SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

POET OF AUCKLAND.

STTNSET : This evening, 5.26 HIGH WATER : This evening, 8.9

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING. Lady Bowen, 9 o'clock Challenger, 1 o'clock

ARRIVAL.

Opotiki, schooner, Baker, from Opotiki

DEPARTURES. Dauntless, schooner, Moller, for Tauranga Southern Cross, steamer, Sellars, for Tauranga and East Coast Coronilla, barque, for Napier Albion, brig, for Melbourne

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Honolulu : Nevada, mail steamer, sth September For Southern Ports: Phoebe, steamer, to-morrow For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, steamer, early For Dunedin : Strathnaver, schooner, early For New York: Thames, barque, to-day; Mennhir, Mary Nelson, Coronilla, and Win Prowse, barques, early For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki: Southern

Cross, steamer, 24th inst For Newcastle : Joliba, barque, early For Napier and the South : Rangatira, ss, Thursday

Nevada, ps, shortly after arrival For Wanganui and Wellington: St Kilda, steamer, to-morrow

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2 Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed

May 22 City of Auckland, ship, from London. Sailed May 81 Edith, schooner, from the South Seas Hero, steamer, from Sydney Maid of Judah, ship, from Sydney Nevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu. Due 12th inst Amateur, schooner, from Lyttelton Sea Gull, schooner, from Levuka r , Queen, schooner, from Rorotonga Julia Price, schooner, from Levuka Mennhir, barque from Newcastle Pakeha, brig, from Dunedin Kenilworth, schooner, from South? Sea Islands Xalahome, barque, from Newcastle Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Onward, schooner, from Lyttelton

The steamer Golden Crown will make a special " Exhibition " trip to the Thames on Friday morning at nine o'clock ; returning from Tararu at 6.30 pm. The return tickets will be available until Monday, and will be charged seven and sixpence. The steamer Phcebe will leave the Manukau for Taranaki and Southern ports, to-morrow morning at ten o'clock.

The steamer Rangatira was brought over from the North Shore yesterday and hauled alongside the wharf. She will leave for the Soutli on Thursday.

The schooner Opotiki arrived in harbour this morn ing from Opotiki with 145 bags maize, Lewis Bros : 11 pi^s order, 3 empty barrels, Whitson and Co. She has reported at the Customs. The following are her passengers : Mr and Mrs Delaney and family : Mrs Connors, Messrs James Kelly, J Burst and Connelley. The schooner Onward left Lytteiton yesterday for this port. A schooner has been signalled all day, but owing to ight airs has not made the harbour.

SHORTLAND STREET.

POST-OFFICE, Mails will Close as Under For Thames, this day, 5.30 p m., and to-morrow, a'

at 10.30 am, and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, to-morrow at 0 30 p m. For Wangarei Head, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per

Sovereign of the Seas, this day, at 5 p m For Taranaki and Southern provinces, and Australian colonies, per Phcebe, to-morrow, at S am. For Wanganui, per St. Kilda, to-morrow, at 9 a m For Tauranga Gisborne, Napier, and Southern Pro vinces, per Rangatira, on Thursday, 22nd iast, at 2 pm. For Russell,'Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Comerang, on Friday 23 inst, at noon. For Napier and Southern provinces, per ps Nevada, six hours after her arrival from Honolulu S. B. Bias. Postmaster.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current calls and dividends (arable in the companies named below :— & s. ,d.

MEETINGS TO COME. .

Pacific, 44, Queen street, 2 pm, 26th instant West Coast Grahamstown, 2Gth instant Long Drive, Mr Tothill's office, noon, 27th instant Scotty's Hill, Coromandel, 28th inst Caledonian, Insurance Buildings, 2 pm, 28th instant Smiling Beauty, Grahamstown, 30th instant Bird in Hand, Grahamstown, 30th instant Waikoromiko, Company's office, Queen street, 3 pm, 2nd September Old Whau, Grahamstown, 3rd September Wonpareil.-Grahanistowri, 4th September Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, 2 pm, 4th Sep tember Bank of New Zealand G.M.C., Grahamstown, 4th September Nolan's Candlelight, Mr Wallace's office, Insurance Buildings, 11 am, 11th September

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

TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1872.

