SUPREME COURT.

divorce and Matrtaioal Causes.

,„ ngsT , MOCLDEN AND YoU AN! Motjides Hes keth for pe'oncr C TI T S'Cooper for rcspond,-M, f, f n te petitioner, and Mr Theo,oo P e, h8 t ßespondent-Mr Heaketb. sup f ° r stated tbabP case port of the "P^ 1 lirsfc _^ 1884 De S that • re, ,rhen the piry of &(Mu , vn{] , spondent had beer *»» Hont . tht bbth co; re . s l j0 hear- the case, H»eyer, ' learned ju«g e \. ation 0 n the grout that refused the a?pncac. ngt w . cightftJvi . the verdict g a fl . esh t ,, ia l. r .e ap denee an* dnec jn _ Bg3 , ft . h __ • pßeatwn w» found . Ho Dk it  a atiHlar wrdi« eoncLively **!Wterv had been committe .At ■ t\ntthea'«lte| )f(d defcnco li?ed neither " ■. 01 . CO ndonatic the f' lUS r' b e" merely a denial c the defence oeiiu been ftny _ ad " lter /^„,ivance, it should linvjjften tion ,°t Sof'thc second t-ri ; .l,.d he I » ade f % Led His Honor to give.eflt to therefore urged* _ m . y .*Mr .heo. f ! :e . intimated that 'he die not C °° pe , r the, applicntion.-His Honof-ud Sd not think it was his M to into the evidence to see Were PBisciix- A. Gordon y. .Tames Gidon t_d the., marriage. Mr Lt.sJ ... tl ° d-of the appli-Ation, stntedhut jTSi-S fld treated the teti oner U great cniejty, huvinj on 1 P occasion kicked her while prcgnt ?S 'Sedthe death of the chilli, .lien | born dead two days rinerwartlrffe I Wl been subsequently imprisoned in Amt, L Wen for an indecent, assault on a aid, rliand since his release from gaol he banot Kffiftttirfh- It had lately con to 1 he petitioner's knowledge that he hadm mitted adultery with throe or four wen. Priseilla Anne Coition deposed I reside at the Thames, and prcce the certificate of my marriage ?th James -Gordon. I recognise the p;o ---eraph produced as .hat ot my husLd. We were married by Mr Cornford, Bast minister, who has now left this distt. After our marriage we resided for a 't ' sight at Auckland, and then lived at &a roarua for a year and.a-half. Duringir residence there- the respondent trcate'ne very unkindly. : We then resided ale Thames, where his conduct was alsoty unkind. In February, 1577, througfed treatment I received from him, I gave.lh to a still-born child. He was goirijo II drill and had asked me to cleans ; toots, which I refused to do. He ti kicked me in the stomach, and I felt-y unwell after the blow. "My husband jt i out to the drill. No. one knew of this cept the doctor and the person who attohl me in my confinement. Shortly after'.t my husband was arrested for indec assault, convicted, and was scntoh to three years' imprisonment. .Ho : released in two years and seven moid and returned to the Thames. He camt the house to see the children, and'we 1 a cool, civil interview, during the coii of which he said, " 1 suppose we shan't 1 together any more." I gathered Hint did not wish to live- with lite again. has since then conic three or four tin , k see the children, and if he I rtorrrrett i Troiild have had no objectl to living with him. I met my hj hand at the Thames lately, and -said j Mm, "I see you've been brought up for child by Jane Agnew. i also accused hi of being the father of a child of Miss Coo and also. one of Matilda Morgan.,; A' husband j replied, "It seems to n that I am the father of all the childu that's born."—l remarked, ' ; Well.you it guilty anyway," and he said, " 1 don't del it." —Patrick Herbert, acting-detectiv stationed at Auckland, deposed : In IS! andlSS4 I was stationed at.the Thame 1 know the petitioner, the respondent, at a gill named Agnew, I remember certain case heard in the Tliam Police Court, Agnew v. Gordon, an aiflili tion case in winch Miss Agnew su< j Gordon for the support of a iiatur child, Gordon defended the case, hut,a j mitted having cohabited;with' Miss Agne' I but denied the paternity. [At this stage H Honor requested all respectable women leave the Court. He regretted that is impossible under the New.Zeala: i Act to hear such cases eft camera, the A specifying that the trial must take pk in open: court.] Witness continue Gordon stated in his defence tire h occasion which he had co-habited w Agnew. It was on Boxing Day, ISS2 His Honor granted tho decree nisi, s made .an order in favour of the pbtitio' ' for the custody of the children, with ' costs against the defendant.

DISTRICT COURT.-THIS DAY.

(Before IT. O. Seth Smith, Esq., Distr: Judge, and a jury-of four.) Hcorra "v.'R. 0. Ci.at'.k. Claim, £90 i wrongful dismissal.- Mr W. J. Napier a peared for the plaintiff and Mr Rigby f the defendant.—Mr Napier said before t case went to the jury he had an objectic to take to the statement of defence on tl ground that it did not comply with tl rules of the Court, in paragraph 2 . the statement of defence; the defeni ant alleged that the plaintiff ha teen guilty oi misconduct withox specifiying what the misconduct was, an this was defective pleading. Mr Rigby r> phed contending that the statement of d< fence sufficiently complied with the rule: , His Honor held'that the particular miscoi duet should have been specified by the di fendant. He would adjourn tho case to ci able,the defendant to amend. The cas ' was accordingly adjourned to 26th inst.

Heavy Claim Against a Cor poration.

DnxEDix, this day. The civil action of Sargood Son and Ew-en '._the Corporation of Duncdin a claim for £5,500 damaged through defective draining Jommenecd before .TudgeWilliams to-day. It will likely occupy some days. A strong bar i 3 engaged" With the Attorney beneral lending for the plaintiffs.

Thasif.s, this clay. Sa.Yow—Connon's reef has been broken down in tho drive at No. 4 level, "brib no gold was observed. Tho manager assures me that no breaking clown has taken place "'tlle winze on the same reef from jS to. 3 levfll.

Death.

n OV AIH-On APril 12th, at Swanson, John foyd Kldcjit, aou o£ the late J. P. Sinclair, aped 28 years. Deeply regretted. ilw funeral will leave Swanson at 11.30 a.m., arriving Avomlale 2.30 p m.

POLITICAL POINTS.

\ TELE«RAPrr.-o\v N oorresfoki^t.)

