SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

I ■ „^. m^r-> ('This : Afternoon, 6.31 p IGH WATER—j Tomorrow Morning, 6.27 II UN SET.—This Evening, 1.11 • I UN RISE. —To-morrow Morning. <-lo * COON'S AGE.—NeAv Moon, 12th, 2.11 a.m.

ARRIVALS.

■ cphemy, schooner Keane, from Lyttelton Pellie, schooner, from Lyttelton Ularion, schooner, from Lyttelton _ ", Winnie Hare, schooner, from N apier Eriemhilda, schooner, from Wangaroa In the Manukau. ;: jionel, s.s.. from Hokianga ' lelena. brigantine, from Ancklanu ; Colonist, schooner, from Waitara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

|For the South—Ladybird, s.s., 11th mst., xaupo, i s.s., 15th ... ■■„ ife-or Kaipara-Ethel, brigantine, early For Napier and South-Hoto:-ua, s s., 20th in=t. I&or the Islands-Flirt, brigantine, early I For London—Electra, ship, early; Anne Gam bles, barque, early. T . For Wangarei—Argyle, ever;, lue.-.aay For Lrttelton-Wave of Life, schooner, eariy For Chatham islands-Omaha, brigantine, early

THE APPROACHES TO OUR HARBOUR.

I The cantain of a vessel which arrived in iJboufa &£ nights a S o and has not been g here before informs us that he had a verj -; SSrrow escape from stranding upon, the nieht he was coming in. 1< orlunatcly ioi ■•■ himself and his vessel, he decided to anchortdl W daylight, and so arrived safe^. he tnus ■ describes the difficulty with which he was "bes°t- In Wellington the light on Soame s ; r Island to a vessel going into harbour, Shews white in mid-channel, g. een on starboard hand and red on port hand, or Barrett's Reef, lhe ■■ lean Rock Light in Auckland harbour shews . white in mid-channel, but red on ftorboard hand and green on port hand. It avill he seen . that the red and green lights are reversed on the tAvo lighthouses. Surely, more umfoimity : should be adopted in such important aids to navigation. We trust the Harbour Board aa ill see. fit to make a representation io the Govern ■] mint on the subject.

i The schooner Minnie Hare has arrived in I; ballast from Napier. . H The bri« Albion sailed from Hokianga on I Saturda?, °for Melbourne, with 160,00* feet I l The I"'schooners Nellie and Marion bring -i j cargoes of produce from Lyttelton. Both haA'e r mT^ Scsc£ilta^ in the Manukau, comes II Avith a cargo of cattle front Waitara. I The s.s. Transit is laid up for repairs. She 1 will make her next trip to the T airoa on I The brigantine Odalisk is to load timber at I Hokianga for an Australian port. She sWill 1 leave here in a day or two. 1 The schooner JLjetilia will be sold at auction fl by Messrs B. Tonks and Co. on Wednesday neTh'e steam-tug Lionel has arrived in the 1 Manukau from Hokianga. She brought up I Captain Pallant, of the schooner Mera, AA-ho, I unfortunately, broke his leg througa an acci- I dent Avhile loading his vessel at Hokianga. I The Avhalers California and Triton are at '■ Mongonui taking in supplies. . 1 The following A-essels have arrived at I Onehunga: The Atalanta, from Greymouth, 1 wito 13 tons coal for Waller and Co.; the 1 Colonist, with sheep, from Waitara. She clears 1 for Waller and Co.,s mills to load timber for 1 Waitara ; and the Helena, from Auckland, to I load with timber at Waller and Co. s mills for | Lyttelton.

COMMERCIAL.

I E& H. Isaacs report on their sale of dried I fruit and general groceries to-day that although E the attendance was small they were all of the I trade, present. The bidding Avas very spirited, E and the prices realised were satisfactory. ( Messrs. Cochrane Se Son held a sale of freehold I properties to-day, situated in the Anllage of HoAA'ick, the several allotments which AA'ere sold

1 realised £50. , . ' . Mr. R. Arthur sold a large number of acres of 9 land, situated in the Waitakerei district, at os. 1 per acre. The freehold properties; at Pokeno I and Waiuku, realised from 5s to 10s per lot

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND. Mails will Close as Uxder :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. ; and to-morroAV. at 2.50 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. F3r Coromandel, per Argyle, on Friday next,

at 2.30 p.m. For Waiheke, per Spey, this day. at i p.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per

lona, this day, at i p.m. For Tryphena, por South Carolina, this day, at

Eor waiwera., Kawau, Matakana, and Omaha, per Annie Milbank. to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Wangaroa, per Kriemhilda, to-morrow, at

9 a.m. For Tairua, per Mercury, tomorrow, at 11 a.m. For Russell, per Christian, to-morrow, at 11a.m. For Wangarei Heads. Waipu, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Argyle, to-morroAV, at 1 p.m. For Napier, per Southern Cross, on YY ednesday

next, at i p.m. For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Rowena, on Wednesday next, at i p.m. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per Taupo. immediately after arrival of Zealandia from Honolulu. For Australian Colonies, per Zealandia, im mediately after her arrival from Honolulu. For Chatham Islands (via Whitiangi), per Rowena, on Monday, 18th inst., at 4 p.m. S. B. J3ISS. Chief Postmaster.

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

INQUIRER. —The distance from Queen street wharf to Devonport Avharf is commonly estimated at tAvo miles. We believe it is about that.

Both in flavour and effect Udodviio Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps is the very antipodes of the cheap counterfeits of that in effable medicinal beverage which are sold in bottles in AA'hich the real elixir aviis previously contained. The true Schnapps confer health and strength and are palatable in the highest degree. The counterfeits are most pernicious and disagreeable. Relief from Cougii in Tex aiixutes.— Sharland's Cherry Pectoral, a specific for Colds, Coughs, Asthma, Consumption, Bronchitis, Lung Diseases, &c. It acts like magic. Price, 2s. 6d. and Is. Od. a bottle. Sharland's Instant Cure for Toothache; Is. a bottle. „ ~ , Sharland's, opposite Post-oflice, Auckland.

