SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

irrn it T\- \ Tvn*r> i This Afternoon, 1L39 HIGH vVATER-| To _ morlw Morning> n. 52 SUN SET.—This Evening, 7.15. SUN RISE.—To-morrow Morning, 5.10 MOON'S AGE.—First Quarter, 23rd, 3.32 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

Elisabeth schooner, Goodman, from Lyttelton. Queen schooner, Jones, from Hokianga.

DEPARTURES.

DEPARTURES. Blanche, schooner, Poung, for Rarotonga Augusta, brigantinc, Puhnan, for Russell Colonist, schooner, Bailey, for Nelson (from the Manukau)

IMPORTS.

lV.r l>o^h Urr: 30 cases bottled salt, Id do. quart salad oils, 50 do. B and B Plaids, 10 do. B and M 250 vcsta<», 10 do. tartariaacid, 20 do. eagle milk, 2 do. esaence lomon, 25 do. white starch, 40 do. bottled vinegar, 10 do. pints salad oils, 100 boxes Price's candles, 20 tons fine salt, 20 do. coarse salt, 20 qr-casks vinegar.—Barnett and Levy. Per Elizabeth schooner from Lyttelton:—loo sacks beans; 80 sacks pears: 1 casks beef ; 1 ca*e bacon ; 100 3ack3 oats.—Master agent. Per ' Loch Urr' from London:—3o bales earthen ware.—R. Arthur.

EXPORTS.

Per Oceola for Adelaide: 75,000 ft sawn timber, 50.000 ft baulk do., (to be shipped at Wangaroa*. —J). H. McKenzie, agent. The schooner Elizabeth arrived from Lyfctol ton this morning with a cargo of southern pro duce. She left on the 9th inst., and has had a t dious passage, prolonged by contrary winds. The brigantinc Oceola cleared to-day for Ade laide via wangaroa, where she takes in a load of timber.

The schooner Queen from Hokianga brings 2 tons ' b mm, 2 tons Max, 23 hides, 6 cases bottles.

THE LOCH URR.

This fine barque enme up to the Powder- Krouml late on Saturday evening, and has been discharging tho combustible portion of her cargo to-d.i.v. There is nothing in the detailed report of passuzc, which reached us too late for inser tion on Saturday, to call for special remark. She lcCt the Downs on 16th. October, crossed the Equator on 20th November, passed Cape of Good Hope on 12th December, ran down castings in an average of 12.30 S. hititute, cleared Bass's Straita 12th January, and sighted Capo Maria Dieman on the 17th. Several vessels were spoken, but none bound to this Colony.

Repairs to tho schooner Lovct.t Peacock are being rapidly proceeded with. Messrs Sims and Brown are carrying out the general repairs to thej vessel, and Messrs Garnett are furnishing the required rigging. There is every appearance of a thorough good job being made of it. It would seem that the alteration of the Paci fic Mail route is now i«» fa>t accompli. The Auckland agents of the service advertise that titte s.s. City of New York expected from San Francisco on Saturday next will sail on the same day for Sydney. The schooner Blanche sailed yesterday for Baratonga, with a general trading cargo. Consignees of tho barque Lbch Urr are re ouested to pass entries and obtain delivery ordera at once. Tho sight entry will be passed on Wednesday, Messrs Holmes Brothers announce an excur sion to the Te Aroha Mountain, Hot Springs. and Sodawater Springs, on Saturday next, the 27th instant. The Durham will convey the ex cursionists to Grahamstown, leaving the Queen- Btreet Wharf at 11 a.m. They will there be transhipped into the p.s. Te Aroha, which will take them the remainder of the distance. The trip will be one of peculiar beauty, and those who have not been up the Thames should en deavour to take this opportunity. The passengm-s will be able to return by the Durham on Tucs dav. The schooner Sissy cleared to-day for Port land Island, via tho Thames, with a cargo of stores, bricks, etc., for the lighthouse there. She sails to-night. The cutter Mercury cleared today for Tairua With a cargo of stores. The ketch Adah leaves for the Thames this afternoon with 200 barrels blasting powder, (j tons flour, 10 tons coke, and other merchandise; The cutter Magic has cleared for Russell in ballast, and the cutter Lizzie for Whangapoua with potatoes and other stores

THE WRECK OF THE GLANCE.

Thb enquiry into the wreck of the cutter Glance oil'Tuirua, which was held before W. H. Brewer Esq., cliicf officer of the Customs • department (in the absence of the Collector), and Canfeini Clayton, Nautical Assessor, resulted in vessel sfaiKUnl|Tob"^6^e ut'a~ttnfe°Snor^-'a»auiar on its bi'comintj suddenly calm, the master lost too much time in trying- to fret her head round, instead of immediately lettinj? go his anchor." It is at. present uncertain whether any further investigation will be deemed necessary.

THE GLENLORA.

The preliminary enquiry into the causes which led to this vessel stranding on Rangitoto Reef on the night of her arrival in this port, will be held before VV. 11. Brewer, Esq., of H M Cus toms, and Captain Clayton, nautical assessor, to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock.

