SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

KUN'SET.— This evening, 5.55. HIGH WATER.—This evening, 6.36,

STEAMERS FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Challenger, 7.30 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Prince Alfred, three-masted schooner, from Bay of Islmds. Duke of Edinburgh, p.s., Farquhar, from "Wanga r«i.

Clyde, schooner, Anderson, from Wangarei, Banvon, brig, Llewellen, from Newcastle.

DEPARTURES.

Magellan Cloud, schooner, Mailler, lor unatnam Islands.

pro.t f.ctk i) i >in p a.tjttjrtcs. Xo :t)on.—Excelsior, to-morrow ; Beth Shan, early. Rv >UEY.- Alice Cameron, early. Honolulu.— Nebraska, p.s., Oct. 5. Napik^-— Napier, early. Taußanoa. —Tauranga, early. Souther* Ports.—Wellington, s.s., early. FiTis.-Kenilworkh, to-day. New Yoßk.—Alice, early. Russell. —Conierang, to-day.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, s.s., from Sydney. H.M. s.s. Basilisk, from Nelson. Nebraska, p.s., from Sydney. Napier, s.s., from Napier. City of Auckland, ship, from London. Chile, ship, from London. Ballarat, barque, from London. Kita, brig, from Melbourne.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Stab Office, Thursday afternoon.

Messsa. B. Tonks and Co. held a sale o. American goods, ex East Lothian, at their mart to-day. The following are the prices realised :—Collins' axes, 72s ; ditto, picks, 50s ; pie!< handles, 12s 6.1 ; kerosine hand lamps, 16s 6d ; ditto, table, 24s to 48s ; atmospheric lamps, 13s to 16s each; gas globes, 28s per dozen ; American finishing nails, 15s per keg ; oyßtere (in tins), 6s per dozen j dried apples, 6d per lb.

GALLS AND DIVIDENDS.

The following are the current calls and divi dends payable in the companies named be low;—

MAILS.

Mails will close as under : For Thames, thi3 day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow at 11.30 a.m., and 5.30 p.m. For Kapanga, etc., per Lalla Eookh, to-morrow at 10.30 a.m. Hails for the undermentioned places, per p.s. Nebraska, will close at this office on Thursday, sth October, as under : — For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a.m. For United Kingdom via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 9 a.m. Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage will be received at this office till 11 a.m., and by the mail agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing.

Note.—lt i 3 notified for general information, that on and after 6th October proximo, the colour of the onepenny, twopenny, and sixpenny postage labels, issued by this department, will be, one penny brown, two penny red, and sixpenny blue. * S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

■Wainhousk.—On September 27,1871, at Auckland, ti» wife of Mr. Robert Wainhouse of a dan-hter.

MARRIAGE.

Pollock—O'Bbibnb.—On the 27th, at St. Paul's Cathedral, by the Rev. C. M. Nelson, Robert, second son of Robert Pollock, Esq., engineer, London, to Margaret Adelaide, youngest daughter of James O'Beirne, Esq., of Sydney. Sydney and Wellington papers please copy.

DEATHS.

Greehatvay— On the 27th September, Herbert George, youngest son of C. Creenaway, Esq., aged 13 years, ... !' The funeral will leave his residense, Symonds atreet, to-morrow, at 3 o'clock,

AMUSEMENTS, MEETINGS, &c.

This Etknins. Masonic Btnquet, Masonic Hotel, 7. Meeting of Devonport Highway Trustees, 7. Prince of Wales Tlioatre, 8. Excelsior Minstreis, City Hall, 8.

The Evening Star.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1871.

" For the cause that lacks assistance, For th« wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance,,. And the good that we can do."

Oub readers have doubtless wondered at our making no reference to the, cases now pending in the law court!.!:, arising out of the " Letter from Dick? We have desired to scrupulously avoid any reference which could be tortured into an attempt to_prejudice the cause, although it is difficult to permit the irritating statements of our contem porary the News to pass without jpomment. The course taken by that print in attack, and ours in not making reply, are such a reversal of the past that we cannot withhold reference to it. Our contemporary, with that cowardice which is characteristic of its past conduct, supposing that our pen is tied, has seized the oppor tunity of throwing stones at us j n a backhanded way; but last tfi^ht and this morning has come out whJi such a manifest attempt to prejudice the Bench, that we feel bound to reply. Says the News, " The course these gentlemen have adopted to clear their characters from the scurrilous insinuations cast against them by a writer in 1 the paper in question is per fectly justifiable, and it is satisfactory

