SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 6.10. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 6.11

ARRIVALS.

Eugenic, schooner, 180 tons, Sweet, from Tahiti. Golden Isle, schooner, Matzen, from Bay of Islands. Golden Isle, schooner, 78 tons, Matzen, from Hay of Islands. . Sunbeam, schooner, 16 tons, Lane, from Awanui. Opotiki, schooner, 33 tons, Baker, from Opotiki.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Enterprise, 9 o'clock

DEPARTURES.

Strathriaver, schooner, Hooper, for RxxSselL Wellington, S.S., 261 tons, Kennedy, for Southern Ports.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London -Beth Shan and Countess of Kmtore, early Southern Ports.—Phoebe, Saturday. New York.—Alice, early.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Keera, s.s., f:.*om Southern Ports. City of Auckland, ship, from London. Chile, ship, fom London. -.'.*.•- - Ballarat, barque, from London. Briton, barque, from NewcaUle. Frowning Beraty, S-arque, f.om Newcastle. L dy FrankliD, birqne, from Sydney. Alice, barque, from LyHelton. Ci-ciC of the Wave, schooner, from Napier.

IMPORTS.

Per schooner Engenie .from Tahiti:—4ls bales cotton ; 5 tons, cotton seed, Owen and Graham. *

EXPORTS.

Per Wellington, for Taranaki: 90 gunnies sucar, Henderson- and Maclarlane ; 3 cases, L. D. Nathan and "Co. ; 3 cases, Newman and Ewen; 20 box s candles, 11 cases hardware, 10 c ses kerosene, 18 kegs nails, 10 package* tea, 7 packages sundries, Silcock ; 5 cases fruit. 3 parcel, 14 k.-.gs, A. Barnes ; 11 cases fruit. Vance ; 1 ditto,' Wiseman ;' 7. cases, Clark and Son; 2 ditto, "Kempihorne ; 9 packages, 10 cases fruit, Mc Arthur and Co. For .Nelson: 1 package, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 50 cases oysters, Solomon and Co. ; 12 doors, 3 packages sashes, 5 glass doors, Union Sash and Dbp'r Com puny.' For Wellington: 14 packages, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 1 case. Bank of New Zealand; 2 packages, A. Barnes ; 1 case, -'i-iittos':- I case, Morrin 527 coils rope, Lloyd; 48 kits oysters, 6 cases fruit, 50 kits, Bennett; 1 case, Crown Distillery ; 1 case, His Honor the Superintendent. For Port Chalmers: 40 mats, H. M. Jervis ; 1 case, Barnes ; 2 ditto, Sargood;,4 ditto, Lusk j 3 bags seed, Jervis'; 1 parcel, Barnes; 30 cases oranges, Kennedy ; 10cases acid, Kempthorr.e;T case, Bank of New Zealand. For Lyttelton : 12 cases, Henderson and Macfarlane; 5 casks and seed, Buckland; 2 racehorses, Walters; 1 package, For Dunediu : 20 bags shrimps,".' packages, Henderson and Macfarlane.—Combes and Daldy, agents. ;,. ---: ;Pei- s.s. Hero, for Sydney :—6 cases tobacco, 2 ditto baking powder, W. J. Vance.and Co.'; 1 case clothing; Or. "W. Binriey ; 4 boxes gold, Bank of .New Zealand; 6 ditto ditto, Union B>«nk of Australia.—Cruickshank, Smart and Co., agents.

The steamer Hero sails for Sydney to morrow, and will. take 4 boxes gold from tlie Bank of Ne.w Zealand, containing 7.127. ozs., valued at £29,600.. The Union Bank of Australia will also send 6 boxes of'gold. ; The s.s. Hero cleared for Sydney to-day. Passengers—Miss Jamieson, Mr. P. Logic. Mr. J. Robins-Mi* Mr. A. Robinson, Mr. H. Robinson, Mr, A. Connor. The schooner Opotiki, Capt;. Baker,, arrived from Opotiki this morning, with 94 sacks mahje, 72 bags potatoes, J. S. Macfarlane; 18 package's sundries.... . .-.;.■; ~- ■/ f* Per schooner Excelsior, from Samoa : 8o tons cobra, 173 gallons' fish:oil, 20 bunches green bananas, 3 casks whiting, 2 packages sundries ; and a quantity 'of original cargo from Aucklaud,-^9 onQbes and Daldy, agents The Gofdeh:fsleyfrpmEus3ell, brings 118 tons coals. The Sunbeam.,, arrived -frona.- Ahuriri, via. Wam-aroa, this morning, witli 8f tons flax, 3 tons gum, 3 boxes eggs, 1 coop fowls, 2 boxes sundries", 1 bundle sheepskins'' 1 hide. -' ... „

ARRIVAL OF THE EUGENIE.

The schooner Eugenic, Captain-Sweet, arrived in harbor this morning from Tahiti, bringing a cargo of cotton for Messrs. Owen and Graham. She-is 28 days from Tahiti, having called at several islands. Had fine weather and favorable winds till within 100 miles of the coast eight days ago. Since then had strong Westerly gaies. - Passengers— -r. and Mrs. Boyd ; Mrs. Dean and family. The schooner Edith, Captain I rayte v had arrived from Auckland, and sailed- again' for the Marquesas. The Amde; Captain Hart, had also left for-thef'-rame islands. The- Midge, from Auckland,; had ' arrived after a; short voyage to some of the islands, arid was to return-to Auckland with cotton. '• . The ship Chile" 'from London-on August 12th, to Auckland, has three saloon passi'n gerß_Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rodgers,and Mrs. Nesbitt. ' ' ; ; Y'"Y T'7\

