SHIPPING.

UNKNOWN

ARRIVALS. Excelsior, schooner, i'O tons, Js lean, from Samoa. Comeran;.', p.s., T. Chrisp, from Bay of Islands. .AlbionJ barque, from Bay of 1 slands. Clyde, schooner, Anderson, frc-ni Wangarei.

IMPORTS.

Per schooner Excelsior, irom pamoa : Zl tons cobra, 70 tons candlc-iKuts,ls6'lbs. cpcoa nul. fibre, 3 bales cotton, 34-13 lbs.yfuHguJsy_43l lbs. tanrn-nuts, and a quantity of returned cargo^Combes and JDalcly (agents),;: , ■

The barque Albion arvircd from the Bay of Js)ands;thisimormug.t>We .understand that she had been purchased by au Auckland firm, and will be fitted ont % a whaJihg- cruise*': The sclicoirer Golden Island left Russell on ' -tbe:Mthj.witJx, : liS ,-to.ni cjqfl.Ls.^,..,, l( .. _ s , The Success, Ariel, and Wangarei arrived at JRussdl'oh ilia 26.fch instant.

ARRIVAL OF THE COMERANG.

Tlio p.s. uomerung,. uaptam unnsp, leit Russell yesterday, and experienced a' very heavy easterly swell outside, arriving in har- hnnr<-'at.(9-a.m., with. tho. following cargo:—' 30 tons..coals, Thornton, Smith, and Jjfivth ; 26'tons'kauVi gum, Walter; 2 ditto ditto, ---■ 2 tons sundries, S. J. Edmonds.-—.Passengers: Saloori;!Mt-s. Wood-, Mrs; Johnson,. Miss G-ard - -^rorylVliss Brown, Miss Lane, Miss JKJemp, Mr. Kemp, Mr. Wostgarth,' Mr. E.Ford, Arch dc&Wi CHftrki and Hires in tho steerage.

THE PRAIRIE.

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POLICE COURT.

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CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

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DEPARTURES.

Go-Ahead, s.s., P. Dosle, for iTaranaH.

The Evening Star. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1871.

■ WB;.-yesterdaj,JJ.puhlisHed a sfcate ..;merit;Zif the cMe'?in'adeZdut 'bj- the *><^a*ly Closing Association, and of the jcontemplaifed. ZG»ne of, tie S T>H ,, .most interesting, and at. the same ■ time "h6peful, features in this move -. 'ment-is' the pstrt''takeh^;'support of - I <■. it'ibjt a: number* of the "-employers' of ' shdptoen.; Itfe hot tb he supposed that .... t k % ese»,^ business men, would show « J »auch a zealjinj t th'i's cause ,if the move ment could be regarded as in any fprm ; to theinterests of business, r and we ' belieVe that the statement of , y' ,the committee of the association i ■ .true, that if the movement is faithfully carried out, it will wort, as much, to the interest of the employers andj the ' general J public as to the employees., mik W$M asspciatibn is oiofajnot. animnreasonable one ; it is Iqnly. a to the extentof a shortening by two %™ <jf £he;time during which the "^^saefildn of ]bh>ihess; and that 'only '

in tlio case of those whose closing hour is eight o'clock. . From eight in the morning till six at night should surely be sufficient to supply the business wants of people arising 'in each twenty four hours, and the more so that there are no special reasons demanding the opening of stores at untimely hours. Jit may be, that when the Waikato railway is completed we may have late trainsj both in arriving and departing ; but- this is a contingency somewhat refcfiote in the absence -o? such special requirements as are thus created, there $JSWJ no yalid reason for withhold ing-the boon craved by the Association. That boon is now granted by st?,"' t of the principal retail business stores in the town • and the request is made in behalf of those assistants whose employers seem to value more the chances of picking up a few stray pence, barely paying for the gas con sumed, than any considerations of what may .be. conducive to the : welfare or comfort of their servants. We sincerely hope that the public will show their appreciation of the conduct of those who show themselves: actuated by motives better than mere money grubbing; and that sympathy will be so practically expressed that we' Shall soon see all the retail estab lishments closing at six o'clock, and some, little timo afforded for the re creation and mental improvement of ! the liard-worked shop assistants in the city. '

