SHIPPING.

POET OF AUCKLAND

DEPABTUKES,

Island City, barque, 421 tons, J. Atteridge, for Gladstone.

Cleopatra, schooner, 92 tons, Ifwerson, for Sea Gull, brigantine, 122 tons, Laurie, for Fijis.

The barque Island City took her departure for Gladstone at noon to-day with the follow ing passengers :—Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd and 2 children, Messrs. Lane, McColl, W. Glad sheen, P. Marane, J. Jeary, Ferris, W. Har court, W. Kelly, Good, and 10 others.

THE MAILS.

Foil Wangarei, &c, per p.s. Samson, this day, at 5 p.m. For Whitiangi, per Mary Ellen, this day, at 5 p.m. For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. and on Monday at 10 a.m."and 5.30 p.m. For Enssell, per s.s. Go-Ahead, on Monday, 22nd inst., at 1.30 p.m.; and per p.s. Samson, on Tueoday, tha 23rd inst., at 4.30 p.m. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Taranaki, on Monday, 22nd inst., at 12 noon. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Nelson station will be received at this office till 12 30 p.m.; and at Onehunga till 1.30 p.m. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Phcebe, on Tuesday, 23rd inst., at 10 a.m. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Nelson station will be received at this office till 10.30 am., and at Onehunga till 11.30 a.m. S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star. SATURD A Y, AUGUST 20, 1870.

The p.s. Duke of Edinburgh will leave for Thames on Monday morning, at 6 o'clock for the convenience of persons wishing to attend the land sale at Messrs. Cochrane and Son's.

A poor woman named Eves, of Woolwich, the wife of H. Eves, a gardener, in the employ of H. H. Church, Esq., architect, has just given birth to three children, a boy and two girls, and under the care of Dr. Batler both the mother and her interesting " little stran gers" are doing exceedingly well. Considerable interest has been shown in the welfare of the poor woman and triplets, and the Ecv # Canon Brown, the rector of Woolwich, it is said, has written to her. Crracious Majesty to claim the ■ Queen's bounty for the happy mother. The father of this prolific family is very* much respected, and has been in his present situation over 20 year 3. There are two other children in the family aged three and

nine years respectively.

A billiard match, between Mr. W- B. Pierce, manager of the Victoria Billiard-room, Men ziea' Hotel, Victoria-street., and Mr. Joseph Gallagher will take place at the above room, at 8 p.m. this evening. Parties interested in the noble game of billiards will do well to be present, as some fine play is anticipated.

The Glassbowers had a very fair attendance last night notwithstanding the downpour of rain we had, wh en Mr. and Mr3. Woodroof went through their exhibition. The conun drums were postponed until this evening, when, no doubt, there will be a larger number sent in. An extensive number of presents will be freely distributed to-nighfc, so, with fine weather, we have no doubt but that there will be a very good attendance.

To-night another " Star Company" opens tho Theatre Royal, and judging from the names of the company, ought to be strong enough to draw any house. We think they are taking a step in the right direction, by. only playing light comedies and burlesques. We wish them success and " fine weather."

To connoisseurs in horology we would re commend arr inspection of a very curious and beautiful watch just imported by Mr. Howdeu, watchmaker, of Queen streefc. It is a Geneva, and exhibits the curious skill of that city of watchmakers. It is keyless, having all its winding and ad justing gear self-contained. It is intended to he proof against dust and injury of every kind, nob requiring to be. opened oven for an ex amination of its internal arrangements, a strong plate-glass back giving a complete view of its workings. We know that a prejudice exists against so-called Geneva watches, ow ing to the majority imported into England under that name being from Neufchateli where tbey are made by peasants, who1 turn them out in enormous numbers in their hours of leisure: frdm agricultural operations but it is well-known to travellers that in G-eneva, and generally over the Continent, no watches from any country is considered to compare with a real Geneva. The watch alluded to is genuine, and- is really beautiful as well as carious. -^c understand that H. N. Warner, Esq., is to reoaive the appointment of Official Agent. There can be no doubt the appointment will give universal satisfaction,'

* /tke drawing for the4ieautHfti£-oil painting j of the Art Union will fcato place on Monday •next. TWtj .suje-a few.'ipphefcß ufcill uu haad. Dr. Bell, -who. anfeS^-h^t-e with the livst batch of NoncomforsHs.fe,Vclied suddenly at Port 'Albert, on the. J^yv'ms^,,' causing a an'i k versa! feeling of regret amc/Ugsfc the, settlors. I

We are requested by Messrs. Samuel Coch rane and Son to direct attention to the valu able freehold and otlier property, at Graham: town and Tararu, which they will offer for unreserved sale on Monday next.—[Advt.]