DEPARTURE OF THE WELLINGTON

The sis.! Wellington, Captain Kennedy, lefy the Manukau a^ riiy.^O*raf^,'TOrnj*n^'for Southern ports. Pag3engerß-*-'M"rs 'Laing and family, Mr. McElwain, Mr. J. Pike, Mrs. Griffiths, Mr. Alexander, : Major and Mrs. Beaphy, Mr. T. Ritchie,-Mr. Humelhock, Mr. and Mrs. Armytage, Mr. and Mrs. Cunning; ham,' Mr; S peh'cer Brent; Mrs.' ' McKeh'na and' child,-' Mr.- Eskdale, Mr,' E. Costa, Mrs.:: -Nicholson,,,;iMiss-. Styx .John,,, /.Mb. D. M.cLenn.ap, i Mg;.* ; W- : Horn,; lf Mr, Jack-., eon,' 'Mr.' arid "Mrs. 'Watts Russel], Mrs. Matthews, Mr. Webb, Mr. XT. Vavason, Mr.:_ou*&*,.Mr:!&*ti\l Mrs. Moore, Mr. and Mrs.: Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Perry,-Mr. Bt-ogden and, son, Mr. J. bidding, Mr. R., Lie well;; n, Mr.'anci. Mrs.,.Gilmer, Miss Gilmer, Mr. and Mrs.' Mord, Mr. Vahhatyhe, Mrs. James," Mrs. Reeve and twb childrenfMr.and Mrs: Silcock and four children, Mr. J. Farmer, Mr. Gillies, Mrs. Carey and: two children,, Mr. Walters and., servant, Mr, Nancarrow, Mr,. Leadera, Mr.' tocEenzie, Mr. Kaye (mail agent).

THE MAILS.

Mails will close as under :. . ('/. I ,-',- y--'y For Thamesj this* day; at|s.3o p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 ajm. an 45.30 p.m. .■ .Qn (J 7; /. C [ .-"■ For * Mahurangi, WarkwortTi, * Matakaria, etc., per Lady Bowen, to-morrow,-at 10 a;rdj .* •.' For Xaranaki and the Southern provinces, per Phoebe, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Nelson station will be received at this office, till 11.30 s a.in., and at One« hunga till 12.30 p.m.* ..,. = .•- Mails for the undermentioned places, per s.s. Hero, Will close at this office on Saturday, 14th instant, as under:— ' • ' ' For India, China, Mauritius, Mediterranean ports, and Continent of Europe, at 10 a.m. . , . For Australian Colonies, at lia/m. For United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton (for letters specially so addressed), at-11 a/m: . For United Kingdom via Brindisi, at 11.30 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 9 30a.m. ..'(;T i H. ■'*'"..'. L'i'JfiT) ;;.'7-J Late letters for Sydney and United Kingdom, via Southampton, bearing 3d and 6d in addition to the postage, will be received till 11.30 a m "Volr ang^?\.Heads> Per Duke of: Edinburgh, on Monday, 16th instant, at 6 p.m. ,S _ _ J J-. S. B. Bibs, Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

Gkahame.-Shoubiudge. On Tuesday, August.l, at the Parish Church of St. Leonards-on-sea, by the „cv G DD itieharda, John Smellie Grahame, of Maungataper**-, Auckland, New Zealand, eldest son of Wm S. Uralmne, Esq., of Richmond Hill, &uwey. formeviv of New Zsaland, to Sarah Matilda v Maud), youngest daughter of Chas. John Shoubfidge Esq.v of st. Leonards-on-sea, formerly of Mo, 1, Lincoln s-inn- Fields. i ;

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &C.

This Evening, Excelsior Minstrels, Prince of Wales,'B.' Murray's Great World Circus, 8.

The Evening Star.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do."

The Lalla Rookh returned from Coromatl del last evening, but brings little news of im portance; The Tokatea have obtained £7.800 for the gold from the last crushing. It is expected that the dividend will be either 6s. or 7s. per share.

A lecture will be delivered this evening in the large hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, by' the Rev. ,G. M. Reed) on a subject of a very unusual character. "The Pew and the Pulpit, colonially considered," is the matter for treatment.

The first convictions under the Municipal Corporation Act .0f_.1.567 were made this morning, and the proprietors of a few wander mn goats were fined for allowing thorn to straggle into places where they had no right.

When unfortunate shoopkeepers pi^e their crates of goodson.the footpo'l'* and^-obstruct tier YMajesty's subject in their; petambula mttffi they are >ery'*quickly brought -tip 'Hvith a round turn by the conservators of the peace, and either find or cautioned in a way they are not likely to forget. But obstruc tions created by the Municipal authorities are quite another thing, and may bo allowed,to remain -without query. * -Several of "'tKeaJj official nuisances may be seen in_ varidus partY of 'the municipality;'" but ' tlid one to which our attention . has been strongly diawn within-* the' last1 few days is a lamp-post, which has been stuck up at the corner, of Pitt-and Yiucent streets.1 Sortie1 scientific arrangements have been made, under whieb, instead of.the bearer of luininosity being placed on or near the kerb-stone, it has been erected at exactly; thati pointswhece;.ani incautious individual, walking along the street on a night before the rising pf. the c mopn, wxjuld be ceit'-in to come into cdntact' with the iron pillar.

Considerable..part,bf the 'premises'-"recently occupied by the Messrs. Eeesing, Doitsch and Keesing has been-''taken' by Mr. Rattray, the well-known draper and clothier of Shortland Crescent. We are told that the place will be onened to-morrow on a scale of great magni ficence.

