SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

__IGH WATER{ Sajg_S___S«7.30 SUNSET.— This Evening, 7.U UNRISE.-To-morrow Morning. 5.W MOON'S AGE-Full Moon 23rd, 6.51 p.m.

ARRIVALS.

LAST EVENING. lona, s.s.. Johnßon. from Wnansarol Venus, Ketch, Nell, from Opotlkl TO-DAY. Atlantio sohooner. Motthows, from Rarotonga Three Cneers. sono-ner. tram Suva _____

DEPARTURES.

LAST HVKNING. Wellington, s.s.. Farqubar. for Russoll Glenelg, s.s., Stophcrn-00. for Tauranga D_raal__. b.b.. Norris, for Meroury Bay Kanoy Kelly, ketoh, William., for Mohgonu Columbia, .chooner, Conway, for Whangarei

IMPORTS.

Pet Atlantic from Rarotongn-53 Tomnnn | knees, 5 boxes dried bananas, 16 tonoopra, It b vies cotton, 9 ossks llrj_e_uico. 3 bags .-.tiers, 6 bags lung as. 9 sacks arrowroot, 2000 ooooanuts. Per Acacta-5.0.0 rails. 10.000 pall-RS. II.OOMt. tlmber. 30 pairs shafts. 10 tons ground bora.— j. Craig. Commeroo-strost. Per Savoy Kate-65 tons coal—J Craig. Per Rose-50 tons Whangaroi ooai.-J. Oraig,

VESSELS EXPECTED.

j_o-I)ON.-Tyi-lonns, T.W.GC barque. Opt. 11TSun J-eidel, P.V.S.K., ship. Ootober 21. iS-.taura. H.N.B F., November II tLrown thorpe. M.X.8.D., November 12; Brahmin. P.tf-tD.7 »ovomber 23 ; Halolone MM, Glanoe. Warwick and Himalaya, loading Nov. LivaßPOOi,.-_Jetterowe, Q.K.9.V., barqae, HSS-» (NOVB gcotia).-Wenona. H.K.V.R. MANlixi-SmUlngMorn, b*rquo Deo, 19. MAOBmoB.-Sybil, H.^M.H.. Deo. 1. New York.—lrene, J.D.B 8, orl«, eepi. /d, Rio?barque toe. Oot, 25; Ollvo Thnrlow. SarqueT: Nov. 4: otanley and Kansom, loading. ao»oi__li _-Peerle-S brlgantlne. bbuTHVRW Foi.TS.-_ea Bird, lieflanoe, and Annie Wilson from Dunedln; Young Diok t^nj_B *B__ lSLAsns.-Maj.eppa, Transit. Three Cheers, Fairy Qaeen, Myrtle; Klslnore, Pirate and Byno.

ARRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC.

At I o'clock this morning the Bohooner At lantlo dropp** anchor off tho Queen-street. wharf, after a passaie ot 14 doys from Kara* linga. Shehas experienced some very severe weather as may be Been from the following re- Dart furnUhed by Captain Matthews: - Left QStn Nov. 25, at 8 P.m.. and sighted R-__i_n_aatlP.ni. on the 15th, awiving tho M-Wlug rl!_V. JOlsobarged Auckland cargo md proceeded to Atiu, where wo took in s__t_n. and returned to R.ratonga on DAO.2g. nisflhan-ed cotton and took In copra and ootton ______^-.d! During our stay In Raratonga on both o_oa_lonß. had very unfavour-b'o weather. L.ft Raratonga for Auokland „f the 9th Of Jan, and experienced ___._. weather tLI the 15th. when tho w^nd backed 6 to -7S, Iron. K.N.E. with he«y raln and a fa-line barometer. At midn fht was blowing a furious galo. Took in all sail except tho tuner jib to keep tho vessel from broaching to, and ran before tho galo until dav lic'ht when wo found it necessary to cut away Brought tho vetwa to the Wind and let go theport anchor with 45 fathoms cable Besides tho loss of ho topmast and yards, and sails and gear belonging to ttem, during the galo we got our boat broken up, the gaUey shifted and broken, and water closet tv__ed away, &c. On the 17th the pale moder ating at 9 a.m. set sail, and ;ha_ moderate weather untU arrival (this morning).

Inwards Coastwise. -Saucy Kate, from Whangarei, with 65 tons coal: Mercury, from Ttdrna, with 23,500 ft timber andlo.ooo shingles; Pa_c_7from Tairua, with 26,G00ft timber; Ma hurangi, from Houhora. Outwards COASTWISE-Christlna, for Rus sell ; Waiwera, for Whangarei. The ketch Venus, from Opotiki lost evening, brought a cargo of 500 posts. According to papers to band from Australia ttlro_W-.ppeaV.hat the Looh Fleet boat the ____ l/rr by a day In the run across from here to Newoastle No particulars are given. Tho now schooner Louid iPillinger) arrived at Levmka from Auckland while the Three Cheers wasat Suva, and was daily oxpected at tho latter port. A few weeks ago tho schooner Albatross touched on a sunken reef off Suva and lost her ffio keel and part of hor copper. No serious domago was sustained by the vessel.

The Auokland .cboonor Transit and Gorman nchooner Christine wero expeoted to leave Buva shortly after the Threo Cheers. The former was bound for Tonga, i end could not therefore bo^xneote. to arrive in_ Auok land in time for ibe regs.'o. The Ohri.tlne oomes here dlreot, and may be dally exneoted. CaDtaln Murray, late of theeohoonerElsinore was a passenger by the Atlamlo, ~ hloh arrived this morninu. Be cornea here to take charge of Mr A.a Donald's new soeooner now nearly flnlßbed at Messrs Sims and Browns yarn, North Shore. •

The schooner Three Cheers, after a smart D-Bssge of six days from Suva, arrived In har bour at noon tcwl-y. captain Wnrdook MoKenzle is in charge. Tho Tnree Cheers left Wftsniarel on December 12, reached Suva on tbe 2S._. and saUed og__- for Auokland on Jacu a-yl7tb. Light southerly winds were first e_- uerlenoed, shorty veering to northward, which continue- until arrival. Fbe arrived m balls... By arrival of the Three Che rs from Suva, we learn tbat dnrl»g the trevolenoa of a sklo on January 13th. the Auo~l»nd Bcbooner Crgnet lOa-taln Boss) was run a_ore at Navna(ne_r Suva. She was still ashore on the l7th.botno dlfflonlty was anticipated In getttng her afloat wlthoat any serious Injury. We urdir.t»nd the Cygnet comes on to Auokland enroot. The s.s. lona arrived from Whangarei last evening with 40 sacks gum, 8 boles wool 80 cases fruit, 10 saoks fungus, 1G boxes eggs, sundries, and tho following passengers:-Mrs Beddlngton, Miss Hewit, Mrs Hewit, Mrs Nlcholson. Mrs Brown, Miss Hobbs, Mrs Me- Kenzie. Miss Holden, Mrs Atken and party (3), Misses Welling (2), Mrs Welling, Mr Pnckey and party (5), Mrs Lord, Misses Brown (3), Messrs McKenzlo, leaser, Harvey, MilliEgton, Somerflold (2), Longley, Hewlett, Lord, Way mouth, Herd, Revs. Hewlett (21 and DeUow, . Messrs Jtoss,Abemet_h_r, J-inl«S--m_-_,-.'',

KAIPARA SHIPPING.

Heads, this day.

Soiled, Friday t Byren and Vision. Te barque Mary Mildred, In oomlng ont of _»uhoa loaded, took the bonk and is making woter. she will have t. partially discharge. ABBIVA—!(.—Jan. 20: Marmlon. -oh,' John ston, Auokland, with a general cargo. i.KPABH.EE..-Jan. 19: Philliplne, barque. Watt, Sydney, with 161.000 ft dressod and 71..0 ---ft rough sawn timber: ttestless, brig, Magrato. Sydney, with 93.1 OOft dressed and 136,000 ft rough sawn tlmbar; Maria Virginia, brlgontine, Law. Rookhonlpton, with 184 000 ft dressed ana 26,000 ft rough sawn tlmbor ; Vision, brig, Mc- Cabe, Dunedln, 117,000 m sawn timber.

COMMERCIAL.

SALES BY AUCTION.

Evenino Stab Offiob. Tuesday. MESSES B. Tonks & CO. sold at their matt to" day. five tons genuine ffrenoh whlto lead at from £23 to -3SO per ton. The enamel paints .werd not disposed of• _ _ ... Mr W. Dow^en submitted for sale to-day 600 volumes of new books, including the latest pro ductions ot Onlda, Wilkte Coluns, Miss Brad, -don, Aithony Trollops, and others. All lotß were twitted et satisfactory prlc^B. Mr G. W. Binney's sale was well attended, and a good business was done in hides at from Sd'td 3-d per lb; skins, from 9d to Is o_d; wool, 23d to 6_d: and tallow, 27s 6d per cwt, Mr R. Arthur's fruit sale was woll patromscd. Greengages brought .__ per lb; red or purple Blums, __d; damsons,-_d to sid; various other kinds of plums, -Id to 9_d: apricots, 6}; nectarines, 6d; pears, 2d to 3.d; apples, 2d to Bid; peaches, 3.d per lb (about 9d per doz.); Watermelons, Is 6d per doz. Mr R. C. Greenwood s property sole was well :'attended, the result being as follows:—Lot 3a, ■ North Shore, with frontage to Vnuxhall Road, 10s per foot; 80 acres at Monganui, 5s per acre. The house and two allotments in Hepburn-stroot 'Were passed ia at £320, and tbe Symouds-street property at £700. The unsold lots are open for private sale at the mart of the auctioneer. Auction sales for to morrow lnolode: Farms ■t Pinko, the Walkare estate, and privileges in eonnootion with tbe Bight Hours" Demonstra tion, at B, Tonksand Company's Mart; assorted earthenware, by Gabriel Lewis, and oattle at the Junction Yards.

