SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 6.57. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 8.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Lalla Rookh, 6 o'clock. Enterprise, 11 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Phoebe, s.s, Worsp, from Southern Ports. St. Kilda, s.s., Flowerday, from Wanganai.

DEPARTURES.

City of Adelaide, s.s., Wa.ker, for Sydney. Taranaki, s.s., for Southern Ports.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.—Countess of Kintore. early. .-' Sydney—Alice Cameron, to-day. Chatham Islands— Magellan Cloud, Dec. 5.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Albion, s.s., from Sydney. , /. . , Hero, a. 8.,--from Sydney. .-' | «.| /. Nebraska/p.s., from Sydney. Nevada, p s., from Honolulu. . Napier, s.s , from Napier. City of Auckland, ship, from London. Chile, ship, from London. Ferndale, barque, from Liverpool. Briton, barque, for Newcastle. , Prima Donna, schooner, from Sydney, Galatea, schooner, from Sydney.

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. St. Kilda from Wanganui:~s4 head cattle, 300 sheep, order.—-Cruickshank, Smart, and Co., agents. Per s.s. Phcebe.—From Dunedin : 1 box, Mrs. White; 14 packages, order; 4 cas- s, Probert;. 90 _ cases fruit, Binriey; 2 easel, ___ohn. -For transhipment, per Nebraska: 61 bales wool. From Wellington: 123 kegs but* ter, order ; 1 case, T. Goodman ; 1 parcel, R. Stewart. From Nelson : 50 sacks malt, Ehren field; Is case, ReM ; 3 cases pianos, 1 harmonium, Bonnington. From jTaranaki : 3 cases butter, 5 bags, 1 case, A. Barnes 5 .1 box, Henderson and Co."; 1 box instruments^ Kempt borne; 4 cases butter, 1 box eggs, Innis Brothers ; 7 cases butter, 1 sack bacon, A. Hood.—Combes and Daldy, agents.

EXPORTS.

Per bM. City of Adelaide, for Sydney : — 3 cases wine, Bucholz; 2 cases tobacco, Williamson; 196 bales flax, Roberts; 5 boxes gold, Bank of New Zealand ; 1 plough, 2 packages, Wallace; 1 keg, 65 packages, 11 casks oil, L. D. Nathan and Co.—H. M. Jervis, agent.

ARRIVAL OF THE PHŒBE.

The s.s. Ph„be, Captain H. Worsp, arrived in the Manukau this morning. She left Port Chalmers^oh the 2_th, at l.lfi p>n. A, Had variable winds arid fine weather; arrived at. Lyttelton at 11 a.m..next-day ; sailed at, 7.30 p.m. ; encountered strong north west winds throughput to. Wellington, which she reached on Siinday & 330 pm/. ; proceeded same evening sto Pietqn at 610 p.m., where she arrived pit.the,27th at 10 a.m.; left again at 1.8 a.m;;-reached Nelson: tbe "same morning at 9.15 ; started at-ain at 8.15 p.m., and,had light westerly winds j anchored off Taranaki ori*fche.2_th, ptfLla p.m., anu discharged; and satftd at "i 5.45 "p.m:, light airs "anrl calm throughout. ...Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. White arid three 'children,' Messrs. Graham, Nichpl, Walker,1 R. MS.jino, P. Majino, Stead, Miss Conned,* Messrs Coote, DalglieshiiA. Clarke, Clark,"Conn* 11, Pole, Pownall, Eyton, Mrs. E-Hon, two children and'servant ; Key. Mr. Crump ;.Mr. Myers, H. Wood. For. CaliforY ilia—Saloon : Messrs. Friesberry, Smith, Haz zard, Mail agent, McLellan, and 23: in. the _tct..agor- '•'■■--■ -•;■■■■"-■■■'

A RRIVAL OF THE ST. KILDA.

The s.s. "St." Kilda,.Oap*&in Fjowerday, left Wanganui on the _7th at, 10 p m., and crossed the Manukau Bar on the 29tli at 5 a.m., arrived at Onehunga at 7 a.ga. Light _f.W. winds and fine weather throughout. Passengers : Mrs. Morery and '2 children, Miss Menzies, Mr. -p'^rjen, Mr s Latta, Mr. Grothy, Mr. McDonald.

The s.s. City of Adel_ide tbot* _er depar ture for Sylney this morning, with the following oassengers -.—Saloon—Mr. Bigg. Mrs. P. H. McKenzie, Misses Thorogood (2). Steerage—Messrs. Creighton, Goodwin, Mrs. MeCarty. f^\ r\p, i I '\\ ''],' \_ /' ■ I The Chrisha cleared outwards for Newcastle, in ballast, this morning, i, < A. Oil // The Lady Franklin cleared for Sydney, in ballast;thistnornihg! ' '■-' < ' /

The ship h obert, Henderson, Captain Cul bprt, arrived at Lytt lton froii.-__ndon on the .3rd instant, i She left London on the 10th of August. .: i. '■ A■ i : ■ The barqueVelocidade, Capt.Tfwer son, sailed from Ljttelton for" this "port on. the 25th ultimo with 3300 lacks of Wheat, 200 -Sacks of oats, 80 cheese/20 cases/of cheese, 20 bags of bacon. The schooner Flirt arrived at Lyttelton on the 21st instant. The s.s. Taraaaki took her departure from the Manukau, this afternoon, for Southern ports, with the following passengers : Messrs-. Hall,* Davies, Stratford, Miss Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Hall and 4 children, Messrs .Kirk, Schllinse, Nummins, Miss Thompson, Messrs. Carley, Driwin, .O'Brien, Pike, niggard, Longfield, Walters, Hall, A- &• Tully, and White. „__._._'

THE MAILS.

