PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

Clyde, schooner, 35 tons, Anderson, from Wangarei.

SUNSET. —This evening, 5.18, HIGH WATER.—This evening, 3.25,

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Royal Alfred, 7.30 o'clock. Enterprise, 6 o'clock.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Sidket.—Alice Cameron, 12th inst. Southern Ports.—Taranaki, early. Napieb.—Star of the South, 8.5.,t0-morro ~.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Go-Ahead, s.s., from Tar'ant](ki. .. ■ Countess "of Kintore, ship, frota London. Alice, barque, from London. _ East Lothian, barque, from New York via

Sydney. * >. _, - Z.!' ,- Merlin, schooner, from Eijis.—M. Niccol, agent. , ; i ■ # • Fairy, schooner, from Kaiapoi. Aurora, schooner, from Kaipara.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Taranaki, s.s., from Southern ports. Keera* s.s., laid-up. Samson, p.s-i laid-up. .. ■ , Alexandria, ship, from London, L. V

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

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

and Co, agents. Na Noba, schooner, from JFijis. —J. S. Mao-

farlane, agent. Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney. W. C. "Vv entworth, barque, from Melbourne. Colonist, schooner, from Kaipara.—M. Nic-

col, agent. Herald, schooner, from Hokianga.—J. S Macfarlane, agent.

EXPORTS.

Per ship Alexandrina, for London : 623 case* gum, 14 tons ditto (in bulk), R. Walker and Co,; 641 cases ditto, Kolph, Sterry and Co.; 84 ditto ditto, Geo. Thorne, jun., and Co.; 163 ditto ditto, Stewart and Anderson ; IGS packages ditto, Must and Co.; 87 cases ditto, 9 bales wool, 119 ditto flax, 3 ditto cotton, 166 casks sperm oil, 1 ton bones, 4 cases sundries, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 80 bales cotton, 50 tons .cotton seed, 25 bales co.ton, 47 ditto flax, 3 casks oil, Owen and Graham; 4 casks ironsand, Bank of New Zealanl; 9 cases plants, It. Brewin ; 1 box curios, W. J. Cawkwell; 1 case sundries, E. Fit/.patriek; 1" box sundrios, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 1 case, E. Moss; 236 cases gum, iR. Walker and Co. ; 120 biles cotton, 200 bags cotton seed, Owen and Graham ; 285 cases gum, 18 casks tallow, 109 bags cotton seed, J. S. Macfarlane and Co. ; 44 cases gum, 67 bales wool, L. I). Nathan and Co.; 96 cheeses, W. Goodfellqw;; 17 ci3es gum, 1 bale wool, E. andH. Isaacs; 10"bale3 wool, F. Winti-r; 2 boxes, sold, Bank of Australasia ; 8 ditto ditto, 38 bars silver, Bank of Kew Zealand; 63 bales flax and tow, Fraser and Tinne; '82 cases gum, K. Hobbj; 1 box private effects, A. Tillotson.—L. D. Nathan and Co., agents.

The schooner Merlin,' Captain Yates, left Levuka on Tuesday, 25t,h July. Experienced light southerly and S.E. winds &MX calfciff, which continued)upfcil:theßi.h instant. Since; experienced fresh N.N.E. winds, and Bighle<| the Great Barrier at tf a.m. on tho 10th instj, and arrived in harbour at .8 p.m. same da* Pasaengers.---Meßsrs. Simpson," Jones, Sho ficld, Birkment, and Fleming. The ketch Rosamond left Levuka for t this port eifeht hours prior to the departure of tho Merlins. We have to thank Captain Yates for^ filer of qhe Fiji Times to the 22nd ult. 0•V '■ '

CLEARANCE OF THE AIJEXANDRINAj. This fine ship cleared at the Customs to-day for London, with a very large cargo, 11 boxep gold, 38 boxes silvfer, and the following pas? sengers :—Messrs. John Skelton, A. Bully, E| W. Gurney, W. Parker, F. Sundland. (

COMMERCIAL.

Evening) Stab Office,

> < §''! I" t O i-V/.-i " Z' i Friday evening, j AtL. D. Nathan and Co.'s sale to day, the attendance was good, I but ithe bidding very dull indeed. The follow* ing prices were realised:— White Java crystals, 4d per lb., in eondvj, r.brpwp sugars, no offer ; Moreton's bottled fruits, 13s. 3d. per dozen • Keillor's marmalade, 10s : soda crystals, 9s per owt.; Barcelona nuts, sfd per lb.; tobaccos, RoyaljStandard 10's, 104 d per lb.; Venus 10's, fs'Sd per IB..; Two World's, Is per lb:'; 'Bayland's 10's, 12idj; Belle of Virginia pocket pieces, 13d j. Youths' Delight Navy, | lbs., Is 3d j Jelly-Cake Aro matic, \ lbs., Is sd; Barrott'a Navy, 3's, Is; Intlett's dark aromatic, lbs., Is; Ormond's Swiss cigars, 16s per 1000. Wirtetf.and spiritb were all withdrawn, there being no compe tition. * * 5

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS LIST.

Thb following are the current'calls and divi dends payable in the companies, named. be low :—

THE MAILS.

