SHIPPING.

POET OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

Nebraska, p.s., Jlariling, from Napier and Southern P Taranaki, S.S,, Wheeler, from Taranaki and South- P s., Chrisp, from Bay of Islands. AVI tbv cutte • Doughty, from Cabbage Bay. T.hu-y Kl'iza, cutter, Sellars, from Taurapga Via the O'jotiki, schooner. Baker, from Opotiki. Oiicluuiga, schooner, Crouch, from Dunediu.

SUNSET.—This evening, 5.16 HIGH. WATER.--Thi9 evening, 12.52,

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Golden Crown, 0 o'clock. Enterprise, 5 o'olo.k.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hosottrtr;—Nebraska, August 10. t'OCTUKUN- POT'.TM -Lutlfl, p. 9., 9th ill9t. Std>'ky/.~ Alice Cameron, 10th inst. Napibb-.— Star of the South, ss, 11th nut.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Taranaki, s s., from Southern ports. Go-Ahend, s.s., from Taranaki. Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. AHcp, barque, from London. East Lothian, barque, from Now York via Sydney. Fniiy, schooner, from Kaiapoi. Aurora, schooner, from Kaipara.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Hero, s.s., from Sydney.—Oruickshank, Smart & Co., rgouts. Keera, s s., laid up. Samson, p. 3., lai.l up. Alextwidrinft, ship, from London, L. V Nat him & Co., agonis. Escobior, ship, from London.—Brown, Campbell A: Co , nfje.-.is. Albion, biirqao, from Ilussoll, L. D. Nathan and Co , ugents. 2"a Ni>b.i, schooner, from Fiji*.—J- 3- Mao -I'iu'liUH l, ngeii'j. A!io;; (Januron, barque, from Sydney. Vv r. C. \t entworllv, baque, from Melbourne. L'uloni-t, schooner, from Kaipara.—M. tfio col, agent, lleruld, fchooner, from Hokianga. —J. S. Maefurlane, agent.

IMPORTS

Pur -j.s. I'JVl'iMska : —7 psic-!<nge3 me) chandise, 3 Io:!h nui.-kivli-er. —For San Francisco : 5 patikagofl. — Uentl •wjiiihul Macfurlane, agents. ■Pfi^Si-hooner Onchmiga, from Dunedin via Oiiiiviru :-3l> bii>.-s (lour, 50 bags barley, 24 b'!::3 win-lit, 320 ba»;i flour, 30 b:igs bran, OK W. Binnev ; "2-'!7 burs iron, 45 bundles iron, 1 pack:ii»o, ii. Poltur and Co. ; 79 bars, 20 bundled iron, p kegs I nil?, 1 bundle fork*, 1 huntile zinc, 1 cusk, I case, K. Cooley; 2 bundle* shovels, 6.' kcj»a blasting powder, Bull and Sturrock ; (i tlruma of oil, 1 cask oil, 2 cart boxes, 1 ca3o handles, 3 eas; a sundries, 4 cases axes, t bale forks, 1 baio sp.ides, 2 casos holloware, 1 oven door, 60 krg.6 blasting powder, James Een shaw ; GO b:i»s (lour, 110 bag 3 flour, S. Jones ; ICO 3iiclts floii)-, 20sacka pearl barley, 20 sacks oatmeal, G. W. Binuey (ngent).

ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRASKA,

Tho p.s. Nebraska, Cupt Harding, arrived in harbour tliia morning, at 5 o'clock. She loffc Port Clinltner* at 4 p.m., 4th mat. Arrived lit Lyito:ton .it 1.30 am., st!i inst; left Lyt telton at 2,10 p.m., scimo day. Arrived at Wellington nt 7.'15 p.m., 6bh iast; shipped 150 tons uoul; loft Wellington at 7.45 p.m., samu day. Arrived at Napier at 3.30 p.m., 7th inst. ; left Napier at 4.20 p.m., same day. Arrived lit Auckland on the 9th inst. Expe rienced fine weather throughout. Spoke the Ashley off Napier; tarried about, and put a stowaway on board to be landed at first port. —Passengers for Auckland : Saloon, Dr. Alex ander, Mr. Norman.'—Second cabin * Junieo IVlfer, James Anderson, Mr. Mitchell, J. Young. Ifor San FrantasCo : —Saloon : Mrs. Murphy, Father Williams, J. Collins, W. Quick, Mr. Stranger, Mrs. Stranger, Mr. MaoMusler,Kev. W. Herald.- Second cabin: Allan Hull, Mr. Uobinson.—Steerage: E. Maihess-on, Mr. Champion, R. J. Champion, J. Champion, J. Uawkes, Alex. Forbes, Mrs. Clarke, and 3 children. —Capt. Johnson, in charge ; ilobeit Kaye, Mail.Agent. We are indebted trj Mr. Craig, purser, for late files.

