SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, <S. 5. HIGH WATER : This afternoon, (i. w p.m.

ARRIVALS.

Star of the South, s.s., Holmes, for iMayuev Herald, schooner, from Hokianga.

DEPARTURES.

Wellington, Kennedy, for Southern ports Ranaitira, s.s.. for the South. Dauntless, schooner, Moller, for Tanranga,

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., this anernoon ; City of Melbourne, 25th instant. For Tahiti: Edith, schooner, early. _ For London : Caduceus, ship, early ; Ka Moi, barque,

FoThoiiolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, on arrival of

City of Melbourne. For Kaipara: Aurora, schooner, to-day. _ For Levuka : Julia Price, schooner, 26th instant. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mangomu : Comerang,

FOT^Napier^Napier, 8.8., this afternoon; and Star of the South, s.s., Mpnday. For Wangarei ! Duke of Edinburgh, Monday For Napier and the South: Nevada, p.s., 27th mat.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Nevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu. Magellan Cloud, schooner, from Chatham Islands Wild Duck, ship, from London, sailed 10th December Helenslee, ship, from London (sailed Jan. 11). Frowning Beauty, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed

February 1-t Maggie, brig, from Adelaide. Amherst, schooner, from Sydney. Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney. Ka Moi, barque, from Honolulu Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton Alpha, schooner, from Newcastle Belle, schooner, from Newcastle W. C. "Wentworth, barque, from Newcastle Stranger, schooner, from Newcastle H.M.S. Kosario, from Sydney Stanley, schooner, from Melbourne Amphitrite, schooner, from Sydney Australia, brig, from Sydney Ayr, barque, from Adelaide Phrebe, s.s., from Southern ports Taranaki, s.s., from Southern ports

The departure of the Nebraska has been delayed until the arrival of the City of Melbourne, hourly expected from Sydney, In the copy of the manifest of the Rangatira4o i-chests tea. consigned to Shorton, should have been to H. B. Morton

Tliu Ivanhoe, schooner, cleared outwards for Man gonui, with a geneval cargo and two passengers. The Hero will sail at 5 o'clock this afternoon tor The steamer Rangatira clearedoofn f"arils a^ tlie Customs this afternoon for South*" 1 l'orts- a general cargo and the follow)^ passengers i-Mossrs. F Pus-ell \V C J •■'■■' A- Cornish, Pratt, Nan- ,' mV '^'Viirs. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson. The sol"'"™ Herald, Captain McKenzie, arrived from lioldanga this morning after a protracted passage of 10 days. She experienced strong easterly winds throughout.

DEPARTURE OF THE HERO.

The 5.9. Hero, Captain Logan, will take her departure for Sydney this evening at 5 o'clock. Passengers for Sydney—Saloon : Messrs. Skera, W. Wilson, Macouaebie, Miss Bayers. Steerage: J. Smith, E. Hairis, Solomons, Blackmore, Ferer, G. F. White, O. Ottway, King, Stephenson, Kennedy, Simpson. For Melbourne—Saloon : Messrs. Brown, Williams,;Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Winter, nhild an-] servant, Mr. A. K. Taylor and Master Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and family. Steerage: Mrs. Crofton and 2 children, English, W. Findlater, P. Quinlen, Mrs. Laing, Mies Bartery, C. Cruz, and Lilly. Cahgo :—For Sydney : Bank of New Zea land, 5,1030z5. 4dwts. 12grs. gold; Brown, Camphell & Co , 5 casks planes, 1 q".-cask ; J. R. Boberts, 116 bales flax : C. T. Wren, 2 cases seeds ; J. Lipstine, 7 bales rope. For Melbourne : —Anderton & Co, 1 cask ; J. Williamson, 1 ease; Fraser & Tinne, 33 bales flax, 5 bales tow. —Crniekshank, Smart & Co., agents.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below : — DIVIDENDS. Cock-a-Doodle .. .. 0 3 0i Mar 25 CALLS Bank of Tokatea ..000 Mar 20 Central Italy .. ..010 Mar 27 Nonpareil 0 2 0 Mar B0 Tookey 0 10 0 Mar 30 Star of the Thames .. 0 0 0 Apl 1 Vale of Avoea .. ..003 Apl 3 Quebec 0 0 0 Apl. 2 "Windsor Castle .. ..000 Apl. 2 Golden Calf .. ..020 Apl 3 Christchnrch .. ..003 Apl. G Harbour View .. ..010 Apl C John Hull .. ..000 Apl. C Peep o' Day and Day Dawn 0 0 0 Apl 0 Ravenstock .. ..003 Apl 7 Moan ataiari Union ..010 Apl 8 Queen of May .. ..004 Apl 10 Felix 0 10 Apl 8 MEETINGS TO COME. Flagship Anchor, Shortland, March 20. Eureka Hill, Mechanics' Institute, Auckland, 1 p.m.

