SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

T ™ I This Affcsrnoon.'l.SS HIGH WATER— -, To-morrow Morning, 2.33 SUN SET.—This Evening. 4.45 SUN RISE.—To-morroAV Morning, 7.12 MOON'S AGE.—New Moon, 12th, 2.11 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Australia, P.M. Cos. s.s., Captain W. Cargad.

from Sydney . ___._,_. Rotorua. s.s., Macfarlane, from Napier and the

South Sth'el, origan tin?, from Timaru • .sannah Rose, schooner, from Timaru

DEPARTURES.

Australia, P.M. Cos. s.s., 3003 tons, Cargill, for Honolulu and San Francisco (English Mail) ■Cotorua, s.s., Macfarlane, for Sydney Wanaka, s.s., McGillivray, for Tauranga and

the South Hawea. s.s., Wheel r, for the South Josephine, schooner, for the Thames

EXPORTS.

Per Wanaka: 12 bags, and 2 bales fungus.— E. & H. Isaacs.

ARRIVAL OF THE AUSTRALIA.

The R.M. s.s. Australia, W, Cargill, Esq., Commander, cleared Sydney Heads, at 1.20 p.m., June Ist, With a light westerly breeze. Ex perienced light Avinds and fi"e clear weather until the morning of the sth, when a fresh ;j t -eeze and cloudy Weather, Avith hard squalls ;.t times, set in ; at, 7.1. a.m. sighted the Three ICingrs, bearing east; passed tho Tiri Tiri lights 'A 5.20 a.m., arriving at Auckland at 7 a.m. of _c Gth inst. Passen.ers for Auckland: J. H. Carpenter, Jno. Ga_ue.ll, and HoAvard Walker, lyith 0 in the steerage, and 55 in transit for Honolulu and San Francisco. It will be seen that the Australia has kept up her reputation for speed by making the passage from Sydney in 4 days U hours—one of the fastest runs on record. In noticing the arrival of this vessel we cannot help remarking on the cleanly condi tion in which she enters and leaA-es our port. C<ptam Cargill is evidently proud of his slip, and his officers ably second his efforts to render her the favorite boat of the line. W c are much indebted to Mr Daniel Dean, purser, for his courtesy to cur representative.

DEPARTURE OF THE ENGLISH MAIL.

The magnificent steamship Australia left to day for .Honolulu and San Francisco at two, dth the English and American mails. She lis nearly a full complement of .passengers, asides 55 Avho booked in Sydney, she clears •at with the following dozen from the South ex iitorua:— Saloon: Mr and Mrs McLennan and c_ild, Messrs Richardson, McAlistcr. Robert the following booked in Auckland : Messrs A. Blackett, W. G. Campbell, Henry Fij.g, — Maundeslev, D. Ross, Henry Dyson, F. O. Warner, Rev T. S. Hutchinsop, HoAvorth's Hibernica Troupe (S): steerage: Ellon Major, Wm. Johnson, Sam. Hunter, J. H. Haslan, Barnan, Matier, J. H. Thorns.

DEPARTURE OF THE ROTORUA FOR SYDNEY.

The s.s. Rotorua left for Sydney this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Passengers, booked at Southern ports: Saloon—Misses Kimble, Weckwood, Francis. Captain Loaran, Messrs Robison, James Mills, Kimble, Fleming, Mr and Mrs Buck, and teerage 18.

The s.s. Hawea leaA'es Onehunga for the -Jouth at 3 p.m. to-day. The new schooner Energy left late last eA'on ._g for Tonga and Samoa. She has a full cargo, v_d is expected to be away about, tAvo months. In the commercial letter of the San Francisco ■bulletin, we see it mentioned that the barques Herbert Black and Silas Fisk were loading, at NeAv York for NeAv Zealand on the Bth of April. The Union Company's fine steamship Rotorua put in an appearance last night after a fast run from Napier of 32 hours. She left Port Chalmers on the Ist., Lvttelton on the 2nd, Wellington the 3rd, Hawk.s Bay the 4th. Passengers for Auckland—Saloon: Mesdames Yon Tempsky, De Lias, Campbell, Miss 'Williamson, Messrs Russell. Mallock. Power, Metcalfe, McKerrow, Hunt, R. Beetham, Meinntzhagen, Williams, Welsman, and Master William. , and 6 steerage, with 12 for San Francisco, and 28 for Sydney.

The barquentine Prince Alfred is. loading in Tjyttelton for Kaipara. The schooner Wave of Life brings a enrgo of _otatoes. oats, etc , from Lyttelton. Nothing worthy of note occurred on the passage up. The schooner Josephine left to-day for the Thames.

The s s. HaAvea, which arrived in th c Manu _au yesterday afternoon, brought the folloAving passengers: Messrs Archer and servant, Mr and Ml. BroAA'n, Mrs Cherry, Mrs Hart, Miss Power. Miss Bock, Messrs Maxwell, Dean, Griffiths. "Wharton, Dreux, Park, Barnard, WalsH Reynolds, Thomas, Wilson, Haslam, Beaver, Hogg, Jones. DaA'is, Elliott, VaA-asoiu% and Hood; 2 steerage.—Henderson and Macfar lane, agents. H.M.S. Nyniphe arr ved in Sydney from Western Australia Ada Adelaide, on the 31st. ultimo.

The s.s. Australia ran a trial trip in Sydney harbour on the 31st ultimo, and accomplished 14 knots an hour.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— .For Thames, this day, at 5.30 1 p.m. ; and to-morrow,-at 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. f?or Coromandel, per Argyle, on Friday next, at 2.30 p.m. 3*ol' Wangarei Heads, per Rover, this day, at 4 p.m. z'-or Waiwera, Warkworth, and Te Arai, per Anne Milibank, to-morroAV, at 10 a.m. For Levuka, .per Augusta, to-morroAV, at 3 p.m. For Whitiangi, Tauranga, Opotiki, and Chat ham Islands, via Tauranga, per Rowena, on Friday next, at 4 p^m. For Taranaki, Southern provinces: and Austra lian Colonies, per Ladybird, on Monday next, at 5 a.m. S. 3. BISS. Chief Postmaster.

The Medical Profession- have declared Steaxe's Superlative Aromatic Toxic Wine to be a necessity to all in search of health and especially to those suffering either from In<*' pient or Chronic Indigestion, Dyspepsia, %nd die dis orders arising therefrom. This Tonic is also particularly recommended to all avlio are in a measure compelled from the nature of their occupation to take stimulants, and at the same time are desirous of studying health by taking that AA'hich will act most beneficially on the system. Mr. Wm. Johnson, Government Analy tical'-Chemist, report: — "I have examined Steane's Superlative Aromatic Tonic Wine, and find'it to be remarkably pleasant in flaA'our, con taining about 16 per cent, of a very pure alcohol and holding in solution a clear Avholesome, Vegetable Bitter, combined with a fruity spicy aroma. I consider this Bitter a very superior article."—Sold by all Storekeepers and Hotel ke.eners.

