SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARttIVALS. Steamer, supposed to be Hero, from Sydney

DEPAB,TUR,KS.

ivannoe, Bcuooner, ior luongonui. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 5.51. FJUNSET.— This evening, 4.49. STEAMERS FOR TiTx. THAMES THI3 EVENING. Royal Alfred, 5 o'clock. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LoNDONI-^-Wild ' Duck and Alexandrina, early. Sydney.—Hero, early. Sotjwiekn Poets.—Wellington and jLord Ashley, early. Furs. —Merlin, 4th prox. HoiciANOA.—Laetitia, this day ; Onward early. VESSELS EXPECTED. Hero, 5.9., from Sydney. James Paterson, s.s , from Sydney. «,Lord-Ashley, s.s., from Southern Ports. Wellington, s.s., from Southern Porta. Mary Shopherd, ship, from London. Excelsior, ship, from London. Countess of Kintore, sbip, from London. East Lothian, barque, from New .York via Sydney. Alico, barque,' from London. Na Noba, schoonei 1, from Fijis. Star of the South, s.s., from Napier.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Luna, p.s., fiom Kast Uo:st. Keera. s s., laid up. Samson, p. 3., laid-up.' Alesandrina, ship, from London, L. D. Nathan & Co., agents. Wild Duct, ship, from Tirnaru, Henderson . '. „ nnd- Macfarlane, agents. Albion, barque, from Itussel], J. S. Maefur lane, agents. Auatralind, barque, from Lyttelton, G. W. Binney, agent. Prairie, brig, from Hobart Town, Stone Bros., agents. Merlin-, schooner, from !Fijis, M. Nieeol, agont. Excelsior, schooner, from Samoa, Combes

■ ,aad Daidy, agents. Sea lireeze, schooner, from Eussell, re-

fitting. Queen, schooner, from tho coast. JtLenilworlh,. schooner, from Kennedy Bay, " Cruickshank, Smart & Co., agents. Laetitia, schooner, from Mercury Bay, If.

Kiccol, agent. •- Ivanhoe, scliooner, from Mongonui. Golden Isle, schooner, from Itussell, J.

Boberton & Co., agents. Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Oamaru

J. S. Macffttrlane, sgent. Midge, schooner, from Tahiti, L. D 'Nathan & Co., agents.

The schooner Ivahhoo cleared for Mongo hiii to-day, with three passengers and a general cargo.' Cruickshanlrj Smart, and Co., agents. The schooner Lretitia cleared for Hokianga to-day, with thrice passengers, and a general cargo. . Must and Co., agents. The p.s. Luna will leave here about the Bth instant, fdv Woliington via the East Coast. The barque Australind will sail for New castle abou (/Tuesday next.

POLICE COURT.

Tni 'following is the roi a for attendance of Magistrate's at the Police Court for the -week ending Satiirday, July 8, 1871j— i SK;3E^^«m'w.. Baber and} 23* Beetliain. . P^-Mohclay^—Messrs. Daldy and Bargayille. Tuesday—Messrs. Dihvorth and J. A- Gril «llan. Wednesday—Messrl. H. Gilfillan and George -.'OH-anum. Thursday—Messrs. T. Henderson and T. B. Kenderdine. . .. r f Friday—Messrs. Kempthorne and Morpeth. Saturday—Messrs. Mitford and Maeffarlane.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails Trill close as under :— For QXiamea, tbia day, at 4.30 p.m., and on Mopday, at 1:30 and 4.30 p.m. For Samoa, per Kenilwortb, on Monday, 3rd in at., at 9 a.m. For Xapanga, per Lalla Bookb, on Monday next, at 10 a.m. For Wangarei Heads, &c, per Duke of Edin burgh, on Monday, at 5 p.m. - S. B. Bias, ' Chief. Postmaster.

BIRTHS.

Bell.— On June 30, at Kyber Pass, Mrs. Tho3. Bell ° &A.NSOM.—On June 29, the wife of ThO3. Sansom of [■■ a son. -. . ; . ..

DEATH.

Tcpanapa%a.-^Oii 4 th<a22A4 -May, .afcTe Ngaere, L near Malnirangi, Mfliafai Tulwnapana,.©: Holelanga.

The Evening Sta.

SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1871.