t:o know that all overtures for a com promise have been declined. The deci sion, of our Chief Magistrate in this case is anticipated with much interest, as it will show the amount of redress an innocent man can claim at the hands of the law for an injury he may sustain by being libelled, and held up to ridi cule and contempt. It is not out intention to prejudice the easo, or to attempt by any com ments of ours to influence the decision of the magistrates. We have sufficient confidence in their honor and impartiality to leave the matter in their hands for adjudica tion." If this is not an attempt to prejudice the case, we know not what is. As to either those or any other comments having any effect on the mind of Mr. Beckham, the public are pretty well satisfied. But to our selves it is due that we should say, for the information of the public, that we have made no overtures and intend none. We say not this in the spirit of bravado ; we are simply on our defence. We have been fighting the battles of the people in the en deavor to correct evils which have been shamefully condoned ; and while we shall resign ourselves to the consequences, and bear whatever the law may impose, we shall be com pelled, in our own defence, to bring to light the whole proceedings out of

■, hieh these causes have arisen, by having the testimony of every person able to throw light on the subject. This much we feel called on by duty to ourselves to say to the public, as explanatory of our silence respecting the irregularities over which the at tempt is made to draw the mantle of forgetfulness.

To our dying contemporary, the News, we shall have the pleasure of replying fully by-and-bye. Our con temporary has not only given garbled and untruthful reports of proceedings in connection win this case, but has published a gross and violent libel respecting one of the proprietors of this journal, for which we hold that journal accountable. We have already chased the News from our neighbour hood, and the dismal conductor of it, after bearing for a time with the sight of crowds thronging around our office, while lonely silence brooded in his own, has now got as far away from us almost, as Queen-street will allow. It is for the sake of " more commodious premises" forsooth, " the large and in creasing business of this establishment since the Horning Newa was started," having necessitated the change. We have a distinct remembrance of the same "kind of large and increasing business" being announced in con nection with the late Morning Advertiser and News of the Dai/, in this city, and it necessitated a similar change to " more commodious pre mises," and it immediately preceded a a very important incident in the life of those two papers. The " large and increasing business" of the Morning and the Evening News is a subject of town talk. The circulation of the Evening Stab is at present never less than two thousand per night, and yet we have not felt necessitated to give up the " dilapidated chair," the " broken candlestick," or the "doubtful looking bottle." We are aware, from authentic sources, that our contem porai'y's evening edition does net reach a circulation of 500 per night, and. with the miserable parody of a morning paper, which appears as tho Morning News, we have reason to believe that the circulation of the two editions combined does not exceed seven hundred copies, or a little over one-third of our circulation daily. Had the conductor of our contem porary not published so < libeljous matter concerning us, we should jnot in the known circumstances of 'the News, have carried on unfriendly con troversy. We really feel for the pro prietors of the Evening News, fthe Morning News having been attempted to be built up on its ruins. jTho latter paper is, we understand, i the private {speculation of the "disirial" conductor of the Evening News^\ in which he has so libelled us. iHe came over from Tasmania to " vjisit the fatherless and widow in trieir affliction."

Considerable interest was manifested to- day around Mr. Canning's window in Queen-street, by the appearance of a live turtle. Several gourmands were seen shaking their chijops in anticipation of a feast. We are told that it was intended for the Mayor's Dinner, in order to give a real aldermanic delicacy—tuiftle I "vnyj. Its throat has been just cut as we go ' ■■ • , ~;»fll we believe it will ysotlucn outt of 'the* luxuries to be enjoyed to-night at the Masonic Banquet.

Last evening was the first on which we have had the opportunity of tenting the acoustic properties of the resuscitated Music Hall in Symonds-street. It appears te be well ar ranged to produce a satisfactory result; bat it seeing to us that many of the waves of sound evolved by the musical performers beating about the corners of the vaulted roof, and reverberate about the upper part of the hall, gradually returning just in tirao to spoil subsequent harmony. A sounding board fixed above the orchestra would entirely prevent this mischief, and would enable the chords to strike the ears of the audience, uncontaminated by the linger ng reminiscences of the preceding harmony.

