SHIPPING.

POET OF AUCKLAND

ARRIVALS. Nil.

DEPARTURES

Colonist, schooner, 43 tons, Lewis, for East Coast. Mary Eliza, cutter, 30 tons, Sellars, for Tauranga.

EXPORTS

Per s.s. Storm Bird, from Wanganui: 22 iegs butter, G. W. Owen ; 9 ditto ditto, '46 head cattle, order.—Combes & Dsldy, agents.

The s.s. City of Melbourne will leave, for Sydney and Melbourne, eight hours after1 her arrival. The Two Br-otWrar^roinJEoiu'angnjCroek,. brings 11 ca fseS*BWfeir6 B*°*™ o?gs*lMon • luggage. , . | The cutter Mafly JSliiSrt'^n snil for T.iu ranga this evening, with 21 herd cattle, 10 cases brandyTSWr^tias^OTlu^h^siimeria packages sundries. —M. Niccol, agent. The schooner Colonist cleared at the Cus toms this morning for East Coast, with n general cargo. She will probably sail to-night. The s.s. St. Kilda, Captain Flowerday, arrived in the Mamikau yeßter3ay afternoon from Kaipnra, with the following cargo r —l3o enses 11 bugs gum, Brown, Campbell and Co. ; 84 bag 313 cases 33 bags gum, 1 package milk dishes. Passengers —Captain Ileale and Mr.

Dacre. The s.s. St ornfßf d will %v.c the Manukau for Wanganui on iMondajJs moMfing. The mails by her'Vilf'elifce at noon. ■■-<"-- •-• * ~- H.M.S. Blanche, Captain Montgomery, Bailed yesterday forenoon for Auckland, with despatches for his Excellency the Governor, received by the Suez mail. — Wellington'lnde pendent, October 11.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails will "close as under :—r •' For Thames, this day, at 3.30 p.m., and on

Monday at For Wanganui, per p.s. St. Kilda, this day, at

5 p.m. ForWangarei,&c.,perp.s. Samson, this day,

at 5 p.m. For Taranaki, Wahaanui, and Wellington, per s.s. Storm Bird, on Monday, at noon. Late letters and telegrams ~"fdr transmission from the Wanganui station, •will be received till 12.30 p.m., and at One hunga, till 1.30 p.m. ~„ For Gisborne and papier, per pi. Comerang, on Monday, 17th inst.,-at 1 p.m. Late fet ters and telegrams for transmission from the Napier station will be received at this office till 1.30 p.m. For Bussell and JCawakawa, per s.s. Go-Ahead,

on Monday, 17th inst., at 2.30 p.m. For Taurang'a and Opotiki, Napier and the Southern provinces, per s.s. Lord Ashley, on Monday, 17th inst., at 5 p m. For Eusscll, and Kawakawa, per p.s. Samson,

on Tuesday, 18th inst., at 3.30 pWT J" ' For 'laranaki and the Southern provinces, per 8.8. Phoebe, immediately after the ar rival of s.s. City of Melbourne, from Hono lulu. For the Australian colonies, per s.s. City of Melbourne, six hours after the arrival of .that steamer.. . - • ■ •. : -. . ' ' S. B. Biss, " ' Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at .the Police Court for the week ending Saturday, "October 22; Monday, October 17 : Messrs. T. B. Kender dine and R. B. Lusk. Tuesday,-October 18: Messrs. J. S. Macfar lane arid Thomas Maoffarlane. Wednesday, October 19 : Messrs. Joseph May and J. M. Mitford. Thursday, October 20 : Messrs. Hugh Morrow and 11. D. Morpeth. Fridny, October 21: Messrs. L. D. Nathan and J. Naughton. Saturday, October 22: Messrs. J. Newman and J. .O'Neill. .

BIRTH.

FnASKB.—At Parnell, on October 12, Mrs. G-. Fraser, of a daughter.

DEATH

Bent.—On October 13, at the residence of her parents, nsar Otahnhn, Alice Ann, beloved and youngest daughter of Robert and Rebecca Bent.

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The Evening Star: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1870.