1; "For the cause that lack3assistance, • J"pr the >yrong that needs !*sista.nce* . . i-'oL- the {uturß in thojifataneß, ■:■ ■';'■ ! • in<l tho g^od Uuit ye ptta.dp. ,

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of noticing our small contemporary ; but yesterday evening's issue contains statements respecting the relative merits and prospects of the trans- Pacific mail services so untruthful and misleading that we cannot withhold comment. Our contemporary chroni cles the doings of the City of Mel bourne on her down passage to Hono lulu, en route for San Francisco, and triumphantly shows that tlio Sydney people will savo seven days in course of ppsfc, over the detestable and ac cursed; deviation to Auckland. The City of Melbourne was twenty-one days under steam in going from Syd ney to Honolulu, by way of Levul{»,**wlierens the Nebraska was but nineteen days eight hours under steam in connecting the same two ports, via Auckland. The inclusion, therefore, of Auckland in the line of route shows for so far a * clear gain in time to the Australian 1 public of nearly two days. And yet our contemporary, with an assurance insufferable, asserts and endeavours to make people believe that the gai/i of time has been on the side of the Fijian service. What purpose can bo hoped for by this systematic inisrepresenta- . tion it is difficult to conceive. The whole article is written in a spirit gloating over the expected failure of the New.Zealand service, and rejoicing in the success of the line that h: intended to leave New Zealand out in the cold. Could anything evince - more insolent contempt for Auck land's and New Zealand's . interests than the ■; following flourish ; of", trumpets ?— " Thanks, however, to £ the folly and insolence of the New- Zealand Government in this matter of postal service via America, the Aus tralian Governments will have no thing to do-with this country,1' It will be a glorious day for this pesti ferous little print when Now Zealand will be shut off the route, and when the traffic across the Pacific will be borne past our shores. Any effort to overcome a difficulty which he sup poses nature to have imposed on New Zealand, by geographical position, provokes our contemporary's impla cable hostility; and his best wishes are for the success of a line that " will have nothing to do,with this country." Our vicious little contemporary also gloats over the fact that our mail boats on their pioneer trips have had a smaller number of passengers than have gone by Mr. Hall's boats, ignoring the fact that the new boat made its appearance in Australia almost as soon as its coming .was announced, and left again as rapidly .as the necessities of coaling would allow. But fiction and fact come equally ready,to the hand of our contemporary. He says, "In fact it is notorious that the New South "Wales Government would not give any subsidy to Mr. Hall's line untiLhfijifji-nesaaii £0 tevvo . Wy:-co«necttofiyffith the Njyap Zealand [ Government-d',.^ i?K ;' ag "' on the con trary it is notorious that it was only "while in connection with the New Zea land Government" that the New South Waleß Government would acknow ledge in any form Mr. Hall or his service, and when in that relation to New Zealand did actually pay a sub sidy:. Whereas, it is equally notorious, notwithstanding the insinuations of the Evening News, that since Mr. Hall ceased connexion with New Zealand, and up to this very hour, the New South Wales Government most per sistently declines to have anything whatever to do with Mr. Hall or his speculation, and has not, and will not, give him a subsidy. Even when urged by the earnest remonstrances of the people of Sydney, caused by the prospect of suspension of the 'mail communication, the utmost ' that " could be wrung from the Government was, that a mail should be mado up and placed in charge of a private person, who would see to its safetransmission to America. Such was the effect on the New South Wales Government of Mr. Hall's ceasing connection-with New Zea land. Mr. Hall, unfortunately, does not appear to be honoured in his own country as much as his spirit of enter prise deserves, or as the livening News would desire in "the interest of Australia, and to the, detriment 6£ AuokJa?k)r His venture deserves a better fate than it will receive, but in tfee interest of Auckland and New Zealand we cannot but rejoice in the benefits and the prospects'of .our own 'magnificent service of trans-Pacific mail boats now established.

THE HERO.

i A steamer supposed to be the 'Hero' from Sydney arid Melbourne is sig nalled as we go to ; pre&si Should she bring news cf ifnportaoeoj- we will itjjstie.aii Extra. ' \ , . wiiitmwwui'aSi'iiUiiniw iii ■ win ■ . The iisunl moi.tbly 'wtctiug of,li"od|[^ Ara I will b^hild on Monday evening. . ;• TeMSra are required tiptill noon oil tlte 4M>,, Jj instunt, for the* formatfoa alid mefcitlliug of I ho. ft fool^ntli on the aqutli side of KavangaWpf i roadi 'from its juiiotipn with Syinondß-sfa.-eet.to i JTieptOJi; JRoad; ■^eoifleafcions to Ibe Bei|o aS, *j J/fV, StepheasV SFs^toii^^Koad. . ,'|