ARRIVAL OF THE COMERANG.

The s.s. Comevang, Captain Chrisp, arrived in harbour from Rtiaaell this morning. Pas lengers: Mr. King unil seven natives. Cargo : 150 s-heep and I horse, 2 bundles Bkins, A. BtK'kland ; -i tons gum, Walker ; 1 ton ditto, li. Stony ; 3 ditto, ityan, Bell, & Co. ; 65 tons co^ils, Caledonian G.ALO.; 3 tons manganese, Bunk of New Zealand ; 10 empties, 11. Whit son.

COALS FOR THE THAMES

The following vessels have sailed from Rus- i sell for the Thames :—William and Julia, 38 tons j Mury Tliompsou, 86 tons; Huntress, 100 tims ; W'ttnguVc'i, 50- tons j and Isabella, 63 ions. The following vessel's were loading coals at Euj.-eil for Auckland and/the Thames when the (Joomerang left: —Queen, Ariel, Leouidas, Mugullau Cloud, and Gtolden Isle. /

COMMERCIAL

Evening Stab Office,

Wednesday afternoon. OAIiLS AND DIVIDENDS LIST. The following are the current calls and divi dends payablo in the companies named be low: —

MARRIAGE.

Gladding—Stanton.—At All Saints' Church, Auckland, on July 10th, by the Key. E. N. Bree, Alfred William, son of the late Mr. Job Gladding, of Hoxton, Old Town, London, to Sarah, eldest daughter of Mr. George Stanton, of Prospect House, Burton Joyce, and late of Lenton, Notts, England.

DEATH

OwuN. —On August 9, Richard Owen, son of Mr. Jolia Owen, Cook-street, Auckland, aged U month*.

THE MAILS

Mails will ulo-.* as limiar : - - Eor Kapaiign, etc.,' per Challenger, to-morrow •, at For Kussell and Kawakawa, per Duke of Edinb' urgb, to-morrow, at 3 pin., and per Comerang, on * may, For .Napier, per Star of the South, on Fridf ,v, nth inst., at 4 p.m. Late letters, and telegrams for transmission from the Napior station «ffl be re ceived till 4.30 p.m. . TT For Sydney and Australian Colonies, per Hero, on Saturday, 12th inst., at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, LateUttew' for Sydney and Melbourne, bearing ? late fee of 3d , in addition to the. postage, will be re ceived till 11.30 am. Mails for the undermentioned places, per p.s. Ne braska, will close at this office on Thursday, 10th For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, aad Continent of Europe, yin England, at 10.80 a.m. For United Kingdom via San Francis<co, at 10.30 a.m For money orders and registered letters, at 9.30 a.m. For newspapers, at 9 a.m. Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of Od Jin addition to the postage, will be received at this office till 11 a.m., and by the* Mail Agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing.

Note.—ln consequence of the road between Mercer and Newcastle being flooded and impassable, mails for all places above Mercer will, until further notice, bo closed at this office on Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 7.30 p.m. The return mails will be deliverable on Mon day and Friday mornings. S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.

This Evening. Prince of Wales Theatre, 8. Theatre Eoyal, 8.

The Evening Star.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1871.

" For the cause that lack 3 assistance. For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance. And the good that we can do."

Tn reply to a correspondent, we would say that we decline chastisement for what may be said by tho " Man about Town" and his pre cious boy Dick. Nat. has received from us a carte, blanche-to write what he likes, and on his head, not ours, let be poured the vials of wrath of our correspondent.

The Auckland members of th© House of Representatives took their departure to-day for Wellington by the Government steamer Luna. As Dr. Pollen, the Agent of the General Government has not yet returned from Onehunga, whither he accompanied them, we are not able, at present, to give the names of the gentlemen.

We are happy to learn that Solomon Freed mau, tlie soi disant victim of garrotters in Pitt-street, is in " quod"—having been this morning lodged in the " stone jug," to await the results of a charge of perjury.

It will be seen from our advertising columns that the Auckland Rowing Club, although it has been hybernating during the stormy season, has not become defunct, but show symptoms of re-awaking in time for the boat ing sloson. ' A meeting of the members is to be held to-morrow evening, to receive the Treasurer'?-report, and to take steps for com mencing the coming season in proper style.

Yesterday evening the Lancashire Bell ringers gave the laßt of the series of their very pleasing entertainments before they take their departure for America. The City Hall was crowded, and the audience testified their •delight by repeated.and prolonged applause. The manner in which these accomplished artistes manage the great number of bells re quired to produce the required effect in the most intricate passages of music, is very won derful, and the precision with which the changes are effected shews that the ringers must have given years of patient study to the i art. Mr. Birtle, one of the company, sang a aong with good effect. Mr. Winter, whose excellent tenor voice and accomplishments as a vocalist are well known here, also rendered several songs in his usual effective manner, and Mr. Holdsworth, the celebrated tenor, was encored in two of his songs. Madame Winter accompanied the vocalists with great spirit and effect; and the whole entertainment passed off with the greatest success, and was certainly one of the most pleasing that have taken effect in Auckland for a long period. We wish the skilful performers every success in their new field of action.

