SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 6.34. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 2.10

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Lady Bowen, 6 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Nebraska, as., ardX^lT S^S'^^il^^^Lyttelton.

DEPARTURES.

Bella Mary, barque, 276 tons, McArthur, for uooar* Town.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.- Countess of Kmtore. eariy. Es_2?_2S^pSi* 7th; Taranaki, to-day. S3^£S6S& South. Thursday.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Nanler. s.s., from Napier. City of Auckland, ship, from London. Chile, ship, from London. Novelty, barque, from Sydney. Alice Cameron, barque, froni Sydney. Kenilworth, schooner, from- Frjis.

IMPORTS.

Per Mid»e, from Tahiti:—47 bales 21 ditto ditto, 45 tons cotton seed, o bales blankets, 2 packages, Owen and Graham. - D. Nathan and Co., agents. Per Flirt, from Lyttelton:-700 sacks wheat, 350 ditto oats, 100 ditto bran, McKenzie.—M. Niccol, agent. Per U.S.N.Z. and A.M. p.s. Nebraska, horn Honolulu: 100 cases salmon, 12 kegs ditto. Henderson and Macfarlane ; 6 cases sewing machines, Owen Jones ; 1 case Jtnerchan dise, Canterbury Government ;• 265 bags sah, Owen and Graham ; 74 barrels molasses, W- J. Cawkwell; 2 cases brooms, 1 case seeds, Wellington ; 1 case organ, Nelson . 16 cases fruit, Dunedin; 3 packages merchandise, Melbourne.

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Keera, for Nap":.-* and Southern Ports: For Napier—l hhd. beer, 9 packages sundries, 1 ease'(harmonium), i L coils rope, 2 nests baskets. For Wellington-^ cases brooms, 1 case seeds, 1 case books, 2 cases boots, 1 box plants, 10 coils rope. For Nelson—l case. For Lyttelton—l case, 3 parcels. For Dunedin—l6 cases fruit. For Port Chalmers—l2 hhds., 2 cases spice, 1 case books, 1 parcel—Combes and Daldy, agents.

ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRASKA.

The mail steamer Nebraska, Captain Har ding, arrived in harbour this morning, after a rapid passage of 14J days. She left Hono lulu at 6.45 p.m. on the 22nd October. On Tuesday, 31st, stopped for half an hour at Tutuilla, one of the Navigator Islands, and communicated with tho shore, a native boat coming alongside for that purpose. Fine weather and smooth water the entire passage. Arrived at Auckland at 8.30 a.m. November 7th, the fastest passage on record. Passengers :—For Auckland—Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Grahame, Captain Mont gomery, Mr. E. H. Maude, Mr. and Mrs. Bush, Miss Wald. Second cabin: Mr. J. Fletcher. Third cabin: Messrs. Francis, Alexander, Patterson, Leary, Thomas, Hock ing, Richards, Grey. For Ljttelton—saloon : L. Coates. For Port Chalmers—A. G. Hor ton, K. McDonald. For Sydney—Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons, Mr. and Mrs. Krause. Second cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Portheon. For Mel bourne—saloon : Mr. M. G. Taylor. Tmrd cabin :P. Banon, R. Mellivan. Total, _8. We are indebted to Mr. H. Craig for the prompt delivery of our files.

THE CITY OF AUCKLAND.

By the mail, which arrived this morning, we have received a letter from Captain Ashby, announcing his departure for "this port. Captain Ashby says:—l left Gravcsend, with a full cargo, on the 12th, at 2 p.m., and landed the pilot off the Isle of Wight on the 13th, at 6 p.m. The wind is N.E. and wea ther fine. As the glasses are high I hope to have a good run out of channel, and with ordinary weather I trust to be in Auckland about the middle of De ember, and to leave again for London in -January. I have 24 chief cabin passengers, 20 in the second-class, and 2_ third-class. All the birds I mentioned in my last letter, I have on board." The following is a.list of the saloon passen gers by the City of Auckland :—Mr. H. W. P. Smith and family, Mrs. Robertson and family, Miss Orossley, Miss Barron, Miss Dugard, the Misses Graham (two), Mrs. Maynard, Mr. W. A. Neale, Mr. J. Mmkie, Mr. Hay, Mr. Lackland, Dr. Bell, Miss Tait, and Mr. Graham.

TESTIMONIAL TO CAPTAIN HARDING.

T_9 following address was presented to Captain Harding on the arrival of the Nebraska at Honolulu:—" P.S. Nebraska, at ■ea, October 20, 1871. ' Captain I. Harding, Dear Sir,—As we hope to get into Honolulu to-morrow morning, after a delightful voyage of 26 dovs from Melbourne and 1G days from Auckland, we feel that we would not be doing our duty to the owners of this new line of steamships if we did not express our feelings regarding the accommodation and attention we have received on board, and the general comfort of the ship as a passenger vessel. Many of us are old travellers, and we must say we never met with better attendance, larger, cleaner, and better ventilated cabins and saloons, and the supply, of provisions has been excellent and unlimited. Wo beg voti will convey to all your officers our thanks for their unvaried civility and attention, and, wishing yourself and them every happiness and pro sperity, we remain dear sir, yours, truly, B. J. Cooke, R. Rose, Jennie Logan, Fred. Baxter, C. F. Wood, Gideon Smales, Thos. J. Goodwin, James Cameron, J. F. Usher, J. H. Pcmberton .Win. Forrest, R. W. Jasper, J. .VcKcnzie, David Nathan, Caroline Rose, James Gowen, A. Baxter, R. G. Skinner, M. F. Barnard, J. F. Robinson. J. Maitland, W. J. Pilcnns., Robert Farmer, J. F. Mackelvie, C. deeper, A. McKenzie."

