SHIPPING.

1 OUT OF AUCKLAND

ARRIVALS.

Comerang, p.s., Chrisp, from Bay of Islands.

DEPARTURES.

James Paterson, s.s., baunclers, for byttijey via isay Of Islands. Briton, barque, for Newcastle. Ariel, schooner, Brown, for Bay of Islands. Mary Ellen, schooner, for Mercury Bay.

SUNSET.—This evening, 5.5. HIGH WATER—This evening, 2.23

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Royal Alfred, 7 o'clock. Lady Bowen, 5 o'clock.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London. —Alexandrina, early. Honolulu —Nebraska, August 10. Southebn Poets—Wellington, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Eaßt Lothian, barque, from New York via

Sydney. Kate, barque, from Sydney Go-ahead, s.s., from Taranivki. Saucy Lass, schooner, from LyHelton, Fairy, schooner, from Kaiapoi. Colonist, schooner, from Kaipara. Lord Ashley, s.s., from Napier. Wellington, s.s., from the Sonth.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Napier, s.s., from Napier. —J. b. Maciar

lane, agent. Keera, s s., laid-up. Samson, p.s., laid-up. Alexandrina, ship, from London, L. D

Nathan & Co., agents. Excelsior, ship, from London. —Brown,

Campbell h Co , agents. Albion, barque, from Russell, L. D. Nathan

and Co, agents. Briton, barque, from Newcastle. —Hender- son and Macfarlane, agents. Na Noba, schooner, from Fijis.—J. S. Mac-

farlane, agent. Moa, brig, from Sydney. J. S. Macfarlane,

agent. Tawera, schoonor, from Poverty Bay.—J,

S. Macfarlane, agent. Meteor, schooner, from Napier.- M; Niccol, agent.

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. James Paterson, for Sydney.—9l bales flax, Captain Roberts; 42 sacks grass seed, James Coupland ; 1 parcel, New Zealand Insurance Company ; 1 ditto, Buchanan ; 1 ditto, McArthur, Shera and Co.; 20 sacks ' setd, Henderson and Maufarlane; 26 ditto, H. Lipscombe ; 20 ditto, G-. W. Binney ; 300 ditto, H. Lipscombe; 30 empty casks, Bank of New Zealand; 3 boxes gold (5408 ounces), Bank of New Zealand ; 2 parcels, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 5 cases, E. and H. Isaacs ; 4 cases drapery, McArthur, Shera aud Co. ; 200 cases salmon, Henderson and Macfarlane. — H. M. Jervis, agent.

ARRIVAL OF THE COMERANG.

The p.s. Comerang, Captain Chrisp, arrived in harbour this morning from the Bay of Islands, bringing 105 tons coal, IQ_ tons gum, 1 piano, and a quantity of sundries. Passen gers :—Mr. White, Mr. Stafford, Mr. Barrett, and three in the steerage.

DEPARTURE OF THE JAMES PATER SON.

The s.s. James Paterson, Captain Saunders, left the wharf at noon to-day for Sydney via Russell. Passengers—Mr. Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas and two children, Mr. White, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Quick, Mr. Lett, Mr. R. A. Green, Mr. and Mrs. Trevor Jones and three children, Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Mr. James Brown, Mrs. Everest, Miss Laura Mai-land, Mr. Corlett. Steerage—Messrs. Oakley, Cobb, Richards, Wilson, and Sims.

The schooners Leonidu?, Tawera, an.' Golden Isle, arrived at Russell on the 241 i; met.

The brig Moa, for Sydney, has beer detained till to-morrow.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Th v rsd ay afi era oon

Mr. S. Jones submitted a consignment of Honolulu sugars at his mart to-day. Some 06 kegs were sold at very lotv rates. Buyers are evidently adverse to operating in tho face of the cargo now overdue, and the large ship ments expected from Australia. We pern ■• ■■ o some 9000 bags wore shipped in ono boKo :, 'o Christchurch from Sydney; evidently iiie Australian markets are much overstocked. The prices realised were, for bright counters, 2|d per lb.; ditto ditto, 2Jd per lb.; brown crystal sugar, 2£d €o 2£d per lb., at which price the importers aro open to quit the balance of the shipment. _» :

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS LIST.

The following are the current calls and divi dends payable in the companiea named be low : — . CAMS. £ 8. d. DATE. Nebraska 0 0 3 ... Aug. 1 Bright Smile ... 0 0 6 ... Aug. 11

THE MAILS.