It does not appear to be generally known that under the provisions of the Dog Nuisance Act, the person on whose premises a collar-less dog may be found is held to be the own>r, and is made responsible for its sins. A know ledge of the fact that a very heavy penalty can be imposed on such parties for harbouring unregistered animals may be of service.

Bulwer's play of the "Lady of Lyons" was produced last fevening at tlie Prince of Wales Theatre with that success which always attends the representation of this fine drama. The house was well filled with a respectable audience, and the whole of the parts were, well sustained. Mr. IToakins took that of Claude Melnolte, and Miss Colville was brilliant as usual in -that of Pauline. Mr. and Mrs. %an, Mr. and Mra. Joues, Mr. Hydes, and others, were also exeeflent in their several parts, aud it is not too much to say that the performance was in every respect a groat suc cess. The farce of "Tho Terrible Tinker" concluded a very pleasing entertainment. This evening tho play of " Money," by the same author, is to bo produced.

Tn pissing sontence this morning on a man convicted of tiding on his dray without having reins to his leading horse, the Resident Magistrate commented, in very strong terms, on the gross carelessness evinced by drivers, who seem to have a kind of reckless confi dence in the good behaviour of their horses. It seemed that the man in question had actually read the newspaper reports giving accounts of police proceedings against others for similar offences, and yet he was foolhardy enough to risk detection in a similar act of carelessness. For so doing, ho was fined forty shillings, and informed that if ever he appeared again on a like charge, the full penalty of £10 would be inflicted. It is well that draymen and others having charge of horses should take notice of these facts.

It is stated that Captain Hulton, of Mus soorie, India, who is a naturalist of some re pute, and a great authority upon sericulture, is meditating a permanent move to Australia. His talents and energy would be a useful acquisition there in his favourite pursuit of silk-growing.

A serious accident occured to Mr. Emslie, the second officer of the ship Helenslee, on the, 24th inst., at Lyttelton. He was employed aloft on the maintop,' rom whence he fell on to the rails of the ship, breaking three of his ribs, his collar bone, and crushing his breast bone.

ARRIVAL OF THE 'NEBRASKA.'

LATEST SOUTHERN TELEGRAMS

By tho Mail Steamer Nebraska, which arrived in harbour this morning, we have seveml dnys' later news from the South. We take tho following from papers to hand : —

WELLINGTON.

August 6.—Colonel Brett and Mr. O.orgc Buckley, of Christchurch, Mr. James Fanner, of Auckland, and Capt. Rhodes, of Wellington, have been called to the Legislative Council.

TIMARU.

August 4.—Commoreial.—Wheat, 4s to 4s 3d ; oats, Is lOd to 2s; potntocs, £'<i 10s per ton.

CHRISTCHURCH.

August 5. —Last night the Provincial Coun cil -went into committee for tho purpose of discussing resolutions in reference to addi tional storage accommodation at the railway station. —Mr. Buckley said tho Government resolutions were antagonistic to the report of tho Select Committee. —A resolution to this effect whs carried by 16 to 18. —Trio Hon. John .Hall, to the surprise of everybody, announced his resignation from tiib O-. vein ment in consequence of tho vote. —A new Government has been formed, consisting of Messrs. Buckley, Knight, Keivnnway and Cowdishaw. —No alteration in the grain na«rkoi»

DUNEDIN.

August 4.—Edward M'Cullock throw him self into the Molyneui yest«ird:.>.—The We' brasku sailed at 4 p.m. with ei^'i; ivtsonpers for Han Francisco. —Commercial. - [''lour casior, saleable at £14 10s ; oats, 2s 3d to 2s 3d j wheat firm, 5s 9d ; malting barley, '■'•' !!il.— Arrivod, Carrick Cnstle, from London.

The s.s. Wellington, Captain Konflcdy, arrived at Nelson yesterday, it!, noon, from Taranaki and the Manukau. Shi! will U'live Nelson to-day for Picton and Wellington, and arrive here to-morrow afternoon. :■ lie will sail for Lyttelton and Otago on Monday, next at 2 p.m. — Wellington Independent,

The s.s. Napier, arrived at A'apier on the sth iust., from Poverty J!uy, with Major Ropatn, and left again on the 7th.

SHARE MARKET

Mil. J. M. LENNOX'S SnACV: REPORT,

Business in the share mnrifi t was rather quiet this morning. Caledonian and Thames shares are held firmly, a*u! hold ers look for advanced rates. .Yl v sales comprise—Calodonian, £172 10s ; Thames £35 ; Central Italy, £2 ss; tiholover, 7s 9d; Otago, £3 15s. Closing sellers, Caledonian, £174; Thames, £35.

