SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

prm-H WA -, WR J This Evening, 6.20 HIGH wAT__-i To . morrowMoI .-__ g> 7.23 SUNSET.-Thls Evening, 1.11 SUNRIBE.-To-MorTOW Morning. 7.15 MOON'S AGE.-FUU Moon, 12th, 0.35 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENINO. Ethol, brigantino, Wyatt, from Adolaido TO-DAY. lona, s.s., Stephenson, from Russell

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Sissy, schooner, Hastings, for Groymoutn TO-DAY. Caledonia, schooner, Goodman, for Hokianga

PROJECTED DEPARTURES

London—Peru, early , Bydney—Hotomahana, Tuesday; City of Sydney, P.M.5.8.. 26th _, Melbourno via aouth-Ringarooma, Thursday Taranaki and South—Penguin, Sunday Noumea—Tauranga, early Rußßoll and Northern ports—lona, Monday Whangarei and Mangapai—Argyle, luosday

and Friday ■••-■••• Tauranga—Ulenelg, Tuesday and Thursday Mangawai- Fingat, Thursday Moroory Bay—Fingal, Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of Sydney, P.M.5.8., from San Francisco,

26th Inconstant, H.M.S. frigate, 5780,16 guns, Rear- Admiral Right Hon. Earl of Clanwilliam, from Melbourne via Sydney Carystort, H.M.S. corvette, 2383, II guns, Capt. Henry F. Stephenson, C.8., from Melbourne vii Sydney Tourmallno, H.M.S. corvette, 2120, 12 guns, Capt. Robert P. Deunistoun, from Melbourne viA Sydney _. , . Bacchante. H.M.S. corvette, 4130,16gun5, Right Hon. Charles T. M. D, Scott, from Molbourno via Sydney _ . Cleopatra, H.M.S. corvette, 2383. 11 guns, Capt. Frances Durrant, from Melbourno via Halcfono! yehip (J.N.M.S.), from London; to sail

March 1 Rakaia, ship, from London Ashmore, ship (Q.S.J.K.), from London Famenotb, Bhip (P.S.F.J.). from London Waikato, ship (M.P.K, V,), from London ;loading

Chile, P b_iq.uo (K.H.N.V.), from London; to sail January 10

IMPORTS.

Per Ethel, from Adelaide: 973 bags flour, 1393 sackswheat, BXpoRTS . For Cabarfeidb, for New York—3,lßl casos kauri gum.

Inwards CoASTWiSE.-Ellen. from Howick; Maglo, grom Ngunguru, with 24,500 feet timber; Kriemhilda, from Whangaroa, with 29,000 foot timber, SOOO shingles. 12 bags gum; Start, from Whangaroa, with 26,120 foot timbor; Pakapuka, from Omaha, with 21 pieces baulk timbor, 100 pOßts, 10 sacks gum; Dolohin, from Mahurangl, with 100 posts, 18,000 sMnglos and 16 bundles palings. Outwards Coastwise.—Ellen, for Tamaki, with 12.000 feet timber; Magio, for Ngunguru: SUrt, for Whangaroa; Pukapuka, for Mahu rangl;-Dolphin, for Pohui.

Tho schooner Albatross cleared at the Customs to-day for Hokianga in ballast. She there loads timberand proceeds to Suva. Captain Murphy, a 'gentleman' well-known in shipping circles, takes command. We aro glad to Bee tho Aloa tross again in sdling-trim, and hope that under her flew master she will.havo a successful voyage. . ; ■ The schooners Torea and Rona left Lyttelton for Kaipaia yesterday.

The ..schooner Cutty, Sark left Lyttelton for Auckland yesterday.

The sohooner Marmion arrived at Kaipara on the 10th inst and sailed up the Wairoa. one was expected to arrivo at To Koporu Mills nt 7p.ni,. [•_.<-■••;. ■ . • - , <■ •■■ ■

The sohooners Julias Vogel and Colonist and S brigantine are a-ichored at Kaipara Heads outward botnd. .:.

The brigantine Borealis loft Kopuru yesterday morning with timber for Dunedin, but struck on a bank iust below Toka Toka.

Tho brigantino Oamarn while being towed out of Whangaroa.on Wednesday last earned away her topsail yard while setting the topsail, and had to return lor repaire.

The s.s. Glenelg waa passed by tho lona off SaU Rock lost night.' - ' '

'The brigantine Nightingale is still loading at Pahi,''and tho barque Sarah Ann has moved round from Wairau, Otamatea; toPahi to corn plate her loading. ..,.,., - i The- brigantine Darcy Pratt has discharged Mr Baity's Otamatea cargo and sailed round to PortAlbertto load Umber at Nicholson's mm forUuhediii. - • —

'Th. Union Company's b.s. Rotomahnna will not arrive here until Tuesday owing to a deten tion at Lyttelton. The Arawata for a similar reason need not ho expected before Thursday, next ...

>■ The barque Cabarfeidb cleared at the Cus toms to-day for New York, and will probably sail this evening. She takes a full cargo of kauri gum, eomprisinz 3,184 cases, or 2*B tons, valued at £12,150.

Thej cutter Ellen,' which waa reported high and dry on the Howick Beach on Monday last, came up to the wharf to-day. Captain Fields, who li in command, states that during a heavy BauaU the windless was carried away, and he deemed it advisablo to run his vessel on shore. The cutter sustained but little damage, and was got off easily when the weather moderated on the following day. L._ " f'i The B.s. lona arrived from Russell, Whanga rba, and Mongonul at 4 o'clock ibis morning. She lolt the former port at 2 p.m. yesterday. Had south-west wind with showers last night. Passengers :—Mrs Brown, Mifces Sturge, and Chapman, Mesara F. Sinclair, J. Marshall, Grey,- Scott, Deane, A. Ecott, Cox, Archdeacon Clarke, Rev. Mr Fox, and Captain Irving. Cargo :-32 sacks gam. 9 sacks oysters, 99 sheep, 4 hides, 2 bales sheepskins, 7 parcels sundries. The vessel signalled last evening proved to be the Ethel, f rotn Adelaide, -he left that port on May 14th, wiih a N.W. breeze, which carried to the 17th; thence to the 21st S. W. and W. winds prevailed. From the 22nd to 29th tho wind was from the NiW. to the B.W. On the 26th .a a terrible gale was encountered, and the ship was hove-to for eight hours. On tho 29th afresn breeze came from tbe eastward. The vessel labourod greatly," and some heavy seas were shipped. On .June Ist a heavy gale came from the eastward, and the vessel was again hove-to. On the 2nd the wind Bhifted to the S.E. On the 3rd there was a light northerly wind, but on the 4th a hard gale from N.N.tc. was encountered, and the sMp was hove-to for some time, The weather moderated on the 6th, and variable winds'were experienced up to arrival." Cape Maria Van Dleman was sighted on the r._, and anchor dropped at 7 p.m. yesterday. ' " i

The prediction of a coming Btorm has proved qnite correct, although it has not assumed the violence which some of our shipping authorities foreshadowed. About -2 a.m. this morning a very heavy gale was blowing, and the precau tions taken to secure the different. vessels in harbour proved a very necessary step. The only vessel which seemod to feel its force was the barque Wellington, which was hauled into the stream and anchored off the end of the Queen-street wharf yesterday. Being only in ballast, the wind had great effeot on her, and she dragged considerably. This forenoon the weather seemed to calm a little, but there wore Btill indications of a furthsr blow. At 2 o'clook thia afternoon a tremendous squall came down from the westward. The brigantine Flirt, which had been lying stem-on to the wharf with anchor down, dragged conslderanly, and was in great danger of bumping against the wharf. It waa therefore deemed expe dient to run a line to the buoy, and she was by this means hauled clear. The Wellington barque felt the full force of the squall, and again dragged her anchor, coming np aDreaßE of Holmes' wharf. The new patent Priestman's dredge got the upper hand of the workmen, and drifted from the Queen-street wharf to off the Railway Pier, but was here brought up short by the anchor, and seems likely to hold. Thesa squalls occur at intervals, and, as they come very suddenly, every precau tion is being taken to secure the shipping.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVALS.

Penguin, s.s. Malcolm.from Southern Porta

IMPORTS.

Per Penguin, from Southern ports : 151 sacks hartey, 15 hides, 4 bales, 2 crates, 5 kegs, and 18 paokuges sundry merchandise- .... .

