SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 5.58 HIGH WATER: This afternoon, 4.10

ARRIVALS.

Rangatira. s.s., Renner, from Southern ports Swallow, schooner, from Mercury Bay Mary Ellen, schooner, from Mercury Bay

DEPARTURES.

Clyde, schooner, for Wangarei Comerang, p.s. Chrisp, for Russell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Eor Waikato and Wanganui: St. Kilda, s.s., Tuesday For Napier : Star of the South, s.s., Monday For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, 3rd October For London : Countess of Kintore and City of Auck-

land, ships, early For Sydney, and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s.,

Ist October For New York : Mary Nelson, Ist October ; Wm

Prowse, and Coronilla, barques, early For East Coast : Colonist, schooner, to-day For AVhitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki : Southern

Cross, s.s., to-day For Tauranga and Southern ports: Rangatira, s.s., Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2 Robert Henderson, ship, from London. Sailed 23rd

June Glenlnvntlev. ship, from London. Sailed 7th July Queen Bee," ship, from London. Sailed, 19th July Gladiateur, barque, from Liverpool. Loading Nevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu Ayr, barque, from the Mauritius Coronilla, barque, from Newcastle Prince Alfred, schooner, from Sydney Albion, brig, from Newcastle Coronet, brigantine, from Oamaru. Sailed Sept. 13 Southern Cross, schooner, from Norfolk Island Lady Anna, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept 20 Lady Emma, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. IS Sylphide, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. IS Lalla Rookh, brig, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. 19 Union, brig, from Adelaide Energy, schooner, from Dunedin Derwent, brig, from Sydney Onward, schooner, from Lyttelton Polar Star, ship, from New York.H Sailed 10th July

The s.s. Rangatira arrived yesterday evening from Napier and the South with six saloon passengers and seventy-eight Immigrants, ex Ballarat, from London. This steamer will leave for Southern ports on Monday next.

The schooner Golden Isle has cleared out wards for Russell, in ballast, and will leave to-night. The schooner Janet Gray has cleared out for Wangapoa. The schooner Cambria has cleared in bal last for Wangaroa. The schooner Colonist has cleared out wards for the East Coast with a full general cargo and four female passengers. She Avill leave this afternoon.

The s.s. Southern Cross Avill take her de parture at four o'clock to-day for Tauranga and the coast with a general cargo and ten passengers. The Flora Macdonald arrived at Ohehunga to-day from Raglan, Avith 12 bales flax, 32 do. tow, A. Barnes; 46 pkgs , Hunter ; 2 hides, and 2 boxes bacon, order. The cutter Dante arrived at Onehunga this morning Avith 32 bales flax for Mr Buckland.

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the Customs' returns for the past week:—Duties, £3,968 13s 8d ; light dues, £8 Os 3d ; merchants' shipping fees, £5 13s 9d ; arms fees, £1 13s ; miscel laneous, £5 8s 6d ; pilotage and port charges, £77 12s; total, £4,067 Is 2d; less refund, £1 9s 6d ; nett, £4,065 lis Bd.

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

MEETINGS TO COME.

Prince Imperial, Insurance Buildings, Auckland'

3 p.m., 30th September Moanatairi Union, Company's office, Shortlandstreet, Auckland, 3 p.m., 30th September Watchman, Grahamstown, Ist October Beehive, Grahamstown, 4th October Californian, Grahamstown, 4th October Sunbeam, Grahamstown, Bth October Working Miners, Coromandel, 9th October

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails will Close as Under For Napier, per Star of the South, this day, at 5 p.m. For Thames, on Monday, at 10.30 a.m., and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Monday, at 10.30 a.m. For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern provinces, per Rangatira, on Monday, at 2 p.m. For AVanganui, AVellington, Canterbury, and Otago,

per St. Kilda, on Monday, at 8 a.m. For Tairua, per Janet Grey, on Monday, at 2 p.m. For Samoa, per Kenilworth, on Tuesday, Octobar 1,

at 2 p.m. For Taranaki and Wansanui, per Go-Ahead, on

Monday, at noon. For Whitianga, per Mary Ellen, on Monday, at 4 p.m. Per p.s. Nebraska, October 3, asunder: — For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a.m. For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. For money orders and registered letters and newspapers, at 9 p.m. Ai. Late letters for United states of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage, wiU be received at this office till 11 a.m., and by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing. S. B. Biss, Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Burnand.—On September 27, at her residence, Wyndham strest, the wife of Mr T. Burnand of a daughter

MARRIAGES.

