SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

ARRIVALS.

Duk« of Edinburgh, p.s., Farmihar, from Wangarei.

DEPARTURES.

Sea Breeze, schooner, 70 tons, Austin, for Hono-

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS

lulu. Clyde, schooner, Anderson, for Wangarel Edith, schooner, G. Trayte, for Tahiti. Hero, cutter, Mollor, for Tauranga.

HIGH WATER.—This evening, 9.42, SUNSET.—This evening, 4.51.

EVENING-. Royal Alfred, 5 o'clock. Lady Bowen, 10 o'clock.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.—Wild Puok and Alexandrma,

. early. Sybuey.—Hero, on Saturday. Sottthebn Pobts. —Lord Ashley, Monday. Fijis.—Merlin, to-day. Hokiangm.—Onward, early. Napies.—Lard Ashley, Monday.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Nevada, p.s., from the South. James Paterson, s.s , from Sydney. Lord Ashley, s.s., from Southern Ports. Napier, s.s., from Napier. Mary Shepherd, ship, from London. Excelsior, ship, from London. Oountess of Kintbre, ship, from London. East Lothian, barque, from New York Tia Sydney. Alice, barque, from London.

EXPORTS.

Per schooner Sea Breeze, for Honolulu :— 9000 bricks, 90 half boxes soap, 264 coils rope, 80 sacks lime, 100 cases biscuit?.. 900 rails, 25 caski cem«rit, 80 packages doors and sashes. — j. S.'Macfarlane and Co., agents.

Inconsequence of tire inclemency of the ■Weather, the schooner Merlin for tho Fiji, has teen postponed till Saturday. ' The s.s. Lord Ashley is expected in harbour this eTcning or to-morrow morning. The Wellington took her departure from the wharf, Qnehunga, shortly after one o'clock to-day, for 'larnnakii Nelson, and Southern ports.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

from Sydney.—Cruickshank,

Hero, s.a.,

Smart & Co., agents. : , , Keera. g.s., laid-up. Samson, p.s., laid-up. Alexandrina, ship, from London, L. D. Nathan & Co., agents. Wild DueS, ship, from Timaru, Henderson

and Maefarlane, agents. Albion, barque, from Ruseell, J. S. Macfar

lane, agent 3. Briton, barqno, from Newcastle.—Hender- Fbn and Macfarlane, agents.''. *"' Prairie, brig, from Hobart Town, Stone

Eros., agents. j Merlin, schooner, from Fijis, M. Niccol, agent. . Excelsior, schooner," from Samoa, Combes and Daldy, agr jts. Sea' Breeze, schoc ler, from Russell/ re fitting. Ha Koba, schdore' . om Fijis.—J. S. Mac " farlane, ag*i>' j Frowning Beacr trque, from Newcastle. Henderscr' acfarlane, agents. Midge, sohcr ~ from Tahiti, lu\ D.; Kathar* '-~agents. , . ' • Success, if b- ?,from Russell.—M. Niccol, ■■■*

POLICE COURT.

THB following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending Saturday, July 8, 1871 :—

Friday—Messrs. Kempthorne and Morpcth. Saturday—Messrs. Mitford and Macffarlane,

THE MAILS.

Mails will close as tinddr : — • , For Thames, this day, at 4.30 and 5.30 p.m., and to * morrow, at 10.30 a.m., 4.30 p.m., and 6.30 p.m. For Russell, Kawakawa, etc., per Comerang, tL'-mor- For°Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per :■ ;. Hero, on Saturday, Bth inst., at 10 a.m. JUto lutjrs for Byd»ey and Melbourne only will bo received at * this office tiU 10.30 a.m. Mails for the undermentioned places, per p.s, Nevada, Hill dose at this office; on Tiiiwsday, 13ch Inst., as follows:— „ v TT J.. . For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, Uiuted States of America, British, Central, anil fc>outn America, British and Foreign West Indies, fond Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a.m. : For United Kingdom via 3an I'rancisco, at 10..!.) ,}.m. For money orders, registered letters, andnewq ijers, late letters for United States of America nnsi United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of Gd in adtlitit.u to the postage, will be recsived at this office till 11 a.m., and by the mail agent on board tho strainer up to time of sailing. g Bis3 _ cMo . postma?t^

BIRTH.

Mundlk.—On July 4,. the wife of Captain G. Jlundle of ft son. "WelUngton papers please copy*

MARRIAGE.

F«.UKOham—Dtfw.—On Saturday,, &&. April, 1871, at th« residence of "W. H.Quick, Esq., Welling ton, by the Key. Thomas Buddie, Mr. James GeOrge F«Wngham, of Wellington, t» Matilda Jifaie, youngest daughter of the lats John Duff, of Auckland, New Zealand, ,-...■■ •'■> ■/ rci ■ "

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.

This Eyjjning. Entertainment at Lunatic Asylum, 7. Circus, Queen-street, 8.

The Evening Star.

THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1871.

