SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUVSET.-This evening, 6 16. HIGH WATER.—This evemug, 11.31

UNKNOWN

Lady Bo wen, 11 o clock. Enterprise, 5 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Gem, schooner, from Tasmania. Aurovu,, solioonev, Brain, from Ku'.seH C-e-t of the Wave, schooner, 58 tons, A. Bell, from NaS oe, schooner, McGre:;or, iron MongonuL - Wangarei. cutter, Queen, fiom the Thames. .

IMPORTS.

Per Crest of the Ware, from jNapier :— 160 cases candle,, 10. hides 1 trunk boots 260 boxes soap, order ; 44 boxes tallow, 5/ c-»<ks oil 50 bales flax, 34 do. wool, Owen anu Graham'; 30 bags potatoes, order.—Owen ami Graham, agents.

The schooner Crest of the Wave was de tuned at Hicks' Bay wiudbound for fourteen days. , /. Ihe schooner Gem, supposed to be lrom Tasmania with a cargo of potatoes, 13 working up harbour as we go to press.

COMMERCIAL.

.EvENisa Star Office,: • - jfriday atternoon. Messrs. Samu«l Cochrane and Son held s sale of household furniture, &c, at,then mart, to-day. There was an excellent at tendance, an 1 the following are a f. w. oi. the prices obtained ■■-^° n '£^,' ""& and mangling ~achine, xK)2s 6d; fireprool safe £7; sewing machine, SA 15s; kitchen stove, £47s 6J; corrugated galvanised iron, lighi eauoe, 2s per sheet; tanks, £3 2s. 6.1 each ; iron" bedsteads, £2 15s. each; folding iron bedsteads, £3 to £3 iOs.

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The foilow'mg are the current calls and divi dends payable in tft*. companies named be low:— DIVIDENDS. £ ;«•■ A. DATE. Olaremont 0 0 6 ... Oct. CALLS. • Lincoln Castle .... 0 10 ... Oot. 20 Bird-in-ffand ... 0 1 0 ... On .20 Crowa Prince ... 0 0 4 ... Oct. 21 Dauntless and Sink to Kise 0 0 3 ... Oct.-21 Windsor Castle ... 0 0 6 ... Out SB Quebec 0 0 6 ... Oct. 26 Prid, of Tokatea ... 0 0 6 ... Oct. 2fi Junction. 0 3 :0 ... Oet 30 CoromandelExcelsior O 0 6 ... Oct. 30 Brunswick ... ... 0 0 6 ... 6 Brighton ... ... 02 0 .., Vec. \ Thames Gas Co. ... 0 2 6 ... ■ ISoV. 2

THE MAILS.

Hip'l^ will clo aas under : For Themes, tbia day, at 4.;.0p.m., and to-morrow, at

For°M°Wn^ etc., per Lady Bowe'n, to-morrow, at

Fa?l^?Jion, pc- Ber'A,^?, to-monw, at U a.m. Fc Tahiti, pfrEugenie, to-moiTOW, at 11 a.m. For Sydney and Austrian Colemes per Novelty "o-niovrow, at 11 a.m. ior money.orders, rej^teied let'xan. and newspaper at 10 am. For Ta-lnaki aud the Southern provinces, p-r Tara naM 01 Mond^v, 2Crd ir.st., at noon; ibate <letters and' tel»rCms.foE-trai?^nkdon from the Nelson s? tion V;U be nc«V« at this office till 12.C0, Fo^anSt^P-DuKWnbuvgh.cn Mon day, at 1 p.m. g^ B Bisg< CMef postmaster>

The Evening Star.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance, For the w.ons that needs resistance, For the futu c in the dis^nce, ■ ■, And the good that we cxx do.

No doubt good will result from :the operations of the measure to.regul.at.q sharebroking at present., ;t prpceedinir through Parliament,; even though some of its provisions reveal,the dull wits of tie Assembly. Something. ,yvas re quired to Regulate the dealings in scrip: whether -ther. present Share brokers' Bill provides that something remains to be seen. The'mere licensing of sharebrokers will of itself be a good thing, as serving to give them a dis tinctive character, and as affording the basis for a recognised . Mining Exchange, the operations of .whicli will. do more to regulate the. trade than the pains and penalties of the Act. The license fee is not an' oppressive one, and is framed doubtless with the intention of not imposing unreasonable difficulties in the way of any person desirous of entering on this line of business. The necessity of providing two sureties of£LOO each, .does not impose conditions of a prohibitory character, and any man with a: decent coat on his back, who cannot obtain two friends to go security for him to that amount, must have something in his principles and character that will prevent many transfers being placed in his hands. The personal bond: for £2000 is inserted in the. bill for effect, and for all practical purposes might as well have been made £2,000,000. It will serve however to show the respectability of the business, and a man obliged to give security for £2000 will be regarded a/s A * person of some consequence among his fellows. As- to sharebrokers being obliged to prove personal property to the extent of their bonds, as suggested by a morning contemporary, we would hasten to allay the feeling of terror which such an idea is calculated to inspire. Legislation of this character would be manifestly so unfair, and so contrary to the spirit.of the measure itself, that we may rest assured, such a sweeping out of sharebrokers, never would have been contemplated by the Leginlature. ,^Wado>not Say-that the application of such a rule would shut up every, office in the Exchange Buildings, and every sharebrOking; office ia the city, but the remaining

