COMING EVENTS.

Bpfitess. fio , Te-n!xai>

Sallq-s' Rest. Anaivo sirj Tea and Soclnlßo

union. Oddfollowa'Hal,Ponjoaby.— Lodge Pon>ouby, S.C* Fnn'klln Road S_hoolroatu—Grand Entertain ment. 7.38. Rcllulima iteetine In tho Trnt oa Snrrov Hills Estate, l'onsor.by Itoad. 7.30. Y.M.C.i. Rooms—Aucklanu (jroco a'Aesocia lion. 8 Onohnn^a Nutbl Artillery, 7 SO. Gra'ton IJoad Wt»'.cycn Church — Kvaogolijtlo Survlo», 7.K8.

Rota of Justices at Police Cuuvt. Fob. 3.— J. Gllniour anil W. Hammond.

Auction Sales To morrow.

A. Buoklanil, Hcmuom Yards.-Cattle, etc., 1. J. Jlaoltmlard Co— Produeo, fnrnitnre, oie , 11,

Chief Post-office, Auckland.

M.UiB WJM. Cf O9E JS UJJDER :— Tars Oay. For Tiiup«tiijs aad Opotikt, nor Uiiiklh, at Ipm. . For Bißborne, etc.. par WHftaki, n» I p.m. For Manga wai. llakaru, and Kaiwalm, per HiT, a: 5 ['.in. For Tlmmss, pur ICotiiku. at 5.80 p m. Tiiuissday, Sri inst. For Pert Fituruy, Tryphcna, ana Oknpu, por lonpi, st 7 a.m. For TSamott. but Rototrßhaas. at 7.30 a id. Rot Waiwore, Te Knp*, ana VVarkworth. per Kosa CaEoy. at 10 a iv. For Wcirnsrton and Southern F»rts, por Hlne nioa, at n a.m. Tor Woitara aad Southern ports, par Galtloch, at 11 a m. For OisSornn, Napier, and Southern portn, por 10 Anau. at II c.m. For Now Piimouth, and Southern ports, per MivoKieeor, at 1 p m. Feidat, Ith Inst. Fur tfevros and Coromandel, per eorowanflo! ---m 11.3D a.m. • For WhiiianCT, Qtini Town, Upper Mill, awl Tairua, por lona, at i p.m. For laaranga and Opoiiki. per Clansman, at 5 For Wanpfarol Hoaflo. Pamu. Walnn. Whan ut 5 p mm °' Rna Mac XaPal- vor Wellington, TursdaT, Fjbraary 8, Per Kotomahana as follows— For London, United Kingdom, Continent of Kurope. Sccna Kiode Janeiro and PWrnouth at,.20 a.m. For nowapapers »t «.£0 a.m. Fer money ordora at 1, and r«gUt*od leitcra at 5 p.m. prorlona Cay. Mail will bo ano at Plymouth 21'h 3aarcli. ■ Saturday, slh Inat. ForKussoll, Kanakawa, and Fiji, ato., p«r Ara wata, at 5 p m. For Australian Colonies, per Alameda lm-i mediately after urrival from HonoUilu. For laranaki and t-outhern Parts, per Rotoina, i iHJMSiliatdr a!tor arrival of Alamod.. • (Signed) 3. H. BI9S. Chief Poatmaster. Chief Peat offloa. Auckland.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

SuKßKt—This evonir.R, 7.7. 80K1HSB —To-morrow ncorninsr. 5.!2. Moon's AOS.-Fiill moon, Sth, t).Si p.m,

HIGH WATER.

AceittAND-Thls aftoruoon, 0.JI; to-mnrrow moruluß, l.li. Manokau HEADS-Thin attornoon, 3.31; to morrow morniEfr, 5.51, IiAIPABA Hkaus This aftcrncoa, 4,31: to-

ARRIVALS.

JLAST EVKNIS&. Stella, Sort, a.a., Uiay. from Waiwesc-

TO-DAY. Glerelg, e.g.. Johceon, from Whnrjgpirob Waitukl, b.b , renuai, from VVha,ttm«ei- Oolumbla, Echr., Conwaw, from .Napci

DEPARTURE.

LAST EVBNINS. Waihora, p.b., Mclatonh, for Sjdnes- Welliußion, a a, Stephenaon, fer-VVhargsssi Kouthorn Cros», as., aplnka. for Gisbornt' Christina, seh , BylTa, for Rassell

STEAMERS TO ARRIVE.

CorouiHndul. from Corowasdel, Thursday, op.ai. lona, frum Merotrry J3ay, Thursday Alamoda. fio.-n 'Jfrisoo.'duo Fobniary 7. Janet Nlsoil, from Toaija, Fabruarj-. 12. lainal, from London, Feb. JS. ituapebu, Worn Jxjndra;, -.jn tfonth, eatly la Antu, frooi Sydney. Tursduy, early 1-Jansman, Jroiu Rusboll, Friday, early >V«liingtuu, from Whangnsy, xauradsy ni»ht

IMPORTS.

Per Hormione : 1 c;i'e pcrc.lSJ.on cimw, Icoso wad^ nnd catlridi?frs.-l>. Jivitt, ijusoH-ftreet.

Iswabus- Coastwise.—Morning I/<^tU^, Irom C:aobiiKe Udy, with 10 tons llruwsott ; i.oo, Iroai Vvlianijarca, withai t^ng coal.

Out\taeijs Coi«msE.-jaMrw»; Mora bb Light, lor Napier 1)9, Mercury Bay.

Th« baryae C*»s-indra>«rtti<ia lUQuetti-sireet wharl tUiujnorciDE. Tha Columbia brinto fi*» Jf*»'er SO lobb of boncdunl.. ' vu'mbur 118. in s- a. 2;- Wi Tho Government aa. Stolla wrfrcS frem Wain-Bra last ere.ulng, mi'J osi thed m t!irfi<ail- Wdr WUarf. ±»asjoamir : tjir Jnltua V<j«ei>

~Tiie Fj-obcli war-thlD Scorpion is to rsnvo /or i-abiti aflw ma arrival of Wiu isusliin maM.*fcae cere on February 7. Thos.B.Gknalgari-!roil from Whtnemffl At 7 A) a.ra. today, and berthed at tho ItaiiW? Waarf. Passei/jfjr: illrCoatte. Tho e.B. WaitaUt arriroi from Whangarei a* 1 SJ a.iii. to-day, nnd proceeded to tkeikncar Company's vrbarf to cifcnorgo coal. She la to laavo at o Ihla ov«uldr for Waboino, Napior, aid WelliDKton, Tho brlgamlfle Mogellaa Ciond is to laßa the Jjßßle Nicosls cargo to ii'.ji, too repairs re -o'iued by tho lutuamsd vtssel nquirine her w be laid up for a short time at Una per-. Miasra L. D. Nathan & Co. have received informaKoa of tho doparturo o! tho K.M.f. Worlo from Plymouth tor Now Zealand on January 30th. The Coptic calls at U;aco, Wol lliigton. Napier, ani Lijtto toa in iho ordor Riven, and hor Anckliud cargo wHI ba triii ehipptd ut Wellington. Tha a.a. Waiiora left for Sydney, V l* Russell, at 5 p.m. yesterday. Paßscufcera •— Misses McDonald, Ford, Too, Young ; MoaSames Ad gison. McKnight; Mr. Jlrs, and Mi»9 Wiseman ; Meaara Pondorley. P. H. JobHatjn, Wagataff, Todd, Owen, J. G. Ambridßu, Watroa, a. foolc, Marerof t. G. U. Casapbell, J. C. Ellis, J. Shereff, - A. Hare ;21 in tße steerage, and throvigh pas- B»Dgere liom S3Utlia:B por:s. Mr T. Forbes booted at Venice for Auckland p:r Valatra, wnich left London o"n January SS. i>r. P. A. and Mm Lindsay have boefced for this port por BaUarat, to leave London on ifabruary 11- Mr and Mrs Pajjot, Mr T. B. Monteomery, and Mlai Hcndysifle were passengers for Auck land by ih.e Orient, to leave Lonaon'Sn Jann»'y B. Mr V. tfaihan left London for Auckland by tho Potoii on December 28.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

JJEPARTUKEB,

Tie sis. Hatrea left for Socthoia Ports at 1 p.m. jeatotday.-wHh tha following passengeri;: —M^B3ra Campbell, Barry, McLonnan. Rear, Hunt. McDbuEsli, Barker (3l,TrßEcott, TrVllllania (2). Nell, Court (B), Philpotr, Simon, Chrdy, Ueorse. Kcws,- Lamhert, Smith, 1-udbrook, Liwls, Barry. Kennedy, Chapman, McUowan, Kiddle. Taylor, Stokes, Bail r Jfergußßn (2), Beva. Cramp, Snulley, snd1 JLe-wia; Slosdanies (iurr, Hoid, Simon, and Knell; Mlaees Sporry. Gpldsboronßh, Woolcott. Barlow. Henry, Gurr, Brown, an-i Mahar; Mastera Sinclair, Eobj, and Williams.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

IlusßßLt, this day.—The b.s. Wainorai arrived nt ln.rn , landed 13 torn of cargo,- received 75 tons ot cqal, and departed for Sydney at 11 ».in, Hblensvilljs, this day.—Loading at Otama tea: Vivid, barque, nnd Atcola. bsrgne.

