SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 6.3. iILG-H WATEH.—This evening, 11.33.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Enterprise, 5 o'clock.

ARRIVAL.

Ivanhoe, schooner, 70 tons, McGregor, from Mongo nui.

DEPARTURES.

Nebraska, p.s., Harding, from Honolulu. Alice Cameron, barque, 376 tons, Carter, for Sydney.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.—Beth Shan and Countess, ot *-ini,uio, B « v . NaSier.— S.ar of the south, Saturday. BuUTHern Ports. -Wellington, s.s., about 9th. Fxjis.—Merlin, Seagull, to-day , t . IZ^r%SC&T ; Mary Eliza, to-day Waxganui.—St. Kilda, Tuesday. asSS!

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, s.s., from Sydney. P'xsbe s s , from Southern Ports. "feera s s., from Southern Ports. Nevada, ps-.frolll Honolulu. City of Auckland, shir, from London. Chile, ship, from London. Eallarat, barque, from London. Novelty, barque, from Sydney" . . Briton, t> .rque, from .Newcastle. ■_ Frowning Beauty, i'arque, from Newcastle. Ltdr Franklin, barque, from .Sydney. Flirt, schooner, from Napier. Crest of the Wave, schooner, from Napier.

EXPORTS.

Per Aline Cameron, for Sydney:—l case, H. M. Jervis; 6 quarter-casks brandy, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 1 box, Cruicksbank, Smart and Co.; 1 case plants, Henderson and Mac farlane; 189 bales flax, J. R. Roberts; 21 empty cases, Bank of New Zealand ; 20 bundles empty bags, Jakins and Wilcox; 2 bal^s fungus, Henderson and Macfarlane, agents.

The Mary Eliza, will sail positively for Kai para to-morrow. The barque Alice Cameron, Captain Carter, took her departure for Sydney this morning. Passen-jero :—Messrs. G.Mills, H. R. Lawrj, E. J Dudgeon, P. Barrett, W. Cummings, J. Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll. The p.s. Nebraska left for Honolulu at 11 o'clock on Eriday morning. The following is a correct list of passengers:—First Class: Mr. J. T. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. F. Baker and two children, Mr. Usher, Messrs. W. Peter, W. A. Ogg, B. J. Cooke, A. Classom, Jas. Carven, W. S. Pillans, Mr. and Mrs. R. Bose, B. G. Skinner, 0. Wood, J. T. Mac kelvie, R. Farmer, Mrs. Logan, D. Nathan, Mrs. Barnard. Second Class: Mr. W. Forest, Mr. and Mrs, Jaspar, Messrs. Pero berton, Cameron, Goodwyn, J. Maitland, Mr. and Mrs. D. McKenzie. 'Ihird Class: Mrs. Weeks and two children, Mr. E. M. Donough, Mr. J. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey ani child, Messrs. John Berdie, Secor, Molinet, Mcßae. Cary, O'Brien, Smith, Williams, Manuel, Thompson, Gh-imaldi (2), Woods, Thomson, Francis, O. Box, Hinigan, Mr. and Mrs. Warwick and three children, Messrs. P. Gasside, C. F. Flowery Dennis, Coughlan, Danl. Hederman, H. Binns, J. Robert, Jos. Phillips, Mrs. Holdsworth and three children, Otto, Dufour, Key. Mr. Smales, Mr. C. Blackmore. . .

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Friday afternoon.

Messrs. B. Tonts and Co sold at their marl, to-day, 100 cases oranges, ex Nebraska, fo; 8s 4d per casa. Messrs. C. Arthur and S<m held a. sale of fruit (ex Nebraska) at their mart to day. Th< following were the prices realieed:' oranges, 8s to 8s 4d; ditto, naval, lls 9d ; mandarins, 16s 6d ; pine apples, 9a 6d per dozen.' Messrs. S. Cochrane and Son sold at their mart, to-day, a quantity of household furniture. There was a good attendance, and the follow ing are some of the quotations; —Sewing machine (Whe«-ler and, Wilson's), £915bj do (Grover and Baker's), £7; carpets, 3s to 5* per yard; horsehair, Had to Is per lb. ; chests of drawers, £3 to £4 10s; couch, £3, 15s; cane chairs, lls ; iron bedsteads, £2 to £3 ; stove, £3 15s j piano, £12.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS

The following are the current calls and divi dends payable in tW companies named be low:-^ "" '■' > ____' CALKS. Golden Harp • ~ 0 2 ...'Get. 6 Coronet , 0;! 2 0 :,. Oct. 7 ' Conquering jlero... "00 3 ... Oct. 11 Venus .v:';..;. ' ... 0 3 0 ... Oct. 14 Bright Smile 0 i.Y'O.'l 0 ... Oct. 14 Lowland Lass ... 0 0 6 ... , Oct. 14/ West Coast ..;;..'■ i;o'-l 0 ... ; Oct. 14 Scandinavian ' ... « 0 0 3 ... Oct. 18 s Waitemat* 0 1 0 ..-.' Oct. 18' Lincoln < astle .•;'. 0' I 0- ... Oct. 20 J3ird-in-Hand ...: 0 10 ... Oct. 20 Crown Prince ... 0 0 4 ' ..; Oct. 21 ' Thames Gas Co. ... •■' o:'2 6 ... Nov. 2

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c. This Evening.