m nbep of sharebrokers would be so small as to inflict a public calamity But personal bonds dp not require proof of value, and (he £2000 bond must- >>c regarded as one oi the oriia mental appendages of shar&brokers. One well-inteiiM'oncd, but .\'cr\ '■ foolish clause, prohibits sharebrokers, from trafficking in their own stock. 11l such a clause could produce the results intended, it would be, beyond com parison, the most valuable iv the bill.! Playing with the interests of clients... making them the means of safety fcol the sliarebroker's own investments,! buying for clients, and keeping the! shares on his own account if there is aM fise, selling for clients, and substitut-s . ing his own shares if. tlnst-i- « a tall f buying and selling for BiiASeltand hit. | clients prqiniscuqusly, sacking the! •narrow of the market, and throwinj the dry bone to'liis constituents, am generally placing the interests of hi | clients as a buffer between himsel-! md the rude collisions of aa excite< market; these are. of tb.e^iways |^| ire dark, aiid the tricks!that are vdn^ : t at Eave made men.sufcpTcioiis of th< scf-ip ring, and demand legislation. Btil 1 these ai'e precisely the class of evil | from which legislation will afford in ; leliverance, and especially such a pro 1 vision as that iv the bill which w have quoted-".: A r .9har,ebroker, if h< ■vishes, can liave-hrs" ow^n" particuln f-iend ; and his friend's interests —thai is his own, can be made to pass througi all the phases through which :

sliarebroker's own shares are at pre sent made to pass. And through th simple means of a broker's " other self,' he can drive a coach and six throug 1 the Act of Parliament. There an sharebrokers who do not dabble ii shares, but those who wish to do so,-i' is not in the power of legislation t< :prevent. The touch of mining stock sharpens men's wits, and when tin legislature essayed to impose restric tions on the trade in transfers, it re quired an acuteness of perception thai is not manifested in the new iShare brokers' Bill. < ■■:.:>

'It affords us great gratification to learn tha1 Mr. B. Tonka will be a candidate to represent fkvneli in the Provincial Council, as successoi to Dv Stratford. We do not hesitate to say that since Mr. Tonks has taken a part ii public affairs in this city, he has shown him selfrto be one of the most sensible, painstaking, practical, aDd useful men in the city. A jlanee at the various steps which he has taker in the City; Council' and the -Harbour Board shows that there is not one ot his proposal but has been characterised by the great qualities of common sense, and practical aiaptelness to the end proposed. What Ik lins been in these two humbler spheres, he U likely to be in the Provincial Council —a valuable acquisition to the cause of the business-like conduct of public affairs, and of practical progress.

The faulty legislation regarding the weal of Lhis community has been frequent subject oi comment, and although laws, both general and provincial, and by-laws and regulations of the corporate body, have b( en made in a number whiph should, certainly, ensure, the peace of the place, and provide for the pro tection of the police in the execution qf theii duty, grave Emissions have been made. Noi the least of these, is one which may tend to utterly prevent the apprehension of a criminal where the byeitanders happen to be on his 4Ap, and the police force on the ground in sufficient. Ifc seetris that anyone may rescue jr attempt to rescue a prisoner, if he abstain from toucbing the apprehending constable, with perfect impunity. If the policeman be touched, he has a kind of remedy ■m a ekarge of: assault, —otherwise th^re' •;«: none. It is really a wonder that under such circumstances the peace officer. -can abstain from using more for< ible means than they do in bringing malefactors to jus i.iee, and from applying forcible arguments to the heads of those who' interfere. The police litre are not by any means protected as they ought to be, and it is by no means an uncom mon thins to see one of them struggling witli H man " mad drunk," while a lot of lazy louts are looking on with indifference. Sur ; e]y thjs is a-wrdng 1 ot 'things, "and'some of the law-giving bodies ought to take some steps to protect and support those who »re expected to give effect to their miserable attempts at legis ation. _ r, . ,• s- /j. A correspondent wahits to know'wliat tjpe directors of the tThion Bank have been doing to cause the building to blush. Since yester Jay; morning it has losti-its' pale hue, and assumed the roseate tint supposed to mark either a sense -of ,sham,epr of.unusual pleasure.1

All witnesses were ordered, out af Court yesterday morning during the trial of Crosbie against Spray, and the police were ordered to see .most positively that no communication was made between witnesses .'-who had,'been examined atid' those' "waiting tueir turn of

torture. To ensuie this, those who had passed through the ordeal were compolled to remain in Court. But justice is sometimes

blind, although not dumb ; and when the C mrt adjourned in the middle of the day, the whole thing was forgotten, and there was a general rush for beer. Even the defendant, who was then, in reality, a prisoner, having surrendered to..,his bail, joined the-general; " skedaddlo," and was' allowed} unr< served, liberty. Like a fool, he returned after having refreshed the inner man.

I We would direct the attention of our readers to the fact that Mrs. Colclough

(Polly Plum) will deliver a lecture this even ing, at the .rooms of the/ You ■£ ■ Men/a Christian .ASsociation, oh ":Marriage.Y Xa stated ' y a corn spondent in another column, this lecture is independent of the Association, the hall being rented by Mrs. Colelough for t)ie occasion ; but we are confident th't the lfho interoat of the subject, »nd the abi iby of the lechuier will attract a.lar^e.attendance. The chair will be taken at 7.30 p.m.

The members of the Band of Hope gave an entertainment last evening, in the C.ity Biall, in aid of the band fnn'd. ' ■ Although thefe was but a poor attendance, a ~ wie.il-arranged pro gramme was gone through with spirit.

We see by advertisement that afall dress parade of the Auckland Volunteer will take,place to-morrow, afternoon,: at' -5; o'clock 'sharp, at the Drill-shed. Also we understand that there ia'a'aopening for abbu't half-a-dozen of Stout'able *neri ih; the coin pn-ny, biitit is indispensable that they 'muse be mechanics of some' sort, that the arrfuige nients ol tlio company ma? be fully carried out.. We can confidently recommend the' .company to those who are about to join, ■