There are "land rats and Avater rats," says Shakespeare, meaning tricksters on land as Avell as pirates on the sea. A certain class of the former are at present occupying themselves in the preparation and s _c of sophisticated liquor disguised in bottles Avhich had for their lirst contents the finest medicinal bcA .rage of tho age, A-iz., Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aro matic Schnapps. Accept none but, tho genuine. Manning's Worm Powders.—This excellent Vermifuge is safe and muck in its operation. One or two doses is sufficient. Hundreds of testimonials may be seen from those Avho haA'e used them. Price, Is. a packet.— Prepared only by Siiarlaxd & Co., Apothecaries Hall, opposite Post-office, Auckland.

Atkinson's Perfumery axd Specialities,

BIRTH.

FLETCHER.—On 6th June, at her residence, Manukau Road, the wife of Mr. F. Fletcher of a so-!.

LENDRUM.—On the 4th June, at her residence, Wakefield-street, Mrs. G. Lendrum of a son.

DEATH,

BRITTON.—On the 6th June, at his residence, Shortland-street, William Britton, baker, aged 57 years.

The funeral Avill leaA-e his late residence, to morrow afternoon, at three o'clock. Friends Aviil please accept this invitation.

DE LUCCA.—On the sth June, after a lonsr and painful illness, Mary Ann, beloved wife of Dominic de Lucca, aged 22 j'ears. The funeral will leave her late res'dence, Lower Cook-street, at 3 p.m. on Thursday next. Friends please accept this invitation.

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

.For the cause that lacks assistance. For the wrong that needs lesistaace, For the future in the distance.

And the good tliat we can do

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1877.

IN order to bring up arrears of matter, and make room for Suez mail news received per s.s. Australia to-day, Aye omit the leading articles prepared for tliis day's issue.

Mr L. W. Eaton offered the one years' lease of the Auckland Market-house, stalls, reats, and tolls for sale to-day, which realized £74 per month.' Mr T. Machattie Avas the purchaser.

A press agency telegram from Dunedii states:—"Walker gave his first privatt seance to about 50 persons. Outside o those who are " spirit struck " the opinioi is, though he states his age to be 19, he is fully 25; that his ordinarily half-idotic state and apparent ignorance is clever as sumption. His lecture last night ivas Avell sounding and eloquent, but the language Avas redundant and vague. It is regardcc as a fine of memory." The London correspondent of the " Otagc Daily Times " AATites : —"Sir Julius Voge: has been very ill again, I hear, though still struggling to fulfil his duties, in Avhich In takes a much more activespersonal interest and participation than did his predecessor. Last week, Mr C. A. Pritchard published in the City article of the " Times " a note com plaining of the Ncav Zealand Government having raised a half-million loan in Sydney, on the ground that it Avas a breach of Sir Julius Vogel's assurance that NevvZealand Avould borroAV no m ore money this year. Of course the reply to this Avas easy to anyone possessed of a memory and a regard for accu racy, so that next day the same column con tained a concise little note by Sir Julius, in Avhich he pointed out that lie had only promised that the N_av Zealand Government Avould borroAV no more in London this year, while the loan under discussion had been raised in Sydney. The correction, however, is not likely to afford much comfort to Mr .Pritchard and the increasing number of I persons in this country Avho, like him, viow Avith uneasiness the apparently never ceas ing groAvth of the debt of NeAV Zealand. To sucli persons the mere locality of the creditor does not make much difference, so long as the amount of the debt incurred is the same." The Dunedin correspondent of the Wel lington " Post " telegraphed recently, that owing to the fact that the Press Agent at Melbourne had gone on a Aveek's holiday, the supplj of sensational telegrams on the Avar Avould be temporarily turned off. For tunately in Auckland a feAv big turnips came in most opportunely to relieve the monotony of the Aveek, and averted the j direful storm of groAvls Avhich might otlier- j wise have disturbed the pic-uics and holi- j day rambles of the ruralizing Melbourne j agent. Judging from his telegrams since J his return, the holiday ramble appears to j .havehad a decidedly invigorating eli'ect upon the faculties of the Melbourne agent. No doubt, in his tour he AA'as strongly impressed with the neglected condition of some.of the up-country districts, and was fired Avith the resolution to render them famous or die in j the attempt. It is doubtless OAving to this that we are informed that Walla'.o copper is steady at 77, and Bursa Burra at 74§. Such intelligence as this is calculated to [ excite serious sensation _a NeAv • Zea land, especially when it is added that <FKn . .is.inquired for. The remarkable fact .about tin is that it is always in request, ||Q| only in Wallaroo, aud Burra Burra, but '< irFrßoraughs generally. But the agent is < mysteriously silent as to Woollooraalloo, i

A man of respectable appearance Avho had taken great interest in the proceedings of the Licensing Court, adjourned for a refresher, and in adding one by one to his nobblers became much, excited, and very noisy, even quarrelsome. At length it Avas found necessary. to "put him out." This Was unsuccessfully attempted several times by men, and it seemed that the ■intruder A\ ras not to be put out. Presently the barmaid, with a look of stern resolution in her eyes, opened the bar door, and then the door leading into the passage ; she -swung the man round, caught him by the collar, and trotted him into the street. Hurrahs folio \ved the intrepid act of the barmaid, and the man returned no more.

We learn that Rev. B. J. Westbrooke Avill shortly re-deliver his original, and very interesting lecture-on "Dreams, "in obedience to a largely expressed Avish of those who heard, and many who had not the pleasure of hearing it.

Mr James Mackey writes to the Thames " Advertiser," to say that lie is buying land on commission, and it is to his interest to complete the Thames purchases as quickly us possible. He has only been to Taupo to iill up idle time.

The Members of the Star of Freedom Lodge, held their quarterly meeting last evening in the Cook-street Hall, when Brother Donald, G.C.T. installed the following officers for the ensuing session, assisted by Bro. McConuel, and McMillan, and Sister Lightfoot : —Bro. James Cox, P.W.C.T, ; W. Niddrie, W.C.T. ; Sister E. Niddrie, W.V.T. ; W. H. Sceats, YV. secretary; E. Lightfoot, W.F.S. ; W. R. HayAvard, W. treasurer ; J. N. Hunt, W. chaplain; P. O'Hare, W.M. ; D. Taylor, W.1.(4; Emanuel Newton, W.O.G. ; Sister Cox, W.R.H.S. ; Kate Burke, W.L.H.S. ; Sister J. Lightfoot, W.D.M. ; Sister Susan DcAVston. The secretary stated in his report that 38 new members had been initiated during the quarter. All the reports were adopted. The annual meeting of the Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building and Investment Society Aval held „isfc evnim., in the Lome-street Hall, Col mol iiaultiin in the chair. After a lew in'ru-inetory words the Chairman called lipo:; Mr Hat er, tlic Secretary, to rea;! the lift h.urnn.il.l .'.. which Ai'as of a very ('iicoui.i;.-ii._: >:,i\m •■ aud which appeared in our ia-f i-.-.-,- . '-u> the motion of Colonel Haultain, wcomlfd by Mr Maciiarlane, the report was adopted, and ordered to bn printed for circulation among the shareholders. The folloAving officers Avere then elected for the current year:—President. Colonel Haultain; Vice- President, Mr Tiiomas Maciiarlane ; Trea surer, M--._,G. W. Owen; Auditors, Messrs. F. Battley, and It. C. Carr. Tiie following gentlemen Avere elected the committee of the society for the current year :—Messrs. T. Thompson, F. Cherry, H. N. Garland, W. S, Cochrane, J. Edson, T. Buddie, F. E. Compton, I. Watts, J. Potter. Vote of thanks were given to Messrs. Roberton, G. B. Owen, and E. Isaacs, for their gratuitous services'as trustees to the society, and to the President and officers for their services during the past year.

