SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

. firiGH WATKB—Thi» afternoon 1.25; 10-morrow fflorc ng, 2 3 *, STTN BfitThi. -V....1U-. %\G 8(1 S hlßJS—To morrow morning 11 fS MOOJN'B AtJ;—Ke* Moon, 27tb, 1,20 am

ARRIVALS.

Wr^leader, Rfvonue cu't^r, Gay, frr.m a cruiso Fe-BXie_,s, scho.n^r, i_,ouib_id, from Mercury B__y

DEPARTURES.

Mikado, BMSS Moore, for San ''"rincisco Via

K.i,H\\i and II , -.luiu (Engl.sh Mad) Jane, brig, for Newrastlo l«'i* iv. er, for Lt_v_l;a Xadyoird, ss, inurew, for the South

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For London Cit^ of Anci-land. Oiio about Keh. 4 For Carolicalslauds—Walter Glendiaing, early For Newcastle—Elm Grovu, barque, tarly For Fiji—itrcu, bs. Friday For the South—Taraaati, Saturday ; T_iupo, Tuesday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, ss, from Sydney, a^out Oih Feb H.M.B. Barracouts., from Fiji, early Brodick Castle, g]sip, from London Carnatic, ship, 11 r, DG, from London : sailed 26th Sept Salisbury, ship, from London ; sailed 15th Nov Glenlora, ship, WGPT, from London ; sailed 25th Oct Ardvar, ship, from Glasgow, sailed 26th October Benvetme, ship, HPKQ, from London, sailed f2Bth Oct Jessica, barque, from New Yoik ; sailed 2nd Jnna Marathon, barque, from New York ; failed October 12 Glimpse.birqiu;, from Nov;castla, early Vision, brig, from Samoa, early Syren, brig, from Sydney ; sailed Sfli inst Ityno, brigautino, from Islands. o«iy Frank Guy, schooner, from Sydney, early Amhertt, schooner, from Sjdiey

IMPORTS.

Per Yarra, Mfcn Oammu : liQ25 sacks flour, 140 half Backs do, 120 quarter-SiCKS do. 450 'ack* bran, 32 blocks stone, 22 1 sacks oats, 90 sar.k". wheat.— Gt. W. B incey, agent.

DEPARTURES OF THE MAIL.

The ss Mikado vw. the English mail Jeft for San Knadaco.vK K.iHiavu and i onolulu last __ii_._t at SJo'oock. Passengers- Front tucbland —Saloon— 1 MrL. O'Brien, Mr ft. W. Palmer, Captain .Henry _a_7 Skey, Mr Chas Woo'ley, and Mm Barrst.cn. Steer jpfi« age- Mr P. Morettl, and five from Dunedln.

The ss Emu it? advertised <o sail for Fi)i on - Friday next, The r.Rer.ts, Messrs S one Brothers, wilt afford all further idormatlon.

The b»;que Lizzls Fox leaves in a day or two for Mew York.

The brigantine Yavra comes consigned to Mr G W. Binney.

The brig Jane left yesterday evening in ballast for Newcastle

The ts Ro^ena only arrived at Tauranea at half paßt three o'clock yesterday afternoon, having been detaiuedin cocsi qu-nce ot the weather.

Messrs T ad S Morrin shipped per lona:—6 bundles iron. 46 bjrs iron, 3 cases kerosene, 3 drums turps. 1 bundle wash boards. 1 bundle forks, 1 bundle handles-, 9cin_p ovens, 1 caslt zinc, 3 packages chaflf catte-s, 7 cases, 2 casks 2 packages ironmongery.

The s.s, Hmu h^s entered out to-day for Levuka. r The following notice was posted in tho Custom house to-aav :—Drawbacks.—.Notice.: In future all applications to n pack must he accompanied by the necessary entii. s. it.voices, debentures,and bend duly executed.—lhcmas Hi__t_, Collector.

The trial trip of Messrs IL.lmes l!ro' new steimer, the Darham, takes jilssca this alternoon at three o'clock The vess-1 is about the same size as the Minnie C-»sey, sud will emu ata that useful boat in ipeed and serviceability. She is furnished with powerful high-pressure engines by Messrs Fraser and Tinne. We shall give tie result o? the trip in our Issne of to-morrow.

The Peerless schooner arrived this morning from Mercury B_.y with a cargo of timber intended for New Caledonia.

Captain Weill will tafee charge of tha schooner Transit during her voyage to Duuedin, as her former muster. Captain Hooper, has b:-en obliged to resign through illness. Tho Transit saila thie evening.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

Hails wii_. Close as follows :— For Thtmes to-rnovrr.w at 5 30 pm, _Por Coroinamlei to-morrow at 1L 30 am For Glsborne, Taurdi'ga.and Napier par Pretty Jane,

to-morrow at 2 p ru. For Wbitianga, T.imi, Opot:bi, and Napier via Tau-

ranga, per Rnpena, t-morro^' at 4 p m. For Worfolk Ll.u.d »nd New Caledoaia, per Cantei-

bury, on Saturday next, at 11 am. Vox Taranakl, Southern province., and A „_ s tralian Colonies per Xar,.nii;i on -Utur i*>- a'. \._j? v m. (Signed) S. B. BIS?, Chief Postmaster.

