SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

„,__„ (This Afternoon, Hot. HIGH WATER—, To . morrow Morning, 10.19

SUN SET.—This Evening. 1.55. ct-v TfTSE —To-morrow Morninsr, u.ob MOONS AGE—First Quarter, 20h, 0.35 p.m,

ARRIVALS.

DEPARTURES.

Wauaka. s.s., McGillivray, for Tauranga ana 'the South Rowena, s.s.. Sellars, for Tauranga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney-Hero, s.s,, about -net. way; oyieu ForKalpa_l-M_Tmio Casey,'s.s Thursday ] For Wan-a-.-ei— Argyle. eA-ery lue.>da> Vm- Ton-'-a—-Votive, schooner, early j For toe South.-Ha.wea, s.s.. 19th inst.; Taranaki, j For Sydney (from Wellington!— Phoebe, s.s., lath ' inst , . . For Fill Daphne schooner, early For Hcban Town-Bella Mary, Saturday For London-Kicctra. ship, early; Anne bles, bar la", early. , For Napier. Wellington, and South- Rotorua, °2nd instant- , , For Lovuka- Jessie Henderson, schooner, early V F.S ?El _S EXPECTEI). Rotorua. p.?.. from Sydney, early HiiAvea s.s., from the South, Friday William :ui(i IL-nrv. bricc. from Oanifa-a, early MenschiicotF, barque, from Samoa, early Ann' Gamble =. '■• -i:"|ii". from Lyttelton. early Alastor, barque (W.T.G.F.), from London ; sailed Lonis:Ran- sblo (N.W.G.T.), from London; Spirit 1 of ti.'-'Dawn, bnr-.ue (H.T.V.C), from London: sailed-2nd March Yoseud--- ship MLW.V.L.I, from London, cany. Himson -'il-1 i W S.F.DA from Loudon, early. G. Broushton, ship, (X.K.V.Q.), from London._ l__._eariy. -• -"'—

EXPORTS.

Per Wanaka-for Southern ports: 751bs powder, 0.) sash weiffh-.s, 1 easy, 7'J packages, 1 case, 10 bars iron.—T. &S. Morrin 1 package—lreland Bros. 3 cases castor oil. 25 cases whisky.—Owen and O-aha'u 9 packages printing materials, 2 boxes type, 1 piece iron, I bale paper.-Wilson and Horton.g;

The? bri-antine Helena is transhipping her copra into 3the ship Electra for conveyance to London. __. . , _, ~ We are informed that the Vision has a full c-u-"-o of idii.'-.d produce, which was purchased " to~arrive " by a merchant hero, some time ago. At present it is not: known Avhether she will dis char_re in Sv<lney or not. The s.s. Wanaka left for Tauranga and the So"th y^sicrda.v afternoon, with the following T)-'iS3Cn< v eTs: Messrs James 'SVatts. Fraser. Jas kerd '^'urewsbra-y, F. H. Kdgecombe. Green, Shipley. :deLe :i ,n. H. B. George, Tcesda c. Cromer ">': S. Williams, Georgia Ahnstrels (lb), Mesdames McShane and child Wilson George Waring, Sir and Airs DeLias, Mr and Mrs b. M. Wilson Mips Green, Bishop Cowie, Captain Andrews.—Henderson and Macfarlane. agents. The schooner Cian Alpine has left for Mer cury Bay, where she is to load timber for The schooner Kate McGregor, which put into ■Wellington for repairs, resumed her voyage to the Waikato on Sunday, and news of her arrival may arrive at any minute.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

M.-UT-S WltX CI.OSE AS UNDER:— For Thames, this day, at 4 p.m.gand o.oJ p.m. : to-morrow, at, 4.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Argyle, to-morrow, at 2 ;>o p.m. For Tairna, per Mercury, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. For Lavuka, per Jessie Henderson, on Saturday next, at 3 p.m. For WaiAvera, Mahurangi, Matakana, Manga wai Wnipu, Wanuarei. and Mangapai. per \nnic Mi!bank, on Saturday next, at 10 a ; m. For _ust'-ah'an Colonies, per City of New York, immediately after her arrival from Honolulu. For Taranalti and Southern Provinces, per Hawea. immediately on arrival of City of NTew York from Honolulu. Tfor P.ussell. Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per ~ lona, on Monday next, at i p.m.

\B-_ post-office has been opened at Kamo, Wangarei district. Mails are closed at tins office every Tuesday, at i p.m. ; return mails arrive every Friday, at 10 a.m. S. B. KISS. Chief Postmaster.

Local Director:

George Burgoyxe Owen, Esq. (Messrs. Owen and O-raham.) Principal Medical Officer: Charles Field Goldsbro'. Esq., M.D. General Agent for New Zealand : William T. J. Bell. With Sub-Agencies in all the Principal Towns.

Every information on tbe subject of LIFE ASSURANCE ANNUITIES, and ENDOW MENTS FOR CHILDREN, afforded by J. A. Lowe Travelling Asrent to the Association ; or ' WILLIAM T. J. BELL, General Agent.

tet_ Special Features.— Age admitted on Policies, wbich are unchallangable from cUi 11. of issu**'" Loavest Rates of Premiums, and no hamper ing conditions as to residence or occupation.

DEATH.

FERGUSON.—On 15th May, Peter E'erguson, late Color-Sergeant M.M. 58th Regt. The funeral will leave his late residence, Liverpool-street, at half-past two o'clock to morrow. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1877.