To-night, will take place, at the Prince of Wales Theatre, the benefit of Mr. B. N. Jones, the deserving and bighly-taleuted lessee of that place of amusement. If a care fully arranged programme—a display of his trionic talent such as has seldom been seen in Auckland—and the high merits of the gentle mm who purposes appealing to his admirers on thi» occasion can ensure success, then, without doubt, the house will be crowded; and tho. e who may be fortunate enough to secure seats will receive a treat such as is not often to be enjoyed in this province.

As wo fully expected, the concert lust even ing in aid of the funds of the Prince Alfred Troop of Light Horse, proved in every respect n grand success. The large Music Hall of the Choral Society was filled with, a brilliant audience, and the various performers acquit Led themselves in first-class style. Madame Win ter had kindly volunteered her services and as usual, her performances on the pianoforte were characterised by brilliancy and accuracy of rhythm. Mr. Winter, too, sang some songs in his customary effective style, and several of the gentlemen connected with the corps ac quitted themselves very creditably. Piper McCallum also contributed largely to the suc cess of the entertainment, by performing a number of Scottish airs; and an exceedingly pleasant evening was concluded by a dunce, which was kept up till a late hour. Again, last evening, the American Excelsior Minstrels delighted a full audience at. the City Hall with their music and comicalities, Hnri will, to-night, repent the programme which gnvc so much satisfaction, to all who were present. ■ V,' . ~,,. '. •;■ ..;. ■.:,'!;• '■ .-.■:.;.■ ■-■%;.;>■.;,-..■ ..• ■- ■ i The high reputation Olson'.-' tomato sauce has obtained as a household condiment, has brought many inferior articles into the market The public are therefore warned not to be iui posed \ipon with rubbish, but ask for Olsoa'a genuine totunto sauce, and see that bis name is on tho bottle.—[Advt.] .;,We have been requested to state that Mr. James Ferguson, sharebroker, Insurance Buildings, is not the plaintiff in the case of Ferguson v. MacCormmick, now boing heard at tho Supreme Court. The closing meeting of the present session of the Union Literary Society will take place this evening, at the rooms, Wollesley stroot, at 7.30, when a paper will be read by one of the members. In consequence of indisposition, tho Rev- Mr. Warlow Davies will be unable to deliver his lecture on " Love, Courtship, and Mar riage," on Friday next. Tho lecture h;is been postponed until Friday evening, the 27th of October. Tho Besident Magistrate's Court, on tho 29th of September, will be held in tho rear o\' the Court lately occupied by the Ofliiial Agent for the hearing of undefended causes. The de fended causes will be adjourned to the 13th of ' October. We have been requested to state that the special jury cases set down for heating at the present civil sittings will not be taken until noxt week. Tho case of Nees v. Corcoran h a special jury cause, nnd will not therefore come on for hearing during the present week. Tenders are required for the restoration and enlargement of St. Mark's Church, Romuoru. Another of thoso now popular entertain* meiits will bo given this evening, iv the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, in aid of the Patients' Benefit Fund. Mr. S. C. Brown i ? to exhibit some of bin dissolving views; and Mr. McComifib, and several of the late Volunteer Band, will be in attendance, and render some of their choice selections. The object for which these entertainments arc held is a most worthy one, and if the weather i. at all favorable we have no doubt there will be a large attendance. Conveyances will leave Messrs. Quick's, Victoria-street. Most lovers like to be alone—with their sweethearts, of course.

SUPREME COURT.-Civil Sittings.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,

[Before His Honor Sir Or. A. Arney, Knight, Chief Just ion, and v Common Jury.]

His Honor tooU his seat on the Bench at ten o'clock.

Uablsox v. ConconAN, North Devon Gold Mining Company (Limited). — Mr. MucCormick and Mr. Hesketh for the plain tiff, Mr. Rees for tiio defendant.—The facts of this case, part heard the previous day, were published yesterday at considerable lenjjth. This morning was occupied with the address of counsel to the jury. Mr. Reos was heard fop the defendant, followed by Mr. Maei'or mick in reply upon the whole of the evidence. — His H'/nor commenced to sum up at two o'cloclt, and had not concluded at three o'oljck, when our reporter left the Court.

DEPUTATION TO THE PROVIN CIAL SECRETARY.

