SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 6.11. HIG. H WATE X.—This evening, 6.52. STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING-. Enterprise.

ARRIVALS.

Mary Ellen, schooner, Rawlings, from Mercury Bay Tauranga, schooner, 60 tons, Sel'ars, from tauranga Alarm, cutter, Seymour, from Mongomu.

DEPARTURES.

Phcebo, s.s., 410 tons. H. Worsp, for Southern rorts. Sunbeam, schooner, Lane, for Wangaroa. "Wild Duck, ketch, Branigan, for Kusseu. Hero, s.s., 700 tons, Logan, for Sydney. Celestia, barque, for .Newcastle.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Londok -Beth Shan and Countess of Ivmtore, early. IoUTHEBK PoB T s.-Ph f be, to-day. New Yokk.—Alice, early.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Tfppra s s from Soutbern Ports. City of Auckland, ship, from London. Chile, ship, from London. Ballarat, barque, from London. -Rritnn baraue, from Newcastle. Frowning Beauty, barqtie, from Newcastle. Lady Franklin, barque, from Sydney. Alice, barque, from Lyttelton. , Crest of the Wave, schooner, irom Napier.

Tha S3. Hero took her departure for Sydney and Melbourne 'tliis afternoon. Passengers : For Sydney-Mr. J.H.Boyd, Mrs Boyd, Miss Jamison. Steerage—Messrs. P Louie, J. Duffle, and T. .Connor, ior Mdbbte_e-M-J»M: 0. Fitness, Kirknws, Mitchel, and Porter, Mrs. Porter and Miss Porter. Sieera^-Mes*rs. Cutle, Dans, Frosser, and. .Robinson, Mrs- Robinson and Miss Robinson. . . The schooner Tauranga arrived in harbour this morning from Tauranga, having left there on Tuesday last. She experienced strong westerly winds throughout. Passengers.— Messrs. H. Clark, Wallis, Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Be Thierry and daughter, Mrs. Jones, . find 5. in the steerage. Cargo: —3 tons potatoes, order; 40 packages, Government stores; 27 balea hay. cutter Petrel was lying at Tauranga on lues day last. The steamer Knspier called at lau ranga on Saturday, and left again on Monday for Poverty Bay and tauranga. The- schooner Amateur, Capt. Hughe3, sailed from Tatakaka fr Sydney on the Bth inst., with a full cargo of baulk timber and spars. This, we believe, is the first direct shipment' from'this plv.ee to the Australian colonies. ..._.. ___■ r

COMMERCIAL.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS

The following arc the current calls and divi dends payable, in tk- companies named be low :—

THE MAILS.

Mails will close as under :.- : • v ~.. For Thames, this day, at 5. p.m., and On Monday, 16th instant, *t11.30-a.i_. and 5.3Q p.m." For Wangaroa, per Sunbeam, this day, at.4 Km. For Kapanga, &c., per Laila Kpo:ui, on ->_■ uday, lotn instant, at 1i.30 a.m. j*. . For Wangarei Head?, per Dane o_ EaitiOurgD, on Monday, 16th instant, at 4 p m. •y. j_. ;j;.-\ Ohief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

METCALFiJ-Fissu-i.-Oa October 13, at-the res denceof the bride, i./ the.J^y, J, F. liam Berbcrt, secon/1 son oi t*has. .fas. _uotea.fe, t-sq. TP Ola*. i'nt •-'V.-.-Ohe, Auc-K.itnd, to Wizabetii' second daughter of Al tor Fish..-, -.... , »I._.Ci_.,_ng.> College Uam, &mW™, Auckland. London, and. Bristol papers please copy.

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &C.

This Evensnu-.

Theatre Royal, 8. Excelsior Minstrel?, Prine.. -f Wales, 8 Murray's Great World Circus, 8.

The Evening Star.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance, . For the w -oysg that reeds resistance, ''" For the future in the distance '"_■'..'.' :And the good:that we can do."

The schooner Tauranga arrived from Tau ranga last night, but brings no' news of importance. Te Kooti is reported to have been joined by 100. v/aikatos..

Some energetic and hard-pullin:* indivi duals, inaugurated a rowing club about two years ago, and since that period the society has prospered and gathered moss by rolling. Boats have be': n bought and built, and the rowing men! hqve gained laurels in many ways ' This afternoon, while we are writing, the annua! proce_eion is faking place in inaugura. tion of the rowing season, and the whole of the boats are on, the water. The afternoon. is remarkably fine,' «_nd there can be no doubt but .the' affair will prove a complete success.