Harper — Given. —On September 25, at St. Andrew's Church, by the Rev. D. Bruce, Mr James Harper, of Hamilton, AVaikato, to Miss Catherine Jane Given, eldest daughter of Mr James Given, Pollock Settlement

Patterton—Mears.—On September 25, at the resi dence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. W. C. Oliver, W. A. Patterson, late of Belfast, Ireland, to Martha, eldest daughter of the late A. Mears, Esq., Mount Eden, Auckland.

DEATH.

Scott.—On September 28, at her residence, Wakefield street, Mrs Alice Scott, eldest daughter of Thomas John McMannus, aged 22 years

The funeral will take place at four p.m. To morrow (Sunday). Friends please accept this in vitation

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

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1872.

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

It would be contrary to all right feeling to exult even in the least over the defeat of Mr Staines in his candidature for the Pro vincial Council. But we cannot allow the event to pass without referring to the folly and impropriety of these needless contests. It is not the candidate himself that is most to be blamed, although he might long ago have seen that he was being made a fool of. Whatever may be Mr Staines' faults he is not regarded generally as being verdant, and yet it seems inexplicable that he has not seen what every one else has seen, that a lot of low fellows have been sponging on him while laughing at him in their sleeves ; and striving to place him in positions where he may be come the butt of ridicule. He admitted yesterday that he had now seen this, and while he was expressing his regret at this, and saying that he had been misled by the lies of those who had promised to support him, the majority of whom he believed '' had turned out to be lying hypocrites" — numbers of those who had been his professed supporters stood around him laugh ing at him to his face, We hope the lessons

of this will not be lost on him. He has been

dilpcd, and thoso who have egged him on, far rather than himself, are deserving of the public reprobation. Aud if he will only kindly furnish us with a complete list of the " Eagamuffins," by which term we under stand all those who signed his requisition or promised him their support, we shall be happy to proclaim them on the housetop, hold them up one by one before the public gaze and flay them to the bone with the lash of honest criticism. They made a fool

of him, and he may have the pleasure of seeing them wriggling under the punishment that their sins deserve. But we cannot avoid expressing the hope that Mr .Staines

■will never attempt to enter public life again. It cannot be happy for himself, and Auck land will not have it. Let him, for his own comfort and peace, remain in the quiet paths of private life. Nobody will molest him there, and if the City Council touch his pots and pans, or talk about his barrows fright ening horses, we shall light the Council for him, and wont let any body lay a linger on him. But if ho comes forward again to enter public life as representative of his fellow-citizens we must, however painful to our feelings, roP our pealing thunders at him, and repel his approach. Let him not suppose it is from any unkindly feelings towards him, but Auckland has strode many leagues ahead since the time when George Staines appro priately represented its public life and gave

expression to its aspirations

" Ragga

muffinism " is no longer an institution and a power in Auckland, and in all our insti tutions we are becoming painfully respect able. Old things have passed away, and all things have become new, and Mr Staines and all his congeners are "old things;" there fore they should pass—not, indeed, away, for Aye should be sorry to miss the dear old familiar face, but they should retire into the

more congenial sphere of private life

In another column will he found a brief telegram of the Financial Statement. It is given in detail in our morning contempora ries. As was anticipated by everybody, Mr Gillies shows the colonial bark close on the breakers on the lee shore of insolvency. It is very sad —very. But we can only take comfort in the fact becoming every day more evident that the craft will soon lie placed in other hands.

The following notification appears in a New Zealand Gazette published on the 18th of September : —"His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following ap pointments, dating from the 10th instant, viz. : — The Honorable Edward William Stafford to be Premier ; the Honorable Wil liam Fitzherbert, C.M.G., to be Secretary for Crown Lands and Immigration ; the Honorable Henry Sewell to be Colonial Sec retary ; the Honorable Thomas Bannatyne Gillies to be Treasurer ; the Honorable Donald Reid to be Minister of Public "Works ; the Honorable Oswald Curtis to be Commis sioner of Customs, Commissioner of Stamp Duties, Postmaster-General, and Telegraph Commissioner. (By command.) HENRY D. Pitt, Captain R.A., Private Secretary."