This forenoon a circumstance occurred in the reading-rooni of the Mechaniisft'r Institute to which it is desirable to draw WbtentiOn. A gentleman of respectability—a subscriber to tha reading-rooiiiji of tb^tyjnstituti&n, and one of the moat.unqb'^tfsivp persons in the city was qijietjjr rcadiftig ■wnenrhe was accolted by; ;j&;poliMman, wlio oidered'him to leave,!^, pn h^Vdeclir.ing, laid hands on him and jejectedJbimXvThe gentleman in question had iii bis pocket his card of membership—which have'seen-^-and has been one of-, the most regular attendants at the institution "since his .arrival in the.,city.., It appears he had Jeltit his*duty*«to*«lay-<'- several* complaints against the Secretary, whose insulting behaviour to membe s of the Mechanics' Institute lias been so frequently commented on in our TOlmnnran^th«eof^i^<»nt©mporaJ?ies.»-ift. consequence', some unkindly feeling" exists between him and the Secretary, and a differ ence haying arisen between them regarding an alleged breakage of a lamp occurring ninny months ago, and a charge of a paltry eighteen ?p_enee . which the. member objects" to pay, opportunities have been taken of subjecting him to indignity. We do not know in what way-,Mr Inspector Broham will view this officious intermeddling of his subordinate, but such intervention, where the Courts are opefl to every plaint, does not consort with our- English- idea 3of liberty! or the right position of our police forced As we un derstand legal steps have been instituted, we shall not remark further on this side of the subject; but really the time has come when steps .must be taken to bring the Mechanics' Institute more in harmouy with the courtesies of civilised society. We do not say a word against the urbanity of the Secre tary ; but if these constantly- reiterated charges of 'churlishness, urged by freqnfenters of; the. reading-room against him are true, it is in tolerable that they should be longer ignored.

We are gratified to learn that arrangements haveTJeenTSacfirfor temporarily abating the offensive character of the nuisance arising from the main sewer ; and that in the begin ning of next week men will be employed to scrape,- the .beach, and cuf a channel beside the wharf, by which the emptyings of the sewer may be carried into deep crater, without spreading over the intake. This, of course, is but a. temporary expedient,-but,-as being in expensive, and-comparatively effective for the' time, it will"be a boon to suffering- eit liens? It really seems strange that so small a quan tity of fluid as pours from the sewer in dry ■weather, when the nuisance is the worst, should present'insuperable difficulties in its removal. With the wind that is for ever blowing at the wharf, a simple form of little windmill would be sufficient, one might sup pose, to raise the stuffy from a small reservoir or tank at tho sew.erlfljnduth to jyicli ah'eighth that it could flow in a trough or piping, and pour out into the stream. The liquid is so concentrated in its poisonous qualities, and so small in quantity after dry weather, that its regular removal should not be very difficult; while, in wet weather, the sewer is sufficiently flushed to comparatively abate the nuisance. The ateps to be taken next week will give:.an immediate relief; but it is to be hoped that attention will not cease to be directed to this abominable offence. to decency until the most complete suppression of it is effected.

A general meeting of the Waikato Jockey Club will be held, at the Hamilton Hotel, on the sth November. '• r.' '

The entertainment last night at the City Hall was fairly attended, and Mr. George Cotterell was exceedingly .successful in giving delight to all assembled, by his thoroughly clever and excellent performances

SPECIAL TELEGRAM

THIS DAY.

THE LONG DBIVE CRUSHING 905 OUNCES. THE GOLDEN CROWN CRUSH ING. THE MINER'S RIGHT DEPUTAr TION. THETTNEMPLOXED.-^ETFPY MEN RECEIVED EMPLOYMENT.

[FBOM OTTB OWK COBBESPOITDENT.] Gbahamstown, 3 p.m. The following companies have cleaned up for the week :—

Golden Crown—33l ozs. for the week. Golden Anchor— l 3 ozg. Lady Bird—,66 ozs.. . May Moon—sl ozs. Long Drive—9os ozs. Tweedside —19 oz3. from 12 tons. Star of California—l4l ozs. from 220 tons.