Yestbbd'»X morning a deputation, consisting of Mesara. Niccol, Crombie, and Maya, of the North Shore Highway Board, waited upon the Provincial Secretary, H. H. Lusk, Eaq., in reference to the formation of a new road from the achoolhouse, on the rise of the Flagstaff Hill, to the other end of the settlement, at the back. The reason why they require this road is on account of the present circuitous path which has to be taken by the children who go to this school. The land required is a Gk> vornmenfc reserve, and has already been applied for by the Auckland Harbour Board. The deputation asked for no pecuniary assistance. They promised, if the land were granted I hem, to plant the new road, when made, with trees, and otherwise improve it. The Provincial Secretary advised them to make a formal application in writing, stating their want. This they agreed to do, and after thauking Mr. Lusk, withdrew.

VOLUNTEER INTELLIGENCE.

The first monthly inspection of the newly formed Prince Alfred Light Horse Voluntoerg took place on Wednesday last, in the Albert Barracks. About twenty-five members were present, in command of Captain Smith, who, dressed in his new uniform and helmet, with white plumes, looked very like a Prussian " Uhlan" or English Lancer. The men were put through a number of evolutions by Adju tant Snell iv the presence of Major Gordon, who afterwards complimented them upon their creditable turn out, and impressed upon them the necessity of regular attendance at drill, and of coming up to all parades and inspections smart and clean. Considering that for the most part the horses are hacks belonging to livery stables, the movoments were exeouted very creditably, and give promise of better things in the future.

THE MAN ABOUT TOWN. No. XXXVIII.

At last the long-promised banquet, given by the Mayor of Auckland to the mem hers of tho Borough Council, tho heads of departments—General and Provincial— the judges, police force, bar, legislators, press, and last, but by no means least, to myself and Dick (to whom, by the way, special cards of invitation were sent some two months ago), came off last night in the banqueting hall of Bt. Mungo's Tower, and was one of the most successful things of the kind ever known in this city. Dick this morning is most uncomfortable, and is suffering severely from the effects of orer-eutiug; but this in a young muri might very naturally be expected, alter being at two public dinners two nights running, and another is staring him in the face for to-night, for the masons of the new lodge, to be then opened, hare insisted upon his being present, and taking the vice-chair. As public dinners are greatly to the taste of my youfig hopeful, of course he has acceded to the request. But to a brief description of theMayor'sßanquet. About three hundred guests (more or leas) sat down to a magnificent collation of cold tripe, spring onions, cheese, hot saunagcs, bread pudding, juvenile roosters, &c, Ac, while the table literally groaned beneath several hundred tankards of Whilson's best brew and Corkwell's Monougahela. A very elaborate bill of fare was prepared, which I much regret being unable to publish in full, but I pick out n. few of the daintiest dishes : A la Mused, tripus a la onion, potage a la polonies, vpl au vent de cabbage, smasho de potato, sufflets de Olson tomato sancp, financier de rooster (very financial), filb-l de snappo, tailo de kawai, filet de dry bread, ditto toasted, kitto de oysters (for which there wa3 great demand), fillets de grilled mutton chopos, &c, &c, &c. After several inspiriting airs had been played by the Band of Hope orchestra stationed on the watahtower by the kind permission of Captain Le Roy, the com pany strolled in from the extensive grounds in the rear, where they had been enjoying themselves with the fragram weed, and took their places. What need I to descant upon the dinner more than t.. say that in a very short time it had totally disappeared, nothing being left but a lew dishes of cold bilo de potato. The table was then cleared, long