PARLIAMENT.

[Prom our Special Correspondent 1

WELLINGTON

Thia day,

SIR JOLIUS LAID UP. Sir Julius Vogel was confined to bed yesterday after the excitement of the fancy ball of Thursday. This wm made the reaion of asking Mr Whitftker to adjourn the debate after his own speech on the land fund till Tuesday. Mr Whitaker declined the o ff er Sjand stated that if tbe Government were' not equal in the absence of the Premier to carry on the debate, he would adjourn his motion till Tuesday evening, on the under standing that the debate waa then to bo taken whether Sir Julius V ogel was present or not. This course was agreed to, and the House went on with the cons/deration of the Bill in committee.

WAIUKU CHURCH

The Waiuku Church Site Bill was carried through committee and passed.

THE LAW CONCERNING JURIES. The Juries' Act Amendment Bill was, after a good deal of debate, carried through committee, with amendments, The principal feature in the Bill was to allow jarie3 locked up to have reasonable refreshment? at their own expense. This was altered by making it the duty of Sheriffs to provide .these re freshments at the expense of the Govern ment. Mr J. S. Macfarlane proposed an amend ment to make the verdict of two-thirds of the juries good in civil cases, and the feeling of the House seemed favorable. The Govern menthowever^got. it postponed, to give them time to consider the question

CORPORATIONS' BILL,

The rest erf the sitting, up to one o'clock, was consumed in debating the provisions of the Municipal Corporations' Act, which waa advanced to clause 170. The principal debate was on two clauses — that providing for ordinary loans, and the leasing clause. The ordinary loans clause was finally, on the motion of Mr Lusk, amended by substituting" five times the revenue, instead of ten, as the limit up to which Corporations might borrow; and after some hours' debate on the clause confining powers of leasing to 21 years, Mr Lusk's amendment making it 66 yeara was lost. A proviso was then proposed by Mr Rees at the end of the 170 th clause, giving giving an exceptional power to lease for 66 years in case of Auckland, j which would probably have besn cairied had not the Government proposed tbe adjournment of the House. The H0u.53 was very thin at the time when the first amendment was lost, and probably in a full House the result would have been otherwise.

CAUCUS MEETINGS

Caucus meetings have ceased for the past few days, all parties awaiting the result of Mr Whitakera's resolutions. They will not however be carried.

KARIATANA'S RETURN.

It Ib generally believed the committee on the Eastern Maori District Election brought up their report yesterday entirely in favour of Kariatiana, and Mr Curtis will move on Tuesday that he takes his seat.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

*.Si? H WATER-'i'h;* afternoon. 0 31; to-movrow morning, 1 7 iJSEiI £ 83?T rWa w*alag, 56 SUN RI3E-T.- SE? wornlnar, 7 * MOON'S AGE-First quarter, 28th, 258 pm

ARRIVALS.

jMDgioaaer, revenue cutier, Gray, from a oruise S?I .tyv),ar< *ue- pennal. from Newcastle Minnie Haro, schooner, from Waugaroa JPriace Bupsrt, ketch, from the Bay Aaupo, ss, Worsp, from the South £eri, schooner, from lyttelton lona from the North

DEPARTURES.

*ova wr Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

*w juyccenon— Winlock. baroue, early *or Kandavu —O"- of Now York, ss, outward English „„ Mail via 'Prisbo, Tuesday, August 1 £or London—Jtobina Dimlop, barque, early . - *or London-Carnatic, ship, Monday; DUpussond, barque, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Agnes, schooner, from Chatham Islands, overdue Taupo. ss. from the South 29th Wovelty, barque, from Newcastle Helena, brigantine, from the Islands, early Augusta, brigantine, from Levuka, early Marlha, barque, from the Islands, eatly Vjaeen of the Beas, barque, from Sydney, early Oitr of New York, s?, fiom the South, 30th inst Argosy, barque, from Dunedin, early Woosung, ship (VWDC), from tondon, silled Loch Fergus, barque (NSRD), from London, sailed Sam Mendel, ship (PVSR), from London, early Aaela, barque, from Newcastle, early. vision, biig, from Tonga, early. Moneynick, birquo. from Timarn, early Bella Mary, barqne, from Hobart Town, early Flora, schooner, from Srdney, early valejo, barque, (KOJFJ from Liverpool; sailed 21st April Crownthorpe, ship, (MKBD) from England, April 19 Syren, brig, from Sydney, early ™!>m*s anfl Henry, brig, from Dunedln, early C^arybdis , schooner, from the Islands, early Ariel, schooner, from Oamaru, early Bphemy, schooner, from Samoa, early

IMPORTS.

Per Novelty, barque, from Newcastle : 476 tons coal, 5 tons coke.—Henderson and Mac farlane, agents. j

EXPORTS.

Per Carnatic, for London: 3975 cases, kauri gum ; 31 casks, do ; 412J bales wool; 325 casks, tallow ; 180 tons manganese, and alarge general cargo.—New Zealand Ship ping Co., agents. Per Carnatic for Ergland: 429 cases kauri gum. Henderson and Macf»rlane 88 bales wool, 34 do lnather, Ireland Bros. 1 case apparel, E Porter and Co.

THE CARNATIC.