J. NEWMAN'S REPORT.

Caledonian and Thames shares ."ire held firmly, but not many selling, Other shares in fair demand, at previous rates. I have sold All Nations at £4 ; Golden Calf, £2 10s ; Moanatairi, £3 5s ; Olago, £3 15s ; Tokatea, £4 2s 6d. Sellers : Caledonian, £175 ; Thames, £35 ; Moana tairi, £3 5s ; Mary Ann, 3s 6d.

POLICE COURT.—Wednesday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.] Dbtjnkenness.—Two persons convicted of first offences were ordered to pay fines of ten shillings each, or be imprisoned 48 hours; and one habitual drunkard was fined 20s and costs, with the usual alternative. Bbbaoh of Municipal Police Act.—S. Wilson pleaded guilty to a charge of riding on his vehicle without reins to his leading horse, and was fined 40s with the alternative of seven days' imprisonment.—Peter Gardiner for being absent from his dray while the same was at rest, was fined 20s and costs. Bbeaches of Do& Nuisance Act.— William Smith was fined 5s and costs for a dog at large without an official collar; and David Manning, for a second offence of a similar character, was fined in double that amount. ■»

PUMPING ASSOCIATION.

By the Hero. Mr. Errington, the engineer selected for the erection of the new pumping plant upon the Imperial Crown shaft has arrived. He left at once for the Thames, to inspect the site of the shaft. The whole plant has, ere this, been shipped in the brig Our Hope, which, vessel will sail direct from Mel bourne for Q-rahamstown, and may be ex pected to arrive at her destination in about ten days from the present time.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAT.

[FROM OTJE OWN COEEESrONDENT.]

THE INVEENESS—KICH FIND.

MULTUM IN PARVO—BO LBS. SPECIMENS.

SHIPMENT OF GOLD.

SALE OP GOLDEN CROWN

TAILIN&S

ACCIDENT AT THE GOLDEN

CROWN BATTERY

G-iiaiiamstowjs t, 3 p.m.

The Union Bank have shipped this morning by the Golden Crown GOB 6 ounces.

The Hazelbank case—Tyler versus the Superintendent and party —is proceeding.

The Alultuin in Parvo have taken out 80 lbs. specimens since Monday.

The Inverness have taken out one cwt. rich specimens ; more to follow.

The Golden Crown tailings (200 tons) were sold this morning, and brought 4s 6d per ton.

Henry Bayley has had two of his fingers cut off, at the Grolden Crown machinery ; amputation had to be per formed.

[FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.]

The Inverness tributers (Schofield's party) have taken out about one hun dredweight first-class specimens, some of them as good as the Long Drive in its palmiest days.

THE LATEST.

KICK SPECIMENS FKOM THE CALEDONIAN.

3.30 p.m. The Caledonian are taking out magnificent specimens from both winzes.

It is reported that the Moanatairi have struck rich gold.

ARRIVAL OF THE 'TARANAKI'

ONMIT7NG-A

3.40 p.m.

TtiK s.B. ' Taranaki' is just coming up. Sim will be alongside at •!• o'clock.

HARBOUR BOARD.

NOTICES OF MOTION.

TitK following practical notices of motion liavo been laid on the tablo of tho Harbour Hoard by Mr. Copland, buthavo beon omitted iVoin tho reports in tho morning papers : —

Mr. Copland to inovo—

1. That the name of Mr. Yon der Hoydc be iitldod to tho wharf committee.

2. That the wharf committee draw up rules and regulations for tho North Shore steam ferry service.

3. That, a limn board be written and placed at the Ferry Wharf.

4. That the wharf committee draw up rules and regulations for tho prevention of shavings, chips, I'otti'u fruit, &c, being thrown into the harbour from vossela or wharves, shipwrights' and boutbuilderV yards. — Report to be brought up next ordinary meeting.

5. That, thn wharf commiUec draw up rules and regulations for fishermen, fish-market, and hawkers. —Report to bo brought up this dny four weeks.

MEETING " EXTRAORDINARY."

A meeting appears in this morning's Hisuald culling' au " llxtraordinary " meeting of the shareholders of the Mutual Investment Company for this evening. It is signed by " Kieharil Williams." What freak Mr. Williams is up to we know nut. if is resignation having been accepted, arid a new secretary for the company having been elected, he has neither svairant nor auLhoiity lor calling the meeting. It is of course illegal ; the specified seven days' notice has not been given; and not the secretary but tho directors can give the authority. We are sorry Mr. Williams will make a fool of himself, and we hope his frienda will look alter him.