Mails wi'l close as under : ■ > hyjioJ ■ For Thames,,this day, at.5.30 p.m., ,snd t^merrow, For Ore«t Barrier, per Three Brothers, this- day, at* 4

p.m;. «f3"^6Jii'// ■loj!'-! : f.-.i. ■' •- i•■ '■>•' -■■"■' For Mongoriul, per Ivanhoe, to-morrow, at H a.m. For Russell, Ac, per Duke of Edinburgh, to-morrow,

»-.- -G-r.an.ja. per.Challenger,, to-morrow, at; 10.80 For Chatham Islands, per Magellan Clbrid, on Tues-

day, 6th December, at-lla^m. '•■ "'' " ' Mails for the undermentioned places, per p.s. Nebraska, will close at, this on Friday, Ist December, as .ollows J:— "** * '*** • For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, .United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign We»t Indies, and Continent.of EuropeYWa Englandi at:lo.Boa.m. For United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.80 a.m. For i?on«y Orders, Registered Letters, and News-

papers, at 9 a.m. *. , l~ „ ', Lata letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage, will be received at this office till 11a.m., and by the Mail Agent on board the steamier, up to time of sailing

8. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT ROTA.

Ths following is the Police Court rota for the Week ending Ist December:— Thursday—Messrs A. K. Taylor and W00d..... Friday—Messrs. Babe r and Beet ham

COMMERCIAL.

MINING*. The following are the current calls "and div'i-; dends payable in the sompanies naaied be low ; «►_ . -.'-'

MEETIHG* TO COMB. Golden'Pabj ;C_mpany*ft,*>%?,■Oororaindel, November 29 Whakaroa, Company's office, Canada Build ings, Auckland, November 80 Nonpareil, Mechanios' Institute, Auckland, December 1 Number One, Company's Office, Grahams-, town, December 1 *"" Mutual Mining Investment, V.M.C. Associa tion Rooms, December 4 Golden Diadem, Company's office, Grahams town, December 8 Tekatea^Company's office, .Coromandel, -Bth '.-December;''' =| j ' -A--' Watchman; Company's office,* 'GrahamstoWn, December 11 Qseen of the May, Governor Bowen Hotel, Grahamstown, December 19 Cremorne, Company's effice, Grahamstown, December 19 , . ..,

The Evening Star.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1871.

":For't_e caiisethat lacks Miifst_*rtee;; ' *• For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in th» distan c«/} p, .rt _j ' iind theijood that Ye can do.

In. another . column will be* fou,n_t th?' account of the total wreck of the Ahuriri, when on the passage from Lyiteleon to Dunedin. We:perceive that Mr.(Archibald Clark, M.H.R., together with a considerable number of Southern representatives, was on board afc the time, and his escape from imminent death will be a Bource of greai gratification in the city and district.

Mr. Upton has on view two paintings by a young gentleman" named Heig-iwuy. Al though only eighteen years of a.c, he haa shown in these evidences of anistical qualifi cations, which, if developed, may place him in the hiehfisr, rank* .nf th» B»j—i A..« •» micians. The drawing is accurate, the perspective mathematically correct,;_ : _fpre* shortening has also been well atten.le 1 to. Colouring requires a little more experience

We sincerely hope that the statement published in another column respecting trie murderer 1 Kereopa : is' correct: 'There have been so many reports respecting this villain and his brother ; in wickedness, Te Kooti, that people will be indisposed to believe that this arch-fiend in human form is at last in the grasp of justice. YTbe statement/ 'however, has all the evidences of truth, so that, we are warranted in hoping to have the pleasure of shortly se'eihg, in Auckland, this distinguished personage whose name was so long a terror inCthe disturbed districts, and for whom there has been felt generally a repugnance, perhaps, even greater than that entertained for Te Kooti. The murderer of the Key. Mr. Volkner, at Opotiki, in 1865, and believed to have performed the cruel deed with his own hand, Kereopa in his whole history has been cold-blooded and cowardly in the extreme. For a long time he has been skulking from justice, warmly sympathising with the bolder and more intrepid rebel Te Kooti, but ap parently afraid to cast in his lot wilh him. Thanks to ; Major (Ropata; and iris gallant braves, Kereopa will soon experience th-j peculiar sensations arising from the compres sion of a nice strong' hemp rope on hi* weasand, a consummation that we think is devoutly to be wished by Maori and Pakeha alike. _j / I "■% \J'i |S ( '

The estimates of Provincial r.ceipts and expenditure were laid on the table of the Council yesterday, and tbe. Provincial Secre tary, Mr. Lusk, for the Treasurer, made his financial, statement,, ..We. ,publish f{ the estimates, from which' it will'be seen that the most striking feature is the consideration given to the goldfields, which are treated in a more liberal manner than heretofore. The debate on the statement was. adjourned, for a week, on the mOtto^-of Dh Nicholson. !

It has been pointed out to us that, accord ing to the Post-office notice of the closing of the mails per Nebraska, some unintelligible arrangement has been made in regard to tbe time for closing the office for the reception of money orders and registered letters. '1 he office does not open for their issue until after tnat hour, and yet they must be posUd before 9 a.m. There must be something wrong in the figufel.:] 'Vi '7>77JMGia f \T-JIL The s.s. Ahuriri was insured in the ofiice of the New Zealand Insurance Company for JE2OuO, of which £1000 was insured in the Australian General ofiice, Sydney.

A return billiard match, between Mr. Solo mans and Mr. Campbell; took, place, afc Atkin son's Hotel. The match was- for „5 aside, Mr. Solomons giving his opponent 75 out of 500. The game was a very close one through out, and during the last 100, first the player and then the other was a-head, Mr. Campbell showing some very good play. At the con clusion of the match the scores stood as fol low:—Soldmaris, 500; Campbell, 482, Soljo-; mans thus winning by 18 points. We think if Mr. S. would condescend to copy the grace ful, unassuming style of Mr C. while ma;- ing his strokes it would improve his play. — Watt' ganui Chronicle, Nov. 25; ,-s _ ::;::.