THE FERNDALE.

The barque Ferntlale, 415 tons, Captain Ernzer, sailed for Auckland, from Liverpool, "on the 15th S" ptoniber, with a general cargo.

The s.s. X.< era will take her departure this aft.raoon for Napier and Southern Ports, with the following pnsse_ij>er_. :—Miss Mac farlane, Messrs. Baron and Bearard.

A fine little yacht, about, 30 feet overall, arrived in harbour this morning. She wub built,at W.-iiheke by Mr. Bernard Waymouth, and has been named tho Zodiac. She has been built to the order of Mr. T. Graham, and from her appearance we should think she wilt sail remarkably fast. The Zodiac has 8 feet 3 inches beam, and 4 feet 6 inches depth of hold.

The schooner Midge arrived in harbour this morning from Tahiti, with a cargo of cotton and cocoanut oil. She is twenty-one days from Tahiti, and has had moderate weather throughout. ** : "

COMMERCIAL.

Evening- Stab Office, Tuesday afternoon,

Mr S. Jones held, to-day, at his stores, an extensive sale of groceries, oilmen s stores, kerosene, &c. There was a good attendance. The following are the quotations :— Currants, s+d to 6d per lb. ; table vinegar, 9s per doz. ; Palmer's vestas, 6s to 6s 2d per gross ; Bell and Black's 6s to 6s 2d per gross ; pickles, 9s 3d per dozen ; crystals, 8^ 9.' to 9s 3d per gross; vinegar, _s Id to 2. 5d per gallon; salad oil (pints), lis 3d, ami half-pints 6s lOd to 7s p<*r dozen ; castor oil (pints and hair pint-'), s's 3d to lis per dozen; Brandon s candles, lid to ll£d [wv lb. ; tapioca, 4d per lb ; Dunedin soap, 20s to 22s per cwt,; Can terbury bacon, G.d to 7d per lb. ; hams, Bd, per lb. ; Port Cooper cheese, s id to 6d per lb.; kerosene (D.vce's), 2s lid to 3* per gallon; dates, 3£d per lb.; fine season teas, 2s If d per lb. _ . . Mr. George Sibbin held, at his stores, to-day, a sale of hams, bacon, oats, &c, which realised fair prices; also, by order of the Registrar, a parcel of land, which was bought in by the mortgagee.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following are the current calls and divi dends payable in tho companies named be low:— y :■■ , . ':.,,

THE MAILS.

Mails will close as under : For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at

11.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Kapanga, per Challenger, to-morrow, at II a.m. For Gisborne. per Meteor, this day, at 5 p.m. _ For Russell, per Comerang, on Thursday, 9th inst., an

For Sydney and Australian Colonies, per Nebraska, to-morrow, at 0.30 a.m. _ S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1871.

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

We withhold local and other intelligence to afford as much space as possible for the European and American news by the Nebras ka. It is of ten days later date than tnat brought by the Suez mail, and is of an interesting character. The most striking por tion of it, however, is the account of the fearful conflagration at Chicago. America is distinguished for doing things on a large scale, and the fire which hi" inst occurred is eminently characteristic. The city which has been the scone : of this deplorable event had astonished the world with the rapidi y of its rise, and it will no less astonish with the rapidity of its disappearance, for it may be said to have actually vanished off the earth. The amount of destitution and Buffering that .must have been caused is appalling, but the geographical position of this Queen of the West, which gave to it 6uch unexampled progress, will be sufficient to make it rapidly arise from the ashes and resume its com mercial importance among the districts of the Far West. Rut a small por tion of the former city had remained, and even this, on the moruing of t c departure of the mail-boat from Sun Francisco, had been fired, evidently by incen iiaries, probably from maliciousness, born of that frenzy which often does seize men's minds iv the presence of an awful calamity. - -:-y

As will be seen in another column, the de- j parture of the Duke of Edinburgh, for the • Bay of Islands is altered from Thursday to Friday—lor this week only. !

The s.s Keera will leave for .Napier direct at four o'clock to-day. I he Nebraska leaves for Sydney direct at 8 a.m. to-morrow.

Captain Stewart reports that a whirlwind passed over the island of' Tahiti, doing immense damage to property. A number of houses and tre^s. were blown" down, and the; sdhoouer Midge had her foremast carried away.

Mr. A. Sheath delivered a lecture yester day evoning, at the Choral Hall, on " The Construction and Working of the Electric Telegraph." There was a fair audience, con sidering the counter-attractions to be found elsewhere, and a vote of thanks was passed to the lecturer. The lecture was illustrated with explanatory diagrams.

Wc are requested to meal ion that ibn smu of £39 17s. 6d., which has been collected for Mrs. Williams by Mr. William Head of this city, has been handed over to her. It will^be remembered thai, tlie hustbajid of Mrs. Williams was driuvned by the capsizing of a boat some little time sine at YVungarei.

A case of horse-whipping has occurred at Ross. A Mrs. O'Hara, keeping a donee room there, took off-uce «t certain remarks pub lished in the Ross Guardian (Westhind), a,)d vented her rage on the poor unfortunate edito", by attempting to tbiM-h him Willi ahoro'ewhip. The editor says he was not much hurl, but got his clothes torn, and the following day laid an in formation against the <vou!<_ be Lolfi Monte*. The case, however, was dismissed ; tho magistraleco-iM U r ii that the enraged l:;d.y had had considerable p ovo -at ion.

