SHIPPING.

P-'VUr OP AUCKLAND

ARRIVALS. Comerang, p.s., Holmes, from Bay of Islands.

The p.s. Comerang, in charge of Captain Holmes, arrived in harbour this morning from Russell, with 2 tons gum,'a cargo of coals, and several passengers. Th following vessels arrived at Russell on the 9th inst:—Rose, Ruby, Opotiki, and Onehunga, from Auckland ; Sunbeam, from Wangaroa; Mariner, Huntress, Isabella, and Mary Thompson, from the Thames. The es. Go-Ahead will leave for Napier direct a few hours after arrival.

The s.s. Lord Ashley arrived at Lyttelton on the 3rd inst.

The ship Monarch, Capt. Paddle, sailed from Lyttelton for London on the sth inst. The schooner Saucy Lass arrived at Lyttelton on the 3rd inst., and was to leave on the sth with a full cargo of grain for Auckland.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office,

Thursday afternoon

Mr. S. Jones held a sale of saddlery im ported by the City of Auckland, the trade was well represented, and the following are the prices realized : Gig harness, £6 10s; two horse buggy harness, £13 10s ; ladies' saddles, £4 to £6 ; gentlemen's saddles, £3 10s to £4 10s.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rota for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending Saturday, January 14, 1871: —

Friday, January 13 : J. H. norne nnd H. M. Jcrvis. Saturday, January 14 : S. Kempthorne and T. B. Kenderdine.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails will close as under :—- For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to morrow at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Levuka, Fiji, per Seagull, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. For Russell and Kawakawa, per Comerang, to-morrow, 13th inst., at 3 p.m. For Wangarei, &c, per Samson, to-morrow, at 5 p.m. For Sydney and the Australian colonies, India, China, Mauritius, Mediterranean Ports, Continent of Europe, United Kingdom, via Brindisi and Marseilles, and United King dom, via Suez and Southampton, (for letters specially so addressed) per Wonga Wonga, six hours after the arrival of that steamer from Honolulu.

For Taranaki and the Southern provinces, per Phcebe, immediately after the arrival of the Wonga Wonga. For Kapanga, Driving Creek, and Tiki, per Challenger, on Monday, 16th inst., at 5 p.m. Note. —Closed maib for letters and telegrams wiU be made up at this office daily for Tau ranga, overland via Thames. Hours will be notified. Note.—The rates of postage in New Zealand to be charged on correspondence to the United Kingdom, via Marseilles and Brindisi are as fol lows :—Letters not exceeding half-an-ounce, Is. 3d.; not exceeding one ounce, 2s. 6d. ; and so on, Is. 3d. for every additional half ounce, or fraction thereof. Newspapers under four ounces each, 4d. Books and pattern parcels not exceeding one ounce, 2d. ; not exceeding two ounces, 4d.; not exceeding four ounces, 7d.; not exceeding eight ounces, Is. 2d. ; and so on, Is. 2d. for every additional eight ounces or fraction thereof.

S. B. Bi3S, Chief Postmaster,

MARRIAGE.

McVAY—• Craig.—On December 30th, at Napier, by the Rev. G. Morice, John Commons McVay, second son of the late Mr. John McCay, of Auckland, to Matilda, youngest daughter of Mr. Robert Craig, County Antrim, Ireland.

The Evening Star. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1871.

The Wonga Wonga with the English mail may be expected at any hour. A schooner is signalled inside of Tiri Tiri as we go to press.

The Lady Bowen brought up from the Thames la-t evening 2,699 ozs. of gold for the Bank of New Zealand.

Commodore Stirling, of H.M. s.s. Clio, gave a picnic at the North Shore to-day, to which a large number were invited, including H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, his Excellency the Governor, and Sir George Grey.

A meeting of the committee of the Auck land races was held last night at the City Club Hotel, when the winners of the various events were paid all their prizes in full, and all other obligations discharged.