For the cause th.it lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs i esistance, For the future in the distance,

And the good that we car. do

THE unanimous rejection by the City Council of the Mayor's proposal to reduce the general rate i'or the ensuing year by threepence, although not a vote that would have been suggested by a pure desire to court popularity, Avill commend itself to the judgment of the ratepayers. It may be generally admitted that the city is too heavily taxed —more heavily than any other city in the colony—and any Avise reductions of its burdens Avould meet -with an unanimous approval. The financial position of the Council is like wise such that by keeping its operations within fair limits, and Avith the money aA-ailable for expenditure out of loan, the Council might have done very Avell Avith the rate of ninepencc. if the Government continued to pay the pound for pound subsidy. But the Council was placed in this position, that by making a reduction On the general rate the Corporation Avould absolutely throAV into the General Government Treasury a pound for every pound saved to the ratepayers. In other words, of the £3,200 loss to the funds available for city improvements by the reduction of the "rate, a saving of only £IGOO Avould be made on the city assessment. There is, moreover, the prospect that the General Government may at any time stop the subsidy, saddle the" licenses with heavy charges for chari table institutions, cutting off three-fourths of the revenues on Avhich the proposed reduc tion must rely. It would be a serious matter if any sudden stoppage in city Avorks occur red? noAV that the completion of the Avaterworks has liberated a large amount of labour, and the progress of the harbour reclamations promises to savcll the number of unemployed next year. The actual loss, from reduction, if the subsidies are continued, is out of all proportion to the advantage to the ratepayers ; and if the Government five years' promise _is dis honoured the risks would be still more serious, Avhile the Council Avould have ho iiltm-mtive but to revert to the old ruij v! a sliiUiiW U. a re duction iv taxation is as possible as it is

desirable, it, >j!_'oulil be directed toAvards lowering the 'charge for Avater-rate, Avhich stands unnWected by tiie Government subsidies. It is rarely that the members of Council vote unanimously, particularly on a subject aftecting their own pockets and possibly compromising them Avith their constituents, but, in this instance, we do not see that an honest prudent policy, guideil only by Avhat is best for the interests of the city, Avould have permitted any other deci sion.

The Foresters of Court Zealandia, held their ordinary Court Meeting last evening for the discharge 0$ business, and decided to establish a Juvenile Court in con nection with the parent Court. A com mittee of gentlemen Avas, therefore,appoint ed to make arrangements for forming the same. We learn that many similar Forestry Lodges have been successful in the old country, and have been the means of doing a great deal of good.

The regular Aveekly meeting of the Ota- | liuhit Mutual Improvement Association took place on Monday evening, the 14th inst. The chief business of the meeting Avas a debate on the question, "that strikes are injurious to trade." Mr Birch opened the discussion, in. the affirmative, and related his experience in the old country of the direful eil'ect.s of strikes on both employers and the employed. Mr Birch's paper Avas a valuable one ; his former connection Avith trade societies gave additional interests to his remarks. Mr A. Sturgcs replied on the other side, and gave the Association quite an epitome of the most recent theories of political economy and social statistics. Adam Smith, Baron Brannvell, Herbert Spencer, Sec, were quoted as authorities of the good sometimes accomplished by strikes and trade unions. The present _ com paritive prosperity of the .agricultural labourers in England, Avhich it Avas affirmed can be traced chiefly to the Agri cultural Labourers' Union, under the guidance of Mr Arch, Avas forcibly dwelt, upon as a proof that under Aviso manage ment Unions and strikes arc not altogether injurious. Messrs Higgin, Day, Whitmere, G. Willis, T. Hall, N. Buttle, Bow-den, Donald, and Luke took part in the debate. The general opinion appeared to be that in the majority of eases strikes could be prevented by arbitration, and that, Avhen the system of education at present carried out by the different School Boards in England had tune to bear fruit, more .sympathy would exist between the dill'erent classes, and Strikes, Trade Unions, and Lock-outs become things of the past. The next meeting of the Association will be held on Monday, 21st inst., Avhen Mr A. M. Donald will read ius essay on "Cromwell," and, if time permit, readings or recitations Avill be given by Messrs Birch, Higgin, and Whitinore.—CoiutESPONUENT.

At the meeting of creditors in the estate of David Lindsay, store-keeper, of f'apa kuru, the bankrupt's liabilities Avere set iloavii at £277, assets £20. Mr Macil'arlane Avas appointed trustee to the estate.

The Georgia Minstrels left the Avharf last evening, at live o'clock, by the Wauaka. Ab.-uittive hundred persons Avere on the Avharf Avituessii..g.their departure, and the huzzas and expressions of regret Avere very remarkable. Some of the females among the croAvd were affected almost to tears, If report is to be credited Avith truth these Avhitcy-biOAvn and darkey minstrels have been very hospitably entertained by their Avhite friends, pie-nics. and little drives into the country being amongst the offerings Avhich AA'erc niade to their musical genius.

Troopers of Nixon's Light Morse Avill muster at the Mount Eden Range on Saturday next, at two o'clock,, for tin: purpose of firing for the Cup and Belt.

The monthly inspection of the flattery and Band of the Artillery Volunteers and No. 3 Company, will be held this evening at the usual hour, in the Drill-shed.

