SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET.—This evening, 6.15. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 10.33.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Lady Eowen, 11 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Duke of Ediuburgh, p.s., Farquhav, fromjWanga-

s.s.', E. Wheeler, from Taranaki and Southern ports. D--L_n. Herald, schooner, Laurie, from Jiusse".

DEPARTURES.

Comerang, p.s., Chnsp, for X™?™: Duncdin, schooner, Stewart, fol Tal" lj\v a , lffa mata Hmo, cutter, Moller, for Tauranga, via Wangamata

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

LoNDON.-Beth Shan and Countess ot £m .ore, «»")• Soothekn Poaxs.-Taranaki, s.s., early. New York.—Alice, early. Stdnby.—"STovelty, ltth instant.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Keera. s.s., from Southern Ports. City of Auckland, ship, from London. Chile, ship, from London. Ballarat, barque, from London. A H Batger barque, from Newcastle. Lady Franklin, barque, from Sydney. Alice, barque, from Lyttelton. Crest of the Wave, schooner, from Napier. Kapler, s.s., from Napier.

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Taranaki, from Southern ports:— Ex Alhambra, from Melbourne : 3 cases, H. M. Customs. Ex Tararua, from Melbourne : 1 ease, 1 parcel, Combes and Daldy. Fiee and duty paid-From Dunedm : 262 bags of potatoes, G. W. Binney; 1 case, order; 2 cases, order ; 3 cases, order From Oamaru : 280 bags bran, 5 bags barley, 9 tons flour, G- W Binney ; 22 tons of flour, order. —From Lyttelton : 280 sacks of bran, Tonks From Wellington : 402 sacks barley, order. From Nelson: 30 sacks of potatoes, J. Kidson; 100 sacks malt, Ehrenfreid. From Taranaki: 5 packages, order; 42 ditto, order ; 2 hhds. ale, A.tßarnes.—Combes and Daldy, agents. . . - The p s. Duke of Edinburgh arrived in har bour at 2 o'clock this morning from Wangarei, bringing 17 head cattle, 5 tons gum, sundries, and 13 passengers. , The as. Keera left Wellington for Auckland on the 14th inst.

ARRIVAL OF THE TARANAKI.

The s.s. Taranaki arrived in the Manukau this morning. She left Wellington on the 15th, and Nelson on the 17th. Passengers: Mrs. Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Gilman, Mr. and Mrs. Marks and child, Mrs. McDonald and family (5), Miss Blackwood, Mr. Wrigg, Messrs. S. Kohn, Clarke, Cum mings, LittJewood, Sargeant, Gwynne, Brown, and 14 in the steerage.

THE BARQUE ALICE.

The barque Alice sailed from Lyttelton, for this port, on the 12th instant with 12 casks whiskey, 907 sacks barley, 2300 do. oats, 1300 do. potatoes, 125 do. bran, 2407 do, wheat 25 do. malt, 80 do. flour, 16 cases cheesa, 19 cases bacon, 8 sacks do. . ..,".. The Cleopatra, hence, armed at Lyttelton en the 6th inst.

COMMERCIAL

Evening- Stab Office, Thursday afternoon,

Mr. Geo. Sibbin held a sale of groceries, &0., at his mart to-day. There was a good attendance, and satisfactory prices were ob tained.

SALE OF SHARES.

Messrs. S. Cochrane aud Son held a sale of mining shares, at their mart, to-day. There was a good attendance. Kellys brought 42s 6d ; Nolan's Candlelight, 34 shares, 2s 9a, balance withdrawn for higher figure ; City of London, 7s 6d ; John o'Groats, 3s 3d; Eureka Hill, 33s ; Imperial Crown passed at 955; West Coast passed at 6s; Otago passed at 50s ; no offer for Crown Prince and Vale of Avoca.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following are the current calls and divi dends payable in the companies named be low:— DIVIDENDS. & 8. d. DATE. Claremont 0 0 6 ... Oct. Lincoln Castle ... 0 10 ... Oct. 20 Bird-in-Hand ... 0 10 ... Oct. 20 Crown Prince ... 0 0 4 ... Oct.-1 Dauntless and Sink- ! to-Rise... ... 0, 0 3 ... OC2I Windsor Castle ... 0 0 6 ... Oct-26 Quebec... .',. ... 0 0 6 ... Oc .26 Pride of Tokatea... 0 0 6 ... Oct. 26 Junction 0 3 0 ...,,Oct-30 CoromandelExcelsior 0 0 6 ... Oct. 30 Brunswick ... ... 0 0 6 ... Nov. 6 Brighton 0 2 0 Dec. 1 Thames Gas Co. ... 0 2 6 ... Nov. 2

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.

This Evening.

Concert, City Hall, 8 p.m.

DEATH.

Sheehan. -At her residence, Hobson-street, on October 19th, Ellen, the beloved wife of David Sheehan, aged 44. '.',__'.___ „ , The funeral will leave her late residence on Satur day afternoon, at three o'clock.

THE MAILS.