pipes and screws of tobacco, and several hog^heaHs of Whitaon brought in, and preparations' mude to commence the convivialities His Most Gracious Worship the Mayoi was moved to tho chair, and tho Vice (foi fear of accidents) was allotted to Inspec tor Broom, with instructions to sweep th' room clean on the slightest provocation. And to carr3 r out these instructions >er gi-ant-Alajor Kurdy and Sergeant Hookey Walker were stationed as a reserve force on the landing just outside the door, where, however, they immensely enjoyed themselves on th<» various dishes around them. And now I fear my pen will fail to do justice to what loliowed in the shape of speeches, <tc. The Mayor rose to his leot utniJ loud applause., und told them to commence, with, that ho meant to have no heel-taps that night. (Tremendous cheers.) They had met together to drink his health, and ho would insist upon it being drunk from top to bottom. Hetheie fore, before anything wasdone, bogged to propose his own health. Drunk with en thusiastic applause. Band : " Money makes the Mare to go." Ho next pro posed, as a matter of form, " The health of the members of the General Assembly of Now Zealand," although, if they wanted to know his own private opinion on the subject, he would tell them that he considered them (he biggest set of hum bugs that had ever met together under one roof. (iJheers.) If they wanted to hear true eloquence—the eloquence of an orator, to which Demosthenes was a fool —let them go to the Board room the next time he was on his legs. The toast was drunk with loud cheers. Band : " For we are all jolly good fellows, — Colonel Balmaske responded to the toast of " The Army and JS'avy," and said he had never been satisfied with the army going away, for it had been a great boou to the country, and he much missed the officers' balls und parties,—ho might <iij' muchly. However, he believed the Mayor had written homo to the Queen, asking her to send buck ul least one to be quartered in Auck land, which now being a Borough, was fully able to afford the billeting of the soldiers upon it. And another thing htt'cl tell them, a company was about to be formed in Wellington for the purpose of building a large iron fleet for New Zealand trom the Taranaki iron-sand. (Cheers.) inspector Broom responded on behalf of the Colonial (police) force, and said whenever there were any drunken people to be taken up, they were " all there." He had heard that years ago the Auckland Police were a very efficient body of men, but let them look at the lot of fellows he had raised ;he guaranteed any two of them to be fully equ'il to one under the old regime, if they wanted to see men in the prime of life, strength, health, and beauty, let him call in his re serve force from the outside.—The party felt this was asking too much, and hoped the visit would not bo mnde.—Captain Jargaville said he'd back the Auckland Volunteers—especially the Engineers— against any body of troops in the world, and as a. proof of the brilliancy of the uniform, let them look at him. (Cheers.) —The next toast was that of " His Honor the Deputy-Superintendent." (Band: " The young man from tho country.") Drunk with enthusiasm.—The Deputy superintendent and Provincial Secretary both responded, and perfectly agreed that the Government of this pro vince had never been in such a nourishing condition as it was at the present time. Only one mistake had been mude, and that was, in electing Gullus Super instead of them. Captain Malby proposed the health of " The Mayor and Borough Council;" and said it gave him unalloyed pleasure to see tham sitting so long together in peace and amity. But ho had felt grieved, deeply grieved, to miss upon that auspicious occasion the smiling mug, the beaming eye, and the grizzled whiskers of the great, the glorious, Stains, the People's Champion, —the man of Progress. (As he made these remarks there was not a dry eye in the room, and nearly every guest hid his face in the tankard before him, to conceal his deep emotion.) Bat leaving aside