BIRTH.

CONNORS.—On the 17th May, at her residence, Lome-street, Mrs. James Connors of a son.

DEATHS.

SCULLEN.—On the 10th June, at her late resi dence. Union-street, Mary, AA'ife of Dennis Soulier., aged 61 years The funeral Avill take place at 3 p.m. to morroAV (Tuesday). Friends are invited to attend.

HIRST.—On the 11th June, after a very short illness, at her parents' residence, Tine "Villa, Mount Roskill Road, Susanna, the youngest and beloved daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Hirst, aged 16 years and S months. The funeral Avill leaA'e her late residence on Wednesday, the 13th instant, at 3 p.m. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

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

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

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1877.

The more carefully the course contem plated by the City Council in connection Avith the supplementary loan for Waterworks is considered, the more serious do its con sequences appear. By ignoring the power of the General Assembly to authorise any loans for the purpose of completing or improving the works, the Corporation will tie itself up for all future time. _ The question of extending the pipe service to the suburbs must come up for consider ation during the next few years, and if the Council concedes the point raised by the Bank solicitors, an effectual veto Avill be placed c-n the scheme, no matter hoAV clearly the Corpora tion may prove to Parliament that its revenues'would cover the interest on the in creased outlay six or seven times over. This however, is not all. The new proposal com prehends a second mortgage on the city en dowments, which will shortly yield a revenue equal to the whole proceeds of the shilling general rate. In short, every marketable asset possessed by tbe citj is to be peima netly pledged and tied up from all other purposes for the sake _of £25,000 requisite for the redemption of the mortgage uoav existing on the securities held by the English waterworks bond-holders. The scheme is suggestive of incipient lunacy in the Corporate mind. With an Act of fie General Assembly in their hands it is the business of the Council to go to the London market on the best possible terms for the city Avithin their reach. There is no question Avhatever of the security. The General Assembly is supposed to have satisfied itself with respect to that before authorising the loan. But even if it _ Avere other wise, no possible division of the incidence of liability Avill increase the aggregate value of the property the Cor poration has to offer as guarantee to its creditors. It Is singular, and rather signi ficant, that this question avus never raised Avhen the Assembly absolutely reduced by one half the sixpenny special rate Avhich bad been pledged as the security of another set of debenture-holders. In that instance scruples might have been entertained touch ing the commercial morality of the trans action, but no one appeared to doubt the power of Parliament. To speak of any legislation by the Colonial Parliament, not affecting Imperial interest?, as ultra vires, is all moonshine. What the legislature makes laAvful this year it may, and often does, abolish next. The first loan was floated by virtue of its mandate, and, if assured that no injustice Avould ensue,the Assembly Avas justified in authorising the second. Par liament stands as the protection and arbiter between all classes and inte rests. After examining the securities offered by the city, it could not have been other- Avise than satisfied that the first debenture holders had no cause of uneasiness. Tbe Avisdom of making all the waterworks debentures alike, is, Aye should think, sufficiently apparent. Already the Coun cil has incurred a debt bordering on £20,000 beyond the £100.000 authorised by the first Loan Act for waterworks purposes. Its position is now a very peculiar one, and the sooner it extricates itself by a display of common sense and business energy the better. The ratepayers look to the Council for the protection of their i interests, not those of English money lenders, i

Sir William Jervois is of opinion that in I the event of Great Britain being involved in Avar, there is little probability of an enemy's A'essel making a descent on the colonies. Coming from an authority so high, the opinion is entitled to the utmost Aveight, but ii would be little short of culpable if not Avicked negligence to rely upon this improbability. The history of all Avars goes to slicav that preparations for vigorous resistance and repulsion render the probabilities of attack from a foreign quarter remote in proportion to the formid ableness and extent of the resources of the defenders, Avhile mere dt fencelessness and absence of preparation are a direct invita tion to attack. Persons in this colony, whose knoAvled.ge of military matters is exceedingly limited, have argued' that the utter defencelessuess of Ncav Zealand is its chief protection, but the notion is as absurd and shortsighted as it is opposed to all practical experience. It is like leaving one's doors and windOAVS open at night as a protection against burglars and thieves. Sir William Jervois evidently does not believe in this innocent plan of securing immunity from attack, and notwithstanding the remoteness of the probability of attack, he recommends the w- of torpedoes at Sydney, Nc-Aveastle, and Botany Bay, with ironclads for the defence of the coast. Some years ago Sir William Jervois drew up a plan of defence for all. the principal ports of Nov/ Zealand, which would render them nemm from foreign, nttnek hy cruisers (not