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

10.30 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. For Kapanga, etc., per Lalla Kookh, to-morrow, at

12.30 p.m. For Mahurangi, Warkworth, Matakana, etc., per Lady Bowen, on Saturday, 21st inst., at 10 a.m. For Sydney and Australian Colonies, per Novelty, on Saturday, 21st instant, at 11 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 10 a.m. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne will be received till 11.80 a.m. . • For Taranaki and the. Southern provinces, per Tara - ' naki, on-Mondfty, 23rd inst., at neon. Late letters ana ' telegrams for transmission from the Nelson station will be received at thi3 office till 12.30, and at Onehunga till 1.30 p.m. S. B. Bias. Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 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 affords us much gratification to observe that the Auckland Rowing Club has acted on our suggestion with reference to the approach boat race at Christchurch. At the meeting held last night, as will be seen from another column, it was resolved to make an effort to meet the expenses of forwarding a boat's orew, and that a boat should be built of tho best model, specially for the occasion. This is as it should be. Auckland has not taken her

proper place in friendly strife "with our Southern fellow-colonists, but on what must be regarded as our own proper element it would be intolerable that our prowess should he ignor-.d. We do not hesitate to express our belief that vpe have on the list of our local Rowing Club, names that will head the prize list in plying the oav, against competitors from any part of New Zealand, and an oppor tunity is here afforded for regaining the laurels we have lost. Surely a stolid indif .ference will not be the reception met, when an appeal is made to our fellow-townsmen on the subject. The amount required Will be but' small, and if,--as we fully anticipate, our representatives will bring back high prizes, such nn impulse will be given to athletic exercises, and especially aquatics, as cannot fail to tell powerfully in favour of muscular Christianity in the district. We commend this object to the favourable notice; of our readers. There is unquestionably a namby-pamby lack-a-daisy character in our enterprises and public movements, dependent to a large extent on the physical influences of a humid climate. The best preventive to this becoming characteristic of. the place is an effort to creato nmong our people a delight and pride in manly exercises ; and beyond a question, the encouragement of such societies as that of the Boating Club is to be defended on high grounds of public interest. Every citizen in Auckland should bo an honorary or a working member of the club ; and to create such a feeling in its favour as to lead to this, every one that feels the importance of athletic exercises should unite in enabliug the cham pionship of the colony to be found on the waters of the Waitemata.

The Kyber Pass (which has now become proverbial for accidents) was the scene of another disaster on Wednesday evening. It appears that a carter of Mr. Pollock's, of the name of William Eord, was engaged fo remove some furniture from town, to Mr. Hancock's. He arrived safely with his load, and on his return, about six o'clock, in company with two other drays, he got as far as Tiugey's, painter, when ho perceived that the fastener belonghig to the prop-stick of the dray had broken. He was riding at the time, and he was stretching forward to put his hand upon the shaft to get down, to put things to right, when ho missed his hold, and was thrown right under the wheel, which passed over his left leg and frac tured it. Ho was fortunate to have two men at hand, who carried him carefully to the Pro vincial Hospital, where he was promptly attended to by Dr. Philson. He is now under treatment, and will be iv a few weeks able to move about if everything goes right. We would not like to begin again to find fault, but something must be clone at least to ameliorate the condition of the road. We scarcely know who should do this, but wo are reminded of many other improvements being made which have not half the need as this has. There must be no land about this part belonging to those in authority, otherwise it would have been set to right long since. The apathy manifested by those whose right it is to inter fere is unpardonable. Wo have calculated and find that nearly seven-eighths of accidents occurring in and about the city happen here. We trust that ere long Aye shall see a gang ot men from Blount Eden, who are well fed, and able to do the work, hard at it here. This would keep their minds employed for a month \ or two, and a benefit to all.

In another column will be found the announcement of an exceedingly pleasing treat about to be presented to tho people ol Auckland. Pictures ,of the panoramic and dioramic character have invariably been a success in Auckland, even though they have contained scenes which, in the estimation o! some, were of an exceedingly objectionable character. The scenes to be presented on Saturday night, for the first- time, ure not such as require defenders even to the most particular people. The pictures are on the most interesting subjects, and are exceedingly beautiful, aud we have no hesitation in ex pressing our belief that they will afford nightly gratification to crowded and delighted houses for weeks to come.

When the grand desideratum of inducing water to run up bill has been arrived at, the great problem of perpetual motion will bs in a fair way of solution. The Corporation authorities have on various occasions tried their best to accomplish this feat, and many experiments have been made by them, evi dently with this end in view. Although these have most egrcgiously failed, and the water still contiuues to run down the centre of flic inclined streets, they have not been deterred, but evidently stili hope for succtss. A new attempt is now being made in Wakefield street, where guttering is being placed on such level that, when completed, tlie outer edge will be at least eight inches above the plane of tlie road, from which the water is expected to run hi to it. If the experiment be success ful, some new agency may be discovered even more powerful than gravitation ;- and the laurels will have to bo removed from Newton's brow, and placed on those of the illustrious inventors of the up-hill movement. We shall watch the progress of the manoeuvre with great interest.

The father of the little boy Barnes, who was hurt by one of Mr. Murray's circus horses, begs to thank all those who interested themselves in his case. Ho also "desires, to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums:—From the Mayor, £4 3s. 41., part of the proceeds of the Hippodrome in the Albert Barracks; from Mr. Murray, £1 16s. Bd., being one-third gross proceeds of benefit given to the boy.

We have been requested to announce that, in consequence of the lamented death of Mrs. D. Sheehan, the entertainment in aid of the funds of the Catholic Institute has been postponed.

