SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 7.5. •HIGH WATER.—This evening, 8.30,

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Enterprise, 6 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Go-ahead, s.s., Doile, from "Waitara. Flirt, schooner, McKenzie, from Lyttelton.

DEPARTURES.

St. Kilda, s.s., Flowerday, for Wangamii. Clyde, schooner, Anderson, for Wangarei.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.-Countess of Kintore. early. Southern Ports.—Phoebe, s.s., early. Sydney.—Nevada, early.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Albion, s.s., from Sydney. Hero, s.s., from Sydney. Nevada, p.s., from Honolulu. Napier, s.s., from Napier. City of Auckland, ship, from London. Ferndale, barque, from Ln*erpool. Mary Miller, barque, from Adelaide. Prima Donna, schooneT, from Sydney, Galatea, schooner, from Sydney.

IMPORTS.

Per schooner Flirt, from Lyttelton i 1200 sacks wheat, 100 sacks bran, 40 sacks malt, order ;'3 tons bacon, S. Jones. Per s'S. Go-Ahead, from Taranaki and the South:—s horses, 300 sheep, 16 pigs, 132 hides, and 25 tons of cargo, Combes and Daldy (agent's).

EXPORTS.

Per s s. St. Kilda, for Wanganui:—l pack age sashes, 5 bundles, 1 pieces moulding, 1 package, 19 coils rope, and sundries, Cruick shank, Smart and Co. (agents). Per barque Tell, for Newcastle :—B4 pack ages, 1 case machinery, 6 bars iron, 18 pieces wood, J. S. Macfarlane (agent).

ARRIVAL OF THE GO-AHEAD.

Tho s.a. G>-Abead, Captain P. Doile, trrived in the Manukau yesterday morning, from the South. Reports having left Wel lington 2nd instant, at 5 p.m.; arrived at Wanganui 3rd, at 9 a.m. $ left Wanganui 4th, at 2 p.m. ; urrived at Opunake sth, at 6 a.m.; left Opunakr, sth, at 8 a.m.; arrived at Taranaki ?i«.me day, at noon ; put out cargo and p.^-sengers, and arrived at Wai tara at 4 p.m. same day ; left again on the 7th, at 5 p.m., * ad arrived in the .Vlanukau as above; Experienced fine weather throughout. Passengers : Messrs. Bay ley, Hales, ler nandez, Veal^, Palliner, Sullivan, and Levey. We have to thank Mr. Curtis for the prompt delivery of our files.

The clipper schooner Flirt, Captain McKen zie, arrived in harbour early this morning, from Lyttelton, after a smart passage of seven days. Reports having left Lyttelton on 30th ultimo. Had S.W. winds and fine weather till sighting the East Cape; from thence wes terly winds t ill arrival. We have to thank Captain MoKenzie for the delivery of our files. the s.s. St. Kilda, Captain Flowerday, took her _ep£»»*. ur e for Wanganui this afternoon. The schooner Meteor leaves for the East Coast, via Mercury Bay, this evening, with a full cargo and the following passengers : — Mrs; Knox, Messrs. Wallis, Patterson, and .Presley; The ship Chile ca_- _„» harbour fcuia morn ing,and will take the berth vacaie- \,j ■_-_ Countess of Kintore probably to-morrow.

COMMERCIAL.

Friday afternoon. Mr. 8,. Arthur held to-day, at his auction mart, a sale of produce, &o. There was a fair attendance. The following are the prices obtained : —Eowls, lid to 2s 9d each ; ducks, Is Id to 2s 9d each ; geese, 5s each j turkeys, 5s 9d each ; Spanish fowls, 3s Id to 8s 6d each ; Dorking fowls, 3s 3d to 3s lid each ; new potatoes, |d to Id per lb. j barley, 3s per bushel; apples, 2_d per lb. Mr. S. Jones sold to-day, at his rooms, suburban allotments, which realised from £7 to „8 each.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and divi dends payable in the companies named be low:—

• j ~ MEETINGS TO COME. Watchman, Company's office, Grahamstown, December 11 Black Angel, Company's office, Q-rahamstown, December 18 Flying-Cloud, Company's. office, Grahams ; town,-December 18 Queen of the May, Governor Bowen Hotel, ' Grrahamstown, December 19 Cremorne, Company-, office, Grrahamstown, ' December 19 Golden Lioii; Governor Bowen Hotel, Gra hamstown, December 20 Vale of Avoca, Queensferry Hotel, Auckland, December 21 _Tew Caledonia, Company's Office, Grahams town, December 21. 'City of.Dunedin, Governor Bowen Hotel, Grahamstown, December 22 .Queensland, Company's office, Grahamstown,' . | December 23 Cockadoodle, Company's office, Grahamstown, December 23 ! Star of the Thames. Company's office, Deeem ber23 f J Argo, Company's office, Coromandel. Decem ber 27 • Kohinoor, Pacific Hotel, Coromandel, Decem ber 27

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.