being ironclads), at a cost of £44.000, and Aye believe that a competent authority has since estimated that an expenditure of £10,000 to £150,000 Avould ensure the safety of our ports from any ironclads that are likely to visit these Avaters. The chief materials of defence for our harbours are undoubtedly torpedoes. The utility of these modern inventions is proved by the fact that notwithstanding the inferiority of the Russian naval forces in the Black Sea, as compared Avith those of the Turks, the principal ports on the Crimea and north- Avcstern coasts haA'e been rendered practi- j cally secure from attack by sea by the laying doAvn of torpedoes at all the accessi ble approaches. It would seem that these comparatively insigniliecut machines are destined to revolutionise the entire system of naval tactics, and that they Avill play such an important part in harbour . defence as to materially neutralize the value of those formidable ironclads . AA'hich have been built at enormous expense. ; Lord C. Boresford has recently furnished to the British Government a very interesting report on the subject. It appears that there arc four kinds of torpedoes in use m Her Majesty's navy, viz., Hervey'storpedo, Avhich is toAA-ed against an enemy's slaps, and explodes on striking ; the ground or mine torpedo, Avhich is exploded by electric wires from the shore, or by contact Avith an enemy's ship ; the spar torpedo, Avhich is carried in a boat, and is exploded similarly to the second; and the "Whitehead torpedo," one of the most terrible of all modern engines of Avar. It is 14 iuches in length aud 16 in diameter, is constructed in three pieces :—the head con taining a bursting charge of 360 lbsof gun cotton, the balance chamber, Avhich con tains a contrivance for setting it so as to remain at any depth that it may bo desired to travel under the Avater-line, and thirdly the air chamber, Avhich contains the engines and the compressed air AA'hich drives them. The torpedo can be made to travel at a depth of from 1 to 30 feet, and at the rate of 20 knots for 1000 yards, and to explode either in contact, or 1000 yards from the object. It can be fired above the Avater, and Avill then travel a short distance, deflect under Avater, rising again under a ship's bottom. This truly awful torpedo on bursting makes a hole of 70 feet area, and will instantly Uoav into the air aud sink any ship uoav afloat. The torpedo can deliver several shots in rapid succession, and can be used Avith compara tive safety, even against vessels throwing up the electric light. The machine looks like a small grey lizard on the water, and can scarcely be seen at a distance even in broad daylight. It is calculated that the cost of-50 such torpedoes would not equal that of a single man-of-war. Lord Pores ford thinks the Dardenelles could be ron rercd impregnable by the use of a small tor pedo licet. The question of the defence of our Colonial harbour appears to be solved by the Invention of- these terrible engines.

A general meeting of the members of the Auckland Pi tie Association will he held this evening in the Drill-shed, at half-past seven o'clock, for the presentation of the prizes Avon at the late rilic competition. Constable Bullen made a capture on Saturday last in the immediate locality of the Harp of Erin, Avhich may be recorded to the credit of that ollicer. The constable, Avhile on his way, suav four boys clothed in naval uniform, enjoying a game at marbles by the roadside, but on seeing the form of the constable the boys bolted in various directions among the furze, and Avere soon

lost to sight. The constable put spurs to his horse and galloped after the urchins, and after an hour's hunt scented his game. He caught one behind a bush, and AA'ith a stout piece of cord tied him to a kauri tree ; he then mounted his horse and trotted off in quest of the others, —the second he found up to his middle in a lake, who had the impudence to grin at Bullen and say " This licks ye, old boy. The con stable, hoAveA'cr, braved the Avater and secured the second fugitive. The third and fourth lie found curled up together in a mass of ti-tiec. Having secured the four, the persevering constable strung them togetlier, and led them to the Auckland Police Station, where they confessed; that they had run away from the Naval Train ing School, "just for a spree." They were given into the charge of Sergeant. Martin, Avho took the merry youngsters back to the school, and left them in charge of Captain Breton. The Variety Tioupc entertainment on Saturday evening aviis largely patronised, the Temperance Hall being filled. In consequence of the illness of Mr Donald, his place in the chair was filled by Mr James Cox, avlio gave one of his charac teristic .speeches in favour of total abstinence. The folloAving programme Avas then introduced, and successfully executed :—Piano solo, Mr Butschkow ; song, "Home by the Sea," and "Don't speak to the man at the Wheel," Mr McGuire; song, "The Fairy Boy," Mrs Smith; " Binge n on the Rhine," re citation, Mr Jamieson; "Water-cress Girl," Mr Smart; double song and dance, Mcttani Brothers; "Flower Girl," Mrs Masters ; " Broken Down," Mr Sccats ; bending feats by the Boneless Boy ; " Her Voice is near me in my Dreams," Mr Jamieson; hornpipe, Mr Fisher; "Nellie Ray," Mr Sceats ; "The Rocky Road to Dublin," Mr McGuire; and the farce of the "Mischeivous Monkey." The journeyman bakers of Auckland held their quarterly meeting on Saturday evening, in the British Hotel, Mr J. Mc- Lean in the chair. The quarterly report

and balance-sheet were submitted, and passed. The report for the past session Avas a favourable one, shewing the society to be steadily on the increase, both in numbers and finance. The conclusive items of the balance-sheet Avill sbeAA' the satis factory position of the society :—Cash taken for quarter, £4 5s 9d ; cash in hand last quarter, £4 15s 9d ; total, £9 Is Gd. Ex penses and banked for quarter, £7 ; cash in hand, £2 Is 6d ; cash in bank, £121 ; total to credit of society, £123 Is 6'd.

The folloAving is the list of tenders received by the Board of Education, Auck land, for the election of school buildings at Otahuhu :—Thomas Barnott, £309 ; George Wishart, £315 ; Dalrvmple and Muir, £319 15s; E. Mills, £339; S. Gray, £349 ; M'Conachie aud Blast, £357 ; W. B. Smith, £375 ; C. Layer, £379; W. G. Bunting, £389 ss.

A sliOAver of worms fell at Oamaru, Otago, on May 30th. After a sharp shoAver : of rain the footpaths in several of the streets ! Avere found to be thickly sprinkled AA'ith j small dead earthworms of a pale pink colour, measuring from two to three inches in j length. . j In the Wairarapa one editor calls another I a dilapidated cur." With Avithering irony j the other responds with the epithet of j "pensive pelican." j

The Avife of Mr G. Tribe, M.H.R., is i said to be in circumstances of actual desti- < tution, and the Greymouth " Evening Star " j makes an appeal to the public on her I behalf. Mr Tribe left a life policy for £500, i but the amount aviis almost wholly absorbed j by the payment of debts. j ' A football match was played at Napier ! on Saturday betAveen a local team and a resident team of Auckland, in which the j latter made 12 points, and Napier none. The Auckland team were : Messrs Rees (captain), Davy, Bodle, Ridings, Yon Tempskv. Gilberd, Severn, Bloomfield, Gully (Judge's associate). The Napier team Aye re : Messrs Morgan (captain), Bogle, Craig, Bourke, Gibbons, Lambert, Caldwell, Hill, Tabutea, Shand. Messrs. B. Touks and Co. will otter for sale to-morrow at their mart, the steamer Te Aroha, fitted with all the latest improve ments-- and on Wednesday they will sell the schooner Lastitia, as per advertisement.