We have received another number of the Christian Times, published yesterday. It is, of the usual interesting and instructive character. The contents include an article on "Practical Unity;" the "Chronicle of the Churches," being a statement of local reli-' gious meetings and thei- pi-ocoodings; an account of the steps taken in connection with the appointment, of a " Missionary for the Gaol and Hospital;" the text of the "Peti tion on the Education Bill ;" " Clippings," '•' Correspondence," and copious extracts from the recent lecture by Mr. G. M. R^ed, on the "Pew find the Pulpit," (-being chapters on "Church Office Bearers,' T""Visitation," and "Minist era' salaries."- There are also state ments respecting the Young Men's' Christian Association and the Auckland Sunday School Union and a large number of valuable* ex tracted ai tides from various.sources.

Tlie high reputation Olson's tomato sauce has obtained as a household condiment,: has brought many inferior articles into the market Tlie public are therefore warned not to be im posed upon with rubbish, but ask for Olson's genuine tomato sauce, and see that hu name is on the bottle. "To Mr. Hans Qlson.— Dear Sir, — By a-.me mistake, ft-botllo of your tomato sauce was put away in my house, and remained uncorked for upward.? of twelve months. The same bottle of saneo was after wards used at xny own table, and I found- it was equally as good as when first-made.—T. W. Doonin, wholesale and retail grd'eer, "218, Queen-street, Auckland." —[Advt,]

Four young gentlemen hive just completed the examinations requisite for their names being aducd to the list of legal practitioners in the colony, Messrs. 11. Williamson, J. B. Graham, Brassey, and Devor. Three of them are natives of the province. Mr. Williamson was articled to Mr. J. B. Russell, Messrs. Brassey and Graham to Messrs. Jaf-kson and Russell, and Mr. Devor to Messrs. Rees and Tyler. Our legal interests are certainly defended already by a consider able army, but wc wish the utmost success to Jie new levy.

We are glad to Ree that Haydn's magnifi cent oratorio, " The Creation," will be pro duced on the evening of this day week at the Choral Hall. We shall refer to it more fully on another occasion.

We would direct attention to the fact that a very interesting entertainment in the form of a concert will be given to-night, at the City Hall, by the band of the Band of Hope.

As will be seen from another column, a per formance will be given to-morrow evening, in the Circus pavilion, of a character that will appeal to geoeral sympathy. The proceeds are to be given to the employeeVof the Circus, and we feel confident that this circumstance of itself will peoure a bumper benefit. The entertainment provided is also to be novel and startling, and will well reward the visitors to the pavilion.

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

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

Drunkenness.—Three persons were punished as usual for this offence.

Drunk and Disorderly.—Charles Mc- Shane was charged with this od'ence, and having pleaded guihy, was ordered to pay a line of 205., with costs, or to be impiisoned for forty-eight hours. Malicious Injurs* to Property.—The same man was then accused of having wilfully destroyed a pair of trousers, the property of Detective Jeil'ery.—lt appeared from the evidence that lie" had been very disorderly in the circus on tho preceding evening, and on being apprehended destroyed tho clothes of Jeffery.—Sentenced to pay tho value of the property and a fine of £5 ; in default, to be imprisoned one month, with hard labour.