I Wellington, thiiday. ■ "Native Minister intends to intrduce a lo regulate tho sale of Maori and to 'government under the pre-frp'tive °T W vested the Crown, ncl to regiHo the exercise of such prc-eiptive

anv'n! « mmen<! cio nofc sn tend gating B U V?w°? Acqv-ition -livtririH e ,v chief J ud, ' csal officer 3 each toicnl r^ DlSt, '^ fc Jud Se or R,Ml„will NoindL ° Pl ' eside over &c Land'-ourt. cipite? ex Penditurein salaries ianti-

on u« T es r says theve ip »o infntoon move aH °f Lh° °W°«tion loadra to v n^ lunts totW address in sply, 'to If fI etJoi' b™Ube made byiliifcflers h^r -i' IPIi elilnin;u'y deb«te over dring lw' f ok of the "Won. The Knis 'lVrl T'"' es, will rathe tT"?! Ai , tho Dinning of Parliamet. rWn tl 'n 1 thilt ?"" J"Hll8 VogOl wiUHnff TYirlnv^f^udal Statement eithq on l^iuay, j,i ay> ov on tho fpji^ing

In is pnp.blc that the new member {(To, Aro will h vo the Adclressnn.ReplyJaiid Mv Jones Jpatiieotc) will second it. |i ( : poon att the opening of the se"sion Ministers \\ move foi . a seleefc CoH ,iltQe to mvest.gi and report on fche of local inchuW and the moans by \sch tJiey may bl, B tered and encouraged ]

WELINGTON NEWS.

(BY TELEaipH. — PJUWS ASSOCIATION"

I Wki.un(;ton-, this daj At the SnpreriCourt, Urabtree was fiuier remanded for Sjtence until Saturday, lie Crown I'roseclor hinted an infonnabn would be laid l a i nS fc the person to wfe the prisoner \d the stolen goods ail ( rabtree wonkbe required to give {i denee. Fred Mountain charged **h larceny, was a\ wc d twelve months' p> bation.

Loot Industries

Wellington pie-makers are excludil from tendering for drainage works b the Hospital, betuse the material is h fenor to that used at Christcluux and Auckland, '"uey complained that the should be allowe to compete and tak their chance, an. the Chairman of th Hospital Board ag ie d to ask the Goveril ment Engineer in iliose charge the world were to alter the CQditions accordingly.

CHARGES AGAINST DR. RUSELL.

(BIT TELEGRAPH. —KKSS ASSOCIATION.)

CiiKisxuiUßCit, this day. A LAiioE crowd -sembled at the Supreme Court tin morning, when the cases against Dr. Russell, Mrs Bowern, and Isabella Vjlson were brought on. Mrs Bowern, wlp was in mourning and appeared to fee-l ler position keenly, and was in tears, pleadd guilty to procur ing miscarriage in im-seif in January, ISSG. Dr. Russell, somewhat thinner and paler than when arrested, plealeil nut, guilty in a linn voice to tho charges ,of I procuration hi Kate Fisher in Deceuber, ]385, ami on Mary Bowern. The thret prisonerspleaded not guilty to tho charge Of procuration on Annies; Connolly. . L, Mr Justice Johnston said he would defer sentence on Mrs Bowern till hearing the evidence in the other eases] against her. Mr Martin, for the Crown, said he. would first take the charge against ; Dr. Russell for using an instrument on Mrs Bowern. The strongest corroborative evidence, of Mrs Bowern's confession on the matter was Dr. Russell's conduct when arrested. He drank Contents of a bottle which he stated con tained, aconite and strychnine, saying jhnt he wanted to kill himself. Under treatment he recovered, and his vomit, on analysis, proved to contain large quantities '.£ both poisons. a He called Mrs Bowern, who deposed that jjie liad had no children since her husband 'ift her in January, 18S&7 She thought $ie was pregnant of an illegitimate child. jiie called in Dr. Russell, who ex- Jnined her a week after at his house. IjVitness here sobbed bitterly, and did not recover her composure for several minutes.) {be then described the use of an instrument 3 -i her by Dr. Russell. She liad paid him 10 tpineas a week before, as he said he would _>t examine her under that sum. Aftev the instrument,' something came 0 f ay, which Dr. Russell said was a polypus, h<e paid,' "Don't tell anyone, because ;d I brought on miscarriage" with v I might havo gob ten years." le wrote) to him towards tho end of Last ar, saying she was pregnant, and asking n to bring on miscarriage. The letter - returned with an endorsement that ■ could do nothing for her as lie had had a ter from the police. She saw him, and repeated his refusal. f>oss-examined : She did not tell Dr. fisell that if he would not do fk she* wanted she would tell the jice of , what he had clone before. lien she saw him last time she might have, 1 him her limbs and body were swollen taid that as far as he could see she was pregnant; that she possibly had a Ksicaf tendency or tumar. After Dr. tell refused to perform the second oper n. She wrote to a man named Christie Tig him of the affair, itective O'Connor deposed that when Itusseil was arrested he said he had gotan ■ymousletter.tellinghimthatMrsCodins pregnant. He had admitted that he had iously performed an operation on her, jg that he believed her case was of simple necessity- Ho went into ier room, and drank from a bottle, | his sister-in-law tried to get from him. ess took "the bottle. Dr. Russell said, 'me die in my own home," and vio -1 resisted removal. Took him the Hospital in a cab. Hd ._at the bottle contained aconite, tie had also taken a teaspoonful of ftnine. At the hospital, he gave wit- Escrap of paper directed to his sister lf . lb said, "I am betrayed for %ie best I could to save two families" % directions about paying his debts Another occasion he said, 'It ktter that I should die than J&grace 100 families." Witness 3% his house a letter, signed " One m B warnino' him that Mrs Collins would HSy visit°a certain M.D. as-she had d sfore, and that she was watched.

Trial at Chriselmrcli Today.

'reason for the unpopularity of the y?ment of Col. King- Harman as PBentarv Under Secretary for Ireland mafouncii in the following extract from ™Vdney Morning Herald ":—" It is th^ion to sympathise with Irish land- ! or<d to think tliem a very hardly-used bocd to condemn tho ' Flan of Cam- P, aW its works. Whatever we may tl^the reduction demanded by the Nat sts we must own that tho Land CoWnot likely to make the tenants P'ilian the land will bear ; yet it has lfltf uced tho notorious Colonel King Ha^ from £42 "Sato "£l9 Ife, and the EaCS from £33 to 6.1 to £20 3.j. Sucli speak volujnes for the agitators.,.

INTERPROVINCIAL CRICKET MATCH.