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

Commissioner Moules, in his " Annual report on tlie state, efficiency, and distri bution of the Armed Constabulary Force," pays a very high compliment to Mr In specter Broham. He says : " The Auck land Police, which forms part of the Armed Constabulary, has, under Inspector Broham, performed its various duties in a most satisfactory manner; and the cap ture of the notorious offender, Cyrus Haley, personally by Inspector Broham, reflects great credit upon that officer. It is only just to Inspector Broham and those under his command to say that it is greatly due to their exertions that during the last year there has been go little crime of a serious nature in the province of Auckland. Notwithstanding its large and partially unsettled population, in which an increase of more than 14,000 has taken place since the opening of the Thames goldfields, yet no addition has been made to the strength of the police. An efficient though small detective force is attached to the Auckland police, and its action has been most useful during the past year,"

The return tickets for the excursion to the Thames are available from to-morrovr (Wednesday) until Monday, 26th inst.

The s s Southern Cross, on her return from Tauranga, will be laid up for a few days, during which she will be fitted with one of Griffiths' patent propellers.

Improvements have been made afc the Police Court by which the atmosphere of of the Court will be pure. The benches at the rear of the solicitors' table have been removed back several feet, thus cur tailing the room allotted to the general public. The consequence is that only half the number of people can be accom modated in Court as hitherto. However dissatisfied the unadmitted portion of the public may be with this arrangement, it is much more agreeable to those remaining in Court, as formerly when the Court has been crowded for any length of time the atmosphere has become almost unbearable; The plan now adopted, at the. suggestion of Captain Beckham, is bringing in the night charges separately, also tends tokeep the place sweeter.

" A correspondent of a medical journal, writing from Gibraltar," observes the " Sydned Morning Herald," " states, on the authority of Mr Henry Stokes, the officer of health for tbat port, that on the arrival of the Peninsula and ; ,Ori«nta! steamship Nyanza, at Southampton, from her last trip to the Mediterranean, the whole of the officers and crew, save ono man,, a sailor who obstinately refused to have the operation performed, were re vaccinated: When the ITyanza reached Gibraltar on the Ist inst, on her outward voyage, she landed this identical man for treatment at the civic hospital covered with small-pox eruption."

No less than 8000 sheep (says the JBnice Herald) are now weekly being potted or boiled down by the New Zealand Meat Company, at their three establishments at- Long-bush and Kakanui in this Province, and at the Washdyke, near Timaru, each establishment going through from 400 to 500 every day ; and but for the shortness in the supply of tinsmiths to pot the meat a much larger quantity still would be manipulated upon. Presuming that the establishment at Green Island consumes an equal number of sheep, the yearly con sumption of the three establishments would represent 416,000 sheep, or one sixth of our total stock.

At the inquest held at Otahuhu on the body of John McCrory, who met fwith his death last Wednesday by falling off a loaded1 dray, a verdict was returned to the effect that the deceased was accidentally killed from injurien received by falling off a dray.

The members of the Choral Society will meet this evening for practice. The sub ject will be " The Last Judgment."

A handsome gold chain was presented yesterday afternoon to Mr W. B. Hender son, of the Thames goldfields, at the Metropolitan hotel. The presentation was made by Mr W. Rowe on behalf of a number of Thames residents who desired to express their esteem for the gentleman about to take his departure from their locality.

The regular monthly meeting of the Boyal Albert Lodge, No. 2, will be held this evening in the Lodge-room, Karanga hape-road, at half-past seven o'olock. The election of officers for the ensuing year will take place at this meating.

