SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

„„ i This Afternoon, 1.3-1 HIGH WATER--, Tc-niom>w Morning, 2.9 BUN SET.—Tills Kvenins-, 4.53 =jr*XT RISK — To-morrow Morning, /.I MOO#BAG3.-Fii-st Quarter,^ h, 0.33 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

|i Floral S;ar,~Uue>madted schooner, f(om Aae if!:? Sis-"' schooner, from Itusseu ' '-! KrioinhiiVia. sehoonev from AVangafOa : ;if-^ ir>v.:cn^'s.s..Sel]ai-s,iromTauranga ,■ - l l t ; I of •.■;,?; s:v,i-1.. s.s , Carey, from. Napier ■:' Qaecn, scliojacr, Jones, from Hokianga

DEPARTURES. , H , Oitr tl Now Vork, P.M.s-s, Oavarly, for byuuey Hawoa, s.s., Wheeler, from the South

EXPORTS.

PKOJECTiiiy- DEPARTURES. For Sydney— Hero, s.s,, about May; Syrc«, For'vTaiuaivi-Arc; 1?. evc.y T^ c? Art y For the SmUh-Taranfiki, 5.«., 21tb uisu For Tonft-a—Active, scheoncr^early Far Fiii—Ba<>iine. schooner, c-vi-iy For Hobarfc Tow-ii—Beila. Mary, to-day For London—Klectra, -stop, early; Am?t uam bles, barati". early. , Y . For Xapiei-. 'VCeliia.^ton, and South—i-'V.orua, •"nd i::st,-.nt. • , For LevTika—Jessie Henderson, scnorrtr, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, f.s.. fi-oi.-i Sydney, due Uotoni-i, s from Sydnsy, eavly Wiii'am tiV,:l Konry, briar, l'roai OaiE^rn, early ilenßohikoli. bawn'.e. i'''O!ii Sa-.noa.'tarly , Aiiii Gambles, bai-quo, fMiii Lytteiboii, eany Alusror, barquc(W.T.G.F.),froaife»adoH; sailad LomtewMan, ship (N.W.G.T.), London; Spirit of fteDawn, b-si-jue JSLT.Y.C), from; Londuii: *s.iled2ii.i :\[arck _ ; Yo.?einii-i J=S':j3 (H.W.V.L.K ir-em London, c-any.. Huiisoa, f hi*. (W.S.F.D.), fro^ Lourtoa. euriy. :. G. Brou^hcen, ship, (N:K.V-Q.), from Loaaoa,! Diipi^ssulia, barctue (!v£ G.MD.}, from Londss-:, enrjy. Tj^ti'ila. -c-hoar.er, from the .islands, cai-jj". __ Bcliiii,. sebecaer, from Fjlea.ri.ly Islands, eai'ly. Pea-1, kefeli. from taa Islai-fes, early Bella liraadon, scliaonep, froui tho lala-^as, Rosannib. Koss, sciieoiier, txova TisfflS7.ru, early „ . , Visiaa bri£. from the Islands, early. ByRO.-fei'Uautine, frGiK'tho Islands, earn, OciiUis'-: bui-c-iuc, from Adelaide, early. Kl'Se Meiicle. odioor.er- from Noumea, eaPii'. Sbannoa, ECiioouer, fe?ora Melboui-ne, eaas-y.

EXPORTS.

Per Staffs: 1 weighing machine.—E. &H, Isaacs.

I'he continual rain all clay has presented any bu*ne-:s bciu.ur done among- tha shipp?ng-. The barque Etemore, GSS tons, had cleared at New York for New Zealand on the *".h April. The ba;-q-.ie Herbert Black of Searsport, &73 ton3 - w . iS losiclins at New York for Wellington Mid Buneain when the mail was loading-. The b '- Staruftbe South an ivediiom Appier and" Gisborne yesterday. Passengers: Mrs Fortuae Miss Williams, Messrs Mahoney, Leonard, Harkeii?, Cliffens, Augustus Thome, Oudlow, Sn-iith, aud Atixks, Mr ana Mrs Brown, "'^rhe Sn-ee-Rvasted schooner Floral Star arrived yesterdav from Adelaide, after a tempestuous passage if 23 days. She brings a cargo of wheat. She left Adelaide on the 27th ult-., and Captain Evans reports S. and S.&. breezes at the coin mencement, and N. raid N.E. breezes at the conclusion of the voyage. Very heavy weather •v?&s exper;cnc-ed on the coast. , The I'nior. Company's s.s. Jlawea, Captain Wheeler left Ouahunga at 1.30 p.m. yesterday, and crossed the bar at 3.50 p.m. She conveyed the mails for Southern ports ex City of New York, and the fo'lowing passengers:—Mr am 3 Mrs T V\ r.- Jones, Mrs Hurroll aud son, Mrs O'Donoshue, lira Corbatt Miss Cross Miss Macdcnal^/'viibs Maekay, Mesnrs Carruthers, Shaw. Holmes, Wilson, Geddes, Traynor, -loyce, Baxter Davis, Warburtoa. Hudson, xalawm, Goodman. Grasscy, Dean, Rev. T. Harper. The B2aii steamer, City of New -York, did not resume her voruee to Sydney until yeSLerflaj' mornin" at half-past ten, having been aetamed all the previous ni^ht by the inclement weather, which prexeiii eel the new-faary supyily pf coals b»in°- -rveii her as quickly as desired. lnc following passengers'were b wked for Sydney by her- Saloon—Mr and Mrs Huime. Mr Master, and' Miss Bcden, Messrs Cha'-eyon, Hill, Walker, and nine in the steerage.

FIJI SHIPPING.