LATEST FROM. THE EAST COAST.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT OPOTIKI. Thk schconoi1 Opotiki arrived in harbour this morning, from Opotiki. Captaiu Baker in forms us that a fatal aocident oocurred there on Friday last. A whaleboat, with Messrs. McPherson, Talbof (2), and John Fox, was coming over the bar, and capsized. The men endeavoured to cling to the boat, but it continued to roll over and over, and with the greatest difficulty all excepting Fox managed to reach the shore. The body of Fox has not been recovered.

Ciosee Togkthkb.—Judge 8., in repri manding a criminal, among other names called him a scoundrel. —The prisoner replied, " Sir, I am not as big a scoundrel as your honour"— here the culprit stopped, but finally added— " takes me to be:"—"Put your words closer together," said the judge reddening."

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We are not responsible for our Correspondents' opinions.]

TOUCHING THE QUESTION OF THE

LATE WAE, To the Editor pf the Evening Stab,

Bib,—There lately appeared in print, in Auckland, a tremendously desperate cry wi the hanging on "the gallows" of both -Bis marck and his sovereign, as bloodthirsty hypocrites, subscribed Samuel Edger. Ana, some ei"ht or nine days afterwards, there ap peared in the same quarter a very earnest remonstrance against that preacher 8 advoca ting "the gallows," and especially for such men! written by 0. P. W. Bluoher, 0.E., of the Dairy Flat, North Auckland. Imme diately on tlio appearance of that; most extra ordinary " cry"—the samo hour,—l, under constraint of conviction, opposed directly con trary reasons to those advanced by Mr. E., and submitted to notice exactly opposite opinions, which also duly and truly appeared. In so doing, I was by some persons doomed incorrect in the goncral strain of the remarks made, irrespective of the personelle, and in the course of ouvrent common criticism, it was said that to dislike a man's opinions, &c, is the same as to dislike the man, Which is cer tainly a very absurd saying.

Before the brief discussion adverted to occurred, it bad become, through the partizan ship industry of a known party, quite fashion able in Auckland to curso Bismarck; but since a reaction has been noticed, and por traits of Prussian celebrities have been paraded in our public places—(by-the-bye, the king, quondam, is the finest specimen of humanity 1 ever beheld) —but really opinion, which is so very governing, should never be nllowed,to go by more fashion. Opinion—working, in fluential opinion—should ever and always be founded on the beautifully right and 'sternly true, albeit in any instance unfavoured by most men. It ought, however, to be men tioned now that there has been received here, somehow, an account of cruelties perpetrated by the Prussians, and that lately that report has been declared by a first-rate British pro fessional reporter in France, an invented lie —the exact reverse being the truth of fact. This will help to account for, if not wholly exonerate from blame, the recent tremendous twist noticeable in the Auckland mind con cerning the great Protestant Prussians.

It is believed that Mr. E. has been convinced of his flagrant error; and that by advocating capital punishment, and to be executed too upon the most prominent, and as some of us think most eminent if not most excellent, men of the day, he took action only as a sincere "peaco at any price''man. JBut yet, singulaWy and remarkably, nearly all of the right honorable " peace at any price" men, especially in the little island of Great Britain, are also notably strenuous denouncers of capital punishment in any case.

But that which I wish particularly and specially to observe is this : It has been seriously, and not impertinently asked, how is it reconcilable that, whilst denouncing " the proud infidels" of Paris, I have seemed at the very same time directly to oppose the Groat Teacher, who taught his hearers to love their enemies, &c. This opens a large question, and touches a point which affects multi tudes of thinkers. It presents a seeming discrepancy ; but the alleged contradiction is only in appearance. I wish now to essay a solution, and will condense and try to put it all into a nutshell.

Private and public polioy differ. The pro sper prescription to private* persons is inappli cable to public political Governments. Love your enemies is the teaching for individuals in society, and it is alike good, peculiar, and distinctive But the magistrate, the king, or emperor, or supremo magistrate must " bear the sword ;" and, saith the very same teaching, must not " bear the sword" for nothing and in vain. This harmonious two-fold teaching should not bo overlooked, especially by pub licists.

Again, a aon of OJuiofJuoiia* i« t» yivdigal, and, iv a fray, commit murder. That Judge, as a father, loves and pardons his son ; that Judge, as a Judge, hangs him in the interest and for tho protection of the community. To avengo is no private individual's prerogative ; " vengeance is Mine," saith the Judge of all, as judge. And His "ministers," as magis trates or rulers, are denominated, " bear the sword" by special appointment. liven Lynch law, which implies action of the large majority, though irregular, is commonly reckoned dissonant to civilisation, and is frowned upon by the lovers of truth and order. These demanded remarks would well bear enlargement, but, for tho present, enough.—l am, &c,

W. E. Sadlee.

Devonpobt,

To the Editor of the Evening Star.