The usual monthly inspection of tho Auckland Scottish Volunteers will take place at the Drill-shed this evening at seven o'clock.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the members of the Auckland Institute took place last evening. Interesting papers were read, amongst which was one from Major Mair, on the parasitical plant known as " clover dodder." A paper upon the performance of compound engines was read. It had been drawn up by Mr Lodder, marine engineer of tho s.s. Star of the South. The next meeting is fixed for the 22nd of September.

Miss Aitken will be assisted at her entertainment at the Onehunga Institute, to-morrow evening, by Mrs Mitchell, the splendid soprano, and other lady amateurs.

A requisition has been tendered to IVlr J, M. Dargavillo by a number of real property-holders in tbe Parnell Highway District begging him to withdraw his resignation of chairman of trustees, and so continue to hold office. To this Mr Dargaville has replied, that having been elected by the ratepayers generally he cannot comply with the request. He is opposed to the views of the general body of ratepayers in the matter of lighting the district with gas, and as they are opposed to improvements in tho district he feels he cannot satisfactorily represent them.

The Devonport Literary Society an nounce that the Right Rev. Dr. Cowio will deliver a lecture this evening.

To-morrow evening Mrs Colclough will deliver a lecture on " The Signs of the Times," in the Mount Eden school-room. She will treat upon religious agitations and other subjects, and will conclude with two celebrated readings.

An emergency meeting of the Lodge United Service, No. 421, 1.C., will be held this evening at the Masonic Hotel. Visiting brethren are invited to attend. A musical and literary entertainment will be given at the Mechanics' Institute on Thursday evening next. Miss Aitken has kindly consented to appear and givo a few selections of readings. Madame Mceller will also appear and sing on the occasion. Mr Hill and other amateurs have also volunteered their services.

William Houpell, the ex-M.P. for Lam beth, who was convicted some years ago for forgery of his father's will, has de clined the offer of a ticket of leave. He prefors remaining in the prison, whore, it is stated, he has immense influence over its inmates, and in cases of sickness is most patient in his attention to the suf ferers. His own health of late has some what improved. A Pleasant Look-out.— The Law Journal says that before the Tichborne trial does take place—and as witnesses must be brought from Chili and Australia it cannot take place before next November —the Crown will have tirao to consider the wisdom of retaining the counts in the indictment in which forgery is charged. We of course are not alluding to the merits, but to the convenience of the case. Unless the law is altered in the meantime—aud weagreewith Serjeant Ballantine that the passage of any measure just now is not very certain —the jury, if these charges of felony are to be tried, must be locked up night after night throughout the trial at the Westminster Palace hotel or elsewhere in the vicinity of Westminster hall. Th c trial will last as long, probably longer than that at Nisi Prius, because the jury will not be able to stop tha case; and it ia positively frightful to think that twelve men are to be kept close prisoners for many months, without the sligtest oppor tunity of attending to their families or their affairs. Moreover there are vague threats of a trial at bar, which would go far to block the civil business in the Court of Queen's Bench to an extent which would not be remedied within the space of two years. There are sacrifices of public and private time which are not possible even in the Tichborne case, and the Crown is really bouud to be sparing of victims.

CATHOLIC LITERARY INSTITUTE.

■A. VERY amusing and interesting entertain ment was giren afc this hall, last evening, in aid of the fundi of the Institute. The hall was densely crowded in every ptrfc, and the programme was one of the most entertaining that has ever been presented at this