" J?ov 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 is a singular thing that notwith standing all that has been written and said on the subject, no effort has yet been made to correct the ctirelessues> that characterises the exchange of lniu ing interests. If any difficulty at tended the arrangement of a system imposing checks on irregular tran sactions, we might attribute the cir cumstance to a want of originality or ingenuity on the pfcrfc of brokers and others engaged in the business. But as the trausfer of mining interests presents no difficulty greater than that presented by any other de scription of property, we arereluctantly compelled to believe that interests are involved in the perpetuation of these irregularities, and that the opportuni ties afforded occasionally cf doing smart things in shares, countervail against the consideration of tempta tions to swindling that are everywhere strewn around the Mining Exchange. We speak of the " scrip market," bi.it if the present style of business could really be transformed iuto transac tions in scrip, the main evil would be removed. But everyone knows that "scrip" is a mythical kind of thing in the existence of which people have a kind of vague belief,, butwhjeh no body sees, and that a kind of bastard representative, the illegitimate off spring of scrip and credulity in the form of transfers, is permitted to pass unquestioned in the market of mining shares. It is really such a state of things as should not be permitted to continue to exist by business men, for we presume we may characterise the speculation in mining, shares as business. The opportunities afforded for dishonest practices in the present system of transmitting -possession of miniug interests from hand to hand by the use of a transfer, which any one can forge, are greater than those presented in any other line of business, and that this feature has not had abundance- of practical illustrations, is not caused by any restrictions imposed by the forms of the market. The simple en forcement 6!" the usage that the scrip should nceo mutiny tho transfer being endorsed by ciu-h holder in succession, even if immediate registration should not be enforced, which it should, could not fail to obviate tho evils of tho present system* And wo do not he sit ate to say that unless some such precautionary steps are taken, we shall be awaked up suddenly some day by a bold and deliberate coup de main, and probably a rapid vanishment of ■onio fine-spirited fellow, with tho pro vCcds of Auckland's credulity.

"We committed an error yesterday in tho names of the Magistrates attending in tho Polices Court. We should have said Or. S. 'Graham, Esq., and not Gh Graham, Esq.', the .latter gentleman being ab { present on a visit to iJii'urope. • ' '• " >" - '

We ore glad to learn that a meeting of those favourable to the formation of a Whaling Company will bo held to-morrow afternoon, at Captain Clayton's. It is earnestly to be de sired that all those who feel an interest in a project so calculated to confer great benefits, both publicly and privately, will attend, and give'encouragement to this important enter prise.

We have been permitted to make tho fol lowing extract from a letter received by a friend from Ballarat, and which, perhaps, to some extent explains tho vagaries of Tookey'a in the Victorian market. The letter is dated Bftljarat, Jane 19th:—Tookeva .are firm- at £30 'to'£3l, but in nd ddaiftndj They are well held, I think. All are looking forward to!the quotations from you by the next moil. If the claim then looks well, they will go to £40 at once; if not, they will recede. Spain has done a very foolish act. He handed io the Star a most rhapsodical and nonsensical letter belauding the Tookey as to make the fortune^ of all.cobcerneck Then lid talked about "Eng landi love, and "beauty," and " off home;" also referred to the walls of solid gold, &0., &o. Tho above was signod by G-. 8., Auck land, —for G-. Bennet supposed. All said ho could not; indito such an epistle, and that he never had heard spoken all tho hard words. As I have no- TCfj seen Mr.:'" 8.,'? , ; I kuo.w nothing abojif his capabilities ; but was* iB not>njrong, if tho company's manager were to play such jokes. The consequence wes, many jumped to the conclusion that somn, if not all, the letters, were a hoax, and they are not to be had by the sharp Aucklanders. It is a pity such should be attempted. If the claitu' is good it will stand upon its merits. (1

It will, we think, afford general satisfaction to learn that the unfortunate man Muirhcad, recently sentenced to death for murder in the Waikato, has had tho capital sentence com muted. /He has-alreadyjOfltcvo.dron thefwork of penal servitude 1

The usual weekly parade of :\i'. Kn.ji.npo* Corps, under Captain D.irgavi !•.-, »t>i k pitice at the Drill-shed last evening. ;.■■■,•.■ «-;is ■&; muster of about forty, all rank.*. Jiiu O'om-; pany were exercised in coreipauy ilrill, which was performed in a crcs'Sitablu inr.nu?r, con sidering the short time the corps lia,3 b?cir in existence.

Tho Caledonian and Tlmmes G-old Mining Companies will pay another ditidend 'on Wednesday next. —

The Union Literary Society itic-eh this even ing at 7.30 o'clock, nt tho Booms Wellcsley street, when a paper will bo read by one of the membera on "The Bcforuriatory Treatment of Our Oriminala1."

The public are cautioned against dealing with live scrip in Tookoy's Quartz Mining Company, in the.name of John Patterson, from Nos., 3359 to 3363, inclnsive, the same baring been lost and a duplicate jssue ap plied for.

