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ScjIOONKR CoEAL QUEEN. The COKII Queen, Captain Trayte, arrived yesterday evening, from Coral Queen Island, after a protracted passage of thirty days. She brinrrs up as cargo some ninety tons of guano. The s.s. Moutoa -was to mate her trial trip at Port Waikato on Saturday last. She is spoken of as being admirably suited for the passenger traffic, but it is stated that her perfection in that respect will be a drawback to her on her passage to Patea river in the event of her leaving for that place before the summer. Fatal Accident at Waikato.—On Friday last au accident occurred ou the Waikato river, by the upsetting of a boat. A crew of four men and one passenger left the township early in the morning for the Bluff. The weather was very unsettled, and when the boat neared Kohanga she was struck by a sudden squall, which capsized her, and precipitated the occupants into the water. Unable to right the boat, the men struck out for the shore, but only four of them succeeded in leaching the shore; the other, an Italiar- -.uViied Talacc-i. although a good swimmer, boiVig urovned. Fuller particulars of the unfortunate affair will be found in our shipping Coll'lilt::?.

Mu. Si.iruEL Cociisane will hold to-day an iinresorvi'.U sale of drapery, hosiery, flannels, ready rr.ade clothing, haberdashery, including CO packages, ex late arrivals. 2 cases of coburgs, 2 bales of fancy flannels, several bales of serges, blankets, rugs of almost every color and pattern, damasks towels, shirtings, hollands, loug-clothes, greys, &c, &c. Also 5 bales of superior carpets, Brussels velvet pile ; a quantity of American,'leathers, siiesias and other upholstery and drapery goods, at 11 o'clock, sharp. Messrs. Hareis and Turner will sell today reserve, 20 tons of best potatoos, also a trade sale of boots and shoes.

Messes Jones and Co will sell to-day the stock-in-trade household furniture, <fec, of the Crown Hotel. Grey-street. Mu. Alfred Buckt.and will hold his usual weekly sale of cattle, sheep, and. j>igs to-day, at the Triangle. Otahuhu. Messes. Hunter and Co. will hold their usual weekly sale of fat cattle, steers, and store stock at Otahuhu, this day.

Pbovixcial Govebnjient Tendebs. — The Provincial Government will receive tenders until Friday next, the 16t'i op -Tune, for various articles required for the Lunatic Asylum, Stockado. Provincial Hospital, &c.

Pkixce of Wales Theatre.—There was a good house last night. The new sensation piece, " The Lonely Man of the Ocean," was repented. The astonishing scenic effects, the startling dialogue, and the stomachic paroxysms of Mr. Daniels kept the hou.se in a thrill of expectation and laughter. The piece was succeeded by " Dick Turpin," which went well, and was greatly applauded. Makvkllious if Tkue.—We sjive the following on the authority of the Mariln'ovph Press: " Most of our readers will remember that, about five months back. Mr: Bhmdell, teller in the Picton branch of the Bank of New Zealand, was aecidently shot in the neck from the incautious discharge of a revolver by Mr. Parkinson. The wound was probed for the bullet by two medical gentlemen, but could not be found. They finally pronounced that the bullet, after wounding the, neck, must have deflected from its course, and had probably passed out of the office window, which was open at the time, and had been lost. Mr. Blundoll insisted that he could feel the bullet in his gullet, and wns. assured that it arose from'imagination. However, the gentleman himself could not be convinced, nor did his health, after the wound healed up, remain as before. A few days ago, wliil? suffering from a severe cold, Mr. "Blundell v aa seized with B. violent fit of coughing, win u, in one of the paroxysm's he felt a momentarv choking sensation, and the next instant the deflected ball ' which had p.obably passed put of the .widow,

fell on the floor. Mr. Bluudell. wc are happy to say is fast recovering his former excellent health.