Lyttiblios, thia day.— Arrived: Ruapoho, .turn lor t Chalmers, 9 la a.m. ■\VniNoniir. tale d»y.-Arrirod: Wellington,, from Auck:aod. G a.oi.

NbwFi/smoutii thiadnr.—Arrlvoi: Wivwcb from Onatiungt, s a.m. Ssit.'ol: Mucgreeur, for Onehunga, D v.m.

N>pibß, F.bruary L—Eallfd i Coptic, ta LjtU.4ton. 9 p.m.

Wellimoto?.', February 1, — Arrived! Hud ton, bmqne, from lisnrton. Sailed: AdTanoe mont, Dai Qne, for tondoD.

Rio Janeiiio, Januory Sl.—Arrived: Doric, withftosea mtitton in Koud c.miiitlon.

Stdnby, Febrnary I.—Sailed: Waikatlpu.for Wellington.

Hobabt. ITobruary I.—Axrirod: Rotcmataann, fi'Dm Molbourne. Bi.uff, this day.—Thg B 8. Mafcapoun arrived at 6 a.m. to day. fcho has no pa°songera for Auckland.

Births.

LAURIE.-On February 2. at Manukau Road,

Newmarket, Mrs O. N. W. Lnurla o[ a son. MARBHALL.-0n January 31, at Lytton-Rtioet Melrose, North Sho-o, Mra Q. A. ilim Ir.vll ol a daughter.

Deaths.

GRAHAM.-On February 2. Nt her residence, Normanby Road, Mount Kdon, Churlut'.e Thorno Hdwards, the bolovod wifo of Thomas C. Graham ; aßcd 31 years. Scquiescat in pare. — Thames papal 3 and " Molbaurno Argus" ploiiso copy Ttao funoral will leavo hor lato residence for SymondsstroetComotory on Friday. IToiruary 4, at 3.30 p.m. Friends please accept tbia Invitation.

NICOL.—On February 1, at tho residence ot Mr MoMatb, Kngland-etreot, Annlo Harriet, second dauKhtor of the late William Niool, Masonic Hotel.

Interment in Symondn-straot Cemetery to morrow (Thursday), at 3 p.m. Filcnds please accept this Inilnation.

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

For tho cause that lacks Mslstantit, For the futnin io the Aitor.ce, And tho gocil tkat w« san do.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1887.

The conviction of Hall of the minder of his father-in-law, Captain Cain, affords another instanco of the old proverb, " Murder will out." A murder had been safoly accomplished. The dead man had lain for a year in his grave, arid all traces of the crime

would appear to have disappeared. The murderer occupied his victim's house and lived in security. He might have continued so to live, a " respected citizen " and shining light in society. But success in crime begets recklessness. Hall, a jury of twelve of his countrymen have found, had accomplished the murder of an old man who had in no way wronged him. He had done so without a breath of suspicion falling upon his name, and had done it right under the very noses of his victim's relatives and medical attendants. Taking advantage -.c /:(- r i_;« 0..;.. v. Hindoo, <mv mo im probability that even any unaccount able symptoms would for a moment excite suspicions of poison in a case in which tlio patient was ministered to by the hands of affection, he entered snake-like into the house, and earned on his devilish work day by day. The dead was done with much skill and cunning. Captain Cain, weakened by disease, sank steadily under the in fluence of the fatal drug, and his poisoner at last had the devilish satisfaction of knowing that he had accomplished his atrocious purpose undetected. The gains were ap parently not what he had antici pated. Captain Cain's property was neither so large nor its disposition such as would rolievc Hall of the em barrassments for which he had com mitted this hideous crime. The one deed indeed furnished the reason, the motive, and stimulus to one even more diabolical. His own wife now stood be tween him and the property for which he had murdered her father, and, more over, her death could be made still more effective in supplying his demands for money, by means of insurance on her life. Thore is, moreover, as history shows, a peculiar fascination about poisoning which carries the person prac tising it on to new exercises of his art. The mania has at times spread through countries like an epidemic. In the seventeenth century in Italy and Franco poisoning was carried on wholesale. One female fiend named Toffania—it would be a libel on her sex to call her woman—contributed dining her prac tice for nearly half a century to the death of some 600 persons, according to har own confession. The mixture was a preparation of ar*enic dissolved in water. Governments became alarmed. No one was safe, and measures must be adopted to put down this insidious crime. Strangling, burning and boil ing to death, the punishments adopted, were vigorously enforced, and at last pretty well extirpated it. The criminals included many members of noble families, but wei«o principally women.

Ihere have, from time to time, in criminal annals, been imitators of the 17th century poisoners, tut they carry on their art under very different con ditions. Then nothing was known of chemical analysis, and evidenceof poison simply rested either upon tracing the possession of noxious drugs or the unac countable symptoms attending death. It is quite possible that many innocent persons were in this way suspected and punished. But now the poisoner leaves the veapon by which lie has committed the horrible deed as surely in the body of his victim as if he had killed him with a knife and left the blade sticking in his heart. Nay, the instrument is so marked that it may be traced to the person who has used it. It is quite true that the legal checks ou the sale of poisons are very inefficient, and poisons may be obtained without much trouble by almost anybody, but the opportunities for using them and the symptoms which their employment set up make their use in these clays of advanced medical skill an operation which is attended with risks that were wholly absent in the days when poison ing was regarded as an easy and safe method of getting rid of a person whose death was desired. That Hall was able to murder Captain Cain and escape detection until the commission of another crime brought to light his devilish practices, is not altogether comforting; but the disagreeable effect of the tardy execution of justice is mitigated by-the fact that justice could not in the long, run be evaded, and has at last brought the criminal to

answer for his misdeeds. Two crimes for which there could be less palliation than those of which Ilall _now tands convicted cannot be'conceived. The manner in which they were perpetrated shows an utter cal lousness and depravity that is in itself shocking to the most blunted sense of humane feeling. But there are prece dents enough to make it no impcmaiblo thing to believe that there are mis creants in the form of man who aro capable of committing crimes such as those ■which have been brought home to Hall. One caso mentioned during the Cain trial, that of Dr. Pritchard of Glas gow, who slowly poisoned hi; wife and her mother with antimony, in Glasgow, in IS6G, boars some striking rosom blancos to Hall's grime. The mur derer in that c.iso was a mwi who held a good position, and made himself popular by his interest in local movements. The cause of his crime was an illicit liaison which made him anxious to put his wife and her mother out of the way in order that he might pursue his career of immorality uncontrolled. His medical knowledge and good, reputation, however, did not sare him, .1 fact which ought to have acted as a warning to amateur dabblers iv poison?.

Again tho war clouds appear to bu darkly loworing in Europe Tho relations bckwocn Franco and Germany are utaiod to havo be comostill moro strained, and tho Austro-1 lun garian Delegation* havo beon hastily FUtu nioticil to consider the situut'On ami arrange forthecallingout oitho I.ruKl?turmorrorervo forces in oaso of nocosaity. Tho Bulgarian cri.-iia having passed tko aciito stai;o, Count Kaluoky is able to announce that tho rela tions botwoen Russia and Austria are reassuring. Fuit'-.o paiticnlora nro of tho wreck of tho ship Kapundtt with about 300 passengers and cronr.