Institute. Tha Artillery Band was in attendance, and vr>i3 a decided feature, played a variety of lively tunes' throughout the evening. The entertainment was opened with a duet by Misses G-ough and Shanaghan, " Twine the Lily and the Rose ;" this was sung very sweetly by these two young ladies, and was greately applauded. A reading followed by Mr PJunkett, which met with the approbation of the audience. A song, " Margaretta," was noxfc given, by Mr Tates, and loudly encored, to which he responded, singing " When th« Corn is waving, Annie,." followed by a reading, "The Raven," by Miss Aifcken, which was decidely one of the gems of the eveeing. Miss Shauaghan next sang, very sweetly, " Steer my Bark to Erin's Isle ;" and was deservedly applauded " A Little Comedy of Marriage" was then played in a very brilliant manner by Messrs Or. and M. Connolly, and E. and T. Mahony. A reading, 1 " The Skylark Club," given by Miss Aitken, created great laughter. In readings of this description we have never met with Miss Aitken'g equal. "The Singing Lesson," a duet, by Miss Sb.anagb.an and Mr Yates, was excellently rendered; and, following upon this, the whole Company s&ng " Home Sweet Home," which brought to a close the literary and musical part of the programme. After a short interval,,during which the band played several lively airs, a farce, entitled " Thirty three next Birthday," was presented to the audience. This was a most lively and laugh able production, and waa exceedingly well played. "God Save the Queen" was then played by the band, and the company dis persed, highly satisfied with the entertain ment.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

The week opened with the sparkling comedy of "The Heir-at-Law" Mr, Hoskins, as Dr. Pangloss, L.L.D., and A.S.S., admirably ren dered his part, and caused repeated laughter and applause. The part of Cicely Homespun by Miss Colville was much admired. Mr. South and Mr. Hill ably distinguished them selves, and Mr. Ryan appeared to advantage. This brilliant comedy has been repeatedly played here, but owing to the efficient manner in whioh it is acted loses none of its attractions. It is, without doubt, a treat worth seeing. A double recall followed the fall of the curtain "Nothing to Wear," a highly-amusing comic piece, followed, in which popular " stars" appeared to immense advantage. There was a good audience, and hearty applause testified their approval of the performance. This evening the performance will commence with the comedy of "Woodcock's Little Game," and conclude with "The Critic."

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq. E.M.)

DRUNKENNESS. Four people were fined 10s and costs for this offence.

liichard Eodwell, convicted of drunken ness, charged with wilfully and maliciously breaking into a house at Newmarket, the property of F. G. Clayton, and damaging a window valued at 10s, was ordered to pay for the damage, or to suffer seven days' imprisonment with hard labor.

John Blackall was charged on remand with loitering on the premises of Mr H. Eowg, Custom-house street, without law ful excuse. The ease had been remanded for enquiry, the prisoner stating that he was a seaman belonging to the Exonia schooner.

It appeared that the vessel had sailed before the prisoner was locked up, but in consideration of his having been in cus tody since Saturday the Court discharged him with a caution. LUNACY. A person of unsound mind wae, upon the testimony of two medical gentlemen (Drs. Philson and Goldsboro'), ordered to be conveyed to the Lunatic Asylum for medical treatment, DESKIITION FEOK THE BOYAL NAVY. William Osborne, alias Ward, was charged with being a deserter from H.M.S. Eosario.

The prisoner had been discharged from Mount Eden this morning, where he had been suffering imprisonment for an offence of larceny. During his imprisonment he had been recognised as a deserter from the Rosario. He now denied that he had ever belonged to Her Majesty's ser vice, and Sergeant Pardy asked for a remand until to-morrow for the purpose of identification, which waa granted.

ALLEGED CONSPIEACY

The eight defendants, charged with conspiring together for the purpose of fraud in the matter of the Green Harp Gold Mining Company, again appeared in answer to their names, and the case was further proceeded with. Mr Brookfield stated at the opening that tho caso for the prosecution would be completed to day.

Mr Hesketh appeared, in conjunction with Mr Brookfield, in behalf of the prosecution, and Mr Joy, L.L.8., assisted by Mr W. L. Ilees for the defendants.

The first witness called was Mr J C Davies, tho legal manager of the company, who gave similar testimony to that deposed in the prosecution of Sheehy, the mine manager, for larceny of specimens.

To Mr Joy : The witness stated that a sum of £400, advanced by O'Eiclly to the company, has not been repaid, and the company repudiated the debt. A further sum of £500, advanced by Mr Eeir, has also been repudiated. This £900 had been expended on the mine.