As will bo seen from another column, a ' very, ..interesting event will take place on Wednesday evening next at the Devonport Itall, North Shore, being a soiree in connec tion, with St. Mary's Colloge, which has been postponed till that date. We shall rofer farther to the soiree on another occasion. Preferring to the gentleman departed by the Alice Cameron, we alluded to a watch deposited as security for money lent by an auctioneer. We did not say what auctioneer; but one gentleman* who was supposed to be indicated has been called on by abdut a dozen different individuals, who all demanded the article, saying they "had a petter right to the vatch than he had." We should add that wo were in error in stating Wyndham-street as the place of business of the auctioneer. s |, fA. cell of 9d. per share hag been made in the JRed Queen Gold JMiniug Company. . "The editors of the state of Ohio," the Fall Mall Gazette mentions, "■ have lately had I (convention, and some of their proceedings must be regarded in the West End as revolu tionary. For instance, the following resolution ;H»B3 passed :—' Eesolved—that we deem it unprofessional on the part of the- conductors of newspapers to indulge in personal denun ciation and defamation in connexion with the discussion of general and local topics, and that We consider it to bo the duty of editors to Jdiscuss questions of public interest upon their ■merits, and in an impersonaF' manner.' The <paper which reports the proceedings seems to have hardly caught the spirit of the occa- Jsidn, for it tells us that 'Mr. C. M. jftichols ft vacated the chair in favour of Mr. Veneering Saxton, a red-faced stuffy old cock, who .ptjjmbled.at every particular word of every separate resolution.' This speaker, appealing to the ■■self-satisfaction of his brethren, re jmarked—' There are 60 or 70 editors met here mow who must see and feel that they are all good fellows; why not remember that when we separate and keep our pons off each other ?' The resolution did not pass without opposi tion. The editor of the Wodster Democrat said that ' if the editors chose to publish to the world their admission that they had been making ruffians and blackguards of themselves for years past they might do so; he^hever would,. He had always conducted hi 3 paper without blackguardism, he had nevor called names, never said a man was a liar unless he was, and.he could prove it. It remains to be seen whether this movement will spread. We should judge that it has not yet reached Texas, as the same mail that brings us the above proceedings, brings also the following ingenious calculation in the Austin Gazette : —'Should the brains of a decent whiie man be deposited in the Mississippi Kiver at .St. Louis, teh drops of river-water at Vicksburg would fairly represent the intellectual capa city, pf Senator P.' " Z f ; ' ZToJbe constantly busy is to be always bappy. Persons who have, suddenly acquired wealth, broken up their active pursuits,, and begtin to live in their ease, waste aw&y' and ddejin a very short time. Ye who ,are sighing for the pomp and splendour of life, beware ! Ye know not what ye wish. No situation,* however exalted; no wealth, however, .mag nificent; no honours, however^glorious, icah* yield you solid enjoyment while discontent lurks in your bosom.., The secret of happiness, lies in this—to be always contented with your lot. Persons who are always busy and! go cheerfully'to their daily.- tasks ' are, the least' disturbed by the fluctuations of business, and at night sleep with perfect composure. At a church. fair,in Kansas City a set of bedroom furniture was voted to a young lady, with the understanding' that if she was;'not married in a year the furniture should be; re turned to the; church; She is now on > the T^^-path, flrmedwith a bgdsteadi J', It

ROBBERY ON BOARD THE GO-AHEAD.

A bqbJbeby of Jl2O and important papers has taken place on board' the Go-Aheatf. The of the yessel was arrested,on suspicion, and brought up yesterday at the Onehunga Police Court, and of course remanded. We understand there:is little likelihood of his being the guilty party.

BODY FOUND.

The body of the unfortunate man Hoqper, who was drowned on last Saturday night week, was- found this morning between the, coal hulk aud the Alexandrina.f It was tateii by TConstable,Carrjgan to ihe dead-house. In the pocket, there -^rere found seven, shillings and threepence,' a sheath and-penknife. JAn inquests will Ij'e held to-mottbwZ:"-ZZ'. '9 77 w ( I I '..i , "'' '■■:-"-'-: '■ --|V.. * w I

THE POWER OF LOVE.

