SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

* SUNSET.—this evening, 5.56. HIO-H.WATER.—This evening, 4.27.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Comerang, 7 o'clock. Enterprise, 7 o'clock. Lady Bowcn, 7 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Velocidade, barque, 268 - tons, Ifwersbn, from Lyttelton. . »"''■£ "it* Success, schooner, Biirr, from.Russell. . Star of the South, s.s., Holmes, from JSapier and t" Comerarig, p.s., Chrisp, from Bay of Islands. Keera, s.s., Carey, from Bay of Islands Dukei of. Edinburgh, p.s., Farquhar, from Bay of Islands:

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.-Excelsior and Beth Shan, early Fijib.—Kenilworth; Monday. • .

VESSELS EXPECTED.

H.M. is/Basilisk, from Nelson. Nnbraskai p.s., from Sydney. Star of thp South, s.s., from Napier. Kapler, 5:3., from Napier. St. Kllda, a.3., from Wanganul. Countess of Klntore, ship, from London. City of Auckland; 3hlp, from London. Chile, ship, from London. S&llarat, barque, from' London. Mary Francos, barque, from Newcastle. Alice Cameron, barftue, from Sydney. Camilla, barque, from Adelaide. Slta, brig, from Melbourne. Sea Qull, schooner, from Fijis Merlin, schooner, from Fiji. Herald, schooner, from Hokianga.

IMPORTS.

Per Velocidade, from Lyttelton :—lO quar ter-casks -wine, L. D. Nathan and Co. j 15 sacks flour, order; 164 iacks potatoes], 90 gunnies ditto, 235 sacks oats, T. Beloner ; 111 Backs wheati ord"eV^23l saciks' oats, 98 sacks potatoes, 500 sacks wheat,. 190 sacks bats, 57 sacks'wheats 300 sacks oat 3, 126 sacks "baley, 120 bags, -.43 half-packs flour, orders 417 half-sacks-wheat, Brown, Campbell and Co.; 320. bags oatmeal, order; 155 cheese, 20 bags bacon, 8.; Jones r 200 safeks eats, 15 kegs butter, 105 bags potatoes, 9= -cases bacon, 250 sacks bran, 54 saoks potatoes, Jakins and Wilcox. _ :

ARRIVAL OF THE VELOCIDADE.

The fine barque Velocidade, C'api-/. Ifwerfon, armed in -harbour this afternoon. She loft .Lyttelton on Sunday, the- I7fch instant, -and^ «xperienoed fine weather and variable v'm&f throughout. Passengers—Mrs. Ifwereon anr family. ' ~ '~.-. .-.■

The B.S. Wellington left the Manukau egS Saturday afternoon" for the South, -with t( following passengers:— Miss A^ Brown? Me&s* ; P. Lawld, Jones, Moody, Donald, Wadma ( Howe, Cqotes, Bigg, Warmoll, Lamreno>l Hickey, Rickards, Jllgß Glgsßop, Mrs. Hb?d The a.s. Wanganui, left the Manukau.; fij,. jj Wsuigamvi on Saturday in ballast.. » The 8.8. Q-o-Ahead left the Manukau fpr Taranaki and- Southern ports on Saturday. Paßßengers :—Mra. Scotlandj Mis» Allen ; Messrs. Sampson, Tait, and Elliott. |Eb.e s.s. Keera arrived in harbour on Satur day afternoon, with 183 tons coal. The Star of the South passed, the steamer Clyde off Portland Island on Thursday night', and the steamer Napier off the East Cape on Friday. " • Wo understand that the p.s. Royal Alfred has been purchased bj the Auckland and Thames S.S. Company. The p.s. Duke of Edinburgh arriyed in harbour from the Bay of Islands yesterda.y morning, with, 20 tons coals, 4 tons gum, half ton bacon, and sundries. The p.B. Comerang arrived from the-Bay of Islands yesterday morning, bringing.the fol lowing passengers.:—Saloon: Mr. jand Mrs. W. Js> Williams and two children* Mr. and Mrs. G-oodhen and child, Mr.. J. W. Williams, Mr. Clendon, Mr. Carden, Master Williams, •Md three in the steerage. Cargo: 64 tons coal, Coal Company; 200 sheep, 11 ox-hides, 6 bales Bheep.skins, A Buckland ; 1 bale sheep skins, 2 hides, Ireland Bros.; 21 bags gum, R. Walkeri"!28Lbags>gum, S. J. Edu.om.ls ; 3g cases gumi-H-.E.-Williams; 4 empty casks, Whitson.; The Comerang will learc for the •Thames Ibis evening, at 7 p--m. Th'e^sohooners Golden Isle, Ariel, and Sue ce»s,;for Auckland, and- several vessels for the Thames, left Russell on Saturday.

COMMERCIAL.