The Newcastle Chronicle reports,that Jjady ; . Byron's maid (Mrs. MiunsV: died at the resi-, dence of her son-in-law, at Jarrow,on Friday,; last, atthoripo ago ofß7. The:C/»f p«!cfeadds: Her namo will loiik bo rencmberetLin connec tion with the wanton and odious attack made somewhat more than a year atid a half ago, by: Mrs. Beccher Stowo on Lord Byrftii. The: important testimony given by Mrs.'Minris on this subject wns bjr^far the most valuable con tribution to the active discussion provoked by the controversy. Mr3. Minns wa3 probably the only living" -witness who could speak from -personal knowledge of the.early married life of. Lord and Lady Byron. She had been' ten years in the service of her ladyship; when Miss Millbank, as lady's maid, and was her attached cofldimte. She emphatically contra dicted the calumnious statements of Mr3. Stowe, especially as to the u'lleged dejected aspect of Lady Byron when she alighted from the carriago at Halnaby Hnll. Shareholders in the Albion Quartz Mining Company (late Belfast and Poverty nncl Charleston) aro requested to call at the ofiice of the company, for tho purpoEO of signing the necessary application for shaves, prior to allotment.

Why are fowls likely to have no hereafter ? Because they have their necks ticirl'dxn this. Young ladies had better be fast asleep than " fast" awake.— Judy.

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COM PANY.

The above company held its annual meeting yesterday .it noon, the Honorable Chnrles John Taylor occupying the chair. The minutes of last meeting, and the roport submitted to tlie shareholders in London on the Gfcli February, having been read, the Chairman' remarked that tho report appeared to call for no explanation from him, the statement »it contained clearly showing tho very satisfactory position occupied by the company. He would only remind them that according to the articles of association two of tho directors, the Honorable James Williamson and Mr. G-. B. Owen, now retired, but were eligible for re election, and'tha't l\^r. Browning, who"so ably discharged tho duties of auditor,, was also eligible for re-election. Oa the motion of Mr. Browning, seconded by Mr. A. K. Tuylor, tho retiring directors were ■ re-elected, and the latter gentleman moved, and Mr. Gr. B. Owen seconded, the re-election of Mr. Browning, which was carried. With a voto of thanks to the directors and agents, which was {duly acknowledged from the chair, the meeting separated.

ACCIDENT.

A veey narrow escape from death occurred this morning. As Mr. Lincoln (our in formpnt) was coming into town a little boy was coming down the Kyber Pass Road, on horseback. The torse shied, and threw the boy, whose foot was 'Still retained in the stirrup. The child was dragged about fifty yards up a lane, the horse all the time kicking furiously. At last the stirrup leather slipped out of the spring and freed the boy from his preca rious position. Mr. Lincoln hastened to the lad, and to his surprise found him almost unhurt. He then went in pursuit of the horse, and having caught; the animal, the child was assisted to the back of the horso again, and went off as if nothing had occurred.

MUTUAL MINING INVESTMENT COMPANY.

A lAKGELY-ATTENDED meeting of Uio shnrc .heldcra of thia company was lield, j last evening, in one of tho room 3 of, the Young Men's Christian Association. !Mr. Henry Ellis, chairman of directors, j oc cupied tho chat-i The object of the moot ing wns to increase the capital of ! tho company from £2000 to £4000, by tho issue of 200 additional shares. It was resolved to increase tho salary of the legal manager, in conscquenco of the satisfactory manner in which he has discharged the duties of. his office, and the additional labour which will bo imposed upon him by tho addition of the new shares. The resignation of Mr. Luscombe, one of tho directors, was accepted, and Mr. Cuss appointed in his etead. A list of the properties held by the company was read over, and appenred to give universal satisfaction. Tho meeting then adjourned.

THE SHARE MARKET.

iia. j. M. lennox's report.

The mnrket opened this morning with a decided, downward* tendency; Business wns donfe at Tory low rates;' I have sold : Thapies,;'£3o 10s. andiß3Q; Caledonian, £l'4ol 'jTliameshale !;clian'ged hands as low as £25, buli there are none in the market at that price. I have buyers of Thames at £25.

jib. c. W./walker's export,

My sales to-day have comprised*:— Caledonian, £140; Thames, £29, £26, and £25, still falling ; Ballarat and Eisilig Sun, 125.; Tokatea No., 2, jU. 3d. . ! f/, 1 ' UK. 1.-PHILIPS* EEPOBT,.- TT J i

I have sold Caledonian, £140, \yith downward tendency; Thames, £30 to £24; Otago, £3 2s. 6d. Market 'un settled.

SURVEYORS' ASSOCIATION.