P__I.J[JIIY. — George Spray appeared to answer a charge preferred against him by John Crosbie, of having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in tho case of Spray v. Crosbie, heard*on the 10th instant, before ilic Resident Magistrale.—Mr. Hesketh appeared for tho prosecution, aud Mr. Kces and Mr. Joy, LL.B., for tho defence—Mr. Hesketh opened the case, and explained the circum stances of the alleged perjury. The question was, did Spray pay Crosbie t_lo on the 12th October fur the purpose of applying for a lease for the Hazelbank Company, as sworn by Spray, or was that sum p__id at a sub sequent date, and for a different purpose. He then called Mr. Cunningham, the Clerk of the Court, who produced the information in tho pr-vious case, and deposed that during tho hearing of it. Spray gave evidence for the prosecution, and in his examination swore that; he paid £10 to Crosbie en the 12th October, 1870, which ho said he required to pay for a lease. He also said he gave Him the money as his contribution towards the lease of tho Hazelbank ground, which was ro be obtained for the company, and that he gave him nothing subsequently. In cross examination, Spray repeated the assertion as to the payment of the money and the date of his handing it to Crosbie, as well as the purpose for which lie did so. He further said that the receipt for the calls was given him by his wife on the 21st October, and that it w..s not on that day he had given Crosbie. the money. —John Crosbie deposed : Defendant and I were both shareholders in the Hazelbank Gol.l Mining Company. On the 11th October, 1870, I left Grahamstown by the Willi mis. During next d>y 1 was iv Auckland, and remained there up to tho 19th ot ihat month. It it. false that Spray paid me £10 on the 12th, at Grahamstown. I was not there on that day. He on no occasion gave me £10 for the purpose of applying for a lease. If was late in the evening of the 19th when I arrived back in Grahamstown. On the 21st I received £10 from Spray, to pay his calls as a shareholder in the Hazelbank Gold Mining Company. The amount due by him was I*l3 15s. I had got 14 from Mr3. Spray on the 19th or 20th of July. I give the recejpt for the amount to Mrs. Spray. The balance of £5 was otherwise accounted for. I received no o.her sum of £i.O during the month of October.—This witness was sub jected to a long and severe cross-examination, biit adhered hi all essential points to his state ments in tho examination in chief. —E. W. Morrison, proprietor of the hotel known as the Oh! House at Home, deposed:—lv Octohr, 1870, I was proprietor of that house. I know John Crosbie. In October, 1870, he was ..faying iv my house. Ho came on the 4th, and left on the 19th. Ho has paid me for his iiccommodalion during that period. On tho 12th October I gave him 10s., which he re quired. I have a memorandum in my book of the transaction. I made it on the same day. lie has repaid the 10s. I have on various occasions lent him money, which he lias always repaid.—To Mr. Rees: The whole of tho entries in the book now produced are in my handwriting. The 12fh of October is fixed iv my recollection from the certainty in my mind that the entry in the book was made by mo on that day. Crosbie paid for his accommodation from the 4th to the 19th, but he might have been away for a night. —James Skene, auctioneer at I Grahamstown, deposed : —ln October, 1870, I was legal manager of tho Hazelbank Gold Mining Company. On the 11th of October 1 came to Auckland by the Williams. We 1 left about six in the evening. I am certain of the date on account of entries made by me at the time in my office diary, and from my being compelled to attend the.Supreme Court on the 13th. I attended the Court on that day, and returned to Grahamstown on the 14th. I cannot under take to name any person who canNc up in the steamer with mo. I do not know where Crosbie was on the night of the 11th. Ido not.know that any lease was applied for on account of the 'j'azelbank Oomp-my, In October, 1870, Spray owed £13 15s for calls Ido not know who collected the amount. I know nothing of Spray having paid .£lO f.r a lease. I had conversations with Spray in regard to his interest in the claim. The first was in. the hospital, in December, 1870, and the second in January, 1871. Ju the first, Spray wanted to transfer his in terest in the claim to some one who -would act during his absence. In January, he came to ii)V office, and wished a transfer wrilleu out, which was prepared for him. Spray .aid he did not know what interest he held iv tho claim.

In the Hazelbank case, at the Warden a Court, yesterday, J". I>. Fitzgerald v. John Crosbie and others, judgment was given, for defendants.

Hayden's oratorio, " Tho Creation, will be performed at tho Choral Hall on Thursday, the 26th instant. An "At Home will be held on Monday, the 30th, at 3.30 p.m.

Peace Hath Hbk VrcToaiES.-Just so; more fall in Love than in War.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. 'TARANAKI.'

LATER FROM PARLIAMENT

Tufa s.s. 'Taranaki, Capt. Wheeler, arrived alongside the Wharf, One hunga, at 2 o'clock, and the mails were received in town shortly alter 3 o'clock.

WELLINGTON.

October 16.—Arrived : Electra, ship, from London.—Dr. Carr has been fined £5 for pulling a draper's nose, for selling him a pair of gloves that did not fit him. October 12.—Ocober 12.—Mr. Vogel very briefly moved the second reading of the Go vernment Provinces Bill. —* Messrs. Curtis, Gillies, and Shepherd (Otago) opposed the bill on vrrious grounds, chiefly that it wus vague and incomplete. Mr. Gisbcrne sup ported, aud Mr. Swanson opposed the mea sure.—Mr. O'Rorke moved that tho bill be read a second time that day six months.—Mr. Reid seconded the amendment.

The Fire at Invercaroill. —As we an ticipated, tho amount of losses sustained by tho Insurance Otlices in this fire was greatly exaggerated in the first telegram received. We now learn that £21,000, tlie sura originally stated, has been reduced to £8,800, the various offices being affected as follows: —Liverpool, London, and Globe, £1350; Northern, £6050; Roval, £-100; Victorian, £600 . Alliance, ..400.

AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

BLUFF.

October 13.—The s.s. Claud Hamilton, — Clarke, commander, arrived at the Heads, from Melbourne, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Sho left at 2 p.m. on the 7th. She bi-ings 19 chief and 4L steerage passengers, 490 tons cargo, and 11 hoises, for all ports.—Passenger list: Messrs. Hallenstein, V.'oolf, Rev. Mr. Jones, Messrs. Saunders, Douglas, Gallagher, John, Johnston, Watson, Airs. Maxwell and infant, Master Maxwe 1, Miss Dawson, Mrs. Ballard, infant, and two servants, Miss Susan Ballard, Miss Jane Ballard, Master Ballard, Miss Denny, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Liddle, and 41 iv steerago.

MELBOURNE.

October 7-- -Tho result of the Inter colonial Conference is :—Two postal lines, Suez ;iud San Francisco, £123,000; distributed between Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland, Tas mania, pro.' rata to population. New Zea land allowed to join in agreement. Her quota would be £16,700, and her own branch service. Mails to bo fortnightly .—A lracas occurred " Under the Verandah" between Vowel and Spargo, mining speculators. From argument they came to blows. The former was hurt internally by a fall, and is since dead. —Roseuvax, a pawnbroker, levanted to Fiji. His creditors and other dupes sub scribed, and sent the steamer Balclutha to in tercept, and fetch him back. —The murder of Ann Mario te is reported, but probably it is a case of suicide or a death resulting from a lit.

YDNEY.