SCHEDULE.

Name of Newspaper. " Auckland Rvi-NJNO BT-L8.".. Auokland. "Taranakl Herald".. _. - Torannkl. "Dally Telegraph.. _ .. Howkesßoy. " Evening Mall" .. Noleon. " Marlborough KxprAS-" _ - Marlborongb. •' West Coast Times"' .. .. Woitland. "Preie"- - Canterbury. " Otsgo Dsily Times and Wit ness" .. Otsgo. As wltnesi the hand of his Exoellenoy the Administrator ot the Government, this tenth day of Janu.ry, ono thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. THOMAS DIOK.

Mail Notice.

mXItB WIHI CLOB-i Afl US_EJfc— THM DAY. For Russell, Kawakawa, and Anßtrallan Colo nies, and Norfolk Island, per BotomAnana, at Laio letters for Sydney and Melbourne only For Whantrarol Heads, Waipu, WMngarcl, For Waltara, per Hannah Mokau. at 6 am. For Coromandei, per Coromandei, at 1.30 p.m. For Thames, per Kotomahane, at 2.3U p.m. For Talrun, per Poku, at 3 p.m. For Thames, per iintei-priso, at 5.30 p.m. Thursday. 25th Instant. For Walwora, Te Kapo, Craigloburn, and Warkworth, per Rose Casey, at 10 a-m. For Waltarn, &0., per Maogregor, at Ita.m. For Glsborne, Napier, Southern Ports, and Australian Colonies, per Manapouri, at 11 e_.ro. Tuesday. January 30th. Per o.a. Zealand!.- as follows: For S—-dwieh Islands, United States of America. Canada, British Columbia. Central and South America, and BriUah and Foreign West indies, at 1 p.m. For United Kingdom and Continent ot Bnrope, at 1 p.m. . . . •• For money orders, registered letters, and Newspapers, at 11.30 a.m. Late letters bearing on extra fee of sixpence. In addition to the postage, will be received by the Molt Agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. This moll Will be due In London, on Mon day, Maroh 12th, 1883. Si B, BISS, Chief Postmaster. Chief PoHt-offloe. Auokland.

Meetings, Entertainments, Etc

January 23,1883. St. Paul's Annual Parish Meeting, Sohool room, 7.30 p.m. Drill-shed—Volnnteer Rlflis, 7.50 p.m. Newton Hall—Protestant Alllanoo, Alexandra Lodge, 7.30 p.m. Meeting ot Hobson Corps, New Regnlot'ons, 7.30 p.m.

Births.

DONOGHUE.—On January lith, 1883, at her rcsidenco, Prospect-streot, Ponsonby, the wifo of Morty Donoghuo of a son. Both doing well. SLATER.-On tho 9th January, 1883, at hor residence, Howo-strcot, Auckland, tho wife of William Slater of a son. TWOHILL.-On tho 21st January, 1883, at her rcsidenco, Park Hotel, the wlfo of David Twobill of a daughter.

Deaths.

TAYLOR.- On January 22nd, 1883, at his fa-hoi's residence, Upper Symonds - streot, Charles Wilfred Taylor, aged 2 months. Private In terment. UNDERWOOD.-At her parents' rosidonco, 0 'Neiill-street, PonßOnby, Maud Underwood, aged 11 months. The funeral leaves to-morrow, 21th ins.., at 9.30 a.m.

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

TUESDAY JANUARY 23. 1883.

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

We would draw the special attention of County Councils, Highway Boards, and other public bodies, to the. proclamation under the hand of His Excellency the Governor, appointiog the AUCKI_AND STAB the only Government Gazette for tho Pro vincial District of Auckland, In connection with the opening ef the Wesleyan Conference to day, we publish in another column tbe first of a scries of three articles on Wesleyan Methodism. In reply to a correspondent, who enquires whether it is the duty of a weekly tenant to empty the water closet, we would point out that the by-law makes no distinction, but imposes the duty upon all occupiers of houses. Closets must be cleaned out once a fortnight, under pain of a penalty. A gumdigscr named John Davis has been received into the Hospital suffering from a very bod rprained ankle. He had been working at Kuman, when'his foot slipped into a hole which he had been digging, and the sprain was the result. Dr Stewart was called to see the sufferer and having re commended his immediate removal to the Hospital, he was brought down on Satur day. He is now doing very well, bat still I suffers great paio. '

Mr Alfred Finch, of Albert-street, begs to acknowledge receipt of a parcel of cloth ing from Mr lirackenrigg.

The charge of larceny as a bailco against W. F. Patterson will bo heard at the Police Coutf, to-morrow.

Haivest operations aro busily proceeding in Hawera and Normanby districts. The yield of wheat is expected to be from 40 to 60 bushels per acre.

News from Fiji by tho schoon,r Three Cheers is of little general importance/and almost altogether confined to shipping intelligence, which is recorded in tho usual column.

For some days past the charge-shcct_ at the Police Court lms been daily decreasing in length and importance. Yesterday three drunkards alone paid their devoirs to the friendly magistrate, and this morning there was not a singlo name on the matutinal "catalogue of ciime."

Charles Parker, an employee at_ Grey's sodawatcr manufactory, who h_d his wrist cut by falliDg on a box of bottles while carrying them, is doing as well as can be ex pected at tho hospital. Tho injury is a very serious one. several veins and arteties having been severed.

Yesterday the following weights wtro announced for tho Bushman's Purse, to be run at Helonsville on Monday next :— Soukar, Bst 12lbs; Fishwoman, B>t; Pa cific, Bst; Native, 7st 10*; Penrose, 7st 71bs ; Bryan O'Lynn, 6st lOlbs ; Comet, Gat lOlbs.

Tho police authorities havo been succes ful in capturing ono of the youn_» lanikins who ior somo months past havo amused themselves in their leisure moments by breaking the glass discs of the City Fire Alarms. Tho lad when caught by Dotcctive bullivan said that the printed instructions Baid " Break tho glass,' and ho had done it literally.

No time is being lost in making the necojsary preparations for opening the branch grammar school at Ponsonby. Tbo governors are now advertising for an assis tant master to take charge o{ the school, the salary ottered being £200 per annum. Testimonials regarding i tho applicants qualifications to teach English, olcmcntary classics^ and mathematics, must be sent in to tho secretary, on or before -Saturday next.

Georgo Fisher, the man who attempted suicide at Mercury Bay last Fiiday by cut ting his throat, is recovering rapidly in the Hospital. When the wound was stitched at Motcury Bay, he made repeated attempts to tear it open, but without effecting his purpose. The knifo did not penetrate as far as the windpipe, and consequently the injury is not ono of a very serious nature. Fisher's parents a'o residents of the Thames.

Tho yonng man Georgo Smatt, who fell a distanco of 40 feet from the roof of a building in course of corstruction last Thursday, was allowed to leave tho Hos pital yesterday for his father's house on tho Terrace. His rapid reeoveiy is considetod to bo a most remarkable one. Four days previously he was covered with bruises and injuries which rendered his condition a very critical one, but these healed very fast, and he was comparatively strong yesterday.

The yncht Thetis, built by Mr C. Bailey of Auckland, was again victorious at the Wellington Regatta yesterday, beating the Isca, Sappho, and others. Optimally the Thetis belonged to Mr R. E. Isaacs, and woo tie first race in which she competed easily. She was subsequently damaged in a gain in the harbour, placed in tho builder's hands for repairs, and sold to a Wellington gentleman. Since then she has proved successful in many races, and has carried off many prizes.

Complaints havo reached tho police that, on tho evening of Sunday before last, a fight without gloves took place in a secluded part of tho Domain cricket ground. It was reported that another was arranged to eventuate last Sunday ovening on the samo spot, and steps wcro taken by the authorities to prey out it. Several policemen attended at tho ground in plain clothes, but their services were not called into requisition.

At tho annual mooting of tho Epsom Presbyterian Church, held in Kpsom Hall on Saturday night, Mr J. L. Cochrane, secretary to the committee, read a state ment of accounts for tbe past year, showing a credit balance of £1 8s 3d. Tho follow ing gentlemen were elected the committee •for the ensuing year, viz.: —Messrs Ballan tino, Crawford,, J. L. Cochrane, Gardner, and Edward Neal. Mr Gardner was elected chairman of the committee, and (Mr Coch rane being unable conveniently to take the office again) Mr H. Neal was appointed secretary.