Mails will clone as under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.80 a.m., and 4.80 p.m. ; For London (direct), per Alewndrina, to-morrow, at For Sydney and Australian, Colonies, per Hero, on Saturday, 12th Inst., atllajin. ' For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, late letters for Sydney and Melbourne will be re ceived tin 11.80- a, m. _ i' OSx „ For Busaell, etc., per Comerang, -morrow, at Z p.m. For Napier and Gisborne, Star of th. .^outh, to-morrow, at 8 p.m. late letters and telegi-ms for transmis sion from the Napier station win be received at this .• .office till 8.30, p.m.,,.,;! -.: 1 t f For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per s.s. Tara " naW, immediately after arrival of p.s. Nevada -'■'> tic&ra Honolulu. ' ' "■' ;■■■'"■"' • For Napier and Southern Provinces, per p.s. Nevada, six hours after her arrival. :i ; I For 'Wangarei Heads, etc., per Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday, 14th August, at 3 p.m. i i •.-.-[;:...; ..» : S. B. Bibs, Chief Postmaster.

POLICE COURT ROTA.

The following is the list of the presiding Jus tices for the week ending August 18th:— August 14.—Messrs. Owen and Pierce. I.•-,„ „nn,■..!&*-. ~ Porter and Ritchie " „ 16.— „ Taylor and Turton... ; ; „ 17.— „ T.Baherandß.Beetham. „ - 18.-/".: •„■ Daldy and Dargaville.

MEETINGS, &c.

a'his Evening.. . vVales Theatre, 8. L.ieatre Royal, 8.

The Evening Star.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 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."

In reply to Mr. Cochrane's letter of yester day, we have received a second-letter from " Devonport, " who, 'for the sake of distinc tiveness takes the worn tie plume of " Devon port No. 2." Our correspondent denies that he assumed the signature of Devooport for the purpose stated by Mr. Cochrane, and says, "I hereby beg to apologise to Mr. David Burn if I have insulted or offended him by using the nhove signature, and to assure him that I did so unwittingly, and forgetting, for the moment, that it was his usual norn de. plum?. Mr. Cochrane knows perfectly well who your corres pondent is, and he should come for ward and repel the " cowardly and slan derous attacks" he talks about, without waiting for anyone's name ; or if he will not do that, I shall be happy.to meet him before the ratepayers and leave them to test his statements againßt mine. With reference to the " pliant creature," I am generally believed to be, I can onl^ say that I was not pliant enought to keep dark the missing page out of the minute book, or the little bill for proxies, or to cook the minutes of the annual meet ing." We trust we shall not be asked to continue this controversy, and that our North Shore friends will try, like good fellows, to dwell together in unity.

We have received for insertion a letter from Mr. David Burn, in reply to Mr. Coch rane's letter in yesterday's Stab. Will Mr, Burn again read the letter of Mr. Cochrane,-, which so far from reflecting oivis exceedingly complimentary to our correspondent. Mr. Cochrane attacked the presumed writer of the letter signed " Devonport," and mainly for having assumed the norn, de plume, which, as it appears is by prescriptive right adopted usually by Mr. Burn. Mr. Burn has unques tionably misread Mr. Cochrane's letter, and although we dearly like to see hard hitting, when deservod, we should regret to see un kindly feeling arising literally from a " misun derstanding." As we exonerate Mr. Burn from any connection with the letter Bigned " Devonport," so Mr. Burn will allow us to exonerate Mr. Cochrane from the charge of having in any degree reflected unfavourably on Mr. Burn. _ . . ,-'

To-morrow we %ill- publish the.full pro gramme of the Eieelsidr Minstrels, "4vho make their first appearance to-morrow nifeht before an Auckland audience at the City HallJ ! The " Rival Darkies," as performed by Messrs. K_elly"and O'Brien, will be a treat to the fun loving'public.

Notice is given that the partnership hitherto existing between John Spence, David Spence, and James Spence, of Melbourne, in connec tion with William John Vanco, of Auckland, formerly trading under the style of W. J. Yance and Co., has been dissolved- by mutual consent. Z

-Shortly after, the arrival-of the sohooher Merlin in harbour last evening one of the passengers, Capt. A. Simpson, died on board. The deceased left here some months ago in the cutter Sea Flower, and has been suffering from dysentery for several months, and has com plained very much during the passage. An inquest will, no doubt, be held on the body to-day. :-..'•,". f '

The treasurer for the Home for Neglected and Destitute Children has received a further sum of £10 from Mr. John Graham, the proceeds of exhibition of dissolving views.

EXCELSIOR MINSTRELS.

We have great pleasure- in drawing at tention to a real treat ahbnt- to be pre sented to the, people of Auckland. The American company of minstrels, which take the name of. the " Excelsior Minstrels," have won for themselves tho widest reputation in the sister colonies, and we dp not doubt that their budget of fun, hxd their quaint ways, and their exquisite minstrelsy, will .'surround them with the same popular enthusiasm that has at tended them in their previous Austra^ lian peregrinations. Judging from the uniform praise to them by .the press of *the sister colonies, there must be something unusually taking in the entertainments provided by ;the Excelsior Minstrels. The opening hight is to-morrow (Saturday) evening, when the Company appears at the City JHall; and unless the weather" is' exceedingly unpropitipus, we anticipate a crowded house*'1' ~ '" ' "

SHARE MARKET.