•Eyeitihq §tar Office, Monday •fternoonj ~M essrs. Coehrane and Son.,held aland sale (by order" of the trustees of :he late Willium HobsoD, Esq.)-at their inort tcday. The attendance was large. L ts 20 and 21, of section,2B, city of Auc.l.lAiid, having 57 feet frontage to Grey-street, and 51 feet to New ■tree};, wi^h three cottages erected thereon ; iSsolot 9, 25 feet frontage to New-street, with four roomed cottage,.realised £505. Lot 294, Parish of Firongia, containing 60 acres, 3s 6d j>er. ; «cre. The , Pacific Hotel, Coromandel, ■Übjeot to an annual rental of £10 sterling, ■old for £250. /, '.":: -. > '

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

- The follpwiflgjare the current rcalls. and $iyi* dends payable" in the companies named be lowi—

MAILS.

', Mails will close as under : .-'■ Tor Thames,-this day, at 530 p.m., and to-morrow, at 11 a.ra: and 6.30 p.m. For Chathams, per Magellan Cloud, this day, at 4 p.m. For Napier and Gi3borne, per Star of the South, to morrow/at 2 p.m. Kate letters and telegrams for transmission from the Napier station will be re ceived at this office tin 2.30 p.m. For London direct, per Excelsior, to-morrow, at 5 p.m. Vor Kapanga, etc., per Lalla Kookh, on "Wednesday, 27th instant, at 11.80 a.m. For Russell, etc.;.on.Thur»day, 28th instant, at 3 p.m. Malls' for tho undermentioned places, per p.s. ' Nebraska, will close at this office on Thursday, sth October, as under: — . . : I j Tor Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British. Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a.m. For United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.80 a.m. For. money orders, registered letters, and. newspapers, at 0 a.m. Late 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 11 a.m., and by the mail agent on board tho steamer up to time of sailing. ; Note.—lt is notineu lv . g^ueral information, that oi and after Ist October proximo, tho colour nf'thia' onepenny, twoponny,' and Biipenny postago labels/ Issuou by this department,, wi.l be,,onepenny .brown, twopenny red, and sixpenny blue. ' f'j ' • '. ' b/B. Bias. Ghief Postmaster.

ROTA.

The following gentlemen hare been" summoned to attend to Polico Court business during the ensuing week : — Tuesday, Septemeber 26 (lVl.ty Sessions)-^ Messrs. Kernplboriie, Einclerdme, J. S.. Macfarlane, Thonina Macffirlane, MilfonL Nathan, Newman; Joseph May, Esq., Chair man. (■ ~'~' .

DEATH.

Farrell.—At West-street. Newton, Mary TAzu beth, youngest daughter of William and Margaret Jane F.irrell, aged 12 months. . The funeral will take plucc at 4 p.m. this day (Monday), 25th instant. Friends will please accept this invitation.

The Evening Star.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1871.

" For the caiise that lacks assistance, For the -wrong that needs resistance, ■ For "the future in the distanpe,,. And the good that we can do.'

A special meeting of No. 5 Company Rifle Volunteers will be held this evening im mediately after the pnrade, ns : BOin« important business will be brought before the member?. A full meeting is expected.

Mr. Haigh, who -was the prosecutor in a ease of burglary which was- tried ut the Supreme Court on Thursday last, the prisoner being a half-caste, bas called at our office, und re questsd us to give an unqualified denial to the statement made by the.prisoner's-.counael, to ■tne, effect? that the., prosecutor, was-iuany way intimate with,* or connected with a Maori woman, referred -to-, in .the evidence, except that she used occasionally ,to go to his hotel. Mr. Haigh feels very much annoyed that, such a statement should have been made, knowing that it; waa without the slightest, foundation.

The meeting of the Auoklarid Institute, which was to have been held Clris evening, has been postponed to the 2nd of. next month, ''wHen,,among other subjects, the question of 'providing better accommdclatiofi will be di< cusaed.. ~ .' * , - . v,, »

,««, <rtilW ■tw*-a* ehi'tuned' 'ft* y»iu>J» j- &% li ___ .■. ... .: \rps ..•,,....Ai'f.:TTOH'SEIIS ':\ ■I .' Mr. Varied the scenic artist bi trie If nhce of Wale? ,T,heu.tre, will luke a benefit to-night. The high talent of this gentleman is too well known to require comment from us ; nnd ttie skilful use of bis pencil, as Well as his taste and dexterity in manipulating 'decorative materials, have contributed greatly to the success of : many pieces brought before the public. An excellent programme Las been provided for this evening's entertainment, and we have no doubt that Mr. Vurley will have the satisfaction of Welcoming a full house. Anniversary sermons in connection with the Union-street Weslejan ■ utid;ty-sc-hool were' preached yesterday, by the Rev;-J. Buller in the morning.JJand the Key. C. W. ftipg in the evening. In the afternoon, an address to parents and friends was delivered by the Rev. J^lJullor. The collections for the day amounted •to £10 14». The annual.tea-meeting will tnkc place on Tuesday evening next. A good meeting is anticipated. The members of Nob. 1 and 5 Companies, A.X.V., will parade at the Drill-shed, this evening.