A deputation j from thejinemployed had an interview with His Honor the Super intendent, this morning. Fifty men", having families, are to .receive work on the roads, commencing on Monday.

A deputation from the Miners' Bights Committe met His Honor last evening. Hd». Honor stated that nothing could be done, at present, because of the Native agreement.

A GERMAN VESSEL TAKES REFUGE IN THE MANUKAU.

The outer waves of the Franco-Prussian war are surging in this direction. Yesterday, a German schooner, hailing from Hamburg, and named the Sawai, commanded by Captain Schmidt, put into the Manukau for protection, ;in consequence of the breaking oul of the war in Europe, and the presence of French cruisers in the Pacific. The schooner cleared out from Apia, Navigator's Islands, on the 31st August, in ballast. Captain Schmidt chose the Manu- Jcau. in preference to this port, fearing that a Frenchman might be cruising outside the Hauraki Gulf.

SUDDEN DEATH IN CUSTOM HOUSE-STREET.

A CASE of very sudden death occurred*, in Custom House-street shortly aftei^four ci?elock yesterday afternoon. A;rinnn na§aed IFames McEae, who had arrived the preVious faight from Wellington in the s.s. Lord Ashley,-Was following a dray laden; ; with:"'his goods, and accompanied by his wife*j%wheri,'at the corner of Albert and Custom Hbuse-Btre,et9, he sud denly fell down dead. <~i)r. ,0-oldsbpro, was near at hand, was -at :p"nce>called to the' spot, when ho pronounced jife;.to beqnite exJ tinct. It appears" that the /-unfortunate ,de ceasedpwho was fprty^four years of age, only^ recently,arrived iii ' the colony with his wiM by the .Firth -of Clyde, and that 1 he .had come on to Auckland, where they intended to settle daiy/n at the ear liest opportunity. . They had just removed their luggage from the Lord Ashley, and it was •being taken..to, ( a,hq.uae.which they had rented in Chapel-street, when the melancholy catas trophe took place". Mrs. Mrvß-ae was walking with her husband behind; tho. cart, wheii he -fell-dead. ...Constofcie Carrjigan, of the Water-_ police, afr once bmHglit4>r,.i3oldaluuiirfo~tlie~ spot, with the result, which we have stated. It is not yet known what was the cause of death, but it is suppose/! disease of the heart. The body was removed to the house in Chapel street, whether it was accompanied by the bereaved widow, who, fortunately, is without a family. 'An inquest is being held as we go to press; -,- .

SUPREME COURT.

SATURDAY,- OCTOBER 15

[Before His Honor Sir- Gh A. Arney, Km«bt,

Chief Justice.]

SNEIX V. TOKATEA GOLD MINING COSI PA.NY. —The argument in this case was resumed this morning.—Mr. Rees was further heard for the appellant. The learned counsel had not concluded when the Court rose, at ] o'clock. .

POLICE COURT.—Saturday.

(Before S. Eempthore and H. M. Jervis, Esqs., Justices.)

Drunk. —W. M.-Donad and David Thomp son, were finecl'.eac-h ss. and : costs or to be im prisoned 24 hours with hard labor. Assault. —Abel Fletcher was charged with having, on the 12th October, at Auckland, assaulted Eiclnird Mourley.—Mr. Joy and Mr. Brock for the pi-osecution and Mr. Bennett for tlie defence. —Eielmrd Mourley deposed : I was employed by Mr. Faulder to remove night-soil from the "'Old House-at Home." Fletcher came up and caught the leading horse, and suid, " I have caught you, you

