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Abbott's o;nra Houso -jii A* and Federal Com bination. B Wcodville P.iblic School—Vlllnge Settlement Schonic, 7.30. Club Kooir, WiiUemata Hold — Committee Jleetinc or AuckUnd Ki'gaUft Hub, 3. St Mitthow'a Sjhool room-lecture by K>v. 11. T. ltobjoh.-.a !«. iowor Kcmur.™ M.s.ion Mull — Missionary

Mettinst, 7.50. "iieliiu-M'.a Mcr:im?ii ih,i 'I'nnt on Snrrcy 111113 Karate, Ponuonhy Itoud, 7.3 J. Kflnn Hall -licetin»• o( Kilen TorraM Rate payers ro water Biii'P'y, IMB,

UNKNOWN

January 13.—1C. Parsons anil 'I. I'cncock.

Auction Sales To-morrow.

.!. Maclooaami C^-Proauc!.Fnrnituro, etc., 11, ii Uwia-Dropory, Oloihm?, Habordflßhcrj

et<:.lt. 5!. Toiikn and Co.—Fruit, Hi screw steamer

Lily, 12. !m J2 A. Buctland, Htniuiirii Yardi- Cattle, etc. 12. O. W. Blnnoy ft S3ll — Fowl Wheat. Batter,

OiU. 11. W s Oochranoand Sou.-HouselioldKurnltore, ctoi.n,

Faucy Gjodi, &0.. H a.m.

UNKNOWN

Mails will cf.osk as undee

Tniß Day.

¥\>t Jlan&awal and Kalwaka, par Uuby, at v Fur'^'lC.-.tlknti. Aonsratetc. Taurangft, nntl O,io;iki, per Kntorprisr, at v l) ro. Tit X'n=»aiO9, p-uc E;i.oi'prtse. lit 5 30 p.m. Thursday. 13th lnst.

■F.ir fo.-t FitKroy, Trypheua, and Okupu, por Bor EWi" we^To Kijß. and Warkworth, per FSSS'^na S o«th ß rn port,, por alt Fr,r Wsltuta and SjUthorn portJ, pur Ualljlocli, * stllam.

• JTbio.vy. Uth lnst,

For Cowb3 aiDB? Coromaadel, v~

Co.'omaudcl,

Nt It 30 n.io. i't-.y T.iv.meo, T^ Relvmnhana, at Ip.m.

F-oAvhianmrn, Vvvov JflU, per lon*, at Spin. t",r \V.-,i'-ic Hi"i->j. l'/irna. W'ai.iu, Whin earei. Knmo, nn.t Ma»g>ipai, por V.'cliinKton, at S p.m.

vr v n,ilivf*rv In' Ju'.ter cirricr Uih n^w been xJton^.dw m U onibniw the Mea>t toWll Ulatrict, part of BellwcO.l, and p.-irt ot Kinfts- A.d'ditioaftlreeeivera]iavo boon placed In the following loca Itics :-Vlctoria Ayenuo, Now North Ito.d (.Vpj-'b). Pomonby lload (Whit omboV) Graat North Ronrt (Jfra.-'BP. Kirantf! hapo firifl N.--.-t,ir. llu:i Is (Whitas), KlbJr P(IS| ;r,:.-!,M-i,;vi, O.ir.-o.i Gw X.nil and Soifli.'H Vi-w (rofiftu'sil. Oarl:o.i GoroHmd av<\ Now- Biarlcet-etio t (dncaknidn'O. Cook anil Nelson otreets (Watsoi'r). Tlio Hoc. h-u.' ii. I.icsoombs, Ponsonoy Rond, h-is be?" rnmoved toßlomfi.-ld's.oppoiite Frank lin Eoici. Auort-ofHcc will tc opened at Gum Town. X: ■!• -.ury Ka.y. nn Ist Februarr r.nx-. Mails will ba dosp.atcrted (13 advertised -n-i;h WMtiansi Notb.—The Hlnsmoa will leave tho Bluff for West Coast Sounds about 13th ir-st. Tho si- i!a win taavu tUo Bluirtor Wtat Coist Sounds about loth inst. I'o-tai rotcr, r.iiy 007 bo procured at this ofltc.\ and at any other money ornerofHce in Ujo felony.

(Sisncd).

S. B BISS, 1 li".' l'ocitniaste;

Cfci:f PoDt-oiUco. Aackiaad.

UNKNOWN

BuNsirr.—T hio r--.-:i!nc:, 7.17. U-S'ox *■■ A.er.—)J ■ X (,'u <•' fir, 171b, 3.1 a.m.

UNKNOWN

ADCsusn -Thi-i eraalng, 8.7 ; to-morrow "manokao IlKAns-Thia evening, 10.17 ; to morrow morr.l'j.'. 11.17. iS.4(i"ii'.A lia\us This evening, 11.47; to-

DEPARTURES.

LAST EVENING. Wairarapi s s.. Chaifi.'lJ, f-T SvUucy Aus'raltn. a.».. C-aw3h^w, for South Queer, sch, Joi'ui. fJr ILiktm X <■ (moan fci Hint, for Korcury l*"»y Wellington, 8.a., Bifi)hi-n?ou, from ltuss.-H

UNKNOWN

Wt-llingtou from WhungUri. Thursday night lonn from McKiiry U»y uiul Tauraaga,'lhur.

Corcmia^dcl, from Coroosudol, toinoirow, 5

Rotoniahana. from Th^raos. Friday. 1 p m. K!it:iiviie. trim Thames. Friday, 2a.m. Ciinainan, from Himull. Incliy, earjy Tain-ii, from London, Ktb 13. Roapchu. 'Rom Lon<lo:?, via South. March Wa.tvti, from (;i*br>.-r.i\ iiii<!ni«bt J-lliSt Nico,.' (rom Toajja, l'Vbrujiry 12

EXPORTS.

Per \Vairami«i-!'OO r>lcc s timbar, B. cises ohfle^o, CO kcts Jjitttor. 2U Vales tu-^up, 27 kegs and 3 tiercua uiuf, 3 bi.x-ia sold, und sundries. i.-vwti 11 *>s"oast wisis.—Lizotto, from Thames', with B.OCO feot tiinbor.

Tho s.-:bootio.r Tore.-i claai-jd at tho Custom* to-day for suwirrow, with antiantity of general Ciirgo. PjbeojßiTji: Mr li. Iliad.

Mepsra C:irr & So-s have completed a sinill ftean: launch, previously rte3i;iib:tiin tbe'STAit for Mr rt'm. Holdi-n, of I.u:a3 Cr;ek. The launch 19 now being fitted with boibr and ongines by Meo=rs Fra'.er &. Tinne.

Th.9 barque Alce3!i3 left Oo.ma-u for London yesterdiy morning with wool, grain, tallow, eDc. valued at £30,000.

'Ih" I'rimutlaa Stanley arrived at Melbourne from Kaipar.l on January 1.

The schooner Dovoncort left Mn'.bourne for this port with a cargo of stona on Monday last.

The ochaoner Welcome W.i, Oamaru for this port on 3:n. 1, -wiih 720 EacUi) fl JUr, 810 sacks bran, 15 sacks barley.

TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

Melbourne, this day.—Arrived: S 3. Wal hora. lust ui^ht. chief .Tus'ics Way, nf Sou h Anstralla. won a paaseager tsjr tbo s.s. Mararoafor NewZsaland. MitLBOOKXe, January It.-Sailed : Muraroa, for Bluff. Wellington. Jacuiry 11.—Siikrt : Southern Crosi. for h.as,t Co*s'. viorta. Bluff January 11-Sailed: Gazelle, barquo, for London, with 1.823 bales wool and ICO Sides linseed, valusd lit £2>.000. POKTCH4LMEK3, January 11.—Sailed : Koto rua, for the North. Passenger for Manukiiu : Mr Munro. Wn.iNO.inKt. this day.—Arrived : Wolllneton, from Auckland, G a.m. , Lyttelton. this day.—Arrived : Riniutake, from Wellingion, 9.10 am. Tauranqa thi3 rlay.-Sailed: lona, for Auok land, via Tairua and Mercury Bay. early.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office, this day. Hesketh, Aitken, & Co. report sales, recent, at the Agricultural Hall:—Hides, ?Ji to3£d; sheeptkins, 2s Id to 2s 7d; pelts. 7d to 9i; fat, 93 Gi per cwt. Poultry : Ducks, Is 4d to 2s Sd geese, 3j to 5s 2d; fowls. Is Id to 2s 3d. Figs, 3a 61 to 12-. Potatoes: Kidneis. 5a toCs per cwt; Shepherds, la to it 6d; Hobarts 4a Sd to ss. Onions, 3d to Id per lb; peas, 91 per peck; cauliflower?, 2s per dozen; apples, 3d to lia per lb; hams, 6(1 to 7d per lb; bacon 51 to 6d, inferior 2d to W; cheese, Jd to 6d per lb. inferior I'd to 3d: batter. 61 to 6id per lb inferior 2d; oats, 2j 3J to 2sod ; inaizj. 3s Di to 33 9d ; cbatf, £1 10s to £0 per ton; hay, £5 to £6 per ton: wheat, 53 to 6a 3d. Several horses ■were diapoatd of at f*-om £3 to £32; spring carts, £10 103to£18; dogcarts, £18; sets harness, £2 2$ to £1 153. Attendance- fair, bidding bmk, and prlcea obtalueu satisfactory.