On Tuesday last, a, Court, aviis held at Onehunga for the revision of (heeler-oral roll of the district. Several new claims Avcrc admitted, and the names uf persons deceased struck out. The electoral roll of City East Avas subjected yesterday to a,

similar revision

The Waste Lands Board expect shortly to have handed over to them, for adminis tration, the whole of the confiscated lands, portions and blocks of Avliicli will lie brought into the market as soon as con venient, with the view of exhausting the Volunteer scrip, amounting to about £13,000. At yesterday's meeting of the City Coun cil, Councillor Cosgrave avus re-elected as the Council's representative at the Harbour Board. Bearing in mind the difficulty which occurred in Councillor [bddship's ease, Council lor Dickson asked Avhen Coun cillor Cosgrave's term of olliee in tiie City Council expired. It avus answered that his time was up next year, so that there would be no chance of Ins remaining as a member of the Harbour Board after lie had ceased

to be a City Councillor. To make assurance

doubly sure, Councillor Cosgrave pledged himself to retire from the Harbour Board

as soon as he Avas out of the Council

Hie Corporation has declared its intention of levying a general rate of one shilling in the pound on the Ist June next. Mayor Hurst Avas alone in the advocacy of a nine penny rate, it being the general opinion of the other councillors that if the rate Avere reduced this year, it would be raised the next year, a proceeding Avhich Avould be likely to entail much dissatisfaction. ft aviis suggested that a reduction might be made in the general Avater rate, but this idea avus abandoned after discussion, as it aviis shoAvn that even with the shilling ntte.tbe proceeds would not be sullicient to provide a sinking fund over and above the interest of the loan. The Town Clerk has been instructed by the Council to prepare and submit draft by-laws for the regulation of the Slaughter house, in conformity Avith clause 333 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1876. A special meeting of the City Council Avill be held at 2 p.m. to-morroAV to receive tenders for the building of the neAV slaughterhouse at Western Springs. In our report of the City Council yester day a clerical error crept into our version of the dispute as to AA'hether letters addressed to the Mayor and Council should not come before the" Council before they Avere sent anyAvhere else. We represented Councillor Goldie as maintaining they should not. The not should have been left out. In consequence of the frequent rains lately, the City Council have granted Mr B. McDonald an extension of time for the completion of his contract in Bcresford strect, the one condition being that he should furnish temporary accommodation for the street traffic. The next meet of the Pakuranga Hunt Club will take place at the Papatoitoi station on Saturday next, at noon. A good muster is sure to be chronicled, and as the country round the station is capital going, some excellent sport may be expected. Mr Kollerson, baker, corner of Pitt and Vincent-streets, Avho signed the protocol, has been convinced that he can, and in fairness should, oiler a good loaf for 4id cash to meet the times. He adveitises that in future, 4_& Avill be charged at his shop, and 5d for best quality of bread delivered in the city and suburbs. With reference to the allotments on the Improvement Commissioners' property pur chased by Sir Julius Vogel, Aye learn that the rent has been regularly paid. There Avas no condition compelling the erection of buildings. The lots 'are not now being offered by the Improvement Commissioners, but by Sir Julius Vogel's agent in Auck land, and, on the Avhole, Aye rather think that the ex-Premier, and not " Provm cialist" or the Improvement Commissioners got the Avorst of the speculation. We learn from Sub-Inspector Pardy that the .statement in our police report yesterday that Biirke.mentionedin Ellen Hyder's case, had been living on the proceeds of the unfortunate Avoman's prostitution is untrue. Burke works Uard for his living, but had been keeping the Avomau for years ulti mately. liO.VOV*;.', turning lvi" s-t to* drunk enness.

Mr Walker, "trance-medium" lectured again at the Lome-street Hall, last night, Mr J. H. Burn in the chair. The Chairman announced Mr Walker's Avillingness to meet tbe Re\\ Mr Webb,or any other gentleman, on a public platform, to discuss the subject. He hoped the invitation Avould be ac cepted, (cheers). While " Hold the Fort," given out by Mr Wilkes, was being sung, Walker closed his eyes, and rising, proceeded to deliver a discourse on the subject of " Hoav spirits Communicate with Man—the modus operandi of spirit control." After a long discussive perora tion, the application of Avhich at times Avas not very clear, ho said that spirits gather together certain highly attenuated sub stances, surrounding them, and by repeated experiments Avith these are enabled to pro duce audible raps, and other phenomena. They also operate on the minds of men. All spirits could not communicate, they passed into the spirit land Avith their beliefs and prejudices unchanged, and, being clothed with their spirit nature,they did not think such communications possible. Death Avas I just like the passage of a river, the mortal carried all his personal characteristics Avith him, and lie found there as here that there lis no royal road to knoAvledge. In reply to ! tbe questions, Avhy, if spirits could com -1 munieatc at all, they should not communicate with anyone, he said that, j every person was surrounded by Avhat might be termed a magnetic atmosphere Mis auditors doubtless had felt lioav one person attracted, and another repelled them ; they must have experienced strong sympathy and communion _ when brought in contact with one and jarring with another. If asked to account for this, they could offer no explanation. Spirits Avere governed by similar laws, and in fluenced by parallel sympathies. He spoke of the scientific examination of spirit phenomena, and said that as that had failed in offering a satisfactory explanation j of the manifestations and the raps them ; selves purported to come from spirit agency, i the Spiritualist explanation ought to be accepted. If asked Avhat proof he could give that spirits did operate through a person in the trance state, he could not olfer any, except that when faculties were ' exhibited beyond the ordinary poAvers of the medium, common judgnient would lead to the inference that he received assistance beyond him, and what conclusion could j they arrive at other than that the assistance was spiritual. At the close of the lecture the Chairman again I alluded to the proposition that the medium i should meet Mr Webb. Mr T. L. While | said the idea, Avas a very good one, but j Avould the lecturer meet his opponent as Thomas Walker, or as the spirit of Dr. Stewarf.' Mr Wilkes here ran forward excitedly, exclaiming that they had nothing to do Avith it, and urging tho medium not to answer the question. No ansAver Avas vouchsafed, the Chairman remarking that

they should not deal Avith the question then. The- meeting ended as usual with a collection at the door.