We were mistaken on Saturday in saying from memory that the Duke of Edinburgh came here the first tiftie with the Plying Squadron. He arrived from the South in the Galatea, accompanied by tAvo other men-of-war, the Challenger and Virago. In other respects, ancUfor all the purposes of the bet, the reply Avas right. His Royal Highness A\ Tas here tAvice. The Art Exhibition at the Chiistehurch ! Museum on Saturday night avus attended by 7000 persons, and the crush Avas so great that one or tAvo Avomen fainted. Mr J. N. Watt, R.M. at Dunedin has bicn making it rather hot for publicans guilty of selling liquor on Sunday. In the case "" of James Campbell, of the Crown Hotel, he visited the pl*ice, and after a careful examination lined the accused £10 and costs. The Phoenix Company at the Thames has resolved to erect a battery. j Italy has declared its seventeen Universi ties open to Avomen ; Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark have taken similar action. France has opened the Sorbonne to Avomen, and Russia its highest schools of medicine and surgery. | At Wellington, some very disgusting and offensive circulars have recently been sent to the parents of children in that city Avho ' send their children to the Convent Schools. The bad taste and fanaticism of the senders is as much to be condemned as the imperti nence of their conduct. j The " Otago Daily Times" says that Mr M'GilliA'ray lately demonstrated at the j Otago Waste Lands Board that he made £600 a year of! his farm. The "South ■ land Times" tolls of a young man Avith a | moderate-sized holding on the east bank of the Mataura, clearing close on £1,000 a year from his grain crops. These are facts ; worthy the consideration of the host of | youths in this colony, Avho seek employ j ment only behind counters and desks in , our toAvns. I The inquiry into the cause of the sudden ; death of Airs SteAvart, of Tararu, Thames, j resulted in a verdict of death from natural j causes. Mrs Stewart partook of a hearty supper on the previous evening, and on ; retiring fell into a deep sleep and awoke no : more

The meeting of tbe ratepayers of Pon sonby Avill be held this evening in the Ponsonby Hall, at half-past seven o'clock, for the purpose of considering matters in connection with the Local Elections Act, and other business.

A serious accident occurred to Miss Min nie Floyd, the daughter of Mr Floyd, of Te Awamutu, in the course of the last Aveck. Her younger brother Avas sporting Avith a boAV and arrow, when the latter struck the young latly in one of her eyes, Avhich ren dered her perfectly blind of the injured eye. She Avas attended by Dr. Waddington, Avho is doubtful Avhether the sight of the in jured eye Avill ever be restored.

At the next meeting of the City Council Councillor Dickson Avill move, "That the whole of the streets of the city, the levels of which have not been fixed, be surveyed, the plans to be .submitted to the Streets Committee to report thereon, before the levels are filially determined by the Council, and the City Surveyor be authorised to procure an assistant if necessary to complete the work forthwith."

An inquest Avas held on Friday last at Hamilton on tho body of the young man, Frederick Mounsey, who Avas killed by an accident on the Sth inst. The unfortunate young man had but recently come to this country, and resided with Mr Taylor, of Te Awamutn, with the view of gaining a knoAV lcdge of farming. The evidence sheAved that Mounsey, on the previous day, Avas engaged Avith other men in getting sonic weighty posts into a dray, which being done, he took the reins and drove away. He had not, however, got more than 15 yards UAvay Avhen the reins became entangled in the harness, and in attempting to right them the horse kicked out, and the sudden jerk pitched the driver over, and the Avlteol of the dray went over his head. The result of the inquiry avus " accidental death."

Sydney harbour has been so infested with sharks that some of the more ferocious attacked boats.

The gigantic work of draining the Zuyder Zee is about to be commenced in earnest. The iirst step Avill be the construction of a dam right across the gulf. This dam Avill be '24'( miles long, 150 ft. broad at the base, and its top ISin. above the ordinary level of high tide.

The police made a raid simultaneously upon three betting houses in Dublin within three hours of the .start for a great race at Liverpool, and made a good many captures. Twenty men who Avere found in the houses Avere discharged, but two of the betting house-keepers were sentenced to pay a fine of £100 each, Avithail alternative of three months' imprisonment ; and the third was fined £30, Avith the option of a month's imprisonment in default.

A lively game of football Avas played on Saturday afternoon in the Barrack Reserve between the choristers of St. Paul's and the members of St. Matthew's Juvenile Club, which resulted in favour of St. Paul's by two touchdowns, obtained by Master Ryan, the choristers' captain.

The Theatre Royal Avas avcll filled last evening AA'ith listening listeners. Mr Fred erick Battley presided, and Rev. Allan Webb and Mr Larkins addressed the con gregation. Tiie collection amounted to £1

THE ALLEGED PRIVATE STILL

The Portuguese, Manuel de Fratez, aa'lio Avas arrested on Saturday charged with illicit distillation, was lately employed by Messrs Whitson and Sons as a cooper at their brewery. He left shortly before Christmas, aud since that his means of live lihood have not been apparent. It is alleged that he has been engaged in the manufacture of rum at the Great Barrier, and selling it to the Maoris and settlers on the coast. On the arrival of the ofiicers at the place where their information led them to expect to find the plant, it Avas evident that if there had ever been a still at this place the parties concerned had Avarning in time to remove the direct evidence of their guilt. A large boiler, some ferment, and a quantity of sugar Avere found, but in spite of a close search nothing further could be come upon. A man named Portuguese Charlie, and a notorious woman named Kate McManus, were found in the neighbourhood, aud on being interrogated Charlie admitted that he had been "employed by De Fratez to carry kegs to the beach. It was ascertained that De Fratez had left for Auckland the day before in the cutter, South Carolina. The man Charlie and the woman Avere brought up as AA'itnesscs, and they Avill confront De Fratez in the Police Court to-morroAV morn ing. ■

THE WATERWORKS.