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs B. Tonks and Co. sold to-day the grand stand and booths for the Fnglish Cricket Match. The grand stand was purchased by MrH. Keane (Thistle I lot el) for £65: refreshment booth No. 1, Mr Adams. (Queen's Hotel) for £31, and No. 2 do., by Mr Patterson (Fitzroy Hotel,) for £19. The grand stand, bar, stabling, &c, at Fapakura Races are open for sale. Mr R. Arthur sold at his Mart this day, 112 acres land, Waiwera, at 18s per acre. iO rolls fancy matting at BAd to Hid per yard. A case of kangaroo skins at 03 per lb.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under:— For Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m. j and to morrow, at 9.00 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coroniandcl, per Lalla Rookh, to-morrow, at 1.30 p.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per lona, Vain day, at A p.m. For "Wangarei Heads, "Waipu, "VVangarci, and Mangapai, per Argyle, to-morrow, at £ p.m. For Waiwcra, Kawau, and ivlatakana, per Annie Milbaiik, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Taranaki, Soutliern Provinces, and Aus tralian Colonie3, per Hawea, on Friday next, at 2.15 p.m. Late letters will be received till 3.15 p.m. For Australian Colonies, per City of New York immediately after her arrival from Kandavu. S. B. BISS, Chief Postmaster.'

MARRIAGE.

GARRAWAY—WELLS.—On the loth instant, at the residence of the bridegroom, by the Rev. R. F. Macniecol, Francis Morton Gnrra way to Maria Welis, youngest daughter of Sydney Wells, of Auckland.—Napier papers please copy.

DEATHS.

PAYNE.—On tho 17th instant, at the Provincial Hospital. Auckland, George Payne, in his 37th year. —Home papers please topy. SPINLKY.—On the 21st instant, at his paronts' residence, Lornc-strcet, Robert Barker, the youngest child of John and Ann Spinley, aged 3 years.

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

MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1877

For the wvse that lacks assistance, For the wronjj that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the eood that we can do.

Are the County Councils legally constituted, or liave they come into existence illegitc mately, and are -wrongfully attempting to exercise the prerogative rudely snatched from their deposed predecessors ? This question still occupies a prominent place in the leading columns of our Southern con temporaries, and has even attracted the attention of Australian journals. A dull season has, perhaps, caused distracted journalists to seize on the legal: issue upon which the question turns as an extra ordinary stroke of good fortune—a noble salmon among the minnows which have come to the surface in this season of political and social dc-vdness. We have before.explained the technical irregularity upon which Mr Travcrs and others main tain that Parliament was not legally prorogued, and that consequently the Counties and other Acts, fixed to come into foice at the end of the session had no legal operation when the first proceedings were taken under them. The last session of the Assembly was prorogued by Commission. That is to say, his Excellency the Governor, by virtue of the. supposed prerogative of the Crown delegated the power to prorogue the Assembly. Mr Travers lias contended, and we think successfully, that the Queen has no such right; that the General Assembly derives itsexisteiice from a specific charter— the Constitution Act—and that it can only be prorogued by the properly constituted authority under that Act; that the Queen herself could no more prorogue parliaaicht than she could dissolve a Road Board or City Couucil, and therefore that it is utterly idle to suppose she could delegate that right, to another. It may be urged that at best this is a mere technicality, a trivial legal in fringement of no consequence to anyone. But past experience fias shewn " how momentous apparently-small provisions may be. Our rights and privileges, the very liberty 01 the subject, is hedged and protected—in fact, derives its existence from conditions of the law which, in certain applications, might be termed technical aud trivial. Besides, it is possible that circum stances may yet arise in which the question which has been inadvertently raised in New Zealand would play a most important part. The right of the Crown to over-ride the Constitution of a colony is no trivial matter. It may, truly, in the present instance, have been raised over a, small and unimportant issue, but we can con ceive of occasions when the colonists would fake up arms to resist an infringement of this so-called technicality. ) Moreover, if we s4siit that the Crown f possesses no such right, and that an unintentional breach of the lair of the Empire has been committed, the triviality of the act,and the plainness of the intention could in no way detract. from the seriousness of the consequences as affecting the important legislation of last session. What then, should the Government do» A Christchurch contemporary suggests the stating of a case for the Court of Appeal which meets shortly in Chmtclmvcii. The autuor of this proposition must be endowed with unbounded faith in the aim plicity of the members of the Cabinet. tU Modestly asks them to court conviction of aiweacnof tha law on their owirsuit and in (to miMl& at the Parliamentary recess, whesi they liava-so oppwtafcif.?-oJ retrieviag their onros It is not at afi llkolv tUojrthis■jwagfwtjott win ftiul fitvßtiriH ?ho Uitemst CoiuK'tt,- etfui luslow gusa^nio

expense, it is probable that nothing more j will be heard of the question until next j session, when probably it will form the subject of early debate. Meanwhile, the Counties will go on raising and spending money and doing other acts, which, if Mr Travers's law is sound, they have no right to do, and which could not be sustained in a court of law.