We understand that a numsrously signed requisition was last night presented to Mr. C. F. Mitchell, to stand for the seat for the Thames Goldfields in the Assembly.

Mr. H. Ellis lectures this evening, at the Mechanics' Institute, under the auspices of the Local Industry League, on the " Develop ment of our resources." The chair will be taken at 8 p.m.

A call of £1 per share has been made in the Auckland Boiling-down Company.

A meeting of the Native I ands Court was held on Wednesday, when judgment was given in favor of the claim of the Ngatiwai to the Rahetu.

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

WEDNESDAY^, JANUARY 12. In the Provincial Council yesterday, after various questions had been answered, Dr. Stratford's resolution for the encour agement of the production of silk was carried. Resolutions were carried res puting the Slaughter house, as was also the resolution for the appointement of a Committee on home industries. The motion for the encouragement of vine yards was also carried. The bill for the Hospital Trust and Management was read a second time, and referred to ja select Committee.

THIS DAY.

Besides the bills that have reached va rious stages, in their passage through the Council, we find the following on the notice paper for to-day : —

Mr. Dyer to move, " That a respectful ad dress be presented to his Honor the [Superin tendent, requesting him to place upon the Additional Estimates the sum of £194 to meet engagements entered into with the North Shore Wharves Committee, which sum was appropriated for this purpose during Session 25, but was never paid over to those entitled to receive it."

Mr. Philips to move, " That an address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent, requesting him to allow the full amount authorised by the Volunteer Land Act, 1865, to Volunteers who have qualified themselves for certificates, namely:—For five years' £30 ; for each six months' active service, £5."

Mr. Swanson to move, " That a respectful address be presented to his Honor the Super intendent, requesting him to procure and lay before tho Council a return that will show how the Police Force is distributed for duty, by day and by night, in the city and suburbs of Auckland ; such return to specify the beats of the constables, the number of hours on duty, the number of hours off duty, and gene rally to furnish such information as will show the Council how the whole force was em ployed on any ordinary day and night last month. The officers and their duties to be distinguished from the men, and their duties and the number of officers and men to be specified."

NATIVE LANDS COURT.

THIS DAY.

[Before Jud£.e Manning, Judge Rogan,

and Native Assessors-]

CLAIM TO THE AROHA MOUNTAIN.

The Court sat at 10 o'clock, in a com modious room in Britomarfc Barracks. About 200 natives were present.

The land claimed is situated at the Upper Thames, and supposed to auri ferous, having been prospected by Euro peans and natives, judge Rogan, when sitting at Matamata, gave judgment in favour of the present possessors—the Ngatimaru tribe. The Ngatihauas got an order for the re-hearing of the case, and this proceeding was consequently in the nature of an appeal. Mr. MacCormick and Mr. Bennett appeared for the Ngatihauas. Mr. J. W. Preece acting as interpreter; Mr. Hesketh. appearing for the Ngatimarus, Mr. C. Davis acting as interpreter, and Mr. J. Mackay as Native Agent. Judge Manning said that before the Court heard any evidence, it should like to know if the land had been surveyed. He thought in every case it should be.

Mr. MacCormick said the Ngafurairus would not permit of a survey being held.

Judge Monro thought it right to insist on a survey being held, a3 it was a general rule that all claims should be sur veyed before bringing them into Court. After some further remarks,

I Judge Manning said that he thought the opinion of the native assessors should be ascertained. For this purpose the Court adjourned for a short time.

POLICE COURT.— Thursday.