CHArTBB n. ' v.„ • A ' J Our readers will be inferesteiito'khoW;l the events subsequent to^he little romance i related by usi in our issue of%esteJrday.J We should state that therivals stand ifflf the follovring to the fair enslaver. | The person who risked his life for love is | a former jlbyer, the other the husband in, legal possession. On the disappearance of the man over the side of the vessel, for he .. had veiritably thrown himseilf over board, his companion stood transfixed with horror or stupified with drink,,or both- together, .but: seemingly unable to make up hisZi mind about the; state of. affairs. ,As J the most sen-; sible step to be taken in the circum stances, he went and had, a sleep, on, awakening., from which his mind.at once, look in the state of the case, and he ] related to his fellow;, passengers how his wife had caressed and kissed his false friend at parting on the wharf, and ikat it was that kiss that had done the evil. Fierce and vehement were his denuncia tions, and he declared by all the saints in the calendar, and all the other various means by which asseverations are supposed to bo made binding, that he would blow fie expletive brains out of the expletive fellow; and with this intent he returned, last night by the G-olden Crown. When last seen, he was proceeding rapidly from the Queen-street wharf in the direction of. his home, giving utterance to ferocious purposes, regarding which we shall pos sibly give another chanter, in which- we may introduce the red ure.

ARRIVAL OF THE EXCELSIOR.

HEAVY G-AL^S ENCOUNTERED. The schooner Excelsior, Captain Kean, ar rived in harbor early this morning. She leiC Tongataboo on tho 15th inst., with moderate, weather from E.S.E., which continued till the 22nd instant. At 9 p.m. on that day the wind shifted to N.E. On the following; morn ing experienced a severe gele, with very high during; which the vessel was hove-to. At noon tho weather mode rated ; but; on the. 21th the gale increased, and continued with gireat violence, during which several sails wcro blown ijway, including tho mainsail. Orders were after wards given to get tho sparo mainsail up and bent ; and during this time the heavy seas wore filling the decks with water, and causing the vessel to labour heavily. Nearly everything moveablo on dock was washed adrift, including boats, water-casks, and spars. In order to prevent further damage being done, two water-casks wero thvown overboard that were adrift. The galo continued till midnight, heavy seas breaking over the Bhip. At 2 a.m. on tho 25th tho galo abated, but a very high sea continued. From thence experienced moderate weather sand E. N.E. to N.E. winds till the cven'ig df the 26th, when the Covilla Islands wero sighted. Rounded Capo Brett at 4 p.m. on the 27th* weather threatening. At 5 p.m. the wind in creased, with heavy rain; took in small sails, and'• single-reefed topsail and lnainsa-',.' _A.fr 6.30 p.m. stowed tops&il end close-i-eefed mainsail, the wind blowing hard from the N.E., with rain. At=B p.m. brought tho vessel to the-wind for the night. The Poor Knights bearing N. by W., two miles. On the morning of'the 29j;h tho weather clcnrcd, all sail was set, and with a light breeze came along the coast, anchoring in harbour at mid night. Captain JKJean reports hav'ng sighted tho cutter Blanche at Vauvau and Samoa. She was on her way to the Fijis.

OUR COASTERS IN THE LATE GALE.

The recent south-east ga'e appears to have been very' severo on our coast. By the ar rival of the Comorang wo learn that the schooner Aurora, Captain Brain, had put in at the Bay through stress of weather, having lost her boat, galley, and gibboom du v 'ng the storm. The cutters Maud, Gazollo, J^unco of Wales, and schooner Wi'Ham and Julia were also caught in the gale, but wore fortunate in reaching Russet, whore they *ore shearing when the Comerang left yesterday. . The Alice Cameron was also ly'"ig under ■Tiritm tßiai morning, wihdbound." '' U

POLICE COURT.-Wednesday.

I [Before T. J Beckham, Esq., .R.M.]

• Drunkenness.—T. Williams, Nash alias Phillips, and J) Vickers, were.fined,e/icb 10s and costs. Bessie Burton was discharged. Mafy Ore forfeited bail. . ..-,,. ', '• Vao-banoy.—P. Ryan pleaded gu'lty to this Offence,, and was fined lsos and;costs, or,to be imprisohodfive days.' " -;;: ■: u-'i!.''-.,' t' Z- : i JDestitute Persons' Relief Oroinanoe.— -Michael Montague !wW charged by:hisMife; Anne Montague, with desertion.-^-Ai^no Mon itague deposed s. \ Prisoner lis mJy husband, he left me. He left me with four children since I the 19fch December, 1870, - giving nje no support! "I have lived by needlework' and Government rations.. - I gave no cause for bis leaving me.-— John 'JQ-ra-h am j; Relief' Officer,: deposed to complainant -being in receipt of Government rations since May last, this being the jsegond case of, desertion. Het. conduct has been satistfa'btory. *' Sho arrived froWilie. Bay of Islands penniless. Ordered to pay 15s per w;eekji'aind' pay.'a flne.ofc ;£5, thefbmto, remain in abeyance till default of paypentof instalments;^'' rr < ,r v - ,

HARBOUR BOARD MEETING.