At the N.N.Z. Farmers' Coopentivo Associa tion's weekly auction held to-day there was a KOOd attendance and brick competition for first class fruit. The following prices were realised:! —Cookinc apples, Ad to ljd cer lb; dessert do.. Id to 2id per lb f pears, lid to 2d per lb ; plume 2Jd to 3d per lb; Hobart potatoes, £d por ton ; kidneys, £5 per ton ; extracted honey. 3a to 3Jd per lb ; comb honey, M D3r lb; pastry butter, 2d to Zl por lb; good salt butter, nd to S-Jd per lb : damaged cheese,2ll per lv; good choaße, 6d per lb : meadow hay, £3 10s per ton ; chaff, £1 per ton, baga, Id.

THE "STAR" CIRCULATION.

Auckland, 7th January, ISS7.

ire hereby certify thai we have ex amined the Boohs and Vouchers of the "EVEKING STAR" Newspaper for he. year 1880, with the following re sulls;—

Kumbe.r of Copies issued lo the public and actually circulated for the year millng 31st Deeemler, 3,384,800, ijiving an average daily issue of (0,792. The. fumes for Ihe ymr ISSS ivcrc

H,202,392, yie'ing an average daily issue of 10,.',!) 1. This shows anaverage daily IXCIiVASi: of 305 copies.

JNO. MILKE ) I'ul'Ut J. WAViJOUTH 1 Accountant.

Notices to Correspondents.

(i T - Our Bimco can bo liotter Illletl limn hy tlis ciiHiliiKKtuili wililfiilniiiuillons. Kyk Wrr.MKMSi.— The letter luisboo" siillleicntly ruplU-a to. li'aiii I'MY.-Your letter went astray, ami only hirnoil up yostcrilay. It hardly seiiins ncccs Fary lo upr'n up ii ncw.s|ia]irr .li.-cu-wioii .m the suliicct now. csiicciiilty ;nl!i« sliitcmcnt wn. -llaliyconlßuliolc.lal Ilio lime. S li --Kivlisli lime, lilec Knclisli ion-'iliiilc. h ,;;.k'm'li rom mc i.M-ii"" "f ""■ ■'v 1:a;-1 and We.il of Iho longiUulo ol Urcciiwieh. ".1.A.C." (llshomo-No. Wo linyo uwn hoantihal wallal>K;« have bci-n establish, .1 oi linm'Unlo. Ay. n ninlk'f of fad. it \< >\w*\\mi uhlo'whcll'ci- lliey coulil Hud ahylhin.; in (VHivii lo sulisisl annmps. Ihe relish s,-..ri: rocks of that rxllu»X voluaso. Uierc iin plenty of wallabies at K'awau.

Deaths

TAYI 01!. On .Tinu iry 12, nt Ni rm:i i!:y Honil. JloiMl .;.•;. ■.■n-iiu-lcl: V. ilim., ; v^r.t»oncl William in rt > nunu liij lv- ; «K-'>! •■; tuontho. WADE.- On January 3, at hla rpslili ncu, WcU'd Orovo Kiirm, Tura:i;r:i i'iwk '.fUi- n vnv Mi'-t \lhi-s-, Ibh;t. \V;i !■; ;in !iin 71-t soar. A i-o'oniat : inco \sl!

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening news, morning news and The Echo.

For the cruue thai luks a«ai:!:.nc«

For t'ue future i" Uic <'.'st

And the B<"'<l U>"t '"c '-" '"

UNKNOWN

The recent tragedy in New South Wales lias raised no inconsiderable

amount of discussion an to the punish

Mont which should I>q inllieted in such

eases. We have ourselves heard in directly a great deal of sentimental

nonsense talked with reference to the

subject. It. id said in some rniiivters that the capital sentence ought no! to

have been carried on!

Withoul

wishing to linger on a very unsavoury subject, we cannot help thinking that it may not be amiss to discuss this side of the question. Wo arc not going to inquire into the general advisability of capital punishment. We shall rhnply content ourselves with asking Is it right to cany out a sontenee which, in accordance with the law of the land, has been pronounced .' The whole mailer lies, we think, in a nutshell. Were these high guilty .' No sane man can doubt their guilt for an instant. They were guilty of one of the foulest, acts which it has ever fallen to the lot of a news paper to report. By nlmos! a miracle they escaped doing a defenceless girl to death Had they gone a little fur!her, murder would have been the result. That they would have gone further had they been left alone no one can doubt: and yei there is a section of people amongst us who condemn the fact that the law

nllu.teU in take lt» fiitust' Dring it home to our own doors Suppose this unfortunate wonim

been

daughter to any one of us—the suppo sition is not a stretch of imagination— in such a ease what wonlil lie the man's feelings ! —what his probable action '• \V*s answer, the very fiercest resent ment—a resentment which in many eases would lead to the death of tha cowardly perpetrator of the wrong. Men can tolerate a great deal and smother their wrath, but ti.erc are some things which no honest ina>: may tamely endure, and amongst these comes violence offered to the honour of his women. Once let the law show itself indifferent in this matter, and justice will be taken into the hands of individuals. Judge Lynch will assert his roigii, and who could

blame? Have. not women Loo the tight to demand at our hands safety and protection in the thing most pre cious to them 1 Oi' are they, forsooth, to be compelled to cany six-shooters and bowie-knives because their conn try denies them the protection which they have a right to claim 1 Wo cry shame on those unmanly people who talk of pity or mercy in such a case as this. There are some wrongs so deep that outraged humanity demands their expiation in blood, and when that is the natural feeling in the matte!', let such expiation come in the fittest way, at the hand of law. Surely this is better than to establish a .system of vendetta. We trust we shall have no more of this miserable and most mis placed sympathy for subjects altogether unworthy of it.

Again, there is another mattercloseiy akin to this which exercises a certain number amongst us—tho use of the " cat." It is degrading, they say, lower ing to a man. It stamps him with a brand which he cannot efface. Grant all this. It is degrading, and it does leave on the man's back marks which may never be rubbed out. But we wonder which is more degrading—tho mark of the " cat" or the perpetration of deeds for which the "cat" is prescribed ! It is this which really stains the man. —the crime, not the punishment. Every now and then we have instances of some dastardly outrage oit'erod to do- j fenceless and unoffending people—as, for example, the second edition of the .Mount Renuie horror reported yester day from Sydney. Yet the rascals who perpetrate these outrages are forsooth not to be touched with the " cat " because it is degrading to their humanity. They have already de graded that humanity when they do the wrong. No touch of the "cat" can make it worse, or lower it further. The sting of the "cat" would, indeed, be death to many; but the offenders who come, under its influence are not tho men who would suffer thus. The only thing they care about is the integrity of theii- pitiful carcases. They will shrink from no violence offered to another if they are sure of escape, but they have a deep regard for their own skins. A truce to such miserable sen timent. There are men who can be j appealed to in no other way, men , who laugh in their own sleeve at our sympathy, men who know! no law but their own lust or i their own brutality, who to gratify ! these merely animal instincts will stop ; lit nothing, but the "cat." Here the brute goes to,heel, and the bully thinks j twice before he encounters ita salutary j touch. Of course every one must, regret that such measures are even necessary, but at the same time, whilst

lavrikinism is n'fu amongst us, whilst Mount Komiio outrages aro mattoM of fact, whilst weakness and ;, : ;o IU-u too often but tho in centives to violence and insult, whilst those things arc, it would savour o£ Utopia—or Iho Whan—to pretond that wo arc in a position to do other wise Mian have recourse on occasion to that asont of a high civilization known as tho "cut-," oi'that other and more ghastly instrument of human ven geance -the gallows.

UNKNOWN

Rari.v thin afternoon tho local in.inngor of tiio Kationul Hank of Now Zealand rocoivod intimation by cable from London of the floating of the fomth higtalmont (£25,000) c,r ilia Ancklnnd Corporation Loan of £200,000 at a per cent. Tho averago pvico realised proves to bo £10."! ;:,-■. flil , or nearly CO less than wns obtained tor tho instalment placed on tin: London market last year, which shows in a prominent light the depressed stato of monetary circles in Iho metropolis. Tho Bank hud very accurately felt (he financial pulse when last week they lixed tho minimum at Elos, (he result being but filighl ly over that figuiu The minimum fixed for the £2.-»,000 instalment last year was i'lOS and tho loan realised £:! Is I Oil above that lignre. In ISSii the instalment of like amount realised .C 10!); while in hSS-l tho fiivt instalment of £100,000 was placed at the lowest figure of all, viz., £ 102. Tlie.-e tliictuations represent not any unpopularity of colonial loans or distrust of Aueklami in particular, but nre duo to tho condition of the monoy market nt the time of iloatim; tho dillcront instalments. Tlic nn ravoui'ttblo imnression rocenlly produced by Ihe publication of the heavy deficit in New- South Wales c:;in .scarcely have had »l> ap pvecinhle eflbct upon the Auckland loan, and U, o price realised U, in point of fact, highly satisfactory, when the condition of tho money market is taken into account. Of the 'whole loan, £l.") 0,000 have now bee, nused at an averago prico that must bo si gratifying to 'ihc lean ja-ents us it is' to tho Corporation and liifi ratepnyevs generally. The remaining i;.-, 0,000, wiiich will bo raised in (lie course

of Iho next two years, may bo confidently expected to be. as jmlieioii:;ly placed as the instalments llial have preeeited (hem.