Mr- B. Tutiks was gazetted yesterday op the member for Parnell iv tlie Provincial Council.

A man in Dublin, whose j-iw was broken by a dentist in pulling a to.tli, ha- obliui cd £100 damages.

RIFLE MATCH.

AUCKLAND V. DUNEDIN. Tite whole of the stakes, amounting to £300, havenowbeon deposited,and Mr. J. W. Walker, the representative of this province, left by tlie last steamer for Dunedin, so as to have a week or two for practice before the match, which js fixed to como off at the Dunedin i Rifle Kaugo, ou the 20th instant. - ■:■ m, >• • \

ARRIVAL OF THE 'NEBRASKA,' WITH THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN MAILS.

ENGLISH NEWS.TO OCT. 9

. 4_

FRENCH FEELING; TOWARDS THE

PRUSSIANS

THE ANGLO-FRENCH COMMERCIAL

TREATY.

THE STRIKERS IN BELGIUM

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY IN

SPAIN

THE REICHSTAG.

London, October 5. —Four successive and tremendous explosions occurred at the estab lishment of an oil merchant in Chelsea. Thirteen persons were injured, four of whom, it is feared, are in a dying condition.

Tho Renforth crew arrived at Newcastle last evening, and were-heartily welcomed by their fellow townsmen. Their trainer (Scott) is dead.

A letti-r published today from Mundella proposes terms of arbitration for a settlement of the Newcastle dispute

Madbxd, October 5. —Sagosta advises Ama deus to invite Scorilla to construct a Cabinet, and remain at its head. J here is no proba bility of the advice being followed. London, October 5.— A Bombay despatch reports that an insurrection broke out at a Poituiuese settlement on the west coast of India, but was quelled.

Vkesaillks, October 5. —It is understood that the Gbmnnn Government refuses to

accept the treasury bonds guaranteed by the French banker? in payment o: the instalment of 'he war indemnity, but require bills of

exchange.

The re-establishment ot diplomatic arrange ments are being arranged between Germany and France.

The Emperor o' Brazil will visit Paris in December.

Two of the convited Communists have escaped from Versailles. Madrid, October s.—lt. is now considered probable that Admiral Molcampo will form a new c.ibinet, but no one believes it can be a lasting om

I'AKts, October 5. —M. Schneider, formerly President of tho Corps Leghdatif, is a candi date for Councillor General of the Depart inent of the Saone et Loire, from La Creuzot.

TJu disarmament, of the National Guard has be.en completed in the departments of the Cher, Nievtre, and Allier.

The report that an mnnesty was to be grunteU to the CbmrnunUls is pronounced false.

Thiers retfives complaints every day from the occupied provinces declaring that the presence of the German troops is insupport able.

London, October 5. —The following is the situation in Madrid :—Sagosta, having been elected President of Congress or the lower branch of the Cortes', the Zorilla Ministry havo tendered their resignation. The King then requested Espartero to form v new Ministry. lie declined, and Admiral Mol cmnpo was called upon and accepted the task.

Madrid, October sth. —The following list of tlie new Ministry is generally believed to be correct: Maleainpo, Premier and Minister of Marine ; Alvarez, .Minister of the Interior ; Olozaga, Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Coi meiro, Minister of Justice; Baesoli, Minister of War ; Candati, Minister of Finance, and Beranger probably Minister of Public Works. It is'reported that these will t.ike tho oaths of o lice to-da_)

Paris, October G. —The Lyons journals rail at the Versailles Government on account of the position of Count de Reinuset in his cor respondence with Yon Arm on the maltreat ment of Germans.

lloehefort's sentence has been commuted to banisbment.

A mauifeslo by Napoleon, on the Faench poliieal situation, is about to appear. Madrid, October 6.—Valcamps' Ministry was definitely constituted yesterday. Algoza and Alvarez have declined ro serve, and the foreign and interior portfolios have been ten dered to Cautqlas and Pedras, respectively. Pending their acceptance, Admiral Muleampo will administer the affairs of their depart ment...

Pari:., October 6.—The report that Puuyer- Quertier hadleft for Berlin U premature. '1 he journey is postponed, us General Manteuffel is expected at Versailles to nettle the question in dispute. Madrid, October 6. —A semi-official sfatq nu ut.of the policy of the new Ministry was 'made -public to-day. It announces that the measures of economy, inaugurated under Zorilla. will be continued. £he salaries of the civil list will-bo reduced and other proper measures adopted in furtherance of the ideas of tho Progressive party

Paris, October 6.—Thiers to-day received a deputation of citizens from Dijon, who came to complain of the tyrannical conduct of the Prussian troops in occupation of that city, and to urge Government to hasten tueir with drawal from the city and Department. The Prussians were charged, among other things, with wantonly imprisoning 125 citizens, who forgot to- deliver up their arms, in accordance with the orders of the military commandant; The ■ deputation was: informed that the complaint would be brought to the attention of General Mantculfol. ' •■ '• ' ':■

Tho statement that France had consented to''.'tlie striking out of article three in the customs treaty with Germany is coniirnied.