An accident of rather-an uuusual character happened in Queen-street last night to a mem ber of that unfortunate, but withal honorable " Brotherhood," —we mean, our city shoe blacks. It appears that after having un ceasingly toiled all the day, he began to wend hjsway homeward. , He might have been seen with that miscellaneous collection of tools upon his back which belong to his craft, walking as steadily as his wdaried'limbs would allow; sometimes coming into close contact with a companion in the'-flesh.juntil he arrived .*t the Greyhound Hotel, when he came to a full stop. Just at this Juncture lie remembered that he wanted* sbmethihg,"(l heed not say (what it was), when down came his " apple cart" upon tins, payeuaent. | Hy* ho^-jand con tents, which had siood his friend for many a year, 3 ere scattered right before his, eves, with uOothWr alternatiVe but tfo go' homej'soMwhat lighter than when he came, with a fixed regret uporphis /ace, and, np heavj .frfi keart!'' Our readers will not feel surprised at this when they hear that all he possessed in the world was contained in the box, and thus his anxiety accounted for.

| The usual monthly inspection of four com panies of Cadets attached' to the Auckland College, Grammar, and Blue schools was held yesterday, at noon, in the Albert Bar racks. Major Gordon was the inspecting officer, and put the little soldiers through a variety pf . mpvemepfSj v moulding j marching past,'' deploying into line, and forming bat talion and company square, all of which were executed with admirable1 precision and steadi ness. An experymentaPlecture^wilF be, delivered br-Mr/'H. 4. BevejM, atijhe Cho>£l Hal), on Monday' next. ' Subject : " Galvanism, Ter restiiil Magnetism, Magnetism, and Electro- Magnetism, &c, &c.'v- u- '■'•' }

I A performance will be given at thereat™ Royal'! oh -SafnrdMy! e-vehing;' in aid/of/itUe*' funds of the Staff Corps Band. Distinguished patronage has been obtained" for the occasion, and an excellent programme arranged.

; This evening, the Rev.,.J.. J.^Le-wis.^will deliver hil lecture rin) -the pi&pel, Parnell, and hot in"the Parnell Hall, as pre viously stated.

A Yorkshireman and a Leicestershireman, contending for the superior fertility of the soil of their respective counties, the Leicestershire man declared that if he turned a horse into a new-mown field, the next morning the grass 'would be above his hoofs. " That's nothing," cried the Yorkshireman; " you may turn a horse into a.field iivYorrksfirej^d'-pot l*)Cssf to -find it :hext mffirnfn^ "' Tht:re''aro inaiVy ■paddocks like that nearer home. " At what time of life may a man bo said to belong to the vegetablo kingdom ?—When ■lopg experience has made him sage.

SHARE MARKET.

;Me. J. M. Lbnnox reports : —The share market is unusually quiet. No demand for leading stocks. My sales comprise—Thames, £24 ; "Pride o t Tokatea,' BT66T. Closing sellers —Caledonian, £I#s ;* 'lhah|ies-, £247/7 Q}] *' ) Mes3*hs. '' So6m* 'anp , Qb.'s ,' Eepoet.— Sellers of Caledonian'"at £l_7 ~los| buyers £125; Thames, £24; 'MultUm in Parvo (in demand), 12b 6d-to 13sfid,/Pride iof _okatea| 3s ; 6d; Nonpareil, £5 l„h}- : 'Bi_ik of 'Tokatea^-; 3s 3d j Jfianita,,-ss;6d"'; :Rbytfl - Oakj '82s M? Buyer-* of Nolan's Candlelight; at -4&-' i' Hay, Davyn,ss.., '' ■*"'■; "-■•{ a\Aa .-■•• Ihi ,"/hf(jnU .. -

CLEARANCE OF THE NEVADA.

The Nevada wid -Jeaye to-day^'atj-4 b'clqck.c Passengers,'',','from"'Aucltlah.ci' : ,' J^qssfcs/j Jf^ Webster,'"Oradrcay', '. Mrs!' ''(^aurcay ,'and^ ~3, cbildr.cn, Mi-A .()A 'McHennL "Mx?) fi JMft^T» / Midavne !I)erille, ;!Mr.' '■ Heather,' T 'J^'r. Miss' Rl'cbar'dsbh,;;' 'Mr.' 0 MtfCl^oncj , J&r, Maddock, Mrs. Leightan,''Messrs.* Salter, T. EUison'.V Buekland; :'J J'A':Whtie, c Totliill,' Ji. M. Omslie and 20 frpm California I.'' '' ' A k' J? j ,J:\-A'f! AAtJAJ .-., .11 . . ~,,T ~...,1,."'7

ARRIVAL OF THE OPOTIKI.

ENGAGEMENT WITH TE KOOTI. The schooner Opotiki arrived in harbour this afternoon, from Whakatane. Captain Baker reports leaving Opotiki on Tuesday .Jast. Tlie Government p.s. Luna called at Wha katane last■'week, 'and--- was detained inside the port" for x "three '■' days, with heavy gales.. She left there on Saturday last for Taurangn,;arid returned-to Ohiwa on Sun dayV where she "took.on-board fifty natives for Poverty Bay and left' same iiight. _'"*-. A despatch was received at Opotiki on Saturday last from Messrs. Mair and Preece," "Stating that they had encoun tered Te Kooti in the; .Rbtorua:. district. We have received no particulars of the skirmish,' only that Te Kboti was again allowed to escape. Major Porter was to start for the interior on Tuesday with 70 men.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Friday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.]

The usual weekly meeting of this Court was held this morning, when the following cases were disposed of: — 3 ; , Paul v. Sadguove—No appearance. Smith v. Stichley.—No appearance. Four v. Eaton.— Claim £5 3s 3d, ordered to be paid at £1 per veekA ' : Barky v. iviLaouit.-^Cfaiin^S 10s. Plain tiff agreed to take t5. Finlay v. MURRAY. —No appearance.