Regatta Club, at Thames Hotel, at 7 30. Lecture, Stf the V.M.C.A. Booms, at 7-30. Excelsior Minstrels, Prince of Wales, 8. Gourlay Family, Theatre Royal, 8.

THE MAILS.

Mail 3 wBl close as under: For Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m.* and to-morrow,

at 10.30 a.m. For Fiji, per Merlin, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. , For Mahurangi, Warkworth, Matakana, etc., per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Newcastle, N.S.W., per Camilla, to-morrow, at

11 a m. For Napier and Gisborne, per Star of the South to-morrow,; at 1 p.m. Late letters ■ and telegrams for transmission from the Napier station will be received at this office till 1.30 p.m. For Wangariui, per St. Kilda, to-morrow, at noon. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the "Wanganui station will be received till 12.30, and at Oneimnga till 1.30 p.m. For Wanparei, &c, per Duke of Edinburgh, on Mon-

day, 9th instant, at 1 p.m. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces, per s.s. Wellington, immediately after arrival of p.s. Nevada, from Honolulu. - . For the Australian Colonies, per Nevada, six hours after her arrival.

S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star.

" For the cause that lacks assistance, 1 For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, .. And the good that we can do." :

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1871.

The- charges of libel preferred ~by Messrs* Taylo^ and Beid against the proprietors of thia journal, founded on the " Letter from Dick," will be heard in the Police Court to-morrow morning. .•.:;:.-; ■..•:■.;. ,/.;■■ .!. -.:.- '-n;

A very great temporary improvement is. being effected in. the locality of the embouchure of the far-famed Queen-street sewer, which Trill not only tend greatly to comfort the olfactory nervti of (bent yrho have bnaintii in

that savoury district, but will give greater convenience to the smalloraft which lie at the Cu-tom h-.us.'-Btr.»et wharf. A passage has been opened underneath the hither end of the u.ain wiiuri, which allows the tide to flow through, and accordingly does much towards flushing tile sewer, and a contract has been laken to open a wide passage from the end ot Ihe drain as far as low water mark, and keep it clear for six months. Besides this, all the accumulated rubbish on the beach is to be cleared off, and, by this greater depth of water will be obtained, and greater facilities th.ua given to shipping The work has been com menced, and is being carried on with energy, so that in a short time we may hope to be able to visit the wharf withont suffering from the intolerable nuisance to which we have hitherto been subjected. ■■- • — --

Those who pray

" Oh wad some Power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as ithers see us,

had better call on Mr. John L. Davies, who has just opened a very ™'~e photographic gallery iv the comer building of Victoria and Queen-streets. Mr. Davies, we believe, can " gie" that " giftie,V and propose3'pn moderate terms to enable oar fellow citizens'to form an idea of the impressions conveyed to others by their personal appearance. Mr. Davies will have able competitors in the field, but he has gob a gallery peculiarly well adapted for his purpose, besides waiting-rooma, coinforinble. and even elegant, an:l all the other accessions to success. Besides which, he and his partner have evidently that skill in sun-painting which will produce results that will, we have no doubt, command success.

We hear that the members of the Parnell Road Board have come forward and offered to make every amend within their power, and as compensation, for the injury suffered by the lady who was the subject of the late 'bus accident. The offers have been accepted in a friendly and generous spirit. It appears thut the accident was caused by the negligence of the contractor, who left the heap of broken metil on the road tide, and, iv some measure, by the driver, who was, at the time, on his wrong side.

Accidents have frequently occurred at crossings of the various transverse stieets, and foot-passengers are continually in danger of their lives through the reckless driving of vehicles round the corners. If some provi sion could be made which would compel drivers and riders to proceed at a walking pace in those localities all this would be avoided. Such a measure has, for many years, been adopted iii Melbourne with great success } and as the traffic in the main street of Auckland is now very great, some such measures appear necessary in this city to ensure public safety.

> It will be gratifying to those of our citizens who delight in sweet sounds to learn that to morrow evening, under the auspices of his Worship the Mayor, a musical treat will be afforded'in the Albert Barrack, reserve. By arrangements made, the Auckland Staff Corp Volunteer Band, weath.tr permitting, will pirform from 3 to 5 p.m. ; and all classes are invited to attend; no charge made.' The following is a copy of the programme which has been issued :—Grand March (PeaYson) ; Overture, " Bijou" (Adams) ; Quadrille, "Zurich" (D'Albert) ; Fantasia, "Echoes of the night" (Riviere) ; Waltz, " Italian 3 mquet" (Riviere) ; Mazurka, " Emily " (Ford)-; Galop, *'City of Auckland" . (Malli-1 bond) V" God save the Queen."

