SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET This evening, 5.1. HIGH WATER : This afternoon, 0.3

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Lady Bowen, 10 o'clock

DEPARTURES.

St. Kilda, steamer, Flowerday, for Wanganui

ARRIVALS.

Star of the South, screw steamer, Holmes, from Napier, via the Thames Eagle, ketch, from Paissell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, Bth prox For Southern ports: Phiebe, steamer, 27th inst For London : Tyrol, barque, early For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki: Southern

Cross, steamer, 27th July For Sydney and Melbourne : Hero, steamer, early

WongaWonga, steamer, 12th prox For Kaipara : Cleopatra, schooner, to-day For Tauranga : Dauntlesa, schooner, this evening

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed Maroh 2 Celestial Queen, ship, from London. Sailed April 25 Countess of Kintore, ship, from London City of Auckland, ship, from London Thames, barque, from Wellington Edith, schooner, from the South Seas Hero, steamer, from Sydney Hercules, schooner, from Newcastle Camille, barque, from Newcastle Briton, barque, from Newcastle Mary Grant, brig, from Warrnambool Queen, schooner, from Rorotonga Julia Prioe, schooner, from Levuka

IMPORTS.

Thames, barque, Clouves, from Wellington:—lso kegs blasting powder, T. and S. Mow-in ; C 2 boxes raisons, 200 bags salt, 30 casks whiting, 99 cases brandy, 2 cases vestas, 123 bags malt, 203 casks cement, 50 cases geneva, Bucholz and Co.; 100 pieces pig iron Masefleld and Co.; 15 sacks bonedust, J. and J. Soppett; 60 bales flax.—Messrs K. Walker and Co. agents.

The colliers Mineherr, Albion, and Hercules are expected from Newcastle. Their cargoes are offered for sale by Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane. The schooner Colonist left Napier for this port via Poverty Bay on the 19th instant. The screw steamer Star of the South arrived in harbour this morning from Napier, via the Thames. She landed 300 sheep at the Thames, and 040 at the Tamaki on her way up, The barque Joliba will be taken over to the North Shore to be put upon the slip as soon as the weather moderates. The ketch Eagle, from Eussell, with 50 tons coal has entered at the Customs. The schooner Ariel has cleared for Eussell. Th screw steamer Southern Cross is anchored to west ward off the wharf, wind-bound.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :— £ s, d.

DIVIDEND. Union Sash & Door Co. 12i per cent. July 24 Tokatea .. .. 0 2 0 July 23 Bismarck & French Republic 4 0 July 24

MEETINGS TO' COME. Number One, Grahamstown, July 24 Celt, Insurance Buildings, Auckland. 2 p.m., July 24 Auckland Gas Company, Company's office, 2 p.m.,

July 24 Apollo, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 4 p.m. July 24 Auckland Whaling Company, Insurance Buildings,

Auckland, noon, July 25 El Dorado, Company's Office, Shortland street, Auck land, 3 p.m., July 25 Inverness, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m.

July 26 Californian, Grahamstown, July 28 Golden Calf, Grahamstown, July 26 Red, White, and Blue, Grahamstown, July 26 Lion, Grahamstown, July 26 Coliban, Grahamstown, July 20 Thames, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2 p.m.

July 29 Nonpareil, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m.

July 30 Morning Star, Grahamstown, July 30 Durham Ox, Grahamstown, July 30 American Eagle, Grahamstown, July 31 All Nations, Company's office, Shortland street,

2 p.m./ July 31 Little Anglo, Company s office, Wyndham streei Auckland, 4 p.m., July 31 Sunbeam, Grahamstown, August 5 Overland Roiite, Grahamstown, August 9

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET. If ails will Close as Under For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. and to-morrow &■

10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Royal Alfred, to-morrow atl p.m. For Napier and Gisborne, per Star of the South, to-

morrow, at 11 a.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Comerang, on Friday, 26th instant, at noon For Taranaki, Southern Provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Phcebe, on Saturday, 27th instant, at Per p.s.' Nebraska, on Thursday, Bth August, as For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign We^t Indies and Continent of Europe, via England, at 10.30 a.m. For United 11 Kingdom, via San. Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and news papers, at 9 a.m. Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of sixpence in addition to the postage will be received at this office till |11 a.m., and mail a^ent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. S. B. Biss. Postmaster.

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

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1872.