Splcrfid stand by Auckland

Ocßreptof the cricket match yesterday describeJthegame up till the hour of goin* to press, The wcakeness of the Welling ton botng subsequently became vei°y manifosfckncl the Auckland batsmon ran the wbvhp to 208...f0r the loss of nine wickets lore time was called., We con tinue onnporfc of the play from the point at whidjfc %vas brol . en Qff yesfcol . day bcoring if became more rapid. Mills got two coles from nice drives alono- the grass, wlq several good hits by Lynch carried theore beyond 60. Judd "relieved Gore as bder at the southern end. His pace wnsWli faster than that of ffl P u de,t w> and llc bowl*l Rome difficult hp to play. Mills added ft ♦ V° his scoro hy a™e »»t to lon|on, and Lynch drove the new bowlerUvn tlio field for four (Tele graph 70), |l followed it up by putting him away to^g-off for three. Mills also got J lK d • leg f ol . two. Several &.nailer hitsfought the score lip to SO. ilay. was kin slow. Maidens and singles variciioh other occasionally, and eventually L* brought up 90 by a fine Dryden took Ws place as bowler at the northe™ wi , Ly|)oh ft singles from t fexb two ovel . { X) ' den djpoiwd of i\!i|by a nicely-pitched ball, xvlnoli broke ii^ } n - a wicket! 93—4-20 • Lynch, not d % Y ate ,s j, as gone in' Lynch got tlnd-om a snick oil" Judd. and put .l.)ryde.i to Ifor another. Lynch cut Judrt away to lljouridavy for tlneo. The telegraph boauUvod 100, and the spec tators signified k,. pleasure by applause, liie afctondancA still wretchedly bad several irmklenffcre bowled, and Lynch made a pretfcylt from Dryden for 3 \ ates opened hi.W by driving Dryden prettily to long-d,,. one . i jyno n followed up by a grand iliilown the field for three. A single came im .ludd's next over, rates lifted one Dryden's clean over the Boundary, and 1 were run through a sjght delay in ltfering the ball. Tele gapli, ] 1 0. Lynfeot a couple of singles, aid Vates anothtand Lynch cut Core, vho had gone dagain as bowler at tie southern enlfor two. He put Ote of Chore's up fehort leg, where the hdd nearly sneded in reaching it. i.tes drove DrydeWn the field for one, a_nl another was ri|rom a bye. Several sivg-les were scoredply, and Yate.s put Di'den splendidly rw to long leg for four. Hnlsodrovethesan|, w lQrtotheofrforone. He^hcn put Core wf WU y to the " on" for two Telegraph, 120 tour wickets. Yates agon drove the bowlfecely down the field, butimart fielding liiM the runs from the hit 9 one. MoOirr V Drydeh'a ]jlace at '-he brthern end, biito change exercised io iiimediate effect ufthe batsmen's part lersjjip, unless it \v*at for a time the uns.came less freell Lynch cut Gore icel- to the bound? f Ol . a three, and layd McGirr to squtfeg for two. Yates ub (ororiip at long-on- one, and Lyncl roujlit v p 130 on % telegraph boarc f 'mother single fi| the same bow r. ([cCJirr gave LSi a show at

it 'Jong hop," and | batsman cut i| luithilly out of bounrlr five. Yatos puj k net ball from the si bowler over th] fondly ab square lei- three. Lyncl <ive MoOiiT well to lj on for one, th) liliiv of this brill beinay smart. Yat4 aiii nit Mef.'irr oveft o boundary jj; sVneUig. Fanr-vrere {for tlio hit, mil tltolfriaph showed Jl The batsmgi w| n* becoming tlioriily Pn t, and tie 13ain« which had nob X very forinfl aljat (ie si,art, wa* nt-eally "soft" Y*k pt McfJilT over I boundary tor aijiei'pnv. Lynch pule of (i ore's tip aup, liit tiie field was Lie to reach'it, aim siigle was run. jes opened his sl»dertfco the next baltm (Tore, tnd dij it piagnih'ciently fly the wjlole leiii of 3ie Held. Tho hife certainly the beif tlit day, and tho ifuns obtained foa wei3 well-earned, ilegraph, JSO. Juaookjtho bowling at horthern end. Yalonlygot one run frqj capital drive ofl'liirstbal), and Lyncflb the next to leg, time. Yates cufcj last of the ovejor <ne, and i>ut fe W ell over

his ton fhoulder to lo« e g for two. Whl the bowling good iielct fas tho ex (ton- rather thaiflie mle, although I amount of leatnhuning was suHieici demoralise the liiieltpuien. . Yates j^hed Judd's next>fer7 aid tlie telegrajihoVed ICO, and hi I*o in quick sucdon. Yates skieiSie a Gore's at lonL, and the field rlit iKvo reached it lFe not mis juclgo the distance aiujtopped a monia toi soon. Yati continued to incie hfe score, and Lj, C ut Gore for fie. Telegraph—lS Another singlets iqi, and the vi.si team re tired j a jioinent to refres lemselves. Wlienly itturned at ten in>es to five o'clocßJryden took' the bi^g at the southogntl, and Yates was dlit in the slips bhlmon oft'his first balW—fl—so.

Yates's n ings of 50 was Ifirst-elass one, a:the veteran captaims loudly ■cheereq his return to the plion. W. Meldrvjook his place, but -fe scoring one, arigisting Lynch to rujwo more, he wasjm bowled by Judd«J6—o—l. Beard L j f i the vacancy, ;l before any adon- was made to fe score, he putj e iof ■ Judd's ballJito Mc- Girr's |[] s at mid-on. telegraph —]BG— \ L. Meldrum toais place, bttt aftda^ting a single froiknick he was clear, w icd by Dryden-b—S— I. Hawkins in went in, and pDryden nicely to a ,. e leg for two. followed it up by Hug. Dryden prettiiway to long leg t Telegraph, 190. Bh drove Judd nice io tho on for a sinimd put Dryden t<j. f or another. He Tplayed Judd to tboundary at squarjg for 3. He got ant r by playing Drydjto long leg, and Hciris got two more; a late cut off D4)' g next ball for 1. The telegraph n s i lO wed 200_, and Igpec'ta tors shcnvo( ic ir appreciation G] ie iine stand of t Aucklanders by|ieering loudly. - H<i ns skied one ofi-yden's over long-c*i iea d for three, a*Lynch put on tvtjjjo^e singles bjfcapital hits. . ■Lyncltime had, liowevt come.

Judd took | .wicket with 8 next ball. Lyn| innings of Sl va s a brilliant one^d. he fully dese-d the ovation tha^eted him on hv e turn from the lj Even the Wjngton players elap&heir hands enthusiically in applause <L fine.performance.2o7— <) —SI. G. l*\vas thelast manfkuck land. He ;V, v e Judd nicel&long the grass [a single, ar, cut Prycleri for Itliei-. At half-pj five o'clock the wits were drawn for tday, Auckland havjost nine wickets f2OS.

UNKNOWN.