We beg to acknowledge receipt of Nos. 17 and IS of Hansard from the Government Printer, also a number of papers, amongst Avhich are the Financial Statement of the ex- Ministry and Public Works Statement; ac count of the expenditure of moneys raised under the Immigration and Public Works Loan Act, 1870 ; statement of bank bal ances, tables, and further papers relative to the San Francisco Mail Service, and other routes ; papers relative to the preparation of the phormium fibre ; comparative return of wool exported ; report on the Government Printing Department ; papers relating to the introduction of salmon ova ; papers relating to the construction of roads in the North Island, and others papers.

An extraordinary meeting of the share holders of the Nonpareil Goldmining Company was held in the large room of the New Zealand Insurance Buildings yesterday after noon. About one hundred and twenty-five shareholders were present. The chair was occupied by Mr Stovin. Mr Cook gave a complete history of the contentions Avhich had disturbed the peace of the shareholders, and said that a meeting for the purpose of amicably settlmg the points at issue between them had been held. Mr Cook proposed four gentlemen to act as Thames directors. Mr Sommerfield asked if the minutes were to be confirmed, that being the business before the meeting. On the minutes being put to the meeting eleven hands were held up for their confirmation, and tAvelve against them. The motion was thus lost by one vote. Mr Scott intimated that the Thames directors had promised to resign, and he thought the Auckland directors should do the same. The Auckland directors had given in their resignations. Mr Scott proceeded to remark that the shareholders would notice by the advertisement that there were four classes of business to transact, which might be speedily despatched, and the dissension cease. It would, he considered, be necessary to elect directors and to alter the rules. The resigna tion of the directors Avas accepted. Mr Cook then proposed, "Messrs C. S. Brown, John Brown, Louis Ehrenfried, and A. Anthony, as Thames directors." After some remarks by Mr Greenaway the question of electing the gentlemen proposed as directors was put, and carried unanimously. The remaining business of the meeting consisted in revising and altering some of the rules, Avhich Avere made without opposition.

The s.s. Rangatira arrived from Napier last evening Avith seventy-eight immigrants, who came from England in the Ballarat, and formed the Auckland portion of her passen gers. The immigrants may be engaged according to priority on application at the Albert Barracks.

Yesterday was appointed for nominating a candidate for the office of city auditor in the place of Arthur W. Fleming, who has passed from our shores. Up to four o'clock only two candidates, Messrs John Waymouth and Samuel Wells, had been nominated. The election will take place in the course of next week,

The majority of the ratepayers of the suburban portion of Mount Albert Highway district held a preliminary meeting at the Eden Vine hotel on Thursday evening, when it was resolved to take into consideration the recent action of the Mount Eden Highway Board relative to the proposed annexation of a certain portion of this district to the Mount Eden district j also to call immediately a public meeting of all the ratepayers so affected or likely to be so affected by that change, in order to elicit an expression of their opinions. The proposed meeting is to take place on the last day of "the present month,

We exceedingly regret to learn that Cap tain Casey has refused to give anything whatever to the fund being raised for tho widow and family of the late Mr Cazali. We cannot think that Captain Casey has given thought to this, and we still think we shall hear differently.

We would direct the attention of our readers to the notice of our intended publica tion—the Auckland Almanac for 1873. The necessity for the starting of this annual has been forced on us by the want of a reliable almanac for the province. We need not refer to this matter further than by quoting an extract from the circular issued by Mr Chapman since wc announced our inten tion. Preferring to the tide-tables in a previous issue of his almanac, he says that these " having been placed in the hands of a gentleman professing to have a know ledge of the calculations have turned out very inaccurate." Of the mischief and an noyance caused by such errors it is needless to speak. We can guarantee to the public an Almanac in which the calculations will not be inaccurate We purposely refrain from indicating tlie specialities of our new Al manac, inasmuch as Aye do not Avish our ideas to be pirated by others, and Aye con tent ourselves by saying that the advance of Auckland requires something differing from the humdrum state of tilings with which people Avere contented in the past, and that our almanac will exemplify the change.

The steamer St. Kilda will not leave the Manukau until Tuesday, Ist proximo.

The time of sailing of the s.s. Star of the South has been altered to Monday, the 30th inst., at twelve o'clock.

From another column it will be seen that on Tuesday evening next the third of the series of lectures will lie delivered at the Mechanics' Institute by Mr James BroAvne. The subject is " Reminiscences of a Colonial Journalist," than which there is not in the compass of words one more pregnant with strange histories. Few have peeped behind the scenes of the editoral sanctum, or know what the animal in that den could tell if he opened bis mouth. Newspaper life is life per se ; there is none other like unto it or to be compared therewith. The lecturer has had some quarter of a century of journalistic experiences from the editorial chair all doAvn the ladder and up again ; and as he is one of the raciest writers in the colony, and speaks and writes with great irreverence, we venture to say that Tuesday evening will furnish one of the spiceyest treats presented for many a day.