The police office, biuiiKSd-fchus morning wm tn usually light,- obnftiftnYg simply- of tue >umsliment of two periffna who had offended ■gainst the law by imbibing too much alcoholic liquor. We understand that a ball was (given. r\as), light in the Chornl Hull, by a numtisJ of S I'lielors, who derived to recompense thoir f ;en<ls for some of the civilities and attentions t isy had received. About 4QO ladies and ?! ttleinen were present, i.and kept up the i' ivities until an early hour this niQrning. A i excellent supper was provided by Mr. H le, of Purnel.1, and the whole affair passed o l with great.success. ;« s -p rr. ■ ■■■: iffrp VVnea the Parnell Highway/! Board Under-1 ook to m&iidthe'ii'ways,;they rnadjß afercfcioiis. mslaught on;a bad p;itch afc the; bottopi of J-eorge'a Buy road, to the'condition of which ye had repeatedly drawn attention. But the Sect of Ihe improvements lias been to make ;he locality dangerous, whereas before, the icrass at the bottom of.,the hiU,.-Bimp'v :reated an inconvenience. Au earthwork ha's reen thrown up which sonje??.hat'^resemble 3 a ootpath ; but betw en it and the roadway, in ■no part where a divert runs under the read ome six or eight feet of this awkward looking irmn have been left open, and a great gulf" s exposed for any one to fill with his corp;e. ;Ve undeiat.nd that several good attempts tit living into (lie reces3 pi of the lower regions .possessed by the gnomes, have been made j .md we he .r that some damage has bteen done 0 inc..ulifus travellers. We trust that thi lotiee may be sufficient to draw the attention >f the Board to- thia dungqrous place,} Bud: vhile they are p ying their tour of inspection, ye should certainly recommend them to look ilso to the stale of the step-, leading from St. Barnabas' Road to tlie beach.

The Melbourne Telegrrph, of the 29th ult.v Sells us that " Gerald 11 miry Supple has been fiially disposed of. "for the remainder of his balav I life. On WI no day he wan removed ; o the Pentviflge Sto.'*-cade, ailer having been in inmate of the Melbourne Gaol for a period if 17 tronths. Before leaving the Gaol, Sup ple exr>"e~Si 1 his tlianks to Mr. C;isl;-au, tlie .joveinorlof that1 insf i-tufibn, for (he kindness ■»hovva towa Is him by that gentleman during Ij's iiic ''ceratioii. •■■'>'•

The following'l3' the Police Court rota for i\it day next (petty serious). —Meisrs Owen, Q-. P.. ri.>rce, Porter, Riti^ie, Thorn:)?, Turtqn, \. K. Taylor,. Jfouhg.—Joseph May, Esq., Caaiiman.

The Circus will he open ngain to-night, and a. programme; of a novel character has been akariged. The jp.erformance will be for the beneQt of aome of the per/brniors, wl'b siiai 1 jined losses in const quince of the continued b:d weather through wl "eh tlie.company had to struggle during tha h son. Q : ; :

\/e are glad to leai that the man who some time a^o initired h'ln^t'lf by the inc.iu lioiis use of a firearm at Onehungtl, and whose life was for some time deipuired' of, ia now considered to be out of danger.

The high reputation Olson's tomato sauce has obtained as a household condiment, (mm brought many inferior articles into the market Mie public are ,tbere»ore warned not to ho im posed upon with rubbish, hut-ask for Olson's genuine tomato sauce.-audsep^ thut" hi* name. is on the bottle; "To Mr. Hans Olson, — Dear Sir,—By some mistuke a bottle' of your tomato sauce wa« put.aw»j in. inyrhouse, and remained uncorked for upwards of twelve months. The same bottle of sauce was mter wards used at my o^n table, and I found it was equally a'e good-as \v;heij; lirst :made.— ).'. VV. Doonin, wholesale and rettiii grocer, 218j Qu'een-Btreet, A;uckland."-1-[A.Dvii.] ■

THE SHARE MARKET.

i/LE. J. M. "Lknnox's Repoht.—There was a good demand for. Caledonian st,ock.to-day., jVly aaliT;compri!<^Caled6hi:irif £120, £1*25,' and £120; Thamej; £23. ' There was much demand for other stock.- The*siiare market is still unsettled.? .i.^'-il) !■■./•! ■• ; ''■ ''•"'■

Mr. J,;. Newman's Keport.—The share market .rather iui«itiv,e to-day, i Caledonian and' Thames shares advancing. 'My'sales com prise :.T)iaiue3'G-yldMining Company's1 shares; £23; ,'to £23 10j;, Junction, 20s, paHpaid ; Pride of .Tokate., 3a.6d. Buyers :> All JM'atibns, £5 53 ; Moanatniri, £3 12s 6d ; Caledonian, -Bel!ers £3,22. 1ib,..,■: •■=..!» ir<j-rn:» !ii" .'<! •

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

i iFRIDAiY, OCTOBER 20,

[Before Thomas Becktfami Esq., •' R.M.] The usual weekly-sitting-of this Court-W-3 held this morning, when the following busi ness; was. disposed,of,:— ', ~<\\ c-' '' : •;■'■■' •■ Baibd v. Owen,;AND Graham.—fXhis case, w'lieh had been before the Court for some time and this morning, was appointed for the delivery of His. -Worship's, -j^Ugmeafc.; j His Honor thought irwoul'd I>e nio're consistent with the feelings pf b tli: parties if J,he -cafee >vere wiLh'dra'wn—Mr. Rogan appeared for I he plaintiff. —Mr..W.eat6aifoc:i tli&-deft;indants J and said lie had no objection, except that here after the ;case might be ; brqughtj ;oa ftgaia and\ his client niight, not, bejn a position to. prove his defeuce.—His.'Honqpisaid ,a, condition rai«ht be tqihe effgct that no .future , eb.p,ul4 , be ;; taken. —Withdrawn: accordingly. -| i. ; : ...:■.,,.: -.:;.-.■. EwiNG^xpN ; T.,DDKE.— Cjlaim, £l : 17s. 6d.. The defendant; ad.ini.rtedijtlie ,olaini, but, Biiid he was a medical herbalist;, and Mr. Ewington's,,principal.;.owed.• him : ,|g2, jwhioh, he wi9 told lie'could not'recover. —His Honor suggested that in such circumstances the defendant should secure his payment before supplying the herbs. !b4ce r.t •s***. —ptaii^, | gudgi-, merit was confessed in "this case, and the de fendaijt,agreed .-to • 2s>,6cL a. ,week, -which was accepted. JAcksoN V. CBE^B-r-Claimi,' 3lo 'ssi ~Bd. This was a proceeding upon a judgment sum mons.! An execution had-been'issußU-'against' the defendant's goods, but the bailiff sent to execute the warrant was told by the defendant that there; was a billvof. sale over.[the/goods: The defendant also said that he had the money * but hot pay ,it. - Judgment -fbr plaintiff," a month being given to defendant to satisfy ithe.claim..