We have been requested to state that the drawing for the beautiful oil paintings of the Art Union, which haa been got up by Messrs. Varley and Bartlett, will take place on Mon day next. There are still a few tickets to be disposed of, and as the pictures to be drawn for are really very beautiful specimens of the painter's art, and handsomely framed, we have no doubt that the few tickets still re maining on hand will be taken up before the drawing comes on.

A grand amateur gymnastic and vocal en tertainment will be given by the members of the Auckland Gymnastic Club at the Parnell Hall, assisted by the Naval Fife and Drum Band and others, for the benefit of the Tau ranga Belief Fund, on Thursday next.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Mari ner's Eeef Gold Mining Company is adver tised for the Bth proximo. A call of 7s. 6d. has been made in this company.

Notice is given that Allan Christy has be come insolvent. Meetings of creditors aye advertised to be held in the estates of Andrew Austin and James McShane. All claims against L. J. Bennett's estate must be sent in to Mr. Ewington within three days.

We observe that Mr. B. W. Dyson, of 220, Queen-street, advertises that Thursday next is fixed as the Show-day for New Spring Drapery and Novelties, just arrived, and in vites inspection.—[Advt.]

The Thames Advertiser warns business people and others that spurious coins are in circulation at the Thames. We were last night shown a very good imitation of a half crown, bearing the date 1846, which it would require much careful examination to detect A gentleman, who had received it in change, passed it at the theatre, where it was after some time detected by the doorkeeper, who called the gentleman's attention to it. The latter at once returned to the house from which he had taken it in change, but they were unable to recollect from whom they had procured it. It will be necessary to exercise caution in examining change, as doubtless there are more of these coins in circulation.

The officers and men of the p.s. Williams have subscribed the sum of £7 9s. towards the Tauranga Belief Fund.

LAUNCH OF THE STEAMER GOLDEN CROWN.

The launch of this fine steamer took place this morning, at 12 o'clock, from the yards of Messrs. Duthie and Ross, Smale'a Point. There was an unusually large number of per sons present, and as the noble vessel glided into the •water, loud and prolonged cheers came forth from the assembled crowd. The Golden Crown i 3 the largest steamer that has been built in these waters, and is the property of the Auckland G-olden Crown .and Steam Navigation Company. She is to be fitted with engines of 140 horse power (nominal), from the foundry of James Thomson and Son, o^ G-lasgow ; everything connected with her machinery being on the most modern im" proved principle. Her model is good, having a fine entrance and a tolerably good run, the latter, perhaps, a little too full. The dimensions of the vessel are as follows : — Length of keel, 200 feet; depth of hold, 9 feet; beam, 22 feet 4 inches ; and length over all, 210 feet. She is fitted with a saloon which will be equal to any vessel on the Australian or New Zealand coasts; the fittings and cushions to be the same as those in the famous Cunard steamers. The Golden Crown will have a fine large hurricane-deck, and will be in every way suited to the requirements of the Thames passenger trade. It is calculated that she will steam sixteen knots, so that the passage to Q-rahainstown will be made in about •three hours. The steamer is now lying at anchor on the western side of the wharf, and in a few days will haul alongside the Argyle shire to take on board the machinery.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT A BOARDING-HOUSE IN WEST QUEEN-STREET.

Information was lodged at the Police Station last night or a determined attempt at suicide in ilannery'a boarding-house, West Queen streot, by a man named Patriui Peed, lately from Dunedin, Oiago. It appears thee Eeed, who was a shoemaker, and working at his trade in Auckland, had lately been subject to great mental depression. He had only been a week in his present lodgings, and last even ing informed his landlady that feeling some what indisposed he would go up-stairs to his room. About a quarter to ten o'clock his comrade went; up to bod, in the aatue apartment, but; without tating a light, expect peoting to flud the candle burning. On entering thb rooiii, to his astonishment he stepped into some slippery liquid matter on the floor; immediately on striking a light he discovered a pool of blood, and the prostrate body of the unfortunate nun Eeed, who had evidently cut his throat a shoemaker's knife, which was lying beside him. Medical assistance was called in. Dr. Nicholson was coon on the syet, s,ud Eosd's wounds were .speedily dresied. It appears that in the act of attempting the committal of the rash dned he had thrown his head back, uvraag to whioh circumstance the arteries were i-ofc floinpletoly severed, and there arc there ijio hopes of his ultimate imovevy. The ox cassive loja of blood, howevor, which he has endured, loaves him in a oomewhat critical condition.— Herald,

POLICE COTJET.— Saturday. [Before J. O'Neill, T. Ritchie and R. E. Porter, Esqs., Justices.] DETJNKENNESS. James Murray was fined. 55., or to be im prisoned 24 hours with hard labor. ASSAULT.