At the close of the General business of the Licensing Court yesterday, Mr Kissling, on the part of tho publican, desired tiie commissioners to use their influence with the Government with the vieAv of equalising the license throughout Ncav Zealand. Mr Kissling said the fees in Auckland Avere excessively high, and it Avas possible that a word from his Worship might have a good effect upon the Government. Mr BarstoAv said that if the Toavii Clerk had knoAv that such an application would have been made from the trade, be would have asked to be heard on the other side, as the corporation AA'onlil not willingly consent to a reduction ; other objectors Avould also array themselves against the lessening of the fees. He .vonld recom mend the Licensed Victuallers to memorialise the Government on the subject. A petition AA'as drawn up, of Avhicli the following is a copy, and is lying at the British Hotel for signatures :—" To His Excellency the Most lion. George Augustus Constantino, Marquis of N rmanby, Sec. May it please your Excellency, —We, the undersigned licensed victuallers aud hotel-keepers of the city and province of Auckland, do humbly petition your Excellency that, believing in your prerogative of being enabled thereby to rectify _ a grievous wrong as it at present exists, to Avit, the enormous license fees charged the licensed victuallers of the province of Auckland as compared with the other provinces of Ncav Zealand, namely :— Province of Auckland—l 2 o'clock license, £50; 10 o'clock, £40. Wellington—l 2 o'clock, £40 ; 10 o'clock, £30. Christchurch —11 o'clock, £30. Dunedin—l2 o'clock, £25 ; 10 o'clock, £20. We therefore humbly pray your Excellency will take such steps as will relieve your petitioners from such grieA'ous burden, before the time of paying the next licence fee, name "y^ the 30th day of June. 1877. And your p .titioners will CA'er pray," &c.

i A marriage AA'as solemnised at St. 3 Andrew's Church this morning between the f Rca'. J. M. Eraser, and Miss Ada Brook, i of Parnell. The Rca'. D. Bruce performed =. the ceremony, and Mr Culpan played the _ Wedding March. The happy pair leave . this afternoon by the Wanaka' for Napier, . the _ future scene of the bridegroom's 3 clerical labours. I A number of ladies and gentlemen of the . Whau and neighbouring districts, met in j the Public Hall on Monday evening, for the j purpose of presenting to Mr Wm. Morris, a parting testimonial, which consisted of a _ beautifully bound Bible and gold pencil '. case. The address spoke highly of Mr Morris's usefulness in the district, and of his character as a Christian, a gentleman, _ and a man of business, and hoped that these . admirable traits of character Avould, in his iioav sphere, draw around him many neAv . friends as warm in their friendship, and sincere in their esteem, as those whose society he Avas about to leave. Mr J. G. Huchinson has received the appointment of Town Clerk of Onehunga, aud Mr Brookfield that of legal adviser to the council. A motion Avas carried :—" That a by-laAv be prepared for the purpose of bringing the Impounding Clauses of the ; Act into operation. 1 The Hibernica was exhibited last evening for the last time in the Theatre Royal to a full house. The Governor was loyally received at • Christchurch. ! _ Rev Andrews, M.H.R., resigns his seat ' in the House of Representatives, i The monthly meeting of the Domain Board lapsed for Avant of a quorum to-day ; i the only members present being Messrs I Mitford and Cherry. The business, con sisting of a report, and the consideration of . a letter from Mr Geo. Smith, of Grafton ■ road, relative to an act of the district High- I AA'ay Board, .vas postponed. Mr Brown j stated that he had paid £50 to the trustees j of the cricket ground, according to order. j The cheque for the payment of monthly I bills was signed.

CABLEGRAMS.

[per press agency]. IMPORTANT LEGAL DECISION. SYDNEY, June 5. Four leading counsel have given the opinion that the Bank of NeAv Zealand and the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are trading iv this colony with perfect legality and the fullest power. WOLLONGONG. THREE CHARRED BODIES POUND. The house of a small settler named Peter Brauen, situated at Bellambi, near Wollon gong, was consumed by fire last night. The I chaired remains of Brauen, and a son and | daughter, both young, were found in the I rains. -Tfeere is strong suspicion oi murder

Arrival of the s.s. Australia WITH THE SUEZ MAIL.

In the Irish Probate Court Judge Warren has upset the A'erdict of the jury in the great Westmeath will case, when they decided that undue influence had been used to obtain the making of the Avill in favour of Lord Longford. The judge's decision Avill be appealed against. An action has been brought against Mr Guilders, by a naA-al architect named Hen- Avood, for publishing a false and malicious statement affecting the character of the plaintiff in relation to the loss of the Captain. The case has not yet conic off. ActiA _ preparations arc being made for commencing the work of draining the Zuydcr Zee. The cost of reclamation Avill be nearly £10,000,000 ; but 500,000 acres Avill be added to Holland, estimated to be worth betAA-een £50 and £6'o an acre.

In the great walking match betAveen O'Learyand Weston, for £1000, Weston retired at 11 p.m., having Avalked 510 miles, whilst O'Leary accomplished 520 miles, lavo laps, on Friday. There were 20,000 people present.

Mr M'Kenzie, the Canadian Premier, and Mr George BroAvn, of Toronto, have refused the honour of knighthood, thinking it out of harmony with the Canadian social system. A horrible scene occurred at Leeds on the 2nd of April, at the execution of a man named Johnson. On the bolt being drawn the rope broke, and Johnson fell to the ground. A second rope was procured, and an interval of ten minutes he was mSiged a second time. He then struggled yjßr four minutes. It has been elicited that ti similar event occurred at the execu tion of one Matthew Williamson, at Dur ham, in ISGS. Aslccav, the hangman on that occasion, Avas also engaged in John son's case. Johnson's crime consisted in shooting a man avlio made improper over tures to a woman with Avhom he (Johnson) had been cohabiting for several years. Mr Walter, M.P., proprietor of the "Times," has been attacked and rabbed by t iirce men in Rome armed with stilettoes, ■lo -.vas ntifc injured. Several arrests have ,i •• n made.