The " Fiji A^gus," of the 2nd inst, has the fel- We regret to hear of the total loss of the cutter Sumter at Waderi, Nadroga, on the night of tne 27thins!ant In attempting to-beat into the pas sage opposite that town, with the land breeze, the vessel went on tie shore reef, and soon became a total wreck. He? owner, Mr Thomas Ha-wlrina was on board, with, i'.fessrs Hill and Mackenzie pas-engers, but got ashore -without ditfV-ultv No blame is attributed to anyone.. The bViarantine Augusta, will leave for Nadi this movaiatr, where she will take in a cargo of maize for the Auckland market.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as UNOSB".— . For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. ;and to

morrow at 5.30 p.m. For Ceroniandel, per Axgylo,! on Friday next,

For^RusleU," Wongaroa, and Mongomii, per For Whitlanga', Tauranga, and Opotiki, per For°%Waiwera, Kawau,' and Matakana, per Annie Milbank. to-morrow at'lo a.m. For Xapicr and Southern Provinces per Rotorua t°For l money orders, registeed lretters, and newspapers, at 2 p.m For Wangaref Heads, Waipu, Wangarei. and Manrtapai, per Arpyle, to-morrow at 4 p.m. For Vvangaroa per Kretmhilda, on Wednesday Fo'r'xoTMiiea (New Caledonia) per Waiwera, on WedMsaiV s as m 6hief Pogtmas ter.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Crowded Out.—Letters ft-om Mr J. Wright and Mr J. D. Clarke on Thomas Walker's pretensions to spirit possession. Also, "Soap and Sand" on "Dirty Milk."

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

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

MONDAY, MAY 21, 1877

A GENTLEMAN passing through the city on Saturday, en route from San Francisco to Sydney, called at our office to warn colonists against leaving here for California. He says a good many persons have been attracted by glowing accounts of the prosperity of that State, and their friends can form no conception of the hardships which some of them have undergone. Within his own knowledge, industrious respectable men, unable to obtain employ ment, have been arrested for stealing food from the swill barrels at the rear of restaurants, to satisfy the cravings ; Ci 1 ' IllliKJY>r *«!linrflxr Tinf l n *.~:°-. '

continually swelled from the overcrowded ] labour markets of the Eastern States, and the invasion of Chinese. The last ship ' from China alone brought nine hundred more Mongolians to compete at peppercorn Avages with European labour. The China man is übiquitous. Employed at first in all sorts of domestic capacities, and in labour ing ■work, he has now forced his Way into factories, and every field of labvru- and trade. Living huddled together in a wretched part of San Francisco, under taking none of the duties or responsibilities of citizens, possessing naturally remarkable powers of imitation, these people are able to. undcr-sell any working man of European race. The discontent at tills state, of tilings is deep and widespread, and occasionally develops itself in. isolated, outrages, but the system is maintained "by capitalists and speculators. At a Commission ordered by Congress to inquire into the working of Chinese labour, these patriotic gentlemen appeared to give evidence of tkc vast benefit which "had been conferred on the country, particularly in -the construction of the Pacific line, by Chinese labo\i\ One capitalist went so far as to decline on oath that he would I prefer a Chinaman to an American wcvk- I man at the same wages, and so impressed i had he been with the docility and industry Ol the race that he felt almost constrained ito become a Pagan. Our informant i solemnly warned the colony against allow : ing tke importation of Asiatic labour. His cob. itei ions drawn from the crtctunstanccs ,of California, were certainly of the most | convincing character. The attempt to ; promote a country's prosperity by intro ducing an element ihat cannot fuse with the rest of the 'population, must lin the long ran, end hi disaster. And i when, as in the case of the Chinese, ■ the people introduced are enabled, by I the absence of domestic ties and j responsibilities, and by habit of living, %o cut under tlte bone and sinew of a nation —the class upon "which all countries depend for their stamina—a bitter reaction must sooner or later ensue, such as that which appears to have come in California. jln Queensland, as reported by cable the I other day, the evils of an alien race are j already felt in the armed bands of China men, who are spreading terror through the Northern districts. The warnings thus | conveyed arc such as deserve weighing by our own ■Parliameitt, in view of the large I influx of'Chinese into Otago.