Captain Edwin advi«c3 that there nro indications of strong wostorly winds and a further ri-so of tho glaes.

Mojor-Gonoral Sir ("J. S. Whituioro lias rceoived a telegram from Adrnirul Tryon stating that ho proposes leaving Liusscli iv H.M.B. Nelson, lita flagship, on Monday next, and will arrive in Auckland on Tues day forenoon, tn consequence of this noti fication, Sir Geo. Whitmore hi»3 abandoned hia intention of visiting tho Admiral at Russell, but will recoivo him on arrival hew.

Hot weather—increased consumption of boor. Last month tho beer duty collected in tho colony was £3,203, against £4,974 tho previous January. Auckland hoadod tho list with i' 1,035.

Mr W. McMillan, who, n Sydnoy cablo gram announces, is contesting East Syd ney, is senior partner of tho Sydney brunch of McArthur and Company'fl biuinoas.and is a brother of Mr C. C. McMillan, of this city. Mr W. McMillan has for tome yo;we past taken a great intorost in Now South Wales polititw, and han been President ol tho Sydney Chamber cf Commerce.

which loft for Sydnoy last evening, woro Meeers G, 11. Johnston, eldest son of tho general manager of tho South British In surance Company, and i. H. iVagittall', who aro proceeding to India to tako up positions in tho above-nainod (kimpany'e intorost. A number of thoir follow rlorks and acquaintances a'sombled on tho wharf to bid tho young men bon voyaijc. Mr Johnston goet) to Calcutta, and his fellow passenger, Mr WngsfcalT, to llombay.

Uii Worship tho Mayor (A. Dcvore, Efq.), and tho Toivn Clerk (P. A. Philips, Esq.), paid an ollicial return visit to tho French -war vessel Scorpion this morning;, the Ccinmandor having most courteously placed his boat at thoif disposal to visit and ro turn. This voseol leaves to-murrowforTnldil aftor having taken in cca!i\ water, etc. Tho Commander expressed himself much plco.sad with Auckland and its harbour, and was astonished at its size and import ance, inoro particularly v.l-on tho new dock and Panama Canal aro opened.

Wo publish to-day an interesting loiter re the Auokland-Manukau Canul byUoncral Stoddard, of Onehuuga, whoso long v>-

catiu" works of (Sodarsary, Soar.c, Cnnvary, Ond Other plscoe iv India. i» wt.ll- known in cnjjincorinjj cicclcp. Gonoral Stod'iart was a pupil of, and cfttl'wards tcoond in cum mand luidpr, Sir Arthur Cotton, the greatest irrigation cnglnoor India hiti. hithorto pro ducod.

City Council Apsctumcnt objection forms may bo had at the Sx.\rc oili™. Many of tho f ropertios aro ratei e.\ic.".-ivcly, "nnd i' the objection h not lodged ir\ thu rolico Court,on or boforo thu 15th, find a oopy ol such objection lodged tevun duya prior to tho sitting vi tho Cuurt.then thorecan bo no red rose f.jr nnuthsr year.

A telogram lion been pent from Aucklan I to tho Hon. Major Atkiusou, requesting him to visit this city nt an enrly data at-.d give n public political address.

Tho uuiranco aiising from th* b:id!y-coii Btructed ur;nal at tlio Market Squaro con tinues u,iiabnted. It appears that about a yoar ego, tho Lity Council, in responco 'o a numecously-fixnod petition, prouiisorl to buvetho nuisance removed, but tho prcir.ise has anparently been forgotten.

Tho Neleon whaleboat crew left for homo by tho E.g. Hawea yesterday a'toinoon. They hope to ba a'-lo to mako another effort to wrest the championship from AucU- Ut;d at the next annual Koga^ia, and will probably havo a boat built hero for that purpose.

It will bo romombored that at tho recent Criminal Sessions of tho Supremo Court, tho sureties of the witnesses in tho caso of Anderson, charged with larceny, were eefcerated in cons6quoneeof non-opp3arauce. Mr Boynton has since written to the Colonial Secretary, on behalf of hia sistar in-law, Miss Plow, representing certain cir cumstances undor which the tino of £100 in her o»sa should not bo initiated upon.

Tin young man Anderson, who who com mitted for trial yrsterday on tho clmrgo of watch stealing, wept copiously during tho hearing cf tho case, but failed to movo the hearts of the justices. Two letters which he sent to England several months ugo, when ho was a patient in tho Hospital, havo since boon returned through tho Dead Letter Office, aad havo been opened. In one letter ho states hia trua position to a supposed tiater, and in the other he re presents himself a3 a cook on a steamer in receipt of a salary cf £12 per month, and expresses a hope that ha would soon land in England with £100 in his pocket.

Auckland peoplo will bo interested to road in another part of this issue particulars of a now comic opera -" Pomaro" -whidi is tha joint creation of Mr N. G. Burnett, orjaamst of St. Matthew's, and Mr J. L. Kelly, a member of the Star literal y staff That tho music of this opura should havo gained euch high prni?o from 'he Sydney critics must bo peculiarly gratifying to Mr Baruelt and hia well-wifhors ; but tho eulogiuma aro etill more complimentary than they appear, owing to the fact that tho work was written " ogainet timo"—tho whole composition occupying Mr Barnolt only about six weeks, and this, too, whilo his days wore entirely engagod in othor pursuits, leaving only a limited number of evening hours availablo for composition.

The B'.iopkecrors of Ponsonby and I-'eiv ton, with t» o exception?, have inaugurated what may avontually bo a very beneficial Byatem of early closing. On tind after to-dity thoy will c!o30 overy Wodnefdity cvenirifr at six o'clock Tha concession is not a very great one, but is certainly a atop in tuo riKht direction. Upwards of 200 shops"aro concerned in tho movement.

The lircboll in Karangahapo llond being so utterly unfit for creating an alarm, tlio Firo Brigada men there arocndeavourfii<» to got tip a concert to acsisfc tlic fundft for fret-

ting a more powerful bell. It appears that the preaeut tinkler is not capable of alarm ing tho firemen even in tho immediate neighbourhood, acd it. feema Etrango that the oity fathers do r.ot supply tho want in stead of getting tho iiremen to do ao,

There was not a Inrjro attendance afc the meeting for business men in tbo Insurance Go.'s Room this forenoon. Those who wurs present enjoyed tho Rev. J. B. Hill's address on the "tovo of Cbrisr."

TotheEcitor: Sir,—Can yni or ai y of your readers say where tanikau bark is procurable in New Zealand, and if in largo quantities?— Yours truly, Enquibek.

The Committee of Onehunga Regatta have resolved upon altering tho dist'inco of the junior whaleboat raco to two miles, and the entrance foe is fixed at. live shUling.". Iv (he eeriur wbalebuat riico tbo entrance money h 10s. Theto alterations are not noted iv tho advertisement appear ing on the first page of this issue, as that portion of the paper had gone to press before intimation was received of tbe changes.

Tho rocont, floods in Quoonpland did an immense amount of damage. The Lop an railway bridfjo, which cost £l?, 000, hu been swopt away. John Brown, a sawmill owner, was drowned at Swan Crook, noar Warwick. Tho water rose 30 feet in half on hour. Tho shores of Moreton Bay arolioed with dead cattle, pigs, dead fi>h, and fa-m produce of every description.

There- was a fairly good muster of tho co-npanios comprising No. 3 Kilta Battalion at the inspection parade last evening. Lieu tonnnt-Oolonol Mahon waa in command

The mooting held ii All Saints' School room last night to consider tho advisability of forming a Ponsgnby Chosn Club waa well attonded. Tho Rev. \V. Caldor prcsidod, and tho noccssary stops wero taken for tho formation of tho Club. It was reaolvod to start ploying next «oek, tho uso of tho schoolroom having boon obtained for tho Club. Kulcu wero also considered and adopted. Ilia Worship (ho Mayor (Mr Dovoro) w;ia eleotod President, aud Mr C. 11. Urockolbank Secretary.

Tho Customs re\onuo for January was £110,590, or £5,355 Kgj than ths carro eponding month of 1883.