Oetobor 6.—Valuable tin oro is beiog ob tained from Inverbell mines.— the Goulburn Meat Preserving Company have decided to suspend op.-rations for the present.—Sales of Tookey have been made at. £37 10s.

ADELAIDE.

October 6. —Bishop Sheill has excommu nicated Sister Mary, Lady Superior, and Sister St. Joseph. Reason not given.— Wheat, 4s 7}d. Market quiet.

THE SHARE MARKET.

Mr. J. M. Lennox's Report.—Tha share market is still inactive. My sales comprise— llmmes, £22; Nonpareil, £S los; Tokafea, 91s, ox div. Closing buyers—Caledonian, £112 10s ; Thames, £22. 1 have no sellers of Caledonian or Thames stock.

Mb. Martin' Siioll reports as follows : — Business dull Demand for Waitcmata, Cale donian, and Thames. Sales have bceu effected of Caledonian at £110; Waitcmata, 18s 6d ; Nonpareil, £5 15s; Sons of Freedom, i's ; and Shotover. 15s. Enquiry for Coromandel stock.

Mr. A. W. Fleming's Report.—Calcdo man,£ll2los j Thames £22 ; Central Italy, 52s Gd ; Otaoo, 55s ; Waitemata, 18s, 19s ; Nonpareil, £5 12s 6d.

AUCKLAND ROWING CLUB.

TaiißE was a very good attendance of mem bers at the meeting of the Auckland Rowing Club last evening. Capt. Oxley was in tho chair, and the minutes of the previous meeting having been read, a discussion ensued as to the advisability of sending a crew to compete at the forthcoming intercolonial aquatic sports. It was ultimately decided to send a crew, provided sufficient funds could bo raised. Mr. Oxley stated that they had sufficient timber here to build a boat, which he believed would be equal to any that, might be built in Sydney or Melbourne. It was also decide I to challenge tho Thames Rowing Club to a match to bo rowed in December. Tlie secretary slated that the Barracks would bo engnged on the 9th November, and it. was arranged that the athle tic sports should take place on the 30fh of November. The programme will bo issued on Saturday next. In addition to tho usual sports, there will be a kangaroo flab race.— Herald.

One Chines paper, in an editorial, describes the editor of the other in the l'olllwiug terms : —"A time server of the worst type, a pan derer and sycophant of the lowest order, a trickster and bhickcner of men's characters, a anything you like, sir, to fill his own pockets, servo !i» own purpose, and keep his k .si..er afloat."

" A.Mistress," writing to the Argue on the " ill used Servant. Girl" question, gives a de scription of '' 'the class of domestic servants t,ho most objectionable to masters and mistresses, viz , ' tho reader ? " 't'ho says : —" I had one once. My bitterest enemy could not wish; mo a worse punishment than to see me with another. Her mania—like your correspondent's —;-,,.- literature was astounding, and she mixed

it with the duties she should have done at every opportunity. o\'cs\ and over; and over amin have 1 set her to do some work—the most trilling thing—and returned iv about half an hour, hoping to find it clone. Vain

h pc! There would my lady bo snivelling over the love stories in a hastily concealed and very greasy London Journal. At, her washing she generally preferred the Weekly Tiw.s (sent by her friends in England) prop ped up in front of her; and I have often traced the very blue appearance of the clothes to the all-absorbing aud prurient columns of

I that journal. When at hist I broke the news ' to her that she must leave, she treated me to some of the choicest extracts from her favourite novelists."

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAY.

[from our own correspondent.]

THE MAIL ROUTE.

POLLEN AND MACKAY HAVE

GONE TO OHINEMUEI.

(tjiaviiamj-TowiV, 3 p.m

Candlelight crushing yielded 78 ozs» from 32 tons.

The Shooting Star—l9f ozs lGj tons.

from

Dixon's No. 1 got 103 ozs. molted

gold.

The amalgam from the Golden Age crushing is not yet retorted, but the yield will be a good oue.

Dr. Pollen and Mr. Mack ay have gone to Ohinemuri. It is not ex pected that tho natives will allow the telegraph wires to be put up ; but the Tlikutaia route is spoken, of as most likely to bo adopted.

THE CALEDONIAN.- V INE MANAGER'S REPORT.

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

" 9.3 a.m

"The water has risen in the shaft since yesterday morning. The general crushing is looking well. Some very good stone from slopes in No. 2 winze."

ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.