[Before T. Ritchie and J. A. Wilson, Esqrs., Justices.] Deunkenness. — Michael Ryan was fined 5s and costs, or to be imprisoned 24 hours with hard labor. Laeceny.—Two children, aged about six and three years, were brought up charged with stealing fruit from W. Mason, value Is. —Mr. Broham stated that the police had not been consulted in bringing the case. —The prosecu tor did not desire to press the charge, and the children were discharged with a caution. Breach oe the Naval Discipline Act.— Andrew Balchelor was charged with having assisted a seaman of H.M.S. Clio to desert. — Mr. Joy appeared for the defence. —Andrew Gollin, ship's corporal, deposed to having given the seaman Freeman permission to go ashore, but he had not since-returned. Identi fled the clothes produced as having been worn by the man when he left the ship.—Sergeant- Jeffrey deposed to being in company with Detective Ternahau, found the articles pro duced concealed in the house of prisoner at Onehunga. — Cross-examined by Mr. Joy : Wife of prisoner stated there was nothing be longing to man-of-v/ar's-men in the house. — Detective Temahau corroborated the state ment of previous witness.—Mr. Joy addressed the Bench to show that the Act referred to being an Imperial Act had not been shown to be in force in New Zealand. —The Bench held that irrespective of the question as to the Act, concealment or assistance to the deserter had not been proved.—Case dismissed. Larceny.—James Dumont alias H. Lang lands alias Thomas Smith was charged with having in the middle of December, stolen from Louis Rose Jame?, various articles of clothing value £9 2s. —L. R. James deposed: I keep a hotel at the North Shore. Prisoner was em ployed by me in November to dig in my garden. Ho slept in a cottage a short distance from the hotel. He left my work in the end of Nov., but slept at the cottage some time. After lie left the cottage was closed and se cured. I afterwards, in December, found the window broken. There was in the cottage a box containing wearing apparel, blankets, &c. I made a search early this month ; found the clothes missing and I reported to the police. I saw him about the place afterwards, and when he saw me he ran away. I missed one suit of clothes value £5, a blue pilot coat worth £1, trousers and waistcoat value £3, a pair of boots and slippers value £15, necktie worth*2s Gd. On the Bth January I saw the pilot coat (produced) in a dingy, at the North Shore. Edward Wrixon, deposed :lam a seaman. On the 6th I was discharged from Mount Eden. I knew the prisoner there. I met him on Queen-street wharf on the day I was discharged. He told me to meet him at the Waitemata Hotel at 9 o'clock. I met him there and went with him Io near the gaol. He planted 2 files, 2 saws, 2 giniblets, and 2 keys for Plummer to esrape. We then went to a boat at Shelly Point and saw the coat produced there. Prisoner had it in a bag, also the other articles produced. On Sunday last I told Constable Gen, at the North Shore, and pointed to the boat containing the articles. —Special Constable Gee, North Shore, deposed to having found the articles produced in the boat, as described. The boat was under the cliff, at Carpenter's Point, Worth Shore. A few minutes after I arrested prisoner on suspicion. He said he had never been on the North Shore before. Committed for trial to the Supreme Court. — Two other charges against the prisoner were adjourned till the following day. The same prisoner was charged with stealing a boat on the 15th December, the property of Miss Isabella Webster, North Shore.—lsabella Webster deposed: The boat was placed at h'gh water mark, nnd I saw it last on the 14th December. The boat is my property, and its value £8. I saw it again on last Monday at the Queen-street wharf, in charge of Constable Gee. The boat has been re-painted since I lost it. I have had the boat between two and three years. I distinctly recognise it. — Edward Wrixon deposed : On Thursday last I saw the boat referred to in the possession of the prisoner. On Sunday last I pointed it out to Constable Gee. Constable Gee corroborated the evidence as to finding the boat. It was since identified by Miss Webster as her property. On my arresting the prisoner, he denied knowing anything about the boat. —The prisoner was committed for trial. The same prisoner was charged with having on the 17th December stolen from the missionary schooner Southern Cross various articles value £6. —Michael Power deposed : I am a ship keeper on the mission schooner lying at Kohi mara; on the morning of the 18th December I missed off the vessel two hats, value 14s ; two white hats, 14s; two coats, 25s ; a vest, value 7s 6d; pants, aud other articles. I slept on board during the night of the 17th December. I identify all the article* pro duced.—John Jacobs, master of the Southern Cross schooner, deposed : On 18th December on going on board I missed threo books on navigation, value £1 15s ; magazines, value £1 ; instruments, charts, snd various other articles. I identify the articles produced.— Edward Wrixon deposed to having seen the coat produced on board prisoner's boat at Shelly Beach, on the sth inst. Prisoner gave it to me. Saw also theother articles produced. I gave information to Constable Gee. The clothes then on him I had seen him wear frequently before.—Constable Gee deposed to the arrest of prisoner, and handed him over to Detective Murphy in Detective Ternahan's presence. He had then on the clothes worn by him at the time of his arrest. Found the articles produced with him in his boat at the time of his arrest. —Detective Ternahan deposed: Oh. prisoner being brought to the station, on the 9th, by Constable Gee, he had on the clothes now produced, the boots, trousers, shirt,, coat, and hat, and already identified by the witness Power. 1 charged him with the robbery. Ho made no answer. —The prisoner was committed for trial at the Supreme Court.

