SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This'evening, 5.45 HIGH WATER: This afternoon, 5,5

ARRIVALS.

saucy Lass, schooner, Smith, from Napier Tawera, schooner, Kennedy, from Poverty Bay St. Kil'la, s.s., Flowerday, from Wauganui Cambria, schooner, MoKenzie, from Wangarei bouthern Cioss, s.s., Sel'ars, from Tauranga fA n,? c schooner, from Russell \ViUie A\ inkle, cutter, from Port AVaikato * lova McDonald, cutter, from Raglan

DEPARTURES.

p.s., Ulnr.sp, for Northern ports William, brigantine, Dickson, for Newcastle Tauranja, schooner, Mann, for Hokianga JYlaidoj Judah, ship, Harrison, for Newcastle

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern ports, via Tauranga : Rangatira, Tues day For Wanjjanul: St. Kilda, s.s., Monday For Whitianga and Tauranga : Southern Cross, s.s., on Monday For Opotiki: Opotiki, schooner, to-day For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, 3rd October For Napier and .Southern ports: Nebraska, p.s., on arrival For HobartTown : Bella Mary, barque, ]Btb instant For Wanganui and Wellington : Keera, s.s., to-day For London : Countess of Kintore, ship, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, steamer, 10th instant ; Wonga Wonga, s.s., early For New York : Mary Nelson, 15th inst. ; Win. Prowse and Coronilla, barques, early F»r Southern ports: Phrebe, steamer, 18th instant For Sydney : Harriet Armytage, barque, to-day For Cleveland Bay, Queensland: Kalahome barque, early ; Hokitika, barque, Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

viuwarK, snip, irom London. Sailed Marcn z Robert Henderson, ship, from London. Sailed -23rd June Glenhuntley, ship, from London. Sailed 7th July Queen Bee, ship, from London. Loading Crladiateur, barque, from Liverpool, Loading Polar Star. ship, from New York, bailed 10th July Hero, steamer, from Sydney Edith, schooner, from the South Seaa Briton, barque, from Newcastle Kenilworth, schooner, from South Sea Islands Wonsta AVonga. s.s., from Sydney Queen, schooner, from Eorotonga Julia Price, schooner, from Levuka Pakeha, brig, from Dunedin Onward, schooner, from Lyttelton Lwtitia, schooner, for Napier Rita, brig, from Newcastle Union, bii?, from Newcastle Energy, schooner, from Dunedin

EXPORTS.

Per Harriet Armitage for Sydney : 2 cases toys, Martin & Co. ; 100 sacks oatmeal, U. Duncan ; 74 cases, Reeves & Co. ; 18 pkgs. furniture, Rev. Mr Sutherland ; 50 sacks oatmeal, Blank ; 3 cases, Bates ; 20 bundles, sacks, Marshall & Co. ; 400 kegs blasting powder, E. Porter & Co. : 140 bales flax, J. It. Hoberts ; 7 kegs blasting powder, Stone Bros. ; 8 bundles sacks, B. (dittos ; 2000 feet timber and 9 bags, J. S. Macfar lane.—J. S. Macfarlane & Co., agents.

The s.s. St. Kilda, sailed from Wanganui on the 12th hist., at four a.m., and arrived at Onehunga at three p.m. yesterday. Pas sengers : Miss Colls, Mrs. Alexander, Mr. Dirie. Cargo :40 head cattle, 3 horses, 300 sheep, 50 pigs ; McDonald & McLean ; 3 kegs butter, Eaton.

The barque Hokitika will leave for the Townsville goldfields on Monday next. The schooner Cambria has entered at the Customs from Wangarei with 32 head cattle, 34 bags gum, 00 turkeys, 1") boxes eggs, order. She has cleared outwards again for Wangarei, with a miscellaneous cargo. f The schooner Opotiki has cleared outwards for the East Coast with a miscellaneots cargo.

The barque Harriet Armitage has cleared outwards, for Sydney, with the following passengers :—Saloon —Rev. G. Morris and Mr J. Baker. Steerage—Mr R. Sufi', wife, and son, and E. Bell.

The cutter Willie Winkie has arrived in the Manukau with 57 bales flax, W. Badley ; 4 cases bacon, 1 cask lard, 1 pkg, order.

The barque has taken a quay berth.

The barque Harriet Armitage will leave this evening for Sydney. The cutter Flora McDonald has arrived in the Manukau with the following cargo from Raglan : —sl bales flax, A. Barnes ; 00 pigs, xjli *"»»*-*. /v, . 7 ca g es bacon, order. Passen gers—Mr and Mr wu^^.i,. d Native.