PERIODICALLY, the Corporations of tie colony break out into a kind of Town Hall fever. At such times, much is heard of the importance of sustaining the civic dignity^ of contributing to city architecture, of provid ing offices convenient for the burgesses, and of the cheapness of a building owned by the Corporation as compared with one that is rented. Wellington has been the latest sufferer from this mania, ami plans of a £10,000 building were invited in all parts of the colony. But the eloquent speeches of the advocates of the scheme within the Council, and the pleading ot the "Argus' without, utterly failed in charming the ratepayers, played they ever bo sweetly, and at a public meeting, duly convened, the proposition wag uproariously con demned. Wo arc not particularly con cerned with the decision of the taxpayers of the Empire City. _ They saw "a special rate, as security to the lender, overshadowing all the beautiful pictures painted for their admiration, and like taxpayers everywhere else, they said " Nay." I3ut what Avill more directly interest and amuse those who arc familiar with the characteristic weaknesses of the inhabitants of Port- Nick is the class of arguments and appeals which were deemed by the 'Argus'—and who should know better—as calculated to tickle the ears of the groundlings, and carry the scheme with enthusiasm. Tims speaketh that journal : "We may, in connection with the ball room question, point out that every large public ball circulates'a very large amount of money amongst the tradesmen and shop keepers of the city. We have heard men, avcll informed on the point, estimate that the usual Assembly Ball not being held last session, and certain other festivities of the kind not taking place, owing to the want of suitable accommodation, kept, some £1500 out of the pockets of Wellington tradesmen, cab proprietors, and others. Most of this money would hade coma out of the ■pockets of non-residents ." The naivette of the concluding remark could not be surpassed. It wouldj we venture to say, strike a chord rich and deep in the heart of every true Wellingtonian. "Most of this money would have come out of the pockets of non-residents !" What a text; what a motto ! how consoling ! how truly comfort ing ! Anon, it was the two-hundred-room building, the ministerial residences, the lawn teViis, the Lowry Bay estate extrava gance, the civil servant patronage ; and now it is to be a £10,000 Town Hall. And most of this money "comes out of the pockets of non - residents." Was ever so complete a description com pressed into so small a compass. Only oi c who has visited the city can appreciate its fulness and beauty. Wellington untie goes two distinct phases yearly—a short but io y summer and a protracted winter, there i* the Recess, with its grumbling tradesmen, its deserted streets, and scores of h uiscs with "to let," or "board and residence" pasted in the window ; and the .Session, when junior civil servants are bundled from front rooms into out-houses and skillions to accommodate thu aristocratic arrivals, who pay enough to keep the establishment together for the rest of the year; when trade runs briskly, and cab proprietors reap their harvest, "Ami all tin's comes out of the pockets of non-residents." Yea, verily, and the vampires still cry " Give !"

from Wellington to-day, supplying flic names of tho vcsuels entered for tko prin cipal sailing nice in the Kegatta at that ]>lace. They are tho Transit, the Clio, the Cynthia, the Nelson, and the Falcon; The two first were built in Auckland. The race comes oil" to-day, but as the telegraph office at Wellington is closed in consequence of it being Anniversary Day there, we shall not receive news of the result in time for publication to-night.

There are 165 inmates 411 the Auckland Lunatic Asylum.

Mr IT. Severn of Grahanistown, wiio.se interesting .scientific lectures contributed so much to the successful opening of the Auckland Institute is about to visit Englad with his family.

In the Rue Voltaire at Bordeaux there is a girl born without arms, who can write with her mouth with the greatest facility, thread the finest needle, embroider, knit, do crochet work, mark linen, &c, with marvellous regularity, and can even with her mouth tie a sailor's knot.

At Duncdin recently, Judge Chapman said lie was not, awaic of any power to prevent the reporting of cases in Chambers, and lie considered it rather desirable that all proceedings should be published. Cases were only heard in Chambers for the .sake of convenience, and the public were excluded because there was no room for them.

Tlic late Mr, J. Miller F.S. A., formerly Provincial Engineer at Nelson, wrote a letter a few days before Lis death to Mr. Lazarof Hokitika, in which Mr. Miller contemplated his approaching death with resignation. The letter concluded as follows : —" Eternity now staring me in the face, I declare, before the Great Architect of the Uiiiver.sc that I never, in thought, word act, or deed, defrauded the Government of Nelson of a single shilling. There fore, I depend upon you and my Masonic brother Stanton, to assure the world of the fact. I look to you both to protect my moral rectitude of character when I am gone to that bourne whence there is no return. (Signed) J. Miller. " It will be remembered that a charge was made against Mr. Miller of embezzling the Provincial funds. The London "Standard" publishes the following passages from a letter received from Calcutta :—" In a former letter I gave you some extracts from a Bengalee book. Here arc a few parallel passages taken from the " Amrita Bazar Patrika" — 'The end of Europe is drawing nigh, for a more wicked race than the Europeans never polluted the earth nor disgraced humanity. . . Europe is the nest of robbers, civilised and enlightened. (Due thought only guides the nations of Europe, and that thought is how to rob another. .■ . . Agriculture, arts, and commerce, and 'good government are neglected, to maintain a formidable band of robbers. . . Interest makes them friends, and interest only, and even when friends, they cut each other's throats if they find one~ unguarded moment. . . The greatest cheat in Europe lias the chance of being the greatest man there. An honourable man has not. only no chance, but he is an object ot pity. . . . Treaties to them are binding so long as they dare not, or it is not their in terest, to break them. ... To adopt .1 sanctimonious tone in public life, to present always a respectable exterior, is also one of the requirements of the present European morality." It may be good, but it is certainly liot pleasant, to see ourselves as others see us, A Madras paper publishes a translation, of an Arabic letter from a distinguished resident in Mecca, who foi'etejjs the speedy conversion of tke English Nation to Jslani, after subduing the Kafirs of the North, and then the world will come to an end, and the unbelievers ~" ba thrust into thy awful flames of hell." ' It is understood that ii Melbourne book' inakor has won £1000 by the All England Cricket m&iuh in Sydney > Hi that the re*t of, the Uoo'se;»ajfe«-#, W<* ftW &% tM« Wi'Qag 8%. (i| tlie lm®\ '■