The attendunco at tho meeting in con nection with tho Gospel TempcranooMUsion in St. James's Hall lost evening was not co largo as might have been oxoocted. Roy. R If. Macnicol piGtid-.d, and tlio Band of Hope Choir, which was present in its full strength,contributed tho musical portion of tho programme. Tho proceedings oponod with devotional exercises, Roy. Mr Worboys engaging in prayer, and Mr J. T. (jarlick reading a portion of tho Scriptures. In his opening remarks tho Chairman spoko in terms of prauo of iho work being accomplished by the Gospel Tomperanco Mission, Holikenod Iho lem poranco causo to a full-rltfgod ship, tho rip of which had subßequontly to bo altered to improve her sailing qualities. Tho Gospel Temporanco Misnion had been the umlcon;o of such a change. Kov. 'XV. J. Watkin »poU.e «t scmo loogth on tlio »pproachinf! liconsii!^ elections, and an interesting ad drofs was k.lbo dolivored hy l>ov. W. 13 Marten.

Colonel Fraser, &J.H.H. for Thames, and Homo other [.'ontlemon vitited Sir Juliui Vorol this nftoinooi to urge that ntsic tmico should be given by the Government towards the cost of chinking tho machin ery of tlio big pump co that it it may bo worked by water instoad of by fteam power. As an outcome) of tho depu tation it in probable that tdo Thames County Council will mnko application to tlio (iovcrnmont with tho view of obtaining assistance under one of tho Acts of last eofsion.

Captain 11. V. Anderton announcos in another column that ho is n rand Unto for a ocat at tlio Harbour Hoard, and solicits tho vntca of tho electors. A ro qviisiiion to Mr C. B. Stouo to becomo a cnndidali) for tho Board is also published. Mr Stono haa eigniaod hia accoptanco.

Vot further indications of tho oxisfenco of valuable minerals in tlio immodiato vicinity of Auckland havo been lonnJ —this timo at Surrey Hillc Whilo a man wns digging a well on an allotment of land thoro tho other day ho CIUUQ upon a tlratilied deposit of lig.iito in combination with a kind of lire clay. This was u'Ol at a depth of 40ft from tho furfaco. Tho mineral is enid to closely rwomblo tho "Cap" of tho coul on the Kaiuo Coal Company's Hold, and is oou fidored to bo an excollcnt indication of good underlying coal. A tamplo of tho atulf may bo seen at tho Stab Oilico by thofo intorcitcd.

Tha Kov. T. K. Jonen, who lias beou conducting Wehh services hero lately, has boon appointed to tho Tiinaru Methodist Church, and proceeds thither at an early dato. Mr Jones is Chief Kulor of liocha bites at Bombay, and Yico President oi tho Baud of Hopo at tho same [ilute.

Tho temporanco ticket for tho Kmith Ward nro as follows : -Messrs. J. W. C»rr, P. Crowe, T. l^onitable, I). Coldic and J. W. .lamoa.

Ambrofo Coad, bootmaker, Mount Kdcß lload, lilcd ;i petition in bankuiptcy to day at tlio Otlicial Assiyneo'a odico.

Telegraphic information has been ro coivi.il that F. ,). Curler, of tlio Auckland College and Grammar School, aced ecvon ken yo-ii«, lias obtained the third of tliu eight Junior Univ&rcity Scholarships oii'orcd for competition in December last. For t!io;o eevoiitytwo candidate", between tho ages of eixkon anil 1 >rc:ity ycsitv, from tho various schools, competed. Carter en tered tho Auckland Culiego and Gnimaiac K.-.WI ;„ tVl.rn-.rv. ISS3. holdinn « n»«f« li«ut« of prohcioncy. lit Jar.uar}, ISS>, bo ran second for a Senior Foundation achol.ir .-hip, to which ho sueeedod a year later on the ro.-ignation of tho winner. Jli.i brother, 11. ,/. Carter, was ona of tho two Grammar School boys who uon University Scholarship) lust yonr.

On tho sth January last If.M.S. Dart anivtdiit .Sydney, bringing Ihroo i'Veiich men who hud been picked up at hua in mi upon bunt. Tho ttory they told Has that, they resided in Now Culcdonia, and 20 days before being rercucil they woro lUhing viTtho Island of Barat, and were caught in n e.evoro storm and driven cut to tea. Tho fact that they uo.o convict clothes ltd to tho theory that they woro et-capies, and this proved to bo tho oast1, as tho other woek a gondaemo arrived from Now Cale donia and identified tho men an convicts who had absconded frcm that penal estab lishment.

We would call special attention to ad vertisement elsewhere announcing tho members' mcc Mug of the (irocorV Associa tion this evoking. Important business ia to ba brought forward, including thu matter of the grocers' picnic.

Prior to tho duparturo of tho Htjn. John Ballunce from Onehunga for Hokiaiißa n deputation consisting of (ho Mayor of Ono hunga (Dr. W. U. Scot:), VV. Kobeitfon (Chairman of (.l-.o Mangsrß Koad Board), and Mr John Lundon, waited upon him. The business in hand was to draw nttontion to tho ft a' o of the Mangaro Bridge, ai tho Government prop no to hand it over to tho Onelumga Borough Council". Mr Bal lon co accompanied tho deputation to inspect the bridge. Ho expressed tho opinion that tho Btonswork from Maugare sida should bu carried further out, aa it would c;uiso a itrongor tirio to pies through, and would havo tho effect of deeponing tho channel past (ho wharf in tho absence of a dredge. With reference to a Maugaro en dowment, which tho Council proposed should bo given, tho revenue of which would maintain tho bridge, Mr Hallancu stated that the Government hid no endow ments at present for t.ho purpose, but would strongly reccnimynd that tho Coun ties Act bo co amended r.s to become work ablo ; then the.bridjjo couM be kept in on efficient state of repair. Ho stated that ho would recommond thnt n< surrey cf tho bridge should bo mado as it at present stood, ♦ .'gtthor with an oiMiuato of cost of repair and probablo cost, of maintenance. Tho deputation thon thanked Mr B.illnnco'and retired.

Tho Koyal Dragoons, tir.doi' Copt. El'fon, broko up their camp yesterday after being under canvas for tinvo days. They woro inspected by Lieut. Coloneli Shophord, who expressed hiinscH pleased with Iheir soldierly equipment and appearance, Monsolgiieur Walter McDonald kss prosont on tho occasion. 110 also visited tho camp on Saturday last.

There was a largo audience last evening lit the Surrey Ilill.i tout mooting. The minister, A. V. Danielle, took for hia text tho " Seven Scale," ns described in the book of Kevolalion. Groat intorest wss manifested by the congregation.

At tho R, M. Court, Otahuhu, yesterday, John Claude Ad.-ims, charged with Hgsiult ing Constable Walker, was sentenced to M t'ays' imprisonment v.ith hard labour.

Mr William Purkinoon, confectioner, of Gioj-.'ilrfct. niiiiflos In another roHunn that the .iiranirr lui'Mulm lirjnu'B a froth eoutiitiimcut t.f iho diowlnß ruiih which proved (iich a plcitx-nt but tliort-live-il surprise ni-.d cmliliiM. xicn to tlio boys Bid icirls not Ions? Eluiiu—pleasant li> ronnon o( tho novel anil tfkir.iT rioHoiey o! the Bums, and i hort-livcd bc omi'.h thi) Kreni. dmiauit iiinucdiitcly swallcwoil up tli« sii|i|ily. llowovtr, n enblo wns d«!S piitelud Homo. :ir,d hrvi; thoy oro UKftin Cor l'ccLioncia will rio well to note Hint their onlj t'hancQ Of gcttiDK any ii by bci«g curly iv erdor-

ENGLISH POLITICS.

LORD RANDOLPH CHURCHILL ON TORYISM,

Mr Gosclion'a Oandldaluro.

Lonlo.v, Ist February

Ik the House of Commons last, night tho debate on.the Address in Reply was rosnmed. In the course of the debate Lord Randolph Churchill declared th.it the support o£ I' c Unionist Liberals was useful in Hie present crisis, but the Conservatives would soon ivalk alone. IXoiookc.-i to l!-.o Conservatives alone to uphold tho union between Great Britain and Ireland.