The Royal Alfred will leave the Queen street wharf on Monday next, for the Thames and Coromandel, at 11 a.m., as the Golden Crown is laid up on that day for inspection.|

COMMERCIAL.

The Customs returns for the present week have been as follows: —Dxities, -£2860 7s. Is. ; lighthouse dues, £48 15s. 4d. ; arms fees, £2 195.; merchant shipping fees, £48 15s. 4d.; gold duties, £203 14s. 4d. ; port charges, £63 10s. ; ditto Kaipara, £G Bs. 3d ; total, £3251 ss. Id.

MINING.

The following t are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :— & s. d. CAIXS Crown Prince.. .. 0 0 G Sent 14 Waikoromiko .. 0 0 4 Sept 16 Guildhall .. .. 0 0 C Sept 17 Victory 0 0 3 Sept 17 Scotty's Hill .. .. 0 0 9 Sept 19 Hope of Ooromandel 0 0 8 Sept 20 Christehurch .. .. 0 0 3 Sept 20 Number One.. .. 0 0 3 Sept 23 Queen of the Thames 0 10 Sept 23 Conquering Hero .. 0 0 C Sept 23 Pride of Moanatairi.. 0 0 4 Sept 24 Eoyal Standard .. 0 0 (5 Sept 24 Central Italy.. .. 0 1 0 Sept 25 White Rose .. .. 0 0 0 Sept 30 Yon Tempsky .. 0 0 0 Sept 30 Nebraska .. .. 0 0 3 Oct 2 Dixon's No 1.. .. 0 5 0 Oct 5 Pride of Tiki .. .. 0 0 3 Oct 10

MEETINGS TO COME.

Junction, Mr Sommerville's Office, Shortland street,

2 p.m., 18th September Alhambra, Insurance Buildings, 3 p m, 20th Sept Pacific, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 23rd

September Hand-and-Band, Grahamstown, 24th September Queen of the Thames, Grahamstown, 27th September Nonpareil, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 pm,

27th September Golden Spur, Grahamstown, 27th September Watchman, Grahamstown, Ist October Beehive, Grahamstown, 4th October

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND STREET.

Mails will Close as Under

For Thames, on Monday, 10th inst, at .130 a.m., and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Monday, 10th instant, at 10.30 a.m. For Wangarei Heads, Mangapai, etc., per Sovereign of the Seas, this day, at 5 p.m. For Wanganui, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago, per s.s. Keera, this day, at 5 p.m. For Great Barrier, per Margaret, this day, at f> p.m. For Wanganui, per St. Kilda, on Monday, 10th inst., at 8 a.m, For Tairua, per Janet Grey, on Monday, ICth inst., f at 2 p. m For Whitianga and Tauranga, p*r Southern Cross, on Monday, Kith instant, at 3 p.m. For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern pro vinces, per Itangatira, on Tuesday, 17th instant, at 2 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern ports, per Phoebe, on Tuesday, the 17th inst, at 5 p.m. For Napier and Southern provinces, per Nebraska, six hours after arrival.

S. B. Bias. Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Busby.—At Tape Tape, on September 5, the wife of AVm. Busby of a daughter.

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News and the Morning News.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1872.

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

We are glad to see that attention is fully awake to the unsatisfactory manner in which the monetary transactions in the administration of the government of the city have been recorded in the past, and the hopeless muddle in which those of but a few years ago are in volved. We are safe in saying that this state of things is not likely to be continued, and that no small impulse will be given to the zeal of Councillors from the outside agitation of the sub ject. At the same time it is only fair to say that the credit of this effort to bring light out of darkness is due to the members of Council themselves, and specially to the members of the finance committee, Messrs Isaacs, Jones, Hobbs, and Prime. They it was who recommended to the Council that an accountant should bo employed to sound the matterto thevery bottom, and it was on the motion of Mr Jones that the Coun cil accepted their recommendation. Our strictures have not been made with the intention of robbing the re formers of the honour of initiating this investigation; but as the report brought up made revelations which had not been anticipated, the Council evidently was scared at the ghost which it had raised, and our de sire was to bring up the public to the back of the Council in fighting, the ghost. It appears to us that it was the desire of the Council to quietly lay the ghost. They had seen enough to prompt themselves to institute a new state of things and to steer clear of such dangers again. But while fully admitting that such a change will be an adequate reward for the inquiry, we think the public, also should learn the