. To.tho Editor of the Evening Stae. 7. ' '' Sir, —J[n jour issue of yesterday t' anWre ported-to have said that I would, vote for Mr. QgHvie; l lhis;iVan error: tho'words-attributed to me were used ,by Mr. Tonks. "What I did state was that at'the-previous meeting ililiad strongly objected to the system of balloting,, by which any candidate would be elected to the ofßce of secretary, &0., by a minority of the Board, but, with others, was compelled to abide by the ruling of the majority* Having bo, decided and elected Mr. Ogilvie, who bad; re ceived notification of his appoiutmentwomlthe chairman* it behoved' life -t\i biisinessfmen.'to carefully yiew our positioji before wo repolyed tb. quash itho proceedings df ithe jprevioha! meet-S ing.—l am, &c", f

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

[i; I' THIS DAT. '

THE MQANATAISI OEFSHINa.

HAwSEST* OETJSJHINGK

CALEDONIAN.-^ SPECIMEN^

[PEOM OUE OWN COBBESPONDENT.]

CrEAHAiffSTOww, 2.30 '-p.m:

,TiBE Mbanatairi lode, is: improving,;a quantity of good stuff being car,fcedj;q tb c Tramway battery.

The Mary Ann, adjoining the Bed Queen, are <crushing; 30 tons at the Manukau machine.

The Caledonian bave a fine lot of specimens on hand ready for the next crushing. Last evening 700 ounces were lodged from the general stuff. :

A boy named -Ralph was sentenced at the Police Court this morning to seven days' imprisonment, and to be whipped, -for obtaining stamps on a forged order.

SHARE MARKET.

Mr. J. JMJ. Lennox reports : The leading mines continue1 to maintain, yesterday's quotations. Caledonian and Thames aire firm. I have sold Thames at £39 ; Cale donian^ £198 ;! Middle -S^ar» old issue, £5 10s. The share market is inactive.

Mr. Edgar W. f Walker reports :—The sJharo market is mofe active tQ-day. Myj sales have been: Cr'edonian, £198, held for £200 ; Thames, £39 ; 1 iburnia, £8 10s • Pride of JKJaraka, 3s ; Belfast, £7 5s ; Im-i perial Crown, £6.

SUPREME COURT.-Civil Sittings.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28.

[Before His Honor Sir Or, A. Arney, Knight, ■ |, , • Chief Just ice, and a Special Jury.] Efi's Honob took his scat on the bench at 10 o'clock. Moni Mattngaicahia v. Craig.—Mr. Mac- Cormick and Mr. Brookficld for the plaintiff; Mr. Hesketh and Mr. JRces for the defendant. —ThejTurthcr hearing of this case was resumed this morning, ■vviiehfytUe'plaiblj'i cross examined by Mr. Hcskoth. He said that Chief Paul had an interest in tho land, put though he had < cultivations there. b° bad not lived there since 18G6. Paul signed a document to baud over tho timber logs. Witness had instructed his lawyer to prepare a, document, and tho logs were handed over to witness. Craig summoned wit ness for some debts. Tho^ witness st>id if Craig ','bad paid his money " nothing would have been heard of tho present suit. Wit ness's mother owned an interest in these lands, but upon hor,.denth witness took her place, and succeededsisQ^h** rights Witness in reply to questions'saJid liewaaitSe man down there who know the law, that ho was not such] a " perfect fool" as to bo taught by others. Paul was a " rangatira " in his district, but he (witness) was the chief man "down there." Although tho witness was exami led through the medium of an interpreter, it was stated that he understood English very well,, and* could speak it fluently. He said ho would ba'ye brought. th(^ spijbdong agp f if.he had had' itho 'means. ,; He'asked .his lawyer, j_MJr.§Mc« "Keclime. Witness was the owner of the-logs when the action commenced. It was after- Wards-;- that Paul handed them over. Got Paul '£t$ hand over tho logs " in order that the work'might be clear according to European usages. Paul said it was right to take an action against Craig, and referred the matter to witness, who "understood European ways.

Pickings From Josh Billings' Allm Nax.