■ The high reputation Olson's tomato ssuico has obtaiued as a, household condiment, hm brought many inferior articles into t he market The public aretherefore warned not to bo iuj posed upon with rubbish, but ask for Olson's genuine-toraatofsauce, andsee that his mauie is on the bottle.—[Adtt.] A meeting of the creditors of James Ir.nes is called for the 30th instant. ,•; • • The meeting orthe 'AuckTiild Institute, advertised for this evening, is postponed until next Monday. The anniversary services in connection with the Methodist Sunday-school, Union-ifereefc, Freeman's':: Bar,* were, held ;ye|J;erda.y.; The Key. J.. Buller preached in. the morning, and the C. W. Kigg in the evening. In the after noon an addross to parents and' children wns delivered by the Rev. J. Buller. The annual tea meeting^will take place on Tuesday evening next. >

Return of sick treated during the. week ending Saturday,' September 23, 1871, at the Provincial Hospital:—Eemained last return, 80; admitted since, 3 ; discharged, 1Q ; died. 1; remaining, 72; males, .61 ; females, 11, Arrangement of cases: —Cancer, 3';• scrofula, >3 ; syphilis, 1; phthisis, 12 ; rheumatism, 51;! ; il,i- Raralysis/7,;:. Clipr^,; 2.$ .lUndcy, 1 • epilepsy 3; atnaurosis, 1; ophthalmia, 2 ; bronchitis, 6 ; aneurism, 1 ; heart disease, 2 ; liver 1; -ftlbuinihuria,- 1;. abscess. and' ulcer; .6 ', fistula,'l;1 wounds and contu .'eioiij 2 ; frftctiired,-2 ; necrosis,-1; cntunebYis, 3 ; \debility, 6.. '-h- .rcan died,.on the 22iid instant, of heart disease and dropsy.—Thanks are returned to Mr. S. Morrin for a supply of English a^ Australian newspapers. : ■"''■-'■

SHARE MARKET.

MB. SAUNDERS' BEPOKT. Mr. Saunders reports sales this cloy : — Alburnia, £5 15s ; Tokalea, 97s 6tl, sellers at that; All Nations, £5 15s and £6, sellers £6 ; Caledonian, £116, £11710*, sellers £116. .Buyers: Inverness, 20s; Nonpareil, £6 7s Gel ; Tookey, £28.| MB. J. 31; LENKOx's EEPOET. The share market continues dull, buyers are-holding; Until the market is more settled. i oldera will not sell at lower rates than : Caledonian, £120; Thames, £23. My sales comprise :: Cale donian, £120 ; Thames, £23. Closing buyers : Caledonian, £115; Thames, £22. Closing sellers : Caledonian, £120; Thames, £23. . ; , . MB. MAUTIN SHOLL's REPORT. Mr. Martin Sholl reports the following sales :—Tokaka, 97s (Jd; -hotover, 9s, 9s 6d, and 10s ; Inverness, 205.. Business r?d'v:lonian fold ;ij;.>£ll7 10s. BayersWTfiauH-sut 222- 10s.'.' *.&&fers of All Nations at £6 lO.s j Shotovcr, lls ; Tokatea, 97s Gd. Enquiry i'or Coromandel shares. ME. J. T. GAELIC'S REPORT.' ' 5 .My> : .sqlos pomprise ,to-day ;—Oaleclo- MwititwrwftWJifU, £22-108; fnver ■nesa, 20s ; Moanatairi, £4 7s 6d. | : ,,

THE INTAKE.

Anyone whose business or inclination palled him yesterday to Lower Queen - street must have been forcibly impressed the strange neglect of even tempo-, rm-y .relief from the horrible nuisance at the wharf. The steuclr was absolutely unbearable at times, and irrespective of its pestilential character, in&icted positive. pain on those compelled to inhale it. This "no man's land" has been so long the subject of comment, and so long on tile eve of being placed in a less disgraceful state, that it is difficult to become convinced that the desired object is nearer attainment than ever it tvas before, even although a species of treaty has been made recording their frontiers by the two corporate bodies—the Har bour Board and City Council. But whether the proper disposal of the subject v near or far of!', it is strange that s'eps arc not taken .to. aflPor'd relief in the meantime; It. will be recollected that some few months ago, by orders of the Provincial Government, men were employed to remove the accu mulations of sewage deposits from the intake, and a large quantity of abominable stuff having been taken away, and a track opened from the mouth of the sewer to low-water line, th'o nuisance was very greatly kept under so lbng as these altera tions were continued. It is not too much to ask that the " high contracting^tartips" at present deliberating respecting tlie " neutral ground-": /should depute some ot their ©ulcers.to rfepeait the simple,re medy.: The days are getting warm, and the nuisance.in proportion, more offensiye, and until the sovereignty over this "debatable territory" has been fixed,' and the rights and responsibilities of each power defined, we think it is not too much to expect that the offensivet^eas of the place in question' should be kept within bearable limits, when it can be done at so small expense. To the two important and leading hotels—the Thanes and .Waiteinata—exactly fronting the site of tho nuisance, the present state of the intake must be a great injury, while nil up jjower Queen-street/.'and the most crowded thoroughfare of the city, are subjected to a condition of atmosphere ihat should not bo allowed to continue. We trust that the character which the nuisance has "assumed to-day, and which is the first sniff which we have had of the enjoyments of the summer, will pron'pt to immediate action for giving this tem porary relief.