The same offender was charged with as3atilt ing Peter Hurley. The case was adjourned till Monday, the lad assaulted being unable to attend. VAG-EANCY. Catherine Douglas, charged with being a vagrant, and proved by Sergt-Major Morrison to have been found wandering in the streets at one o'clock in the morning, and to having been convicted ten times for larceny, and three times for vagrancy with the last three years, was sentenced to be imprisoned three months with hard labor. MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT. James Lawrie was charged for having un lawfully discharged from service on board the Sea Gull, engaged to trade between the Thames and Russell, S. E. Ruddles, and re fused to pay him his wages and compensation to the amount of £6 10s.

Mr. Thorne for complainant; Mr. Sheehan for defence.

S. E. Ruddles deposed : On the sth August I shipped with Captain Lawrie on the Sea Gull at £4 10s. a month for air months. I refused to take my discharge because I wao not settled with. I refused to go with him to Fiji; he has shipped another in my place. I claim a moth's pay, and £2 previously due.

To Mr. Sheehan: On the day I left the captain complained that I did not do nny work. He had not blamed me before. I was offered £2. Another offer was made to refer' the case to the chipping master, but the ca*s was already in the lawyer's hands.

For the defence,

John Smith, examiued by Mr. Sheehan, de posed : I am the mate of the schooner Seagull. Had told plaintiff to work a little smarter, and reported to the captain that the man was not doing his ■work altogether to my • satis faction ; he seemed not to mind it much. The captain said he would discharge him. He was hardly doing a fair day's work. To Mr. Thorne : Ruddle's conduct was s\ich that I would have discharged him. He did not refuse to do his work ; lie was slow about it. I was about two days only aboard with the men, viz. the 16th and 17th.

James Lawiie, captain of the Sea Gull, de posed : Complainant was 14 days on board. For a few days I had no fault to find. So soon as it was known we were laid on for the Islands work was neglected. I threatened to bring him to Coui't. I did not ask Ruddles to come to the Islands. I discharged him on the 18th. They went with me to the shipping master and I offered to refer it to him. They said they had employed a lawyer, and would see it out. I placed the whole amount in the hands of the shipping master to arrange it.

The Bench decided that plaint iff should get £2, tiic unioimt of wages due, and £2 55., being half a month's wages, as compensation; each party paying his own costs.

In a similar charge brought by E. Davis, I another seaman, against Captain Lawrie, the decision in the former case wa3 accepted by council as the verdict of the Court. LUNACY. On the evidence of Dr. Lee and Dr. G-oldsbro a person of unsound mind was sent to the Lunatic Asylum. EMBEZZLEMENT. On the information of Henry Clutterbuck Lewis, Assistant Commissary General, this charge was laid against Francis Innis, Deputy Assistant Commissary-General, Auckland, being employed in the service of Her Majesty in New Zealand, that he did, within the last six months past, embezzle the sum of £50, being monies received or taken into pos session by him by virtue of his employment, and did apply the same to his own use and benefit, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided.

Mr. Brookfield for the prosecution, Mr MacCormick for the defence.

The defendant took his seat beside his coun sel.

The Crown Prosecutor, in opening the case, showed that by the 70th clause of the Larceny Act, embezzling moneys of her Majesty by a person in her service in New Zealand was felony. That the charge was nominally for £50, but he would show that in January, 1869, £1000 were deficient, and in June, £500.

Edward Barnett Carey deposed : I am a clerk in the Commissariat in Auckland. I was so in January, 18G8. Defendant was Military Accountant and Comptroller, in charge 0/ the Commissariat, in New Zealand. By virtue of that office, he had the management of the War Office funds, or the Treasury chest. He was Deputy Assistant Commissary-General. He kept the Treasury accounts of receipt and ex penditure. In the books now produced, the writing in black ink is Mr. Inne3'; it was the Treasury account for the month of January, 1869. The signature is in the hand-writing of Mr. Innes. In the accounts of June, 1869, produced, the hand-writing also is that of Mr. Innes. In the rough cash-book produced, containing the Treasury and War Office ac counts for June, 1869, the writing and signa ture are those of Mr. Innes.