Malls will close as under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m., and 6.30 p.m. For Gisborne and Napier, per Napier, this day, at 4 p.m. Late letters will be received at this office till 4.30 p.m. For Napier, per Star of the South, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. Late letters ;»nd telegrams for trans mission from the Napier station will be received at this office till 11.30 a.m. For Russell etc., per Comerang, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. Mails for the undermentioned places, per p.s. Ne braska, will close at this office on Thursday, 10th of August, as under :— For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, Central and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe, via England, at 10.30 a.m. For United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. For money orders registered letters and newspapers, at 0 a.m. Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of Ocl in addition to the postage, will be received at this office till 11 a.m., and by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing.

The Evening Star.

THURSDAY JULY 27, 1871

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

It appears that others think and write as strongly about the Morning News ai ourselves. But we have not yet come out so plainly as the following tit bits, which we extract from tho Coromandel "Own correspondence" of the Thames Advertiser o\ ye. terday : —" _.n Tuesday's issue of your paper I have read a very strange article, taken from the Morning News, headed ' Paternal Provincial Govern ment.' The said arii_;!e is the most lying piece of rascality I've ever se.-n inserted in any newspaper." * * * * " '.this is the truth of the w^io'.e affair, which has given cau.o tj the conductors of the Morning News of Auckland to insert the lying, scurrilous arlielo they did. It is strange people are not more cuuliuus in respect of in serting falsel-co •; •-."

Mr. Perkin?, of the Occidental Hotel, with Yankee pluck, Ueeps his weather-eyo open to anything li.i y to touch the bump of wonder of his friend., and pi irons. He has got hold of a won ■'... i-i'ul calf, -. 1.1 __. two beads, two tails, two windpipes, tuu meal pipes, though with but a single back bone, and ad other internal arrangement sin 71'- 'Ihe animal, born at tho farm of Mr. Uunningha, near Howick, has been prepared for exhibition by Mr. Yandlo, of Grey-stn■■•(, and i3to be seen at the museum of wo.il.rs at the Occidental, where Mr. Peri.it.!>' ancestors were recently exhibited. Mr. i'si'kiiw'bas also got, wo understand, an eight-lagged pigj which lie holds in reserve till the calf has been duly and sufficiently to.isled in Tommy Dodd and Brandy Smash.

The next lecture of the season in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association will be delivered tomorrow evening, by Mr. G. ?.[. Reed, the subject being " The Influence of Colonial Life on the Formation anl De velopment of Human Character."

It will be observed that Mr. Maeff-irlano is indefatigable in his efforts to commend the Government Life Assurance system to tho people. He is here, there, and everywhere. To-morrow he lectures on the subject at the Hall of the Newton Academy. No object could bo more beneficent, and no system could surpass that established by tho New Zealand Government, which has an. extraor dinarily active advocate in Mr. Macffarlane.

Members of the Auckland Educational Society are informed that the next ballot for instruments will take place on Thursday evening, the 3rd proximo.

A meeting of persons favorable to tho estab lishment of a school in tho Devonport dis trict, under the Common Schools Act, will bo held' in the schoolroom at seven o'clock on Friday evening.

A Provincial Government gazstte published yceterday, contains several applications to register companies,. financial statements of several companies, and. a number of mining and highway board notices.

The Blue School Cadet Corps mustered at the Drill-shed. last evening, and wero in structed in company drill by Sergeant-Major Molloy.

" How many regular boarders have you, madam ?" aaked a census-taker of a lady. "Well, really I can't say as any of'em is any too regular. They stay out/ " I mean, madam, how many steady boarders bavo'y'bu ?" " Well, really, out of nineteen, there's not more'n two that I'd call steady."

Wedding Songs Wanted.—South Africa publishes a Kaffir Express, in the English and also in tho native dialect. Ono of tho early numbers expresses a desire for the corning of a poet who could write songs for Kaffir Wed ding parties. The Psalms of David, which are usually sung al, these festivities, arc found out of tune with the jollity.

EXPORT OP GOLD.

The s;s. James Paterson sailed for Sydney this morning with thrrc boxes of gold, as under : —

ozs. dwts, st... Value. Duty. Bank of N. Z. G4OB 5 12 .-£±.-(.00 £G77

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

(Before His Worship the T.rayor and W. C. Daldy, Esq., Justices). Licensino Acu—Roland Campion, of tho City Club Hotel, was charged with having committed a breach of the Licensing Act, 1871, by unnecessary delay in giving admis sion to a condtablo after his demanding entrance.-.-Mr. Joy for the defence.-—Ad journed for a week. j _ This was all the business. _. i

THE MAW ABOUT TOWN. No. XII.