The-usual moirth/y meeting df th|) Surveyors' Association wag held at fbuv o'clock yesterday afternoon, at tho Belfast Hotel. Mr. John G-wjr.neth occupied the chair.—Tho minutes of the former meeting ' were read and. con firmed—Tho secretary (Mr. Wyldc-Broyn) read communications from surveyors at Inyer-^ cargill and' Napier, on the subject of the $rP"I| posed-New Zealand :ABsoeiati6nr,of/ Engineers and Surveyors. ' That froW Invercargill thouglit tho" Lime had not come for the forma tion of such an association. The letters fcom from Mr. Roohefort, at Napier, and Mr. J' f A. Connell, at Dimodiu, stated that the writers entered heartily iiito* the proposed movemant, and that they would do their best to aid the objects of the association. A letter was rfcad from Mr. Edward O'Meara. asking that |the association -syoufct malse * en^uiry^ ijito {.bo facts whicii tois aft ftWcaic^ ton doi- ths "Nntivo Lands Act being cnu eellt'd, through his having made a certain surVoy at the Great Barrier.—The lettoiiin' reference to the formation of the Now Zoa land Association was..referred to a committee for their consideration, to consist of Messrs. Koch,; J3rotta& andj sreon.,- r Mr..O'Meara's lettor ' Mftra -tlren tafceii:" into ' consideration. —A committee wns appointed to examine tho documentary evidence, and bring up a report at the next meeting, when the Association will decide what shall be done in tho matter. —Mr. Alfred Wood was proposed as • a member of the Association by Mr. Jackson, 'seconded, by, Mr. 'Kpch.-rAgreed. to. IT ;Mr. Jackaon proposed Mr. John Ghrynneth, juu., second ed by Mr. O'Moara. —Agreed to. Tliis wa? all the an>3 the meeting o'd joumed, j g

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN No. 111.

'fio there is-a fall in scrip at la«tFis there; and great is: the ..weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth among those who have heeniinvesting. Ido riot refer to the big bugs,' for they are not to be frightened very easily; it is among the unfortunate small holders that there is a panic—the holders who, seeing the shares go down at once determine H«ell, and so those who lißve been instrumentßl in letting them down hare no doubt; been able to buy cheap." But it won't last; the shares will go up again, and if follc3 take my advice they'll stick to their Thames. ,As I told you the otli: r day, Dick and I went through tho leading mines at the Thames last week, and I can only reiterate the statements which I made upon that occasion, that there's tons of gokl between Shortland and Tararu, if it can only be got al. In the meantime, lam willing to part with a few Cures at £5. Tuesday being Independence Day was duly celebrated by a good'mnny who were American citizens, and by a good many who wer'nt. In the evening a select partyof gentlqnien^-of courso-~sat down, to a groaning board beneath the roof of the Oxidental Hotel. Host G-horkins occupied the chair, and a dinner oftripe and onions having been heartily partaken of, the cloth was" removed,' and the table graced witli cigars and Tommy Dodd. And' then the • toast and glass went merrily round, and the noble Ame rican .qiLizens —of . whom, pure and simple, there were about one and a-half present—began to* ascend to, flights of eloquence, in which they got thoroughly loat topasf n^events. The-St<u>spanj;-leii; Banner, the Stars and Stripes, Jankot' Doodle, ami Hail-Columbia, were Tali tho go. The toast of the evening was given :by Mr. Cork-rain, "Here's'to. tho Ameri can Eagle, and may sho spread her winf^s until" Here the speaker halted to think of a simile, but a citizen,1 who was not an American, filled up the missing words for him as follows:—"until she bursts hers,eh7' A^poliqeman, who jwas taking a quiet pint in the bar, was at once sent /o.r, and.removed tho offender, and' I! understand he was 'brought up this morning for a breach of the American international law.' The remaining toasts of the evening were, '/The Occidental, and may it flpurisliTi;. " Its enterprising proprietor, and may he flourish" ; " Our noble selves, and may we flourish." These were varied by the " The auctioneering.interests," " 1 lie, interests of the Koad," and last, but by no means" least, " The Man about Town." After which, I was 'adzed with a sudden dizzi ness, arid I remember no more. I be licvo it was the heat of the room that caused the vertigo to my head. When I awoke to consciousness, tho American en.gle had disappeared, and I found that Dick had been administering to me large doses of my patent pills. ; Now.; I ant speaking of American mat ter?, I hear that a bet hns been made be tween several distinguished iudividuajs'of f liia city arid the officers of tho steamship Nevada. The affair will come off. on the return of the Nevada from the South.' It seems that certain Auckland gentlemen lost money on the Hero, when she raced the Nebraska to Sydney, and in order to get a chance of making it again they have arranged tho following series of events which will positively come off next week. The s.s. Gemini to race the s.s. Nevada 10 miles up tho Tamalti river, or to Kivcrhead and back, for £1000. The chief officer of the No braska to play a gamo at knock him down, with Mr. Gherkins, the great Ame rican citizen of the Oxidental hotel; Mrj Pickles, tho renowned victualler ;of the Ukschains Hotello, to " draw tho long bow" with any oflicer of the ship, not even excepting the purser, (and believe j that Mr. Pickles will, 'carry" oiT\ the prize); Mr. Murray' ofvtlie* "Circus to ride a pair of horses barebacked up the fore and down tho main-rigging of the Nevada, with .any boatswain jn phc sfiip? and : iA\t Walter*' Mueller, 'of; the Prince Arthur LightJECorse,.to jump'fany iman or boy belonging to the ship from the top of the Lunatic Asylum to the ground, for the sum of £50, generously giving his opponent half-n-minute's.start. Than this nothing could.be fairer, .but,,l think, Sir VVWer 'will' ldse. itucftlußcl awaits the results of these various wagers with bated breath