March 27. Unicorn, Graham'stown, March 28 John o'Groats, Company's Office, Shortland-street,

Auckland, 3 p.m, March 23 Golden Crown, Mr. Tothill's office, 2 p.m., March 28. Thistle, Grahamstown, March 30 Scandinavian, Grahamstown, April 2 AVhau, Mechanics' Institute, Auckland, 2 p.m.,

April 2 Coromandel Beach, Coromandel, April 7. City of Dimedin, Grahamstown, April 9

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails wra Close as Untjeu : For Thames, on Monday, 2sth instant, at 10.S0 a.m.

and 5.30 p.m. For Kawau, Wangarei, etc., per Duke of Edinburgh, on Monday, 25th instant, at 3 p.m. For Napier, per Star of the South, on Monday, 25th

instant, at 11 a.m. For Kapanga, per Royal Alfred, on Monday, 2oth

instant, at 11.30 a.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mangonui, per Comerang, on Tuesday, 2Ctli instant, at 5 p.m. Supplementary mails for the United Kingdom, America, &c, per Nebraska, will be made up immediately after the arrival of the City of Melbourne.

S. B. Bias, Postmaster.

DIED.

Ror/ERTSON. —At his residence, William-street, off Wellington-street, Frank Robertson, late of Peter head, Scotland ; aged 44 years.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1872.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance,

And tho good that we can do."

We publish ill another column what must be the closing letter on the controversy respecting Collier's history. Wo do not desire religious controversy in our columns ; but we cannot close this ono without ex pressing our amazement at the amount of genuine narrowminded bigotry which it has called forth. We had really thought that the influences of colonial life had tonod down the asperities of sectarian hatreds, but wo havo como to the conclusion that they have only prompted men to conceal these hatreds. A Bishop protests against the young cf hi 9 flock being taught in a public school, that their religion and the religion of their fathers is idolatry ; and forthwith we have raked up all thu reeking corruption of the buried past. We are heartily and sincerely ashamed of our boasted liberality. If our schools are to bo public schools, the cherished convictions of the smallest and most insignifi cant sect must not bo wantonly insulted ; and we care not what that sect or denomination is, a spirit of fair play demands that it should be protected from the highhanded treatment of intolerance. This contro-

versy is now closed so far as we are concerned, but wo do not hesitate to express our conviction that genuine bigotry is us rampant in Auckland aB in any other place in the British empire.

Wo havo received a long letter from Messrs- Cousins and Atkin disclaiming the paternity of a letter -which recently appeared in our columns signed "W.F." We do not know why they should deem this necessary; but probably some person has charged them with it. We simply add that they have had no connection with the letter in any shape or form.

The convict Robinson is still at large ; it is believed in the Waitakereiranges. Numerous accounts are given to the police by parties who have seen him, but up to the present he has evaded capture. There is no doubt ho will be taken before long,' as he has no means of subsistence ; but the fact of his being armed with a loaded revolvor ia a sufficient reason for those engaged in effecting his capture to act with caution.

Fifteen tender* havo been received for leasing Ihe Onehunga wharf,

A meeting of the Auckland Alliance Coin mittee took place last evening at the Young Men's Christian Association Booms, at which it -was agreed to petition the Bench of Magis» trates against granting the whole of the new applications foi1 licenses, and a sub-committee was appointed to draw up the petition. It was also agreed after a long discussion to insert a clause in the petition requesting the justices to refuse a renewal of licenses to those disreputable houses against which charges of misconduct havo been laid. Four persons were recommended to the meeting to act as canvassers for the society, but their appoint ment and remuneration wero refenvd to the Bub-committee to decide. The meeting ad journed for a fortnight.

An inquest was held yesterday afternoon at the Family and Naval Hotel, before Dr. Philaon, to enquire into the circumstances of the lire at Newton on the 15th, whereby Mr. Lee's Sydenham store was binned down. The jury decided, after examining the wit. nesses, that there was no evidence before them to show how the fire originated.

A fire broke out at G-rahainstown at an early hour yesterday morning on the premises of Mr. Brearler, butcher, but being discovered by a lad was speedily extinguished.

The Licensed Victuallers' Association held a meeting last evening at the Thames Hotel.

The Rev. Mi1. Backhouse delivered an ad dress at the Albert-street Congregational Church, last evening, on the operations of the Bible .Society. The rov. gontlernan is pro ceeding to Nelson.

An error occurred in publishing our English commercial telegram yesterday. The com* positor mistook the word " rato" in the transcribed copy for " notes." It should havo been " bank rate 3 por cenf." By a, singular coincidence tho compositors on our contemporary, the Cross, we observe, havo fallen into the same blunder.