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

THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1876

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For tiie future in t>ie distance, And the eood that we can do.

There is one subject deserving of attention on the part of our newly elected legislators which we venture, now that the election ex citement is dying down, to intrude upon their notice. The protection of acclimatised birds and of oyster-beds has been deemed worthy of legislative interference, but no member seems to have turned his attention to the wholesale destruction of young mullet, which threatens to make this most delicious native fish a rare delicacy. During the past two or three months we believe that several thousands small mullet have been brought into Auckland market alone. At this season the fish go up the rivers in shoals to spawn, and are easily caught in the nets commonly used by our fishermen, who reap a rich harvest during the season— a harvest, however, which must ultimately, and that at no distant date, bring a retribu tive punishment by the diminution of mul let in our waters. If the meshes of the nets in use were made a very little larger, the evil would in a great measure be avoided, as the small fry could pass through, leaving the fisherman all his legitimate spoils. But there is no prospect whatever of any reform having as its basis a spirit of patriotism emanating from those now engaged in this business so long as they can get ready sale for the fish, and we would, therefore, press the subject upon the atten tion of the Acclimatisation Society and members of the House, in the hope that some decisive action may be taken during the ensuing session of Parliament. We are sorry the idea did not occur to us before the elections were over, or the motto "vote for Tomkins and protection of mullet," might, on the principle that the stomach is more potent for good or evil than the intellect, have carried some candidate,now lamenting,into the covetedseat at Wellington. However, there yet remains an opportunity for one pf our new members to perform at least one good practical service, and to aid in building up sound constitutions of a more substantial character than the one we have heard bo much about lately, by maintaining an ample supply of cheap fish for the sustenance of the people. The subject is of a great deal more real importance than many of the questions whiob have been discussed in candidate's addresses, and we trust that the attention drawn to it in these remarks will be productive of some measure either imposing a penalty for catching and selling mullet of less than a certain weight, or making a close season of three months each year.

$ The Volunteer firing for choice of repre sentatives, which was to have taken place this morning at the Mount Eden range, was postponed until to-morrow in consequence of wet and the contrary wind.

The caso of Cecelia Allen versus Daily Southern Cross, set down on the list of civil cases for the present sessions of the Supreme Court, Ivas compromised by the payment, to plaintiff, of a small sum of money and a fixed amount for her solicitor's costs.

The athletes of Auckland are reminded tha the entries for the sports to come <ff at Elkrclie Gardens ou the' 29th insti. close ou Saturday next, according!) o advertise ment. The prizes to be given in these con tests are of ooasiderable value and are well worth, taking a little trouble to win. The principal event the Annive.sary Cup, with its three prizes of £15, £5, and £2, is already, exiting considerable interest, and most oll^r best-known local runners are in trsioilwfor it. The Mile Steeple chase Handi'-'ttp, Ist prize £&, second prize IT, is also likely to produce a good con test and a hujnorous feature will be intro duced iv a foi:inid._ble water-jump, which will have to be negotiated by the runners. Air endeavour will be made to place this in such a position that a good view of the fun may be enjoyed from the Grand Stand, The course will be a pretty rough one, and will test the starui.sa of the competitors. Tilting at the ring and pole jumping are also among the sports to be indulged in, while, if a suffi cieni; riumber of "mokes" can be got together, a donkey race will conclude the programme. This is a fight bo seldom seen in the colony that it is bound to cause a fund of amusement. The proprietor of the gardens is always to the fore in catering for the public recreation, and hid very liberal programme ought, there fore, to receive commensurate public patron age, as we have little doubt will be the case in the present instance.

A public tea meeting will be held m tho United Free Methodist flehsol-room this evening at half-past six, for the principal {.urposedt receiving the Rev T. Hodgson as the minister of the chutch in the place of Key <t. H. Turner. Rev S. Maffarlane will preside, and no less than eight popular speakers are named in the announcement of the reception meeting.

At tho sitting in Banco in the Supreme- Court yesterday, His Honor Mr .'ustice Gillies made an order for thts payment out of Court of certain trust money to Miss Annie Livingston Mason, legatee of the late William Mason, who had attained to full age. One fourth of the estate sliil remains to be paid to a youuger son who has not yet attained his majority.

In the obituary of noted Englishmen Which have reached us by the Sues. Mail, we notice that several individuals have passed away who were more than ordinary men, and occupied prominent positions among the pub lic teachers and expositors of the age, among these, Rev William Brock, who ministered at Bloomsbtiry Baptist Chapel, erected es pecially for him by his patron, Sir Wotton Peto, was a man of considerable breadth of thought and liberal views, and took his part in most of the social and religions movements of the time. Mr Brock was a fluent and powerful speaker, and made his way in the world by his perseverance and natural abilities ; he wrote the life of Sir Henry Oavelock, Soldier and Christian. Mr Brock was a native of Norwich, and in hip, early day 3, a Mechanic. Rev. David Thomas of Stock well, was .mother minister, but of the congregationalists, a man who was more successful as an author and juurra.ist, a3 John Foster ttils, rather than as a preaoher. He inaintaihed Ms position at S.ockw'ell for softie forty yen-is, slid was greatly i-ebpebted by those with whom ho came ih contact. Mr Thomas was a baliveof South Wales, and with Geo. Thompson and a few others, made an attempt to establish a newspaper, the Dial, on new principles, and which should contain nothing offensive. Tho Dial, after a life of five months, was a disastrous failure. Mr Thomas's book« for you Dg men have exercised a beneficent itilluence on many of his readers.