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

,Tn referring to the election of City Councillor, which yesterday took place, we have no intention of bearing down upon a defeated candidate. Mr Staines had quite as good a right as any other ratepayer to seek the suffrages of his fellow citizens. And although we can hardly believe that any other con sidered him to have any chance of success, it is possible that misled by the requisition, and the pretence of support presented to him, he may have thought that he could obtain admis sion to the City Council. But we cannot refrain from commenting on the evil of such a farce as that of yesterday being admissible in the conduct of civic affairs, and at the cost of citizens. Mr Staines is not so much to blame in this matter as those who encouraged him to come forward, and it is a pity that the Municipal Corporations Act does not contain a provision throwing the costs of such a senseless contest on the defeated candidate or his proposers. Such provision is not unusual, and by ordaining that a candidate who did not poll at least one-half tke number of votes polled by the successful candidate should contribute the amount of costs to which he had put the electors, a stop would be put to the practice of getting up contests for a " lark," or for the sake of the money to be spent in grog. The result of the poll yester day showed that the defeated can didate polled little over the one seventh of the number of votes obtained by the candidate elect, who made no effort whatever for his own return. This result shows that Mr. Staines was " sold" by his professed supporters, and we hope it will have the effect of making him take the sensible course of refraining from public affairs in future. The abolition of wards has had the effect of bringing the good sense of the whole city to bear on each election, and the small coteriea that formerly sent their represen tatives to vilify one another and disgrace the city in the City Board room have now their occupation gone. In the view of results it is impossible not to feel satisfaction in the abolition of the wards, and if ever the city is again divided into wards we trust that they will be of such extent as to utterly preclude the possibility of small cliques deciding elections. Differing as we have beea so materially from Mr. Staines, it affords us satis faction to be able to agree with him in one particular, and that is with respect to the ballot as at present carried out. He very correctly charac terised it as " a sham. It was not a true ballot. There was a corner of the ballot paper folded down, and under that corner was the number of the ratepayer's name on the Burgess Eoll. There was no protection in that system of voting. Those desiring to know who voted on one side or the other had only to look at the numbers, and then find the names on the roll opposite those numbers. It was a deception and a humbug." Truth is no less truth even though spoken by Mr Staines. The present system of ballot as carried out yester day is simply a sham. The defeated candidate of course attributed this to the Mayorjbut that is to be charged to the warm feelings of the candidate towards that official. The ballot was carried out in accordance with the Act. Every one knows that the first, in fact the only, principle in the ballot is secrecy. In the present system there is no absolute secrecy. Every Vote can be traced as clearly as in open voting, and whatever may be the other advantages, secrecy in therefore

wholly out of the question. We are not discussing whether secrecy_ in voting is good or bad, wise or foolish. But people should not be misled by the supposition that if their vote _is liable to prejudice their interests with their employers or others that vote cannot be discovered. The Returning Officer in the first place can see it. Then the ballot-papers may be the subject of judicial investigation, and may be produced in a court of justice and published in the daily papers. In gross stupidity we have taken up the rejected system of Victoria. In that colony, when ballotwasfirst introduced, the voting-papers were numbered. So far as we know there is no colony in the gi-oup save New Zealand in which the numbers are still retained. In proper ballot, thti Returning Office; 1 initials or stamps all the ballot papers with a uniform mark. On giving one of these to an intending voter he simply marks the name on the Burgess Roll to show that the ratepayer has voted. The Voter secretly effaces the name or names objected to, and fold ing the paper with the initials or official stamp exposed, deposits it in a glass ballot-box in the immediate presence of the Returning Officer. That is true ballot; that is secret voting. The numbers are not only useless but mischievous, and their con tinuance is but a remnant of the method according to which we have been accustomed to drag after all other places. However, numbers or no numbers, the result would have yes terday been all the same, but we do trust that this infringement of genuine freedom in voting will not be long per mitted to stultify a statute book which appears to intend protection to the voter.