Sir, —I have it on good authority, that two fatal cases of malignant typhoid fever have occurred in Ponsonby within the last few days. As far as I can learn, the first man died in the other man's arms. The widow and children of the first man are living iv the house where he died, the neigh bours being in constant communication with them. Surely this is not right. The second man stood Iv more risk than the doctors ■who attended the first did. Why were not proper precautions taken ? Why was not the house thoroughly isolated from the first ? Perhaps the medical men in question can explain matters, and thus allay the feeling of alarm on the part of those for whom I write. —A NEIGHBOUR. Complaints are made in some of the country districts in Wellington as to the insufficient notice of election matters, through the "Gazette. In one district only a solitary copy of the "Gazette" reaches a local J. P. The same sort of complaints are heard nearer home, and not a few of the country elections in the Auck land Provincial district were bungled owing to insufficient publicity. The removal of the Armed Constabulary from Tauranga to Taupo is going forward. Dr Pollen has heen successful in inducing the natives to cede Te Puke to the Government without further obstruction. Schools and other matters of local interest are to be considered. Mr. J. Mumford, has received his dis charge as a bankrupt under the 182 nd clause of the Bankruptcy Act, 1876". Mr. Hutching, a poet, lately of Surrey, and now of Hawkb's Hay, is in possession of a letter of thanks from the Empress Eugenic for a poem.on the death of Napoleon. The "Wellington Argus" gives the following graphic picture of the sanitary condition of Wellington :—" The fearful odours which arise from the gratings, and which have earned for Wellington an un savoury reputation almost equal to Cologne, are very easily accounted for. i-ja.lt is a notorious fact that in the vicinity oi several of the main drains, Jthe hotels, workshops, aud private buildings have their waterclosets constructed so as to discharge into the drain. When it is remembered that tliese drains are merely wooden boxes, with very little fall, and seldom or ever Unshod with water during the summer, the smells which arise from them are at once accounted for. :> Mr Soccombe has been elected Chairman of the Wangarei County Council. There was a moderately numerous con gregation at the Boresford-street Chapel yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of a special sermon for German residents by the Rev Wesenberg, pastor of H.I.M. ship Hertha. An excellent sermon was preached, and several well known German hymns were sung. Mr. Butschkow presided at the harmonium. The collection at the close was devoted to the Chapel funds. We understand that another race is to take place at Ellcrslic Gardens in a month's time, between J. McArthur and ]>. Eilis, for the sum of £20, the former to give the latter 2 yards start in 150. From the known nicrita of the two men, we have no doubt the event will prove of great

interest

A correspondence of a capillary nature was recently attempted between a noted Parisian thief in durance vile and his comrades outside. The prisoner was sent a letter from Ms fiancee containing merely a lock of hair wrapped in the leaf 01 a book. The gaoler did not consider the souvenir important enough to \m delivered, but a few days after came a .similar enclosure, and yet another. This aroused suspicion, and the Governor took the matter in hand. Me examined the leaf of the book, -which - ..i.k- di:it.. nf ;l common novel, twenty- Imir. and noticed the kiii.mM quantify ot the gift. Counting the hairs, ho found thorn of unequal length, and twenty-six in number, the same ns the lines of the page. Struck with the coincidence, lie laid the hairs along the lines of tlio page which they respectively readied, beginning at the top with the .smallest hair. After .some trouble lie found that the end of each hair pointed to a different letter, and that these letters com bined formed a filling sentence, which informed the prisoner the next time he left the prison to be examined, an attempt would be made to rescue him. The governor laid his plans accordingly ; the attempt at rescue was made, but the rescuers fell into their own trap. The " Waikato Times" gives some par ticulars of a burglary committed by natives in the store of Mr Maunders, at To Awa mutu. The property stolen consisted of log in cash, and two shawls. The thieves were captured, and a telegram reports that they have boon sentenced to two months' im prisonment. I)r Purchas lias examined the man Thos. Kelly, brought up on remand at the Police Court this morning on suspicion of lunacy and has reported that Kelly is suffering from the effects of a weakened constitution, owing to excessive drinking and the want of suitable nourishment. lie recommended Kelly's removal to the Hospital, where he has since been taken. We understand that Sir George Grey has been suffering from lumbago and bronchitis, but is now recovering, and .will be in Auckland in a few days. The Rev. Mr Webb officiated both morn ing and evening yesterday in the Wellcsley street Baptist Church. The discourse in the morning was on the text, " Soav thy seed in the morning, &c,," and in the evening, on the " Dying Thief." The rev. gentleman left tb-day by the Taranaki for Wellington en route to Sydney. A special church meeting will be held this evening for the settling of the pastorate, when it is generally expected that a unanimous invitation will bo given to Mr Webb to take charge of the church. Mr Erriugton, the engineer for the new dock, lias been busily engaged the last day or two taking additional soimdiugs in the channel leading to the dock entrances. At the meeting of the Harbour Board to morrow, the discussion as to whether the sill of the dock as at present designed, should bo' deepened or not will come on, and we presume all the additional infor mation on the subject gained by Mr Erring, ton, and the other officers of the Board will be laid before the members. Dickens (writes •' .iEgles" in the "Aus tralasian") often asserted the smallness of the world, as shewn by the discovery .every where of acquaintances. Here is another kind of evidence. An old resident of Melbourne set out upon his travels some months ago. He spent three weeks in Ceylon, and six weeks in India from end to end. Egypt he explored to the first cataract, and then Palestine and Syria from Joppa and Jerusalem to Damascus, Baalbcc, Lebanon, and Boyrout. His next descent was upon Greece, to the Piraeus and Athens; and next, Naples, Rome, Florence, Turin, Milan, and Venice. Then he explored France, giving afterwards three weeks to London, and four weeks to the balance of Great Britain and Ireland. He writes me from Philadelphia, before starting through the States to Ban Fran cisco, he intends to take China, Japan, and Bataviu on his homeward route, com pleting his tour within twelve months. Nor must it be supposed that he travels for travelling's sake, or with his eyes shut, T)ie foot race for £40 between G. Jen mi.igs and $, JfcGijjlfiy. comes off thig afterajtoi) oi 5 o'clock, a£ EUorslije Gavdews. I The hut hifii^f ihc money was si&k^.d afr the Victoria Hotel on Saturday oigs*£, vsfb&B there was ft good ttiustfl* of the ivutsziui* af the Jiien, JMH gi'lss M$ cMjiklenfc, so that hi ftjl jjvoVtihiUfcy a goad j^cs ' v^iil jhj, . >?§$ \hvis wii£ gift typ ia §e§ i^