The Auckland Model Training School, Choral Hall, will re-open after the holidays ou Monday next.

We learn that Mr. W. L. Rees has been retained by Messrs. Russell atld Devore in the proceedings about to be taken for the purpose of ehdeavourins; to unseat Captain Read from the East Coa3t seat on grounds of bribery.

At a meeting of the Bishop Patteson Memorial Endowment fund in Sydney on the othinst, Sir Alfred Stephen in the chair, it was stated that tho amount of money that had been collected up to the present time was £904 0s 7d, and upon that sum interest to the amount of £134 9s 3d had been re ceived. The total balance, deducting ex penses, was £1015 Gs lid. The chairman explained that the interest of the money, if used in support of the mission every year, would baa sort of link between New South Wales and the mission, it would every year remind the natives of Melanesia of Pishop Patteson's visits there, and remind ua that there was such a thing as the Melanesian Mission ; while each year four children, at leatt would be taken from the wilds, and educated by means of the subsetiptions of the people of New South Wales. It was then resolved, ' That the money be invested in three trustees—be invested in the 4 per cent, funded stock of ~New South Wales ; and that the principal remain in perpetuity so long as the mission lasts, and the income be handed to the Mel-neeian Missionary Bishop or offi cer in charge, for the general support of the mission.'

Dr. Parker writes to the Times to say that several clergymen of the Church of England have offered to preach in Nonconformist churches, and that some of them have asked him in return to preach in their pulpits. Nothing, however, will be done to embarrass the Bishop of London, who, Dr Parker says, he cannot but hope is not altogether unfavor able to the movement, for on any other sup position he would be bound by consistency to put a stop to the course which is being taken by a clergyman resident in his diocese, who is frequently to be found in Nonconformist pulpit 3. With regard to the invitations which he has received to preach in the Established Church, Dr. Parker says :—"I fincithat by section 21 of the Act of Unifonr^M. should bo sentenced to suffer three .mfttha imprisonment in the common gaol, Wuhout bail or mainprize.' I fear, therefore, that 1 must defer my accept ance of the iuvitations, as I do not usually take a holiday in the winter. "._

Sir,—Francis Mulgrove, I observe, leaves a wife and seven children. Can you telJ me if the poor widow is in easy circumstances ? If not, we must not allow the widow and the fatherless to be forgotten even during the hurry of an election. Very often the heart of a wife and mother is so broken by her sudden loss that money is the last thing she thinksfof far less to parade her loss or her condition before the public. Hadn't some thing better to bejdone for her ?—Yours, One Willing.—[Perhaps the friends of Mrs Mulgrove will supply the information sought by our kind-hearted correspondent.—Ed. E.S.]

To the Editor : Can you inform me what were the results of the two yacht races at Lyttelton this year, in which the Spray and Annie Ogle competed.—Yours, Waterman. [The Spray won the race in the regatta on the Ist inst, and the Annie Ogle won the private match two days after.—Ed. E.S.]

Dear Sir, —Can you inform me through the medium of your valuable paper in what year the first All-England eleven visited Victoria ? —I am, &c, Inquisitive. [In 1861.—Ed. JET./S.]

An amusing incident is related by the Oipps Land Mercury : —" A farmer resident at Denißon, on December 28, while on a stack of hay, felt; a sting in his leg, and at once ran home, declaring that a.snake had bitten him. He cut the piece out with a razor, and got bis son to suck the wound for a full hour ; but feeling none the worse, the part excised was carefully examined, and it was found to contain a small portion of a Scotch thistle. The patient was so chaffed by his neighbours that we forbear piling on the agony by giving his name."

It has been decided that the Inter-pro vincial P:geo?a Matrh which was so mulled recently, is to bo fired again within three months from the present time. Canterbury and Wellington have intimated their ri.eeire to take part. When it does come off we hope that every effort will be taade to have the arrangements no complete that a misun derstanding will be rendered impossible.

The excitement caused by the mi-h'pof "Jove, the Thunderer,*' the o'her dny. at the Crystal Palace. London, recalls a simlar bceue that took place some fifty y'^ara (since at Aachen. A vsfet ga'hc ifing of people of all taatio^a w'ei-e '_ftet on the Platz to see a cele brated rope-dancer, an Englishman, mount on a line from the ground to the top of a high tower. It was the first tithe, so it was given out, that such a mode of ascent had been attempted. The anxiety of the spectators was strained to the utmost in watching the performer, who with careful steps Was making his way np the line, when Suddenly from ono of the win dows of the tower a rival was seen to come but and march rapidly down the rope. Cer tain death to both seemed inevitable. Bttt just ts thay mot, the maki going Up crouched down, clinging, clofee to the rope, his oppo nent took a flying leap over the prostrate Bgure, regaining his footing on the rope, asld finished his descent in safety. The daring per forkner of this feat Was a German student, who had been brought forward by King Frederick William 111., jealous of the na tional honor even In rope-dancing, to cast the much-boasted performance of the English acrobat in the shade. The young man has since become known as the celebrated Kolter, a name as well known in Germany as Blon din at the Crystal Palace.