The s.s. Penguin arrived from the South at 9.110 a.m,today. We are indebted to Mr D. •Robertson,' purser, for flies, parcels, Sec, and the-following- report:—The s.s. Penguin, Capt. Malcolm, left Port Chalmers on the 6th June at 6.30 p,m,, and arrived at Lyttelton on the 7th at noon; left again at 6.30 p.m., and arrived at Wellington on the Bth at 10 a,m.; left again the came day at 4 p.m., and arrived at Picton at 8.30 p.m.; left again at 10 p.m, and arrived at Nelson on the 9th at 6.30 a.m.; loft again at 7 ■p.m.. and arrived at '1 aranakl on the 10th at 9 30 a.m-; left again at 3.15 p.m., and arrived at the Onehunga Wharf at 9.30 am. Passengers- Miss Briggs, Mesdames Kelly, Richardson, Wright Dnrmen and child. Messrs Jamison. Archard. Mathias, Mirfra, Kennedy. Hender son, Abbott, Engel, Rame, Barnes, Owen, Scott, Robinson, Shera, and Mills,

PORT OF KAIPARA.

Arrivals, June 5: S.s. Oreti, Campbell, from Onehunga, with 25 head cattle and 50 sheep. June 8: Helena, brlganti_e. Christiansen, from Auokland, in ballast. Departures, June 7: S.s. Oreti, Campbell, for Hokianga, with 20,000 feet timber; Moa, brig, Myer, for Dunedin, with baulk timber; Thomas •and Henry, Marks, for Dunedin, with baulk Umber. Juno 9: Nelson, sohooner, Johnston, "for Waitara, with sawn timber.

Vessels Loading at Pahi: Nightingale, brigan tine, with baulk timber, for Timaru; Sarah Ann, barque, with baulk timber, for Melbourne. At Wairoa: Stag, barque, with sawn and dre3-sed timber, for Australian port, nearly loaded: Gazelle, barque, with sawn and dressed timber for Australian port, started to load; Sea Bird, brigantine, with sawn timber for Southern port, nearly loaded; Annie Wilson, schooner, with sawn timber, for Southern port, nearly loaded; Colonist, schooner, with sawn timber,, for Waitara, nearly loaded.

PORT OF WHANGAROA.

Departures, Juno 6: Totara. schooner, McDonald, for Russell, with 21,000 feet sawn; timber and 20,000 Bhingles. June 8: Kriemhilda, schooner, Bathurst, for Auckland, with 29,01)0 feet sawn timer, 24 hags (turn; ttart, cutter, Williamson, for Auckland, with 26,400 feet sawn timber; Magic, cutter, Dowd, lor Auck land, with 24,400 feet sawn timber.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

i Kaipara Heads, Friday. 1 The schooner Julius Vogel dropped down from Kop uru.

New Plymooth, yesterday. Sailed: Penguin, b.s„ for Onehunga. Lyttelton, yesterday. Sailed; Rotomahana, s.s., for Wellington. For. Chalmers, yesterday. Arrived: Wanaka, s.s„ from the North. Sydney, Juno 10. Sailed: Tho Union Co.'s b.s, Arawata for Russell.

London, June 8,

Arrived: The ships toohnegai, from Napier, on February 12; the British Sceptre, from Port Chalmers, on March 3; Palata, from Lyttelton, on March 8; 1)uuloe, fcom Auckland, on Febru ary 21, ...

Mail Notice.

Mails will Close ab Under.— This Bat. For Taranaki and Southern Porta, per Penguin, at 1.30 p.m. For Now York, por Cabarfeidh, at 1.30 p.m. ,( Monday, 13th instant. For New Caledonia, por Tauranga, nt 11 a.m. F6r Coromandel, per Caromandel. at 11.30 a.m. For Thamo3, per Kotomahana, at 1.30 p.m. ' For Russell, Kawakawa, Wangaroa, and Mongonul. per lona, at 4 p.m. For Whitiangi, per Fingal, at 3 p.m. * For Thames, per .Enterprise, at 6.30 p.m. i Tuesday. 11th instant. For Russell, Kawakawa, and Auatralian Colonies, por Kotomahana, at 3 p.m. For Waiwera, Kawau, Omaha, and Matakana, per Rose Casey, at 10 a.m. For Whangarei Heads. Walpu, Whangarol, and , Mangapal, per Argyle, at 1 p.m. ,v» . - - Wednesday, 15th inßtant. For Friendly Mauds and Samoa, por Myrtle, at 1 p.m. i .. Tuesday, 21st Instant. . .„. Per S.B. City of New York, as follows:— , For Sandwich Islands, United States Of America. Canada, British Columbia, Contral and South America; and British and Foreign West Indies, at 1 p.m. For United Ki-igdom and Continent of Europe, at 1 p.m. Late letters bearing as extra fee of sixpence. ; In addition to tho postage, will be received i by the Mail Agont on board the Btuamor up; to , the time of Bailing. This mail wiU be duo in London on Tuosday, August 2nd 1881, ' »

N.B.—The Post-offloe, hitherto called Walto tuna. will In future becalledflOkete. •' A Post-offlce has been opened at Waitetnna, naar K.glan. Mails will be closed at this ofllco ovarj' -__-day and Satm-day, at 7 p.m.; seturn mails will be due .every Monday and Wednes day, at 9.45 i_m. , , ' A Post-effloe has been bponod at Wangapara ■ para. Great Barrier. Mails wilt bb despatched and received .by vessels leaving for. orcomlng from that place. . ... S. B. B_3S,.C_iof Poatmaster. Chief Post-offlce. Auckland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc.

JbNE 11,1881. Theatre Royal—Pollard's Lilliputian. Opera Company, 8 p.m. V.M.C.A. — Oonversaziono, Exhibition ot Curios, Microscopes, and Musical Programme, 7,Sop.m,

Notices to Correspondents.

Miserere Dominb.—A very mnch abridged report is not sufficient ground upon which to i.found a letter discussing the merits ot tho case. • . . .

Marriage.

jAMIBSON-WAL3H.-On Juno Ith, 1881, at Graham-street, Auckland, Robert Jainieson to Mary Margaret Walsh.

Death.

Tho funeral of the late Mr. B. McGarry will take place To-morrow (-Sunday), leaving Mr. Uleeson's Hotel at 3 o'clock.

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1881.

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

The memorial adopted by the Auckland Licensed Victuallers should not escape public notice. The community at large,.as well as the trade, is deeply interested in tho licensing question, and judging by the meagre attendance at the Licensed Victual lers'meeting there is more activity among those outside than within the trade circle, unless, indeed, as appears to have been the case, a.number of the publicans were kept in the dark through tho insufficient advertis ing of the meeting. The assemblage of hotel-keepers was certainly not representa tive of tho whole trade, and we are con-! sequently in doubt whether the memoriar may be taken as being so. Hut judging by the expressions of opinion at previous meetings, we think we are warranted in asserting that all the clauses of tho petition in its adopted form would not find anything like a unanimous support. The prayer for the legalising of Sunday trading is specially one of those clauses. At previous -meetings of licensed victuallers, members of the As-; sociation have expressed their dissent from any chaDge of the law which would add Sunday to thoir working days. But we caro not if the whole trade spoke with ,one voice on this matter, the privilege they claim is one which should provoke the bitter hostility of overy lover of law and1 order. Sunday-trading is interdicted for all trades, but if any relaxation of tho law in that respect were desirable, the liquor trade is the very last which should be admitted to participation. A man might, under cer tain conceivable circumstances, havo a neces sity to supply himself with a loaf of bread or a joint of meat for his family on Sunday; but no contingency can possibly arise to justify his demand for the creation of a public nuisance by the opening of liquor saloons. We would go so far as to authorise a publican to supply liquor on Sunday under'a doctor's order, but upon no other condition. We admit that law-abiding, publicans have been put at a disadvantage in consequence of the extent to which the law has been evaded, and the Magisterial Bench is not free from blame in the matter. But this is no reason' for repealing the law, but rather one for increasing its stringency. Such penalties should be enforced a3 would compel obedience. We will warrant that with a Bench in earnest and resolved to administer the law in its integrity by the enforcement of the highest penalties and confiscation of license, it would very soon be obeyed. There is one other section in the memorial that admits of argument—the question of license fees. The Auckland Trade are not such martyrs as they would make out. They scrupulously omit to mention, while quoting the rates in Dunedin, that grocery bottle licenses, which create so many sly grog shops, are issued indiscriminately under the Otago Provincial law. In Auck land, the Trade is wonderfully well protected ; the difficulty of obtaining a new license even at £50 a-year is notorious, and f, as Mr Ehrenfried stated at the meeting, to take away a license will depreciate the property a hundred per cent., it follows as plainly as that two and two make four that