Congregational Chapel, High-stetjkt The anniversary sen-ices of the Sabbath School in connexion with the above place of worship were held on Sunday last. The discourse in the forenoon, being delivered by the licv. J. Hill from Psalms, chap. xlix. v. 's., and that in the evening, by the Eev. P. H. Cornford, from Daniel, chap. xn v . v. 13. In the afternoon, a suitable address v-n s delivered by the Kev. A. Macdonald. in \\]..l\ he took occasion to giro some words of kindlv counsel and 'encouragement to the" children and parents present. Notwithstanding the very unfavourable state of the weather/and the execrable condition of the roads, the total of the collections at the various services, amounted to £16 14s ihi. The anniversary soiree, will be held this evening, in the Albert-street Congregational Chapel, (which has been kindlv leut for the occasion), when several teachers and friends will address the meeting. We perceive, from the advertisement, that J. Newman, Esq., will preside on the occasion.

Cnrncii ov England School Pakxkll.— A bazaar will be held in Webb's Music Saloon, on Thursday and Friday next, and on Saturday evening, in aid of this excellent institution. The bazaar will open each day from noon till 5 p.m.. and from u' p.m. to 10p.m. Admission one shilling.

The following extract is from the hem rue Anjus .- —•• The Uev. Andrew Maxwell, the Presbyterian minister of Kilmore, died on Saturday last, the 20th May. "We learn that the deceased was a native of' Dundee, in Scotland. He was born in June. IS2O. and thus had nearly completed the forty-fifth year of his age. He pursued his studies at the Universities'of St. Andrews and Edinburgh. He had been stationed at Kilmore nearly nine years, and preached his last sermon, about six weeks since, from the following text: —' I have finished the work winch thou gavest me to do." ' Accivest to a House.—An instance of incautious i.'iding or driving, perhaps of both combined, occurred last evening in the Karan-cahape-road. It appears that a horse, the property of Mr. .lolm Walters while being ridden along the Karaugnhape-road. last night, between eight and nine o'clock, came in contact with a light goods waggon. It is scarcely possible to conceive how such an accident could have happened had both parties conformed to the well known law of the road. Both horses were proceeding pretty fast from opposite directions. The shaft of the waggon struck the horse that was ridden in the chest, penetrating to a great depth, end leaving of course a ghastly wound. It was said that the rider of the injured animal was in liquor, it* so some means should be taken to punish him it' the law will reach him. The poor unfortunate horse lay itruggling in the road for move than an hour. The rider, it appears, did not care to witness the sufferings of the pcor beast which he had so rash.lv and inhumanely caused, but took off the bridle and saddle and walked oft'. At length some humane individual, moved by the piteous snorting and struggling of the wounded horse, procured a pistol and put an end to its suffering. "Will no remonstrances from the judicial bench or the public press induce the drivers oi' vehicles or the riders of horses to keep on their own side of the road, and to consult the safety of others, as well as of themselves, by proceeding circumspectly ? Srrr.EME Couet. —His Honor took his seat at the usual hour The first case tried was that of sixprisonersnnmed Moses and George Hartley. Patrick Wall, Frederick Wharton, Thomas Howe, and James Brown, for riot, breaking into the Post Office at Mongonui, and assaulting a police constable. The prisoners were found guiltv, and in consideration of their having endured three months imprisonment already, sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. The next case tried was that of Frederick Lewis, for stealing a large sum of money in notes and gold from the General Cameron Hotel, Albert-street. The prisoner was a sawyer in good work, and being on terms of intimacy, it was stated, with the landlord and his wife, "availed himself of the absence of the former to take the money out of the box, which was usually placed unlocked in a chest of drawers. The prisoner was found guilty and sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. Eobert Snowden pleaded guilty to a charge of obtaining false pretences from James Spry £1, representing that he was a tide-waiter in the Customs, and wanted the pound to make up ten, to enable him to purchase a yacht; also to a charge of stealing from Emma Wilson a prayer-book and a gold ring, of the value of £3. The prisoner was sentenced to twelve calendar months for offence, the sentences to run concurrently. There remains but one case on the calendar to be tried, so that the criminal sessions will have been coneluded to-dav. The civil sittings will commence to-morrow. "There are twelve civil causes set down for hearing, and judging from the names of the parties to them several of them will involve important issues, and will be strongly contested. The following is a .\:t of causes—Drake r. Friend, McLeod r. Vickery and Masefield, Hunter and Dennett p. P S. Mackenzie, Trimble, sen., v. Mosheim, Trimble, jun.. ?■. Mosheim, Mclnnes o. Daniel Sullivan; Russell Henry Pobert v. Perkin, Bolous v. Maxwell, Lundon v. Graham, Brenner v. Creighton, Bacon v. Cochrane, Boss, v. McGregor.