Dll/tON T. POULTEE. —Olaiin, £6. —Mr. Thdrne1 for plaintiff 5 MiI.' JBrook for the de?

fendirit—This whs a claim for. shifting and ro-erect-ng a liouso. Tlie defence was that_thp wo k wa3 not dono to defendant's satisfaction? Plie plaintiff replieA-thafc the work could not be done in any other .manner, as the defendim gave him 01 tiers' as to the way of putt|ng up the roof. -Some ra lers were longer' than Otters. iS:> objection was made to the work uutil payinout was asked. The plaintiff, in reply to defendant's counsel, : said that lie pitted £14 to put up the building, but the defendant said he would be satisfied with the structare it' put up roughly. This wai denied upon the part of the defendant. A great deil of evidence was taken upon the effect of the weather upon the shingled roof. The work was dono by Mr. Pointer's- orders.—The plaintiu s son gave corroborative testimony.—■ ■Roberr. Vinoeat'.Rllis.'a1 practical bttilde'r, said the work was fairly done, and worth £6. " The defendant; asid the building wa9 to have been removed and re-erected in nine sections. The plaintiff's son pulled ie down wholesale. The agreement was to do the job in a workman like manner. The bi_, t muternjswere supplied. I'he rain camtf xnj and would ijcomp in ; tg a; .gre ,ter extent every day. ''" The-shinglei were injured.— Walrer Swift, a carpenter, said the roof was sunk seven or eight inches. The rafters extended beyond " Vl} o. plate.", T u e building miist become' more "leaky',''in a month or "two.-- The front bulge}'out." Witnrvs wor^d not like to do the work for i' 6. —Jame) Page, a carpenter, gave corroborative testimony. Th,e wir.neis ajSicTthe wu^ was worth* £6, " ugly |as the 'budding was."£- Jud'ament for the plaintiff. Voqel v. H.AiwAFOfflbl.i-401aim £7 Is. lOd. —This claim wai proved by the clerk from the plaintiff's :i>fSce. The defendant'{fief not appear.— Juclgnient for the pla'ptiff; '» : • Datibs t. MdQviiEiOLE.p^Claipi £§.-*i-Mr. Xiisk '$>r th; e ; ; j|aini:ff; Mi/, Brock jtfdr- the ■defendant.—This1 was1 an action io'recover the above sum,,by way of damage puctainedjhy the misrepresentation of the"&efericta>t,' in tliede script-on of a photographic lens sold by-defen dant to the plainjiff. The pla;ntiff said be pur chased froji the defendant what purported to be a.qutok act;onslens (Dallrrieyer;B,No. 2; B, K. ,46S0),"and"'gave £8 for it. Ultimately he discovered that the lens •was not a " Dall tneyer," Plaiptjff was certain the defendant told him the glass was a " Dallmeyer," and afterwards aduaittri it was not so. He tendered the lens to the defendant and asked lor his money back. Defendant declined to return the money. The defence was'that the lens was not sold as one by that1 maker. He lurther said that a picture was takon with the lens which was satisfactory to the plaintiff, and it was upon that t'ial Ibo purehr^e was miide. The plaintiff in the course of the cros i^xu'ninat'on said that the price of a real "Dalln'ejer" lens was £16 iv Melbourne. He did not know that wai the price when he purchased the lens in ques non'i Mr. Jouc gave corroborative testimony. ■L'he defenc'i-it said the pla:ntiff, ]V|r. Jone3, rtnd a boy, came to hi'-a |fcp purchase'a lens. Defendant suid lie had four, and produced two—one being that produced. He laid no dlieis on the came being on tho side. Told tbom that ihe name being on the side was no eilerion of the, gonuinenes; of the lens. .'A picture was taken, "wiih' which they were Sal'afed. Alter thnt the pnrchusc was made. Two ■witne'ses,' named Hayes and Corbet* (photoHi.ipheis), sad . the- lens was well (jnou^h, but it was not uncommon to put 'he naiii' ■ of celebrated makers upSn iinimtion ariic't . —His Honor thought, after' the. evi dence .adduced, there was no alternative to the Courfcbut to give judgment for the plaintiff. This concluded the business on the list, and tb,a Oouit adjourned.

POLICE COURT.-Friday.

[Before His Worship the Mayor.} Dacis-KEXNES3. —Two persons, who had b^en tiikcT up 'by the police while in a state-of iuobiiety, were find in the usual amounts.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We are not responsib'e./o-our Correspondents' opWfo'*s.]

To the Editor of ihe EVENING Stab,

Sia, — Will you be kind enough to insert t* its, to correct the impression made by.the ii.ivcrti' :ienf'of Mrs.;Coiclou'gl)''B lecture"for this eve in^. ~ . . , . ITlie i cture is not under the auspice') of the YoU'ig Men's Christian Association, as the he. ding'of the advertisement leads the piubl'c to infer. Mis. Coldough has simply hiijed the lec'nre hall in-tlie~poonfs, not even st-iiug the title of her lecture. Ido this in no'unlriendlyj spijit to iVlrs.'Ot)lcltwg]t..wh<iiei. lecture, t trust, will be well attended, but as an) act of just'ee to ,tbe : lepturer who is t j /allow, as the last of "the course for the Asso ciation, and on the same subject.— X am, &c.,. ,! .61 .<::<•■-. •■&} B.'ShalD^es, . - i Hon. Sec.