Tbe ship Carnatic, after the longest detention a London vessel has ever made in our port, cleared out to-day for London with a large cargo of colonial produce, of which the principal items are summarised elsewhere. One saloon and a large number of steerage passengers go with her, the names of whom are as under. Saloon : Samuel Ifanna. Steerage: Walter Paul, J. A. Nichols, Harriet Nichols, Elizabeth Nichols, CO. Wilson, Hester M. Dann, Enoch and William Elivin, C Innis, H. F. Perron, Andrew, EliaSl^ and Mary Cunningham, John Blain, W. Hazard, Silas Lowe,

The Auckland bnilt barque Novelty arrived this morning from New-astle with a cargo of coal consigned to Henderson and Macfarlane, Our friend C-ptaio Pennal, late of the barque Albion, is in command, and haa furnished ns the iollowing r«port:—Left New castle on the J3ih inst. with light S W. wind gradually ' hauling to the Eastward, which continued for seven days without intermission. On the 20th the vessel, at 9 p.m., shipped a heavy sea. which flooded the decks fore and aft. burst in the saloon, carried aw*y portion i Of the bulwarks, with st&ncheons and chain plates, and carried the second mate and the man at tbe whorl off their feet. After this the wind abated, and settled " Into the westward for 36 hours. It then backed Into "•'the Eastward ag^in, and a very heavy head sea was encountered. The wind backed right round the com pass after this, and very dirty weather was experienced to the Three Kings, which were sighted at 2 am. on Wednesday. Had light head wiDds down the coast, .and arrived in Ransitoto Channel last night, coming np the harbour this morning.

;The ketch Prince Rupert brings a cargo or coals •from the Bay of Islands. The lona arrived from the North this morning .After landing her passengers, she left for the Tamski to land her cattle She came up again at noon, and left at three o'clock for Tauranga. * The (rchooner Peri with a cargo of Southern produce srrived from Lyttelton yesterday evening, t-he had very foul weather on the trip She was towed along- Bide the Gore-street jetty thia morning. .. A: telegram received to-day by Messrs H. F. Ander son and Co., the owners of the schooner, Saxon, iriformlng them of the arrival at the Biy of Island to-day, fiom New Caledonia, after a remarkably smart passage of three weeks; (including detention at Noumea) .rom post to post.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND

Maim will Cw>Bk as j-oiaows:— rPor Thames on Monday at 430 pm For Coromandel on Monday at 1030 am For Tairua. per Mana, this day at 4 pm For New Caledonia on Monday at 9 am For Tryphena on Monday at 4 pm For Russell. Wangaroa, and Mongonul on Tuesday al

■ lpm Per City of New York, on Monday, 31st instant, as follows :— For X iiidawu, Sandwich Isiands, United States of America, Canada, British Columbia, Central and South *merica. and British and Foreign West ladies, at 5 pm For TTuited Kingdom and Continent of Europe, at •"'5 pm For money orders and registered letters and news papers at 4 bm Late letters beating an extra fee of 6d In addition to the postage will b» receivrd by the mail agent on • board the steamer up to the time of sailing. ( Signed) S. 3. BlSi. Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

ALISON—COLEMANT— On July 26, at St. Michael's Church. Ep3om, by the Rev. Joseph Bates. Ewpji William Alison to Mary Annr Coleman, both of Devonport.

DEATH.

WHITE—On tbe 29th July, of croup. MaTy Elizabeth, second daughter of Henry White, Mount Eden Boad, aged 5 years and 8 months. The funeral will take place at 3 o'clock to-morrow (Sunday).

SHKEHAN—On July 29. at his res'dencp, Hobson : street, Auc^aud, David Shcehan, aged 5S yr ara. The funeral will leave his late residenc? to morrow (Sunday), at 3 o'clock.

WILLIAMSON- On the 29th July, at his resldnnco, Karangahape JRopd, J-imes Williamson, late of Glasgow, aged 40 yr-.rs. Tbe funeral wi'l leave bis lati residence on Mon day, at 3 p.m. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1876

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Parliamentary news is not particularly interesting. Sir Julius Vogei was laid up after his fancy dress ball, and his colleagues, quite helpless in his absence, begged of Mr Whitaker to adjourn the moving of his land resolution until Tuesday, which was finally agreed to. Our correspondent confirms the opinion we have already expressed that there is no chance of the resolution being carried. The policy of starving a jury into a verdict has been determined by a Bill authorising the Sheriff to allow reasonable refreshment at the expense of the Govern ment. A mo ion by Mr J. S. Macfarlane that two thirds of a jury in Civil cases should carry a vsrdict, was adjourned for further consideration. The decision of the Com mittee in favour of Karaitiana's right to sit for the Eastern Maori Electoral District should act as-a warning to Returning Officers of strong Government sympathies. Probably in no other part' 6f of the colony but HaWkes' Bay would an attempt have been made to un seat a candidate of pronounced opposition ahd anti-land-ring proclivities, and the House will fail in its duty if it does hot mark with great severity its opinion of the manner in which the election was conducted. •,-/