Judgment FOB Plaintiff.—A rcher . and Brown v. :r Joltbn, £I-:l6i. Giles v. Barr, £3 10s lid.^Y 'a-:- £fe : ■■■- ; . ' DEFENDED OASEB. *.. Baird^v,: Owen and Gbaham.—Claim. £13 13s. ffd. Mr. Rees for the plaintiff.- 3Cr- Wesion for the defendants.—Thi- -«>Hon whs brought at a previous sitlii-.-r. o,lt' lhe plaintiff was nonsuited. Th- iacfc" > ld own pub lished on the p.evious hearing. JLheae are brieQv* «•*- follows:—Messrs.; rOtfen- una Dallam had a correspondent, .ak-iTahiti; named Canning, who sent his two boys to be placed at school in Auckland, and subsequently at Nelson College. Tbefboys were placed at ' the plaintiff's school) subject, according to the defence, to removal at any time, without notice being given. They were removed without notice. The declaration alleged ibat, there was no such condition in the "dohtr&ot ;; that notice should have been given * that if the condition were incident to the boys being sent to Nelson College.they did not go at that time. The evidence -wa»-very positive loh ; either side. —liis Worship thought there was a grievous misapprehension, uud the case might be withdrawn, for the credibility of either party, could not bo impeached. At $»ftsuggestion bf the Court, the further hearing was adjourned to n&t. Court day, iv; tho"hope that the parties wojuldj, come to an amicable settlement. -' B••■'■*■ 5 Arnold v. Coblktt and Davy.—Claim £6, for use and occupation of premises in Queen street, two doors from, the Bank of New Zea ; land, "held by a company known as "The United S|"rfire brokers'* Company," for 7 advance ment of money (£10,000)', on gocjd security.— M_>_rook_el'dfor plaintiff, Mr. ITesketh for clefendants.^Mr.'Brookfield said it could not be sustained-by the evidence that the defendant Davy occupied thi premises.—"Edward Arnold proved the occupation. —The defence was that tbe'defendant Corlett'took* the premises from' a person named •Luseombe;' and not from the plaintiff. The plaintiff -sind he let to Lus co_be-on:beh»if of thocompany. Luseombe, however,.got drunk oiie night, and the defen dunts canaein and turned him out, saying, ; they■!■ were1 'the company.—Mr. Hesketh pro duced, a written, agreement between Corlett, andLuscombo, in which a. certain sum was to be paid, and wasipaidj with Which*! Luseombe paid to plaintiff eight w.-cks' rent. The rent, in advance, :was paid in June lust. Corlett deposed that:his;arra«igetnent was wholly with [Luscoiubc, and hud nothing to do with Arnold. ;Never said to " Arnold j they and iDavv). were tlie company!— Nonsuited. ! a _■'_ y_/. ■■ * -••«>'■; _./. t'l'iJ

AUCKLAND WATER SUPPLY.

(The following petition,—from the Mayor and jCouneil of )A uckland,,. has heoii, sent to. Wei .• jlmgton for. presentation to ; the;. House of Representatives : —" To the Honorable the Legislative Council and ILui.-e of"~Rsrprrsenta-' lives of NowZaalauJ, iv Parliament as-K-mbled. 1 The petition of 'the' Maybr and' Council of thpjß.orough<of^A'ick|and,jiumybl <: j_nat while provision has' been' made in the Public Works'! Act ifoV inuiing roads to the north of Auckland^-.no. -provision has been h_,d;e for, one Q.f ; the.imu-ediatje requirements pi treaty., T^at;'a;vif*iter.,supply,for.the city ot^Uc^land>aß- become,a,subject of primary lippprtance, but owing to want.of-means, the : Bbrhugn jQqiincilare .precluded from, taking ' ihejpjtiatji've,' aqfi. the Provincia;l Government, arenpt^n a position tq.assist them.., That the jprojecti of, supplying,/the city with ;/water thotdor originate from the Corporal ion,- who., V.oyld,requ}r9.. a.sum,o£ ■GSQ.OOQ for carrying ©ut*'fhe undertaking. That your petitioners feel confident that, owing to the large profits that mast accrue to the undertaking, a material guarantee will be offered to the Go ye^mtuehf _rltbft'r'epayment of* a loan'to that; amount. That the money which it is pro posed to expend op pub'lio works to. the north Of Auckland, though tending to increase the prosperity qf .the province generally, "wil| be ifopVid principally by the citizens. Your petitioners, therefore,. ..earnestly pray that jjour honorable House will be pleased to give favourable Qp.nsjderatipnto the, claims of the cfity of Audkiaiid, and allocate a! portion of the public loan for the, purpose^ of; a water Bpp*p ciy. a^.na your petitioners, &c—P. A.' Philips, Mayoiv&h-ndT -nfl mo'fi

GREAT WORLD CIRCUS.

Thus ;|)Tace of amusement" Was not opened fjbsterday evening ; but to-night, wo under; •"stand, a "good" programme will be performed, aiid the proceeds handed over to the lad Barnes who-w^a i^jured.by^ne of^tho-Circus^ hpr|e| s/me |iinCago.>-; } fj j. fikl 7 -

THEATRE ROYAL.

T;aE Cadets attached tq the various Volunteer companies gave a lperfb'rmahce last'evening at trie The itro Jtoyal for the purpose of raising fiinds fpY^btiptiVchase of instruments'!for the "bind which they intend to raise. The house was well filled, and th.e^performance well gojne through.

EXCELSIOR MINSTRELS.

'__tn. Prince of Wales. Theatre .was perfectly crammed last evening, . and a programme of mpre than ordinary interest gone through with th'p utmost success. ..Thrß"'«,ve t ning << the,.per-foj;-, mince will.* he' Yth'ef"'.'last.' khich.Ythu talented company' will-give in A'uckiahd,,as they ipteinl tolpVoce'ed to the' Southern* 'Provinces' : by;! the Ph„b^:t6-mq'i-rovv,'.'' ''~, ",; ; ,-y I' , t) ;j ~}ja ' '„|

: jWe; ; understand* tnat at ra mefetingof''the officers of the late Rifle Battalion; _ioutena*nt}- Blirns, of No. 1 Company Royal Rifle Volun-' teqrs, purjehaiied .the whole Lof 'the iprbperty of the late band, with the intention of forming a 'baftd in connection with/that cqmpany.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAY.