During the visit of the Prince of Wales to Glasgow to lay the foundation stone ot the new post-office, a singular scene occurred. The ceremony of laying the foundation stone was duly gone through by the Prince with the usual Masonic forms. A disgraceful scene occurred just as tins part of the programme was about to oe carried through. A platform had been set apart for officers of the Grand Lodge, but a number of half drunk members of country Lodges struggled to get on it too, and ouite a fight ensued, in the course of winch a good deal of language unfitted for any ears, whether royal or plebian, was too freely used within a few feet of the royal party, who heard and saw everything only too plainly. The Prince looked grave and dis pleased, the Princess shocked, and the two young princes stared in wonder at a scene so strange to them, when suddenly the platform gave way, and the combatants fell into the mud below. Tills put an end to the unseemly scene, and in a measure relieved everybody of the uncomfortable feeling which the row had produced.

During Dr. Pollen's visit to Taurangn ho received a deputation from the settlers of the Katikati Special Settlement. In reply, lie spoke in high terms of its prosperous condition. A deputation of Waihi natives also waited upon the lion, gentleman, and requested that the boun dary lino of the Waihi reserve should be laid off. Dr. Pollen promised to arrange the matter with Mr Puckey. 11.M.5.' Sapphire was visited yesterday by a large number of persons, and the two launches belonging to Captain Casey and Mr Nicol were crowded during the after noon. The officers and crew of the Sapphire were most courteous in shewing visitors over the vessel, and in pointing out the objects of special interest. Tltc captain's state-room was specially admired on account of its elegant appearance. Every part of this vessel is in the very highest state of order and efficiency, exhibiting in a striking degree the high slate of the discipline of the British navy. The guns, arms, accoutre ments, machinery, &c., are in perfect order. There can be no doubt that should England bo unfortunately involved in war, the Sapphire will be able to give a good account of herself. To the Editor : Sir, —For the sake of truth I feel it my duty to send you a con tradicion of the false statement in Friday's isstie, that there had been no row at all at the Wellington Hotel on Wednesday night, only a semi-intoxicated man surrounded by a number of boys. There was a great row, sue!i uproar and fighting that some of the neighbours afraid murder would result, sent to Newton for the constable to put a stop to it; the disturbance had just subsided when lie arrived, or some of the parties would most likely have appeared at the Police Court on the following morning. No special blame attaches to the landlord ; such rows, too often ending in bloodshed and murder, must and will occur so long as men are licensed to' sell, and foolish enough to buy and drink that which robs them, of reason, conscience, affection, and all that is noble and manly, converting them into fouls or fiends. The only point on which your reporter was mis-informed was that so many won; lighting outside, as nearly all the disturbance took place inside the hotel.— lam sir, yours truly, BrsTAKDEIt. To the Editor : Sir, —Would you kindly inform me whether ever they charged to lj-o on the Queen-street wharf on Regatta day. By lnformingmeyou will oblige A. S. C. [They tried to do, but found the experiment a failure.—Ed. E.S.j Mr Isaac Gwynne, of the Prince Albert Hotel, Epsom, has taken from his garden a prodigious root of potatoes of the fluke kidney breed. It is a surprising yield of 1] h lbs., the produce of one plant only, sufli cieiit for two large boilings for one small from wTforii tile parent seed was oTcslalnW. 1'"" The annual festival of the North Shore Wes leyun Sunday school lakes place to-morrow. Tin; X. S. Ferry. Company have kindly given the use of one of their steamers to convey the children to the Lake, which is the spot chosen for the day's i'estivi! ics. The steamer leaves the ] )evonport wharf at 9"30. Auckland friends who desire to ac -ompany the. party will require 3to leave by the nine o'clock boat from Auckland. Cards arc already issued for the ball which Captain Knorr and the German olSicers of the Jlertha are to give at the Choral Hall on Thurs day next. From all accounts the attair will be one of the features of the season. The cards are ingeniously dosigned with the invitation on the one Side, and Lho programme (inscribed on a ship under full sni!) on t lie other.

A Wellington telegram .states that tho Armed Constabulary has been now reduced by nearly 200 men .md 13 officers. The police in the Middle Island aim elsewhere are boing enrolled under fhe Armed Constabulary Act, to enable the above reduction to bo male. The position of the police forac will not thciv-by be affbciod.as to pay, and they would only be called on to serve, as Armed Constabulary in case of emer gency. A telegram from Wellington contradicts the report that it is in contemplation to remove the headquarters of the Armed Constabulary from Auckland and Wellington. Wo can only say that tho headquarters ought to lie at Auckland and. never ought to have been removed. The location of the. head ofiioo in Wellington is a source of continual annoyance, delay," and ex pense, from its distance from tho great bulk of tho Maori tribes.