Advicb is a commodity that costs the dono nothing and is valued at about the same rate by the recipient. The man who is perpetu ally telling other people what;they should do, and how they should do it, has ygry properly been voted a social bore by every grade and rank of society, and is usually objectionable in proportion to the ignorance arid self satisfaction that obscures his own mental and moral.vision.. Rut at the risk of infringing, the special office of that unamiable gentle man, .we have something to say to our large circle of-bard-working readers this Saturday night on ; the controversy raised by .•'» Durante Vita" whose views were combatted with a good deal of skill by "A Labourer" the other day. And we think, that, as in most other casedj l'< u^on -taking the extremes and striking a balance, we shall find the truth just ~,aljput. midway between- the two. "Labourer" states what is an undeniable fact, that the average earnings of working men are not more, and are often very much less, than sufficient;to maintain themselves and families in even tolerable comfort, for aa a rule those who can least afford it do moat towards relieving the country of heavy iminigraltibii expenditure. So far we score one for "Labourer," and freely give him his point. But, retorts "Durante Vita," do hot some labourers, knowing the slenderness of their? means, act criminally by indulging habits of improvidence which, as intelligent beings, they must know wiR render their con dition very much worse than, upon " Labour er's" sbewing,fit naturally is. And herein he successfully) trumps ii Labourer's" trick. The discussion at this point raises the time:Konoured controversy of j ....

THE WORKING MAN AND HIS BEER, ooncerning which more arrant rubbish has been spouted in kempfranoe leotare-rooma

and over pewter pots and short clay pipes, than upon any other social question. If the working man iike3 his beer, and can afford it, and takes it without annoying his neigh bour or injuring his own family, no principle of religion or morality will justify another in taking it away from him. But the man who takes his beer at the expense of hia family's bread, to the destruction of his home comfort, and 1 1 the risk of the future destitution of his children, possesees within him the first elements of a blackguard and seoundi'el. It is rather unfortunate for the beer side of the contra versj'' that tha most ardent advocates of the Briton's righis in thia direction are mostly of the latter class. It is utterly useless to attempt the reduction of all cases of disti-esa to any general system of causes, but there is, happily, one golden rule which will enable any working-man to determine the question on his own behalf. Every man may determine honestly in his own mind whether he is doing the best he can for himself and family with the means at his disposal. When " Labourer" maintains that comfort and provision against the evils of sickness aad distress are abso lutely removed beyond the reach of working men, his assertions receive a practical refuta tion from the hundreds who are actually doing what he declares to be impossible, fortunately, many of the greatest blessings and cohlforts of life cost nothing : cleanly and well-ventilated houses and mutual for bearance between husband and wife, are the man constituents of home comfort, and out of these will grow a wonderful crop of vir tues. And somehow — the reason why we leave "Labourer" to determine —it is has not often been in thoso houses that the manifold cases of distress which we have had special opportunities of examining were found. A second key will enable those of our labouring; readers who have waded thus far with us to test the dispute between " Durante Vita " and " Laboure:"r Just Jet them try. Let them say to-night: '' Well, look here, wife, I believe there may be some thing in what old "Durante Vita" and the Star, say ; let us see if we could rake that tenpence a week together, and put the housp a little more ship-ahape." Persist in this resolution for six months, and then send the Star word whether "Labourer" or "Durante Vita " is ri^bt —if a saving of tenpenoe a week is or is not possible out of a labourer's earnings.

BENEFIT SOCIETIES. Besides insurance, which "Durante Vita' has specially advocated, there are, deserving of quite as much attention, the benefit societies that have sprung from working men themselves. And from statistics laid before the General Assembly during the present session it is apparent that much has been done by these organisations to obviate " Labourer's" plea. Owing to the neglect of officers of the various societies, in not for warding their returns, complete statistics of 101 branches of various benefit societies in existence in New Zealand cannot be ascer tained, but 56 societies havo sent in the information required by the Act, and with respect to these, Dr Pollen stated in the Legis'ative Council " that approximately the statistics of these 56 societies shewed that they comprised 5078 members; that theii total income was £15,995 17s ; and that their total expenditure, £11,034 3s 9d ; and that total capital was £38,369 6s sd. Tbe average income of the societies was about three guineas per head per annum, ond the average expenditure £2 3s 5d per head per annuai. The capital per head of the societies was £7 lis and a fraction. The amount of capital per head of those societies compare not un favourably with the average of the gruat English societies—the Manchester Unity and the Foresters. According to tho accounts of the Manchester Unity, the average capital per head at the close of 1873 was £0 17s 2d, and the average capital of tho Foresters' was £4 Os Id, so that tho average assets of ( the societies in New Zealand, as given in' this return, was above the average of the c highest in England—the Manchester Unity.,, But the variation in the capital of the several societies per head was very great. In some , societies it amounted to nearly £20 per head, while in others it did not amount to much"' more than as many shillings." The social^ question raised by. this discussion ia of infinitely more importance than the ins and out 3of the Ministry, and we shall bo glad to hear further from •' Labourer " regarding his view of the subject.

The ratepaysrs of Parnell muster on Mon day night, and we are glad to learn that the ladies have resolved to grace the ocoasion with their presence. We aro sure their action in attending will bo regarded as in the highest degree patriotic and commend able, and if Ponsonby follows the example, the regeneration of that notoriously fightable district will not be far off. There are several matters to come up at Monday's meeting which, without some restraining influence, might excite the angry passions of the " lords of creation." Is is well then that the ladies should be there, -to keep order, and rebuke by their presence the lazy people who send proxies ; and to rebuke the rough fellows who are for ever wauting to throw, down pcoria to cut lip pretty little boots. We can assure tho ladies that, sthey will find the proceedings more amusing than the latest comedy. The fun begins at 730.

