SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

,aSSif.7"' ER~",rhl,' ttfternooni 714; to-™™* SUN Bfir This evening, 7.17 SON RlSE—To togf^w' manHngr. 4.59 * ° MOON'B AC. 12—Full moon 11th, 62 pm

ARRIVALS.

.i.'fr 93' 88 ' Woods, from Kandavu x^etlya. S9 . McGillivra--, ffora Fiji £nl_-_^° ye'Jwr<lue' L_ddra,_rom Newcastle .Jnwaxd, scho,-ner, frnm RusseU

DEPARTURES.

r- i I • Macfarlane. for the South JKmgi.ider. Reve ue cutter, Grey, for a cruise Magic, cutter, forPenrhyn Island

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

■w sue aouth—Phcebe. 13th inst

IMPORTS.

."L J-teweiiyn from Levuk. : 1021 b.sg mn_7B For Duneoin-SOOI mats ,ugar. 81 dholl fibred Wats, pme apples, 2 c a ,es.-ASP Co, a^hta. '

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Thess CynhreDes at;^ ed tWs d at -_ tfclocb from Kandavn. wi<_ a severftl p » ssen g e rg. Captain Woods; reports •* .ollows:-The R.M. s.s. Cyphrenes *eft Aucltl^;. 0n i 9th December, and arrived at KandftVUalg-45 am on 25th. Having frceived in st_meU_bs not to proceed to San Francis^, and find ing the surf«..-■ fra. ture in the propeller Shaft in the sanie condition as when the survey was held in Auck land en the !:;;__ December, proceeded on to Levuka on th«3orh, where a fre.h survey was hold, but was wnable to obt .in permi'sim to go on Returned to Kandavu or, the Ist jMiuiry. whee we found the City of Melbourne, which had ariived a few hours previous to our return. At <-_ire truj.hi. ped ma Is, cwgo and pnxsenprers The City of w elb urne left Jtand «vu on J.nnary 1. at 2n m. Waited for the City of San Francisco until the sth iDstant. then left .-H-f-iidavu _t 4p m. Righted the Oreat Barrier at 4 am ,'.n the .Ith. passed Tiritiri at 11 a m, and arrived at Auckland at 1p m same day. P»sed the se. Llewelyn a. Bpco on the 10'h Experienced throueh ou the voyage runarVaHy flue weather, wHh smooth *e*;wlndS.E and 8 Passeneers : Sal-on—Captain «*tewart, W S-.mmnnd. Mrs Forbes Mrs Bimps-n, Miss Dtniels, Mrs .rvine infant, and servant, Mrs Sanc'air I'd 2 children. Steerage— w m McGregor. We are indebted to Mr 0. n. Hilroan, puiser, for furnishing our reporter with report and passenger Ji__. The Cyphrenes goes on to Sydney from here.

T .<.. s.s L.=wellyn arrived this afternoon at 2 o'clock. She let Auehland on thf 24'h ult at 630 _pra with fesii N wind. Passed the Hen and Oh'ck.ns on Saturday mo.D'tng at two oc'oct. Whence s.ong N winds and heavy h^sd se., which continue, till Wednesday evening, 29'h, when the wind veered round to the paftward with fresh breeze- Had strong r< winds and head se_ till the 29th ; thence frt» sh easterly wlr>ds to arrival on Friday morning at 5 "0. Lpft L. vuka on th« 4th at 10.30 pm H. d 'strong hepd wit ds and sea till SHurdav eve"_ng Ia»t: Tbencel'ght variable winds and fine wmtViar to arrival. Sighted the Cyi hrenes yesterday momiDg ;In company th« whole d«y P. sse-g-r.— Saloon : Mrs an and four children, Mr Charles Hestrptb and 14 in the steerago, The pcV.o ncr Au Bevoir has enterefl outwards for Melbourne via w a ngaroa. - The schooner Belle Brandon is about to leave for j IV»Tigarea. T. c febooner Elizabeth proceeds to Matakana to 2_ad flrewond for Napipr. The ss Tanpo left On.hunga at nine o'clock this morninsr, an<l proceeded to the Blnff anchorage. Her pt-ssengprs join her here, and she leaves at 5 o'clock this evening. The ship rjty of Auckland was brought to the wharf yesterday. She occupies the berth lately filled by the Columbus. The Falcon barquentine arrived at Sydney from TTnngarot. after a passage of nine days. The barque Elm Grove arrived here from Npw casitle early thin morning with a cargo of coals for ___e__-s Stone Bros The ss Colima arrived at Sydney on the 25th ult, after a p>B-»ge of 7 days. The cutter Mary * hne which arrived from Prrt CharP 8 yesterday brought in tow a smal' yacht .named the Kai«a. which was found floating about in _fa©'£ar__er St-aits unmanageable. A native named Adams and another man were on board.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND.