Or all the wild engineering that it ever entered into the heart of man to con ceive we venture to say the most remai'kable specimen is at present to be witnessed at the back of Fort Britomart. A great yawning chasm of about ten feet wide and ever so deep has been cut in a line continuing with Custom-house street. At first sight it appears as if it had been intended to fill it up with nitro-glycerine or blast ing powder, and to blow the whole head into the sea. It has been scaffolded from bottom to top, but a great part of the bank has fallen in, and the plan seems altered. Now a stupendous wall three feet thick and made of loose dry rubble stones has been built plumb from the bottom, to be continued we presume to the top ; and as it could not stand alone, the clay is all being shovelled back and rammed down to keep it up. "We are told this is to drain the ground, which idea as an after thought reflects infinite credit on the ingenuity of the Engineer. There cannot "be a doubt that when the cutting is completed from Tort street to the Boil way depot the whole will come down with a bang, and half of Emily Place with it until the natural angle of rest or slope is found. If there is any one that wishes to see how four millions can be made to fly in this small country we recommend him co pay a visit to the rear of Fort Britomart, and we fearlessly assert that all doubts as to the feasibility of the thing will be solved. We feel an irrepressible curiosity to know who is the heaven-born genius that conceived and designed the job.

The Provincial Government Gazette, issued to-day, contains a proclamation de claring the Dog Nuisance- Act in force in the district of Hamilton We»t; notifica tions defining the boundaries of the Highway districts of Karaka, Waiuku, Pukekohe West, Mauku, and Pukekohe East, and of the first meeting of the rate payers of Pukekoho district, to bo held on July 29 ; also, of the election of chair men for the several District Boards- A notice is given of dissolution of partner ship of the late firm of Baker Brothers. There are also statements of mining com panies.

Mr Hoskin3 and Miss Colville have been so successful at the Thames that they have determined to renew their en gagement ; vre shall consequently not see them in Auckland for another week or so. Last evening they were announced to play the " Octoroon." Madamo Thereso and Mons. Schmidt, the celebrated dancers, are also performing at tho Theatre Royal with great success.

The- annual meeting of ratepayers of the Remuera Highway District was held yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, Mr A. Beveridge in the chair. After con siderable discussion of an animated nature a rate of one penny in the pound (sterling) was struck on the value to sell, and the following gentlemen elected trustees: Messrs J. S. Wilson, S. Y. Stevenson, J. Wrigley, George Crummer, and J. McKerras. Messrs William Morrin and R. H. Stevenson were appointed auditors. It was agreed to call a public meeting for the purpose of establishing a public school and bringing it in connection with the Education Board.

We beg to acknowledge the receipt from Dr Kenderdine of two pounds as a contribution to the fund being raised for Mrs Perston, the melancholy death of whose husband recently at the Thames has created so much sympathy. Any further contributions to the same object from those who can feel for suffering and distress we shall receive with thanks, and shall be glad to forward as well as the present amount through the Thames Ad vertiser for the object intended.

The Superior Court of Cincinnati has decided that an action will lie in favor of a married woman against a third person for enticing away and harboring her husband. The English case of " Lynch v. Knight was regarded as an authority on tke side of the wife.

We observe by the Post of 17th July that Professor Haselmayer has returned to Wellington, and was to appear that evening at the Odd Fellows' Hall, assisted by Mr J. Small, the " TJnfortunato Man.' It is unnecessary for us to say anything in favour of Mr Haselmaycr's entertain ment. The favour shown it on the Pro fessor's last visit here is an evidence of the opinion of the public regarding it. The re-appearance of our old friend, Joe Small, after a lengthened absence, will also be an attraction.

Journeymen bootmakers are informed that thoy can join the Auckland Journey men Bootmakers' Protection Society free until the first Monday in August.

Dr Carr will give an entertainment at the Forth Shore this evening, and to morrow at Otahuhu Hall. The Doctor by special request gave a second enter tainment at Onehunga last night, which was well attended and appreciated:

Tenders for laying down a gridiron for the Harbour Board will be received until half-past two o'clock on Thursday next.

An entertainment, consisting of songs and amateur acting, will be given this evening in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association.

Mr C. B. Edwards is about to obtain a transfer of license of the Army and Navy hotel to J. (x. Freer ; and Henry Abbott will apply to transfer his license of the Waitemata hotel to C. B. Edwards.

The Wellington Post, of the 11th inst., says : —" At twelve o'clock to-day we were enabled by the smartness of Greville's Auckland agent to issue an extra con taining the first press telegrams forwarded from England over the South Australian trans-continental line. Notwithstanding the formation of Mr Voxel's Press Association we and the other evening papers in the colony have been enabled to forestall tho morning newspapers by some hours. As upon this occasion, so in the future, we trust to be in a position to place our readers in possession of the very latest intelligence notwithstanding the fact that evening newspapers have been excluded from the Treasurer's " Press Ring."