aWay: to the Police Court, for the crime of ,s'ttine; in the: inarket-.plnce listening to the poifovmanoe of the celebrated hippodrome ; and a gi»antio bobby is sent ; • her parents to s y., "We want you at the iocK-up." The fiitlci', s'l.t'ng t>y t.e fire a.tot1 itis hard dnyV vvoik, \^ struck witu amazement, —I suppose, never having feeeii-, in a lockup in his life before; and' the younger ..portion of his numerous family all commence a-sorrowful wp-'l,'expecting to lose both father and sister. Could not the' authorities' give the policemen a holiday, that they might have a little re creation, and not, have toiam.use themsglves with "poor wandering minstrels and rheumatic cripples ? They tell us there are so many -little girls who are ruined; and they want to put a stop to ciime, &c. Cannot they do it ■without; annoying poor, harmless children of respect ble pa-ems, wLo probably never saw the inside of a Police Court in their lives ?— if tbey cmnot, bobbie.3 bad better give place t'i somebody that can. lam not one of those who would interfere with their bobbyships in .'Jae ,peivqrnian.ee of duty, but it appe rs 'to me' they, are unaoqtia'n,ted with it ; so I shou'd^ sugge-ti a 'dayVdiill riow and aga'.n Tor t'i.eir better information.— I am, &c, Eifiy Yeaps Ago. • QWe give insertion to the foregoir'r, but we •know.; rothing whatever of the merits of the c: 'c. We think, however, that ni^ht air is b.'d for rheumatism, and the girl should have b • n alpr- with her father, sitf'ng by the fire. C.J

MOVE ON.

! To tfrd E/iitor of tlie'fiVii/iNa^TAB

:,;!£iiß, —Auckland hf> hitherto prided <her Bel /: on I being essentially a musical c'ty. Phil liarjnonie, n»al-harmov>ic, eacdp'fidiUc, and other musical guilds, have always b .n in full: concord or discord.- 'I'll c general notion bi'tjhe citizens appears to have hitherto been thai music, good,1 ;b;.d, or indifferent, is a pJeaVng and drsiruble aec(.sso:y to a har moirous blending of all social tir . Not long a;Vo an edif?ce wh:ch had bran ere^trd for the purpose of music was. burned down by some vaoabond who had none in his bouL ' Another, infinitely more gorgeous, wai jmmediat&lyl ejected on the site. Fyom this people inferred tliat the science was1-about'to be developed to an extraordinary degree, and (hat the public generally were. to. be allowed to participate in. the harmless pleasure of: listening to vth'e vai'ous sounds produced by tbe dexterous manipulation of the seven notes. But it sodras that our precious Municipal authorities' think otherwise, aWi- have actually forbidden two performers, of no meau degree of skill and !taste, from delighting the ears of the citizens by " making a noise, in thp streets," arid have compelled them to " move oh." In every civilised city in the...woxld but this hyper-enlightened one, street music of a pVoper class is allowed, and i's'/glaidly paid for by tlie citizens. Here our martial ardour is bO highly developed sihatUwe i'can tolerate nothing but the sqeaking fife, the braying trumpet,ithoclangingcymbals,or:the thunder-: ing drain. ' There" must surely be something wrong in the formatipiyof the aural > append ages of these cftnstructora of the by-law's, who tolerate any kind of hideotts noise when the perpetrators are •'? moving! on/! a»;d cannot listen'with patience to the best harmonies when j produced by musiciuns st inding in a retired by-street.—l.am, &c, '•> • ■'■ 0 I ■ Peank.

To. the Editor of the Evening-Star,

Sib,-—Will you. kindly'insert the following in your valuable paper :— ,',■.[ !

■'■ Police AMUSEMENTS.-r-Tiie police of Auckr laud seornto.be at a loss for want of: employ ment, toy' when they cannot succqed in preventing two poor wandering minstrels l'i'om earning an honest penny in. the streets, they ruthlessly seize upon a poor defenceless girl (crippled with rheumatism), and drag her

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GeahamstoWj.*,. 3 p.m

The Golden A^e have crushed 60 fco^s, and the result is 7S ounces.

The All Nations is looking . very

well.

Tlie Twentyittird of June b have Ci'as^ed 135 lbs. of specimens and 37 tons o'i general stuft", the return being; four ouuees to the ton.

The Scooting Star have' Held (a aarvey and decided .to. put down a w:nze 15 feet off the iliddle Star boundary.

The Shotover broke out stone dur ing last night; no gold. The appear i)]°e of the reef however is promising.

The Nonpareil continue to break down good stone.

THE CALEDONIAN.-MINE MANAGER'S REPORT.

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

"9.28 am.

" The water is still risiug slowly No change in any part of the mine. General crushing looking well." v

THE WHAU GOLD MINING COMPANY.

A. meeting of the shareholders in the liVfcu ©old Mii'fng Oomp-ny was held in;< tl'e Mechanics' Institute on Thursday. There was large attendance, and Mr. Peacock was voted to .the chair.,,.,; T.he reports of.the directors and mine manager, and he company's b .lance sheet, vrere adopted. The director ' report, s'mved that (hiring the year ' 2^68 tons of 8t"-e WLM-e crushrfl,' and yieldWd 19-^4 ozi. of go' !, or c a average of ,I'/ dwt^f. to ,the.t.on. : . "A sii'i-H wiri' *Vig engine has recently been fitted, in ;fcbe wT c, for the purpose ot raising the qua.'tz./"' J9 d'restori' report also at ted that"! the fouipeo-y liaibßUCceeded int^urcbasing for f £220 the aae of.vtKe.tunnel tlirpflghKUUe Qiby" of 'C.las;,bw_ and Blabk Angela"lrfirrid, and; a.ter mr'iing certain necersary alter^vd'us, the total cc. tof the tumieljwa" ). Ks : possessiofl would be almo f inraluab') to the company,' and would gveatl t y aid in the developrr.ent>p-f the miLer; Tlie election jbf a, neW board of directors was : then proceeded with, and the following gentlemen were cho3en.:'r-;>le'3ra. 1 G-. M» Clark, T. Peafock, - &: H. Stevenson, GrrifKths, .and 8,. Somrner vil'e,. This was all the bus.ness brought for ward.