Natur never makes any blunders ; when she makes a phool, she means it. y To find but whether a man has got a g6od ,nxpral karraktor or not, ask him pleasantly; AJ coqudtt in l»vo iz az tame az a bottle ov .ginger pop that has stood sum time with the MJoirok palled out. • Tew pick out a good husband!—shutjup bothijeyes, grab hard, and trust in Provi dence. I ft On, tho Pardunk Valley Railroad, con , "duktors are positively forbid tricing tew pass each other on a single track, but no changes are made on that road for coroners' an* r que«>ts.-j .■ _ )■■: j <l fi- i ""•"*' • j :;'-, \ ' thnig^thare « not a sm'o thing "on IMs'"footstool*—even "tho ,' be>| tboth in our head may fall tewakeing.be* fore sunset, and have tew be jerked out. > JPtfennum awarded to a velosipedo rider hi , 1870—To Nimford Sturgiss, a copper medal with nine dollars, and a nu pair ov dorg skin glove's; for riding a velosipede into a mill pond, and gitting drowned. • It is-se'd (by naturalists) that angleworm*'Je" rubbed on the back ov the neck will cure; $, Vaan ov lieing. I don't beleavo this, unless it, kills tho man. Death iz the only safe cure, (that haz bin diskovered yet) for the falsehood 'disieaz. : FATHERLY .AT) VICE. ! Dear girls and boys, take mi advice, , ~' And,don'tgc>on the rotten ico ; tf ;«■'. 5 For rhany a:gal has fell Jchuck in, '•' \ j tin J \ And'thus has kctched her final duc-^itig. j"' MB mm uaj,Mimgiw ; CT'H' -'■■) , nivs i.-.-A»-v;tel"'■'•iZi; I i

, JBr^gh'atn ..Young says some very clever' 'things'it he?is one of the barbarians. For in-f stance, he says : "JLot one hundred men g0 to I in.ipihg,,4.n4 ten to farming, and at the encMtffu the ten years the farmers will bo worth niorel*' »fe¥r ers" • . Tl

COROMANDEL.

[raoai ottr owx coEEESrojrnENT.]

' Jnne 21. Leases now seem the order o£ the day here, and scarcely one passes over without a new lease being pegged out. The.lasb one was pegged out this morning on EJeven's Hill by Mr. Tookey, adjoining the Pacific, and'yith the object of getting the leader now b'fting worked in the latter lelise v . k Mr. Keven.still resides in Coromandel,-r_"and,.his faith is.the wealth of the hill which bearf his.niine.ii' still as„strong as ever. Jt seemf more, than -likely thafc'his predictions thatdtfie '"i( gold is'tTiere" willI'be verified at'J'liast. ,Z There are now 'five* ';leases >v being wo^k6dZ;6n,' the hilliSand severaj'ysubsj;antial weather-boarded houses-, "built Mmy the beach for the residences ivbf the miners. Allotments in Wynyardton may yet.look up, and holders who 2bavobeen waitingfor "something to -turn up " may be able before long to realise fair prices for them.

A lease has been pegged out for the Emily olaim at the Tikiy and. it -is intended -to form it into a eompa.ny, iv order to bo able to work the ground.. The Emily -Jias a really good leader, which has paid fair dividonds to the shareholders. «-«*»•

The Pride of the Hills, which was; aban doned some time ago, after yielding a'quantity of extraordinarily fine specimens,'has been latterly worked by a hatter narnedJ Anderson, He managed to obtain 75 lbs. of specimens, J and has taken them to Sbprtland to be ' crushed.

The Gt-oldenßelfc is a truly most unfortunate; claim. The shareholders, knowing ;that;thoy. have a most valuable property, have held on \ to it for nearly two years, with but few divi-? derids to encourage them,' waiting 'for roads; and waiting for machinery. And^now' 'that! these two are supplied they are again f >npelled to wait for .'trams. Up to lasti !s_i__urday sixteen tons had been crushed, and; ninety ounces of hard-squeezed amalgam" taken from the plates, and there was a good show in the stamper boxes. ~On Tuesday Mr: Lynch was obliged .'to suspend;*.ca.rting. until next Monday, requiring every available teiLinj to cart for the Tokatea, which he, intends td finish on.Saturday. Erom what has been put through for the G-olden Belt it is-certain that the whole seventy tons wilt average tit least two ounces to the.ton, and this is only from* one of the many leaders which, have beoh; proved to be payable' in thi3 valuable claim.': I hope to report next week that crushing has again commenced. -' ■'- •-: -. •■-' i '