Mails wim. Close as po__i_ows:—

For Thateo. to-morrow at 10 30 8 ra and 5 30 p m For Coroma., del to-mrrrnwat 1130 am

For Wangaroa, per Belle Brandon, this day at 5 pm For Wangaroa, per An Bevnir. to-morrow at 10 am ForTaranaW and Sonihe n province., per Phoebe, on Thursday at 1 am.—Late letters at «15 am >For Napier and Gif home, per Southern Cross, on Pattirdav next at 11 a m . For LevtLka (Fiji) per Llewellyn, on Saturday next at spm .

Per City of San Francisco on Monday, 17th instant, as follows:—

For Kandavu. Sandwich Island. TTnited St .tes of .America, Canada, British Columh'a, Central an^ Ponth America, and British and Foreign "West Indies, at Ham •- Tor Money Orders, Begistered Letters, and News paper, at If) am ' Latel. Hers, bearing an extra fee of 6d in addition to-the postage, will be r.ceived by the mail agent up to the time of sailing. S. B. 8188. Chief Postmaster.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" Truth versus Error " and " Ponsonby By ways " are to hand, and will appear to morrow if space permits.

MARRIAGE.

CUBNOW—MONRO.—On the Bth instant, at fit. Matthew's Church, by the Incumbent, Mr. John Curnow to Aiice August., third daughter of Henry A. H. Monro, Judge Native Land Court.

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

TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1876

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that, needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

Mb William Buckland's nomination for Franklin yesterday was an inglorious one, and we have no doubt he heartily regret ted having invited the expression of feeling which followed his proposal by Mr Every McLean, whose personal influence and plain tive appeal on behalf of "an old settler" did not prevent the manifestation of marked dis approval from all parts of the hall. Mr Buckland, it appears, was nominated merely that he might make an attack upon Sir George Grey and then retire back into his shell This is the second occasion upon which this very manly and spirited policy has been pur sued, and each time the absence of Sir George Grey could be "calculated on to a nicety. Of course we do not say that it was so calculated on. Sir George might have been there had he chosen ; no doubt Mr Buckland at Otahuhu and Mr James Mackay, jun., at the Thames fully expected his presence When the little arrangement was devised and were grievously disappointed that he did not put in an appearance, that they might have shewn him up, but as he didn't come, of course they couldn't help it. -We would j however, remind those gentlemen that in none of his many public utterances has Sir George Grey ever abused public confidence by making personal attacks upon members of the Assembly. That he has spoken, and spoken strongly, against the principles involved in such legislation as the Indemnity Bill and such dealings, with the public estate as the Piako swamp and Tairua transactions is true, but he has ever preserved the dignity of a ttue statesman in refraining from reducing great questions to the level of personal recrimina tion and abuse. There is a very wide dis tinction here which other public men might mark with advantage. We do not for a moment intend to say that Messrs. Mackay and Buckland are other than great and good men, who will be estimated at their true worth by generations to come, but unfortu nately this perverse generation, in its infatua tion for Sir George Grey, will think that if Mr. Mackay had had nothing to do with the issue of those miners' rights at Ohinemuri ; if he had in no way been connected with the sale to private parties of the timber, water, and all important rights over Tairua, and with the purchase of the valueless fee simple of the soil at a singularly good price by the Government ; if he had been dis connected with other transactions in native lands where the Government got deci dedly the worst of • the bargain ; he could have spoken so very much more effect ively and so much more disinterestedly against Sir George Grey than Ihe did. We admit this is all the prejudice of a vulgar populace of " blind and.raad" electors, |but

then even prejudices must be respected, i And Mr Buckland likewise. How much better his onslaught at Otahuhu yesterday would have told had he retained possession of his excellent bargain in land purchasing and not sold it at cost price for a paltry £2,625 to the Government; or if that stupid committee had not reported a sale where the colony was so manifestly the gainer, a breach of the spirit of the Disqualification Act if not of the letter ; and if the expiring Assembly had not found it necessary to pass a law vir tually saying " We'll indemnify you for what you have done, but if ever it occurs again look out." The bill, Mr Buckland has told the electors, was for another man, and we believe him ; and another man besides that ; yet people will say that Mr Buckland's dis approval of Sir George Grey's politics looks so very much as if it were wholly grounded in little differences of opinion such as these, that really it were better not paraded in public. Not for Mr Buckland's sake, by no means, but for the sake of Sir George ! We are sorry that Mr Buckland should have terminated his public-spirited and states man-like address by retiring.; there again, people will say he acted cowardly. The opportunity for testing his late constituents' feelings on these questions, and of showing how completely they endorsed h_3 every sentiment of yesterday ; how they delighted in Mr Buckland and abhorred that meddling Sir George Grey; was so good that Mr Buckland should not have with drawn. Moreover, he promised that if Mr Lusk came out nothing should hold him back, and yet he retired. Why, we know not. If the electors are "blind and mad" enough to accept Mr Joseph May, surely there was hope for Mr Buckland, who has at least vindicated his ability to take c_.re of himself, if not of his constituents. After seeking nomination, how much more graceful Mr Buckland's retire ment would have been after he had headed the poll. This course is so palpably the proper one that Mr Buckland's hasty retire ment must surely have been a pet at the un friendly behaviour of those Otahuhu electors. We really hope he will be able to devise a means of re-considering his decision, and of backing his words with deeds, and then we shall see what we shall see.