I he advertisements which have appeared lately, calling for applicatiojis for the billeta of cook and steward on board the Magellan Cloud are plainly indicative ofthofuot that the Russell whaler is on the point of starting on another cruise. A quantity of stores for the Cloud, were shipped by the lona this afternoon, and on receipt or. these she will put to sea at once, and we trust will have as successful a trip as she had last year.

Mr. Hawkeswood is the successful tenderer for the new iron steamer required by Messrs Casey and Son for the Iliverhead trade. £2;)23 10a ad is the figure for which a boat a"xee mg with the plans and specifications is to be built. The length will be Sift, breadth 13ft, depth i ft, and shear 1 foot. The engines will be on the oscillating principle working up to 120 hp though nominally only 10 h.p. Speed, passengers accommodation, and light draught are to be the leading features of the proposed craft Proteus in-"Rowing Notes" written for the kelson Mail previous to the late regatta, thus reviewed the Auckland crews: "Henderson and Moore, of Auckland, had a trial last evening in I u-ir Pair-oar. Their rowing is. perhaps, the PWfctiest in the harbour, not ail elegance, but they get a good speed out of their boat. They go in tor plenty of practice, and were to be seen out again this morning. The Thames crew turned out last evening in their outrigger, but their rowing is not greatly admired, and' is cap able of improvement. As members of a Naval Bngrado it was thought that they would have shown a better stroke. Their boat is by far too large and heavy for these waters. She was built at tho ihanics, and with the crew in her shews a side of three or four inches.

The Pirongia Scare.

Tawluao Boaigs Complicity,

We learn on good authority that Major Te YVheoro, acting on behalf of the Govern ment, hus visited the scene of the stoppage of the survey,, and lias had an interview with Takerei, the King's uncle, and has learned that lawhiao had.jiothino- whatever to do with the obstruction of the survey by Ie Ngakau, who seems to have acted en tirely on his own responsibility, backed by a section of the Waikatoa. Some months ago le JNgakau fell into disgrace at Court and was publicly sacked from the office or becretany of State and adviser, but it is not known whether or not he has been restored to favour. The reasons alleged by the Ngakau for interrupting the survey are :—lhat the , confiscated " boundary at that point is unsettled; and that the land was granted for the support _of half-caste children, and wasi not intended1 for sale ; and lastly, that all the land on the-west bank of the Waipa (the upper branch of the Waikato), was granted to the Kingitea by Sir Donald McLean. It is believed, however, as the King has not authorised the stoppage of the survey, that the difficulty will be peaceably arranged. ¥* }y4skan lm gone to Maiwgataiitari tontir i»;>«Mri^.«fiSi^«!tHjj9jjm.d Court, Hois a .l' J&i*c-ada<i aftwttgi v>6';fia* 4oiie mush i

A. lost little boy in buttons, named Harper was fonncl without his ma in Queen street this morning, and ™™™*cJf°?.W Constable McDonald to the Police station. The youngster, who is apparently about tiyt years of ace, leaned his head on the kauri table, dug his knuckles into hfe eve,, and gave vent to his grief in a long wail. His sorrows awoke the sympathy of the stalwart guardians of the peace, who endeavoured to assuage his tears by words of comfort, but in vaiu ; the little fellow insisted upon being conveyed to his ma without delay. Ulti mately he was recognised by a lady anil conveyed to the residence of his parents in Chapel-street. Mr Henry Albert Frith, photographer, of the Thames writes with reference to the contents of the bottle mentioned in the case of Mc- Garrisrlev. Standard Insurance Company. He -ays that the feet of Mr MoGarriglo keeping his nitrate of silver in that state proved his thorough knowledge of photographic chemistry And adds tlio following explanation:-'« The contentsofthobottle was the first erystalising of nitrate of silver, after pure or rather impure silver had been dissolved in nitric acid and par tially evaporated to throw the crystals down to the bottom. The jrreoa solution on top was nitrate of copper. The next treatment to be ' ncrformod, wliich there is no cioubt Mr Mc- SXwas in the habit of doing, was as follows: The contents of the bottle should be putintoa jar, and about a quart of distilled water lidded to it, then the silver m a pure state is thrown down with copper. This time instead of having the crystals you obtain the pure silver, which is thrown by the copper in a hue powder not unlike Fuller's earth. The copper goes to the water/which In poured off, and 11,0 precipi tate carefully washed in several changes oi ciis tilled water to remove the slight trace of copper left in the silver, the powder is then collected and dried, then ro-dissolvcd in nitric acid and cristyalliscd. The result is a purer sample of nitrate, of silver for photographic purposes than it is possible to obtain in the commercial market. • I write this to give a wniiKle to the Auckland photographers who seem to me to have much to learn even from a country Photo grapher from the Thames, as Mr lloakcth called I me in his address to the jury."