„ My, curiosily being excited by a parn grap in the Merald, giving notice to the "tfiafc the Parnell job had been done in a highly creditable style, and reflected great credit upon the ■contractors, I says to Dick, " I think, Dick, wo will go and see this highly Qredijable job.'''* /Accordingly Jjifekf aiid'l v.pnt to Piirnell, and examined the job. i ick enquired of a Smart-looking indi vidual, who. was gazing at the road in a manner-,, ijtnyl feeling jin ? his, pockets, from which came the sound of a bunch of keys. Dick says, " This is a first-class job." " Fes," says the. stranger, looking gloomy,,;,pud, again;rrulingihis keys, "it only cost 25 per cent, more thun the contract price.' Oh! oh ! said I, it's the ratepayers have made it credit able, and, said 1 to Dick, ...".It's I call a smart job ;" says Dick, i think it's rather fishy.- Dick wants to go to the next meeting of the Board, aud I think I'sjiairitthim. Q _H1" \|" | ||ho wSathc)?cleariug titt a bigf we .o/as faf as B«iglilon,;,to inspect thefe new bridge. I looked on one side and Dick on the other. Says Dick, "it's a pity to build a dry m all in a place like that."l "Are" you blind," said one of the workmen, " it's all mortared."' Says JDick, "it looks like clay washed iiif tiie.•ioints;"' "This1 struck mo as a ver<y pfjrfciridat remark; and.l said to Dielc, " tiie Presj was right after all when it recommended the ratepo.yera to elect men' who care for their interests, And. wWan tgjl clay froip mortar." 2rM.C -Jw^m^^w^.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAY.

THE CALEDONIAN—SIX BAGS

SPECIMENS

■ ' MORE THIS AFTERNOON]

GOOD STONE TOWARDS THE

OTAGO

VISIT OP . GOVERNOR BOWEN

AND EARL BELMORE.

THE MULTUM IN PABVO

CRUSHING.

TOOKFA r'S TIUBUTERS—IOO EBS

SPECIMENS.

G-uajiajistown, .3 p.m. The Caledonian brought up six bags . I specimens by tlfiji tiighfc slnlt. They a r C now blasting the reef, and there Wlll be some more up by the afternoon shift

Towards tlio Ofcago good stone is b g lc enoufc of the foot wall.

Thejßpecimens'are/ being crushed'at lhe»bafctery. \j

The Earl of Belmore, His Excellency the Governor, and the Countess of Belmore arrived here in the p.s. Luna this morning.' They visited the Cale donian- battery, and were amazed at .the> stone andaiualgam.shp { wivthem. y ThVMultum in Parvo liava crushed fifty tons, which realised eight ounces to the ton. | i«>-

. Tqokey.'s, (Wood and party) trifm ters have 400 lbs. of specimens on hand after finishing up.

[FROM A.HOTHEE ■"cOERESPONDENT.f]

Between four and five cwt. of fair speiiime'ifs were1 brought up from the Caledonian, at 9 o'clock, making nine cwt. since yesterday morning.

The specimen crushing is going or.

. There is a., further, improvement in ali^ parts pf t the jmiuei;;; | y j t»i

CORRESPONDENCE.

• '■ i 1 1 s r i * if )■• I [Wee not responsible for our Correspondent ." I opinions.]

CONSCIENCE MAKES COYIA^DAJi^

To the Editor of the Evening Stab,

Sib, —For three successive nights have I boon alarmed by the appearance .at my bod sido of an apparition. It appcpys in the form' of an ancient warrior, and always with the same motion, that is, raising its right hand to jts t lejfc, .elbow, and. running it np to_ the

shoulder. It is partly dvessecl in tartan, carries a shield,-apparently made of leather, and also a <shprt sword; wears rough leather boots,' vla/cfp-vrith green hide ns high a3 the knee; its 'height appears to be six- feet, and on tho*head carries a flat Scotch cap with a red tuft in the centre, and an eagle's feather in-the eido. I firmly believe it to be an apparition, as,l always go to bed sober, and do not eat supper; find I further believe it to be the apparilion of Macbeth, and I'll tell you why I think so. Ih the year 185 VI committed a ; robbery on part'of the remains of the abovo named gentleman, whose bones I found scattered on cither" side ofl'a newly opened grave that had" been searched' by an Antiquarian Society from Edinburgh, and which grave was declared by them to bo the resting place of Macbeth, in the Island of Ins cumasUill, or lona. The tourist party that I was with immediately committed a raid on the bones, and they wore scattered to the four corners of the earth. The bone that foil to my lot was the left arm bone from the elbow to the shoulder. The very bone the apparition is constantly claiming, I have in a three-corner cupboard and washstand in my bedroom, that I brought out in my cabinfrpin London. The ghoat paints to where it lies. Last night I summoned courage, and told him to take it, as I have had enough of it. ; If it appears again to-night I will let you know, with your erudition, it is possible you; may be able to inform me how to lay the ghost. —I am, &c, F. Iff., Symonds-strest. r July 5,1871. [We give the foregoing as wo received it. We confess our inability to see what our cor respondent is driving at, or to lay the ghest for him. We think he had better ask Mac beth where he should send the bone, or .what he should do with it, as the apparition may think it infra dig. to open the cupboard and tako the parcel witli him. Evidently the spirit, is engaged in gathering up his bones, lindJ seeing the distance to which they have been scattered, it was improper to make him. . call >three or four times, as if he was collecting newspaper accounts. —Ed. E.S.]