Wn find that § statement of ye^day as to the prese'oeing the first vistrf a Wellington citing team to Aifland admits of qna ;a tion. It holds food, hovever, so foL the past quarfcebf a ceitury is condL. Prior to thdclis tan'j time —or; % c more precise, | its vei" fchresholct e llingtori sent aeain hitler in the'| e 'of retrieving h-els previously worjtlie Northern cfital. A fey pai'fcieulfcfoufc- these vc.rytirly. matches will bdjntqi-cst now. Tiiing up tie back filcf'tiHe-"'DaU^iSo^rß-

Cross," we a#ain that on the 10th of March, 18 all Auckland eleven went to wngton to try conclu sions with / men of Port Nicholson, and that. <yhe 15th of the same month theyft. and defeated the chosen champions jhe sinter city. We append the names o?e cricketers comprising the respective tjs •— AvcKLAxfG. Ireland, Weir, Russell, Harris, DojTurton, Stedman, Kissling, Simpson, \ie, and Harris, jun. Wellixo'.—G. Brewer, W. Brewer, A! Ramsay'- Bould, Bradfield, E. Buck, L. Buck h'eyy N. Velentine, Inkpen, and G. Phis. . On thafccasion Auckland won the match witlut' wickets to spare, the scores being :_ Aland : Ist innings, 43 :. second innings, ifor six wickets; total, 112. Wellino-tp Ist innings, 71 ; 2nd innings, 39; total JO- Stedman, with 14 and 31, topped" Jlvinning side, while A. Ramsey (11) and Buck (15) were the highest scorers othe losing side. At the ban quet w-h followed the match Mr T. L, aite made one of his char actemti& funny speeches; and the victory >s considered to be of enough importai to warrant the editor of tno " Cross * devoting a leading article to it. In Doobejr, 1882, Wellington returned the visifcnding up their team constituted as folio?— L. Buck (captain), T. Bould, G. Bojii C. Borlacc, O. Brewer, W. BrewerT. V. Harvey, G. Phillips, A. Ramse-J- Roots, and N. Ramsey. Auck land i represented by in Lankham (captai Simpson, Simoox, Alpc (now at Wcllitpn), Russell, Wilson, Campbell, Stedni J. Rayner, A. Rayner, and Kiss ling, ne match took ])laco in Dilworbh's padclG No.wmavkefc, on the Oth of Decem ber, )2, Captain Lyon acting as umpire for AKlancl, and Mr W, Bromley oiheia ting n a similar capacity for the visit! team. Tlio result proved to ba crushing defeat for Wellington. The] Only succeeded in making 22 runsr each innings or a total of 44, while Auclnd made 152, viz :82 in her first, andi) in her second innings, the biggeat scor* on the winning side being Simcox, whc'as rim out in the first innings after cojiling 2"), and Lankliam, who was caijti by l'liillips in the second innings aft. making 36. Since 1802, Wellington ha^een repeatedly defeated on her own grjid by Auckland, but 241 years have rol-1 by since she has ventured to under tnJa second cricketing expedition to this pa of the colony. here- is but, little to add to the remarks wiiuve already made incidental to yester di'sproceedings. The sparse attendnricewas dibtless chiefly attributable to the insuf fient publicity given by Mr Beale to the aangements for the match, and in the ijct place the races at Ellerslie must have Ipt a good many people away. Persons make a practice of stationing them ilves along tlie line of the fence between io cricket ground and the Hospital were Ugrined to iind Constable Hobson posted bar the outer gate to intercept such cheap ght-seers. >• ■"■

TO-DAY'S PLAY.

/ It had been arranged that tho match should be continued at ten o'clock this [morning, and at this hour the wickets were pitched, but owing to the dilatoiness of some of the players, it was 10.20 ere opera tions were resumed. The weather was still fine, but the presence of leaden-hued clouds jkiss above the horizon seemed portentions of a coming change. Not more than 150 people were presedt,but this circumstance was only to be expected, the afternoon being evidently the time for a large puWic attendance.

O. Mills 1, and Hawkins 12, the two not outs of yesterday went to the wickets, to the bowling of Dryden and J-ndd. 'The batfiinen at oncto displayed a de termination to keep their wickets up, and still further increase the score. Mills put Jndd prettily away to leg for 4, and brought up 210 on the telegraph. Both batsmen added singles and couples to their scores and- 220 soon made its appearance. McGirr was then put on as bowler in Judd's place. The bowling had now improved considerably on what it was yesterday, but the batsman played everything nicely, and made really good display. Eventually Mills punished Dryden severely, putting two balls of one over away to . long-leg for a 4 and 3 respectively. The bowler in question was at once taken oil', and (.lore put on in his' place. , Gore started off by bowling a good ball, judiciously pitched and breaking both ways. The improvement in his bowling was at once manifest, and Hawkins appeared to play his first over a trifle awk wardly1. Mills cut MeGirr for a single, and put Gore to leg for another. Telegraph, 230. Heenan, who had been fielding admirably at point, let one of Hawkins' through his legs, and a single was run. The only rim obtained in the next few overs was from a tine leg hie by Mills, off Gore. Mills opened out'to his next ball from McGirr, and put it well away up the boundary hill at square leg for rive. The hit was a grand one, and was cheered by the spectators. Mills again got Gore splendidly to square leg, but smart fielding confined the runs from the hit to two. Mills was now settling down to hard work. He put his next ball from Gore to long-leg for two (telegraph, 240), and followed it up by driving the same bowler into deep-field for four. Hawkins showed a disinclination to' be left behind, and put McGirr nicely to leg-bye for two, and well away to square leg for three. Telegraph, 250. Judd relieved Gore as bowler at the southern end. The first over was a maiden, and Mills then resumed his very pretty display of leg hitting. Two boundary hits produced only a single, and a two, the field. being placed well out. Again Mills put Judd over the boundary, and this time was rewarded with a very well earned three. Appearances appeared to indicate that the partnership was in dissoluable, when Judd took Hawkins' wicket with a leg break, which took the oft' stump. The stand of the last two men was one of the features of the match. Gt. Mills's clean leg hitting has not been equalled by any of our represen tatives for a very long time, and the result proves that apart from his bowling, his batting capabilities entitle him to a" place in th& first I'ank of local cricketers. He carried his bat for 39 runs. Hawkins played a good steady innings; and his score stood at 20; The-innings closed at 11.25, an for'2s6 runs, a very formidoble total for the visitors to face. The wicket was however in their favour, and if the ten' is at all strong in batting, they had every prospect of running up a good score.

THE WELLINGTON INNINGS.