CREDITORS' MEETINGS.

The following creditors' meetings ivere held yesterday : —

Hugh Ferguson, of Mercury Bay, con tractor, first meeting. Liabilities, £687 9s. 9d.; assets, £664 3s. Id. (including a claim upon the Auckland Saw Mill Company, of £581 Bs. 2d.). Mr. Thos. Macffarlane was appointed trustee, and Messrs. 1). Cruickshank and Andrew Stewart supervisors.

Irwin Downing, of Auckland, settler, second meeting. No creditors attending, the Pro visional Trustee was appointed trustee.

Hamilton Quin, of Great South Road, settler, first meeting. Liabilities, £310 135.6 d; assets, £40 12s. 6d. No creditors attending, the meeting was adjourned to Jan. 18.

JAPANESE TROUPE.

This interesting company made their farewell bow to the people of Auckland last night at the City Hall. As previously, the house was filled, and the spectators delighted with the performances. It is not from " dwindling" houses that the Osakas have left as, a. is usual with travelling troupes when removing to new scenes. Crowded houses have attended their performances, their feats have been genuine, the astonished spectators have been uniform in the expression of their satisfaction, and the popularity of the " Osakas" has been steadily maintained. There has not been a single indication that the time had come for closing the season in Aucklsnd ; while the honorable and punctual regard for engagements that has characterised the business arrangements of their agent and management will make the Osaka Troupe very favorably remembered in Auckland by all those that have come in con tact with them. It is needless to say that success must attend them among the larger populations oi' the sister colonies, and we cor dially wish for them such popularity as they have'won for themselves in Auckland.

ELECTION NOTICES.

The following notices are given in refereuce to the forthcoming elections. H. R. Aubrey, Esq., Returning Officer for the electoral dis trict of Marsden, gives notice that the nomi nation of candidates to represent that district in the House of Representatives will take place at Wangarei on the 23rd instant, and the poll, if necessary, on the 30th instant.— Colonel Balneavis gives notice that the nomi nation for Parnell wi'l take place on the 20th instant, and the poll, if necessary, on the 23rd instant; that the nomination of candidates for Waitemata will take place at the North Shore on the 24th instant, aud the poll, if necessary, on the Bth of February ; that the nomination of candidates for Newton will take place on the 25th inst., and the poll, if neces sary, on the 28th instant; that the nomination for City East will take place on the 30th inst., and the poll on the 2nd February ; and the nomination for City West will take place on the 3rd February, and the poll on the 6th February. James Naaghton, Esq., Return ing Officer, gives notice that the nomination for Onehunga will take place on the 20th inst., and the poll on the 24th inst. ; that the nomination for Eden will take place on the 26th inst., and the poll on the 31st inst.; and the nomination for Franklin will take place at the Public Hall, Otahuhu, on the 23rd inst., and the poll on the 7th February.

AUCKLAND PRESBYTERY.

Tue usual quarterly meeting of the Auck land Presbytery commemed yesterday mor ning at eleven o'clock. Present Rev. Mr. Mackie (Moderator), Rev. J. Browne, Rev. Jas. Hill, Rev. Mr. Norrie, Rev. Mr. Cosh, Rev. Mr. McNicol (Secretary), Mr. Walter Graham.