UNKNOWN

Tiitf ylopuiy forebodings with which tho

new year was ushered m aro giving p>ux to m.To ho;icf»l nntioipationa ; tbc dark cloud is befinninK

ic, shn \*

Rilvei liniiit;, and pcop!

itio inilul K in

tho hope that, after all, war may bo averted. l«us?ia nrnl Aiisliin ary onlcrinu into more ii'inlial relations with each other, nnd thonch sony anxioty :. ),!( :■■ i.) whut L'liiiea l'.'.-marel; will nay in his epaech nn tho bill for i-cr-ain i],o (.i-riniii iirmy, th • onUook is gonernlly moro peuwful. ' From tho muljirudo of Uermmi nrtncolings arothor candldnto for tho throne cf Bu!i.Mri.i has been found in tho pers.-n of I'rinre George of Lcuehtcnber K , and bting nn dlicer in tho RufHin army, this ijontleinan may provo neceptahlo to thoCzu-, while notobjfotionnblo to Austria or fiorirmny. Tho Bulßariana of cmir»e are tho ehiof parties to ho eaii(i,d, and nt .i,her thoy n«r Knal«n-1 and Austria «iM bo likely t> consent to a ruler who- > eolo aim w.mM bo tho Pufsiani-r.tion of r,ii!,-,\ria Thorofero, tho end is not vot, nml tho pissibility of war i~ not much 10-soned by tl>o friendly advancon that havo been niwlo during (ho last fow

UNKNOWN

It is plensmil, in a period of depressed i ,-a.lc, to rooor.l ns we do to-day the pnecosc-

xtensivo as Iho Now Zealand Insurance

('oinpany. The directors have heon able to

holders a rojiori whicli beam high testimony to the acutcuess and prudeneo with which tho busine.-s of the coinrmny has been

maiinjjed. The volume of hu-ino-s for the year onded liOth Kovember last is repre sented by tire ami marine premiums amounting lot' 217,342, and from the profits, after satisfying all claim-, 120,000

Imve boon c.iviiod to ru.-cive fund ond in vestment llnctuation account, a dividend cf

;is. per ,-haie, absorbing £30,000, has been paid, and a sum of £3,931 has been cairied Uwanl to credit. Thcso results, achieved

. dull times and at a period win n destruc vc fii-09 have been more than usually

prevalent, speak more eloquently than any mero words could do of the soundness of

the Company and the olliciency t.f tho nmnasuincnt. 'i'ho sliarelvolders will all heartily endorsatho Hmirman's etilo^iums of the inanagoment, and the community at largo will echo his expressed hope for the ndTCiit of more prosperous times.

Tho Harbour Hoard havo appointed Mr F. L. I'iiaio Returning Uiliror for tho next I'.iiiird election*, uud in iho cvont of Mr I'iini > declining to act, it is understood that Mr S. Y. Collins will rcceivo tho appoint ment.

About ono o'clock, this ftFtornoon smoke was observed i=Hiiiiip from tho roof i.f tl two-story shop in Yictorii-strcet, occupied by tho "Belfast Dairy |Vr T. Watson) Iho occupants wcro informed of the circumstance, nnd at tho samo timo tho Freeman's Bay bell rang out on alarm, which brought Superintendent linghefl and sevoral inoinbers of (he Fire Brigade to the spot. Tho tiro was found to bo centred in L-omobe;!dinf; ar.d was ppcßdiiyextingui-hed, vary liille damage beinj; done. Tho tira h supposeil to havo arisen from Mr Watson leaving his pipe on the bed, when occupied nj stairs, tho tobacco being alight.

A public meeting is to bo hold to-night in tho Eden Terraeo distant re tho water supply for tho district. Now thnt wells are drying up and no sign of rain, a coed water supply would bs a boon, and tho present continuance of dry woather will no doubt inflnenco many to favour the pro posal to be made at tho meeting to-night, which takes place iv tho Eden Hall.

At three o'clock this afternoon Mies Linloy, a member of the Hindoo Zenana Mission, delivered an address to ladies in tho Boresford-street Congregational Church. Thero was a fair attendance, aa Mi«s Linley has alroidy addressed an audionce in that church, and is therefore known as a most interesting speaker. Her addresses redound with information regarding the private lifo of the lower casto of tho Hindoos, and also about tho progress of tho work undertaken by tho Zenana Mission.

While making some inquiries at Mr Keosing's pawn shop yeaterday, Detective Doolen v.-as handed three pairs of boots and shoos which were pawned there that day, and weie believed to bo stolen. Inquiries woro made, which resulted in the arrest of a man named Edward Hoekins. He admitted having piwned the shoes, but said ho foutii them, Mr Fitzgerald has tinco proved to bo the owner.

Tho "final" in tho Waitemata Boafing Club trial fives ior medals presented by Air H. Parker (captain) was rowod off lust ovoning, and resulted in a win ior Bailoy'a crow, which included tho following:—E. Bailey (stroke), E. Moore, G. Moore, W. Bailoy, J. Andrews, and H. Parker, junior, steer-oar. The defeated crew included: — IMtchnrd (stroke), Kackstraw, A. Bailey, J. King, and J. JUcDonald.

An address to bubine's men was given by Iho Hey, .). 8. Hill this forenoon in (lie New Zealand Insurance Company's upper room. There was a fair attenrJanco. Tho subject was " Thoroughness," the text being, "He did it niih ull hia heart-, and prospered." Some wise words wore spoken as to the value <■~ diiins whatever wo unduit,i!;e with tho whole heart, Whatever is worth doing is worth dc.in^ «dl

A meeiing of tho St. George's Rowing CluO was hold lf:3t evening, >v.en thu resig nation uf tho Sseretury (Mr A. .liobinn) was read. Mr (ribbons was elooted to fill tlio vacancy. New membern woio oleolcil, and other club business transacted, and tho mooting separated with a hearty vote of thanks" to the lale Secretary for his past exertions on behalf of the Club,

Nowb comoH from Pukekaroro that n dotrnctivo iiro has boon raging in tlio lv I'onni busli for noarly a wook past. It took Ma riso on tlio Manguwal btdo of tho foroali, and is said to bo "till travailing in a westerly dlroollon, sweeping orerythinf,' befwo it. Bur-.hinon'si wharoj and imp.e montfj have boon consumod, and aleo ft largo quantity of vnluablo standing timber, While Homo of (lio contractors havotufforod serious loss through tlio burning of squared lof,'!*. It, 2a likowiso reported that many working Ijnllockß havo b'on rousted to doath m tlio burning bush. At tho PoliroCoin-t to day, before Messrs Whitaombo and Nowman, J.i"a., throe porfoua woro punished for drunkoiincflH. Edward Uoekin wai clinked with tlio lareony of two pairs of Hboea and ono pair n[ boots, valuo !>s (id, tho property ot sonic leraon unknown. Tho case was adjournod ill Xhnrsday. Don'w Lynch, on remand, vaa charged with assaltUinff hia Wife lithorino Lynch, by Reining her by the lro?a and spitting on hor faco. Mr Lnishley aid they hid boon unahlo to oOoot a settle nont of dilloroncos so far, but hoped to uo iblo to do so by naxfc week. Adjourned 'or a wools. A lad named Thomas SVOSton ivai subeequenUy oomraittor! by tho Eoei lent Magistrate' to tho tndmtriiil School, jonditionnlly upon hia f-ither finding surotioa for tho paymont of 5i pajrweek. This is boautiful weather for sea bathing, and sharks aro beginning to ir.aUo their appearanco in larpo numbers, so thut Uiofo who indulge in a dip in tho " open ' should tako caro not to tempt the marine monstor.? by venturing far from tlio chore, lhw morning Watermen [lolbrook and Smith fuccocdo-.l in Imrpooninpt a shuvk eight feo! lons, and landed him frafely at tho whan, whoro lio attracted torao attention. A meatiDL'of tho Or.ehunga Regatta Club was hold at tho Royal Hotel !a«t pvening, nnd it, was decided to hold pqnatic sports i Rti that port on Saturday, February 12th. Tho events aro to innludo :— Cutter ].aco , (handicap), Yacht Race (time allowance), , open to all eomorn ; Whalobofit Haco, opan to nllcomorB; Junior Whnloboot Race; Fouroared (minwnlo) Gi« Raco, open lo | all comoH : P'tnt Raoo, open to Manulma , rosidontss Ships' Boats Kara, cfici: to crows | of thips in harbour; Log Utvse, open to Murmkau ronidents; Duck Hunt; Greasy | Boom mid Water Tournamont, open to all comer.". It waadecicladto muko application lo (ho Northern S.S.Oompany for tho two cf d,o B.a. Gairloch <!■> flagehip, find after tho tran?action of pome further business tho moating adjourned till this ovenirig. A incciline of ratepiyors nnd Friends in ■ yuip.ittiy nith tho return of tomporanoa (•■iiiiiiu'afa- f.ir l.ioonMntr Commi^ionera for t-1,0 Knraofcnhnpc Ward wa» hold in tho I'itt and Ed« in-Btrootß Schoolroom on Tues day evening. ;t v.a? decided to adopt the prrtrratnmo cf previous years, viz., 10 o'clock closing, no upstairs bar, and ptnnt Sund'iy closing, and to support tho present cnmmiwionorK Neoea'ary arranpomenta woro nmdo to ewuro their return in tlia event of a contest. A hearty vote of thanks was passed to the commissioners for their services during tho past year.

