mr Beetham: Major Keddell gives him a 20 years' character. Mr Howard : Yea, and he was turned out of the police force for being drunk. Captain Daldy denied all knowledge of the I lettei referred to as having been given to him by Mr Ring ; it must have been left In his office. Mr Ring : I gave it to you myself. Captain Daldy said he did not know any thing about it, and if they did not see that they might act upon such information. There was no proof. (The speaker here gave a comparative statement of the yield of'the mine under Mr Hanney's management and at other times. Mr Hanney had . produced what they wanted—the gold. A shareholder said that bix months before Hanney came it had been suggested to sink the shaft to the level where the gold was found. Captain Daldy next alluded to the testi monials they had of Mr Hanney's efficiency, and read those he had received from the Clunes Quartz Crushing Company, which were of a first-class description. Several present called out that Mr Hanney's qualifications had never been questioned. Mr Hanney now sprung to his feet, and made an energetic (rather too energetic) defence of his line of action, if the meet ing thought they, were going to trample on him,-they were mistaken. Captain Daldy said the editor of the Coro mondel Mail had acknowledged that he was prompted to throw dirt on the manager by the Coromandel directors. - This was denied by the gentleman referred to. '' •'.- " .iQ Mr Hurst now flew to the assistance of the Auckland contingent, and expressed his unbounded'confidence In Messrs Watt and Daldy [Mr Hurst's rising was the signal for a tremendous babel—half-a-dozen gentlemen speaking at the same time.] There was no thing but spite in the whole business. From the remarks he had just heard, he was in clined to move the following resolution. [Mr Hurst here drew from his pocket the i following resolution, which had apparently been there all the meeting.] :—"That this meeting, after the explanation they have. heard, have confidence in the Auckland directors, and request them not to retire ; it ■ also desires to express its confidence in the integrity and ability of Mr G. Hanney, as ■- manager of the Union Beach mine." Mr Wardrop seconded the motion. Mr Chapman said it was evident that Mr i| Hanney was spoken well of by his friends. ,;

Diamond.

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