I At the annual meeting at Hatcham, a i i 'ml cstant was chosen by 180 to 20 against | tiie Ritualist candidate as the people's II churchwarden. Mr Tooth purposes resigning the vicarage, and his brother, Mr Robert Tooth, will nominate the curate— the Rev. W. 11. Browne. At the vestry election generally, the Ritualists have been defeated. At a meeting of working men in "Hyde Park, on Good Friday, Mr John De Morgan stated that an attempt would be made to enclose a portion of Hyde Park for the aristocracy. He added that he Avould have to go doAvn to Richmond to pull down some fences which had been put up by the Duke of Cambridge, for they must teach even Royalty that no one should steal the laud from the people. An explosion, occurred at the Welsh Harp, Hendon, on Easter Monday. A diver had been engaged to lire a tropedo in the lake, but instead of doing so discharged it on land, whilst the assemblage Avere vicAviug some fireworks. His statement is that he did it to give them a start. The shock Ava.s felt as far as Eltham, in Kent, seventeen or eighteen miles oil". Many of the people avcic thrown to the ground. All the panes of glass at the hotel, and many buildings near were smashed. Lights were extinguished in houses in the neighbour hood for tAvo miles around, and a huge chasm in the ground where the torpedo ex ploded, eighty feet in circumference and live or six feet deep was made. All over London, in tbe north, it was thought that an earthquake bad taken place. Tho torpedo AA'as only t.vo feet in length and live inches in circumference. It contained a charge of 12lb of the best cotton powder. Mr P. A. Taylor's motion for the abolition of Hogging in the uavy was rejected by HHto 122. Mr Waddy moA'cd the second reading of a Bill for the registration of newspapers. Mr Cony moved an amendment, which was carried, that no legislation for the compul sory registration of newspapers can bo con sidered satisfactory which docs not provide for the repeal of the exceptional law which renders newspaper proprietors criminally, as Avollas civilly, liable for the acts of their employes. The bill AA'as defeated by 149 to 69. When the division AA'as announced, Mr Sullivan stated that he bad just been insulted in the lobby by Dr Kencaly, aa-lio had called him a liar. ' The Dr was'ordered to withdraw, and the House having unani mously agreed that he should be ordered to withdraw his words and apologise, he was brought in by the Sergcant-at-Arms, and apologised. t The Iris, the first steel man-of-Avar con structed for the British Navy, AA'as success fully launched at Pembroke dockyard yes- . tcrday. { A serious military disturbance took place { at Southsea on Easter Monday, between | men of the first battalion of the 60th Rifles I and Marine Artillerymen, consequent upon one of the former kissing (in the game of kiss-in-the-ring) a girl with avlioiu one of j the latter was keeping company. The j fight was pretty general, waist-belts being ■ freely used. The police were powerless, j and strong pickets of the 60th and the 21st Fusileers had to be brought on the ground to restore order. A military riot took place at Limerick on the Bth instant, between the civilians and J about SO men of the 90th Regiment. The ! latter had to make tracks, and Avere con- j fined to the barracks. The disturbance arose in consequence of some proceedings calculated to offend the Roman Catholic ; population, in the robbery of a chalice I from a church. The regiment will be • removed from Limerick. j Extreme deficiencies have been dis covered in various building societies at j Sheffield. One is £69,000 wrong ; another £10,000 ; another £70,000. Mr Humphrey Turner, who was for many years a director, ' : and borroAved largely from the societies, has i : filed his schedule for £70,000. Many small clubs that have invested in these societies -will lose all.

A man who claims the ground on which Cleopatra's needle, recently presented to the United Kingdom by the Khedive, lies, has fenced it round, and demands several thousand pounds compensation before he alloAA's the needle to be removed.

Mr Gladstone states that he has been an author for forty years, but all his gains during that period have not "come near £10,000.

The shipwrights on the Clyde, to the number of 3000, struck on April 4 for an increase of a penny an hour. In recent contracts a clause has been introduced under AA'hich the operation of contracts are suspended during a strike. This, it is thought, will enable the masters success fully to contend Avith the men.

! Messrs Finzland Sons, of Bristol, owners of the largest sugar refinery in the world, have failed for half a million sterling. A photographic publisher, Alfred J. Gattridge, has been charged at Birming ham with selling indecent books, &c. He has been committed for trial. Among the letters found in his possession Avere communications from pupil teachers, boys at schools, curates, aud bank managers, applying for copies of his works. One letter from a Yorkshire bank manager asking for 30s worth of obscene publi cations to be sent to him, requested that they might be sent to a place " to be called for," so that his Avife might not see them, on the 4th instant.

Mr Charles Bradlaugh and Miss Annie Besant Avere charged at the Guildhall Avith I publishing an obscene book, and the case

was adjourned until the 17th instant. The pupils at the military school at Constantinople having signed a petition for the recall of Midhat Pasha, they AA'ere summoned together, and the writer of the

petition was ordered to receive 200 lashes

15,000 excursionists visited the place. As the last special train Ayas coming into the station to take the excursionists home, a rush was made to secure seats. TAventy persons were throAvn "on the line, and the carriage passed over them. Several were seriously inuired, but none fatally.

Sixteen children have been burnt to death at a school in a Norwegian village. Only four escaped. The Moscoav correspondent of the " Cologne Gazette" states that English textile fabrics, both Avoollen. and cotton, are rapidly superseding Russian in Asia.

INDIA AND THE EAST.

Ceylon, May 5. Lord Carnarvon is to consult Sir William Gregory about abolishing religious grants. The famine has scarcely abated. Three quarters of a million of people are em ployed in relief works in Madras, anu a quarter of a million people in Bombay. There is an uneasy feeling amongst the Mahommedans in Affganistan, and some parts of India, about the Turkish war. Treaty negotiations Avitli the Ameer of Afghanistan have been broken oil by the Indian Government.

The famine in China is Aery severe. The Government is doing nothing for the people. The rebellion in Japan is still unsubdued.

STORM OFF THE AMERICAN COAST —LOSS OF 200 LIVES.

A terrific hurricane sivept over the American seaboard, and a large number of vessels foundered, and their crews perished. A dispatch received in Liver pool from Boston states that the steamers George Cronvsvell and Washington have both been lost, together with the crews and passengers. Captain Mylius, of the Allan Company's steamer Newfoundland, Maine, brought intelligence of the loss of the George Cromwell. Tiie George Cromwell formed one of the Cromwell Line of steamers running between NeAv York, Halifax, and St. John's, Newfoundland, and Avas owned inNNeAr York, by Messrs Clark and Leaman. The exact number of passengers on board the ill-fated vessel was not knoATii when the despatch left, but it Ayas generally believed that the number of people on board, including the creAV, at the time of the disaster was about fifty-six. The steamer Washington, which AAras lost, AA'ith all hands, subsequent to the George Crom avcll, near Cape Race, Ava sat the last accounts covered with sixteen feet of Avater. Twenty tAvo bodies had been recovered from the ay reck and buried. It seems probable, from the condition of the bodies, that when the steamer struck on the recks the boilers exploded, as all the bodies picked up were terribly disfigured and mutilated. They Avere denuded of clothing, Avith no appear ance of hair on their heads, file scalps being much torn, and the brains gone. It is believed that there were on board the Washington Avhen she struck forty-six people, all told. This storm has'also created fearful havoc amongst the fishing vessels on the banks. A large number of the Gloucester fleet are missing, and it Avas knoivn at Boston that ten vessels belong ing to this fleet alone had foundered at sea, and that their entire creivs, consisting of ninety-eight men, were lost.