[PEOM OUR OWN COItBESPONDENT.]

THE CALEDONIA N.—firOLD FEOM No. 2 WINZE.

SHOTOYEE CRUSHING

THE NONPAEETL AND BRIGHT

SMI_E,

Gkaiiamstown, 3 p.m. The Whau crushing has resulted in a return of 19G ounces retorted gold.

. The Crown .Prince have finished crushing, the result being 19| ounces, or half an ounce to I lie ton.

Caledonian.—The water continues •to, increase in the,cross-cuts, towards the big reef. There is no change, and no sign of either reef or leader.

..The. Nonpareil is showing up first rate. ; The same may be said of the All Nations and Brigkt Smile.

The Courier claim have crushed 20 tons for 10 ozs.

The Ohinemuri n«ws confirms the prospoot of opening the mail route ci.nd the lands.

Caledonian. —Soma specimens have been brought tip froia No. 2 winze. The Shotover tributers have b t'ained 47. ozs.

THE CALEDONIAN.—MINE MANAGER'S REPORT.

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

" 9.2G a.m

" The: engine -lias; worked without interruption since my telegram yes terday. The water in the north cross cut is increasing. The south croas-cut is in soft ground. No sign of reef yet. There is no change to report from other parts of the miue."

POLICE COURT.-Friday.

(Before His Worship the Mayor and J. M DargaviUe, Esq., J.P.)

Deokenness. —Ono person was lined fiv shillings for a first offence ; and John Shier an old offender, was sent to gaol for Bern days. Bbeach of Munioipal Police Ac- Robert Sadler was charged with thrown-, rubbish into a public place, to wit Jigh street, and pleaded guilty, though ho wfl no aware he wa3 doing any harm. Fine* 10s and costs.

Mn-tflC.EAl*, CoKPOBATiOJf Acx.— Ed wit Jones, "for allowing a goat to wancU" in " public street, was -fined ten shillii^s, with costs • and James Connolly and. Jo'" Lotn 4 \ Were also mulcted in similar amou&s for liki ofl'ences. Bueach of Licensing Act, 187-— Charles B. Edwards, landlord of the AmY and Nay.-, Hotel, chargeil with neglecting toieep a lain] burning over the principal doorof his botei between the hours of sunset md sunrise. failed to appear.—Service of ilie-unnmona **a. proved, an.i Constable _aught»n having de posed to tlie lump Icing put airing a great portion of the uight, dcFuiiduu* was lined 40s. and costs.

Assault.— Kobert Hill ap-eared to answer a complaint made by Join McVeigh, oi having assaulted him by stiking him on th. (head with his clenched Ilk-Mr. Joy appeared jfor the complainant, and Jlr. Beveridgo foi the defendant.-Mr. Joj*. in opening tin case, described the_Bsuuh is having been a very aggravated one, and such as would, in ah probability, warrant theßench in sending tin matter to a higher Com* for trial, or impri soning the defendant for two months. —John McVeigh deposed:,On Sunday, the Bth in- I stant, f met defendant near tho Edinburgh Castle-Hotel. Other people were present. fXhere*were no angry wor.ls between us. The first thing that passed "was, that he said In Icould lick vie, and would give me a trial. 1 said I did not live by lighting. Ho then "squared up," aud -struck me in tho face without any provocation. I then saw blood falling on ray hand, and said I would make him pay for it. It wa- Suuday, and I would not fight. He then said " I'll, give frou something to law about," ami pulled his shirt off. Ho then struck me on ! the. chin,, and knocked me on the ground. He toO'k-me by'the collar by one hand, with the Other knocked my face on the ground. I then lost my consciousness. The cut I then re ceived oil'tho lip was a very bad one, and re quired stitching. I still feel bad in the head i from! the effects of the beating. I gave no: provocation of any kind. My face was very milch knocked'about, and I was obliged..to have siirgu'al treatment for which I shall have, to"; pay. - To. Mr. Boveridge : I have oul.v known defendant about a week. Oil the morn ing'of the assault I met him in a house on the Newton' Road, where I went to meet one .Samuel Wilson. Defendant came out after us*. We went into a public-house : 1 think i' was Lawless s. We were about two hours in the house, and wo took, some drink. l D*d*i three glasses of rum. ■ We tiien went W Made ham's, 'at the < omer of Pitt.-st*eet... We remained a short hour in that phuve, and I dra.uk nothing there. : After mat I went, to tho Eden Vine" Hotel, and n"he of us had any drink there. ;Vn then went homewards, and opposite the Edinburgh Castlo the assault was committed.—'r-amuol Wilson i waj ex amined on bhulf oi' the prosecution, but seemed to ktipv very little of the affair, and evevy word d' evidence had.to.be extracted from him. iy counsel with tjte' utmost trouble.. *At last, however, he admitted that all,three were'eopsiderably the worse for liquor,, and his evidence led to tho conclusion that the affair was a lend of roiujh-aud-tumble fight.—. I John; Pratt Jeposed that he had from hie J window seen the whole of the quarrel. He saw Hill sloving McVeigh about, and threatening . lijip. Wilson tried to seperate them, but, Hill knocked McVeigh down, and as the lat'.er got up, knocked him down again anil da bed his he.ad upon the ground, llill struck him deliberately on the face twice,, with; his fist. Wilson did not interfere, but stood by. McVeigh was apparently insensible, and his face much cut. The whole of the three appeared to have b.eon drinking.— . Mr. Inspector ttroham deposed that on the afternoon^ in question he > was in Upper Syrnoiidß-Btreotj and saw Mr. "Veigh sitting near the Edinbu-gh Castle Hotel, apparently much disordei-edand covered with blood. A number of people were standing about. Both complainant andi defendant had been drink ing.- - The Benohbeld the offeuce proved, and fined.defendant*."© with full costs.