The Matawai machine is now' in first-rate working order,'1 and only wants stuff to crush and teams tocarfit. Every, part of it works smoothly, and with but little vibration. Tried *• by the small quantity put .through for the Grolden Belt, its gold-saving powers are re markable. Tho tailings were repeatedly tried, and neither gold nor mercury found in" them;. ;

The.shareholders in. the Burra B.urra leasb arc setting to work to develop the wealth they believo it to contain.* They have Opened'out' the little leader Jon the top of the; hill, and taken out a few hundredweight, and gold can be seen in most of the stone when broken. , They are ' now driving to cut it at a level of twenty feet, aiM intend to'crush' about five tons as soon as it can be got to thp machine. . The large reef, nearly four feet" wide on the surface;, ;isalsb>beingiope3ed nut, and five tons of tbiS-wftl'be'crushed asioop. as the Matawai machine) is disengaged, in order to test it. Should it only return half an-ounce to tho ton,, the.•proprietors have; a fine property, as a toamroad could be laid down to the mill at a trifling v expense.

The Nil' Desperaaduni shareholders have proved that people searching for gold should radeed ; never despair. .After v. nearly twq years of hard.work, they have at last succeeded" in cutting the leader they have been searching Tor. cfifesterday Mr'.' HJbrrieJf lie legal manager of the company, showed me a quantity of vnty fine specimens which! had been juat*taken' out from the leaderi j Coihpetent judges Relieve that they have etrucksitke leader of the old 1. JKJapanga claim, aJndifi they have, they are to be congratulated on their good luok.-mi-ral. ! Of the Tokatea,:l.cah only report- thatifc {is still crushing .-at i theSWhakaroa an'd-J^il;JDesH perandum batteiiesj &nd the stuff continues fas good-as ever; Last Saturday, 162 ounces of gold was lodged in the bank, the result of-tho crushing at the Whakavoar battery, makipg the total .up to.,that.date:-1622 ,o,unces. 'Speci men crushing will,,be again begun this,^eek, and efforts,.will jbo^made, to roompleto^bbo crushing next-week, and then will comb tliat most pleasing of all 'decu^rene'es to share holders, the'declaration of a.divideud.x 1 The New/Zealand''Company's battery lis idle, as, froihJtho statp ofHn'6 ' road, it is next to impossible.to cart-to, it^Jand1 the tramway is not yet finished. 'Thb-JEkce'lMoi,' Royal Oik, Christmas Box, D&rbcVf jViewj Coromandel Company,.and. other, ciayhs ave'.all waiting to crush,* md asthe"contril6l;'tiriieis long passed for the tr&m)vay to be completed, something sliould be done to coiiipel The cofttructo& to hasten then* operations. , i The want' of the'telegraph to Corointpidel is much felt, and thefe is a talk of ipuhlic meeting to petition **he- 5 to.j extend it to this placo.^ln^iiny other colony but New Zealand the telegraph would hkve been here months, ago^- bttt vtlie Government seem to caifo'butlittle;f6i?"th'e'' development of goldfields which 3 are", fast' inaking Auckland the leading province of tho qolony. I The new Catholic'Ohuroh was opened;for Divine worship on Sunday last, by the Right Rev. DrZCroko, assisted by Father O'Reilly. There was a-very large cbhgregaJtibn, sndihis • Lordship preached in-Jfche morning, and gate a most aloquen'ti.discours*, rwhioh was hatched to with greft, attention. Tuesday ihis Lordship, accompE|.nied by * Father"'O'j&llly, Mr. Sweeney, and' Other gentlemen .paid *%$ visit to. the Tokafcea range, ascending by jtho Paul's; Greek; traolc-i »4W J-*bad proved 'too much for some'of his party, and they had to return; The, hnV&e- his Lordship wtis >iding' fell, but'he'feHunafeely disengaged himielij, and- escappd f-without,''injury.: 'Tho liarty' in spedfced'tlie wol-kihgs of tbe Uofal Oak olaim, 'arid''after'pnrtalungiof refreShmMit^in1- Mi'": .O'Cohnell's" hut; vp&coededl to "the Tqkatca blow,! and fenjoyed-the Magnificent view!f"rom that spot. Theythen-flesdeirded tbthe*»Tokatea mine, and Mr. Kelly] the niiiiisiger, cOui-teoiisly showed his Lordship throUgh-nilthe workings, : who. oppressed bjmsel f highly delighted' with all he saw. The party returned by tho'old road' to Oorpmande^.pleased with their, trip, and glad to escape, without an accident, thd al- IrfiOst'peHlOUs dosfeskt; in the<presont; stato f!of' tho road, more than .knee deep in mud froni •the.'cbnsfaiitutrafflcioniit/'.!.;' twd &_JT f,P"* I 5 A l W.eetjng. i o| the; phareholdors of jtho Bis^ 1 marck andFreneh-Republic washeld on-W ...i. n'.n i>ij.'y. s iu'i'XitiSiU s "H\';i.-.id '.