fcliat question—how about the Smelling Bott eon tho wharf? Did the Council or did it not, mean to remove tin nuisance ; for, as Chairman of the Har bour Boird, he'd see them blowecl befon that body would do so. Tho toasl was swallowed with great applause., the Band playing the new ver sion of " Our Newest Scent Bottle." — Mr. Jorge, in responding, said ho could confidently recommend his biscuits to iheir notice, and Mr. Tongs advised them if they had any city endowments to ta.re them to his auction mart and they should get a good price for them.—The Mayor preserved an ominous silence, and whs evidently brooding over the remarks of Captain Malby, anent the "People's Champion." Several other toasts were proposed, among them being the Press, which Dick responded to in his usual modest and quiet manner, for which he was loudly cheered. Just before the party was about to break up, the Mayor rose to his feet with sigus of considerable emotion, and said, "Gentlemen, my con science stings me for whqt has passed, but I will now make ample reparation. I'he words of the noble Captain Malby have struck deep into my heart and affected me much, and I now, in presence of you all, call upon you to drink the health of my late illus trious colleague George Stains, Esq. The Mayor drinks to Stains. Saying which, His Worship rose, and tilled a tankard to the very brim, with the evident intention of taking it off at a draught, out of compliment to his late compatriot, when—Knter the Spirit of George Stains, dressed in the suit in which he received His Royal Highness i he Duke of Kdinburgh, when that illus trious young gentleman landed at the Queen-street Wharf.—The Mayor catch ing sight of tho spirit, flung tho silver taukard wilh desperate energy from him, which, slriking Hookey, who was peep ing through the door at the fun within, on the proboscis, felled him like a bul lock. —The Spirit then advanced to the Mayor, and pointed one finger at him reproachfully, while with the other it moiioned towards the guests and the banquetting table. — The Mayor: Avaunt, and quit my sight! L::t thy shop hide thee, and burrow tliee in thine old wheelbarrows and one-horse tables. Thy bones are marrowless, and thy blood is cold till warmed to battle by the Giant Jorge. Thou hast too much in those eyes which chou dost ulare with.— Spirit of George Stains (in a .sepulchral voice): Do not forget,; this visitation is but a warning of that to come, when, rendered from my charnel house, L'il haunt ye—(a shiver passed through the assembly at this dread threat). But look ! (pointing to the guests) amazement on their mugs doth sit. Step yo now between them and me, a1 in the next .lection will I defeat yo and them.— The Mayor: What man dsre I dare? Approach tbou in thy sceiy clothes, and with the Fmell of rust and .jeer u|>oi> thee. and I'll not fear thee; take any form but that! S and boldly up in thine own form and figure, and then will I smite thee hip and thigh. Hence ! horrible shadow ! hence! hence!— lnspcctoi Broom (to the meeting) : Do not mind hrn.good people; he is often thus. This tling lias guawed him long, and now it's ;ome to pass.— The Mayor .- The times were once, that when tho brains were oit, and liquor in, the mnn would fall dead — drunk; that go he would befon tho beak, and there an end; but now thsy rise again from their defeat, and do deir me to a fresh election. Oh Mains ! stains ! What, what have I done to desrvo this. Spirit of George Staines : Whalhast thou done P Why dost thou ask me? Look around yo. See there yon guess who have ate and dranii even unto Bpletion, and I, poor George, the broke:, have been ne glected and insulted. Liok at my attenu ated limbs, my pallid fao, my thoughtful eye, and grizzled bead. iNevcr, oh never, since the day j fell upon my uncle's neck, and left him by the river side with 1 fourpenny bit in liis hnnd to remembe mo by; never I say since that day have Ibeeu seized with such pangs of grief as nor (to the guesls). Look upon this picl lire, pointing to Air. A slier, late Councillor) and upon this (pointing to himsell) the counterfeit pre sentment of two dealers.' Look you now' what follows. Here is tils dealer (point ing to Mr. Hasher) invi?d to the feast and revelry by ni^ht, wlio I, a combina tion and a form where evry god did seem to set his seal on, left at in the cold. Shame on you; shaie, shame! — i The Mayor : Mercy ! Mtjcy ! — lnspector Broom: Heed him no good people. Whereon do you look god .Fillips ? — The Mayor: On him! On 1m ! Look you j how pale he glares. (L Voice : " Yes, i into the beer barrel.") Jd not look upon me thus, lest with such pieous action you make me relent ray purphe—give up my seat —resign all, indeed, into your favor. Think of that old man wlj never wronged you. — Spirit of George fains: Oh! my prophetic soul, my jncle ! Come, come, no more of this* and now good night. I will not £1. Remember me—adieu, adieu.— Th^Mayor : Hor rible, horrible.— Buhhle-ndßurst: Pray, what's the matter? H>e you seen the ' ITearl ?— lnspector Brim : I pray you speak not, he grows jorse and worse, I question enrages him, abuce good night, j Stand not upon the orjr of your going, but go at once or I'll orterin the bobbies. —At this every guestmrriedly put on his hat, and a stamped was made from the ghostly chamber. Aew minutes later I found myself in the <W air, with my brow throbbing iu-tls cool winds of Heaven, and Dick leang me towards my mansion. To my tonishment, on perusing the morning prers, I do not see a word of what I haveust related, but on no account would be induced to suppress it. I had intended to tre of several other subjects in this paper, b, having already ta<en up so much space! must postpone them until Saturday, ill then, as the poor ghost said, adieu ! dieu ! Nathaml Beeswing.