Moralists say I hat two wrongs do not con stitute a rip-lit, although two negatives do not make an uffirinalive. A charge of perjury was heard the;<. ther day, at; the Police-office, and dismissed on account of the evidence being in sufficient, to support a conviction. The then defendant thereupon turned on his prosecutor, and .s.ummp.nsed him to answer to a similar charge.''* Beatification of public morality may, possibly, arise from this peculiar transaction, but it really seeuiß- to us that the matter would have been better left alone. It is ill to stir muddy water.'-;: f •■•'*-'' ■ ''■

"We hear thntr.the Lieutenant of No. 1 Company Auckland Naval Volunteers has presented a very handsome gold star for com petition among the men. The star is. being maiUifacturc-d by Mr. Howden, and, from the desigu, we should say it will bo a most hand some prize. The "liberality which has been displayed generally by the Voh_nieer officers of late ; in presenting prizes to be shot for, is a very: healthy-sign; and cannot be! too highly commended. 1_ Captain Peek will preach to-morrow evening in the Edwavdes-atreeb Ohurcli;; A collection wißbejnade on behalf of the Mission Building

The high reputation Olson's tomato sauce has obtained as a household condiment, has brought many inferior articles into the market The public are therefore, warned not to be im posed upon with rubbish, but ask for Olson s genuine tomato sauce, aud see that hw name is on the bottle. "To Mr. Hans Olson.- Dear Sir— By some mistake a bottle ot your tomato sauce was put away in ray house, ami remained uncorked for upwards ot twelve months. The same bottle of sauce waß utter wards used at my o,*h table, and I found it was equally as good as when first made.— !- W. Boonin, wholesale and retail grocer, -'»> Queen-street, Auckland."—[Ax>v_ J

We understand that some time during next week a new entertainment will be broug.it before the public iv the shape of a inagiiiueeiit and effective diorama, in which, by the aid ot machinery, a " Balloon Ascent." will be re presented", also a storm at sea, with all its characteristic phenomena, and a variety ot other beautiful views.

The proprietor of the Occidental Restaurant, advertises that it will be re-open on Monday under new auspices.

LECTURES AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

Perhaps we should be glad to learn that this fine building, which has cost so much in its erection, and which now remains a monument of departed greatness, and raises its noble front in protest against the wrongs of Auckland, is being utilised

in the cause of literature and science. A series of lectures has been instituted, and for so far has been attended with great success. But there is a. peculiar .feature in these leciures to which we regret wo cannot lend our countenance, aud are compelled by a sense of public duty to draw attention to the clanger that may be brewing in our midst. When we say that the lecturer and the audience consist exclusively of ladies, and that our noble sex is excluded with a rigour rivalling the policy of the ancient nation of Ama- we have unveiled but half tho peril, j.ut there is an effort made to surround the proceedings with the proi'ouiidest mystery, that is ominous of danger to public safety. At the lecture yesterday afternoon, liis Lordship the Bishop of Auckland rode up to the door and claimed admittance, but was gently yet (irmly refused. • ."'• ow, Dr. Cowie is one of the m ..st harmless of men, and if precepts were being inculcated within such as could not with safety be com mitted to Ins ears, we fear they are of suoii ■ revolutionary character as to de mand -.ie interference of the guardians of social order. At the meeting yesterday, wideii was held in the large ball-room, the audien;*e numbered about a hundred.

As i very large proportion of these were voting aud pretty, we might almost Crust "their' dear kind little heirts thai they will not tolerate anything absolutely d< St met ire of US, for they cannot help ii dug u--. say what the lecturers may. i.vi is they will possibly, by and by, be come our wires, it is impossible to >*j what dangerous principles they uiaj imbibe .-r.in these hleusiman mys leries. or in what

form these

principles may evolve themselves dur 'nig some of those inevitable storms that disturb the serenity of domestic life. At tiie lecture which was delivered at the same place a fortnight since, the subject discussed was " J he Ma a aud the Mb.ikey." Where a secret is entrusted to a hundred ladies, it is, perhaps, not to be wondered at that we have obtained a digest of the fair lecturer's arguments. W c learn that she established conclusively that man is related to the monkey, but that woman is not. _md the princip 1 argu ment adduced was that the arms and lower limbs of the lords of creation being rugged and hirsute, after the fashion of the inferior animal i'a question, con clusively established the relationship. Kow we hold that such principles are revolutionary. If it is admitted that ladies are of our own flesh and flood, and they continue by our side, we have |no objection to take our stand.among the .'qnadiumaea., and even perch on trees. But separated from then* ne shall never be; and to admit that, because nature neglected to give the finishing polish to our faces aud our limbs, but left there the marks of rugged strength, we therefore behmg to a different and inferior race. To that we shall never consent. Never ! never! never! We have a vivid con sciousness of the disadvantages under which we labour by the side of ladies. Our beard is a deform ity, and- we-: garden! them when they set their faces against it. We bemoan as much as they tan the rough and shaggy hide that clothes our arms, and shoulders., and our rugged chest, and would give worlds could we couvert.it to the smoothness and' the fairness of ala baster, and the softness of velvet; but then our hearts throb fondly when those rugged arms hug the darlings to our manly bosom. Ami tp say that we are monkeys! We are overcome with emotion, but that is overcome with alarm —nay, horror, that so dangerous principles should be in stilled into the minds of the lovely objects of our adoration, who should be the partners of our joys and sorrows. Last evening the lecture was on " The Stars." We shouldn't wonder if the teaching is intended to reverse the obit doctrines of Koslem tiieolof>y, and man is represented as faking the place of the lovely houris of Oriental poesy, and ex cluded i\,v ever from the gates of paradise We learn that he hand of authority has been exercised in excluding the new j school of philosophers from (iovernrnoni ! House, hot indeed because of tlie pestilent doctrines enunciated, but be cause the fair philosophers in re- ; tiring cannot withhold their bauds from : the flowers blooming in tlie grounds; attached. Put we cannot expect, that tlie j new light is to be thus arbitrarily j 'quenched, and we .--hall keep our readers j aware of the further, doings of tho fair | enquirers. ... - - j