THE NEW THEATRE.

All admirers of the drama in Auckland will be glad to hear that great interest appears to be taken in the projected new theatre. It is felt that, without reflecting ou ihe two theatres at present in the city, the time has come when the preten sions of Auckland demand something more capable of presenting the creations of the dramatic art with, all the re quisite accessories. We believe that there has been sufficient to indicate that the money,- which, or, rather, the absence of which usually constitutes the main difficulty, will be readily forth coming, and thut the scheme require* only to be launched to secure the requisite number of shareholders. But in connec tion with this project wereally do not see "wliy a new building should be erected when the City Hall is available. With certain alterations tliis building could be transformed into a most commodious and beautiful theatre, nnd we do not doubt thut it'miyht bo purchased at a cost much lower than the lowest at which a similar building could be erected. The situation is everything that could be desired In the main street, it is removed from its more crowded parts. ' The building is a most excellent one, and capable, we .should think, of supplying, the very thing re quired as the skeleton of the new theatre. That,a new theatre, ;.is required, will be readily admitted ; and though if the new company choose to launch out cash with out limit, anything"'Can be obtained that money can buy, yet the City. Jl all, trans formed into a theatre, with its " vesti bule," &o.) could creditably reproduce in a manner ■ suited. to our population and requirements?, all tlio excellencies of the Theatre Uoyal in Melbourne.^.

THE LATE CHARITABLE PER FORMANCE.

The following correspondence lias.been handed to us for publication : — ." To 8.. C. Dyer, Esq., Hon. S;c—My dear sir,—l hare muck pleasure iv enclosing you a cheque for £23 Is. for the PnrneTl Orphnn Home, being half the not proceeds of the benefit last evening.. Thanking you at tho same time for your kind assistance in bringing the affair to so "satisfactory a ■conclusion, —I am, &c, Wiluam Hoskins.—Army and Navy "Hotel, Spptf. 22, 1871." ": ' '•' , "To William_.HqaMns, Esq.—My dear sir, —I JifLye;'t,o ;the receipt of your kind liofe,'"enclosing a cheque for £23 Is. a?.u donation, froni Miss Colville and yourself to the JParnfcll. Orphan Hbine,, and ; have much pleasure in thanking you, on' behalf of the Orphan Eorno Committee, for your .generous exertions .in aid of that institution. I also wish, through you, to thank the proprietor of the Theatre Royal for giving the use of his theatre free of charge, and the newspaper pro prietors, who declined to receive payment for -advertising the performance.—l am, &c, R. C. Dyeb, Acting Hon. Sec, —Sbortland-street, Sept. 23, 1871. A similar letter lias also been sent by the secretary of fc'io Ladies' Uene.volent Society.

BODY FOUND AT NORTHERN WAIROA.

T#h remains of a lad, Francis No.rthwood, wlio was drowned ,by ihe capsizing of. a boat laden with gum,: in May last, were found on Sunday, on the1 banks of the Wairoa, about a mile below the spot where the accident oc curred. Ah inquest was held on the following day.—William Paton. deposed that he found I lie remains on the previous day, on the banks of the Wairoa, about high water mark, a littlo below Tokatoka. There were some articles of .clothing., jvhich the jury had seen attached to the I body. Jabez JJituess identi fied the remains as those of Francis North wood from the coat, boot, and buckle of the belt. The Terdict of the jury was in accord ance with the .evidence.. The remains were interred the same evening, tlie funeral ser vice of the Churolv:of England being,impres sively read by the Rev. Mr. Breech.

Thia divj has b^eeji ptriojtly observed by. tlie, Hebrew portion of the community as a holiday, being iheauiaual day of Atonement. It bas, therefore!'bVen kept with the usual religions .dovplipns and penitential observances.

DISTRICT COURT.-Monday.