The annual meeting of representatives of I the Lodges of 1.0.0. F., MU. Auckland District, waa held last eveningin the District Chambers,. Oddfellows' Hall, Cook-street, at 7 p.m. A large number of representatives and members were present, aud great interest seamed taken,, in the proceedings. .The officers Jfor the ensuing year were —Mr F. Coombes, P.D.G.M., to be the Grand Master; Mi&'JD J. Holland, P.G., to be the.provincial Deputy Grand Master; Mr H. S. Smith retained office as Provincial Corresponding Secretary; and Mr Mills was re-elected Warden. . Ten pages of balance sheet and statutes of the District were read by the rP.C-S-, and approved .of, which,, showed among- other matters that "there were mow 12 Lodges in the district. .All returns frbm the Lodges hid nbt iome <in; but from those that had sent* returns it was labown that .-.'. the number,of members were, 1Q96 ; amount paid on account of deaths* Twas £71 7s 6d during the last half-year ; and the sick benefits,-jfor.the same period was £421 14a lid. The funds are increasing, those belonging to Lodges amount to £14,700 ; and the District, £2075. A large amounti of business was transacted, and the meeting closed at 11.50. .

The Kaimai district, near Tanranga,' has at length been thrown open ~to prospectors by ; the Maori .owners, who for many years have obstinately refused permission, j A prospecting party will go out on Monday, ahd,everyone who has the, interest of the province at heiart must wish them good lupk. There are very satisfactory reasons for be lieving that the ranges are auriferoas. -■ ) ■

, Mr, Editor.—You will oblige by inserting the enclosed in your issue of to-day. As the adjourned meeting of the Karangahape High way Board takes place on the 31 sS inst, I should strongly advise the ratepayers fco-at tend the meeting personally, and not give their proxies to people who do not so really represent their interest. Let the electors attend the meeting, and vote for the right men, Donfc be deceived again. Endeavpur to get an extra policeman to keep the lex chairman of the late Board and his chum quiet, so that the business of the meeting will be properly conducted, and try to avoid having a repetition of the disgraceful conduct which took place at the last meeting. Yonra,—fro boko ratkfaybb.

,;A Teetotaler" criticises the entertain ment at Onehunga, and says that although soma parts of it were very good, others might have been omitted with rdvantage :—A song was given composed of mere balderdash and buffoonery, in which the singer, who has ap peared before with the same stuff, looked so ludicrous that his appearance caused some of the audience to have the nightmare after going to rest that night. Then there was a reading given with exceedingly bad taste by one performer, which was a low travesty of a particular national character. As a friend of Temperance I object to our platform being used for caricaturing any people, or holding them up to ridicale, whatever they may be. We should try to elevate, and not to debase tha micdii of the people we arc seeking to re lorm."

A complimentary concert and ball will be tendered to Mrs Homer, on Monday evening next in the Lorno-street Hall, by the ladies and gentlemen who appear at our local entertainments. The programme will be read elsewhere and promises overtures by the band, a comic farce, " Gens d'Armes," songs by Mrs Cottingbam and Mrs Homer, and Misses Ash, Thornton, Gribble, and others, also by Messrs Marsen, McOappin, Sceats, and Hill Mr William Doran will give two of his comic songs, and Messrs Brown and Smith will give recitations. Mrs Homer, to whom the concert will be tendered, is a vocalist of consideable merit, and well known to that large section of the community who attend concerts in favor of persons in distress, and the "Saturday Night," at the Temperance Hall. Mrs Homer's songs »re chiefly of a pathetic and sentimental descrip tion, relating to Ireland, and as the singer and her family have suffered privations in consequence of circumstances over which she has had no control, we believe that the concert on Monday evening will be filled by Templars and their friends to the satisfaction of the promoters.

We are glad to learn that onr Suez mail will this month meet with a speedy delivery, as it is on board the City of New York.

The telegram from Tauranga announcing the spread of fanaticism is not a very re assuring proof of the success of the native policy.

Mrs Keenan desires to thank the generous nubscribar* who contributed through the Star £14 lis. and at the entertainment for her benefit, £7 7s 6d. A first-class manple has been purchased cheaply, and Mrs Keenan believes that she is now in a good way.

The pay visitors who visited the Phila delphia Centennial Exhibition during the first thirteen days afrer the opening, numbered 238.734. At Vienna only 72.729 visitors attended on the corresponding days of the then great world show.

Mahommedanism is making very rapid strides in many of the distant provinces of China. Not only, too, is the religion itself spreading thus suddenly and swiftly, but the Chinese followers of the Prophet appeal ripe for an insurrection, and it is feared that the entire provinces of Kansuh, Shensi, and Kweichow may ere long be in a condition of open revolt. It is reported that Tso Tsung-t'an, their Governor, Is In severe straits, and threatens to resign his command unless ho receives very considerable rein forcements without delay. Latest accounts state that rebellion has broken out and Tro's army has suffered serious disasters The men are badly armed with condemned rifles. Fifteen cities in the province of IJi|jgan_-»M sr.Jd to bo in open rAVw" 1- H RHEUMATISM. 1 ,««!? 0 Kithß «*?? T mot'a well-known and § respectable solicitor of this town, walking at a P seble race, as if in great pain, with a sfaff in § , "'.„ bli. nU,c'' hand stretched out as Miff ai- H a neitlwr life nor power. I took the liberty to H m and «f»k tbo nature of his complaint He 0 ed mo hat h* w»n a great Buffer* r i-rom rlieu- P ..•which extended from the PUouldors to the '^E his hncrers. earning: his arm to beoome quite .hat he had r enlved (he host medical arivice & relief, but was in great pain niplit and day I A y adv,sed h m to try a giivanlo band, which iraatoly desired f would obtain for Mm It d from the shoulder to the palm of the hand, r all round (lie arm. Ten days after he cm. " d to wear it he called upon me. traced the ' d a™l °wr liis f honWer with perfect ease ex- THE »t„ f sto 5? U1 Sea«fr .' y°u are a capita! itfMPl In throe months he wa« perfectly recovored , S had no return of the malady. ' ' WEAKNESS IN LOINS. October a minister wrote me from Ruifbv that he suffered severe pain, attended with . cakness in the loins and jfg,, so that he coulS ' ? e™. i Jl?- lA'f Cl iair or Wiklk anywhere without " glr- A cablegram announces that the Assembly of Victoria has taken decisive measures to purge Itself from the odium which the conduct of some of its members has brought down upon it. The debates havo frequently been characterised by actual blackguardism that would do discredit to a Billingsgate fish wife.