, have I ? taking my work away from me." When closing the gates, between 12 and 1 at night, the defendant came up to me and said, " You are the I want," and he told his son to turn the cart up and crush me. He then made several hits at me and kicked me. He followed me up and struck at me several times. I kept out of his road. I never, interfered with him "or" triod to strike him. I had : given him no provocation. — To Mr. Bennett: We ai*o rival nightmen. Defendant is contractor for the City Board. It was a moonlight night, and I could see my horse 3. Another man was at their head. There3 was nothing to provoke the assault. — Edward Hall deposed : I was employed by Mr. Faulder on this occasion. Complainant was with me. Fletcher came over to us. I was but a few yards from complainant. After the language "detailed by last witness, he struck me behind the right ear with his clenched fist; he then ruhhed at Mourlcy and struck at him three or four times. I swear we had used no language to provoke. Jle shouted out to his son to turn the "float" (cart), and crush the up. The son did so several times. I avoided a collision. I then went for the police.—Cross -examined by Mr. Bennett, but without shaking his evidence. —It. McDonald deposed : I am a hotelkeeper at the top of Victoria-street. Saw Fletcher on the night in question, about 12.30. On hearing a noise, 1 went out and saw the parties to this case. Defendant was striking at Mourley. He was to a certain ex tent under drink. lintorfered to preserve peace. —This closed the case for the prosecution.— The ense was dismissed, each party to pay his own cests. —The game defendant was then charged with assaulting Edward Hall, on the same occasion.—The same evidence was ad duced as in the former case. —Abraham Fletcher, son of defendant, gave rebutting evidence, but defendant was ordered to pay a fine of £1 and costs.

LATER SOUTHERN NEWS

Br the arrival of.the Stormbird in the Manu kau we are in possession of Wellington files to the 11th inst., from which we give the follow ing latest telegrams:— CHRISTCHUItCH. October 10.—The Press, this morning, pub lished a letter. from the Hon. Mr. Gisborne, denying that the Government■'•tolegram :was compiled from that of the Press Association, stating that the reason lie.gave the'message to the Independent was simply to enable an anxious public to- learn the. news asispon as -possible. He also denies that the Govern ment delayed the telegrams--of Stafford's speech at Timaru some time ago. The Press has a short leader on the letter, ;stating, that .it was not it that brought the charge, but the Otago paily Times; and blames; the. Govern ment for delaying the Press messages until a Government message was sent through, and for supplying the message to the Independent, and so enabling it to get extras out before the opposition journals.—The Salt Water Creek Hotel was burned down on the Bth. The houso was insured for £250. The estimated loss is £50. The following additional entries have been received for the Metropolitan meeting for the Canterbury Clip :—Redwood's Peeress and Bashaw ; Stafford's Magenta and Mariner. Jockey Club Handicap : —E^dwood's Peeress and XXX; Stafford's Magenta and Volcano. Stafford's String arrived per Airedale on Saturday. About; forty horses have arrived for the; meeting.—Tlie foot-race between Aus tin arid Porter, for 2000 yards, to-day, was \\on by the former by three yards. Porter?had .100 yards start. Time: 7 miv. 8 sec. \ ' ■*■ -• '"■ *■ ?-1 •'*

V WANGANUI. %;» October 10.-G. W. Holland, settljer (it Patea^.was killed byithe slip of a cliff tb-day* ;sttear Boundary fcreeßf^ *~. :&y \ X

GENERAL NEWS.