The proceedings were opened by the Mode rator reading the CXI. psalm, and afterwards engaging in prayer. The Secretary read the minutes of the preceding ordinary meeting, which were confirmed.

The Moderator announced that he had, in consequence of instructions from last meeting, written to the Directors of the Irish Pres bytery respecting the £50 grant for home mis sion purposes. The Moderator brought up the report of the committee appointed to enquire and report upon the application of Mr. Reed to be received into the Presbytery and appointed a minister.

Rev. Jas. Hill moved that the application of Mr. Reed to be restored to the ministry be accepted. From all that he had heard he was sure Mr. Reed would prove a valuable addition to the ministry, which was sadly in want of labourers.

Rev. Mr. Noheie seconded "the motion proposed by Mr. Hill, and, on being put to the Court, it was carried.

The Moderator officially announced the decision of the Presbytery to Mr. Reed, aud trusted it would be to the glory of God and to his own good.

Mr. Reed was congratulated by the other members of the Court, and took his seat as one of the Presbytery.

Rev. Mr. Browne moved, and Mr. Norrie seconded, and it was carried, that the Rev. Mr. McNicol be appointed secretary to the Presbytery. The Rev. Mr. Norrie gave an ontliae of the proceedings of the late general sitting of the Presbytery held at Napier. The Presbytery, on the motion of the Rev. Mr. Browne, thanked Rev. Mr. Norrie for his conduct in the Assembly.

The Moderator laid before the Assembly a statement from the Rev. Mr. Souter as to his reasons for joining the Church of England. It was announced to the Presbytery that all the collections in aid of the schooner Day spring should be at once paid into the treasury.

A letter from Mr. Eccles was read, making application for the balance of the grant alleged to be due to him up to the time of his resig nation.

Rev. Mr. Hill would object to the salary being givon to Mr. Eccles, unless the property were handed over first to the Presbytery. Mr. Eccles was holding possession of the church there, and apparently would do so until he got paid. He would move that the matter should lie over until the committee had got possession of the building and handed in a report that the Ramarama church had been so given over. —Motion put and agreed to.

Rev. Mr. Norrie called the attention of the Presbytery to the Education Bill now be fore the Council, and pointed out that he thought it advisable that the question of re ligious instruction should be left to the local committees, and that a conscience clause should be inserted. The Presbytery had on a previous occasion recommended such a course. He would like the Presbytery to express an opinion. After a few remarks the subject was held over for the present.

The Moderator informed the Presbytery that a minister of the Wesleyan Church had applied to him to be admitted into the Presby tery, having left the Wesleyan Church in con sequence of there being too much ecclesiastical authority. It was agreed that the application should be received.

The Presbytery adjourned uutil ten o'clock this morning, when the candidates for the ministry will be examined.

Charles Mills and James Golding, butohers, of Ooromandel, give notice that they have dissolved partnership.

CURIOUS ANSWERS.