I The Wanganui Chronicle says ;—" Mr. Har rison, M.H.Jft., an experienced journalist, we understand, has accepted, the editorial manage ment of our contemporary.

From a notice in our advertising columns, it will be seen that the sharebrokers, despair ing of doing business on St. Andrew's day, when the people in general have determined to enjoy themselves, have notified that they intend to keep, the day as a district holiday.

THE MAN IN COUNCIL.

~_C|[Bl GEOFFBET 80FT8AWDEE, ESQi,} A': I LOST no time when I received your commission in going to the ProviMnaT Council That august body wt-re about to assemble, and ii is Honoril_e;Buper i intendeut was in waiting. I met a/gentle man, on my way. upSlumland-street, | who is a great traveller.! /He is at present in waiting upon^.Dr. Paustusi who has arrived in this city;; haying agairistthat gentleman a very hpavy.claim. His nnme is _iephi»tophiles t a G-reek according to some, but according to others of Grermnn extraction. When I }ast saw him., at a, place of public resort, he was dressed in; red, and i thought had a very sinister countenance. But on this occasion he was dressed in solemn black, and looked .very amial-le. 1 Was informed that he Uends youth and length of days to those !v*rho_i he can trust, and that he did such ; favor to the gentleman whom he so assi jduously attends. Some persons, his lene-uies, however, say that he has deal ings with the ——, ahem. He told me himself, in confidence, that he was a great admirer of the superintendent, and would be gl_H.|of| an i introduction' to him. Henco his anxiety to" be present at the opening of the Council, ...•_.-, ■ ff ,, When we arrived in the' Council Chambers the members.were collected in groups, some in Bellamy's, some un the library, and some in the legislative chamber. We went into Bellamy's, which is new papered and renovated The appearance of this pi ice is greatly chang>d. *n the table was a largo Lipscombe's* filter, from which .clear, water was running, not copiously. My companion inquired what was the mean ing of it, and the attendant informed him that the ->uperi tendent had .-resolved to turn all evil spirits out of the place. I thought my friend blushed. , Form-rly, • " two hips and a bottle' held the place of this substantial monument of crockery. Mr. Mephistophiles only replied that it was a very '■ cool,-'. proceeding on the part of the Government. We saw the Provincial Secretary, the Goldfields Secretary, Mr. Osmund Lewis, its. .Nicholson, Itayuer, and Wood enter shortly after. I suggested the improve ment in appearance of these honorable members and teetotal societarians. But my companion said curelessly, " Yes, there was compensation in everything ; for if tlnir arguments were not clear their complexions were, and that is something." This piece of profanity made me a little nervous, and I enjoined silt-nee, while his • Worship the May«-r passed by. You have read His Honor the Superin tendent's speech in the dnily joura-d-*. it is my peculiar duty to inform you not of the text but of the circumstances sur rounding. After the spee'-h Was r-_d, several of the mcml ers entered. One o| the' first was a little gentleman. M.+. JbliiV Liordoff,-of ' Hahuhu, with a model of la.

!" five-bar toll gate" under'his arm. He |i-< not a Kechabite,1 bdta'*.Y.<ebeccaite, fi.r he is pledged to ihoiish all toll bars in jthe provindeV unless hon. members o. the [Council pan 'go^'-fr©-'' to the discliar.;* lot their public "dual's/ A very detenu ne • looking uentieWtfii.pa-Sfd in. 'Wehe.rl ; that,he was^member for some part o' the ;golafieral.'-_nd''lived* among tho Maori up country., _£.»Dhistnidi-; i<»» *~i<* "*"t •« mutter within his own knowled.e, iha: the ; Maoris were _,i sce_ded from theManma ; Tartars, having been cannibals, but tfiey had left oil'their m&u-ektiug propensities _aud taken to oysters and onions. A very courteous gentleman came up to my 'companion at this iribment. His name, 1 |iiS!litJ!ve^:ia.iriur_t, an eXteuai^e merchant... 'He said he was happy to ma«e th ' "acquaintance of so distinguished a stranger, whom he had aeen the evening before a ithe i)\)er!t:'':,My conipdiiion bowed his acknowledgments, sotnewhat sarcastically,, as I tliO-ght. J I'reassured him when 1 told him that Mr. Hurst always kept very 'distinguished .company. He had, smoked with the Lord of JPe.mbroke, aim drunk wjne with^the Hukp of, Edinburgh.j lie was, by hi 9 pffipej Treasury for the P^of vince, and property; the, tifaead of ihe Government,.' but Ids conspjcuoiis modesty prevailed 'upon 'iiiiu to,ta,ke his ; place at, the oilier end. ....,,,, j......,,, H ~,.....-.,,, ~ , i hjep^stiday.'s proceedings, apd indeed those of the second were, according to tho daily papers, formal. And uninterest ing. 'Ihe second day was relieved: by a little debate, which Bhow_d:li_w the poli tical trade wind had set in. Dr. Mch-dsou moved for a committee ol public acc-nut-*. Ti*e Provincial Secretary, a pale, but | otherwise interesting young man, informed the Council that there was an Au lit Com mittee provided for " by Act of Council." He laid Onthe " table of Council ' the receipts and expenditure for the year. He said he was yet occupied with the Estimates, /which were in process of? gestation; but poor gentleman, he was so j harried by the Doctor that it would almost seem as if the figures had fallen ! into vulgar f_actio_s in his inside. The Goldfields Secretary sat beside him—a ! youth of promise, also a lawyer. He had recently been employed in laying down tdelaw, and taking up lauds from the Maoris for the Kaipara railway. He j had drily thi day before travelled from Jerusalem to l<iverhe_d;! and looked latigued. Ihe ancient township just mentioned is on'trie J_ai|>ara waters —the Beersheba of i\ew; Zeal-nd. He en couraged his colleague. He is smart and fresh in political lite. : Yesteiday, however, was the real open ing of the session. l_.e Provincial Secre tary made his financial statement. He spoke for two hours and a-half. His speech bristled with loans, mortgages, contracts,; audi provisions. ; Piev: *>usly a number of members ru.-wd for " returns." ihese must not be confounded with the mercantile phrase on "sale or return." Political language differs from mercantile in the employment of the grammatical copula, and this word mean«i. when there has been a large sale of political pledges, there is vigoroU* call for " returns:" l'he most interesting of these r-lated to h monster locomotive imported to the pro vince by the Superintendent. It came over in the care of two m^n and a boy , (t was a " hobby" of His Houqr>, like the Duke of Edinburgh's elephant, " To!U." But when it came out here His Honor would not ride it, but preferred his " tall chestnut."1 It was estimated to go sir miles an hour, and it gets over two and a-half with ease. The Goldfields Secretary made a smart reply to a member named Ellis, who insisted upon the fullest infor- j xnation respecting this much ahuitdj