M 3t M JT. M. IBNNOX'S EEPOHT,

The market opened this morning witlji great demand for Caledonian and Thames shares. My sales comprise, Caledonian, £180, £183, £185; Thames, £35 10s; Otago, £4 ss. There was no enquiry for other stock's. Closing sellers, Caledonian, ' £190|,Thames, £36 10s; Otago, £4 ss. 1 The market closed with an upward ten dency in Caledonian and Thames shares. ! MB. J. T. OABLICK's BETOBT. ' Caledonian and Thames have an up ' ward tendency to-day. I have sold— Caledonian, £182 10s to £187, held for ; £18710s; Thames, £36, sellers at £36105; Pukehinau, 4s 6d, sellers 5s Sd ; Moana tairi, £3 12s 6d ; Inverness, sellers 20s. j. newman's bbpobt. The share market to-day commenced with a brisk demand for Caledonians, and prices advanced as follows : —I sold at £180, £182, and £185, dosing firm, sellers asking £188 and £190; 'J hames, £3610s ; sellers £37; Otago, £4 5s ; Moanatairi, £3' 15s; Tookey, buyers £34, sellers £35 ; Central Italy, buyers £2 7s 6d. MB. I. PHILLIPS* BEPOBT. The share . market has been active to day at advanced prices. Caledonian, £180, £18,5; Thames, £35 10s to £36 ; Otago, £4 5s ; Moanatairi, £3 10s ; TJni . COTO/,,38.'- - •■■■ '- ■■■ ; ':'- ='- ■' '■ -«

German Idea of Gbanitb.—A Q-erman customer called upon a marble dealer, and was shown through the establishment and yard. He was much struck with the specimens of Scotch granite on exhibitioh. Referring to the grey Scotch, he inquired, " Vat ish dat P" —-" That is grey Scotch granite," replied the dealer, " and t%» is the red," pointing to a finely polished monument.—" You calls that granite^" exclaimed the German; " you fools me notings. I know him too well to he humbug mit your stories. He is no more as a big glass fall of saußage-meat. Dat it played-out."— | The marble dealer fainted. % . •/.' ■"--■". ": z ;.,":■ TV,

AUCKLAND ROWING- CLETB. | A general meeting of the membersfof the Auckland Rowing Club was held at the Club Room, Thames Hotel, on Thu#Uiy. There was a good attendance. Major Heaphy occu> pied the chair.—The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the treasurer submitted the balance-sheet for the past year, which showed the receipts for the year to be £108 Is. lOd.; and the expenses, £109 129. lOd.—The accounts having been audited by Messrs. T. Henderson, jun., and G. Fletcher, were passed.—Several new mem bers were then elected. — The Honorary Secretary was requested to write to Major Tis dall, asking permission for the Albert. Bar racks on the 9th November, for athletic sports.—The Chairman then announced that the annual general meeting would be held on Monday, the 2nd October, and that the boat ing season would open on the 9th of the same month.—The Club has now over fifty working and honorary members, who are requested to pay their subscriptions for the ensuing year before tho next meeting.

MURDER OF MESSRS. McINTOSH AND SPIERS.

We take the following particulars of the murder of Messrs. Spiers and Mcintosh from the F{ji Gazette : —

July 10. It is with very painful feelinf s I write to give you the particulars of the horrible deaths of Messrs. Mcintosh and Spier 9, who were barbarously murdered by the mountaineers on the bank of the river yesterday.

Yesterday morning the deceased gentlemehjj in a boat, proceeded up the river to a small * spot they had often visited before to fish, accompanied by three Solomon Islanders, their servants. During the afternoon they were beckoned to the shore by a party of natives, who invited them to land i and have some food. As they "had often met these natives before to buy yams and taro from them, sometimes to the number of 200, and having no suspicion of treachery, they went to the shore and landed, Mr. Mcintosh taking with'Jhim his gun, and Mr. Spiers leaving his in the boat. The three Solomon Island men remained in the boat where tho unfortunate gentleman landed. The bank of the river is steep, but they ascended it, and soon disappeared from view of the boat. Almost immediately afterwards the report of a gun was heard, and the men left theboat to see what the firing was, and no sooner mounted the bank than they saw their masters lying on the ground, and the natives dancing around them, one having Mr. Mcintosh's shirt and gun in hi 3 hand. Tho wretches then made a rush for the boat, but the Solo mon Islanders were too quick for them, and one having gained it, took up Mr. Spier's gnn and presented it at them. It was not loaded, nor capped, nevertheless the mountaineers would not face it, torned tail and ran away. The boat then "returned, and the men related trie sad news.

. Tintriediately on having heard of the horrible deed, accompanied by six whites, and n number of Fijimen, T proceeded up tho river to search for the bodies. On arriving at Mr. Burn's plantation, I met some Fijimen carrying the remains of Mr. Melntosh, tied up in leaves, and slung to a pole. They laid the corpse down, r and we examined it. There was a large gash on the left side the head, at the back of the ear, and a, jaece cut outof the left cheek. Two shot wounds were in the body, and the arms and legs had been one' off. The body was cut through at the small of the back, from which the bowels were protruding. There wore sonic entrails, bits of flesh, and a piece of bone from the shoulder blade, separate. And these were strewn on the ground. All file clothes and tho gun had been taken away. We then proceeded to the scene of the murder and found Mr. Spiers' body lying on the ground. The unfortuna'o gentleman had evidently been clubbed ; the hue!; part of his head was quite soft, and the skull broken to pieces. I think after he wus ilea<-l they cut his throat and took out tho windpipe and tongue, for we found tbem lying on the ground near the bodies. His right band and thifmbs were I njuch cut, ,und) his ,legs cut* off at the Tiips. He also had a shot wound in the shoulders. They hail taken everything hut his shirt, and the rest of his clothes were gone. The ground on which the murders were committed was where Messrs. Oliver and Mcintosh had often beon before to buy yams and tarq, and had met -thopo. there in hun-, dreds, always ih the most friendly<way. It was purchafed by Messrs. Mcintosh, Spiers, and C(>.' sopie time since; and was on the boundary off Muir's and Connolly's hind. On the latter land we found scattered a quantity of entrails and bones. These we collected and buried under a mound the ruurdei-ers had raised to mark tho spot. The bodies we brought down "W"'McJlitosh and Perkins' plantation. We held an inquest over them, and baried them in one grave. We have written to Tavua and Nandy Bay. tp ask aasisjiarjee to search puj;, and piiqis^ these dreadful murderers, >for jidhe of us "feel safe. They told Mr. Burns, whom they have threatened to attack, as he has a large quantity of goods and no house to l£ave them in, that there was no notice taken of their murder of Mr. Baker, and they had no fear of doing the same again. We hope you will do what yeu can to enlist sym pathy,-fbijjus, and get some assistance from Levuka J ../The- greatest excitement" prevails. Tai Bau has promised to send men to catch the murderers, if he has the co-operation of the white men. The natives say they are only a small tribe, and could easily be taken. They also Bay that they are the fame men that killed Baker.