They do things wholesale in America. The San Francisco CJironicle reports that six hundred bars of base bullion havo been received at Los Angeles from the Cerro Gordo Smelting Works.

A San Francisco paper says : —" Mrs Fisk will erect a l? 50,000 monument over the late lamented. Josie Mansfield does not contribute to that extensive Fisk monument. She furnished the corpse."

Miss Aitken will appear to-morrow evening at the Onehunga Institute, assisted by Madame Moller and Mr Reid.

We extract the following from a letter signed " Takana" : —" On looking over the manifest at the Custom-house yester day 1 see the name of H. Thompson did reach thi3 port by the Nebraska on 23rd May."

By the Star of the South,'which arrived to-day, we have received files of Napier papers to the 18th, but they contain nothing of interest to our readers.

The quarterly meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association took place last night at the rooms, Wellesley street. The treasurer and the library sub •com mittee brought up the usual reports show ing the financial position of the Associa tion, and the progress made during the quarter. Some 351 books have been added to the library by purchase,, and by dona tion 39—total, 390. The previous quarter 150 volumes per month were issued ; at present the rate is nearly SOO volumes. The subscribers' list ha 3 been swollen by the addition of 240 new subscribers, 52 of whom are for 20s. and 188 for 10s. a year. Owing to the improvements made in the periodical literaturo in the reading room the evening attendance has .been quadrupled. During no previous course of lectures has the attendance been so good as during tho present series, the re ceipts being largely in excess of any pre vious year, and tho average attendance from 350 to 400,

At the District Court to-day the schedules of mining companies were under consideration. Judgment has been de ferred.

This morning it was agreed by the District Court Judge that Saturday next would be the last day upon which the appeal in tho case Moller v. Casey and others (the famed regatta suit) would be heard.

At the desire of a fine manly little fellow, Aroliie McKay, one of the runners of the Star, we are in quest of some one that has given him a half-sovereign in mistake for a sixpence. He thinks he got ifc in Edwards-street, or Wakefield street, or possibly in Symond's-street, be tween Mount-street and Wakefield street. The little fellow, who is nine years old, has shown a principle that we trust will animate him during lifo, and wo do not hesitate to say that if wo had been the loser of the half-sovereign we should pat him on the head, and say : " You're a good little fellow Archie, you may keep the money." The money, how ever, is in our hands awaiting the rightful claimant.

A " Passenger" is surprised that he and others were " allowed to land so soon from the Nebraska considering the fero city of small-pox at the Sandwich Islands, there being thirty-eight cases in eight weeks at Honolulu." We »ympathise with a passenger, and greatly regret- that ho was not sent to Motu Ihi. He has not forwarded his name in confidence, however, so that we might compare it with tko passenger list. We pre»ume he takes us to be very verdant.

The London Mat says th at the shoe maters do not come out well at all in the Metropolitan police return of the trade or occupation of persons taken into custody during the year 1871. In fact the cobblers are prominent in all the lists of crime. In the simple larceny lists the shoemakers win by fire ; that is to say there are 105 pilfering cobblers to 100 robbing sailors. In the common assault programme the shoemakers take the second honours, being beaten this time by the sailors by twenty-four votes ; and in the drunk and disorderly catalogue shoemakers are in the first five. Sailors and shoemakers fairly divide the honours in petty crimi nality, and the soldiers are literally nowhere,

The monthly meeting of the Auckland Institute was held last evening in the Museum buildings, Colonel Hauitam in the chair. A paper was read by Mr Kirfc on the " Botany of the Taupo District. Several additions have been made to tlie library. The Secretary read the names of new membersas follows : Mr McDonald, Mr Hig«nnson, 0.E., Mr Floy, electrician.

A meeting of shareholders of the Fanny Gold Mining Company was held yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, at the Queen s Ferry hotel, Mr John Cox in the chair. Owing to the paucity of attendance the meeting was adjourned until to-morrow at the same time and place.