To Mr. MacCormick : The red ink entries in the Treasury Accounts, June 1869, are in the same handwriting; but not thoso of January 1869. I cannot say when the'entries were made by Mr. Innes.

To Mr. Brookfield : The accounts bearing his signature purport to be made on 30th January, 1869, and 30th June, 1869.

H. C. Lewis deposed: I am Assistant Commissariat General in Her Majesty's ser vice. Defendant was in charge of the Treasury chesb from Ist January, 1869, till 31st January, 1869, and subsequently. I was sent out lrom the War Office to investi gate the accounts for New Zealand, and to relieve Mr. Innes of his charge. He gave me over the balance in the cLest on last, Monday, the 15th. I got the bookfj and accounts tho following morning. On Monday Mr. Innea made an appointment to meet me s,t ten o'clock on Tuesday morning—to vvhich tima I had given him to make up tha books and hand tl ten: over. He did not meet mo accord ing to appointment, nor did I see him on Tuesday. I received possession of the books on Tuesday; th<_y were in the chost. I looked through ILe accounts for January 1869, aa now produced. The balance on hand January Ist was £9414 6a. 4d., and corresponds witL the receipt produced. This book contains all the items of receipts into, and expenditure from, the Treasury chest for tha month of January, 1869. I have carefully conpared the vouchers for the month.

The balance shown by the book, in Mr. Innes s figures, is £7340 Bs. .The totting up by de fendant is wrong by £1000. The error is in the expenditure, which is made to be £1000 more than it actually was. The balance shown in the book ought to correspond with the cash balance in the chest, so that in that month the deficiency was that amount, The balance ought to be £8340 Bs. The new book commenced in Feburary appears with a balance of £7340 Bs. The correct totals, in red ink, in the book, are in my handwriting. On Wednesday, the 17th, I received a message from Mr. Innes, asking me to go out and see him. I went out about one o'clock in the afternoon, and saw him where I balieve he resides. I conversed with him regarding the aecount3._ T said to Mr. Innes how sorry I was to see him in such a position, and asked him to explain the deficiencies in the chest, telling him that I had discovered £1000 in January, 1869. He replied, " That was the first, but you will find another, and more afterwards. The exact amounts and dates I can't tell you." He assigned no reason for not knowing the exact amounts. I have since investigated the accounts for June, 1869. From February Ist to 31st May the accounts are correctly kept. The balance on" June, 1869, is £6,791 ss. Bd. There is an error of £500 in the receipts, which are less by that amount than they ought tc be; making for the six months a deficiency of £1500. In the rough cash book for 1869 produced, in the month of June, I find erasures on both side 3of the account in the totals and balance. There is £500 short-added in the receipts in the last column, and corresponds with the deficiency in the cash-book. I have found another de ficiency in March, 1870. I have not completed •subsequent accounts. The Treasury chest accounts ought to bo forwarded home regu larly every month. It was Mr. Innes's duty to see the account for January, 1869, sent home. No Treasury accounts have been sent to England since December, 1868. De fendant again took sole charge on Ist Novem ber, 1869. Mr. Ibbetson was senior officer, and nominally in charge from February 1 to November 1, 1869. The books and accounts were still kept by Mr. Innes. The books have not been made up since November 30, 1869, but the vouchers arc all forthcoming. The £1,500 deficit has been carried all through the books.

To Mr. MacCormick : The period of eighteen hours for making up and handing over the books was all he asked. My instruc tions from England were to relieve him at once, and take charge. I have made up these accounts in the absence of Mr. Innes. I have been only able to check the accounts by such vouchers as I have found in the office. I did not go further back than January 1, 1869. I assumed the balance receipted by defendaut at beginning of that month as correct. The previous accounts had gone home, and been audited. He was solely responsible to the Home Government only during January, 1869, and from November 1, 1869, to August 15, 1870, when I relieved him.

To Mr. Brookfield : The account for Decem ber, 1868, was kept by defendant, and signed by hijn, and shows the balance as then in the chest, and taken to credit on January Ist, 1869. I have not denied to Mr. lunes in any way an opportunity of examining the books with me.

To the Bench : The quarterly surveys were held so long as there were any military here. This Board merely counts and weighs the money in the chest. There is no examination of the books on these occasions. The rule of the service is to make no erasures, but to run the pen through and make alterations in red ink. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Lewis, re-called by the Bench : About £33 have been handed over to me in the Treasury chest. I cannot swear that there is a deficiency at the present time in the Treasury chest. I believe there is, but Ido not kiaow it of my own knowledge. The Clerk of the Court having read over the evidence, prisoner was committed for trial. Bail allowed : a personal bond in £1000, and two sureties in £750 each.