At Newton Kirk, to-morrow, the subjects announced are : "Growth in the Knowledge of God," and "Hearts in Heaven, and the Hidden Life."

The subject of the Rev. Warlow Davies's disco"r«c to-morrow evening, in the Congre gational Church, Albert - street, will lie: " Reflections suggested by the Heath of Mr Cazali," the offerings of the hearers to be given to the widow and family of the deceased.

The services at the City Hall to-morrow, by the Rev Samuel Edger, 8.A., will be :— In the morning : " Lowliness," illustrated by Christ's washing the Disciples' feet ; and in the evening : '' Conscience."

The Lyttelton Times gives the following instance of the value of Life Assurance : —

" The life of a married woman was issued in the Government oflicc for one hun dred pounds ; being young, and in robust health, her life was taken at her age. One quarterly premium was paid, and before the next came due she was attacked by diphtheria, and and at the end of three days died. This occurred only a short time ago, and it is satisfactory to add that tlie widower has invested the £100 ill an endowment for his infant child."

We clip tbe following from the Auckland correspondence of the Hawkes Bay Herald: —"Several days before we heard that the late Government had resigned the telegraph clerks had it that, provided Mr Williamson became a Minister under Stafford, all the telegraph officials would get a rise in their salaries. Williamson has a son in the Tele graph department. Strange to say, the Herald, which is perpetually preaching re duction in the Civil Service, came out Avith a sub-leader in Avhich increase of salaries in the Post office and Telegraph department was strongly advocated. On the same day that the aforesaid sub-leader appeared a very drunken Irishman stood on Queen's Wharf. "Hallo, Pat," said another fellow, " what made you break the pledge ?" "Break de plidge, is it? Arrah ! Why wouldn't I ? Sure, isn't me frind William son goin' to be Shuper right out, whin the Queen makes Gillie 3de Governor. Hurroo ! Be me soavl, it's meself will vote for William son, more be token he would'nt dhrink Victo'rys hilth when we gave the Fanian dinner beyant there at the Tims." Trifles, these utterances, no doubt, but at any rate they sheAved some of us which way the wind blew days before the result reached us. The way in which Mr Swanson (40 per cent., Wally) voted surprised very few people. Honest, simple Wally ! Cannie, however ; let us see by-and-bye what his professions are worth."

We learn from the Coromandel Mail that the tramAvay from the Tokatea range down to Bennett's machine site is iioav rapidly approaching completion. The rails are fixed for the Avhole distance, and on Tuesday last tAVO of the trucks of the self-acting grades were sent up from the flat, and Avill in a very short time be placed in position, the frames being nearly ready to receive them. This tramway is certainly one of the best finished lines in the province, and, considering the extremely rough nature of the ground on Avhich it runs, the grades are not what might be called too steep. It is a very heavy undertaking, and plainly slioavs the amount of confidence Avhich the promoters of it possess in the district, as the outlay is very considerable. The prepara tions for the erection of the battery are progressing apace under the management of Mr Cunop, the contractor for the erection of the buildings, &c. The immense bed log which forms the foundation on which the stamper boxes will rest has been finally fixed and finished off, and the saAvyers are busy cutting timbers for the erection of the build ing as soon as possible. If the weather only continues fine progress will certainly be good, and ere many months we hope to see the Avhole thing in working order.

The Napier Telegraph states that the last ton of coal has been sold in Napier, and if householders run short before the brigantine Amherst arrives from NeAvcastle, N.S.W., they Avill have to burn wood if it can be pro cured. If not, chairs and tables must fur nish the necessary fuel for cooking purposes. It is but a short time ago every toAvn in New Zealand was suffering from a want of coal. It does appear extraordinary that Avhile ex tensive coal beds exist in the three Islands, the colony is almost dependent upon the mines of Australia.

From Swindon it is reported that a girl committed suicide by drowning in the Wilts and Berks Canal. When the body was reco vered the following letter Avas found in de ceased's pocket: — "My dear mother, —I have been and drowned myself because I would not stand to be put upon for nothing through illness. Please to meet me in Para dise. Your daughter, Louisa Long. Give my clothes to anybody. Amen,"

This morning an arrest was made upon a warrant by Detective Jeffrey, of Mr Josiah Prout, upon a charge of obtaining the sum of £95 by false pretences from Mr H. J. Meyers. The accused was admitted to bail —himself in the sum of £400, and two sureties of £200 each, which were im mediately tendered, and the accused set at 'liberty.