'*.?/ V*v // >£i.— \i -gg> A j WELLINGTON^* \ v%j' ~A protest against the consecration of Sqyih-,, d!e|eo*nH(>.dfield tONtfie Bishopric of^WelluF^s ton, without the Queen's jtaaniiate for the con 6ecration,rand''the 00-th. roncjiiijg -flie'acknow . lc'dgoi'dntr of "the "Queen's sup'genmfcythas'baen made -by a'Mr. JEempthorrfe, of_Auckland^ dated the Ist instr'The document-is solehgth/ 'that wfe.are. compelled to/hpld it orer .till pur next issue." Tile.j>rotest ; -Waa.'iigcompani^ rby- a letter requesting ifc to be readpUblidiy befar<ithe < Consecration.^eryice. v The nrotejt'and letter were laid before a meeling of the Bishops ap? pointed to consecrate the Bishop elect, held at -Wellington on the a ßLh,jjisiaut»^,Tlu'oJiglvthe.., courtesy of the Lord Primate's chaplain, we liave been favoured with'aPco'py of tlifeii* dcliv verance, which is as follows:—" Wellington, October 8rl87&r--Sks—I-am -directed.by the. Loi-il^nmaf(r6f iN"e"w~2eaiTiTTd"t.o-ackrtowledge the receipt of your protest, dated October 1, iii which you enter your protest against the proposed consecration of the Venerable Arch deacon Hadfield to the Bishopric of the see of Wellington. lam further director! to inform you that your protest was this clay Laid before a meeting ~of the Bishops of New "Zealand, including1 the Primate and- the Bishops of Waisipu, 'Nelson, and Auck land, together with your letter requesting that it might be read publicly previous to the Consecration Serv.ce. and it was decided by the Bishops that jour request could not be com plied with, more especially as no provision is, made for receiving any protest at such a time, either in the form of the Consecration Service or by the General Synod, and it was farther resolved that the Venerable Octaviua Hadfield -having been duly nominated to the see of Wellington, by the Synod of the diocese, and the sanction to such nomination from all the Standing Committees of the several Diocesan Synods bavin? been received by the Primate, the Bishops should proceed to his consecra tion on Sunday, the 9th day of October, 1870. —I have, &c, VV. HunbyCoopkb, Clerk, Chap lain to the Primate."

A very serious accident occurred on Tues day last at Kurativvhiti, near Oreytown, by which a very old and much respected settler was near losing his life. From what we can gather, Mr. Walton was in the stockyard when one of the cows rushed at him, knocked him down, trampled on his chest, broke seve ral of his ribs, and inflicted such injuries to his lungs that his life was despaired of. Two medical men were called in as soon as possible, and Mr. Walton remained for a long time in an insensible state. He is not yet out of danger. The cow was not a vicious one, ami Mr. Walton hud frequently milked her on former occasions. The broken ribs having penetrated the lungs, it is feared that the unfortunate man (who is now well advanced in years), will never again thoroughly recover. Dr. Smith, recently from Wellington, and Dr. Spratt, have rendered him all the assistance in their power* The preliminary survey of the- Great Nor thern Kailway, it is understood, has been already commenced under Mr. Engineer Blacket, from Nelson. The survey party passed over the Hemutuka by Captain Smith's line on Friday last, and was expected to reach the Tauherenikau by Saturday evening. The Ministry deserve credit for the early action they have taken in this important matter, and the general desire is that the work may be thoroughly done in order that the boat route may be determined on.

Mr. W. H. Harrison is said to be about to take the editorship of the Grey Tliver Argus. . The Independent publishes a. full account of the consecration of Bishop Hadfield.

JACK'S VICISSITUDES

Crttise wlierc wo will, or with whatsoever ship's company we may, we shall always find one of those unfortunate fellows who are ever experiencing some kind of disaster. The fol lowing story of Jack Palmer, related as true by the surgeon of Her Majesty's brig R , is a remarkable instance of the inexplicable sporis of fortune : — After leaving the Nore, on a voyage to the West. liulies, we had extremely heavy weather ; it blew, a3 sailora say,' great guns.' Before midnight we encountered a perfect hurricane. Towards daylight,, however, when we were off the Goodwin Sands, it somewhat abated. At this period, the lieutenant thought he perceived sotneting like the remains of a vessel's upper-rigging standing out oi tho water. A nearer, inspection justified the suspicion, for we discovered that portion of a vessel, which hud been wrecked during the night, and to it still clinging a soliiury sailor, but .whether alive or dead, we could not des cry. Although greatly hazardous, a boat was despatched from the brig, which, after con siderable difficulty, suflidbntly neared the wreck, to which the poor fellow was lashed, and we wera enabled to effect his rescue,