The Windsor Castlo Gold Mining Company are uncoasing in their endoavoi'3 to thoroughly test their ground. The main tunnel is now 575 feet, winzo 150 feet. The company have connected the upper level with tho main tunnel, and bright hope 3 are entertained for the

future

A public meeting of those interested in the erection of a church in connection with the Church of England, in the Mount Albert District will be held in the School-Toon^ Morningside, on Tuesday evening next, at 7

o'clock,

Services will be conducted to-morrow in the Theatre Royal by the Rev. S. Edgor, B.A. Subjects : —Morning : " Christ the sin-bearing Lamb of God1" Evening : "The Potter and the Clay."

The Artillery band will perform in front of Government house this afternoon, from 4 till 6 o'clock :—Programme : Quick March, Formosa, Bonnisseau ; Slow March, Review, W. J. Wade; Quadrille, King of Hearts, Jullien ; Bijou, Adams Opera, P. Simpson ; Valse, Ada, Farmer; Polka, Lousitte, J. Ford ; Galop, Pantomime, W. Wilson.

An exhibition of Fiji cannibals will bo given this evening at the Theatre Royal. We under stand that it is a disgusting exhibition.

An extraordinary meeting of shareholders in tho Auckland and Thames Steam Packet Company will be held next Saturday, 30th

instant,

Tho Harbour Loan Repeal Act, 1871, has been gazetted in Provincial Gazette as having come into operation on tho 18th instant.

The anniversary tea meeting in connection with tho 1.0. R., 8.U., Hope of Auckland Tent, No. 1, is announced to take place on Tuesday evening next at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms.

The only business at the Police Court tbia morning consisted of the punishment of two drunkards. Messrs. Ritchie and Graham where the presiding magistrates.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY

Before TIIO3. Ritchie and Or. S. Graham,

Esquires, Justices of the Peace DEUNKENNESS.

One man was fined ss. and costs for boring been found by the* Police in Queen street last evening in a state of drunkenness ; and a woman, for her second offence of a similar nature, was convicted in a fine of 10s. and coats or the usual alternative. BASTARDY CASE. Richard Spratt, charged with rofusing to provide for the support of a female child, of which he is tho putativo father, failed to appear, and a warrant was granted for his ap prehension.

This was all the business,

THE VOLUNTEER CHRONICLE.

The monthly inspection of tho Rifle Brigade took place last evening in tho Drill-shed. There Avas a good muster, and the nion passed very creditably. The Artillery Rifle Club will compete at the Range on Tuesday morning for a pair of binoculars, presented by Captain Featon.

The Artillery Ride Club have accepted a challenge from the Canterbury Engineers to fire a friendly match. It will be fired in about three weeks.

SPECIMENS FROM THE BIS MARCK CLAIM.

There are to be seen at the office of Mr. Mowbray some splendid specimens of stone taken from the Bismarck and French Republic- Some of them are reckoned to give at least three ounces to the pound. 8001bs. of specio niens havo been sent up from the mine.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

The drama of "Mary Price," and farce "That Ro^ue Thomas," are to be withdrawn this evening for the production of a highly sensational duuna by Palgrave Simpson, entitled the "Sorpent on the Hearth." It has beon played latoly in London and America with the greatest success. Mr. Walter Hill is cast for Herr Slobbenboski; Mrs Hill, Marie Marguemo ; Polly Huggins, Mrs. B. N. Jones ; Dr. Mikhaay, Mr. Joyce ; and Barak Maule, Mr. B. N. Jones. The other characters will be umtained by members of the company. The faico of the "3eGret" will conclude the performance.

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Golden Calf.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

GrRAIIAMSTOWN, March 23, 3 p.in

Sydney G-lidholph has been sen tenced to seven days' imprisonment for assaulting Mr. Perrier, of the Evening Star. The All Nations are cleaning up. The return is expected to be below the average. The ..Caledonian has lodged 1,7500z. for the week's crashing. The Lady Bird has obtained 15oz. of gold. The Waitomata has just finished a crushing of 70 tons. The return is a very poor one, only 28 ozs. being ob tained.

Some vei\y rich gold has been taken out of the Grolden Calf No. 2 lode.

THE CITY OF MELBOURNE.

There was no appearance of the s.s. City of Melbourne when we went to press.

COROMANDEL.

(FBOM OUIt OWN CORRESPONDENT.) March 22

The Tokatea Company has been taking good stone from the winze, and is keeping tho W.Z. Company's battery fully em ployed. The stuff' is showing well, and the result of the crushing will be much superior to any that has taken place since Christmas, probably between three and four ounces to tho ton. There is also a fair amount of specimens to be put through, which will add considerably to the average. The Bismarck and French Eopublic, in addition to the 3251b5. of specimens lodged in the Bank of New Zealand on Saturday last, took out last night 105lbs. more. The general stuff now in paddock will no doubt give a good return when the machinery is available. The Peep o' Day has called for tenders for driving on the newly-found leader. The Excelsior is still at work near tho crown of the hill, with promising prospects.