;Me P. A. Philips, Town Cleric, has j received by mail from tlie Clerk to the San i Franeiseo Board of Supervisors, a copy of : the Municipal Reports of that city for the { year 1575-H. The work is a handsome gilt l edged volume of 1067 pages, and contains j statistics upon every subject on which in i formation can lie desired. There is also a | capital view of the city of San Francisco, and the leading streets and buildings. The estimated population within city boundaries is .stated at 272,000, and there-tire 3G,000 city voters. The rate lavied last year was 6s Sd per hundred dollars ; the gross v.ilua | tiori. real and personal, 2G9,105,141 dollars, and the yield from taxation for city and State purposes was 4,319,137 dollars. The criminal statistics of this great and rapidly increasing city give us some insight into that- reputation for recklessness of human life which has gained for it so unenviable a name. Out of eight convic tions for murder a»t ona felon sxiiFered the penalty of death. Thirty were indicted for ; assault with intent to commit murder, and j two for a second offence of the same kind, besides twelve for "assaults with deadly weapon.;." That modern Jezebel, LauraD. j Fair, has lived to lile her schedule. There i were 334 applications for divorce, i The hook gives an admirable sum mary of the operative clauses of city laws for the guidance of burgesses. The appearance of the book alone i; suilicient to j convoy some impression of the greatness of I the city, which, during the last thirty or I forty years, ha3 grown into wealth ami im [ portcwice on tliu Pacific coast. lAn Art and Industrial Exhibition will he held at Waugarei in August. A vigorous debate on the Eastern Ques tion is announced for this evening in the Pitt - h'treet Wesleyan ScUf>ol-rooni. We | learn that six of the b^st debaters of Pitt : street, and six of the sturdiest of St. James' J orators have been selected for this dis cussion. Rev. Wm, Tinsley, of Edw&rdes-strett Chapel, yesterday expressed his surprise at the appearance of" an advertisement- in the j STAR of Saturday, stating that he would j discourse upon " The medium in our midst," jas he had not promised to speak on the sub | ject. A number of persons were conse | quently disappointed. The advertisement was furnished in the ordinary course, by one of Mr Tinsley's congregation, and the ! announcement of the .subject arose entirely j through a misunderstanding. The theatre service was well attended last evening. Addresses were delivered by ' Mr Heraus and Mr Fee. The collection to ; defray expenses. j The Thames Volunteers have invited the j Auckland Navala to join them in a grand display on the 21th, when it is proposed to make a sham attack and defence of ! GrahamstoAvn. j At the next sitting of the Licensing ' Court Mr Andrew Craig will -make an application for a publican's license for his , house in Lower Hobson-street; Samuel Jagger will also apply for a license for his ' private house at the corner of Cracroft street, New North Road ; and Mr Michael Dervan for a license for the Freeman's Hotel, in City West. The anniversary services in connection with the Graf ton Road Wesleyan Church were held yesterday. The preachers Were I Rev. J. Robertson, of Beresfcrd-strect, R«v ' J. Caygill, of United Free Methodist Church and Rev. W. J. Williams. The subjects of each service were most appropri- ) ate to. the occasion, and the day's collections amounted to £S 11s Id. * i The Temperance Hall was filled on ' Saturday evening, and the audience fre quently expressed their approval of the ! performances by demanding encores. The chairman, Mr James Cox, introduced tile * proceedings in a neat speech on the advan tages of a sober life in connection with harmony of spirit and inoffensive recreation. The programme waa follows .-—Piano solo Miss Hertz ; Mr Smart, " Only the w*y it i is Played on the Stage ;" Mr Phillips, " Ten Thousand Miles Away;" Miss McEvoy "Let Me Kisss Him for His Mother;" Mr Sceats, "Broken Down "and "Perhaps She's on the Railway ;" Mettam Bros, son* and dance, " Down Where the Woodbine Twineth;" Miss Chapman, " Last Rose of Summer ;" Mr Smart, " Lullaby ;" Mrs Smith, "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs ;" Master Elder, Hornpipe; Mr Jameson, j Recitation. The whole finished with the laughable farce of " Dramatic Ageacy. ' ■ According to the last return, there are, in ' the Whau Lunatic Asylum, 168 inmates, 110 men, and 58 women. Thomas Walker, the Trance-Medium, delivered an oration last evening in Dorn • well's Hall, on the "Being-and attributes of God." The chair was taken by Captain Drabble. The Hall was filled by an enquiring and wonder-seeking audience. The wind and scudding showera on Saturday afternoon were not favourable to the prize firing of the troopers of Nixon's '. Light Horse at the Mount Eden Range, i The whole was under the superintendence of Captain Isaacs. A number of spectators ] appeared on the Range in anticipation of i some good marks. The ranges were 150, i 200, and 300 yards distance, and ultimately < Trooper Fitzpatrick bore off the cup and ' belt. Serjeant Hunter came in second, i and Farrier third. The scores generally s were considered good. j The " San Francisco Chronicle " has an i

Messrs Tonks and Co. will sell to- rjj OITOW 2,160 bags Fiji sugar. Latest adv' ices s t a te that there is a great falling" D /j- - vl £] u , yield owing to the late a+ <4nfflßp j l erio dis turbances.

The United Free T.empLsrs will 1 e.d a soiree and ball, in t, Ae Lorne-stre.-t Hall, on Wednesday eve; afT)g uext T] , e chai , >yiir be taken at r; xg i at o ' c l oc k, a:id at the close ol the.entert^fouftent, dancing will comtnenoef under t die direction of'an ellicient master o, ceremonies.- Several ladies \v?ll take a n\elodious partjin the entertainment, and sing the "Flower Girl," ami other popular ) ballads. A double sailor's hornpipe will be given by two accomplished skippers.,-, A noted elocutionist will recite the 'Pastor's Address," and, among other novelties, will be introduced the "Free Templars' Jour nal," consisting of a series of original poems, oddities, and local sketches.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

[Before R. C. Barstow Esq. It. M.j LOST IN THE STREET. John Leftley, Griffin, Mulcahy, and Mullins, were charged with being drunk; aud fined 10s e;icli with co.st«. MARY BROVrx, This unfortunate woman, whose greatest error is an inordinate love of drink, was again brought up on a charge of drunken-

ness on Sunday The old woman murmured "Yes," and keld down licr head. Fined 10.:. :uul cost-?.

VAGRANCY.

Margaret Sullivan was charged under the Vagrant Act, with using obscene language on Sunday afternoon in Queen-street.

The old woman said she had no recollec tion of using the words ; a person tore her dress, and she might have sworn.

The constable deposed that the woman was in a very excitable state at the corner of West Queen and Queen-streets, her hus band wished to get her home, but she would not go. He used his persuasive eloquence, but she told him to go to —. Mr Sullivan said he was a hard working man, and had to support a large family ; his poor wife had got a wee drop in her head, and did not know what she was about; lie hoped she would do hotter in the future.

Sentence deferred

A SAD SIGHT

Two boys, Patrick and Tlu:?.;as O'Doherty, were charged with being neglected children within the meaning of the Act.

The sight of the children was most dis-

tressing. Detective Jeffrey deposed that in company with Sergeant Martin, and a constable, he went to the house of the mother of the children, in Mill's Lane, and found the mother dead-drunk on a stretcher, and a number of prostitutes in the house. The two boys were running about without shirts, shoes, or stockings. The father of the children bad just come out of gaol, and had left the neighbourhood.

The Court committed the younger boy to the industrial School for five years, and the older boy to the Naval Training School, to be brought up in the faith of the Roman Catholic Church.

LARCENY,

Sam, a native, waR charged with stealing from the person of John Barrow, on the ISth inst, a silver watch, and £3 in notes. Prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr Brown interpreted on behalf of th'_» prisoner.