Mr Goschen has aeeepted the invitation to contest the St. George's Hanover Square division of Middlesex. Ha will be opposed .by Mr Hay man, Radical,

CABLEGRAMS.

[BY XI/EOTBIO TKLEOKAPH. —OOPYKIOHT.]

THE WAR CRISIS.

Austrian Parliament Hastily

Summoned.

Franco-Gorman Relations Strained,

Vienna, February 1. Tuk Austro-Hungarian delegations havo beon hastily Eummoned for tbo purpose of providing for tho calling out of tho I and stunn should such nocessity arise.

In the Hungarian district last r,i«ht Herr Tizaa, tho Premier, stated that ho still hoped that peace would bo presorved. The warlike preparations, he stated, woro timply precautionary.

In the Austrian Council yesterday Count Kalnoky, Minister ot Foreign Affairs, stated that tho rotations between Austri and Russia wero of a rea-eurinß character

London, Februnry I.—lncreased tension is bein;; manifested in tho relations botween Franco and Germany.

CATASTROPHE AT MADRAS.

FIKIJ IN THE PBOrLE'S I'AKIt

MASSES OF PEOPLE BOASTED TO

DEATH,

(UEUTKR'tf TKLIIOIIAMS )

Mki.uouknk, February 1

The Indian papers to hand publish Recounts of tho liro which oocurod in tho l'coplo'a Park, Madras, on the oveninf? of tho Ist ot January, which win tho nioet awful catastropho over known there.

Tho firo broko out in the ovoning, Efimultanooualy on occh pido of n largo circlo of temporary building?, which had boon oroolcd at the bund stand onclosuro of the Pooplo's Park, where tho annual fair was boiug hold. Tho peoplo's fair this joar was celebrated on an unuMinlly largo ecalo, and was to have lasted six days in honour of tho Jubiloo of Queen Victoria. Tho chief colo brntion took place in tho band-stand onclo euro, which was 200 yards broad. Tho onclosuro was fillod with booths built of wood with cadj an roofs. They had four entrances, nt which fcos wero collected for admission.

Shortly aftor cix o'clock on Now Year's Evo about six thousand poroonß wero in tho enclosure, including tho Commandor in- Chief, Lady Arbuthnot, the Prince of Travankors, and a number of othor persona. Suddonly from ft booth on ono Bide ro?o a call of firo, and almost simultaneously tho bjoths.dircctly opposite were Eoon to bo in flames.

A dreadful panic onsuod. A ruth was mado for tho entranco, where the startled crowd wero mot by people coming in. Two entrances were toon completely jammed, and in a few minutes tho terror-stricken formed holplees piles and maeeea of strug gling humanity, and tho flames swept down upon them tiß thoy fought and f trugglod on tho ground, thoso on tho top being roasted to death, and thoso below emothored.

Tho tiro only FO°n 8 to have laetod a quarter of an hour, during which 26 booths woro burnt. Thoy were chiefly occupied by mon, who in tho rush for the gates thrust aaido children and women.

}Jod tho natives kept themselves under tho control of tho Europeans they raiuht hava batn paved, as there was plenty of 10-im in tho onclosiiro to cavo all of thorn, and avoid (ho tiro as it darted from point to point. But as it was, 2f>o portions wero .-mothorcd or burned to death in tho Park iteclf. Seventy or eighty mon havo tinco died of their injuiios in tho Madras Hos pital. When tho enclosure was caTcfuily in pjHJctcd in tho morning it was found that largo tracts of ground had o caped Iho flume* altogether, tho llowora and orna mental shrubs not oven being pinged.

Fifteen of tho natives, madfl»m-rl hy tho llamea which bad fastened on their orna ments, plunged into a tank, whore thoy woro drowned. Cno, Mr Wallor, was pulled out of tlio llmice, but his io*cuor found to bin honor that the tkin of WnUor'a hand? pulled ofl" liko a pair of glovos

Most -of tho bodies woro horribly mul lated.

Kelatives from Madras visited tho I'ark by thousands in the morning, vainly attf-mplir g to recognise tho bodies. Tho puoplo act to work to retcuo as many an possible of tho persons who were lying in lic-ipi*, nnd succeeded in s.ving rcoroi", but vory many woro sti/focaled.

When the tiro sivopt round to tho ga'o way with awful rapidity, and roasted thoco who wero exposed on tha top ot tho heaps, attempta to drag thu bodies away woio stopped in a thort timo When the fire ntn it» course tho work of rescue was resumed. A more frightful fcouo cannot bo imagined. Jinny of tho bodies wero chnrrod Doyoml recognition, though lifo still remained.

Police, soldiers, .Europeans, Eurasian visitors set to work willingly at removing tho bodies. All having lifo wero carried to tho gonoral hospital Tho dead bodies woro left on tho ground till noxt day. )t appears th.it a woodon duncing saloon, which had boon orccted on a grass plot near tho band stand, in tho centro of the enclosure, also caught fire. Soon after, tho surrounding booths woro in llaxoc, and this probably tended to make the rush to the two fatal gateways greater than otherwise would havo boon the caio.

A largo body of medical mon worked assiduously throughout tho night en deavouring to nlloviato tho intenso suffer ings of the pationts. Cotton mattreescs were torn up for bandagos. All tho clergy of tho district, and many ladies and all the doctors, assembled at the hospitals boforo nis;ht wns over, All endeavoured to do what thoy could to allovlato the Bufferings of tho victims^

The Terrible Shipping Disaster.

Wreck of tbo Kupunda,

[srr.CIAL CABLE MESSAGE.]

London, January 31. Tiik shi[i Kapunda eauk in 1(3 seconds after being etrnck. Thirty-three of tho pasaon gors woro comiog out under engagement to tho Woitein Aiietralinn Lund Company. Hoeidoe these tboro wero 227 emigrants und 39 if ;\ wren', Tho Crown agents havo cab.'ovi to Bshia for particulars of the sur vivors.

Tho total number of passoncors and crew on board the Knupunda wns three huiirirei and twenty. Tho only saloon paseengor: wero a family named Field, consisting o: father, mother, and two children.

Kio Dit Jamieko, Fobruary 1

It is now stated that the number if people who wero drowned by tho sinking of the Kapur.da was SOO. The vessel sank almost immediately after tho collision took place. The Oilier Vessel lost Kio Df, Janibro, February 1. Tho vessel which collided with tho Kapunda also sank. Tho namo of the vessel bag not yet been ascertained,

GREAT ROWING CONTEST.

Lonucw, January 81. It is propoped to hold a regatta .it New York in Juno, when a prize of one thousand dol lars and tho championship of tho world will bo rowed for. Toanor will enter for this event.

A liabour Representative.

Lo>DON, January 31.—Mr John Norton hag ssked Sir Henry Holland for permission to represent Now South Wales at the Operatives' Conforonco.

The Victorian Mails.

Tho Agents-General will interview Mr Mr RaiHea to-morrow with reference to the conveyanca of the colonial mails.

Tho Queen's Juailoe.

Too Queen's Juljilco wiil bo celebrated

on Juno 21st,

UocH o of tlio Mlaiun Boom.

Th(> placing of tho Eagle Hawk Gold Mining Company haa been postponed, owing to the decline in mining stock, con sequent upon the war scare.

The Licensing Elections.

The groatost interest ia being evinced in tho approaching licensing elect ion?, and thero is evory prospect that tho contests for tho various wards will bo even moro keenly fought out than last year. Can vaefring is already being carried on in tho interest of several tickots, and both sides aro realising that thore i* no time to bo lost. At tho Go-pal Temper ance Mission meetiug kali ovemng, Kov. Mr Marten mado an appeal w those preaont to move themselves in thia matter, and said it was not only their privilege, but clearly their bomidoa duty, co to do Ho was surprised at those Christian people who allowed licensing elections to tako place without recording their votes. The reason that thoro wero «<o many hotels waa that Christian people h«d not dono their duty ut tho ballot box. lie warned them 1.0 bo careful whom thoy elected as licensing commissioners. ibey (should elect only those men who were pre pared to carry out their wishes. It mignc PO that public opinion was not advanced co fully as to closo all housos, but thoy should close ac many »s thoy could, and in this ho thought they should have Iho support of tho publicans, eceing that by closing some hotels thoy improved the trade of others.