lessons of the past, and that to this end tkey should be placed in complete possession of the accountant's report naked, unadorned and unamended. But wholly apart from the mysterious disappearance of documents in con nection with the accounts of years gone by, avo believe a feeling akin to horror has seized possession of the people at the mere fact of £10,000 of arrears. How or why in all the world Avere arrears allowed to so accumulate! From time to time wo see persons summonsed for arrears of rates. AVhy was fish made of one and flesh of another? If report speaks truly some of the defaulters have heen among our richest people, and whether or not, these accumulations should not for years have been noted as arrears. There must be some among the cata logue who, from pure and simple pauperism, could not possibly produce the amount due, and locking them up in Mount Eden would have had no effect. Such cases should have been promptly met when the case was fresh, and the amount wiped out as a bad debt. But multitudes, if we are correctly informed, against whoso names various accumulations of arrears have been recorded, have been and arc capable of paving ten times the amount; and wo believe the pub lication of the names of the defaulters would make people's hair almost stand on end. Now, feelings of respect or kindness, or anything else, may have induced the City Board or City Council to have spared these defaulters. But this was a manifest injustice to other ratepayers. If by any means these £ 10,000 could be squeezed out of the defaulters what a relief it would be to the other rate payers who have been honestly paying their rates. The City Council cannot afford to have bowels of compas sion. What they do not take from one man they must take from another, so that neglect of de faulters is simply the robbery of honest men. There should be no kindness in the transactions of the city business that is not admissible in ordinary business. When rates are duo they should be made payable at the office of the collector, and persons not coming up to time should be reminded by a summons, with expenses added. This, however, bears on,the future. But with reference to the pa&t, and to accounts to which the public still look with curiosity and anxiety, avo would urge that the names of the defaulters of the £10,000 should, as far as they have been pre served, be published. A\ re believe strange feelings would be excited by the list. It may be that some names, unexpected by the owners of them, would appear, and certainly many names unexpected by the public. The publication would unquestionably bring in money to the treasury, and better still it would pour a Hood of light on this very dark and myste rious subject. The Finance Committee have done well, but let them not stop short. Let them not bo afraid of the ghost that has appeared in Mr Woy mouth's report. Grhosts are powerless in daylight. Let them drag it; into the light, and tH° people will help tl)P"i i" shaking it. The Council have now got the field to themselves. The evils under their consideration are the result of the negligence of their pre decessors. Neither themselves nor their officers are in any way responsi ble for the loose way in which affairs were conducted years ago. Let them not show themselves afraid, but boldly and bravely do their duty and they will deserve and receive the thanks of their fellow-citizens.

Since the foregoing was put into type, and as we go to press, we have received Mr Weymouth's complete report, hot and steaming from the press.

Canada Buildings will on Monday next be the centre of attraction. Not only will three bran new Councillors make their bow to His Worship ; not only will the Colonists' Protec tion League come by invitation to see the plans of the Market House and hear the dis cussion thereupon, but the itatepayers' Asso ciation in another column invites all rate payers to come and watch the Council when manipulating the report on the city accounts. How all the invites are to gain admission into Canada Buildings is a question which they must themselves solve. "We fear the farmers must go to the wall, and the League and its market-house will be voted a bore. It is true that the League in its present apparent proportions would require but a very little corner, but the space available for the public is so ex ceedingly limited that we really think a more extended arena should be chosen, and the hall of the Mechanics' should be secured for the occasion. Some of our friends are not yet satisfied as to the age of the young lady that propounded the enigma in Tuesday's paper. We have received the following.—" Sir, —I was rather amused on looking over the Star last night ' at the interpretation of the expression 6 [ times 9 and. 4, which, is taken to mean G j times 9 plus 6 times 4. You added that you , believed that was the intended meaning of it. J Now, with all due deference to you, I believe that you have taken an incorrect view of the expression, as had it been intended to be so taken the preceding part of the question, instead of being expressed as 7 time 9 and 7 times 3, would simply have been 7 times 9 and 3. So that I think the most probable meaning of the expression is 6 times 9 plus 4. Trusting that you will excuse me for troubling you on such a trifling matter. —

I remain, yours &c, James Smith." And yet wo think we were right, and that tho young lad has had the best of it The state ment of the young lady was, '' 9 times 7 and 7 times 3 added to my age will exceed 6 times 9 and 4 as double my age exceeds 20." The point at issue is the meaning of the expression " 6 times 9 and 4." Our three correspondents say this means " six times nine are 54 and 4 are 58." The young lad says it is to be read as " six times nine and four," or " six times thirteen" —that is 78. The reading is in no way strained, and if it is a little puzzling, that was hut the intention of the young lady. She was evidently 2(5 years old. We cannot see the force of what our correspondent says as to how the pre ceding part of the question "would have been." Young ladies have a prescriptive right to speak as they like whether with tongue or eyes. And then a young lady admitting that she was 40 ! Oh, lie !