WHOLESALE BABY FARMING AND SUSPECTED MURDER.

At tho Liverpool Police Court recently, Sophia Martha Todd, about 35 years of age, and of respectable and lady-like appearance, was charged on suspicion of haA'ing caused the death of a child. The case was a A'cry remark able one. The prisoner lodged at the house of a Miss Joliffe, in Liverpool, and one evening she was seen AA'ith an infant, Avhich she stated had been left with her by a lady and gentleman, Avho had gone to an evening- party, and who Avould call for it on their return. Next day she Avas without the child, and she explained that the parents had taken it away. Tho prisoner lifter wards took lodgings Avith a Mrs Oldham.but Avent away in a few days, leaving behind her a box, which remained in -Mrs Oldham's possession. Recently this box was opened, and at the bottom tho body of a child was found tightly wrapped up in clothes, and quite mummified. A medical examination shewed that the child's head had been crushed in. The police, after much diffi culty, traced the prisoner to Old Trafford, near Manchester, where she Avas apprehended while riding along the road in a trap, accom panied by a.Mr Todd, the as_eut in advance for a travelling circus, and whom she represented to be h'lr husband. She made a long statement to the detective, to the effect.that she adopted the child for a premium of £10, and that it died suddenly in her arms the nitcht it came into her possession. Upon the prisoner was found a letter signed " Beta," and offering to pay £30 premium for tho adoption of a child. With respect to this letter, the police had discovered that a little boy had been [sent!to tho prisoner from Whitehaven, that she took him out ivith her one day. ana 1 hat he had never alter wards been seen or heard of. It Avas also ascertained that live other children were sent to her at different times, and when questioned about j them on her arrest, she said they all died from ! natural deaths. Her mode of operation Avas to insert an advertisement in the newspaper in this form :—" Wanted, by a respectable married ; couple, a baby to adopt. A premium expected," and upon receiving a reply addressed to the ! newspaper office, she would disclose her name and address. It was stated that the prisoner : Avas thoroughly accomplished in the fine arts, ! and could speak five languages. She Avas re manded for a Aveek. j <_-, —

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

SYDNEY". DISGRACEFUL SCENE IN PARLIA | MENT.

jWe condense the following from Sydney ' papers to June Ist: — I There was a great disturbance in the House. Mr McElhone retorting on a remark by Mr Dibbs said "at all events, he (Mr McElhone) never forged his name to a ship's register." Mr Dibbs immedia tely replied " If the lion, member says that of me he is a liar ; and if he says it outside this House I will wring his nose for him." A fire broke out at Manly Beach, in rear ■ of Mr J. C. Peter's Hope House, and in less ' than a quarter of an hour spread from Hope ! House to Brighton Villa, and tAvo large ' stone houses occupied by Alfred Hilder and ! W. Barker. The loss is estimated at £SOOO. i TRICKETT AND RUSH. The second deposit of £50 a side for this ' great match was to be made at McGrath's hotel, Sydney, on Saturday last. The final portion of the money is to be staked the night before the match at Trickett's hotel, i

QUEENSLAND.

THE CHINESE INVASION. \ The steamer Juan arrived at Cooktown yesterday with 500 Chinese on board, and i reports four other steamers en route with ' 3000 more on board ; these arrivals continue : notwithstanding that many are starving on : the Palmer already. The quarantining is : evidently of no avail in keeping back'the : Chinese, and the Government are anxiously seeking other means to prevent a further : influx. j At a public meeting resolutions Avere ' passed asking the Government to prohibit the Chinese going on the goldfields. ;

MELBOURNE.

WRECK OF THE YOUNG AUSTRA- ! LIAN. !

j The Young Australian, Avrecked at . Cardie's Inlet, Avas bound from Mary j borough to Adelaide. She had a cargo of j rum aud sugar. The hull is insured for £2,000 in the NeAv Zealand, Australian, j Standard, and Pacific offices equally ; the , cargo is insured for £2,000 in the Pacific, j and £1,500 each in tho Batavia and South • Australian Offices. ! JEALOUSY AND DESPERATE AT ! TEMPT AT MURDER AND SUI CIDE. | A woman named Ann Walker, aged 25, ; made a desperate attempt to murder her reputed husband, Joseph Ran, in a Avine shop in Stephen-street, and then tried to commit suicide. It appears that the man took another woman to the circus, and they were followed by Walker. A dispute arose, : Avhen the latter knocked the other woman doAvn, and then took Ran into a Avine shop, I and having induced him to sit doAvn at ! a piano, made a terrible attempt on j

serious, hut the woman's are so dangerous hat she is not expected to live. Jealousy is the Avhole cause of the offence.

MR. FPvANCIS DECLINES KNIGHT j HOOD. ; The Hon J. G. Francis has again refused ' the honour of knighthood, this being the third time he has declined it. Mr Francis, ' in his reply to the Governor, declining the ! honour of knighthood, said that he was I none the less ready to do his duty as a ! citizen, and prove his loyalty as a faithful j subject of Her Majesty. His Excellency j had received a special telegram from the j Colonial Oflice, directing him to oiler Mr ] Francis the honour. It is understood I that Mr Francis holds very decided ; opinions, on the question of colonial titles, ! and regards them Avith contempt. ! PROPOSED LAND TAX. 1 Mr Berry addressed the electors of Gee- I long last night, and there were about a

. thousand persons present. He said he was ! resolved to again introduce a land tax, as ! proposed by him when he was at the head :of the Government before. No protective ; duties Avould he interfered with, but duties j might be placed on articles not iioav pio • tected. The Government would not hlloav ! any more country lands to be sold by ; auction, but they would extend the resi- I deuce conditions to ten years. j The Young Australia Avas from Queens i land, and Avas bound for Adelaide. She ■ went ashore near Warrnambool, where the Schombery Avas wrecked. One man, out of 1 a creAV of six, Avas drowned. The cargo, i which consists of sugar and rum. maybe saved, but it is not likely that the vessel Avill be. ! The brigantine Bravo, coal laden, bound fi >m NeAVcastle to Melbourne, ran ashore in Waratah Bay on Monday. There was live feet of Avater in the hold. The cicav (eight in number) are all saved, j A special telegram from London states j that extra premium for Avar risks on bullion ; has been reduced from h to J-.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before A. Beetham Esq. (Chairman), and j W. Wilcocks Esq., J.P's. j FUNNIESTS. Joseph Robinson, and Francis Smith, j were fined 20s and costs, for beiug drunk. Robert Dickey, charged with a similar , oil'ence, said he had only 3s Gd, and hoped I the line would not exceed that. i Fined 10s and costs. j Seaton Cavendish Hudson, charged with a similar offence, also Avith using ungentle manly Language in the presence of the people, said he knew that he was very drunk, and might have used the language reported of him, and Avas fiued 40s, or seven days imprisonment under the Vagrant Act.