.' -Id a New .Zealand, gazette o£ the Octpb'ef; a'.frce ' {.' .rdo'n'is granted ' ( t^'any accotnp'licff Who HJ ElialVgiVe information .as] ■ s'lall \et(\ 'tb'tae co^v;cl.ion 6f .the peraons wh'q I closed 'the late fire in''the''■"New ZollmtL 'll^,-, su-aptre Company'sEuildinfgs/in iiudk'land.'.!

T;J>"?BR-PuNCTUATiON.-r-A.printer in Edin bu; ■jv'wiii'in the' li'ab\t ofintroducing'.: a iiiiicli" greK-Jer nnniberof ;!coiniiia9'''.t,l'ian it 'Appeared, to t!>e author the sense ' required. The case iwas ■pvovbltin'j, btit; did nbt:prdduce,a' foruiftl remonstrance, until the printer 'him" se'f afforded the 'learned editor an • oppor laft'ity of'-'signifying' his dissatisfaction with fef 10- plethora of puuctnation1 under which his (•onapooitorS' were.'made: :to labor. ■ i The1 worthy printer, one day coming to a passage which \\o : poyld not-undeysitandj,.very naturally, took |t,into, his' h'ead'tbaj^_it wn unintelciHib.le, and transmitted to his employer, with a remark; on the!' margin,' that.'..''{.the^e t .,appeia ! red.;Bopne ; obscurity in it." The sheet was innnediptely foturiied with this reply :-" Mr. Jeffrey seea no obUurit? .here, exceut,, suoU, as. arises from, t'jo d—^-^d'quantity bf coming, wnk4i Mr.- Wiilfeon seems to keep iv a pepperbox beside Inch, for the purpose:of. dusting all Mi proofs with;.'?

.' '"kor to be EEPBATBi>.--^-The mconsisteicie's in Vie, financial policy of the Chancellor of the Exchequer need eKcite<no'Bivi*pr"ißeV -After his A'ust'raiian experiences, we expect to tinci in the' lion. menibtti("; a iiiik'ifagai'obity).— 'Fun. \

, «p ~,'• ■'.. 1,---:-.-.;» nrfj no vl-.init There Jiire-over '6000 locomotives oif ttie G-ennfln railroads. .aocrujtFC y->'i ictoH '

GUY HEAVYSTONE; OR, "ENTIRE." A MUSCULAR NOVEL.

By BkbtHabte

ChAFjCBR I

" incurvicevicuinpecus." . A vtsH swashy, splashy afternoon jfin October; a school-yard filled with a mob of riotous boys. A lot of us standing out side. . . , Suddenly came a dull crashing sound from the school-room. At the interruption I shuddered involuntarily and called to Smithsye : " What's up brnithums ? .»......■„ " Guy's clearing out the fourth form, ( he replied. r -, T . n , r._ -, At the samem6meiitGeorge->de Cover- ; ley passed me, holding his nose from wPence the bright Norm an blood streamed icdly. To :him the':'plebeian Soilth-sye lau^liin^lyt ' ' '. ,' . ...: . ". (Jully ! how's his nibs ? ''"I pushed the door of the school-room opea. There are some spectacles which a man never forgets. ''7£h'e burning of Troy probably seemed a^largewwzed confle gration to -the pious jEtieas, and made an impression on him which he carried away with the feeble :Anchisesj-< -' la the centre of the room lightly brand ishing the piston-rod of a steam-engine, stood Guy Heavystone alone. 11 I say alone, for the pile of small boycott the floor in Vie corner could hardly be called com - pany. ".- ■ .-..-; I willtry and sketch Hica for the reader. Guy Heavy stone only fifteen. H/3 broad, deep phest,:his sinewy: and qui vering flank, his .straight pasienn, showed him to be a thoroughbred; .Perhaps he was a trifle heavy in the fe.tlook, Jbut he held his head haughtily erect.- His eyes were glittering..but pitiless.'. -There- was a i sternness about the lower parfc df his face —i.be old; Heavystone look—a sternness heightened,' perhaps by the snaffle-b't which in one ofimslrange freaks, he wore !in his mouth; to curb Ms occasional fero city. His dress'was well adapted to his siquare-set and heruculean frame. &• striped knit undershirt, close - fitting tights, and a few spangles set off his figure ; a neat Glengarry cap adorned his bead. On it was displayed the Heavystone crest, a cock regardant on a dunghill o.^ and the motto, £? Devil. a better !" I thought of Horatius on the bridge, cI Hector before the walls. I always make ?t a point to think of something classier! ft suc'i t'n es.•■- '

He saw me, and his sternness partly re lazrd. ;tSon?etliin^-likeasmile struggled (ij.-oughhis grim iineaments. Ifc'was like looking on the Juu r;frau after haying seen LYlort Blanc—iVrifle, only a trifle less suij':me and awful. Kesting- his hand li^ht'y on the shpulder of the head master, who shaddered and co^.apsed under his toucb, lie s'trude .toward me. .. . H"s walk was peculiar. You could not call it a stride. It was like the " crest f;oaS'U3 Bellerophon"—a kind of prancin^ «i'ih G-uy Heavystone pranded toward tre. • ■ ■ ■' >'■ '»a(»^

Chapter 11.