The first meeting of tl ratepayers of the Hamilton East Xowushi Highway District will take place on the 9th ataut. A meeting of the Tines Steam Packet Company" is convened 1? Thursday, sth Octobor. A call of niuepence • Bharo has been made ia the Gtolden Pal k>ld Mining Ooin paiiy.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS THE THAMES.

THIS DAY.

[FROM OtTR OWN .COEREaPONDEKT ] NONPABEIL CRUSHING. SPLENDID EETURN 5. CALEDONIAN PUMPS STOPPED EVENING STAft CEUSHING-. Gkahamstown, 3 p.m. The Nonpareil have completed theii crushing; the total amount of gok lodged being 1430 ounces. The Caledonian pumps have stoppec through an accident, but the water is under. The Evening Star tributers ard crushing 80 tons; they expect 2\ ounces to the ton. The sale of allotments, freehold an<j leasehold, at Grahamatown, liave beer well placed. The sale yesterdaj realised £1000. !'-

THE CALEDONIAN.—MINE MANAGER'S. REPORT.

The following is a copy of a telegratr received from, the manager : — ; i "9.59 a.m. " The water is not out of the mine The bucket-rods parted yesterday, anc one of the plummer blocks of the engitu split this morning, this, has hindered us greatly. We shall be at work again soon. There is no alteration in the stopes, or other parts of the mine.'1

POLICE COURT.—Thursday.

[Before Thomas Bcckhain Esq., X.M.] Dkunknness.—One person was fined as usual for a first offence; and James Ferguson, who has been convicted on three previous occasions, was ordered to be imprisoned for] seven days with hard labour. THE LIBEL CASE. Libel.—G-eorgeMcOullagh Reed arid Henry Brett, proprietors of the Evening Star news paper, were charged by John Ward Taylor with publishing a false and defamatory libel on the 13th instant, purposing to bo a letter from one " Dick" to " Nathaniel Beeswing, Esq." A similar action was also broughtaguinst the same parties by John Stewart ■Reid." Mr. Maekecbnie, on behalf of prosecutors,,applied for »n adjournment until next day, on account of the unavoidable absence, of Mr. O'Brien, the Registrar of the Supreme Court, whose testimony was essential ; and, for the same reason, defendants, by I heir advocate, Mr. Beveridge, wished it postponed till Saturday. *fter a considerable amount of discussion, the hearing of tho cases was postponed until next Thursday, it being considered advisable that the Resident Magistrate should adjudicate on them. I ■

LOCAL INDUSTRIES.-ROPE MAKING.

Those vrho have not visited the extensive rope factory, on the Ponsonby Eoad, have but a faint idea either of the extent of the operations carried on in this city, in the conversion of tho fibre of the New Zealand flax into rope, the beauty and finish of the manufactured muterial, or the completeness and delicacy of the machinery requisite in turning out first class samples, such as are issued from the works of Mr. Lloyd. On paying a visit to the works yesterday, wo were completely astounded at their magnitude, having hitherto been un der the impression that the whole of the rope turned out in this province was made by hand, or, nt best, with the assistance of very primitive appliances in the shape of ma ohinery. To our surprise, we found tire buzz and whirr of many exquisitely-con trived appliances, almost equal to that in a lurge engineering establishment or cotton mill; and many cunningly-devised engines wore in full work, under iho control of skilled hands. The first thing which came under observation was a huge, ungainly looking con struction in the middle of tha floor, and into its hopper was being thrown immense flakes of lh« roughly-prepared material, as issued from the mills in the country. Here it went through some process in the interior of the affair, and streamed out in long straight bunds, ready for taking to a number of hack ling machines attended to by boys, and having formidable looking rows of teeth on endless bands, which combed out the material, cleared away all remaining impurities, and discharged the prepared fibre smooch and regular as a jet of water, into receptacles. Thence it was taken and spun into yarns, which being reeled upon cylinders, were drawn by the irresistiible force of some 30 horse power steam engine, which drivos all the machinery, through gauges condensing, smoothing, and reducing them into proper size for the dif ferent calibres of rope. After this, the pre pared yarns were spun in strand by another ingenious machine, and then conducted to the completing apparatus, which twisted them into rope of most exquisite finish. Here we saw the commencement of a whole line placed upon a revolviug winding cylinder ; and when we came back, after half an hour's visit to other parts of tkis elaborate factory, we found that a mile's length had been completed and was in process of being disengaged and re moved to another room of the building, whore we saw tho coil packed up and completed in a manner -which would do credit to any iiuropean workshop. From the rear of the main building there extends a Ion" rope walk, properly so called, of 300 yards in length, where ropes of a thicker kind are manufactured, and in which other intricate machines, which we dare not attempt to des cribe, act their part, apparently automatically, and without human agency. The whole place is arranged in a manner which does the utmost credit, to the projector, und those who, under his surveillance, set up the intricato machinery; and we left, convinced that a visit to the establishment wou;d be both delightful and instructive to all, and pleased to find a thriving and busy place like it in our midst. A little energy of a similar kind bestowed on other manufactures would, doubtless, meet its own reward, and go far to remove the stigma of sleepiness and want of energy -whioh has, we fear, too justly been cast upon us. We may hereafter return to the subject of suoh possible manufactures.