POLICE COURT.-This May.

(IMoro Moa?r-i \\ hitcombe and Ham mond, J.L"ff.)

Dkunkknnksh.-Two persons v,ore pnn ished for this od'enco. Stowaway.—George Wilson was chargod with travelling on tho c «. To Anou from Sydney to Auckland without lirafc having paid tho proper faro. - Prisoner pleaded guilty, ami was lined 40a und sosts, or in default fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour. Lakoknv ok TkodsEHS. Albert lreby was chargod with the lurccn; ot a pair of troueors, valued ut 17a (id, the pioperty of Edward Green — llr J. P. Campboll ap peared for tho dofonco, and urged, in miti gation of EOntonco, that prisoner had boon fourteen days on remand and in custody.— The Bench linod the accused st, and ordored him to pay cob(b. Alleged Assault.—A ehargo of assault preferred by Charlotte Cletuonte against Ann Jane i'otoreon was adjournod till noxt Monday, on the application of Mr C. E. Madden.

S PORTING NEWS.

A I'BIvATK cablegram reoeivod in town lust night gives tho following pricoa on oflor in Melbourne) for tho Aowinarkot Handicap : — 10 to 1 ogair.at VVilliam Tell, 12 to 1 Vol cano and Loehicl, 13 to 1 Mitrailleuse, 20 to 1 Middlemarchand Mozart. For tho double of Novvmarliot Handicap and Australian Cup, 100 to 1 is the bust offor, with Nelson for the last-namod race

The Wellington Cup is run to-m:>rro-.v. Pasha is etill fuvourito for tho race at 2 to J, and Artillery, bavin;; improved, i«quoted at 4to 1 (even with LaHy Norah). A i>maU commheion of ."{OO to 45 was taken about Silence, and, it ie said, was executed for tho etablo. •

Mr G. C. Stead's two-year-old Maxim (by Musket—Realisation) was shippad for Mel bourne yesterday, por Wairarapa, fn chargo of B. Cutts.

Keutcr cables that thirty-four horfes nro still loft in tho Australian Cup and 74 in the Newmarket Handicap. Sydney scratch ings for these events havo not yet been received.

Tho PresH Association agont at DunerHn wires :—Tho lis* for tho Dunedin Cup wag called ovor laat evening, whon the following piices woro offered : —100 to 33 og-dnet Spado Guinea, 100 to 12 Disowned, 100 to JO Tit-bit, Itepo r.nd Nolfon, 100 to 0 Kubina ami Dorwonter, 100 to 8 Hormitage, Tcrrunt, and Fair Nell, 100 to G Patrician end Lv lloso, 100 to 8 Loon, Quibble, Apropos, St. Ivaa and iiorceford, 100 to 4 othcrfl.

Wellington, this day. Armourer haa boon scratched for all on

gagoments at tho Kacing Club'n meeting

AN IMPUDENT ROBBERY.

Knocked Down Iv an Hotel.

(i>y IKLSOKAI'ii —rrvt.'ss ASSOCIATJON.)

WkIUKQTOX. tllis liny

AX impudent rubbery from thu person \va committed between 12 and 1 this morning at flic Duko of Edinburgh Hotel. Charles Zahl, an architect, lately arrived from Sydney w»s passim; nloiiif one ol the liassiiKOs when he wns set upon by thr. o men who knocked liim'down and rilleil his pockets, taking aliounlhor about £l.V> In nolci. (rold, and diver, und then niiidc oil. Two hnura later Znhl identified n yuiiiik niiin named .lolm Jld'arthy. c. ispei'ler, na one cf the men anil he wiisarrv.iii:d. lint no money found on him. lfmvcvc-r. there w.-w found aeonipluluiietof "spiTlin-,'" articles. McCarthy to charged with tlic ollVncu this timrninj; and renranded till .Saturday to onablu other ttrrests to ho made.

Ostrich Farming in the North.

(BY TKl.iiCKiril -OWN OOKKKSrOJfDEKT.)

llelknsvilli;, this day. The ostriches me not yet landed from the .lohaun Riodorson. Ono tine roale met with an accident yesterday when en deavouring to get out of his pon, and died

from tho injurios r*ceivel.

SUPERSTITION AND MURDER.

Tlio Maori Tragedy In Poverty Bay'

(lIV TKLKMtAI'Jt —OWN CORUESPONIJKNI,)

CJisnoKNK, this day. The following nro additional particulars of tho horribla double murder which I briefly

reported ycetenlty :—Jeremiah Nuku and his wife, agid about 70, and industrious and worthy nativos, vcro brutally murdered on Saturday night in their own vharo while slooping. \ eon, aged 25, and » litllo boy, aged 5, escaped unhurt. A young native aged L'o, named Turuha, has bocn arrested uni brought on to Ormond. Tha polico aro after another named Apnrn, and Cum stable Stnckpole is confident of finding hie man. Nuku wa» a good sirooiuiou ot tho Maori. Ho is said to have praclically kept tho hupu in food, and is quito a diffjront sort pi person from tlioso usually accueod. of witchcraft.

At tho opening of tho ioq'iost jo^lerday, G Europeans wore sworn in. Tho bodies uro burnt in a horriblo manner, and oar.not bo recognised. They aro placod in a tack, and covered with a white cloth, lying in Mr Tiffin* wool-shod at Puhatikotiko, wherothe inquest ia to bo returned to-day. Rumours are current to tha cllect that a short lime ago Nuku tuld another nativo, then in Rood health, that ho would dio in three days, and ko did. Upon this the othore bolioved that Nuku had bewitched tho dsccasod, find they ascort ho had Bent an ovil spirit into a mnoli holo near which tho deceased stood or sat. Reports havo boon circulated, but aro not authenticated, that ilio murderers acted on hints telegraphed from To Kooti. It ti also stated that the wholo linpu, of eomo 50 or CO people, wore privy to iho murder, a.-.d had decided on it at a meeting. It is supposed that tho intention wim only to kill Nuku, but that his wifo being awake she was also (-hot to prevent hor identifying tho actual murderer?, and then, tho tvharo wus tired.

A post mortem examination of tho bodies was rando this morning. James Booth, Esq., 1i.i1., Uat Orinomi Sergeant Bulieu, from Gisborno, has chargo of tlio casß.

It has been ajcer taitiou that two young natives called oa n. European nuttier two days before tho doed and begged for a little load. It is supposed that thin was undo into bullots and used on the occasion, Ono of these natives via? Turu, who has boon ar-' rseted, and tho other wua Aporo. Tho remains are a horrible sight, being all in pieces and quite unrecognisable! The Hapu had decided on tho close),

THAMES NEWS.

[EY TKLKGKAPH, — OWN CORRESPONDENT )

Thames, tLis day. The annual meeting of tho School of Mines eubecribera wa3 held last night. The balanco eheet showed tho receipts tor tho y<ar to hava benn £853 17« SJ, and (he ex pondilnre £841 5s 10J, leaving a balance to credit of £9 lla lOd.

At the Police Court to-day Georgia Pavaril wag sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour on two charges of obtain ing money under false pretences.

A WONDERFUL ESCAPE.

.fiMONdsT Iho passengora from tho South by \ the Waihora on her pros>ont trip was a little girl cf six year?, who was making a tour for tho benefit of her hoalth under tho care of Mr Pollock, forccabin steward. While the vessel was being coaled, the child was ami donly mideod, and a search failing to dis close her whereabouts, it was believed that oho had fallon ovortioard and bean drowned. Affairs had reached this si age, when tho chief officor hoard a cry from the coal bunkers, and proceeding hastily lO, t*V J direction from which the sound proceeded, ho found the little one lying safely on aeack at tho bottom of the bunkers. It appeared that while walking along the deck she had fallen into tho ehcot. from which ohe dcs canded a dietanco of thirty fest into the bunker?, and, strangely enough, eho was not hurt. It was very fortunato that eho wns üblo to make herself heard, for had it been otborwito thero U vory little doubt that she would havo boon covered with coal from tho shoot.

The Great Barrier Convicts.

The Cabinet ana tho Recommendation

to Iffiorcy.

(BY TKLESRAru — OIVS COKBBBPOKDEHT.)