CITY WEST REVISION COURT.

THIS DAY (Before 1L C. LaAvlor, Esq., Revising Officer.) THE Court for the Revision of the electoral roll of Auckland City West was held in the Supreme Court Building.* at ten o'clock this morning. The principal business Avas the consideration of new claims, and purging the roll of the names of persons having no qualifications. OBJECTIONS. No less than 13(1 persons, Avhose names appeared ill our issue of the !)th instant, Avere objected to by Mr S. V Collins, Registration Oilicor, as not being entitled lo have their names on the City West electoral roll, and they were, therefore, struck off. NEW CLAIMS. 72 persons applied to have their names placed on the roll, and, in all cases, the applications were sustained. This concluded the business.

Ocean Mail Totally Wrecked at Chathams.

ALL HANDS SAVED

WRECK SOLD FOR £900.

(F1.0.Al OUR OWN CORRES-'ONDEXT)

RUSSELL, this day. Tin-; Avhaling barque Alasca, Captain Fisher, arrived yesterday, and reports the loss of the Ocean Mail on the Chatham Islands. She Avas bound from Wellington to London Avitli wool. The vessel is a total wreck. She avus sold for £900 to Mi- Ritchie and Company. All hands Avere saved. This took place on the 19th Mar eh-

The Ocean Mail avus an iron clipper ship of 1039 tons register, and avus celebrated as a very fast sailer, in proof of which in 1874 she made the passage from London to Otago in 74 days, the quickest run of the season. She Ayas built by Thompson and Sunder land in 1869, and Ayas constructed Avith stronger plates than are required by the rules of Lloyds. She belonged to Messrs. J. Patton junr., and Co., of London and was chartered on her last tA\*o or three A-oyages by the Ncav Zealand Shipping Company. The Ocean Mail Ayas in Auckland harbour about eighteen months ago, arriving from London on the 23rd November 1575- She was then commanded by Captain Cause, but avc are informed that Captain Watson Avas in charge of her at the time of the catastrophe. She loaded avool and general cargo at Wellington this last trip, and sailed for London at the beginning of March. INSURANCES. The vessel is probably insured in London offices. The cargo is thus distributed : — Ncav Zealand Insurance Co. ... £10,000 South British (at least) 5000 Almost all the marine offices are sure to be hit more or less hard, but at present the agencies here have no advice as to the amounts.

BARQUE ASHORE AT KAIPARA HEADS.

A TELEGRAM from Captain Casey informs us of the safe arrival of the Kina in the Kaipara this morning, and adds '' there is a barque ashore at the Heads." There is very little doubt this Avill turn out to be the Feronia, Avhich left Wellington last Saturday in ballast under engagement to load timber at Aratapu for Melbourne, on account of John Reid and Co.

CHILPERIC TO-NIGHT.

This popular and pleasing extravaganza Avill be' repeated this evening in the Choral Hall, by sixty performers in character. On its preA _ous representation numbers of ladies and gentlemen Avere unable to gain admit T & tance OAving to the croAvded state of then hall, hence it Avas determined to repeat the performance. We have previously given a resume of Chilperic from the late Leitch Ritchie's History of France, in Avhich will be found the pretty story of the Peasant Queen. The cast of characters includes, besides the leading character, Devitiacus, the sporting Druid, Fredigonda, an ambitious rustic, GalsAvinda, a Spanish princess, Landry the young peasant, Alfred, the pet page, and numerous other impersona tions ; which form a series of associative pictures of more than ordinary interest. The characters are played by the best ama teur vocalists and actors in Auckland. The personages speak in the language of poetry and song ; some of the songs being full of | vivacity and gladness, Avhile others are con- j spicuous for their plaintive strain. The | third act contains a most laughable parody j on the mad scene in Hamlet. We antici- ' pate a crowded and fashionable assemblage i at the Choral Hall to-night.

THOMAS WALKER, TRANCE MEDIUM.

A MONSTROUS FRAUD UNMASKED. ,

The subject of this brief memoir, has uoav 1 been for some time in this city, and by the >, startling supernatural claims which he lias - set up lias succeeded in obtaining the • patronage of men of influence, has attracted ; considerable audiences, and has been able to , make respectable gains by his so-called "trance lectures." He has also to some extent succeeded in setting the community | by the ears, and in flooding the neAVspapers ' Avith correspondence. On one side of the ! controversy it has been contended that j Thomas Walker is an impudent impostor, . with no other qualifications than unbounded \ " Cheek," a good memory, and a more than : ordinary share of that ready fluency of j speech which is vulgarly called " the gift of the gab." On the other hand, the friend's of the trance medium have | credited him with all the claims which he j has assumed, with an amount of unselfish I sacrifice seldom met with in these days, and ' have elevated him into the position of a j martyr to public prejudice. When Mr Walker obtruded himself upon the public eye in Auckland, scarcely anything was known of his antecedents _ and character. He burst upon the astonished gaze of the public like one of those brilliant meteors which come from no one knows Avhere, and go none know Avhithcr. All that was known of him, Avas that lie had passed j through this city some months ago, Avith Mr j Peebles, another Spiritualist lecturer, on : their Avay from America to Australia. On that occasion the two missionaries of the j new light received much sympathy from a feAV anxious inquirers in Auckland.and were entertained at, the residence ul the Rev. S. Edger, where they gave A PRIVATE SEANCE, which excited the wonder of the beholders and whetted their appetite for further spiritual outpourings. The two apostles of i the new faith proceeded to Australia, Mr Peebles selecting Melbourne as a congenial field for his labours, while Mr Thomas Walker, after a brief but unsuccessful attempt to proselytise the Sydneyites, i finding that current coin did not Uoav into his exchequer in that plenteous stream which he had fondly anticipated, resolved to put to the test those warm expressions of I sympathy which he had received on his - Avay through Auckland.