James Bellinger was charged at Taranaki on Monday last with having stolen a sup plement of the Tavanaki Herald from the reading-room of the Taranaki Institute. He pleaded guilty. The secretary did not wish to press the charge, however, but pointed out that considerable inconvenience and annoyance had been caused by the continual abstraction of papers from the reading-room. The case was subsequently dismissed with a severe caution. We notice that the Parnell District Board are improving the approach to their district touching upon the city boundary. A new wooden footpath has been erected from tho bridge towards Mr Boyd's sail-loft, and a portion of the road has been widened, which will be a great boon to foot-passengers who reside or have occasion to visit Parnell. Thin work has been much needed, and we congratulate the people of Parnell upon the completion of the sainot The only thing requisite is for the City Council to carry out the plan, and extend the footpath to the saw mill.

We take' the following amusing paragraph from the West-port Times: — "The designa tion of the Westport Post-office should b» altered to that of the General Postal and Piggery Department. Swine of all sizes, colours, and conditions, have taken up their nightly habitation in the delivery lobby, without let or hindrance, leaving there throughout the day unmistakable, visible and olfactory symptoms of their presence. On a.recent moonlight evening we counted a full score of pigs, large and small, snugly coiled up underneath the letter boxes, and it was impossible to either post a letter or open a private box without first routing the enemy, who resisted the intrusion with proverbial obstinacy. The Postmaster should make a raid and confiscate a few of the little ones. Roast pig on the disli should have a more agreeable perfume than live pig in the lobby."

I A special general meeting of this New ! Zealand Agricultural Society will take place on Tuesday afternoon next, for the purpose of causing an enquiry to be made as to how sheep infected with seal) were allowed to lie exposed for public sale. The monthly inspection parade of the Onehunga Rifle Volunteers will take place on Monday evening next, in the drill ground, near the Scotch (,'hureh.. The band will be in attendance. We observe that our contemporary the Cross has again diverted from the paths of rectitude and recommenced pirating our tele grams. A very interesting lecture was given last evening by the Rev, Mr Williams at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms on a subject attractive to all, " Oliver Crom well." The history of that exciting time, when this great man was Protector, was given with remarkable clearness. Also the part he played in the politics of Europe, the battles in which he fought, and the spoliation of the churches throughout England were dwelt upon. " He dwelt on Naseby, Masston Moor, ou Worcester's crowning fight." The lecture was very successful, and at its close the lecturer was warmly applauded. The President, Rev. Mr Bree, announced that on Friday evening next J. C. Firth, Esq., would deliver a lecture on "The Perils of the Age." The WelUnr/lon Post, of the 9th, says : ■— " We received this day, from the " Alan in the Street," the following: It is generally admitted that in the event of a coalition taking place, which has been so strongly urged by the Independent, the stability of the Coalition Ministry will depend on the securing of the services of the following persons :— W. H. Harrison, Minister for Native Affairs ; T. L. Shepherd, Minister of Justice ; Haugh ton's dog Bully, no portfolio." It will be seen from our advertising columns that the management of the Young Men's Christian Association has made another addition of new books, amounting to some seventy-five vols. to the library. The sub scribers' list is steadily increasing as a result of the great improvement that has been made in this direction. The panorama of the Holy Land, belonging to the Sunday-school Union, was exhibited before a largo audience of juveniles on Thursday evening at the Onehunga Institute. Mr Thomas Maeffarlane has been appointed Deputy-Provincial Auditor in the room of "Win. Powditch, deceased. As will be seen from anothercolumn a very interesting re-nnion in connection with Dr. Wallis' Church will take place on Tuesday. There is a novelty in the feature of publishing the subjects of the several speakers which will considerably increase the public interest, and we believe the consequent success of the soiree. We desire to inform the residents on the North Shore that a sermon, specially for children, will be preached to-morrow fore noon at eleven o'clock, in the Presbyterian Church of that suburb by the ller. P. F. Mackenzie. A special collection will be taken up for the purpose of increasing the Sabbath - school children's library. The Otat/o Daily Times has it on the best authority that ail estimable member of the Presbyterian Ministry living in the country has a haunted manse. Strange noises are heard at unseemly times, and men do watch, but the cause thereof is never visible to mortal eye. The society for investigating spiritualism should not overlook so promising a field for their labours.