This Evening. Para4eA.uck_and Troop R.C.Y., 7. Fancy Bazaar, Auckland College, 7. Theatre Royal, 8, ..

THE MAILS.

Mails will close as under : For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. For London direct, per Countess of Kintore, this day, at 6 p.m. For Alahurangi, Warkworth. Matakana, arc, per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Taranaki and Wanganui, per Go-Ahead, to-mor row, at 5 p.m. _~„...", For Kawau, Wangarei, etc., per Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday, at 3 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per s.s. Phoebe, immediately on arrival of Nevada, For Sydney and Australian Colonies, per p.s. Nevada. six hours after arrival. S, B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

DEATHS.

Scott.—On the Bth December, Margaret Scott, relict of the late Walter Scott, aged 79. The funeral will leave the residenoe of her daughter, Mrs. Kelly, Karangahape Road, at half-past three, to morrow. Friends please accept this invitation. Sandet.l.—On December 8,1871, at thexesidence of his father, Robert Moss Sandell, youngest son of Mr. R. J. Sandell, butcher, Wakefleld-street, aged 4 months and 2 days. The funeral will take place on Sunday next at 3 o'clock. Friends are respectfully invited to attend.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and The Morning News.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1871.

" For the cauep. that lacks aeoiiitanoe. For the wrong that needs resistance. For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do

We perfectly exonerate our respected Eesident Magistrate from any blame in connection with the case yesterday tried in the Police Court respecting the nuisance in Alten Eoad. His duty is to administer the law only on the evidence laid before him, and had he travelled out of the information supplied to him from the witness-box he would have exceeded that . duty. But that justice miscarried there will be no doubt to the mind of anyone reading the report of the case as pub lished in our issue of yesterday. A disgusting nuisance exists at., .he place indicated Of that fact passers by have the reliable testimony of their senses of sight and smell. The at tention of the Inspector of Nuisauces was drawn to it through the corres pondence columns of a contemporary. That, officer visited the place in com pany with a constable. The evidence was clear enough to his own mind as to the source of the nuisance. But, with commendable zeal and precaution against mistake, he went to the rear of the buildings,, and lifted a valve, and the constable set to watch observed the filthy matter flow out into the channel by the public highway. Nothing, appa rently, could be more unmistakable, and had the defendant not employed one of our most ingenious and clever lawyers, there cannot be a doubt that he would have been compelled to abate the nuisance. As it was, the Inspector of Nuisances, who has shown himself, in the case, to be a faithful and painstaking officer, was left undefended by the City Council, to be bewildered by the, legal acumen ; brought to bear on him, and was made to.prove, forsooth, that he had himself; committed a nuisance by opening the j valve, that the drain may have also j had communication with other houses, that he did not know if the locality was or was not within the city bounds,! and so forth ; all of which would have | been provided for had the case been: placed in the hands of a lawyer' able to cope with Mr. Beveridge ;] and the costs of a prosecution' that failed only through the bung-, ling of the City Council, is now* thrown on the ratepayers. We do not hesitate to say that if this is the manner in which the City' Council is going to conduct prosecu-; tions the sooner we revert to the old; system the better- Mr. Beveridge very properly did the very best for hi*' client, and the result of the casej reflects great credit on that gentle man. But when the City Council observed that an advocate was em J ployed to defend, who would be sura to leave no stone unturned to deliver, his client, it was the duty of the, Council to have employed a eleven lawyer in opposition, who would botq

get up the case and meet the diffi culties as they arose in Court. This is a case that cannot be allowed to rest as it is, and we call on the City Council to protect their officer and to protect the public. The defendant in this case has had .the bravery to defy the public ; another gentleman in the same district, on being remonstrated with for a similar nuisance, had the proper, feeling to at once suppress the offence. This defendant has, on the contrary, had the courage to fight the public, and insist on his right to thrust his filthy nuisance**) in their face, and we assert - that it is the duty of the City Council* at any cost, to crush the incipient opposition to the rules of decency. The Inspec tor of .Nuisances has done his duty faithfully and well, and the City Council should formally exonerate their officer from the blame that has been thrown upon him. The city is full enough of abominations without any one being allowed to say that he will defend hi§:'contribution to. the poisons in the atmosphere ; and the Council may rely that public sym pathy will attend them' in a struggle with any one who dares to assume a defiant attitude, and say that he will create what abominable nuisauce he pleases, and compel the public to submit.