"The Pines" School, Epsom, will re - open on Tuesday, 30th January. The school year of this establishment closed with a vary ■brilliant soiree dansante. The parents ol the pupils were present and the first part ol the evening was devoted to the dancing and music of the pupils. Eight delightful duets were played in a manner which spoke highly for the teachers of the performers—Mr Stubbing and Miss Woods. This lady rendered a solo most, beautifully. The large school-room was taste fully decorated with flags, flowers, and mottoes. On the walls were displayed over .50 drawings, paintings, and illuminations by the pupils and their talented teachers. These were every one of a merit far beyond what we expect to be shown as school productions. Mr Baratow dis tributed the prizes. The successful pupils vvero : First class—English, Miss A. Barstow ; writing and exercises, L. Firth ; French, K. Buckland ; drawing, A. Barstow; music, M. M'Fadyen; conduct, M. Hall; attendance, G. Westwood; music (junior). E. Aickin. Second class—English, G. Westwood: writing, exercises, and arith metic, G. Westwood. Third class—English, E. Hall; writing and arithmetic, E. Aickin. Fourth class—English, A. Baird. Mrs Rackstraw pre sented well-deserved rewards to the Misses Jv May, A. Clcghorn, S. and E. Lodder, K. Wriglev, A. and E. Shiphcrd, M. Hall, M. M'Fadyen, M. Prit. A. Atkins, F. Buckland, L. Rhodes, E. Firth, M. Fitrh, F. and M. Hcskcth, A. Banks, L. Totbill, and R. Hall. The pupils testified their regard and appreciation of their instructress in a useful and handsome presenta tion, for which Mr Barstow returned thanks on that lady's behalf. At 0 o'clock the members of the fashionable and Select Quadrille Assembly (conducted by Mrs Rackstraw) joined the parly, and dancing was kept up with great spirit till i a.m. Nearly 100 were present.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before R. G. Barstow Esq., RM.) DRUNKENNESS.

Robert Mmr, charged with a first oflbiice, pleaded guilty, and was fined 10s and Is (id costs, in default to raraliso at the Mount Eden Retreat for 4S hours.

• Anne Chapman, charged with a similar oll'enec, did not put in an appearance. Sub-Inspector Partly said ihe woman had been found in a state of intoxica tion on Sunday, with a baby in her anus, which was making nursery music which did not harmonise with the church bells, and seriously disturbed the devo on her own recognizances, but, her modesty had prevented her patting in an appearance. A warrant was ordered"to be issued. GIVING HIM A CHANCE.

Archibald (Jamming, a stalwart young man, with a profusion of hurl ing locks, was charged with having hoisted in so much stimulant, n« to prevent his maintaining a perpendicular attitude.

Archibald said he was employed in the buph between the Wade and Mahnrangi, and if his Worship would let him orl'tfii.s lime lie would take good care not to repeat the offence.

His Worship said this was a very common excuse, and such promises resembled pie crusts.

Gumming-: I can assure you I will keep my promise if you will only let me oil" this time.

His Worship : So T will if you pay a fine of 10s, and cost-;, or you will have to undergo 48 hours' imprisonment with IsardlnbGur. "BWKET AONKS WHEEH AT!T THOU."" Agnes Colon, charged with too great zeal 111 her sacrifices to the jolly god did not appear. It appeared from Sub-Inspector Parity's statement that she had been seized with a fat in the cell, and Dr. Dawson rpcommendsd her removal to the Hospital Agnes was brought up a few days ago, and was let out of durance vile on her own recognisances, which latter had proved a very intangible security. When she was - arrested on Sunday she had renewed her portions bottle deep, and she created quite a nutter of excitement amongst the police men by going into hysterics on the cold cold stones, and calling- out for a SmeJlino bottle, which is a species of luxury not in use in the force iriitown, ami only supplied dut, • SWell luembers of the force on outpost Ilia Worship adjourned the case until to morrow.

LUNC.W

James Kelly a little, man With a ml face, who had been on remand for ei-'hfc days, was again brought up ° Sub^lnspector Tardy said ho was not aware whether or not the prisoner was in a iit state for discharge. He (the Inspector), had questioned the prisoner that morn !!i g> • ! ,f-°" l(1 llor cxt™ct anything like an intelligent reply. ° His Worship ordered that the prisoner should be examined by a niedical

tr ™ A:NOTHEK CASK. from cX H fft} + Wh? had °luite woovered bS^ht n^ S °fa Sl)ree' Wils His Worship : The law ou-ht to be amended with regard to people'who c?rh k themselves into a state of deliuum tremc s drunkards^ n hf Vm*he<l «H» SuS

BREACH OF KK LIEF ORDINANCE. ofZtSrH 11' "I 3 «« a charge tnSf ?t0 P™^o sufficient mam tea.uice for his aged ami helpless mother i^^-r-^ththoviowof HIS Worship made au onlor accord in..w This vais t\)i t«e b»ebjei&

Hfs Ssoeikuey tic M^sKf « r ..,-."... i., hag laid the fu&Hatio» Ci -,? .lu^'^

Serious Accident in Grey-street.