The Pride of the Tokatea. winze from No. 2 level was connected with the low-level drive this morning, and stoping out will commence in a few days, whoa the tramwaj' and pass are finished. Murphy's Hill Company is only waiting for the Nil Desporaudum battery to be disengaged in order to send another lot to be put through. The Golden Point is still crushing at the JNTiI Desperandum. The show upon the plates is nothing particular ; but the gold is coarse, and is expected to turn out well from tho boxes.

The Nil Desperandum Company has penetrated abqut 40 feet iv the new low level drive, and has been able the last few days, in consequence of tho dry weather, to get some good stone to grass from the upper level workings. Zelland and party's claim, next to tho Great Independent, has been named Tho Great National. A fine reef has been struck near the surface, and a trial crushing will take place next week; should it turn out well the for tune of the shareholders is made, as there is an immense bod} r of stone to work upou and no difficulties to be over come.

DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE AT NEWTON.

A host determined attempt at suicide was made at Nowton this mjrning by a cabinet maker named Greorge Erskine, who has for some time been in the employ of Meisrs. Winks and Hall, of Shortland Crescent. It appears that the would-be fcuicido resided by himself at a cottage iv Dublin-street, Newton, and this morning at about 7 o'clock tho milk* man (named Mitchell) called for the purpose of supplying the usual morning's milk, and in response to his knock was told to come in. He entered, and found Erakine lying in his bed with his throat cut on the right-hand »ido, the bedclothes all clotted with blood, but the man, although bleeding from tho wound, was in a state of consciousness. Mitchell at once gave information at the police station, and also ac quainted Dr. Nicholson of tho circumstance. Both Dr. Nicholson and police-constable Clarke were promptly on the spot, and under the doctor's directions Erskine was taken to the Provincial Hospital by police - constable Clarke in an express van, where ha now lies. He has been carefully attended to, and great hopes are entertained of his recovery. No reasons can be assigned for the rash act, the man alluded to being in good circumstances. From a Post-office Savings Bank deposit book found by the constable on tho premise?, it appears that nearly £300 stand to his credit, £80 of Avhich were lodged to his credit only on Wednesday last. He is about thirty years of age, and is a holder of small proporty in various parts of Auckland. We understand that hie father died a short time back, and his mother and sisters loft for Melbourne six weeks ago to administer to tho will. From latest Recounts the sufferer was pi'oceeding favourably. Tho knife used in the attempt was a common pocket clasp knife, apparently new, and is covered with clotted blood, with shreds of blanket-wool and whisker hairs attached to it. Although ablo to converse he has stated nothing to account for making an attempt on his life.

A correspondent haß sent to the Melbourne Argus, in a humorous letter, his impressions of the Ararat Ministerial banquet. The fol lowing description of the drinks is instructiyo : —" The banquet consisted of; peaches, cold fowl, and colerp. In addition, you could have a quart bottle of porter for 25., or a bottle of wine for 4s. I drank of the wine. It tasted as if the grapes had been grown and the liquor bottled within the previous week. There was no particular seal, but a large label with a title in largo print, ' Wine from the Mountains.' Some colonial vintages are unrivalled for colic, some for headache, but I would back this ' wine from the mountains' heavily for pulling off, as Captain Ssott would gay, the double event. If you ever come across any of it buy it up, and send it round to your dearest friends."

CORRESPONDENCE.