A letter signed " Market-day" arrirod too late for to-day's.issue. It will appear to-mor row. ' '-! '- -• - - - -'- •*- •• ■ The ship Chile moved from her anchorage at the powder ground this morning, and took up a position abreast of the, wharf. The smoke from some extensive bush fires has been visible all the morning, in the direc tion of the Kaipara district, and at the North Shore. ~, _ , From an advertisement in another column, it will be seen that Edward O'Hare has chal lenged J. Regan to run him any distance between 150 yards and a quarter of a mile, for £5. A match is being fired this afternoon at the new rifle butts, between 10 men of the Prince Alfred Corps of Light Horse, and ten of the Volunteer Artillery. We regret to find that although there is a rule against smoking inside tho Theatre Royal, it is not attended to as it should be During the last few evenings dense volumes . have at intervals ascended to the region ol 'he boxes, much to the annoyance of the ladies present. ' Our citizens have now an excellent oppor tunity of running their working horses in the Domain on Buudays, instead of keeping them ! pent up in'stables, irritated by flies. 'Tlie Domain appears to be Well'grassied this spring, the result of manuring, rolling, &c, during the winter; and there is abundance of thoa. herbs in the pas' u're,' so "much relished by stock, and so beneficial at this time of tin year. A lively scene occurred yesterday at Parnell, ;„ -.Men two persons una,-, llred to enforce their arguments by physical force ..... manifest injury of their personal .appearauce. It appears that the one told the other to do 1 something neither becoming to perform nor exactly suitable for. publication, when No. 2 expressed the'intention of replying through rhe agency of a horsewhip. Following up his intention and his retiring opponent, he gave indications that now was the >'ay and now the hour for the performance of the intended operation. A casual spec tator-(a member, by the way, of the City Council) invited by the one to remain and see the work, and by.the other to.more on, and not be witness to what did not concern him, proceeded on his way; but, curiosity overcoming him, on looking back he saw blood spurting from- the face of the assailant—the assailed also exhibiting similar cvi lence of the fury of the fray. The combatants being similar in size and apparent capabilities—both, being heavy weights -and seeming to enjoy the fun, were left to carry on operations to their satisfaction, and when they had got tired, lelt off. We have no d°ubtthe operation relieved their overburthened feelings, ami, as .nobody else was injured,' we think nobody else ha-* any' business to feel distressed. We under stand that is hot the mention of either party to take the matter before the Courts, in which" we think they both show very great sense." The high reputation Olson's tomato sauce as obtained as a household condiment, has broughtrnany inferior articles into the market The'public are therefore warned not Wlie im posed upon with rubbish, tut ask for Olson's genuine*tomato sauce, and see that his' patfte is on tlie bottle. ' "To Mr. Hans* o.sbn.<r^ •Dear Sir.-^By some mistake a bottle of your ; tomato sauce was put away in my house, and remained uncorked for upwards of twelve, months; ' The same bottle of sauce was after- ; wards'lised-tttmyJ Own table, and I found ltf was equally as good as when first made.—T.. W. Doonin, wholes-ile and retail grocer, 218, j Queen-street, Auckl--md- M—[Ai>yT,] ?

THEATRE ROYAL.

JAin i> l ) I / (IV ' «;••!■ it: '10 f i '''•■• * j Thk attendance at this theatre last evening' was tolerably good, and & -beautiful drama -called ''.Miriam's-Crhne," formed,the first j portion of the entertainment. Miss Stephen-: I son sustained the part of Miriam with herj usual good ta-te. * Mr. .Burlord, as Scumley —a rough kind of gipsy character —was also exceedingly good; and Mr. Hughes, as the lawyer's drunken clerk, was iniinitable i Other characters were also well playedj and. the piece, was so successful'that it' is to be repeated tO-hightiY After; this. Miss-Burford; executed two dances very cleverly, and the* burlesque of "La Sonnambula" concluded uj most successful evening's entertainment. This; last piece will also' form part of to-night's; performance... _.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

This place of amusement'is* to bo re-opened; to-morrow evening, under the management, of Messrs. Hoskins. . and Jones, whose; names .are a,..sure...guarantee that the season will oc a successful- one. ''Many, old .Auckland^ favorites have been len-j gaged,' ""not 'the least. 'ain'otVg whom are'than highly gifted and beautiful young actress Mi»-" bYorence 'Qolv_le.s_o*d ihjut -,uip#t, graceful o!. all actresses, Mrs. Walter Hill. The pieces chosen for the first representation are—"The Lancashire LaSs," ai\4 " A party by the name of Johnson," both of which are certain to bo eminently successful. ,;>■ Vi'.'OYLr:

An awkward man, attempting to carve a goose, dropped it; on theflopr.'..-" There now !'| exclaimed his wife, " we've lost our dinner." " Oh no, my dear "answered he, " it's safe 5 1 lakfa jfoi'mj■tbo&bivitV'X. »i h O | I

THE MAN IN COUNCIL.