The Theatre Services are boing continupd with great success. Tbey are, for the pre sent, conducted at the City Hall. To-mor row's services will be, as usual, commenced at 8 p.m. Select singing and addresses delivered. All are invited.

The members of the Naval Brigade Variety Troupe, assisted by several other well-known amateurs, intend giving an entertainment for the benefit of Widow. Bailey and orphans in the Lorne-strcefc Hall, on Monday evening, 7th August,

The attention of local poets will be attrac ted by an advertisement in our columns, whl<»h informs them that a prize of five guineas will be given by the proprietors of the new Theatre Royal for the beat inaugural address, in rhyme, to be recited on the open ing night, the 14th of August, the particulars of whioh may be gathered from these pages— i So, poets all, exert your noblest powers, , And weave a wreath of sweet Parriiefian'floW«rs, One worthy of the age, t>'\

To decorate the stag".

The subjects of discourse at the various places of public worship to-morrow will be found under their respective headings in our third page.

One of the conditions on which Murad Effendi the new Sultan, takes the throne of Turkey is, that he shall abolish the institu tion of the seraglio, and it may possibly .be that, he will do so, as for ten years he has been constant fco his one Bulbul, of whom, as of his children,-he is ;Very fond. But as he grows older and. finds himself abo»re the law, it is perhaps probable, that he will make a seraglio for himself, as hia predecessors have done. Murad Effettdi Has not been very rich, and whether his sudden accession)to power will prove that his texture has been strengthened in obscurity and the uncer tainty of his ever ascending the throne, ■or will Bhow the usual kidney of Turkish rulers in the way of effeminacy and sensuality, is a question on which the welfare of a really great people depends. - - :

—Behold 1 we know not anything ;

I can but trust that good shall fall At last—far off—at last, to all— And every Winter change to Spriujf. So runs my dream ; but what am I ? • An infant crying in the night— " ■-' <• ; An infant crytyifi; for the light— And with ho language but a cry.—(Tennyson). Alfred, wby don't you take some of MTrs Winslqw's Soothing Syrup. Fifteen drops in a table-spoonful of hot water will cisc you.

So natural,—An American lately in L6n- Mda t who was'badgered by the English;on almost every topic, at last, it is said, deter mined to go in on the Mississippi steamboat style, and brag down everything that came in his way. His first chance occurred at an exhibtien of paintings, where a picture of a snowstorm attracted general admiration. :'. Ia hot that fine ?' asked a John Bull'; • could you shew anything as natural as that in America?'—'Poohl' answered the free-born American; ' that is no oomparison to a snow storm painted by a cousin of mtue, a feW years since; that painting was bo natural, sir, that a mother, who Incautiously left her babe sleeping in a cradle near it, on return ing to the room, found her child frozen to death 1' From that time onward, the Amerl oan waa l-.f fc alone.'

" A Travoller just returned to Wellington from Auckland," addressed a long and strong letter to tho Tost condemning the Auckland railway management, He saysne left by the 915 trainJ or the purpose of catching the Hawea, which was to leave at ten o'clock. At Penrose the train was detained half-an-honr waiting 101 the Waikato train with the mail which con sisted of two or three- Jettsrs. Hecontmues . "Afterall, we did bhe distance }v™ l; m a. little over an hour. It was fully half-pas* ten before the passengers and lugsrago were alongside tho Hawea. Steam had been up for upwards of half an-hour, and aU ieaay to start. We cas*, .m at about ten «n™" to eleven o'clock, and steam od q nicely to ww Heads which we reached ataut twelve o clock bat the signal was run up ' Too lato lor toe tide ; bar dangerous.' The vessel tadtt return and anchor for 24 hours. Considering tbat this vessel had about 70 persons on board and some of them engaged in business, the detention might, and did m several instances, cause serious loss.

Mr Israel Wendell hnq forwarded us a letter relative to a case of his in the Resident Magistrate's Court. The particulars have already received publicity in the customary report of the proceedings, and we see no reason why the public should be afflicted further with the dispute. We shall be happy to publish the letter as an advertise ment.

£25,000 were expended in Otago last year upon school buildings. The General Govern ment propose that the Auckland school houses shall rot until the people choose to supply new ones by taxing themselves through the County Councils.