We find that some strong feeling is ex pressed against the jury on the late inquest for the harshness of their verdict. But as it appears that they merely followed the strong ruling of the coroner, they cannot be fairly blamed save for not exercising the discretion which still vested in them. Dr Phiison, as is known to every one that has come in contact with him, is utterly incapable of any harshness either of feeling or action, but he holds strong conscientious convictions as to the propriety of such verdicts. As bearing on this subject we make the following extract from '' Jer vis's Treatise on the Office and Duties of Coroners," and which defines the practice almost invariably followed. Referring to the causes contributing to the sudden in sanity which may prompt to suicide, the author enumerates, " violent passion, grief, fear, degradation, disappointment, * * * but from whatever cause proceeding, the victim of the delusion, whilst under the in fluence of this disorder, is, by ihe humanity of the TEnglish laws, excused from the criminal responsibility of his actions, and accountable for no offence committed during the frenzy."

We observe by official circular, issued by the Postmaster-General, that in future it will be optional for the public in New Zealand to send correspondence juv Prance by Brindisi oi- Marseilles, the French Post-office having made arrangements for conveying correspon dence by French packets between Alexandria and Marseilles at a lower charge.

As published in our second edition yester day the result of the poll in the election of a representative of City West in the Provincial Council showed Mr Prime, 256 ; Mr Staines, 138. Mr Prime was therefore elected with a majority of 118. The official declaration of the poll will be made on Tuesday next.

AYe perceive that Mount Albert Church will be opened to-morrow at half-past three o clock. The services will be conducted by the Bishop of Auckland. A collection will bo made in aid of the building fund.

lii our Thursday's issue we omitted to record in our bankruptcy report that William Christie, of Newton, stonemason, upon the motion of Mr George Rodgers, passed his last examination, aud obtained his discharge. Tho liabilities of bankrupt were set down at £115 ; no creditors proved.

The New Zealand Government Gazette notities the registration of a memorandum of association establishing the Auckland and North Shore Steam Ferry Company, Limited. Also, that a court will be held at Wellington on tlie IStli November next for the hearing and determining petitions for dissolution of marriages under section 60 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act of 1867, and also for the dispatch of all other business accruing under the said Act.

We have received the following charac teristic puzzle from a young lady signing herself " Minnie " :— " Sir : Can you, or any of your readers, give me a correct answer to the" following question '! —A young lady being asked how many beaus she had, replied : ' If I had as many more, half as many more, and 2h, I would have a score.' Hoav many had she '!" Tlie naughty girl ! If we Avere her mother we would lock her up and feed her on bread and water. And if we were Minnie we would cut her acquaintance.

A curious evasion of the licensing kiwis now practised at the Divan dancing saloon, in Melbourne. To comply with the Act they close up punctually at twelve, and turn every body out ; but at half-past twelve the doors are re-opened and dancing recoil? nences, being then kept up during pleasure. With reference to the former puzzle about the three gamblers, we ha\re received additional solutions from "Rab," " G," and "Anonymous," each giving the answer as £9 15s, £5 ss, and £3. A correspondent sends us a letter bearing on the subject of lectures, and signing his letter " Reason ;" but we regret to say that we fail to see either rhyme or reason in it. We do not see what the writer is driving at; but, as evidently its sting is in its tail, we give the concluding paragraph, though we cannot exactly see Avhat the writer would have. Surely he does not mean that a lecture should assume the form of a dialogue. He says "It is also obvious that there is no check to the lecturer's logic Avhile the modern system of denial to question is continued." "Polls Corbutt," Avhatever that may mean, desires, through the Star to incite the men on the railway Avorks to strike. He says that '' Collections could be made not only here, but at the Thames, Dunedin, Christchurch, AVellington aud Nelson." If our correspon dent really thinks so he must have a very limited knowledge of colonial life and its lessons. He will find, when longer in the colony, that life here has a tendency to make people mind their own business, and a colo nial invariably loves the principle that people should go through that remarkable and seem ingly impossible feat of " every man standing on liis own bottom." —We have received an extraordinary number of letters bearing on several phases of the subject of the death of Mr Cazali. Many of these are ably and feel ingly written, and some with exceeding acri mony ; but all dictated by the kindliest feelings. The writers will pardon us for excluding them all. We thank " Fearless " for his friendly words Avith reference to us in relation to our threatened annihilation by the Green Harpers, and for the cash enclosed "as the nucleus of a fund for the defence." The latter he will be so kind as to call for and receive ; or, if he permits us, we will hand it over to the funds for Mrs Cazali. We thank him none the less that it Avill not be necessary.