English and American Mails.

AMEEICAN

THE WESTFIELD EXPLOSION

TERRIBLE RAILWAY AGCIDENT^ S

LNOTHER STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.

New York, August 25.—The coroner's yin-y, in the case of the victims of the West held explosion, finds a verdict that the boiler vvhich exploded was defective in the original construction and worn out by use, and invited the catastrophe with which it met; that Jacob If. Vanderbilt, President of said Staten Island Railroad Company ; John 11. Mathew, United States Inspector; Joseph 11. Braisted, Super intendent of said Staten Island Railroad Com pany ; and Henry Robinson, Engineer of said company, are responsible for the use of said defective boiler and the consequences of its use, and should be held accountable for the deaths of the aforesaid persons.

Coroner Whitehill will cause the arrest of the parties whom the jury have held respon sible for the accident.

Bcston, August 27. —A frightful accident ocevrred last night on the Eastern Railroad, ,it Revere, seven miles from Boston. The 'accommodation truin started behind time, and wiile stopping at the station at Revere, the I'ortland Li^htninsr Exnrnoo «•».—• -"'"""' „„ a ,B, KiuiTig Iwenty-one passengers 'ouiriuht, of whom three were women, anil wmnding forty or fifty more. The cars took fi-e, and were consumed. Most of the wounded vere scalded, and their limbs fractured. The tilled and wounded belonged mostly to Lynn md Salem.

Uoston, August 27.—Tho appalling railroad lisaster at Revere last night caused an in eiioe excitement to day. Large crowds have visited the scene. At the time of the collision i,lie at'coniniodation train for Beverly had it; red signal hoi-ted at the mast-head ol the signal post for the Express to hold up, which it did it Everett, but subsequently proceeded, and was under full headway when near Kevere station, (he engineer evidently not being aware of the proximity of the Beverly train until perhaps within sixty rods.. He then whistled, "Down, breaks," but not soon enough' to avoid tho calamity. Somo passengers in tlw rear part of the accommodation train iieaid the ominous whistle, but too late to .•sei-'po. On came tho express train at great ,-ebcity, and the engine struck the rearmost •a,- full in tho centre, and forced its way in telescopic manner two-thirds tho length of the iiir, The sino!:e-stack was instantly knocked uf, and the boiler penetrated all the distance into the rear car, the rear part of the latter icing smashed into a thousand splinters, and throwing debris out on the side of the tender. Ot the rear I alf of the car not a fragment as v)ig as a house window could be found. The tore part of the engine is utterly demolished, the pistons bent and tho rods broken. The car was crowded with people, every seat being iccupied, and many standing in the aisle. Tn ihiong these the locomotive rushed as "quick .is flash, just as tho Beverly train had started, mangling and killing in a most frightful man ner. But this was nob the only, and "perhaps, not the worst visitor the unfortunate passen gers had. Simultaneous with the co lision,. lie head cap of the boiler broke, and in an instant the wretched, sufferers, shrouded in ■louds of hissing steam and deluged with boiling water, which brought' instant death to many of th« woundofl, achiff .vill prove fatal to others who had, probably, not been otherwise seriously injured. The lamps spilled their con tenJJ, )Ut the fire, if any, was undoubtedly extin guished by water and steam. Although thi3 ileverly train was just moving • when tin* collision took place. Its motion did no: prevent., injury to the cars in .'front. The coupling between tho two rear car|» broke, and the .platforms, of -all ojf them were jammed up together; with the sm-king-car overlapping the baggage car,1 Spri rods and timber inextricably mixed and'inter woven. Fortunately the entanglement was not so groat but that the passengers suc ceeded in getting out quito speedily. .Hap pily for them they did so, for the kerosens tamps were upset and their contenfs spilled upon the upholstery, and instantly the smoking car was in a blaze. . .:''■•'" The fUnu-s travelled with great speed frohi one car to another, until three of them wero embraced in the fiery folds. . These subse quently moved up the. track, half a dozen t-ods, and were allowed to burn until nothing was left. At, effort at first was made to pu ;. out the fire, but this was prevented, and tin* dames were useful In lighting up the dread ful scene in the rear, and facilitated the ser vices for the wounded.

Tho work of rescuing the victims was a once commenced, assistance being sOon fi nished from Chelsea, Charlestown, and at a later hour from Boston, including surgeons md physicians. ; Dozens of poor creatures were jammed with the wood apJ iron-work md could not get out. An a*owas, wielded vigorously, aud'sodn a rope *£* applied to the ddesoftho care, and all we. remaining fame work was pulled usurer... The dead and wounded were tak'**> Out carefully, and speedily | laced on •> platform or in the depot. Some w.-re piniv'd with. Bp inters, some had arms and lev** broken, ; while other Ywert mingled be,-" ,)11d.r.'-cogiii.tion. Many, iiufact the maji-'^J'.: ,of ibo dead were apparently li-co lr"'n bruises, but. the pealing; skin and deatM'y palo(-,.whi6h overspread the. face and .fjVii told pluimy that the steam and -a*daldirig 'j_\%av had boen a frightful and effective agent of death. • i •-.. sit i-s *»_ '■' -''•