I will furnish you further particulars by next opportunity. 7.. 11 >) P.S.—A Fijian has just returned from the mountains, who says that the mountaineers told h>m they came down to kill Mr. Burns and take away his goods.

Refinement in the United States has reaohed the pitch of designating a coffin as a "casket." The use of the former word is considered rough and unpolished. , A Philadelphia': sausage manufacturer gives the folio*ing receipe for making Bologna sausage : Take an eel-skin and stuff it with ground cat or log ; soason it with Scotch snuff and persimmon oil; luy it on a hog-pen to dry, and then hang it in a grocery store for three months for the flies to give it the trade marks.

' One ought, every day, says Goethe, at least to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it be possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

!'Look here, Pete," said a knowing darkey to his companion," don't stan' on the railroad." " Why, Joe?" " Ease ef de oars see that mouth of yourn, dey will tink it am the depo' and run rite it."

. "A man who'd maliciously set fire to a barn,'' said good old Elder Poyson, " and burn up a stable full of horses and cows, ought to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'd like to be the one to do it."

POLICE COURT.-Friday.

(Before G. M. Mitford and W. A. Graham, Esqs., Justices.)

Drunkenness. —Four persons were punished in the usual manner for first offences, and one for a second ; and for a third, one was sent to gaol for seven days. . Lunacy.—On the testimony of Messrs. Kenderdine and StoCkwell, legally qualified medical practitioners, a female of unsound mind was sent to the Lunatic Asylum for treatment.

Larceny.—George Shadbolt alias George Lamb alias John Sceats, who had been taken up on suspicion of having committed a larceny at Pokeno, was discharged, at the request of Inspector Broham, as the police had been unable to procure sufficient evidence against him to warrant his detection.

Breach of Vagrant Act, 1866.—Patrick Ryan and Joseph Orispe wore charged with committing a breach of the above. .Act -by playing at an unlawful game.—Mr. Joy appeared for the prisoner Crispe.—Peter Red man deposed that on the 9th instant the prisoner Crispe Came up behind him near the Market Hotel, and asked whether he had dropped a purse, -which ha produced. After some transactions with regard to a lock of hair which Crispe also produced, Ryan came up and claimed both the purse and the hair. Some betting took place as to whether the hair was in the purse or not, and the trio adjourned to the Market Hotel, and there was some legerdemain in regard to the opening of a match-box of peculiar construction. When ever witness was betting he found he could not open it, but when he was not concerned in the betting ho was able to do so. Ryan appeared to lose all his money and a watch, and -the last bet witness made and lost was £5. The prisoners app&ared to be strangers to eaoh other. Altogether, Orispe won £12 IDs. from witness.—William Hackett was tlftp examined in regard to the match-box. — 4wis rKelly deposed that Ryan and the prose- Cutor 'came in company to his boarding establishment, and when there Ryan put his harifi hito Redman's pocket, and took a note out of it, saying they were mates, and had been selling scrip together all day. —Detective Jeffrey said that he knew prisoners tj be card sharpers, and Ryan had been once convicted of it. Wheni" Witness accused him of'the offence, he denied having been at the Market Hotel. On searching the premises he found seven ".one-pound notes concealed in the bed, as also tyro small bags containing hair used by sharpers, and some cards of the description employed/by* card sharpers. He also found the watch, vthioh Ryahfh&d. told prosecutor he" had lost.—faeteotive Ternahan gave similar evidence.—Mr. Joy argued that there was no pi-oof that any game whatever withiu the meaning of the Act had been played, and that at all events there was nothing to implicate his client.—The Bench, however, considered the case fully proved against both prisoners, and sentenced them to • three months' im prisonment with hard labour, "j t Larceny. — Patrick Ryan was further charged with stealing the sum of £5 from Peter^ Hedman. — Prosecutor deposed that when he went to Kelly's restaurant with pri soner, he had a five pound note in Mis pocket. When be woke in the morning the note was gone.—The case was then remanded till next driy, in order that further evidence might be obtained by both prosecution and prisoner.

CHARGE OF A RSON.