Sib,—Having observed certain mysterious statements in the New Zealand Hbbald with reference to the last election of trustees for the Devonport Highway District, I crave a short space in your journal (so widely read in the district referred to) for a simple state ment of the true facts in connection with " this little bit of scandal," which is certainly " creating a good deal of interejt," but no "speculation" whatever at the North Shore. On the 25th ult. the annual meeting was held pursuant to notice, and Mr. Samuel Oochrane, of his own accord took the chair. The trustees' and au ditors' reports having been read and adopted, the business of striking a rate and electing trustees for the ensuing year was about to be commenced, when it was duly proposed and seconded, "That Mr. William Brown do take the chair." To this Mr. Cochrane de murred for a long time, till the ratepayers insisted on the proposition being put to the meeting, when it was curried by a- large ma jority, and Mr. 0. left the chair with a very bad grace. A rate was then struck, after a poll had been taken whether it should be a Id. or Ijd. rate. Then came the election of trustees. Mr. Cochrauo recorded his own votes, and afterwards polled 46 proxies in favour of a " ticket," and his friend, in charge of the Post-office, posted twenty-two proxies, but unfortunately for Mr. C, not; for the same " ticket." When all the votes had been re corded, the Chairman declared the result and the names of the five duly elected trustees. After a sitting of five and a half hours the meeting broke up, and, so far, all was plain Bailing, not a word said by any one about "fraudulent voting, illegality," or suchlike, everybody seemed perfectly satisfied with the proceedings. Having adjourned to refresh the inner man, Mr. Cochmue, without con- Bulting his co-trustees, and ignoring Messrs. Niccol and Leek who headed him at the poll, ordered a meeting of the new board at his own house at 7.30 the same evening, for the election of a chairman and secretary. I'hc meet ing was held, and Mr. Oochrane^j was not elected chairman, nor Mr. Oliver Mays, secretary. Then, and only then, came the mysterious reports of the illegality of tho elections. Singular to say, not one of the other members of the Board lias seen any petition or protest against tho election, but, on the contrary, universal satisfaction has been expressed at tho appointment to tho chair of j so old and respected a resident as Mr. Henry Niccol j and it is a pity that Mr. Gochmne does not take his defeat with a good grace and ' work amicably with his co-trustees. Of oour'se i

the loss of his seat at the Harlour Board is also very galling, and it Is whiskered that his leave-taking of that Board, at their meeting yesterday, was very affecting, and tears 'were freely sbed —so jnuoh bo, that Ifr. Niccol seemed inclined to relent and give up bis seat. The scrutineers performed their, unpleasant duty at the meeting with great fairness and impartiality, and it must be very annoying to them, to say the least, that Mr. Opchrane should ask them to stultify themselves by drawing up a Report to the effect that the election was now illegal. In conclusion, and with many apologies for the length of this letter, allow me to append an extract from the polling paper, which will jfchow of itself where the several candidates hatfe been but for their proxies.

There were forty-five ratepayers present.— I am, &c, ■ ;

HOW I EDITED AN AGRICUL TURAL PAPER.

I did not take the temporary editorship of an agricultural paper without misgiv ings. Neither would a landsman take charge of a ship without misgivings, but I was in circumstances that made the salary an object. The regular editor of the paper was going off for a holiday; and I accepted the terms he offered, and took his place. The sensation of being at work again was luxurious, and I wrought all the week with unflagging pleasure. We went to press and I waited a day with some solicitude to see whether my effort was going to attract any notice. As I left the office towards sundown, a crowd of men and boys at the foot of the stairs dispersed with one impulse and gave me passage way, and I heard one of them say i " That's him." I was naturally pleased at this incident. The next morning I found a similar group at the foot of the stairs, and scattering couples and individuals stand ing here and there in the street, and over the way watching me with interest. The group separated and fell back as I ap proached, and I heard a man say, "Look at his eye." I pretended not to observe the notice I was attracting, but secretly I was pleased with it, and was purposing to write an account of it to my aunt. I went up the short flight of stairs, snd heard cheery voicesarid a ringing laugh as I drew near the door, which I opened, and caught a glimpse of two young, rural looking men, whose faces blanched and lengthened when they saw me, and they both plunged through the window with a crash. I was surprised. la about half an hour an old gentleman with a flowing beard and fine but rather austere face, entered, and sat down at my invitation. He took off his hat, set it on the floor, and got out of it a red silk haudkerchief and a copy of our paper. He put the paper on his lap, aud while he polished his spectacles with his hand kerchief, he said—

(by mabk twain.)