the privilege granted by the State I is worth considerably moro than is | paid by the man who is lucky enough to Bccure it. Figures sometimes lie, but there cau bo no mietake what the figures mean if a house that is worth only £400 without a license is worth £800 with a ,'icensc-it certainly does not meau that the State jb getting the best of the bargain made with the person to whom the license is issued. It is idle to say in one breath that tho Trade is oppressed by charging so much for the license, and in the next that it is ruined by taking the license away. The two statement* will not run "on all fours." At the same time we agree that a differential licensing lee in the colony is an evil ; but our remedy would be different from that proposed by the Licensed Victuallers. We should abolish the Dunedin sly grog-shops,' raise the license-fee to that ia force in Auckland, insist generally upon better accommodation, make the trade more exclusive, aud at the same time compel obedieuce to the law. Tho existiug license holders would gaiu enormously by that, and we believe the public would likewise gain by secutiug a , better class of house. Where the publicans feel the. piuch is, of course, because so few ofthemare the owners ; butthe lawought to remedy this by giving the landlord a better hold on Ids license, and consequently a better reason for keeping his house well. . Some of the grievances complained of, however, ate no doubt legitimate. It is unreasonable to compel an hotel-keeper to keep a light burning outsido all night in a well-lighted flity ; it is unfair to chargo him on case spirits for more duty than he is justly entitled to pay; it is wrong that brewers should have the right to sell beer ,in what is practically a retail quantity; it is also reasonable that the Trade who pay a license and obey the law Bhould not be exposed to tho competition of un licensed Clubs, some of which unquestionably merit the term of " sly grog shops." We believe that all Clubs ought to bo licensed, aud that no license should be issued to them without the most satis factory proof to tho Bench of their bond fide character. The existitig licensing law appears to contemplate this; but through its disjointed and imperfect character, the law cannot be enforced.

There was one othor subject raised at the meetiug by Mr Ehrenf ried which invites very important considerations. Mr Ehren frcid complains of the arbitrary powers vested in the Licensing Bench, and the tyrauuical way iv which they are sometimes exercised. It is rather unfortunate that the name of Mr Ehrenfried's iirm should have been charged upon oath in the heariog of tho application for a Mount Eden license before the .Ouehuuga Licensing Com missioners, with one ot the most flagrant , attempts to interfere with personal liberty which we have ever heard of in this city. That gentleman must remember that people are as scrupulous of their right to liberty of privato judgment as he is of trade privileges, and though from what we have seen of his career as a public man at tho Thames, we aro disposed to acquit him personally of any sympathy with such an act, it is impossible to do so uutil he either expresses regret on his own behalf that such a thing occurrod, or else explains away the statement made by Mr Peace before the Onehunga Commissioners that he was threatened by Mr Ehrenfried's agent, aud his ■, employers, Messrs Hull Brothers,' wore put to pecuniary loss because their storeman used his right as a free citi zen in opposing a license at Mount Eden. We look upon this allegation—publicly made, and, as yet, uncontradicted, as involving too dangerous an iufriugement of private liberty to pass without the press speaking in unmistakeable terms about it. If the law does not already afford protection from intimidation to persons who choose to exer cise their undoubted rights under tlio Licensing Act, it is high time that such protection was afforded. Coming back, however, to the original proposition,' wo believe that Mr Ehrenfricd is right in con tending that the Licensing Law, as it stands, implies an assurance of renewal1 of license during good behaviour. Wc do not thiak tho mere opinion of the Bench that there are too many houses for tha population a sufficient reason for cancelling an existing license, though it is a perfectly valid one for refusing _ new license. The Bench is, no doubt, in duty bouud to compel all-licensed houses to comply -Wit— the luw in respect of, accommodation and orderli ness, but -having done ttmfHt mu-st leave competition to determine which houses shall survive and \vhicli "succumb iv a dis trict .where too many bavc found a footing. Otherwise, the Bench ndight-use-its power to wreak personal vengeance, nnd exer cise favouritism between rival owners. Mr Ehrenfreid i cays * he- would prefer "Local Option" to existingpowers of Licens ing Commissioners, bnt we aro Inclined "to think that "Local Option" is the best possible Licensing Commission that can be obtained, 'There would always be an amount of fairness for the law-abiding hotel-keeper from the people, and delegat ing the power to one or two men is danger ous. But to be just, tha change to Local Option, from the existing law, which as wc contend implies a kind of contract on certain speciDcd conditions, there must be an interregnum, of. at least seven years during which reasonable compensation shall be allowed from the licensing revenues to re-imburse hotel-keepers who lose their means of livelihood and their capital in vested on the faith of the law. Thotrgh there are undoubted difficulties to be over come, we do not believe 'hat there would be very much trouble in securing a perfectly fair licensing law—just to tho hotel-keeper and advantageous to the public—if it were placed in wholly disinterested hands, and removed from the influence of vested interests on the one side and rabid unreasonable animosity on tbe other. Rut that of course will never bo, and the game of "Pull devil, pull Saint," which has already mado our licensing laws a farce will, we suppose, go ou until tbe one or tho other is pulled completely over.

On our fourth page to-day appear the fol. lowing articles and letters :—"From Liver pool to San Francisco," "Sunday Liquor Trading," " School Committees," "The Chinese Question," " Coffee Palaco Coin' pany,"

■ On account of tho wet weather on Svhat is termed "Home Mission Sunday," the collections for that laudable enterprise fell short of the average collection. The uiiuis tor of St. Paul's, therefore, has announced in conformity with a generally expressed wish, that the excess of the average takings to-morrow, will bo given to the fund of this excellent mission.

The sitting of the District Court to be held on Monday next, is expected to be a very heavy one. . The following cases are set down for hearing — Ellison v. Elliott; Brown, Barrett and Co. v. Callaghau; Owen and Co. -v. Bartley; Heather v. Priddle ; Cash v, Kelly; Johnston v. Smith; Fulton v. Baillie; Mullooley v, Shepherd, No less than six of these are announced as defended cases. < •)*"■"

The heavy rain at Northern Wairoa of last Saturday and Sunday has caused the largost floods known for the last five years. It drore hundreds of logs from the bush ; they drifted down the river in shoals and kept the boatmen busy securing them,''in which occupation young Garnaut was en gaged when he fell from a raft and was drowned. They have not found his body yet.—[OWN Correspondent.] ' '■'

■ Mr Joseph Craig notifies that he has been appointed agent for the New Zealand Ex press Company, and is prepared to under take the forwarding of parcels to all parts of the colony:

The usual monthly meeting of the Pitt street Band of Hope was held last evening in the schoolroom, Mr Itosser in tbe chair. The attendance was' large. The pro gramme included a song, " For Ever," by a lady; speech by Mr iiemus, "Effects of strong drink on the functions of the body "; recitations (comic) by G. Yearbury, and " I See, I See," by Miss King ; song," ■' The Bridge," by Miss Craig; reading, "The Wreck of the Hesperus," G. Field ; recita tion, John Henderson ; duet by the Misses Jervis. The whole was pleasant, and tlie doxology closed a successful entertainment.

The catalogues for Messrs Tonks & Co.'s sale of English furniture on the 14th inst. are now ready, and copies may be obtained at the Auction Mart of the firm.

A meeting of creditors in the estate of Mr Swallow was held at the office of the Provincial Trustee to-day. Ihc debtor, through his lawyer, Mr Blaydes, appeared in Bupport of his discbarge. There were several of the creditors present. Mr Theo. Cooper appeared on behalf of MrPosseneskie to oppose the discharge. The public trustee brought forward his official report, which pointed out thecause of the*bankrnptcy. The trustee added that furniture had been sold, and after paying rent, _c, a balance of £19 15s 9d was received. Amongst his stock-in trade was a harp which was received shortly before filing, but on applying to the alleged owner it was at once given up, and after wards sold for £30 4s 9d. These with the balance of salary due by St. Paul's Church. £6 4s Bd, were all the assets realised. The liabilities amounted to £195 10s lOd, and after -paying expenses the trustee had paid a dividend of 5s ljd in the £. After the report was read it was resolved that the debtor he refused his discharge. Xvlr Blaydes will now, on behalf of the bankrupt, give ten days' notice and appeal to the Court against the decision of t ecreditors.