machin-iV He said that His Honor's Mla.dk Klephant was a nightmare to the hon member, the,.circnic of his bed-tester regularly every night. - c .The Provincial Secretary laid the report of the hugesCY_^ivatipe upon the tabled The report of the PiVtyiticial Juggernaut cpm* plained of great ill-usage in being brought, to a country where there wan notjmb staHtiar*"bTidges to. carry him ovjsr the creeks Without the peril of being droned, the only, structures of the kind*.the creaturehad seen were"political bridges." I do not know whether there was any covert meaning in this, but.there was a general look round the " House .', as this was irtsinuated. and it was observed that the hon. members for the Hay were not in their places, but were still " down Bouth."

My companion noticed that the Council seemed greatly afraid of the police. The Mayor moved on this subject, and there was a very considerable stir. It was admitted that the force was clean and respectable, Mr Swan Son lodging his usual protest against white gloves, which, he said, we're impediments to the arrest, say of a rtfciusant Inspector of Nuisances, or the dusf-contractor, or a sweep, it ne cessary! It was a subject of complaiut that the police did not» carry out the " Dog Act." I could not help noticing that a great many of hon. members' papers were shockingly " dog-eared." They had great dislike to driving poor foUs' cattle to the pound. The police should be handed over to the Gity Council. The Mayor reminded the members that there was no longer a mere local board, but a "lull corporate body Mr. Macready followed on the same side, as the reporters say. As he arose, Mr. Mephisto;>hiles opened his eyes ;- his became elevated, and his nose somewhat hooked, a* he exclaimed, " Mighty; son of Anak ; if that is the 4ayor, here is the 'entire Corporation.' " There was a good thing said by a member, wh<>se name I do not know, but they called him the Hon. Q.C. HJ. He said he was a prophet a year ago, when he told them not to let the police go out of their hand*--. He would now hit the nail on the head. When the Superintendent got the chance, he gave the province into custody. I understood that Thursday is a great Scotch holiday. An hon. member askeij whether the festival would not be upheld. The Pro vincial Secretary answered somewhat laconically, *' No." 1 heard the member spoken of as " Saint Andrew," a lawyer by profession, also a good Christi-m, and a great Freemason. Tho Provincial Secretary made his financial statement. I do not go iuto details, for the reason already given. It was a long addrs-*. concluding with an eloquent peroration up m the value of the noldfi. Ids. He «•_ ---' pressed in vigorous phrase do-iy his d<-t--r ---miti-ition on the part of the liovertin-ei- i which, he said, would uiid.-rtake good ; iravers'ihle roads before it "made track-.' j._ young gentleman named --d-ariHghan, , vI.P.C, who has been a political philo jjsopher since he was "live years old.' 'iii c »r.-s his opinion that the proceeding* ■jof the session will be of unprecedented ,i interest, k if / f. >I './. i \

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL

I the ,h]i<inn-i- on *'»" no}!.— pny-a. for ihis evening we find motions] Wltl' 'reference to tne expenditure of £3 500, voted for northern roads ; the report on the late inquiry regarding the slaughter houses ; the exemption from to!1 of members of) C -uncil; fees for inu*ini_* leasee ; reserves near .-.urkland ; payment • f volutite.r suh-iiliesl; (return resp-cting Hick in oU'-districts ; publicans' lamp-* ; a road from Hamilton ; a tramway betw.en , M'tliUrangi and ' Port Albert f the dis covery ot gold by Messrs. Ring; and the Highways Act Amendment ■ Bill, vr,iil be read a second time.

MOUNT ALBERT WES LEYAN CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY.

Last evening the anniversary tea meeting, in cdnk.-ctibn with the Mount Albert1 Wepleyan I Chapel, was held, which proved, as was anti jo pa'ed, a most de-dded'-Uccess. About 160 ip.-rsons partook of the good things provided. Atter tfea, the Rev. J. Buller >occupi ds the ichair, and, in a few appropriate remarks, in troduced the several: speaker's. Ihe report showed that the chapel was completely free from debt, which caused the trustees to be re lieved from a considerable amount of respon sibility, *nd was a source of thankfulness to ialL The Key. C W. Rigg spoke upon •5 Worldly Fashions," the conforming to which by p-ofoi-sed Onrstians, if it did not retard their individual spirituality, at least put a •tumbling block in the path of others, causing them to suspect that religion was not all it profeesed. Ihe .subject: was. handled in an impressive manner, and was listened to [with great.-attention. The Rev. J. Berry chose for his theme " The Nose," a subject which was not regarded as being chosen or treated in good taste, and elicited general ex pressions of dissatisfaction. Mr. Ewington followed with an impromptu speech, which was well received. The meeting clos.d with the Benediction. The following ladies pre sided at the trays: —Mesdame* Garliok, Allen, Phillip, Ward.Turk, and Mo_r.

ITALIAN OPERA.