Several of tho Trades Societies that are to march in tho Eight Hours' Demonstra tion procession are having handsome banners painted by Mr Holland. That of the Bricklayers' Society bears tho represen tation of a gigantic trowel, on which is painted an excellent portrait of Mr William Gnird. one of the pioneers of the bricklavino ______—- J. 1-.-.-0. ■_■__. a__i[jn ot tbe Painters' is a landscape, with a representa tion of an easel in tho centre. Tho Brick layers' Labourers will march behind a gorgeous flag, on which i. depicted a par tially-finished brick house, surrounded by scaffolding, while trowels and other emblems of tho trade lay in the foreground.

it may prove interesting to compare the several reports presented by outgoing school committees at the district meetings held last evening. Great care an^trouble is observable in ono or two insts> ces where a large amount of information is placed in readable form before those most inter ested. This was particularly noticeable in tho report presented at the Grafton Hoad meeting. It was sUted, for instance, that the number of children on tho roll was 389, the daily average being 264, and then the number on the roll for each quarter with average attendance, of both boys and girls, and the total was given in tabular form ; while further on was a comparative state ment showing that in the year 1870, the average attendance was 286 ; in 1880, 275 ; in 1881, 275 ; andin 18S2, 264 ; thu_f show ing a slight decrease yearly. Another interesting matter will be discovered upon perusal of the various reports published in another column.

To the Editor: Sir,—lt's an ill bird fouls its own nest. I'm sorry to find we have got ono in " Eden Terrace ;" but let him stick to his own nest and not tbrow his dirt over the wholo district. However, he cannot injure it in the eyes of any but strangers, for it is well known to ba one of the healthiest districts about Auckland, being situated on the highest ridge, and joining Kyber Pa«s reservoir, the New North Koad running down the centre, and the ground sloping off bcau'ifully on each side forming a fine natural dr linage after every shower. I cannot believe anyone so green as not to know that the Highway Board (especially by the last Act, which ho can get for a shilling or so) havo plenty of power to cause nuisances to be abated. If there aro special car-cs, let him be manly enough to take them to Court himself, and not go to the S'AE. Go to Mr F. Heigh way, take him to it and prove it, and be will get satisfaction.—■ I am, &c, J.K.

Two well-known gentlemen who have an cnviablo (?) reputation for being very ener getic "beggars," and who consequently always drop in for the lion's share in can ' vesting for regatta subscriptions, and such like, had a rather unpleasant experience one day last week. They called upon a certain merchant during their Quoen.street round', and in polite language requested a donation. This was refused point blank, whereupon the two energetic repre sentatives of the famous Auckland Re gatta Club began to argue the matter, and in course of conversation, remarked (hat in giving a subscription the merchant would bo forwaraing a good cause, and perhaps attracting new custom. The man of merchandise hereupon became highly in censed, and after denouncing regattas "every way he knew how," informed his visitors rather abruptly of the locality of the door. They accordingly accepted the kind invitation, and departed tor "fresh fields and pastures new." where better luck, fortunately, was in store, and large amounts were booked.

1 Tne parishioners of St. Mark's Church, Remuera, held their annual meeting last Ihursday night—Yen. Archdeacon Pritt presiding—when the annual statement of accounts was submitted. Tho ordinary re ceipts amounted to £627 12s Bd, and there was a credit balance now of £31 16s Gd. The receipts of tho Tower Building Fund were £30 Is 7d, which was all expended. Tbe accounts as read were passed and ap proved. The Snnday-school accounts, and Mr E. Hesketh's statement of the organ fund, were also read. The Archdeacon appointed Mr Tonks to be minister's churchwarden; and Mr C. Alexander was unanimonsly elected parishioners' church warden. The following gentlemen were elected vestrymen for the ensuing year :—Messrs McMillan, Yonge, Morgan, Taite, J. Baber, Gamble, R. Baber, Coch rane, Lodder, and Pickmere. Mr F. C, Lewis was elected auditor. The meeting closed with the customary vote of thanks to the various officials and to the Ckaiiman,

Mr McLeary the Governor of Mount Edoti blaol ha. arrived, and is installed' in nis new position. He camo up by the s.s. Havvea on Sunday.

Tho business ot the Te Aroha StDge Coach Company has been taken over by Messrs Bradley and Co., with Mr. Hennelly as agent at Gruhamstown.

Mr Proudfoot, tramway proprietor, Dun eden, bai to appear at the Police Court lo answer to a charge of his steam motors b.ing a nuisance.

Tho police aro continuing their raid a gainst tho publicans. A charge of Sunday trading against Alfred S, Pulleng licensee of tho Red Lion, will be heard at tho Police Court to-morrow.

A moonlight excursion under the aus pices of the Art'l'ery Band took place last evening, The steamer Tongariro conveyed a largo number ef pleasure-seekers to St. Helier's Bay.

The Chrislchurch City Council threaten to cancel the theatre license, because of negligence in keeping tho lire escape of the dress circle closed duriug performances. Tito Waikato County Council hayc carried to tbe Supreme Court the dispute in which they were adjudged to pay £100 to tho Hamilton Borough Council. The ca.e will be debated on 18th March next.

The gold exported from New Zealand in 1882 was 251,204 ozs, worth £1,002,720, against 270,561 ozs, worth £1,080,790 in 1881. For the whole period from let April, 1557, to 31st December last, the-value of the gold entered for export is £39,212,783.

Members of the Band of Hope Union choir are notified that the fortnightly prac tice will not be held to-morrow evening as tho schoolroom is otherwiso engaged. All being well, practice will bo continued on Wednesday week, of which due notico will bo given.

Rev. D. Dutton, F.P.A.S., Primitive Methodist Minister of Invercargill, formerly of this city, will give a lecture to-morrow evening (Wednesday), in aid of tho im provement fund of Newton Hall. Tho lec ture, on "Tyndnlnnd tho English Bible,' will bo given under the auspices o£ the Orange Institution.

The trinl of Pricstloy and Mrs Hamilton is lengthening out considerably, and tho prosecution have now given up the hope cf being able to complete it in two days as originally anticipated., At tho closo of Detective Strathern's examination, which occupied three hours, to day, the Crown Prosecutor said the case could not be fiuished before a late hour to-morrow night, and waiting jurors were thcrcforo discharged from attendance until to-mor row morning It is much to bo regretted that tho schooner Transit is not coming direct from Fiji to Auckland, being bound for Tonga fiom Suva. She was to leave the lost named port about January 17. and cannot therefore le expectod to arrive hero in time to tako part in tbe regatta. Tho schooner Three Cheers, which arrived in harbour to-day, is oxpected to compete in tbe Champion Pace, and should give a good account of her. elf. Tho jockey Potto, who had his leg frac tured at tho race? several weeks ngo. is st'll doing lemarkably well in tlo Hospital, It is expected that the limb will bo starched thrco weeks honcc, and a fort night later the patient will bo ablo to uso it again if all goes well. Potto intends to keep liis engagements at the Wanganui and Hankcs' Bay meetings in March. Ho will ride Dan iv tho Handicap at Wan ganui.

Jv any cf our readers will be interested to learn that Mr B. N. Martin, formerly assistant officer iv. charge in the Auckland Telegraph Oifico, has been appointed to the chargo of the Dnnedin station. The posi tion was rendered vacant by tho resigoa tion of Mr A". D. Lubecki, through ill health, and on tho evo of his retirement he was presented by his subordinates with a gold watch and cha.D. Mr Martin has the reputation of being an able and energetic officer, and a clover electrician, and tho »p ---poiutmoot, thcreioro, appears to bo a very judicious ono.

The present season would appear to bo a sickly one, judging from tho fact that tho various wards in the Hospital are fill ing ap fast. There are now twenty-iivo patients iv tho femslo ward, and thU is decidedly abovo the average, while an Increase is apparent in other departments. The boy Alfred Wright, who was removed from tho gaol to tho Hospital in an appa rently dying state, is tho only inmate of the fever w«d. He Ins been sufferiug from typhoid fever for somo time past, but is now*iu the convalescent stage, and will bo discharged in a few days.'■•

Much to the surprise of Auckland.is the schooner Torea was yesterday beaten at the Wellington Regatta by the Maid ot Italy ; but this circumstance,, as our telegram states, is no doubt duo to tho wind falling light in tho afternoon. Tho Maid of Italy, we believe, is a new vessel, as we have no record of her existence in any recent -hipping register. She is, wo aro informed, a cutter of 14 tops. n"d was to rccoive time allowance but did not require it. We hope Captain Grundy will now make a flying trip north add arrive hero in time to tako p.irt in the Auckland Regatta. The time is limited but he hnß before mado tho run in less than is now at bis disposal, and his vessel being a great favourite for tho champion schooner race would be warmly welcomed here during the present week.