[by geoffrry softsawber, ESQ.] ! A. new member was introduced: to the Speaker, yesterday. When he appeared** at "the door of. the chamber there was j quite a little excitement, and " new mem- "j ber," "new member," was audible iti^He j reporters' gallery. Mr. Hurst is political ! godfather to the rising generation, of | Provincial Politicians. He conduced?an j interesting young man with a. b^eaxd* to ! the foot of the Speaker's throne. * Tnere I a ceremony took place at which I do not remember to have been present before in this province. The Speaker:, and the | new member shook hands, and then they - held their heads close together j for the space of about a second. I j know how tho Speaker of a Maori j Parliament, and a new member, would j act on these interesting occasions. I have j seen some quadrupeds go up to each j other and hold their heads in this way. j I suppose the Speaker was lecturing the young man on the importance of keeping I order, if he could not keep anything else. | But they appeared to be perfect strangers. I think I, saw the same two gentlemen over '* ndbblers" together in another I place, "and even in the presence of I another Speaker. Yesterday they j seemed as if they never met. How ' wonderfully often politicians are ■*** born , over again." If it were not so the j Speaker must surely have said, " Ah, I Far, my boy, how d'ye do. I'm deuced ! glad to see you; take your seat, old fellow, we'll have one by-aud-bye." His Worship the Mayor thought to do a delightful " stroke" last evening. He is one of the most liberal men in the i province. He has done .wonders for the , people. He has sent for a cargo of domestics, and bejiold but One. 1 hope she won't turn out to boa married woman, and if she marries she won't marry an " infant." But the Mayor has a decidedly patriotic habit of attacking the . Treasury when the money is all gone. '\ You see, sir, „50U0 will be spent most profitably to the good of the community." "But, say the Executive, " my good gentlemaD, you have spent your £6000." "But my constituents want flowers; their wives are foud of flowers, and tlie ' one woman' policy ot the Government is despicable. My ancestors were all liiisbandmen ; they •**ere foud of agriculture, and the hon. member opposite (Mr. Hurst) professes tp be a friend of the country, and encourage country produce—aspara gus, potatoes, broad beans. Tlie Pro vincial Treasurer told His Worship that he had no objection to the prop >sal, but the Government had already placed an immense sum on the estimates for tlie encouragement and growth of millet. II is Worship said he was no-peas'd. Vlotion was carried, and it was so weighty a matter that even Mr. Mac ready could not throw it out. fto David smote Goliath. The " rights of women" were fully discussed last evening on the Licensing Bill. Perhaps it should lie put tlie other way, the '' Licensing Bill" was considered in committee upon the rights of women. We did not observe those •♦Watchers on tlie liiresuold," which are wont to crowd the " Strangers' "Gallery when tho permissive clauses, were uuder dis cus-ion last year. Dr. Nicholson, tlie medical attendant, was in his place, but Mr. CreightO-i the political midwife ot' the Permissive Bill, was not there. He was-said to be at the r Thame,. ; Mr, L'adman, Mr. Freer, and Mr. Mitchell were the Philistines of the old dispensa tion of "gui and bitters." ; The cries ot this legislative parturition were dreadful. Tue operation -upon tlie old - Licencing vet was worse tlian C„sarean. It was at one time suggested that Polly Plum should be called to the bar to recite the " whole duty of man." One hon. gentle man said that admirable woman was a cap maker, and had several head dresses to jfit husbands that stopped out late o uights. .Many suggested that it would oe | i&tuege-jgary information to: give their "' dear partners of greatness" a knowledge of the exact hour - when the Council " broke up." They would not let even their !wivefe kuOw the sacrifices they made upon the altar of their country. To some the information'inight be superfluous, but to a few gratuitous pain would be given, litis 'discussion.rcomprised.-ia multiplicity and great variety of topics. To do the publicans but justice, they-appear to be more moderate shan their advocate. _fierewere '■' clauses ' to 'secure the ease and convenience for travellers. One! or two hon. members thought that the " leave - alone" policy would be the be,s,t,iu this.case, as in ; all .othprs.,- Oue member' said that never "was the guest so well provided as, whemthe sigu board hung Over the way with the motto, " Good accommodation lor man and; bectsi'-' ■ JN'ow'every clause Of every 'Act, of Parliament begius and ends with] provided, and after all nothing is provided.; , The most rational piece of entertain-; ment at which we have been present fori 1 some.time, wa,s the " hot coffee motion"'' I of Mr. Auckland. It brought out the three magnifcicoes of the Council, Messrs] Vlaeready, Freer, and the mover of course. : Cold water assuredly: never went to the whole composition ol such a triplicate of the human form divine. -The i very name. Macready, suggests the red hand and battle-axe. '! he amiable make up of the captain suggests P. 8., which, must stand for " poor beggar," a term >f endearment in the mouths of publicans. Both hon. members admitted that they.did not care " anything" about tea aud coffee, these Beveridges did not agree with them. An hon. member thought the motion should he enlarged, so as to provide some refreslittients that would be acceptable jtG those great men. With this object it was; suggested; that soda, water, ginger pop, sweet biscuits, peppermint lozenges, and sugar sticks should be provided.. Mr. Macready- said he could not see' why the members could notmake Bellamy'^ ( i ; n-to,,a ..club,., as they., did, .at-.the '" big house at"''the top 6P 'Priuces street." They would not then have to pay a license. Several honorable gentlej men thought the magistrates miglit make it^." too hot" for them if they did. Li wiis a£r_ed that tea and coffee should be always ready, and "meals at.all hours.'; .Vlr. Mackay said it was all a storm in a tea-pot. j

