SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

AERIVALS.

Xapier s s.. Bendall, from Napier, via East Coast. Lord Ashley, s.s., H. J. C. Andrew, irom Tauranga and fcJouthern ports.

DEPARTURES.

Prairie, brig, 139 tons, for Hokianga. SUN3ET.—This evening, 4.52. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 10.22.

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS

EVENING. Boyal Alfred, 5 o'clock. Enterprise, 7 o'clock.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

London.—Wild Duck and Alexandnna, early. Sydney.—Hero, on Saturday. Southern Poets.—Lord Ashley, Monday. FuiS.—Merlin, to-day. Hokianga.—Onward, early. Napieb.—Lord Ashley, Monday.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Nevada, p.s., from the South. James Paterson, s.s , from Sydney. Napier, b.b., from Napier. Mary Shepherd, ship, from London. "■»< Excelsior, ship, from London. Countess of Kinfcore, ship, from London. East Lothian, barque, from New York via Sydney. Alico, Durqui1, from London.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

Hero, 8.5., from Sydney.—Cruickshani, Smart & Co., agents. Eee*a. s s., laid up. Samson, p.s., laid-up. Alexandrina, ship, from London, L. D. ■Nathan & Co., agents. Wrrd-Duck, ship, from Timarn, Henderson and Maofarlane, agents. Albidn, barque, from Russell, J. S. Macfar lans, agents. Briton, barque, from Newcastle.—Hender son and Macfarlane, agents. Prairie, brig, from Hobart Town, Stone Bros., agents. Merlin,, schooner, from Fijis, M. Niccol, agent. Exceilsior, -schooner, from Samoa, Combes andtDaldy, agents. _' Na Noba,.-schooner, fom Fijis.—J. S. Mac farlane, agent. Frowningißeauty, barque, from Newcastle. Hendersr n & Macfarlane, agents. Midge, schooner, from Tahiti, L. D. Nathan. & Co., agents. Sncces-. echfloner, irom Kussell.—M. Niccol, agent.

Tho brig Pr\isric, Captain G. McFarl'ane, cleared at the fcjuitoms to-day, for Hokianga, with the following cargo :—5 cases brandy, Lewis Bros.; 200. bags flour, G. Thome ; 7 packages, Lewis Bros. ; 50 bags rice, 9 pack ages. 11 bags potatoes, Must and Co.—Stone Bros., agents. The s.s. Napier arrived in harbour this morning from Napier, and Poverty Bay, bring ing 2 passengers, and a cargo of sheep.

ARRIVAL OF THE LORD ASHLEY.

The s s. Lord Ashley arrived from Southern porti last evening, and brings the following passengers :—Saloon : Mra. McQlashan, infant, and servant; Miss TStcGlashan, Master Mi-Glashan, Mrs. Carleton, Miss O'Keeffe, Mh. Haralin, Mrs. Cohep, Miss Marks, Mrs. Litchfleld, Messrs. Walter Hill, Carletoo, J. Hamlin, Harkiss ; and lyne in the Bteerage.

COMMERCIAL.

Evbhihg Stab Office, Friday afternoon. Mr. Geo. Sibbin held a sale at his mart to day of choice plants, fruit tree*, from the Devonport Nuraery, North Shore. There was a good attendance, and .fair prices wer» realised. .

CALLS AND DIVIDENDS LIST.

Thi following are the, current calls and divi dend* payable in the companies named be low J— j

POLICE COURT.

!!| Thb following is the rota for attendance of if Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ';| ending Saturday, July 15,1871 :— fj Saturday—Messrs. Mitford and Macffarlane. ; ]| Monda,y—Messrs. Nathan and j. O'Neill. || Tuesday —Meesrs. N ewman and Or. B. Owen. ii| "Wednesday—Messrs. Pierce and Porter. I Friday-r-Messrs. Eitohie and Taylor.

THE MAILS.