BKU-JIN, October 6. —The Heichstng is con y ked tor the 16th in.Unt. The budget to be submitted proposes to -. increase 5,UU0,0U0 tlu'.lers in the appropriation for navy and coast defences,

StoMB, October 6.—Twen fy Professors in the Uiiivcr.-.ty ofdiumo have refused-to take the o.ith required by the Italian Government. Pa ins, October 7bhi —Vi-'ti..'« Lo Franc, i >rovision:tl--iitmst>"r of bYsinee, during (h<_ abaeucc of Puuyier Quertier, has gone to JJei'im. .... '

MtTNICH, O tooer 7th.—Forty-seven nieui i.cre of the Party of Progress interrogate.tlie Government on its attitude on the cliurcli question.' An early answer is protuued. Loavom, October 7th-—A fon.ii/ht.ly lino ot steamers between Antwerp and Now Stork via D..vr is contracted foi

11.0 smack Peto was sunk iv Yarmouth, and eleven persons drowned. The Turkish cholera is subsiding. Madhid, Oetobor V. —Sagasta favors a radi cal policy. The Moorish Kabyles menace only tho Sultan's authority, and Turkish troops have been despatched. The Spanish Govern ment is to remain passive unless its fing is insulted. The establishment of a Moorish Custom House caused the outbreak.

:: "Paris, October 7.—The Court of Revision, to whicli the case of Rossell was appealed, has adjudged him guilty, and has declared that; he has incurred the penalty of death. The Republican journals of this city demand of Thiers that he shall take prompt and vigorous action for the suppression of Bona partist conspiracies. The continued agitation in the, Algerian pos sessions of France, causes a feeling of uneasi ness lest the Government may not be exercising necessary vigilance and energy in suppressing troubles which are feared may grow to such proportions as to cause serious embarrassment and expense, or oven necessitate the abandon-! ment o; the colony. Stockholm, October 7ch.~-The King closed tho session of the Kigstag in person to-day. H<. addressed the body and expressed* great regret at the failure of the Lower Chamber to act on the Army Re-organization bill, thereby compelling postponement Q_ action authorized by tiiis important measure. London, October 8. -A meeting will be held at an early day to discuss the questions modifying tho commercial treaty between England and France. The Observer gives a contradiction to the reports of the underhand manoeuvres with which tho Bonapartists in France have been working for the restoration of Napoleon. Paris, October B.—M. Dombrowski, who wa3 leader of the mob in the attacks on German residents at Lyons, has been arrested, tried, and sentenced to two months' imprison ment.

M. Lambrecht, Minister of the Interior, died suddenly this morning, at his residence, while dressing. Brussels, October B.—Three hundred (?) workmen of Ghent aro now on a strike. They demand the reduction of a day's labor lo ten hours, wages to remain unchanged, and double pay for overtime work. Madrid, October 7.—Minister Candon de clares that the Government cannot prosecute members of the International Society so long as they obey the laws, but he promises to give the Covfos an early opportunity of debating the question. Rome, October 7.—Two convents havo been occupied by Italian troops. The Italian Parliament opens iv the middle of November.

3e.it.in, October B.—Pouycr Quertier, French .'.lini-ter of Finance, accompanied ity Councillor. O/Zun and Counts Fcilelou and Valon, arrived to-day, and visited the French Emntissy. 11, is rumored that Count Yon Arnim has been summoned to Berlin.

Matamouas, .Mexico, September 24.— The Government has quarantined Port Sun Juan Uuulista to the Tobago frontier; also, Colima to Manzanillo. The port ofM'igda lena has been closed. Romero proposes to rent the Lower Cali fornia Salt Lakes to a Mexican Company. London, October 9th.—lt is proposed to erect a national memorial to Dickens. Sir John Fox, a veteran of the Napoleonic war, died yesterday, aged 89 years. It is proposed, should a difficulty occur be tween the workmen and employers at New castle lo submit the matter to arbitration. Oetobcr 9th.—The police ut Newcastle threatened to strike for iuerenso of pay. It is -reiterated "that Chevalier Nigra, will shortly relieve Count Dacordina as Envoy to the Court of St. James. VeksalM,***, October 9th.—Tho report of the appointment of Druyn de Lhiiys as French Minister to Austria is denied. It is reported that Viulor Lo Franc succeeds the lato Lambrecht in the Ministry of the Interior and Pieard will fill the Ministry of Finance pro lent.

GREAT CHICAGO FIRE.

NEARLY THE ENTIRE CITY IN

FLAMES

EVERY HOTEL, EXPRESS, NEWS PAPER OFFICE AND THEATRE BURNED.

50 TO 100 LIVES LOST.

THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS

HOMELESS

THE WIND BLOWING A HURRICANE

THE EIRE CDECKED

Fik.-'t n.roß'.r.

-[The following report was received .from Omaha in advance of the regular despatches. As will be seen, if greatly exaggerates in the number of lives lost. — Eds. AUttJ]

" Nearly the entire ei'y of Ohrugo is in flames. Dis reported that 7000 or 8,000 lives have been lost. Tho fire is slill rligliig, anl the wind blowing a hurricane. ' Tho nearest we can get to the city is our office at the stock yards, three or four mites out of the

city." CHICAGO, October 9, noon.— The whole business portion of the city is in ashes, from Harrison-street norlh to «. hicago avenue, and east of the river to the la'^e.

The area of the fire is three miles in length to a mile or a mile and a half in width.

livery hotel, bank, express olfiee, telegraph office, theatre, and newspaper office, with all wholesale houses in the city, are totally de-

stroyed. Many thousand dewellings and the water works are destroyed. . ~ Early this morning the wind was blowing a perfect, gale from the .sputh-west/with. sky of brass. No one can tell what Ihe end will be. The only salvation, for tho remainder of the city is with tho wind keeping iv its present direction.

Many thousands of tho people are homeless, ami most of them in v destitute condition. Tlie unburned streets for miles are lined with household goods. No one dare think, what the loss of 'life 'nm'.y be. The flames swept through the city with the rapidity of a prairie fire, and ninny must have perished. The Western Union Telegraph Company has succeeded in getting up a few wires from a ha-lily improvised office in the southern part of th ■• ci y, establishing couimiiuieniion in nearly all directions.