EXCELSIOR MINSTRELS.

Tnis clever party of musicians liaya taken their departure for the South. Last ov< nihg they performed al, the Pri ice of W^les Theatre, in front of a e-owded iui die.:.- -. We are. sorry. I.lutt ,lu-je engage/acids in the Southern Provinces b'aijc prevented Ihe'ii from making a longer stay here; b:f. we hope to see thoiu:again. . ■ '

Leavenworth, Kansas, is said to "boast of a man who is so tall that his likeness cannot bo got into one picture; A local...artist -has painted his head and shoulders, and announces jfchat he will be continued next week.

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

NO. XLIIf

I observes that my particular friend Monsieur VI ore I has worked his way as far a? Wellington, where he is advertis ing the great cures effected by him in Auckland andWauganui. The " Cures" of this city were certainly affected by him to a considerable degree, and many of them are anxiousi}7- looking for his return. It is a great pity that tho Provincial Government can'!; take more care of their property. 1 am told that a box of books a-1 dressed to the Provincial Council Library was left on the wharf all one uij»ht last week, and during a very heavy downpour of rain. I understand that they were a donation from the Auckland and I)rury Alliance, consisting of teetotal pamphlets, temperance anthems, and hymns on the wine of Cana, by J — G-r—in, lectures on abstinence by Os —d L—s, and telling denunciations of the present drinking customs by the great Id —r. The person in charge apparently thought, that, being so strongly impregnated with the i watery element, a little rain more or less would not hurt them, and so they re mained >v the wharf all through the night to spoil. There will no doubt lie a com mittee of enquiry on the subject when trie L.'ounei] meets, for tho members have thus been debarred of much light and pleasant reading—suitable especially for Bellamy's. I really wish the expense, of winding up companies wa""& not so great. 1 would do this sort of thiug by contract for half the money. Besides, i. consider it, altogether unfair upon the unfortunate shareholder that he should bear ail the loss. Why not let shareholders and creditors suffer alike? Make the one pay half the debts, and the other accept half. This would be _; good plan, and would prevent much oP the wholesale credit now given, for trades men know they will get back the whole of their money in the long run, with a very good percentage added. But there is no piiy for the unfortunate shareholder —he must pay up : aye, even to the last farthing. I have just had a bill sent in to me for something like .£SO, when I am ready to fake my affidavit that I don't owe more than £5. Mosv the expense:, have run up is more than 1 can say.

Of course Dick was at the Rowing Uiub dinner the oilier night. Whether tho meal agreed with him or not is mure than I can fell ; but the next morning 1 heard him remark that he never saw such a hungry lot of fellows in his life as these rowing chaps—and he thought they must be going into training for Ihe Inter-provincial boat race. He also said (uid this T can't easily behove) (hat they looked much more at thmr east; than when they appeared ill their grand amateur performance at the Prince Wales, when, for the mus! part, the mini of every one of them was concentrated upon hi?! toes loan alarming degree. The dinner was got up in C «'s best style, and with iiuiie of your French and Prussian gewgaws and jaw-breaking names. There were some splendidly gl -ssy eels, just taken from the mouth of the sewer, where they had buried them selves deep iv the mud, in anticipation of the coming feast; several pounds of tripe and chittlings, and a number of Swede turnips and blue peas. After the meal was ended, the convivialities flew fast and furious, and 13. and D. distin guished themselves quite as much as upon the occasion of the Great Amateur Per formance, only in auother way. it had been intended that a grand i recession of boats should take place before dinner; hut, in consequence of the weather being slightly cold,- and tlie wind making tlie water rough, this highly-edif, ing ceremony was postponed until aft r the dinner, when a large tub was bro *ght iu*k) tlie room, placed upon the table, and filled with P punch. Into this tlie procession of boats, with the different crews, was placed, and was a most excit ing spectacle. Ultimutely the boats cap sized, and the crews were thrown out, wli'-n they found that the only way to extrieat • .h'.urue'ves from their difficulties w;vs to |ut themselves outside of the liquor in which they floated, which tiiey very "-"''on did, apparently to their own intense satifactioni leaving the bats high and dry, '■■-bile they were wet inside and