ji| Mails will close as under: — H For Thames, this day, at 4.50 and 5.30 p.m., and to il morrow, at 10.80 a. m. and 4 p.m. - '"'„''. f /For Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per s.s. Hero, f to-morrow, at 10 a.m. Late letters for Sydney and ji Melbourne, bearing a late fee of 3d. in addition to 1 the postage, will be received till 10.30 a.m. jfKFor Mahurangi, Warkworth, &c, per Lady Bowen, 'i to-morrow, at 10 a.m. ;S For Russell, per Leonidas, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. i||For Kapanga, etc., per Lalla ±tookh,on MondaT, 10th P'|-or Wangarei Heads, etc., per Duke of Edinburgh, on 111 Monday, 10th inst., at 11a.m. .-.,,■. \ iFor Tauranga, Napier, and the Southern provinces, l,f per s.s. Lord Ashley, on Monday, 10th inst., at 3 ill p.m. Late letters and telegrams for transmission , j| from the Tauranga station will, b« received till 3.30 ' 'p.m. Mails for tbo undermentioned places, per v.a. ljfN«vada, yill close at this office, on Thursday, 18th ilor * Sandwich"lsiands, British Columbia, United {iili States of America, British. Central, and South 1 llAmerica, British and Foreign West Indies, and t li'lContlnent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a.m. «l V United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. \ or money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, ■ lite Ut^is tot United States of America and United '1 Enedom, bearing a late fee of,6din addition to the ft CoirtSw, will be received at this- Office till 11 a.m., ii >nd by th« mail agent on board the steamer up to jj| p 6 giUlnß- S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star.

FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1871. THE CALEDONIAN PANIC.

" For the cause that lack 3 assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do."

"We do not suppose that there are many who have had much to do with mining transactions, that take the un reliable reports of the Evening News and its morning edition as their guides. Still we have not a doubt that the wilfully malicious statements made during the past few days, by that pa per, respecting the Caledonian claim, have had considerable effect on the minds of the timid. We do not enter on the question whether the Caledo nian Company's claim is a good mine or a duffer, but when we consider the class of persons who first suffer by a panic, in the share market, the unwarrant able conduct of our contemporary in the endeavour to create despair respecting the Caledonian is positively cruel. In the issue of Wednesday, among the Thames telegraphic, it was stated, " Superhuman efforts are being made according to my opinion to keep it (the Caledonian) steady. The true state to all appearance is that it will be a long time before there are any large specimen yields ap;ain." In yesterday's issue the same malicious and false spirit pervades what is called, " The true state of the Cale donian," and while such expressions as " there does not seem to be much chance of any more specimens being obtained," " There can be no good in disguising the matter," &c.; frequently occur, there is throughout that " damning with faint praise," which is more telling than direct assertion to the minds of any that, are anxious on the subject. As if the foregoing had not been sufficient, this morning's issue opens with a deliberate untruth —" Caledonians offered here this after noon at £100 ;" and then it is added— "In the Evening Mail, issued from the Thames Advertiser office, an effort is made to describe the prospects of the claim as being better than they' are. But it is of no use. The exact state of affairs is fcnoion." If it had been intended to create a panic in Caledonian and Thames shares, for purely diabolical purposes, no more suitable terms, and no more fitting manner could be adopted. That the panic will prove to have been foolish and unwarranted, we do not hesitate to express our unwavering belief. On our Thames Correspondent we place implicit'faith. He is as conversant with the various interests, and can form estimates of properties as well as it is possible for an in telligent and experienced observer to do, and is not likely to be influenced like the needy, seedy politician, that does telegrams for our contemporary. If the News had been warring against the power ful and the capitalist, the efforts of our contemporary, however unwar ranted, might have been condoned. But the powerful and the capitalist, have stood firm in the panic, as they always do, and only the comparatively poor who have had their hard-earned savings invested in a Caledonian, or in one or two Thames', have been ruined by the panic to which our evil-minded contemporary has so striven to contribute. Those to whom their investments were their all, have rushed to market, and forcing sales, in ruining themselves, have induced that depression which has laid the market at the feet of the wealthy. Our con temporary, whose inane tirades against the wealthy are'inspired by the hungry i Adullamites whose mouthpiece he is, has ministered as far as feeble powers could minister to the ruin of the poorer classes of investers and the aggrandise i ment of wealth. " Superhuman • efforts}" we are told, were made to keep up- the price of Caledonians. By whom have these superhuman efforts been made ? Is it by the News' old enemies-—the wealthy people ? Nay ; for the interest of the wealthy is to bring the price to ' a minimum, ao at the present moment, and then buy in, as we believe is being done. But if "superhuman efforts" hare been made at all, it must be by the unfortunate people of small means, wno have • struggled with des perate energy against the ruin which their own panic, excited further by the " superhuman" and diabolical efforts of malignant newspaper wri ters, has caused.

Occasion has been taken of a little patch of barrenness in the Caledonian —-such as has often before occurred, almost without being —noticed, and than which nothing. is more usual in claims, and ,with abundant" bearing," in which offence our evening contem porary has taken an active part, this panic, the greatest' yet known. in Ca ledonians, has occurred. Its un warranted character is very evi dent to those who know what they are doing. Already in our telegrams to-day we have proof

of the baselessness of the fear, and we do not hesitate to assert that before a few daya have passed, there will be deep regrets for sales effected in the moment of fright ; and imprecations loud and deep against the ill-dis posed little print that has worked so hard to do the mischief.