At last the Highway meetiugs are over, and lam very glad of it; for they have been a very constant source of worry to me, and have cost me no end of money ; for, as I before remarked, Dick has bsen to every one within t;n miles of town, and I have had to pay the piper. The three last have been the three most inter esting events of the season, but to give even the faintest idea of what took place, would take up too much of your valuable space. Dick, of course, gave me the full particulars with great glee, and wanted himself to write you the reports. T need only say then that at Maketu there was an exceedingly lively meeting ; that the action of those present was violent in the extreme, so much so that the chair man read the account of the Paris

riots, and hinted that the proceedings of the rebels were but a very mild form of rowdyism when compared with that meeting. A scrimmage then ensued; the weakest went to the wall, and the Board and their supporters were turned out of the hall and locked out. At the

Dcvonport meeting matters were, as might be expected, full of life and anima tion ; but it was some time before the Noble Senate could find a place in which

to hold their deliberations, in consequence of the I_ear-Admiral of the Blue, Mr.

David Churn, having locked up the House of Assembly. However, on an appeal beirf^ macle to him, he magnani mously threw it open to the popu lace, when a controversy took place

I very similar to others which had j previously taken place at other meetings, and in the course of which the

noble senators were of course accused of wilful appropriation of tho public funds, while there was a great stir made about the trilling matter of a leaf being torn out of the account books, and a few thousands having been suspended for the payment of proxies for the use of the senators. How ever, when it came to the vote, to show what confidence, the populace had in them, most of them were turned out, and others elected. Btit the gem of all the highway meetings came off the same night at Parnell. The legal know ledge displayed at this meeting was truly wonderful, and will probably lead to the whole proceedings being gone over again. There was lots of "jaw," and plenty of " law," and the language used was more forcible than polite. The " Barrel" over the way played an important part in the proceeding?, and Dick suys that he—fancy even he—got so disgusted with the whole affair that he bribed a small boy to turn out the gas, while he himself adjourned to the " Barrel," it being past midnight, and very cold and wet. M fter leaving the place of meeting, he tells me there was a sound as of many Kilkenny cats, and ho sincerely hopes that some of them got " chawed up," for he says they were the biggest lot of row dies that lie ever saw together, take them all in all. Have you seen the prospectus of the new company—the "Take-em in and Do 'em all Gold Mining Company !" capital £50,000,000, in a million shares at £0 each. No less than twenty-fiveshades have already been taken up, and valuable properties purchased in tho Oock-a doodle, Wind 'cm up,, and Swindle 'cm claims, all of which are guaranteed to pay the legal manager a good salary ; and cnlls will be made without delay. Further investments will be made in similar well known claims. The company has been formed with a view of allowing those who have the necessary " nous" to make a few pounds at ihe expense of their fellow citizens, and it is sincerely hoped that the public will come liberally forward in so praiseworthy an object. By paying down the whole amount of the shares, all risk and anxiety will bo avoided, and the shareholder may, if he chooses, proceed to Jericho or Jerusalem without fear of molestation. If there should be heavy dividends during his absence, .they will be carefully taken cara of andnoinquiries made. The terms are £49 10s on applica tion, fivo shillings on allotment, and the other five shillings to be called up at dif ferent times until the shares are fully paid up —application to be made to Messrs. Grab and iioldhard, and no money re turned. I think, Mr. Editor, thei'e are quite enough of these sort of companies about, and if some people don't look out, they will bite their fingers. The Licensed Victuallers' affair last night was a great success. Tho " Bottle" passed off with* great success, followed by the amusing farce of "Ten .Sights in a Bar-room." The thirst between tho acts was prodigious, so that, I fear, the moral programme had not the desired effect. The attendance up-stairs was decidedly " mixed," if the liquors were not, and the proceedings of some of the people (male and female), was simply dis graceful. Several hobble-de-hoys, led on by a Mr. Bull, who dabbles in shares, amused themselves and their fair com panions by throwing " lollies" at one another throughout the evening, and otherwise disturbing by the most un seemly noises, tho proper development of the play. With such chattering mon keys I have no sympathy, and if they had been fetched wut, sent back to school and the birch liberally applied, it would have served them very well right. A friend of mine asked me this morning if I'd buy a few shares. "What in?" says I. "In the Pickwick Gold Mining Company," says he. " A very good claim," I remarked ; "but are there any calls to pay?" "Well," he replied, " only three threepenny ones. Will you take them P" " . es," said I, " and pay the calls—in a Pickwickian sense"—and we parted. "Wanted, 500 men to dine at a certain cook-shop every day." I haven't the slightest doubt that this philanthropic party would feed 5000 as well ns 500.' But wouldn't boys or women pay him as well, or must they necessarily be men P It's like the gent/eman, who is' always " wanting'to lend £5000," while there are always hundreds wanting to borrow. And yet, strange to say, the lender is still "wanting" to put his money into the hands of the poor and needy—no doubt from purposes of pure philanthropy, and yet tho two never seem to eomo together. I am glad that mining property is going up. Dick was down tho Caledonian yesterday, and I received ihe following telegrams in the course of the day:— 10a.m.: "Poor as over. Dividends will