We occasionally bear of strange vaga ries on the part of various Highway Boards. Dick has lately been busily employed in examining the reports and balance sheets of .these great an 1 flourish ing institutions, lie pays that they are ill I dreadfully orderly excepting that of \'j •— ng c, wjiere there is a most d--light■■ul disregard lor going into par ticulars, for there is a sum of £292 put down for wiiat Pdo you think. Why for sundries. bather a modest sort of an item truly. How many glorious little suppers does not this scene present to our wondering vision—how many nice little (lickings to the parties concerned in the way of repairs to back-yards, drains, and.other little private jobs, which we are sure the ratepayers would be only too do lighted to discharge for the poor hard working trustees. Dick says he shall take a walk as far as M — ng—e next week, and see if he cau learn any particu lars about this sum.

I was rather amused at what tod*k place at a meeting of the Harbour Hoard on Tuesday,last Messrs. T- gs and Mac— dy. known to fame as city councillors, were having a " wire-in" on the subject of tho clerk's leave of absence, when up rose

:- ea£ (Vdmiral .C—-,—■y to his feet, and pro tested against the importation into that i).>ardofanysuchconductas thatv. hioh was wont to happen at the City .Board. They won hi try to keep themselves respectable, halving a dignity to keep .up ; and tho big member in question, if he wanted to strip off and light, had better wait until the next meeting of the Town Council, when they could "have it out" under the auspices of the Mayor, who had lately giye/i his patronage to many other equally harmless forms of recreation. Of course l here was a great laugh at this-; and as a ,i ; ni that there was no bad feeling in tho mJ'tt-T, J—n C-p—d sent over for a collide of bottles of p.b., which effectually soothed all irritated feelings, und sent the reporters to sleep. At the Hoard of Kducation the*-other day, an application was received from a school-master asking that two of his scholars might be assisted at the rate of threepence a week caoh—grand total, six pence a week—as their parents were too

poor to pay for their-education. After a long discussion, the Board was going to postpone the motion, on account ot' its immense importance to the country, when B —bbleand B —rst with a sudden magnanimity declared that if the thing was not settled at once, every member of tho Board then sitting would stultify himself, with which I perfectly I agree. So the motion was adopted, 13—;bble and B—rst remarking that the applicant was a great goose, that he hadn't asked for a shilling a week for each of the pupils, instead of threepence, if he had the application would have been granted at once; with which I again perfectly agree. Moral : Don't be too modest; in a community like this it don't wash. They seem to be having very lively times of it at the Pijis. To say nothing of the sickness which occurs there in the natural course of things, there is a good deal of physical sickness, brought on by the use of tho pistol, club, and bowie knife. To any per son about to emigrate to that highly flourishing little country, I can conscien tiously recommend, as a sure specific iv all such emergencies, a strong dose of Sniggerson's Anaconda of Rifle Blossom, to bo purchased only from the inventor, Nathaniel Beeswing.

NEWTON SUNDAY SCHOOL BUILDING.

"THE PEW AND THE PULPIT." Mr. G. M. Reed delivered a lecture on the above subject last evening, in the Rooms of tho Youug Men's Christian Association. There was a very large attendance, due, no doubt, to the triple influence of I lie benevolent object of tho lecturo, the ability of the lecturer, and fine weather. The subject is susceptible of varied treatment, which is sus tained by its universal application to social manners. Mr. Heed confined his attention to "The Pew and the Pulpit" as they nro Bt.rtti —to use his own expression—"by ordinary eyes." lie dismissed, as altogether beside his purpose, the influence of pulpit fesaching, the active propagandism of association, or the contagion of merely exuberant pietism, except iv so much as could bo gleaned from what people sometimes call the "aesthe tics of dress." The young gentleman in Church, twirling tht? ends of his mou tache, and in perpetual irritation by his shirt cellar; the young lady with the newest hmnct, and so arrayed, "that even .Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of tbc-o," were pleasant pictures. The portraits were very complete. Then there were Ihe people who go to Church " because their neighbours go," " because it is respect able," " for the sake of the children," " to set a good example," or any other reason but the right. These are, of conr-e, the occupants of tho news, who would not like the pews to be seen oaipty on the Sabbath. Of course, the advantages of religious association and co operation to individual elm racier received a justtribulo of acknowledgment. There was much diversity of illustration, which sustained the intereat and gave something of skilful development to tho treatment. Next came the minister. It will not need to be told that the majority of ministers are excel lent men, or that there are amon<£ them "black sheep." Their education cause's them to be sensitive, and their dependence to be helpless. Their humiliations were described, we doubt not, with a thorough knowledge o! the subject hi their visitations they are the objects of jealousy ; in their remonstrances they arc told they know nothing of this world or its business ; their salary is unpaid, and if they press for it they are told the,! are mer cenary, and " should have faith." A passage in this part of the lecturo illustrates very felicitously the general manner. " But," says the lecturer, "the butcher comes to the minister with his monthly bill for meat, and should the minister svy that he " should have faith," 'he butcher will reply that the minister, above all men, " should be honest." This very apt illustra tion elicited very loud applause. There was au impressive peroration directed to the ser vices which the pulpit has rendered, not to religion only, but to morality and general knowledge. The 'ecfuivr . was loudly ap plauded at the e.mclu-i.in of his discourse, and received a cordial vote of thanks. The meet ing concluded with the benediction by the Rbv. Mr. Brce, who occupied tho chair. — Herald. ,'"■