c3aimf.' on Mortal las^The Wwft^S gamafcion were agrerl upon a ?t i_ determined *o form a wEv W theßi ß n^ ? kaoMMS^ JZ^ eS capital of-the company and number of B w! were agreed upon, and Mr. Lusk abp& provisional manager and to apply for S£e of cZX m6S groUad> "* »***f

BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION AGAINST A MAN 76 YEARS OLD.

b^ach of promise of marriae* wa#-ied a^he ."Northern Circuit, LivS whieh.wasnbt.'put forward as a veryromE one^iis tMefendant was seventy-six y£ old, whale Jhe plaintiff was under thirty Tf the plaintiff was schSLttret at the schools of a Scotch Presbyterian church in Manchester, of which_the defendant, who 'wara-pa^brokerr-was He wrot« irupecember to asJk.Jthe consent of the pS parents |toZ his.outage Kwfcl/their daughter, an& snbequenfly /orw^rle'd "to the "ptamtittv^^^^^ inenfc to ma eh was already si&aedbv himself. AB^^er-the., plaintiff nor aS witnesses on her behalf were present on the opening of the case,; her. learned counsel wZ driven |o call the defendant bjniself to prove the letter^ and'muonamhsementWas^used by hwjbeingled, .into-court supported by a policeman,'6n 'either iidkAS&afgg t_m ceeded to * give -liis i evidence* 'However fie hardly preserved the a F . e <r. ~* of exteeme feebleness which he at 15 st a umed:. H e ad mitted the from which: if appeared time after the promise wis given, the defendant wrote'to" say thatlie wasloo bid and feeble to mav.^and the engagement had bet er be broken off.: It serf,* also, from that, there had, been a considerable outer v among the members of the Church ai; the no tion of the marriage, and the • clergynian had , used bis influence to prevent >it.' The plain tiff, however, had given upher situation as schQol-mistresSj and so lost her. saliry of £1 a week, and refused to give upthe'.mfttoh, and this action.was brought.' The'lea-ned consel for the defend&nt made an amus^if speech to the juvy, in wh;eh he se'dit was a pity the defendant could not plead infancy, and that the only injury, whioh the plaintiff,, had .suf fered was its being: made, known that 'her .'taste was jn,.favour ofrßuch extraordinary old men; that none ot ordinary age would be .tempted V to propose to her. The jury awarded ker £20 damages. m ' """""— *

MISCELLANEOUS.