Munificent offers of as.Uf liiee are coming

from every quarter. bct'ober Dili. —Everything embraced in the district from IfaUtsd-street on the west, to U.a- -isbii 'oil the south, straight"' noffh to Lincoln 'Park, mid into the woods'beyond, is it ushes. 'Only one tmiidiiij i- lift standing (the, 'Pbst Olliee), and Ilia), is completely gutted. Oiie hun I rod f!ious:_:i i men, w mum and children ure homeless ni.d without food.

A lot of prisoners confined iii the old gaol were burned to doatli.

Pill VAT.' 1-KSi'A.TCII

The following private despatch was received iv answer to inquin s IVo h this city : — ; Ciiioago, October 9,2.30 p.m. —J. V. iar wetl and Co 'a block, and in fact everything i from Twelfth-street north, atkl Canal-street, ! west Bide, to Lake is burned. AU tho city ! hanks and business part of tho city gone. In ; fact, Chiengo is all gone except a small portion 'of the west side. Tho fire is now two miles ■ north of tho river on the north side, and is burning ayiiu with intense fury. The fire men are exhausted. Tho loss exceeds five hundred millions (P).

Wi Engines have, arrived from Milwaukee, and .are constantly aiTivirig from points within 300 • miles. •.*'"' The highest estimate of the loss of life is 100; the lowest, 50. '-■ October 9th.—A great many persons jumped into "the^ river to escape the flames, ouly to "drown. ".Hundreds of animals perished in stables and in the streets. It is estimated that 100,000 people are homeless, a largo number of whom "are destitute of everything. Cooked food is in great need, and all towns have been requested to forward provisions and clothing for the hungry and nearly naked women aud chil dren, as early as possible. Nearly eve --y city

,iUd town east, of here has responded to this demand, and it is hoped that the West"will uot bo .backward.

It is now believed the spread of the fire southward is stayed at Harrison-street, but on the north sid-s it. still rages, and that entire? division of tlie city seem., to have been utterly destroyed. It is feared thai the west side of* the North Branch River also will be burned.

It is now ascertained that tho water works are not destroyed, and there is great joy. New Yoke, October 9.-9.45 a.m.—The officers of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany report that the Sherman House, tho railroad depots and tho Western Union Telegraph Company's building at Chicago all are in ashes.

Chicago, October 9.—The simple facts that the great city of Chicago is destroyed, that hundreds of millions of active capital have been ruined and that nearly one-third of tlie inhabitants are hornless, are enough. Any at tempt to embellish'would be but mockery. As this awful day draws to a close thousands with anxious eves'watch the dense clouds of smoke which still roll over the burnt district with evi dent tear that a sudden change of wind may fan the flames. There is, however, little cauae for apprehension, aud reinforcements of firemen from other cities are constantly arriving.

Colonel J. J. S. Wilson, Superintendent, is! in receipt of despatches from the leading cities announcing that aid is being forwarded to the sufferers. The Mayor of St. Louis telegraphs that $70,0,.0 have been subscribed by tho merchants. Cincinnati promises $100,000, and Cleveland is proportionately generous. Ail this and a great deal more will be needed to relieve the immediate . pressing wants. About throe-fourths of the United States mails were saved aud taken possession of by Colonel Wood, of the Po3t Oflico service.

Chicago, October 9lh-r.6 p.m.—The pro gress Of the'fiiiics in the South Division was finally arrested about, one o'clock p.m. This was ' accomplished by tiie blowing up and demolishing of several buildings on Wabash Avenue and Congress-street by Lieutenant-General Sheridan. Tho district burned over in t\e South D vision em braces everything from the main branch of the Chicago river to the like, including about one hundred blocks. This district contained all the leading business houses, the banks, insurance ofliees, hotels, &c.