There was an educational debate, as usual, on the military reserve, 13ar( rack Hill. Mr. Euckland wants a University. He .purposes endowing if;

with a yearly .sum for. a prize copy of tfiwtf-onius, the'edition to be selected by Mr. Carletou. Mr. Swanson protested against peripatetic universities. Mr. Philips put in a word for " fee schools. 'Dr.""]^icl|olson suggested a medical college "with "medical classes annexed, for experiments on mundie, , pyrites, and auriferous quartz. " On the proposal of a sum for the horticultural show, Mr. Boylan supported the motion, consider ing that'he was awfully fond of cabbage. The report of the Horticultural Society was distributed among honorables, and there was a very general surprise that there were "no prizes for that delicious vegetable a " maly potatoe." The Council adjourned at midnight, so that Mephistopliiles passed out un observed* _«_«»_«_——■

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

THIS DAY.

THE CALEDONIAN CLEARING

UP.

ROWE GOES TO SYDNEY TO GET NEW" TAILINGS PLANT.

REPORTED RESIGNATION UE THOMAS THAMES G.M.CO. MINING MANAGER,

GOLD FROM TAPU.

G-kahamstown, 3 p.m. Ths Caledonian are clearing up in order to commence fresh operations. Several contracts have been let. Rowe proceeds to Sydney for a new tailings plant. Thomas is reported to have resigned his appointment as mining manager for the Thames G*old Mining. Com pany. The Windsor Castle (tribute), have obtained fourteen ounces and eleven pennyweights. TAP (J. Havilah —23 ozs. Ophir —1(J ozs.

ARRIVAL OF THE 'GO-AHEAD.'

later telegrams.

By the arrival of the s.s. Go-Ahead, we have received later Wanganui and Taranaki papers, and by the Flirt, Lvttelton papers to the 28th ulLiiuo.

BLUFF.

November 27. —Hugh Blacklor-k, shepherd, has been missing since Saturday night. He is supposed to have committed suicide in the harbour.—The Dunediri Rowing Club are building a boat, forty feet long, for the Christ church regatta. —At a meeting of the Dock Trust, the contractors refused to accept the uoard's offer, but suggested arbitration. The Hoard dec-li led, resolving to go to law.—Six men arrived at Queenstown from Martin's Bay, after great privations. They reported the population there to be twenty souls. No vessels had called for three and'a-half months. There were only 300 lbs. of flour in the place, : and the people must starve unless immediately relieved. The climate is splendid, and healthy ; the mining prospects good. — A Chinaman has been* shot by Europeans at Nase!>y, but there are no particulars.—The Carrick Kanges reefs are attracting attention. Several new ones have been discovered, and large trial crushings i give from one to two ounces to the tOn. '-■

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We are not responsible for our Correspondents

opinions.]

To the Editor of the Evening; Star,

Sib,—l see by the statements made in the papers, that with reference to the competition for the Mayor's enpi which was commenced on Saturday last, several protests have been made with regard to the qualification of the competitors, and I think it would be well, before the competitors meet again, if it-were decided who are, and who are not, entitled to' fire—of course it will only'li'ave reference to the twenty-one men who passed out bfafchej first stage, as they and the men who were present on Saturday, but did not make the requisite number-of points, some thirty-nine, in all, were all who paid attention to the dis trict order, signed'by Major Gordon, _f. my memory serves me, the cup was not to be : fired for by any "Volunteer who had won an 'honorary prize of the value of £5. I thiuk there are several among the twonty-bne who have dene so. It'is also said that officers were nor-to compete', the cup being given to encourage the men only. Hoping that some one who knows will publish the conditions attached t.o y the con petition by His Wor-; sljip the Miyor. when be presented it.— L am, _c, . f A Fellow that Wants to Know You Know- ... Union-street; Auckland, December 6*. ''■•'- ■

THE SHARE MARKET.