AESpN.—James Leonard was charged with feloniously, unlawfully, and - maliciously set ting fire to a certain dwelling-house, at Ran gariri, on the 11th of June last, with intent to defraud Henry Miller and others, trading in the style of the VictoriaE Fire and Marine Insurance Company,—Mr. He'skoth appeared for prisoner, and Mr. Broqkfleld for. prosecu tion. — Detective George Jeffrey deposed : On the 27th July last, I went to prisoner's house, at Otahnhu, with constable Walker. Prisoner, his wile, and son were in the house. I had a search-warrant. Told prisoner, I had a warrant to search for goods, supposed to have been removed from Rtmgariri previous previous to Ms house there baviugbeen burned down. He said he hid brought nothing down except a few tilings for his f ohildren's use, while they j "were, at school. Wo went inside, and I b<jgan to examine some b <xes, when he said lt,hos<*f ihree boxes are what I sent some pork in tq Mr. Foley just before tiie fire. I identify tlioso on tho floor of the Court as Jshe«» I saw. One contained pork, but ,the others were em^tf. Prisoner said that Foley had ordered some pork and bacon of him some time previously, and that after delivery he had opened it and found it ,was not good, and that he (prisoner) then'threw away the worst and put the rest into one box, On examining the two boxes, I found no.appearance of their having contained pork or bacon. Prisoner also said that he had sold some of the bacon Bent back, and had burned the box. 1 alao found the keg of butter now in the Court, which prisoner,, said had like wise been returned by Foley. In the bod room I found the chest now produced, and when unlocking it prisoner said it only con tained a few things his wife had brought down for the ohildren,; and that she intended to 'return herself in about a week's time. On searching tho chest, I found the articles enumerated in the list I now produced. (Witness here read a long catalogue of almost every requisite in the outfit of a household— upholstery, linen, wearing apparel, crockery, silver, and other things.) The chest was care fully paoked—the glass and crockery being packed in paper, and placed between the clothing. All the curtuins, linen, clothing, &c, seemed to have been some time in use. I have seen a list in the possession-: of Mr. Millar, the agent for tho company, which had been furnished by prisoner. I searched the rest of the house, and found a butter churn and a varioty of articles of clothing (produced), as well as a quantity of utensils, bedding, and other goods, which I left in the house for the use of prisoner's wife. (Witness enumerated the articles.) All the articles enumerated in the last two lists, had been apparently in use for some time. The things I found in the house were far in excess of what would be required for a couple of children going to school, and conld not be wanted by them. I found among the papers a list of articles (now produced) purporting to be. a description of goods burned at the Rau giriri Hotel on the 11th June. I have com nared,,that list with the things found in prisoner's house at Otahuhu. Some of the articles ifoynd there correspond. A gold watch, mentioned in the list as having, been destroyed, I found in the house. (Witness here enumerated a quantity of articles obtained by him at Otahuhu which tallied withrtho^e described in the list f of property burned). Among the papers in jthe chest I fouridthe bill of lading for the boxes now produced. When I first went to the house I had some conversation with prisoner about the fire, and what he had saved. He said he had lost everything' except his rifle and accoutrements. In addition to the articles enumerated, I also foundlu!,the houae a piece of canvas, which had evidently been used to pack a bale of bedding or other"gawds The Court adjourned at L 45 p.m. forjmjf an hour.-- ■> ~:>■,. .>:.!._ : . ' ■■■; ,;■!_,- .";:.« > -.i.o?.

_ " Swivel Sermons" was the riaJme a-youh'g minister of lazy habits gave to a paokage of sermons which he " could preach to any^text."

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

Tins DAT.

[FROM OVTt OWN COERESPOSDENT.]

THE CALEDONIAN—IS CWT. SPECIMENS.

HARBOUR VIEW CRUSHING.

MOANATAIRI — 4 CWT SPECI : J MENS;

INVERNESS—CRUSHING-.

SHIPMENT OP GOLD.

G-JaAHAMSiowsr, 3 p.m.

The Caledonian have taken out fifteen hundredweight specimens this, morning. The mine is still looking well.

The Dauntless and Sink to Eise have commenced crushing. The Harbour View have obtained 22 ounces from 28 lbs. stone.

The Moanatairi have 4 cwt. of speci mens on hand. . , -~ , ,

The Inverness (Goldsworthy's tri bute) have lodged 183 ounces from 150 tons. =■ - '

The Bank of New Zealand shipped to-day 17,000 ounces gold for Auck land.

The Pukehinau have taken out a few specimens. 5

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.— Friday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.] The usual weekly sitting of this Coart, for the recovery of small debts, was held this morning, when the following cases were heard :— '■ ' Judgments to'b Piaintiefs.— Vogel v. Carpenter, claim £1 12s 2d j Dora well v. Nightingale, £2: 8ss 8d ; the same '-v. Somerr yille, £1 3s, 9d ; Weston v. Poyntonj Lessle v..Egan..—Claim Jtl.—Mr. Beve ridge appeared for the plaintiff.—The defen dant in this case is a sergeant in the Auck land Armed Police. The claim "represented the amount which the plaintiff should receive as a witness attending the Police* Court—ifr. Beveridge said Jthe object Of the present action was to test a principle. It appeared that some time since-the defendant, visited the Oriental Hotelf Queen-street,;where he saw a number of persons. The plaintiff was amongst those persons, and he was summoned. He attended the summons. There were other persons precisely in the same position as the plaintiff, and it would be a great hardship if peoplewere to he dragged by the police from their business to attend as witnesses"in a Court, and then be told they might go about their business.—The plaintiff w|ts put in the witness box, and produced the*subpoena.; He had applied to Mr. Broham for expenses. —Sergeant Egan was asked L for his defence, and said that ho had never contracted to pay the..plaintiff a pound. The plaintiff had" never asked him for any money, and never sent him in fact he knew nothing at all about the mat ter.—His Worship said the only security that people possessed that they could not be taken needlessly from their business to give evidence in trifling causes was, that witnesses were entitled to their expenses. Had the issue of the proceedings been different from what it was, it was quite clear the witness would have a claim for his expenses against the other side. The argument applied to both aides. ■;_ MoWhakmei v. DoenweliL.—Claim for wages, £1 4s. This was a claim for wages.— The defence was, that plaintiff "dismissed himself," and instead of the plaintiff having a claim against the defendant, tho defendant had a claim against the plaintiff.—His Wor shipisgid thfre could be no set-off against wages.—The case turned* upon,the question of rightful or wrongful dismissal.. : The plaintiff was engaged as farm servant. s[e f .WM driving a cart when, according* td:the<deferidsntfy he "drove over a post;" and, upon beihg^ref monstrated with, he said, "If another man drove the cart, he might drifre .thb'earj |he next night." Defendant replied that the plaintiff might "go," whioh waß taken to.be a wrongful dismissal. —Adjourned for a weekj upon payment of costs by the defendant.