Wellington, thia day,

Tub Great Barrier murder case was con. fiidored by tho Premior and Hon. Moscra Tolo and Buckloy in Cabinet yesterday, when it was rosolved that each Minister (should pluco on record his opinion with re gard to tho recommendation to mercy to bo submitted to tho Governor. Tho oniniun-i woro duly written, and will bo forwarded to Uuncdin with all the othor papers, by tlio fir»fc mail. Hon. Messrs Reynolds and Lnrnach are now in Duncdin, and with the Governor will constitute i\ quorum for a meeting of the Executive Council. As to tho Judgo's presence, tho Premier states that it is by no means decided to invito hi<? presence. Somo bi^li legal authorities have loid it down that tho Judge's intervention in euch capes ii objectionable. If, howovcr, it is absolutely necessary, ho can bo culled in beforo the final decision is arrived at.

The Mysterious Poisoning Case.

A« tho result of further inquiilss with re gard to this caso, we find that whon the unfortunate man Rowland Mauiicearrived ut Mrs Macnamara'a ho waa apparently oil wall. If ho had boon taken ill during the night, ho had only to knock on tho wall, and ho would have been attended to at onco. It appears a? though Dr. Hooper had beon misled by tho want of coDtidenco shown by tho man Dumar, who evidently was determined to ehield Maurice. Tho doctor was never told tho supposed cause of the man's illness, nor was he informed that he had boon treated for poisoning. During his illness Maurice told lJr. Hooper that ho had eaten nothing for four days, but did not state that ho had taken poison. While attended by the doctor.Maurice took some nourishment, and this, coupled with tho purging symptoms, caused Dr. Hooper to di'Cjrd the idea of arsenical poisoning.

Hi 3 Worship tho Mayor has sent instr«c_ tions to the custodian of the Waikomiti Cemetery that in future ho in to refuto buri.-la in all cases whoro the coflin has not tho namo plate aflixod. Tho necessity for this order is obvious. It is stated that Maurico was under tho influence of liquor when ho handed in the hotioe of his detth for publication. Ho glared about him to wildly that the counter clerk cjuld not help noticiog hia strange appearance. Taking all the circumstances of tho ciso into view, thero cm bo but little doubt that the unfortuunto man was scarcely responsible for hia actions, pro bibly tho result of his drinking proclivities.

The Escaped Convict Crabtree.

AN EXCITING CHASE.

His BurglarlonsiExploit*. (lir TIXi;ORAPH—PBE&S ASSOCIATION.)

WkUiIKQTOS, Ibid day. Late laft night a younjj man named Bolton discovered a man iv a passa^Q botweco two housos in Molesworth-street, but at tho approach of footsteps tho man jumped a gate and run up the ttreet, followed by Bolton, ana turning into I'ipifoa stroot, all traco of him was lost. On a sub aoqnont examination of the spot whero tho man was first discovered two thirts wero found marked with the broad arrow and bearing tho number which th'j prisoner Crabtrto boro in gaol, Tho description given of tho man tallies with that of tho escaped prisoner. Too police wore informed, nod a thorough search of tho neighborhood was made ; but although tho search was continued all night uo truco of the prisoner was found. It is supposed that ho sought safety in onoof tho numerous gardens at that end of tho town. It ia be lieved that tho clolhea now worn by the prisoner wore stolen from the premises of Mr Cell, which wtro entered caily en Mon day morning, and that the escaped prisoner tv.'i* ia tho act of exchanging hia shirt whon disturbed by Bolton.

Regatta Prizes Presentation.

The prk.'S won at the Auckland Annual Regatta wero paid over tit the Wuittmatn

Hotel last evening. There wasnyooJ attend ancoof meinbersandthopublic. MrG. Cnzensi treasurer and umpire, announced that two protests had been rccoived—one against tha Manola, and another against the Devonport Nuvnls. Ha had measured tho Manola, and found she_was 4J tons, which would be over tho measurement, but ho was willing to have her re moosured by any other competent perron if the protestor was still doubtful, and it is understood this course will bo pursued, Thames protested against Dovonport in tho Kaval Drigado Race, but a 9 thero wus no second priz-a tho nnttor waa cinsidored of littlo importance, and it was simply de cided to return tho fc'l deposit accompany ing the protect When handing over the prizes won by tho Waitemata whaleboac crow in tho Champion Race, Mr Cozens made complimentary reference to iho fine display they had mado and tho victory wou, a»ain>t tjrest odde. Mr U. Parker received tho priz-j on behalf of tho Club and crew and nfter expressing hU thanks, stated that lio hoped that when Wmtomata was bojtan, it would bo by a botlcr crow, and not through any mithr.p. Further, ho hoped that »: they worodefeated tho honour ■

i f " champion" would coulinuo to bo hbld in Auckland. After paying over all prizes, the Cjunnittoo found that thoro was a surplus, but barely mlliciont to meet ail demands, and it U desirable ihat all ''promises to pay" nny bo realised upon &i early as possible.

OUR GOLDFIELDS.

Thames, thia day,

rt>3 Ounsolfttion cUim at Woiomo, computing ion mou'ti ground, was sold by ayictimi today lor ton pounds. Cambria.- Cleaning up and rotortini' for tlio [);u(; fortnight resulted in a return of 2210z8 of gold from 112 loads of quartz and 35lbs nf pp...cimen.<. Tho winze from No 2. level, on the bnngiiiß-wall roof, is down ot foot, and colours of gold wero -con when breaking down to-day.

ADDRESS BY THE GOVERNOR.

(By TewuuwU-h -Tress AsbOMATIOJI.)

Dunbdim, this day. TriEBB was a largo representative gathering at a banquet, given last night to Bear Ad miral £'c.t% who is about toloavejthccolony for England. His Excellency (ho Governor was present, and Mr B. Cargill waß in tho enair. Ihe gathering was a brilliant ono. In tho course of hi 3 remarks in two spaeehes which he m.de, His Excellency paid a high tribute to the services rendered to the Aruiv and Navy by Admiral Scott's invention ß in regard to « un carries. Bis Excellency said ha had great faith in the future of the colony and would be BaMsflei to remain hare TO long as Her Majsety was pleased to allow him,

An entertainment in connection with tbo Grafton Road Band of Hope will ba >nvon in tho school-room to-morrow, oommeSoine at 730. Songs, reoitatious, and instru* mental music make up an excellent pro. gramma.

THE CAIN MURDER.

(UY TliliKOltAVU - OWN COEIIESrONDBNT )

Dunkdin, this day,

How tho Verdict Was Arrived At.

It has transpired that eleven of the jury woro in favour of a conviction beforo leav ing tho box, but tho twelfth wished to add a rider reflecting on tho manner in which tho post mortem was made. The others, however, were avoreo to thia Goureo, and after balf-on hour's retirement, a unanimeui verdict vaa come to.

Press Opinion on the Caso,

The,, Times," reviowio^the trial, says: —"Mr Chapman's lorg defonco was a masterpiece of careful study, but the num ber of minute possibilities upon which it was built were entirely covered by tho almost judicial statement of the Crown Pio ecutor. We regret to hear that some sentimentalists havo bsen giving their opinion that the punishment which Hall is already undergoing is terrible enough ; as if this wero a roason tor ex cusing him the penalty of a murder which ho actually succeeded in committing. Such persons forget that the principal, ifnottha, only,reason for the punishment of criminals is to act as a warning and a deterrent to others who may bo similarly tempted. We presume that Mr Justice Wil liams did not decide upon admitting tho former trial, and the presumption from Hall's previous conviction, into the con sideration of the case without feeling confi dant of his legal ground, and common sense is distinctly in accord with the Judge's law. Tba paramount object of a trial U to got at tho truth, and to that end no relevant fact's under whatsoever circum stances brought out should bo concealed from tho view of justice."

SIR JULIUS VOGEL.