At the Thames police court, orfednesday, Thomas Keane was charged with Baking into the house of Q-eorge Boyd, Auland, and stealing therefrom one lady's C-fishioned gold ring, one lady's gold ring, onantleman's gold x'ing, two rich specimens, on«aok frock, trousers and vest, one pair pepf\ and salb colonred trousers, and 20s in sffh —Mr. Bullen said thht in this case he wo} have to ask for a remand. A portion of thfcroperty liad been found on the prisoner. IlUd been ■frequently convicted in Auckland fjlarcony, and several times for vagrancy. We have to record. another fatapase of drowning off Grahamstown, by wlii John Ghanler, an articled seaman on boardie Clio schooner, Captain Chambers, met li death. It appears that Chanler and two ops left the schooner in a boat to under-runio lino by which the vesssl was attachecto the mooring-chaiu. The boat was jerkeby the ropo when tho yessel swung rouncko the return tide, which was running very song at tlio time, arid upset. The three nit were precipitated into the water—two c them . wero saved, but all efforts to find .linnlor were unavailing. Tho body was disco jvd on tho beach a few hours after the aceitlsf, by ' two boys named Ghjorja Howard anttp>vnicl DonoVan. Informsfcion waa given i (he police, and the body conveyed to the iuegal Arms hotel fo await ■■ eoi'oner'a irn^tst. —■ Mail, J.ane 60. . "< vjV "'- " - A":' i ;V>i.| ■*■■ • vj ; .;■.;:.::.,. ; ;.-" i; - - make application to transfer his iicpn-ifor tho Prince of Wales Hotel, ilobion-strea to Grace Chapmun. Mcetinga are advertised to bo held ilibo Crown PrijicOj and Ballarat ond Kising Jin Gold Mining Compauics on the 19Lh |id 20th insfc. respectively. — A call of 3d ir share has been made iv the first-named com pany. An extraoi-dinary meeting of tho shai holders of tho Quebec Gold Mining Compari will be held on the 3rd instant. 1 1 """ i

THE EOLLESTON-STBEKT EIOT. 1 John Quinlivan was cLavged yesterday at the Thames Police Court with forcibly, entering the dwelling of Joseph • .Ardern, in Kolleston-street, and forcibly expelling Joseph Ardern. Mr. Dodd and Mr. Miller appeared for the complainant; Mr. Macdouald aud Mr. Tyler for the defendant. ■ Joseph Ardern deposed that he was a joiner, Jiving in llolleston-street. He was the lessee of certain premises in llolleston strect. On the night beforo last, tho 28Lh,- ho was in possession of certain promises in Eolleston-street. While in possession ho saw defendunt outside the door. When he saw witness he held up his hand, and threatened witness. He tried the front door, but could not get in. He then went to the back door, and burst it in, breaking the hiuges. Defendant seized him by tl'ie beard and shook him., striking and kicking him. He ncsttojan«) , u .i.-M~ : ..i- -V iJC^iciiuanE minting liira aboTrt the street. He forcibly ejected witness from tho premises. At the time the door was broken open it was locked. Both front and back doors were locked. It was between half-past two and three o'clock in the afternoon. Quinlivan was the worse for drink. Witness held the property by a lease from the natives. He did not give the defendant authority to smash in the door and take possession of his property. Defendant said, while he held witness by the beard, " I'll have your liver out," "I'll have your life." In re-examination, witness deposed that he got possession about three weeks ago, and was in undisputed possession up till last Saturday evening. ■, J. M. Cowell deposed that ho was a storekeeper residing opposite the premises in question. On tho 28th he saw defen dant break in the Lack door of tlu premises with his foot. Pie saw him break in several times during the day. Witness could see defendant in the front shop. He was much excited. William Newman deposed that ho had been summoned for breaking into the house on the Saturday night. He was in possession of the house on the Saturday. Iv cross-examination witness dt-posed that he left possession to attend to the summons. Before he withdrew from possession Nolan was put in possession for Mr. Slater. This concluded tho evidence. The defendant's solicitor contended that Quinlivnn's entry could not bo regarded as a forcible entry, as there was a man in side iv possession for Slater, with whose concurrence he entered. The eviden.ee wi>3 read over to the de fendant, who reserved his defence. Prisoner was then commif led to take his trial at the next sittings of the Supreme Court in Auckland. Bail was allowed, prisoner himself in £100, and two sureties in £50 each. Two other charges against tho prisoner, of assault and threatening language, were withdrawn.

SCOTCH VOLUNTEER COMPANY.

Last eT«ning an adjourned meeting of per sona interested in the formation of a Scotch (and ldlt«l) company, in connection with the 'Auckland Battalion of Eifl.es, was held at the Queea's Ferry Hotel, Vulcan Lane. Over tfaifty.perßons were present; Mr. McCaul oc cupied the chair, and" Mr. MeLeod acted a3 •^■^•(itary. The object of the meeting was explained to those who had not been at the previous meeting. The Chairman remarked that 'the Sootoh element was very strong in Auckland, nnci the£ ought to have a company of their .own (hear, hear;'. He had spoken to a good ninny.Scotchman, and numbers of them had signified their intention of joining. Several gentleman of vary high standing were ready to take command and become officers, and he had no 4.oubt that when the company was once started it would .rapidly go ahead. (0) <.'■ •:.' } r The liaraw of twenty-two gentle mgntyrt')" M-Jii enrolled ns efflcioiifc, and two T* lv,, i '<} - ml srs. At the next meeting • - ']'. a ■"'. ■WjJinfcingairs. on-the bagpipes.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAT.