According to advertisement the men;> bers of INo. 3 Company A.V, Volunteers, assembled laat evening for the purpose of enlistment under tbe new regulations. E, Isaacs, E-q., J;P., kindly attended for the purpose of administering the oath, when 37 officers and men were sworn in. Tho offi cers will experience no difficulty in secur ing the numbors required by the act to con stitute a company, as some 20 others have signified their intention of joining, in fact, it is anticipated that the full establishment will be acquired with readiness. Tbe com pany may bo congratulated upon having secured the ante-room recently occupied by the Engineer Company, at a moderate cost, which is handsomely filled with choice kauri lining varnished, and suitable furniture to match, and as it is the intention to intro duce periodicals and books of a military character, together with a blackboard to illustrate diagrams in connection with lec tures, &c, many pleasant evenings may be looked forward to. Only two members have applied to be placed on the reserve. Upon the proposal of Major Morrow, a vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Mr Isaacs for his attendance and willing ness iv every way to assisf.

Yesterday aiternoon some interesting ex periments in diamond testing took place in the workshop of Mr Greenshields, t-kort land-street. The chief operator was aMr Courtney, a diamond miner, recently arrived from Africa. 'Ibe crystalline pieces of carbon or diamonds operated upon bad been kept in sulphuric acid from Saturday afternoon till the time of test. Mr Green shields having introduced Mr Douglas (the lindc.) to Mr Courtney, the testing began, a local journalist also being present, a fter emptying the acid and washing the stones, they were spread upon a piece of white paper and carefully scanned with a magni fying glass,. Several times Mr Courtney put pieces in between his teeth and crunched them as boys crack nuts, Mr Greenshields was also requested ito test, but as his teeth are rather dilapidated and more than lialf "a century old, ho respectfully declined. Likewise did Mr Douglas, whoso teeth are of still more ancient manufacture. Several of the pieces, however, defied the' crushing powers ot Mr Courtney's teeth, and these were sot aside as true diamonds; tho shape and colour warranting tho supposition, Mr Courtney was asked if ho was awaro that another test was the lifting of little bits of paper in the same way as a needle jumps 'to a magnet. He denied that test, and a pair of Otn<_ silk braces was waged against a sovereign that such was the fact. Mr Peacock was called in, and taking a ring from his finger, he cut a little bit of bloting paper and after giving the stone a rub or twa on his coat held it over the paper,

when it immediately jumped to the ring, thus proving that tbe stone was a diamond. What appeared to astonish the spectators most was tho great crushing powers of Mr Courtney's jaws. There can be no doubt but several of the stones are real diamonds, while tho others are only embryo one?, Mr. Douglas states that ho found them in the neighbourhood of an old crater within a hundred miles of Auckland, and there is every probability that tho locality will shortly be thoroughly tested.

THE PAPAKAIO MURDER.

[BY TELEGRAPH-PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

DUNEDIN, Monday. The Fapakaio murder caso was begun to day. Beattio, the prisoner, was tried three months ago for the murder of Sarah Beattie, or Adams, but tho jury being un able to agree, a fresh trial was ordered. Mr O'Meagher, of Oamaru, defended the prisoner. The case is likely to occupy four days.

WESLEYAN METHODISM.

I.—lts Okigin.

Oxford was the cradle of Methodism While attached to the Univorsity, John Wesley formed those habits of meditation, soberness, and asceticism, whose ultimate outcome was the Methodist revival In 1720, at the age of eighteen, he entered Christchurch, Oxford; in 1725 he was or dained deacon, and two years later pro ceeded to his Master's degree. During the two following years he acted as his fnthor's curate at Epworth, in Lincolnshire; and then returned to Oxford, where for six years ho took pupils. It was during this period that the seeds which Were afterwards to produce so abundant a crop were sown. A number of young men of a religious turn ot mind made certain rules for the prosecution cf their studies and a better way of living, frona wlrch circumstances they were nicknamed " methodiatK," an epithet first applied in jest, but destined for a long survival. Wesley's life at this time was guided by iho severest regulations; he was a veritnb o ascetic, and intent upon pleasing God by the stric:c_t obedience to the law. The years at Oxford copstltutcd an invaluable preparation for the great work he was set apart to peiform, though many of his opinions underwent subsequently radical modifications. In 1735, when he was 32 years of age, he set out as a " raissioner " to the newly settled colony of Georgia, in North America, and on the voyage thither mado the acquaintance of certain Moravians whose influence first over him, and then over the constitution of tho Methodist body, was in many respects of a marked character. Though he laboured diligently according to his lights in Georgia, his mission, owing to his own imprudence, was not a success. While in America, Wesley was a High Churchman of a pronounced tjpe, narrow, full of exaggerated notion s about church di-ciplino, and anxious lo revive abso'ote rubrics. Ho returned, with some precipitancy, to England, where he soon met a Moravian named Peter Bbhler. If Wesley had not made the acquaintance of this man, humanly speaking, he would nevor have wr. u.ht the wonderful revolu tion in religion ho did. Eoblor set him on a now (racir, taking him out of the groove ot lepal obedience in which ho had been running. He explained to the young clergyman what may be termed the central doctrine of Methodism, and of the whole section of the church called " evangelical," viz., salvation through faith alone. It was no new teaching, but Wesley drew it from the obscurity into which it had fallen in England, and gavo it freßh and vigorous life. It was in May 1738, after many long nn;l obstinate str-ggles, that Wofloy thoroughly apprehended the doctrine in question; and from that date till his death iv 1791 he never ceased to prcaih and teach it, on all occasions, in every sort of company, in soasou and out of season. His life henceforth was one con tinued »ouud of labours, labours pursued under difficulties, in spito of oppositions and persecutions, wlich would have broken the spirit and wrecked tho health of most oidinaiy men. The recorclofhis work con tained in his " Journal," kept for over half a century, takes one's breath away, It would be diflieult to find its parallel. At collogo ho bad said, "leisure aid I have taken leave of one another ;" and this motto he lived up to ever after. Wesley hul no paii h, but preached in nuy church that was open to him. The one th. me of his discourr-es was (he doctrine Peter Boliler had unfolded to him, and he taught it with the utmost earnestucss. 'J he result was that one church after another was shut against him, The eloquent Whitfield had already experi enced tho same treatment, which had driven him to preach out of doors. Wesley was forced, at first very reluctantly, to follow his example. On April 2nd, 1739, at four in the af etnoon, ho preached iv the open air at Bristol to about three thousand p.oplc. The spell was broken; Wesley h«d found a prcachintr; place, any number of preaching places, despite the opposition of bishops and clergy. Where ho could obtain the use of a church he did so; where he could not, he preached in cburcbysrds, fields, market-places, and highways. He held his meetings so as not to clash with the parish services, one evidence of his devotion to the church of which ho was a loyal son lo tho very last. Jho congregations he gathered were eoormoun. Thro to five thousand wis no uuu.ual number in la'ge towns. At Ken nington, in South Loudon, he had frequently ten thousand for an audionc., and some times even twice that number. How he mado himsoif lizard is a wonder, for he wa il little man, wanting In physique. Indeed about this time ho was in poor health, spat blood, nnd believed himself to be in con sumption. Tho noce-aHy for Wesley's labours has often been insisted upon. He began to labour at a tlmo when religion in England had reached its lowf st point; when there wns no vitality evident in it. Tbe Es tablished Church and tho Nonconformist bodies were aliko moribuud, what was preached in their places of worship was not Christianity, but what was called " natural religion," and the majority of discourses had no more ot the religion of the Go-pels in them than the writings of Cicero. The predominating and essential characteristic of ihe prevailing theology was the prominence given to external morali y as distinguished from dogma and all forms of emotion. The observance of Sunday was systematica ly neglected by the upper classes. Cabinet councils and cabi net dinners were constantly h.ld on tliatj, d_y ; and Sunday card-parties were fashion able throughout the century in the best circles, Sunday concerts too, at fit at shyly introduced grew to be popular. The ordinary clergy drank, gamed, swore, hunted and shot. They were indolent and mostly poor and without social cor sidtration, Tho more learned and wealthy were absentees through the viciou. system of pluralities. A Welsh bishop avowed that he had seen his diocese but once, his usual residence being among the We.tmoiel.nd lakos. Archbishop Corn, wallisgave routs and bills at Lambeth Palace r.n'il George 111. remonstrated, and re quested him to put an end to such scandals. The theological litcraturo of tbe day was tho poorer-1 a.d weakest in the language. Schools there were hardly any, except the grammar schcls of Edward Vi. and Elizabeth. The criminal classes were ferocious and strong ; and in tho absence of an effective police they burnt houses, flung open prisons, and sacked and pillaged at their will. The laws for repressing cilirio were brutally severe. It was a capital offence to cut down -a cherry tree j and twenty young thieves were hung up at a time in fron tof Newgate. The introduction of gin gave a fr.sh impetus to intemperance. In London streets 'passers by the gin shops wore invited to get drunk for a penny, or dead drunk for twopence. .Never did the land need such a revival as Wesley and his coadjutors were instru mental in eiiecting. Open-air preaching was an absolute necessity ; to get at the people without it would nave been an Im possibility. Another breach of ecclesias tical custom was also demanded, viz.. the help of lay preaching. This was as great an innovation as the former, and against it Wesley for a long time resolutely eot his face. In 1739, in Wesley's absence from London, one Thomas Mnxfield, who bad been appointed certain duties, began to preach. Wesley hastened back to put a stop to it. His mother, whose advice and good sound sense bad many a time before been of invaluable service, checked him, and bade him beware what he did, for sbe said, "the young man is as assuredly called by Ood to preach as you are." We.-lsy heard Maxfield discourse, was con vinced his mother wa9 right; and from this , beginning a most important means of assis tance sprang. Though "local preachers" are treated nowwithscantceremony andre?pect, Methodism would not have been without them half the success it is. The evan gelization of the country districts of Eng land was mainly effected through their self-denying agency. The year 1739 was also memorable on account of the establishment of the first Methodist societies. They were at that time intimately connected with the Moravians, from whom a final separation was made in 1741, The division was not of Wesley s seeking; it was forced upon him by the rapid growth of certain mystic doc trines, which received the support of the Moraviau prea.hers. After much dispute and unhappy dissension, Wesley left them, and called all who were willing to follow him. Erom that time succeß3 attended his efforts. Three years later, in 1744, the first conference was held at the " Foundry," in London. Wesley asked five clergymen (in-, cludioghis brother Charles), and four lay preachers to advise him as to the prosecu tion of the work. They considered three questions : What to teach? How to teach ? What to do. 1 heir.position vas certainly nnemolous; but there would have been no separation but for the unwise, unchtistian action of the church herself. The Metho dists did not leave the church; they were forced and driven beyond the pale.