Messrs. Lyell, sen., and J. P. Dv Moulin at once tendered the required security, which was accepted.

The Court then rose,

HOW TO HAVE A LOVING WIFE.

A cokbespondent sends the following to the Phrenological Journal: —

If you would have a loving wife, be as gentle in your words after as before marriage; treat her quite as tenderly wheu a matron as when a miss ; d on't make her tke maid of all work and ask her why she looks less tidy and neat than when " you first knew her;" don't buy cheap tough, beef, and scold her because it does not come on the table porter house; don't grumble about squalling babies if you cannot keep up a nursery, and remember that " baby may take after pa" in his disposition ; don't smoke and chew tobacco, and thus shatter your nerves, and spoil your temper, and make your breath a nuisance, and then com plain that your wife declines to kiss you ; go home joyous and cheerful to your wife, and tell her the good news you have heard, and not silently put on your hat and go out to the "club" or "lodge," and let her afterwards learn that you spent your evening at the opera or at a fancy ball with Mrs. Dash. Love your wife; be patient; remember you are not perfect, but try to be ; let whisky, tobacco and vulgar company alone; spend your evenings with your wife, andlivea decent Christian life, and your wife will be loving and true —if you did not marry a heartless beauty, without senses or worth if you did, who is to blame if yon suffer tliii consequences ?

MIRACLE WORKING IN LONDON.

A. jIAN, ealliug himself Dr. Newton who asserts that he has received power to perform miracles, has been inviting the sick and maimed to attend at Cambridge Hall, Newman Street, to experience the benefit of his miracu lous agency. A gentleman, writing to a ontemporary,thus describes the proceedings. About 100 persons of both sexeo were crowded together- at ths uppei' end of the hall, and in the center of a small space between them and the platform stood Dr. Newton, in his shirt sleeves, calling upon the diseased to come orward and be healed. Grouped in different

parts of the hall were some blind, many lame, and many paralysed persons, waiting for an opportunity to geb to the front. In his frequent explanatory remarks to the people aruund him, he said he did not perform the miracles by his own power, but by the Divine power which was given him for the purpose, and by the presence of which in the hall every one was blessed. When a patient was placed, in his hands he would make some such speech as the following, which was literally made m one instance:—"lt is by love this is done, especially female love. You must love the doctor. You must believe in him. After calling upon God and the holy angels to help him, he would usually pass his hands over the face and limbs of the patients, jerk his own limbs about as if through a shock of electricity, and then declare them cured. . . • Men and women suffering from various forms of partial lameness were put through their facings in a painfully shuffling manner, and were then almost persuaded that they had been cured; but the contortions of their coun tenances, in their unavailing endeavours to realise the cure, ludicrously upset the would be miracle, and the delusion was more fully dispeiled when they attempted to walk from the hall. In one case great confusion ensued on the doctor expressing his inability to cure a blind man, and he was denounced as an impostor and swindler. Several other cases wero submitted to the doctor, but the result in every instance was the same. As the people were leaving tao hall, Dr. New ton offered to give a Divine blessing to all who would pass in procession by him and some eighty or ninety persons actually accepted his benediction. Dr. Newton has since been " practising" at Swindon. We read with hor ror nowadays of the tortures to which witches used in old times to be subjected, and muss to think how it was possible that only a hundred years ago people'could have been so very ignorant. Yet though we are a hundred years older, we are apparently not a day wiser. Dr. Newton still draws crowds of the sick and the strong to see the miraculous cures which some how he always fails to perform. In his speech at Swindon on June 5, his mania, or blasphemy, seems to culminate, for he stated " that he held direct communion with the Redeemer in bodily form, seeing him face to face, and that he was only influenced and taught by Christ in person what to do and sa\." The North Wilts Herald states that the Rev. R. F. Young, of Swindon, believes in his miraculous cures, and has openly published a statement to that effect.

WIT AND HUMOUR.

A SWARM OF BEES. B patient, B prayerful, B humble, B mild, B wise as a Solon, B meek as a child ; B studious, B thoughtful, B loving, B kind; B sure you make matter subservient to mind,

B cautious, B prudent, B trustful, B true, B courteous to all men, B friendly with few; B temperate in argument, pleasure, and wine, B careful of conduct, of money, of time.