Mrs Drummond desires to acknowledge, through our columns, the receipt of £40 Gs 3d, collected on her behalf by Mr A. S. Carlile of the Union Saßh and Door Com pany. Also 10s from Mrs Frazer, of the Globe Hotel, Wakelield-street.

It will be gratifying to the shareholders of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company to know that Mr W. A. Thom son, the General Manager, has found that during his tour North, all classes of the community freely acknowledged the value of accident insurance. He has, therefore, continued his journey to the extreme end of the North Island, viz., North Cape, accompanied by Mr Davy Sustins, a pupil, who will lecture and canvass tbe Northern district.

A man named John Barron came to town by the s,s, Argyle yesterday, having met with an accident while employed at the Hokianga Mills. While working at one of the machines his hand caught and was jammed terribly, injuring three of his fingers. Barron was taken to the Hospital on arriving here, and there had the injured members amputated.

~ Tbe first monthly meeting of the Auck land Institute for the present session will take place in the Museum building on Monday evening, when the President (Mr Peacock) will deliver the inaugural address. The subject is "Recent Developments of Physical Science," and all who know Mr Poacook need not to be told that ho is specially qualified to do it full justice and to treat it in a proper manner, Visitors are cordially invited.

An outrageous piece of destruction was perpetrated in Freeman's Bay last night. Mr Mills, of Dock-street, has a smart little boat known as the Spray, which he lett securely tied to a fence last night, shored well on the outer side. This morning he found the boat turned over and a pieco of railway iron 401bs weight with a sharp edge put in such a position as to smash the bilge of the boat, and the rope v.as then cast clean away from' the fence. For tunately, the damage done is not sonous. Information has been ([given to the police aud a reward of £5 is offered for discovery of tho offender .

To tho Editor : Sir,—l am an old colonial, although only a new arrival in Auckland. I was so favourably impressed with its outsido appearance, that I chastised myself for not having visited it beforo; a few days roaming confirmed my first impros sions, and doubtless it is "Queen of the Isles," But, sir, while being enamoured with what Naturo has done.lani vexed and disappointed at the little that man has dove. The sanitary arrangements aro most unsatisfactory, tho primitive and pestilen tial night cart that perambulates the public streets is a disgrace to a wealthy and intelligent community like Auckland. I stayed a short tituo at a place in this city were tho W.C. is in a worse condition than a Maori's, and I observo an open sewer be tween Grey . and Upper ! Queen streets. Having now settled down, the same evil prevails. Tho landlord undertakes its re moval, but for obvious reasons, ,it remains to breed disease aud death. Your own columns witness .this. I think, sir, it is time the citizens arose as one man and demanded a complete.system of drainage, and with your pow»rful assistance it would sooubeaccomplished.—Yours.&c, Charles Allen, Draper, Victoria-street West.

Our Whangaroa correspondent writes :— "It seems J. Lundon's, M.H.R., promises arc not at all times to bo relied upon. He has not mot his constituents and given them an account of his stewardship, but put off the ovil day until the recess. However,1 if he gets£B<Jo put upon the esti mates for a public wharf for Whangaroa,the electors of this district will take works in stead of promises, and thank him for tbe public boon much wanted. Saturday night and Sunday morning's heavy rain caused another fresh in tbe river, and brought down between seven , and ei^ht hundred logs, which were all safely brought to the booms, the wind being favourable. Uur Auckland wind-bound traders got out yesterday morning. The brigantine Oamaru, in getting under weigh, broke her topsail yard, and is detained making a now one.

So much has been said against football and similar rough --ports that a word iv ,thoir favour from a high medical authority is not out* of place, The *'Lancet" Bays:—' " Whiht we deprecate unnecessary risks of allkind, a certain amount of danger is in separable from all kinds ef athletic sports. The cricket fieldj the hunting field, the racecourse, and the arena of athletic sports —all number a good many maimed, or even killed, among their votaries; but the un doubted valuo.of athletic exercises to tho in dividual and the nation more than counter balance the occasional mishaps which must' inevitably occur. Thero arc many pastimes infinitely more ruinous to health than those we have enumerated. Dancing night after night, in crowded and non-ventilated rooms, is among tho most unwholesome and dangerous practice of modern life, and kills infinitely more persons (though more indirectly) than cither the 'Rugby' or the Association Football Rules. Tbo men who arp killed by sitting in public-houses or (what is the same thing) iv clubhouses, playing' billiards or curds till the small hours and drinking 'B. and S. are not held .up as warnings, while their fellows who happen to be killed while engaged in some sport which has in it a dash of nobility and pluck, are spoken of na * frightful examples' of the evils of this or that amusement. If by un due roughness or by unfairness one man kills anothor'at a game the ordinary law is sufficient to deal with him. This is enough protection and we very much object to a return to anything.approaching the sump tuary laws of a bygone age."

Tho " Mudge'o Independent" records the death of a dog, after surviving more adven tures nnd thrilling dangers than probably ever befell any other unit of the canine cate gory :—" On 19th May the poor animal was lirst run over by a cart, which so mangled and mutilated him that his owner deter mined to havo him put out of his misery. With this object ho took him to Mr C. Bird, chemist, of "Church-street, and requested the. latter, to give tho dog a dose of poison. The po«r,mn,tilated beast was tied up to a fence iii: order -to receive his quietus, and Mr Bird took him a dram ot Seheclea', prussic -lcid, .a, quantity, quite sufficient to poison an .army. The 'dog's month was forcibly opened and the prussic ncid poured down,- whereupon he instantly collapsed and was left for dead. 'In the course: of a few hours a messenger returned to say that the dog. was still alive, and on inspection the poor brute was found to be as lively as ever, though still suffering from his agonising wounds. Mr Bird immediately gave him ; anothor teaspoon!ul of prussic acid, and once more thonuimal flopped doyro, stretched out in all the apparent agonies of impending death.- Next morning, to Mr Bird's surprise, the, dog had again survived the'poisonous dose, and it was then re&olved to try Btrychnine. Ton grains of this deadly mixture were then administered, and, for a third time, • the dog went off into .What looked liko a fatal swoon. Some hours after wards be had again iccovered, and seeing thai "his body appeared 'to bo poison proof, it ~-b; l-t-Bolved to adopt some other method of destruction, .. His owner requested a friend to' try Iho efficacy of powder and shot, ..which was done, one bullet lodging itself in the animal's fore head and the othor behind the car. After the lapse of, two hours he appeared as far off death as ever,. and, as a last resource, they split his head open with an axe which had the effect of causing the canine wonder j to leave this vale of troubles." ;

Mr Goldie, Sanitary Inspector, had rather a curious experience yesterday. He was standing near the bottom of Wyndham street wlien his'attention was attracted by a child, apparently a Maori boy, running along the footpath as fast -_s he could, cry ing-out that he bad lost his mother- He noticed a woman going up Wyndham street, towards whom the poor little child's eyes were wistfully directed, and giving chase the Inspector overtook her. Upon being questioned, after some hesitation, she admitted that she was the mother of the child, and had been endeavouring to lose It in order that tbe little chap might fall into the hands of the police, and so find its way into the Home for Neglected and Des titute Childrenj but for the vigilance of Mr Goldie and the activity of the child, which appeared to be about ihree years old, she would have succeeded. Mr Goldie brought both into the Star Office, near which the mother was overtaken, and she told ibis story :—Her name is Jackson, and she is living in Ellis's cottages, Hope town-street, Newton. Her husband.is a "Spanish-American," and last year they wete very comfortable, he owning an ex press and several sets of harness. He has, however, sinco gone to Tc Aroha, leaving his wife with out any means of subsistence. She says that she could easily obtain a live lihood, but for the encumbrance of the child, and she has made repeated efforts to get him into the Home without success, and hence her last expedient, which Mr Goldie thwarted. She believes that if she could only get it off her hands sbe would soon be able to contribute to its support. The case is clearly one for the intervention of the police, in order to compel Jackson to support both his wife and child, and steps should be taken at once to relieve the unfortunate woman from her present miser able position. '

A butcher informs us that tbe pens where the cattle stand awaiting slaughter at the abattoirs aro almost knee deep of filthy muck. The person whose duty it is to clean these out must have been asleep. The lilth,we are told, is so great thatl.a butcher before putting his cattle in had to sweep out himself. Where is the Inspector, surely his attention has not been called to this ?