Notice is given that John Kelly and Wil liam Brunkard have become insolvent;— The appointment of Mr. Thomas Macffarlaiae in the estate of John Jacob Fernandez has been confirmed, and the said bankrupt gives notice of his intention to apply to pa 33 his last examination on the 3rd of August.

The transfer books of the Caledonian and Thames Gold Mining Compares will be closed at noon to-day, and remain closed uutil noon on Wednesday next, -when a dividend will be payable to the shareholders.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Union Literary Society took place last evening in the rooms, Wellesley-street, when a paper was read by one of the members on " The Re-' formatory Treatment of our Criminals." During the discussion that ensued, allusion was made to the haphazard and unintelligible system on which commutations and remissions of sentences were granted—popular excitation, political considerations, and the adroit use of personal or indirect influence in official quarters, forming much more important elements in the decision than " the equities" involved. Reference was also made to the practice of appointing "highly respectable" prisoners to nominal duties, thereby rendering void, or practically evading, the sentence of the Superior Courts. An incident was men tioned during the discussion on the local bearing of the question, which seems almost incredible, but that it was vouched for by several members—namely, that rations per emptorily rejected by the "penal servitude" men, were subsequently forwarded by the authorities to the Provincial Hospital for the use of the patients ! It did not transpire under which provincial administration the scandal had been perpetrated. Oh the nest night of meeting (the 20th instant), a debate will take place on the following topic:— " Ought Suicide, or Attempted Suicide, to be treated as an offence against the State ?"

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

GHOSTS! To the Editor of the Evening Stah,

Sir, —In turning over some old letters yes terday I came across the following extraordi nary one that I received some years ago from a relative of mine, who is a night employe at the Bank of England, lie states: —" I was keeping my weary watch, pacing up and down the corridor, when my thoughts reverted to you, and I wondered how you were getting on in your new adopted country, New Zealand. I sat down to ruminate thereon. I had scarcely seated myself when I was alarmed by the most unaccountable noise I have ever heard. It seemed as if all the vast treasure that was stored in the bank cellars had sud denly broken loose, and were dancing and jingling mad polkas and waltzes upon the stone floors of the vaults below. Presently the massive bars, bolts, and locks of the strong room fell, and the door opened with a loud crash, und I was astonished by the sudden appearance of a figure that was made up with golden sovereigns. It beckoned me to ap proach it, and marshalled me the way. I felt that I was irresistibly compelled to follow it. On passing through the doorway it imme diately resumed its former secure state, and I found myself cut off from the outer world. I followed the mysterious phantom into the largest of the vaults, where, to my amaze ment, I found all the gold that was in tlio bank had arranged itself in the form of an amphitheatre, and was made up in upright columns, graduating one above the oilier. 'J ho phantom passed on, making signs for mo- to follow. On getting close to this compcct and solid mass of gold, a part of it jingliugly opened sufficiently wide to allow myself and the golden phantom to pasß through its ranks into the open space, and then closed again. The whole mass of columns then saluted their Golden Chief by making three jingling genufleotions, and then all was as still as death, apparently awaiting the address of their chief. After the lapse of a moment, to my astonishment it gave forth speech in the following words : —' Gold ! golden sisters all! through the power vested in me as your Q-olden Chief, I have sum moned you before our august presence to night, to communicate startling intelligence to~you that has just now been wafted across the sea to me —news that shall further increase our power and golden'might; for mighty in power and rank though this nation be that is called England, and whom for the time being we serve, still have we not reason to com plain ? You need not answer me, simply look down on yourselves ; but for our usual orgies that wo practise on being summoned for any extraordinary occasion, you would now have been covered in milldew, which state we all know, from sheer inactivity, is fatal to the golden nation. Yes, my subjects, long have you been idly locked up in these vile boxes, where we are of no use to markets for either good or harm, but from the great news that I have received to-night we shall all soon be released to nerve the stalwart men who form this nation's might. Gold ! gold ! shall again be used to further increase our store. Our sister metal gold shall be loosed from her long , bondage in the bowels of earth. Rejoice, then, my loving subjects, for no longer shall you suffer from your present inactivity. At to morrow's dawn the news shall bo spread o'er the land that gold is required to stimulate the exertions and manufacturing skill of the Anglo-Saxon race, both here and .in the distant land of their adopted country, New Zealand.' On the finish of the phantom's speech, my senses were be wildered by the scene that followed. All the sovereigns and half-sovereigns immediately jumped from off their pillars, and paired off, resolving themselves into the most fantastic shapes and figures—rolling, spinning, bound ing, tossing, levolving rapidly on their milled edges, forming figures of eight, and then, sud denly springing into the air, would come clash I against each other, making the golden notes ring.again through the vaulted arches of the cellar. On the phantom's thrice raising its hand, and pointing to the treasure boxes, every piece of gold in an instant resumed its usual state of rest, and the figure motioned me back from whonce I came, and immedi ately the door slammed, the locks bolted them selves, and I was again alone to recall my scattered senses, and think over the sights I had seen. The next morning, surely enough, by the arrival of the mail, we, in England, for first time heard that goid, in large quantities, had been found in New Zealand."