We would call the special notice of the pub lic to the neAV proprietorship of those premises known as the Red Boot, boot and shoe ware house, immediately opposite the old Theatre Itoyal. These premises will be opened by Messrs J. Se J. Jamieson on Monday next with a new and varied stock of superior boots and shoes of the latest importations, and also of the first colonial make. Mr John Jamie son, for the past six years Avith Mr Fugate, undertakes the management, and from his years of experience in the trade knows how to please the most fastidious. The quarterly payments to pensioners in the various Auckland district Avill be made during the ensuing week. The New Zealand Agricultural Society will hold its quarterly meeting on Thursday next, at the Criterion hotel, Otahuhu, at half-past three o'clock, when Mr C. A. Calvert, M.R.C.V.S., will read an essay on "The Feeding and Management of Dairy Cows."

THE SHAREMARKET.

mr. j. m. Lennox's,

Business upon the Exchange continues dull. Caledonian shares were sold at £31, £30105., and £30; Thames, £6; Albion, £7 55.; Pride of Tokatea, 55., 4s. 6d., and 45.; Inverness, 165.; Alburnia, £3 10s. There are buyers of Caledonian at £30 10s.; Thames, £5 17s. 6d.; Nonpareil, £2 55.; and South British Insurance shares at 20s,

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES.

I.—ANHONY TEOLLOPE

t he illustrious vitor to our New Zealand shores, whose numrous works have won for him something mor than a transitory fame, is the younger son <f Mrs Trollope, whose "Vicar of Wrexhil." and "Michael Arm strong " attracted so m uch attention at the time of their publication, but proved of temporary interest, 'his remarkable son of a remarkable mother is now amongst us, busying himself—it is renerally supposed— in searching out the n?rits and deformities of our political and socil status ; noting our habits, shams, love of shw, and all our great and small peculiarities. Tbe people of these colonies are already wontering With a sort of fluttering impatience vhat this popular Avriter and versatile edito. will chronicle in his unborn pages, and wha he will say about the industries, goldfields, and natural re sources of these sunny isknds. Will he credit us with the cardind virtues of the sturdy Saxon race, and avyw that he has observed beneath the painted exterior of our social structure the working of certain germs of progress which may ultimately make New Zealand, what it is said to be, the Britain of the South ? Mr Anthony Trollope, as a novelist, is the most successful scion of the literary cluster of Trollopes. He was born in the year 1815, and passed his educational ordeal in the his torical schools of Winchester and Harrow on-the-Hill ; the former place, as readers know, uossesses some interest in connection with the lives of King Alfred and William of Wykeham, while the latter place may possess equal interest in having been the Bcene of the youthful sports of Sir Robert Peel, aud the early effusions of Peel's gifted companion, Lord Byron. The school-days of our novelist being over, he received a re sponsible appointment in the General Post office, under that indefatigable postal reformer Sir RoAvland Hill, to whose practical mind the world at large is indebted for his system of cheap postage. In the service of the Go vernment Mr Trollope was employed up to the period of the establishment of his well known monthly magazine, St, Paul's. Like every other successful man of the world, our author has had to bat tle with contending circumstances, with publishers and prejudices, and, as he stated on a public occasion some time ago at the Freemason's Tavern, he struggled with his pen in the field of literature for the wearying term of fourteen years ere he made any profitable impression upon the public mind, without either favour or reward. But Avhen he burst forth from the shadows of St. Martin's-le-Grand in the full meridian of his intellectual strength into popularity and fame, his Avorks Avere eagerly sought and as eagerly read by the higher class of noArel- readers. It is clear from his long literary list that Mr Trollope is a most active and voluminous writer ; his books came forth, one after another, with wonderful locomotive rapidity, and his fertile creations possess many fanciful vignette views of home life and the various springs of human action. It is noticeable, moreover, even in his later works, that there are no signs of visible decay to be traced in their structure or characteristic delineations.