its?"We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

"HONEYCOMB" AND MACAULAY ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

To the Editor of the Earning Star. gißj—Your correspondent "Honeycomb" does not seem to "be aware that Macaulay is a party writer of the virukmt-no-popory school. Hi 3 lordship is a complete master of the not very creditable act of misrepresen tation, and his misrepresentation is at times of the mo9t unscrupulous kind. The quotation " Honeycomb" has made from his writings is a proof of what I now say. Macaulay there represents the Catholic Church as an enemy to freedom, learning and industry. All history terms with proofs to the contrary of this, —who obtained for Englishman the great charter of tlieir liberties —who but a Prelate of tho Roman Catholic Church, Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury. It was during the period when the influence of the Catholic hierarchy was all-powerful in England that the most solid foundations of tho British Constitution were laid, — that glorious temple of liberty of which we arc at this day allsoproud,andju3tly proud. Were not the most celebrated seats of learning in the United King dom, and in the continent of Europe, founded under the auspices of Popes and Prelates of the Roman Catholic Church ? Schools which Bent out such men as Copernicus, Galilleo, and Erasmus, and oven the magnanimous Lufcher himself; men who, as the Protestant peer, Lord Hutchinson, once said in the House of Loids, have reflected honour not on the Catholic religion alone but on human nature itself. Had it not been for those pains-taking and laborious students, the much reviled monks, what would have been the fate of those great works which hare come down to us from the orators; philosophers, and poets of sneient Greece and Rome ? What would hate beon the fate of tho Bible itself? Even Macaulay himself, when delivering a lecture to llio students of the University of Glasgow, somo years ago, on the occasion of his being elected its rector, drew the character of the founder of that seat of learning, Pope Nicholas IV, in the most glowing terms!. He represented him as a most munificent and enthusiastic patron of learning, the like of whom tho world has scarcely ever seen before or since. He mentioned a* a remark able instance of his zeal for the encouragement of letters that he had agonts employed in every part of tho world, even in tho bazaars of the ' far East, collecting rare and valuable works at great coat. Wo know that the great Copernicus, tho princo of astronomers, dedi cated his immortal work on "The Revolution of tho Heavenly Bodies" to Popo Paul the 111. We know also the reason why he chose ench a patron. Tho venerable astronomor has assigned the reason himself in hi* dedica tion. It was because he considered this Pop*o tho most competent judge of the merits of such ii work, on account of his own groat attainments in mathematics and other sciences. Was it not to another pope, one of tho Gre gory's, that the world is indebted for a knowledge of the correct method of computing time. Does not the calendar now in use even bear his very name. Taking these facts into view—and many others might be cited of a similar kind, —with what justice, or truth, or decency, can Macaulay or any one else accuse the Catholic Church of being hostile to liberty, science, and learning. " Honeycomb" niiut he either a very ilhvad or very ur.candid man to repeat so false and ungrateful—l was going to say so base—a charge against her. As to her being hostile to industry, who but the mouks wcro tho first to teach our ancestors the most important of all arts, tho arts of farming and horticulture, and architecture. They worked afield all dayjand prayed nearly all night. They taught industry and piety combined ; and Belgium, the most Catholic, is also tho best cultivated country in Europo at this day. A variety of circum stances, socia l, political and commercial, liavo long depressed some Catholic countries, and shorn them for a time of their former glories. But a resurrection is coming. Catholics of education and mature years may read without danger the romanc ing and virulent hasty histories written by such authors as Macaulay and Collier. But they are unwilling that the unsuspecting minds of their children should be poisoned and perverted by such unfaithful writers. It is obvious such men as " Honey comb " would have no scruple to do that service for us, and be very much surprised and annoyed that we should should object to their doing so.

J. Wood, vSurgeon

Nelson street, 18th March

P.S. —"Honeycomb" must not supposo that Catholics endorse with their approval all the political acts and doods which Popes and other Catholic ecclesiastics have ever dove ; or that we are averse to see the crimes or folliea of such characters honestly 'described and denounced by historians.

J.W.

MR. MASON ON TEETOTALISM.

To the Editor of the Evening Stats. Sis, —In your report on the Auckland Alliance for the suppression of liquor traffic meeting you and others have but partially reported the proceedings. I may state that if a good cause, which I confess it to be, has been misrepresented by three of the prettiest women in Auckland, and some of the plainest gentlemen, then I do nofc hesitate to state that the moral influence bi'ought to bear upon the thousunrls assembled to hoar such bosh &b was propounded for their edification, and which was swallowed down with intoxicating: warmth to the deprecation of intellect, and more especially common sense, must have been fairly rewarded. Your contemporaries have chosen to adopt a by«report calculated to disguise public opinion. They give the antecedents, and suppress the sequels. A. public journal ought to give facts, and allow the public to judge for themselves. This they have not done, and their rancour is therefore to bo treated with such merit as their abstract reports—unworthy of record —with the con tempt they deserve. A newspaper liko the New Zealand Herald ought to be ashamed of such a report of the proceedings as they pub lished of the mooting at the theatre. They neither give facts nor reasoning, but simply a biassed statement which can ouly bring such a paper into contempt. So far as my recollection serves me I told the meeting that there was a moral tendency in human nature that would defend tho individual from right or wrong, and that no human power could do away with a necessary evil. I endeavoured to point out the great evils, namely those of redeeming the lowest of the fallen classes, and to bring home the children of a fallen estate. The twaddle talked about as respects drunkenness is nothing as compared with the redemption of the outsido world. It 13 a notable fact that two-thirds of the total abstainers are re* formed drunkards, and I stated at the meeting that if any one had not faith in himself the sooner he joined the society tho better. I however qualified my arguments by stating that tho multitude ought not to be governed by any abstract principles of a myth of the population. What disgusted me more than anything else was the persovorance of one or more memberts of the institution to condemn

our local industries, and it made my blsod boil to listen to such quotations upon the manufacture of beer and spirits. _ Assuming that it were in the power of this clique to cuibosh (as they evidently wish to do) the broweries and the local distillery, are they or cannot they be aware that private distilleries would at once spring into existence, and supply the most intoxicating and deleterious liquids ever produced. . It would appear that the mind of a water drinker is devoid of philosophic reasoning. For the gratification of a few disciples he denies the organization of human nature. If, a3 I before said, a man or woman cannot deny themselves by all means let them pledge themselves to abstinence ; but to have such a doctrine driven into our heads by a lot of enthusiasts at a public meeting is too much for any one to stand. The laws of human nature are boyond their control ; they may certainly lessen an ovil, but without aiming at the'right point, viz.. the reclaiming of the destitute and really abandoned multi tudes. Let them do this and they will be far happier than addressing audiences who can only despise the doctrines that sbould be delivered to a class of people who do not deserve the anathemas poured upon them by strictarians and abstruse teachers of the moral and intellectual laws of human nature.