KICKING A CONSTABLE,

'■ John Fargreaves, a, powerful young man, was charged under the Vagrant Act, AA'ith being an habitual drunkard, and Avith assaulting a constable by kicking him very severely. I Prisoner said he was drunk, but bad no : recollection of kicking the constable. i Constable Irens deposed that he found | prisoner very drunk, and lying in a gutter. ! He Avas lifting him out of the mire Avhen he became very violent, used bad language and kicked him very scA'erelA". i Constable Barker corroborated. ' Sub-Inspector Pardy said the constable was much injured by the kicking. ! One month's imprisonment with hard labour. Alexander Tail, a youth of 16, was fined 5s aud costs for being drunk. | " PROFESSOR SIRKETT." i This person, Avhose name is Walter Sir kctt, alias Professor, AA'as again brought up under the Vagrant Act, with being an in corrigible drunkard, and a disorderly person. 1 Prisoner, who appeared in a wretchedly dirty condition, pleaded guilty. j _ A long list of previous convictions Avere introduced against the prisoner, and he Avas sentenced to three months' imprisonment Avith hard labour. APPLICATION. i _ Mr Philips, the Toavii Clerk, asked the Court to grant an order in accordance Avith the clauses of by-law No. 1, relating to ; ruinous _or dangerous buildings. The building in question AA'as situated on a piece of ground in Albert-street, the OAi'ner of Avhich could not be found; he asked therefore that the city surveyor might be authorised to remove it within twenty-eight days, and tiie expenses of remoA'al be deducted from the sale of the materials. | The Bench, upon the conditions of the Municipal Corporations Act, granted the order. j This AA'as all the business.

THE INCOMING MAIL.

The P.M.Go's. s.s. Zealandia left San Fran cisco for Honolulu, Auckland, and Sydney on the 23rd May. This is her timetable date, and she may therefore be looked for here on the 16th inst. on (Saturday) Aveek.

, — I DANGEROUS ROADS. To the Editor: Sir,—At the south-end of I bymonds-street there is a piece of road leading j from the top of the Kyber Pass to the Eden Vine Hotel, m Lie most disgraceful state for ivant of 1 repairs. Scarcely a day passes but some acci dent takes place on this spot. On Friday last a : dray loaded with hay capsized in the middle of , the road, nearly killing both horse and drive-, j and a heavy loss of hay was caused to the pur- i i chaser. .On Saturday several springs of vehicles ' I caved in, and one gentleman, in taking his ■ private conveyance over this piece of road, had I actually to get off his seat and lead his horse by : ! the head until he crossed. This state of affair is I anything but creditable to the people or body , ; having charge of this road. Who then is res- ' ! ponsib'.e? The Grafton Road Board, the Karan- ! gahape Road Boa-d, and the Edeii Terrace Road ! foard all collect rates from land abutting on the ; land alluded to. With the execution of the Eden j 1 erra.ee Board, Avho keep a footpath in front l I ?„ the ProPerty they collect rates off, none of j them will spend a penny to make the road pass able. And AA'hy? Because an agreement was entered mto between the late Provincial Government and the Mount Eden Board Avhen : the toll sates Avere removed, to place the" Gate" : on the Mount Eden Road in its present position: i the .ettlers in the Mount Eden District 'I? 3_° ,_free- The money collected at | the Gate ' from people outside of the District, | from royalty, and tolls levied on all ash; metal, | and scoria, that might pass through, to be de- • j voted to the keeping of the road in repair .' from i Gilfillan s Corner to the Gravel Pit.' Surely this' saddles the onus on the heads of the Mount Eden I -Board.- And before some limbs are broken, and : valuable lives lost, it is the duty of those dn power to compel something to be done. As not " only repairs are wanted, but the road Avants cutting down-and widening, I might offer a'. suggestion- to the Mount Eden Board, viz -—To '' call a meeting of all the Boards pi _a uously men tioned, and come to some undei standing in regaru to'the cntting, etc. The contractors for : he Kaipara Raihvay being in Avant of earth for ■ filhng-m purposes, Avould likely not only do' the work tor nothing, but give something handsome .. for leave to excavate, thereby only leaving the . metalling for the Boards.'to perform. I must crave your indulgence for occupying so'mucli'of your lournal, but saving the' coroner, and coroners juries from spending tune unneces sarily, will repay you.—l am, etc.,—Ciiairai \v Eden Teruace Board. . — !

EDEN TERRACE.

(To the Editor of the Star). Sir,—l see the Chairman of the above district Las been writing to Dr. Philson for information . about the pond, and has received a letter (he seems anxious to displayit)stati_gthattheßoard have the power to abate the nuisance AA'ith the ratepayers money. In ansiver to questions asked at a public meeting as to what Avas , required Avith so much money in one year (they ! oeing about to strike a heaA-y rate), one member : of the Board replied, "To make a good broad road to my place.' Another, "To drain the pond between our brewery." Noaa-, surely if there I remains one spark of manliness, the OAvner of the brewery Avill come forward and subscribe mmself :o abate a nuisance. That is the principal if not the sole cause. If one proprietor does offer a liberal contribution, and to build a : a silt basin beloAv the breAvery to pi _a _nt future nuisance, the whole cost of draining, if.no job is meant, will be very small, as nature has pro vided a splendid underground drain, Avhich at the proper time of year can be opened: and as there is no running stream into the pond it is ™, to t ?f * as formerly. It was a pity I Vnm_i_£i ati on?ii or tJie present trustees should knowingly budd a wall over the mouth of the n^v^a^ui, IStll t0 sll tuP- * k°Pe the%ate __?__! vnil sh^ v h°.w they appreciate any one ___________._;,)■, i ri,„ Board »• ho can stand

MR OWEN McGEE ON AUCKLAND RACING.

(To the Editor of the Star).