The wicket having been carefully rolled, the Auckland captain placed his men as follows :—E. Mills, bowler ; Hawkins, wicket-keeper ; Testro, short leg ; Lynch, third man ; Arneil, point; Yatcs, mid-oft'; W.-Meldrum, mid on ; Beard, long leg ; L. Meldrum, cover; G. Mills,slip ; Barton,long on or straight. Salmon and Gore went to the wickets for Wellington at a quarter to twelve o'clock. Salmon took the first ball from E. Mills, and commenced the Wellington score by driving his sec ond ball to leg for a single. Gore played Mills' to1 the on for two, and G. Mills took up the bowling at the other end. It was at . once evident that he was on the spot, his balls being of good length, and very straight. His fourth ball was fatal to Salmon, wheee leg stump was taken with a splendid ball breaking well from leg—3—l—l. Blacklock went in, and Goro got E. Mills away to leg for two. ' Blacklock's -life was a Bhort one, G.i Mills-taking, his wicket with another

leg;break in the second ball of -the next over _. si_2—o—McGirr filled; the breach,- and played the remainder of.the over carefully.. One came from a leg bye, and McGirr got G. Mills into the slips for one. Gore pmt G. Mills well away to long leg for tavo, and the telegraph showed 10. Another single was added by Gdre from a square leg hit off G: Mills, and for the next four cr five minutes there waa nothing to chronicle beyond a steady suc cession of maidens. Eventually, Gore put one from E. Mills into W. Meldrum's hands, at midon-.11—3 7- Burns was the next man, and his advent was signalistfd by several singles in which both batsmen participated. McGirr placed G. Mills in. the slips for two, and Burns got E. Mills away to leg for one, and his brother in the same direction for, another Burns- cut E. Mills for two. Maidens again became the order of the day, and the game was becoming decidedly dull when another pretty break from G. Mills took McGirr's wicket. 2l— 4—5. Heenan, the big gun who made the sensational score at Hawko's Bay, made his appearance, and was greeted with a round of applause; His life was an ex ceedingly short one. He put his second ball from G. Mills into Hawkins's hands behind the wicket, and was smartlyheld—2l—s —0. Duret filled the vacancy, and after playing four balls from G. Mills very nicely, cut the last smartly for a single, and got E. Mills into the slips for another. Hawkins made a very good attempt to stump Burns, but the batsman was just within his territory. Burns put E. Mills away to the square leg boundary for two. Both bowlers trundled several maiden overs, during which .the only addition to the score was a bye. Burns then cutG. Mills for one, and played his brother for another. Duret Bnicked G. Mills for one, and got another from & late cut off E. Mills. The telegraph now showed 30, but the scoring was very slow, Maidens followed each other in steady succession, and the bowlera were doing wonderfully well/ Eventually, Duret en livened matters by getting Gj Mills well to leg for 3, and both ' batsmen got leg hits for singles in the same over. Duret put E. Mills towards third man, and Lynch letting t(ie ball pass him a single was run. Another run was attempted, and. a smart return by Lynch, and still smarter bundling of the ball by Hawkins, resulted in Duret being runout. The batsmen had played a good inningsfor 10, lind wa3 cheered on hia retirer nient from the field—37—6—lo. Burns "Went in, and put the fourth ball of the over from G. Mills beautifnlly over the bowler's head for .G. The hit was a first class one. Telegraph .— 40. Morice put one from E. Mills up at point, •'ncl Arneil made a capital catch. The batsnmn had left the wicket and was returning to the pavilion when Mr Mumford gave him "-nbt out." Burns cut G. Mills lor two, and at one o'clock an adjournment was made for lunch, Wellington having lost six wickets for 45.

THIS AFTERNOON.

Mr G. Johnstone, of Karangaluipe Rontl, provided a really first-class lunch in the pavilion. Tliis having been disposed of, the game was resumed at twenty minutes to two o'clock, Morice taking the ball from E. Mills. He put the last of the over to long leg. for 3. Burns put E. Mills twice to leg for 2, and brought up 50. The bowling up td this time had been tirst-olass, E. Mills having bowled, his h'rsfc 17 over*' for 17 runs und his brother tho fiamp number of overs for 20 runs. Morice, after playine carefully for 3 runs, was bowled by (.». Mills—s2—7—3. Judd, ft left-hander,\ent in, and two were •run for byess. Judd put one from G. Mills into Yate'p hands ut mid on, but it was too hot to hold. Judd got G. Mills to leg for 2, and Burnsa put his brother to the square leg boundary for 3. A couple of singles brought, up the GO. Judd put E. Mills to leg for a tiio and then for a four. Burns got another single from G. Mills and Judd cut him to the boundary for c three, and added a single from his blotter. ; .He then got G> Mills nicely away to square leg for two, and tlie next ball in the same direction for one. Judd stepped put injudiciously to one from E. Mills and was smartly stumped by Hawkins.— 75—8—lii.

Dryden went in and played "E. Mills to long on for one. Burns put him to le^ for two, and then skied him.over Barton's nead at long on for another two. Dryden played too fur forward, to G. Mills, and was quickly stumped' by Hawkins. 80—9—1. Chapman, the last man, skied G. Mills at square leg, and Beard could not get near enough to make ft chance of it. Burns poked his next ball into E. Mills's hands at slip, and was held—Bl—lo—32. The innings thus closed for 81, and as Burns returned to the Pavillion, ho was loudly cheered. The Wellington team follow on their second innings at once, AUCKLAND FIRST INNINGS. Barton, Ibw, b Gore .. .. ». 29 Tcstro, c Salmon, b McGirr .. .. 2 Lynch;b Judd .. .. .. ..81 Arneil, c Judd, b McGirr .. .. .. 0 K. Mills, b Dryden ... ... ..... 26 Yates. c Salmon, b Drydon..' .. ■ .. 50 W. Meldrum. b Jufld. .. .. ' .. I Beard, o McGirr. b Judd .. .. : .. 0 L. Meldrum, b Dryden- .. .. • .. 0 Hawkins, b Judd ~ ' .. 20 G. Mills, hot Out ..' ..•..• ■~ ... 39 Extras .. .. .. ■ ~ .. 8 Total .. .. .«. ''}■: ». .256 B(Av"i.i.\g Analysis. : Bulls. Runs."' Mdns. Wkts. Gore .. 170 69 11 1 McGirr .. 195 71- .16 2 Judd ... 133 5t 7' . 4 Dryden .. s lO5 44 7 3 Wellington.—First Innings. . . Salmon, bG. Mills .. .'. .... .. 1 Gore, cW. Meldrum. b X Mills .. .. 7 Ulacklock, bG. Mills '.. 0 McGirr, bG. Mills .. .. ... .. .. 5 Burns c E. Mills b G. Mills .. .. ..32 Heenart c Hakins b G. Mills * 0 'Duretrunout .. .. .. ... 0 Monice, b G.'Milla .. .. :. •-.... .. 3 Judd, st Hawkins, b E. Mills 15 Dryden. st Ha wkins,;bG. Mills .. .... X Chapman, not out .... — .... 1 . Byos ... ~ .. •• •• '.. i- 6 Total» .. ... .. - m ..'"Si Bowling Analysis. ■ Ballls. Runs. M'd'na. Wk'ta. E. Mills;. .. 133 38 11 '7 G. Mills.. .. 135 3'J 12 2