We have tlie painful duty to record the very sudden and unexpected death of Mrs. David. Sheehan, whicti happened this morning, at her residence, Hobson street. It appears that Mrs. Sheehan was shaken considerably in her health since the unfortunate accident at Parnell, by which her daughter was severely hurt; and her anxiety respecting her daughter (we are informed) must have somewhat hastened her death. She spoke of the accident, just before her death, as having done her a great amount of injury, ihi evening previous she was in lier usual good spirits, pleasantly conversing with a few friends in her own house ; and she did not appear, on retiring to rest, to manifest any unusual signs of ill- health. This uiorning about 7 o'clock Mr. Sheehan had arisen, and proceeded about his usual duties, leaving her still in bed reading a book. About half an hour after her daughter, in on adjoining room, heard her us if in pain, and running into her room, found her dying. Miss Sheehan immediately called to her father, who rushed to her assistance. Mrs. Sheehan was, apparently, unable to recognise her husband, and was lying with the book still in her band. JUrs. Lee and Hooper were at once in attendance, but could render no assistance whatever. The medical gentlemen consider that no u.q.l y.A will bo necessary, as a certificate of sanguinary apophxy as the cause ol her death can be given. Mrs. Sheehan's sudden departure from the social circle in which she moved with so much kKn.lindss of disposition, will be keenly fell. """die was a friend who proved her friendship when tlie cause of the needy was pre sented to he, and never could she send anyone empty away ; but always with, a full heart aud hand she caused the poor do rejoice, and the needy to be glad under any possible circumstance. She has proved by her actions, in being a friend to the fatherless, that she sincerely felt and practised the principles of the religion she professed. By the poor, the de ceased lady was beloved, as the kindness of her manner at all times enhanced the value of her acts of charity. Her more intimate friends, and those who knew her best, have lost one whoso place cannot bo supplied, but sorrowing as they are in the moment of bereavement, they have the consolation of knowing that she did her duty lovingly, faithfully, and well, not only to her own numerous family, but to society at large. \.

GOLD AND SILVER.

Twenty years since, when California gold discoveries had become fully demonstrated, a sort of panic set in among the Governments of Western Europe, to a lesser extent in Eng land, and more modified in the United States. '1 he question which presented itself whb the probable change in the value of gold consequent upon its increased abundance. It was sup posed that, both in relation to silver and to other commodities, gold would have a lower value; that is, that, a perpetual fixed income, like an annuity, or a revenue from Govern ment stocks, or a ground rent, would gradually diminish in real value so that tho recipient of, say .§I,OOO per annum, would gradually get less and less for the money as its purchasing power diminished. iVlost Governments ap pointed commissions to investigate the matter. Tho United States passed the Mint bill of 1852, which made gold alone a legal tender. The French did the same ; but Holland, under the supposition that if gold alone was produced in greater quantities it would lose its relative value, but that silvor would maintain its position, adhered to silver alone as the stand ard by whicli permanent incomes would retain their purchasing power. It happened, how over, that for tho first ten years of gold pro duction here, aided by Australia, gold did not much deteriorate in value, and its relative valito to silver, 15} to 1, was not changed, jln the list ten years, however, a change has taken place, not in respect to silver, but in relation to commodities, arid tho fact, shows itself in greatly increased expenses of living all over the world. It is estimated that in England $4 now is not more than equal to §3 ten years since. On the continent of Europe the chunge is still greater, and still more in Australia and the United States. But throughout India the purchasing power of money has undergone still greater reduction. An important element of this change in the last ten years has been the United States war. When tlie war broke out there was in circulation §2(iO,000;000 bank notes, and §300,000,000 coin. There is now in circulation $70U,G00,000 of paper money and little or no coin. The latter?; has passed off into the markets of the world, greatly increasing the general supply. At the same time, there was a great reduction in the

quantity of commodities produced—cotton, tobacco, rice, manufactures, shipping, etc. Of the first art'clo, India became the source of supply, and silver poured out of Europo pro fusely into the Indian market for raw commod ities 'aud.ifor railroad construction, so glutting it that English afl_-.nl. reports show that the natives used tho' silver for waggon tires and other unusual purposes. The gold of the United States' and Australia more than supplied tbe\vacuum caused by sending the silver to Indii, ami a rapid decline in the pur cha.iug power of money lias taken place. Sueli a moment, is .the favourable one tor a return to specie payments in the Uniten States to call in the superfluous paper money and -substitute the-coin. But there are no signs as yet of such a consummation. The prospect now is of a reflux from the India market and from China, while the production o! silver on this-coast promises to more than rival that of gold. .A London financial authority states, in relation to tho Indian flow of. silver : " Ihe reader can draw from this his own.conclusion ; for, it is undeniable, that the yield of silver is rapidly increasing on the Pacific Slope, and soon will attain to such dimensions tli.it, there will be a material fall iv the value of the metal. The broad rule ought therefore to be kept in view that a fixed income is less desirable than an income derm-d from real estate or industrial undertakings, for it under goes a diminution in its purchasing power through a constant, if slow, process, which must, however, be felt severely at the end of tenor twelve years." Without, assenting to the full scopo of this proposition, since there will no doubt bo a restored activity in tlie production of commodities, which will 'end to compensate for tho increase of the precious metals and maintain an equilibrium, there is no doubt but the part California is to play in the world's operations will be more important in the future than in the past.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AND PIGEON SHOOTING.