:: At the scene of the awful disaster there i°j little to.be seen. I ; n the (Utchatf .tie- aidc.jof the rbad still smoke 1 lie embers*of theTjurhe-* cars j but this is almost all**! that tells of the) disaster. In the Town liall.-of Re.ve.---e still lie) half a dozen bodies ' They ai-e horrible to look. at -J bloody 'foam ']ios upon thtni- blaok' swollen lips, thriii- eyes protmidir from tho sockets, discolored patches of,-flesh hang ioosey from tliefr cheeks* and groat, flaps of boiled skin dingle from their | hands; • They. : have, -bee" crushed, cooked,' and tortured ; and deeper thahftlhmero'physical disfigurements, one sees something' still more' n"wfuito: look-ujion'in their faces, ,a haunting, look.of unspeakable

agony. . ~,*** t \<j t .i; nod „sbo ik.h. | . [The officers of the roiidwero almost .crazed, by •tTO J%Me-fcj J'&ual'sßem'eu' riot to know what to do. Tho killed and wounded are nearly aU-Bpiton, _ah. Mii,, and Lynn people.; IMoBIiE, August 28—The steamer, Qceim .Wave left this city oil Sunday inOriiihg with 200 persons, for :an!excursion !td irisfli-RiVer-, about twenty miles from .the,city; -O-i 'the return trip the boat reached Point Clear, af.o pin , and made fast. The baud and, fl&rb of the passengers went ashore, and after the lapse of lialf-an hour the whistle'wiis blown,'mid all returned to the boat. They had just gib' on board when the boiler exploded 'with:great force, followed by a rumbling bissmg,sound. Prajmenth of timbers of the boat and tho metal of the b_*or were bloivn'in everydu-ec tion, the forward part of the cabin was'„A«r~_d away, the chimney fell on the A. utter deck* aim. Brdshed it. Tho boiijt , almost .immedJ.pl'e.l.yj sank, and her bow is now. submerged. About, i sixty-or. seventy; persons* weiioijkilled.Y pud; injured by..the explosion. So far, the.,bodies \i! i Y-'"'* •<""** •<">•- *

->f nineteen of the dead, tight of whom were laa», > } mve *jj een r ecovired. Twenty-five wouncw| were brought to the city ; one o! them, a gl .i f lias since d i ed y Ihe scene - a3 appalling and* heartrending.- Wilder grief has. < , ldom beenwitiiessed. Many of the passengers w-e. o hildren. |X" *': " _ Captain /William -*3\ lton st fr ft m.for some time,with both..-legs broki^ Tbe boat reaclttd him just too late, and he vv jj own .,; ?1. Two pilots were killed. •', x „ firemen wete :*lli killed, and tlie engineer . n( \ jya wh.* injured. ' .;.-.,-..-" \.Tt is impossible to correctly estimate the loss of life; by some it is supposed Jmt at least 30 or 40 persons are still buried j ? the debris of the wreck or at the bottom ot the bay. A diver has gone to the scene. Tlie disaster has cast a gloom over, tn, whole city, and universal sadness prevails. The street are crowded with people and the excitement and feeling are intense: -. -The Ocean Wave has been for some Uffle considered an unsafe boat, and has » wnys been unlucky. Tht appearance ; ot the boiler indicated that it had yielded through rotten ness, as it had been f.ornßparb m a long seam Had'if exploded with greater violence the destruction of life would have been more general. The force of the explosion was directed upward and forward.

ENGLISH.