" Are you the new editor ?" -. I said I was. " Have you ever edited an agricultural paper before?" "No," I said. "This is my first attempt." . -" Vory lilroly. Him yon hud I*mj experience in agriculture, practically P" " No, I believe I have not." " Some instinct told me so," said the old gentleman, putting his spectacles on and looking over them »t me with asperity, ' while he folded his paper in a convenient shape. " I wish to read to you what must have made me inclined, to have that instinct. It was this editorial, listen, and see if it was you that wrote it— " Turnips should never be pulled—it injures them. It is better to. send a boy up and let him shake the tree." " Now, what do you think of that P— for I really suppose you wrote it." " Think of it. Why, I think it is good. I think it is sense, I have no doubt that, every year, millions and millions of bushels of turnips are spoiled in this township alone, by being pulled in half ripe con dition, when if they had sent a boy up to shake the tree—" " Shake your grandmother ! Turnips don't grow on tree 3."

"Oh, they don't, don't theyP Well, who said they did P The language was intended to be figurative. Anybody that knows anything, willknowththat I meant the boy to shake the vine." Then this old person got up and tore his paper into shreds, and tramped on them, and broke several things with his cane, and said I did not know as much as a cow, and* then went out and banged the door after him, and, in short, acted in a way that I fancied he was displeased about something. But not knowing what all the trouble was, I could not be any help to hm.

Pretty soon after this, a long cadaver ous looking creature, with lanky locks hanging down to his shoulders, and a week's stubble bristling from the hills and valleys of his face, darted within the door, and halted motionless, with finger on lip, and head aud body bent in listening attitude. No sound was heard. Still he listened. JS To sound. Then he turned the key in the door, and came elaborately tip-toeing towards me, till he was iv long reaching distance of me when he stopped, and, after scanning my face with intense interest for a while, drew a folded copy of our paper from his bosom, and said—

" There—you wrote that—Read it to me, quick ! Believe me— I suffer."

I read as follows—aird as the sentences fell from my lips I could see the drawn muscles relax, aud the anxiety go out of bis face, and rest aud peace steal over the features, like the merciful moonlight over a desolate landscape. " The guano is a fine bird, but great care is necessary in rearing ifc. It should not bo imported earlier than June, nor later than September. In the winter it should be kept in a warm place whero it can hatch out its young. "It is evideut we are to have a back ward season for grain. Therefore it will be well for the farmer to begin sotting out his cornstalks and planting his buckwheat cakes in July instead of August. " Concerning the Pumpkin.—This berry is a favorite with the native? of the in.

terior of New England, who prefer it to the gooseberry for the making of f rn i(. cakes, and who likewise give it the pre. ference of raspberries for feeding cowß,ag being more filling, and fully as satisfying The pumpkin is the only esculent of the orange family that will thrive in, the north, except the gourd and one two varieties of the squash. " .N ow, as the warm weather approaches and the ganders begin to spawn-—-" ' The excited listener sprang towards me to shake hands, and said—

" There, there-—-that will do I 1 know I am all fight now, because you haVe read it just as I did, word for word. But \ stranger, when I first read it this morning I I said to myself, I never, never believed* I it before, notwithstanding my friendg ' kept me under watch so strict, but now I believe I am crazy, and with that t fetched a howl that you might have heard two miles, and started out to kill some body—because you know, I knew it would come to that sooner or later, and so might as well begin. I read one of them: paragraphs over again, so as to be certain, and then I burned my house down and starte.d I have crippled several people, and got a fellow up a tree, where I caa get him if I want him. But I thought I would call in here as I passed along, and make the thing perfectly certain; and now it is certain, and I tell you its lucky for the chap that is in the tree. I should have killed him, sure, as I went back, Good-bye> Sir, good-bye^pu have takoa a great, load off my mindt My reason has stood the strain of one pf your agricul tural articles, and I know that nothing .can unseat it now. Good-bye, Sir*" ; I felt a little more uncomfortable about the cripplings and arsons this person had been entertaining himself with, for I could not help feeling remotely accessory to them; but these thoughts were quickly banished, for the regular editor > walked in ! (I thought to myself, now, if you j had gone to Egypt, as I recommended you to, I might have had a chance to get my hand in ; but you wouldn't do it, and here you are. I sort of expected you.) 11 This a sad business. There is the mucilage bottle broken, and six panes of glass, and a spittoon, and two candlesticks. True there never was such a call for the paper before, ancW^"never sold such a large edition, or scored to such celebrity ■< but does one want to be famous for lunacy, and prospeq^pon the, infirmities of his mind? My friend as lam an honest man, the street out here is full »f people, and others are roosting on the fences, waiting to get a glimpse at you, because they think you crazy. And well they might, after reading your editorials.... They are a disgrace to journalism. Why,l what put it into your head that you could ' edit a newspaper of this nature ? You really do not seem to know the rudiments: of agriculture. You speak of a furrow' and harrow as being the same ■ thing; you: 1 talk of the moulting season for cows'; and you recommend the domestication of the pole-cat on account of its playfulness and' ' excellence as a ratter. Tour remark, that clams lie quiet if music be played to them; was superfluous. Nothing disturbs clams. Clams always lie quiet. Clams care nothing whatever *about music. Ah, heavens and earth, mend if you had made the acquiring of ignorance the study of your life, you cojjild not have graduated with higher honor than you could to-day. I never saw anything like it. Your observation that'the horse-chesnut, as an article of commerce, is Steadily gaming favor, is simply calculated to destroy this journal. I want you to throw up your situation and go; I want no more holiday —I could not enjoy it, if I had it. Certainly not with you in my chair.; I would always stand in dread of what you might be going to recommend next. It makes me lose all patience every time I think of your discussing oyster beds under the head ' JLandssape Gardening.' I want you to go. Nothing on earth could persuade me to take another holiday. Oh, why didn't you tell me you didn't know anything about agriculture." " What an unfeeling remark. I tell you I have been in the editorial business going on fourteen years, and it's the first time I ever heard of' a man's having to know anything in order to edit a news paper. Sir, I. have been through/it from Alpha to Omega, and I tell you that the less a man knows the bigger noise he makes, and higher the salary he com mands. Heaven knows, if I had been ignorant instead of cultivated, and impudent instead of diffident, I could; have made a name for myself in this cold se'fish world. I take my leave, Sir. Since I havft been treated as you have treated me, I am perfectly willing to go. But I heve done my doty. I have ful filled my contract, as far as I was per mitted to do it. I said I could run your circulation up to twenty thousand copies, and if I had two more weeks I'd have done it. And I've given you the best class of readers that ever an agricultural paper had—not a farmer in it, nor a' solitary individual who could tell a water melon from a peach vine, to save his life. You are the loser by this rupture, not me, pie plant. Adios !" I then left.