The Wellington Post say :—" Whatall our attempts at Permissive and Licensing legislation have failed to procure Messrs Brogden's navvies have succeeded in obtaining for us. These men of " thews and sinews" who were landed yesterday successfully proved the intoxicating effects of our local industry beer, and were generally in so foggy a state at an early hour last evening that many publicans closed at the abnormally early hour of ten. To-day the Kangatira was to have conveyed to Picton those desirable acquisitions to our labouring population, but great difficulty was experienced in getting them on board. The blandishments of Messrs Brogden's employees were lavished upon them, but " bone and muscle " declined altogether to leave the paradise of Wellington for the gehenna of Picton. Wo sooner were the men shep herded carefully on board by one prang way than they carefully absconded by another, to be "re-caught, re-shipped, and to again vanish by a promptly extem porised outlet. After a considerable amount of coaxing and persuasion the greater portion of those who had found their way on shore were got on board the ■Rangatira, which then went off to the Schiehallion for those who remained an board, sailing for Picton at half-past two.

The 17th June was the twenty-sixth anniversary of the accession of Pius IX. He has now reigned longer than any of his predecessors, and in doing so has dis honoured a tradition as old as the Papacy itself—that it would bo given to no Pope to equal in the Pontifical Chair the days of Peter.

A correspondent sends us a poem ending with the following stanza : I held her softly by the arm, M\ gentlfi blue-eyed Kate : She said, lot go you pesky fool, You hurt niy vaccinate. A meeting of the members of the Prince Alfred Light Horse Troop of Cavalry Volunteers will take place to-morrow at Fort Britomart.

The Post says: —"As a proof of the credit in which the Christchurch Corpora tion bonds are held," the Press notes " that for the £4,500 worth of debentures issued under the City of Christchurch Loan Act, tenders were received by the City Council for £0,400, £300 of which was at 3 per cent premium. £B,GOO at par, and £500 at 15 per cent discount. This is the second issue of debentures made by the City Council under the powers of the act."

The Sydney Illustrated News in refer ring to the opening of Java cable says : — " While on this topic we may as well glance over the pretty little squabble which recently took place between the proprietors of the Herald and the gentle man owing the Empire and Evening News with respect to future Anglo- Australian Press telegrams. Notwith standing the fact that several columns of newspaper correspondence, and at least half-a-dozen leaders arose out of the matter, the gist of it may be given in a very few sentences. In the first place, the Herald and Argus, who had been for some time previously acting in co-operation under the title of the " Australian Associated Press," purchased from the celebrated English and Con tinental telegraphist, Mr Renter, the sole right to all telegrams hereafter to be sent by him to these colonies. Having thus secured a monopoly they are now in a position "to dictate terms to the other journals of the colonies, and hence the correspondence that we have just men tioned. The Herald started the combat by informing the Empire of the arrange ments made by itself and the Argus with Reuter, and offering to share its advan tages with the first-named journal for a consideration of £COO a month, to be paid each time in advance. The reply of the Empire was that, provided the Evening News (a journal -which, as most people know, is the only rival the Herald stands in fear of), was allowed to parti cipate in the goods things offered, it would willingly fall in with the arrange ment. This, the Herald objected to, pointing out that it could only deal with morning contemporaries, and inviting a further and more careful consideration of the matter. The Empire, though for obvious reasons, stuck to its resolution ; and the upshot ef the affair is that that journal has sent a representative to the old country with instructions to treat with some European telegraphic agent other than the great Eeuter. Meanwhile, the edifying verbal battle between Messrs Fairfax and Bennett has been, revived ; and a considerable amount of acerbity is being shewn by both parties.

JOSH BILLINGS.

The Meddo Mole. —The meddo mole iz either a small rat, or a big mouse, I don't kno which. They hay some soft, silken fur, and dig in the ground for a living. They kan bore a hole in the ground faster than a 2 inch ougur kan, and kan travel klea akro«t a 10 aker lot in one night, and never cum once tew the surface. They don't hay enny eyes, but see with their ears, and kan see more without seeing anything than any rat in Amerika. How a meddo mole kan see with their ears iz one ov natur's misterys, and natur luvs misterys, it iz the mittorys of natar that makos mankind respektiul. If natur showed all the kards she held in her hands, enny body would think they could boat her. But natur makes us guess at about one-half we know, and then laffs at us in her sleeve bekause we don't get it right. I don't kno whether meddo moles are an accredited artiklo of diet or not, i never hay seen their names registered on enny bill ov fare in our grate hotels spelt in English, but thare iz bo much meat fixings with French and Dutch names on the bills that they may he thar.. I don't kno how meddo moles are spelt in Dutch. A meddo mole mite eat fust rate in Dutch, and be kuiasid common vittles in English,