The sailor was brought on board almost dead from the effects of extreme cold and sen- Water. He proved to be an unusually fine and athletic young man, and was the only survivor of twenty who had been on 'board the vessel—a West India trader, homeward bound. His name was. Jack Palmer, and, in a few days, he become one of the finest sea men on board the brig. '.-:■>'■ :.-.-' ■ . .■•; Not many weeks after this hair breadth escape, this unfortunate fellow felt overboard from off the jib-boom end. .This-occurred in the middle of a- remarkably line day, and,' luckily, there was" not niuch way upon the vessel at the time,-iof the: accident. ;. He ~had scarcely fallen under the bows before' the alarm was given of a man overboard. I was at the moiient looking over the taflrail; watching-the gambols of a couple of dolphins, which had followed the ship for some hours. I had neither heard the drop 'nor the alarm, when you may guess my astonishment, as' I looked intently upon the water, at seeing suddenly emerging from the surface under the vessel's counter, poor Jack Palmer. The brig had sailed clean over him. Upon his head rising above the surface, he commenced striking put, and swam clear of the ship's wake, at the same time looking up to me, and calling out, in the most fearless manner, that he was safe, and could swim like a duck. '

The brig was hove-to as speedily as possible ; the jolly-boat, which hung over the stern, was instantly* lowered, and poor Jack Palmer was in a lew ininutes oncgjUioro safe on the de,:k. Ho appeared to bo none the worse for the accident,^ with the exception of a serore

-ducking, at which he only laughed, making indeed;- very light of the whole affair. RfrcklessW threatened danger, his self-pos session ifeVer 'seemed to forsake him, when •coolness fincl decision were indispensable for srtccess}Jp Short, he was, perhaps, as fine a igjecime^ o'fi a British tar as ever " cracked a tyilciut£Or\tTod a plank on blue water." \OnvMe homeward-bound passage Jack ■EalSr^'unliappil.T displayed a propensity 'which"hitherto he'had been unable to gratify —he was constantly inebriated. Heavy gales .of \yJnd bievv with unabated violence fromrihe peri od-,pj> our leaving St. Thomas's, ts?"""ofir making the (English coast. ~ .-j^sTO-Tvere" entering the chops sof + %]ie (Ihhanel, in the'midwatch^X arißkt extreitffily dark, "aijTd blowings heayy^gfyle of wind,'l was,? ijiYrprlaed by an iinusua.ln.Qiso overhead. Upoi# ruiiujng^vip^the cjtfrripampn-latWeiiXhe firsts object wh'iblr>met Briy eye, was a man hanging by the leg, and swinging frightfully about fromthe=ex*remity«of the^niaiu-yard~jrm—-it was the very unfortunate Jack Palmer. He had g(inerup?with otlier3 to reef the main-sail, and being always the first on the yard, and, as ÜBUttl-mov^antoxicatea,..Jus-loot. u sljp|)ed, Tfdiif flieTopfc rope; and he fell-backwards.- - In an instant he had been engulphed in the abyss below, but for the courage auti presence of mind of a powerful seaman who waVnext to him on the yard. ITe seized him in the act of fallen headlong, by the-ankle.with -one., hand, holding himself fast, by"tlie ringing with* the other. ' >•■■. •; , . . . . .... A spectacle move appalljcg! than..that which now presented itself can scarcely be imagined. The sea was running mountains, high ; the ship flying about in every direction, the wind boisterous, and the darkness dense; all added, to 'tlie^eprific character of the scene. The body'of Kilmer, so uncertainly-sustained, was swinging with fearful oscillation; sometimes. high°in mid-air, at others, seemingly about to; be° entombed in the surgy bosom of the sea ; while his hardy preserver? each moment cried-, for help ere his failing.'strength compelled liiifl/ to quit his hold. Twenty, tars ' had yaiiily, striven to yield assistance, and jjgwr. *i£K anxious gaze awaited the' result. Suddenly the brig gave aTvToleufc Jee-iuren wnleil swmrg~ poor ""Palmer inwards—wow was the fearful moment. * r/ " Let go ! let go !" was shouted by all below, who stood prepared, to. catch their falling comrade. - ' : : *' -.-■•" i ! Jack/ fell inwards, dropping down against the standing rigging. By great good fortune, as by a death grasp he: seized: in- his .descent one of the ratlines.; this weakened the force of his downward flight, although he fell over" with great violence. Twenty ,_hands were ready to receive, him;. his lucky star, once more favoured lain, and he was again rescued fi'sm an apparently-certain death. On the fo'lowing day the brig was safely anchored in Falmouth harbour; and the day afier, Palmer, with others, obtained permission to go on shore (he belonged to Falmouth), but" when the rest returned he.was missing. The first shore-boat which came off the succeeding morning brought the intelligence that om- absent shipmate was no more I The circumstances were briefly the following. He had been in love with a Cornish girl, to whom he was betrothed, and they were to hare been married on his return from the voyage which had proved so perilous to his life. The news of the wreck of his vessel,-and the supposed loss of all the crew soou leached the ears of his intended bride, who after the first extravagance of-her grief was over, solaced herself by eventually marrying another, and the rival of poor Jack!. The"ceremony had only been performed on the day preceding the; landing of Palmer to claim her as.his bride. Poof fellow ! he had a noble spirit, a .warm, and generous heart. A rumour of the truth soon reached him, but at first he would not—-. could not believe that his beloved Maria had proved so false. Alas! he was compelled 1o be convinced, and then he stood for a few moments still as a statue, his eyes wildly fixed, his countenance pale as death, and hi» daunt less breast heaving beneath the pressure of hope-less grief. Ke saw not—he heard not— he spoke not; deaf to all the soothing*: which were offered to allay his woe, he stood mute, motionless, and absorbed. .'■- ' •■'".'■. At length he seemed to rally, and calmly issued from the. public-house where first he ascertained the truth, he was seen to cross somo fields, but was coon out of sight. With a sturdy framo, but with a broken heart, he had entered an old rotiredbai-n, where he had remained for some hours unsuspected and undiscovered. My heart bleeds to relate the root: the trophy of Maria's love—the witness of her insincerity—a silk-handkerchief,'had been used by Palmer for a purpose which neither the giver nor receiver, had:forseen. He was found oold, stiff, aud lifeless. Poor Jack Palmer had strangled himself \ '-'■'"■ '"' --