Police. —Yesterday there were eight drunkards brought up (amongst them three of the gentler sex) who were fined 20s. and costs, or allowed the usual alternative, of 4S hours' imprisonment. Labceky,—James McAllister was placed in the dock, charged with having stolen 1 pair of socks value one shilling and three-pence, from the shop door of Mr. Johnson in Queen-street. He was accommodated with one month s board and lodging at his country's expense.

The Wahioa Mukdebs.—This case was again remanded until next Monday to give time to the prosecuting counsel tlioroughly to sift the evidence which lie stated had only come to hand that morning. We trust he will be m a position to go on with the case then, as this is the third or fourth time the affair litis been put oft. Mend Youe Wats.—Yesterday about 12 o'clock, a dray drawn by two horses, and laden with about a ton of potatoes, was proceeding up Shortland-street, and on turning up High-street the off wheel sank up to the nave m the soft earth lately put over the sewer just finished. Three horses were attached to the dray to endeavour to extricate it, but all the effect they could produce was to break the chain traces, and it was not until the dray was emptied ot its contents and a road dug for the buried wheel to work in, that two horses were able to drag it clear. City Board see to this. Some time ago we re-published from a Cape paper particulars of a case which had occasioned great scandal in military and official circles in the colony. At a ball given by the garrison at King William's Town, an officer introduced two lalies, who were objected to on peculiar grounds. It seems that some correspondence has taken place on the subject with )feHoßeG«ard»,anj that the Commander-in-Chief, H.i.H. the Duke of Cambridge, has written to the Cape military authorities directing them as to the course- to be observed. The papers we received by the Kangitoto clo not give the Duke's letter but its purport maybe ascertained on perusal of the following communication addressed to the editor of the King William's Town Gazette by Major Hare, the officer who is accused of the breach of etiquette alluded to:-" fcir,-I hare to thank you for your publication of the Duke.of Cambridge's letter in your., issue of the 9th instant. I hear it has given supreme jmhrago in high military-circles. I am not thb least rarpnsed thattnhj*nd other specimens of official

doctrine would gladly bo withheld from the public. Unfortunately, a morbid curiosity has sprung up amongst civil branches to become more intimately acquainted than they were in iormer times with tho economy, conduct, and res festujf oi' the service. His Koyal Highnesss letter may afford them a fair specimen of what they seek. It is quite truo I have replied to tho letter, and informed His Koyal Highness that the fact of my bringing the Misses Lange, to the ball on the 3rd June is a social question, regarding which one gentleman's opinion is wortli as much as another's. I pay every deference to my own in this matter, and I can only say that had the Duke of Cambridge been in the room at the time I should hare acted in the same manner. I did not then, neither do I now, acknowledge any supremacy in the constitution or details of a public entertainment. Tor one thing, at any rate, I have to be thankful to His Koyal Highness, and that is ignoring the outrages and the insults offered to me; he has at the same time ignored tho strong interest brought to bear to injure mo in fame and estato —to have my name expunged from the army list, and other little games which might have been effected bv a Duko of Marlborough, but hardly by a Douglas—T. Habe."

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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 494, 13 June 1865, Page 4

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Untitled New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 494, 13 June 1865, Page 4

Untitled New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 494, 13 June 1865, Page 4

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