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

We arc glad to sec that a vigorous effort has been promptly commenced by tlio new committee of the Mechanics' Institute for effecting radical changes in connection with that establishment, It riM^[ .be almost said that there is but one opis?ion on the subject of the unsuitableness of t.^e present site of the institution, and the^ requisite steps are being taken to obtain an Act empowering the sale or lease of the present site and buildings, preparatory to active steps toward procuring a build ing, and on a site worthy of the literary and scientific institution of the city. The following is a copy of a memorial now in course of signature, addressed to the House of Representatives, and we hope that it will receive the signature of every adult in this city :

To the Honourable the House of Representa tives of the Colony of New Zealand in Parliament assembled : —

The memorial of the undersigned citizens of Auckland respectfully sheweth— That a Crown grant No. 63a, date August 15, 1843, was issued in granting a site to the Mechanics' Institute, to be used by them for. the purposes of the said institute, which pur poses were defined to be the diffusion of know ledge among the inhabitants of Auckland. That the growth of the city has rendered the site unsuitable for the purposes of the Institute, and it is considered by the members desirable to sell or lease the land and build ings, and to appropriate the proceeds more effectively to the purposes for which the Institute was founded. The terms of the orown grant, preclude such sale or lease even should an opportunity offer of doing so for purposes more suitable than that to which the building is now appropriated. _ Your petitioners therefore pray that their case may be taken into the consideration of your Honorable House, and that an Act may be framed so varying the trust that the land and buildings may be sold or leased under such safeguards as your Honorable House may think necessary to ensure the proceeJs being appropriated in accordance with the inteat of the original trust. And your petitioners will ever pray. For the information of those desirous of knowing the terms on which the land was conveyed to trustees " for the purpose of promoting the diffusion of useful know ledge among the inhabitants" of Auckland, we append a copy of the original Crown grant. Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defenders of the Faith and so forth.

Charle3 Waybrow Ligar, Q-eorge Augusta Bennett, Charles Babington Brewer, William Brown, Alexander Black. To all to whom these presents shall come greeting. Whereas an Association has been formed in the town of Auckland under the title of the " Auckland Mechanics' Institute," for the purpose of promoting the diffusion of useful knowledge among the inhabitants thereof. Now know ye that in aid of the objects of the said Association we for us our heirs and suc cessors do hereby grunt unto Charle3 Waybrow Ligar, George Augustus Bennett, Charles Babington JBre-sver, William Brown and Alexander Black, of Auckland, New Zealand, their executors, administrators, and assigns all that allotment or parcel of land in our said territory containing by admeasurement one rood and nine perches more or less situated in the town of Auckland, Parish of Waitemata, County of Eden, being tha western half of allotment No. t'wenby-six of section No. four. Bounded on the northwest by Chancery street one hundred and sixty-four links on the north-east by allotment No. twenty-five two hundred and thirteen links on the south-east by the remaining parts of same allotment, one hundred and twenty-nine links, and on the south-west by allotment No. twenty-seven, two hundred and fifty-three links, containing one rood and nine perches more or less, with all the rights and appurtenances whatsoever thereto belonging. To hald unto the said Charles Waybrow Ligar, George Augustus Bennett, Charles Babington Brewer, William Brown, and Alexander Black, their executors, administrators, and assigns from the first day of August last for and during the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, if the said 'Association shall so long continue to exist upon trust to permit the said allotment or parcel of land to be used as a site for the erection of a Mechanics' Institute, and to be hereafter appropriated and used for the pur poses of the said Institution.

In testimony whereof we hare caused this our grant to be sealed with the seal of our said territory.

Witness —Our trusty and well-beloved Willoughby Shortland, Esquire, the officer administering the G-overnrnent of our said territory und its dependencies at Government House, Auckland, in New Zealand, aforesaid, this fifteenth day of August, in the seventh year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundrod and forty-three: (Signed) WiiiiiOTxaHßY Shoetland.

DISTRICT COURT.