Donizetti's glorious opera, " Don Pasquale," was . performed last night at the Prince Of Wales Thea re with success, such as has not attended any previous entertainments given by Cagli's troupe, great as their sujcess has hitherto been, dignor Grrandi, as the oil Don, was above all .praise or criticism, and his wonderful powers of acting and facial expres sion, combined with his excellent interpreta tion of the music, rendered it almost unecessary for a person to understand the language in which the songs were delivered. The Signora Oortesi also achieved, a great triumph in,the part of Norina, and the other.autors cohtri-' buted largely to the success of this piece, which is of that class scarcely requiring words to make intelligible the design. At the close of each act the singers were called before the curain, and after the termination of it he opera the tro principals were almost buried in fl-Wers, like the babes in the Wood. "II l'rovatore" is to be repeated to-night. ,<-. '} U J

THE SHARE MARKET.

Ma. J. M. Lennox's Report — The share market continues dud.. My sales comprise— Caledonian, £80 ; Thames, £18 5s ; Tookey, £42 10s ; Bank of Now Zealand allures, £19. Closing buyers: Caledonian, £77 10s ; rimmes, £i 8 ; Tokatea, £4 5s ; Bank of New Zealand shares, £18 10s; Oiago, £3 7s Od ; Albion, £6 17a 6d. Closing sollei-8 : Cale donian, £80; Thames, £18 5« ; Tookey, £4& 10s.

ARRIVAL OF THE Phœbe and St. Kilda.

LATEST FROM THE SOUTH.

WHECK; Oj v>H%; r< AHIS-M-f^'

C APT Hit E O_' KEgEOPA

THE LATE RIFLE MATCH.

November 23.—James Simtnonds, convicted of burglary, has been sentenced to four years' penal servitude.

WELLINGTON.

November 23.—Defence Minister received the following telegram from Captain Preece : —" Makt-tu.— Received a letter irom Major Ropata dated 20th. He sent Te Whu out with a few men; they brought in Kereru and Kereopa. Ropata, with a few men, is on Ins way to Wairoa to give Kereopa up to the authorities there.—Kereopa was the Rev. Mr. Volnner's murderer." —The contract for com pletion of the telegraph line frd-1 Kutikati to the Thames, is taken. Air obstaslea are removed. __, ,

November 24.—Arrangements? concluded satisfactorily with Brogden.—Contract for Wellington to Mastprton line signed; works to be commenced invthree weeks. ' *'-

November 24. —Tne Colonial Architect goes to Dunedin to report -onYthe afecoinntpdation available for the Assembly/ *•**■' ** * JNovember 25,-^i545.000 worth of the Re claimed Land'ahd'Water Work debentures have been tiken up by the Mutual Investment Society at 7_ per cent. —Snurt shocK of an earttiquake this afternoon at 1.45 p.m. direction from S.W.

DUNEDIN.

Novenaber 221—Walker yesterday. offered to fire Christie again for £1000 a side, and Christie's backer- expressed themselves willing to back bun lor another £100. Christie, how ever, fl itly refused to fire: again against Walker. The two competitors are to be entertained at a complimentary dinner this evening. November 23.—5.s Ahuriri left Oamaru for Dunedin at 10 30 a.m. yesterday. When off !'u__u strtck on a sunken rock. Vessel total loss. Crew, passengers, mails, and ship s papers saved.— Storm Bird left late last night to try and save cargo. — The Ahuriri was owned by Houghton of Dunedin, and was partially insured.

November 23, 7 p.m.—When off Fish reef the Ahuriri met with a strong S.W. wind. She kept running about a mile and a half from short., tuere being no sign of breakers. At Uve minutes past five she struck on the reef lightly. In a few minutes all the compart ments except the fore one filled. The boats Were immediately lowered, aud the lifeboat, in ojiarge of the chief pifioer,, wm sent ,ashqre witli the ladies and a few' other passengers^ wuo lauded safely. On the boat's ret Ugh, iney f.mnd the sea breaking over the wreck, he remainder of the crew and passengers got ■mfc a.ihore. with tlie mails and ship-papers only. At midnight, tbe wreck was visible, but it 3.30 a.m. not a vestige was to be seen. Some, passengers arrived by coach th-s morn ing. <*n receipt of the uews, Mr. Houghton neiit the Storm bird to assist, but nothing could be done. One of Mr. Wilnier's four horses landed, but ilioil soon after. The rest of the cargo . oouipri-ed wool, grain, and sundries, iii r ___,. t.i^ —.nrluitof ili« oitf««-.rV-..4* m «n. " .November 24 — Wreck of the s.s." Ahuriri totally disappeared ; none of the cargo" saved. — Four vuluubl- rat- horses from Canterbury onboard drowned.

JNovembcr 24. — I he produce market is firm, but there is little doing Flour. refilible brands, is quoted at £13. Wheat is becoming »caree, and ffew transactions have ta-en place ; prime lots fetch 08. Oats are dull at Is Ud to 2s.

PORT CHALMERS.

November 23.—Arrived: Storm Bird, from the wreck of the Ahuriri, with the crew ; Glenhu.tley/barque, from Liverpool. Sailed, eariy : Keera, for the North.—Douglas* patent boat-loweriug apparatus was tried successfully on the steamer Wallace, when., going nin| knots on a trial trip with her new j boiler. V,

NELSON.

November 2-L —Criminal Sessions.—H. Firth and D. 11. Murdock arraigned on a char_e of assault with firearms were acquitted. —Quinlan charged with attempted escape from custody,acquitted The original sentence of Ihe Magistrate having been found ultra vires.- James Horaan, Post Oifice boy fjam, Havelock, charged with opening Jetters "auc| inserting: Blips of, paper with indecent ..ex-' pressions, thereon, was found guilty and eententied to nix mouths' imprisonment.— James Cook . charged with horse-stealing, s-ntenced to three years' imprisonment.-— William lhoapsou, on a charge of arsou, was acq itted.