A SLIGHT REVIEW OF Elsa's RUN3.I2.G I | WITH OTHER NOTES, EN ANSWER TO j j " Fair Pla v's a Jewel." , Sir,—ln correcting an error Avhich fell intn 3 "Hotspur's" review of the late Autumn Rac> Meeting, Avhere I strongly insinuated that heavy iveights and unjust handicapping had l all to do with Elsa's bad running, and not the 1 gripes. (And here I may remark, my race cattle r are not subject to gripes or rheumatism, Avhich 1 latter disease forms an apology for bad training 2 in one or two of the most fashionable trainintf v stables in the proA'ince of Auckland). A Avrlter 1 signing himself "Fair Play's a JeAvel," and ! using language scurrilous in the extreme, very 1 uncomplimentary to me and dishonourable to . him, attempts to justify and exonerate the handicapper, for the ill satisfaction he affords OAvners of race-horses, and the public into the bargain. "Fair Play' is of opinion I ought to be thevery X last man in Auckland to complain, and A-ainly attempts to revile tho A'ictories this four-year -14 old lath of a filly has achieved on the turf of the 3 North Island, although she could not Avin the 1 Consolation the other day at New Plymouth q with little OA'er 7 stone. Of course •' Fair Play' is one! of those egotistical chaps => Avho know iust enough to make hini - self mischievous ; Avishes to be consulted 7 as an oracle, and treat his ooponents to Bashi Bazouk politeness, that is to trample f them out. Follow on, and Aye avill see. At - Wellington Elsa Avon the Provincial; Flora McDonald second (a rank duffer); Tamborina. third, the latter a good horse, whose race it was in a common canter, but held his company s oo cheap, and lost his prize by ivaiting too c long; as his subsequent A'ictories at Wairarapa £ dislcoses. Hundreds enn bear testimony to this fact,'that Elsa could not live Avith Tarnbourini > in racing society at weight for age. NoivfolloAv c her to her native home, Wanganui, Avhere she ] first ate grass. She is engaged in the Stakes at Aveight for age,) and Avins, beating Perfume, Parawhemm, Opawa, Treason, and Folly. 1 . Mark the A-ictory, EJsaAArms, AA'ith the -2 I game Perfume on her quarters, not four lengths behind, as "Fair Play" asserts. s I say mark, Avhat she beat. Opawa refused to V start until his field Avas two hundred yards ahead. Perfume arrived OA'erlaud from a Taranaki three days before. Parawhenua came overlandfrom Napier two days before the 1 race in question a complete skeleton, having been ridden by half a dozen Maoris in turn (for eA'erybody knows Maoris will ne\-er Avalk if they iiaA'e anything to ride). Treason unable to leaA'e the stable did not appear, and the once redoubtable old grey gelding Folly- -were you to l see him you Avould think it a folly to ask him to exert himself, he having at one time sus tained an injury above his tail, and when set in motion Folly quirks and Avriggles his poste rior like an insane telegraph. This is the crowd ' that E!sa beat. Her owner, pleased vrith this slice of luck that day, took her home in hopes r to pull off the Jockey Club Handicap the l following day, but OpaAva did not stay at the post and give his field a long start as in the Wangauui Stakes. Elsa secured third honours. Resolution, 7st 31b, 1; Opawa, Sst 121b, 2; Eisa, l 7st 101b, 3; Opawa gi.'ing her Hilbs. It may here . be mentioned for the reputation of Elsa that the _ tAvo gems, Resolution [and Opawa did a heavy ' season Avith mares, by way of preparation for 7 j their racing engagements. I mention this to 3 ! show the public Avho may hai. read "Fair .. I Play's" letter, that it is quite possible for Elsa , I in moderate condition to run fourth or fifth in a t j race AA'ithout being iockeyed by Captain Arm- I strong or Handly Roper. At Ta,-anaki the j distance Avas tAvo miles. K-Isa never was in it, that is, to hold a prominent position. Opawa, ' Ride-a-Avee, and May Moon, had the first part i of it, when the Sst 51b and the pace told on the i j game pony, and she fell back beaten. Opaiva . j and Bide-a-Avee racnd until half-a-mile from ' home, where the struggle properly ensued, I and the gallant Bide-a-AA-ee led the chest ) j nut by a length to enable Opawa to catch I a glimpse of Bide-a-wee's well-defined , I buttocks and shipely posterior, and I 1 ! A'enture to say had tiie same talent be . i strode Bide-a-Avee as did Opawa he Avould 3 have Avon by eight lengths. The boy pulled the i inside rein of the bridle, and his horse sAverved, coming doAvn the straight. A protest Avas lodged, and Opawa got the race—Bide-a-Avee Ist, 7st 71bs, OpaAva, 9st, Elsa, Sst. Now for my . accusation against the just handicapper. Oil ! my arrival at Auckland I described this race, ! Avhich took place at Taranaki, to Mr Percival, I ■ in the presence and hearing of the handicapper, I Avhose office it is to seek information for the I | purpose of bringing his fields together. But Avhen the weights appeared for the Birthday j Handicap, I find Bide-a-Avee and Elsa meet on I the same terms as they did in Taranaki. Noiv I . \ ask any sensible person—Fair Play says I have ; no sense—is this fair treatment from the hands ' j of one holding the responsible commission of • j Handicapper? The race aj Taranaki Avas two r j miles; the race on EUerslic the same distance. I Bide-a-Avee beat Elsa by two lengths and a half. ' and they meet again on the same terms. I ask | " Fair Play" AA^hat apology can he make for this j blunder? When I saw the weights, I gaA re the , ; race to Bide-a-Avee, and the result turned out as 'j I predicted. He Avho doubts this may ask any ' j man in sporting circles, who knoAV McGee, i Avhether I speak the trnth o t not. That's defi nite, and number one. " Fair Play is a JeAvel.' I Avill leave my readers to judge how much of the jewel he possesses when subjected to analy : j sis. The Birthday Handicap, out of a possible j field of nine horses, brings four to the post. I Bide-a-Avee- 7st 7lb; Ariel, Sst 131b; Elsa, Sst; I Shanneen, oyrs, Cst 81b. Elsa Avas near distanced, j For the Autumn Handicap, the following day, j El^a, instead of having a stone taken of her back j has only 51b. In fact, Shanneen, Avho carried I six stone eight pounds the day before, gets in ! Avith six stone in the Autumn Handicap, coni f polling Elsa to meet him on two pounds Avorse j terms than she did in the previous race; and i this is the Avay an adjuster of weights intends j to create a contest: brings large fields together, • and invites the public far and near.to Avitness a ! laudable handicap of his monotonous maaufac : turing, to be ran on the Ellerslie play gound. Is ; it any Avonder the public hoot and express dis i satisfaction at such proceedings. i Before concluding this too lengthy response, j may I ask, in the Tradesmen's Plate, why had ! Perfume to cede to Isaac Walton sixteen pounds, i a mare that has neA'er secured a 'ace, and her j engagements has been many, since her victory jin the Steeples last January. Isaac Walton is ; a Avinner this season both at Greymouth and . Hokitika. The apology g.A'en Avas that Isaac ! has a propensity to bolt, and to balaucethe shoAV i in Isaac's favour, Perfume is Aveighted in such a | glaring manner, that the horse may. catch the , mare after he does bolt. But he did not bolt, j and from the fall of the flag to the finish of the : race Mr Walters' horse was not called on to j exert himself, the field. straggling home after ■ him; in fact, he cantered home, -and " Fair ; Play" calls this handicapping. Connaught Ranger, a fbav weeks gone by, at Tamaki, ran third in a Hack Hurdle Race, AA'ith eight stone five pound on his back, and in the Steeples at I Auckland he gets eleA'en stone tAvo pounds. Other cattle, like Shaughraun, Avho beatMedora, and ran Perfume to two lengths in the Hurdles, , get in at nine stone four pounds. I state facts, ; and defy contradiction. j A few years ago a writer in a sporting magazine speaking of the deterioration of race horses in . England, said he would travel 1000 miles by sea , or land to witness a well contested race of three miles, 12 stone up. If the Avriter in question Avere here he could enjoy the barbarous treat by wit i nessing Perfume carrying 12 stone over four feet . timber, and formidable stone Avails, such nego : tiations and encounters as Lever paints Charles O'Malley riding over, in county Galway. I ask ; the lover of Fair Play where is May Moon, the ; wonder of the North; Avhy is she not racing hero? She left the ring at five years old, sound as an acorn in wind, limb, and condition. Does not this fact speak for itself,_ Fair Play and his Kidney expelled her. 9st. 51b was her impost at | Waikato. She won by a fluke. The present AV&ight impeser'said he could not find the bottom : of h_F, and after that expression I confess I lost confindence. I will now come to the point. It is time a change took place, or racing in Auck land Avill drift to a low ebb, and I.challenge the # right of one man, no matter who he may be, to give aAvay or squander the public money to the : disadvantage of other horse-OAvners, engaged . upqn * the - same terms of equality.—OWEN • Curran McGee. • -' -} P.S.'—The Lo\ _r of Fair Play remarked in the beginning-, of his impolite "attack upon me: ;" uhder. ordinary circumstances McGee's few line's were unworthy of notice," and the Lover ; of Pair Flay contradicts himself by writing a '..column.in the Star to contradict my simple statement." I expect Avhen he. reads thi3, he will: require the Evening Star" to himself. • Perhaps he Avill bring the " Herald " paper clean ' out." The Lover says I bought one mare for £10, ■ and the other for £30. I Avon £GlO at two meet ings, and then he declares I have no sense ■ His. logic does not seem to' tally to Fair Play. I say, go do in like mannei.and da not place-your talent beneath a bushel; give evidence of your sagacity and penetration; deeds speak louder than Avords. I trust I am not insensible. An • eminent Phrenologist acouainted me that he eared it AA'as my family Aveakness, being top much controlled by feeling, to .use the doctors words, he said my feelings were intense. " Fair Play " says he Avould blush with shame, (it Avould, in my oninion. cause a coroner's inauest Averehe