It is not generally known that there is in oui- midst .one .of those skilful mechanicians wliose time arid talents have' been devoted to r.he preparation of paraphia-nalia for the alle vi^'ion of physical ailments. Surgical ap pliances, and aids to the relief of broken or contorted limbs, require ingenuity of a pecu liar kind and much study. On a visit which wej paid to the factory of Mr. Mason, in Durham-street, we found that clever artizan busily engaged on several of these peculiar works of skill, and tire "style in which t'ley were being constructed showed him to be a workman of no common capacity. Besides these more elaborate works, we saw several large sets of lignum vitse balls for the game of bowls, which had been turned cut in a manner which would do credit to any manufactory.

We would recommend all those /who, deaire to live" within the limits of the law to take notice of the coming in force, in the city, of the Municipal by-laws. The time Bpecifled foripublication has expired, and from yester day onward we are under the new legislation. It be seen that the subjects affected by the clawes of the 13th schedule of the Corporation Act, as adopted by the Council,-are numerous rind comprehensive ; and to Ihose likely to be more immediately affected, a perusal of the schedule would be beneficial.

The excitement of .the great Tichborne. case is being fanned into a blaze in Australia bj anecdotes and discoveries of all kinds and (iegrejes.;; /Everybody' who mew anything of Lhej claimant during his sojourn in the colony rushes into print to furnish everybody else with, the information 5 and if it be true that the; legal agents of the litigating parties have been sent to this colony to collect further in formation, there is no fear of their going back empty-handed. The last,piece of intelligence came from Wagga Wagga. The very identical pocket-book of Castro, alias Sir Roger Tich borne, has been brought upon the scene for the delectation of the curious. The news was hardly made public before there was a scramble for the book between tho agents of the contestants. One of these offers a reward for tbd.hookjifiit provesivaraableas evidence ; whilst the other threatens an action if the book is not given up

I ) The eighth lecture of the series at present being delivered before the . Young . Men's Christian Association, will be given this even ing, in the 1 Rooms, Wellesley-streefcj by the Rev. C. M. Nelson. Subject: " A Few Days In and About Jerusalemi'V .; ■■•;

A serious occurrence took place in Short land this morning* at.the place well;known as Butt's Corner." A mob of cattle, amongst which were two very refractory bullocks, were being driven along Grey-street, on their way to the slaughter-yards of the Messrs. Banks, having been landed this morning from the steamer Star of the South. At Butt's Corner several persons were s^ajidjng, and as the cattle got there the stonk driver's hat was blown off. A bystander known as " Scotty," an elderly man, went to pickup his hat,when on© of the bullocks, which had previously given considerable trouble, rushed him,; and tossed himi to^/o.onßider4blo- height.: The infuriated beast made a second rush at the unfortunate man, but was with diificulr-y 'driven off. Immediate assistance was ren dered, and surgical examination disclosed that the man's thigh was broken"and his body was severely bruised, besides which the bullock's horns had penetrated the poor man's body and inflicted serious wounds. The injured man, who followed the calling of a fisherman, was immediately conveyed to the Hospital by his iknsMp.—Tliameß Star, October 5.

Shaking Hahds.—A, good story cornea, from America of a': man'wjbjb, Q-uildenste'm, pressed too near Macready, who was playing Hamlet. Remonstrances had no effect, and at length he came so very close that Macready said, " What, sir, you would not shake hands with Hamlet, would you ?" "I don't know," said tile other, " I do with my own President." r - -. • - .".

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN

No. xli

Bbavo GYeighton ! I admire your pluck. Go in by all me.ms to reduce the expen diture of the country it's the only way to prevent heavy taxation being imposed upon the people;. And, besides, why shouldn't you try and defeat the Ministry on a Government question, for there would then be a capital chance for you. and you know you do not often neglect such. But I really am surprised that your motion to reduce the estimates by £50,000 was lost, because I am informed that if it had. been carried it was fully 'intended to have set this sum apart for division among the members at the end of the session, for purchasing the Speaker a; new gown and wig, and for giving the entire House a big spread before breaking up for the holidays. I particularly regret the motion being lost, as, if carried, it would have formed an excellent precedent of which, as I shall probably be in the House next session, 1 should most cer tainly have taken advantage.