F. H. Symonds-street, July 5,1871. [The family of our correspondent ia a highly ' favoured one. The Golden Phantom, however, wag rather long-winded for a respectable ghost. Too much like a penny-a-liner. We admire the impressive silence of Macbeth, aiid shall be glad to hear if he has returned and received his bone.—Ed. E.S.]

SUPREME COURT.-Civil Sittings.

FRIDAY, JULY 7.

[Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight, Chief Justice, and a Special Jury.J His Honoh took his seat on the bench at 10 ° Mom v.CEAiG.-Mr.Brookfield and Mr. MacCormick for the P^ff 5 Mr. Hesketh and Mr. Bees for the defendant.—The examination of Mi-. MacCormick was re sumed this morning, when he repeated his disapproval of the proceedings of Hams.- By Mr. Brookfield: I heard in a general way in 1566 that the natives had claims against Craig for timber. I did not know Mohi then. At the discussion relating to the arrangement of the 22nd of January, Mr. Craig, senr., Mr. Craig, iunr., Mr. Preece (not Mr. Mackay) were present, and not one word was said ol disputes as to logs. I certainly would not, if I had known that Mohi claimed the logs, have consented to any arrangement to givo Craig the use of the booms to take away tho logs. I would not have done it for this reason, also, that it would give Harris power over these logs. I may here say that lam at issue with Harris as to the effect of that agree ment, Mr. Harris says, and has sworn, that he did not give Craig power to go upon the land. I think the effect of this agreement is that he did give power to Craig to go upon the laud and take away these logs. I knew nothing more on the 23nd of January than on the 11th. [The two agreements of the 11th of January and the 22nd of January, 1870, were read from the first relating to a settle ment between Burtt and Craig, and Harris, sen., and Harris, jun. That action was to be discontinued by withdrawing a juror, the plaintiff to pay defendant's costs as between party and party: the mill upon the land known as Opara to be purchased by Harris, jun., the price to be fixed by arbitration, one arbitrator to be appointed by each party. The principle of any such arbitration to be a valuation oif the mill and machinery: the price agreed to be paid by Harris, j an. (less £150), Craig to have possession of the mill, machinery, land plant for twelve months for the purposes* of cutting and taking away the logs laying&n the land and in the creeks of Waitikuri Ipd Opitonui, but Craig was not to fell an* more timber: the subsequent agreement gas, in effect, that neither Craig should intefere with Harris nor Harris with Craig in oS»ining the lease from either of these blo^fSfand, in other respects, con firmed thif|lrrangeinent of the earlier date, when the|l||ject of giving a lease to Craig was menti^S to Mohi he was very much op posed to m& One reason he gave for his aversion to Jjlving Craig a lease was that the land had bJjSi surveyed by stealth—that it had been survewd at night—that Craig had re fused to ptf him for the timber ; that Craig had set uppn opposition to his claim in the Native Lur»s Court. This was before the " shouting 3^iampagne" occurred. As to the statement of Mr. Craig about the 449 acres, I may state that I have never taken a convey ance •to prosecute anybody. I have never taken a conveyance in payment of costs even. I did take a convey ance of a piece of land called Te Ilanga. That conveyance was given to mo for tho purpose, as they said, of "fighting the Government." This action was not brought through any encouragement from mo ; on the contrary, the writ was issued without my knowledge. It was not until Mohi came to mo a secotf|fi!Me, and until I knew that Craig refused toH^tle with ilolii about tho timber, that I consented to bring tho action ; on the contrary, I told Craig that if he would settle with Mohi for the timber Mohi should pay- Craig what was due to him by Mohi, and from Mohi's mother. That would leave Craig to pay about £300. Craig declined such arrangement unless Mohi would give him the land. Delayed to bring any action in the hope that somo settlement might be come to between Mohi and Craig. It was not until Mohi came to me in a great state of sicitement with these District Court summonses, which hud been taken out against him- that I took the first step. There did not appear be a good feeling between Mohi and Craig, quite the contrary. I knew nothing of the conveyance from Paul until Harris showed it to me. The convey ance from Mohi and the reconveyance by Han-is was not made for the purpose of this aotion. [The witness explained with some minuteness the reasons for certain dates being inserted in order to comply with the provi sions of the Statute.] —Albert Glover, son of Uriah Glover, proprietor of Glover's hotel, deposed to conversations he had with Mohi in regard to tho settlement in the Native Lands Court. Mohi said distinctly that" the agree ment was that Craig was to have the mill for twelve months to cut the logs and take them away. —Andrew Craig, son of the defendant, deposed that Mohi gave no notice of his disagreement until the 24th of May. Witness asked him whether he was desirous to turn them off the land. Mohi said " No j it was Harris's doing, not his."