The "Daughter of the Begiment" was beautifully impersonated last night by Miss Hose Evans, at the JPrince of Wales TheaJ^e. There was a good 'house. To-night? " Mac beth" will be placed on the stage.

THE EVENING STAB, 15,1870*



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A LITTLE GIRL, three years old, an swers to the name of Lillie ; has a dark dress, stjiw hat trimmed with black velvet and •blue feather. Particulars of her whereabouts will bo thankfully received at the Police Court, i i, ... WANTED^r<3-lRL""to do THmse-wcTrlf and look-after one or two small children.—Apply at the Nottingham Stoke, next-the Catholic Institute, Wellington-street. TT OOKout for the AUCKLAND ETHI -11 • OPIANY TROUPE ! Come in good time and order, as a gr.eat rush is expected. ; WA NT E D—A Re3pei«table Young' : Woman to act, as Barn aid, also to I attend'to housework if required. Reference i required.—Apply to John Mekzifs, Victoria Hotel,-Victoria-street, between the hours of nine and ten in the morning. WIT, FUN, AND HUMOUR by the Genuine ETHIOPIAN TROUPE, on. MONDAY next. WANTED— A Respectable G-IRL to to make herself generally useful.—.Ap ply at the Star Office. JTTTHEKE wil you pass your lime on W MONDAY Evening?— Why, at the CITY HALL, to be sure, - , ' -