What's all this noise about the express vans ? Is not that van as good as any other van, and is not an express man as good as any other man, hey? I ask the question in consequence, of a curious de bate that took place in the Borough Council the other day, when the fares of the express vans were fixed at consider ably less than the fares of other vehicles, particularly of drays. Mr. Hadkin, the coach-builder, presented a petition, signed by no less than nineteen hundred of the express men of Auckland, who objected to any reduction of fares whatever, being perfectly convinced that that was a matter which no one could settle so. well as themselves. " Why," said Mr. Hadkin, " should these unfortunate men charge less to their customers than the drayrmn Is it because they tnke their passengers and deliver their goods quicker ? People always have to pay for rapidity of travel ling, and as the express trains charged more than the ordinary trains, so ou^ht the express vans to charge more than the common dray.—Mr. Takelieedy opposed the motion violently, and said it was most unfair for the rich and opulent express driver to earn two shillings while the uoor hard working carter was earning five. He was in a torrent of indignation, and proposed forthwith that all express vans be abolished, and handcarts be sub stituted—they travelled fast enough for most people. At all events he knew they did for him. He did not beliove in this go-ahead system, and he should like to see every express-man compelled not to exceed two miles an hour —that was quite fast enough. All this discussion came to the ears of the express-men, and in a body they " interviewed" the noble Knight who had opposed them, at the "Star and Garter," Albert-street. They found him sighing deeply over a severe dose of L.L , whiclt had been pre scribed for him, and which he was swal lowing with many bitter faces. They rated him soundly on his past conduct on their account, and the fiery little spokes man, pointing to the long line of expresses which were drawn up in the centre ol the street, asked now he would like to be an express-man. To which he exclaimed, "Heaven forbid," looking at the same time with pious horror at the go-ahead vehicles. The horses heurd the exclama tion, and rushed in a.body into the back parlour, and declared their intention of staying and drinking all the beer on the premises unless the gallant Knight would promise to withdraw his objection. Tli'S he at length did, after receiving a severe fright. To show there was no animosity, on their part, and, as a proof of it, the express-meu called for a gallon of L.L , which they told the attendant to put down to the gallant knight's account. But while they were drinking off tho double L.: a cart loaded with hay turned the corner about a mile off, and the whole nineteen hundred horses aud express vans made a general stampede in pursuit, and the last I saw of them they were passing near the Titirangi ranges, n ith theirdrivers in full pursuit, evidently bent upon making a rapid excursion to the Kdipara rail way to judge of the value of express trains for themselves.

Poses plastiques are, nb doubt, very agreeable sorts of things in their proper places, so are figures, of statuary. JJut that is no reason why,' when I go down Queen-street, the figure of a lining youth should suddenly be thrust out longitudi nally at the risk of my life and limb. It is a pretty si-;htto see the active boy hold ing on to a vtrandah post with his h^ndn, and his legs thrown.', out gracefully at right angles towards the shutters, and within an inch of the pedestrian's nose ; but as I don't consider such gentle exer cise at all conducive to the health of the public generally, and as, moreover, the, agile boy referred to is apt to get a severe rush of blood to % the head,,l should like to see the little game stopped.' I grieve to say that thY chief offenders are con nected, with that powerful lever the Press —that is to, say they, are the run-boys of the a.TAW pleasantly diverting, themselves after the labours,^!' ,the,day. Such plea sures are, -ao.doubt, harmless, when viewed from a-distance, but unless an inquest ista be: held' on my body in a short time, I say, "stop it!•' [. ■;

Dick is all impatience for the"-opening of the new ride range at Mount Eden, for he; means to go in for a slap at the Mayor's cup, anchspme of the other prizes which are to be shot for on the opening day. For the iast few days he has been busily engaged cleaning up the old duck gun, which served him in such good stead at the pigeon match. I have told him he 1 will not be allovced to use this gun upon the occasion, but he only laughs signifi cantly; and says, " We'll see.". He says he's a particular friend of tile Mayor's, and that His Worship has given him per mission to use this gun if the other Volun teers have no objection." " You see;'dad, with, a rifle I couidn't hit a cart fifty yards off, but I mean to put six or seven builets into old Bess when'l fire for these'prizes, ; and it'll be very strange, if I don't.hit something." Very strange indeed, and 1 certainly advise all my friends, ,to ke,ep out! of the' way on that auspicious occasion. I'FvC the: last week or so he has; peen out; every morning to Vj'ouat jiden^ and I belijeve dn two occasions he weut into the crater and succeeded ip hitting the side iof the mountain therefrom. . It'will;thus, be ieen that he is getting on in his prac tice! ; but he uses.a good deal of Holloway's ointment to his right shoulder over night.

The Town Council have determined to put a stop to that abominable custom o' snv>]diig. My frien I »ra—rt, in his place in the Council on Monday, moved that uo one should be ai lowed to suck a pipe o chew a weed outside, or inside of any public or private carriage; inside or out side of any public or private dwelling, in the public streets, on the wharf, on the water, or in or at any place whatever, under a penalty of having to send up a caso of the very best havannahs to Mr. Sm—rt's private residence in P —rn—ll. Now I myself never pollute my mouth with tobacco, still I was very glad to observe that my friend the Mayor did not believe in this sort of thing, very properly believing that every man had a right to annoy his neighbour if he thought proper to do so—and to show his own independence, he immediately sent out for a box of mild Pickwicks, which every man in the Couucil pounced upon. When 1 left Mr. Sm.—t was sucking two at a time. I am glad to see we are to have a cattle show very shortly in the Albert Barracks. 1 believe the principal exhibitor will be Gherkins, who has promised the loan of his stuffed mummies, double-headed calf, seventeen-legged pigs, and other curiosi ties for the occasion. Nathaniel Bbeswing.

SUPREME COURT. — CIVIL SITTINGS.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6.

[Bofore His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight' Chief Justice, and a Special Jury.] I-Irs Ho NO a. took his seat on the Bench at 10 o'clock.