TIMOTHY CHARMBERRY'S TEA PARTY.

[FEOM TOM HOOD'S " COMIC ANNUALI.*'] Christmas Eve, to be sure! you'll come, ?won't you! Muffins and all first rate! "dc.ro-liglitftil!". iighadU Timothy, ecstafci-, cally ; " the nicest little tea-party I ever had! " Dame Cliarmbcrry dropped her knitting and prkk.cd up hjr,ears ; bjjt her .^pouse, H'hp|hacL;l)ecu' dozicgAComforMbly fin the (Gfreut; corner settle, gave "only a "sound suore, and made no further remark. " 'j'ea-pavty indeed ! " quoth Dame O.WmbeiTy: " what's., he up to bow ! Who's he al'tcv!*- TliafciioiTid smart bar maid at fche ' Bluo Gow,' I'll bet a shilling ! but I'll spoil his tea-parlies for him, I'll go bail! Here, Timothy ! hoo-00-00, nlan go to bed, and don't lie snoring there, like the raging lion a goin.g about to de wour." And, by dint of thumps, scratches, pinches and pushes, she aroused the poor little man, and hunted him oflUo his dormitory; Timothy Cnarmberry was the smallest and shortest man in the rambling parish j JMOO ©&

of llucklebroom, and, as such tiny speci mens do (from some mysterious influence I leave more scientific folks to explain), hnd married one of the biggest women for miles around ; for his wife was six feat hiftl), nrnl stout in proportion. JN ow, much no doubt as Timothy had admired this cole <sal stature in his bride of earlier days, it had its disadvantages, for she was mo b emphatically his bettor halt in every seise of the word ; in fact, to speak accurately, liis three-quarters. Poor I^"° -thy* moreover, labouredjutidcr an afflic tion; which practically"diminished his chaiiches of rulership, for he was as deal as Dame Eleanor Spearing—

" Deaf to verbs and all their compounding!!, Adjective, noun and adverb, and particle, Deaf to even ito deanito article."

Now, unfortunately, Dame Charrnberry had also a failing, an absurd one, common, alas ! to her sex—she was most unreason ably jealous. Poor little meek Timothy, who could never have screwed up enough courage enough to say " Bo !" to a mouse, much less to a goose, was .far too modest fo give her any cause or reason for her disease; and being, moreover, of a. small size, was likely to be overlooked by most bt' (he blooming mnids'Bnd buxom widows of Kucklebroom. Besides, Timothy'sieyes were not a pair, albeit both gooseberry green ; and the fringe of thin lank hair that ndorned his little half-bald skull vr,\s more the colour of unravelled string than anything else; and and above that, one bony shoulder was liigher than the other, and he had a club foot. In owy the veriest old maid in llucklebroom could hardly have conjured him into an Adonis ; but Dame Charmberry doubtless imagined that the charms which had caught her large heart might prove dangerous to others ; and thus, although a good, kind hearted woman in the main, she worried both him and herself to death.. On ac count of his deafness, she could; hot cur tain lecture him, for Mrs. Caudle herself could not have made him henr a syllable, and though a series of signs did tolerably well for the usual mode of communication, they "were not sufficient to relieve an over charged bosom, pousequenfc'y her rnge, direr ted from this safety-valre, fell to other modes of punishment. Hie was too tenderhearted to inflict personal chastise ment on him; aud, therefore, when her rage" got^ beyond endurance she treated him in an original fashion^ by placing all articles of food, his favourite dainties es pecially, on such a very high shelf, that he could not reach, them without -walking half-a-mile to borrow Sandy Sawpit's ladder, and then..sja.e went out to tea. .