Oaving to the recent rains the majority of tbe bouses in the city arc abundantly supplied by nature, and consequently the number of applications for supply received at the City Council office is comparatively small. The first period of dry weather, hoAvever, is sure to cause a large number of applications to be sent ;Vi. Up to this morning tAvelve applicants had paid the deposit of six months in advance, ancLAvill have' the water laid on immediately. Forty-five other persons have made applica tion,' but have not yet paid the required deposit,andin addition a A-ery large number of forms of application have been taken out b.A" 0 persons avlio Avill take_ the necessary steps as soon as they require the supply. The fact that the works have been taken over by the City Council at a period when the abundance of tank and well-water renders the supply from the city authorities is an advantage, as it will enable them to have the Avorks in thorough order before a rush of applications sets in.

POLICE COURT.—This Day

(Before R. C. Barstow; Esq.., R. M.) DRUNKENNESS. John Fletcher, Robert Sargert, and Robert Dickey, Avere fined for this offence. DRUNK AND DISORDERLY. Thos. Macky, for having been drunk in Hobson-street, and conducting himself in a disgraceful manner, Avas fined 20s or 4S hours imprisonment, Avith hard labour. A case of assault, preferred against the same prisoner by Matilda Gibson, was withdrawn at the request of the prosecutor. FEMALE DEPRAVITY. E.liza Rice was charged Avith a breach of the Vagrant Act, lSGti, by using obscene language in Queen-street. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Ayas fined £5 or one month's imprisonment, with hard labour.

VAGRANCY.

John McCarthy was charged with com mitting a breach of the Vagrancy Act, by conducting himself in a manner likely to provoke a breach of the peace, in Queen street. Fined 40s, with the alternative of 14 days' imprisonment. LARCENY. James Shearer was charged Avith the lar ceny of £10, the property of Messrs Ryan and Bell, on the 10 instant. At the request of Mr Sub-Inspector Pardy a remand until to-morrow Avas granted. A NUISANCE. Henry 13.I 3. Ilaydeu Avas charged Avith allowing offensi\ re matter to Uoav from his premises on to the open property, and thereby causing a nuisance to the neigh bours. Defendant pleaded guilty, but said that lie did so for the sake of peace. He said that there Avas no nuisance. Mr Devore said that Mr Hayden had abated the nuisance, AA'hich arose from a choked up drain. He did not Avishto press for a heavy penalty. Defendant avus lined ss, costs £1 17s Gd. CRUELTY TO A HORSE. Wm. Barker Avas charged Avith a breach of the Act for prevention of cruelty to ani mals, by driving a horse in harness, Avhile the said horse Avas suffering from sores on its back. Mr C. E. Madden, on behalf of the defendant, pleaded not guilty. Constable Gillies, deposed that he saAV the defendant riding the horse in Hobson-street, and from the peculiar appearance of the horse, and knowing that a man had been fined before for driving the same horse, he proceeded across the road and examined thehor.se. On lilting the saddle, he fouud a large aggravated sore, Avhich seemed to be causing the horse a large amount of

pam. Cross-examined by Mr Madden: There A\-as a pad over the sore, Avhich, the defen dant said, had been placed there for the purpose of protecting the wound. He believed that the pad produced in Court Avas the same, but it was not in such a clean condition as when seen by him.

Chas. B. Andrew, schoolmaster, deposed to seeing the horse when the Constable stopped the defendant. He believed that from the position of the pad it would greatly aggravate the wound, and materially prevent it from healing. A large amount of matter was issuing from the wound. Sergeant Major Mason also gave evidence as to the weak condition of the horse, when the sore Avas removed.

John Johnston deposed that he saw the horse on June Ist, when the sore was not near so bad as it is uoav. He saAV a boy beating it AA'ith a stick, cautioned him, aud advised the defendant's Avife to get a pad to put on the horse's back. The defendant, Wm. Thomas Barker, s.-iiu that on the day in question there avus a sore on the horse's back, about tAvo inches by one. He had been applying lotion and Stockholm tar to the wounds previously, and this accounted for the dark marks on the pad.

Fined ss, and costs 3.35. WILLIAM'S AVATCH

Martin aud Ellen Dwyer, two very old persons, Avere charged with stealing from the dwelling-house of one Annie Hooper a silver lever hunting Avatch, value £10, and a £1 note.

I Annie Hooper deposed she Avas a married j woman, living apart from her husband, ■ and that she resided in Grey-street. On j the night of Tuesday last, a man named i William Sellers called at her house. He | Avas slightly under the influence of liquor, and left his silver Avatch with her to take | care of. She put it on the kitchen shelf j amongst the cups and saucers. This Avas I about eleA'cu o'clock on the Tuesday night. j When she got up the next morning at ' about ten o'clock, she fe'ent a young lady ; named Susan Dunning, avlio was living Avith I her, to see if the Avatch was all right. When j she came back, she said she had looked everywhere, but could not find it. Witness I then searched for it, but Avithout any | success. She knew the prisoners. The , female prisoner a\-u.s employed in the house, I and assisted in the search after the missing I Avatch. She had been employed about the j house that morning, before witness got up. I The female prisoner, a short time after, came to her room, and asked for the clothes jto wear. Witness noticed that she seemed I the A\'orse for liquor, and sent her home. !On Thursday, she received information : concerning the watch, and Avent to Heavy's j paAvn-shop, Avhere she found that the male I prisoner had pawned the Avatch for a J pound. Witness then Avent to see the i female prisoner, and asked her if she had I taken the Avatch. Prisoner replied :—

" Yes, I did. Here's the paAvn tickct for you. I don't care if I get six months." Witness then gave in formation to the police. The watch which had been lost Avas similar to the one produced. To the male prisoner : I did not see you in my house. The female prisoner here stated that she aviis guilty of stealing the Avatch, but not the money.

| Susan Dunning, a single woman,-deposed : that, on Wednesday morning, the 6th of I June, she assisted in the search for the ; Avatch. The female prisoner also took part iin the search. Witness slept in tbe back \ bedroom, AA'hich opened off the kitchen. She I did not knoAV Avhat time the female prisoner : came on that morning, but she heard her ! about an hour before she got up. She saw the male prisoner on the back verandah, just off the kitchen, Avhen she came out of her bedroom, betAA'een ten and eleven o'clock. j Wm. Sellars identified the AA'atch. j Andrew Heavey, deposed that the male prisoner pawned the AA'atch at his shop on i Wednesday, the Gth inst. j Detective Martin Grace deposed to j arresting the tAvo prisoners on the ; evening of the 7th inst, on the present charge. The male prisoner said that the watch had been given to him by his Avite, avlio said she had found it. The female prisoner told witness that she found it on the back step of Mrs Hooper's door, and gave it to her husband on the verandah. She afterAvards said that she gave it to her husband in his oavh house.