John Burrows deposed that lie was a \ labourer, and arrived from Mahurangi on ' . Frida} r last, by the " Anne Milbank." On ' arrival at the wharf, prisoner asked him .if he had any luggage. He aaid "no," prisoner followed him into Fort-street, to : the Custom House Hotel, He was there [ about an hour and half, prisoner hung about him nil the time, and subsequently he missed his watch and chain, and £3 in I notes. He returned to the hotel, and I prisoner was still there. Prisoner denied ! that he had any knowledge of tho watch ; and money. He gave information to ! Detective Grace. ' Joseph Caffeiy deposed that on the day in question he returned to the hotel and .saw prisoner and prosecutor in front of the i bur. They left together about twenty i minutes after, and in five minutes the I native cai»e back. Some time after Bur ■ rows and Detective Grace came in, and in formed witness that prosecutor had been robbed. Prosecutor bad previously st-;ted that ho had lost his watch, and he suspected that the native had it. On looking at the native he saw the chain on a part, of ; his shirt. He asked him about the watch, | when lie handed it to him ; he gave it to Detective Grace. i Prisoner: Do you think I stole the i wat.ck? Witness : I cannot say you had it in your possession. ■ Prisoner : Did you see any money in my hand. ; Witness : I cannot say. . ■ Prisoner :In my opinion there was no I robbery. j To his Worship : The prosecutor was in liquor, but not drunk, becanse he could walk tolerably straight. 1 Detective Grace deposed that on receiv ! ing information he accompanied prosecutor to the Custom House Hotel. Mr Caffery handed him the watch. The prosecutor ! had evidently been drinking heavily, and could easily be robbed. ' His Worship said there was scarcely evidence enough to convict the prisoner; the money he was not charged with steal ing, and it had not been found. The prisoner, however, had better leave the town, for if natives got into public-houses they were almost certain to get into trouble. j i NEGLECTING TO PAY. ! John Fowler again appeared on a charge of neglecting to pay the sum of £6 ISs due towards th* support of his children. Sub-Inspector Pardy said that defendant had paid a portion, and was iioav ready with another instalment. Defendant promised to pay by regular instalments. Matthew Carroll, on a similar charge, failed to appear. Mrs Sullivan was then called, and after receiving some excellent advice for her future guidance, promised to be a good wife and mother, and Avas allnwed to return to her family. This was all the business.

THE S.S. HERO.

There was no sign of the Hero up to the time of going to press. She has probably encountered very bad weather, which has de tained her behind her usual time of making the voyage. She left Sydney last Monday and is therefore a week out.

THE WRECK OF THE INVERERNE.

The accounts which were received »f this disaster by the last mail seemed to hold out some hopes that the missing boat, contain ing- the captain and eight of the crew, might have drifted ashore at one of the numerous islands near Sainbawa Island. . Fuller par ticulars now supplied make it absolutely certain that all beside the known survivors have perished. We take the following from the account in the " Daily Telegraph :"— " On the Ist of Jauuary, and during a very heavy gale, accompanied with a tremendous sea, the ship fell right over, and at once began to sink. Previous to this the boats had boen got ready, and the captain, the second officer, and eight of the crew got into the lifeboat, and the remainder of the crew, eight in number, got into the second boat. The chief officer refused to leave the vessel, and was last seen standing on the ship's side when she went down. During the night of the 2nd of January the boats sepa rated, but the second one subsequently fall

Further Mail News.

S_» a LONDON. The Queen's Theatre at Edinburgh has been burned down. ! The concluding race at Newmarket, for i three-year-olds, was won by M. H. Sand- 1 ford's Drown Prince by Lexington ; Plerat, > second ; Bugiehorn, third. Five horses ran. i The bettihgSvas thirty-three to one against Brown Prince, who won by half a length. .■ j At the Newmarket craven meeting (inter- ; national handicap) to-day, the race was won ■ by Tassel,'; Bonichurch, second; Piaisante, I thid. ' ■ . j The troops in the barracks were in rendi- | ness to turn out if required on the occasion j of the Tichborne demonstration. ! GERMANY. ' The reasons of Bismarck's retirement are i said to be the Emperor's action in the case of General Von Stosch, and the vote of the Reichstag as to the scat of the Supreme Court The Emperor refused to accept his resignation and to grant his request for a pension, but granted an extension of the one year's furlough. German contractors are taking larga war contracts at St. Petersburg. ITALY. The Italian Cabinet has determined to dissolve nil political International Associa tions. Italy vrill remain strictly neutral so long as the war is con lined to Turkey and Russia. CHINA.

The CMuesc have a report that the troops at ;i place named Sa-ching, a few miles from Tientsin, have mutinied to the number •f several tens of thousands, owing to not being able to obtain their arrears of pay. The men arc said to have thrown away their arms, accoutrements, and uniforms, and to have marched in the direction of Shantung, intending to join the people there, who are growing discontented through the miseries entailed by the famine.

AMERICA. SAN FRANCISCO, April 25. WRECK OF THE BRIG " ROANOKE." —ELEVEN PERSONS DROWNED. —THE SOLE SURVIVOR TELLS A TALE OF TERRIBLE SUFFERING.

Boston, April 2.— The schooner Addie Todd, which arrived to-day from Surinam, reports that on the 27th nit. she fell in with the wreck of the brig Roanoke, from Philadelphia,for Porto Cabello, and took off William Maguire, seaman, who had been on the wreck nine days. All the others of the crew, eight in cumber, find three passengers—Mr and Mrs Dallet, of New York, and a Spanish gentleman —were washed overboard and drowned.