Tho New ZsaliTid Tobacco Company (! imitect) was retri-iercd on Fridoy last. Mr Vollbrncht, the manager, informs us that Una Cnmpony has sent, out vce.cl to over 200 fa>men and growers to Iho extent of about -ICO nercp. nnd reports to date pr. mifo heavy crops I lib rouson ; that tho Company will open their factory very booh imil !i!-vo a f? ad etock oi coloninl loai to koop them b;:~y for tho next 12 month-. Tho Company will turn out plu^ tobioco as the.tr staplo ; thoy will alsi pj-'Wuco other fnbic:o mid ci.'ar?. nnd sce.irrd tho linn of Mefsrs Edgar, A. Cloueh find Co., to bo thoir goner.il ngenta for Kuropa nnd Auetrnlia, that firm beinji at tho same timo largo shareholders A fow shares arc still to bo obtained from Mrfi. C. Gilunoro, tho lion. Treasurer, at tho Company's oflif>, 2t, Cmiomss'rect East, where a good assortment of leaf can bo eecn by anyone inlercsted in tho undertaking.

At tho meeting of tho Harbour Board ! yesterday afternoon, Mr John failing's lo'tor assarting that the Bnard Bngineer'fl calculations re tho capacity of tho dredge hoppers were misleading and untrue was deferral till next week, tlio Engineer in tho incantimo to report upon it. Ash croft and Co.'c communication re rlectrie liahting of whnrvrw was referred to tho Work? and Tariffs Committco to con filf'i- and rnport, at wan al'O the npplioation of J. Wilsm and Co, praying forarednc tion of tho landing due." on cement. Tho Secretary waa directed to inform Wil liam Hoberts that lha Board had no need lor hii fcrviccs nt prewnt, ami to acquaint the Regatta Ciub with tho fact that it i» not" within tho Board's province to nuthnriFO tha fencing < IV of tho end tee? of tho Wharf on Regatta Day, in order to char;;o tho public for ad mission thereto, Alfred .loo's application to bo allowed to vend fruit; "on the wh-irf en payment of .£1 per month was refused, a"d so likewise was H, O. Clark's application for remission of wharfage dues on his yacht. Tho question of under whoso supervision tho dock-pumping machinery should ho erected was left to tho Works and Taiill'^ Committee to determine, uud iho report of tho Finance and Legal Committee (given in our lnet is.'uc) was adopted. Pilots Sainty and Cooper's request ror release for contract re schooner, nnci remission of hire, was referred to the finance and Legal Committco ; and tho En pineer's report n dockyard workshop, Queen-street Wharf deck plunking,and Hall dredger, weru referred to tho Works and Tariffs Committee. Tho Chairman ata'od that ho had authorised, at n cort oi £14, tlio repair of tho thod dnraagod by tho Eikaia.

Ycslcrdiy tlio funoral of tho late Mr Charles Stiohbu'y, who died lately, worth £10,000,t00k place at St. Mark's, Remuora, the. so.vico beintf conducted by the incum bent. Tho chief mournors were tho dc cea ed gontleman'a tons, Mcwra Henry, William, and Arthur Stichbury, Robert Workman, Bon-in law ; and .Tamos Stich bury, nephew. The Into Mr Stichbury was a member of tho Fountain of Friendship Lorigo, which ho jcined in ISIS in Auckland. The following c.liirer.s of tho ledge ac.'O'l ns patlboarerf : - Messrs U. Leahy, T. Got', T. Hoßson, P.P.GMa., and C. S. Wright, I. P. UG.M, Amongst thoso Gentlemen present were ilesers Khronfiied, j?. .lajmor, S. tt. KuKhcp, It. Cunatablo, 11. M. Jcrvis, J, T li lyian, A. Kathan, and S. M. Green. Mr Stichbury, it may interest our readors tn know, arrived for tho first timo in the colony on Ist January, IS4O, in the good ship Cuba, Captain Wincomb, and under Captain Smith helped to survey tha town ship of Wellington. Ho marriod nt Wel lington, tho Hcv. MrMacfarlane officiating, tho happy couple bciiifj tho first united in the district Mr Stichbury arrived in Auckland early in 1841, and then lived on (hu island of Waiheko for twelve months. Ho was then employed in business till ISSI, when ho hni joined in partnership with tho lato Mr 1). Nathan and Mr 11. M. Jorvia. In ISG'2 he revisited England, ro turning to tho colony ia ISGI, when he com menced business as en auctioneer nnd im porter, ultimately retiring from business in ISO'O, and living privately at his residence, Clovernook, Newmarket, until hie decease. He loaves a widow, five eons, and a daughter to mourn their lof8; also twenty-seven grandchildren.

Tho Harbour Board Engineer (Mr Mc- Gregor), despite sultry weather, is not likely to complain of ennui for some time to come, lie hus ju.-t brought himself into something like hit water with the Board, and at tho eamo time Mr John Darling, who represents tho Board nt Glasgow, has ailh'med his calculations re tho capacity of tho new dredgo to be " misleading and un true " At yesterdny'g meeting tho Finance Committee drew attention to "an unauthor ised expenditure by tho Engineer in repairing silt punts and the Priestman dredger," and iv view of tho fact that as, in consequence of a previous un authorised expenditure, not long since, Mr McGregor had been explicitly requested not to take upon himself such a responsibility again until ho had received instructioi s to do no, the Board was inclined to regard his conduct as contumacious. The Chairman remarked that tho necessity of the repairs in question was not disputed, but it was tho manner in which theEugineor had acted that was called in question. Mr Goldie con sidered that as the work would probably cost £100, it should have been contracted for. He had been informed that in ordor to carry it out the Engineer had engaged men at 9s a day, while at the same timo he had taken the high-handed eourso of roducing to Ss a day, and without reference to tho Board, tho wages of ekilled mechanics who had been for years in their service. He thought this matter al»o called for inquiry. The Secretary was then despatched to sum mon tho Engineer before the Board, but to its surprise he was found not to be in at tendance. It was therefore resolved that ho thould be rtquen'od to explain why bo had ai.Hoaoyfcd the Board's revolution in legard to iniauthcr i.-ed expenditure. .So far as the con troversy with Air Darling id concerned. Mr ilcOrepor Bppsarsto h&ve tho best of it. Mr Darling's argument was based upon the contention that 20 cubio feet of silt is equal to a ton, whereas Mr Mcflregor had on ex hibition yeatorday a cubic foot of local eilt ; to prove that it requires 22 cubic foet to i constitute a ton of Auckland silt,

Mrs Greenwood and her daughters, par j if lm cce a9 ful, by a tour w the in from operas. Morrlaon-8 l'alo:,t DieinfeotantPWd -« nowboforo the p»b«o, J,' 1 °J 0 skills' ; iii sovorul dillorunl ways, *"'" ', , i cOll . jin all instances to boa poveihLami co 140; naval art.llery. V^n'-c'^s 1,704! I un\ -I* CantobuFyTTw ; AnoStand, Tho Club whaloboat race at tho Au^nnd KoV ?ta r"m;« to la aX» c^ j, ' abcAta OiWu cnti-ioa bang exited. !", m-ita Rovincr Club intend to provide tftO crow* in ono cf which Albert White, of S creury Bay, will probably row •^°"^ [ in nromlted by I. 'lamei clubs ; there will bo one "r more crews from tho Onohunt'o I club- and at least or.o each from Voneonby, ! North Shore, Weft End, St. Georgo?, ami ! City. Intendinc competitors are in nciM<J i training, «nd i ho race promises to be a wont interesting one. In tho oasa of tho North Now Zualand Woollen Company v. Darrow, completed in tho District Court tbia nofning, Jud«o i Smith nonsuited tho Company, hcunuo that Iho Secretary on»ht also to iiuvoav.orn ;I to tho contents oi that particular notice, > although there Mis upwards o- ,0- noiicM ii to post on each call, lrjo judge, however, ( ] ro'.cl fioro could to no doubt as to defend- I nnt being « shareholder. .' Tho faparato i'ubic Bch vA bad a narrow 1 ccape from destruction by fire on Wedr.es ' ! day la-t. A log was burning on tho read, E|aomo dibliinta from tho school, and tie ' 1 wind cati.-cd lliu tiro to spread to the 3 ! f-dl"n bush on t,ho rnhojl roeorve. J.or tunatcly, tin teacher (Mrl'orry) was on ilie i I alert and promptly gave the alarm to tho i I eettlew Tho school cau R ht four feparate r ! Umoj. but, thanks chiefly to tho exertions a ofMosswGeo Waogh, Kolco. junr. ami D • Mackenzie, the flamaa were sucecsmuiy o co-abated und the building coved.