It is needless after this point to particu larise. Till within a few days of his death in 1791, at the gtoat age of §8, Wesley wa3 always busy. Pi caching, exhorting.organising, regulating, reproving, expelling, journeying; this was liis life. He rose at four in the moroiog, preached often throe and four times a-day, travelled on horseback thousands of miles in the course ot every year. He read on horse back, a habit which he formed early in me career, and by which he was enabled to keep up his studies. He drank no intoxi cants, he ate little flesh meat, and to these circ_msinn<"es, coupled with his early rising, he attributed his good heath. Though never lesting from pastoral duties, ho found opportunity to publish many volumes. They include sermons, a commentary on the entire Scriptures, grammars of five lan guages, an English dictionary, memoir?, a novel, poems, an ecclesiastical history in four volumes, a hi.tory of [England ot iki same size, medical treatise., a large wot Ir on natural philosophy, contoversial pam phlets and tracts. As early as 1771 the de mand lor his writings was so gieat that they weie collected and published.in tbir.y two 12mo. v.lumes. t. c enriched others, not I binibclf.by his literary labours, Hiß object i in wiiting so copiously was to bring useful ! kuowledgc within reach of peasants and I orher poor people of neglected education. At his death ho possessed only three or four silver spoons, and a watch seal. It was always his habit to give in charity every shilling of hi- income above what was absolutely necessary for his bare ex istence. It is not to be wonde.ed at that Wesley has been regarded by tho people he raised up as a sort of pope, He is tacitly recog nised as infallible. Certainly he was a ' phenomenon. Of all the revivalists of the : last century he was the first j he stood ! head and shoulders übi v, ay ot the others. He wttß inftr'ur as a preacher to Whitfield; as a poet to his brother Cbarles. But in learning, in literary ability, in capacity for organisation and system he was far ahead of them both. One knows not which to ndnvro most, his tenao ty and petsistency ot purpose, his industry, his self-denial, or his -versatility. He was a born ruler, the bent of his disposition was decidedly autocratic. He would have no one share his power. From first '> to last he ruled el-nc He called the conferences togothcr to advise, not control, him. From his " helpers " he demanded the most im plicit obedience. On one oe.asion a con ference of preachers appointed a man named McNab to a vacant pulpit. Wesley's action was prompt and ci aracteristic, he expelled him "If by arbitrary power," was Wesley's naive reply to objectors, "you mean a power which I exercise simply without any colleagues therein, tbi' is certainly true, but I see no hurt in it," As ths tvint proved there was not much "hurt in it;" Wesley in the main used his authority wi«ely f but it was a power too vast to be safely entru.ted to any one man. Wesley's cicdulity is almost past belief, He convicts himself, however, in his lengthy ' Journals" wbich contain scores of stories of ghosts, second sight, witchcraft, diabolical possession, and the like. He was tralued to place an implicit belief in ghosts; the "old Jeffrey" of his father's house had gjyen bis pliant mind its first bent In this direc tion, Some of the ghost talcs he gravely sets down with do'ail and circumstance, in terrupted w th curious noles of his own, are warranted to raise tbe hair even at thia distance of time if read in a loDely house shortly before the chime of midnight. Wesley believed himself the object of con tinuous miraculous intervention. Miracles were almost daily petformed to assist him in tho prosecution of his work. The sun -hone oppressively while he was preaching; he lifted his tbooghts to heav.n, and acloud obscured the objectionable rays. Tbe rain would cease by the intervention of the Almighty to permit him to keep hie ap pointments. His horso fell lame, and his head ached; ho thought that God could cure both tho lameness and the pain; and instantly his head was well and his steed's legs sound a.d whole. Such instances as these can be selected from tho "Journals " by the dozen. Ho records, too, many miiacles wrought iv answer to prayer, the blind cured, cripples strengthened, tumours removed. He reiterates again and again his unfaltering belief in witchcraft. All bis'ory, both sacred and profano, confirmed its reality. If you give up wltchcrait, lie said, yon give up the Bible. Besides, he was supported by his own cxpe ieuco. He had himself seen men and women possessed with devils, he had witnessed varou. forms of diabolical mad ness. Certaiuly some of the appalling instances of extravagant nligiom emotion and frenzy meationed by him, would bear but one explanation to the fanatical obser ver, whoso bias prevented him from re ferring these s.rarige and unusual results to their right cause.. But his followers have grown wiser since his day. Wi'h the rest of the woild they havo let witchcraft go, and they ha.o grown too respectable to encourage tho njanifesta'ions of strong spiritual excitement. Ihey leave that to the Salvation Aimy people.

SPORTING.

Helensville Races.

HnK following acceptances were received or tho Helcnsvllle Races to bo held on tho S9th January ;—

Maidew Plate.--Comet, Tatters (late Akeake), Vortex Outcast, Seducer, Maid of Erin, Wild Idyll, Bryan O'LynD, Polly, Pacific.

PUBLICA.-' Porse.—Bryan O'Lynn Katipo, Lone Hand, Ravenshoe, Yatapa and Rawenata,

Hurdles.—Rakau, Native, Chandler, Ellerslie, Tatters (late Akcake), Rawenata, and Lone Hand.

Helessvillk Handicap.—Lone Hand, Soukar, Katipo, Ravenshoe, Kenilworth. Libeller, Maid of Erin, Vortex, Penrose, Yatapa, Rawcnata. Bushmbns' Pobse. — Pacific, Bryan O'Lynn, Comet, Penrose, Soukar, Native,

ANNUAL WESLEYAN CON FERENCE.

PURStMHT to the President's official cir. cular in the " New Zealand Wesleyan," the C inference of Wesleyan representatives commenced this morning in the Pitt-street Church. The Stationary Committee mot at 10 a.m., embracing tho following:— .From Otago, Keys, Berry and Crump; Canterbury, Revs. Morlcy and Kishwor.h ; Nelson, Keys. Lee and Kirk ; Wellington, Keys. Bevin and Lewis; Auckland, Keys. Reid and- Olliver. The duty of tbe Stationary Committee at its first silting is to place down the impression received re garding the various circuits who change their ministers this year, and give as nearly as possible the appointmenls as requested, There are certain men to be changed, and others must tupply their placeß,and there is often a good deal of anxiety as to what men should be eont to the various places. Regarding the Pittstreet circuit, Rev, Mr Dewsbury, ns a matter of course, must be replaced, no matter how dearly he may be attached to the people. According to the present list, Rev. Mr Dewsbury is set down for the Hutt, and the Rev. Mr smally is placed for Auckland, to reside in the Ponsonby district. The most important meeting of the Confe-enee will be hold this evening at seven o'clock, in Pitt-sweet Church, when the official opening will take place, and the various officers for the year will be elected. The Presidency is expected to fall to the lot of the Rev. Mr Bevin. Such an appointment will give general approval among ministers and people. Mr Bevin has a most amiable disposition, and possesses in no mean de gree tact and talent for presiding over tbe highest Court of Methodism. He has been secretary and sub-secretary be-OTTTr-fld has filled every office of trust the Confcrcnee could give him except tbe President's chair. The President's speech, no doubt, will be worth bearing. The Rev. Mr Taylor ia only partially known iv Auckland, but his praise is in all the churches.

SUPREME COURT.- CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

{Yesterday Concluded.) (Before Bis Honor Mr Justice Gillies.)

Supposed Murder of Hugh A. Hamilton.