HE (JAME, HE SAW, HE CONQUERED. There Avas a great flutter in the Spiritual istic dove-cots. People talked in mysterious Avliispcrs of the propagandist, the Balsamo, who could hold familiar discourse -with the -ghosts of the departed, and lay bare all the arcana of the life beyond the grave by the mere thumping of a kauri table. Hundreds of people Avere thrown into perturbation and impatient curiosity. Some wore seized with a longing to hold sAvoet converse Avith the souls of departed friends, while some few there were who desired to test the skill of the spirits in giving " straight tips" as to Moanatairis. Following the example of other sensational performers, Mr Walker resolved to prepare the ground for his public advent by a private seance, _o Avhich representatives of the Press Avere invited. That affair has been fully described in these columns, as also the subsequent public performances of the Medium. The amount' of public attention Avhich this person has attracted has induced lis to make a few inquiries into his character, and we noAV give the results, to enable our readers to form an estimate <»f the degree ot credibility of which lie is wot thy. Thomas Wakcr is a native of Preston, Lancashire, Avhere he received, a moderate education at one of the common schools. HIS AGE

is about 25 or 26' years, and not 19, as has been industriously circulated by his ad mirers and the " select few who have undertaken Avkat may be termed the '•stage management" on the occasion of his seances. Very early in life he excited the gravest;* apprehensions 'of his mother and "other " members of his family by his eccentricity of character, and the fond ness which !">' ovhibitctl for the sock and buskin. Like the ingenious, j-ouiu who embittered the life of the amiable Qailp, he was frequently discovered in out of the way places attempting to stand on Lis head against some Avail, to balance broom handles on the end of his nose, and to perform A'arious feats Avith plates and other household furniture. The loss sustained by the accidents Avhich resulted from these experiments Avas a constant source^ of anxiety to his parents, and made serious inroads upon the domestic exchequer. The hopes which had been entertained by his fond parents of apprenticing him to a respectable trade in one of the cotton mills were cruelly disappointed. _ His first appearance as a public performer Avas in the character of a

■'BUTTONS" AT ONE OF 8 HE PRO VINCIAL THEATRES,

but by persevcrcnce he soon raised himself to the position of a "utility man." Even at this early stage he began to exhibit those remarkable poAA-ers of memory Avhich Avere destined to render his future career so suc cessful, and to excite the wonder of less gifted individuals. He also developed an extraordinary facility of facial contortion, and an astonishing power of mimicry. He could distort his mouth in such a manner as to driiAV it round from its natural position to his ear, and c»uld mimic almost any character.* The practical jokes which he played, and the manner in Avhich he burlesqued the foibles of his felloAV Thes pians, subjected him to some disagreeable consequences, aud he avus obliged to seek sonic other field for the employment of his talents. He had acquired considerable skill in feats of sleight of hand, and had feAV compeers in the thimble trick. HE COULD THROW SOMMER SAULTS, and kick the back of his head with his heel. During his stay in Auckland, Walker has sheAvn that he still retains his old skill and elasticity of limb. At the house of a Spiritist he delighted a select audience only a week ago by his characteristic sketches. He acted the part of a Morman elder, lecturing in favour of polygamy, and threAV his audience into convulsions of laughter. Thenjhc suddenly changed his attitude,facial expression, and voice, and assumed the character of a Shaker, following this up Avith that of an Oneida disciple. All this Avas accomplished out of the trance state, and with his eyes open, and the rapid transforma tions AA Tere so skilful as to excite the astonishment of his select audience. Mr Walker then gave a series of SKILFUL IMITATIONS OFDIALECTS! He imitated a Lancashireman, a York shireman, a Yankee, and various other types of humanity, and his sketches Avere acknowledged to be in every respect equal to the best speciality actor that has A-isited Auckland. With reference to Walker's skill in imitating various dialects, it lias been given out by Mr Peebles that Walker is attended by the spirit of a defunct York shire man, but at the seance under notice the Medium appeared to have dispensed with the aid of the attendant sprite. But even this great repertoire does not exhaust the resources of this skilful contortionist and actor. At the conclusion of the series of sketches above named, he_ kicked the back of his head with his heel, and wound up by _ throw ing a sominersault in the dining-room, Avith all the'agility of a street acrobat. He is said on such occasions to be possessed by the spirit of a celebrated ground and lofty tumbler, Avho once delighted thousands at Astley's, but happening one day to " miss his tip," departed to exhibit his skill in a more lofty sphere than he had previously ventured "upon, even in his most daring flights. To the same select audience Mr Walker gave a brief autobiography, which chewed that Lis career has been a most chequered one, and that he has been com