THE CALEDONIAN—TWO CWT.

SPECIMENS.

1,973 OZS. LODGED

TOKATEA CRUSHING.—WON-

DERFUL YIELD.

2,000 OZS. GOLD LODGED

UNA CRUSHING.—3OO OZS,

GOLDEN CEOWN—37 OZS

THE BERKELEY CASTLE AND

MIDDLE STA.E CEUSHINGS,

G-rahamstoww, 2 p.m

The Caledonian" have brought up Hwo lumdredwe tof specimens this morning. The total amount of gold I lodged i?om the general stuff is 1973 ounces. A further lodgment will be ! made thisTevening. The Tokatea have completed a crushing of 290 tons which has given the splendid return of 2000 ounces. This is exclusive of specimens for wa"ded to Auckland, which will give abou'L 300 ounces more. The crush ing took placo at the Whakaroa battery.

The Una have cleaned up, tho result being 300 ounces.

Tho G-oldon Crown return for the week is (ii ounces from GO tons.

The Berkeley Castle have just put

through this wenk 23 tona, which has realised iv ounce to the tou, 23 ounces having b3en banked to the credit of the comjiiny. The Mudlo Star crushing ia com pleted. Pliey have lodged 110 ounces.

The crtthing for the City of London company, "which was to have taken place at flic Tramway battery, has boen postponed on account of previou 8 engagemejts at the machine. A por tion cf th^crushing had beenjent.to the mill, Duu "cai-ting has since been discontinued.

THE LATEST.

The Priflco Imperial Clashing will give- aboutan ounce to tho ton. The Kuianui amalgam has given onlj 182 osm. TJie Caledonian have lodged 490 ozs.

THE SHARE MARKET.

ME. T. GAIiLICIt's BEPOBT. My sales totday. are as follows :—Cale donian, £1.07 108.; Thames, £39 10s; Belfasts, £7 SL; Motinatairi, £3 17s. 6i1.; Poverty and Charleston, £9 12s. Gd. to £9 155.; Otaj?y, £3 2s. 6d.; Nonpareil, buyers at £4" 6s;; Thames, sellers at £39. sra. j. 3t. lennox's beeobt. The sharemarket is easier. Caledouian oro selling at-£197 10s, to£l98; Thames, £39 10s ; Otnjjo, sellers at 655, buyers at 61s ; All Nations, buyers .at 85s; buyers of Thames, Sliblpver, and Nonpareil.

MONTHLY CRUSHING RETURNS.

The following monthly returns havo been handed in by the various managers of the machines, which will bo followed by one or two more to-morrow: — TOSS. OZ. BWT. Moanatairi ...' ... (530 ... 420 10 Prince Alfred, 3 weeks... 300 ...1211 0 Tramway, ■ „ ... 309 ... 529 0

ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.

We extract the following from Mr. Heale's valuable paper on eclipses, read before the Auckland Institute on Monday last: —• A partial eclipse of the moon will • take place on the 3rd July, visible in Auckland. h. M.s. JTivst contact with the shadow 0 0 47 a.m. V Auckland Middle of the eclipse ... .. 11 43 a.m. \ civil Last contact with the shadow 28 3D a.m. ) time. The first contact will the shadow occurs at 35 c'4di' from the nol-therumost" part of the moon's limb towards}the cast; the last con tact at 34 ° 31' towards the west.

Who wrote " Juuius?" There are forty one claimants for the honour. Their names are Edmund Burke, Lord George Sackville, Lord Chatham, Colonel Bane, Hugh Macartney Boyd, Dr. Butler, JohnjWilkes, Lord Chester field, Henry Flood, William Burke, Gibbon, W. Or. Hamilton, Charles Lloyd, General Lee, John Roberts, George G^renville, James Gren ville, Lord Temple, l)uk? of Portland, William Greatrakea, Richard Glovor, Sir William Jouos, , James llollis, Laughlin itaclean, liov. Philip ■ Rosenhagen, John Home Tooke, John Kent, Henry Grattan, Daniel Wray, Horace Wal pole, Aloxandar Weddarburn, Dunning, Sir Eobert Rich, D. Philip Francis, a Junto, with Junius's official signature, De Lolme, Mrs. .Vtacaulay, Sir Philip Francis, Lord Lyttelton, W., Cornwall, Governor Pownall. The Quarterly Reviewer thinks the question has been let at rest by Mr. Chabot, who identifies thei handwriting of Junius with that of Sir Philip Francis..