I am, &c,

J. Mason.

(The ratiocination of on; correspondent, so far as we can fathom it, respecting Hie " abstract principles of a myth " the " orgenizations of human nature and the " philosophic reasoning" on the moral tendancy of human nature," and its "abtrase moral and intellectual laws" convinces us that Mr. Mason should himself join the ranks of the teetotallers. From Ins views as to the manner in which those ranks are recruited, we believe he would make an eloquent temperance lecturer. Our correspondent informs us that his letter was written over night ; but we, all the better, see the magnificent future before him as a teetotal advocate. —Ed. E.S. |

To the Editor of the Evening Stab. j^ tß| _On my return to Auckland I saw a letter in your issue of Mondiy signed " Stick to your Colors," commenting on one which I wrote on the Saturday previous. "Stick to your Colors" says that lie was and is under the impression that friendly matches are generally made thwart against thwart; it is so generally, but in this particular instance it was Captain Oxley who made the match, and took or seemed to t:ike the entire management on his own shoulder, and I with the other two look to him for the cups. In answer to Captain Oxley's letter in your issue of Tuesday I will simply say that he himself made the match up, and there was no arrange* ment amongst' the crews ; in fact not one of Captain Oxley's crew was present at the time tho arrangement was made to say yea or nay to the affairs ; and as ho seemed to take all the arrangements on himself, and acted for his crew, I, as I said before, looked to him to sec tho affair settled. I have simply answered these letters in order tostate publicly that I have been and am still under the impression that Captain Oxley was the only person to look to, but as he seems to think differently the best thing is to let the matter drop, and I trust there will be no more corres pondence on so small a matter. I am, &c,

E. Keake

Auckland, March 23, 1872.

ABUSIVE LANGUAGE

To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sib, —In your report of yesterday's Police Court, in tko case of Edward* against Kilmer, for using threatening language, your reporter has made a mistake which does mo a great wrong. He says "on the prisoner promising not to offend again he was allowed to depart." I am sorry that the evidence was not given, as it "would have shown the public that instead of my having used threatening language the violent threatening language was used by Mr. Edwards to me. One of the magistrates said to Mr. Edwards when coming on: of the wit ness box that • there was not tho slightest proof of any threatening langu \gs having been used by me, and that they could not therefore bind me over to keep the peace. I trust that you will give me this opportunity of setting myself right with the public, who must be my future employers, as in this unfair attempt to fasten the charge of bad language on me I havo been very greatly wronged.

I am, &c., John Fillies

THE SHAKE MARKET.

MR. S. HAfIUE SMITH'S REPORT.

The sharemarket very active to-day. Cale doniaus havo sold at about 3r esfcerday'B rates. Mj sale 3 have been —Caledonians, £22 10s , £21105., and £22, closing at £23 ; All Nations, £4 7s. 6il. ; Bismarck?, £1 2<. ; Pride of Tokatea, 7*. 3d. ; Siege of Paris, ss. Sellers —Pride ot'Tolwtoa, 7s. 6d. ; Siege of Paris, 6s. 6d. ; Bismarcks, 235. Buyers—Thames, £5 10s. ; Golden Calf, 30s. ; Central Italy, 325. 6d. ; Otago, 19s. MB. J. M. EEXNOX'S RKPOKT. There was a largo amount of business done on the Exchange to-day. Bismarck shares rose to 255., but receded and closed with sellers at 225. ; Caledonian shares are; steadily rising, and closed with buyers at £23. My sales comprise—Caledonians, £22, £22 10s., £23; Thames, £5 15s. j Bismarck, £1 to 255. Closing sellers: Caledonian, £24 ; Thames, £6 j G-oldcn Calf, £2 10a,; Bismarck, 225. Buyer* : Caledonian, £23 ; Thames, £o 155.; Golden Calf, £2 2s. 6d. Thei-3 was a considerable enquiry for Golden Calf shares at tho close of the day.

3ri{, CHAItLES BUHTON's ItEPOftT.

Mr. Chas. Bxirton reports an active market. Caledonians —Closing buyers, £22105. Thames, £5 10s. Bi3inarcks, 205., 225., 25?. ; closing, 225. Green Harp, £6. Siege of Paris, buyers, 6s. ; sellers, 6s 6d. Pride of Tokata;i, 7s. 3d. All Nations, £4 7s. 6d.

A TOUCHING STORY BY DON PIATT.