Mr Joseph May seeking re-election by his " blind and mad" constituency is c, spectacle for the gods. The position he takes up is unique, and has no parallel in all the candidatures that have agitated the colony. It is ordiuarily supposed that a member represents, in some measure at least, his constituents. Even Sir George Grey, who possesses some some claim to exceptional confidence, has told the electors he is pre pared to accept the verdict of the people, but Mr May virtually says : "My good people, I know what you want, or if you don't actually like it, what you ought and shall have ; put your trust in Joseph." This might be all very well if Mr May's past performances had justified his claims, or if his self-arrogated wisdom had less the appearance of narrow prejudice and pig headedness, but as it is the electors of Franklin may be pardoned if the auswer, in language vulgar but expressive, " Not for Joe." Mr May yesterday proclaimed his ignorance of anything Sir George Grey had done. We refer him to Mr James Mackay and Mr Buckland for a reply ; but the remark suggests a comparison, and we would ask what have his constituents received ab the hands of Mr Joseph May? lor five years that gentleman has sat as their representative and his only two acts of any importance directly affecting Franklin, that occur to us at the moment—we shall be happy to accord Mr May space for the enumeration of any more if there were any—are his denial of the request of his constituents that they should be afforded an opportunity for pro nouncing upon great constitutional changes which were being forced upon them, and of his stigmatising those misguided people as " blind and mad" for asking it. Bat there are a good many things Mr May has not done. Where was that gentleman's voice and influ ence, as the representative of Franklin, when the Otahuhu railway station was laid off in a position that must ultimately prove ruinous to the present township, and enrich certain private owners of property ? What has he done to support the incessant complaints and petitions of the people for the formation of a road to the station and against the continual mismanagement which has proved alike disastrous to the railway and the settlers ? In short, in what has Mr May represented Franklin? Was it in the support he has given with the vote and interest of his con stituency to the indemnification and legal ising of political corruption and jobbery ? Was it in his defence on the hustings yesterday and previously, of the private sale, in defiance of the law, to ministerial friends, of an enormous area of the public estate for a cattle run at half-a-crown an acre, to the detriment of a previous applicant and a bona fide purchaser at seven slillings and six pence ? And yet we are of those who have faith in Mr May's personal honesty. We believe the fault li6S more in want of judg ment than in want of will; that he is one of those men who are utterly unfitted for g'ving a sound judgment upon anything running counter to their own pet hobbies and pre judices. The construction of Mr May's mind—his thoughts and sympathies, are by nature a. narrow and contracted that we cannot conceive of a more unrepresentative man. Mr Reader Wood took his mea sure exactly, in comparing his idiosyn cracies to that phase of lunacy which regards itself as the only emblem of sanity in a " blind and mad" uni verse. We find this peeuliartiy in all Mr. May says and does. lb comes bub in the now famous denunciation of his " blind and mad" constituency, bnt it comes out still more characteristically in his admission (we quote from to-day's Cross), that " in writing to a friend he said he was surprised that the dirty water was rushing out of Auckland and carrying everything with it, and tbat it might be accounted for in Ota huhu because of the pensioner element.' Inasmuch as his constituents will not bow down before his immaculate wisdom they are " blind and mad ;" and because the electors of Auckland do not accept of their political suction from the pump of .Joseph

May, they are lovers of dirty water. The contemptuous reference to " pensioners " is in keeping with the general tenor of the de nunciation, and requires neither comment nor explanation. We have omitted one qualifica tion which Mr May puts forward to the con fidence of the electors ; he thanks Providence he can plough. And so do we ;as a practical farmer Mr May is in his element; as a poli tician he is a mistake. We again express our thankfulness that Mr May can plough, and we trust tbat he will not be allowed to fly in the face of a wise Providence which designs all things for some useful end.

PLEASE READ THIS.