In Banco.

In the Estate of John Watson Bain, deceased, iate of Auckland.—An applica tion was made by Mr. Hesketh for an order' upon Mr. Thomas Russell to hand over a policy of insurance, which he held as trustee ; notices to be served upon the several parties interested, viz., Mrs. Madeline Bain, widow of deceased ; Mr. Walter Graham (attorney), for Mr. Walter Smellie Grahame, of London. The late Mr. Bain was .for a great many years in Auckland in business, and ful filled various public capacities as a citizen. He was the agent of the Sydney Mutual Providence Insurance Society. He was a member of the Provincial Council, Chair man of the City Board, and other public positions, as American Consular Agent. According to the statement ef the learned counsel, Mr. John Watson Bain died on the 3rd of December, 1867, and the will was proved in this Court on the 18th of January, 1870. On the 27th of November, 1870, letters of administration were delivered to Mr. Want, to whom Mrs. Bain had given power of attorney. Soon after the firm of J. Gladstone and Co. was adjudicated bankrupt, and J. Gladstone himself became bankrupt. Charles Fitz Kemp becume the assignee of the bank rupt estates, and consented, in consideration of £500 received front W. S. Grahame, to make over his interest (as assignee) in the said policy. Affidavits, were read to the effect that at the date of the said transfer John Watson Bain was indebted to John Gladstone and Co. in a sum greatly exceeding the sum named in the policy of insurance, that firm having recovered judgment against Mr. Bain for the stun of £10,167. The petitioner is My. Walter Smollie Graname.andthe money, £1452 lls Id, had been paid into Court by Want. Copies of the petition had been served upon Mr. Thomas ltussell, who holds the policy as trustee,:and upon Mrs. Madeline Bain, the executrix.— The present application was to get the money out of Court, upon the petition of W. S. J-raham, who had purchased the. interest of Gladstone's assignee. The necessary order was made, and made returnable at the rising' of the Court to-morrow. — Mr. Hesketh explained that the payment fol lowed the issue of the order as a matter of course, but if it were thought desirable, the

rule might be enlarged when made returnable. He would serve notices immediately upon all parties concerned —Mr. Russell, who held the policy ; Mr. Want's attorney, the execu trix, &o. ~;■<.■■.■■.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT. Friday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.] ' Judgments foe Plaintiffs. —3chmidfc v. Grey, £15; McCrory y. Taylor, £20 j Wilson v. McQ-ee, £4 Is; Mechanics' Institute v. Budd, £5 5s 10d, ordered to pay 5s per week, or suffer one month's imprisonment.; Rowley v. Bull, £2 10s ; Salty and others v. Robson, £6 i7s 6d, to be paid at the rate of 7s 6d per week; Jamieson v. Murphy, £7 4a, ordered to pay LOs per week ; Flynn v McShane, £1 163 9d. ADJOETiiraiENTS.—Wilkins t. Taylor, £8 12s; Fort v. Eaton, £3 17s 9d; Smales v. Howard, £3 19s; Watt v. Campbell, £4 4s 6d. Depended Cases. •. Weils t. Habyeyl—Mr. Home for the plaintiff, and Mr. Sheehan forthe defence.— Claim, £4 Bs. 7d. —A nonsuit was recorded. The costs amounted to £4 os. 6d.