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Me. Editob, having allowed me the use of your columns for an occasional scribble, you are of course to bo congratulated. From my long experience, extending for many years over all parts of the world, I shall be able to write on Auckland matters without prejudice, and from a broad and impartial stand-point. The success of Sniggeroon's patent medicines, for the sale"of which ib is well known I was agent for over fifty years, until, indeed, I became grey in the service of my employer, is a guarantee that I shall do the thing secundum artem. When I gaveup Snigger son I came to Auckland. This is without doubt the finest spot on the whole of the habitable globe—when all the others are taken away. The press is the Archimedian lever that moves the world, —I think: I've heard this before, —aud the Auckland por tion stands in the very front rank. There is, therefore, no doubt that the fact of the globe going round is a good deal owing to the efforts of the Stab, which is of course the leader of the Auckland press. Tho Stah moves- the press, the press moves the world, ergo the Star moves the world. So I said tomysonDiek —smarlbov.Dick —who is just entering upon a brilliant career as a young man aged seventeen. ' I think, Dick I'll write a few little things for the leading journal, as it seems con ducted on right and proper principles." I wrote to you, you Ituow with what result. We had a disagreement about terras. I wanted two guineas aline, you at first only offered a guinea, however, we split tho difference so that's settled. But there was one tiling you barga:ned for —that,you wouldn't iv any way undertake to endorse any opinion I might express in your highly enlightened journal. My dear sir, this is perfectly immaterial to me. So long as my cheque is right, and I have a carte blanche to abuse anybody and everybody, anything and everything, I shall be thoroughly satisfied. Bharebroking pays in Auckland, that's an undeniable fact! Every seedy looking fellow with an ounce of brains thinks so. Examine the gentlemen at the " Corner," and sec of what, for the most part, they are composed. About the head an abund ance oE hair, innocent of scissors, razor, or oil; eyes decidedly fishy; about the body, d,othes, shabby to a degree, and clean liilen conspicuous by ils absence. These grntlemen button closely to the .throat ti hide tho imperfection in the matter of shirt; trousers, of various de grees of ago, generally greasy, and patchy about th« knees; and boots, regular " hand-mo-downs." The whole man redo lent of stale tobacco aud beer. These gentlemen'have all been in trade—mostly in the hawking and general itinerant dealing Haiti; but they have now thrown aside their crockery, old clothes, brushes, &c, aud have embarked in sharebroking. But this is only tho incipient stage of business among these gentry. In a day or two, by some means or other—how? Heaven only knows—they maqage to sell something—Cures, Eurekas, Belfasts, or what not —but by means of a good deal of touting they do so, and .get their commission. Mark the result! To-day a new coat, to-morrow new trousers und vest; and, yea—mark this !—tho next day a clean shirt is seen upon them, for tho first tirae-jierhap* ;.r a..:- ):««, aua uiby become full blown sharebrokers—in their own opinions. And then with a bad cigar in their mouths, and a small book and butt end of a pencil in their hands, they become at once a nuisance, button-holing everything and everybody, knocking people down by! running against them in their efforts to sell, or elso blocking up the pathway at tho Corner. They become loud in their style of conversation, and talk about Caledonians, Tookeys, and Thames, ns if Ihey had the command of thousands. From these men the respec table sharebroker very properly holds aloof, for it is such'as they, who bring the business in to disrepute, and become themselves an abomintblo. nuisance. This is lovely weather for a Circus ? And such a Circus? Dick wtat on Wednesday. The rain came through tie roof in torrents. Everybody was miserable, " looked liks drowned rats," Dick sajs, but having paid their money to go in, would not go out. The vaultigeur could not vault; tho horse could not jump, for which the poor brute was hissed by the audience, and flogged by the rider. But tha" ride to York! -Turpin's noble steed objected to the rain, also to the pistol shot that waa fired after her death; for she at once jumped up and wanted to hook it. Dick says the circus was shut for the last two nights—if it remained so it would be no great loss to the public. Tho amateur gymnastic performance was a great, success fit the Prince of Wales Theatre. The feats gone through were a decided improve ment on those seen in the canvits tent, and it strikes mo the great a.robats, who were doubtless present, won't show up again in a hurry. The clog-dance of ivir. Walker was really first-class ; and tho figures of the acrobats were doubtless duly admired by their lady loves. Some portions of their figures," however, ap peared to me to have gone out to pastur age. But sparring was the point of at traction. It was applauded, of course, aud went down. Had it been in a- lower class house, and the performers those of a lower strata of society, I supposo the press would have said it was disgraceful, aud- called upon the polico to interfere. Little Laura Wiseman's singing of " Father Come Home," was very pretty. Strange as it may appear, it wasn't a bit like tho singing of Mr. Stuart O'Brien, who had a penchant for this song; but it put me iv mind of it, nevertheless. I went to one of our law courts the other day; in fact, why should I deny, it? I received a special, indeed pressing, invitation—from Mr Beekham. The Court was very cold, but the magistrate made it hot for me. I after wards^ went to the Supreme, without ask ing this time, without any invitation—very cold there too. The judge looked as if he had been packed up for raijway travelling, avid the lawyers appealed to be frozen to their very wigs. To keep his oratorical powers going, Mr. Russell was attacking with great avidity, and every two seconds, a glass of cold water. This, Ipresume, gene rated the necessary amount of steam, or, as you call it here in Auckland, gas, of which this gentleman has very large quantities on hand; Dick says they should warm the Courts up with hot pipes or something. I think so, too;'and to the pipes some