OHINEMURI.

1M PO RT ANT DKTIfiR MI NATION OF

THE NA LIVE OWNERS

THE COUNTRY IS TO BE OPENED FOB

GOLD-IKD PURPOSKS

[frou on. OWN cohbesponden't.]

October 12, 1871. SINCi: tho date of my last, despatch; Mr. Piickoy has carried the mail on foot as far as fh6 usual " bailing up " gvound. flic natives who are opposing the mail route told him he could not pass, and he returned.

It is understood that consent was given in .oiiio way, that the mail and telegraph line should bo taken round by the East Coast and lTikutaia—a placo about sixteen miles east, of Shortland. This courso will be about the worst line of route that cotdd have been chosen ; it is much longer than tho route by the To Babe Gome, more exposed, and much moro expensive. There has some good to tho public arisen out of all this. The owners of the fee simple wore not the people opposing the opening of the country, and whatever bus arisen between them, the Native Agent for- tho G ovornmenfc (Mr. E. W. Pltckel),1 and Mr.' Mac-ay, the natives have determined to throw open the country for gold digging. There is, therefore, now no longer a reason for keeping this country closed. Lf tho Government does not consent, the natives will g-'unt prospecting permits,—a, course allowed by law, under the Goldlields Act Amendment Act, 18158. I li.aya no doubt that the J.'reas will i|j this case, as it docs in so many others, do good work for the public and tho minors. '} his country is ri«h in gold ; it is rich in agricultural land ; the native owners are not alone willing, but anxious, to opoa it. Let us see now what the Govern ment will do. -.■;..

Mr. Pitekey and Mr. Miickay left, here'yes day,,and the.determination has boon arrived at'since they left—Herald.' ' ~ . ' '.[

CIRCUS.

OoNßi__!T_>"_ the style of perronlKtlMS which have boon given by Mr. Murray's Circus Company, and the 'foot that last evening's en tortaiumont was givon by that company as a benefit for the hid who was unfortunately injured by one of the horses, wo should have certainly thought tho pavilion would have been filled. It was far otherwise, however, and a most oxoellent programme was per formed in front of almost empty benches. This evening another performance is to be given, whioh we hope to see better attended.

THE MAIL.