On Saturday afternoon, the return match between the Onehunga United and St. Mary's- Cricket Clubs was played at Pon sonby, and resulted in a rather easy vic tory for the former team by 85 runs.' J. Cullen (22), Jas.. Brennan (19), and Jos. Brennan (11) reached double figures for tho visitors, whilst Swales (7, not out) was the highest scorer for the St. Mary's team. . s

A whole' day's match was played at Onehunga on Easter Monday between- the Pakuranga and Onehunga United Cricket 'Clubs, which resulted in a win for the latter team by 16 runs. The game was pretty even throughout, and the fielding of the visitors was excellent. The men ;who reached double figures, for the Onehunga team were :—Moran, 31 ; M. Brennan, 17 ; F. Cullen, 10.- For the Pakuranga:—N. Fitzpatrick, 12; Wallen, 18.,

ASSAULT ON A BOY.

At the Police Court, Christopher Greena way was charged with assaulting a boy • named George Kernot by striking him over the shoulders with a stick. The boy was a little mite, scarcely as high as the lawyer's table, and consequently was not called upon to give evidence. The defendant pleaded guilty to striking the boy, because he had been stealing figs from his garden.—Mr Edward '.Cooper appeared for the com plainant's father, and stated that the little reltow, with otliers, was playing tops in Hobson-street, near the defendant's private residence, when Mrs Greenaway came out and- asked him to run a message for her, promising to give him some hgs. (Mrs Greenaway: "I never did." Constable McClerihan : " Silence ! Can't you keep quiet?") The boy went the message, and upon returning was given his figs. (Mrs Greenaway: "He never was"— "Mac" "Silence.") As the boy was coming out of the gateway he met Mr Greenaway, who, without asking any questions, struck him several timos over the shoulders with his stick, which by the way, was a much thicker one than that in court (Mr Greenaway holding up his stick, "False, false I say.") The blows had left marks, and Dr. Evans had- been called in to attend the child. He considered that the assault was a most-brutal one. The boy had earned his figs, vind had no right to have been beaten. Even had he stolen them Mr Greenaway had his proper remedy, and it wa*f time.he .was taught that the law must bo kept. The Bench intimated that they would Jike to hear some of the evidence in order to, judge -of the nature of the assault.— James Kernot, brother of the complainant, deposed that Mrs Greenaway called him, and sent him a message to Burnses's. He did so, and Mrs Greenaway gave his brother BOine figs. As he was coming out of the gate, M,r Greenaway rtiet him %nd gave him. a hammering with an oak stick.—Mrs Clark deposed that she was a stranger to both parties. She was pass ing at the time, and saw 'Mr Green away beating the boy very severely.— Dr. Evans deposed that he was called in to attend the boy. He had evidently been beaten severely. There were three distinct bruises on the boy's back and arms.— Mrs Greenaway totally denied that she had given the fig»s to the boy, and wished to roview the previous evidence, but this wns stopped by the Bench.—Mr Greenaway con tended that the boy had no right on his premises, and also that he had a right to beat the boy. He would like to see the boy's wounds. He was constantly tor mented by boys. If it were not for his verandah he might have been killed in his bed by stcJnes thrown by the lads- There were a dozen of them playing about. He then produced and handed into Court a few figs, a couple of stones, and some fragments of broken glass.— The Bench inflicted a fine of £2 and costs £4 10s.—Mr Cooper applied that half the fine should be handed over to the father of the boy in order to pay for medical attend ance, but. this was declined by the Bench.

A Heritage of Twenty Five Millions.

A Paliis correspondent reports that M. Steonaokelfv who was Posttnastev-Genorul under tho.Tpnrs. Delegate tiovernmentj and is now a member of the Chamber, has taken up the causo of the 'claimants to tlie above mentioned sum, which, they contend is due to them by the State. What they say is this:—ln. 1676 a Frenchman named Thery deposited £4000,00p in the Bank of Venice died. For some time after his decease no body came forward »8 his heir. Some swindlers then by means of forced papers tried to get hold of it, but failed. More than a century passed, when Bonaparte was ordered by ,the Directory to demand the principal and interest for the benefit of French subjects. They were paid to him, and he appropriated them to military, uses. Tlio State therefor©, became the debtor of tli6 Thery family. Authentic heirs of the depositor .of the i 400,000 exist. That sum with legal interest, now comes to twenty, five millions sterling... ■

Michael Davitt and His Bride.

Mr axi> Mrs Michael Davitt have left New York m the Alaska. They intend to spend the winter in the South of Franco. The San Francisco Press give long accounts of the wedding and Of the bride. One Cali fornia paper says:— M About six years ago when Michael. Davitt first arrived in California and visited thi3 city in the interest of the downtrodden and oppressed people of his native land, he was the guest of Mrs James Canning. Her niece at. that time was a warm-heartfed im pulsive school-girl, just budding into woman hood, giving promise of the cultured Und handsome lady she .now is. During Mr Davitt's short stayin Oakland he was pressed by Mrs Canning to relate some of the ex citing personal experiences through which he had passed, and to these Mary Yore listened with rapt attention. At the recital of Mr Davitt's prison life experience through which he had passed, and she wept freely at the wrongs that had been imposed upon the patriot,- and last summer he was ' ac cepted.' . " Mrs Michael .Davitb is the daughter of John .Yore, of St. Joseph, Michigan, who is a prosperous, country merchant. She was born in 1562 and lost her mother in 1870 in a tragic irffenner, and barely escaped death at the, same, time herself. Mrs Yore and her daughter were on their way to the funeral of a relative when the tongue of the Waggon, on which they were riding became detached from the harness, and the vehicle was dashed against the side rail of a bridge, which gave way, precipitating the party into the. river twentyfeet below. The accident was witnessed by.persons on -the bridge,, who hurried to, the rescue. A leaky boat was at last launched, but soon filled with water. Finally Mrs Yore was drawn ashore with her child clasped in her arms. The child had escaped unhurt. Mr and Mrs Canning stopped on their return from .Europe soon after Miss Yore lost her mother, and begged to bring this motherless child with them ,to Cali fornia. The father could not part with his young daughter at that time; but after a while" when the wound received in the death of his wife had partially healed, he con. sented, and in 1872 Miss Yore took tip.her residence with her uncle and aunt in Oak land. After she had graduated from the corivent.she still remained at the home of Mrs Canning, and for more than,two years and a half she has been a pupil of the celebrated musical artist arid voice culturist, Signor Mancusi, of San Francisco. She'has been the leading' soprano in the choir at Father's M'Sweeney's church, on San • Pablo avenue, .ever since* it was dedicated, and on many occasions she has sung at entertainments given in aid of the church etc.' The last trme she appeated in public was when Michael Davitt de livered a lecture at.Samon Hall, in Oak land, four months ag_o. On that, occasion she sang the ' Dear Little Shamrock.' She lxis a fine voice, over which she has perfect control, showing that she had very careful training, and had been tutored by cultured musical people. As well aa being a fine and cultured singer, she is also an excellent pianist and tin earnest and admirable musician. She is a demi-brunetto, with full round violet blue, eyes and soft brown hair. Slip has distinctive ".Irish features, with small mouth/ wbito, 'oven' tieeth, an nquilinc no»P and, brilliant) somplgxion."