A large number of churches, including St. Mary's Catho'ic church, tho Trinity, First Presbyterian, "iecon -A Presbyterian, -t Paul's, Swedenborgia.i, &C; The Ale! ho.list, church, ou the comer of Wabash avenue and Congress street, is saved. The Michigan avenue ehurcii, on the ■corner of Michigan avenue ami Con gross s'reet.aud Congress Hall, directly ad joining, nil Congress street, are saved. i Michigan Terrace, on Michigan Avenue, embracing the resiliences of Lieutenant- Governor Bross, Hon. J. Young Scairfmon, S. C. Griggs, and other leading citizen-, is compjeteiy destroyed, with tho furniture and nearly all other contents. All the newspaper establishments are com pletely wiped o it. Tlie Tribune building resisted for several hours, but linally yielded, when MeVicker's theatre, immediately adjoining, which, had also withstood the raying elements, finally succumbed. In fact all the buildings in tho district, which claimed to be fire-proof shared tho fate of those which could make no such claims. Tho Great Central depot, at the foot <>f Like-street, became a heap of.ruins abou* nine o'clock. Most of the passenger cars of tlie Michigan Central, Burlington and Quincy and Illinois Central railroads were moved on the break water and saved. West of Clark-street, in the south division, the fire extended south as far as Polk-stroet, sweeping every thing bo:ore it. Tlie distance burned over hero is 'some throe blocks, wide, and over half, a mile in lcng'tl), numbering about twenty blocks. The buildings were generally ot the cheaper character, eiiibraing Bio n-, small shops, poor residences, Are. The district burned over on the west side com mences a_ Taylor-street, running from De Kovan.to Jefferson. It ran thence four or five blocks north, and then moved diagonally toward* tho river, and finally tho west, lino was established on Clinton-street, and n _.• h ing thence to the river. It moved .iv this line northward until it reached'the north western west side depots, where ;t stopped a distance of nearly two miles from where it i started. The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne am Chicago, and Central and St. Louis depots were in this territory. Both passenger and freight depots arc wiped, out. Almost the entire Northern Division, from ! the main branch of tho Chicago River to Lin- I coin Park, nearly two miles in length and ' one mile wide, in completely destroyed,'in cluding the water works, a large number: of elegant churches, &c. This statement em braces the districts devastated, and includes almost the entire business portion of the cifcy- '• ;., ■•!"■ •, ■ ,'[i ;.* •-' :.: The portion south of Harri'son-stieet,.in tho South Division, and reaching oiit many miles, is covered almost entirely, with, dwel lings composed largoly of, the more elegant class, is untouched, and may now be regarded as safe from injury. For, miles and miles, in .every, direction, tlie sidewalks, lawns, vacant, lota and front yards of dwellings are filled with people \yho. havo escaped from their ; burning dwelling?, taking with them only a ' scanty amount of their furniture aud clothing. The sight is truly . pitiful and harrowing. . They must receive immediate relief or mauy 1 will perish from exposure and starvation. ;Of course, as stated in my despatch, it is im- I possible to .m.-il.o an approximate estimate of j the entire .loss, but it can scarcely fall below ' one hundred and fifty millions of dollars. But, a fraction of this amount can be realised from the insurance. General Sheridan telegraphed to St." Louis to the Military Department there to send a*, once to OhieMgo one hif.dtvd thousand rations." ;' He has <dso telegraphed to O.nulii- lor' two'companies 'of Unl'ed States regulars, and one luiidre I tents. They Will all be here as coon as they can arrive by rail, lie will also order another hundred thousand rations. Al y<>v Mason has issued a proclama tion culling a meeting to-night iv the West Division to sec what citizens cau do for the relief oi tho sufferers. There are at least 10,000 people who know not where they can get enough provisions to satisfy the appeals of hunger. A later rumor from the North Division says that tho devastation is less wide spread than hitherto reported. I hear no deaths reported by the disaster' yet; undoubtedly many havo perished. Cincinnati,, October 9.—The great fire in Chicago monopolises all a'teutiou. Business

is totally suspended. The newspaper bulletins keep people advised of the progress ot the flames.

The extras by the morning papers are eagerly caught up. The great calamity moves every heart. : -' '•-' ' _ ''*;. ,- The citizen's meeting called at the Chamoer of Commerce was largely attended. Mayor Davis presided. Committees oh Transporta tion and Finance were appointed. Subscrip tions and cash payments were at once re ceived. The Chamber of Commerce gave 5000 dollars ; many of the leading Ihirsi girve 1000 dollars each. At -12 o'cWok.-ysS.OUO dollars had'.been,subscribed. : -..--. ..-■'' At half-past "ten Mayor Davis sent by special train throe steam lire engines andall the hose at the command ot tho city, together with the men accessary to man them. New Yoke, October 9.—A shock of earth quake was felt in Delaware and New Jersey this merniug. CHi.a_.Ch>. October lOhh.- The railroads east; and south are sending no trains out. this lore-. nooh.as all the card iv the city-stopping oyer Sunday are consumed. ' The incoming train 4 are all behind time, owing to the fires raging in the woods and prairies. The evening trains will probably start, out on time. Tlie mails at the Post Office being consumed} of course all the accumulation- of mail matters for the day's delivery : has been■. consumed) Tlie mail for stock yards are taken from in coming trains for delivery there. The Water and Gas Works are both de stroyed. Probably for some time the only supply of water will be from LaVe Michigan, i All bridges across the' Chicago river, from Van Bureu-street to-the Lake, have been burned, and the only means of getting from one division to another is by the- tunnels, the entrances to which are badly blocked. The newspaper offices have all, or-nearly all, been sivept out of existence, and their mate, rial destroyed. No papers have been, or will be issued in town to-day. The' Sun office is the only one which has escaped the conflagra tion.

This morning a large uumber of toams have been sent by Messrs. Tucker & Sherman to assist in the removal of such furniture as had been saved from the Sherman House.

Aid was telegraphed for to Milwaukee at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, and a number of fire engines we.reat once sent forward by ex press. The Banks have all been destroyed, except the First National, and the upper part of that is gutted. The vaults however, are intact. :

Hotels in the district from Vau Bureii st.reet to tlie River, - and from the River to the Lake, are all destroyed, and h'.e guests have sought ■ refuge in hotels in other parts of the city.

THE VERT LATEST. A NEW FIRE.

EVIDENTLY TffE WOUK OF INCKNPIARISM

Chicago, Oct. 10—3 p.m.^-Word is just brought that a fire is raging on Thirty-first street. This street.is two miles south of the southern fire limibj.'on the south side, and a little less distance from its limit on the west side. ■■■;■

This has been set-fire for the purpose evidently of destroying the remaining part of the city, occupied by wealthy residents. It is also known that two men caught in the act of firing buildings have been shot, aud two others led oil'with ropes'round their necks.

As the wind is blowing a perfect gale, the end now cannot be foretold.'

FEARFUL SHIPWRECK.

THE CAPTAIN SAVED AFTER BEING ONE HUNDRED AND NINE DAYS ON THE WRECK.

Passengers and crew starved

FEARFUL SUFFERING.