[Before Thomas Beckhatn, Esq., District ; Judge.]. Thb- adjourned foctniglifcly " sittin^of this, Court was held this morning, when the fol lowing business wns'.disposed of:— / Judgment forPla.l tiffs. —Bell Brothers t. J. S. Rice, £73 18s 6s ; Hampton r. Tillot sou, £515s 6d. Adjottqned.—Lascefles v. Todd, Prender- Rajt v. Todd, Lewis v. Fitzgerald, Nathan and Co. v. Le Roy, Swanson v. Ferguson. Dtr Moulin and Clauk t. ITeneiques.— fhis case was tried the previous Court day, and the plaintiffs were nonsui'ed. The case was now tried before a jury of fouv,cmpan helled in conformity with the provisions of the District Court Act. The evidence given at the former hearing was published at the time. — Mr. James Russell appeared for the plaintiff: Mr. Beveridge and Mr. Hesketh for the defendants. The facts may be bi'iefly stated as follows :—The plaintiffs, who are sharebvokera, said that; in May, 1871, the de fendant came to their office and instructed them to purchase on his account 25 shares in the Cure Gold -Mining Company. The de fendant himself stated the price he was pre pared to give> namely, 25s each. The plaintiffs bought the required number of shares from Mr: Warwick Weston. Plaintiffs paid £315s for the shares, and this sum'they now sought to recover. In the course of the examination it wag elicited that tlio market raluaof these shares increased from 25s to 355, but the plaintiffs said that in the absence of the de fendant, who had gone to Melbourne, and not hav^nj^ instructions, they did not feel at liberty tijsel^ The .market viijluo had slrice declined frj>m r&ss to 3s.—TLie. defence was that this was a aharebroking transaction, and must be decided, according to : the usages of share broking business, ihe defendant said that he did not buy these shares as a principal, but merely as a broker. The plaintiffs, lie said, knew this, and when he went to Melbourne, the shares having risen 10s each in value, the plaintiffs might havoisold them at a very con siderable ' profit. The defendant, denied that lie was responsible for the loss of the plain tiffs, which was occasioned wholly by their neglect.-—Mr. J. P. DuMoulin de posed that the' defendant purchased the shares as for himself. No third person was mentioned at the time, although subsequently, when defendant was asked for the money, lie said ho was " waiting to got the cheque from the Thames." W-h'en defendant went to Mel bourne ho never left with the plaintiffs any instructions, liQr oven intimated that ho wiis going away. They "knew nothing of his having gono away until they' saw his r.amo in the newspapers.—The dofendant, in his examina tion, deposed that he was a sharebrokor; that he went to the, plaintiffs as a eharebroker. They knew he tras acting as a sharebroker, mid when ho was away they wpro wholly at liberty to sell the shares if they had so pleased. The defondoiit said he told ■ the plaintiffs be wanted the shares, for .a client; but the plain tiffs denied this, and said they looked to the defendant only for the money, and knew nothing of, and would not have anything to do with, a client of tho defendant. —Mr. Bete ridge cross-examined the plaintiff as to the nature of the transfer that was given with the shares purchased from Mr. Wesfcon. Ho said it was signed by " lliohard Garlick," not by " Warwick Weston." It had not a pur chaser's signature.,; As to whether the tratwfor was " stamped, .tbo.Jieller was not obliged to stamp the transfer. .Plaintiff was sure the name of the company wad upon the transfer, and that it was complete. Tho defcndivnt did not tell the plaintiffs, that " his party" wa9 supplied with share? from another quarter until the fourth day afterwards. Tho plain tiff felt very uncomfortable while defendant was away, as he felt ho couid not dispose of the shares, nnd would be liablo to Mr. Hon riques, who ho heard was coming back to Auckland.—Mr. J. P. Clarke, partner of tho firm of Dv -Moulin and Clarke, repeated the evidence he guvo at, tho former trial, and cor roborated tho statement of Mr. Dv Moulin in all tho material facts.

POLICE COURT.—Monday.

[Beforo Thomas Maoffarlauo, Esq., J.P.] Drunkenness.—Two persons were punished in the uiual manner for this offence, and one wa-1 discharged with a caution. VAaitANcr.— Elizabeth Lynch was charged with being a rogue and vagabond. As it appeared that she had been many limes pro viouily convicted, she was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour.

FOOTBALL MATCH AT THE THAMES.

The long4nlked of mfttolrbetwwnHhe'Auck* land Football Club »ml a Thames learn was contested on Saturday at Tararu. ; The only grouiid available was very unfavourable for. good play, being much cut up by cart traflio, making it impossible to calculate the run of the ball, and only a short space could be ob tained from goal to goal. It bad been previously agreed on that the game should be played according to the rules of the Auckland Club ; but Sander, the Thames captain, had, unfortunately, to recruit his team . from among the spectators, aud the consequence was that six or seven of his men played ac cording to their., own views on the subject, thus . placing , the Acukland team at a disadvantage. The sides fought under,the respective colours of blue for Aucklaind and red .for Thames-. . The ball was kicked off at 3 o'clock, and. for some time seemed not to touch the ground, being beaten und"tossed about in ' the aiv from hand to hand amid a dense cluster of the players. Soon, however, it was seen that a majority of the Thames side fu-lly intended to break any rules which might stand in the way of their obtaining the victory, and a dispute occurred which was almost thecause of breaking off1 the match, untilDunnet, tho Auckland captain, who had threatened to withdraw his men, gave up the point. After this the game seemed to degenerate into a series of personal combats, and at one time at least twenty of the players were engaged in a lively scuflle, occasioned by one of the Thames team foully carrying the ball. When the time was.about-half passed, the.Thames men were beginning to show symptoms of being' " blown," their pace having been too' fast;, and the Aucklanders kept the ball hovering about their opponents' goal, bub to no purpose, for the red caps detailed a man for the special purpose of kicking it behind their bounds whenever the goal seemed in danger. This play of course was porfectly allowable, but still rather cowardly. Owing to the numerous disputes, both sides had their blood thoroughly up, aud tho charging and spilling were of momentary occurrence, every fall being greeted with roars of laughter from the spectators, especially one which Wiiitaker, lightest. of the blue caps, managed to inilicb on tho sixteen slono champion of tho Thames. It, had been agreed t hut tho niuu'li should I'erininate at. ha If-pus t5, but, in the geuerul ' extdfouieut' the time slipped on, and it was nearly 6 before the game was slopped. Even thon some of the roughs among tho jsuccttttoifl made a rush afc the ball, took: possession of it, and were kicking it about the field, until Marshall aiid Boardinan, of the Auckland side, succeeded in getting hold of it, w.hen .a very lively fight ensued until rein*