Consul Griffin's Tribute to the Irish Race.

(To'the, Editor.)

Sm.—One of the best speeches of the St.' Patrick's night banquet at the Town Hall was made by Mr W. 6. Griffin, United States Consul in Sydney, in responpding to the toast of "Our Guests." Sir, you and many other gentlemen in the city have borne ample testimony to Mr Griffin's estimable (Qualities, and it affords me very great pleasure indeed to forward you the enclosed extract for the information of your numerous readers. " T.J.F. Mr Griffin, who was received with great applause, said, that as a representative of the United States he conld not help feeling that he-was placed somewhat at a disadvan tage, for there was no other country in the world which owed so much of its prosperity and greatness to the Celtic race as his own. (Cheers.) Indeed more than one-third of the total foreign population of the United States were pf Irish birth, and if they a,dded to it the children of Irish parentage they could justly boast of a larger Irish population than that of Ireland itse.lf. It was perhaps, noli generally known that there were more Irish people in New York city than in Dublin. (Applause.) The two most progressive states in the union, New York and Massachusetts, Vith their magni ficent commercial and ;literary centres,, surpass all the other states and terri tories in the number of their Irish citizens. ■ (Cheers.) The tide of Irish immigration to America began as early as 1520, and had- kept lip in an un interrupted flow ever since. It came at a time when it was most needed. He re ferred to the period in which was inaugu rated that stupendous system of American internal improvement with" its incompar able network of canals and railways. Without the assistanca of the Irish people, said one of his former colleagues, Mr Bloss, the developement of the material resources of the United States would have been kept back half a century. (Cheers.) Whatever faults the Irish possess, they had never been accused of envy or jealousy or of refusing help to the weak in their battles against the strong. • (Cheers.) Their chivalrous courtsey toward the gentler sex had never been surpassed by that of the best knights of Palestine, and their courage is such that no mortal power could overcome. (Cheers.) Irish blood had been shed Upon the.soil of every country upon the ■,". globe that ever struggled to be free. ■ (Cheers.) Their generosity and kindliness of disposition are as pi-overbial as their wit and humour. The eloquence and minstrelsy had addressed every feeling of human nature, every senti ment and passion. , The record of illus trious names would indeed be incomplete if those which Ireland had added to it were taken away. Several of the Presidents of the United States were sons of Irishmen. He wxmld mention the invincible Jackson and the incorruptible Arthur, and in re gard to the administration of the former, he had sometimes thought that it had never been surpassed in brilliancy or fraught with grander and nobler results to humanity by that of any other President since the establishment of the American Union. (Loud cheers.)

THE BELFAST RIOTS.

Report of the Commission*

Tnn report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the Belfast riots was issued on Monday. It states tiiat 201 witnesses were examined, including the Mayor of Belfast, a number of magistrates (resident and borough), several military officers, police of all ranks, and* mnnber of citizens, fairly re presenting all classes, interests, and reli gious parties in the community. The report then preceeds to deal in detail with the in cidents and circumstances • attending the riots of .Tune and July, and the Commiss ioners state that the evidence leads them to believe that the riots at a very early period, and certainly from and after the Bfch June, assumed to a great extent the as pect of a determined attack by the Protestant mobs upon the jpplice and upon places of business of Catholics residing in Protestant quarters of the town. Of .course there were retaliations and faults on both" sides, but the principal actorsiri tho rioting were what is known as the Protestant mob' The Commissioners are of opinion that the comparative good conduct of the Cathol ics must be largely attributed to the zealous exertions of the Catholic bishop and clergy, who laboured persistently in the cause of peace, and who excerised over their people a great and most beneficial influence. Re garding the action of thepolice, the Commis sioners express the opinion that they made mistakes and did acts which cannot be defended. Viewing their acts, as a whole,: however, the police did their duty well,) under almost unpar alleled trials, and they especially com mend the conduct of the Royal Irish Con stabulary, whom they recommend should be maintained for the future as the police force of Belfast. Various recommendations are made for the future control and adminis tration of that force. The Commissioners conclude with an expression of regret that Commander M'Hardy was unable to agree with the report, and he would present a separate one. A Belfast correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday: The report of the Riots Com mission is warmly being discussed here. The "Northern Whig" (Unionist Liberal) says : —The commissioners have sought to do their duty in an impartial spirit, and have drawn conclusions generally supported by the evidence on which they had to de cide, -r-The "Morning News" (Nationalist) does not agfee with, all the commissioners have stated, But says:— .*• The report, on the whole, is a valuable one, and some Government, if not the present one, will have to act upon it.--The "Newsletter" (Conservative) challenges several recom mendations of the commisioners, and says :— The tone pervading the review of the evi dence will certainly not help to command the report to the greater ;number of the in habitants of Belfast. . . '....i

The Future Cremation.

The Cremationists have just held their yearly meeting at the Mayorality of the Eighth Arrondisement, Paris. Cremation is optional in France^ according to the will left by a person. It appears that the Holy See has prohibited, that is to say, anathe matised, this funeral ceremony in Italy, but its decree will probably remain a dea,d letter, as cremation is very popular in that country, where no less than sixty cremating societies .exist. Furnaces have also been built at Geneva, Zurich, New York, San Francisco, Bnffalo, -■ &c. In.the Mauritius several determined cremationists have ordered their bodies,, in the absence of oven, ad hoc, to be burnt on common pyres, the operation lasting four hours.

Robert Whaston,, a fireman belonging to the s.s. Wellington1, fell overboard last evening, and was rescued in an nncon scious stated He was brought round by moans of the visual restoratives, and. taken to the- hospital. He is now in a fair way towards complete recovery.