thing else hot might added-P. 8,, so much the worse for the taste ot too Auckland public; it does not speak Councilors, or whatever they call thenv selves, wouldn't sw.ep the mud oil the streets into heaps, for }™ c£ be a change, and that would bo some * D?cfc tells us there's a new " tag'\< out 'this morning. There's a pretty term to apuly to a means of disseminating light, truth, and justice among the people. But does it ? Wot having seen it, I .can t say. For this weather, I can conscientiously recommend Sniggerson's Drops and Asce ticulated Balsam ; they are a sure specific ; may be had at all booksellers. Nathaniel Beeswing.

CORRESPONDENCE.

{We are not responsible for our Correspondents* opinions.] MINING- INFORMATION. To the Editor of the Evening St.vi. ■ I &iii,—l am a shareholder iv the " Una. I was induced to become so by a telegram in the Evening News of the 20tli June, 111 j which it was said " They hope to have ah dividend of £2 for the next fortnight. _ I invented ala very high price oa the faith of this, and on the advice of a "friend," having just arrived in Auckland ; and I find that instead of £2 it will not be 25., and there is some talk of Is. 6d. Sir, I do not think it right for the Press in this way to mislead, and so do great injury to men of small meaus. The " Una" will be all right yet, but I would not have invested ab such a price but for this paragraph, which I have reason now to believe was wilful. Since this my attention has been directed to the style of mining information in the News, which, if I had then known, I should, not have acted so foolishly. I see in the News of the 13th April, regarding the Caledonians, " They have on the lire 1000 buckets amalgam." What was the dividend after this tremendous operation P In the News of the 2Gth May 1 read the following lucid information :—>" The main tunnel of the Kuranui Mill leader has been struck, supposed to be the, main leader." Who struck that tunnel ? and being the main leader, where did it lead to P Iv last Thursday's News it is tele graphed, "They have sunk another 100 feet in the Kuranui tunnel." This must have been information to the mine manager and the directors. It is wrong, sir, that such recklessness or ignorance, or worse should he permitted to make move perplexing the state of mining in terests and the fluctuations of the scrip market.—l am, %c, A Suffereb. [Does " A Sufferer" take our contem porary'as his euido in mining matters.?, -Lf—no- -li«r slioula step down tolVtr. G-ar lick's and buy Central Italys at eiglit shillings, according to the quotations in the- Evening News of yesterday, and of course repeated in the morning edition to day—the Morning News. He will make a profit of nearly four hundred per cent., or if he stops down to Mr. Saunders he will be .-.ble to buy Caledonians at £128, as stated in this day's Morning News. The profits on these transactions will re concile him to his joss on the " Una," which is really after all an excellent claim, and will perhaps make him feel more kiudly towards our contemporary. — £d. E. S.]