The West Coast Times, of September 2nd, says:—"A new rush set in last week to some ground on the southern side of the Hokitika River, near Ogilvie's Half-way- House, the lead being a continuation of the one styled the Aimer Lead. It is reported that several claims are paying from £10 to £20 a week per man, while others are on wash that only pay from £3 to £4 a week per man. There are about 400 men on the

ground

Mosgiel Tweeds, of Otago manufacture, are now in demand in the London market. They are a decided novelty, and of excellent quality ; and yet at a distance of 10,000 miles from the place where they are produced, and from the people whose interest and profit it is to prefer the home production to the imported article, their excellence is discerned and appreciated before we bestow even a passing notice on the child of our own industry. Truly a Prophet hath no honor in his own country ; but it is not " colonial" to " sneeze at" a profit. The time has come when the nether extremities of every New Zealand man and boy should be clothed in stuff of the home production. Samuel Coombes has just received a parcel of the above Tweeds from the manufactory, and not only hopes that they will be extensively sought for, but expects every public spirited man to "go in" for at least one pair of Mosgiel Tweed Trousers,

We understand that some of the defeated candidates in the late city election believe that the ballot boxes told a different tale from that which has been given forth as the result of the election. It is nob for us to give any opinion on the subject, not being in pos session of facts, but we are told that steps will be taken to have the ballot papers again scrutinised

We have just received the first three numbers of our young contemporary, the Bat/ of Plenty Times, and we give a cordial welcome to our little sister as she enters the fields of journalism. That district is des tined to be yet one of the most important and advanced in the province, and we believe that the appearance of the Times will be the harbinger of the coming days of pros perity. We shall refer more at length m a future issue to this very promising and creditable addition to the journals of the province.

The JSaij of Plenty Time*, published at Tauranga, says :—lt is worthy of notice that the beifof this harbour is undergoing changes which in the course of time may become so serious as to demand special attention. A hank has formed at the northern approach to the wharf, which prevents vessels drawing as much water as the Keera from coming alongside at low tide. Thrice in succession has the Dauntless grounded there when cast ing off, and consequently been detained for a tide. Once at the wharf, or to the south side of it, there is abundance of water, and those acquainted with this circumstance find it best to approach from that direction. The sandspit offtho Cemetery Point is enlarging rapidly, and of course in some measure causing a divergence of the main < u'rent. In view of these circumstances it might be desirable to have an official inspection and report from the Harbour-master, and possibly a readjustment of the buoys.

The proposal of a complimentary banquet to Captain Logan has been taken up with great earnestness, and unless we are mis taken it will be one of the most marked ex pressions of popular favour that the city has presented for a long time. There is a manly love of fairplay in the breast of the Anglo- Saxon that is above all other feelings, and the manifestly unfair treatment of the "Hero has strongly moved that sentiment in the bosoms of our people.

Last night Detective Jeffrey arrested Mr. A.W.Fleming, asharebroker and insurance agent in this city, on a charge of embezzle ment of various'sums of nitmey belonging to the Mutual Insurance Association. The arrest was made at the North Shore, and Mr. Fleming was brought before the Resident Magistrate this morning and remanded until Tuesday. Bail was accepted.

We wouldjdraw attention to the announce ment of a lecture to be delivered to-morrow by Mr Lamb, at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association. The earnestness anil zeal of Mr l^imb in the cause of temperance are well known in the district, and we are confident that there will be features in the lecture that will deeply impress as well as interest.

The Bay of "Plenty Times says : —" It cannot be said that Tauranga is withoxit a local industry when one witnesses the numerous handsome boats plying in the harbour, many, if not most, of which have been built here. Some of the Maori boats are really tine models, handsome in appear ance and fit to encounter a tolerable sea. Persons living in the district do not require to go elsewhere for the purpose of procuring good boats, for they can be constructed within the harbour, under their own inspec tion, as well and as cheaply as they could be in Auckland.'

THE SHARE MARKET.