A KeEPEE KILLED BY AN BIBPHINT.— The four-year old Nepaulese elephant pre sented to the Duke of Edinburgh by Sir Jung Bahadobr was forwarded from Plymouth on June 2by the mail train for London. At Newton Station ; of the South Devon Railway it was discovered that the elephant had crushed its keeper, o man named Putton, to dt-ath in the railway van. The animal had become revive, ami while Paton was endeavouring to quiet him the accident happened. The Duke of Edinburgh left Plymouth next day by special train, for Piddington, accompanied by several officer* lute of the Galatea, and hia suite, form ing a party of about thirty. liis ltoyal Highness, who expressed great regret at the acoident, directed that v the train should bo detained a short time at Newton to give him lime to inquire into the circumstances. The Duke bad just brought deceased (formerly a corporal of the Royal Marine Artillery) out of ihe service, so that he might remain keeper of the elepliaut. —On 'June 3 the room devoted'to special picture exhibitions at the end of the long picture-gallery, Crystal Palace, was sot apart for the display of Mr. Nicholas Chevalier's sketches of JS'ew Zealand scenery, made during a residence .there of nearly two years. Mr. Ohoralier also accompanied the Duke of Edin burgh to New Zealand, th e South Soa Islands, Japan, Olm a, Ceylon, aud thence to England. Some of tho drawings were exeeatud during the voyage which the artist made with his Koyal Highness. These sketches huvo at tracted a good deal of attention, aud winuht /ail to bring the polony into not?,

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The schooner Opotiki left Opotiki on Satur duy evening last, and brings 80 tons potatoes and 40 bags niuize for Mr. J. S. Macfarlane.



\ TJCTION BUSINESS. The subscriber/in addition to his usual Sales at the CORNER MART, QUEEN-STKEET, Is now prepared to CONDUCT OUT-DOOR SALES of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, &c. Commission advantageous to Vendors, and prompt settlement. gT;BBINj Auctioneer.



TO-MORROW. The subscriber will sell, at his Mart, at 11 o'clock, Q A A BAGS Good Table POTATOES O\j U 5.00 bags Maize, ex ' Hero,' etc. 10 tons Flour, 10 cases Patent Groats 10 kegs Pearl Barley 15 cases Plaid Matches 5 cases Sardines 1 case Salad Oil 50 casc3 Wine 1 lot very Superior Waluku Bacon and Hams 1 case McConnell's Hams 100 Cheese, Canterbury and Wairoa 50 ca»es Best Kerosene, upset price 2s. 9d. Balance of Oars from 10 to 18 feet GEORGE SIBBIN, Auctioneer. FRIDAY, AUGUST 11. TO BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS. At 11 o'clock. E. & H. ISAACS Will sell by auction as above, mHE FOLLOWING fGOODS, jL just landed, ex ' Excelsior,' from London, all of the be3t make, 37 CASES, containing— ladies' Side-spring and Balmoral Uppers Gents' Emperor Side-spring Uppers, all with Terry Elastic ' Ladies' and Children's Kid Boots, assorted Ladies' Side-spring Cordovans Gent's Half Wellingtons Children's 2-5 Kid and Fancy Balmorals Copper Toe G-9 and other Cordovan Boots &c, &c, &o. i — Terms at sale.