cease next week. Place no reliance on anything you hear, unless it comes from the News people. 11 o'clock : Struck it heavy." I immediately wrote back to know what unfortunate it he referred to. He treated this pertinent inquiry with silent contempt. At noon came the following message:—" 50 tons of rich specimens — people mad with excitement —buy up all you can at £500," but as he didn't send a cheque I omitted to do so. 1 p.m. — " All business suspended, every man em ployed in holding his neighbour's head on. Send by return of wire some soothing potions or I shall be off my chump before night." ".A sudden earthquake has laid the whole hill bare and it is one mass of gold." Shares at once go up to £5000, and every man in Auckland com mences to sell, beg, borrow, or steal to get a Caledonian. Queen-street impas sible and the crowds at the corner surging to and fro in a stale of semi-, lunacy; 3 o'clock p.m , departure of steamer for Sydney; 4 p.m., another special telegram from Thames. " Calm yourselves ; Caledonian all a mistake. What was supposed to be gold has turned out to be mica." Itapid subsidence of shares to £200, at which they remain firm. Dick tells me that Gherkins, of the Oxidental Hotel, who might net in appropriately be culled the Burnum of the South, has got a real calf on.view with two heads and two tails, and that lie will shortly hare tho smallest pig ever seen, with any number of legs and heads. I must see these amusing animals before I can pronounce any opinion on thcai. Nathaniel Beeswing.

THE EXCHANGE NEWS ROOM.

What we have been expecting for some time has como to pass, and a rival to the Mechanics' Institute has been established, which we should think is certain to attract almost every subscriber from that news room. The excessive churlishness of the secretary of that institution has been such, the place has been kept so filthy, and subscribers' feelings have been so habitually and wantonly hurt, that any establishment affording equal facilities, with fewer disagreeables, will be hailed with general satisfaction by the news-loving public. Every effort made to improve the conduct of the Mechanics' Institute lias hitherto proved a failure. The members of committee, by a discreditable ruse, elected and re elected themselves to office and have pre sented an unshaken front to all reforma tion which did not appear for the greater comfort of their " hard-worked" secre tary. With such management the Me chanics' Institute has become a by word. Not only lias no effort been made to make it fulfil the proper functions of a Mechanics' Institute, but in its capacity as a library and newsroom it has been conducted ou the most un popular principles with which a useful institution could bo mismanaged. So far as the news room is concerned, we tbiuk that the committee will now be enabled to make tilings os comfortable as possible to the secretary, whose huge labours will bo now considerably relieved ; and that gentle amiability and equanimity for which tho secretary"is distinguished will be unruffled by the nuisance of tho " farthing a day" subscribers. Tho news room to be opened on J'uosday next, in the New Zealand Insurance Company's buildings will meet a public want. Tho room is large and airy, comfortably mat* ted, and having really an elegant appear ance. The list of papers taken in, wo (observe, comprises all the New Zealand papers, the principal . ustralian, and seve ral English and American journals. There is a much more numerous list than in tho news room of the Mechanics', and while the subscription is precisely the same, the spirited projector proposes to add a large number of others according to the desire expressed by subscribers. The papers are hung up under their respective headings, and a clerk is specially in waiting to replace the papers after readers have done with them, and who, from his con nection with a similar room, may bo gua ranteed to not at least bearishly insult sub scribers. There is an office attached, in which postage and receipt and duty stamps, forms of transfer of shares, &c, will be sold, and blank forms of deposit slips, cheques, &c, will be provided, while pons and ink are supplied at neat little tables, so that the utmost faciiilies are afforded to the comfortable transaction of business. Last not least in the present habits of society, smoking will bo allowed, and every convenience thaj; can contribute to tho comfort of readers afforded. A map of gigantic proportions is being specially prepared, at a cost of forty or fifty pounds, to show on a large scale the entire Thames goldfield. This valuable work, with other maps, will ornament the wall, while works of reference, &c, lie on the tables. Chess, drafts, and all similar pastimes will be provided for, and light refreshments at reasonable rates. The upper part of the establishment is beinp fitted up as a diving-saloon of tho most extensive ami superior Hud, but more of that anon. At present wo merely direct attention to tho complete and beautiful news-room. Situated at the end of the large hall, or Mining Exchange, and extending the full width of the building, tho position, the approach, and the res pectability of the establishment aro every thing that can be desired. The Insurance Company have really been fortunale in getting the spirited projector- of this establishment as a tenant, for ho has gone to an amount of expense that deserves recog nition, hoth from the company and from the public, in supplying a groat want of the city. We do not hesitate to assert our belief that this spirited enterprise will be one of the most successful efforts made in the city, and it is thoroughly in accord with the advance of the time. We invite the public to just drop in and in spect the conveniences of tho new estab lishment for providing news conveniences, and by-aud-by refreshment for tho pub lic. We wish the utmost success to the proprietor, Mr. Haley.