CHILD-MURDER- BY A L4DY, AND SOICIDE OF THE ACCUSED. Tub most profound sensation lias been produced throughout the county of Hereford by a. report that Miss Fanny (loss, the sister of the rector of Kingsland, in that county, had murdered a child to which she had given birth, and on being accused of the offence hud committed suicide, in her own bedroom. These facts are unfortunately too true. It appears that on the 11th instant James Merrick, the' gardener at tho rectory, dis covered tho dead b'idy of ti full.grown .infant child in a drain connected with a water closet which he hud a few days bo fore been requested by Miss Gross to " lime," but. which he had declined to do, as the-closet drain debouched into the river, and the limo would kill tho fish. Merrick communicated the fact of finding the body to the rector, the Rev. W. Gloss, aud also to the police,, and on the following day an inquest was held upon tho body by Mr. H. Moore, tlie coroner for that part of the county of Hereford. The evidence went to show that the child had been murdered, a string being tied tightly round its throat. The inquest was then adjourn..l to the 2St.h inst., to giro the police time i o make inquiries with the view of fixing th_ maternity of the chili!, and the consequence was that a strict watch was kept, on tho inmates of the house, and tho coroner, from what had come to his knowledge, thought proper to direct that the females connected with tlie establishment should all undergo a medical examination to satisfy the demand of justice that no one of them had recently given birth to a child. The medical gentlemen who received the coroner's precept to perform the duty were Mr. Barnett, of Leominster, and Mr. Cbattaway, of Kings land, and on Saturday last these gentlemen visited the rectory just in time to prevent Miss Goss taking her leave for Barrow-in- Furness, whither she was going for tho benefit of change of air. Miss Gross was apprised by tlie police, as she was going to the railway-station with her brother, that she must return, and submit herself lo tho examination of Drs. Barnett and Chat taw ay. .Sho returned to the rectory (her brother j proceeding on by rail to Hereford, to see tlie bishop of tho diocese), but she deelinod to allow herself to be communicated with until her brother's return from Hereford in tlie evening, and she therefore locked herself up in her bedroom. Messrs. Barnett and Cbatta way first communiuated with Miss Goss through the medium of Mary Price, the mad, but -Miss Goss refused to see them. Alter waiting for a time Mr. Cbattaway proceeded to Miss Goss's bedroom door, and begged her to lose no time in removing this foul blot from her name, but she still declined to sco them until the return of her brother, which she said would be by the three o'clock train. They therefore proceeded to the garden, about which they walked for some time, awaiting the return of the rector. While doing so they heard Miss Goss crying in her bedroom, " Oh, dear, what, shall I do?" They became alarmed, and returned to the house, and asked the servant if she knew whether any poison was kept in the house, and the reply they got was that Miss Goss was in hysterics, i'liey then tried to get, a bidder to obtain admission through Miss Goss's bedroom window, but while tle-y were d dug co Mr. Cbattaway discovered a way through the rector's bedroom, which enabled him to go into the room occu; ied by Miss G-oss. Hot hud no sooner done so than he cried out to J Mr. Harnett, "For God's sake come up,! suicide has been committed V They entered; the room, and found Miss Goss lying a rossff tho bed with her left arm awfully sororeai«| ftiUf places, and a basin containing the! enormous quantity of ninety ounces of bloody besides what saturated the bed. She had' inflicted the wounds wiffi one of her Oro.therjffl razors, and tho determined nature of the actjj muy be inferred frjm the fact that, in onef instance, nob only the flush and blood-vessels I but the muscles above the elbow of the leff arm were completely severed, unci death mimes have followed in the course of seven or eight) minutes. Au exa -,':i:i!i .n of the body left uo doubd whatever lit it Miss Goss had given birth tm tlie child limit i >n the lith in the drain, ancrji that she bad delivered herself without anj assistance whatever. Tho inquest on tho body commenced .at :> if o'clock on August 22, and did not terminal* before seven on the s:imc evening. The ovilf dene." was voluminous, and that of mo gill Price and a widow named Bray, who alteodel : Miss Goss while she was ill iv bed after bel confinement, was of such a character that.l par-son of ordinary information must have bu«| peeled that something wrong had been done;, Slid they both protested that they hadno susj pici m whatever that Miss Goss had give! j birth to a child. f f The testimony of Mr. .Cbattaway went als^ to show th.it some days after tA. birth must have taken place, Miss Goss consulted hitm j and complained to him of some uterine dil arrangements, for which ho reeoinmended till bracing air of -Barrow-in-Furness.- -'• $■ In reply to Mr. Gwillirn, of Hereford, whf | watched the inquiry on the part of tho rela tives of the deceased, Messrs. Barnett anl Cbattaway said that from the dreadful stall 1 of distress in which she appeared while the* - wore waiting in the garden for the ra|u_ l'n c the rector, they were of opinion that her rjsJ son hud become so upset that she was scarcely answorablo for her own actions. They di£ not think that any woman in a sound slate 1 1 mind could have done as deceased had. In the first instance, the jury after somV _, Considerable deliberation, returned a verdicj I of concealment of birth ; and, in the second, tht. •"' Miss Goss committed suicide while labouvJb.l under temporary insanity. They a'so adde| _.' that they absolved the rector from tiny kuowl ledge that, his sister badgi^evi birth to a chilcf and desired to sympathise with him in hfe'^ deep distress of mind. fry

SHARE MARKET.

Ma. J. M. Luxnox's Befoul. ~-There was _ panicin the share market this morning; holders wore anxious to realise upon Caledo nian stock ; there were few buyers. My sales comprise --Caledonian,£los to £100; Thames, £20, closing. Buyers: Caledonian,' £l0*>; Thames, £20' 10s, closing. Seders: Caledonian, £■05 ; Thames, £22. Tho market closed with an upward,, tendency''iu Caledoniafl and Thames stocks. . ~ . ■ Mr. Saunukbs reports sales this nay :~ Caledonian, £100 to£lo2 10s, closing,'buyers, *1C0 ; Tokatoa,92s 6d to 93s 6d j lhames, £20 10s, buyers at that price. , - - Mr Martin Shoi_ reports as follows :— Calodoni.ni declined to £100-buye« at close. Thames sold at ii2o ; Albion, £o 15s; Bal larat and Rising Sun, 9s 6d ; Prde of lo k,Uea,3s 6d to 4s; Poep-o'-day j>* 6d ;Tm verness, 20s; Junction, 255, calLP'ud. J_,.n ciuiry for Coromandel interests. Messus. Scott and Co.'s BrfOßT.—lhore is a considerable decline in fcading, stock. ■Caledonian changed hands as lof m 4.98, a.iew at £100, closing sellers £105,: Ihanies 120. Buyers : Waitemata, 20s ; Pr^e of lokatea, 3s 6d; Multum-in-Parvo, 13s Day Dawn, ss, in request. j ... . .