The programmo of the concert to bo given in the Choral Hall on Monday evening in aid of,tho funds for the erection of the Newton Catholic Church,appears in another column, and a glauce at it will suffice to shew that a musical treat of no Ordinary character may safely be anticipated. The valuable assistance of Mr Angelo Forrest and Mr Gordon Gooch, X.A.M., has been obtained, while the other performers are local amateurs of acknowledged ability.

At the Harbour Board, on Tuesday next, MrMcKenzic will move: "(1) That com petitive designs be invited, and a prize of one hundred pounds offered, for the best plan of the future works required for the harbour of Auckland, incldding ddck ac commodation." "(2) That acadetship-tor the Engineer Department of the Auckland Harbour Board be offered to the best scholar from any of the upper schools in the Province of Auckland that may choose to compete for the same, and that the matter of term of oilico, remuneration, conditions, and subjects of cxaminalioLs, bo referred to the Fiuance Committee to report upoo.

We draw attention to the prospectus of the Devonport Steam Ferry Company (Limited), which will bo found in another column. Tile promoters intend offering increased iacilitiesto passengers, at reduced rates, and by theae means they encourage people to pay frequent visits to tho healthy aud delightful suburb in which the proposed company -was initiated. Tho provisional directors are all local mcii, and they express their determination to push the undertak ing toa successful issue.

To tho Editor: Sir,— My attention hav ing been drawn to an advertisement in last 'evening's Staii, in which my name is men tioned as having assisted Dr Wiight to per form an operation at Parnell, will you kindly give me an opportunity of stating that this was done without my knowledge or con sent. ' I am not in the habit of palling my-' self in that manner, and consider such a proceeding highly derogatory. By inserting this you will 'greatly oblige,—Yours, _c, F. W. E. Dawson, L.R.C.P., Ed., M.R.C.S., Eng.,_c.

Advices from Fiji vi.l Sydney report that times are very dull for carpenters just now, both in Suva and Levuka. In tho latter the majority of men are out of employment for want of timber. It appears that there is graVo reasons after all to apprehend that the late Mr Straub and his son actually lost their lives by violence, nnd not by drowning, as was generally believed. The Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr Blyth having examined the stranded veßsel Baw sufficient' reason to decide him on ordoring the ro-arrest of the ihen'oii'a'charge of wilful murder,'on which they were committed. , . The official.trial of the how Priestman's patent dredge took/place alongside the new tee of the Queen-straet wharf this forenoon. Several members ot tbe Harbour Board were present, and witnessed the trial. The work, was carried out under the,supervision ;of Mr E. Macdonald, Harbour Engineer, i The dredge seemed to act in all respects up to its reputed capabilities, aud is a great improvement on the old one. The bucket descends on ono side, and when full, which it is in a few seconds, is drawn up by tho steam crane, swinging round to the other side, und the buckot, opening at the bottom, drops its contents into one of the receptacles provided in the punt. This1 comprises the whole work of the dredge, and to all appearance it will easily lift the ton iv five minutes, as guaranteed by the makers. , , .'. ".,.,... '„'

' To the Editor : Sir,— Might I ask you to explain the meaning of these letters of Sir Julius Vogel's. Has he reached the bottom of his capacious purse ? Does he suspect the end of thelpresoht Ministry to'bo approach ing and bring his hostility to them ? Does that indicate'bis desire to have a fresh' start in political life, or rather political robbery from his old starting point in Auck land ? .Is he thirsty and wishes for another drink from-that patieDt cow which he has so long ancked—the New Zealand tax payer? How. many thousands has this cunning mountebank managed to pocket in one way or another for which wo now pay interest? Please answer the above and obligo many o£ your readers.—l am, <j-C., Settlbr.

On the 28th May, a representative meet ipg of tho districts of Arat Mangawai and North Oruawharo, was held in the Aral Church in answer to a notice requesting the settlera to express their wishes.about the church arid land. Mr Farrand was voted to tho chair, and briefly stated the objectof the meeting, saying, that the property was vow legally owned by Mrs Shepherd, but ( he believed she wished to convey it to the settlors, if they would have it. Mrs. Shepherd thanked those present for their kindly responso to her notice, and asked them to formally embody iv a resolution, their willingness to accept tho church, she conveying the same to trustees in accord ance with the conditions expressed in the', will of her late husband, which conditions wero : " That it could be used tor all meetings tending to tho benefit of the dis trict ; for any form pf Christian worship : but religious sectarian discussions and dancing to be disallowed." A resolution to that effect, proposed by Mr Haselden and seconded by Mr Lawrence, was carried unanimously. The chairman' next sug gested that there should be five trustees, Mrs Shepherd to name two, the meeting two, aud then four to choose the other. This was agreed to unani mously. Mrs Shepherd named Mr Farrand and Mr Sturcb. The meeting, after a little discussion and deliberation, in order that all the districts might be fairly represented, named|Mr A. Boldero.and Mr Thomas Eyre. These*wore all unanimously elected. Mrs Shepherd then said, that with as little delay as possible tho property should be given to the trustees. She hoped the n eceesary repairs tollthe building wonid be done by those vising it, to the cost of which she would contribute. There was no doubt the church had been of great use, arid that by the Sunday services many had been helped the better to fulfil life's daily duties. She hoped such would still be the case, and that the teachings heard there would always .bo simple.as were tho teachings,of Christ, A cordial vote of ..thanks haying been given to Mrs Shepherd, and feelingly acknowledged, the meeting ended.

The new session of the Auckland Mnsethn and Institute will be commenced on Monday evening next, by an address by tho President, and several papers of special interest by mem bers. :-,-..,.".

Tho usual united meeting for Prayer and Bible Rending will not be hold this evening in the Rooms of the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation on account of the Conversazione.

Thelastbutope .of the series of addresses to the young on the subjeot of " The Battle of Life" will be delivered in -St. Matthew's Churoh to morrow evening. The title of this number.of the series is " His Banner." The service tbegin ing at 6.30) will be a soecial ona for Trinity Sunday. (It will oommence with hymns A. and M. and will include the anthem "Pr_iso i tho LOjd." ~,..'." . ... ..".. '~'■ .'.-:■ •: ■„ ~ ~-'.:: "The Wealeyans at Northcote have mado a Strong effort to build a new church for them solves in the district. They have,with the holp of their friends, succeeded at last. To-morrow tho new place ot worship will be opened.- The sermon will he proaohod at 3 o'clook by tho Roy. H. K. Dewsbury, and at 7 p.m. by Rev. W. McCallum. Tho opening tea meeting will be held on ■Wednesday evening next, when several'ministers and laymen will be'prosont and give addresses. Tea at _ o'olook. It is expeoted that a teleot ohoir from Auokland will be there and give some selections of mußio, and that many friends will visit tho meeting.

'Services at the Auckland" churches to morrow are annduiiced as usual. St Paul's Trinity Sunday services, Ordination and Com munion ; Newtoarket Wesleyan Church— preachers, Revs T. Buddie*, L. M. foltt, and Mr Girling; opening services at Northcote Wes ley ah Church-Kovs H. B, Dewobury and A. MoCallum; Choral Hall —Mr Goo. Brown, Lecture " Tho Political downfall of the 'Apos tate Church." Evening services at the Theatre Royal as usual.* '■ . —* " We learn' that, by the request of -the Committeo of St. Andrew's Mutual Improve ment: ' Association, Mr J. Blaokman has promised to repeat his lecture, ' Reoollebtto-s of Charles, Kingsley," at an early date, whloh will bo duly announced, in order that mernbe_ and others who were prevented from being in attendance by tho unfavourable state of the weather, may hare an opportunity of listening to the pleasant story of a good man a Ufo. It is expected that the Rev. A. Carriok, of St.: Andrew's Churoh, and President of the Associa tion will take the chair ,

THEATRE ROYAL.

H.M.S. PINAiOiIE.

This highly popular comic operetta was performed last night to the now customary crowded house. Tho little performers acquitted themselves in their several parts with the utmost success, and the audience applauded very heartily. Several favourite items were encored, and tbe general satis faction with the performance was marked from beginning to end. The "piece" has a -rood run before it. Late trains, buses, and ferry steamers have been arranged for to-ni_ht in order that suburban residents may have an opportunity of visiting the Theatre.