We ask as a special favour that everyone of our readers will peruse the letter in another column on the Piako Swamp sale. We regret that our correspondent has not permitted us to publish his name at present, but trust he will yet allow us to do so. The letter dis closes a phase of this gigantic political job new to most of our readers, although no doubt within the knowledge of some. Sir George Grey has repeatedly expressed his belief that this extensive area of land might have been adapted for settling a large popu lation, instead of being locked up in tie hands of a few capitalists, at best to become only a cattle run ; but our correspondent, who is known to every elector of Franklin as a gentleman who does not speak widely, and who was in a better position than any other man in the province, to accomplish what he had taken in hand, was actually floatinr an English Company to reclaim and settle the block, relying upon the assurance that it must go to auction, when he would hay. been prepared to give £20,000 more than w.s realised by the hole-and-corner sale to Ministerial friends. Had the Government publicly notified their intention to run the railway right through the block, we have very little doubt tbat they would have ob tained plenty other purchase.-s at a very different figure. Mr May is the self constituted defender of this job, and he told the electors yesterday that the block wa. open for disposal for five years previous to its private purchase. Mr May knows perfectly well, hut chose to keep that part in the background, that the sale could only take place legally upon very different terms from those which were conceded to the pur chasers of the block. Our correspondent ' Piako' has, we believe, a claim upon the consideration of the Legislature which it is his duty to press. That the Assembly, if it so determines, may legale what was illegal is true, hut when it does so it must be pre pared to compensate those who have suffered through the breach of the law. The money i loss to the public purse, the loss through the shutting out of English capital, and the injury to settlement are questions of public policy, but a private wrong such as that disclosed in " PiakoV' letter is a very different matter. Mr May, who hns constituted himself the champion of this swamp business, and goes to the poll on the issue, wished to know what Sir George Grey had done. The letter of " Piako" answers. If no other good were derived from his public career than the exposure of this gigantic job, and the passing of the Act which resulted from it preventing a recurrence of any like transaction by placing the confiscated lands under the ordinary administration of waste , lands in the provinces in which they are situated, the leader of the Opposition would be deserving of the lasting gratitude of every country settler.

During the month ending December, 1875, there were 13 deaths registered within the city of Auckland; the number durhig the corresponding month of 1874 were 15 deaths. For 1875 —Under 5 years, 8 ; under 50, 4 ; over 50, 1. Total, 13 deaths. The deaths were thus distributed : -1, Princes-street, 46 years, phthisis; 1, Sale-street, 3 weeks, premature birth; 1, Edwardes-street, 3 weeks, diarrhcea; 1, Sale-street, 4 weeks, premature birth ; 1, Picton-street, 38 years, diarrhoea; 1, Wellesley-street, 4 months, general debility ; 1, Chapel-street, 5 months, atrophy ; 1, Princes-street, 3 days, convul sions ; 1, Lome-street, 14 months, cholera ; 1, Cook-street, 24: years, phthisis ;. 1, Nel son-street, 19 months, convulsions; 1, West street, 56 years, disease of heart; 1, Queen street, 40 years, apoplexy. Total : 13 deaths within the city. Ten deaths occurred in the hospital during the month of December. For 1874 —Under 5 years, 9 ; under 20, 3 ; under 50, 3. Total, 15 deaths.—Geo. Goldie, Inspector of Nuisances, &c. In the case of Hill v. Witheford in the District Court yesterday, wherein plaintiff sougho to recover a claim of £28 7s, bill of costs, it was agreed, after considerable dis cussion to refer the bill of costs to the Supreme Court to be taxed, and the case was allowed to stand over. To the Editor: Sir, —Will you please allow me to remark in reply to.the letter in your issue of last night about my intended lecture on Philip 11, that it is far from my intention to say one word to mar the good feeling which exists here between Protestants and Roman Catholics. I hope, however, to have sufficient courage to say the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, ftbout the memorable Spanish attack on England— " that stronghold of heresy"—aided and abetted by the Pope. But while I show clearly that the Armada was a Popish inva sion, I shall, in justice to the Catholics of Englrnd, show that for once the love of country overcame the love of creed, and im pelled them to stand shoulder to shoulder with Protestants in defence of their native shore. No one doubts that a Roman Catholic is as good as any other man, and except for outside pressure he might obey the noblest instincts of his nature, even when they clash with the command of the priest.—F. G. Ewington. To the Editor: Sir, —Can you inform me by whose autho ity those in charge of our city dust carts refuse to take from our stores general rubbish as heretofore. Not only is broken glass refused, but actually anything amongst which there may happen to be a few straws, paper and dust being the fa vored commodities. Auckland for ever. I am, etc., T. Fordyce, Fort-street, Auck land. The Boston reporters rise to the occasion once in a while, as in the following account of a meeting of the Radical Club : ' Then a matron made for kisses, in the loveliest of dresses, and with eyes that shone more brightly than the diamonds that she wore, spoke in tones of lute-like sweetness words of such exceediug fitness, phrases of such happy neatness, that we clapped our hands for more, as with grace she left the floor. The four candidates for Waitemata having declared in favour of Sir George Grey, and pledged themselves to support his policy, the Chairman of the Central Committee, very properly, notifies that the committee will take no active part in the election.