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THE SHARE MARKET.

me. j. m. lennox's bepoht. The share market was most inactm. Leading stocks have a downward: tea* dencj. C'cning'sellers—Caledonian, £125.~: : Thames, £24 10s. Closing buyers?—Cjij. donian, £120;, Thames, £22 10s. MB. MAHTIN SHOLt'S REPOBT. "I." I liave to report the followiDg price's :—■ Caledonian, £124 10s; Thames, £24 5s j Tookey, £28 ; Italian, 8s; Shotover, 12s fid; Inverness, 225; Jfoanatairi, 90g few buyers.

The Queen's Hint to Pkeachebs.—The Queen —people will say—has como to the rescue of her subjects Buffering under the " long-windedness" of preachers, and in the most delicate manner has allowed it to be understood that in her opinoin no sermon ought to exceed twenty minutes in delivery. la sanctioning the restoration of the pulpit sand-glass in the Royal Chapel of the Savoy, Her Majesty has directed, or permitted, that the glass shall be metered for twenty mmuieJ only, instead of an hour, as the old one wm. Those who suff:r from the labours of a weari some and tedious preacher will be gratified to find that in this, as in so many instances, Her Majesty is of one'mind with so many of her people j and inasmuch as a reformation is sel dom lasting unless it come from within, they will rejoice to see the head of the State Church come forward to reform the Church in the point;in which, in their opinion, it stands so much in need of reformation.— Echo. Nothing Like Leather.—A savant has discovered with the microscope that when we pour milk into a cup of tea, the albumen of the milk and the tannen of the tea instantly unite and form leather, or minute flakes of the very same compound which is produced in the tex ture of harmed hides, and which makes it leather as distinguished from the original skin. He consequently estimates that in the course of a year a tea-drinker of average capacity im bibes enough leather to make a pair of shoes. The father of Mrs. Siddons had always for« bidden her to marry nn aotor, and of course she chose a member of the old gentleman's company, whom she secretly wedded. When Roger Kemble heard of it he was furious. " Have I not," he exclaimed' " forbade you to marry a player ?" The lady replied, with downcast eyes, that she had not disobeyed. " What, madam ! have you not allowed your self to marry about the worst performer in my company ?" " Exactly so," murmured the timid bride,, "nobody can call him an actor." A few days since, at au examination of the master's class at one of our public schools, the lads had been asked several questions regard ing bank discounts, interest and notes, which they had promptly answered correctly. A member of the school committee then said: " You seem to understand all about bank dis counts, interests, notes, <&c. j now I waiit to ask you the meaning of a bauk term whioh may not be down in your text books. What is meant by the term which wo read of so often, called " bank irregularities ?' " To this question one of the boys immediately replied: " If a man wrongfully takes a small amount of anything it is called stealing, Bsi he » punished ; if a bank officer steals a i^'^'S 0 amount of money it is culled an ivr&ofytitf' and he is not punished." Was uotssg\s°T right in his answer ? • w^?' The Indianopolis Sentinel says :—" AMarmer was decapitated by a mowing machine with whioh he was at work on his premises, near Southport, last Tuesday afternoon. it ("'? time of the accident the fanner was examining some portion of the machine which had got out of geur, when the horses attached suddenly started, ciiusing the bliides to revolve, one of ihein striking the man in the baok of the neck, severing the head from the body as though guil lotined. A youthful sou of the deceased wit nessed the terrible aocident, and, dumb with horror, grasped the head by the hair, and iv" witli it into his mother's presence." . ,i Notice is given that the fish-stalls on the wliarf will be let by public auction on Thurs day, the 3rd of October, at noon. The trustees in the estuto of the lato D»" ol Lookwood request that all olaitna that have accrued since October of lust year will be , forwarded for settlement without delay.

THE EVENING STAR, AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1871.



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•pitINCE OF WALES THEATRE. T H I~S DA Y. THE GREATEST COMBINATION" EVER SKEJT IN AUCKLAND. IN consequence of indisposition, the- Rev. "Warlow Daviei will be unable to deliver his Lecture for the Y. M. C. Association. Adjonrned to October 27tb.