WANGANUI.

November 24. - Fat sheep are* in good demand a- high prices. Good draught hoises, £30 to £40 ; roadsters, £12 to £15.

November ?§•— A smart; shock of an earth quake, lasting about 30 seconds, was experi enced to-day at 1.4.6 pirn. : ' V v { \

POLICE COURT.—Wednesday.

Sfßefore W. E. Thomas and H. H. Turton,

">_.■;.,*; Inquires, Just.cos.]; ' ■■■<, .) j Drunkenness. One person, charged with .this otfenr-e forfeited his bail.

', Threatening Language.—R. K. Coulson, alias Walter B. Coulson, was charged, by John Moberley with threatening to take his life.— ■Defendant pleaded not guilty.—Prosecutor deposed that he called on defend ant. in his,> capacity of a Collector, to obtain two months' rent, when Coulson threw a blacking hottle at him and threatened to take his life—Defendant) said that five men* and two wbmen had bie-L in his house all the momitig taking presOrip ti'ons, and* were quarrelling; One of them threw the bottle o-it of' the Window; as the complainant was passing. answer to the belt fa*defendant described his house as being one to Wliich people resorted who were suffer-1 ing from diseases of a peculiar class." —The Ben' h said that it must be a house <fa very peculiir ch»rncter indeed, ftorn^ defendant own admission, and thought the pwlif© ou^ht to keep a sharp eye on it. —Ordered to find S'oiirity to keep the peace fortiii-ee months, hiniseli in £20 uiid two sureties in £10 each.

Bbraoh o_ Dhstiiute Persons Kelie. ObDlNance -William Bowden wns : charged by Caroline Bell with refusing to support a j child of which he is the fai her.—Defendant: failed to attend, and a^* it appeared he was on the point of sailing for Taranaki, a warrant ! WAS issued for hs apprehehsiOh. '' - l- A£A-'f I : -Ivd'Tfi I'iJuii '. .:, > .. lliliinWA 'Mil oJ vj

A-meeting of gentlemen interested in the institution of an Auckland' Rifle Association is being held in the Harbour Hoard Office as we jo to press, ~. y"A'' '< A-: 'A 11 0 1

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAT.'

THE CALEDONIAN.

OTAGO.^GOLD IN No; 1 REEF.

FONATAIBI—ONE AND HALF

CWT. SPECIMENS

INVERNESS.—NEW REEF

DISCOVERED.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

Gkahamstowx, 3 p.m. The Inverness have struck the reef in the Kuranui tunnel level; good show.

The Otago have taken out some good gold this morning from No. 1 reef. T/~f\*2T T fTf Hp The Moahatairi hate brought up 14- cwt. specimens since yesterdaj. 'The Caledonian is still looking splendid. The mam ffacf % ''showifag ricjer>tiiai-%riuany *day& past.i _?, I Good reports have been received this morning from the Alburnia. The gift; auction "realised £150 for the Church Building Fund. Mr. Wilkinson, interpreter^ wa3 throws from his horse and- injured to-day. . :" ■- When the Comerang was at'Eussell, the men struck for a bonus of £5 each, and received it..--, - ,- >-. q* .- r » A letter from New Caledonia 3says the reef discovered there is likely to run three ounces to the ton.

THE CALEDONIAN.—MINE MANAGER'S REPORT.

The following is a copy of a telegram received from the manager:— " 10.9. a.m. " There is no change in the mine, m;fti_L rtin still looking well." ?-' 1-' i

ESTIMATES OF THE PROVINCE

I a oF*aVCKljA3sD,aaa, r Foe the Year Ending December 31,1872. THE following Estimates Wei'e laid on the : table of the Council on Tuesday :— I ESTn.-TED BEVEN-E.'' '''*' '*' j £ s. d. Balance in'T*rea9ur*y,:3lßt-Di.»: J { A:AAi A cember, 1871 35,000 0 0 Capitation aud special allow; -j. . vn ) atice... ..: "7: ... 4000 0 0 Provincial revenue (including i; reimbursemetits) • Q't A. £--#-d Oi 0 Pilotage and Port, charges ... 400 0 0 Gold duties, £26,000 (HsOOil Oil Colonial Government charges Ii £4000) .. ; 22,000 0 0 Q-oldfields revenue (including' >•:•■;./ • .il reimbursements) ... ... 5000 0 0 'Refund of. amounts paid ■ on , -..; I»■__.__[*. yjr* }J ul ,uuuut "of Kalpuia railway 3000 0 O • Amount realised by sale of -A. ii ■*■ >ff 1 .;•*•* o* i Drury railway plant to Colo nial Government..._.:»....... 6000 0 0 I Mortgages on which sinking | fund of provincial loan was ; [',£...-/,] ':/_ _ invested, due in 1872, with j] ~ac'-rue'l interest j ~j, ... 10,000,^0 .0 /Estimated amount which pro vino* is entitled to receive . .. .J.j ir : ,\, ; on account of land for Drury railway 20,000 0 0 Interest and sinking.fund„due on loan to harbour of Auck [ land 5598 0 0

, '/J- >d id Li-£189)998 0 0 ESTIMATED EXPENDITUBB. Liabilities on Account of Year 1871 -A-A? £. Z'2 >] /\ |\/| •y C^O 8!! Works under contract... " ... 9500"* 0 tS Salaries and Departmental ex ; penses, 1871> payable in __872 3500 0 0 Balance of* pay to" Police' " Force, 1871... 2970 0 0 £15,970 0 0 DBPABTMENTS. * Permanent Charge. — Superintendent, £800. , Executive. — Deputy Superintendent, |£100 ; Provincial Secretary, £300 ; Secretary 'for Goldfields, £200 ; Provincial Treasurer, £200 ; legal assistance, £50 ; Accountant (also Paymaster), £350 ; Assistant Ac countant (also Immigration Officer), £250 ; ;Chief,Cler,k, £275.; Clerk of Repords, .£2OO ; Clerical Assistance and contingencies^£36o ; Messengers, £130.—Total, -2415. LBOis|iATiYE.* i-Speaker Provincial' Council; £200; Clerk df Council _ndl_hra*flan, £250 J; messenger, £50 ; printing and contingencies, £400 ; expenses, of couptrj? members, £400 ; Provincial Council elections, £100. —Total,

£1400.