Walkeb v. McCaul.—Claim £3 JBs.—• Mr. Beveridge for; plaintiff,*Mr. ,J^_B> Russell for defendant.—This was a claim'for labor done. The plaintiff is a painter, and agreed to painc , threV' »hops r (two boat?) at eightpence per square - yard. There were somo necessary repairs extra, glazing, The witness was examined at -.great length as to his education as a paintef, &c; There were " blisters "on rthe ""dooß on-a former occasion when he worked'for* McCdul: Wftriesi-iti cross-examination said he, contracted' to put on two new coats of paint, J>ut- nit take old ones off. He did something to the work' after McGaul complained/ r Received 30s froni the defendant. The " blisters " were generally caused by exposure, improper mixing of' color, and putting on. A new door might " blister " on one side and not on anotlW, though Jcolored bnt of the same pot; 'The'del fendant said the plaintiff came to witness and asked for a job. , Witness was~,notr satisfied with some previous work which plaintiff had done. Said if ,he did the work in that wa^ he would not pay him anything. -AA3 he •took tho job on those condition's.'—The plain tiff accepted a nonsuit. Z ■'" ! J •' -: j Russelii v. Laibix— Mr. JJ B; Russell for plaintiff." This was' an "action for rent, £410$. —Mr. Prime proved the claim; and judgment was given for plaintiff for full amount. <:■'• \

Kent Y. Maod'okai/d and' Cook.—Mr; j. B. Russell for pKiintiff, Mr. Beveridge for .defendants'^ —The plaintiff is a stone outtek was employed •by the defendants to dp certain work by. piece.1 < There* were a great in any items in the bill of' particulars, and the defeiidaiils claimed a • Wst*-off on- account of damage 'done <r to tools supplied-,*lj&Zfije witness, 'and "'■ which" they <alleg6d,'^iWere broken. The 'real defence was,',<tth&t;<'tlje plaintiff wanted a job;<and accepted a par ticular price because he wanted to get his hand In. The original ;afecouht was £13, which was reduced to £4.65. The great con tention was whether the plaintiff had prepared six'^bearthstohes (thr&e j-jolished and thre*e rough), or, whether- he had only "done" three1 polished*. " The plaintiff swore positively to the first tho- defendant as positively to the : last.—llis Honor sni.l, amongst tlie greaKJviSnety of ileuis of account and tlto conflict of testimony, it was a most difficult case to decide, and, ultimately, gave judgment for 30s.—This opncluded the business. I

FIJI.

Br the arrival of the Merlin, we have Fiji files to the 22nd iflt,„ ; ,,. Some indignation has been .excited by the Government drilling a body b£ Mtiveß to-act ■atffiinst the mountaineers. Itwas consideijpd dangerous .thus to impart;; military know ledge, iW' M! • 1 § . m_\ The following are the names of delegates wh> have already been elected to meet? m Le vuka Ajjn theMst August;, next -.-rPolonel Hamilton, Nadroga ;^Mr. J. OayiiV for Dre ketij'Mr.J. 3erry and e)ftptam,FuUer, for Ba and Ita-Coasts j and Mr. Galloway, for Q-oro. , „ , , , Ameeting was b-1 at Manton s Hotel, to take into considtration the advisability of forming a oompany for the erection of a^ier in Levuka harbor. The chair was taken^y Mr. Morey. Mr. Edgar Jones submitted plans that he and Mr. Perham had prepared, which he said could be run out far enough to secure three fathoms and a-half of water at low spring tides, at the cost of £2000. Mr. Patpn -moved, seconded by Mr,, Qusack -.— "That Jit .was desirable to float a;company to raise the required sum in-500 £4 shares, Mlf thetm^ney to be paid on allotment. _% The resolution "was carried,;but,afl_er koine conver sation it was decided, in consequence of the small number present, to postpone the further consideration of the matter until a future meeting. WEEOK OS THE SOHOONEB IiVLV.— Oapt. Bergin arrived in town yesterday | morning by the DefiinCeiJand reports: concerning the loss of his vessel, as follows :—The Lulu, schooner, 48 tons, left Levuka on 23rd Mdy last. Landed her return labor, and was then bound for Solomon Islands. On 10th June, at 3.30 p.m., passed Ainbrm,. steering for Cape Lisbon, distant 90 miles. At that time, weather thick, with heavy rain squalls. Allowed for deviation of compass 1 £ points, but the allowance, unaccountably, did not answer, although the vessel had been swung three ihdhths previously, and gone through the same passage,, oh the same course,1 Got on S.B. end of Santa Espiritu. A native in the watch thought he saw the land, and re ported it to the man in charge, who only thought it a cloud, and so did not report it till about ten minutes afterwards, when they could seethe break upon the reef. The vessel was then about 200 yards from the reef, under sqnaresail, and before we could get squaresail off, she drifted towards the reef. Let go the anchor, in hope it might hold her. She stopped for a while, but a strong wind and heavy sea parried per on to the ree|; ~Sot: seeing any hopes of saving the vessel, got the boat out, and sent two hands with the mate to take her into open Water, while the remain der of the crew hauled on the chain, to trj and heave her off, but without success. Or dered the remainder -of the crew into the boat, which they had to reach by swimming. Went into the cabin to get a compass, ami the vessel then struck heavily, knocking her sternpost in, and then rapidly commenced to fill, I left her then,.two of the men coming at , my- call to help, me into^the boat. were ih the boat all night, and intended to says what we couln from the wreck when it became light. Early in the morning when pulling along the shore to wards sands, saw a large crowd of natives on the beach, who made friendly signs to us to go vashore., ,Having heard,*,,howqfer, of an attack which had been -made* bytthe natives upon the boat of another vessel, we did not venture. Seeing they could not induce us to land, they put off in canoes, and gave chase,' firing arrows at us all the while. By sailing and pulling wo got ahead of them, and I fired ;a musket'tbiee or four J times;.to frighten them. Finding they could not overtake usj they put ashore and ran along the beach to a point we had.to pass,, but fortunately, we were too far from, them for the arrows to htirt us. We had neither food nor water in the boat,: so I thought it beßt to stot>r for Cape Lisbon,] distant, about 39, miles, whjiefre wejhgpedjto find a vessel. We reached ic'at'll p.m. on' the morning of the 11th, the day after the wreck, where we found the Mission vessel Dayspring. We remained there t thrfte;or I fpui'J days, and Captain Fraser, of the Dayspringj would have gone to examine the wreck, but as a heavy gale blew on the 12th, he did not con-; sider it advisable to go. She took us on to! Sandwich, where, we hepec^.to find a .vessel for Fiji. The *Defia!ncef 'coming, the ihate ahq myself took a passage for Fyi,,the remainder of the crew having ishipped fh other vessels.-4 .., ' *■ "'■■'"-' ll* ■ --' -' \ A '■>■•-,■- ■■ y iij;:J : |