Some five and tAventy years have passed, if we remember rightly, since we first heard of Anthony Trollope as a writer of stories. This must have been in 1847 or 1848, and since that period his facile pen has produced "Dr Thorne" "The Three Clerks," " The McDer motts," "The Kellys and O'Kellys," Miss Mackenzie," "The Warden," " La Vendee," " The Last Chronicle of Barset," "The West Indies and Spanish Main," "The Bertrams," " Tales of All Countries." "North America," "The Belton Estate," "Castle Richmond," "Can You Forgive Her," " Orley Farm,' '' Hunting Sketches," '' Framleigh Parsonage" a volume of short stories, and various articles which have appeared in his Magazine, "St. Pauls," Avith which many of our readers are doubtlessly acquainted. Within the last three months we have heard of another novel from the pen of this prolific writer, intituled '' The Golden Lion of Granpere." This story must not be ac cepted as among the best of Mr. Trollope's fictions; it is not equal to "Dr. Thorne," nor will it bear favourable com parison with " Orley Farm." This story is composed of the slightest materials ; it is professedly a love-story, and its central figure is "mine host," of the Golden Lion. The inn-keeper has a son and a niece living under the roof of the tavern. The young people, naturally enough, being daily to gether, become mutually attached ; and the son is so far fortunate as to win the heart of his pretty cousin ; he is in love with her, and she returns his love, warmly and faithfully ; but the burly host considers, as many parents have considered in similar circumstances, that a match between country cousins is not quite the thing ; consequently he objects, and does what he can to prevent the union. The young man, conscious of the truth of the Shaks perian axiom about "the course of true love," etc., and finding it unpalatable in the vicinity of "gin and bitters," leaves his home and finds a situation in a village called Colmar, where he gradually improves his material circumstances. The inn-keeper, in the absence of his son, favours the suit of a fashionable, rather good-looking, but very effeminate linen-draper. The Avhole story consists in narrating the efforts of "mine host," of the Lion, to force this draper upon his niece, and by the strenuous use of his influence to bring about a dishonourable marriage. While proceeding in his ungenerous way' he is suddenly foiled by the appearance of his son. There is a good deal of Mr Trollope's sagacity exhibited in the construction and thread of " Golden Lion of Granpere," but it is below the usual standard of some of his earlier works.

Without presuming to shadow forth " coming events," we may be permitted to say that, in our opinion, this popular writer will yet produce a work of a more practical nature, and which will have a greater hold upon the public mind. Our reason for ex pressing this opinion is founded on his social and political articles in St Paul's. By such a work he would command the attention of men Avho breathe in the atmosphere of the matter-of-fact world, who have Ibtle or no sympathy with poetic attachments vhichlive only in the visionary realm of ficton. We are not disposed, however, to itter one word against the mission and .egitimate province of fiction. We have lad great writers in every department of leters ; men Avho by their veiled thoughts have done hearty service by rebuking the f (dies of the age and strengthing social ad domestic amenities. We still think that the romances of Sir Walter Scott, aid the novels of Charles Dickens may be read with profit, amusement, and advantage, ilany of the fictions of the past and presnt centuries were useless, namby-pamby productions, scarcely worth the value of t# printer's ink which gave to them a miserable existence ; a few novels, hoAveve", stajtd out from the melancholy catalogue as exunples of right heartedness and just sentinents. The Avrit ings of Thackeray, Lord Kingsley, and Trollope, are free fxoi the weaknesses, disfigurements, and rulgaisms of a past age. The novelist, therefore, Its a claim upon our gratitude for his euderours to vary the pleasures of existence, afl sweeten the cares of life. Anthony Trollop has spent his best years iv this work, and }d he been a prince

of some royal house, Avithout the insignia o£ genius, he would have been welcomed into this city with "the conquering hero" of our gallant volunteer bands, would have been met by thousands of loyal citizens, headed by our worthy mayor. Such a welcome how ever was not necessary, nor would it have been either seemly or acceptable to a prince of literature. The welcome that the author of " Orley Farm" received in Auckland was of that unostentatious nature as it should ever be, which disturbs not the equilibrium of the feelings, and which will enable him wheu again on Albion's shores to tell to his country men the "plain unvarnished tale" of i his colonial experiences. Bee.

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

GRAHAMSTOWN. This day, 1.26 p.m. The Kuranui has obtained ninety-nine

ounces for a fortnight

Fifty-two ounces were obtained from forty tons of stuff crushed by the Golden CroAvn

tribute

The .Golden Crown Company crushed sixty tons with the result of thirty-one ounces.

Very nice gold has been got from the middle of the reef in the Central Italy mine.

The Inverness has crushed one hundred and thirty tons for one hundred and seventy five ounces of gold.