WAIWERA (Hot Springs).

[PER PIGEON EXPRESS.] January 19, 4 p.m. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the Weather, the baths arc well patronised from sunrise till 11 p.m. The patients are progressing favourably. Freeh arrivals. The ball on Tuesday night was a great SUCCPS3. Lota of fish.

LITERARY PIRACY.

Tiib Cross to-day acknowledges its sib, but instead of doing feo in a i'rahk way it shuffles about in a mannet- trhly bharacteristic. Our contemporary says . (iOn Tuesday night we were indebted to the Star for two of the !_ ranklin returns when our own carrier pigeons hal not ttitne& up, bub to-night it will be i&dtebfced to us, and had not some taisiake occurred respecting our arrange ments for getting the returns frotn Kauka pakapa it would hAVis been still further indebted.'' Our reporter, who was through out the Franklin district during two days, is positive that instead of two returns the Cross filched from our columns at least four, r_-.n_t.ly: Bombay, Pokeno, Pukekohe, and yVairoa-abd he belieyes Maketti likewise — 1 that instead of thfeir " pigebns" not turning up they had made no arrangement wha'ever for getting the result of the poll from those districts, and but for the perfection of our own arrancements, the names of the elect for Franklin would hardly have been known in the city baforo to-day. The assumption of the Cross, referring to tho Waitemata returns, that " to-night it (the Star) will be indebted to us," is very n'ch when our readers, who received copies of the Star at five o'clock last night, compare the returns in their papers with those of the Cross this moruing, and note that every return which the Cross has, with the exception of Huia and Lucas's Creek, were published by us an hour after the poll closed. The other three returns (including Kaukapakapa, which the Cross bemoans,) came to hand soon after six o'clock, and are-published in the Herald this morning, while the Cross, with its "pigeon loft containing a number of the finest birds in New Zealand," and its " feathered as sistants," which it is " willing to shew anyone interested, " goes lamenting. It is a singular coincidence that wherever we fail the Cross fails. The basket with our pigeons for Waiukuand Mauku mis-carried, and, strange to say, these are the very returns which the Cross did not get. Both returns, however, came to hand last night, and are published in the Herald to-day, while the journal which does " feats never attempted " is without them. The Cross says of Waitemata :—"We had arranged that the Kaukapakapa returus should be conveyed to Helensville by a horseman, and thence transmitted by tele graph, so that tho full returns of this large district should bo published in our first issue after the pollicg took place, a journalistic feat which has not been previously attempted.'*' It then regrets that Ran ks'pakapa did not come to hand. The Herald, however, without any flourish of trumpets, publishes the returns complete, accon_plish ing this feat which the Cross says was "never previously attempted," and adds the complete returns for Franklin on the top of it. The Cross will learn in time that honesty in journalism, as in other things, is after all the best policy.

SYDNEY.

(From our own Correspondent.)

January 11.

SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

There is a hitch about the sculling cham pionship of New South Wales. The present holder of that distinction is Michael Rush, a resident of the Clarence district, but the most liberal offers to back Edward Trickett (a Sydney sculler) against him have failed to draw him out, except upon exclusive con ditions. Push will only pull on the Clarence River (about four hundred miles from Sydney) and this the aquatic sportsmen of the metro polis (and generally throughout the colony) won't hear of under any consideration. As well contest for the championship of England ontheLiffey. However, Trickett's admirers have determined upon sending him home to A contest for the championship of England.

EPISCOPAI^ANISM v. wesleyanism. A prominent and liberal clergyman of the Church of Engiand, the Rev Dr Barry, has been hauled oyer the coals by his bishop for preaching to a congregation of Wesleyans in a Wesleyan Church, and a lively correspon dence has been going on upon the subject. Dr Barker, the bishop, has sent a circular to his clergy requiring that the "law and prac tice," of the Church of England in this regard shall be complied with—that is, that the clergy should confine their ministrations to their own churches and people. Dr Barry, in reply, takes occasion to remind his Lord ship of his own address to protestants of all denominations on the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of the Sydney Protest ant Hall, and winds up by telling his Bishop that he will do pretty well just as he pleases in this matter. But how vastly at variance is the Bishop Barker's mandate with the teach ing of Him who told his disciples to go into the world and preach the gospel to all people.

PHILADELPHIAN EXHIBITS,

His Excellency the Governor has received an unwelcome piece of information from the Secretary of State in connection with the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The Pacific Railway Company now intimate that they will not carry exhibits free to the exhibition on their lines of railway. This is a?b!ow to both commissioners and intending exhibitors here, as it doubtless will be else where ; for, as the promise of free carriage had been made, arrangements were entered into and completed for sending exhibits by the next San Francisco mail. ' Theae arran gements are now upset, and the determination come to by the railway company is regarded here as an unpardonable breach of faith. However, the commissioners here are endea-

Vouring to bridge the difficulty over by inviting the company to contract for tho conveyance of the exhibits at so much pet ton, and the company's answer is awaited with considpi-rtblr anxiety. %

FUNERAL WILLIAM THRORE BUCKLAND.