forcernents camo to the rescue. The Auck landers had undoubtedly the best of the game, but no legal goal was taken, though Manning, at the'head of a determined charge, passed the ball between the Thames goal posts with a blow from his hand. It is difficult to s-pe cia'liy: praise -jinyone of ether teams where most played well, but we may say that, of the blue caps, Williams and Manning Bueme-1 to be in every part of the field at once, while Dacre, who was most of the time, in charge of the Auckland gaol, gave the ball some splendid drives ; and the gaol keeping of Sandes, ths Thames captain, -was excel lent, and Lewin contributed much to the support of the game on the part of the Thames. The following is tho list of the teams, so far as the names are known : — Thames : Sandes (captain), Kidd, G-llan, Robinson, Twohill, Fitzmorris/Wulker, Lewin, Bull, Cook, and others, fifteen in all. Auck land : Dunnet (captain), T. Henderson, H. Henderson, Marshall, Boardraan, Whitaker, Manning, Provo, Woon, Brassey, G-. N. Dacre, Williams, and Wynyar.l, thirteen in all.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS THE THAMES.

THIS DAY.

[FKOM Otm OWN COBREBPONDENT.] THE JUNCTIoN^OLEANINGr- Gtrahahstown, 3 p.m. The Junction has stopped owing fco repair of the battery, but will clean up in the evening.

The Smiling Beauty, Golden Lion, and Basa Rock, have recommenced operations;

THE CALEDONIAN.—MINE MANAGER'S REPORT.

The following is a copy of a telegram received from the manager:—

"9.33 a.m.

" The water has abated consider ably, and with one pump; wo have lowered it in the shaft, in the Jast 12 hours, 12 feet. Ihe second pump will be ready to wdrk to-day. We have lodged from general erusliings for last week —from our own battery, 742 ounces ; Tararu, 530 ounces. No other change in the mine."

THE SOUTH.

WELLINGTON,

September 20.— Tho Claud Hamilton has arrived.—Bishop Moran's lecture on educa tion was largely attendee!.—The Luna lias gone to Nolaon to be overhauled.

TARANAKI.

September 20. —The residence of Mr. Chae. Hutvthouse has been destroyed by fire. All his manuscripts were burnt.—lt is rumoured that Major Atkinson has received the appoint* rai-nt of Commissioner of tho Armed Consta bulary.

CHRISTCHURCH.

September 20. —The Chamber of Commerce has passed resolutions approving the Govern ment measure to tax cereals.

DUNEDIN.

September 20. —Judge Chapman his de livered judgment in tho case' Oopk v. Proud in favour of Port Railway.—A meeting was held ut Oamaru, at which resolution! were passod censuring the Provincial Government for their failure in fulfilling the promised Dock Trust. A petition to the Government was adopted. •'- ■

BLUFF.

September 20.—The Gothenburg loft HoW son's Bay at 3.40 p.m. of the 14U', and ar rived hero at 6 o'clock this morning, and will sail for Dunedin to-night.—Passengers—J?or. Dunedin : Rev. S, Rasoby, Mrs. Rssehy, Miss Shdoworth, Mrs. Cattamore and infant, Miv and Mrs, Wade, Mr. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis and three children,'and. two servants, Mn, Booth, Mrs. Woodward, Mr., Miss, and Mrs. Browning, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Short, Sir William Stowell, Messrs. Berghoff and Greaves.

AUSTRALIA.

MELBOURNE.

September 14.—An accident has taken place on, the Hobson's Bay railway, several persons were injured, but none seriously.—Maurice Devraux, alias Fleghman, lately from New Zealand, has been arrested on the charge of uttering spurious cheques. —Tho ' prospectus of the Waio Karaka- Q.uartz Company has been issued.—Supples sentence has been commuted to imprisonment for life. — The Inter-Colonial PoetiVl Conference sits to-inorro»v. The representatives of Adelaide Tasmania, and Sydney have aMted. —The Post Office Amendment Act has passed; the only change is a reduction of postage onj news papers to a halfpenuy.—More mtuesses;in the richbourno ca?e are turning up.—The enquiry into tho charges against Young, of the National Bank, is proceeding.—The promoters of the North-western canal scheme have in itiated an action for libel aguinsl Sankey, for alleged damaging comments on the soheme. ATe axcat, the Judge endorsed the writ for only £40, which Mr. ijaukey immediately paid.—A meetiug has been held in favour of legalising the eight hours' labour system. — James Wright, commission agent, has been committed for trial.—The Ministerial trip in tho steamers Cerberus and Nelson is "expected to, be a great affair. H.M.S.S. Clio aud Blanche will take part in the festivity.—:Mol bourue commercial: Now Zoaland wheat has boon sold for 6s 6d ; Waio Karaka, 10s,' pro-, mium ; Tookey, £28 10s [to £29.—Sailed : Prosperity and Northern Light for Hokitika, the Gleaner for Greymouth. —Arrived : Rangi toto from the Bluff, .Alhambra from YYelling ton, the Golden Sea from Dunedin. ~

SYDNEY.