MR. J. HENDRV'S RKI'OHT

The share market still remains quiet. Sales : Caledonian, £36, £36 10s, and £35 ; closing with buyers at £36 ;Thames, I'li 5s ; Moana tairi, £5 7s (id ; Cures, 38s ; Nonpareil, E2 Is; Red Queen, 3s Gd ; Albion, £0 Ss ; South British Insurance Company, £1 ; Bank of New Zealand, til) 10s. Buyers: South British Insurance Company, £1 ; Nonpareil, £2 ; Albion, £6 ss.

mr lexnox's report

The share market continues inactive. Caledonian shares remain hrin at yesterday's quotations. My sales comprise : Caledonian, £36 10s, £3G, £35 10s ; closing with buyers, £.35 10s ; sellers, £36 ; Thames, £6 10s ; closing with buyers at £0 10s ; Bismarck, £2 15s. There are at close sellers of Cures at 37s Gd ; Caledonian, £36 ; Thames, £0 12s Gd. Buyers : Caledonian, £35 10s ; Thames, £G 10s ; Alburnia, £3 10s.

MR ENDERBY JACKSON'S ENTER TAINMENT.

It is generally acknowledged that Friday evening is always the dullest night of the week in things theatrical, yet last night there was a tolerably good attendance at the City Hall. The programme was a repetition of the previous evening, and some of the songs would bear further repetition, amongst which we might mention the comic imper sonations by Mr. Rickards and Miss Carrie Rickards of the "Grecian Bend" and the " Roman Fall." It was an amusing caricature throughout, and acted to perfection. In response to an encore the artistes reappeared, and bowed their acknowledgments. Mr. Hallam's best song of the evening was de cidedly "The Anchor's Weighed;" it was given with power and effect, and won rapturous applause at the conclusion of each verse. '' My Pretty Jane" was also splendidly sang. Mrs. Mitchell again charmed her audience with the songs " Power of Love " and " Who can Tell." During the interval the orchestra played the now popular " Rickards Valsc." It is a charming piece of music, and, to use a commercial term, copies are " going daily into consumption." A change in the programme takes place to-night. Mr. Rickards announced last evening that the pleasing burlesque artiste, Miss Carrie Rickards, would take a benefit on Monday evening. New comic duologues, in which this lady shines, will be produced in addition to fresh comic songs.

UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH SUNDAY SCHOOL.

The anniversary service in connection with the above cause will take place to-morrow. The Rev. Mr Bunn, of Otahuhu, preaches in the morning at eleven o'clock, the Rev. C. W. Rigg gives the usual address to parents and children in the afternoon at three o'clock, and the Rev. 6. H Turner at six o'clock! Mr Bimn's well-known ability will ensure a large congregation, while from what has been heard of Mr Turner, the newly-arrived minister from England, we are sure that tlie Chapel in Union street cannot contain half sitting room. Mr Turner has more than surpassed expectation, and is sure to raise a good cause in the district. He possesses an eloquent and impressive style of preaching, and is the right man in the right place. The annual tea meeting takes place the following Tuesday at half-past six o'clock. In years gone by this has been a most successful gathering, and from present preparations this one augurs still more. The proceeds are in aid of the Sabbath School, '

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

(Before T. Beckham, Esq., E.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Matilda Morgan, a disreputable old woman, was charged with being drunk. She seemed to think it was quite proper to be in a beastly state ot intoxication, and in answer to a question put to her by the Bench, she said, " Oh, yes ; she was always drunk." His Worship said that upon looking at her he quite believed her statement. He, however, dealt leniently with her, probably on account of her candour. She was fined ten shillings and costs. Two other persons Avere then placed m the box and lined JOs each, with the option of taking up their abode on the summit ot Mount Eden for forty-eight hours.

AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND. Henry John Copland was charged with using threatening language towards his wife ; to wit, "hu would swing for her." The complainant was placed in the witness box, and tearfully gave evidence against her spouse. Site stated that her' husband had frequently said she was drunk, and she was frightened of her life. She asked that the Court would bind him over to keep the

The Court asked the accused if lie had any questions, to put to the witness, where upon both set up a wrangling that was quite deafening. His Worship could stand it no longer, and ironically asked the prisoner if he was as talkative at home as in Court. If so he must be a nice husband. He requested him to find; sureties to the extent of £40 for the space of six months, failing which he would have to go to Mount Eden for that time. EMBEZZLEMENT. Arthur Whitley Flemming was charged on two charges, each containing three counts, of embezzling certain sums of money, the pro perty of the Mutual Life Assurance Society. Mrßrookfleld appeared for the prosecution, and asked for a remand until Tuesday. ' Mr Joy, for the prisoner, asked that bail might be taken. Bail was allowed.

PORTRAITS OF THE PEOPLE.