By the arrival of the Nebraska we have re ceived, through the courtesy of Mr. Craig, the following particulars of the wreck of a brig. end the fearful sufferings of the crew and uassengers : — "The. Nebraska arrived at Honolulu at .3 a.m. oil: the 2Lt. of October, 1871, and had fine weather and smooth sea all the way from I\:ew Zealand; a! ILn >iulu she passed the Woivh Wonga iii our berth ready to sail for Fiji .exchanged ncv.vpqws with the Wonga,: and moored longsile the, due', at 7 a.m.,. the Wonga got, off fil" .he s *'*<"* time with. » fair wind Yon i.: _ 21' ii-eh!.. g, d loO'toms of cargo, and by..it c:. , '•..; y2-.\d shipped 500. tons coal.; _U irJB.-m, •' l \ie : 2ml the Moses Taylor nrrivi'r.. li-ivin., lel't Sni Fianciseo on the 11th cf-.;,'.'nr. " :>;.0 ; .r..p-\rte as; follows. AtS3O oe. ', ~.!i1.i ~ «>i O-'yber sighted a sail bearing d..an, v., eh turyed out to be the remains of a ,w-«i:ui>l'oggeil brig; scot.'a boat ! alone side Via charge of the second, officer,; who.(.ported all the bulwarks,except from the foremast.forward, gone, aud the sea washing all over the decks ; Mr, Redstone,- now second officer of the Nebraska, went aloft and found the cross-trees surrounded wi.tli canvas and a quantity of fish in a sack ; when on the ! point .of leaving, to descend, he noticed, an ; object crawl out from under some canvas .spread over the forecastle, and upon tie* scending, tho first words' he heard' were, "My God, am-1 saved!" After calling his crew, and searching for-auy other,survivor, they left the wreck for their 'own! shij3, with, as-it proved, tlie captain of the brig. Afterj receiving every attention; and ;being sufficiently recovered, ho related oho of the most heart-rending ! oases of hardship; and suffering we havo ever heurd of :-r-"'My lvnne is Ludcr Ilopkin, master of the brig Shelehoff, of Sun Francisco.: I left' San Francisco, Juno 23, 1871, with a cargo of lumber, Tor ; .Caliao, | and several passengers for-Navigator .Islands, was wafer-logged in -a-hurricane July 3, lat. 168 N., and long. 117 W.".: *" ..[ ! *// The following vyas taken from a memo; found in a sealed phial : — : " Luder Hopkiu, iritisler,- San' Francisco; jJ. Johnson, mate, Sehlesuig HoTsteifi"";" J. ! McCarty, second mate, PoX Patiiek; Philip I Dunn, steward, bau Francisco : LeFadorej-JPp ; lice,' s.atrian ; Roberto Sicilia,'seaman r Italy ; Mctchel Velago, -seainun, Calabria, Italy; I Andrew Lurss h, seaman, Sweden ; Lima i Lerris Hessen, seaman, Hensburg, Germany. i Passene'. s—CabLi: Ashby 'Crane, SiSnlEriii • ci.-co ; Charles D.ivis, ditto; Charles di\j,six, ! Tub'mger, Germany. [New York papers pi'ease copy.] i.arihldinew l lairde, iiativc()f'Uhai'les r | vide, Department do '.Sardetisw : (France). j Written on board hig Sln-lelioff, iVtohday, \ September 10, iB7l. We have suffered hard j from hunger* a.id thirst. Orew, passengers, 1 and officers beg to send this to San Francisco, California, and publish this iv the papers." ! Iv the Nautio si Almanack were found the I following entries :— I "July—Cyclone, vessel water-logged. .Sep . teinher 6 - Andrew Carssen died. 18thf- • I Lewis Nesse.i died. 22ud—Bart. Clarrcle ! died. 21.t—Oii the wie.k 80 days, 92 days from San Francisco; ho rain; nothing to I eat, : September 29th —We are. on the wreck 189 days. Four (4) dead. Please put this in . the papers. Monday, October 17th —103 days on the wreck. All hands deadl except captain, and one passenger Crane."

Captain Hopkin reports that a barque paasei them sufficiently close for the survi. ors, then alive B—to8 —to make out a lady on board with a red and white shawl. He made all the sigm ho could with pieces of canvas saved by all hands from the foretop, but she took no notice and squared away. After moving to the fore top they steered the ship with ropes while their strength listed, and only came down on deck to catch fish that would be washed on hoard. Crane, the passenger, lived until 24 hours before the Moges Taylor sighted the brig. Caplain Hopkins kept life in by dtinfe. ing his own urine, and had come down to the forecastle the day hefore he was tnkenoff f or the purpose of fishing some bluestojie which "no knew was there, to mis with the ink he had left, tj make poison with v hich to r.aks away his own life if p<£„ >| c . j lg tound himself so weak, however, that he could notr? t back to the point where the remainder of i.ho Bih was.

'The on;y water the crew could save wns by spreading out pieces of sheepskin to collect, the dew at night, and suck the wool every morn, ing. When on board the Moses Taylor'ho would ask if he was really saved; he had dreamt so often of being taken off, that he thought ho was -till dreaming. The bluestone and ink he had ready to take when he awoke from the sleep in which the men of Moses Taylor found him.

POLICE COURT.—Tuesday.

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

Dituxkenness. —Six drunkards were fined, with the usual alternative of imprisonment;

Vag-bakcs..—Ellen Barker, rejoicing in a number of aliases, and Mary McCormack, were charged with having no visible and lawful means of support. They pleaded guilty.— His Worship delivered a severe rebuke, and sentenced McCormack to two mouths' im. prisonment, and her companion to one month, with hard labour.