Poor Timothy bore all this as meekly as he could, for he could not quite discover her drift in it all, and failed to comprehend her motives. _On the present occasion Mrs. Charmberry having heard these few muttered words fall from Timothy* sleep ing lips, felt convinced that he meditated some amorous appoinment shortly, and in the secret rage of her heart resolved to discover the whole. So she dissembled lie:• wrath, and the next day annovneed iher intention of going to drink .tea with ;her mother pn. Christmas, eye. 11 \ " Yes, my dear," replied Timothy, " to be suro so you shall, and as early as you like, too. It's the blessed Ohrisihasj time, and everybody ought to enjoy them selves. And Timothy rubbed his. skinny hands and winked his goggle "eyes through his great horn spectacles, like an owl in daylight, and stitched away faster, than eter, for ho was a tailor, and was pillting a patch in the pai'ish clerk's best black indispensables against next Sunday, which swas also Christmas-day. •- v ' "Enjoy themselves,' indeed! ' said Dame (Jharmbeny, indignantly, shaking her head and poking the broomstick at him; " ah, you faithless villain"! you think you, will, I daresay, you false deceiving monster! But I'll circumvent your tea party, or my name isn't Ruth Charm berry !"

" Yes, my dear^ jto be sure you shall," replied the unconscious Timothy, 'com placently who sawiand heard-nothing, but went stitching on with his face to the window; which so-exasperated the wife of his bosom that she pave the board such a violent shake that down weat I'obj, thimble and all. Quite unconscious, how ever, of the cause of the accident, lie picked himself meekly up, with the rest ofhi scattered belongings, and resumed lii seat with, all the calm of a Mahomniedan, while Dame Charmberry vented the rest of her wrath on the dog, who fled, howling dismally.- Christmas-eve came, and after their fru gal meal Dame Charmberry", 'first setting her house in the strictest.order, departed, giving a last glance at the high shelf' on which she had put the teapot.and loaf. Timothy saw her to the gate;: and there stood, rubbing his hands as usual to the ghost of a whistle, and watched her on her way down the. long village street, past the butcher's, past the Blue Cow, beyond the general shop, past Sandy Sawpit's, and at last vanished in the dim distance up Mill-lano. ~- " I'll have a holiday, too," says Timothy; " It's Chrismas:time, and I'll go on the spreo. Oh, law! if Butb. only heard me ?■ She's a dear good,soul, but awful! strict.! Sho wouldn't trust mo with sixpence, I'm suro, if I was to ask her, for fear I'd spend it at the Blue Cow ; but law, I'shouldn't. And here's the young squire's half-crown, as'll provide for my, tea party handsome." And Timothy chuckled so that his specta cles fell off, only, luqkily, they dropped on the flat;box-l>fush by the door, unh'dtmed.; but he was so sobered down by the fright that he left off talking to himself; and went quietly in to finish his work, as if Buth herself had been thore.

When he had completed his job, he put all tidily away, and his next proceeding might have roused Dame Charmberry's suspicions mprcjlian qv.ej;, for he.jtook Uo*n hisj.bld hatffrom th'eiTdoor, and^ th'en, afier aCong'search, percii^d her own'market-basket.au'dfasteiiiugtK'ecloor, set off jauntily "down street," with a sprig of holly he had picked on the way in in his button-hole. ■-?•, mm We will foll6w his and by so doing we are brought to the threshold of the generel shop, where he marched in boldly up to the counter.

" jLaw, Mr,, Cliawnberry what cau we do for you ? It's an age since I've seen you," shouted. Mrs. Dubbits at the top of her voice; I've some prime Christmas tea just in—Hykey Pekoo, just such as missis would like."

" I want some tea, mem, if you please," replied Timothy, in his thin reedy voice; ".but please to write down tho prico on the slate tor I'm' harder of heating nor ever." . -

Mrs. Dubbits complied, and then took Timothy's order for a quarter of tea, a pound of sugar best raw, three-penn'orth of fresh crumpets, and some golden syrup, lending him a little jar for the last, and. then he wound up his extravagance actu ally by selecting a big Sally Lunn—such a plump, well-browned, fat looking pin cushion of a tea cake, that eTimothy smacked his lips in anticipation. He com pleted his enormities by packing all theso carefully in his wife's basket, and carry ing them off, in spite of Mrs. Dubbit's offer to send them for him.

''I s'pose you aud your good lady's going to have a treat ?" roared Mrs. Jjubbits ;." I'm sure I wish you a merry Christmas"

" N-no," stammered Timothy, ner> vously, catching the first part of her speech, " not exactly, please don't men tion it; thankee, goodnight!"

" Old Tim's going to have a treat on the slj," said Mrs. Dubbits to her shop boy. ~ .: . ~

'• T peed her a postin' down this arter noon," resjion'd&il the,latter ; so he's seed her off, I s'posy, and then gone in for witlle.-."