The remains of this w;ell-known colonist were deposited yestetda-y aftet-hooh in the cemetery of Sfe, Stept.eu'p, Pamell. _ The c•:•!'.ego "xes out from the rlec 'aa^d's residence at Remuera, at 3 p.m., and consisted of a hearse drawn by four horse 3 and clo»e on thirty ca> rinses, in which were representa tives of the Qei-orftl nndj^rdvindal Gkivern ment-.^ and menders of all the piinninil business firms in the city, as well as settlers from far and near. The Provincial Govern ment offices were closed dttringthe afternoon, and the Union Jack was displayed at halif tUast. The mourners were Mr Alfred Bucklahd tbe brother, and the sons of .the deceased, with Mr. S. Jackson and Mr. Joseph Banks. The service was read by the Rev. Dr. Pur chaS. Among the notabilities at the grave we noticed his Honor Mr. Justice. Gillie 9, Messrs. G. M. O'Rorke, D. B. Crtiickshank, John and Joseph May, A. K. Taylor, B. Heskfeth, T. Wbitson. J. T. Boylan, Fraser, D. M. Luckie, J. C. Firth, W. Motion, J. McCosh Clark, John Wallace, and many othere.

THE TELEGRAPHIC CHESS MATCH.

Thk telegraphic inter-provincial chess mat<:h between Auckland and Bunedin, abotlt which, there baa been so much talk, is announced to begin on Tuesday night next. The number of competitors on ertch side will bo nine. To accommodate the players, the wires will be placed at their disposal after eight o'clock. The following are the names of the re spective champions : — AtTf.'KT.AKD. t> linDtN. Mr J. Morton Mr T-I-.y A. Stewart Junion H. n Lusk Monat Nix n Ash H. Wi.-nms tyoss A. Heather C+rtmstead F. firodto Bikfiwell , V, V. T>,'c<_ Ontck G « Jaklns Johnston « The pairs will play as arranged in the above lists, Morton playing. Hay, and so on Emergency men : l?or Auckland — RevE. N. T?ree. Mr F. H. Lewiggnn. Mr "Wm. Gome. For Dunedin—Messrs Wilson, Christie, and Manner. Umpire for Auckland, Mr Carr ; umpire for Dunedin, Br Home. The match will be played in the operating room of the Telegraphic _D?pa>tment. The competing pairs will pl^y simultaneously ono game each, so that the. tournament is likely to be finished in the one evening.

PAYMENT OF JURORS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Str, —t beg your powerful assistdnije in bring ing before the public the cases of persons who ar6 Compelled to attend the Supreme Court as witnesses for the Crown, more par ticularly those who have to leave home for the pnrpose. The allowance to all sorts and conditions of men is alike about 83 per diem, about the same as 16 allowed at home to a labourer, and considerably less than up to 1873 was allowed to journeyman. Take the ■ scale of 18G7 to 1873 all together, it was not; by cmv means a bad one. We all know that sinco 1867 wages have considerably increased. It is a logical conclusion that the scale of allowance to witnesses should therefore have been augmented in parallel ratio. The most unfair and absurd part of the matter is this : There is a civil pcale by which you get an allowance which is an approximate compen sation for your loss of time and trouble, and there is a scale in criminal cases by which you got 8s pT diem, irrespective of every thing. So that the Crown says: "If you are a witness in a civil case, I say your time, trouble, inconvenience, &c, are worth from 10s to £2 2t. per diem, to be paid by the loser of case, brtfc if yon are a witness for tne, then your time, &c. &c. are worth only 8a per diem, to be paid by me." This is blowing ho*; and cold with a vengeance. Is not the object of making an allowance to shield a witness from loss, to see that he is no way injured by having to assist in tho carrrying out of justice ? If,Cthen, that is the'object, and it is fairly met by the civil scsle, it stands to reason that a witness under the criminal scale must be very seriously injured. Take an example : A merchant banker, a gentleman, has to give evidence in a case White v. Black, witness comes from, say Fiji, he gets £1 Is per diem from loser ; the same witness, next session, has to give evi dence for the Crown, he gets, in that case, 83 per diem, except when at sea then he gets only 5s ; can anything be so illogical, un reasoning, and oneside. as well as unjust to the witness ; for it has already been decided in the case White v. Black that the fair com pensation for witness (which loser had to pay), was £1 Is per diem. If in the first case witness was allowed too much, which I don't think anyone will be found to say, the loser must have been oppressed, but if witness erot a fair allowance, then he, witness, must have been grievously wronged in the second case. I have been informed that the present scale was constructed by a Mr Bathgate, who, when Minister of Justice (?) and seeing his portfolio dissolving, took tbe opportunity to appoint himself a Resident Magistrate. After seeing the scale I am quite prepared to believe this or even worse of him, if worse injustice than that exhibited in this outrageous treatment of Crown witnesses three could be Doubtless this injustice has occurred to many of your inhabitants, but as in their cases, it is only a matter of a day or two, probably only an hour or two, they have thought it less troublesome to pass it, than to remon strate ; but this silence on oppressions and injustices which affect only some of us, is most injurious, and those who will stand by and see their fellows wronged, in the long run, are themselves wronged. Had not Sir George Grey taken up the cudgels with regard to other and greater enormities. Had the Star been apathetic or open to the usual pecuniary Influences, to what an extent might not those enormities have increased ? to what an extent might not justice have been made, subservient to expediency, or even as it has been, to personal influences.—l have the honor to be sir, your obediently, A Loter of Justice.