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAY

[PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ]

THE CALEDONIAN.-7602 OZS FOR THE MONTH.

ANOTHER ACCIDENT TO THE

MACHINERY

MO AN ATA 1 ttl CRUSH 1N G,

SHOOTING-STAR.—SPECIMENS

THE SHARE MARKET,

Gn.__.UAiV[STOWN, 3 p.m. The Caledonian have lodged 7(302 ozs. of melted gold for the month. Shares are offering at £100 ; few buy era. The Gfolden Crown tributers have obtained 63 ounces for the fortnight. The City of Edinburgh, Tararn, have crushed 80 tons, aud the return is only 13 _ ounces. A crushing of 10 tons for the Wind sor Castle yielded 13 ounces. The Shooting Star have taken out 15 lbs. of good specimens during last night. The Moanatairi have completed their crushing for the fortnight, and the return is 281 ounces retorted gold. The City of Dunedin have 100 ozs. gold from the fortnight's crushing with. 10 heads of stamps at Russell's Battery. The reef now averages 5 feet, and the yield is about an ounce to the ton ; gold worth about £3 an ounce. Next week 20 stamps will be started on the stuff. 3.30 p.m. The Nonpareil have got 447 ouuees from the plates from nine days' crush ing at the hattery. The parcel of quartz from the Nau tilus yielded 27 ounces. Tho fortnightly yield of the Caledo nian is -GIL ounces of gold. Shares have declined to £90.

THE CALEDONIAN.—MINE MANAGER'S REPORT.

The following is a copy of a telegram received from the manager:— " 9.29 a.m. " Repaired ])lumber-blocks, and started at 10 last night. Grot out water, but. at 5 this morning the main shaft of the engine broke. ;\ShaU bring it to Auckland'to-niglife. J^User is here, and has been at the mine. Must have a larger shaft. No change in the winze or stopes." ■ a *

UNKNOWN

._X'i3 4CT ti? YX_A.!*o?n_.4'v{-. MjiNlf-Li IpUQ.'.-^T. ■1, ■.;..-.- %)|.!«f Perfmi_ft. 1:7..- - i( .'.- --■:7.:. 1 . I. WlSt*l'OW# *001353^^ 0 _*. ?. *£ Sib,— -As i.'Vee th&t, you have by a para- I graph in youf'Widely circulated paper a few j days ago, encouraged the idea of getting up a I subscription among those who are interested ] for the future pivjpeiity of Ouehunga. and I the Auckland province, in order to assist! Captain Symonds to have a shaft sunk on'his j land at Muddy Creek, so as to prove that i there is coal in sulflcient quantity to make it i payable, in order to have a company formed, I shall esteem ifc as a personal favoured I (Captain Symonds being an old and much i respected friend), if you will contradict the : statement that is being circulated and be.litjved by some, that-the specimen of ooal which was shown to thj Deputy-Superihteu dent as got from Mudijy Creek, was "picked up on the edge of the'sea, aud was probably washed up from a stealer." Now this idea is simply ridiculous ! (oat must sink,, unless' ■ bunrt to a cinder it Could never have been washed up to tho shot.. I n a few days I trhst the public will be convinced that Captain Symonds had unsubstantial reason, for saying that there was pal on his properly, as; ho has sent down '[party of _ix monio explore the place, withl scientific gentleman at their head, but not be|g" overburdened with

riches he will require and must seek assist from friends to defray tho necessary exn an°c and I trust many will be found to aid C?' tbio undertaking. —I am, &.._ ln A* Om> Chuji.

POLICE COURT.-Saturday.

Pru^ken>-es3. —Two persons were punigi, j iv the usual manner for second offences Breach 0? Vagkant Act.—Thom as j a . alias Thomas Boyle, having been p^vecl to h a.'habitual drunkard, was ordeljH iB imprisoned for one month. 7\ c I'ek.iuuy.—George Spray waF charge by John Crosbie with having, 0 a th 10th of October, committed \ilf u l . I corrupt perjury in a case tried U fore the Resident Magistrate.-Mr. Hesketh'" appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. _l__ for the defence.—As counsal were not p.? pared to go on with the case, the hearing of it was postponed until Thursday, defendant being admitted to bail—himself in £200 anrf two sureties in £100 each. '

THE RESURRECTION MEN.