Baby Fabmlvo- Ext kaordina«y.—At tha 1 \ir "■ • ---■ — j.» v _, r.-"^.n.'j:u.v was indicated for the manslaughter Ot a enllq the daughter of Agnes Murray. From the cvi denoe it appears that the prisoner had been it the habit of adverti ing under the name cl, Irving. In consequence of one of these ad vertisements, insetted in the. month of January . a young lady of the name of Agnes Murray, 6 giving that name, wrote to her, and had a, interview with the prisoner at bur!house in Knightley-street. At this interview tbj prisoner said she would adopt a child of ti*Y - witness for the. sum of £3'; At this time Agnef Murray had not been confined, but was in ci A '. pectation of being confined soma time in Fel « ruary. Early in February this witness wrot a letter to the prisoner, mentioning that sir should require her services iv about t-ight day*, i and subsequently sunt a letter-in, these words* —" Please come ; baby is born.,. Come aB soo as possible; say nothing to them here; bix that youare Mrs. Johnston; lpudly ask for Mi-... 't Murray." : There was subjoined -an addrefj at Choi-ley, in Lancashire, some twenty-ail miles from Manchester. The fetter was writ.,.;.. ten and despatched the very day on whic Murray was confined;, and the following da"-* j Fridayl;, "February 25, .the, prisoner came t, ;,: Chorley, and took away the infant, a little girg , :in her arms. On an evening early in Marts- | Murray called at the prisoner's house and founl ; her child there ailve, but almost at the poiri jof death, in a frightful state of emaciation, aus, j all but starved. Murray took the child, whic; j was in a very emaciated state, to the hous where she was staying, and on the jfJoJJowiri day a doctor was called hi. Its pupils .were cor \ tructed, its body wasted, without any signs c- \ disease, and, as he would prove, the: child t- ■'. : all appearance was at death's door, and wa' not more than half the \v„igbt;°which a healthy ohild would have beon under .the circumstance*^ ' and was labouring under all the symptoms eg j slow poisoning by opium, accompanied by da < privation of food or improper-feeding. In con": { sidering this case, it would be necessary t<, :! deal.witb-tbe circumstances .under which j_\ was treated. On March 12, three days alter;..?" Agnes Murray's, child .was removed, Polieefi constable Haslara , went to the prisoner'p :honse, ana il>mo found a boy of eight <">r m-">€" v years, a male child about ei»ht months oUi? \ of the name of Gfvlagher, and a female chi_H lying in one of the upstairs . rooms coverer, ,; with an old dirty bianket. ~;, This child waH about eight weeks old, and in the same room lying oh a little strawj was a little girl eigh*^ ; years of age, . which the prisoner said was r- : ; distant relativel'' There -was."nothing; in th:^ * room besides'the straw arid a tin box, anffi 'three'bf'the other rooms in the' house wer|- j :quite destitute of furniture,.but had a littlKj Istraw in them. This was not the whole of thß' miseries encountered. The Police-sergeant; | .following the' prisoner into the cellar, noticed-1 a'very disagreeable and bad smell, but fount?,! nothing there but some straw'alid a coal-bag j The disagreeable odour seemed present in tin. \ kitchen, and the constable searched the priso,' per and'-fduud concealed about her person the.; body of a dead child, tied up in browm ipaper' in an advanced state of. decomposition} O:, , the body of this child.a. post-mortem extuninav . tioh was made, and the-uocter gave it as hi; f opinion that death had proceeded from con- '. •vulsions, caused by the administration of opium aud iiuprpper' feeding-, The chemisflv would: be called who would prove sales oft i laudanum to the prisoner- almost^ %^/ery: day.* The prisoner had passed - under a '-variety" of '"• names, had changed" her residence a greatj • .many times during theCsix mobths they had been able to trace her, and had carried on this nefarious traffio all this time. It was proved that'the mother of the child Gallagher had, paid a weekly sum for the child, which was ; .' still alive, but Murray and a person,-of the*; name of Robinson had each paid lump sums of £8 and fc'6 respectively^ and there could be.. little doubt that these "sums were received for t)ie purpose-'Of'disposing' of the children, or/ that the inducement to get rid of the— was, direeland immediate-.1 Evidence of a conclu sive character having been tendered; the jury; found the prisoner guilty. She was sentenced:: .to twenty.years':pmal servitude. \ .' * :|?: The' Batswateb Tragedt.—The trial of. Flora Davey, alias Newington, for the man.; 'slaughters of, Frederick James Moon,; com»,Y jneuced'on I,3th,, July, at the Central Criminal iCoiVrt The, prisoner having been fo,uud.g*ivtty and called, upon in the. usual way to showj t rcause wny sentence should not, be prdnouuaed,'Y! isiid—Only lam innocent. ; If I were guilty, - and "giiitty in my own m'ihd, no Ypiiriishment ,' wo'Cild be too great, "for, me—-if I could havio. I done that to him wh'iim I have'known "for so/. I 'inia\vv yfeVs.' ' He'lias' been all in all to me". I "■•; loft my hu-ibaud Cor him, and aftsr i-em'aining Jv with I him lor all these years, I could not havd •' hefingujlty ofldoing that.to him . W-lum MvjA ■ YMoon'.,*firsti.'bnew jne,l :I wat 3 mixing in.:t.he>l societiy-fUi'ii'Mo-xswn iamily. My husband wislied to get a divorce, but to say c the family of .Mfv Moon, I joined my husband again at Boulogne, ! and* the matter was condoned. My husband afterwards came to England and broke every- i tliin^jii tfbo botise, and left me, saying that all 11 wanted was a divorce, but .that I should not have it. There was a gentleman in Court, Mr. Turquand, who wrote letters to my husband ; I at'ithe.dictation.of ( Mi\ John Moon, the brother , j of Mr. Frederick Mobn. 'After that they per-:I ! suiided him to leave me. He did leave *__ ! My. Piokford was one selected to go with l:mi.«' | He.left„me only for a.lime, for he came hue'vi, j I yenV-tbhisbVuthei- J'ohiiiaiidtfskcd him' itf j he;, would give Mr. Frederick M o nn a letter j j from me, to the eileet that I wouk! nevo.- see j j him again, and thai, I would live with my j hnjsbau'a-.'.-; E HeiSaid'.'-No ; Sir fraucis *v_i j they had arranged that no letter -honld. be ! sent." In the meautime, Mr. Fred M:-on | returns, and we~ag*ree that I am* to be entirely 1 with Mm—np.t td live with,^Vim altogether^ but; } thtlt 1 should belong to butt This last, year, ; fori eighteen months after his mother's^deijth,., , I he \ was always unhappy,, and ho did not' see , ; tjepough of m_ -'Then; he propped 'that I should I- - bo Entirely under his protectou, for he was so \

unhappy, as his letter states, thsl, beeouldnofc have me all to himself. My daughter beiiu. married and settled, I determined that I would be with him entirely. Tiiis is the if.kole We have been mo3t happy. He was most iind." Hie whole of his consideration had been to ; promote my happiness, and I hay« studieu" \. I could not—could not have done him '. , injury. It was in the struggle. He was goiuj to throw a bottle, and I jumped up quickhjE He tried to take the knife from ue. lam nol sure whether he got it or not. We strung** " and fell. I thought at first I nusfc be thedfy \ injured. I found blood on rae-wann blooU, [ said, s< Ob, Fred, what haie you done!" Then I found, of course, it was him, not myself. I tried all I could to io somethir jfe stop it. ; First of all I applisd cold , qrUtcir•' j then I remembered that cold Vate'r producei | blood instead of stopping it. Then I sent JcV I-ice i ap'd tried that. Thpu-|tt'^doctors eaniß, "hen, my lord, vchen you's^lt to iha.'jnu* ! ani stud that th;- servants heoS E-'.'reamu,j oti :. said that only a i w steps dir-ided the kitoUeu ■ .rom the^ining-i "Jin. -herepe two flights;ti —one *?f i_()ut tvTilve step^ and the other,of about six, Mr. Eccies comi-prove it. '.Then you spoke of a- scream, and that a bell rang very loud. The servant Mtry Hole, rang the call bell. That has been in dispute.: From Mr Piekford's evidence you must know that I could not have said that Mr. Moon had broken a blood vessel. I have noihing more to my my lord. ■ ■ ;

THE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, j OCTOBER 18, 1871.



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