The Pall Mall Gazette recently called atten tion to some very ludicrous blunders made at Cambridge middle-class examination in the answers to the set questions of English History. Equally absurd errors might be adduced from the replies of university undergraduates in their various college examinations. Most people have an idea of Italy being represented by chartographei'3 in the form of a boot; yet I remember a university-man who mapped it out as a square. Another being required to draw a map of Judea, put a big dot for Jerusalem, and a similar one marked, "Here the-man fell among the thieves," and was satisfied with that exposition. "An island in the yEgean Sea," is a stoker answer to any question, as to the situation of the place not known " shots" are made ; and I remember an unfortunate man asserting that" clan" was au adject ive.accusa tive ease, feminine; and that "etsi'^was a verb, preter-perfect teuse from " etiD." Two in stances are given by Mr. Bristed in his " Five j ears in an English University," where " Ca3sar cativos sub corona vendidit" was translated " Ctesar sold the captives for less than five shillings;" and where "Esi enim fiuitimus oratori poeta ; numeris adstrictior paullo verboruni autem licentia liberior," was translated, "for a poet lived next door to the orator, too licentious in his language, but more circumspect than numbers." The jocosely clever answers are, however, some what hazardous ; as the Cambridge man found when he was asked by Mr. Payne, his examiner, to define happiness, and re plied, "An exemption from Payne." And I knew another man who came to trouble by answering the question " What did St. Paul do at Troas and Rhegium ?" "He left his cloak at Troas and fetched a compass to Rhe eium." The answers to questions in Divinity papers would cover a wide field of absurdity ; but so many of them (unconsciously) border on the profane, that they can ouly be briefly re ferred to here. All that one man could say of David was, that he was "a person very fond of music;" while another could tell nothing more of the most remarkable circum stance in the office of the High Priest, than that "he only washed his face once a year." Another man thought that St. Paul was " a teacher, brought up at the Ephesians." There are many recorded answers to the question as to the connection between the Old and New Testaments: one was " Prideaux's connec tion ;" another - was, " When Peter cut off Malachi's car." The following is probably an ingenious composition. Question. What animal in Scripture is recorded to have spoken ? Answer. The whale. Q. To whom did the whale speak ? A. To Moses in the bulrushes. Q. What did the whale say ? A. Thou art the man. Q. What did Moses re ply ? A. Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Q. What was the effect on the whale ? A. He rushed violently down a steep place into the pea and perished in the waters. Here is a verse in which two stupid answers are embalmed:

A small snob of Baliol had an idea, That Joseph was loved by his Arimathea ; And, coining a word in the fashion Grote, Said that Herod held office as Scholekobrote.

PUNCH'S POETIC TRADE INTELLI GENCE.

Inspired by telegraphic skill, Or tardier postal aid, The bard his usual space may fill With news of foreign trade. No tale of sentimental love, His mission is to tell; But to record how prices move, Where merchants buy and sell. First, then, of India he will speak; Late imports there have shown, That MadapoUams are less weak, While mulls have firmer grown. And since per candy shipped to us A higher rate's received, In Dhollerah lessj, dolorous The trade may be believed. American advices state Petroleum is firm ; While breadstuff's that were dull of late, More lively we may term. In cotton Middling Upland's sought At twenty-four 'ts true, But Middling Bowed may still be bought As low as twenty-two. In Norway timber, deals, and tai ls done a brisker trade, And Swedish pigs of iron are More buoyant by a shade. From Russia have the tidings come That tallow is depressed, But both in hides and hemp is some Activity confessed. Colonial markets have displayed A slightly better tone ; Molasses an advance hath made, And spice hath vigour shown. Fine Colory Plantation too (Of coffee now we speak), More strength exhibits, but 'tis true That rums are rather weak. In China black-leaf Congou still Is found in fair demand, Enriching those who plant with skill In that Celestial Land. Shanghai reports affirm in sooth Rice hith to thirty ranged, And, what seems an unpleasant truth, Grey shirtings are unchanged.

THE EVENING £TAR, JANUARY 12,1871.



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Special Notice. —R. Hobbs considers it necessary to inform the public of his reasons for withdrawing his advertisements from the daily papers. He is so thoroughly.disgusted with the lengths some parties have gone to in the advertisement line, that he does not intend to advertise after this notice, until an altera tion takes place. As to the system of adver tising goods at " catching," or very low prices, R. H. would simply remark, that it is no test of value, as the quality must be seen to test the value. Should R. H. at any time advertise any special line, of which he may have bought a large quantity, the public may rely that the quality is good ; and he will not be ashamed to forward patterns to an)' part of the pro vince, post free ; and buyers niay depend on getting the goods according to pattern. R. H. has yet to find that any man in Auckland can buy or sell cheaper than he can, notwith standing all the absurd and very question able pretensions of some houses.—R. Hobbs, Wholesale and Retail Draper, Queen and Wakefield-streets.—[Advt.]



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