XII. —The Printeh. The printer, or compositor, whatever his social and intellectual status may be, may well feel an honest pride in his useful calling; he .stands between the editor and the public —between the author and the world, and the silent influence of his labours extends to the boundaries of civilization. He is the dispenser of thought, the medium of en lightenment, and with his types and figures he ministers to the various types and figures of mankind. There are two classes of printers, the mechanical and intellectual workers—the Franklins and Smiths of the Press. Not that it is necessary that every printer should rise to the position of Benja min Franklin, nor descend to the unfamed level of John Smith. The world does not require a majority of Franklins, but the Smiths—a numerous body—are in constant demand. The trade of a printer, though a useful, is not generally a healthy one. In some places he has to work in the night time under gas-burners, in a confined atmosphere, and frequently to the injury of sight and health, that the morning paper may be ready for the breakfast tables of the citizens. The economical printer does not seem to pay that nice attention to the outer man, like the draper and the young clerky swell; his business is the adornment of the mind rather than the adornment of the person, which is, as Mr Swanson will acknowledge, of far more importance to the community, politically, than satisfactory to Snip, the tailor. Fine clothes, rings, greenstone, and silver appen dages are iisually evidence of simple pride and effeminacy, and not the signs of sturdy manhood. Mr Brigg paid for his display with his life. A conceited colonial shoot, brim ming of self-esteem, who presumes to know everything, seldom aspires to, and rarely reaches a sound common-sense position in life; and such characters may be seen about this city, loose and unpro tected, green and flowery, a species of small fry oul y to be ripened and matured by timely influence apart from motherly advice ■which they presume to criticise and to scorn. We dilate on the marvels of the Press, which after all that may be said in its favour is but a machine which the printer sets in active motion. The printer, or compositor, merely moulds into visible forms the thoughts of the writer ; the printer may be but the careless operator, for it is the mind that really acts through the fingers of the printer and his machine upon the habits and feelings of the people. The writer awakens latent energies, helps to form public opinion, and compels the obstinate Canutes of society to vacate their easy chair and make way for the swelling upheaving waves of inevitable progress. The printer generally is not over burthened with ilesh, as were the wits and poets of Queen Anne's time, and when Horace Walpole worked his pet press at Strawberry Hill. The printer is thin and pale ; not always the I result of deep thinking. "With due deference Ito the memory of Shakespeare, it may be | affirmed that thin men are not invariably as Cassius was, " sicklied o'er by the pale cast of thought;" yet the printer should of neces sity be thoughtful in order that the axithor may not be mistaken. The intellectual printer, like Jerrold, not unfrequently pushes himself into the editorial chair, and in that capacity he wields a living power. By judicioiis thought he exercsies an influence on political and social life unequalled by ordi nary mortals, and fitly serves the common interests of humanity. The freedom of the Press, through the instrumentality of such men as Milton and Home Tooke, cannot be too highly estimated by eveiy lover of liberty. Tyrants and wrong-doers fear the light of the editorial lamp, simply because " their deeds are evil." There was a time within the memory of living men when the Press was not free, when Leigh Hunt, and ; Montgomery, of Sheffield, suffered imprison ment for uttering disagreeable truths ; truths which in subsequent years brought them a ' reward, and placed their honoured names iipon the pension list. These changes were due to the onward march of popular en- I lightenment, stimulated by the Press. Even sunny France, with her revolutions, Kings, and Emperors, could not boast a Free Press— that terror of tyrannies and destroyer of superstitions. War was the all-absorbing theme of past ages, and the Press, which Coster shadowed forth five centuries ago isti the Dutch town of Haarlem ; Avhich Caxton brought nearer to perfection in his little Westminster office, and to which steam power was applied by John Walter, of the London Times, was long used in defence of bad governments and blood-thirsting despots ; but the soft, humanizing dawn of peace —and its hand-maid cheap literature, with richer hues of hope and promise—opened nien's eyes j to other scenes than those of savage warfare, i The people, through the pen and the Press, and by popular teachings, began to consider that honest work Was better than 00, and of more advantage to the world at large. The writer or master-mind of the Press is supposed to be a man of the widest knowledge, indeed he is supposed to know more than ordinary men, and it is highly essential that he should have good eyes, j He has the happy privilege of deciphering J most incongruous, illogical conunimications ;

he is expected to gratify all his known and unknown correspondents by reading and in serting their letters, however illegibly written; he is desired to tipify the complaints of citi zens about bad roads, public nuisances, petty tyrants, corporate rivalries, yachts, steam boats, "whims and oddities;" and to give vitality in printer's ink to all the verbiage of all the scribbling noodles of the city and its surroundings who fancy that all the world must be equally interested in the rearing of their peculiar hobby-horse, or the bugbears of then- indigestible constitution. "The Press affords a future mine for the per formance of public and poetical duties-," says Mr Disraeli. "The Press, which was formerly the privilege of the educated class, has become the patrimony of the people," says Mr Gladstone ; aid sayvza-jaaay c evate die people of \y**—T JN JS^ tlrs city morally, po-f*.-.^ s, NTIWPTT \ tually unt:i they shall VZ, O £ TI>>EPTIC. | piactical lesson that honest ai,z3^- he^er % tlian artifice, aid out-spoken frufiv^je conducive to pol'tical health thau lettered eerv'lity dished up for the moneyed few by tho ingenious hands of the printer. Sketches.