•'- ThBBATJINING LANGUAGE.—John RosSTTas brought up on warrant, charged by Eliza Price with using threatening language towards her.—Mr. Joy appeared for defendant, and said that he was willing to enter into bonds to keep, the peace. —Bound over for twelve months in his own bond for £20, and two sureties for £10 each.

Bkeach of the Municipal Police Act. —David Lye : was charged with being away from his vehicle so. as. not to have full control of the animal drawing the same.—The offence having been proved; he was fined ten shillings and costs.

B__ACH of Haoboub Regulations.— Solomon Lean, master of the Sunbeam, was charged by Captain Burgess, Chief Harbour master, with neglecting to exhibit-a*'bright light while the vessel was lying at anchor in the port of Auckland. —Defendant"pleaded guilty. —His -Worship expressed his regret that the solicitor, Mr. J. B. Ru.sell, who conducted a similar case lately, was not present.' He must have known that there was no validity in the objection he raised as to the legal power of Captain Burgess to lay an information. He could have only urged the objection through ignorance, or for the purpoe of misleading the magistrates. Every lawyer's clerk in town must be fully aware that the Harbour - master was qualified to take steps to punish offeuders. His Worship quoted from legal authorities, and said that anyone at all could have laid the information. Even one of the boatmen might have done so.—Mr. Russell here entered the Court, and said that he was surprised that His Worship should have attacked him during his absence in the way he had done. Although he, Mr. Russell, had not had the benefit of practice in the English Courts, he considered himself quite competent to conduct any case which mighr, come before the Court of the Resident .Magistrate in this country, and he thought his knowledge of the law quite equal to that of His Worship. He then said that he would argue the matter before the Chief Justice;.—His Worship again urged that Mr. Russell must have known he was laying down bad law, and must have dona so for the express purpose of misleading the justices.—A hot argument ensued between tho Bench and the learned counsel, in which tho Resident Magistrate again expressed strong dissatisfaction at the result of the late cases, and Mr. Russell re-stated his intention of, appealing to the Supreme Court. —some mitigating circumstances were then laid before the Court, and defendant was fined five pounds, and thirty shillings costs.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

THE CALEDONIAN. To the Editor of the Evening Stab.

Sir, —In the interests of the shareholders in tho" above I company, I would wish to draw attention to a resolution pas-ed at a meeting of the directors held yesterday, at which I understand it was decided by them. " That the ' register' shall not bo open to inspection for the "future." Consequent upon which resolu tion, refusals have already been made by the legal*manager,- and that in the face of clauses V.~_and XX. of the "Mining Companies' Limited Liability Act," which distinctly state such " book or books shall at all times be open, iree of charge, for the inspection of creditors or shareholders," find further gives the right to any " past shareholder for a period of three months after he shall have ceased to have been one.'" Without at present entering into the motive which has induced the directors to take such a step, -I would like to know whether such an arbitrary and unjust act is to bo allowed to pass unchallenged by the shareholders, and a statute set aside by » simple resolution of a body of gentlemen. It so, the death knell, will be sounded to mining speculation on the Thames, and a few mono polists wiU reap the exclusive benent of the many thousands which have been invested .by a too confiding pubh«. I would suggest that a meeting of sha. re' holders in the rCaledouian will be held, wita a view to expose the action taken by; tlie directors, and to test the matter in. a Court of law. It is high time something were done to restore public confidence, in not only jM Caledonian mine, but tho field generally. There is scarcely a public company iniWUlOtt tlie law is not, overridden by the acts of those who manage them. I would suggest, m con elusion,.that fa subscription list be opened w defray any expense! attendant upon t-ne ■sftileinenr.Of a question, which, if-alh.wed w pass unchallenged, will deprive us of W* 'little 'confidence.and security .*e may M» hitherto felt in'the legislation' (such as«»J secured to us. —I am, &c, ...... • '£.

THE DIORAMA OF THE AMERI CAN WAR.

This great exposition of the principal even of the great struggle between the.JaggS aud Southern States, was again exhibitea evening, with the customary amount ot cess ; and iv addition to the usual «W» ' a great number of articles of jewellery w» given away to the holders of program"" bearing lucky numbers. I his evening tnw will be. another exhibition, and more press will he.made. A^._-

THE EVENING STAB, AUCKLAND, TUESDAY, fQYEMBE^ 7, 1871



CAMS. Mary Ann Thistle Hand-in-Band ... Fingship Celt Coinstoek Otago ... ■:.. ... Morning Star Conquering Hero . Lowland Lass Brighton ... ..;

£ a. d. DATE. 0 0 3 ... Nov. 7 0 0 6 ... Nov. 10 0 0 6 ... Nov. 13 0 0 G ... Nov. 15 0 0 6 ... Nov .16 0 1 0 ... Nov. 17 .0 1 0 ... Nov. 18 0 2 0 ... Nov. 20 0 0 3 ... Nov. 20 0 0 6 ... Nov. 27 0 2 0 ... Dec. 1



AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &o This Evening, J_*oyal Italian Opera, 8. Diorama of Ameican War, City Hall 8.



"TVTEWS OF TrIE WORLD. Messrs. Rked & Brett, Proprietor of tho " Even ing St kjs," having been appointed sole Agents at Auck land for the "SEWS OF THE WORLD," published in San Francisco, will be prepared to deliver the paper to subscribers in the city immediately after the arrival of the Mail I'oats in harbour. Subscribers in the country will havo their papers forwarded by the first opportunity. Subscriptions, payable in advance, IM. per annum. ff_T 600 copies received by the _.eb_ask:i.