AN ARBITRARY PROCEEDING.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir,—Mr. Barstow's performances as Re turning Officer during the elections over which he has presided have been of the most extraordinary character, but his conduct yes terday at the Otahuhu polling-place in re fusing to accept the vote of a bonafde elector was "passing strange" and clearly illegal. It appears that an elector was going into the polling-room where the voting-papers are kept, and on his way he met another elector who was coming out after having erased the names of the candidates he did not desire to vote for. The latter handed to him the pencil and he did what was required to be done with his voting paper. The Returning Officer, who was sitting at the entrance-door, refused to accept his voting-paper and placed it under the ballot-box as "null and void," on the ground that the two electors should not have been in the room at the tame time. The elector protested against Mr. Barstow's conduct in refusing to accept his vote. There is no provision in the Act which justifies the Returning Officer in refusing to accept the voting-paper of any elector. It is clear that the Returning Officer, in this instance, has acted contrary to the law, and has rendered himself liable to the punish ment speci6ed in the Act for the infringe ment of the statute. He has been guilty of a " negligent act of commission," and comes within the provisions of section 69 of the Act. It is very probable that his conduct will form the subject of investigation. It

would never do to allow the Ireiedom oil thfe electors to be interfered with in the manner indicated.—Yours, etc., Freedom of Elec tion.

PAPAKURA HANDICAP.

The following are the acceptances for thts Papakiira Hftodtc&j. :— Btr MrG ce'_i bm rer'umc, 5 years .. •• 8 7 Mr Wa ters'br h Kirgfisher s^ears .. •• 8 4 Mr Mc :ohPrt«' bm The Bolle, 4 years .. ..8 1 Mr Gallery's b g Palsuian'/a, 'years .. •• "jj Mr WHltc-s br o Ts^*c Walton, 3 years .. " S Mr Hack-ti's bm Belle of th-IMes.e years .: i. ■i Mr R. Kinwood »en g Tut, . y-nt-s .. .. > v WM; PkRCIVAL, Sc-crefary.

The Elections.

WAITEMATA, We gave the majority of. the returns i& the Waitemat* polling by pigeon last eveh^ ing. The remaining ones came to hand later and give the complete result as follows :—

Majority for Mr Macfarlane, 17. FRANKLIN. The complete returns for Franklin (with the exception of the votes for Messrs May, Goodfellow, and Woodward at Mauku, which have not come to hand) are as follow : —

Eighty-three out of the eighty-eight mem bers who constitute the Parliament are now elected, and we append the results. We have carefully endeavoured to classify them in the way there is every probability of their voting on the _ question of pure centralism as asainsfc any other system of local self-Government. Those, however, who are likely to be op posed to the Ministry on questions of administration, might, we believe, be es timated at two-thirds of the House. Centralists. Opposition. Auckland Auckland West .. Sir Geo. Grey .. ..P. Digcan Onkhuitga .. .. G. M. O'Borke NfW-ton .. •• W. Swansoa Auckland East .. W. L. Bees Parnsll .. .. K.G.Wood WaikatoEast.. Wbitaker Thames .. •• Sir Geo. Grey ■ • Rowe EDi'i .. •• Tale Wangabfi .. .. Sir It. Douglaß East CcAsr .. Peed Wiip*. .. Cox FttAt.Ki.n-- .. ■• Lusk ... Hamlin Rodnrv .. •• She-h.n W_.in__.rATA .. .. Macfarlane WnbtrK.v Maori D stric c .. • • - HoaniNana Eas km Maori. District .. .. Karaitiana Bay or Islands Williams Northern Maori Electokats .. •• Hon Karaka Tawiti Hawkis Bay Natikr .. McLean ~ .. Bussell C_.ivK .. Ormotd Tarasaki New Plymouth T. Kelly Komont .. Major Atkinson.. GtvEir&BELL .. Carricgton Wellington WmnroTON .. E. Poatco Wellisoton Ctv O. Hunter .. Brandon Wairaraim. .. J.C.Andrews.. H. Bunny Rakoittk:*! .. Ballance WANOASin .. Bryce .. Vogel Hutt .. •• Fitzherberfc Manawatu .. Johnston Nelson Collinottood .. .. W. Gibbs Nelson .. *0. Curtis.. ~ ..J. Sharp „ .. Biohmond Waimka .. .. B^igent MoiW-KA .. Hurstbouife Marlborough Chkvoit .. L. Harper WiSTLASD Westport .. Dr Henry Totara .. Tribe Hokihka .. Barff Grey Valley .. .. Woolcjck „ .. Kennedy Canterbury Sout hbb n Maori Dictbict .. ... Taiaroa Chkistohuboh.. E.Richardson.. _, .. E C. J Stevens „ ~ .TV.S. Moorhouse Ashey .. J. E. Brown .. Avon .. .. W. Eolleston Lyttslton .. M Ansley G_craldin_e .. Wakefield (Tlmarn) Tim Ru .. Stafford Oolekidgk .. Wason Shdwtn .. Eitsroy Hkathcotk .. J.J. Fisher Kaiapoi .. C. 0. Bowen .. Ota go Roslyn .. .. Burns Dunedin .. ..J. Macandrew ~ .. .. R. Stout „ .. .. W. J. Larnaeh Tuapska .. .. J. .C. Brown Cavebsham .. .. Seaton Duj<BTan .. .. Pyke A_abo_ .. .. Montgomery BkUoe .. .. Murray Wallace .. . .. Joyce Waikou.ti .. G. McLean Qui_ErsrowK .. .. Manders Mataura .. .. "Wood Wait,.ki .. .. Hlslop ~ .. .. bhmnski Pt. Chalmkes .. W.Reynolds .. Kivkrtjj- .. .. Hodgkinson Taibhi .. .. D. Reid Invsrcargill .. .. Lumsden Moujst Ida .. .. l»e Latour VVAiKArA .. Bastings Centralists, 39 ... Opposition, 44