Referring to the pigeon shooting at Hurling ham, the Saturday Review says : —" Not being, as we are happy to say, familiar with the sport, ourselves, and many of our readers being epually ignorant of its details, we must be content to epitomise the statements of the daily press. What happened on Fri day, June 16th, appears to have been as follows: — The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, with twenty com panions, went to a field near London. Each distinguished personage presented himself in turn, aud took the trouble of raising a loaded gun to his shoulder. A string being pulled, a wretched pigeon walked out of a box. If the bird did not recognise the hostile intentions of the Prince, peer, or legislator, he was persuaded to fly by means of an indiarubber ball. The distingu shed personage fired, and slew, mauled, or missed him. If he succeeded in mangling the wretched pigeon enough to bring him to the grouud within a fence, he scored. If tho pigeon got away to die with a broken wing or legoracrushed beak, the distinguished personage did not score. This performance was repeated 220 times, and the twenty-two gallant sportsmen felt that they had done iheir duty to society. The most dis tinguished of nil appears to have missed steadily : but we may hope that lie is consoled by Iho statement of one of the papers that he hit his birds hard. Ten pigeons may, there fore, have had the honour of slowly dying during the week by his august hands. We quite share the satisfaction expressed by the reporter of the Daily News, that none of the ladies of the RoyA family were present; it is rather odd, how ever, that this modest satisfa tion should not j be a matter of course. Meanwhile we feel' anything but satisfaction that English gentle men should be indulging in a sport which re tains all the cruelty without auy of the redeem ing qualities of more manly amusements, and which has a certain flavour of cockpits, gambling hells, and other haunts of fast young men about town, just as distinctly as genuine sports, whatever may be said against them, recall a breath of fresh country air, and glimpse of moors and forests and mountain torrents." The Saturday Review is crushed by a writer in the Australasian, who signs himself " Blue Rock." Alluding to the denunciation by ihe Loudon journal of pigeon shooting as brutal, the writer says: —"Any opinions on sporting matters expressed by such a publica tion as the S ■.'':•.•■•-■•■* •■// Reviar are beneath the notice of an^ re-tl Sj'srtsman. Permit me to express my o;.ini»n —aud I nm well qualified to ''he o;r- v' I h is that the paragraph alluded to -i'h falsehood and displays only gross i,;i«... .'. I should say that the writer did not k.. . : he muzzle from the butt of a gun, -. i net' ' - :tw :i ; i.eou except in a pie." Hi .1: •■".) 'j .cc.d.. to show that pigeons are very lively, c>joy the sport, and prefer being killed by shot to having their necks wrung.

ODE; TO A FAT SHEEP.

Fat friend of human race, Whose pale and patient face, And eye that yellows, Tell of all hope forlorn For thee so rudely torn Far from thy fellows ; Think not thy fate too hard, Tho' lean may be thy bard, "What doth it matter To thee who give thy life, Under the fatal knife, To make him fatter ? I would not have thee[die ; .Rather, for ever lie In pastures deep, Nibbling the tender grass ; And yet, and yet, alas ! Fattest of sheep, Fain would I hear thee fry, _Ynd themghts of mutton pie Steal gently o'er me. Thou'rt lovely in thy fleece, Yet lovelier in nhy grease, " All hot" bo tore me. Cruel, I know, the shock— _so more to lead the flock, -Y. proud bell-wether— No more beneath the trees To 101 l and lie at ease, j .In camp together; But think, o I think, fat friend— Life had a nobler end Than that of glutton, To e.it and drink; and drink and cat; And thine- Oh ! still that plaintive bleat- Is glorious mutton. Mutton the choice, the prime ; Then think it not a criu_e To take thy life. 'lis fame, fat friend, 'tis fame ; •'• ■' '' Nor is there more to blame -. . _ -, •-; In butcher's knife Than iv the battle's rain, ,: When prone upon the plain The hero drops ; " Glory" his wreath divine, r : ;.. But what is that to thine— Immortal "chops I" Thou might'st have died a lamb, Owed to mint sauce and ham .' ; One half thy flavour :• Or as an old-toothed ram, Learned to thy cost what sham Is fair one's favour ; But thine the happier lot, To meet, all smoking hot, An unctuous end, While round thee fragrance rare Both to the world declare Thy worth, fat friend. Then far and wide shall spread Thy fame, the honoured dead Who died for duty. Like him who bravely fought Contented fell, nor thought Of home and beauty ; So die, and dying feel Nor venison nor veal Is worth a button To him whom Fates decree To dins, fat friend, on thee, O! matchless mutton !

THE INQUEST.