NEES V. CORCOBAN AND — Mr. MacCormick for the plaintiff; Mr. Hesketh for the defendant Corcoran, and Mr. Rees for the defendant Seccornbe. —The case for the defendantß was opened this morning. The iinswer to the action, and to the evidence ol the plaintiff, was a denial of all the material allegations. As on the two previous d.iys, the examinations »vere extremely 'protracted.— Air. Brookfitdd, solicitor, who hud the profes sional conduct of some of the dealings between the parti s, was the first witness called. Hi ■jiive a very different version of what transpired from that given by the plaintiff. Ue sui that Corcoran consulted him in rospect to the purchase of the Tairua saw-mill Witness said it was too large a transac tion for him, as he knew nothing about a saw mill. Mr. Nees was mentioned as m Derson capable of managing the mill, and upon tho suggestions ot both Corcoran anc' Npcs, an agrecmeut wus made by which N"ees was to be manager of the mill at £4 a week, notice of threa month* to be given on < ither sidi', Ne»:s to havf power to eng-ige and dismiss workmen In snswer to v question ho* it wij that the name of Nees wa* to the promissory note, the witness said that Corcoran promised Nefis an interest in tho mill when he could raisi the money. Nees then said, "If that b< there should bo no objection to my name being on the notes." [ I'he ease was proceed iiig when our reporter left.]

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.—FRIDAY.

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

The usual weekly sitting for the recovery of small del>t3 was held thia morning. Uni} undefended cases wt-r.; taken. The lollowiug business was disposed of:— Judgment fok Plaintiffs. —Sharp v. Orr, £2 5i ; New Zfalauo. liank v. Mellsopp, £8 15-* sd. Aljouhnbo.—Giles v. Barr, claim £3 10s l.^d. —The Court rose at 11 o'clock.

POLICE COURT.—FRIDAY.

[Before S. Kempthorne and T. B. Kenderdine, Esijs., Justices.]

Drunk and Disouderlt. —Duncan Mac farlane, for being riotous when drunk, was lived 20s. and costs, with the alternative of forty-eight houra imprisonment, with hard labour.

Indecent Expostjek.—Patrick Fennell and Anne Hamilton pleaded not guilty of com mining this offence in Victoria-street at three o'clock this morning.—Evidence having been taken, tlie Benoli acquitted the man, but sentenced the woman to one month's im prisonment, with hard labour. Bkeacii of Meuchant Shipping Act.— Charles Baker, charged by the master of the brig Rita with being absent without leave, was discharged, as there was no appearance of the prosecutor. ABSooNDiNajEOii Bail. —Andre wCrombie, who was on bail pending the hearing of a charge against him for stealing a weighing machine, was charged- by his surety with attempting to abscond from bail. Ho pleaded , not guilty, and was de fended by Mr. Joy. The surety gave his reasons lor his suspicion thut prisoner was about to abscond ; and in reply to Mr. Joy, said that he was protected to the extent of hi 3 Lond.—Detective Ternahan deposed tint he had heard reports which had led himlo believe prisoner waa about to abscond — Frank iledgers, prisoner's other boudsimn, said that he believed the rumours to be ultn-ly unfounded. The Bench decided that the evidence was insufficient to warrant then in releasing the bondsmen, and therefore gave prisoner his liberty. Breaches ov the Municipal Policf Act. —William Jennings was fined ten soilings and coals, for allowing a cow toatray in Uuioii street —lienry Watts was charged wLh ob structing the public footpath, by placing goods on it, at the corner of Queen and Grey Btreets.—Mr. Beveridge appeared for defen dant.—Constable Waduian deposed tbat on the 4th instant, he found defen lant unpicking a large crate on the footpath, and was engaged at it for more than half an hour. Cross examination showed that no obstruoton was in reality ' earned, except by earning the contents into the shop. The crate cmld not be got into the. shop, and only projected a few inches on to the pathway. — A. C Carr, on behalf of defendant, deposed that the street in that place was the widest in Auciland, and no obstruction was caused. The irate mea sured about, forty feet.—Other evidence to the same effect was given, and in considera tion of all the circumstances of the case, it waa dismissed. : : .'<..-.■■

NEiG-HUOrjus' Quarrel. —Mary Hefforman, accused by Harriet l<aulkner of using abusive language towards her, and therefore creating a tendency to cause a breach of ..lie peace, pleaded not guilty.—- ft'lr. Brock appeared for complainant, and Mr. Beveridgefordefendmt. —Tne Court strongly advised the belligemits to make up the quarrel, but as this see:ned impossible tlie case was proceeded wiih.— l'roseeutrix detailed the circumstances o.' the grk-vauo.j complained of, and her son, a little boy nine years ot age, corroborated her/lepo eition. —Defendant maid complainant lml an noyed her in various ways, and her clildreu had. been in the. Jubifc of calling her james, besides troubling1 her in other respects.— A sou of ■defendant etated that ooinplainiut com

mencerl the proceedings which gave rise to the present action, by app'ying annoying epithet's to his mother.—Defend ant was ord.-r.3d to find two sureties in £10 each, l-o keep the peace for three moinh^, ond t& pay the costs.

EXCELSIOR MINSTRELS.