THIS DAY. [Beforo Thomas Beckham, Esq., Districb Court Judge.] A sitting of tliis Court was held at 10*30 this morning for the purpose of determin ing the schedules of contributories in the following gold mining companies :— . THBIEVE CASTLE. Mr Rees for the Official Agent, This was an application to vary the order previously made in favour of one William Kelly. It was stated by counsel for the Official Liquidator that there were not sufficient grounds to warrant the Court in reopening this case ; so that, under the circumstances, no costs would be asked. —Withdrawn accordingly. ffOLBEN CEOWN EXTENDED. Application to re-open the company's schedule. One objector to the application appeared upon the list, namely, Ernest Bucholz. He was represented by Mr Hesketh. Mr Rees conducted the case on behalf of the Official Agent, and entered into an elaborate explanation of the course neces sary to be adopted by him in pursuance of the terms of the Act of IS7O. His pleading seemed to hinge principally upon the sth section of the Act cited, and assumed more the shape of interrogation for the other side to answer, thereby giving plenty of scope for the exercise of legal talent, and the waging of war in earnest (in a forensic view). Mr Rees replied. It was then resolved to take what evidence could be adduced, and leave the decision for consideration, the remaining cases to stand or fall by the present one.

Mails for Melbourne, &c, will close at the Bluff at two o'clock to-morrow affcer -1 oon,

TELEGRAPHIC.

! [rrtoM our own cobrespondent.]

Moanatairi Crushing from New Leader.

x Caledonian—Timbering. V G-BAHAMST The MoanafcnVr ,% /* from the new leader, •;. amalgam equal to twen^ gold, The Caledonian have not taken out any more picked atone or specimens, The men are at present engaged in timbering up and filling the stopes. There is no change.

WELLINGTON.

J uJy 22, 2 p.m. At a meeting of Groldfield members to-day it was agreed to bring forward a measure to reduce the gold duty by Gd per ounce for this year, and a further Gd each succeeding year. This is O'Neill's motion, moved last last year and negatived. July 23. The Keera sailed for "W anganui and the Manukau last night.

CORRESPONDENCE.

[We are not responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. 1

GREEN HARP.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab. Mb. Editob, —There has been nothing in the papers of late but Green Harp and small pox. Wishing to be a public benefactor I think it is my duty to inform the public thafe I have opened a workshop in High street, where I shall be most*happy to see any one wanting jewellery made or repaired. There is no small-pox or Green Harp 3on the premises.—One who is not afraid to sign his name, F. H. LiWissoN.

COURT OF PETTY SESSION'S.

THIS DAY. Before Messrs. Joseph May (chairman), J. S. Macfarlane, and T. Cheesenian. The usual monthly sittings of the Court of Petty Sessions were held this morning at the Courfc-house, High street, and the following cases disposed of: — DEtT]S TKEK-Is TESS. Thfee persons were fined the usual penalty for common drunkenness. ■ DISOEDEELY AND VIOLENT BEHAVIOTTE. Charles Brown, charged with behaving in the public street in a manner calculated to provoke a breach of the peace, pleaded guilty, and was fined 5s and costs, with the alternative of 24< hours' imprisonment. Ellen Mahoney was then charged with unlawfully and violently assaulting Mary Ana Yeoman on the 20th inst. By the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had assaulted the prosecutrix, an old woman, who admitted keeping a house of ill-fame where the prisoner used to reside previous to her sojourn at the Stockade; The assault aro3e out of a dispute between the parties in the matter of an old debt for board and lodging, the prosecutrix refusing to, give up some clothes belonging to the prisoner until the debt was paid. In reply to questions from the Bench the prosecutrix said that she had five girls living at her house until yesterday. A girl livingnextdoor to prosecutrix's brotn c proved witnessing the assault. . r«g Tha Bench—How do you live ? "- i!^ Witness—l work for my living. ;^° The Bench — That is not-answering my question. Witness—How do I live ? I am a dress maker. A witness, called by the prisoner, contradicted the evidence for the prosecution. The Bench—Are you not yourself in the " fancy man" lice ? Witness—Oh no, your Worship- The Bench—Where do you live ? Witness—l am boarding at the same house with the prisoner. The Bench—The Bench do not consider it is a case to convict; it considers that the com plainant is as bad as the defendant. The case is therefore dismissed. TTNMCENSED DOG-. Robert McCullagh pleaded ignorance to the law in a charge of neglecting to register his dog. The Bench—You ought to have known the law ; you arc fined Is and costs. Defendant—Your Worship, I have not the means, and I don't intend paying it. Usher of the Couvj;—Stand down,

THE EVENINO BTAB, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 18W.