The system of frco and active compoti tion in pilotai/Q appears to bo breaking down in this port. At the meeting of tilt Harbour Board yesterday Pilots Sainty and Cooper, who liavu been nnUing thirds very lively for the liig, pleaded to bo released from I heir contract re the pilot schooner, and to beforgivmi tho hiro, as (hey hud boon working at a lose through tho rivalry of the Awhina, bat stating nlso that they woro making other arraoKements to carry on the seivica It appeuro 1 that in tho week or so lit) to tlio end of tho year thoy had oarnorl i' 7, and sinco then £11, both of whicli amounts tlio U.mrd had im pounded p-iidinf paymont of Iho hire of the in". Mcs?rs Mays and Niceol plsadjd hard for generous treatment of tho pilojfl, who wcro being starved out; while the Chairman and Mcwrn Ooldio and L:inb wero opti'scd to any ofnce^sicnc, holding that thii Br.rd should not intorfero with the opuration of tho l)arwi»i m hi.v of tho survival of tho lUtuat. liventually tno whole matter was role^atcfl to tho Finance and Lek'ul Cummittoo for consideration and r port

A SERIOUS CHARGE.

I>R. KJISSELL AKKSSTEW.

(|;V rKLi;ci:.U'l[ OW.N COBKESI'O.SUKST )

CiiKbTCiii'Kcic, Tuosday

CoxsiUEHABLE excitement was caused iv

town to-iiny by a rumour which rapidly spread, and of cours.o lost nothing in pro. cees of circulation, that a well-known medi cal practitioner had been scon handcuffed, and apparently in the custody of two detce fives, driving in a cib from hi.= rtfi deuce in Oxford Terrace. Unfortunately, tlio i amour provud eubalantiollycorroct, and tho following facts havo been usceriaiiud. About !.) o'clock this morning Detectives O'Connor and R. Neil! went to tho residence of Dr. Chae. Kuesell, w!io had ju.-t finished biookfaßt. On seeing them tho doctor came to meat them at the front door, when O'Connor informed him they had corny to arrest him on a charge- of having procured abortion, iln at onco aiktd permission to bo allowed to go upstairs to arrange bh aH'airs and to '.vrito a few letters to eomo friends, especially to a medical t,-uailo tnun whom ho wi=h d to take charge of his caeo^. Tho detectives made do objection, and .-iccQinpaniod Dr. Kur=ell upstairs, whore he has a small eurgcry. Tuoy remained with him while ho busied himself in tho ma;inei he had ppjkeu of, but finding 'hat ho was occupying rather much time, Uuy bo^an to press him to ex pedito matters, 11-i wa» running to uud ;rc>, app roniJy greatly Qarrird, when sud denly ho snatched up v buttle of aconite, and Bvrnllatvcd its coulvnts before he cou.:d bo stopped. Ha tbeu rcfu.-ed to leave tho house, telling them ho had taken poison, and declaring that ha wished to dio in his own house. Of course the detLCtivea lost ti" time, but having handentred him and placed him in v cab hurried him ((f to Iho HospiCftl. Hero he was at ouco attended to by Drs. Stewart nnd Western), and the lattd- administered hypedermicaily a dono of apomorphia, whicli instantaneously acted as an omotic, and effectively discharged from the.-'omaih overy atom of poison. This heroic treat ment, made tho patient very weak, and at the timo his pro'enco was required at the 11.M. Court ho was too prostrate for any thought tually it was arranged to take iho cato against him next morning, aa ho had not sufficiently recovered. Mary Bowern Confesses At tho EM, Court, before K. Bestham, 1i.61., find It. W catena, J.l'., Alary Bowern was charged, on t'io information of Con stable Flewellyn, with procuring abortion on her own person about January, ISSu'. Constablo Flewellyn said he arrested the accused last night, and to!d hor it was for procuring a medieai man, Dr. Kussell, to assist hor in procuring abortion. She eaid she did not do anything of tho kind, Wit ness then atlted for a lettev written to her by Dr. Russell in reply to one written by hor. She said she had none. At tho timo of the arrest thore was a man in tho houeo, and ' sho told him to goi her Gut of that. Ac- ■ cusod afterwards admitted having written to Dr Russell when she found sho was enciente, Dr. Uussell nrota back on a part of har own letter saying ho would not do what she wanted. Sho aaid eho showed tbo latter to a woman named Mrs North, who read it. Accused next day gave wit noes an instrumont, saying that Dr. KiißEell had used it.

Inspector Ponder e.iid ho wns with Jflowellyn and Detective O'Connor when thoy arrested tho prisoner. Mrs Boworn afterwards sent for him (at 12.15 last night). She said she wished to make a full confes sion of what occurred. Witness cautioned her in the usual way.

Inspector Ponder then read the statement made by tho prisoner, implicating Dr. Russell.

Inspector Pendor further stated that Dr, Russell had been arrested that morning by Detectives O'ConnorandNoill. He managed before he was secured to tako poison, and had to bo taken to the Hospital. Ho (Mr Pendcr) would ask tho Bench for an ad journment of the case till the afternoon, and to grant a remand with regard to Bowcrn ior three days. Ho understood that Mr Joynt was engaged by Dr. Russell, Ho would be prepared with evidence in Dr. Rufsell's case this afternoon.

The Bench then adjourned the case as against Bowern till Friday next. At 2 p.m. the Court was formally ad journed until next day.

THE LATEST.

Auotkcr Cliavgc Against Siv

Uiisseil.

A WOMAN ARRESTED.

The Doctor Too 111 to Appear.

L'HKKTCIUJKCH, this rl-iV

Dr. RuasoU

uo.' weL ouough to appesr

at the Police Court thia morning, and h j was remauded till to morrow. A further charge has been preferred against him of procuring abortion on Kate Fisher. A woman nanu-rf Jane Kicbarda has been arrested for abetting him, and remanded t ill Friday.

CABLEGRAMS.

18 , uaOCHIO M MaE4FH.-a0««W»J

THE EUROPEAN CRISIS.

MOKE HOPEFUL ASPECT.

Another Candidate for tho Bulgarian Throae.

London, January 11. Photos BfflHAiWK'd Bpooch on the Gorman arwy ,ehomo li being onrionnly awaited. It is announced from Vienna that the rela tions between Austria and Busaiu aro now daily improving. Prince Oeomo of Leaohtonberg, who ia MingcalM.

ENGLISH POLITICS.

Tho Cabinet DouDlc Shuffle,

London, January 10. The Earl of IdcUdolgb, late Secretary of State for Foreign Affaira, has declined to ro-cnter the CaUaot either as Lord of the "TtoHoT'Hanry S^afiord Kortho.-.te. son of the Eat of I idaaci-h, haa r«i«Dcd the anpoLtment n - i;i.«nsai Secretary to tho Surveyor-General of Ordnance. London, January 11. Mr Go>chcn confe-.u tho Exohange Division at Liverpool.

The Latest Sydney Outrage.

Anotiior ftlnn Ai rested.

Svhsky, this da.

Akotukr arrest has been miiia In con nection with tho outrage committed on tho

girl on Cook's River Road, at Niwlown.

UNKNOWN

SvnNBV, January 11.-Sir Patrick Jap nines tcudored tho rffi-rca'-ion of hi? Minw try to the. Ujvcrnor ro-cJuy Ho explained tlrit tho pn-icipil roowin f;>r taking tins =lvi in'tho imutoidina'ii n displayed by Mr DiUhs to Iho Pitmi'r. Notlm-s will bo known for two or three d-iye as to the pos sible rccomtruction of the Ministry. The Smallpox Outbreak. Svijnky, January 11. Two mmo deal hi from emallDux hue oncirred at tha 4 i»ran tinertntiOM, where however, no freeh caeca are reppv'ed „ '■ Mkliiol-iin-i', .1 inu vy 11 -I he -i,.i.lp-». paiioiils --it Sjrrent-i ;,r? progie^-i"!,' uvour inKLAli.K ,1-iFinar.v 11 -Four bo.itir.eo landed yc-tcrHay n Ur, (j . ir. ntino ptotion, ,-iivl v.croa' hi"' i|iU'.'uuiiifcU, tnou^h the> will be eoparutcil iroiu the L'roussen's pas fongerp un'il tho i»'t >■ aro r. 1 '.vert. Anglc-Anstriiian CricSxet. Svi'.nev, .fann.-uy 11. Tho cricket match wiw ren.in=.d ' -i:v 'J'lie i'n^li-iimcn, who yesterday mac's four runs without the loeaofa wiekui, ~nd who lequiivd 62 runs to win, fiontinuad ihoir inning and mado Iho nonocs-jiy runs lor the 10-« "i one wicke*, thas v.ianir.g t'-io matjh -vi-.il nine wicketd t-j f|ua:e. The Irish C.'vmpilgn. London, Jimmry 11 -Mr Jnha Dillon ha= entered an action ag.'init ibo Inspector of Police for raslicioui prorecntion and for a-sault eomrn't!f.i! at Lo'ighrea I.'aaaafres are laid at i2,0C0. Burraah Paeifted. Lite-t news from B innah states that the country ii::& virtually btcn pacified.