September. I-A.-t-Muchaunojance i» felt at the long dotention of the Nevada's mails in Auck land. Yogel's statement that Webb intended to visit. Auslmliaby I honeitstearaer isnot believed here, us Califoi-iiihH papers report his depar ture,for New York. —The report presented at tho annual meeting of the Shipowners' Asbo ciation is satisfactory. —The Q-ulgong diggings are increasing in importance.— Cargo sugar is selling slightly easier.—Honolulu papers State that au Opera Troupe, with Madame Statz as prime, donna, is expected by Webb's line of

steamers, en route for Auckland.—Tallow sales closed firm,—Arrived : Lord Ashley, from Auckland.

ADELAIDE.

September 14.—The Assembly have affirmed the principle of the arlyieablity of reimburs ing members their expenses ; the amount so to be allowed has not been determined. £20n was proposed but negatived;— The Roman Catholic Glergy repudiate .the Irish Harp ■is the organ of tho Cal.hoiic party. —Sixty ounces of gold have been found near Wil liamatown; its discovery has caused great excitement.—Mr. Way, barrister, has been ap pointed Queen's Counsel.—Flour is quoted at from £li 5s to £13. Wheat, ss, nominal.- Dai'win, a merchant, has assigned his estate to his creditors. —Wheat anil flour are dull ; tho market evinces a strong downward tend ency.—Parcols of wheat hare been sold at 4s 9d, for export.

PHRENOLOGY.

When Gall, and Spurzheim mapped out tlie human brain into sections, and asigued to eacb locality the distinctive care of particular thoughts and impulses, the daring of those innovators caused great comment, and the majority of ' savans scouted the newfangled doctrines. Butlater research/and the careful investigations and observations of scientific people, have shown clearly that,' although it may not be that the delicate orgau in question is absolutely divided into such segments, yet there is no doubt whatever that heads of similar configuration have similar propensities and proclivities. Whether the knowledge of the formation of a man's own brain is likely to lead him to cultirate such, qualities as he may appear to be deficient in, and to restrain such propensities as may be too pro truberant, may be ■matter .of doubt ; Hiid whether any success is likely to follow sack effort, may be still more 'questionable. However this may be, it is certain that of late years there ; -;.>has beep a growing inclina tion on the part of the public to in vestigate, so far as possible, the iuterior arrangements of their own skull-caps; and to this end a host of phrenologists have given their attention. We perceive that, a gentleman who has carefully studred the..subject has taken his stand amqhg-us/SQ thut all who desire to know by sub mitting their crania to the manipulation of Mi". Wright, who has taken up a posi tion at. the rooms of; the Young Men's Christian Association. Ho also purposes to deliver a lecture every Monday even ing, in the hall of that institution, sothafc all may be enlightened on that highly interesting subject.

AMUSEMENTS.

Murray's Hippodeome. —As we ex pected, the sports on Saturday afternoon proved a great success, and an immense crowd visited the Albert Barracks. This afternoon there also appears every pro bability of a large attendance. There is to be a great variety of events, and. in some, of them non-professionals will he. enabled to test their process. Mr. Murray lias liberally undertaken to hand over half the proceeds to benevolent institutions, and this circumstance alone, and apart from the intrinsic merit of the performance, will, we have ho doubt, ensure a large attendance.

The American Excelsioh Mjinstefls. —This talented troupe has returned to Auckland after a successful stay at the Thames, and will appear jit the-City Hall1 this evening, wlien it is to be hoped that their admirers will rally round, them in numbers, for their performances are renlly among the beat that we have seen in this city, and, since their departure, the company has been reinforced by the arrival of a gentleman who bears the name of being one of the best performers in the world ou that ancient instrument the harp. Another-gentleman who has joined the force is announced as a first class- Ilianipulator of the violoncello ; and', another understands the mail agement of that curious instrument —the1 banjo,' "* and is besides comic dancer and Ethiopian comediiin. The troupe_ is, therefore, now in every respept perfect, and we hkve no doubt will give the utmost satisfaction to even the most hypercritical. Pbince oi? Wales THBATBE.-^On Saturday evening rthe drama called r The streets of Paris," was produced before a large audience, and was successfully played. The piece is of a sensational diameter, and is full of thrilling incident. Mrs. Hill, Miss Stephenson, and; Mr. Burford, are specially deserving of com-' mendation for the manner in which they performed their several parts, and tbe whole piece passed off well. This evening has been set apart for, a, complimentary; benefit, to Mr. P. Varley, the talented scenic artist of the theatre.