The information was amended so as to make the value of the watch £8.

The CA'idence Avere then read over to the prisoners. The female prisoner said that she took the Avatch into Mrs Hooper's bed-room, on the morning on Avhich it had been missed. She found Sellais and Mrs Hooper asleep in the bed, and therefore, she did not like to wake them. She then put it back into her bosom.

Martin Dwyer aviis discharged from custody, and his Avife sentenced to four months' imprisonment Avith hard labour. This was all the business.

DISTRICT COURT.—Tins Day,

(Before F. D. Fenton, Esq.. District Judge).

UNDEFENDED CA«ES. John R. Randerson a'. James Carnell. Claim, £78. In this action, Mr Beale stated that as one of the parties had not arrived f;-om Coromande', he Avould ask for an adjournment for a Aveek.— The application A\-as granted. ' Chas. Gibbs v. James Mackay. jun.—Claim, £02 '6s 2d.—Mr Tyler for plaintiff.—Mr Glbbs stated that the amount and interest was due on

a promissory note dishonoured in July last year. He had frequently applied for the amount Avith out success.—Judgment for plaintiff, costs £6 s6d. Garrett Bros, v. Wm. Mathieson, claim £16lis 9d. Mr J. B. Russel for plaintiff. Plaintiff de posed that defendant had since paid the amount due, but notjthe costs. Mr Russell asked his Worship to give judgment for costs. Judgment accordingly for costs, £1 15s. 1 W. C. Dennes v. W. W. Taylor, claim £26 2s fld. Mr Hesketh for plaintiff. Plaintiff stated that the claim Avas for goods, and a dishonored promissory note for £20, with interest 10s there on ; the claim Avas for the balance of a partly ■ settled account. Judgment for plaintiff, cost 3 £116s. „, „ ; L. D. Nathan v. Chas Darreli, claim £31 9s L. D. Nathan and Co. v. Michael Daly, claim ! £15 Is Id. Mr Meyer appeared in both cases for i plaintiff, Henry Hartnoll, book keeper, proved that the debts were owing, and still due. Judg ments for plaintiff, costs (Darreli, £1 lis) (Daley] £5 3s. Walter R. McElwain v. Thomas Reid, claim, £100. Mr Hesketh appeared in support of the claim, and Mr Tyler for the defence. In this action the plaintiff claimed for damages, the particulars of which have preAdonsly appeared, and the matter was referred to Major Jackson for arbitration, and the aAvard Avas for £2o Ids. A long discussion folloAved, Mr Hesketh arguing that the Court should enter uidgment ipr £2olos. Mr Tyler, on the other hand, said the judgment should be for £10 7s, and the costs £6.85, in the letter of the award. His Honor gave judgment for the amount, and costs of award. Court costs, £32 ss. Mr Tyler said his client had been saddled with nearly £10 costs in bringing his case to this Court, whereas he might have had the matter settled in the local Court for £b bs. Application. Mr Hesketh made an applica tion on the part of John Edward Bauks. a debtor, who had filed his schedule under the Creditors and Debtors' Act, A first meeting of creditors had been called, but as no one appeared, the meeting was adjourned to the next day, Avhen it Ava3 attended with .the same result, and the meeting adjourned sine die. in consequence of there being no meeting the usual liquidation order was not passed, the DanK rupt had parted with his estate, and could nei ther get it back now nor hand it oyer lor tne benefit of his creditors, Messrs Jenkins aud Stoney. Avho were the trustees under the old Act had collected £250, and did not know Avhat to do with the money. The debtor, moreover, Avas in a similar fix, not knowing in Avhat posi tion he really stood. It Avas agreed that Messrs Jenkins and Stoney be informed that if no iur ther steps were taken in the meantime, his Honor would make an order on tne next Court day for the handing over the money to the debtor.

Serious Accident.

A.MAN named Joseph Us borne, popular xy knoAvn as " Flowery Joe,' from the fact of his vending bouquets at the theatres, met Avitli an accident on Saturday night AA'hich necessitated his removal to the Hospital. Hs Avas subject to fits, and about three weeks ago fell down in the street, outside the Nevada Hotel. It appears from Avhat Aye can learn that he AA'as similarly attacked on Saturday night at a feAv minutes past 11 o'clock, on the stairs of tbe Exchange Hotel, and fell on his head in the passage opening into Queen-street. Dr Bayntum Avas called in, and found that Osborne had sustained a severe cut on the crown of his head, which A\-as bleeding profusely. Dr Bayntum had him removed in a cab to the Hospital where, Aye learn, his wounds were attended to, and he is progressing favourably.

THE S.S. HERO.

Messrs Cruickshank and Co. have to-day received a cablegram, from Australia, stating that the s.s. Hero left Melbourne i for Sydney and Auckland on Saturday, the 9th inst.' She may be expected in this port about the IStn inst.