DISTRICT COURT.-This Day.

(Before Mr H. G. Seth Smith, K.M.)

NnuTii New Zkalako Woolli.n Company v. Jajib- Dakrow. — GUim, Coo. for cuils.— Mr Tiico. Cooper appealed for the plaintiff Company, and Mr (Jotter for tho defendant.

—The evidence for tha plaintiff.; ia this

case wa= taken en Mond-ty, when Mr Cotter moved tha; the plaintiffs must be non suited - His Honoradj turned the ci-?a until this morning, in order that he might consider tho question. —Upon t:;o Cou:t resuming at 10 o'clock to-day, Ilia .Honor eaid thai it seemed to him, in reply to Mr Cottar's ap plication, tint hemu-t nonsuit tho p'aintifl-s on tha tiioundfl tbnt'thera is no evidence thr.r. nolice of tho calls had been tent to the defendant. Ha considered that ths first point regarding tho register of shares was not a good one. According to tho English Act ot 1562, with uhic'i our own Act uf ISS2 was almost identical, the eofil of tho Company was not required to the register, to that all that was necessary was thar an authorised register should bo produced. Thoro uns evidence that th-3 defendant, was a member of tho Company ; in fact, that was admitted by tho attempt to transfer the fharc-s. With regard to the second point, he considered that t'.ere was no evidence that tiio notice of calis wa-! duly despatched. Tho Company had no article-- of association, and were there fore bound by iho Act. Mr Btunett's evi dence showed that a letter properly stamped had baen put in the Post-office, but he did not .sco thut ths notice was inside, though probably that, could have besn proved by tho clerk. Therefore the plaintiff-* must accept a nonsuit, costs £7 19s.

CAPTURE OF A BURGLAR.

(BY TKI.KORAI'H—PRESS ASSOCIATION,)

CilMSTcarjßCi!, this day. A BURG&AK named Charles Anderson was

caught at 2 o'clock thia morning in Kinoaid's grocer's shop, Cashel stteat, by Constable Coster, who noticed tho window np»n and found him rifling tho till. The robber eut rendered without resistance.

SPORTING NEWS

Wellington, this day. CIKUKUELLA was scratched at 4.15 yesterday afternoon for the Island Bay Cup. Maligner, To!ford, and Lady Xurah, were withdrawn this moraine.

Cambridge Borough Loan.

(BY TELEGRAM!-OWN" CORRESPONDENT. )

CAMBMCfiE, this day. At a special meeting of the Borough Coun cil yesterday, it wa3 resolved to borrow £3,000, provided tho sanction of the rate payers was obtained, to pay off the present liabilities and foim eight miles of streets in the town.

VOLUNTEER NOTES.

A. 11. Dragoons.

The headquarter detachment (Auckland) of tho abovo troop paraded last night 'n tho Domain for troop drill, a fair number being present. Attention of tho troop is called to tho recent by-law?, which were passed relativo to absence from thrco consecutive parades. Tho troop was in favour of taking pavt ia tho Tara naki encampment, but owing bo the diffi culiie-i ot carrying tho horse?, ths idea had to bo abandoned, and in place o£ it the troop will hold an encampment, towards tho end of this month, from tho 2Stl\ to 31st January, in tha neighbourhood of Ota huhu. Tho race meeting, which wa« pro pesed to be held on the 20th, has beon, Oivitjg to numerous counter attractions, postponed to the middle of February, pro bably i-.ho 19th. It ia intended to make an attractive) programme, which will consist of ovents open to al'.-coniers in the shape of hack, hurdle, and pony raoas, as well as thoee coolined to the cavalry of the distriat.

To the Editor : Sir—lt is all very well to bo constantly harping on the waste of water by tho^e who have gardens. It is rather

ttiird oo tboso who have been to expense m their llower gardens, under tho promise of bain;- eiippixvd with water from the city, to hava thai- supply cut off. It means death to toe flowers, they haviug been led every overling, and look for it. Bolter by far that they never had any. I, for one, protest- against having my supply cut off. You might as well stop my regular supply of whiskey, and that would kill,—Yours, etc, F. H, Levvisson,

Sessions.

.> . (Boforo His Honor Mr Justice Ward.j : YESTERDAY (CONCLUDED). Laucsny from the Fehson.— Lavery and Camwoll, tivo young follows of about l<j yoars, woro charged with stealing a watch aiitl chain and £5 of money from tho patsoii of John Kennedy on tho 16th of Novembm lriet; at ParnoU. There wan also a second ohargo against Cam well for keeping the Baino stolon articles, knowing them toUe Btolon.—Mr Napior appeared for the prf. Honor UumwoH. it appeared from thoCrown PrOßaontor'a address that the prosecutor Kennedy being drunk, was takan .home by tho accused, when the robbery 'took place.-John Kennedy, labourer, s.ti'l ho met tho accord for the first time in Newton Koad on the lO'.h of November. i!o ran hia head against !\ bar which vraj stretched out from a telegraph Boet;the prisoners irero csar, mil ho thought ?hey I lad struck him. Ho was "ft little bit sprung." Firdinfr ho wan in the wrong ho attcrwarua apologised and treated them to drinka at the Royal George Jlo hrid fjver.il drinks with them.1— i William Whittaker W'arnock, licensee -of tli-j Royal George Hotel, Newmaiket, eaid he- i»w tho prosecutor and the two prisoners and another i:i his hoiel on tho night in question. Kennedy waj not drunk. B e » shouted" for the prisoners tsto or three tine?, when they all loft together.—John Mac&niuy, baker, Newmarket, spake to tee ing the accused with Kennedy, who pay fur cundry Uquora. Lavury Enid to witness '•(JilU (moaning tbo prosecutor) haa£2oon him; ha'it worth Ijokiug alter.' Hu also said th-.i Kennedy had a. pipe, and ho wntitcd it- — Abiahani' jdubeon and Tlionws Go)Us, constables, gavo evidence as 10 tlio arrei-fc of th-5 prisoners.— Mr Kapler than biiefly addrts-eii tho jury for hU client Camwfcll, and & f kcd iiia Honor to oxurciso tho power conferred by the Pro bution Act, ana withdraw the case from tha jury. Mi JMapior alto called Altssra Jona thau Wink.-; and Charles Whisker, who gavo r vldonee an to tho prisoner CamvreU's former -rood character.—llia Honor eaid there was a recommendation from thu Frobation Offi , cor; therownaalao little evidence against Oamvrell so ho would grant the application ur,,;!. the father paying all expenses of the r laecution and recogawanceß being entered into for tho prisoner's good behaviour.- Lavf.rv'B caeo was then potto tho jury, w!-o'foilml him Knilty with a recominenda tbn to tho leniency of tlia Court.-The meaner was tliea sentenced to three roonlha' hard labour. Pi-rsoN vtion.- Henry Brady wascharged withhaviugon tho 11th December, at the lVa-'« r» •IlTi.ti plajc, in tbo electorate of Wuitemato, nnlawfu'ly applied to the Deputy treturning OHieor for a voting a ror in the name of Hemy E Briifgs—He pleaded me guilty, M Brnf c»v ippfaring for the eletence.—Mr O >\e.r oi.pt-aro'd to conduct the prosecution jn-t rooter! by the Crown Pro-ecutor— Thomas Seaman, Jtc-tiu-nina Officer, gave -lovijfnoo us to thofclection of a member to - th.-Hnuenof K.vpro^eatativeifcr theW&ito mv.V.. ekoiori.l di.-tricf, and produced the i r"ll"ci.ntniniii.'tho name cf H. E. Briggs, , riwwinc tbat"ho voteJ at Helensvjl.e. ---■ MrliriTssey ar"uo<l that there could be no - personation, if the roll wsa imp">per ; lii'd that ih'-ro wm no roll of the V\aite mata elcctoial district, with the exception , of'that of 1884, whereas the elcction^M 1 ordered on tho ~onex..tant roll of 1886, • which is in direct contradiction of the 0 Re MBentation Act, which prohibits the ? placing of names on the roll after the 0 Lsuii 2( i the wilt i also, that a numbsr of 3 names of electors had beon struck off the 0 roll without notic baviii* been given to them, and that the roll wbs dated the ICih of Koi-ember, hre days after tlioditeof (heissniog of the writ— n His Honor did not agree with the opinion r Mr Hraesey held unless he could show the ir name of BriggS wus improperly on the roll.,: 18 -Lawrence NilsOD, who had known ths psi-oner for fix years, proved hu identity. —Tnomas Leo, Deputy Returning Oftcsr, _ c pr.vod supply ing the pihoner with a voting paper ia the name of Bnggs.—John Meff-ilt, tcrutineoi, deposed to oDJacting to ihe prieoner voting aa Briggs, knowiog him - as Henry Brady.- Henry E. Briggs deposed ' to having voted himself at flelenaville.— Serceant Giiliee gave evidenco ob to arrest iug the prisoner, who said 'lorn Kelly mado v him vote, and tbat he made him drunk ia - order that he might do it—Mr Gover hav ff ing addres-.ed the jury for the prosecution, aall Mr Brssaey for tbo prisoner, His '• H'iiior briefly Kuramoiied up, when the jury Is iouDd a verdict against the prisoner. r Sentenco was deferred till after the trial of i. r,jm Kelly, who is charged with aiding and i! abatiins Brady. The Court then adjouroed; >r till 10 o'clock this morning.