G-eorge G-iees T. Teeyjjna. —This was a claim to recover the amount of £3 83. for the hiro of a carriage and keep of a horse.—Mr. Beveridge for the plaintiff, and Mr. Joy for the defendant.—lt appears that the defendant had hired a carriage from the plaintiff, but had only paid for a portion of the time that he was in possession of the vehicle and horse. On leaving for the South, without giving Mr. Grilea notice, ho placed the carriage and horse in Mr. Hardington's yard, and plaintiff now sued to recover the necessary expenses, to which he had been put to obtain possession of his own property.—Judgment for plaintiff for the sum of £1 8s and costs.

Bttrtt v. Bice.—Claim, £14.—Mr. Mat thews for the plaintiff, and Mr. Joy for the defendant.—Mr. Joy stated that the defen dant was a Government officer at present en; gaged in his work. He asked for an adjourn ment of the case for a fortnight, in the hope of getting a settlement. He would pay the costs of the case, to abide the event. Kent v. Kelly.—Claim, £10, for goods sold and delivered. —Mr. Joy for the defen dant, and Mr. Shcehan for the plaintiff.— After some discussion the case was adjourned. This was all the business.

POLICE COURT.—Friday.

[Before H. D. Morpeth and S. Kemplhorne, Esqs., J.Ps.]

Dbukken>'es3. —For this offence ten persons were fined in the usual manner.

Vagbant Act.—Patrick Shine was charged with a breach of above Act, and ordered to be imprisoned for six months, with hard labor.

lirroirirDiNG Act.—James Brennan, for allowing a goat to be tethered in Nelson street, was fined 2s 6d and costs. —James Ryan, for allowing a cow to stray at large, was fined 10a and costs.

Lahcent. — Charles Arnold and Henry Campbell were charged with stealing from the brig Prairie a quantity of clothing, valued at about £5, the property of Thomas Guard and Charles O.ohnson, seamen on board that vessel.—Evidence was given to the effect that a portion of the clothing was found on one of the lads, the rest being recovered from a pawn-office, where Campbell had pledged them. —Arnold was sentenced to six months, with hard labour, and Campbell to twelve months, with hard labour. —John Connor was charged by William Cook with stealing from his premises, on July 5, one silver watch and guard, valued at £7.—Prosecutor deposed : I reside at Parnell. I missed my watch on Wednesday morning, and valuo it at £7, The prisoner was at my house on that day. We were drinking together. I met him afterwards, and he said he had pawned it for £2 10s.—To the pri soner : You gave my wife £3 to get the watch out of the pawn-office.—Evidence was given that the watch was pawned by the prisoner.— Prisoner was committed to take his trial at the Supreme Court.

Hotjse-BEEAKING. — Thomas Cains was eliarged by George Boyd with breaking into his house, Fort-street, on Juno 25, and steal ing therefrom a quantity of jewellery, valued at £18.—George Boyd, being called, said : I reside in Fort-street. On June 25 I left my house, at about 9.30. The doors were locked, | and no person was left in the house. I returned again about half-past 6. I observed that the things in my bedroom were scattered about, aud that the window had been opened. The front door was partly opan. I missed two coats, one pair tweed trousers and vest, one vest, one gentleman's gold ring, two ladies' gold rings, seven silver teaspoons, three foreign coins, one American dollar, one Spanish dollar, £1 in silver, two quartz specimens, one nugget gold, two gold watch keys; total value, about £18. The coat produced is mine.—Emma Mudde, ser vant in the employ of Mr. Bae, pawnbroker, Shortland, deposed: On the 27th June the prisoner came to the office and pawned the coat produced.—Detective Murphy deposed to having arrested the prisoner at Grahamstown, when he found the . pawn .ticket produced amongst some rubbish at the rear of the house of the man Hitchies, who was on t,he previous day convicted of housebreaking.— The prisoner was committed for trial. i

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

The usaal weekly parade ot the Auck land Rifle Volunteers took place at the Drill-shed last evening, Major Gordon in command. After the companies had been proved, the men were put through the bayonet exercise in slow and quick time. The expression of a " little of that goes a long way " was frequently used, but no doubt practice makes perfect, and after two or three more nights of it, the men will be' accustomed to the positions, but taken as a whole it was very credit ably gone through. After the parade the men faced about and the regimental orders were read out, the Major then in formed them that the monthly inspection parade would be held on. the 15th iust. at the usual hour. We must remark .upon the unsoldierly appearance of the men in their accoutrements. -Some appear without waist belts, others with the whole set on ; others again with only waist-belts. We think some order ought to be issued that the men should appear alike'; Ever siiiice the 241h May the Volunteers Lave ap peared, some with the whole accoutre ments, others with only half.