Waste Lapds.—-Clerk of Records, £225; draughtsman, £22,6; preparation■*,of, Cwv/n., Grants and extra drafting, £400 j. surveys necessary for determining boundary lines, £400.—Total, £1250. Public Wokes.—Aucklaud District!:»__¥-/ trict Engineer and Inspector of Works, £300; draftsman; ..£250; Ytilarkt.- also native .inter preter, £175 ; turncocK for waterworks, £156;. repairs to waterworks, £60 1 carpenter and j storekeeper, £I*3o'. T!*am*(-s District: District | Engineer and b'ttr\'<\vm-, £30O; surveyor and ' draftsman, £250 ; accountant, clerk, /'.and! draftsman, £225 ; Inspector of Mines, £350; .messenger for Government offices,, £100 ; i 'magazine keeper and turncock for water j supply, £150. Coromandel I istricfc: District Engineer and Surveyor, £250 ; assistant aiid draTtsman, -200;, ~ .Continj_enoiei of Public Works Department, £300.—Total, £3196.-? ; j 1 Police.—Auc land District: 'InYpe-l.br, £350; sergeant-major, £150; 3 sergeants at 7» per diem, £384 -6s ; 2 detectives at 8s per irli*m,. £293 16s ; 22 <;ous*ables at 6s per j diem, £2415 12s; special .constables in out- ! districts, £200; i-ents of police stations, £74 { j rations for lock-up—Auckland . and out- j stations, £70; conveyance of prisoners from j out-stations, £80V travelling expenses for Constables, £150; gas, firewood, and stationery, £70; rewards, £25 ; repairs of stations,! £100 ; a lowance to eonsiab^es for destruction of clothing,' £50; expenses under Dog Ntrtsa_de: Act,' t*l"s. Thames District: Ser-v geant ihajd., £150; one sergeant at 7s. pel", diem, £128 23; one detectiveYut Bs. per diem, £146 8s ; ten cohsbableß at 6i* per diem, £109S ; firewood and-light Tor "guard room' and* lock up, £60; rations for prisoners in lock up, £15; conveyance of prisoners to 'Auckland, £60; travelling' "and incidental expenses, ,£6O; constable^-insp ctor =of ; weights ard measures, £128 «8. —Total, i 6272 6s, .aoroi a lko i

Relief of Sick and Destitute—R c . lieving Officer, £150; relief i Q Auckland" £750 ; relief in out districts, £350 • aged and infirm in refuge, £3(,0 ; care and nursine of jnfants, £8 j ; rent, firewood, and contin gencies, £80; grant in aid of Destitute Children's Home, £300 ; capitation allowance for Orphan Children, £1000.—Total, £3010 Hospitals. — Provincial Surgeon, £4QO t dispenser and clerk, £120; head nurse, £100*- matron, £60; cook, £60; two assistant ntirsei at £60 per annum, £120; messenger, £\2\. rations and medical comforts, £l2oci. f Ue [ and lighting, £150; bedding, clothing &, £200 ; medicines and appliances, £200 W tingencies, £100; grant in aid of hospY^ a(; Thames, £1000; grant in aid of hospital at Coromandel, £250.—Total, £3972. [(v)

Lunatic Asylum. Inspector, of Asylums £50 ; Resident Surgeon, £250; head keeper' £120 ; matron, £60; senior keeper, £66; fi Te ' male attendants at £60 per annum each £300; three female attendants ;at £42 annum each, £126 ; cook, £60 ; amusements £50 ; rations, £1600 ; fuel and lighting, £150; bedding and clothing, £250; contingencies' £150..-r._QtHl, £3232. : *