We continue our report of the trial of Marion Robertson Hamilton and Thomas Foley Collan Priestley for the murder of Hugh A. Hamilton, from the point to which it was brought in our last issue, Dr Walker (under cross-examination by Mr Cooper): -1 may have said at the Police Court that the character of the wouud had not altered, i.e., allowing for changes by decomposition. I have Luud arsenic in the body of a girl when the iury found -bat she died throug- eating a hearty dish of beef and onions, bring ina on gastro ■ enteritis. I think still she died from arsenic and in spite of Dr Philson I maintain my opinion on this case. When I saw Mrs Hamilton she was agitated, weak, and dU tressed. 1 did not sec anything in her conduct leading me to suspect her. .1 do not think tbat a man injured as Hamilton was could have got up and walked. He must have been perfectly unconscious. I have heard of cases at Home in which people who have had thcirskulls injuied have got up and walked, and havo been found dead iv their beds next morn ing. I have never heard of a case of a man having his skull fractured by a fall from his feet to tbe extent that Hamilton's skull was fractured. To Mr Earl : I have beard of a man with a fractured skull, speaking, but stupidly, as if his brain was wandering from concussion. That conld not have happened in Hamilton's case, the concussion was so great. Re-examined by Mr Hesketh : The bones are not affected by decomposition.. It would be almost impossible that a man injured as Hamilton was could have got up and spoken after receiving this wound, The smell of alcohol from Hamil! on was not like that from a man who had been drunk on the previous night. The mattress and bed-clothes did not extend over the whole bed; part of it was exposed. Dr. F. W. E. Dawson, after narrating the circumstances of his being called in to attend the deceased on the morning of his death, deposed: He was suffering from concussion of the brain. The probability is that tbat concussion resulted from a blow, and in this state of concussion it would not be possible for him to walk about or talk. He would be what is com monly called stunned, which would result instantly. While endeavouring to stpp the bleeding-the only thing I could do-wc discovered a second wound— a scalp wound on the back of the head. It was utterly impossible from such a superficial exami nation to have told or even to have sur mised the extent of the injuries afterwards discovered I was present at the post mortem examination on the 20th December, and I prepared a chart (produced) of the injuries to the tkull itself. Part of the fracture passed through the pctrus portion of the xenipotal bone—the hardest portion of tbe skull. A foil against a bedstead would certainly not have been of sufficient force to have caused such injuries. I examined carefully the pro jecting portion of tbe foot of the bed that was pointed out to me, but I found no stain of blood there. If the wound bad been inflicted ibere I should certainly have ex pected to see blood about it. The axe produced I both compared and measured with the upper part of the fracture, which was further driven in than the lower part but not so far as to lacerate'the dura mater which is, very elastic and tough. It was the upper portion of the axe tbat was fitted to the wound. If the wound bad baen caused by the lower portion it would havo been the lower portion that would have been more depressed. Such an injury to the skull certainly could not have been produced by an ordinary fall by a man from his feet against a projection on the bedstead, because, in the first place, the amount of impetus would not be great enough ; secondly, because the wound was too high up on the head. It could not have been caused if the man had merely stumbled and fell. Cross-examined by Mr Cooper: 1 had been Mrs Hamilton's medical atteudant for two or three years. She was a woman of average strength. I cannot say if she had three confinements, within the last two years,...,-Her last confine ment toobrplace on the 3rd of October, and she made a fair recovery. I last saw her professionally, about ten days after wards. lam not aware that she suffered from fainting fits, but she did from palpita tion of the heatt. I have been told that the pain was so great at times as to cause her to swoon away. Many women would faint at tbe sight of blood. I did not see the baby until after its death, and I gave a certificate for its death. It died from mal-nutrition, that is inability to digest and assimilate its food. It would be m^st likely to require constant attention, 1 stayed in the house perhaps balf-an-honr on the morning of Hamilton's death. i had no suspicion then of his having eceived the wound in any other way than that stated to me. The dura mater was not injured. The blow must have been one of considerable force, but not necessarily one from a strong man. It is not at all n eces sary that such a blow should lacerate thedura mater. A nut, you know, may be cracked without injuring t^e kernel. Dr. Phils ns standing is high here, but as regards hi. opinion of these injuries it must be remem bered that he did not see the fractures on the skull. It is possible for a man to get up and talk after having his brain frac tured, provided concussion had not taken place. Concussion and compression are easily recognised by their symptoms. Hamilton's case was one of simple concus sion. Concussion does not by any means attend all fractures. In this case I say the concussion was immediate, and- the wound could not have been caused by a fall, except one from a great height, Dr. Charles Field Goldsbro' deposed : I have had nearly forty years' experience as a medical practitioner. On the 20th of November I mado a post mortem examina tion of the body of Hugh Hamilton. Drs, Hooper, Dawson, and Walker were with me. Dr. Goldsbro' here described at length the results of tho post mortem, and pro duced portions of the skull that had been removed. The fracture which, I found ex tended over 11 iuches ; it was continuous, and had one central depression

which was comminuted. I can't believe that by any meaus such a fracture would be caused by a man falling from his feet

against anything. 1 believe it to be impos sible. A vcy considerable degree ot force would require to be exerted to produce such a fracture, and to separate the tables of the bone. A fall against the edge of that bedstead would have caused the pos terior wound, but not the front or quadri lateral one. An axe was produced at the exam _a" ion by Detect. Strathearn. A blow, from that weapon would have produoed such a wound. My impression is that tbe wound could have been inflicted while the deceased was standing with his back to the bed. I applied the heel or lower part of the back of the axe to the wound in the scalp, and it fitted it. The wound was rather narrower on the lower part than at" the upper. Either the lower or upper part of toe axe would have fitted, and the axe was jagged like the wound.

In course of cross-examination by Mr Cooper, Dr Goldsbro' ?aid : I am prepared to say, without any reservation whatever, that no fall from a man's feet would pro duce those injuries or that amount of fracture; it was so revere. Tbat is my opinion based upon an examination of the skull and on many years'exp.rience. A fall from the roof of the Court might do it. 1 think it impossible tbat after such a frac ture the man could have got up or talked any more than a bullock that had been pole-axed. The concussion must have been instantaneous To the Court: In a case of fracture of the kind under no'ice immediate concussion must necessarily have taken place. A fall upon a hard substance is more likely to cause fissure than a blow, but not fissure combined with fracture. The upper por tion of the depression was deeper than the lower. Dr. J. H. Hooper deposed : I was house surgeon at St, George's Hospital, London, in 1857, and I was resident surgeon there for three years afterwards, having the opportunity during tbat time of going over the Hospital, and seeing the accidents. I was present at the post mortem examina tion of the body of Hugh A. Hamilton, and saw Dr, Goldsbro' dissect the skull. [Dr. Hooper here confirmed the testi mony of the other doctors regarding the nature ot the fracture] I do not tbink it possible that a fall against a bedstead could have produced a fracture so extensive. It might have been caused by a heavy instrument struck on the head, such as an axe or hammer or by a fall from a height. To Mr Cooper: So far as my ex perience goes I am prepared to say

that it would be impossible for the f.acture to have been produced by a fall against a bedstead, I have never read of such a case. Tee scalp had been removed when I got to the place of examination, There have been cases whetc men, after mstaining severo fractures to the skull, have got up and walked, but in those casts I do not think there has been concussion of tho brain.

This Day.

The trial was resumed at 10 o'clock this morning, the Court-room and galleiy btiug , again crowded, ' Detective John Strathearn was the first witne.-s called. He depo.ed that on the sth of December he went to the house of Mr Alexander Neilson, where the female prisoner was stopping, in order to see her. In answer to his questions, she stated that - on Monday night, the 27th of November, her husband came home from bis work at ten minutes to seven, and tbat at tbat time be was under the influence of liquor that he had to go to an Orange meeting that night; that she asked him to have a cup of tea, but that he declined, and finally went away at 7 30; that she did not see him again until between one and two the next morning; and that the baby was very ill that night, She further said 11 had ju.t turned down tbe lamp in my b> d-room, after attending to the baby, when I heard him comiog in by the Bide gate, the way he always came in. He enter.d by the back door, which I alway. left unlocked, Soon after he came m I heard a fall in his bedroom. I got up and went into his bedroom to sec what was