We understand that the City Club Hotel, Shortland-street, has been purchaser] by Mr. Cronibie, the lucky holder of so much Ciiledo uian stock, for £3700. This, iv conjunction with the former adjoining block purchased by him fronting Queeu-street, will ibrin a nipst valuable property. Pearl fishing in Western Australia seems to be progressing. The Frenvmtle Herald I (Western Australia) of May 2i>, soys that three vessels arrived within, one week, having on board in the aggregate thirty -seven tons of pearl-shell, worth "£SOOO, . besides •»many valuable pearls.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

THIS DAY.

THE CALEDONIAN—FIVE CWT. SPECIMENS THIS MOBNING. 4366 OZS; XODGED. 880 OZS. FEOM GENEBAL STUFF. MOBE SPECIMENS THIS EVEN ING. POVEETY AND CHAELESTON CEUSHING. SHOTOVEB—IOO OZS. LODGED. TOOKEY'S CEUSHING—MAG NIFICENT EETUEN. - r ■ S' J '..'■'•■'■- j -i [FROM OUB OWtf COBBESPOITDENT.] Geajtamstown, 3 p.m. The Caledonian have brought up 5 cwt. of specimens this morning. They have now 4366 ounces on hand. This morning 880 ounces were lodged from the general stuff. There will be a further lodgment of gold this evening,

and more specimens will be up by the next shift. The Alburnia c rushing has im proved very much. The Poverty and Charleston have lodged 419 ounces retqrted gold. The Southern Pacific have lodged 44 ounces from 20 tons. . The Shotover have lodged 100 ozs. from 350 tons. The crushing for Tookey's (Wood), tributers is completed, the return

being 300 ozs. from 50. tons

THE LATEST.

Gbahamstow-n-, 3.15 p.m. There is a great improvement in the Caledonian since my last. A shot put in has brought out some very rich stone. «

THE CALEDONIAN.—FOUR CWT. SPECIMENS.

THE ALBtJKNIA CRUSHING. CUBE.-CRUSHING LOOKING WELL.

JUNCTION.—IMPROVING

[PEOM ANOTHER COREESPOITDEOT.]

GbAHAMSTOTVN, 1 p.m

The Caledonian brought up, at 12 o'clock last night shift, about 4 ( cwt. of specimens. The mine-is still im proving, the Btopes in the north leyel, towards the Otago, showing very good gold. The Cure crushing is.alrealy making a very good show. There is an improvement in the crushing of the Junction. The Alburnia. is looking very well. The cleaning up for the fortnight will take place to-morrow, and, the return is expected to be over jIOO ounces.

1 Mr. W. B. Walker, known in Australia as a, writer under" the' "npm}dc phirfm of "Tom Cringle," hatf published a book ltu" Melbourne on Cyclic A Deluges, in which he adopts and expands the theory of diluvial epochs which wus broached a few years ago in,a sensational pamphlet by■ M. A: AdhemHr; 'lie holds.'tUat by the gradual eliiftiug of the axis" of the earth, fcho gr^at mass of,its oceanic waters will at a. given period of time, submerge the greater part of the land in the northern hemiiphero, while there Tvitt"be a covi'espond ing emergence of islands mid coulinonts in this half of (lie world. It is consolatory, (remarks the Melbourne Argui) to bo assured, that this will not happen for uii6lhev 6000 years, by which tivno'it is to be hopi'd tho inhabitants of Europo, Asia, aud North America, will -Jiavo made iill'th'ei arrangements necessary for the transfer of themselves and their belongings to the antipodes.

THE PENNY-A-LINER.

the universal penny, which has become go great a favourite with newspaper proprietors, and made them literally the greatest of all penny-a-liners, has had a most important and beneficent in fluence on the class of discursive re porters known by that once most oppro brious of Press names. The peiW.a liner no longer exists, for there «r«^but few papers who pay at so small a n^** a t the present day. The increased vaV? 1! of literary labor and the demand for rpwß has affected the lowest as well i. * the highest of literary laborers, and thefijimay writer can now obtain thre'e-halfp6nce, and in some cases, twopence, for every printed line that appears in the newspaper of his composition, it is true that the higher amount is seldom paid for"nimsy," but if time permits, a knowing " liner" will know how to make a fair copy for the papers willing to pay for the "special" character of its intelligence.' I With this increased demand for his labor, the "liner" has discovered that a clear, succinct nar rative of facts pays better in the long run than an occasional haul on the occasion of some great event, when all his copy ia inserted. His copy, if known to be close and accurate, is sure of acceptance under these circumstances, when his compeers fail, for sub-editors->have no great fond^oaa. for wading through a sea of " flimsy," and striking out the redundant expressions, figurative illustrations,, and the extraordi nary adjectives and superlatives, only to find the result some unimportant event which the public will grudge to read if inserted.