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

Un uic uiu vi iiugusi, JLUOU, William JELum sou, who wub steward to Lady Campden, a person of good estato iv Gloucestershire, left his homo in order to collect her rents. There happened to reside in the neighbourhood a humble family of the name of Perry, a mother and two sons, Joan, John, and Eichard, of whom Joan, tho mother, bore but an indiffer ent character, and John, one'of the sons, was known to be half-witted. It bo happened thnt days and weeks elapsed, and yet Harrison did jiot return, nor were any tidings heard of him. Of course, the population of the place became excited, and rumours soon became rife that ho had been robbed and murdered. From the mission ou which ho was known to have left his home, and his prolonged absence, tho suspicion wus not unnatural. The alarm which ensued, and the numberless inventions which were circulated, are supposed to have bewildered what little intellect the-poor idiot had, for lie actually went before a justice of tho peaeo, and solemnly deposed to tho murder of Harrison by his brother Richard, while ids mother and himself looked on, afterwards joined in robbing'the deceased of a hundred and forty pounds. On this the whole three were sent to prison, and at the following assizes were'doubly indicted for the robbery and murder. The presiding Judge, Sir Charles Turner,, refused to try them on the murder indictment, as the body had not been found; they were, however, arraigned on the charge of robbery, and pleaded guilty on some vague superstition that theiv lives would be spared. While in confinement, John persisted in the charge, adding that his mother and brother had attempted to poison him in the gaol for peaching. the next assizes came, Sir Eoberfc Hyde, considering (lie length of time which had elapsed, and the non-appearance of Harrison, tried them for tho murder.. The depositions of John, und the plea on.' the indictment for the robbery, were, given in evidence and the whole ;three -were forthwith convicted. On the trial John retracted his accusation, declaring that lie was mad when he made it, and knew not what he sa^d. They all suffered death. The mother was executed first, it being alleged that she influenced her sons, and that they would never confess while she was hvmfi; they both died, however, loudly protesting their innocence. Hut tho disap perance of Harrison, tho confession of John, and the plea of" guilty" to the indictment for robbery, seemed to invest the case with every human certainty. After this poor; ignorant, and deluded family had km m the grave for .three year ß , lo ! thai people of Gloucester wore startled by tho re appearance in their streets of the murdered Harrison !He accounted for h is i onff absence thus, in a letter to Sir Thos. Overburv. On returning homeward ß after tho receipt of Lady Campden's rents, he was set upon bY aS ; of crimps, who forced him on. shipboard' and [earned him off to Turkey. ThS t K B oIJ .him as a slave to a physician. *ith SK ; ' x ' Z~