Everyone familiar with the churches of central and southern Scotland must have observed, a small square building of great strength, and entirely destitute 0 f window?., erected against the wall, and generally very near tiie gate of the church yard. Such buildings are by no means universal, indeed iv some districts they ar« altogether unknown, but occasionally I it is difficult to find a graveyard without them. In those portions of Fife and Edinburgh shires adjoining the Frith of Forth they ar? especially common. There the dwellings of the dead are usually placed (dose to the sea, and at a consider ahle distance from the habitations of the iiring The manse.it is true, sometimes orerlooks the burial ground, but beyond this no other house occurs for two or three hundred yards—the peculiar abhorrence villi which the "quick" too often regard flic dead, preventing anyone from buildioff in the immediate vicinity of" God's-acre.7 It is quite possible, however, that a stranger, ignorant of the customs and folk-lore of the country, might visit all the Fife graveyards and omit to notice the buildings in question uniess his attention was specially directed to them. But, if this were done, and if he were further informed of tho ghastly purposes to which j they at one time had but been put, it is unlikely that their recollection would pass easily from his memory. Built during the old " body-snatching" period, these erections were simply charnel houses*.,, their great strength being intended as a I safeguard against the attacks of the resurrection men —those ghouls of science who desecrated the abodes of dead in the interests of living humanity. At that time it was the almost universal custom, prior to depositing a dead body in the -1 grave, to interne the coffin containing it in one of these houses for several weeks, and thus render the deceased quite; valueless as an anatomical '•subject.'" A'ui this, for all those at least who were averse that their friends should be "cut out by tho doctors," was by no means an unnecessary precaution, Before the pass- - ing of the*lnsurrectionist and Anatomy Act in 183 i, body-snatching was pursued -, with wonderful avidity throughout the entire country, but particularly on the sea coist near Edinburgh. Indeed for a time it became a thriving and even a lucrative | profession. The study of anatomy add . surgery, which was then being pursued in | the great medical schools of Edinburgh with surpassihg zeal, necessitated a con stant supply of fresh "subjects," and the demand ultimately became so great that three, four, five, and even in certain cases, as high a3 eight and ten guineas, was paid for a single body. The resurrec tionists had their prices very often at their I own matting, and we accordingly read in 1 the memoirs of Sir Astley Cooper, the famous English surgeon, that at the open-1 ing or" a large medical school in London, a " snatcher" received no smaller a sum than £144 on a single evening for a dozen subjects with which he had supplied his M employers. This ghastly traffic naturally became the occasion of many curious adventures. M The robbing of churchyards was resented 9 by every class of the population with a . degree of passion which can only be understood when we recollect the feelings, not merely of abstract veneration, but of M deep lore and longing tenderness with which all civilised peoples' regard their I dead kindred.thosewhosejoys andsorrons hare been aforetime a; part of their very nature. But in spite of"the danger to I I which they exposed themselves, the greed ;of i gain was so strong on the part, of the' 'thieves that the nefarious calling was j pursued under all kinds of difficulties, A [and in the face of an opposition of almost funheard-ol virulence. "In his recent i" Life of Knox, the" Anatomist," Dr. iiiOndsdaie supplies the following interest-' | jing sketch of these worthies:-—"The'.' »res urreehonists personified drysalters* ■• \ jjpork-curerSj purveyors of animals for . I Imuseums, even apple-dealers and blacking* § .makers. Nothing was too base for them Itodo. Their countenances betrayedasinis-, j iter expression and their dress, ahvays 1 shabby, neither resembled the artisan nor I the lowest class of tradesman; they were 'nondescripts in person as they were in character." The .usual mode" of their. procedure on arriving at a graveyard w&*' L to ascertain whether they might cayry o^'j their operations iv perfect safety. This point settled, they then approached^6 grave—always a newly made one—and the position of which had been carefully surveyed beforehand—and cleared a^B? tire earth from the head of the coffin. As soqu as a foot of the upp^r end of the, !vi had been laid bare, a strong crowbar >• is inserted beneath it, and it reewveda rillent wrench upwards. This uhally ciuiMHl the wood which, was held dova.by t':-' earth pressing on the rest'of itf fur la. - .osuap asunder, and the broken piece Miffs thenipulled out, the head and,Uoul ders A the corpse were exposed Wx^^jO These w_re at once seized, the. befeyf** drawn from its resting-place stripped ot | its swathing clothes—which were thrown "*' back into tlie empty coffin—and placed ro a sack. The grave was next filled; witlr m the soil, aud the " snatchers," carrying on . ? their plunder completed the job. Soex* • pert did re.ssurectionsts become with Jong . practice that it has been estimated that in the hands of a couple of adroit workmen,a gtiave might easily be rifled of its occu pant in fifteen or twenty minutes. , j j Among (he more grotesque stories tow of the period is one which has torus scene the Fife coast of the Frith of fror^ In the winter of 1823-4 a small smacs.

THE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1871.



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