THIS DAY.

Tm £ Bills.—The Grand Jury found true bills against James Sauudera Gibbon 3, arson ; WulliH and Knight, larceny of £10; and Cnffrev and P. nc, murder. iMrsBSONATios. — Iliomaß Kelly waa arraigned upon the charge of aiding and abetting oue Heniy Brady to impersonate one Heury IS. Brians at the election at the Wade for a representative member of tJist district for the Hou^e of KepresentativesV jjr Brassey appeared for the prisoner.— Mr Cover, id addressing the jury against the pritousr, made an earnest appeal to the jury that they should pay great attention ro the case, which was one of the first cases under the Malpractices Act-Henry Brady, or Heindriok Brede, a German, gave evi denco as to b. ing taken to the polling booth, and the prisoner telling him that although he was not entitled to vute, that mude no difference j also that mon named Martin, Quick, and l,ec, as well as the prisoner were with him. Quick, of the North Shore, gave him ft paper with Famuli's and Monk's names on it. Lee then struck out tho name of Monk on it. He mentioned the name he was to vote for. Did not offer his services to vote. Handed in tho paper with tho number, and obtained the voting paper. Did not remember the name he voted in. It was not iiis own. The prisoner was present when Qaick gavo him tho polling-paper. — By Mr Brae-sey : Tho person who epok6 di'ected in English to tho witness, without using tho services of the in terpreter. Had been in Mount Eden twice — " onca for stealing and once for larceny." ("I don't see much differ once," said Mr Brassey). Voted in tha afternocn, when they are getting pretty well drunk at oloctions. - His Honor : Is that tho case in the whole of this district?— Could not and rstand exactly what he did when he was drunk. Mr Lee put the poll ing paper in the box. Had nothing to do with it. Cuse, Lee, Barrow, and witness all had four drinks, of different kinds, of strong liquor, before they went »P to vote. Did not know what the English laiv was about voting. When Phillips met him ho said nothing.—By Mr Gover: The accused paid for three drinks, and he paid tor three others, six Urinks in all.—Thomas Seaman gave evi denco £8 to tbe election. Mr Leo was his Deputy Returning Officer.—Leo then travo similar evidence, and spoke as to Brady coming up to the table at the booth and giving a name that sounded like Bricks, Kelly, who was alongside of him, interpre ted it to witness as Briggs. Moffat, the scrutineering officer, went behind the Ecreen with tho accused. Moffat then challenged Brady, saying : " What Lonsense, Kelly, you k now his name is Brady." Kelly was present when the usual questions were put to Brady, according; to the statute. Seeing Brady was at a loss, witness went behind the screen with him. John Moffat gave corroborative evidence. —Henry E. Briggs then deposed that he was at Helensville on the day of the election at the Wade, and voted there. This was ths case for tho prosecution. Mr Bra^soy then addressed the jury at length for tha dofence. — The accused, under tho Corrupt Practices AcD, gave evi denco to the effect that Brady told him at the hotel that his name was Briggs. He wanted to know if witness would give him oa to vote for Farnall. Witness refused. Brady used to be known as Harry, German Harry, Chinaman Harry, and Captain Brady. Also said his German name was Brigge. Not only did he not try and get Brady to vote for Farnall, but he tried to avoid him also.—By Mr Gover : Had heard Brady call himself Captain Brady about 12 months ago. Knew the witness Brady fairly well. Had repeatedly heard him cay that his real name was Brigge. The only time ho had ever heard him say his name was Briggs was about 12 months since, when Brady was haviDg tea at witness's house—Murtin Ca>ey, settlsr, Wade, gave evidence to seeing Brady at the hotel when he wanted to see Kelly. He knew Brady 8S Harry the German. He waa under the in fluence of liquor when ho went to eso Kelly — Nicholas t'hilliijs gave similar evidence- Brady was known in the district as Harry, liarry tbe German, and Harry Brady. . Be al6O stated to witness outMiie the bocth ttiat his imme was Br^ys. Told.him if his name was not Jirijjfes not to vote,— The prisonur.waa then recalled to have a certain question puc to him aa to to whether ho endeavoured to got Brady to vote for Farnall, to which he answored in the negative.—Mr Brassey then summed up for tho defonco, and told the jury that tnu

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«-!Tf- AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1887



IMPORTANT J^OTICE. GENUINE CLEARING-OUT SALK OF DRAPERY AND MILLINERY. THOMAS VAENOM, In returning lhatika for the liberal patronage , bestowed on him for tlio last pix yearn, begs to Inform hi? numtroua Patrons nnd Frlenda that he Intends GIVING UP BUSINESS, When a GODS will ba sold considerably BKLOW COST PHICK to effect a epeedy Clearance it his Well-nsEortod staple of DRAPERY AND MILLINERY. Ho would call Special A Mention to the fact that the Greater Pait of tbe Goods r.to IMPORTED DIRECT From the Best Ucme Markets, and has every confidence in saying that the LADIES OF AUCKLAND Will be studying their ovin interests in scouring come of the GREAT BARGAINS That will bo offered. NEW SPRING GOODS. .BARGAINS IN EVERYTHING THOMAS VARNOM, CORNER OF QUBEN AND WAKKFIELU STREETS. SAI^E NOW ON.



OPPOSITE THE TOWN < CLOCK. 13 At KELSEV3, opposito the Town Clock LADIES' WORK COMPANIONS At KELSKY'S, opposite the Town Clock. } A DIES' HAND BAGS J, At KKIjSKY'S, oppoßltotho TownClocfc, . TAPANESB GOO PS \ IP At KU.L3KV3, oppnelte tlio ToVen Clock. rriENNIS GOODS X At KELSH.Y'3. opposite the Town Clook. T>RESENTS OF ALL KINDS AT KELSEY'S, OPTOSITE THE TOWN CLOCK. __ - 1 TAB. T-VOHBRTY, 6SNKRAL DRAPER, JtO., RBMO V B B TO PUROHAS'S BUILDINGS, KARANGAHAPE ROAD, IuLTK VICTORIA STREET. Tjn INKS & JJALL, CABINETMAKERS, UPKOIjST.B-.IERB, AND CARPET WAREHOUSEMAN. QALE OF SURPLUS QTOCK FOR ONE MONTH, AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES, AND FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT. g PER CENT. ON ALL CASH PURCHASES WINKS & HALL, BHOBTLAND-STRBET, QPECIAL NOTICE. MILNE & CHOYCE respectfully intimate to their Friends and the Public that their Xt tab- Ushment WILL BE CLOSED at 2 p.m. OK SATURDAY, and Re-opened on MONDAY MORNINH. Instead ol THURSDAY as here tofore. MILNE & CHOYCE Have now opened up their SPRING AND SUMMER SHIPMENTS, And -would ben to submit them to their Mentis and the publlo. as being the NEWEST AND MOST FASHIONABLE GOODS To be had In the Home Markets, and also of being ot EXCEPTIONAL VALUE. MILLINERY, MANTLKS, DUST CLOAKS. in Great Variety und of Prices and Styles LAWN TKNNIS ent\ other Tailor-made JACKETS GAUZK and other SUMMER SHAWLS HAND IiAQ3, FANS, MADK-UP LACK GOODS. &C. LAROKBT AND BUST VARIETY OF DRESS MATERIALS In the trade. The Newest designs from the Homo and Continental Markets, at very Moderate Prices. A Special Line in 2 button JOSEPHINE KID Also several' Lined of CUFFS AND COLLARS LACK COLLARS, &0.. half-price LaDIKS1 COTTON HOSE, good value, from LADIHS' LI?LE HOSE. flo. do. 2s lid ADIHS1 SPUN SILK. do. do. la lid W&K^ffilSS' AND CHILD RES'3 UNDERCLOTHING, of every de- IROUs'sEAUX AND LAYETTES on the rAMIT,Y StLINBN, MANCHESTER GOODS. CUKTAmS, ANTIMACCASSARS, in new ols?' eBCLOTHING. HATS, COLLARS, &c, fto. 5 PER CENT. DISCOUNT FOE CESH. MILNE STCHOYCE, AUCKLAND. Tl/" ANTED KNOWN. KAMO COLLIERY OFFICE Removod from Messrs Mitcholson and Co.'s to Offlco formerly occupied by them ('ate H. N. Smith's), 19, Queen-street. VIJHEN DOCTORS GIVE YOU UP, V V Monb. GARNIER. the aleotriolan, will C-jra you. Consultation Free. Every kind of Complaint Treated at— ■AGLKTON'S TOILET HALL, !20, QUBKN-BTKEKT. Houzi o( Attandanoe; 9to 12 and ito 0, Elaotrlo and Galvanic, Faradlo, and Mediotoal Bates a'~o Blven by Lions. Garnler. Kucbsra of Tcßtlmoolel* can ba seen oa application. THE road which Cdrlyle has taken tea route by which German ideas become Kngllah, By It the two nations are Bisters. He Bpeolia like Goethe, of the spirit whioh weaves eternally the living robe of divinity. He speaks ike Fichte, of the divine mysticism of the world, that unity of Nature which is arrived at by dint of reasonings and abstractions. Benefl oent Nature grants to sufferers from breaches of her laws tho inestimable gift-renewed health. It is becoming lees mjaterloue. Thg antidote for the bane is close at band ~ Eucalyptus GlobuliUS. The Ifiery Foe is doing its <»ork. Tho healinK properties of this wonderful aßent areooncentratedintboEUCALYPTKNßOlNT MENT. Itsaction is truly surprising. AIOKIN, Queen-street, is tbe maker. • .