One of our young men when he was mar tied didn't want to patronize the baker. He said bread tasted ever so much better made by her dear hand. This delighted her, but when she wanted a scuttle of coal, and he suggested that she get it, as the fire would feel so much better if the coal was brought by her dear hands, she was disgusted. Women are so changeable.— l)anbury News.

The cross-examination of James Golding yesterday in the Supreme Court in the •imalctam ste?ling case, was as amusing as Buzfuz, in Pickwick, hut too long to be tolerated "without weariness; those who did not hear it may judge from the following sample ; " Smart little man, eh, smart for » oublioan. Have you ever been in the butchering line ? Yes, but had n. t been « any joint transaction beforr, was in bed at six on the morning of the 25th September ; what was I doint; ? I was between the street a to be sure ; yes hid a blanket on the bed. Oh, you mean six in the evening, was at tea then; prisoner sat with us, and Amy, the gal; don't know that there was anything between them, beside the table; dined at two, went to sleep after dinner, slept till four ; not in the habit of sleeping in the afternoon, but had no rest the night before ; the amalgam was heavy on my conscience." During the cross examination, the court could not retain its gravity and "silence in court" war fre quently sounded by officers in order to ..oppress the burst of laughter which the broad, rich humour of prisoner's counsel provoked.

Lodging-house keepers are reminded tbat licenses expired on December 31sb, arid must u e renewed at the Town Clerk's office forth with.

We have again to correct an error in the advertisement of the Board of Education, notifying the extension of the holidays of certain schools. The date at which the schools mentioned will reopen, will be Mon day, January 24th, and not " February 24" as misprinted.

We have received a copy of Bradshaw's Guide for January, which contain', in addi tion to the carefully corrected railway and other information, an excellent account of the province of Auckland and guide to the Hot Lakes of Botorua district.

The demand for the " Auckland Almanac and Provincial Handbook" has been in excess of any previous year, shewing that the popu larity of this work is rapidly on the increase. Already two thousand copies have been issued. The attention of schoolmasters is specially directed to ihe astronomical infor mation, the history, and geographical know ledge relating to the province of Auckland contained in the Handbook for the current year. The work will be found valuable as a text-book to master and scholar.

The Auckland Fire Brigade last night adopted the following resolution : "That in consequence of the remarks made by a coun cillor and scurrilous sub-leader which appeared in the EVENING Stak. the brigade hereby give notice that they will disband this day month." That such a step ere long would be inevitable, without the intervention of the STAB or Councillor, we were aware from the evidence repeatedly brought under our notice of the discordant and warring elements within the Brigade. The Star article and Councillor's remarks furnish as good a pretext as any other, and the brigade has resolved to disband. This determination will enable the Corporation and Insurance Companies to come to some understanding for the better conduct and more equitable adjust ment of the cost of the brigade, and will en able them to consider the whole question de novo. We had intended to go into the ques tion with the view ot pointing out what direc tion reform should take, but political ques tions have monopolised so large a portion of nurj space that we must reserve this for a future issue.

We commend the attention of the electors of Wait. mata and the friends and supporters of Br Lee to the notice convenine; a public meeting at the Devonport Hall on Friday evening next the 14fch instant at 8 o'clock. We believe Mr llees and other electors besides the candidate will address the meet ing. A number of drivers and carts are yet unlicensed and private carts unregistered. •All persons mot licensed by Monday, the 17th inst , may expect invitations to attend the police court and explain their reason why at some considerable additional cost. Mrs Colclough (Polly Plum) is destitute in Melbourne, and the Argus is soliciting subscriptions to take her back to New Zealand.

Eden.—Declaration of the Poll.

The Returning Officer, R. C. Barstow, Esq., gave the official declaration of the polling for the representation of Eden in the Newmarket Hall at three o'clock to-day. The figures be fore given remained unaltered :— MrTole 263 Mr Taylor 212 Majority for Tole ... 51 He declared Mr J. A. Tole duly elected to represent the district in the ensuing Parlia ment.

Rodney Election.

Retirement of Mr. Farnall,

MAHURANG.I.

(From our own correspondent.) This day.

Mr. Farnall has retired from the contest at Rodney. Mr. Sheehan's return is now quite certain.