Ihis clever party of gentlemen gave anotr* l' of their excellent entertainments at the Pji'nce of Wales Theatre last evoning. We wer« glad to see that the house was well filled, and looked unusually brilliant in consequence of the greater portion of the front rank of tie upper circle being occupied by the cadets of the Auckland College, whose vert tuiics looked quite gay and gave a different app.'ar ance to the locality from what it generally presents. The programme was a Tariedone, and vocal and instrumental music was iiter spersod in a judicious manner with well executed dances and comicalities of many kinds. The proceedings of the evening were concluded by a kind of comic opera called " Hash." This, it is] utterly impossible to describe properly, unless wo gave a column to it. Suffice it to say thtt it was an OUa pod>'ida x in which the many gems of song appeared and were skilfnlly mingled into a savoury whole by the assistance of well-contrived dialogue, and acting of no mean character. This stew is, in itself, w»rth the whole money paid for the privilege of admission, and it, as wall aa the other armir able proceedings of this company ought o be seen and heard by all before the departure of the Minstrels by the Wellington next veek.

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE

AT THE MINOKATT HOTEL, ONEBUNGrA.

A shocking attempt at suicidewas made this morning by a man named Atkinson, staying at the Manukau Hftel. We have received the following fran our cor respondent : —Samuel Atkinsjn, a shoe maker, arrived at Jlaipara, & the above hotel, on Saturday last, interring to have gone to Wangarei per steaner St. Kifda. vbout noon to-day he entered Mr. Mc-venzies (Mrs. Williaason's father) •ed-room, in which was i double-barrel loaded with small shot, which he discharged into his left ade, the charge passing entirely throughais clothing, and Inflicting a rugged woifld about eight) inches long and two md a-half broad. ['he covering of the inte tines was exposed out not wounded. I appears he was suffering from deliriun tremens when he arrived at the hotel on Saturday last, ;ind which appears to.iave been the cause •A' the rash act. Dr. J. It. .Nicholson was quickly in attendance, and after careful.y dressing die wound, had the man removed to tin Provincial Hospital

THE ACCIDENT AT PARNELL.

>N the principle d audi alterant partem, .ye offer a word on the other aspect of the subject to wkk-h we referred in yes terday's issue. We do not defend the Parneli iiighwaj Board, nor any person, but while sincerely sympathising with the sufferers, who, at least are blameless, whoever may jo censurable; we think that we should llirow all the light we can on the subject. In the first place, the bus was we an informed, proceeding on the wr<-ng sideof the road, and on its proper suie sone twenty feet of roadway, without climbng over the heap of stones. In the next place, there has been some twenty-twi' similar heaps of stones on the same road, We are aware il may be said ths makes the offence twenty two times/corse, but it should certainly have induced great caution on the part of drivers, tnd especially of those who, tra velling ip and down the road every few hours in the day, must be acquainted with the stale of the streets, 'i he heap had beentlwre for a fortnight, and only about three yards in extent t>y about fifteen or sixteer inches in height remained, the whole of the metal, saving this, having been spread, and the spreading of this small portion being only preveated by nightfall. Again, the stones were about two iundred feet from a public lamp, the only one in the district, and was, we are infomed, sufficiently discernible by this ligbo, to say nothing of the lights ut' the bus, which, if they were not burning, should have been. As coisiderable feeling has been excited against the Parneli Board in connection roth this unfortunate accident, and as we hive helped ourselves in piling on the mony, we feel it right to say this much .br the Board: The members have put iheir hands in their pockets and advanced £80 to carry on the works for the public; and, if anyone had been Killed, the mem bers would have been severally indicted for manslaughter, and as it is, are per sonally liable, we presume, for the legal consequences of the position of the un lucky heap of stones. Sue^i responsibility, must, of course, be the penalty for the acceptance of public position of trust, aud it is ruht that it should be so. But when we see the effect that these, and similar occurrences, may have in deterring the best of our people from accepting public trust, we should certainly feel disposed to moderate our condemnation. i

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THE THAMES.

THIS DAY.

[FBOM OUE OWN COKRESPOJiTDENT.]

TOOKEY'S, LOWE'S, AND THE BRIG-HT PMILE CRUSHINGS.

gMULTUM Ifl PABVO—SPECI-

MENS,

G-EAHAMSTOWN, 3 p.m. The Multum-in-Parvo have taken out 80 lbs. specimens from the new leader. Long Drive have lodged 41 ozs. The G-olden Age crushing gave 1 oz; to the ton;

Dixon's Jtfo. 1 wire tramway broke while sending stone to the battery.

Tookey's (Lowe's tribute) and Bright Smile are crushing. Kellv's will finish crushing to-night.

Timothy Donovan was charged at the Police Court this morning, with obtaining money under false pretences, by selling gold amalgam to A. Bruce. The de fendant received £5 for the amalgam, which was supposed to be worth double the amount. It was found afterwards to be only worth 2d. 3 as it contained nothing but quicksilver. The case was dismissed.

THE CALEDONIAN.—MINE MANAGER'S REPORT.

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

" 9.28 a.m

" Water has gone down in the cham ber since yesterday morning 3| feet. The engine has been working steadily. Everything in good order. Have com menced work in No. 1 winze and pump. Men are opening out in No. 2- winze. There is a little gold in both winzes The reef in stopes is gradually getting smaller, but the quality is still the same."