The South Devon has obtained sixty-seven

ounces from nine tons

The Caledonian, Bright Smile, Golden Calf, and Queen of Beauty returns are not

yet to hand,

COROMANDEL.

This day.

The new reef in Margaretta and Yuba drive is looked on as important. It is two feet thick, promising-looking stone, -with casing and dip precisely like the Tokatea reef, of which it is no doubt the continua tion.

(SPECIAL TO THE STAR, PER GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY.)

WELLINGTON

This day, 11.5 a.m. The Financial Statement is considered a

success

The Tidal Creek's Floatage of Timber Bill

was read a cecond fine

The Hoiue has decided to give Mr Smythies £1033 condensation. Me.srs Fox and Rolleston spoke against the award, and Messrs Bathgate, Vogel, and Johnston pressed strongly for a division. Ayes, 25 .

Noes, 10.

The Auckland Water Works B;U was again postponed until Tuesday.

This day. 12.30 p.m

Numerous comments have been made here on the fact that the Financial Statement shews a deficit of L 33,000 on consolidated fund, instead of a surplus of LIO,BOO, as represented by Mr Vogel. Only L 107.000 are available for Defence purposes, instead of over L 158,000 ; also that there is a deficit of L 79.000 on Immigration aud Public Works account. L 150,000 will be required in addi tion to the amount already raised to complete railways authorised by Parliament. There ia balance in hand of L 895.000, which is suffi cient to carry on all current Avorks already contracted for, and to push on all works au thorised. L 23.000 are available for Avater supply on goldfields, which is a saving of LIO,OOO this year.

Financial Statement approved of here,

THE WATER TAPS.

In answer to the query recpectmg the flow of the Avater taps, iv Thursday's issue, we have received the following solutions. We publish them as given:—"G." says: In last night's Star. J. McM. wishes some of your readers to solve the foVowing problem : "A cistern has tAro taps, one can empty it in an hour, the other takes two hours. Wnen both are running Avhat time aa.' 11 they take ? —J.McM." Ans., 40 minutes. Explanation: • Suppose the cistern to hold 412) gallons, the large tap will empty it in one hour, that is at the rate of 4Z D gallons per hour. The small tap will take just double the time, or j at the rate of 203 gallons per hour ; so the tAA ro taps running at the same time aa."1! dis j charge 6CD gallons per hour : but as the cis tern oidyholds 400 gallons, thetapsAv Mlbeic'!e one-third of the time, or2ominutes,sothet?me occupied in emptying the cistern avIH be, as above, 40 minutes.—" H. W.," Devonport, says:—ln reply to "J. McM." I think the folloAving method of solution very easily understood by any person Avith a knowledge jof fractions :—By first tap, l-60bh of con ; tents of cistern is discharged in one minute; jby second tap, 1-120 th of contents is I discharged in one minute. Therefore, I when both taps are open, l-60fch + ' l-120th or l-40th of contents is dis j charged in one minute. In other Avords it takes 40 minutes to empty the cistern.— "•P. H. Wilson" says:—"'J. McM.V question would be solved in the following i maimer :—Say the cistern contained 43 gal ! lons : A Avould empty it in one hour, or 40 ! gallons per hour; and B Avould empty 20 gallons in the same time. The two together woulcUempty it at the rate of 60 gallons per hour, or one gallon per minute, thus empty ing the cistern in 40 minutes, or two-thirds of an hour."—" James Simms says : -"I beg to send you the solution of the simple problem g£ I propounded by 'J. McM.' in the Star oi B - Thursday evening :—ln one minute, by the ,*■ I larger tap, will flow l-60th ; in one minut< by the smaller tap, l-120th ; in one minute, from the tAvo together, l-60th + l-120thy - 3-120 th = l-40th of the contents. Therefore the cistern Avill be drained in 40 minutes. — " Moses" says :—' I take the liberty of I writing this in answer to the question pro- I posed in your last issue, concerning a cistern Avhich has tAvo taps, A and B. Pre suming the tank contains 100 gals., then A will discharge 1 4-6 gals, per minute, and B 5-6 gals, per minute. Both being set open at once they Avill discharge 2_\ gals, per minute. So that the total contents of the cistern, viz., 100 gallons, being divided by the quantity discharged in one minute, wiU give the number of minutes taken to empty the cistern, viz., forty, which is the required answer.' " Freeman's Bay" says : —' In answer to Cor respondent's question in regard to the water tank I think I can solve it for him. If the

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