A BAKER'S CART CAPSIZES,

THE DRIVER SEVERELY CRUSHES. I

AT about ten minutes past ten o'clockthia morning an accident happened u earlv opposite Smith's cottages, about the nml end of Grey-street, by which a young man named Thomas bharplcy sustained injmW1 which it is feared will prove fatal. j|| Thomas Sharpley has been in the empi ov of Mr Crowe, baker of Hobson-street -V driver and deliverer of bread, to the ens tomers, and he was similarly engaged this morning, He was driving the cart down Grey-street, from Pitt-street, and $& approaching Smiths cottages, when the horse, a spirited grey, suddenly commenced' to prance and caper, and bolted towards the kcrbing on the left-hand side. The driver endeavoured to prevent an accident W pulling the horse round towards the middle of the street, by which the horse and cart stood across the road, which forms aeon siderable declivity at this point. The sudden turn, coupled with the speed at -which the vehicle had been going, caused it to capsize the driver falling underneath it; 'The cart remained on him for same little time, but the residents of the neighbourhood rav eu t of their houses, and a crowd soon collected I Mr Gladding, of Cabbage Tree Swampßiigi happened to be passing along the street with* other gentlemen, and they promptly ran to the scene to render any assistance in their power. The horse was at this time struggling to extricate himself, ami the women, who had been • the fi r ,t to run out, were unable, to release the poor man from his position, Jl r Haynes, a young man about 20 years of age haul noticed: the accident from a first-floor" window in one of the three brick cottages and without losing time by running out of the street door he promptly jumped at the risk of his neck from the iirat floor window and, alighting uninjured, ran to the spot, Mr Haynes, Mr Gladding, Mr Seabrook and several of the bystanders released the horse, and with considerable difiiculty succeeded in removing the enrt from off the driver. It was found that in the fall his' head had struck against a sharp projecting stone, which had made a large hole in his skull, so that Mrs Haynes, who also, ran out to render assistance, was-obliged to prevent with her hand the brain protruding from the wound. The cart had fallen across the unfortunate man's legs, the weight falling principally upon the left legj^vhich had sustained a compound fracture belor the knee, the bone being frightfully splin tered, so that it protruded from fho flesh. Mrs Haynes had the driver removed to % pathway on the left hand side, and laid on a mattrass which she brought out, muLshe also procured water and bathed thewoiiuds. Sharpley was unconscious and at first muttered some words which evidently had relation to his work in the Sunday-schooll on the previous day. Two or three people ran for a medical man and the police. Constable McDonald arrived very promptly; but three-quarters of an hour had elapsed before a doctor could be found, and during this time the injured driver lay on the footpath bleedingfearfully from the wounds on the left leg and head. There was alsoa frightful wound just behind and over the right ear, where the skull was apparently fractured, a cut over the left eye, and several slight wounds on the face and lip. Dr Purchas, after a hasty examination, said it would be impossible to render any effectual aid on the spot, and ordered the removal of the injured man to the Hospital, ■whither he was conveyed in one of Sir Craig's spring carts. Dr Wright wlio had also arrived coincided in the necessity of= removing the driver to the Hospital. Mr James Coupland was particularly attentive: to the injured man, and accompanied U-v ;^Um'HAer Ual, in orclov to tilKe CaK of him on the way. LATEST PARTICULAES.

Mi- Coupland, who accompanied the in jured man to the Hospital, and who devoted ■ himself to his aid with kindly solicitude, informs our reporter that he saw the doctor examine Sharpley, one of whoso legs ; is broken in two or three places, one large portion of the bone below the knee being completely detached. It is also thought that some of the ribs are fractured, and the bead is very niiich injured. Dr PhiLson was of opinion that oneofilie lungs was burst, which would account for the great hemorrhage. The'injured, hum: was very slightly conscious, but appbarat to hear when spoken to. The medical: belief is that he cannot live beyond to morrow morning. Thomas Sharpley is a bachelor, about3o. years of age, and was exceedingly temperate and steady in his habits, file arrived ii-, Auckland between three and four years ago. He was- a teacher in the Free Methodist;, •Sunday-school in Fraiiklvu Road. One (|f the remarks which painfully fell froiuWs lips as he was being conveyed* to the hospital was : " I shall scon be in Paradise."

OUR KAIPARA RAILWAY.

(To the Editor of the EviLxlvg STAR.) • Sir, —When Mr Whitaker returned from the late session at Wellington lie promised that next week the Engineer-ia-CK| should visit Auckland and "determine fl»; ; route of the Kiapara Extension Baihvay. It is still next week, and will bo next week until the summer is ended and am other year lost to the settler?. If we arc; expected to compete with, and pay equ?J taxation with the South we must be plawd : in an equally favorable position for doing sb; this the Government 1 has failed to d». We have been hood-winked and cajw with the empty promise of the Kaipara railway, while'the borrowed millions and our revenue have gone down South and built railways by the hundred miles, where almost every squatter has a railway to Jus own run. And yet, we shall be expected to pay equal taxation, who have no riiilroau nor road of any kind—the old stray <HP again that we read in the old Book, " w 01 without straw we must produce M§ bricks." If our Government would only, consider what injustice to this province a may and is likely to bring about, theyAYOUld adopt more just and equi able measure* If they would only see that the self-same course of injustice has caused all the blow shed in Turkey, where no man can see toe end. In these" Christian Provences .of the Turkish Empire, the renegade Christians w the pay of Turkey were the instruments used in that injustice and slavery which M 8 ended in the present rebellion. These renegades were chosen chiefly on account 01 their cunning, unprincipalled character partly educated, who had received I«8*.:- ---bribes in land or money for handing oy«J their Province for spoliation. The cfiosiJJg of these renegades from the oppress*: Provinces was a master stroke of policy*, having the appearance of fair play mid sell* government, but was in reality the wo*. subtle ingenuity for carrying out that system of oppression, inaugerated by that cliW who had got possession of the Coverall of the sultan, who hi their hands vas ■«".■ - a puppet. If we compare the .statement™ Sir Julius Vogel, in the House of AsecinNj with other facts, where he states that » took half a million of money to rcconttW ; tlie people to the abolition of "provii?ee^^ ' Counties Act, it is to thinking minWg' lovers of their country a most deplo»M| state of things, Mis-rule mid ppinessioß nave always produced rebellion, una $'«J the oppressor never cm see this. TiM>*H . thought of our rebelling causes tho s?#. m daiusion to nj^car on their viaago, "«[ hithmx t«k?. cure tiutt the kr.gh Jf Hf | i\\*n the wrong ?>% uf their tw^l •»! I

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY. JANUARY 32, 1877.



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