n ARLICK AND /IRANWBLL br v,/ Wish to direct attention to their Stock ot CURTAINS.-127 different patterns In Tap j estry, Crotouno. Qulpuro, Cor- bart. Scotch- an,* Not |"tfh«n Lice. Lono and Madras Mujlln. from S3 9>l to sns Pr pair. A Spaclal Une: 60 p;iira o« Tapo bound Curtains, 3yds long, 4s Gd per pair. rtRETONNKS.-An immoan rtook of Sin-.-io 0 ami Uoubla Twill Urupe. Rep and Satem Cretonnes. A JOB Line of BORDKIW) Rep Cretonne for Curtains, lOdperyd ; ordinary prioo, Is 6d. BLANKKTB. -Our prrnsnt BtOCk, purchased nrevlini" '.o the advance In wool, Will l:a fold at Old Prices: Sln K lc from 03 Gd i>er pair ; Double, Us Bd. DED QUILTS, SUKETING. and Upholder t> It" Material In flriiit V-irlbty— C4.HLIOK AND UytiNVVKLL. INLAID TILK LINOI.KUM. I U. and 0. have 1 imported ft largo q'lnnt.i-y or tha NOT WKAU OU I. It lino been tosted in Public Building fn London nnd Australia durinrc tho past (our yea're, ana civon tho (rreut.'-.t t-MUfactlon.-UA.U ---LICK ANU CII4.NWJ£JjU Solo Agents, PERAMBULATORS. - fesal Variety, Clvoipc'..- than over. tTour *rheo!*d American, from 23j. [English, Colonial, and Herman. We are clciritia: olf the best pat terns In German at cost price.— OARMCK AND CX AN W N LL. CARPBT3.— We taava already received ad vices from icanitfaoturers of lha n»'vetice in price of Carpels, but t/e Phall Soil at OLOCUIKAP RA.TKS till the advanood goortj arrive. GARLICK AND ORANWELL, GENERAL HOU3IC FURNISHERS, QUEEHSTBEET, AUCKLAND. OKLLING GEs\ SELLING OFJ 1 GREAT BARGAINS FOR CHRISTMAS! IMPORTANT TO ALL who are baking thel: Christmas Purchases anM ttlsh to Bave money. In cotiFi'q'icnoo of bnd times mid keen compo titlm., I. VMili'.sXVA'A. tho V..-H !;•,■ w.i Cliom Uriipcr tscoiup Jlod to SKI.L OK* £\Vi'At wuril t>r Draper) aid L'lothiiiß below uosl iinco. on lln l'rciulsuß, Knranvahavo. Itond, Niv.vlon. Al pursona withli'K to buvb ninncy should not losi the chance of Venting boiiib ot tlio CiKICAI BARGAINS that will bo cllored. Tho talo 1' uoifaci.ly Konuino, as tho following prico 11s will Bbow :— CLOTIIIN'O DKPAItTMKNT. Men's Btrong Tweed Suits, complete. 15s. wortl Men's Summer Tweed Trousers and Vests 10s Od. worth 20* Men's strong wearing Tweed Trottsorß, 43 Ud Men's strong Worklos Shirts, with oollari RUoch-.d, lslldeuch Men~ and You Us ißro\Vn Cotton Uhdershltta Id eavh Hoys' e"onK Twe«3 knlcter Suits, complete for 3; l.d Doi a' Ko'lr td Coata. 2i M ea<?h Mon'a Silk Dust CoKts. 103, wuith 2ua Bora' Hats from 111 encli Albo, Men's liars from In up-a very lsrK< virloty to ulicoso from. Soo wiudowa ;al Kond? irarkcd in plain Brfures. DKAPEi V & FURNiaillSfH UEPARTMKNI Heavy T wired Unbleached si-cuiing, 2 yard; wide, lii porynrd Rsally Bond bit.^ Celico. 3d p«r yard i.irre Wii t:> T».rkish Tow- la, (i.l nach t h.r V t tf.i tSntni-v.-U.! r'*r ;nra ■lai'j roitjM Hiv 11--tsi .-. H i p-r yiu-d o. X Laoo Window Cur •!.;.». fs B-l Pr l-alr ard win BT>*vn !>,iil .1.-i. 45 'pr < urd »'«<• Whiu- Krtrg-a Coui.t-riii.n s Si lld.ac! (Mad nuulity T*v »'rv <>-.r. <■;.. Hnl rtryiu-d un wu!« fstß-B". Floire-oSh. l»r;rjard D-m-m-ta. Is 6-: : Mr.- il.ru.s, 3, l!d W >>t .l~<» be-»i tifm Sanitiici- Uro^s Material a Ca*e »i ">ew I-mnmer Waabing PrintE. .'flfi ro -uir, 4J, we:;h7id iW) )i.rda of Car.in* t.'o!h in pretty auinrac »hk--i.s 7id, w,..viii 1- Gd >o,d iim.li y D.-übie-wUth Bluo black Ca^h mere. 1» (Id per yard \l/o abuut 100 pieces or Ml ths New Summe Urea» Fi.b les ot every descriytlon, to b sold a; halt prieo IHKAT BARGAIN'S IV THE SHOW ROOM! iM) Ladiio' ai.d Chiirtren's Straw lUis. Is each and styilfhly-Hlmiued Hats am Bonnet* at a very grrut iedm.tion u-rile,' H.tinoa J-jrseys. 5.8 d. wurth 10s6d ■00 lj<.die»' timorellaa nod Suiißbaiies, 26bdeacn XK> Fi°lrs oi Lsrtitfs1 Corfeti at la lid nn-rcio l.liw. Baby l.in.-n Klowero, Fcathore !tit>bu:is. Laces, etc., to btsp.lmostKivon awa: SPKOIAL BAKUAIN3. ■ trorg Tweed :or men's ana bjya' wear, la Ci v, r t».id. worth 2s Ud \'<jiy etrorg Coloured M-lfskins. Is 3d per yan 'Joub'owWih Bme Cloih f<:r ladies' Kidiui Uubite, 6s (id par yard, worth Via (id PRESENTS. Toys and Fancy Atticler, suitable for Chrhtmu prcecnis. at just qua ter tho ueual prices (.'omu and see them. Coun'ry Fottleis visiting Auckland for Christ nut and the Now Year will ;ave Sa in the £ oi 'heir pnrohatO3. Tramcars yn'O tho shop. For tho convenience «( residents of OnrbU"ga Manea-e and v.oinity. 1. V. l.ns di'l-A'KM i BRANCH SHOP at (IUF.KS-STUKKT, ONH HUWGA, with goofis at f a!o prices. Don't forgot the Address : FEKN ANDEZ, DRAPER AJS P CLOTHIKK. road. Newton. Aa'D The Beehivk, Queen ST.. unkhunsa. MRS BUTTER WORTH MILLINER, McARTHUR'B BUILDINGS, QUKBN-ST., Lately occupied by Ali.s Touteuberpr, WILL HOLD A /CLEARING OALi or NKW SUMMER COSTUMES H VM BOSNBT3 SATINS KBATHKRS FLOWERS BABYUEVEvr UN-DKRCL'JTIIINU &c, &c. IS CONSKQUKNCK OF REMOVING, ALI THE GOODS WILL HK CLEARED AT A VERY LOW RATE, QUEEN - STREET, NEXT MESSRS McARTHUR & CO., AND AT KARANGAHAPE ROAU. ARAND riLEARINQ CASH SALE OF T-kRAPERY AND /CLOTHING, PRIOR TO STOCKTAKING. WM. R. BRIDGBIAN Desires to inform hif Friends and the Public that It It oveb five veahs since ha hwa had a CLEARING CASH SALE, and finding SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS OVER STOCKED, has determined prior to Stocktaking to make GREAT REDUCTIONS tot a short time to effect a SPEEDY CLEARANCE. While not thinking a Clearing Sale every few months advisable, W.R.B. certainly thinks it desirable at such an interval as tho abovo. Included in sale vill be several largo linoa of Goods bought from several Warohou6C} at "TelT HEAVY DISCOUNT. The Sale will be thoroughly genuine, and nocde no puff. 288, UPPER QUEEN-STREET, AUCK LAND. vy ANTBD KNOWN KEW PP.INT3. DRE33ES. MILLINBRT. HO3IKBY, &O. MOW SHOWIWa. Prlots low an csiual. Oslcedld Lot PICKIC HAls, tram 6*. ! \£l h « $*? w. P. OGILVIE. TIOTORIA-BTP.EET WICS?. • _______ | HAND-SEWN BOOTS, specially eniS | ablo for the warm weather, light and r oa«y plvina great comfort to those i micted with Kinder faet.-WM. MILLKK £c SON, . HiKh-street. , Prices illghtly over Imported article,