Ec-examined: O'Eielly was given shares as security for tie advance. H. S. Pickett, connected with tho melt ing department of the Bank of New Zealand, proved bringing up a portion of tho amalgam from Conmandel to Auck land after it had beei retorted. His evidence was similar to that in Sheehy's case.

Mr Eapson was also examined with regard to the assay of the metal. This evidence has been publishedbefore.

The witness Fox wai again examined in reference to O'Eeiliy's account with Ferguson.

William Maude, ledger-keeper at the Bank of Australasia, was called to prove the state of the banking accounts of the defendants O'Reilly, Howe, Gleeson, and Ferguson. Considerable objection was raised to his evidence as inadmissible.

The objection was allowed. This closed the case for the prosecution.

Mr Eees applied for aa adjournment to consider the defence.

The case was adjourned until to-morrow morning. ... ■

EMILY GOLD MINING COM PANY.

An extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Emily Gold Mining Company was held this morning in the Mechanics' Institute. Mr Wihon in the chair. The business of the' meeting was to decide how the company should dispose of forfeited shares; to receive a statement of its financial position; and to transact any other business that might be brought forward. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, It was proposed, seconded,and carried "That the forfeited shares be left in the hands of the directors to be disposed of as they may think best." The financial statement of the company was then read, showing the liabilities of the company to be £418 10s., to meet which there was a balance in the bank'of £58 15s 4d. The financial statement was adopted. The Chairman stated that two new directors, Messrs. Moore and Barklay, had been appointed, in the room of two lately resigned. It was for this meeting to confirm their election. The appointment was con firmed after some slight discussion. A good deal of discussion took place on the question of the liabilities of the com pany. Mr Fleming moved—"That as the rules of the company only permit a call of one shilling to be made at a time, two calls should be made following upon each other; and that the work in the low level be pushed forward, at once;" The only fault he found with the company was that there had not been enough energy

displayed'in the working of the mine. The resolution was carried. The Chair man stated that there was another way of covering a great portion of the liabilities, viz. : by the purchasing of the reserve shares then in the company's hands. This would bring in about £200. Mr Fleming proposed —" That the directors be re quested to dispose of the reserved shares, without unnecessarily sacrificing them." Seconded and carried. The rules of the company were then read, and several alterations made.

NOTES ON PARLIAMENT.

[Feom our Special Eepobtbb.]

August 12th. I take advantage of the sailing of the St Kilda for Manukau at four o'clock to send you a short letter, though I shall not be able to add anything to the pro ceedings in Parliament, as I gave you them up to the latest hour in my last letter. The position of parties has very little altered outwardly since my last, but some slight indications are visible to the initiated observer that shew the tendency of future political events. Of course the great political topic down here is the resolution to be moved by Mr Curtis on Wednesday relative to the Provincial authorities having a voice and a share in the administration of the public works and immigration policy. I may say that I believe the intentions of the Provincial party are being misrepresented by the Press, who are being made the tools of political wire-pullers. The plan of the Ministry appears to be to get up a popular cry in their favour, and to cast odium upon the Provincial party. Of course nothing is easier. All the in fluence and machinery at the command of the Government are being strained to the utmost to effect the desired result. The telegraph is being extensively used in all directions to stir up the General Government supporters, and it is hoped that by Wednesday or Thursday at latest a general howl vs ill have been raised against the Provincial party sufficient to appal them, and to deter them from their purpose. Whether the move will succeed or not remains to be seen. Of course Mr Stafford and his party cannot vote for these resolutions, and I believe he and the majority of his party will vote against them. At the same time a sprinkling of the old Centralists will cast in their lot with the Provincialists, especially the. out and out haters of the present Ministry, who are numerous and of all shades of opinion. It was at one time believed that Messrs Stafford and Fitzherbert had buriod the hatchet of old political grievances and differences, and had smoked the calumet of peace over a mutually satisfactory policy. Nay, it was recently supposed that they were bosom friends, and that the bond of unanimity of political sentiment had been cemented beyond all danger of accident. Now I fear that a cloud has arisen, that a blight has fallen upon the mutual affection of the two great mon, and that the magnificent prospects which were opened up by the grand spectacle of their brotherly affec tion has melted away like the baseless fabric of a vision. Truly political affection is of almost delicate and fragile character —the slightest frost nips it "in the bud."