TELEGRAPHIC.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

GRAHAMSTOWN.

9.44 a.m. The (Juj • has lodged 9*2 ounces from the specimens ;.150 more to come of specimens, ex clusive of general stuff". 1 pm. The Caledonian has 10 cwt of specimens of very good quality from the stopes in the Otago run. There is no other change in the mine. The retorting for this company will not be completed until to-night. The yield will probably be 2,000 ounces. The Golden Crown tributers have had a crushing of forty tons of stuff ; the yield i 59 ounces. The company have also crushed 80 tons which gave 49 ounces. The Kuranui has lodged 128 ounces for the fortnight. The Eureka tributers have had a good crushing ; 18 tons gave 30 ounces. The returns for the Moanatairi and Bright. Smile are not yet to hand. In the sharemarket Caledonians are selling at £36, and Cures, 38s.

TAURANGA.

2 p.m.

The s.s. Eangitiri arrived at seven o'clock a.m. from Napier, and will sail for Auckland about 4 p.m. The verdict given at the inquest on Laidley was "accidently drowned." (SPECIAL TO THE STAR, PER GREFILIE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY.)

WELLINGTON.

10 a.m,

On the House meeting last evening Mr. Stafford announced Mr Curtis to be Com missioner of Stamps and Customs, and for the present Telegraph Commissioner and Postmaster-General. Mr Fitzherbert to be Minister of Immigration. Mr Sewell to be Colonial Secretary and conduct the corres pondence with the Agent-General.

He stated that owing to the late period o the session the new Ministry hoped to be able to get through the business in a month. They would introduce no Constitutional Bills

this session, Lmt would pledge themselves to introduce next session a new Native Lands Act, a Gold Mining Act, ail Education Act, and would consider whether a bill should not be introduced affecting gaol discipline throughout the colony.

He announced that the Ministry had determined that £60,000 should ba spent during the next four years on roads in the North Island.

The new Ministry would accept generally the Estimates introduced by Mr Vogel in order to save time, it being too late in the session to re-cast them.

Mr. Stafford announced later in the evening that the Government would take up the Stamp Duties Amendment Act brought in by the late Ministry, but would reduce

the duty on cheques again to one penny.

Mr. John Martin, in obedience to a sum mons, appeared last night at the bar the House. When called on for an explanation of his late conduct, he denied

that he felt any animosity towai'ds Mr. Andrews, and said the words he had used were said in jest. He would now apologise, and was willing to abandon his application

or the land in question,

The House decided to give him until Tuesday to carry out his promise and with draw the application, when he would be discharged if that was done. He then with drew.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We are not responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.!

(To the Editor of the Evening St^^t > '3 Sib, —As one who was present last ni ) r,r the Young Men's Christ'^ "jp' f Y\ Rooms, and heard the abW/ 1,, *r™ — __^ lecture on '' Oliver Croiv eif &Yen bym*,^ Rev. Mr Williams, inr L'J ir ' .^rough your columns, ask our w/^ Pf siden* w^ h« did not tender Al^ ff vo*e °J thanks so enthir • accorded to him 1 On mev-ous > SL° 11S ReV- Mr Bree has beexKeJvr^^thkpart of his duty, tosane lU dlsposed people has bLnr TKer"ooV fuse iv & pn&M. both been The lestion °Lf :ct.f !a? did *cv. lecturer tread on the fotti|SßAT dideasastoProtector? —I aniil &c, J>^

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THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1872.



J CATER (late Crombie's) ROYAL • FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY' Qaeen street, Auckland, has much pleasure in inform ing his friends and the public generally that he has purchased the Photographic Business so long carried on by Mr. Crombie ; and having secured the services_ of •n Experienced Operator, feels warranted in stating hat they will receive every civility and attention, as Well as first-class and artistic portraits at his hands, and that no pains will be spared to give entire satisfac tion. J.C. begs to announce that his arrangements for taking Instantaneous Portraits of Children are now complete



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