A humorous grocer labels his soap—"Cheaper thin dirt." The cheapest and longost conveyance—A train of thought. It is not always ho who has tho most nose who knows the most. No class put more real fooling in their vo cation than pickpockets,

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAY.

[from our own correspondent.]

THE CALEDONIAN—I 2 CWT.

EICH SPECIMENS,

SALE OE TAILINGS.

NORII DEVON CRUSHING.

TOOKEY'S TRIBUTE

Grahamstown, 2 p.m. The sale of the Caledonian tailings took place this morniug, by Mr. O'Keeffe. The sale was largely at tended, and IGSO tons realised _6MIO.

This morning 12 cwt. of rich speci mens were brought up. The blocks are very large, aud the gold visible throughout. Every part of the mine is looking splendid, and the prospects

aro better than ever,

The next dividend will be a large one, as they have over three tons of specimens to put through.

The Otago will have to drive another 100 feet before there is any chance of striking the Caledonian lode.

Tookey'a (Wood's) tributers have completed a crushing of 50 tons, which has giv^n 120 ounces.

The North Devon crushed 60 tons, the result being 55 ounces.

THE LATEST.

THAMES SCHOOL —NAKHOW

ESCAPE OE EIRE,

SPECIMEN STEALING-.

THE CALEDONIAN,

Grauamstown, 3 p.m

About thirty pounds of specimens have been found in the house of a youth. The police are on the track.

The Central Italy are reported to havo cut a leader in which gold has been seen. The Thames school was nearly burnt clown early this morning. The chim ney caught fire, and the building had a narrow escape of being destroyed.

SHARE MARKET.

sin. j. M. Lennox's BEroBT. There has been considerable excitement ; n the share market this morning. Prices of leading stocks fully maintained yester day's quotations. I have sold Caledonian, £185, £IS7 10s, and £190 ; Thames, £36, £3G 10s, and £37 ; Nonpareil, £4 10s. Enquirers for Central Italy. .Sellers of Caledonian at £190; Thames, at £37; tookey, £38 ; Golden Calf, £2. ME. MARTIN SHOLL's BEPOBT. My sales areas follows :— Caledonian, £190 ; Thames, £3(5 5s to £37; Central Italy, 37s 6d to 40s ; Otago, £4; Moana tairi, £3 12s Cd ; Inverness, 37s 6d; Too key, £36. MR. J. T. G.VRLICK's BEPOBT. My sales to-day comprise : Caledonian, £187 10s, £188 10s, and £190 ; Thames, £37; North Devon, 19s Cd; Central Italy, 455. MB. SAMUEL VICKERS* BEPOBT. My sales to-day are as follow: — Thames, £37 to £37 10s; Kelly, £4 10s ; City of London, 15s ; Caledonian, £190; Central Italy, 35s ; Bank of New Zealand shares, £18 7s Cd. MESSRS. CLARK BIIOTHEBs' REPORT. Messrs. Clark Bros, report the market more active to day. They have sold: Caledonian, £185, £190; Thames, £37, £37 10s; Tokatca, £i, £4 2s 6d ; Otago, £4 ; City of London, 15s. Tho telegrams about the Central Italy mine has caused a run on the scrip : sold at 355, 37s 6d, but now held for higher rates. MB. PlTTAtt's REPOBT. My sales to-day wero as follows :— Thames at £37 10s ; Caledonian, £] 90 ; Tookey, £36 10s; Venus, paid up, 30s; Otago, £1 2s fid; Central Italy, £2 10s, in great demand.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

FATAL ACCIDENT.—KYBER PASS ROAD. To the Editor of the Evening- Star.

Sib, —lam very glad to see that some kind and charitably disposed persons are endeavor ing to raise a subscription for the poor, be reaved widow and childron, and doubt not but many will cheerfully respond to the appeal; but permit mo to say that a sub scription really does not meet the case. As that poor family, so suddenly plunged into sorrow and want, aro entitled to ample compensation from tho owner of the horse ; and had it occurred in the old country, I question very much if ho would not have been tried for manslaughter, as I huve good authority for stating, at the timo of tho accident tho horse was without blinkers, which doubtless caused him to shy. If persons will bo so cureless and negligent, thoy should bo made an example of.—l am, &0., Sympathy, July 26,1871.