The Superintendents of Otago and Wel lington have entered into an agreement by which the Neglected and Criminal Children of Wellington shall be received into the Otago Industrial School, Wellington paying the cost of maintenance of children sent from that province.

Dion Roucicanlt, writing from Paris the other day to A. M. Sullivan, M P., an nounces that he has raised the sum of £255 15s 7d for the relief of the Fenian prisoners.

The wanton destruction of forests in America has led to repressive legislation. The United States Statute of March, 1575, imposes a fine of $500 or a year's imprison ment, for a wanton injury or destruction of trees and also a fine of $200,. or six months' imprisonment, for allowing cattle to injure trees "on National g.onnds." The yearly consumption and imorovldent use of timber ia said to be almost incredible.

The Rev. "Dr. Cummings New Year's Day sermon declared that the second coming of Christ on earth must happen before Septem ber, 1876. Mr Moody was quoted as one of the Pauthorities for this belief. The Jews, he said, are to return to Judea this year, and the Turks to disappear as a nation. We are now entering upon August, so that if these mighty events " must" come off within the period prescribed, fate hasn't much time to lose. There are some Hebrews in this quarter, but we doubt very much whether they will pack np their traps for Jordan on the faith of Dr. Cumming's prophetic moonings.

The Good Templars of Melbourne have initiated a new line of action by which it is intended to utilise Sunday for the propaga tion of the principles of total abstinence, combined with a semi-religious service. The experiment was tried in the Temperance |Hall, Hotbam, for the first time. Arrange- G ments had been made for Dr. Macartney to deliver an address, and a choral service was got up for the occasion. The affair was a -great success, and the eorvices are to be car ried out on a popular and permanent plan.

Three hundred Carlist officers who are •nconfined at Nantes have just petitioned the , Spanish Embasßy iv Paris for some relief in ■'•their utterly destitute condition, asking to be allowed to return to Spain. As to Dou Carlos himself, in spite of the considerable -•r fortune he lately inherited, it is asserted that none of his followers have received pecuniary assistance from him. In fact, the rj; manner in which he has behaved towards his OCmost devoted partisans ia reported to have considerably cooled their enthusiasm for the Pretender. Three superior officers of his

army, who played a prominent part in the m Carlist insurrection, have been left to starve ' T^at Chateau roux.

An Interesting account of a carious Maori custom is given by Mr Bush in his contribu tion to tho " Reports from officers of Native Districts" laid before parliament. The ceremony described is called "te rakau o te mate." It appears that Tawhiao's little daughter had died, and as he had expressed fears that his other children would be carried off, the switch used to brush away tho flies during her illness was carried from Pouwere to Raglan as a preventive measure, the place selected for depositing the obnoxious stick being Papahua, a sandy flat near the place where the girl had lived during a visit to Raglan. The ancient Maori custom, invari ably adopted when a chief of rank died, was to retain the rakau, or stick, for a year or longer, and it was then frequently conveyed to the pa or residence of a former enemy against whom a grudge was still cherished, when, if any person ct the opposite tribe was met by the party, he was instantly killed, which usually resulted in a war ; or if no person was met the stick was left, and after wards an armed party went and attacked the pa. It will be easily understood how thir absurd custom must have been a perpetual cause of intertribal war. Mr Bush however, states that in the present instance the former custom was " more honored in the breach than in the observance," seeing that though the bearers of the stick met several Europeans ~and a! half -caste on the road, they did not molest them in any way. Another reason for carrying the stick was that a famous tohunga, or wizard, had stated ex cathedra that none of Tawhiao's children would live, because the Natives had been guilty of the sacrilegious negligence of not conveying Potatau's stick ,to some remote

place.

Amongst the despatches from'the Governo to the Secretary ef State, is one asking that retired Judges of the Supreme Court may be allowed to retain the title of Judge and pre cedence according tc^enority, after their re tirement. In another despatch, Lord Carnar von is asked the position of precedence which an officer in command of! one of Her Majesty^ ships enjoys when he is senior officer in New Zealand waters, but not the officer command ing the station in which New Zealand waters are included: :

On dit, Bays the Tasmanian Tribune, that we are to be visited by one of the younger princes of the Royal Family in a few months or even alt a shorter time, for rumour goes so fair as to say that our distinguished visitor is already en route for this colony. We are in formed that preparations have been com menced at Government House for the prince's reception, by the refitting of the suite of rooms occupied by his Royal Highness the' Duke-of Edinburgh when on a visit to this city.

Mr Haszard, gunmater' and importer, long and favourably known at the Thamees, has commenced business opposite Mr Dornwell's Queen-street. A shooting gallery, with latest improvements, is connected with the establishment.

We would direct attention to the anniver sary services of the United Methodist Free Church Sabbath School, which are announced to be held to-morrow iv the chrirch at the corner of Pitfc-streefc and Vincent-street The ™r fi T£/w k?. S?minS wiU be Poached h y tne Key W. iiasiey, and iv tne^evening by the Rev S. Hodgson, while in the afternoon an address wdl be delivered by the Rev. J Watkms The collections will be in aid of the school. On Tuesday next the anniver- S-SwTll» e mi^^-andpublic J

Australian Cablegrams.

(PRESS AGENCY.)

MASSACK.O.O^W^MAYQt-EEN

Syditey, July 28. The report of the massacre of the crew of the Mas& lyajrae, the.vessel having arrived safely at Brisbane with labourers.