A very strange story (says a correspondent of the Livei-po'ol' Mercuri}) is rife, in Chester, concerning the antecedents of General Clpeiet,. who has occupied such a conspicuous position in connection with recent disastrous events in ■Paris. It has now transpired that thei notorious Comnmnist plunned the attack on tho Castle .of Cheater in 1867, and that he and M'AulilT, who was arrested' on the'morning following the raid on the castle as one,of the principal conspirators, are one and the same individual. An Irishman by birth (and not an American, as has been stated),*.it ap.penrs, acooidiug to his own statement while iv jail in Chester, that, ho was educated 16 ben priest, but his" restless and roving spirit prevented' the consummation of the wishes of his friend*, and when the Garibaldian disturbance took place in Italy he joined, like many more of his countrymen, the Pope's Brigade, in the service of whiohhe aohiered some distinction and was wounded.' He afterwards returned to England and came to Chester, where lie delivered a lecture on "The Wrongs of Irish men." :. Being then a Fenian: "in authority," he traversed the counties of Stafford and Lancaster with a view of furthering the cause, and then planned the attack on Chester Castle, which ended bo inglorio'usly for thoso who participated in it. M'Auliff was one of those who -were arrested, and, after having been detained in custody for some time, was at length .liberated. Ho -was present at the murder of Sergeant Brett at Manchester, shortly after which he made overtures to the Government, with a view of giving information against those whosj cause he had previously supported and advanced. ' ' ■ :- ■ : . '

Tho'.ußtia'rmoiithly inspection, of. the Auok laud.Rifle Vplunteevq '■. (Nob. I,'imd 5 Goal* 'jpanies) will bo held this evening.

1 TUa regular mouthly mooting of liad^ei $t Andrew will bs hoW this otsuing.

Recently, an exhibition of gu i't c a character has been opened at the new Wu called the Palais Royal, Argyle^ftrdß Circus. It is an exhibition of a tM° machine, which, by mechanical applian*', .& made to give forth utterances resembling H,' " of a human being. It is the in°S°' c, Professor Eaber, of Vienna, and has v constructed and patented by him * a certainly a wonderful specimen of hi " ingenuity. It'is true the question marC where is the utility of it? seeing that v' man, woman, and child possesses-a tali ■ * machine, more or less perfect, of his or 1 S own. But the machine has its utility theless, for it illustrates a much-Lw science of acou»tics. Moreover, it is u| i, interesting, as showing how far ingeauitv m go. The machine has a mouth, with to and lips, which are set in- motion bf mechanical apparatus which sets free portion of air from a large bellows, and .* controls it as to produce the sound reouir 7 It pronounced, with great. olearne M , „-! letter of the alphabet, many words, and 7 sentences perfectly; not merely'set WO J* but any words the audience choie'-'to n It alao laughed, and uttered other crT expressive of human passions, to the a«toni«h nient, apparently, of every one who heard it

Enquiries hare been instituted at Christ church respecting (he alleged habitual intoxi" cation of employees on the railways, and th' Times thus refers to the conduct of th* General-Manager in connection with th' affair:—When asked whether he went on ° engine when the driver was in » drunken state, Mr. Marsham replied that the man wa "not drunk." Nothing ol' the sort. He bad merely "lost the faculty of speech;? and be couldn't '' say Hillsborough to save his lif e » That was all, and the whole affair' appeared to, the G-eneral Manager so exceedingly fuanr that he sppke of it "jocularly" at the Govern* meiit Buildings in the presence of the Secre tary for Public Works. Ah 'engine-driver speechlessly drunk while in charge of a special train from Lytteltou to Christchurcb, with perhaps,, the lives of some thirty or fort* passengers in his hands, vainly struggling to articulate a certain word, was to' Mr. Marsh, man a joke so very rich, that he must n M d» repeat it in'order that others might' enjoy it* flavour. Comment would be entirely out o{ place. • '•■'•;'

The. poor buffaloes of Ceylon exemplify tli» proverb of" Out of the frying-pan into th» lire." They object, so mucih Itou the cleeoW with which' their pastures abound that they come up in great numbers to sleep on th'o Colombo Railway,-and lie down peacefully ou the dry strip between the rails. Of course, the trains at night run over them,.and.enly a jolt tells the engine-driver and passengers that a poor beast has. undergone summary execution. It is calculated that about 1000 buffaloes are thus killed every year in Ceylon. There are we imagine, not a few bullheaded people nearer home who think they can repose quite securely in the middle of the way of progress j but only exemplify the saying of George titephenson, that it is " bad for the noo" to try'the experiment.— Echo.

. A subscriber sends the following:—Why should not Irishmen join the new Highland Volunteer Company ? Because they'd be cowld with the kilt, and kilt with the cowld.

"What is your consolation'in life and death ?:' atiked a Sunday-school superintendent of a young larly in the Bible - class, who blushed and said, " I'd rather be excused from speaking his name."

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