TWO MYSTERIES EXPLAINED.

HO. 11. The Esecorid'" wonderful'light 5 thaJtl wit nessed was seen by myself alone, so my readers must be good enougfi to credit mp r«;ith tpnguowl?<% I,describe it. :. I was staying at Soutlisea. * is well known to pqssess,,a very clea^ atmosphere, and sometimes an almost Mediterranean moonlight. ; r,.wasjpnd of the moonlight, and slept with my blind u^ andsmytwinddw olpen, to'enjoy it,..'j My bed iitcpcLrttie window, and the door of my ro6ln"'twas::pn thetright,:clos# to,the bed's head. One night I was restless. Though very tired, I could-'not >sleep. JMCy head .was turned rather to the left and I re; frairie&kftom'iiioving;"-fiopitlfe <so»fc6 coat myself into forgetfulness. Finding this useless, at last ■_ I turhed^uddealy round. The strangest sight met me. The top of the door was spanned h^a'^feeautifuP luini-' nous arch, in colour and shape more like a lunar rainbow fiian"snything else that I .have ey.er .seen. • - As wonder sti;icken,and half alarmed, I started at\hi& oji6ri.eritous sign, it changed. The arch gradually Ifadedv.Andi.waft^SMoeesdfeljilp Ift ~*■*§■}s■-of fiery figures, to my unpractised eye pre cisely like the hieroglyphics which 1 had seen on Assyrian tbmbs"i,rfd iv the British Museum and elsewhere1. Tbe'figtires (were>of fall % shapeMr^pqintod, curved, hooked, horned, broad, slender, tapering; but all of the same Juminons appearance as the arch, though some brighter and somevfaiut'eh The most astonishing and" awfuTpart of it, however, was, that the figures never remained more than a second after they were formed : they disappeared, regularly and rapid! v, as if one h.Bjudimpressedltl_^>m on the .wall and the other followed and J; blotted them out; to be succeeded *by- new '-shapes, equally plain, bright, and definite ; in their turn melting away, and sill so exactly resembling Egyptian kid Assyrian cha racters, that J, feel sure had \ a master of those mysterious languages witnessed them as I did, he would without diffi culty and in all good faith havo given us an English version of their maiming. I watched this extraordinary sis»h.t» for a long time. The letters frequently dis appeared altogether, and then the arch returned, again to vanish, and be suc ceeded by now forms of fire. I repea that lam not a believer in visions, anil wonderful and unaceoifntable as was this one, 1 still assured myself that it had a natural cause, though invisible "as .yet to me. I called to mind my former cxperi «SK °. f m° Suost on the Btaircaso, and detemuied t toihunt out with equal resolu-!