RUTLAND-STREET.

j To His Worship the Mayor, and City ■ Councillors : Gentlemen, —At this period of I Auckland's advancement, with a clear : headed Mayor and enlightened City Council : lors; Avith palatial structures rapidly uprising ; j AAdth Corporation Avcalth enormously on i the increase—(sufficient proof of AA'hich can j be adduced by comparing the sum total of i the present year's rates Avith the past one) — i Avitli a corporate body avlio have giA'en proofs ; of their deep desire to render Auckland the j Queen City of these Southern Seas; Avith I local industries springing up in all directions, j each one folloAving fast on the heels of its predecessor—(many of them industries tui ; known to the " Old World," AA'hose inventors' | names Avill be remembered long after they • themselves are turned to kindred dust); — i Avith sciences rapidly advancing in our ! midst; the ponderosity of our machinery, i and louder clangour (through increased \ massiveness) of our fashioning implements . steam and Avater driven—year by year in creasing; the " Gentler Arts " vying Avith I their more stalwart brethern in their ; onward strides ; AA'ith all these undeniable ] facts before our eyes, it is astounding that j so hideous a blot should be allowed to dim i the lustre of our lovely city—a flaw (so to speak) in our Borough seal— as the present I disgraceful state of Rutland-street. Noav, gentlemen, A'iew the matter dispassionate; j here is a thoroughfare, a portion of AA'hich ! (betAvec-nJLorne and cast Wellesley-streets), I admirably formed, the pathways nicely ; paved, curbed, and channelled (but AA'ith i gloomy pit-falls on either side), not a house ■or store upon it ! Its entire length grass : and moss grown, and so dangerous after ! nightfall, that the bands of music practising in the drill-shed on the nights they parade j the town are actually compelled before issuing from its portal to affix lamps to j their different instruments to save tliem ; selves from plunging into the chasms, north and south. Noav what is required to do away with all these dangers, this utter I dissolution ? Simply the formation of the . short pathways between Lome and Queen- '. streets, a lamp itliixed at.tlie Queen-street end, aud another betAA'een Lome and east | Wellesley-street on the north side. What ; Avilljhe the result:? Stores and residences Avill ; rapidly up tower, tenants Avill as speedily , occupy and inhabit them, and the treasurer |of the Council Avill next season have a heavier bag in the shape of an important I increase to the cityrate.—l have the honor to , remain, your Worship and gentlemen, most ! obediently your servant, T. B. IIANNA ; FORD. ! •-■ =

Sudden Death.

An old Avoman named Mary Scullen,. resid ing in Union-street, died suddenly last night. Dr Bayutun Avas called in to attend her at about li o'clock, but on examination found that life was extinct. Constable Burke avus informed of the circumstances at about half-past ten o'clock, and hastened to the house, where he arrived at about 11 o'clock, and found Dennis Scullen, husband of deceased, Dr Bayntun, Michael Heath and his Avife, neighbours, and George Pilkington. Dr Bayntun found no marks on the body. Dennis Scullen states that his wife Avas about GO years of age, and no one lived in the house but the pair. They retired at .about nine o'clock, when she Avas in good health. Five minutes before she died she called Mr Scullen, aud said " I feel very sick." He got out of bed to strike alight, but AA'hen he looked at her again there was no sign of life. Deceased was subject to 'fits, and sometimes had as many as three a nicnth.

THE ACCIDENT TO CAPTAIN PALLANT.

Captain Pallant of the three-masted schooner Mora, avus conveyed to the I Hospital yesterday, immediately on his ! arrival at Onehunga from Hokianga. He j is suffering from extensive injuries received i while superintending the loading of his | vessel Avith baulk timber. The folloAving . are the particulars of tho accident: — j Captain Pallant Avas below in the hold j watching the descent of a huge log ; which avus being lowered in the slings, | when, by" some defect in the mode of making fast, the piece of timber fell ' with its full -weight upon him, striking him in the chest, and knocking him doAvn, and ' remaining across the upper part of his legs-. ; The general impression among those Avho Avitnessed the occurrence was that the , Captain was killed outright, but oi j approaching they found to their surprise . that he Avas still alive. The log was lifted ; off Avhen it Avas discovered that one of the '' sufferer's legs aa'us broken" Mr McLellau . of Wangape set the limb as Avell as circuni stances would permit, and ordered the ] steam tug Lionel to be got ready to bring ' him to Auckland. This was done, and j Captain Pallant is now under Dr Philson's treatment. , I

Fatal Football Accident.

SHOCKING DEATH OF MR FRED- I ERICK PILLING. i

The Football Match betAA'een the Parnell and the Ponsonby Clubs on Saturday, has proved the most melancholy game of the season, for it has resulted in the death of one of the finest young felloAvs in Auckland. AYe regret to say that Mr Frederick Pil ling died at Mrs Ruck's in Parnell at a quarter to ten this morning from injuries to the spine caused by a collision during the game alluded to. . Mr Pilling Avas the eldest son of the AA'ife of Colonel De Qnincey of Waikato by her first husband, and Avas noted as a capital football player.. He formed one of the Auckland team, AA'hich Avent the round of the colony the season before last. The circumstances conuected Avith the sad accident Avere as fol loavs : —The game had been a hotly contested one, and during the first tAvo bouts no advantage had been gained on either side. At the third change of goals, Parnell, principally OAving to the brilliant play of Mr Pilling, avlio avus playing for ward, began to get the best of it. This Avas soon turned into a decided advantage, by a goal being kicked, after a '-touch doAvn " obtained by the same gentleman's prowess. At a few minutes before five, sides AA'ere changed for the last time, and the- struggle Avas reneAved with fresh vigour, the Ponsonby men trying their utmost to retrieve the day, and the Parnell players working hard to maintain the adA'antage they had gained. Pilling was again the most prominent figure of his side. Wherever the ball Avas, there AA ras he. Suddenly he again obtained pos session of it and darted across the field at his top speed to try and secure another " touch down" (for the benefit of the uninitiated avc may mention that by the rules when a player touches the ball on the ground behind aline drawn from the oppo site side's goal posts to cither side of the field he can claim a fair kick at goal for his side). Hehadsuceeedediiipassiiigallhis opponents but tAvo, and both of these Avere on tho alert to arrest his Aietorious progress. One of them, a son of Col. Haultain, a young man about his oavh size, reached him before the other, Avhosc name was Kerr, could come up. Pilling loAvcred his head aud rushed ram-like at his adversary. He came full butt agaiust him, striking his head against Haultain'a left arm, which Avas held in clotc to his side