The details of the wreck of the brig Roanoke are most harrowing. The follow ing is a statement of the only survivor : I left Philadelphia March 17th, on the brig Roanoke, Captain Wilkie, with a, craw of nine, and three passengers, the latter being Mr and Mrs Dallet, and a Spanish gentie trian. On the 18th we encountered a heavy gale, which carried away the sails and everything moveablc on deck. Finally the vessel became unmanageable, and broached to, and the masts were cut away, every sea making a. clean breast over her. On the 20th we saAv a schooner and made signals of distress to her, but she continued on her course. Had she laid to, all hands would probably have been saved. We had a little preperved fruit and some layer-beer that day. On the 22nd there was a heavy north west gale, the sea breaking over us clean fore and aft. The vessel had commenced to break up. The captain wished to take to the boats to save life, but was pcvsiyulcd not to do it. In the afternoon Mr and Mrs Dallet were exhausted. They shook hands with the captain and mate, bade them good-bye, and expressed the hopo that they would nil moot in Heaven. Mr Dallet took his wife's waterproof and wrapped it around her head. They embraced each other, and the cca soon swept them overboard. The Spanish gantleman shortly followed. He saiil bin prayers, wrapped r. quilt around his head,and leaped overboard in a delirious state. Soon after this a sea carried away the after deck, with captain, steward,' and one sailor and boy. The stern broke away and went next, with the mate and second mate. The mate was drowned nearly along side, and the sccovtd mate wan on apiece of the stern when last seen. Only two men were then left with my self. Everything was gone, clown to the lower deck. We were lashed to the stump of the mainmast and suffering tsrribly from thirst. A brig passed close to its, but did not stop. We got some tallow to eat, but suffered terribly from thirst. It blew a gale all night, and on Friday the gale continued. On Saturday we had fine Aveather. We saw a square-rigged vessel to leeward. We got some candles and a tin box of sardine.?, but no water. On Sunday it was bloAving from the south-east. One mau j became crazy from thirst, and drowned ■ himself. On Monday there was a gale I from the south-east, with some rain, but i the sea was breaking so that we could not ! get any fresh water. On Tuesday the gale j still continued from the south-east. At j daylight we saw a schooner, which proved j to be the Addie Todd, and on making j signals she lay to, but it blew too hard for her to assist us. When the gale, lulled she beat back to the wreck, and after trying j five times I succeeded in catching a line, j and was hauled on board. While the | sehooner was lying to, another man became J crazy, and leaping overboard, was lost. j

THEST; LOUIS FIRE.—SEARCH FOR THE BODIES. April 15th.—It is believed there are not nOw more than two or three bodies not recovered from the ruins. All the help of the hotel, except tne head-waiter, and the girls known to have been killed have been reported. All the guests have been reported except one. The search" for the bodies continues, and several articles of jewellery and personal property have been recovered. WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP LEO.— 21 PERSONS'MISSING.

The steamship Leo of the Nassau line, which left Savanna with three passengers and a crew of 31, caught fire SO miles south of Tybee Island. The crew and passengers took to the boats and rafts, but only Capt. E.C. Daniels, and 12 of the erew were saved, being rescued by a Russian barque. The others are still missing.

In the coal regions in the north-eastern portion of Pennsylvania, there are 60,000 miners out of work. Great misery has been inflicted upon their families. The result has been produced by strikes and labour combination^. Two cases of small pox occurred amongst 950 Chinese passengers by the steamer Alaska. The disease was epidemic in Hong Kong when the vessel left, and fresh cases were expected to arise on the vessels coming in. A powder mill near Santa Cruz was blown up, and one man killed. Paul Morply, the famous chess-player, is in a Lunatic Asylum in New Orleans. About a year ago lie began to lose mental control. He had given up chess in disgust after the American war, and subsequently led an idle and morose life. A terrific tornado passed through Ruther ford county, Tenn., blowing down 15 houses, killing three persons and wounding I eight others. j The^chief Spotted Tail Las surrendered I with 1000 followers and 1430 horses, and. I several stand of aims, including a large j number of rifles taken in the" Custar massacre. i The Mexican Customs authorities, having I .seized the American merchant schooner j Montana, and arrested the United State; Consul at Acapulco, two American war vsssels were sent to inquire into the j matter. i

The Grand Dukes Alexis and Constautine and the officers of the Russian fleet, have \ visited New York. j The cleigy in the Bermudez have become : desperate since the banishment of the i Bishop. The Archbishop of Bogota preached. • a Seditious sermon. .The parliament urges ■ tlie Government to seize the Arehbishopal , palace as a War oilice, and banish tha ; seditions prelate. The conflict is assuming tliea character of a religious Avar. The Government fcrees defeated the emenywich . great less on both sides. (|Au earthquake in Victoria, British ! Columbia did comparatively slight ' damage. > CUBA. I General Martinez Campos has commenced a forward movement into the Central De- ] partment. The military camp and settlement cf Dominquery was totally destroyed by fire, j The loss is $2,000,000. " " ' \ i _ * :

THE WAR.

The advance of the Russian army from ! Bessarabia was delayed by the bad state of the roads, which impeded the passage of the heavy baggage "waggons. 50,000 Rus- : sians marched from Tartar Bimar on the j pea coast between the mouth of the Danube ; and Odessa in the direction of Galatz, and j 50,000 more were to cross the river Pruth i at Keuifenacheu Leowa,- and Unglieni. j T]ie Russian plan of operation, as we gather j from a summary of the telegram?, was to i advance by separate routes! upon Kalafat, j Gingevo, and Kalarash. \ In Montenegro General Virkovirch cccu- \ pied Krotac, and received a reinforcement of SOO men from Tenbie. TJieir operations were delayed by the non-arrival of their Envoy, Commander -in - Chief Pctero viteh, from Constantinople. The Porte eent a requisition to the Khedive of Egypt to send troops to her assistance. Egypt has an excellent army j of 50,000 men.