WANTED TO BORROW—The sumjof £100 on good freehold BecuriljH-. Apply, by letter, to A.8.C., office of\foU paper. I OOME and see the BREAK-DOWN i n the « MISCHIEVOUS NIGGER," on MONDAY evening. TO LBT—suitable for manufacturing pu r . po«i*—AjLarge L|p:T and Two Roomi, with use^of yarflj^a^asnt^j^part of the city. —Applyfat the Evening Stab Office. ''..yffo 'jf' ffi- "■\. > . —■ - - T forget tKe»?MUSiqAL BOUQUET (X) ffi la CHRISTY, gaild the Musical, Council], and Terpsichoreftfil^ Melange at the ftfafcHA.iiL,ion MONBAY next.., T7JO/UN I)—A^lS^iri'^ueen street, To-day. Jj* —The owner can have it on aplication at the Stab Office _. ; : | 'S.B. PHCEBE.' NOTICE TO PASSENGOERSI • iCJHOTLD the Mail Steamer arrive TO JO NTGHT or TO-MORROW MOKNINp* •.the' ' PHOEBE' will leave (he Manukau TO MO RROW (Sunday), at noon. —— • Jv, ■■: ( CRUICKSHANK, SiMART & CO. APOLOGY - - • .. ... to r fi | ,\; ■ \ "■, fnr JOHN MOORE PEERiER, Esq!.!., ;,.,.' [~ . i t • 7 ti'-'i"' SIR,— We: hereby-express our extreme re* gret for having, in a raoment of irritation, takeJi criminal proceeding^ against you, which 'fo'rmod the of a recent false action in the Aucklimjrl Police* Coui'fcr m —rpjjg~{i a g e waa abandoned by our Solicitor in open Court,'without evidence for..;tlie defence being called; and we now .tender you our, mostsinctre ar.ologie3 for having; by O'iiraction, caused much pain and annoyance to a gentle* man who simply possessed himself of his own •property. ' " . .. We remain yours .obedientlyi* fQ~ GEO. JONES, Jtrir., :. v ;,. r ■ JOHN 13ENT. Auckland, 14th October, 1870. , 1T V HA i/'L. Under the Distinguished Patronage of HIB EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY BOWEN. MR. GffiOftaE GOTTERELIi . 7 IX HIS DRAW ING-ROOM ENTERTAINMEN T, • rnHIS EVENING (Saturday), OCT. 15th. MADAME WINTER, PIANIST. /" Admission, 2s. ; Reserved seats, 3s. The following ladies and gentlemen have promised to attend : —Lady Clara Trimbleton, Sbpliouisbah Doodahs-Mary Jane Neals, Adol plius Bbsher, M.C.; Poter Fidget, F.R.X.; Diedrieh Yon Proday, X.X.X.; W. Wilkes, H. Cockles; J. Smithers, P.B. ; John Watkins, Tom Walker, &c., &c. —i — ;:-:;:■; • ; ■■••;. \?W' "ll AUCKLAND ETHIOPIAN ' . T.EOTJPE. AN ENTERTAINMENT will be given by this Troupe on MONDAY EVENING NEXT, OCTOBER ' •« Ir! 17, 1870, at the City Hall, O^ueen-street, m aid of the funds <for; the purchase of musical instru ments, &ol The performance will be under : the especial patronage of HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR and lady bowen. his honor the superintendesttr |t.b. gillies, esq., the; postmaster general, julius vogel, esq., AMD THE .: COMMITTEES OF THE ORPHAN . ; HOME, PAR NELL, - " : ': ' "AND OF THE : "■j, i i MECHANICS' INSTITUTE. , i:m Troupe -will give one of the most in' teresting performances yet given by amateur Cliristys in this City. Full particulars in a future issue. "P 111 I M- E M E A Tl . Poverty Bay MUTTON ■ ' Messrs. Robertson's BEEF iMr.. Farmer's LAMB _— -REDUCED PRICES, in consequence of buying direct for cash. id. to Id. per lb. saved, and superior qualify,obtained. I A. DOItNWELL, ys.'J OI f Queen-street. GDE L'EAU, Shirtnaakor, Mount-street . - seven doors frbmE.S. Hlti's, Globe; ,ITotoU s W^kefield-street. . Shirts made on. order and - measure,'in tW'nowest fashions,' fr.pui ,35.( firt. to 183. each^' FOR SALE, Sill A R E 'M ■■•-■ l ■ : ' w4 Bnnk of New Zealand, new issue "^ Sbotover Caledonian Company MARTINI SHOLIi^ ~~ THOMAS FAUXDER, Ni^IHTVrAN. A DDRE^S1 BOXES-^Grevhour.d ffotcl, jfx.Quecu-street; New Caledonia Hotel,corner i! of Syiuonds Street, ( *1; iK&U !|' I RUBBISH JffiMOVED. ■ ,'['Z «<>