Hie CIICIJK nasoirfciuiMAauic unit Several O the spectators immediately concluded sonic thing was wrongs There was no recoil but Pilling simply fell all of a heap. He tried to rise, _Wd, could not; and on his companions running up and asking him what was Avrong, he replied that he did not knoAA', but that he "felt as if every thing had giA ren way." Two or three tried to put him ort his feet, but he again ooL , J lapsed altogether, his legs being ntterl&gffy useless. When asked if he AA-as in pain \^P said he felt a pain in his head, and at the back of his neck. Seeing that the accident was a serious one, Dr. Norton was sent for from the hospital, and in a very few min utes that_ gentleman avus in attendance. He examined the sufferer and found that the Avhole of the loavci- extremities and the left arm were paralysed. He suggested a removal to the hospital, but Mr Fillings, Avho was perfectly sensible, said he should prefer being taken to Mrs Rucks, Avhere he avus staying. Tavo blankets Avere obtained from the Block House, and a stretcher being made from tAvo of the gaol posts, he was conveyed to Mrs Ruck's by his com panions. He spoke cheerfully, and more than once said lie avus afraid those avlio were carrying him must be aAvfully tired. A niessanger had already gone on to Dr. Ellis, and that gentlemen Avas waiting at the house on the arrival of the patient. On j investigation of the injury, and after con ' suiting Avith Dr Norton, Dr Ellis thought !it advisable to send for Ur Hooper, Avho ! Avas promptly in attendance. The three doctors agreed that concussion of the spine ; had been sustained, and that the accident | was of such a serious character as to give I apprehensions of the worst result. The ; insensibility of the limbs and loAver portion iof the back continued. During Saturday night and all yesterday there Avas little [or ■no chance. The poor fellow felt no pain— j a very bad symptom, aud talked cheerfully • to a feAv of his friends avlio were admitted to sec him. " NeA-er mind, old man," he said to one, "AA reAA'on the game." Atone '■ o'clock this morning a SAvelling of the | stomach took place, and he more than i once complained of pain. Still, there Avas no decided alteration. At half-past nine ! this morning tetanic symptoms began to | develop themselves. A few minutes later | Mr Pilling was seized Avith an epileptic lit, j and after about three, minutes of violent convulsions he expired. Father Walter , McDonald and Drs Ellis and Hooper were j present at his death. Mrs De Quincey Avas ! telegraphed to yesterday morning, but as I she' resides 10 miles from Hamilton, it | Avould be impossible for her to arrive before ! this evening. Mr Pilling was prayed for ! at the Catholic Church, Parnell, yesterday ! evening. He was about 23 years of age, ' and was much esteemed for his kindly | disposition and manly bearing. It has I been decided to hold an inquest to-morrow !at the Alexandra Hotel; Parnell. While I avc do not share the opinion of those Avho 1 say that football should be abolished as a j dangerous game, we cannot help thinking | that the rules of the game might be i modified, so as as to render it less I dangerous to life and limb.

FOOTBALL.

i The return match betA\^een the Auckland and Grafton Clubs was played on the Metropolitan Ground on Saturday after noon, and proved as might be expected, rather a one-sided affair, especially as the Grafton captain, Mr Whewell, neglected to slioav up. From first to last the Auckland players had the ball close "to the Grafton goal, and it was only through the Grafton boys playing the most plucky losing game r that their defeat AA'as not an overwhelming , one. In the end Auckland Avon by 1 goal, and three tries to nothing. A central club like the Auckland Club, which combines nearly all the best players in the place, should handicap itself in these contests.

MR. OWEN McGEE AND HIS WRONGS.

To the Editor of the Evexixg Star. ' Sir,—l think few people., after perusing Mr Owen McGee'sreply to my formerletter, will come to any other conclusion than that he has maie a very poor case for himself. Througaout the Avhole length of his answer it Avill be obserA-ed he does not gainsay one of the main facts of my argument, bat seeks, by excuses, to diminish their force. He admits having won £513—1

said £520—in handicaps at two meetings, and chuckles over it—urges it, in fact, as a a proof of his sense—cuteness, he might more properly haA-e called it—but obAdously thinks that it proA'-es nothing as to the fairness or otherwise of his treatment by the handicapper. The out side opinion is, that if it does *he\v him to have been treated unfairly, it is on the side of leniency. Iv this, as in many other instances that could be mentioned, Owen McGee is singu lar in his opinions. Another remarkable in- _ stance is, that he should think himself like General Washington. Would not Squire Sau ley, the owner of the redoubtable Yankee Jack, in JBigby Grand, be nearer the mark? This unwashed worthy had "a pretty loud notioa 'twas not in the Britishers to tree him, not nohow they could fix it," and this is about Avhat O. C. G's estimate of himself amounts to. Poor, long-suffering General Washington! we ha\'| nil of us seen your unoffending name dragged bolus bolus into many a stranga place, but I doubt Avhether it Avas ever more outrageously misplaced than in illustration of the character of Mr OAA-en Curran McGee. Here is the portrait \ painted by tbe sitter, "I possess the organ ot v]i benevolence large, and as for truth, I chailengfc"^ him, or any one in these islands to prove nic %fjL_ bar. Like General A'asbington, I am bora,' honest, and would have to do injustice to my nature to get rid of it." I should not dream or being rude enough to attempt to prove Mr Mf-Qee -'a liar," but let us see—merely. " coarse, for the sake of analysing _ tne faithfulness cf the portrait—how many times in tho course of his tetter .Mr ./!' ,b.e£ "does injustice to his nature." First, x:.- :i. nc says that I "attempted to justify and exonerate-



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