Melboctr.se, July 23. Mr McKean has been expelled the Assem bly for making statements damaging to the character of members. Boberts scored a break of 2/0 last night.

Adelaide, July 28. The Court of Enquiry has cancelled the certificate of the malter of the Lightning for drunkenness.

The Bebington.

Wb are informed that the barque Bebmgton be admitted to pratique till j the end of next week. The rumour which reached us last week that scarlet fever had ann Mired amonff the crew turns out, after all, S Pbe ?rue The nature of the disease was dkmuted at the time, but since it has been Saced beyond doubt. The patient was Fanded at the time of his being taken ill but King at the fact that there are a large number of boys in the forecastle, Dr Philson SEbf the Ml time should be allowed to ex pire before the ship comes up. The immi grants continue in good health, and are busy completing their work of purification. No timehas fet been fixed for their release.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.— THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.

A Suez telegram yesterday announced the nomination of Governor Hayes as the Republican candidate for the United States Presidency. We have fuller particulars of this event by the San Francisco mail. A Republican Convention was held at Cin cinnati on the 16th June, when ex-Governor Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, was nominated ss the Republican candidate for the office ot President of the United States, and William A Wheeler, of New York, was at the same time nominated as the party candidate for the office of Vice-President. The Democratic Conventien was to be held at, St. Louis shortly after the mail left San Francisco. Tilden is the favourite candidate of this party. The proceedings, which resulted in the nomination of Hayes and Wheeler, were highly sensational, and afforded columns npon columns of matter for the American papers. The system upon which the election is worked is as follows : Each party_ holds a convention in every State in the Union, and at these the candidates for submission to the general convention are determined on. The State conventions resulted in six candidates being nominated in the Republican interest. The favourite of these was ex-Speaker Blame, who was extremely obnoxious to the Democratic party, who forthwith com menced to bring serious charges of corrup tion against him, and to otherwise injure his public character. Although the investiga tions which followed the charges showed Blame to have taken large commissions, and to have been extensively engaged in stock jobbing, he yet succeeded in inflicting upon his accusers a signal defeat; and it was left to his own partizans to effect the overthrow which hia enemies failed in. According to rules of the convention the successful candi date must poll half the entire vote. Six ballots were taken and Blame came out with a strong lead on each occasion, but he did not reach the required number of suffrages. Before the seventh ballot, tremendous excite ment was caused by General Harlan, of Kentucky, withdrawing the name of Colonel Bristow, a candidate who had stood second or third in nearly every ballot, and declaring that Kentucky cast ita solid vote for R. B. Hayes. Martin, another candidate, also withdrew in favour of HayeH, the result being that the Beventh ballot resulted in the following announcement being made from the chair amid a scene of the wildest uproar:—The total vote is 756. Necessary to a choice, 379. Hayes, 384, Blain, 351 ; Briatow, 31. " Rutherford B. Hayea of Ohio, having received a majority of all the votea cast, Ib declared the nominee .of this Convention for the office of President of the United States. It is moved that hia nomination be made unanimous." Thia was carried, and a committee was appointed to secure hia return.

MASSACRES OF CREWS BY SOUTH SEA ISLAND NATIVES.

The reported massacre of the May Queen is contradicted by a cablegram from Sydney. It is hard to say now, whether the news previously received was a mistaken version of the massacre on the Dancing Wave, about which there is no doubt whatever, or whether the report relates to some other vessel, the name of which is yet unknown^ We think the latter is undoubtedly the true explanation, an assumption borne out by the uncertainty respecting the name, in tbe account first re ceived of Commodore Hoskins. The particu lars are given in the following telegram, dated Sydney July 7th :—"Commodore Hoskins has received a communication from Consul Layard at Noumea, dated 17th June, to the effect that he had just heard from Captain Lind, owner of the Laura Lind, that he fell in with the Rev Mr Inglis in the missionary vessel Dayspring,, who reported that an English vessel called the May Queen, or Mary Quihn, a labour vessel from Queensland, had run ashore at Tanna, at a place called Vagoos ; that the crew fired at the natives, who at tacked them in return, burned the vessel, and killed and ea<i the crew. Captain Lind had been in Port Resolution, and he states that all the natives who canie in agreed as to the destruction of the vessel and her crew but are not certain of the precise locality. A young man, named Underwood, is gaid to have been on board, instead of the Queens land labour agent, who had been previously drowned. Captain Lind is the person whp rescued the survivingcrew and passengers of the Isabella, lost on Brampton Shoals, and,he fears that there are now more castaways ton the -same island, belonging to three British vessels, whose remains he found there, a I ', Vagoon, the place mentioned as being the scene of the tragedy, is supposed to be on the west ooast of Tanna, about five miles from Port Resolution- where the natives are all friendly, and have a white man living amongst them— and about eighteen miles from Goumera, where there is a missionary station, with the Rev. Mr Watt at the head H*l A ?• *" P^Nty . the May Qaeen was dodging off and on the land, waitine to pick up labour, and by some mistake got on the raef, the coast not being surveyed or the reefs not laid down in the charts The weather there is usually fine and calm,, and With their vessel helplessly stuck on the reef, it is by no means likely that the crew deliberately aroused the enmity of the warlike Tanna men by firing on them, for it should be remembered that in fine w«-*&er■ | the men could easily have reacb~* rort Reso lution or Goumera in tIW ooats. People who have been in the>rade complain that no steps are taken by the British authorities to chastise the natives for their massacres. They instance the ca»o of Rosa I-euin, a man K^Z M* rfT ,was certamly not of the best. He estabhshedalargeplantrtlon, and erected fine bluestone buildings, but the natives iratchered him and other Europeans. They also drove away M'Leod and others who had established large plantations, and they now Hold all the buildings and improvements

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

"N ELL."