the matter. When I went in be was trying 'to get up irom the floor. I told him to Wt sieady himself till I brought a light. I then returned to my bedroom to get the lamp, and while I was there I heard another fall, which made the wholo house vibrate. I turned to come out of my bedroom door with the lamp, when I met my husband just out.ide ilia door in the lobby. He said be bad had a" I terrible fall on the bed, and then asked, S ' Will you please take me lo another room,' 1 as the blood is flowing so freely ? I feel quite weak. I am bound to let ray missus know to-night.' That is all 1 he spoke. He leaned his head on. I my shoulder, and I assisted him into his ' own bedroom, put him to bed, and then gut ' , a sponge and water and bathed his head, gj continuing to do so until between 4 and 5 in the morning. I then went by the back " way to my mother's house and knocked at the"window. My mother is an invalid, and could not come, but my sister Annie came soon afterwards. She remained for 'iiS little while, ielt faint, and went away} . ' when Mrs Robert Neilson took her place, "V Soon after that my brother Alick came, had ' a look at my husband, and went away for Dr. Walker." I asked her if she had heard 1 • her husband speak to any person before en tering the house aud she replied, "No, but I thought I heard 1 him stumble on the steps as . be 1 came up. He must have been in the house a li.tle while before,he first fell, ai be had wound up tbe clock and his watch,.-' his custom every night, and he was all un dressed, with the exception ot one aim, " which was not through his night dress when I met him in the passage, He vomited twice while I was bath- j 1 ing his head with water, and the vomit !l" smelt very s rongly of beer, so that he must have been drunk when he came in." I sub sequently saw her the same day at her de. 3 ceased husband's house, when she pointed out the bedstead against which she said her aA bus laud bad fallen, showed me the place . " where his books and satchel had been, on the top of the cupboard, - '.'-' and where the watch was kept at tne head of the bed, and she also pointed out to me A the clock, fixed 13 inches higher than where the satchel h_d been. It was an American clock, 2 J feet long and 16 inches bto.d, M the keyhole stood on a level with the lop " of my head—6 teet high. It would bo necessary to open a glass door in order to get at the keyhole, I ported oat these ■■■" things to the Surveyor, and ho put them | down on the plan, which correctly repre i scots them. On the same day I saw the i male prisoner in Mis Neilson's house "(next ""] : to Hamilton's) where he was a lodger," fl ' ,! i asked him if he coud give any information .... , or throw any light upon the matter."-- W& replied, "JNo; I am very sorry that I; : « i cannot, as 1 was at Mangere all tbat night." 1 . I said, "Be good enough to tell me what I ' time you left town," and he answered, "I : ' left after dinner, between 6 and 7; went i along Pitt-strett to Mr Richardson's, re- i i mained there a short time, came down with I him as far as Mrs Gorrie's. I called in to see Mrs Gorrie, but she was uot:^ at home, so I went down to Messrg.fi Dunne, Hall and Cos., _ in. Queea-|| street, and remained there till it was time its to close up, when I put up the shutters, and "^ s then left between 8 and 9, walking by the " i main road to Onehunga, I met no person 1 1 that I knew, and bo I went or to Mangere, '""■ i called in at Mr Robert Wallace's house ;; t and stopped there a short time, thinking i perhaps he might ask me to stop all night, ■ As he did not do so, 1 went on to Mr J Short's, where I remained all night t_l6or j*_3J i 7in the morning, and then started on my '" : >| i return to Auckland, and went straight to my ; class at Mr Mason's " That was all he .aid I : to me. I saw him again on the 13th Decern* ■ 1 ber in Mr Supi rintendent Thomson's office. A < at the Police Station. I had asked him lo '. 1 come there, as Mr Thomson wished to i speak to him, seeing that a certain amount of suspicion attached to him, and that Mr ; Thomson wished to give him an opportu. nity of stating where he was on tho night 1 of Monday, the 27ih of November, Ho" f | said, "I shall be only too proud to do so."- i He then repeated to Mr Thomson the statement that he made to me with this ff difference—that on reaching Onehunga he. Jf went to the home of a man named Richard Lee, arriving there at 9.10. Mr Thomson I 1 remarked that he must have been a qniok I walker to get there in an hour. Ho :| answered, ." _es; I am a very quickifl walker." He turther said that at Lee's bo had some cold tea and bread and butter; that he left there at two o'clock i ' iv the morning, and walked straight .to •.§ Shcdy Beach at Ponsonby, where he bud a ;.i bath at 4 o'clock in the morning, Thenco . he went to Sykes' Turki-h Baths where ho ■ had a hot bath. Ihen, that he walked about until it was time to open Me_.M«j Dunne, Hall and Cos. shop, when he took - down the shutters, and that from there he ,-| ' went to his class in Pitt-street. Mr,-; ' Thomson asked him to describe Lee and where his house was. He did so. and said he knew him some years ago when;he sias.:|| working in the bush. I asked him how it § was that he now said he had stopped atMr.;,'« 1 Short's at Mangere that night, when heV:|| then made a contrary statement to me, aridn ■j he replied "Well, I must have bcenjS mistaken." That was all that passed the'n'.->fj 1 I went sttaight out to Onehunga, hot I:|S 1 knew I was going on a fool's errand, for,III . had seen Lee .some days prior to this*, and "•£] : had bis statement in ray possession at the ""§ ' time. Mr Thomson told me, however, tbat*f| jhsmight be another Lee, and therefore I^l ! Went with Sergeant Greene to the ho_e||j $ described by Priestley, and saw Lee r hMi 1 brother, and his wife. 1 The Crown Prosecutor was about to ask - ... 1 the witness whence he got the information ■ that led him'to interview Lee before speak- -, ing to Priestley, when his Honor stopped | 1 him. In do.Bg so, ho said the interroga-1 M '■ tion of an acensed person by the police, H and the subsequent production of his state-11 1 ment in evidence was rather extraordinary. -; It was more analogous to the French mode 1 of procedure than to the English. . Examination continued : Assisted by. j.. Detective Walker, I arrested the prisoners - on the 14th ult., and on that day 1 searched Priestley's box. [The witness here , enumerated the articles that -he found J : Amongst the goods was a number "of J m letters, which I now produce. They ar* 1 from Mr Robert Neilson to the prisoner, •;-. •i Messrs Earl and Cooper expreafed. 1 astonishment. These letters had not been produced a. the Police Court, and there fore their production took them by tur'-.?j prise. 1 The Crown Prosecutor said that ml ■ , friends had no ground for complaint, for in. ■ tbe Police Court he stated tbat at a subse- n| quent stage certain letters from K°b|n' I Neilson to Priestley would bo produced, and that they would be open for inspection 's by them. . Mr Cooper flat'y denied this. The letters-^ referred to by the Crown Prosecutor were H merely those which had been produced at ■ the time, •_ . . If Mr Earl corroborated this statement His Honor said that he failed to find In the depositions any record of sach a formal, ■ notion es was required, : . 'AAg The.Crown Prosecutor replied tbat,W;jS made it in his opening remarks. . - !l' f ||| His Honor held tbat this was not a formal W notice; it was mere talk. If tbe letter" were in the possesion ot the prosecution at H the time the case was investigated intbe.-|| Police Court it was certainly most imp- -.: per conduct on their part to keep them m back for the Supreme Court, They were ■ certsi.ly not admissible. What were they- I wanted for? The Crown Prosecutor said that they || were letters written by Mr Robert _c. eileo" I to Priestley, together with tbe latter » answers, and he wished, when Mr lVelkoa &m

THE. AUCKIiAFB E YEW WO STAR TUESDAY. JANUARY 23



, TpX S.S. 'GARONNE. •y _ 1 CASE NOVELTIES nt EMBROIDERY, In White and Cream Guipure, .;' Also, White, Cream, and Dark v. . Colours, worked In oolonre. $¥ - & :ONE CASE NEW TERRY CLOTH, OR TURKISH _OWJ_I__ING for Dresses, In White, Cream, Pink, Sky, .!__ and Drab. TV ______ -j:, ONE CASE NUN'S V. -I.- ING, In Street and Evening Shades. A MILNE AMD CFOYCE, QUEEN-STREET. a$ oAaaA a ' I .* s s 1 1 : This Invaluable Antiseptic Preparation is IA-TELESS. ODOURLESS, and PERFECT! V BARM-ESS. It is Guaranteed to Keep Meat, BOUT, M-t—. EGGS, BUHEBP, FISH, GAME, jtbuit. Pbubert—3. BEWj^sSlfm, and Food of every dosoriptlon, Bwee^ found, and whole some, till required fornse. Soe report by Dh. Heotob, C.M.G.; F. 8.5., Colonial Laboratory, Wellington. ' < < t-ole Agents for Anobland— T A I N E BROS,,



! Special Adverwsementß| SPECIAL BASK HOLIDAY.1 Notice la hereby given that MONDAY* tho 29th January, being the ANNIVERSARY of 1 the PROVINCE Off AUOKLAND, will be held a« a BPEOIAL BANK HOLIDAY at the AUOKLAND BRANCHES of tbo undersigned BANKS:- For the HNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA (UMDCDM JO?EPfIPALMBB Chief Offloer. For tho BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALKS- W, G. RHINJJ, Inspector. EOT tho BANK OF AUSTRALASIA- W E. W. MORRAH, Inspector. For the NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEA- I LAND,LIMiT,tI,,W.DYMOOK, f > Inspeotor. I For the COLONIAL BANK OF NEW ZBSA LAND- QBORGK COWIB. I ° General Manager. For the BAND OF NEW ZEALAND ! General Manager. Auokland, Jan. 20, 1883.



pREAT OAORIFIO* OB* NEW SUMMER GOODS. J. CULLE-N, Having some large shipments of Autumn and Winter Goods to arrive about the lßt of Moron, and as his premises are muoh too small for his Increasing business, he will oiler TO-MORROW, & FOLLOWING DAYS, At greatly Reduced Price-1, the residue of his New and Fashionable Summer Stock, com prising :— FRENCH AND ENGLISH DRESS GOODS, la great variety of Fabric and Shade FRENCH AND ENGLISH PRINTS fLAIN AND BROCADKD SATKBWg OATMEAL AND OATCAKB OLOTHB MADRAS ANII OTHER DRESB MUS-ONS SUMMER HOSIERY HABHRDASHHIRY. GLOVES RIBBONS, LACES MANOBE3IER GOODS -_o,_t-0., &0. J.O, is compelled, from want of room, to otaar out each seasons good- within the roaaon. at so matter what saorlflco. The following Goods will bs sold at half price t-Ladlea', Qontb ,aad Youths' Straw Hats, Ladles' and Girls Para sols, Children's Pelisses, Walking Cloaks. Tunic, Mother Hubbard Bonnets, &o„ &c Sec i The Original and Reduced Prices aro Marked on each artiolo in plain figures, and a glance will convlnos any lady that this advertisement Is carried out in lta entirety.