' Mr. J. M. Lennox's Report.—The share marketjueontinufis . very quiet. Caledonian shares have a^ slight upward tendency v *'c My sales comprise :, C'lledonian, £61 -\A Thames] £15a. 10s; Topkey, £40.,....'C105ing sellers j Caledonian, £62 10s ; Thames; £16 ; Tookey, £40. .Closing buye.rs;' Caledonian,' £60' Thames,£ls. '/ , ' "' \ ]~'''_ '/' j

POLICE COURT.—Friday.

r ~ [Beforo Bis Worship the Mayor.] DitUNKKNNES.S.'-TThi'ee persons were pun? ished in the usual planner for this offence. Breach op Municipall Police Act. — Thomas B. Hannalbi-d, for indecent exposure in Queeli-street,; was fined fifrfryj shillings and costs, with the alternative of fourteen days' imprisonment. 1-'' '* - - ■-■' ■' '"■ ' '* •■

GOLD FROM THE THAMES.

The p.s. Golden Crown brought up from the Thames, on Thursday, 13 boxes gold, contain? ing 16,000 bias, for the Bank of New Zealand. • (Oil! i ■ ■■■-•-UID fid,,! ■«*>{.' ,-: !'„-;:..- ;i ;--Jo.ti,«r-

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Friday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.] The usual weekly sittiqg,.*fbV the recovery of small debts was held this mornings IINpjttENDBA-* Causes (Judgment for plaintiff).—Wliitsdn and Son v. G. Walton, £xl 163 Id, goods sold and delivered ; Hale v. J. Ilemon, £1 12s 6d, reduced tdr£l 7s 6d ; B. P. y. VV-;/J. Minnyera, £20, for shares,'but no.tdelivered. "V . .'* YDi.:fa^sde*o'Cat;s^s.—Skiriner v. Hennochs berg.—Claim,:£l6 12s, on accdant of a share transaction which occurred as far Sack as 1869. Mr. Hesketh appeared for the plain tiff; Mr.. MacCoriniek for the defendant.— The' shares in question were in a company long since wound-up, but known as the Golden Crown Extended. The shares be longed to the plaintiff, who left them for sale at Mr. Kewman's saleroom ; and it was alleged that the defendant bid for them because the purchaser paid for them, and always subsequently olaimed them as his. The defendant was examined by Mr. Hes keth, and denied that he bid for the shares. A friend of his named Mohler did, and defendant gave Mohler the money, or cheque, for the amount, thus carrying the transaction into his own private account. —Mr. Newmim. was examined, and said it appeared from his books that he- sold the shares to a Mr. Hennochsberg. The defend ant paid the money.—Mr. i lfred Boardman was called, and deposed .thatHibp defendant admitted the sfiaref were/his.-l-Thei; case had riot 'concluded when our reporter left the Court.

FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD.