A Sunday-school guperintendent out in Alaska treated his entire chargo t» a sleigh ride. There were just forty-one of the cherubs and a six-horse sleigh. On the way home tho^ wore besot by a pack of ferocious wolves. Cool and collected in that hour of faarful trial, tho heroic superintendent savr at a glance that ho mu3t soon bo overtaken. In an instant his quick mind grasped the only chance of escape.. Seizing the child that always sung "I want to be an angel" two notos too high, he flung it to the rapacioui horde. It stayed their onward rush for a moment. Next camo tho urchin who ueret brought any pennios to the heathen. And so on swopt the pursued and the pursuers until the last infant was exhausted. But the brave fellow had economized his material nobly. And besides, a whole Sunday-school slows off wolves perceptibly. We have always notieod this. In another moment the sleigh dashed into the village, and tho grand, noble, true hearted man knew that he wa3 saved.

A coloured orator in Ohio the other day demonstrated the liberality of his views by exclaiming, I pray I auy live to Bee the day whan the coloured man may forget his pre judicious so far as to be willing to receive all other racei as his equals."

A SILVER MOUNTAIN.

A mountain of silver, or at all events a mountain containing vast quantities of the metal, has been discovered in NevMa.the State just admitted in the American -Tnion. Its name is Silver Peak, it is east v, ' San Francisco, and about seventy miles south of Austin, and twelve immensely rich lodes have already been opened. The whole of Nevada is rich, in silver, but this particular spot will, it is believed, pro duce more than any mines yet discovered. Close to the Peak is an extinct crater, near it a vast deposit of salt, within sight a hill of pure sulphur, and round an end less stony desert, the whole scene suggest ing strongly the picture Milton drew of hell. Neither poetry nor superstition are, however, likely to stop the miners of the Far West when they see their way clear o sudden and limitless wealth.

John PeiTjbinjjle says:—A teetotaller of thirty yeavs' standing wants to know whether a man get drunk on colonial wine! Let him try it, and I won't answer for his standing any moro for the present. Instead of writing to the papers to ask the question, he can get a bottle of this kind of teetotal drink from the grocer's and drink it. If he doesn't feel " mixed " after it, you can call me a Dutch-

Why, I recollect going to see a man once that brewed colonial wine. -A kindly, good sort of an old cock, he took me to his cellar behind a 3table, and let nic looso, as it were. " This, says he, holding up a glass, "I call the pure juice of the grape. _ There isn't so much as a whisper of brandy in it." We sat across a log in the cellar dreaming those happy hours away, —and we drank that pure juice of the grape. We talked —aud drank the pure juice of the grap?. We argued— and drank the pure juice of the grape. Ufa borrowed money of one another, and we d-d ---drank the jure puice o' the g-grap-jg. We sano-, and we g-graped the poor juice o' the drank. Wo chirruped, and we drunkypure juiceograpes! There was a bundle of straw in the earner of the callar, and I slumbered. There was a bundle of straw in the other corner, aud there the other mau slumbered. When he woke up I asked him how he felt. He said there wasn't a headache in a hogs head of it. It was the pure juice of the grape. Still I thought we had been drunk, and I think so still, otherwise why did that other man snore so, ard what fetched him, as he called it off the " propindicklar ?" My tee total friends, and my friends that aren't tee totallers don't deceive yourselves. Take the very purest juice you like and in fermentation aa I've road in books, " the sugar is decom posed, and the brandy formed." This is tin stuff to make a teetotal!?!1 talk of his friends.

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An American paper says: —"The worst joke that was ever perpetrated on scientific men took place at Louisiana, Mo. A man was sick with rheumatism, or something, and a fellow went round to the doctors and pro fessors and others and told them it was the queerest case on record- He said the man had no feeling. You could stick pins in his body all over, and he paid no attention to them at all. He was perfectly numb. So the docters got together, and called on the sick man to experimentalise. All arrived with pins and needles, and bodkins. The man was aslesn, and they got around him, and each one stuck his pin into the patient. The sick man rolled over and looked at the crowd, and thought they had come to dissect him, so he took a chair in one hand and a, bedpost in the other, and drove them thence. They are around with their heads tied up, looking for the man who said that sick man had no feeling.

THE EVENING STAB, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1872.

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KELINQUISHING BUSINESS. |§Sg° FINAL NOTICE. aUsil R. HOBBS TTTILL offer for the next EIGHT WEEKS * * (unless disposed of during that time), the whole of his very large Stock of GENE EAL and HOUSEHOLD DRAPERY, anc? MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING, at very . low prices. Also (now opening) ex ' NAOMI,' a Large Assortment of Ladieß' and Girls' WATERPROOF TWEED JACKETS and MANTLES irom the same House in London as those which R.H. had last season, and which gave Buck universal satisfaction. A Largo ar.d Choico lot at 12s. 6d. each, and Giil3 ditto at low prices, as the whole must be cleared out within the next few weeks. French Merinoes, Flannels, Blankets, and all WINTER GOODS at clearing-out prices. Country orders promptly attended to. March 12, 1872. ,^5, T. COS G-K AYE & CO.'S •J MONSTER SALE of DRAPERY and CLOTHING is now on. They have a tremendous lot of Bargains to offer to the public. The Largest Stock in Now Zealand to choose from.