VISIT OF THE EIGHT REVEREND DR. CROKE TO TAPU.

Amhough Bishop Croke had intimated his intention of visiting Tapu on Saturday, the 22nd inst., yet, owing to the inclemency of the weather, his Lordship was scarcely ex pected. Saturday morning, it is needless to say, although not all that could be desired, was comparatively fine; and so, true to his promise, the Bishop came on by the Lalla Rookh, which arrived here about half-past nine. A small boat, containing Messrs. Rockliff and Donovan, with two sturdy oars men, put out to meet the steamer, and brought his ' Lordship safely to shore. Some twenty or more of the leading Catholics of the district were on the beach to receive him ; and the number would have been very much more considerable had the people gene rally been sure that his Lordship would have been able to keep bis engagement. While in Tapu he was the guest of Mr. J. B. Rockliff. His Lordship officiated on Sunday at ten o'clock in tho neat little church of the district, which was crowded on tho occasion. He spoke for nearly an hour in'his usual homely but soul-stirring and energetic manner on the chief duties of a Christian, and some special obliga tions of tho members of his own flock. The address was listened to with attention throughout, and gave unqualified satisfaction to all who henrd it. Immediately after aer vico the members of the Church Committee advanced to the front of the altar, and Mr. Rockliff, their chairman, read an appropriate address.

His Lordship thanked them heartily for the kindness they had done him, and expressed the pleasure it afforded him in being there face to face with the good people of Tapu. He said he was always at home in the midst of his flock ; nor could he understand how any ecclesiastic, either priest or bishop, could effect much good amongst his people unless ho visited them frequently, made himself personally acquainted with their spiritual and other needs, and in every Way gave evidence that he was their shepherd, not alone in name and appearance, but in fact and truth. He hoped to visit this part of his diocese very soon again, and thought he could not give better proof of the solicitude which he felt about them than by taking practical steps towards providing them with a resident priest—so much needed by them, and so earnestly desired. His Lordship then conferred the rite of baptism on JMr. William Jamicson, who had sought to be admitted into the com munion of the Church of Rome.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

We perceive by the advertisement of this fashionable place of amusement that Fri day evening is a grand vice-regal com mand night, when His Excellency Sir George Bowen, G.C.M.G., has intimated to the management ho will honor the theatre with -his presence, and has especially commanded the brilliant comedy of " She Stoops to Conquer," and the comedietta of " A Handsome Husband." "We are pleased to see that this establishment is now firmly taking (as it justly deserves) a very first-class place in the estimation of our play-going public, tli3 best proof of which is the full attendance, nightly, in the once de serted dress circle. We have always advocated the sterling comedies of the British drama against transporting scn sationalities, and are glad to see the management has adopted our idea and carried out successfully, both commer cially aud amuseamcntlg (our own). — Proof! His Excellency's frequent at tendance at the theatre, and commanding one of tho best of the old comedies — which presented, as it will be, with Mr. Hoskins and Miss Colville (now in the fourth week of their engagement) in the principal characters, aided by the full strength of. tho company—must prove, without doubt, one of the most enjoy able of evenings. To-night " Marplot, tho Busybody" and "Cool as a Cucum ber " are tho pieces de resistance, when we anticipate a crowded house. The change of pieces is owing to His Excel lency's desire to see " She Stoops to Conquer."

WOMEN'S CLUBS IN PARIS.