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow Esq. R.M.) CHARLEY ASTRAY. Charles Davies was charged with being drunk, and having confessed his offence, was was fined 5s and costs. ECCENTKIC JEMMY. James Connor, formerly a soldier, but now, in the emphatic language of Detective Jeffrey, a •' regular loafer," was brought up under the vagrant Act, charged with being an habitual drunkard, and an incorrigible rogue. The prisoner was stripped, having lost his coat, and said he knew he was an old drunk ard, but Jemmy was not a rogue. The Court informed the offender that, as he had been drunk three times within twelve months, he was, beyond all doubt, a rogue and a vagabond. Jemmy shook his head—did not under stand such law. The Court ordered the old soldier to pri son for one month with hard labour. A NICE FRY. Thomas Fry, the proprietor of a den of in famy in Liverpool-street, Karangahape-road, was again brought up to answer for bruising Davy Bryce, a young man of respectable con nections, on the morning of the 19th inst The prisoner, with two black eyes and a split nose, said he was not guilty. David Bryce, a fireman on board the Wel lington, said he lost the boat, and thought he would take a gentle walk as far as Onehunga; but on his way thither he met two young ladies, who spoke to him on the beauty of the day, and invited him to their home in Liver pool-street; he was foolish enough to go. The house was in a quiet spot, and he sa\ on the verandah; it was between twelve and one in the morning. The

ladies said they were thirsty, and wanted him to shont. He gnvo one of the girls halfa-ctown ; he had previously given Baggie ss, but ihat was nothing, as soon as be gave the girl 2s 6d, the prisoner snatched ,{fc from him, and the next moment he w*s levelled to the bosrds with a hki of iron, and remembered no more except tlv.t he called out murder; he lay on the verandah senseless.

Prisoner said that his house was well conluc-ed, and prisoner came there and wanted beer, he ordered him to go away when Bryce pitched into bim; nearly broke his no3H, and pulled out a large quantity of his whiskers.

BeDJamin Lehnon, a cook, deposed that he lived in the next bo'us?, on the morning of the row, he and his wife were awakened by a, greab noise, he looked out of his charti ber window, and saw prisoner ih a State 6'f fury knock the prosecutor down with Sotne thing, but he could hot see what it was, Bryce got up several times and tried to get away, but was as often stopped as he tried to get away. The prisoner acted in a most brutal manner, and had the police not have come up at the moment, the man would have been murdered.

Sergeant O'Connor described thfe .s.cens Which was of a revolting nature, the prisonfei" had previously kept a brothel in Upper Queen-street, where row's were of frequent occurrence.

Thomas Fry was then allowed to get into the box, and stated that he was a seamaii and sometimes worked on the wharf • he took the houso in Liverpool-street for the sake of quietude, as he was fond of reading. He had been to the circus that night, and his house keeper, Mrs Melliean, was out late. The prosecutor came to his house and would have Deer which made him beery ; he wished him to go away quietly, but iustearl of going he flew at him, tore his whisker?, split his trou sers and tore his shirt right off his back; he could get any amount of characters.

Elizabeth Melligan, in a primrose-colored dress, straw hat with a white drooping feather in it, very stout and twenty-two years of age, but wbose fair, speckled face, was disfigured by a flat nose, deposed that Fry was her protector, and attempted to sneak in favour of prisoner but miserably failed^ as her evidence, awkwardly given, was averse to Fry, who looked daggers at the fat girl as she stepped from the witness-box. His Worship to prieouer : You have not said anything about the iron bar. Prisoner : I don't know anything about it.