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J CATER (late Crombie's) ROYAL • FINE AET PHOTOGEAPHIC GALLEEY, Queen street, Auckland, has much pleasure in inform iag 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 an Experienced Operator, feels warranted in stating that 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.O. begs to announce that his arrangements for taking Instantaneous Portraits of Children are now complete TjIINAL NOTICE. Eelinauishing Business. E. HOBBS 1 LAST SHIPMENT OF DEAPERY & CLOTHING (with the exception of 3 cases Horrocks' Long-cloth fefcthe Celestial Queen) having arrived in the Helenslee are now being marked off At Clearing-out Prices. THE BLANKETS (slightly damaged, but no worse) are being sold at a sacrifice and are worthy of atten tion. The Choicest and Cheapest Assortment of Boys' and Youths' Clothing That we have ever opened, from the celebr ed house of K. & H. Pabnali, & Co., London. Also, Gents' and Boys' and Youths' Water prooi Cloth Overcoats and Pilot and Winter Coats, In alljthe Newest Shapes. R. HOBBS! J



NEAL'S SAUCES, PICKLES, CHUTNEY. —Those preparations are highly rocommended on account of their perfect freedom from adulteration, and the zest they impart to the appetite They are most extensively consumed m the South, and a number of testimonials have been re ceived from Medical men and others testifying to their perfect wholesomeness. NEAL'S OniENTAL PIOKLES Neal'k Chutney Neal's New Zkalasd Sauce Purely local manufactures. Retail of all Grocers; Wholesale Agents, B. TON X S & CO. r\LSON'S TOMATO SAUCE.. This Sauce has now been sufficiently long in the market to stand the test of public opinion, and it is gratifying to the manufacturer to be enabled to state that he is constantly receiving testimonials as to its worth It is an excellent tonic, and for persons Ot delicate appetite a wineglass-full before meals is oi ' immense benefit; and for children, when used in the place of sugar or jam, it is invalvable in many ways. Sold everywhere. Please observe that the makei s name is on label, and stamped on and stoppei. One shilling 1 5er_dozon^aidJor£QtttrnedbotttM. ~Fc)w"& MOTION'S PRICES JU CURRENT. WHOLESALE. » s- «• Superfine Flour, Silk-drossed, per ton of Q Q New Mills Brand, Silk-dressed, per ton q wli otMeai;pertonofiooo Ib V. 15 0 0 Seconds Flour, per ton oi 2,000 1b .. 10 0 0 Sharps, per ton of 2,000 lb .. .. «0 0 Bran, per bushel of 201b Sir Maize/per bushel of 00 lb .. .. 04 0 Oats, per bushel of 401b ~ .. .. 03 0 T\X O W PUBLISHED. Tho July Number of THE NEW ZEALAND PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE. To be had of Mr E. Wavte, Stationer, Aueklaud,



[adteetisement. ] WILLIAMS V. MESSENGER. To the Editor of the Evening Stas. SIE, —This action has caused great comment in public circles, and nineteen out of every twenty persons tell me they cannot understand it, the newspaper reports being so mystified. I think, too, it would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer to understand it. It puzzles me no less to understand the cause of Williams taking the first foolish step (sueing me), when he well knew I never had any business transactions with him. For that reason, and no other, did I refuse to give him a deed as having sold him my property. I never did acknowledge Williams in the matter; I could not. But had Garlick come forward lika a man, and told me ha had neglected putting his name on the Company's books for a few days, and that in the meantime some one else had taken the shares off, I could have seen at once how I ought to act, and would have set to work and assisted him to get his property. But a third party being forced upon me, and Garlick never so much as speaking one word to me on the matter, made it appear in my eyes very much like a trap, and particularly as both men -were share brokers. I had no confidence in them, and preferred being dragged to Court to doing that which I i bought wrong. I acted ac cording to the dictates of my own conscience, for how could 1 sell to one man in Septem ber and to another in October the same property without knowing I was doing wrong ? And even had I given Williams & transfer I cannot see how he could have beea benefited, because a matter like this cannot be smothered in the dark, it must all be brought to the light; and if put on my oath by the Company I should most assuredly swear I sold to Garlick. Then what right had WiUiams to sue me ? It is very likely ha bought these shares of Garlick, and they both, for the saving of half-a-crown, neglected regis tering them, and finding themselves in a dilemma thought to take a short cut at me, as Mr Williams has frequently said he knew he had taken wrong steps, but he did not like to go against a brother broker. —I am, &c, A Victim (W. J. Messenger).