NEW ZEALAND EEENS, at T. CKANWELL'S, Domain Road, Parnell, where may be obtained some choice collections of the above, carefully fixed, and preserved to retain their natural form and colour. " For a drawing-room table no more tastefu ornament could be found. Especially suited i for presents to English friends. —Soumem Crosx, November Ist, 1871. "The mounting of the specimens of ferns is ex tremely careful and effective, and the book itself is exactly the kind of thing to chose for a. present."— New Zealand Herald, November Ist, 1871. May be had also at the principal Stationers in town. J CATER Gate Ceombie's), ROYAL » FINE AET PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, Queen street, Auckland, : has much pleasure in informing 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 Mr. C.'s late Manager, he feels warranted in stating that they will receive every civilly and attention, as well as first-class and artistic portraits at his hands, and that no pains will be spared to give entire satisfaction. J C. begs to announce that his arrangements for taking instantaneous Portraits of Children are now complete. _OKf\f\ WORTH of MUSIC and SONGS set to MUSIC to be givon away by F. H. liEWISSOK, Jeweller, Queen street. For each £1 worth of Jewellery purchased at Establishment, the same amount of Songs or Music given in.—F. H. Lewisson, Queen street. OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. THE immense Success attending the intro duction of this new loe.-*I industry will alone testify to the high estimation in which it is held. During the hst year the proprietor was scarcely able Kj supply the krg.? demand, and ha 3in (viispquenee made extensive alterations 3 nX additions to his Factory, so a3 to be enabled to keep the market well supplied. No one who values health and appetite should be without a supply of this really health-restor ing and agreeable condiment. Sold everyvi here in Bottles with the name fH. OLSON on. wrapper and stamped on bottle and stopper. Auckland, 10th February, 1872. WANTED KNOWN.—Just opened, ex Naomi, a Choice Selection of Gentle man's Undershirts in Merino, Silk, &c. ; also, New Hats. —S. Coombes' City Clothing Mart, 80, Queen street. TVT O W PUB L ISHED, THE MARCH NUMBER OF THE NEW ZEALAND " PRESBYTERIAN MAGAZINE." E. Wayte, Publisher, Queen-steeet. NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. TT is requested that all advertisements, except those of only a few lines, will be sent in not later than 2.30 p.m., and short advertisements, " Wanleds," fyc> not later than 3 p.m.



EEG-ISTEE YOUR VOTE! T>E3-I}TRATION FORMS can be had at the Office of the EVBNING Stak. Price, Id. TO LIST, a Burnished Bed and Sitting room, with use of kitchen.—Apply Star Office. ' ___ — O LET, House and Shop iv Victoria street, opposite Quick's Stable3.—Ap ply to T. and H. Cooke. TO LET, a comfortable Foar-roomed House in Cook street, below Nelson street; water laid on, and every convenience. ]pi AKEWARD. — Tho above "reward 3i/lU will be paid to any one giving such information as "will lead to the convic tion of the malicious fiend who has repeatedly laid poison on my property. —Ed. J. Kisg, Parnel!, March 23. MONDAY, MARCH 25. nnHE Subscriber will sell at the Corner JL Mart, at 11 o'clock, the Furnituro of a gentleman removing to the country. Large Chest Mottled Kauri Drawers, Cheffonier, Dining and ether Tables, Iron Bedsteads, Sofa, Washstands, Carpets, Chairs, Cooking Range, Tricycle, 5-cwt. Weighing Machine, 10 tons best New Zealand Potatoes, &c, &c. GEORGE SIBBIJS, Auctioneer. TUESDAY, MARCH 23. WITHOUT BESERVE. Q/f BAGS MAIZE, Oyß ex Byron, On account of whom it may concern. AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK. G-EORQ-E SIBBIN, Auctioneer. AUCKLAND RIFLE BRIGADE. 1 /COMPETITORS for the Silver Cup, anc* \J who havo boon under the instruction of Sergeants Haslern and Soall, are requested tp meet at the Drill Shed on MOND.) H EVENING nest, at 7 o'clock p.m. * > WAN CED, an active Boy. —Apply l£n Murray's Oyster Saloon, Queen Street. _ _ WANTED, a strong Lad to make himself generally useful.—Apply at the Anchor Hotel. ANTED immedTateTyTa^We^ru^eT^ Apply to Dr. Ki.NDEUDiNE, opposite the Supreme Court House. W~"aN1IEL\1 EL\ aTllo^e^^r^or~lhe country ; one able to milk and attend to the dairy.—Apply to E. Bowdek, Somer ville's Stables, Queen-street. WANTED^~T 13arnwn^AppIy~afc the Gkbyuound Hotsl, Queen Street^ WANTED, a situation tt3 Barmaid, by an experienced person. —Address M. K.N., Post Office.