"Lo dLove" he the i,fl-dei

A-." > nb'T ■ I"1'? n

;-wV c ~.rcd

It was the winter of 186— when I next

met Guy Heavystone. He had left the University and had entered the 76th '< Heavies." " I liare exclianged the gown for the sword, you see," he said, grasping njy hand and fracturing the bones of my little finger, as he shook it. I gazed at him with unmixed admiration. He was squarer, sterner, and in every way smarter and more' remarkable than ever. I! began to feel toward .this man as IJha laster felt towards Phyrsino.Es ?n me body must have felt toward A,rchid|dasculus, as Bbswell felt towards Johnson. " Oome into my den," he said, and lift ing me gently by the seat'bf my pantaloons he carried me upstairs a"nd deposited me, before I could apologise, on the sofa. , I looked around the room; 'It was a bache lor's room, cliaractei'i'sti^ally ■furnished in the taste of the proprietorr A few* clay mores and battle-axes were ranged against

ihe wall, and a culveriu captured by Sir 'Ralph Heavystone occupied the corner, the other end of theroom being taken up by; a light battery. Foils, boxing-gloves, saddles, Mand fishinejtpoles lay around"' carelessly. A small pile of billet-doux' lay upon a silver safver. !iThe' man was not an anchorite nor yet a Sir ofalahad. I never could tell what Guy thought of women. " Pop/ little, Jbeas.ts," h,e would ofium say when 6onversatidn t'lirnea on any : of histjfresh oo^ quests.-. -Then.passing hi§, his raarble brow,'.the' old look of ; stern fixedness 'of purpose - and un ::;flia;chiug severity r would, gtr,aigl^en ptLe lines of his'mouth and he would imutter, " half to; •himself,.-; "Sdeafch IHolJ;»ti-.j&»i as «i " Couie with me to Heavy f tone Grange,;. , 9?j?e Exmoßr Hounds throw oBTto-mo^row*. ■IX give you a mount," Jh&' said- "rfs he' amused <; hipiself .by r roiling up. a^.sily^Ej ■c^ndlest''clt t)between his nugers. "You shall have Cleopatra. But stay," h!e;added* thoughtfully ;'"now I remember^.,li or:,

dered (Jleopatra to be shot this .morning." " And why ?" I queried^'''' y ...'• She threw her rider yesterday andfe 1! oil him —jr^" .-■■•' ..^"And killed him?" ~)'//iJNo. That's the reason why I have ordered her to be shot. I keep no animals .jtb^ti are not dangerous—l should add ..deadlyr" He hissed the "last sentence •bejjwe^n hi^ teeth^ and; fir gloomy; frown; descended over'his 'calm bsow s . ~1 affected to turn over the tradesmen's. bills1 thatslay,fcitiJhetable;1 fox like'all of tbe Heavystone;rase, Guy, seldom,<paid cash, and said :, w ,,..' ; v > . >| ■:, uT ; i\ You remind me of the time wh^Hliea .n i idaßrrr- iT"-.<i bjio<] i:i ,I«9J v;;:.^ i*" b ? i'i o,"bother Leonidas and-your classical allusions. Uorne P" We descended to djiinef.l^ ' ■ ;,, ■ b'j1«nJ»Ioo i-Jiiii^iii!" ,sto«:HiO .islljn.

i .fja-i i CHAPTEE'llil^^

i "Hep rjies weigjit.ihe rides.a rice] ,{ _\ \\ !'T?s for a thOttsarid pound." " 'l'|'*|lhere is Flora Billingsgate, the greatest coquette and 'li&i'dest rideriri'uie country,"-said rny-companion-Kalpb: Mt)Tt-~ rnainj rswe stoodupou\D^Qglpbj;Common ifcefdrje tb.e,,meejy. . A "', *. ',' .-~ q I looked'up "ana"; beli eld' Grtiy.,Heavy stouej bending haughtily' over' the 'saddle as he addressed.., a, beaiilifiil brunette. She vfas iiideed^sj^ndidjj-gr^qmedjnd. hi^h-ppirited woman. "We were near/ etiougn to overhear'the 'following:, con versa^ion, which any higli-toned , reader ftil-t no ?.iiiUH uu..-il ;.•■/£•>':il'jii i---'i;

will recognise as thecommon and natural expression of he higher classes.

" When Diana tt'kes the field the chase is not wholly confined to objects ferce nalu.-ce," s-id Guy, darting a significant ■ ijla'jce at his coin put1 ion. Flora did not shrink either from t'io glance or the meaning implied in the sarcasm. "If I were looking for an Endynjion now," she said archly, es she playfully cantered over a few hounds and leape°\a fire-barred gate. [sT Guy whispered a few words, inaad^\i\ to the rest of the party, and curvetting slightly, cleverly cleared two of the hunts™ men in' a flyingttap, galloped: up the front 3teps of the" mansion, and dashing at full speed through the hall, Jeapcd throug the dif wing-room window and rejoined me, languidly, on the lawn. ■ *

■' J3e carefal of. Flora Billingsgate," he s?.id'tome in low stern tonnes, while 1 his p:tiles3 eye shpt a baleful fire. " Gardez votes J' 1 '■'

- "" GnotM seaiiton." I replica, calmly] ifot wishing to appear to be behind him inper ceptionor verbal felicity. ■ : Guy started off inhigh spirits. jSe was well carried.- He and the first whip, a ten stone man, were head and headat the last fence while the houVids were .rolling over their fox a hundred! yards further in the .Open. ~ . ~,,.;;,' •.. <.. r^V\ '.'... ~-I ? i iJut an, nnexpected cireutnstance oc curred. Coming ba.qk his chestnut rdire refused a ten-foot 'wall. '," She re ;red aid fell-backward—-A-gJ-in-he led her upto-ifc HgEtly ; again she refused, falling heavily from the coping. Guy started to his feet, fhe old pitiless fire shone in bis eyes ;the old stern, look; settled .'ajbundlliisjnouth. Seizing.the,ma,re by the tai r land maPje^he threw her over the ■ waH-.ui She: landeS twenty feet on the other-side erect and tfemblin?. 'Lightty leaping the same obstacle himself,-he remounted her. She did not refuse the wall the nest,time. r _ ; t i.'A .:•■-. ; -;■ '•: •■ WII ; fii il

Chaptee IV.