His Worship : This sort of conduct must be put a stop to ; the Court finds you guilty, and you must go to prison for two months with hard labour, and at the expiration of that term you must find sureties, yourself in £50, and two others in £25 each, to keep the peace for six months. The prisoner was then taken away whining like a spoiled child. FASHIONABLE BESS. Elizabeth Melligan was then charged under the Vagrancy Act withfjhaving no, visible lawful means of support. The girl pleaded not guilty ; she was a perfect lady. Thomas Prosser, a boot-maker, deposed to the character of the house, which was the resort of infamous women ; the house was a pest to the neighbourhood. Mr Broham said that a number of witnesses were in Court who would give evidence as they were desirous |of lidding the street of a pestilential nuisance, and he would call them if necessary. Sergeant O'Connor .shewed that the woman was a most disreputable character. A gentleman in Court offered to get the woman into a position of repectability, if she would promise to alter her course of life— if she would leave the house of Fry, who had caused her to go wrong. The prisoner was discharged on her pro mise to accept the friend's offer, and beoome good. DAMAGING A FENCE. Patrick Meagher was charged with com mitting a breach of the Municipal Police Act of 1866, by damaging a fence in the Mount Eden district. Prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr Beetham described the nature of the offence, bub did not wish to press the charge, as defendant bore a very good character. A witness deposed to seeing defendant re move a stone from the wall. Fined Is and costs, Court and witnesses, £1 ss. LUNACY. Alfred Guppy, a respectable looking man, was chargf d with lunacy, but as it was sup posed to result from excessive drinking, the man was remanded for a week. EDUCATION RATES. Mr John Peal appeared in Court with a bundle of books, and a long list of the names of about forty persons who had failed to pay the Education R_»te; a number of which had been settled out of Court, it was shewn that a number had not been served, and in the cases of others judgment were given for plaintiff, as follows : Mary Ashdean, Upper Queen-street; David May, Newton road; John Duke, West-street; Rev. James Wallis, Newton; Robert Evans, Stanley-street; Edward Hines, Richard Jones, Kawa Kawa (adjourned) ; William Moyle, Queen-street; Elijah Webb, Upper Queen-street; Henry Pope, Hobson-street; Richard Kearney, Pitt Terrace; Thomas Paine, James Campbell (adjourned) ; Edward Macdonald, Albert street ; William Rogers, Ponsonby road; James Nicol, East-street, Newton ; Peter J. Dalton, Symonds-slreet ; William Wallis (bachelor) ; Cornelius Wright, Arch-hill; Frederick Lincoln, Yarborough-street; John Soar, Great North road. The costs in these cases were 20s each. LARCENY. Patrick Kavanagh was charged with steal ing two gold brooches, gold locket, chain, Ac, value £7, the property of Martha Lind say, of Chancery-street. Martha Lindsay, wife of James Lindsay, deposed that prisoner came into her house on Sunday morning last and asked to be allowed to lie down; knew the prisoner or should not have permitted it ; he said he had been out all night and was very ill; she thought he had been drinking ; he re mained in the house until four o'clock, when he went out and returned about half past nine ; he stayed in the house that night and left at five in the morning; returned again at eight a.m. and had his breakfast, in about half-an-hour he left; she heard a footstep in her bedroom just before prisoner went away; she did not go up at once thinking it was the servant, but upon calling found that the maid was in the kitchen. At a quarter-to-nine she went upstairs and missed from her jewellery box two gold brooches, a gold chain, gold cross, gold locket and a gold necklet, she valued the things at £8, the amount she gave for them. Prisoner paid no money for his bed and board, but stated that he was going to work the next week for Mr MeCabe, and her husband promised him a week's credit until he should get into work. To Prisoner : There was a young woman, who was out of a situation, in the next,room to my> bedroom ; cannot say whether my bedroom door was shut as the children left the room after me. James MeCabe, contractor, knew the pri soner, and told him that he would go to work on Monday morning last at the Break water ; he was to have been there at four, but did not get there until six, just as the men were knocking off; they worked accord ing to the tide ; told him afterwards that he might come to work at one o'clock; they went into Custom-house-street, when pri soner pulled out the chain, broocheß, and locket, and asked him to lend bim £2 on them to pay for his board at Darby's restau rant ,- he let .him have 30a, when he said; " Thank God, I can pay for my tucker now.

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-Titta ItlgriHO if 44 THURSDAY» JA'^tJAE? SOJS6



M^cfarUne. Devonport .. 74 Stakes' Point .. 6 BiVerhead .. 16 Hu:a .. .. 15 Whau .. .. 7 Henderson's Mill 12 Wsde .. ..18 .lelensvih* .. ll LMc*i CSaek .. 4 K.t-ukapakapa .; 6

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Lee. . 74 7 3 1 2i 5 9 1 3

Henderson. 22 3 3 1 7 Si \ 5 2 2

Tota's .. 168

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wood- Good- LUsk. Hamlin. May. waul, fellow. Papal, it'a ..87 42 40 7 45 Wairoa Soli h .. 3d 29 22 21 25 VJiiketii .. .. 25 24 5 2 6 ->!ah..hu .. .. 135 124 51 10<1 95 Pol-e:io .. .. 1G 23 6 8 5 Pukekohe ..57 OS 47 16 33 EJomt-ay .. ..20 17 15 10 16 Howiek .. ..41 27 11 85 9 W*.uku .. ..93 100 21 3 11 Vlauku .. ..46 40 — — —

Totals .. 4S6 4S9 218 264 244



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