liffid for nearly two years, when, his master dyjig. he made hia escape in a Hamburg vessel to Lisbon, and waa thence conveyed toEng larfl. fin the 6th October, 1806, Thompson Wood, a yjiing seaman, was tried at Plymouth by navU court-martial. The offence charged was an stive participation in a mutiny and murder oil card the ' Henrfone' in 1797. At the timjpf liis trial, he was only twenty-five yeoirs old,{find therefore somewhere about sixtcVjv whei the mutiny took place. There was bi* ¥*; one jritness against him, one, however, WU Of" 1 testimony had considerable weight, the mask Ii of tilo 'Hermione.' This person most posi tivelidentified him as one of those chiefly impl,«ated, and-as having gone, when on board the slip, by the name of James Hayes. The identHcation undoubtedly was strong; but still, [pneidering tke personal changes which geneilly take place between the ages of six teen Ind twenty-five, and after an interruption of niib years in the]intercourse, scarcely strong enouh to warrant conviction. But all doubt of tli prisoner's guilt vanished at once be fore jko voluntary statement which he put in in thj shape of a written document. "At tho time! said the written statement, " when the mutay took place, I was a boy in my 14th year! Compelled by the torrent of mutiny I too the oath administered to me on the oeca|>n. Tlio examples of death which were befor my eyes drove me for shelter ariioß the mutineers, dreading a similar fate Jo those that fell if I aided with them or showed the smallest inclination for llrcy." To this frank and sweeping con fessio of his guilt he added a declaration of proflnd remorse for Ins crime, and wound up by tjtowing himself despairingly on the com pass! of the Court. The Court found him guilt passed upon him the sentence cf deaih, and 3ven day 3 afterwards he was executed. In am were all his supplications for c ipassion. In vain did his brother and iter interfere, proving, by a certificate from he Navy Office, that his written stato menl aust have been a mere hallucination, seem (hat the boy was at another place and in an ier ship when the crime was committed on be d the Hermione. Th ianbsequent establishment of this poor ' victii i innocence was most complete and satisf wry. The editor of a weekly journal, callec Lhe Independent Whig, took up the inatti yery 6ternly, and denounced all the pro ceedi s so indignantly from time to time that the n nbera of the court-martial appealed to the '. rda of the Admiralty for protection again the journalist. The Lords of" the Adav Ity responded to the appeal, and a pro secut i was a! once instituted. It was fortu nato it tho then law officers of the Crown were ir Arthur Pigott and* Sir Samuel Romi ■. Thoso disoreet men deemed it prud< ; to set on foot a strict inquiry into the facts fore committing themselves to a public proae tion,- "not, howevor," as Sir Samuel aften "ds stated, "that either of us enter taiue ny doubt as to the man's guilt." An inqui was accordingly instituted by the solici of the Admiralty, the result of whicl was that Thomas Wood, who had - been hanged for mutiny and murder, was i ved to hava been perfectly innocent, and a i actually shown to liqto been doing his 'ty on board the Marlborough at Ports Duth at the very time that tke crime was mmitted by the; mutineers in the Hern ne. The reader naturally asks, How came boinas Wood, if he was an innocent man, confess himself guilty ? The außwer is no far to seek. Wood was a simple mind Jack tar; he had no friends of any indue c; ko knew, or thought he knew that no as irtions of his would be o£ any avail again • tho positive evidence of the inastf r-iof fck* Hermtcrae; he therefore applii to another man to write a defence for him, (Vcod read the production of his com rade, i id thinking it likely to excite the com passio of his judges, and that it would serve him 1 tter than a mere denial of the charges broug i against him, adopted it. That, the meauf |hosen by his ignorant coinr ide for his defem j proved hia destruction, there can bo uo dc Dt. The confession acted as a liar to furtlu linquiry, otherwise it is impossible to conce S that the certificate sent in by tho broth j: and Bister previous to the execution, and \ |eh showed the poor man's innocence, shoulcinot have been attended to. The truth las, that to all concerned in the condelation pf Thomas Wood, the facts were ) dear, owing to the confession, that no re Id whatever was paid to the exertions of his mends, and tho official certificate waa not n Sely slighted, it was probably never read. < Abe i a generation back, when juries, aghast it the frequent oxooutions foi-forgery, insistc ihpon such strictness of proof as to make jiviction almost impossible in many cases, \d acquitted very often where the" proof %s perfect, a man named Bniith pleadf iguilty to the charge. All c mon stranc ras lost on him, his friends in vain ad vised ji, in vain the Judge xirged him to stand | trial; he persisted in hi? plea of guilty hd sentence was passed upon Mni. In due ti (he was ordered for execution ; the conde ied sermon waa preached. At this crisis | indefatigable Sheriff Wilde, who had alread [saved the lives of men innocently coude ied, was appealod to by a tvades man c Dornhill, a relative of the prisoner. He pi jtcded to tho cell of the condemned man i \\ a heavy heart, because apparently on a ieless mission. There, however, he heard jp explanation of his plea, and a por tentoi explanation it was. Tho case of. Smitb |ad been instituted hy the bankers' Oonin Some short time before tho ses sons ( j'r solicitor autliorised M.v. Cope, then the ci [mai's'ml, to assure Smith that if he did p |l guilty, his life would be spnivd. Re lying that promise he did bo, but the law had b i allowed to take its course, notwith stand , anc l he was now (utterly forgotten by th W ] JO had caused the promise to bo madefjni) within four days of his execution. The slriff, scarcely crediting his senses, hur ried ajthe Home Office, "where, happily liia exertjia were seconded by tho prompt hunnjiJty of Sir Robert Peel. The minister, aa lDtJjjj astonished as tho sheriff, at once soli cited;Bie aid of Lord Lyndhurat, then lord ehan^i 01 ., | ± mos i vigilant investigation was i.'nnie4at c ly set on foot; prosecutor, solioitor, city tjarshal, and others were summoned to the fa chancellor's private room at the Hoi»Bjbf Lords, and underwent a strict exa minnt|u. The sheriff's narrative was true, and itffeonsequcnce of the timely interference, and ftJtn that cause alone, the life of Smith was !»|od. — Leisure Hour.

THE BACHELOR.

u«Jp]itudo! Where are thy charms f—Cowper. NoJ§use and no home, no children, no wife : A'lUho would not pity a bachelor's life? Thrti ep3.(so <l 0 oxen)> h0 eaU- and he drinks, JPwere s no one to care what he suffers or thinks. t« 'i! oman he s Peaks to. but all she can say is> What will you have for your dinner to-day ?" Oafttforiday some slight variation is made f"m the washwoman comes for her bill to be paid, for the outcast from nil ono holds dear, : no one to love him, and no, one to fear ; none that would mourn where he laid in the jjijj?t for the guinua he paid for his room, f" j ?Sshe chords of the heart, how intensely they yearn , one to lova who\|ill love in fetui-n; . • *Ai!oiiio one to hear what no straiiu'er must know; one to cling to In weal and.in woe ywne one to miss when that one is away ', Kjme one to bless when fcve kneel down to pray; fi njfil" companions in ams" in the battle of life, i^ J{ " somo cne'" aU' wl'° iß*n' i* -^**but a wUe!

THE EVENfG STAR, AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 18*1.



BOLTON (KICHAED),. late of Wanganui^ny friends of tne above will kindly communicate at once. Blue Post Boarding House, Victoria-street. "* TjIOR SALE—B-| ACEF.S, 3 Acres ' JDA of good'yielding 5 Orchard, with Two roomed i Home, onltlio Manukau. Price, £30.—Apply jo i; ctfioiiciE Sibbijj, Auctioneer, laud and Commission Agent. . . . •. ■