Tub lion, .tho Troasurer, Sir Julius Vogel, has arrived from Wai tvora, and is putting up at tho Star Hotel. Ho looks better now than ha has for many months, and states that his hoalth has bsen much improved by his residence at the marino sanatorium. Ho ie accompanied by Lady Vogol and bis faroily. Sir Julius leaves for Wellington to-morrow to attend the meeting of the Bxecutivo Council. During the morniDjr, he was intorviowod fay Mr VV. J. Speight, of tho Government Lifo In suranco Department, and Mr Hill, Collec tor of Customs, on departmental business, Mr Monk, M.H.K. for Waitoinata, also waited on him to bring undor his notico several valuable suggestions regarding the prevention of firoß in kauri forests, which Sir Julius promised to bring under the notice of tho Stato Forests Department whon ho reaches Wellington. As time will not admit of hia taking part in tho cere mony of laying tho foundation stone of tho now Government Lifo Insurance Qrfico, he has requested His Worship tho Mayor, Mr Dovoro, to act in hw Rtead. This, Sit Julius informs us, Mr Dovore has. very courteously agreed to do.

Charitable Institutions Excur sion.

Xiie annual treat given to tho children at< tending the various Charitablo Institutions of Auckland took place to-day and pasted off very pleasantly, the weather being most propitious. This festival was inaugur ated many years Ggo by Captain Logan, then master of tho eteamehip Hero, and when both that vo;eo1 and her popular tkipper were added to the Union Company's fleet the annual excursion given to tho charitable institutions was llkowisa adopted. The steamship Arawuta, in charge of Captain Cromarty, was on this occasion devoted to this important trip, and shortly after 10 o'clock sbo left tho wharf, crowded from ond to end. There wore on board St. Mary's Ponsonby Orphanage, 80 children, "under tho caro of Mrs Gregory, Mrs Grey, the Misses Darby (2), FatherMc- Manus, who was present in tho stead of" Monsigneur Fynes, who is not very well, j and Mr P. Darby ; St. Stephen's Orphan Home, Parncll, GO children, in charge of Mrs Keary (matron), Mrs Scarlett, the Misses Videck and Hudson, Messrs Pierce,- Bawling*, and Walker; St. Stephen's Native School, 31 children, in charge of Air Smith (manager), Mrs Smith (matron); Mr Davis and the Rev. Mr Frith ; Howo street Homo was also reprefentori by a : small number of children under tho care of Mies Jackson. B2tide3 these numbers there wero about 300 or 350 persons^on board who had paid for ticket*, the proceeds being do voted to tho different charitable institutions. Tho £r<i«ata took in tow Foveral ships' ' boati, in which it was intended to effect a lauding at Motutapu, whither the Ara wata was bound, by tho permission of- Messrs Keid Brother*. As tho Ptcainer Itft tho wharf Sheabaa's band struck up a lively tune, and tho children indulged in eonis voca! coleclioua, As usual, thoro were about ; a dozan intending passengers left bohiud. Ono little cno, bovrcvor, secured her pissage through the kindcesa of Constable v McDonnell, who picked her up gently and throw her into tha anna of somebody on; board amidet the .ipp!-ius-o of the onlookers. Arrangements had beon made by the Union Company's officers for catering to the wants of tuo inner man, and a very pleasant day's outing was anticipated.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

A meeting of creditors in the bankrupt estate of Moesre Jaggs and Moore,(tailor?, late of Victoria-street, was held at 11 o'clock to day in the oflico of the Official Aw-ignco. Five creditors wero present, Mr Burton ap ptaring lor tho debtors. The Assignee etotcd that the unsecured debts amounted to £372 3s 4d; stock, £110; book-debts, £206 11s GJ, 68titnated to produce £130 ; and shop furniture, £20. Tho meeting then proceeded to consider tbo tenders received for the stock of the firm. Only two wero received. The highest was that of tho New Zealand Tweed Company for £75. The othertenderwaa that of J. J. Jones, for £62 10j. The Assignee stated that the estimate of the value of the stock was £141 Si lOd, which would be about 10s 6d in the £. On the motion of Mr Calverr, seconded by Mr Collier, it w»8 resolved to accept tho tender of the New Zealand Ttveod Company. It was decided to invite tenders for tho book debts. It was resolved, ou the motion of Mr Sheean, that Mr Moore's draft for the residua of estate, equal to 20d in the £, be accepted. Mr Burton oxplainod that Mr Moore bold private property to the extent of f 3,000 or £J,OOO, aud would pay tho balance as Boon no he was notified of the amount. : i

LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD.

(BY TELEGBAra. — rEESS ASSOCIATION.)

Cijbistciiubch, this day. The annual meeting of the Lytteltou Harbour Board was hold to-day. The auditor, Mr J. Olhvcr,'had disallowed, under Sec. 172 of the Act, two items, £225 gratuity to the children of the late pilot, Itcid, and (6113 retiring allowance to Laptiim McLellan, lato harbourmaster. The i Cliau-ninn expressed Uio opinion tliat Soc. 4flo of the Harbours Aot authorised tho Board to incur expenditure of this nature. Tho accounts Sii°^?, aab^ancoofjei!)2ocxpendituro over assets lho Treasurer reported that tho Board com menced in ISSB with a debit balance of £1191. Iho ordinary expenditure for the year Was f-l.lbO; works'cxpenditure was £7155, mating a aL?, E 91??'! Tho total receipts for the year, £28,122, debit balanco, £1687, with outstanding cash assets of £3111, leaving an excess ol expenditure of £1925. The estimated JSY°n> 10 for' ISS7 ia £30,075; expenditure, ; .>,'W; surplus balance, £i,52G; total assets, £l!»,Jba; liitbilities, £205,358, including £200,000 loan. AY harfago dues were levied on 69,133 tons of. merchandise and 79,371 tons of grain, 86,709 lons coal, 11,570,390 feet timber, 7U.OU bales ]> Vi-n iotal wharfage showed a decrease of £-I*o against ISSS for tho past ten years. Ordinary rjvonuo of tho Board .-030*633; expenditure, .i:iS,V;:3; loan icceiptß, fi23I.SS)! harbour works <-xT)i.-nui(i,r..-. £:i.,i,32ij. 19.0C0 tons of sack goodß, wero handled in tho bond stores during the year, ana 1,100 tons of other goods.

The Proposed Marine Exhibition.

We understand that Sir Juiius Vogcl will dis ciisa before tho Chamboi- of Couiinoroe this afternoon tho expediency of celebrating the completion of the Trunk .Railway to Auckland and tho Uftieth anniversary of the foundation o£ tho colony by an international and intercolonial exhibition with tho special feature of a maritime exhibition. Ho wiil point to the feasibility of such a plan f>rul its mauy attractions, both on. account of tho beauty of the harbour and tho popularity with which it is likely to oe greeted in all parts of the world. Of course the most interesting part of the exhi bition will be on the water of the harbour, but' it is understood that the programme will in clude the erection of a hirgo building on the reclamation near to (he New Zealand Frozen Meat Company's works. It is suggested that invitations should bo gent to tho governments of all the &tale 3in Europe and America, inviting; each country to send a warship and other specimens of marine architecture, etc., to, H?° exhibition. It is tkought likely that, the Government will ask Parliament to guarantee £25.000 towards tho cost of the undertaking, provided that a similar amount ia guaranteed-in the colony by private individuals

TS& AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1887

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W. S. L AUBIB * C°- CUBTOMS ANB BTANLKT-STKBETS. Hood and Manure Merchant* Boneduat Manufattmrors Agents for Poruvian Qovornment Gnant Importers ol Fencing Wire, Backs, Wool Packs, eto. Cash Fnrohoaers of Boom DR. J. MURRAY MOORE, M D,, M.H C.S. Houre for Consultation: 11 to p.m., at Pond'« HomoeDpatbic Pharmacy, 153, ' Quecn-Btreot; 2 to 8 p.m.. and 7to 8 p.m., at Kealdonce. Lower Symonds Btroot. ToUphono 130. Vacolnntions at Pond's. 1 p m.. TUESDAY and FRIDAY. THE "STAR" CIRCULATION. Auckland, 7th January, ISB7. We hereby certify that we have ex amined the Books and Vouchers of the "EVENING STAR" Newspaper for he year ISB6, with the following re sults : — Number of Copies issued to the public and actually circulated for the year ending Slst December, 5,334,856, giving an average daily issue of lOjT92i The issues for the year 1885 were 3,252,392, giving an average daily issue of 10,491. This shoivs an average daily INCREASE of 301 copies. JNO. MILNE ) Puilic J. WAYMOUTH I Accountants.