VOLUNTEERS OF THE DISTRICT

The following statement of the strength oi the Volunteer force in the Auckland District aa corrected to the Ist of September ult., will we think be of general interest. Since thai date a very considerable increase has beei. made in several companies. The list, it wil be observed, does nor. include the Volunteer* of the other districts of the province, but onlj those of the " Auckland District." VoiTTNTBEBS. Auckland Troop, Horse ... ... 27 Prince Alfred Troop... ... ... 35 Otahuhu Troop ... ... ... 30 Howick Troop ... ... ... 32 Artillery Company ... ... ... 62 Engineer Company ... ... ... 61 Rifle Brigade 204 No. 1 Company, A.R.V 65 N -.. 5 Company, A.R.V 82 Hobson Company 32 Scottish Company ... ... ... 40 No. 1 Company N avals ... ... 56 No. 2 Company Navals ... ... 46 Onehunga Kifle Volunteers... ... 8a Otahuhu ilifle Volunteers ... ... 69 Total ... ... ... 923 Cadets. Eifle Brigade Cadets ... ... 80 Auckland College 32 Auckland Grammar School... ... 91 Blue School 50 No. 1 Company, A.R.V 40 No. 5 Company, A.R.V. .. .... 40 Artillery Cadet Company 43 No. 1 Company Navate ... ... 7 Total 373 Total Volunteers and Cadets ... 1296

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We are not responsible forour Correspondents' opinions.]

To the Editor of the Evening Stab,

SIE, —Permit me, through your columus, to draw the attention of my neighbours to the following clauses of " The Dog Nuisance Ace," which, they are doubtless aware, is in opera tion in this district, viz.

Clause 13. Any person who shall permit any bull dog, or mastiff, or a mongrel of either of the same, or any other dog which shall be knowi> to be dangerous, or to have bitten or injured any .person, or uny cattle, or other property; (whether such dog shall have a "dog ticket!^ affixed to him or not), to go at large withu.i*j| a muzzle securely fixed upon the mouth of every such : dog, so as to prevent the same from biting or injuring any person or any cabtle, or other property, shall,forfeit and pay for every such offeuco any auru not exceeding 40s, and any such dog so at large may be forthwith seized and killed by any constable.

. • Clause 14. If any dog shall ou uny highway or on any unenclosed place, rush at or attack any person or auy cattle, whereby the life or limbs of any person shall be endangered, or any cattle or other property injured, the owner of such dog shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding £5, without prejudice to any claim for the damage done by such dog.

Clause 16. Any constable neglecting to seize or destroy any dog as hereinbefore provi ded, shall forfeitand puy any sum not exceeding forty shillings. Through the nou-observance of the terms of the foregoing clauses by the owners of certain dogs in"this district, I have recently had a valuable dog. that T would not have lost on any account, torn to pieces in a shocking manner. Surely we avo furth'6l' advanced as a community than to require dogs of a formid able and ferocious nature either for amuse ment or protection, and I trust that my neigh bours) Will tsike this friendly hint, and thus prevent others from sustaining a misfortune similar to mine.—l am, &0., . !

T. I<ewis- Pevouport, North Slioi'e, October 5,3871

Information is requested by gazette con cerning William Henry Faice, 37 years old, andj unmarried, dark' complexion, blaok h>iir, Bailed from Liverpool, and formerly resided at Miehelmersh ,near JRomsey, in .^iajup ebive, served in the Marine Artillery, and bought his discharge; last heard of at New Plymouth in 1865.

SHARE MARKET.

Me. J. 11. Lennox's Kepobt.—The share market is unusually dull. There are several buyer) of Caledonian and Thames ptockj but few sellers. My sales comprise—Caledonian £115; Thames, £23 10s. Closing buyers-i Caledonian, £117 10s; Thames, £23 \q 3 Closing sellers—Caledonian, £120 ; Thames' £24 10s; Tonkey, £28 ; Tokatea, 955 ; All Nations, £5 15s;

THE GOURLAYS.

The Eoyal was well attended last night, anij a varied entertainment gone through with great success by the family of the G-ourlay», Among other things the famous basket trick was performed with grVat cleverness, and the audience dispersed, after" having- sent sir unusually pleasant evening.

MURRAY'S CIRCUS.

The pavilion is being erected, and the firit performance under the new arrangements will be given to-morrow evening, if the weather be propitious. We trust the Company will meet with better success than attended their last efforts to entertain the public, which resulted unfortunately in so much less, by reaaon of the unprecedentedly stormy weather;

A DREADFUL TRAGEDY.

Ok 3rd .August Mr. James Nimmo, lately 8 well-known news-agent, residing at Glasgow poisoned with prussic acid three of hiß children named respectively Christiana, aged fiy e ; James, aged three and a half; and Ham aged a year and a half; and afterwards com« mitted suicide by swallowing a portion of the same deadly drug. The unhappy parent had also attempted to administer a dose of the poison to Blair, his eldest son, aged seven years, but only partially succeeded, and the boy is now recovering.

RECREATIONS.—By D. M.

No. I.