POLICE COURT.-This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.) DRUNK. Patrick Lemon, charged with this offence, and out on bail, did not appear, and his bail was forfeited. AXAM THE SECOND. F. D. Winslow, a respectable looking man of about 35, formerly in the Armed Con stabulary, was brought up on remand charged with forging and uttering a cheque for £5 2s, purporting to be signed by Robert Graham, of Ellerslie, with intent to defraud Messrs Dunningham and King. David Dunningham deposed that the prisoner came to the Governor Browne Hotel on the Ist January, and asked him to cash a cheque for £5 2s, drawn by Robert Gaaham, in favour of Wm. McCaul. He asked if it was Mr Graham, of Ellerslie, and prisoner said it was. The cheque was endorsed W. McCaul, and witness asked pri soner if that was his endorsement. He replied that it was. He gave prisoner £5 in notes and 2a. in silver. Witness gave the cheque to Detective Grace, who called for it the next day. Witness had not presented it to the Bank as it was holiday time. By the prisoner : You said it was your own endorsement. I did not know you. I never cashed any other cheque for you to the best of my belief. I was in the dining room when I was sent for. Prisoner here addres sing the Court, said he did not cash the cheque, and was quite willing to refund the money. He did not wish to keep anybody's money wrongfully. Mr. Robert Graham was next called and deposed that the signature on the cheque was not his. The only person he knew in Auck land of the i ame name was his son. It was not his sen's signature. He did not know any person of the name of Wm. McCaul. Francis Corbett, a ledger-keeper in the National Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, remembered the cheque produced being pre sented at the bank by Sergeant Saunderson. He returned it to him marked "signature unlike." ; He knew Mr Robert Graham of Ellerslie. He had an account at the bank. Knew no other. , Deteotive Grace deposed that from in

formation he received on Sunday evening, the 2nd instant, he saw Mr Dunmngham, and obtained from him the cheque marked A. He then proceeded to Onehunga in search of the prisoner. Ha found him locked in a bedroom at the Manukau Hotel. Asked him where he gob the cheque he cashed at the Governor Browne on -New Year's Day. Prisoner replied that he cashed no cheque there that day, and asked who told witness that he had. Witness replied that Mr Dunningham had. "Then it's not true, was the reply. Told the prisoner he must go with him to Auckland. When charged with the offence he said he had cashed a cheque which he had obtained in the follow ing manner : He had paid £5 to the Captain of a cutter lying alongside Barney Keane s lime-yard in Custom House-street for a pas sage to Napier. On New Year's Day the captain told him he wasn't going to Napier, and in returning him his passage money gave him the cheque marked A. He could not tell the vessels name or the captain's name. The vessel was painted white. To give the accused an opportunity of verifying his story witness took him down the wharf. On look ing at the vessel he said the particular one had sailed on the Ist or 2nd inst. He gave as his reason for denying cashing the cheque lhat when witness asked about it he thought there was something wrong about it; that he was going South by the Hawea and did not want to lose his passage. By the prisoner : The first thing witness spoke about in the room at Onehunga was the cheque. Did not first speak of an order la the presence of Constables Bullen and Griffiths piisoner told him he had seen the cheque before. Prisoner did not tell him he had presented the cheque to Miss Williams at the Sailors' Home. On the 3rd he accom panied prisoner to the Sailors' Home to test a statement of prisoner's that a man had gone with him to the house to get the cheque cashed. The mother was behind the bar. When she was asked whether she recollected prisoner coming in on Saturday with a cheque she said she did not, so many people had come in with cheques on thao day. Miss WiLiams had since given the same answer. A man who was on board the schooner Can terbury told him that she had been going to Napier but was not going. Prisoner was then whh _ip. He _aid that was not the boat he took his passage by. Witness had heard that the cutter Jeannette belonged to Mr. Keane and had gene to Wangapoa on the Sunday ; could hear of no other. George Clark was called and deposed he was the master and part-owner of the schooner Canterbury. Prisoner did not engage any passage in her. There was another schooner, the Julia Price was lying alongside Kearne's wharf. She was not laid on for Napier ; she had since gone to Mahu rangi. I know that the captain was going to pay off all hands. Thi3 witness gave further evidence, but it was unimportant, and his Worship said he thought it hardly worth while to bind the witness over to appear at the trial, presuming the prisoner was com mitted, especially as the latter had admitted that Captain Clark was not the man from whom he received the cheque. Detective Jeffreys deposed that be knew the prisoner's handwriting. He had care fully examined the signature of the cheque and was as certain as he could be that it was the prisoner's handwriting. He had no doubt about it but should not like to swear to it. The endorsement was also in the prisoner's handwriting. This was the case for the prosecution. The Court was adjourned for half-an bour for prisoner to produce some witnesses for the defence. Captain Keene and Miss Williams, of the Sailors' Home Hotel gave evidence, but threw no light whatever on the case. The accused was then committed to take his trial at the next criminal sessions of the tiupreme Court.