jelled by the vicissitudes of life to adapt limself to a great variety of callings in | n-der to turn an honest penny. We may idd that lest our readers should imagine .hat this is written «as a mere jest, the above Avas described to us by t oeiitleman of unimpeachable veracity, who Avitnessed Walker's performances with the greatest astonishment and delight, and is confident that as a conjuror, acrobat, and character sketcher, the medium Avould draw croAvded ltouses. We may add also that other persons who AA ritnessed the perform- j ance are aide to testify to the truth of the statement. Our informant says that during an argument on Spiritualism at the house ot one of Walker's entertainers in Auckland, the Medium, in the excitement of the dis cussioii.rose font his seat and poured forth a torrent of eloquent rhapsody which was identical in style of delivery and language Avith his public trance lectures. Our in formant avus subsequently in conversation with a leading spiritist,and expressed some surprise that the reports Avhich had been circulated that Walker was an iiiiteivite and shy person when out of the trance stale Avere disproved by his performances in private. The spiritist promptly replied, "'What a fool he must be to expose his hand like _ that, when people suppose him to be an illiterate and inexperienced youth !" This then, 'is the sort of mountebank Avho is uoav deluding Auckland audiences, imposing his monstrous falsehoods and trickery upon the ignorant and credulous, loafing'on the hospitality of Aveak andgood natured sympathizers, and gathering a harvest of small coin by sending round the hat. We have unmasked this quondam utility man, conjurer, street acrobat, mimic, contortionist, aud Avalking fraud, and lie stands forth in all his miserable trappings of vile quackery, impudent-impos ture, and blasphemy.

SPIRITUALISM.

ARTICLE NO. 3. To relate, with anything like circumstantiality, the systematic failure of mediums wuen put to Hie test, would occupy considerably more space than avc have at our disposal. As Processor Earadav failed to get the simples: sign of table-rapping Avith his "indicator be_ore_t_io medium's eves, so the replies to test questions have proved uniformly raise, misieaamg. and wide of the mark, and the higher nights of materialization, and other similar paenoriena, often practised with success for a while, have invariably ended in the exposure ot fraud, or in a discovery of the origin of the ni*ru_cs-rations in tho coniuror's art. It was asserted or Thomas Walker the other night—and ready, unsupported assertion, trusting to the chances or no: being contradicted is remarkably char;i.cr:-r:sac or Spiritualism—that Sir David Brewster left evidence that his views find undergone con siderable modification. It, was, in snort, gave to be inferred that Sir David Brewster had become something of a convert. Y>. c can best answer this assertion by quoting the Avorlcs or those who had reason to remember --rr Davids views on this subject, and from a brici. extract out, of Home's book, "Incidents in _V_y Luc, it is pretty evident that he, at least, did net suspect Sir David Brewster of any leanings. 1 hat, pretentious scoundrel thus sneak- ot tne tAVO men most eminent in science in his own day :— "Sir David Brewster's character may be the better known, not only for his untruthful dealing with this subject, but al-c in his own domain in science, in which the same unfaith fulness to truth Avillbe seen to be .:._ charac teristic of his mind." Professor Faraday, he said, had " foolishly plod_rod himsed.' Another eminent scientific man pur a £50!) note under a ease, and ottered it for a long period to any medium who could tell the number. It was unclaimed. A few examples of the tnousands of exposures to which the spiritist phenomena have been subjected, are all that it is necessary to oiler here, and we select those most typical ot Spiritualist investigation. THACKERAY AMONG THE SPIRITS. Among ; he literary throng AA'ho flocked to Mr Home's circles, wirh all the earnestness of inquirers alter truth, w-.-, Mr Thackeray. He was known to be ?. frequent attender at the bests, yes bul os i ■ .as noi ..-::■• cd o receive strength by personal observation. The following account of one seance, given in his own words, may serve as an example of the general course of such exhibitions, ana Avill be confirmed by the experience of everyone avlio has taken the trouble to make similar investiga tions :—" Being present at one of these Spiritual sittings- which I attended, .'ess with the expec tation of seeing anything Avonderful than Avith the desire to speak with some authority on the matter—l was requested to write down the name of a deceased friend, introducing it among other names, seven or eight—any name-.—people I knew, people I did not know. It occurred to me that any person versed in the laws <--f probabi lity weii'llil _1U \ <_l bliiiiK. i-= ii.-olv that I ____ould llllt the name to be guessed first on the list. 1 there fore wrote the n-^me of my deceased friend—with some reluctance—at the top of a slip of paper, and under it I wrote six or seven other names, John Robinson, Thomas Smith—what not. About the middle of my list I inserter, the name of a public character recently dead, a name known to every one. the unmoor' a person whom the medium might very well suppose to haA-e been an acquaintance of my own. The list was handed to tho medium, Avho glanced clown it, and gave it back to, me, requesting that I would take a pencil and. go down the list, touching each name with the pencil as I passed it. I .on-Ued the first name, that of uiv friend, and there was no response from the. table : I roue]:-?..: the second, the third, and still silence ; but the moment my pencil touched the name which, bo it remembered, was the only name on the paper which the medium kue-.o to be iii'it of a dec-:a.esd person, there was a volley of raps; so confident Avere the spirits that this was the name I had thought of. One instance sued as this is as good as a dozen. But I may add that the professional gentleman v.'ho failed most dismally in this par ticular, and in every particular on the occasion in question—Avho could succeed in nothing when he Avas attentively watched by five persons seated in his own room at his own tabic: of which five persons the writer was one, Charles Dickens another, and M. Robin, of the Egyptian Hall, a very dangerous third—had been trum peted about London hs the most, wonderful of all the wonderful mediums ever wondered at." THE " MARTYR MEDIUM " WHOSE

IXFAXT CRADLE SPIRITS ROCKED.