The Union Sash and Ooor Company have goUown 3000 niore logs, making 6000 last week,

FURIOUS GALE IN CHRIST CHURCH.

Br Teleqeaph.— Press association.)

CHRISTCHURCH, this day, A furious galo from the S.W., accom panied by heavy rain, commenced yesterday evening and still continues. Large trees were extensively damaged and others blown down. Tho low lying-parts of the town are flooded ; rivers very high, some overflow their banks in places.

THE RECENT STRANDING.

[BY TELKOKAPU. -PItESS ASSOCIATION.]

WELLINGTON, Friday. Tub English barque] [Arabella, supposed to have struck a rock outside the heada when coming in, was placed upon the patent slip after discharging. It was found that she must have struck about three feet of the keel near the rudder, it boing bent, and one of the plates cracked, and showing small holes. The Customs authorities intend to hold an inquiry. ; A preliminary inquiry was held by tho Collector to-day into tho Hawera'a aud Hinemoa- gounding at tho Manukau. It is not concluded.

POLICE COURT.-This day.

(Beforo R. C. Barstow, Esq., R.M.)

DRUNK.—One person was fined 5s for this offence.' ,; ~|,

Conjugal Disaffection.—John Carter i was called upon to show to the satisfaction \ lot the Court why he should not.contribute ;thc sum of 7b 6d towards the supports of his ,wife, according to an order of the Court, !made on the 11th of January tlast.—Mr Browning, for Mr Dufaur, supported the application of the wife.—' John Carter deposed that he was unable to pay that amount; ho kept the two children, and his wife was earning 20s a week and did not requiro his aid. She ran away from him for many weeks, and cared nothing about her children. He had done all he could to make hie wife happy and retaiu her affection, but his efforts were all in vain. He could not pay.—Margaret Carter deposed that her husband had been paying 7s 6d. , She had been six weeks in a situation. She still needed his assistance, and would take tjie children and bring them up properly. The youngest was 4 months old. She could not live with her husband,—To His Wor ship : Had been in service as a cook at 20s per week. Had to pay 15s a week to a wet nurse. Was leaving on Monday next. - His Worship said it was a pity the husband and wife could not make matters up, and live comfortably together.—Mr Carter : Your Worship,'. I aid all I could for, her, but instead of doing her best, she was gallivanting the streets. She never tried to make me comfortable. She never said, " Carter here's a pair of clean stockingß ; for you ; here's your warm slippers." He could not live with such a woman.—His Worship: You !took her for , betteror worse;' that was the stipulation.— Your Worship, 'tis no use; she's all worse. I can't pay her out of my small earnings.— His Worship : I cannot reverse the order; you must pay. '';,* This was all the business;

CONVERSAZIONE AT THE V.M.C.A. ROOMS.

The.first of. a series of Winter evening 'lectures aud entertainments was held last night-in the rooms .of the. XOUDS Men- Christian Association j and although the elements were unpropitlous, there was a large attendance of ladies, and gcntlemem., It was evident that the originators or this pleasant. social meeting have every: reason • to congratulate themselves upon ~the success of the venture.1 The chairman, sf. ■C. Firth, Esq.., opened the proceedings with a brief speech in which he said that a few days ago the indebtedness of the committee amounted to £150, but that that indebted ness, through the gifts of friends, had been reduced to £60. The library contained 2500 volumes, of which there was an issue of 950 every month. He then offered some valuable and sago advice'to the young1, and from his description of the prosperity of the Association, it was manifest that so far it had succeedodin its main object, ■ viz., "The Improvement of the Spiritual and Mental Condition of Yonng Men." After giviug several illustrations of the sucpess of other associations, and happily, apply ing -the titles of .the songs in tbe musical programme^ which followed, the chairman invited the audience ,to amuse themselves by examining - and scrutinising ;.the various -objects—micro scophial and otherwise— that had been obtained for their inspection and entertain ment. All thorooms were decoiated. with ever greens, flags, banners, etc., the effectof which was to lend to the room a very comfortable and pleasant appearance. The. microscopic objects appeared to be largely patronized by the fair sex, but the great centre of attraction was tbe collection of objects, telephone, etc., under tbe astute management of Dr. Purchas. One of the' microscopic objects waß certainly very amusing, It was an animalcule, taken from the water-supply pipe in Dr, Purchas' house."'-The curious visitor could scarcely see it with the naked eye, while under t the microscope it looked almost as ■ large as a man's hand. The_ beating of its heart was distinctly visible and the little creature (afterwards shown oh can vas by Mr Josiah Martin) .!had- eyes which"appeared like black discs. In; the lodge-room, adjoining the lecture-hall, there was nlargecollection of Maori and Polynesian curios, most of which were lent by Messrs Coembes and Franklin. In this room : also there were several good photographs of many of the principal places in the .balmy,; spicy island, "of Ceylon— Kandy,, Colombo, Pointes dcs Galles, and the famous, well near Colombo, which is supposed, to be con nected with scriptural history. The telephone created'quite a fund of amuse mont. Many questions were asked and replied to, Mr King eventually singing a* song Which was distinctly heard by the listeners. Mr Buddie took the'opportu* nity at intervals, of making a few remarks in which 'he said that in' con-, sequence of the unexpectedly .large attend ance, the committee had determined to re peat the entertainment this evening with a new and attractive musical programme. He further remarked on the scarcity of sitting accommodation and in this connection re marked that ho noticed several gentlemen sitting down while a number of ladies were standing—he would not say the rest. The following musical programme was then gone through : •'-Scotch fantasia, for piano and violin, Mr lieale and Miss Roy; song, "Will'o' the Wisp," Mr. King;—the hall did ;not appear suitable for sing ing, as many of the., _inger_iupper notes wore soarcely audible, in other respects the song was ■executed' Well, and with considerable spirit;" Apart," Miss Halstead—given with much pathos and feeling; "All the World's a Stage.": Mr H. Cuipan —well sung, but lacking in distinctness of enunciation; "The King's Highway,"-Miss A. Maunsell—this lady sung with considerable verve and precision and, was loudly applauded -duet,. ", The Hymn of'the Moravian Nuns," Misses Macky . and. McMillan — executed with great ability, although the lower notes might, with effect, have been sung a little louder; song, " 1 Fear no Foe," Mr Cox— the gentleman is evidently a trained singer. Do would, however, be heard to better advantage in a smaller room ; song, "At the -Ferry," MiSs Spry—this lady has a sweet voice, and sang vi ith much _ taste, despite, some nervousness; Impromptu for piano and violin, Mr Bealc and Miss ftpy —a capital rendering; " Never More" (a translation, from Non c Ver), Mr Forth— pleasingly sung ; song, "I Have Always a Welcome for Thee," Miss Tait, given with much spirit and feeling ; song, " Under the Greenwood Tree," Mr McCoskrie—the gen tleman gave great satisfaction, although his voice was scarcely heard in the distant parts of the hall; quartette, "The Fisher man's Good Night," Misses Halstead and Geeji and; Messrs1 Cox and Heath tenor and bass appeared to. be rather weak, otherwise the selection was well executed. * At this stage Mr Martin gave his limelight exhibition of microscopic ob jects on canvass with descriptive lecture. The lecturer's description of many of the insects proved not only instruc tive, but highly amusing to his audience; and many laughable remarks were in terchanged as the magnified object were projected upon tbe screen. The conversazione appeared to be thoroughly enjoyed by all the visitors. It is satisfac tory to learn that not only were a consider able number of season tickets issued, but that a large sum of money also was takcD at the doots. This must be encouraging to promoters of the conversazione, and will no doubt improve the financial prospects of the Association. A vote of thanks to the ladies and gentlemen who had given their musical services during the evening was carried by acclamation, and the proceed ings terminated with the whole singing "God save the Queen," *" l

CABLEGRAMS.

[Reuters Telegrams.]

EUROPEAN.

GREAT FIRE IN QUEBEC.

A Thousand Houses Bus ine'd.\ LONDON, June 9. v Telegrams have been received- from Quebec, Canada, announcing that a most destructive fire has occurred in that city. It broke out in the thickly populated part, and spread with great rapidity to several blocks of houses, all efforts to allay its pro gress being, for some time, without avail. The conflagration raged for several hours with great severity, but was finally extin guished. It is estimated that fully ono thousand houses have been completely des troyed. It is'not yet kuown, whether any loss of life has occurred.