The profession of" lining" seems to be a remnant of the Grub-street days of the literary world. The aspirant for literary or journalistic fame finds the avenues of celebrity and of fortune closed to him ; either his habits are not regular, or he dislikes the routine toil of newspaper life. Sometimes he finds that he has overrated his abilities, or has not taken into at-count the possibility of cleverer men' being in existence, and so he gradually fajls back into the position of an outside*^ a hanger on the skirts of the Press, and derives therefrom a precarious, but, if steady, a fair livelihood. He is not to be confounded with the "professional reporter," who has chambers, and who makes out his bill per folio. The " liner" seldom receives commission, and his labor is speculative. The misfortunes of other men are bread for his children. An overwhelming calam ity .rejoices his heart, for it means a month's rent. He deplores a conflagration only when he cannot obtain the particulars, or a rival is in the field before him. Hence he is on intimate terns with the policeman and fireman of his district. He learns early the occurrence of an accident; he is great at inqutsts, where the coroner benignly recognises his presence. His manifold writer, his small slips of paper, his little but rapid pen and well-thumbed note-book, are a part of the institution of the oldest Court in the United Kingdom, which any metropolitan juror, will. recog nise as a visible embodiment of 'the Press in the sterner relatives of life.- '

The country liner is.altogether a differ ent being. In a few large towns he has only a separate existence, from the ordinary newspaper reporter, who adds a little to his salary by forwarding short paragraphs to the London or provincial dailies when anything extraordinary occurs. The liberty to do this is generally conceded, and is often expressly provided for in the engagement. Occasionally this source of income produces a considerable sura. 4. man of note dies.Buddenly, or after a lin gering illness. A notice of his death, and a few facts of his life are generally accepted. A terrific railway accident makes a large sum, but is frequentiy divided among several. Still, it is universally accepted, and therefore profitable. The speech of a statesman on some popular topic is a godsend to some poor struggling reporter who knows how to condense and forward it. A speech of the late Lord Palmerston was delivered in a remote town, and one of the reporters suggested to his comrade that it was worth " lining," and suggested a division of the spoil. The other de murred to this reasonable proposition, and immediately proceeded to write out his slips, produce his envelopes, and exhibit other signs of preparation. A glance at the clock showed the first gentleman that there was time to catch a train to a neigh boring junction. As he went to the station, he met a young friend, took 'him with him, and in a waiting-room at the junction wrote out the speech, six folios, at a time; his friend copied it at the same rate ; so that ere the express dashed up three hours afterwards, he had a dozen copies of the speech ready, a column long. They reached their destination e;irly by this coup. They came when " copy" was scarce, and were all accepted in fuli,except one which was somewhat abridged.. They W9re in type when the " flinwy" of;the slower countryman 'arrived, who had jo wait for a slower train to dispatch 'his copy. This is one instance only ef many which shows the advantage of knowledge of not only what is wanted in a newspaper, but when-and now to forward it.

When there is like to be a political meeting of interest, or a scientific gather ing of importance, orders are given for the report to be paid at the usual rate' of three-halfpence a line, or a gross sum for the whole report. There are tjome Jre porters^ who offer to forward the ; report of an. agricultural meeting, for example, for a ridiculously small sum, trusting lo a largo number of orders. This under selliug is not encouraged by any. news paper of standing, because they want a special, well-written report, and not a mere copy of what every paper in the country ■ would produce. The regular '• liners'" in the; large towrK are retired reporters, wlio have partially adopted some other business; but who have retained the office of correspondent to distant papers. In cases' of emergencj\ they, sometimes receive a special conris] mission from the local papers toaidtheui.^ This position is frequently a very comfor- '' table one, aiiS. is seldom assailed by any . new corner. The representative of, the London Press feels no. little importance in his small sphere ; arid if he is paid by the line it ought not to be a matter of ridicule or contempt, for the grentest and best writers living are frequently so paid ; .: and the annals, of pur literature would ' have been Free from more thaa one stigma if Miltou had been paid by the line for his "I f£n adise Lost," and others, whose names aie equally familiar, had received even a farthing a lino for their /undying thoughts* n

THE EVENING STAB, AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1871.



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