tion the origin of this phantom iSTi looked round and round, but confdl I nothing in the room reflecting or c ljue, in?, nothing but the simple moonKT illuminating the air outside. JEW) 8"' got up, and,after carefully BearcHnpf * any stray moonbeam that might h fallen on some shining substance finding none, I looked out of the *in/ n^ to see if the mystery could be unT W ?n\ that way . But there was not a JigU ~ be seen anywhere ;it was late—on Jm, early—about two o'clock in them«n and the entire population of Boutl^Je. 1I1*, ' peared to be asleep, Moreover, I f on l^; "that the moon was so" far on the riSl side of the house that she could aot d sibly shine into my window; a^f through any chink, she did contt» to throw iv a ray or two, from her tjoiS they must fall on the exact opposite «i£ to where the Infamous ''•Arch and fi.2 letters r were now shifting and shimmerk* Consequently* I was more " puzzled t_C" . before ; and after hunting with \_fat care for any possible reflecting medid™ and failin'g'to discover any such, I Htzm that it was a matter beyond my ten, |£> my best plan was to go back to bed, a»J try to forget this uncomfortable ahinito visitor in deep.... ...... The first part of this resolution \ acted on; Abe second was afjiilure. Slem I could not,mor could Ikeep my e JJ off my gleaming, gbVttenng,, .uncaiy looking neighbour. Suddenly achanee took place r: tile arch Seemed to stand out from the wall, and appearedtabout to dei scend upon my head. This .was tOo ma*\ even for my philosophy. Ijumped up in a fright, and retreated precipitately to the J other end of the room, watching tli» movements of the enemy as I wont, more than half fearing that it would run after me. However, itdid e.BcePd.oa the bed, but satisfied apparently witlluKwWZ scared me away, after waving about in the air for a few seconds, returned to itiib^lJ station; slowly faded, and a troop of dag. zling hieroglyphics rushed into ittpl»oe, I had now begun to feel, if not positively ; frightened, at least seriously uneasy. \ thought once or^twice, should 1 wake np any one in the^fßusif^But it seemwl so weak and foolish,,to disturbpeople oit of their sleep to lookZ'at' -Spots' of'light Ji, dancing on a ■ wall; : also. JCffelt sure ..that I was more/likely myself to^cp'me af * fc • cause than any one else, seemghpjr^tr^g J was my belief in natural eauaeg an^.'Jßp.-^ tastic powg: of reflected light.. J cauld.jiot go back to bed again. JThe recollection of the descending arch un nerved me.,,. I sat down by the windoti opposite the phantom'letters,. and trial to think of somp .possible, solntipn^to such ' pri eSiigloa;., OJ^emembkr/wneiWa |<&fd'JJ hearing a lady' say, that' "She had; once been nearly terrified to-death by Making in the night and seeing phosphoric .light shining in her room.-. But this could not be phosphorus, for,in the^first place, tin description given'in-no' way tallied wwith 1 my luminated wall. Theiighti;tiiis»lady had spoken of was one large, patch, Ml a^'dreddishin coloUrs^it reifaaine'd riioujon-j less Tor'a few.'^Dmutes,'^ arid ibeh''ftfdSd.': altogether ; the"atmOspherfe' 'at the'tinieJ being close, heavy, and changed pith's electricity, and a severe thunderstorm if hand.' Now; the *atmosphe*e at^ Jthe: present moment was clek^ as crystal,' ftesh and pure, the sky a lovely blue speckled* all over with small summer clouds; tm dently r thereff;aßs.neither phosphorus nor, electricity o^eWtepping1 its bounds thii iiigbtf jcbuld [tha^ ssrapge| :'(fijl pearance sigc ify ? After thinking ot m everyimaginable possibility,11: at lastliad. the boldness to gp up and touch it. The,: letters were not 'moved* nor was my Hanoi {Scotched, as I half began, tp.tbmk i^midit ■ be. I looked again, to see if _ soxqewattfa ing moonbeam might not be reflected from tsome! polished surface of glass or china— Jlo> j'eyerythiog was in deep * shadow: ttt&i looking glass standing towards the «ropffli and sloped'forward,-Wafe ko dark tliatjl could :ii6t even; distinguish* my' 'faCe-& it. So no,\yj 1 ■ 'had" ekhaukted all 1 m resqnr'cest hkd "was really perplexed hot. to act. ■ JE shrank from going Dack tob«& with that -ghostly light playing besidf me ; yet I could not sit up all night! I was getting very nervous, and I was alsS very sleepy. Evea| the Alternative of calling upsome ode'Tiad pegged out of my power, for I did not now fancy approach ing the door, mope especially ope^iqg jfci the possibility of some dazzling,>fl(i«ulg object outside seemeiLto be growing op in my foolish brain. I scolded myset -Wellfpf my ridiculous }fears,'-neYertliel«Jß; I kept steadily away from the bed and the door. Again i-seated-myself at the win*; dow, feeling that I should have to wait til; dayligjiiiofliheU. dalcjaj|j[ wildfire to; depart. This would not be very long,'it. ; wras the height Pf summer, and dawn fpuld certainly commence . by four o' clockj|if a'ot" earlier, so I determined 1 to exerciie patience till.theh.. ~;■ -~ ■'... J 1 \ .., As I sat idle all the accounts I had ever;, heard or read of wonderful ahdmysteriotib. lights came crowding into my mind,"tnißi| above all JBulwer's Strange Story, andtilß' horrible " Scih-JLoeca" described therein.: which nearly "gave me a brftinfevet'J wfitlfl reading it, and I fancied the light began to grow more weird-looking, and a cold creeping shudder passed over me, The. dressing-talile stood? befor^.,the windoffi; und I thought if I could move this, ana get mprelntotthe roceAs, I shouldhaviM" it were, a closer connection with the outer world ; and if the .' thing "-i-I could (?iWj it no name—came down from the door and attacked me—^yes, O strong-minw* readeri it had positively come to this> f-1 should : prefer jumping into thegajdeß,' below, at the risk ot broken neck and HmM to fighting with anasty wriggling, dancing, glimmering ghost, coming 1 did'nt kn°t; for what. TtJ was a "happy thonghV. and I instantly' began to move the tabw»| casting at the same time a startled loP*. towards the door. Startled indeed: »' as! looked, arch,letters, all disapßj"#°; , suddenly and;utterly !. . ■ f Iv my terror* and dismay, I PfSffij table back in the same place. At *fe the arch returned) succeeded in a moni«n| by vivid -letters.' " Was it chance P * asked myself. Determined to make sUW I-moved the.table again ; again the light vanished.' " It roust be sometbing on J the table," I thought, with an immense sense of relief. I moved off every artiow; cautiously,watched the light ; no te»m^ Last of all, r to6k np the lobkihgglassf. sudden, blank over the door. Jt P tt| V down again—arph returned. I repeat** the experiment Jhalf-a dozen times, w conyiuce myself;, tfter? was no tp°o doubt,' ,Z,.,J ';? *.'■*• - ■ '-■■•' ■ *^l

THE EVENING STAR, AITCKLAND, PRIOAYr AIJGITST 11, 1871.



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