Austria is said to be well prepared in a military sense. If Servia shews the slightest tendency to insurrection, it is probable that Austria will interfere. Austria has prepared an army of 90,000 men, which can be mobilized in a few days. A French journal says the Russian fleets in the Atlantic and the Pacific have been ordered to rendezvous in the Medi terranean. A dispatch from Odessa says an early bombardment of that port is expected. The Customs authorities have warned merchants having goods in the Custom House to remove them, as it is to be closed. Ships at Odessa were preparing to leave. "~ VON MOLTKE'S PREDICTION. London, Wednesday-—April 25. —The " Times" Berlin dispatch gives additional Quotations from General' Aron Moltke's speech yesterday. The General stated that the French military budget exceeded the German by 150,003,000 francs a year, i nclusive of extraordinary grants. He would not discuss the question whether France intended to bear this enormous burden for a prolonged period, or whether she was arming for definite purposes ; but he must needs say that, as much as he desired peace, he did not believe in it. French journals were full af spite and hatred against Germany. France remembered how many times she had invaded disunited Germany! The French apprehended similar treatment mew that Germany was united ; hence the haste, zeal, and uncommon intelligence with which the colossal work of the French army reorgani zation was being completed, and the locat ing of excessively large numbers oi French troops, especially cavalry and artillery, be tween Paris and the German frontier, a mcisrro which Germany would sooner or later be obliged to reciprocate. In France the army was the pride>of all political parties. Its defeats were forgotten and its future was regarded with confidence. In Germany there wa-; a marked disposition to be niggardly toward the army. The. new Captaincies proposed were intended to pre pare one hundred and twenty-two important officers iu peace for the work they would have to do in war. Depend upon it, these captains would have very little spare time for amusement it they were appointed."

THE TIDAL WAVE AT MONGONUI.

Very large tidal waves commenced running into this harbour between 6 and 7 o'clock a.m., on Friday, the 11th. The first wave carried away the buoy in tlie harbour, with about 60 lbs of stone to which it was anchored by Captain Fahchild. It also astonished the skipper of the Vixen, cutter, by suddenly dragging his anchor, and driv ing him up the harbour. There was an extraordinary rise and fall of the tide. At 12.30 noon the tide was lower by 3 feet than ever *-as known before. At 2 p.m. for about quarter of an hour the harbour resumed its usual appearance, and then it was observed that the tide was running in on one side of the harbour, and out at the other, -with great velocity! The water was very turbid, and the agita tion very similar to what is generally seen at the entrance of Port Phillip Heads, Hobson's Bay, that if?, the water appeared to be boiling like a pot. During- the whole day the harbour was greatly agitated, and did not subside until after dark.— Corres pondent.

CABLEGRAMS.

AUSTRALIAN

[PEII THE ' EASBY ' AT WELLINGTON.]

[press agency.]

SYDNEY.. May 11. Mr Parkes, the Premier, is too ill to attend his place in the House. The Adelaide Government, acting upon the advice of Sir William Jervois, has telegraphed home for a supply of Martini- Henry rifles, to come out by the mail. The country districts are taking up the Volunteer movement. At the Town Hall, resolutions strongly in favour of placing the colony in a positioa. to defend itself, and in favour of the formation of a Volunteer force, were enthusiastically carried. A writ of injunction has been granted on behalf of Mr W. E. Gladstone to restrain Messrs Frearson Brothers fr»m iufrii]<nno tlie plaintiffs copyright to a pamphlet oS Bulgarian horrors.

The Government has telegraphed to the War Office for th« assistance of aa officer of Royal Engineers or Artillery, to command the forces here.

The Exhibition Commissioners will ask the Governmeiit for £2500 to secure the colony being represented at the Paris Exhi bition.

NEW PADDLE STEAMER FOR AUCKLAND.

The steamei ordered in Glasgow by Messrs Buchanan and Hay, and which has caused su«h heartburnings among the shareholders of the North Shore Ferry Company, has been shipped in sections on board the ship losemite, which, when the mail left, was appointed to leave London for this port on the 10th April. Captain Wm. Ashby, who superintended the shipment, has forwarded us the following description of the vessel — I his steamer has been built to the order'of John Hay, Esq.-, of your city, by Messrs Alexander Stephens and Co.J'oi GlSow W^k^^j ?f ™» adniired by

Our Goldfields.

(From eur own Correspondent.) GRAHAMSTOWN, Saturday -.- _ •. TRIBUTE YIELDS. Albiunia, (McLean's) tribute, 75 ozsif"" dwta; do. (Foster's), 45 ozs 10 dwts ; do (Skeen's), 20 ozs 12 dwte ; Little Emilv__ (Tararu), 26" ozs 9 dwts ; Kuranui Hilp* 1 (MeWilliam's) tribute, 6' ozs 11 dwts; Little Lizzie, 19 ozs 15 dwts from 251bs stone for fortnight. GOLD RETURNS. The following gold returns aie to hand :— Queen of Beauty, ISSozs 9d\vts, retorted from 10 head at the Piako battery ; Ajax. Tribute, 36'ozs Gdwts ; Eminett's Alburnia Tribute, Sozs ISdwts ; Stewart's Juno claim sozs lodwts; Robinson's Jloanatairi Tri bure, 36'oza Sdwis ; Daly's Kiuauui Hill Tribute, 4ozs 3dwts. PROSPECTING WORKS. The "Advertiser" announces that the delegates from the Thames County Council have made arrangements for | the loan for prospecting works, ; and the County can start operations at ; once. The securities are to be kept in good order, so that the machinery will bs service i able for a period of four years from the Ist lof March. The County are to obtain ■ authority for the right to carry tunuete ; through mines registered in the'Wardens i Court. It is proposed to cut drives from the I 640 feet U.P.A., as follows:—! drive up | Moanaiairi Creek to slide ; 2 drive to Piako j shaft ; 3 drive to Shotover shaft; 4 drive j under foreshores. Smile of Fart sine Com j pany, Owharoa, purchased half of Perry's* ! Battery for £300, and 1000 shares.