" He 1 o'.ds bwn. by his glittering eye." Gruy was:in the north of:liselaiidjjjoek scooting; Sb" Halph Mortmaim'tolct' me, aid aLo th?fc the match between Mary Brandagee and Guy had been broken off by Elora rßillingsgate; "?L don'Klike those Eillingsgates," said Efilph, "they're ia bad stock. Her father, Smithfield de. Eilxingsgate had an unpleasant, jsfajr dj huthinq; up the knave fromlhe b:ott6m vdf i.be pack. But nous verro.is; let us go and see-Guy."' * •, f : J -/ r:'-A : r-Thenext morning we started -for Fifr ma-coul's-crpssing. When I reached the ■shcotin^-bos, where Guy was entertaihiDg; a select company of friends, Flora Biniugs greeted .me;with a saucy smile, i ' 1 Gey was even squarer and sterner tban ever. His gusts of passion.were more^ iveqiient, and it 'was1 with "difficulty tliaV he; could keep an able-bodied servant in ii's family. His present retainers were more or less maimed from exposure to the fury of their master. There was astrange cynicism, a cutting sarcasm in his address piercing through his polished manner. T' thought of Timon, &c. _

! One evening we were sitting over our Cbainbertini'affcer a hard day's work, and Guy was listlessly turning over some^let fan,, tt Il.o vcr-BVnUxXcTilj —ircr-*XITCerQd a Cry.t- Did you ever liear the trumpeting of a wounded elephaut? It was like that. I I looked at him with consternation. He was glancing at a letter which he held ft arm's length, and snorting, as ifc were, at it as he gazed. The lower part of his fnce was stern, but not as rigid as nsual. He was slowly grinding betweenhis teeth l.he iragmen tV-of the glass-he haVl Just been drinking from. Suddenly he.seized.oneo£p liis servants,anJ, forcing the "wretch upon his knees, V:exclaimed with the roar of a

tiqrer,

[-'JDogX why was this. kep,t from me*?" Tf" I *\. Whys pleas*?, • sir, i Miss .Flora: said ijf how:, H was a reconciliation fronv Miss ■■>: Ei-andagee, rand it was to be kept';from ' > you Where you would not be likely to see it—!-and—land—-t-" L*jL~£l~3s '.'cjpeak, dog land you— ~- "i :-.-=!:; '" I put it among your bills, sir !'* 5 ~ (j iWith a' groan' like distaafT thunder, _ "fell swooning to-the floor. ••■ '■■"'" JHp soon, recovered, for the. nest moment-& a Servant came rushing into the room:with;.,o the imtorrh'ation that a number of the in r , T geiriuous peasantry of "the neighbourhood^ were about to indulgertifat evening in the ►hationajipasfime 'oft burning a farmhouse and shooting a landlord;, r j^oy smiled a fearful.smite, without, however,, alter! jig,^ • hi 3 stern v aricl pitiless-:expresbdn. tc" |*Let them come," he stid calmly; fee;l-like entertaining" compinyT" We barricaded the doors and,windlow.s, rand(heo'chose buraVnis irortt^e'armoury. Giij's chqip» ; wa&'aisingulaßfone/: it? waaA r.D lariding rieV with.v long.; iaud'e, and a sharp cavalry sabrel^We w ; £^enp,tdestined|-x to temain long ?in igWbranbl of rfis use! AjLX ihowl was heard fronijpiUiQit, and a party of fifty or sixty armed "mci precipitated thetrselvP3 ai'g'aiilst'thß door. - .' ' ("Suddenly - : the r^mddwir.ooQlied.- aWitß P . the* rapidiiy of lightnia~r6ki? HeaTystone .cast the neto^er the h'dadoftfeie lihgleadfer, ' eVaculated—" -Hahet-i'-' -and witl~ a""baxlC stroke of liis cavalry sabre severed the metnber from its trunk, -and dewing the net-back again, cas% theIgory- iead upon fheifloor, saying quietly: , oTT p.; «iOhe;";\ a :i: a -(i %. A J{i a o^tt p A<?ain the net was cast, the stel flashed, t^sinet was withdraw^',"aM theominous "TWo!" accoiapanied jthe ;lied; as ltr^lV rc'ibd on the floor. J. ■ v<!Dp,y.OU remember: what f Wmjsag[s:<)f''.ftU ; tjie s'ljidtator P" said Guy, calm^ wiping h;s sabre. " How graphic is tha passtfg»« «° t commencing: ' Inter nos,' Sa." The spott continued until the heads c twenty___ desperadoes had* been gathered h. TmQ telt: seemed- inclined-tp4JsP??se- ■> QP^ ?a * ! ioanljiously shEowed himself'aWhedoor ; ia iifinfang shqt was heard, and;%,iaggeE^t . batet pierced "through the heart/ G-rasp- C ing the door-pest in the last incouscipus throes'of-his: miglity frame, thS whole side ! of tHe house yielded to thatsarthguake. / tremor, and we had barely tin^ to'escape .before the whole, building -fell 1 i^ups. I : thought of Saaisbnj-the^Giantfudge, &0., &c. y but all was over. , ,■ ■ Guy .|J,^avyst6i)ie/ha(aTdM|s;:lie' M<vi _lLv.ed— "hard.

£ Fashionable Qualities.— At lover, who was told by his friends that b>h«j engagedioato marry a fool, said to them that th girl he had f chosen "ha4"jsept&il)J^.6ome'qualii tbTfluSe.w l-iii-a 1 fashionable circle: she hi plenty ol ' apathy, was tolerably illiterate., w^brilliauw I vain aildr fertilelycapiieious, acq sßCed; "With : , I every !oi&i i:arid" diffused uiii^raal liles." *'. ■;j a> f|^ife.i«u /-■--«"-■ - ;; !si,.; : -..v;.. I

TEE gfBKiNG STAR, #JCfe^l§ xW^A^^O|op^tm 1871.



AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &o. This Etkning. Lecture in Y.M.O.A. Booms, at 7.30p:m Murray's Great World Circus, 8.