'■>i We must now leare Timothy on certain further rambles, and follow Mrs. Charm berry, whom we shall find, not at her mother's, but sitting in gloomy state in the small parlour of the Hey. Ebenezer Seratchit, the minister of her own particu lar denomination, to whom she has come for counsel and advice in her sore disquiet, lie has just proposed to accompany her to Tier borne, in order to convict the cul prit and bring him to a senss of his wick edness. It is a hitter cojd night, and the parson.insists on his visitor partaking of some spired elder wine, which his help mate, Mvs. :~crateliit, serves grimly on the testimonial salvor, with some fossil biscuits, of anlideluvian bakery, of so flimsy a nature are they. This modest refection concluded, theminister and Mrs. Oharrnberry set off, and after a brisk walk soon reached the cottage, which they ap proached silently* and with some caution. Some hours had elapsed, and the cold white moonlight was already painting the shadows of the yew and box-brushes on the pathway ; but inside, no doubt, there was no lack of light and warmth, to judge from the bright fire-light glimmered un der the crack of the door. The checked blue .curtains .were so closely drawn over the windows that the watchers could find no chink for observation.

" I wonder what vile hussy is in there now," muttered Mrs. CharmDerryj grind ing her teetli at the thought. .' " Hush!" replied her companion, " he's singing, and it isn't a hymii !" " It's what he used to-' sing wlien he came a-coiirtirig of 'me"" said Buth, be tween a sigh and a'grOaii.

. And verily. Timothy's weak voice was heard heartily carollinj^-i

" The hajipicst hoiirs that e'er I spent AVore spent aniofas the lasses oh 1"

" Oh, sinful flesh, sinful flesh!" groaned the ilvr. i-bonczcr.

rV lie'| a, talking," ' whispered Euth, pinching him to enforce silence;" let's open (he door a crack— he can't hear, nor they can't see, 'cause ;thefsettle's between us and llio door. J"

- ,'* JJere; .Lucy; my deary here's some stunning lea'for you, and I liope you will enjoy it, and here'siuy love to you, and a merry Christinas and a many of 'eni! Cheer up, old girl! you're looking quite young and lively, I can tell you!" ("Brute!"• muttered Sirs. G. outside.) " Suqh -tea as this will.. .warm ;up the cockles of your heaif;! And such sugar too ! sparkling like the boughs in a frosfc. And, Nancy, my dear, here's such a Sally Limn for you ! I fell in lovo with it on Mrs. tDubbit's counter, ibo thick and well baked: and here's • plenty of butter to baste it well with." ("The., heathen," muttered-liutlr, !" there's. two on 'eui, then !") "Hetty, my lass! Tre not for gotten you; do try;"'these crui::pols; and this golden sytfup is for the young 'uu" . :

" He's a regular Mormon,*' growled the Rev. Ebcnrzer.1, ',',; .* --

But Buth could bear i^ no longer. In she rushed, dashing open the door, and coming like a whirlwind, followed by the minister, upon poor Timothy, who was peacefully -seated alone by the fire, sharing his meagre meal of tea and dry bread with tho cat—with the cat! . :

" litis be an unexpected honour, sir," said Timothy, recovering his seniies, first, and getting up.' " Euth!_Jwhy don't'ce dust a chair for the gentleman P"

Tlie preacher and' Mi's. Charmberry looked very foolishly one- at the Other. At last the iicv. Kbenezer spoke up, by shouting in Timothy's ear, *'We'heard you talking out loud, Mr. Charmbebry ; we thought you had company;''1 '" " Company P" said old Tim, " company ? Y/es,-,1 were in.;, company .of, my. own thoughts. It's a bad habit as' I've' got, sir, all along'ofiriy infirmities, I s'pose, of talking to myself. And this here blessed Christmas I sat n-thinking of,, all the poor souls about hero, and. a-wishing of 'em a me,rry Christma&'ali r'ouudin* a good cup of tea, as I do jo\L sir, likewise, hoping takes no liberty." " Timothy," screamed his wife, " what have ypu'dene with Luc^ and Hetty ?" "Thain't a-told, have they ?" asked Timothy looking sheepish. "Well, then, I s'pose I must make a clean breast of it all; but, B,uth, my dear, don't 'eobe an gered. Tho young squire gi'ed I half a crown for a Christmas box, and, thinks I, 'tis a windfall over, and above trade, and should > fall| to thenb ass has no legular crops. So I call it like,* to'myself,'my tea-party, and to-night I ?spent it afctho shop, taking old bedrid-Lucy Grove a lit- Lle mutyer of tea and sugar, lame Nnnny Bird a cake or two, and Blind Hetty some crumpets.and traycle;;-! wexe so main comfortable myself, ,1 wanted to take some o' they a bit o! cheer,^but don't cc' be angered, liuth ; I ought to ha' told cc', but you've been took up again, me lately; and I were afeared of vexing thee. But I were wrong; I ought to ha' told 'cc, atidl ax thy pardon,- lass, fort. You see sirVl"were ouly 'musing myself wi'! saying over all I'd said to th!e poor souls to-night; and so' I were, as; I said;' afore, keeping my'jtea-party." ■. . '. !, . ~'*' "Mrs! Oharmberry," 'said the Bey. Ebenezer, with a curious sort, pf- choke in his throat, "your husband has been keep ing the seasoa like a Christian, which is more than can be said for you and mo. I am sure you won't be jealous of the blind, halt, and lame that Timothy's been enter taiaiug, like an angel unawares. < We bare both had a lesson, I'm sure, Gocl

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