TAIRUA. The Ajax, Tairua, came across a reef .showing good gold, which has greatly im proved their prospects. The Queen of May shews improvement in the reef, and picked stone has been broken down. A flow of water in the face indicates a change which may be of importance. Men were engaged yesterday in making, the necessary connection with the mains ol the large water supply to furnish motive power for the new machine erected at the Herald Battery by Price Bros. Men were also engaged in fixing a new balance bod at the Waiokaraka pump. This work necessi tated the stoppage of the pumps, which meant very serious delay, but was com pleted under the able superintendence of Captain Richards in a little over 30 hours. The pumps were stopped on Saturday morning, and started again at half-past five o'clock in the afternoon.

WAITEKAURI.

Saturday evening. Waixekauki. —lir the Waitekanri splendid stone is coming to hand from all parts. The how reef cut looks very well; gold-bearing quartz Sft through.

The Auckland.—The following is a copy of the report .sent to the directors of the Auckland G.M.C. :—

" Waitekauri, May 18, 1377.—T0 the Directors Auckland G. M. Co. :—Gentle men, —In company with Mr Wilson, (Manager of Waitekauri mine} I inspected your Company's grouud this morning, and "would recommend that tenders be called for 200 feet of driving, the starting point selected being about 200 feet from the Queen boundary. "We traced the out-crop of reef for some distance into your ground-, and about 50 feet, oi- less, of 'driving will intersect it; the remainder of the distance called for could be driven along foot wall of reef, which ought to be cross cut, say every 30 feet; allowance would have to be made; for so doing in the specifications. I would also recommend that a couple of wages men be era ployed trenching on the west; sideof the claim, as I am under the irnprcrsion there is a gold-bearing leader to he found on that portion of you? ground. The Queen low level, which is to be driven on the foot wall of reef, is started about 150ft from the Auckland boundary line, and the reef where broken resembles in appearance the stone now being broken from the Waitekauri Company's low level, and Mr Wilson is confident that it would pay as well as some of tho stone now' going, through the mill. As there is some; fine looking quartz obtainable from the outcrop of reef in your ground there is no doubt but what a good shot of gold wall be met with in driving on the reef, and, as, there will be no difficulty in making a con nection with-the Waitekauri Company's, tramway, very little expense will prove the. value of the portion of reef contained in" your ground.—l remain, yours obediently. —A. H. Clark.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT - This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., K.M.) OWEN AND GRAHAM V. SAINTY.

Claim £7 12s. Mr Hesketh appeared for plaintiff, and Mr Tyler for defendant. The plaintiffs in this case were merchants in Queen-street, and defendant master .of the brig Siren, and the action was brought to recover for seven bags of boneclust, alleged to have been damaged while in care of defendant. There was'also a dispute as to the number of bags delivered. •- Arthur Heather, of the firm of Owen and Graham, deposed that the "firm were con signees. of the boaedust, viz 1730 bags; he- " understood the delivery was short by seven bags, but he was not certain of his own knowledge. To Mr Tyler : He was a partner, the bone ; dust was consigned t» the firm. - fpfr Tyler coniendfei that Mr Feather was ~ not a party to the suit. Mr Hesketh asked that the particulars of action might bo amende! as to the nameso£ plaintiffs.

His Worship feared that the Court had. j" no such p«wer. : . L Mr Hesketh argued that if the Court'hatf : " no power to make the required amendment, it had not the power to amend auy partic- k ulars. The Court thought Mr Heather should; - r have sued as agent forfchefirm. The clause gave power of amendment of particulars, But not of partners sueing, and in this present case, the names, oi Owen and Graham were ex»:i-? *'

pJicity stated. The partners therefore were • : not before the court. Nonsuited. . !• Mr Tyler asked for; costs, £1 16s, whfch were granted. . :

The Exposure of Thomas Walker.

RESULT OF THE INQUIRY AT REV. ag S. EDGER'S RESIDENCE.

We feel that almost an apology is due to our readers for referring further to the case of Mr Thomas Walker, alter the meeting en Saturday, but in justice to ourselves, and the parties concerned,' it is necessary that the matter should not be permitted to res>t where it is. After the article in the Star -of Thursday last, headed "A Monstrous Fraud Unmasked," Mr Walker's;, friends had \ha temerity to cl alenge the correctness of our statements, and to offer a : wager of £JO on the result. Probably after reading this article, they will have reason to thank their stars that the money was not deposited. i» j After our reporter left the meeting . | on Saturday the inquiry proceeded i and all the material allegations in the ariacle of .Thursday >\ ere substantiated. Mr Walker, when pressed by witnesses, ad mitted that he had been "buttons" at • a. theatre, though he said that he only tilled the position for a week, at the end of which time he sought some more congenial and intellectually elevating - occupation. He admitted little by little ■that he could kick the back of his head- with his heel, and in response to a pressing invitation gave Gcular demonsiration of the —

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, jHY 81, 1877.



CONTINUATION OF CLEARING OUT SALE. JOHN W. P/EAR-S-E (Leaving fob England). The Stack must be sold at Frightfully Reduced Prices, to realise quickly, consisting of a very Lara-e Stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing, Ulster Coat?, witerproot Coats, Inverness Capes, Overcoats, French Felt Hats, Cloth Caps. • A larse quantity of Ladies' Very Fashionable Costumes, Jackets, Shawls, and Felt Skirts, just received from London. Blankets. Flannels, Tweeds. Hosiery^ Gloves, uffl33, Featiiei-3, Flowers, and Straw Goods. Every Department is Marked Down, so as to clear out. The Lease of the Premises for Sale.



Q P E C I A L NOTICE. AUTUMN & WINTER GOODS, B4.NNOCKBURN AND MO3GIEL TWEEDS H. L. POSSENNISKIE ri FOpening Out these New Seasonable Goods, -would call particular attention to their quality,.which is second ts noneiniported, while from his large and varied Stock Gentlemen can rely on a choice of Cloth unattainable else where in the colony. H. L. POSSENNISKIE, MERCHANT TAILOR & HABITMAKER, Opposite the City Mart, Shortlaad-street.