RIOTS AT CORK,

LONDON, June 9th,

i News has been received to-day from Ire land reporting that the disturbances in the neighbourhood of Cork have been renewed. Further riots have occurred between the police and tho peasantry, and general dis order prevails iv the district.

otago harbour loan,

LONDON, June 8,

The Otago Harbour Works Loan of £100,000 was placed on the market to-day.

ANGLO-FRENCH COMMERCIAL . .. TREATY.

LONDON, June 9.

! In the House of Commons to-day, a reso lution was agreed to on a division setting forth that any fresh commercial treaty with the French Government would be unsatis factory, unless it provided for the reduction of the import duties levied by France,

VOTING IN FRANCE.

PARIS, June 9th*

I The French Senate to-day; after alengthy 'debate, threw out the Bdl which passed the Chamber of Deputies last month, providing tor the adoption of the Bcrutin de liste in place of the system of serutin d'arrondisse ment, „ .

WOOL SALES.

LONDON, June 9.

; At the wool sales to-day 11,400 bales were offered, and the prices shewed a hardening tendency. 9000 bales have been withdrawn from sale since the opening.

~ COMMERCIAL,

LONDON, June 9.

; Consols remain at 100_. ;, New Zealand 5 per cent. 10-40 loan is 105; New Zealand 5 per cent. 1889 loan is 105 ; New Zealand 4_ per cent. .1879-190-loan is 103. Bank rate ;of discount is unchanged at 2_ percent., and the market rate in 1_ per cent. The total reserve in notes and bullion in the Bank of England • -iB« £14,800,000. i Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, is 48s. New i Zealand wheat is 455. Adelaide flour, ex 'warehouse, is 33s 6di Australian tallow : Best beef, per cwt-, is, 35b ; best inutton,,37s 6d.

AUSTRALIAN.

ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM i uo ••:.-.• vi gaol;'!' -' y.J :iht MELBOURNE, Saturday, i James Henderson, reputed owner of the steamer Ferret, alias India, made on; it iteinpt last.evening to escape from.Pcntridge ;gaol. He'had'-led away the bars of his Icell windoW'and had-succeeded in making his exit from .the cell when.he, was dis covered by the warders arid again placed in custody,, Hofnow. stands committed, for trial on charges of conspiracy in connection ;with the Ferret. •'*i ■'• t'■'■'■ j ARRIVAL OF THE JOHN ELDEE. j. ~..,.,-,, ... ADELAIDE,. Saturday, Arrived ' yesterday," Orient' Company's .steamship, John Elder, from Plymouth.

HANLAVS TKICK MaTCHE^.

SYDNEY, June 10. ' I A local mechanic has succeeded in fitting ■a sculling boat with a sliding seat which ;acts"as' _motbr,'iri a similar manner to tliat !in the boat in which Hanlan rowed the race for the championsb.jp of .the j world* was' alleged to have been constructed.

COMMERCIAL.

ADELAIDE, June 10... _

Wheat is 4s Bd. The market is very quiet. Town flour, £11 53; country brands,; *£I*o-5s to £10 10s,I Freights to iLondbn (steamers and sailing), ' l_ss; freights to the' United' Kingdom from Adelaide, 355.;--ditto from outports, ; .37.s Gd. There has been but little doing in freights during the week, and the market is dull. - ■ - —~-

THE CHARGE OF ARSON.

Afibb we closed our Poliocj Court report of the charge of arson against the Bindon Brothers yesterday, the evidenoo of Detective Jeffery was taken as follows :—Bearing too alarm of fire at 9,10 pan. on the 2nd instant, he proceeded to tho scene of the fire from the Police Station close by. The" witness described" the Besrch of tha building mado with Superintendent Hughes, and corroborated the- statement of the latter. He produced some of the boards cut out that morning from the place where the Are broke ou-, still retaining the smell of kerosene, also some nnburnt coal, which had fallen out of the; grates on to the office, floor. After his ex amination he went to prisoner- house.Conquest' Place, with Detective Brennan, lea ting Con stable Strathearn in charge of the place.* W. T. Bindon answered to their knock, coming out in his night-shirt. Witness told him hiß Btore waa but down, fie got rather excited and said, "My God, lam ruined!" Witness asked him when he left the'store. Ho said he left at half-' past sin company with his brother James. He, said he locked up the hack door. He Was not sure whether he. looked the yard door or not., i They left by the front door. He locked it and brought the key home. He said they went straight home, and did not meet anyone on the way that he knew of. Got home about '6, had' dinner with his wife and brother James, and went to bed about halt-past 8. JameS Bindon waa in bed. . Detective Brennan went in to Bpeak to hint.** and In answer-to Brennan, while witness was present, said after dinner they went down to the boat-shed, moaning himself and his brother, to settle up the- boat--aud put bloo-s under her. Witness asked'W. V. Bindon whst he meant by Baying he was not out at all, and he then eaid, " Yes; I forgot. Wo Were down at the boat-ehed to fix a"nd prop, tho boat -up." lie said they, took "a spade down with them to dig a place :to fix up tho blocks. They left-alter dinner, between* 6 and 7, and wore-iibsont about au hour; returned home about 8, and want to bed about hall-past B.r jThe.other, prisoner, who was present, made, a'slmilax statement. James said' William did the digging, and he was carrying some ohains off the beach. Both Bald they had been together alt the time from leaving the store for home. Witness asked William if he was Insured, Ho said he was, but the policy had run out three months previously ;_nd, ih ri>ply to a further question from witness as to whether .he was* jure about that; he said he was nearly sure.' When witness asked to see tho policy he said it was down in his cash-box in the store. -He said at this time he had property, on the 'premises Worth from £100 to £170, and was doing a good business, and did notowea man a £s note,and the fire had ruined him. fie' B&id they had left a fire in the office and one below, and said he oould nor, account for the fire in any way, exoept some .person, did it .through -spite.i The Bocond brother, was present when' all this was said, and- concurred with him. When witness inquired about the policy,-W.-V. Bindon said it W*s th his cash box where all his books were kept, and if the place was burnt they were all gone. Witness told him he had the cash-box, and requested him to come to town and see it he could nnd the polioy. He accompanied Detoo tivo Brennan and witness to the station and the scene o£ the fire. On tho way he Bald luc_ily he had.taken his cheque-book home, as he made a cheque out that night. Un arrival at the store;they* went into the office to search for tho policy, but the cash-box was not there, and ho did not search much. Mr Bindon then went* to tho police station, searched tbe cash box, bat could not find tho policy. Wit ness suggested that it might bo in hi- houte, He assented, and thoy all returned to pri- oner's houso at Parnell, where they made search, and in a ohest of drawers in hiß bedroom th-r found a.,lasso .envelope, containing the ,policy and a number of other dooments, including another policy,, a bin of Bale, two deeds, an agree ment,*-a receipt, and an insuranoe notico. Witness ..found the policy would not both brothers, and charged thorn with setting Are to the place. William said, "I did notdo it; llijuow 1 bad a small stock in the place, but I expect more shortly. I have been down at the boat-shod." Tho othor brother said," I did not dolt I know nothing about it, I was with my brother down at the boat-shed." Prisoner Wil liam.-Bindon pointed, out the boat-shed In Judge's Bay. Witness examined the boat-shod to find if their statement was oorrect. The boat was looked up, but thore had beon no recent dig ging in the boat-shod.

The case was thenadiourne- until next Fri day.. An appltcation by Mr Hesaeth for bail was unopposed, and bail was fixed at two Bure tie-of J3200 and two of; £100

SUNDAY NIGHT'S ECLIPSE.

(To the Editor.)

Sir, —Allow me to call the attention of your readers to the eclipse of the moon to-morrow night. Such events cannot fail to interest the most casual observer, especially when they happen, as the approaching one will, early in the evening. Should the weather prove fine a pretty sight may be expected, and one which will not be repeated for some time to come, seeing that next year no such phenomena will take place. The following contacts are given in Auckland local time :—

PARLIAMENTARY.

'FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

WELLINGTON, this day THE INDIGNITY TO Hdv »?_' BERS BEFORE THEIoKDS EM' In reference to Sir George GrevW.„'' ■ about representatives _,Z'** during the opening of P„ rl . Stand Premier 10-daye X pi£f.;; e;^t e to provide chairs was __/„ - _Jn,UUOB was not known by__ s !!_?* °S * He might alt^add, ?e S'l^ t!»«»W s.derediu , iSsen ti_g S o^,f°-?W «" con. George Grej, tUat fi » -P£n»9» of Sir the presenc. 0 f t_a _f® * ed s'aod'.„-,_ explanation wa ß __t_£_S__ Jie hoped the MR Geoee Grey ___£, ; question was whether thy ____ the satisfactory to him but -whetS?--* 110-1 wbb factory to . the . House. * __P *■•» Wis other questions raised by the Pr M- Vo *• whether tho Kepresentatives _J_S? _? to in the presence of tbe -SMjSfc*"** MR HAL!, said he alluded to the Z". 011 of the Governor not the Council P eMa Sir GeorGk Grey said we ought to occupy exactly the same position,B.; « anything, a inpenot position to the Cov_ci The question having been raised it __Sm be left to the House to settle 8;-tS_ matter of great importance, and If the af verument did not ask for a committeeX would. He saw Mr Whitaker ifflj but he.could say it,was no laughi™ mt£? He ought not to be interrupted W__* Whitaker, as he (Sir George Grey) *___" .person who suffered. M tUe. ! Mr Whitaker ; I deny intetrupti__ the hon. member. ... ..? . !j Sir George Crey replied- The hon. gentleman spoke to me or at me Mr Whitaker •. I was not even lookim?' at him. B

, Mir Wakefield -. He simply ma d C _ remark to me about another matter and was not attending even to what the hon. gentle, man said. (Laughter.)

j Sir Geohge Grey* asid it was a dig., - turbance which ought not to have taken place, and he appealed to the speaker to pro teot him. The question was one of privilege and the acts of the House, and in some colonies tie subject was keenly felt. La one colony the representatives refused to go into the Council Chamber, and the Governor had to summon both branches at Government House. He therefore asked the Government to appoint a committee to | report on. the course' tbe House should j take. ...

; Mr Hall said the matter should bo further considered. ;* < ■;

The Speaker said it.might settle the ' matter if he read a letter from the Speaker ot the Upper House to the Clerk of the Legislative Council. The, letter stated; that i the omission to i place • chairs lin the- Council 'for; thb Eepresentativos waa' purely ■'~accidental, and no . dis courtesy was intended to Sir. G. M;> P'Rorke as Speaker,: to the. Members of. the -House, or the legislature. He person-' ally approved of the proposed arrangomont re placing chairs,, and had given positive orders for suitable accommodation to be pro vided in future. He much regretted that I the omission had occurred.; '•••■ '■ • ■'■'-

. On the suggestion of tho Premier, the. question was postponed until Tuesday' ;next.. ..-■:-■. .., ,-■__■■ , o .|

RETORN OF ADVERTISING.

jOn Sir George' Grey moving for a return ;of payments made to* all 'papers other than daily ones.

Mr Halx, insisted on the return being foil and complete, including daily .papers, jbut .777.7 : '7 . ..'.*„ j Sir Geo. Grey'replied.that'.he, did not want to give the^ trouble of preparihe a fullet' return. The Government could, iftheyd.. sired, give return re,daily papers after--"-!-..- ' i /Eventually-the i words, "Other __■ 'daily ones" were Btruciout.aiu- tbe motion! jwas carried/ ■:■. '•■ j ./.'^ ;*; J -THE GOVERNOR'S WARDROB_- j The subject of the Governor's appearattta . " at the Opening of Parliament is still oh the/ ; tongues of eyeryohe., ■: Many people''bw:'». they nevißr saw cucligorgeousness sincetfl 1 appearance of George EignoJd as Henry the tit jjfifth, and.a theatrical caterer in the town- Would •giveagdod.'deal to get Sir Arthur GordOn to do a_starriDg tour of _he colony if i jonly for lihe waVdro.be.,., „,.

'OF' PUBLIC SCHOOLS. j :The'"lii-!pfe_bi^General of Schools, in "a r report on the animal examination of candi-: dates' for teacher.' certificates held in Janu ary _ la«t,rstat_.'that 572 entered for all iclasses, 4-90 were presented, 140 passed, 65 :we're partially," successful, and 3 com*; inleted former examination for class E,' "With regard ' to. Auckland 9 en tered for class D, of whom; only one passed ; 134 entered for class E, of whom 111- presented themselves, 6 passed, and 30' were partially- successful. The candidates in arithmetic for class D were weaker than* might have been, expected, and the results' inferior to last year, while the results in, class E showed an improvement over last; year. They were, far from satisfactory ia both classes., He says the examination in' geography is treated almost as a matter of memory, and those questions which appeal7 to tbe understanding were either not attempted or badly done. Many; of the answersin bistoryshbwed snrptisingmemory with very little power of any other kind. The average Work in elementary science is [not so good as last year. £404 were | received in examination fees, which nearly cover the cost. Some of the questions are very simple, and may be readily answered. For instance, in geography, the candidate in class, G is required to trace the course of. a ship leaving New York for Sydney, going thence to Newcastle, thence-to Lyttelton, and finally on to New York again; and be is further required to describe the probable nature of the cargo with which she would be loaded in each port-

IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

LIABILITY OF.SHIP CAPTAINS.

I At a special silling of the. Resident Magis trate's Court, to .day, Mr R. C. Barstow gave judgment in the case of Hoffman, Captain Orri of the barque Peru, The claim was for £-0, for damage alleged to have done to a piano imported by the defendants on the Peru.' Mr A." E., Whitaker appeared for plaintiff, and Mr S.* HeskeiSh for defendant. The judgment delivered by His Worship was as follows: Although negligence is presumed "against any carrier lor "damage occurring to goods whilst in his charge for carriage) yet he may contract hiuiseft out'o'f many species of damage, and only remain liable for damage which he has not taken the precaution to specify his freedom *; from loss arising therefrom. The bill of lading forms the contract between the parties in this care and hy its terms they must be bound. Though the defendant would be liable for damajjo from saeh causes as. neglecting to pump,- -insufficient dunnage, improper stowage, carrying dangerous cargo, leakage through decks unless exceptional, or gross carelessness or culpability in taking on board discharging or barratry, and even from the ship not being properly tovM or navigated, yet generally he is only iiaoleior the case or package, and not for the con tents, when these latter are signed tor as unknown, and liability for their breakage guarded against. In signing for cargo m " good; order " when the packages were not in such condition would also establish a liability. Ordinary care mnst be used in giving suctt receipt* When, how ever, a prima facie case bas been es tablished on the carrier's behalf that he has performed his stipulated part of the contract it restii upon the plaintiff to show that the "contents" of the package were in good order when put on board, and this must not be left to mere inference. lam satisfied that in the case now before us, the package had been tampered with before it was shipped on board the Peru, for the cutting ot t_e zinc could not have been effected without taking a large part of the case off thetnano, an operation not performed on board, and also that the case had been so put together again as to warrant a good order receipt being given for it. I can therefore only give such damages as appear to be sufficient to cover the injuries done to the wooden packing case, which I assess at 20fc-- Mr Whitaker asked regarding costs.— ■Bu Worship said the costs, which amounted to £6 17*, must follow the judgment.—Mr Whitaker applied for two guineas, costs oi survey made by Captain Anderson.—Mr .Hesketh objected. Captain Anderson had already been allowed the fee of one guinea for his evidence. The defendant had paid for a survey which they did not put in, and lie was not aware that Captain Anderson* survey had been put in.—His Worship allowed the two guineas claimed, which brought tbe costs up to £8 19s. The Court then rose.

A young lady iv Melbourne has just re covered £1800 damages from the Victorian Government for injuries sustained through a railway accident. ,_'.. .... ~.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, JUNE 11,



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or £1 Free Gifts I—The Proprietors ol Wolfe's Aromatic Sohibdam schnapps, to in-uco tho destruction and prevont the im nropor use of their wrappers and labels, and thus further protect tbe Publio against fraud and deception, havo enolouod In tho wrappors, or undor he label on tho quart bottles, since Ist October, 1878, and continue to enclose in bvbry DAY'S PACKING T-KO-QHOUT THE YEAR THREE £1 ORDERS, which aro drawn npon the undersigned, and whioh will bo cashed by thorn on presentation. To secure these Gifts, tee Publio must be careful to ask for, and accept nothing but, the GENUINE.UPOLPHO WOLFBfI 30IINAPP8, With our namo upon the top label, M. Moss & Co WynyardJLano, Sydney.