Franklin Nomination.

At the conclusion of the candidates addresses yesterday, Mr Buckland announced his retirement. The show of hands was then taken as follows :— H. H. Lusk 24 E. Hamlin 2. W. Woodward 16 W. Goodfeilow 12 J. May 10 A poll was demanded, and takes place on Tuesday next.

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COROMANDEL.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. Kapanga Mine.—Heat. Kapanga.—The stoppage in this mine is said only to be temporary. It is stated there are capitalists in Auckland and Coromandel who are ready to buy out the interests of the English shareholders. The weather is frightfully hot; the tubes of the thermometer will hardly hold the mercury.

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS.

NAPIER,

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. The natives here and at Wairarapa are ex erting every nerve to secure Karaitiana's return. His chief opponent is Hone, a Nga tiporou. Morgan and Ropata are working for him. Mr Sheehan's Good Templar movement has taken deep root among the natives. A lodge is formed in every hapu, as the natives say that through drink the lands have passed away. The Southern Cross leaves for Auckland at two o'clock to-day.

WELLINGTON.

(From our own Correspondent.) This day. Two Murderers. A man, supposed to be the Lake Ohau murderer Cunningham has been arrested. He has been living in the country and going by the name of William Phillips for some time. He answers the official description closely. He was brought before the court yesterday morning. When arrested, and before he had been told the charge against him, he Eaid : "What's up? la anyone murdered?" He was remanded for a week. The Hutt murderer, Smat, was again re manded for a week. His victim, Reidal, is rapidly sinking, and when he dies Smat will be charged with wilful murder. The ship Avalanche will be put on the slip to-morrow. Nothing is known yet respecting the out going San Francisco mail. The postal authorities are quite in the daik as to what steamer takes it.

PORT CHALMERS.

(From our own Correspondent.) Yesterday. Mr. Reynolds Elected. There was immense excitement over the polling yesterday, which resulted in the return of Mr Reynolds over Mr Green by a majority of 56.

This day. Arrived—Ship Rakaa, fiom London, after a 101 days' passage, wich 43 passengers. She brings 81 Leicester sheep and 1 short horn bull. Ten sheep died. The vessel had had very heavy westerly weather in the channel, and bad winds to the Cape n Good winds thence to Lewin, thence easterlies and variables j made land on the 3rd instant, and was knocking about afterwards with baffling weather. When crossing the South Atlantic spoke the French barque Jeannie Postel, from Chincha Islands/ bound for Martinique, 57 days out, with scurvy on board, which had carried off tho Captain.!

son and la..* UP eight men. The Rakaia. supplied some Potatoes and other anti scorbutics.

[Advertisement.] INSPECTOR GOLDIE.

(To the Editor of the Stab.) Sih, —I was much pleased at a notice to correspondents in Saturday's issue, in which you deprecated " stabs in the dark " from anonymous contributers. But you are not consistent, otherwise you would not have inserted in last night's issue the letter signed "Hesperus." __.s I happen to know the writer, it does not matter. I might have thought it emanated from Mr Goldie, but; that the effort is beyond him. The object of the letter, however,. is to bolster up Inspector Goldie at my expense and that ©£ truth. What makes it appear more singular is that the writer knows the motives that induced the Inspector to summon me. He says it was not spite. Then what was it ? It could not be a sense of public duty or else he would have availed himself of my invi tation to point out a nuisance, second only to that of the intake—and not caused through a few bananas. A worm will turn when trod upon. Well, I've been trodden on, and even at the risk of being "driven out of the trade," as threatened, I will resent the way I have been persecuted. At the very time I was fined for the alleged offence of having decayed fruit on my pre mises, my attention was called to the dis i graceful state of cesspools adjoining the market, the malaria from which renders ife impossible to approach them within twenty yards. Their filthy condition I afterwards pointed out to several citizens, who re marked they were invariably in that state,, and that complaints bad been made to Mr Goldie, but not heeded. I should like to know to whom is this officer responsible. If you speak to the Councillors you can get no satisfaction. la the case in point I asked the Mayor to interfere, but he declined, as did also Mr Holdship.. Perhaps they did so because the property. belongs to the City Council. A nice state of things truly. It is said charity begins at home, so should cleanliness. I can invite Mr Goldie's notice to a nuisance, which I am afraid he dare not move in.—R. Messenger, fruiterer.

CRICKET-BANQUET TO THE TARA NAKI TEAM.