Last night a house crowded in every part did honor to the first appearance of "Nell, the California Diamond,'' as the versatile young actress is called who has just arrived in Auckland. The piece chosen for the debut waa "Ko Name," called in the bills a new so ciety protean play, a term which we are not quite sure we know the meaning of. It is an adapta tion of the popular novel, arranged so as to give the princlp il performer the opportunity of exhibiting to the greatest advantage, a talent Nell possesses to per fection, of acting the rao3t widelyjdifferent characters. The merits of the piece itself must be estimated by t standard of perfection outside of that generally accepted ln dramatic compositions, "No Name" U neither tragedy, comedy, nor fare?. While tt partakes in turn of the characteristics of each, it ii not bound by the rules of any of the three. The type is strongly American, and has not yet been familiarised to .English audiences Whether it will ever becomi popular with tham Is a matter of speculation One thing is certain that if anything could conduce to make it so it would be the inimitable talent ef JfelL This young lady, who Is not yet out of her teem, hu a most extraordinary facility for varying her imper sonations. In "No Name" she appears primarily tf Klinor Kay. a yonng lady of strong feelings and obscure parentage, which it is her aim in life to o'.ucidato. In pursuit of this praiseworthy design she becomes successively Bud Illsley, as knowing a yonng vagabond as ever stepped Whitechapel; Wilhelmini JTroeclich Dunkelhnimer, a young lady from Holland, with considerable schnapps in her compesilion; and finally Sir Charles Dashington, a very heavy swell In all these characters she catches th« spirit of each part with the most charming piquancy, exciting both pleasing surprise and infinite amusement Worked Id to the several roles are little interludes in which Nell *xhibita her manifold accomplishments of singing—she has a magnificent voice — clog dancing, playing the banjo, guitar, piano, and a peculiar instrument composed of wood and straw, and finally smoking a cigar in the most approved and scientific manner, Reiterated calls before the curtain, and several showers of bouquets must have assured our fair visitor that her efforts met with appreciation. Mr George Giddens established himself aa a great favorite after he had been on the stage five minutes. He is excessively funny, and in that quiet, undemon strative way which is so side-splitting- His style reminds us in some respects of his fellow-countryman Clark, of "Br Pangloss " and " Toodles" fame. Mtsi Jfssie Raymond we must congratulate on a great improvement since the was last in Auckland She made a most favorable Impression last night, and was warmly received. Mr and Mrs Searle acted well in their several parts, and Mr loglis and Mr Barton did fairly, though the last-named gentleman had a very ridiculous part assigned him. The minor parts bora the trace of having been hastily and imperfectly mastered, but this is one of the defects incidental to I first-performance. If Mr Williams were given a leu prominent part, some misplaced laughter might be avoided. The whole performance is such a novelty on .the Auckland stage that our readers should see il toljudge for themselves. "No Name " will be again rendered to-night. We must not forget to add that the orchestra; scenery, and stage appointments were all first class, and gave great satisfaction.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.) THE! WEATHER AND THE BRAIN. Patrick Dunne, a very old offender, who had been convicted nineteen times for petty larcenies," was brimght np on a charge of ■ f drunkenness, in which state he was found byConstable Foreman. .. i Prisoner admitted his offence, he did not 1 wish to trouble the constable. Fined 10s and costs, this being his second Mi offence. ATTEMPT TO DEFRAVD. John Crogan, remanded from Saturday JM • tent, again appeared on a charge of obtaining JK by false pretences the sum of £19 Ss 6d, Md-I clothes .to the value of £4 14s 6d. with intent | to de&audj. Is*^ Levv^ clothier oi-Qwen- i street, j6n-the 19th inst. •,■ '■]', " '» Mf Dufauj: appeared for the prosacutlonj i be ask'edfdr afladybhrnmeht, as Mr Latshley was exceedingly ill, iind could not attend in MB defence of prisoner. - iSj Prisoner said he would rather that thjfj case Bhould go on than be delayed; he had I hoped that It would be Bettled out of court i His Worship said that could not bfl I allowed.

MrDufanrthen opened the case for the prosecution, and stated the particulars wM<* will be shewn in evidence. Isaac Levy, clothier of Qaeen-Bt*«V ! deposed that he did not know the prisoner Who came to his shop on the evening of the I 18th of Jnly inst; he pr^eonted an order to j hia shopman (order produced) prisoner turned I to him, *ad asked if ho would cash the order I Tl^^ wa3 P** £24; and he wanted some I Rothes, and if he, witness, would see, Mr j I Howard, in the morning, he would get -the the order. Knowing that if the o*der was right Mr. Howard would I pay it, he consented, and allowed I prisoner to have clothes to the I amount of £4 5s 6d giving him the different j £1914s fid in c«sh.?He presented the order tc | Mr. Jopeph Howard at his offioe next mornj I |ng, when Mr Howard said the order haqM been presented many times, and would nev<(' I be paid as the prisoned well knew; he r«< J lused to pay, and said witness was wrong it, | cashing it, and persuaded him to find Crogai j and get all the money he could oat of Wni i

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