B cheerful, B grateful, B hopeful, B firm, B peaceful, Bnevolent, willing to learn ; B courageous, B gentle, B liberal, B just, B aspiring, B humble, B cause thou art dust. B penitent, circumspect, sound in the faith, B active, devoted, B faithful till death. B honest, B holy, transparent, and pure ; B dependent, B Christ-like, and you'll B i ecure.

"Euphemia," said one girl to another, "I am so glad I have no beau now!" "Why so ?" asked the other. " Oh, 'cause I can eat as many onions as I please." Connubialities. —" My dear," said a smil ing spouse to her other half, " I intend to go a-shopping —I want a little change!" "Pooh!" responded he, "that would be no change at all—you go shopping every day!" Swift called dancing "voluntary madness." The Chinese seem to think it useless fatigue ; for when Commodore Alison wat at Canton, the officers of the Centurion had a ball on some court holiday ; while they were dancing, a Chinese, who surveyed the operation, said softly to one of the party, " Why don't you let your servants do this for you ?" Wedding Gloves.— " Let me have the best, sir, the very best!" exclaims a handsome young man to Mr. Dove. " Six pair left!" said Mr. Dove ; " better let me say the remainder, sir." " Don't suppose I want half a dozen wives !" remonstrated Mr. Flowerdale. " No, sir," replied Mr. Dove, " but you. may be so happy with your first wife as to wish to marry her over again every anniversary of your wedding day !"

The Wretch ! —According to Nature, the great horubills, some specimens of which are. now acclimatized in the Zoological Gardens, have a singular custom. As soon as the hen has commenced sitting, the male proceeds to wall up the entrance to the nest, till only the beak of the hen is left outside. He then de votes himself to the sole object of feeding her. Some horrid male creature has suggested that this sort of thing might be imitated with ad vantage by man—arguing, the wretch ! that as the husband has to feed his wife, anyhow, bricking up the entrance to the house might result in keeping her at home to look after her domestic affairs!— Judy A Hint to Dog Stealers.—Some time ago we had the curiosity to decipher what appeared to be something unusual on the collar of a dog belonging to a gentleman, which was as follows :— " My master's trusty friend am T, And he is kind to me ; So steal me not, lest thou shouldst die Upon a galiow's-tree." In the course of our rambles, we have also stumbled uj on the following : — " I'm collar'd already in brass, So do not a.i;din collar me ; ffc-i* fear it mi ( ;ht come to j;a.cs, To 3nd a fL collar fjr ihee." Widows.—Young vidowc ai; aiwaysb'ythe. They ever meet oa u v.ith a smile and flattering word. Can any one toll why ? Young widovs pay very borupuloua at-bentiau to their dress. None know so.well what; colours, black or otherwise, arejjifited LO.ft.heir,complexion, nor what frjjljftpf millJM, rv serv&JJest to heighten the bejjfiplfrof tLeir fc -m. Their knowledge of thia sußrj'ect they will put into practice. Dqjfeo any one know t\ by ? Young widowe, if at first pleasant, gay, and agreeablo through affectedness, become bj through habit. It is aaid that she who marries a Becond time is a better wife to her second than to her first husa band. Who can give a reason if we have not given it ? Young v/idows are the most charm ing part of creation—the envy of one sex, and the beloved of the other ; and why ?

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

LATEST FROM THE THAMES.

[BY ELECTKIC TELEGRAPH.]

IMPORTANT MINING- NEWS

FLOODS AT THE THAMES

G-BAHAMSTO^VN, 3 p.m,

The Alburnia have 162 ozs. retorted gold. Kurunui, for the fortnight, 1176 ozs. Golden Crown, for the week, 504 ozs. Belfast —111 ozs. from 50 tons. Waitemata—Bl ozs. for the fortnight. One side of Pollen-street, and Grahams, town navigable.

SPECIAL TELEGRAM.

ABUIVAL OF THE ST. KILDA.

Onehtjnga, 2.30 p.m. The s.s. St. Kilda arrived iv the Manukau afc 2.30 p.m.

FLOODS IN THE WAIKATO.

LARGE TRACT OF COUNTRY UNDEE

WATER.

Mebcee, August 19. The whole country between this a,nd the coal mines is under water.

People living on the low river banks have had to.leave their houses and obtain lodging from their neighbours on the high lands. lam thankful that no loss of life or property can be reported. Quick's coach cannot run beyond this tation, and mails are sent on by steamer.

THE EVENING STAB., AUGUST 20,1870.



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