Gaols.—Governor and Gaoler, £250; chief warder, £150 ; senior warder, £120; store keeper and warder, £120-^matron, £80• thirty -warders at £108 per annum, £2160; guard management of powder magßzine, £120 ; rations and medical comforts, £1550; contingencies and clothing, £400;) Visiting Justice, £50. Thames DistrietrrGaoler, at Bs. per diem, £146 8s; firewood, for cooking and light, £25; rations for prisoners, £80; centingeneie*-, £20.-rTotal, £5271 Bs. Gol_fie_ds : CorjETg.—Thatnes.Dislrict— Warden (also Resident Magistrate), £500; cie kto Warden's Court, £1*70;, chief clerk to warden, £200;. assistant clerk to warden, £130; clerk to Resident Magistrate's Court, £150; bailiff of Warden's and Resident Magistrate's Courts, £175. Coromandel Dis trict—Warden (also Resident Magistrate), £450 ; clerk to Warden and Resident Magi strate's Courts, £200; : bailiff, to"!,-Warden's and Resident Magistrate's Courjts, £100: contingencies of goldfields Courts department, £200.—Total, £2280 : ;/ gasf9 >, f RkgistßATlON.—Thames Distrjet — Eegi strnr, 300 ; Receiver of Gold-elds Revenue, £250; clerk in. Registrar's Office, £130. Corom ndel Disirict— Registrar ani Receiver of Goldfields Revenue, £200; contingencies of department, £206. TotaJ. £1080. H_BBO-HS.~- Chief Harbourmas.ter for pro vince, £50 P . ; . Manukau Harbour :..,Harbour master and Pilot, £200 ; c)iie(,. boat man (at £7 per month), £84; three boatmen (at £5 per month each), £180; -signalman, £100; contingencies, £250 Eaipara:: Harbour master and ..Pilot, £150 ;,chief bpatm-n (at £6 per month), £72; two. boatmen (at £5 per month each), £120 ; .contingencies, £200. Hokianga : Harbourmaster and Pjlot, £150; chief boatman..(at £5 10s per. month). £66; two boatmen.(at £5 per month e^i-ji), 120; contingencies, £150. Mongonui: ; Harbour master and Pilot, £100. RusselK; ;-Harboiir master and Pilot,: £150 ; two boatuien (at £5 per month each), £120; contingencies £10. -hortland : Harbourmaster aud Pilot, £150 ; contingencies,.,£s.o.-r- Buoys and. .beacons, £300 ;,;improvementa in small harbours, £150; light keepers a*nd supplies : for. lighthouses, £450.—Total, £337-. . '• Miscellaneous. Cost^ of , fcriangulation, £1000; ferries, £40.0 i inspection of slauglr er lionses, £1-0^ inspection of-sheep, £150; volunteer?, £3)0; .vaccination, £50; dispen sary, £15 s advertising, stationery, <_c, £750; rent and_Jnsui*_nce, £-50; to meet recommendations;of Petitions and Pri vate Grievance Committee, £750 •, Provincial Council Library, £100 ; hi aid of libraries in codiitry districts, £250 ; in aid" of- building for Atk-_l_rid Institute and Museam| £1000; purchase of Bite" for Auckland' Cemetery, £suo ; Auckland Harbour Board; £25,00); erection of new' hospital, Auckland, £4000; Board of Education, £4500; erection of new slaughter house, and purchase of site, £1500 ; repairs of public buildings* £500; works at Mount Kden Stockade,-"£750 $ agricultural exhibitions, £150"; subsidies -for ' steam ser vices, £2500 ;l~ roads and works north of Auckland, £2*.oo;=YToads and,.works south of Auckland, £4500 ; purchase of native lands, £2000; woi!ka in Poverty Bay district, £250; encouragement of fiaUeries in accordance with recommendations of Fisheries Committee, 1871, £400; roads and tracks, goldfields— Thames district, £3000; i * roads ■ and tracks, goldfields — Coromandel . district,, ? £1750; wharf accommodation) ; Coyoinandel^ £1000; tramways . construction on goldfields, £3503; .Moanatairi aqueduct, £650"; in aid of goldfields roads within highway districts, £3500; purchase of public recreatio_''ground and^cmnetery at Thapies, £500; ! ana development"" Of new goldfields, 1 £5000; beach road, Shortlkhdv) and Grahamstown, j £4000 jv-geperal contingencies, £loQQ;. weigh bri_K- for new wharf,' Grahamstown, £200 ;_ erection of nospital building, at the Thanfe| I £1000 ; powder magazine at theY Thames, ; £750; contingent public works on goldfields;' £3000; extension of Water supply ar*-the ! Thames, £500.—Total/ £83i700.' * P 9 •* -l/KCI

RECAPITUL-TKM* Q&y EXPENDITURE. I, Dje^aatmb^s.—Permanent charge, : £Boo ; Executive, £2415 . j',; „ &g(Mfls&fr .#1 _J9«_ waste lands, £1250 i.„.,pj_itlic' works, £3196; policy £6272,6s ;■ relief of sick and destitute, £3010;' hospital-,' £3972 ; Lunatic Asylum, £3232; gaols, £5271 ■' 8s; goldfields Courts, £2_Bo ; .registration, €1080 ,} ;liarbours, £3372—T0ta1, £37,542 14s.- ~~~~~ ~7 MiSOE__ANEOUS,£B3,7OO^TotaI, &WW3Q 14s. .-

Tab A-D __A_H_Bli-_.-T_e District Court at Greymbuth was occupied for -thp better portion of the 13th instant with an actym brought by Mr. Noble against Mrs.Marsdm, rift! W^Wallae- (her brother) ftfr-nasiauVt. The damages were kid at £200. On the 16th cf August, the'plaintiff entered the house oj Mrs. Mars-Jen, who kept a dairy at Coal Creek, where he was, - set upon., by the two defendants and knocked about — the lady making use of a rolling-pin, with which-She struck him heayily on;tfie arm and shoulder. Notwithstanding this rough treatment, t_e plaintitf, on -the 28th of August,.paid:Mrs- Marsden's residence another visit, because, as he stated in his evidence, .she. ; !«lQokedi^-I bouragingly" at him. On the second visit the two clefendants threw him dewn, tied bun With cow-ropes, and then covered his face w. a the tar ani feat; ers. The opinion o k>th Ju.lge and; jury appeared to be that plamUtt had brought the puni.hme.it on himself by aniiovine Mrs. Marsden in various ways,;-!, ihey^ve a verdict of only £2 2s and one shilling paid into Court by the defendants. : The high reputation Olsons tomato^auce^ has obtained as a household condiment, U ■ brought many inferior articles into the mam. / The public are therefore warned hot to_beimf,j posed upon with rubbish, but «5/°, r.,fesJ genuine tomato sauce, and see that fAVM. fson the bottle. "To Mr. Hans J**™' Sir,-By some fV^^^tigfr t)mato'sauce was putawa}; in mf h°^ e/ w !f„ i-emained uncorked for upwards «_*{"• Months. The same bottle o Ba»ce T W f^ "d it farda Used at my own table, and IJ*£g;_ (as equally as good as when first made.--*l W Doonin, wholesale and retail grocer, 218,. &u"een-street, Auckland."-[A_YT.J .. To Cbic__t_iui Kf T?oußi-18.-Pwwn ; it in 1 bowl.— Fm-

THE EVENING STAB, J&<&LAXD, WEBS^^rf Ii^EMBER 29, 1871. '-- _8 s A: _.:.'-* "--^ ' • ■ ■"■*' "--~:



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