At the end of tho room wns a table littered with papers and boots, and behind it sat a row of women, with red scarfs over their shoulders and red belts about their waists. None took much notice of us at first, being too much occu. pied with the oratory of a fine-looking young woman with streaming black hair, and flashing eyes, who dialated upon the rights of women', amid ejaculations and shakings of the head, and approving pinches of snuff from the occupants of the benches near us. " Men are laches," she cried; "they call themselves the masters of creation, and are.a set of dolts. They com plain of being made to fight, and are always grumbling over their woes—let them go and join the craven band at Versailles, and we will defend the city ourselves. We have petroleum, i and we have hatchets and strong hearts, and are as capable of bearing fatigue -as they. We will man tho barricades, and show them that we will be no longer trodden down by them. Suoh as still wish to fight may do so sido by side with us. Women of Paris, to tho front!," She eat down out of breath and rather confused having had to bear up against considerable tit tering on account of the imperfection of her French and the strangeness of her similies ; but she looked very handsome, and might have sat for the portrait of one of the heroinos of the First Revolution ; but there was that in her eye which made mo think as I looked at her that I should not like to bo her husband. The next speaker seemed tolerably respectable! wearing a decent black gown and" bonnet, but her disoourse was as rambling and inconsistent as that of her prodeceßsor at tho tribune. " We aro simple women," she began, " but not made of weaker stuff than our grandmothers of '93 Let us not cause their shades to blush for us' but bo up and doing, as they would be were they living now. We have duties to perform If necessary we will fight with the best of them and defend the barricades, but I cannot think that so supreme a sacrifice will bo demanded of us. We will attend on the battle-field and help to bring onr wounded heroes back into the town, and thus save many lives which would otherwise be needlessly sacrificed. Yet another service may bo rendorcd. Wo will establish portable cooking stoves (foumeaux), and cook the raw meat which is served out to the men of our army, which they throw away for lack of means to dress it." Encouraged by the applause which has followed her thus far, shenow degenerated into rant, attacking the priesthood generally, and the confessbnal mimicking the actions used at mass amid the laughter and bravoes of the throng. The whole scene was amusing, and ono which will .myel in the memory among the strange pictures of this agitated time, but there was a false riua about the gathering, a constraint on the part ot the audience, and a forcing of efleet on. _i«_. part of tho speakers, which led to grave doubts of Ua spontaneity.— Tim? Correspondent.

THEATRE ROYAL.

As will be seen by advertisement,'.«Leah the Forsaken" will be presented to-night at the Theatre lloyal, when Miss Adelaide Bowring, Mr. J. B. Steele, and the whole strength of the company will unquestion ahly ensure a great success to this favourite piece. There will also be a selection of popular songs by Mr. Holds worth.

AN OTAGO JURY IN THE OLDEN TIME.

A midnight row and fight had occurred at a sailor's public-house in Otago, in which one of the earliest colonists, a Scotchman, was killed in an encounter with a foreign sailor. The coroner issued his warrant, and the prisoner was committed for trial. When the case came before the judge, it seemed to be clearly one of manslaughter; but one of the jury took a different view of the matter, contending rather vociferously in the jury-box with his col leagues that it was murder. The judge there fore desired them to retire and fully consider the verdict. The court-house at Ota<*o in those early days was a wooden erection ; and the authorities, not calculating on jurymen disagreeing amongst themselves, had made no provision for an apartment to which they could adjourn. Under tbesc circumstances, a room was ordered for them in Donald Ross's public house. On his way to the hostelry, one of the jurymen, who resided in the country, called at a shop for a parcel that was lying for him, which, on rejoining hisf brother jurymen, he placed in the corner of the room. . . , The obstinate juryman began by making some slight apology for having given so much trouble in the matter, but they must recollect that the " puir murdered man was a Scotchman, ane o' their earliest settlers. Hooever, my friens, you'll sac far agree wi' me, that it is dry, drouthy wark, and I propose that before we begin we tak some whuskey." Ihis was unanimously assented to: the bar.d-bell was rung, and the floor stamped upon for Donald Ross, the landlord, also a Scotchman, who quickly obeyed the summons, " Noo, Ross, let's hae some o' yer vera best whuskey, for we are a' terribly drouthy wi' that bothering job in the coort, and we canna settle tho matter there, and wo are ganging to try what wo can do here." The whisky wa3 soon brought and despatched, when the foreman reminded them that they must now set to work seriously and settle their verdict. Their obstinate friend confined himself to one point, and admonished them never for a moment to lose sicht o' the fact that " the puir murdered man was a Scotchman, and ane o' their earliest settlers." . . . The foreman and the rest of tho enlightened panel were now quite at a loss how to pro ceed. " Weel, as I see," said their refrac tory friend, " that this affair will occupy a good while yet before we can agree, I move that we hae some mair whuskey, for never since I cam to the colony was I ever mair ex hausted by onything than this." The propo sal met with no dissenting voice, and Donald soon entered with a fresh supply o' whuskey. While this was being discussed, the eye of the obdurate juryman settled upon the parcel in the corner of the room. " What hae you got in that large paper, Mac ?" " 00, that's ma fiddle : I brocht it into the toon last week to be repaired, and I called for it as I was coming here." " Oh, man, it is a long time since I heard ye play tho reel o' Tulloch.'*" " Noo, Mr. Foreman, what div ye say to a little music?" "Weel, I hae nae particular objection, but we must not forget tha£ wo must soon get back to the coort." The reel of Tullochgorum was played in Mac's best style ; and my narrator ably described my countrymen beating time with, their feet so lustily, and accompanying this with such Highland vociferations, to which until that day he was a stranger, that there was some pcrd of Donald Ross's floor giving way. The music over, and the second supply of whusky finished, the foreman insisted, notwithstanding the unsettled position of the verdict, on re turning to the Court, where he took upon himßelf the onus of stating to the judge that they had agreed upon a verdict of man slaughter, for the whisky had so far a good effect on the pertinacious juryman as to render him nearly tongue-tied, for all he could: manage to lisp out was that " the puir mur dered man was a Scotchman, and ane o' their earliest settlers;" but he was utterly in capable, thanks to tho whusky, of proceeding with his original view of " wilful murder," as contradistinguished from manslaughter.—Re miniscences of Fifty Tears; 1' by Mr. AT. Boyd.