A LANCASHIRE BREACH OF PROMISE.

Damages, £250.

On Wednesday morning, Mr Lewis Wil hams, Q C and a jury sat in the Sheriffs Court, at Manchester, to assess the damaeea in a suit brought by Martha Georgia Martin, attendant at Hump's Restaurant Odham against Joseph Platt, also of Oldham, for breach of promise of marriage. The action had been brought in the High Court, and judgment had been allowed to go by default, after which £25 had been paid into court. Mr R. Ascot, solicitor appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant neither appeared nor was he represented — Mr Ascroft said that this action was brought by the plaintiff to recover damages Judgment was signed by default, and the jury had now to assess the damages she had sustained. The interlocutory judgment was signed on the 22nd De cember, and on the 10th January £25 pound was paid into court, and that: was not sufficient. The young lady was one- of the principal attendants at the Mumps Restaurant, where the defendant1 was in the habit of taking his meals. He was an architect and surveyor, and paid £100 before he was articled. When he had served his articles his employers thought so highly of him that they returned the £100. They did not ask for exemplary damages, but. only for what they were fairly entitled to. The young lady had to a certain ex tent been publicly engaged since 1882, and as defendant had chosen to break off the engagement she considered she was justi fied in letting qhe reason be known. From the letters that would be! read it would be seen that this was riot by any means a case of mere flirtation ; and he might mention that the letters began with two or three sheets dwindled down to a, little halfpenny postcard (laughter.) Dividing the letters into three bundles he might describe them as belonging to, three periods, like the flowers. There was the budding period, before the engagement, then.there was the flowering period, and last of all came the period of decay, repre sented by the halfpenny postcard (renewed laughter). The letters at first commenced " My dearest Georgina,"and ended " From your ever faithful lover." On Nov. 21st, 1882, he wrote :—" You may be sure, my darling, tnat I missed our walk on Sunday night, for I did so dearly love to be with you. I do so long to have you near me always, and am looking forward with hope fulness to the time when I shall be able to make you my dear, dear wife." That justified the girl in going with him. In the same letter he wrote further —" I know that you are and will be true to me, and I will at all times remember that you are my promised wife, and I will be faithful to you." He. (Mx- Ascroft) did not refer to the letters to expose the man, but to show by his words how the plaintiff cared for him, and how her health had been affected. On the sth December the plaintiff wrote:—" I long for the time to come that I may- take you in my arms and press your dear lips to mine,and to hear you tell meagain with those pretty lips that you love me with all your heart." In his next letter the defendant seemed to have developed a religious turn of mind, so that they had both a reli gious man as -well as a man of good position, for he wrote i~" I pray every morning, dearest that God may see fit to restore my darling to strong and roburst health ; and my dear Gfeorgy, you must pray for the same;" In his next letter the defendant wrote : —"I am looking for ward to the tinned when I shall have you all to myself. I have taken your engagement) ring to be repaired." Writing at Christ mas, 1885, the defendant said : —" Do you know I do so long to see you, my darling, and have such lots of sweet kisses which^ I know you will let'me have." (lau^&te?j«XTEe " dgcay " period began on April Ist, ,ißß6—on '"'All Tool's Day"— when the defendant wrote:—"lt is nob so much the matter that occurred on Sun day night as the constant accusing me of seeing someone else that has annoyed me." Then the defendant went On making ap pointments, breaking them, and inducing the girl to give him up, and at length he told her that he was married.

The plaintiff gave evidence in-support o£ the atove statement; and said that she was twenty-two years of age and the defendant twenty-five. He had told, her that he Was earning £3 a week and commission. The jury gave a verdict for £250, for which the assessor certified.

A Fortune for Sir Charles Dilke

The London correspondent of the "Liver pool Mercury " writes : Providence tempers the wind to the shorn lamb and gives Sir Charles Dilke a great consolation. One of the indirect results of the Crawford divorce suit is that Sir Charles is to-day the pos sessor of a handsome fortune which would never have been his had the verdict gone in- f

his favour. His cousin, John Snooke, of Belmont Castle, had intended to leave all. his fortune to the children, of Mr Ashton Dilke. So moved, how- : ever, was he by the Crawford case that, amending in .lune last his will by_ a codicil, Mr Snooke changed the disposition of his property. He left an estate worth some £140,000 to Sir Charles for life, with t remainder to Sir Charles's son, if that son ' comes of age, and only in case of the pre- ; mature death of that son to the children of ; Mr and Mrs Haston Dilke. In his will Mr . Snooke declares that he has changed his in tention as to the disposal of his property because he believes truly that Sir Charles is an innocent man, wronged by those who should have stepped in to protect him from, calumny. One will be anxious .'to see whether this accession of fortune leads to any change in the intentiod of Sir Charles to become a power by means of journalism.. ■ I imagine that it will not alter his fixed re solve. Such a man, so full of energy, miisb work, and must do what seems to him use ful work, if he is to live with any sense of satisfaction. ..:> ,

The caution given to lads brought before the Court last week for bathing at Shelly' Beach has not had the desired effect and it) . is plain that more forcible measures will have to be adopted. Any day this week numbers of boys perfectly nude could be seen splashing about in the water .and filth in Freeman's Bay, some even rolling in the silt deposited by' punts ten dering'the dredge. .This sort of thing, whilst positively indecent and annoying to residentsandothers^assingis also danger-, ous on sanitary groands.and should be put a stop to at once. Freeman's Bay intake promises to be a standing nuisance, and the sooner it is filled in it will be the better for all concerned. '. ■

We have Had the pleasure of seeing the illustrated catalogue of the seventh annual exhibition of the Auckland Society of Arts, to be opened at the Free Library in Welles ley-street to-morrow evening, and it, is in itself a good proof of the great advance art has made here among us _ during the past years,. The contents consist of 39 lithographic miniature copies of various works'.in the exhibition, carefully executed, mostly by the artists themselves, neatly bound in a paper cover, part of which is ornamented by a clever.and artistic design. One would have some difficulty even in Sydney of eclipsing either the litho graphic or artistic work displayed upon the cover. , : In \the\ .design are two portraits'--one of the late Mr J. T. Mackelvie and the'.either,of DvJ. S.- Campbell — capitally:,: done, and tlje w.hole is surmounted"' T>y "a representa tion of the Free Library itself. It is a'pifcy that a greater number of artists aidJnpt.cbritrjbute, several gentlemen rep jcese,nting as many as three picture?; when a' 6 the s'am'W time'raany artiste ?«« tttirfepro- y senfced.' •■, ' ■ %■■*' y

THE AUCKLAND EfelING STAR,, WI^KESB^^AyRIL, 13, 1887,

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