J , CuLLEN, IMPORTER, 2SO. QUEEN-STREET. AUCKLAND. Ttf Ci A R P E T S \VILLIAM XV. iJRIDGM_IN Has jast received a nlco Lot of New OA__—_ whloh he will sell very cheap— TAPESTRY Ci.R-_.TS. from 2/3 yard KSDDI-RM-SSrE-. CAP.PET-. from 2/0 BRUB3BLL3 CAKFET3, from 3/U NICE ASSORTMENT OP NEW TABLE COVERS. HEARTH RUGS, from 6/6 1000 yards NEW FANCY MATTING, 1/yard, worth 1/1 A New Lot of _Kilos' Silk and Ch.nllJe CAPES Silk Brocade CAPE., Cashmere DOLMANS LACK CAPES, &0.. in great variety: choice Goods to bo sold at Warehouse prions Lot ot Ladles' nice Silk JACKETS, from 21/ A Splendid Lot of NEW CLOTHING In Jfonth and Boys'. Very good value. 120 Fairs Men's Summer TWEED TROUSERS, 5/9 pair, worth 9/6 25 Men's New S_o SUITS, 25/, worth iOI Large Stook ot Laoe and Muslin CURTAINS, St/ 9to 80/ pair ALL GOOD 3 SOLD AT THE LOWEST PRICES. JUNCTION DRAPERY WAREHOUSE UPPER QUEEN-STRKET.



THE Wonder.ally Increase, demand (or our Cbxkbi.ated goods, made of NEW ZEALAND TWKKD3, has necessitated tbe Firm Erecting an Extensive and Costly Now W-J-bhouse, to Blve accommodation to the EXTRA CLOTHING Stai r and to make room for the New Machiniebt, whloh has been pewoi--dl£fg{jp _tf reoent lW._6"___igland and America, THE FACTORY will now be the Large.. Estab lishment of the bind In the Southern Hemisphere, and as described In the " Otago Dolly. Times," promises to be a Model . Warehouse. The AUCK LAND BRANCH Address la -158 AND 160, QUEEN-STREET. Theoholoo vorlety of NEW GOODS now shewing hoe nothing to com pare with It in the whole of Queen-stbeeT, auckland. . FITZSIM S, Branch Manager.



SPECIAL-1883. Memo. We beg to remind our Friends and the Pobllo thot, though wo have relinquished the Drapery— i.e., the Clotbiko Tbadb, we still keep a Fibst-class assobtmbnt oa l ALL KINDS OF MANCHKSTt-K GOODS, whloh we continue to sell at Vert Cheap Hates. We have Just Opened a lot of Goons bought in the Home Markets at Job Paioas (by our own buyer, lately returned from England and the Continent), and which we shall sell muoh under the Ordinary Prices. Amongst them are a Splendid Lot of LACE CURTAINS. TABLE Oi-OTHS, CRETONNES, CURTAIN BAND, and ordinary Manchester Stuff. A Lot Of FURNITURE!. FANCY BkAC- K-T_, and Occasional Chairs. GARLIOK __ CR AN WELL. OCR NKW F.VCTOKY, with all the Mooblnery Appliance now In fall swing, enables us to Ezeoute Orders with promptitude, end at cheaper Bates than before. We have an Imusnsb STOCK of IRON Bx_BTEAD and GEVERAO HOOBSHO-D FUKNI TURK, for those about to Furnish, to select - from. GABLICK & CRANWKLL, JOB LOT—WHITE LACE CURTAINS JOB LOT-COLOUBED TABLE CLOTHS JOB LOT-WHITE TABLE DAMASKS JOB LOT-CRETONNES MAGNIFICENT LOT Of GOOD CRETONNES Jnst Opened ,_._,,_, CH-CAP LOT of CARPETS Just to Hand. GARLIOK _ OBANWELL, .furnishing Warehouse, Queen-street. GO TO GARLIOK & OK AN WELL for Iron Bedsteads GARLIC- & ORANWELL for Bedding GARLIOK __ CRAN WELL for Carpets GARLIOK & CRANWELL for Fnrnitnro GARLIOK & CRANWKLL for Floor Cloths GARt-ICK & CRANWELL for Choirs GARLIOK __ CRANWKLL for Chimney Glass GARLIOK & CRANWELL for Sun Blinds GARLIOK & CRANWELL for Ro wol i lie's Spring Wire Mattra_.es GARLICK& CRANWELL for Fenders and Flrelrons, GO TO GARLICK & CRANWELL for all you want— For your House, their Goods are Cheap, and For Country are well paoked; For Town are delivered free: For Cash, S per oent, dlsoount allowed. FURNISH YOUR HOUSE FROM THE CITY HALL FURNISHING ARCADE, QUEEN-ST. and LORNE-ST., AUCKLAND. GUrlick & Cranweli.. rriHORNTON, SMITH AND FIRTH HAVE FOR SALE >- ' Crown' Flour, in saota. lOCS and "Champion' . , » * 'Cantab" .. ~ » Sharps Bran Fowl at AUCKIiAKD GAS COMPANY (LIMITED). ESTABLISHED 1862. fUEVEYOES OF LIGHT, HEAT, AND POWBB. Tho Company sell and erect gas-flttlngs, In I eluding gas apparatus of every description* also I Gas-power engines. Stoofc lnolndes Otto Gaa j. Engines. Office and Showrooms, Fort-street. *



Special Advertisements On Sale, broadcast clover and seed BARROW DRILLS, speoialiy adapted for sowing broadcast Turnip. Oiover. Rye Brase, and other small seeds. AMERICAN HOPSB BAKES, whloh. With one Man and Horse, will oolteo. re__r for oartlng three to four tons ot Hay per hour, SELF-RELIEVING CHAIN HARROWS, bo woll known that description Js un necessary. i COLONIAL TINK HARROWS, whloh tor strength, efflolenoy, and simplicity have no rival. OHAFF CUTTERS, for hand, horse, of steam power. Also, PLOUGHS (Single W>d Double). SUB TOILERS. HORSE HOES, OULTIVA OUS, So., &0., -0,. manufactured by -HOB. Cobbett, Shrewsbury, England, at prjoea whloh defy oompotltlon. Also, COULTAB- SEED AND MANURE DRILLS. KEAKSL-V- COMBINED REAPER AND MOWER. ROBEY & CO.'B STEAM ENGINES AND THRASHING MACHINES. W« J» Hurst & Co., WL QUEEN _TRE_rr. Auokland. CERTAIN NEWSPAPERS AP POINTED PROVINCIAL GAZETTES. JAMES PRENDERGABT, Administrator ot the Government. Whereas, by tho twelfth seotlon of " The Abolition of ProvlnoesAot, 1875." it is, among other things, enaoted that. In Aolß of the Gen eral Assembly,|«nd|ln overy Act or Ordinance ot tho Legislature of an abolished Provlnoe nnder the sold Aot, the expression "Provincial Gazette.' or * Provincial Gove nment Gaa'.-te. or other similar expressions, should, with respect to any provincial- dlstrlot, bs deemed to mean the " New Zealand Gajiett*, or snob newspaper as from time to time may oa ap pointed by the Governor for tho purpnso of In serting therein not .loaHons of any kind relat ing to the Govemmontof tho colory. or Ite ad ministration of the Government within any provincial dtstriot. --.'_■__, ._.'!_ Now. thereforo L James Prendergast, the admi_l»»rator ot the Government ot the colony Ot New Zealand, in pursuances and exaro.se of ovsry power and authority vested In mo In that behalf, do hsreby revoke ell appointments here tofore made, and In lien thereof do hereby on golnt the newspapers specified In the sohrdnlo eretotobe the new»papers for tho purpose of Insetting therein, dnrfng the year one thousand eight n_ndr.d and eighty •href, all notlfloatlons whiob, by a»y Aot of tho General Aissmbly or Or-iranoi ot any Provlnolal Counoll. are re quired to bo ln»ertcd in the Provlnolal Govern ment "Gsretto" wliblntbo Provi-OlalDi-trlot named opposite the name of eaoh nowscapsr roipeotlv.ly In Bncnsohedulo,



Attention is being directed to the neces sity for additional school accommodation at Ponsonby, There s only one school in tbe district at present, and' many of the children have a considerable distance to travel each day, Some time ago, the local committee.took occasion to impress upon the Board of Education the advisability of secur ing new sites for new schools on the Surrey Hills IT state, near Ponsonby and Kicbmond Koad before it is all taken up for private purposes, and reference was made to the same matter by Mr Boardman at the meet ing of the Ponsonby School Committee last night He pointed out the advantages that would accrue from the immediate acquisition of these sites. The suggestion desoves serious consideration. Sewing Machines,— D. S. Chamber*, Jop postte the Bank of New Zealand.—[AdvtJ Smith and Caughey have received their first Bhipment this season of Belfast linens, in cluding over 7,000 Cambric handkerchiefs. See advertisement.