JL CHAPTEB OF BLUUDEBS AND MISTAKES,

,\n absurd little error Which occurred in a (elegram the other day, and which nearly ..jave me a four hours' journey for nothing, *et me to recalling various kinds of blunders and mistakes I have come across 'ither in reading or experience; and aa iome of these are curious, I shall present a few to the reader.

The telegraph does such magical work for us day by day that its errors are apt to be forgotten in our admiration of its celerity and general accuracy. "Yet, when the wires are affected by storms or its clerks by carelessness, the '* telegraph makes dreadful blunders. There •ire firms in Glasgow that could furnish any number of illustrations. In one case, the mere misplacing of a point was like to have embroiled two companies in a law suit. The case was this : The message vya^ sen —"You can have the hundred pieces ufc sixteen and nine. Thoasand , aaore at same xate." As delivered \tM London it read—"You can have the hundred pieces at sixteen, and nine thousand more at same rate," —on which understanding, or misunderstanding, the goods were ordered. At a meeting of the Liverpool Chamber 1 of Commerce, Mr. Horsfall, M.P., com plaining of the irregularity and in correctness with which telegrams were transmitted then (matters are improved ■iow) to and from India, instanced a message sent to one gentleman in Calcutta , >"o inform him that his wife [in England] jj had presented him "with a fine daughter." The message informed him instead, that his wife had presented him " with live daughters." lv another case, a husband anxiously awaiting news of an interesting event at home, received, per wire, the staggering announcement, —"Your wife had a fine box this morning !" Another gentleman who had ordered his gig to await him at the station, was understood from the tolegram to require the attendance of his c pig! The following story was told me by a clergyman in Philadelphia. A preacher who had accepted a call to a pastoral charge in a Western State, was prevented from starting on the day appointed by < reason of the want of a quorum to proceed' ; with his ordination. A telegram was accordingly despatched to the deacons —"Presbytery lacked a quorum to ordain." Before these words reached their destination they had got themselves - twisted into the following extraordinary shape:—" Presbytery tacked a worm on to Adam." The deacons, on receipt of this : message, were utterly bamboozled—could make nothing of it; but, after long con- ; imitation, came to the conclusion that their new minister had got married, and that' ~„ this was his facetious way of making them aware of it. They accordingly took the supposed hinf. and provided lodgings for' two instead of one. -V •'^Reverting to punctuation —the point with which we started —it is a moral lesson on the power of " littles," to'notice _f how completely the alteration of thex*> smallest punctuating n.<ark may change the sense of a whole passage. Recently, in an auctioneer's list, the misplacing of a little hyphen Introduced, _■•, amongst the articles for sale, " 20001 camels' hair-brushes" —an item that ought . ■ to have been interesting to Mr. Darwin.. : An American paper reported, on one, : occasion, the capture, in mid-channel, or | j '• a large man-eating shark." Another — paper, copying the paragraph, but lew careful about the punctuation, reported that " a large man, eating shark, was captured in mid-channel." It is well that Heaven knows where commas are wanting, or the poor soldiers scrap to his wife, "May Heaven cherish and keep you from yours affectionately John D ," might have led to unwished for consequences. y In the report of Convocation (June «O»,Jj;; 1861), a little error in punctuation, along.fi with a slip in grammar, caused the--, deliverance of one bishop to appear in me .: following startling form:— M -His -conten tion (said the report) was that there 1 was nothing in the Mosaic statements; < which were at variance with the dis coveries of modem science." What he meant of course was, not (h&t there was nothing in the Mosaic statements, but that in ■ the Mosaic statements there was., nothing at variance with science. As an illustration of the power ot a comma to control, and, when shifted, to utterly reverse the meaning of a sentence, thefollowing story is told :— lv Kaniessa, there dwelt a prior of great liberality, who, j

THE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1871.



Last evening a bycicle race took place between Mr. Qeorgo Johnson, of Australia, and Mr. Moss Brown, ,of Auckland. The Australian threw out'the challenge, which was promptly taken up by Brown, and the race was run for £5 a-side, and resulted in a victory for Auckland. The course was from Ponsonby Road toll bar to the Queen-street wharf. Johnson took the lead, and kept it till reaching the Army aucl Navy Hotel, when Brown put on a spurt, and collared his opponent, but at Dyson's Johnson again got the lead. He did not however retain it long, for Brown again dashed, to the front, and won the race by about forty yards. . The anniversary services in connection with the Wellesley-street Baptist Chapel will bu held on Sunday next. The usual annual tea, meeting will take place on the.following Tuesday. . , The high reputation Olson's tomato eauce lias obtained as a household" condiment, has brought many inferior articles into the market The public art 3 therefore warned not to be im posed upon with rubbish, but ask for Olson's genuine tomato sauoo, and sea that his -name is on the bottle. "To Mr. Hans Olson.— Dear Sir,—By s^iie mistake a bottle of .your tomato sauce was put away in my house, and regained uncorked for upwards of twelve inohtlis. The same bottle of sauce was after wards used at my own table, and I found it was equally as good a3 when-first made-r-T. W..poonin, wholesale and retail grocer, 218, Qupen-street, Aucklaud." —[Advt.] i'"': ■