We believe Thackeray's referenceis to Homo, who was in full blossom about that time, but Avhether this be so or not, that recipient of spiritual favours fared no better, as may be illustrated by one story published in the cur rent literature of the day (1563), Avithout meet ing, so far as AA'e are aware, any denial. The Medium had ensconced himself comfortably at an English gentleman's quarters in Italy, where he essayed to do many vrondrous works. The lady of the house, howeA Ter, continued sceptical, and her suspicions A\"ere further aroused hy the Medium exhibiting a persistent desire to com mit her somehow or other to a disclosure of the manner of death, to him unknown, of a certain person. She resolved to employ this disposition as a test of the Medium's powers, and managed to relate one evening within his hearing a wholly suppositious account of the person's death, differing in every respect from the true circumstanc m. Presently the table rapped out the presence of the departed spirit, Avho pro ceeded, to the lady's infinite amusement, to narrate that he had met his death in the manner fictitiously arranged for him a short time before by the ingenious hostess. If Home had left any doubt respecting: his true character in the minds of those who befriended him in the earlier part of his English career, those doubts Avere doomed to A rery speedy dissipation. Hawing preyed on the fears of a simple-minded lady, a Mrs Lyon, by means of alleged com munications from her deceased husband, he induced her, under command from the other world, to hand o\-er all her property, £60.000, unconditionally to him. The glamour soon afterwards fell from the poor dupe"s e~es. She sued in the English Courts for restitu. on of the property, and obtained judgment; ti . Judge remarking in terms of the severest condemna tion upon the imposture. THE DAVENPORTS. Among the. few Avho Avent beyond the tables, as the A.B.C. of the profession, and practiced materialisations, rope-tying feats, and the playing of musical instruments, to the edification and strengthening of the faithful, and the general amazement of A_st audiences, Avere the Davonports. noAV in this city. They found the people seined with strong delusion and anxious for a particular class of sensa tion, and they supplied it. Their early gifts of mediumship, so. ran the published story, Avere attested by events more remarkable than the mysterious rocking of the infant Home. They Avere, forsooth, removed bodily for long distances by mysterious spirit hands. Their public exhibitions soon made their names famous, but Mr. Home's tricks and other similar occurrences, had led people in England to look with soineAvhat different eyes on Spiritualism, andthe DaA-enports narrowly escaped lynching on more than one occasion. 'Spiritualism being now at a discount, they, like sensible men, exhibit all the most extraordinary phenomena Avithout laying claim to any occult assistance in their remarkable performance. Whereat, Aye observe, the Spiritualist organs arc Avrath, and the brothers haA'e lately come in for a special outpouring of editorial anger in the Melbourne " Harbinger of Light." The phenomena actually exhibited by the Davenports are infinitely superior to anything ever publicly attempted by Home, and Avould, in tbe early days of prevailing self-delusion, have converted half England, and made the fortune of that designing knave. Our readers Avill, on Saturday and (Turing the following week, have an opportunity of witnessing all the most remarkable phenomena claimed by Spiritualists, performed avowedly Avithout any supernatural assistance. HOW FRAUDS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. ,It would, be possible to adduce instances by me score of mediums exposed, and their supernatural aids, traced directly to com

mon jugglery. A lengthy account of one nf iw most recent appeared in the Star a few™?* 5 ago, in Avhich the instrument-playing and mT 8 rializing tricks were accomplished by avivp" a confederate, the medium employing his. o an<* hours in the daytime searching the church.P a/ e and picking up information about the dead v ' had enjoyed a most successful season n •*. finally boAVled out by a too inquisitive SDeWn' Avhen he made a clean breast of it. Belim ' in Spiritualism have a very ingenious w«*B accounting tor these continual exposure? * imposture. The cause, they say, labours wV the misfortune of being fastened on bvDrr $ sional tricksters, whose impostures briiV' v '^ served discredit on the Avholc system <v Oicott, the defender of the Eddy ttrothec Xffi testations, however, and with him othu_._T> spiritualists, go Aery much further, am. oV „ J that nearly all mediums cheat occasionally t supply the supernatural afflatus Avhini. is sometimes denied them. The int'ereri to be drawn, we suppose, i. t _)r; when not found out the " spirits" are at ayoH. but when any gross fraud is brought to li<dit it is the offspring of mans Avcak* dccc-pMons-i. very assuring theory truly, seeing that onr knowledge of "ter-yuth" is to come throu-h these very corruptible sources. "