in my opinion, cause a coroner's inquest Averene to attempt it, for the crimson mantle extolled by iustice has abandoned his hard and cadaverous features since the earliest days ot his memory) for my haA'ing published my greed and untruthfulness. Weil, as for greed, l possess the organ of benevolence large, ana a3 for truth, I challenge him or any one in these Islands to prove me a liar. 1 never had that gift. Like General Washington, I am born honest, and would haA'e to do injustice to my nature to get rid of it.

ONEHUNGA LICENSING COURT.- This Day.

(Before R. C. Barstow, Esq., (Chairman), and Messrs J. G. Hutchison (One hunga), Thomas Paton (Eden), James Robinson (Pakuranga and HoAvick) Commissioners. ..... t The Licensing Court for,, the Onehunga district, which includes EdenV Pakuranga, and Tamaki, Avas held at the Onehunga Court-house to-day. Applications for Renewals. The folloAving applications for reneAvals of licenses were received :—

THE-EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1877.



~VT O T I C E. MACINTOSH COATS, WATERPROOF CLOTHING. 4USHBROOK AND BRIDGMAN Have Just Opened, and are now Showing, a Xiarge Parcel ©f-the above Goods,-from the same House, and of simi-U" style, to their ...Last Season's Goods, concerning the Wear and Quality of -which they haA'e receiA*ed § many .satisfactory testimonials. The Parcel includes various Styles, and all sizes. ?_, flight Textures, in Black and Drab, for O town-wear. Q . Strong Heavy Sheeting. *i Tf> Strong Twilled, Velvet Collars. 3 3 \ Cashmere, Fancy Check, and Diagonal !_l o 1 Tweed' Patterns. q q Extra HeaAT Diagonal Warm Lined, i. I andextra long. ►^ ] Sealskin Lined, specially adapted for ** V Cabmen, 'Buss Drivers, &c. WATERPROOF APRONS, LEGGINGS, &0. Also, A FURTItER SUPPLY OF •BANKETS, REVERSIBLE BUSH RUGS, AND 1.. NC V AU S TRI AN RUG S, To Hand this Week. Is. in the & allowed on all Cash Purchases of 20s. and upwards. RUSHBROOK & BRIDGMAN, Junction Drapery Warehouse, Upper Queen-street, auclkakd. ; P E C I A L N O TIC E. H. L. POSSENNISKTE, TTTTT Aim LL .OO RRRRR TT A nL OORR TT AA II L 0 O R-RrR TT A—A II L O O R R TT A A n L OORR TTT A A lIH LLLLL OO R R AND ' HABIT-MAKER, SHORTLAND -STREET, Auckland. H.L.P. begerto inform his customers and the pubhc generally that he has Just Received a Large Consignment of WINTER TWEEDS and FANCY COATINGS; also, a Special Line of SUPERIOR SELK VESTINGS. N.B.—The Trade supplied at a small advance i invoice Prices, for Cash. iVa "CJTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF JLT-JL AUSTRALASIA. [ INCORPORATED BY ACT OP PARLIAMENT. NEW ZEALAND BRANCH: Head Oflice, Auckland- Local Director: - , _23_ Burg^-yne Owen, Esq. (Messrs. Owen and Graham.) , ~sc Principal Medical Officer : yfIARLES Field Goldsbro', Esq., M.D. .. General Agent for New Zealand: __•»+.„ _J _ . Wm,im T. J. Bell. m all the Pri__ipaf_owns. 4% '■'■■ v '•-' -—r— ' '■ -' ■■■■-.-__■ A^#J4l_l__? ,l-if. on tho subject of. mß&> w, t L,i,EN' afforded b. Sfj£ JWE, Travelih^gnt to the Assoeia_on_m*; ' SKILII AM T. J. X, General Agent.



TU S T RECEI VED- j EX HERO.*' ONE CASE ) Yv , >. PO.LINS ' ' i v Vf.'TVGES. \Y. RATTRAY, DRAPER, HOSIER, & SILK MER.ER, New Zealakd Hottse, g6, queen-street. Auckland A AND K. TEU TEN BERG, • MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS, ENGRAVERS, And GUNSMITHS, Beg to inform their customers and friends that they have REMOVED from Wellesley-street to McARTHUR & CO.'S BUILDINGS, Qubbx- Street, where they have eA-ery convenience and facility for carrying on all branches of their business. Manufacturers of— SEALS—County, Borough, Company, &c. MEDALS—Agricultural Slioav, and all other kinds. PIPE FERRULES—With nny kind of device, or crest cngraA'ed thereon. WOOD CUTS and MONOGRAMS. All kinds of FIREARMS repaired in first-class style.