i I/think that the civilized world nev*B w| s"o Kappy in ancient times as it is nowfrftta' tively, I mean, compared, with what civilization is now.doing. If you go. back tw.6. thousand years/even, you,will, find ;it io (he s6Z jfen like to praise ol&*'tinie6; ■ They like to praise, for instance, the gdbd',old. days of 'England before' fcng. Heni-f • VHI.? feigned, when there was simplicity, and; whsn'tWre was d rude ybomanry virtue, aitid wh'efriiien were gay and happy. I tell you/Jthafc wSre § jouMio'take these men up,. and -cari/ fthem M back there, and let them sleep wheJte* men 1 slept then, and let them' eat^wHat mehiate *tbe^;and letiiheni "dt>" wlrnt-iaaa "HaajWdo ' then, and take away from them what s men did not Jfvattt then* butdo hayd how,; Jron would hear the most piteous moaning and whining and complaining t that fivht f fflioted your eirs. j For we have grown in the number of enjoy ments, in, the refinements of senaibi':ty, in the : realization of life, in all the sweet elements that!|;o toJ'eonstitHe satisfaction' in No pen can record, no tongue can tell, the growth «th£t_ has bßettf m?de, in five f||un/i*Sl\ filrs, •u!he world* itf steait ily growing.^J^Jerf' fti r; # T TJk jt^nifs wipßßpsr.'j nrcr I ?.\ #ißhl,lsecMt*aS'a^ave!4iaow'l-i-,'-»' _ " I do; I cannot doubt.it; That tells you all about ft?' j A farmer inspire^ Jby thel^jt^atThompf £on's "tnwtion. enginjp;^s;destme^.to:work a beneficial^ revolution rnotjgnljQin ploughing, but in the drudgejqr.afjj'arml work generally, .Jrarsta forth injthe ftdlowjng-ji^ithp^ fe-'gk flown strain^n^ prP!ses':— * " * jnR ■;■,:. Holfirearysinewsl iEestl •. i • * In the;Ba?t.and in the West!— . . For,tiieUbo'ur-parigis"past'! V: :iu.v, FoV'tfiircyidis bohiat'laSM*; ~ For the colt ( isfoaledv whosßitrfead , Transmute your dp4«^ tyfs/Q Aha! the steed of ste^,-,,- ; ,j-tj:'. , With the India-rubber heel!. .-. With the ""inbs tljatii^ "'tir6: And the lungsof-Wrask SKTf ;.:o'; To tug our plahefc stfaightfjil'J On to Eden's gate,l-.;. y ~.,;-, Lot the valleys dance and sing I Let the bUls;qf harvest ring ~ With a triumph" peil/'hefore''' •fTiieswordlesSeiitiqaerOf!! '■'•■'•'"' • . a i , .Whose nbt,ceaS6r- The'Stitraileur of .Peace..., ; ;j A now,story- oi .'tßobjMct^Hallifist going fche rounds ofi thboEnglish'" papery Jife the effewj that one of the congregation took him to task! for not preaching icofdr^quentl^JCon pred#| tinatiou:; 4 ;MftU*', was*'very'Jindignant. B*l looked ste&cPy abtrhis',censor) for a momentil and then, replied ;^" Sir^, I ; percei^j ?fls "?■ predestinated toJte-an ass: and what isiwwl v -that you.are determined itq^make y<?»';7ical''^l We have a little revelation ..fipgi pfflFfi - field, MassAohiisetfcs.- -A-lady,-ydungrw^J i tive, and just nwr|ied,..|eft her house in th»| city and wentjinto the- country, ficcoinpai»|| bj her husbaiffi|&|^jkfter the debut as Wm H——• sbo„at|e.naea s a spjving society. Af|J thse maiiat/Js'iibjeifislbf bWtersatiQb had rj ceived attention, the lunar eclipse was alludw to. "Ms'M^-itMyou'iit up to seol «h ffi j U OSfeE did mot/Zwae the reply. "*■ H—— sat up., In Springfield, whew J e'ame- from,* ■hliey"' are'sudh-k bbi^wV^l them so often !" !.'-..*. tifl JVlarr.ifgp£iu Spain arei arranged by parties most concerned,, and no fo^U" 0.1 liecessary onthbjparfc.of'ibbe lady, thehi|»™ being very generous and disinterested.?* ™1 loTeJa^its] kjifjk property, matches are sometimes mfije* .18^, parents b'otwbWah iinolo tiiid niedoMj ■■ being to spcvretlie: money'for the la| w^L tho..evil.of such unions is so visible, I Illf . are loqked upon with disfavour, a& wNr question the right oft theiOhurch to g*«fw pensations under.'such circumstances. I

BOARD AND RESIDENCE.

W" ANl'l&D^ ENOWK;-*hati Ori^ IJ ' BO&RD'itoTB KTESiPENOiSj 'jpc^edJaVJpl. 1 Eton's;''Erbspeot^ JJTobßi^street'- vfftMfi'two doors,<*/ssfn ■iheMf^'eh'ftrch:"1 Tenhtf')b^erafc&. '/jjls'; ~i.-;.■._.!.> ;- .. -...,.'v.Jv z?»Z: *M***f« .j

I June 28, 1871,

the ..wmxm- STAR.



.uC..'., . ' ~ ~ " ■■-■■■ J-..-, I .-,. - FOB" BAim^m ACmm, 3 Acres _ ofvgood yielding /Orchard,,, with Two roomed . . . House, on the Mariukau.' Price; £30.'—-Apply to , Gaqnoß Szbbut, Auctioneer, Land, and' Commission oi Wm*¥>h»i .... ■ _^~.;zzs ; z.. r zJz-z. '■