:::::::::::::::: \\T INDO Tffl :::::::::::::: Roller Blind of the Age. self-acting. Pronounced Perfect after 12 Yeahs TjEst. only obtainable AT THE m CITY HALL ARCADE. =©8 FLOOR /CLOTHS, 18 inches to 18 feet wide. \j For Stairs, from 9<L per yard For Passages, from Is. lid. yard For Rooms, from 2s. lid. '*& yd. T IX OLEUM, all widths, for JLJ Rooms, Halls, and Stairs. Mats especially prepared for Billiard Rooms. The Greatest Variety at the CITY HALL ARCADE. CARPETS, upwards of IC3 Patterns to choose from Hearth Rugs to match. X^URNITURE, for the •*■ Drawing-room, Dining and Sitting-room, Bedroom and Kitchen.



JT&te have now broCOht FORWARD THE GREATER PORTION | OF i MESSRS. STEWART ■& ANDERSON'S i S T 0 € K, j WIKCErS, FRENCH MERINOES, j FANCY DRESS GOODS, • SHAWLS AND MANTLES. j Also, | AN IMMENSE QUANTITY OF MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING, The above Gosds will be CLEAREIM3LTT K«- | gardless of Cost, to make reora for : Winter shipments, ''■. Now Lanfifcig, e:c Electra ana Emily 'Chaplin. •J. COSGRAVE & CO. Tijrt^UAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF IVJL AUSTRALASIA. IS^SbBPOBATBD BY ACT OF tFiKLIAMEXT. NEW ZEAL-AND BRANCH: Head Ofri'ce, Alicl&anii laOcsl Dlroiitor: GS^rge Bukg -yss OwKif, SE-sQ. (Messrs. Owen aad Rrahaen.) Principal McdJeal Ofacer: CnATiLES Field &otjesbro', Esq., ?>t.D. • General AgtiUV'for New Zealand : William T- .T. Brll. With Sub-Agencies ; ic-E&l the Principal Towns. Everv infornviticn -on the subjoct ot LTFR ASSURANCE :&^Ts;'u:]T;.iS, and ENDOW MENTS FOR CIiLIiDRiON T, afTorded. by J. A. Lowe, Travelling i'.~>>at to the Association ; or WILLIAM T. J. BELL, General Agent. 555, Speccai, I?;:atukks.— Age ADMITTEn on Policies, v/iirct. are unciial1 anuaule f^oni date of issu j.. Lowest ilArfcs of Prem'ums, and xo hampkr iiyS coxrjiiTe^s as to residence ov oeouDation.



TO" © TICK MACINTOSH COATS, WATERPROOF CLOTHING. R U S HB RO.O K AN D B RID G MA N Ha va .lust Opened, and are now Showing, a Large Parcel of the above Goods, from the same House, and of similar style, to their I asfc Season's Goods, concerning the Wear and Quality of which ttwy have received many satisfactory testimonials. The Parcel includes various Styles, and all sizes. Pc /Light Textures, in Black and Drab, Cor O town wear. O Strong Heavy Sheeting. Ph rn Strong Twilled, Velvet Collars. Pj t! j Cashmere. Fancy Check, and Diagonal Tweed Patterns. g Q Extra Heavy Diagonal Warm Lined, I and extra long, s! I Sealskin Lined, specially adapted;for P" V Cabmen, 'Buss Drivers, &c. WATERPROOF APRONS. LEGGINGS, &C. Also, A FURTHER SUPPLY OF BLANKETS, REVERSIBLE BUSH ROSS, AND FAN C Y A USTRIAN RUG S, To Hand this Week. Is. in the £ allowed on all Cash Purchases df 20s. and upwards. RUSHCROOK & BRIDGMAN, Junction Dkapery "Warehouse, Upper Queex-street, AUCr^TCAN'D.



JjIURIMTURE! FTJRZTTTUBE ! Lxlics and Goi'-'iti'n '(.')>■;' to ?•»■•■■(»'». t,". m-ipz fully requested to inspect the Large Stack of Dlt A WIN a- R O OM, DINI.VG- - ROO U BEDROOM, A NI) GENERAL EG USER OLD FVRNIT URE, In our New and Spacion*Showrooms, T. & 71. COOKS, SUITABLE r\ OO D S FOR THE SEASON. NOVELTIES. THE NEW MACINTOSH and TWEED CHESTERFIELD OVERCOAT. Also, THIS PATENT AUTOMATON SILK UMBRELLA, In Gentlemen's size. A Large Stock op MACINTOSHES. FIRST ' AND SECONP CLASS WATER PROOF OVERCOATS. The former are guara nteed to give satis faction and will bo found superior to any other Goods in the market. W. RATTRAY, DRAPER, HOSIER, & SILK MER3ER, New Zealand House, 66, QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND mHORNTON, SMITH, AND FIRTH'S JL PRICES CURRENT (Wholesale). Subject to alteration without notice. Sacks. 100"s. 50's. Crown Brand Flour, & s. d. S. s. d. £ s. d. per ton 22 0 0 22 10 0 23 0 0 T.S.&F. Canterbury Brand .. .. .. 18 0 0 18 10 0 19 0 0 Cantab Flaur .. 15 0 0 Sharps 8 10 0 Bran 6 10 0 Fowl Wheat- .. .. 0 4 oto 4s. 6d. .. The above prices include sacks and bags; sacks j and bags not returnable. Terms: Cash. Auckland, oth Mav. 1877.



Although the law has been frequently and successfully invoked against the counterfeiters of Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, their cupidity has again overcome their prudence. Imitations of this famous me dicinal beverage are being put up by unprinci pled parties in empty bottles of the genuine article, and the labels imitated. Be cautious, purchasers. Rheumatic and Gout Cure, prepared by Sharland and Co., Opposite Post-office, Auck land. Made from Indian Recipe. One or two doses will relieve, two bottles will effect a cure. Its healing powers rarely ever fail. People far and near obtain it. Price. 4s. 3d. a bottle' Atkinson's Perfumery and Specialities.