THE AMAZONS OF THE SEINE.

The correspondent of the London News says j Among the prisoners marched into Versailles were a company of the Amazons of tho Seine, and a battalion of patriotic children. Tho former were dressed aB vivaitdieres. Some, who had shown themselves restive, were hand cuffed. One had a child strung on her back ; the arm of Another was in a sling ; the habit shirt of another pretty brunette was covered with fresh blood. Another Amazon was wounded. They all showed symptoms of .fatigue, but still wore a defiant air, and did not seem to belong to the class with which the Magdalen Asylums are peopled. All were not young ; indeed, matrons were more numerous than maidens in this band of female warriors. They were forced to walk at a quick pace, under tho broiliug sun, by a troop of mounted gens'darmes. Their advent in the streets of Versailles was the cause of much mirth among the people, Ono stout old woman, who res ponded to tho smiles of the bystanders by dis respectful pantomine, was hailed as Mere Duchesne.

In ono detachment of 200 National Guards, ten of them were children not 12 years old. Tho young patriots seemed to feel that the eyes of Europe were upon them, and posed accord ingly. They wore the uniform of the National Guard.

LIST OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS DES TROYED.

The following is a list of the public buildings which have been destroyed, and those which have beon partially or entirely saved : The Tuileries, wholly destroyed, as far as tbo Pavilion de Flore—all of the old building} tho Hotel de Ville, wholly destroyed; the Sainto Chanelle, saved ; the Palais de Justice, saved, partially ; the Bank of France, saved j the Palais Royale, destroyed, partially; tho Theatre de Lyrique, destroyed; the Theatro de,. Chatclet, destroyed; the Theatre Porte St. Martin, destroyed 5 the Louvre, nearly all saved ; the Library, burned; the gas works at Auber Villiers, destroyed; the Hotel de Justice, destroyed j the Churoh of St. Eustache, partially destroyed ; the Ministry of Finance, destroyed; the Palais d'Orsay, destroyed ; the Cour dcs Comptes, destroyed ; half the build ings on the quai d'Orsay, destroyed; the Blbhotheque Nationale, saved; the Grand Louvre, saved; the Monto de Pieto, Rue Blancs, Monteaux, partially destroyed ;• tho Madeleine, saved ; the columns, sadly defaced ; tho Prefecture of Police, destroyed; the Grenier d'Abundance, destroyed ; the entrepot dcs vms, Quai St. Bernard, partially destroy ed ; the Odeon Theatre, partially destroyed; I the Conciergerie, one tower destroyed ; the P^^ifsm, saved; tho Calsse dcs Depots, • EwSf JaatroJ^dlJt__J*«»«to MeSble,

THE EVENING STAE, AUCKLAND, THUESDAY, JULY 27, 1871.



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LOCAL MAILS.—TIME TABLE. A MOST EFFICIENT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Size 6 feet by 3 feet. IT will penetrate into every Town through out tbe Province ; and will contain a tablo of tho ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS j for the Province of Auckland. \ Also a large Photograph of a newly com piled and authentic MAP OF AUCKLAND PROVINCE, with all the Postal Towns and distance of the same from Auckland marked thereon. Advertisers (who will receive copies gratui tously) will be waited upon by our Agent during the ensuing week, when their favors will bo received for JONES AND TOMBS, Publishers of Local Mail Timo-tnble. -pRINCE OF WALES THEATRE. FRIDAY, His Excellency SIR GEORGE BOWEN will honor the Theatre this evening with his presence. MRS. COICLOTJGH will LECTURE (D.V.) at the CITY HALL, on MOND.\Y NEXT, July 31. Subject: Ejmale Education. Dooi-3 open at half-past 7 ; commence at 8 o'clock. Admission, Is. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c. This Evening.. Prince of Wales Theatre, 8. Theatre Royal, 8. ___________