[from tinsley's magazine.] "How horribly annoying! But what a blessing that the wretches did not discover that the diamonds were in the jewel-;case !" It was the morning after a grand ball at the British Embassy in^Pariß, and .Mrs. Foljambe de Vere. who 'had during, the last few hours, been the victim of as dar i g a robbery as ever distinguished the police annals of La Grande Ville, was despairingly lamenting over her loss. " Well, I must say that you rather brought it oh.yourself,".remarked one of the gentlemen present (he was the brother of the agitated lady, and therefore in some sort privileged to speak his mind). " The idea of leaving valuable jewels on your j dressing-table in an hotel!.'_.. , "But the door was locked ; you heard me tell the detective 50.,... Who in the j world would have imagined they were not: safe ?" ,„.,.., ,_. ... " Any one with common sense," retorted Major Fielding (relations are so rude, and j this one in particular was provoked !atthe moment by the prospect of being detained, through his sister's carelessness, in Paris, when the frost bad broken up, and his horses were eating their heads off- in the i shires). " Any oue with a grain of com mon, sense.' What can be easier, as that Monsieur Dupont said, than for a man j employed in one of these hotels to take en. impression in wax 'of a'-bedroom key ? Probably,too, they have accomplices in the house, which makes everything serene." "The wretch !" exclaimed pretty, not over-wise Mrs. de Vere., '-'How I do, hope he will be punished ! Nothing would be too bad for him-. But .0, dear J. Q f dearj j What shall I say to aunt Catherine ?" "'' I do believe she loves those.bracelet better, tliau »ho does anything else in the world.. Howl wish £ had not. worn one of them last night! But it is a blessing that I did.; not do as she wished me. to, and. put them! both on." " Let us hope," suggested amiddle-aged, much made-up Countess, who had spent! the chief portion of her life in Paris; and-: set up for an esprit fort, " that Lady Ca-| therine will see, as you seem to do, myj dear Nellie, the finger" of Providence inj this affair." j Before the puzzled. Ufetle,. woman could; reply, the j door L [of] J fie ' salon was; thrown noisily op.v, and in walked; (or rather stalked) a tall, dignified-; looking, elderly jVlad^** Whpse-^biapk; eyes aud nearly* * yebon brows'made! singular contrast with the mass of pow-j dered hair: whiehrose: up/rom-her narrow! but lofty forehead." Although-expected by the party of some half-dozen friends and! acquaintances whom the news of the rob-j bery had gathered together, the entry ofj the Lady Catherine Fairfax produced aj decided sensation amongst the group. From the expression of her countenance —one which betrayed no feeling beyond} her customary impassible composure— it was evident to all present that the dire-! ful news of the jewel-robbery had not yet reached the ears of dignified Lady Cathe-: rine. "My dear," she said to her niece, whose: white forehead she had just v touehed with the chilly lips of age, 1'5 fhavecoitte to ask how you liked-your bad/ I.had)given up: going to.such gay things,myself,,, but —Ah Lady Brixham,"liow rj'ye do p Why, Nel lie, -yon have cjuite alevee ! Perhaps, as tlie room is" so full,'l— "'■ ,<:0, no, dear abut,,?' broke in Mr§. de Vere,who, feeling that there was safety in a multitude, dreaded*nothing more than a confession en te'te-aAtete. with her auut of her own carelessness'jut. the matter of the jewels. "Do stay ; buo.G a dreadftflthing has happened! The jewel.!?.l wore, .last night— A'-r _ ;.:-..v, .so I r . !n r.j>o a-\-^>A A[ "Not'lost! ..Not the emerald.and, dia mond- bracelets ! *' halt.•shriekedvu_*.Wy ship.-'"Keally*'Nellie—";■-: •'• h V •' But Ihave not iost them, aunt Cathe-; rine. Why will you fancysuchthingsp'' i "Not lost, but stoletiv which5 i 'fear 'is pretty much the same $hlng,'':p Tut:in i;Ma-| jor Fielding. ' '*'~:? " And "so,"'said the family autocrat J after listening in portentous, 'silence to the plain unvarnished fact,' tliat. s| daring and evidently practised thie£iiadj during the past night (or rathergtaornmg.l entered herY^niece's., sleeping apartmeutl and thence, -withj felonious . fingers, ab« stracted all the jewels'.with which -.-Ml-sl FoljaSl.be de Yore had, lon the .previous occasion, adorned her person—" aud so you really had the egregious« folly to leave all that yuluabjejewpllery—•jewellery the chief part of which .was not your own—| pray do.me the favour to remember that —on your dressiiig-'table itt an hotel! A public hotel—a place frequeuted by al| descriptions ofrpt'^ple ! A placer-hat — \ \ " But my decfrf&uiit,'' pleaded Mrs. d^ Vere, " the.door was locked.iSO how coulcl I suppose-^"'- ' "> ■:•-. " Suppose a 'fiddlestick £' - Such abl , surdity ! As if- no one had tfkey^butyouri ( self! ! Such e'gi-ejiious want of common sense and forethought I never'saw! should 'hiiye, placed the ornaitien'ts uhdejf lopl. aud key in a trunk, or—" -. , A"- CIYA 1 AAE .1 .W '' |