ROBERT DALE OWEN A LUNATIC. We must, however, now draAV in the threads of a treatise which has long passed the bound . Qrigmally contemplated, a<ul Avhich might be indefinitely extended. Only one character mentioned in this sketch yet remains to he disposed of, and avc shall presently see how things have fared with him. A tew months ago, it -was stated in the Star that Uobert Dale Owen- the patron of Home, the man whose certificate was sought by practising mediums as a proof of their genuineness—had lost Ids reason through the shock occasioned by the Katie King exposure, and had t>een confined in a lunatic asylum. Immediately a local spiritua list contradicted the assertion, with that positivism and recklessness of fact peculiar to fanaticism. Since tho "trance/ lecturer Walker's arrival, advantage was taken of his acquaintance Avith the spiritualists of America to determine the question, His statement literally confirms what we previously asserted He stated that Mr Owen had been harassed by various causes, and was not in good health He had also pinned his faith in a special manner to the remarkable materializations of Katie King, and had Avritten an elaborate paper Dointing to her as the proof of his later life's dream. The exposure and confession came upon him like a thunderclap; the foundation ion which his naturally materialistic mind had built up hopes of immortality were destroyed ar i a bloAv ; his character as a man of intelligence and discernment was at stake, and reason sank under the shock—he became insane. AA'e have thus giA-en a Aery brief epitome of the history of this remarkable delusion, from its neiv-born zeal in 1552 to its present condition of confused and unattested gai-gon. A larger space would be requisite to deal with the subject at all com pletely. Ie would hp_A-e been instructive, if space had permitted us. as we originally in tended, to bring out the very strong parallel which exists between this delusion and that AA-hich, about the same time, drew thousands of devoted dupes across the American Avastes, with their luces set firmly toAvards thehareni of Brigham Young. These poor creatures, Avorking miracles by faith, cheerfully enduring' untold hardships, dying by hundreds of cold and fatigue on the western prairies sustained by the firm belief that they were journeying to Zion and the New Jerusalem, present the strongest possible resemblance to the crowds j Aviio AA'ore at first carried away by the gross I impesture more particularly under consi'dera i Hon. We must. howcA-er, pass from the subject, I leaving any further discussion of the simple, ! recognised phenomena of table-rapping, to | a more convenient season. Indeed, setting j aside the impotent and childisn reasoning on I Avhich the raps . are ascribed to supor i natural agency, and overlooking the brand of fraud imprinted across tho whole doctrine, Aye j arc prepared to grant every concession the i spiritualist chooses to claim for the purpose of , establishing his position, if he can adduce one i fact, one thought, for which the world is wisar ' or better, through its alleged communications I with the dead. We reA-icAv twenty-live years of I human progress, and what vast advance in know ' ledge, in science, and the arts, is spread out j before us! What has spiritualism to otter I for its twenty-five years of profession I I Not one Avell-established fact, not one thought j that is Avoi-th the knowing. Starting Avith pre- I tentions of the most lofty character, it hasbecome !an asylum for professional mountebanks. If it ; be that, spirits are able to communicate through ' mediums, tha poor creatures have not sufficient intelligence to devise a simple test in proof of I their own identity, and their acquaintance is j not worth the trouble of cultivation. Harmless ' as avc might naturally suppose such a patent | fraud to be, it is not without its evil effects on weak minds, or persons unable, either from de | ficient education or want of training, to accu rately weigh abstract metaphysical reasoning, or destitute of the means of institutingn°cessary researches. English Courts (taught a lesson by ! the Home fraud) have of late years very properly i visited professional practice!-.", of the art with : some severity. We entertain the greatest possi ! ble respect for any man's honest opinions, be he j infidel,' Mahommedan, Brahmin, or spiritist, and i maintain the right of full expression as the dear | est of English privileges. We can also enjoy, i AA-hile we do not attempt to explain, tbe tricks of ', a clever conjuror. But any person who endea j yours to supporr. a weak creed by flagrant im ■ posture, and outrages the judgment of his audi i ence by peurile attempts to deceive them, is ', deserving of very little synipathey or consider*- I tion.

POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY.

(Before David Hean Esq. J.P.)

DRUNK.

George Jackson pleaded guilty to an attack of drunkenness, and was lined os and costs. MISCHIEVOUS SCHOOL BOYS. Thomas Kuinby and' James Carlew, two boys belonging to the school at Ponsonby Hall, pleaded guilty to having malicously destroyed four caps, the property of other boys in the school. The youngsters pleaded guilty, and Avere ordered to pay for the damage, or go to prison for 4S hours. They Avere placed in the cells for a feAV minutes, and were then sent for, and after being admonished by his Worship, Avere discharged, as the parents had paid the a»oney. INDECENT ASSAULT. Thomas R. BoAAies, a youug man of respectable exterior, Avas brought up charged Avith having indecently assaulted a little girl named Hooker, aged 11 years, at the North Shore, on the 15th inst. Mr Laishley appeared for prisoner, and pleaded not guilty. He asked for a remand, as he had not had time to bring up his witnesses. A remand till to-inorroAA r Avas granted, bail being accepted in prisoner's _ oAvn recognisances of £50, and two sureties of £25 each. This was all the business.

Australian Telegrams.

(From our Own Correspondent.)

A Insolvent Firm.

T:io Chinese Influx.

Colonial Defences

Emmet and Mace Drawing

Crowded Houses

(MELBOURNE, VIA BLUFF)

A Sydney firm of money lenders, aud part proprietors of the Theatre Royal, are insolvent.

Concerted action between the Premiers is urged to deal with die Chinese influx. The elections cause excitement. At the polling on Friday protectionist candidate* largely predominate. Mace and Emmet draw croAvds at t» Opera House. The excitement over the Rush an Trickett match ok the 30th, is r great. Rush is the favourite. The state of the defences is eugas active attention everywhere. The Agent-Genenls are instructed to send special messages to the State o • Europe weekly. The Premier has recovered. The Opposition ac organising to force' the passing of the Ebctoral Bill. The Vagabond appears to-day to ansAver a charge of giA-ing prsoners tobacco.

[PEESS J.GENCV.]

Absent Judges.

[PER TARARUA.]

BLUFF, this day. ARRIVAL OF THE TARARUA The Tararua left Sjndridge on the 9th aj 4 a.m. Passed the leads at 7 p-»;» *2_ Cape Filler at 2.?,) p.m. onvtMtor Arrived at Hobart Te.vn at 7 p.ntj"' ' ' the 12th at 3 p.m., aid experiencing" head winds throughoit the passage. »• made the Soianders aKi p.m. on trie wa i* riving at the BliUl'atflayliglittUis m<K°gg Saloon passengers fjr Auckland : Mesf i. igg anil Borthwick.; __

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