THE LATE A E. COHEN. An inquest Mas held yesterday afternoon before Dr. Philson, Coroner, at the I*> T a7a j ! Hotel, corner of Pitt-streot and Karangahajfi Road, upon the body of Albert Ephraim Colics, aged 21, who died suddenly at j,& residence in Grey strict, on the p'J-ev" otlß evening, under the eimunstanccs detailed i n the evidence below. After the jury (04. boit Mr. Hymen Josephs was foreman), hq | een enipannelled, they proceeded to riJwi\_A hotly, which lay at the house in Grey-street. The following evidence was then taken •«_ Sarah West, deposed : I am a domestic j servant in the employment of Mr. Cohen who j was a commission agent, and resided in Q-rev j street. I have been in the service of the l family for fifteen months. A little before ! four o'clock yesterday I came down stairs and j found my mistress just, leaving the housel iv : company with Miss Marks, her sister. She told mo that she would not be home for tea and that Mr. Cohen (deceased), had just come in to have a sleep, and if T did not hear him n.oving by six o'clock I was to call him. I understood decease:'; was to havo gone to Mrs. Marks's house in Hobson-streel, to meet Mrs. Cohan' there. After she bad gone I recollect decease passing twic. through the kitiliend. He spoke to me on one occasion, but I did not know what he said. I did not observe him particularly. Ho then went into a spare bed-room, where he now lies. A short time afterwards I heard deceased talkb and speaking in his sleep and moaning 'There was only a partition between tlie room where he was lying and the kitchen. I after wards heard a noise as if he was rolling on the sofa in pain. He then commenced retching a good deal. He retched several times between then and five o'clock. It was a little before four o'clock when I heard the first sound. Eirst heard the noise about ten miuu'es after Mrs. Cohen had gone out. Was under the impression that he had taken a glass of wine too much. Mrs. Cohen said she had seen him take a glass of sherry before she left. Mrs. Cohen and Miss Marks then went out. My impression was that he had taken too much wine, and that he would be relieved by vomiting. I went to the door, and asked what was the matter, but Mr. Cohen gave me no answer. I did not try the door. I thought he would have called me if necessary. A little after five the sound of retching ceased, and I thought he had fallen into a sleep, and I heard no noise afterwards. I went to the door again at six o'clock, and called, but he gave me no answer. I called him by name. I went again in another half hour, but I did not call very loud, as I thought he j was better sleeping. I received no answer. I did not enter the room. I tried the handlo of the door, which was not fastened. About half-past seven Mrs. Cohen and Miss Marks returned. They enquired for Mr. Cohen. I told them that he had been very sick, and that I could not wake him, and thought that he had better sleep. It was quite dark at the lime. Mrs. Cohen" and Miss Marks then went into the room, and struck a light, and cried out that Mr. Cohen was dead. I then went in and saw deceased. He was lying on his back on the sofa, with his hands across his chest. His face was pale, and his countenance was calm. He was not qtiite cold at the time. I J don't know whether his legs were drawn up; I he was covered with a rug. I went for Mr. ] Morrin, but not finding him at home, I went for Mr. Stretton, and he went back to the house with me. I have never known deceased to be particularly ill. H« was somewhat out of spirits yesterday. ViTben ho passed through | the kitchen I did not notice him mix any J. drink. lam not aware of his having used I any powders at all. He was at his business | yesterday, and, I heard, had been running I about a good deal all the morning. He dived at ' Mr. Marks's about one o'clock, I believe. He I lived on the best of terms with his wife. There was no misunderstanding between them. They had no children. There was no I, one in the house but myself and him after | Mrs. Cohen went out. There was no family. I I was the only servant. I have heard that lie I was very much harassed about his affairs.— | By the Jury : I have known Mr. Cohen to f come home before and take a nap in the I afternoon. He did not do so frequently—only occasionally.—Rachel Marks deposed : I am the daughter of Morris Marks, who is a pawn broker. I reside in Hobson-street with my I; parents. Deceased was my brother-in-law. I | last saw him alive between three and four II o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was then in I my sister's bedroom. He was the same as j usual. He came and kissed Mrs. Cohen and mo, and told us that he was going to lie down for a sleep ; as I aud my sister were going I out for a walk, and were afterwards to meet i him at tea time at my mother's. He was in | good health. He said he was tired, but I I knew he was bothered with business, having | .to go to the Supretie Court on Thursday, and . X they had threatened to put him fu gaol. He I was to go to the court in a case of bankruptcy. He did not'sp:_k much about it. He tried to keep it as quiet in the family as possible. I After he had taken leave of us, we went out, ffl leaving deceased at horns, and leaving dhec- § tions with the servant that if he did not 1 wake at six o'clock, she was to call ■ him. When "we found he did not come | to my mother's house. We went to fetch him, I not thinking there was anything strange in I his absence. On our return at 7 o'clock we went into the room where he was lying, aud my sister called him, but he did not answer. | We then got a light, and found he was dead. | Mrs. Cohen is not present; she is too ill to || attend.—John Cadell deposed: lami» | stable in the Armed Constabulary. At a | quarter-past B.o'clock last evening, a young 9, man named Levy informed me of what nao. , taken place, and lat once went to the «*a- H deuce of deceased, in Grey-street. I »»»■ the'body in the same position that it is m to day, except that it had a rug on the lower P«« of it. The body was cold and quite rigid- i tried to move the arms, which wero fowea k across the chest, but I could not. The lower limbs were stretched out to the utmost extent j I did not try whether I could bend them or not. Tho countenance was composed. l|ier j was no foam at the mouth, but the lower up I had apparently been bitten. There was no | blood, but it was bruised-looking. There wro g glasses on the dressing-table, but with not w g | in them. They all appeared toWlf.„l( There was also a water-bottle on thA dressin, | table. Dr. Hooper gave mo a papVi *m\ ■ said he had found. It was folded\?& If seemed to have contained a powderT'-i"; | empty at the time. I did not see f;'^ fff ffl fry of the deceased —Alfred Levy de^os. $■ f. f a commercial cl.erk, and live in Hobson^wj | - lam related to the deceased by marriage, a f. have known him for about three years, dun", . the whole of which time I have never know g him to be seriously ill. He was 24 jem om I have heard him occasionally couip.am . I headache. His habits wero strictly tempera • i I last saw him about hall-past two yerteio i afternoon. We dined together at Mrs. Mgu> I his mother-in-law, in Hobson-street. Jle , i sparingly of roast beef. He took so g cucumber, but not much, as he compla"l^. ■* a pain in his inside. I had some ol »■ cucumber. It did not gripe me. B-e ai„ w I one glass of beer at his dinner. He~1« go down town before me. I W 1 I

THE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1871.