"My dear Lady Catherine," broke ,« the Countess, « I really think you arß \ n hard upon poor Nellie. Aodden?^ happen— WUI m " You call having your most valuable jewels stolen an accident, do you P .nortiS Lady Catherine; "now I call it—but never mind, I suppose I must put up wiS the loss. All I can say is, that such a thin! never happened to me. J never was rob bed or cheated or taken in during _h« whole course of my life, and I defy a _v one to prove the contrary. Robbed in deed ! A person is a fool who allows hi m " self to be robbed. I have always said s 0 • _tt.d.lam upo.nseventy, and ought, I should think, to know a little of thTwcS^^T^* After this short but vehement e~7*, of herwrath.LadyCatherinecond. ' e£ i (as a rule she objected to listening 8/ any voice save her own) to ask amm^ceive some. information regarding the measures which had been taken for the recovery* of the ingehioiisly a,b-stracted property. \jrs> was a source of secret satisfaction to her ladyship to learn that the detectives of La Ruede Jeruselem weretiri the alert aud that one of the mostexprienced of Pietri's celebrated body,had. declared his belief that the delinquent could not long escape detection-, ! . - r .* " They are wonderful fellows, those em ployes of La Police de _urete.'Vremarked Major Fielding;. '<arid _ shouldrj. tbe sur prised if tKey Were oh the rascal's track now." '•''•''•' ' ~':-'' •-' ': zi ■Bs The days went by— -not slowly, they never did in the Paris of those days : the Paris of which it has been "said that c'etait le lieu dv monde ou le mieuxse passar dv, bonheur—the days went by,; ah&',4n spite all the efforts: of Mbtsieur Pietri's perfectly organised police, the villian who had appropiated to himself, amongst other minor treasures, an heirloom in,the Fair fax family, valued at seven hundred pounds, had hitherto managed to escape detection. At last, when nearly a fortnight after the , famous robbery bad nlasped, a card—on which was inscribed the name of Mon sieur Belot—was presented, in the salon of her own hotel, to Lady • atheriue Fairfax. She was alone; it was five o'clock in the evening, the season winter, and- the gas burningrbrightly, as only Faris.gas can or coufd burn in.the daintily, if not com fortably, furnished little room. .. Lady Catherine incontinently desired that Monsieur Belot might be ushered into her august presence. Once there, the visitor, whom ber Ladyship described a few hours later as a gentleman of highly distinguished manners and; address, lost no time in explaining the object of his visit. He wasj he said, the secretaire ! privaUs&imo— -if'l mey be allow'ea to coin : the word —of the great Monsieur Pietri, j and his mission.from that dignified offi cial was to request Lady Catherine Fairfax to kindly allow the authorities a sight, in furtherance of the endsoorf r justice, of the fellow bracelet to the one of which tho zealous Paris detectives were in search. It would , not be de tained more than a . day; — the time to photograph it ..and_ to put the em ployes throughly aufait of tlxeir business. It is needless to. particularise the interview, which,did; not last many minutes, and ter minated, as most of Lady Catherine's ac quaintances m t _ aris before the end of the following day mew, by.. her ladyship's placing. :with many thanks, her much prioad; treasure into the. keeping of bigh-bred, fashionable-looking Monsieur Belot. •-. . •). ---" Such a delightful man ! and so shrewd! There is nothing like having to do with sensible people. The moment he opened his lips I felt that Monsieur "itelot and I understood; each/Other." i .' '•**■*' Th'efactof ha virig intrusted the companion of her missing treasure to the keeping of the great Pietri's secretary was, during the space, of eight and-forty hours,, a'source of .constant f "self-congratulation to Lady Catherine; and so'often and with so much unintentional broderie_ did she repeat the particulars* of .her interview, that, as Major Fielding .waggishly (when out of his aunt's hearing) remarked, it was very clear that Monsieur Belot had, on that occasion, endeavoured to profit by her ladyship's counsels and experience. ..._ Bat great as was 'Lady Catherine's confidence-in .her late visitor, jjhe ? could hot "quite succeed in inspiring her"hephew with the same unreasoning trust; and therefore it was that, on the day/.but cone .following- f the; (to the old ..lady) -hope .inspiring visit, Major Fielding stpolledofl to the Rue de Jerusalem, and, semjing :s m ihik card, requested an interview jwith-rthe Chef de la Police de Surete. Onceinlthe cabinet farticulier of that important fuuc . tionary the English officer touched upon the subject of the second bracelet. 'Lady Catherine, he said, was all anxiety tokriow whether,, as. Monsieur Belot bad r led her to'-Ope.'the temporary possession by the detective officers of the bracelet which she had placed* in tbat gentleman's .hands had Ted; or was likely to lead, to any discovery 01' the stolen'property, As he spoke, the eyes —tolerably ..keen . ones—of Major George Fielding were fixed upon the face of his compuniou. The latter heard him • to?" the lend in silence, and than-an qaj-h, not loud, but deep, followed by a_shbrt burst of cynical laughter, escapedJds^ifts. tf Le sacre (foquiri 1" He exclaimed parid then the tru.h-r-a suspicion of, winch had already obtruded itself on 'the IVJajor's mmd —became at once apparent. It was no emissary from the Hue de Jerusalem no accredited searcher after stolen-goods— who had, ivith his bland respectability of manner, imposed upou the Kuglisli 4'mi dady." The man who had wiled away from this wise-in-her-own-conceits old; wqman her so dearly-cherished -.aud, was most •pi'obably-^as the ohef de Police, did npt to say—the very individual who had, less than a week previously^entered Mrsjide '^ere'sjbedroom; and taken; from it the bracelet, on obtaining the fellow ot which be bad doubtless subsequently set bis heart! 'BS* ---To- describe Lady Catherine's- state ot mind, when she became aware of the trick whichhad-been played upo*a he/ywould be impossible. At first she seemed positively stunned by the magnitude of uihejUj^-w, and refused to believe that through h^r own folly aud self-confidence shelj|# merely doubled her loss, had parted,. Qp her prestige, and abdicated the'rightol fig preaching her niece with the shortcomings of which sue had been guilty. , fe M Notwithstanding all the well-directed efforts of the Paris police, and-the offer ol a reward of five hundred pounds for the rY-edve-ry of the missing jewels:; tbe-'iujjei remains to this day undiscovered. TbJ subject is so sore a one to Lady Catwnne oaD ;:;■.;■-,-.:-, Mori * M

THE EVENING STAR, AHOMLAND, "ERIOAA', DECEMBER _, 1871.



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