The members of the Auckland Cricket Club gave a dinner to Tarauaki team last night at the Star Hotel, Albert-Street. About 50" gentlemen safe down* Mr Rees taking the chair, and Mr V. E. Bice the vice-chair. On the right of the chairman was Mr J. C. Davies the captain of the Taranaki eleven, and supporting the vice-chairman was Mr Douglas of Taranaki. The dinner was one o£ the most recherche description, and may in truth be ascribed the palm among the spreads of the season. Host Gorman must be con gratulated upon the perfection of the viands, wines and arrangements. , After the inner man had been well attended to, the chairman in short but graphic eloquence disposed of the standard toasts in businesslike style. These got through, he proposed "Our Taranaki Visitors" a_?d in doing so dwelt upon the influence for good which such visits as theirs had upon cricket. Mr Bees drew a vivid picture of the utility of encouraging manly sports and said it was quite a mistake for people to think that because they had passed beyond the years of childhood they ought to leave such sports behind them. He trusted that the visit might be soon returned.—Mr. Davies, whose name was coupled with the toast, responded in appro priate, terms and hoped that either this, season or next they would see an Auckland visiting Taranaki (cheers). —Mr. V. E_ Rice proposed " The Game of Cricket " and. made some good suggestions for the encouragement of the game in Auckland.— Messrs Douglas and Lankham responded.— " The ladies," proposed by Major Tuke and responded for by Mr. T. L. White, who " wired into " the sex for not supporting the game better, and drew a very laughable picture of a ladies' match.—"The Press," proposed by Mr. V. E. Bice and replied to by Mr. A. King, and "The Chairman" proposed by Mr. Cotton, completed the list of toasts.—ln responding to the last named toast, Mr. Bees made an announcement which brought forth loud cheers, namely that he intended to use his influence as a member of Parliament to induce the Improvement Commissioners to remake a cricket ground in the 16 acres of recreation ground to be marked off in the Barracks Reserve. After having vigorously cheered one another, the guests and their enter tainers dispersed at half-past ten o'clock.

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SITTINGS,

(Before His Honor Mr. Justice Gillies.) YESTERDAY.—ConcIuded. THE CASE OF AMALGAM STEALING-. The evidence in this case having been heard and commented upon by learned counsel, His Honor carefully summed up, and after a quarter of an hour's delibera tion, returned a verdict of not guilty. The prisoner was then discharged.

~ THIS DAY. His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock. EMBEZZLEMENT.

Henry Weston, a respectable-looking man of 40, clerk and store-keeper of Mercer, was arraigned upon two indictments charged with embezzling certain sums of money, amount ing to £40, sterling, the property of Antonia Diviani of the Queen's Redoubt, in the months of June and July last. Mr Brookfield appeared for the crown and Mr Rees for the defence.

Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Charles Limmer, constable of the armed constabulary situated at Mercer, deposed that upon receiving information of the case, took prisoner into custody, where he con fessed that he had done wrong, and wished him to plead for him : if the matter could be hushed up, he would leave the country, he cautioned him.

Antonia Diviani, deposed that he resided at the Queen's Redoubt, and was the holder of a general Store at Mercer. The prisoner and his wife managed the store at a joint salary of £1 and board and lodging, prisoner received monies, paid cheques into the bank, managed the business and paid himself. He was informed that something was wrong, that prisoner had acted dishonestly, and gave information to the police. Prisoner was arrested. His wife came to witness's, house on the following Sunday and wanted him to get her husband out of trouble, and she would arrange to square matters; he told her he could do nothing in the matter. To Mr Rees : Knew a man named Girande but he was not a, partner, did hot authorize him to receive monies on account for him; he could also see the books of the store when he liked, and could have taken them away for examination had he chosen; never asked prisoner for the sum of £217. He (witness) was a native of Switzerland, and did not know much about book ; keeping, only under stood the cash-book, knew that figures repre sented money. Mr Leers and tne accused balanced the books.

Moses Samuel Leers, accountant of Auck land, was employed in December by Mr Diviani to investigate the accounts, was assisted by Weston, the accounts are in his hand writing. On the 28th June, there is an i entry shewing that the accused had received on that day the sum of £2 14s 4_,d from Mr O'Donnell. Mr Leers pointed oat several other items entered at different times as cash taken by Weston, but which had not been accounted for in the usual way. To His Honor: Accordingjto tho prisoner's own accounts, to ro is a deficiency t»_ £90.

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.: Second Edition. The, Waipa Election. \ ALEXANDRA. >-Z(Prom our own Correspondent.) •■ / This Day. v" The Waipa poll resulted— COROMANDEL. (From our own Correspondent.) This day. ft The boating party, for which fears |were entertained, has turned up safely.



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