The causes of the alleged interruption to the harmony are said to be various, but I fancy I can point them out. Indeed it required no great political foresight to indicate the course Mr Fitzherbert and the Wellington party wero likely to adopts Last session Wellington played "what Mr Silas Wegg would term " the friendly move" against Mr Vogel, the Golden Dustman of the day. This session Wellington thinks " the friendly move " played out, and Silas Wegg ac cordingly tries what threats of opposition will do. Wellington has been careful not to make these threats herself; she has not assumed any position of antagonism to the Golden Dustman this session that she cannot recede from. Sho has has merely showed her teeth, and it is believed the Golden Dustman has " come down handsome." But woe unto those who trusted Wellington; woe unto yo Centralists, Proviniiialists, Ultra-Provin cialists, Scribes, and Pharisees, billet hunters, Fitzherbert, " the old man,'' as he is endearingly termed, has cast ye off into outer darkness.

Of course there are excuses in plenty. The main one is that Mr Stafford will not play second fiddle to the great Pungun drura, that he wants to oust the present Ministry and to go in himself with a dummy surrounding. I believe this to be as far from truth aa anything could possibly be, but the excuse serves as well as any other. Mr Bunny, the a«tute Provincial Secretary of Wellington, is certainly a smart man of business, and justifies his old reputation when he was the whip of the General Government. The selfishness of tho Wellington party, however, is not likely to benefit them to any great extent. The Auckland, Otago, and Canterbury members are sure to band together to remove the seat of Government, or at all events the place of session, and they are strong enough to carry their "way against all the force that Wellington and the Government can muster. Mr Header Wood's motion, ex pressing regret that the Government, did not comply with the resolution of the House last session, ,by holding the session at Dunedin, will, I think, be carried. '

It is impossible to tell at this moment whether or not Mr Curtis' resolution will be carried or not, but so,far as lam able to judge I believe, unless any new com bination occur, it will command a majority. The mover and his supporters do not intend to shear the General Government of control. They simply allege that the sole administration of the public work's' and immigration policy by the General Government has been characterised by i gross extravagance, unbounded exercise of political patronage, and a waste of money in creating unnecessary now machinery. They ask that the Provincial authorities may be consulted, and the local machinery utilized, the General, iGovernment retaining the supreme con trol. The Provincial party appear deter mined to try the question, and I have no doubt that they will be able to bring forward very cogent arguments in favor of their proposal.

PEARL FISHERY COMPANY.

A meeting of this company was held at noon to-day in the office of Mr Clayton, hon. secretary, for the purpose of reserv ing 300 shares in the company and elect ing other directors. Only five shareholders were present. _ , . Captain Anderson wag voted to tno chair.

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Letters were read from Messrs Joseph H. Williams, and Thomas Williams ten dering their resignations as directors. Resignations accepted. Captain Anderson said he thought the best thing that could be done would be to wind up the affair and start it with pri vate interests. It was therefore resolved —"that Captain Clayton should call in all accounts and settle them, and that the company should be wound up,' 1

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

AUCKLAND AT MIDNIGHT.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab. Sir,—Some one has been writing a lot of rubbish to the Cross under the above heading, Ido not know the person who wrote it, and I don't want to know him, but from the manner in which he writes I should say his name is Smith. You may recollect that some years ago a series of papers appeared in the Fall Mall Gazette relating to the misfortunes of a "Casual" and the " Curragh Wren.' " Auckland at midnight" is simply a very bad imitation of the Pall Mall papers. I have an old copy of Shakespeare which I shall be glad to dispose of at a moderate figure to " our own" of the " Cross." Let him study it, and let him learn not to mis quote my old friend William. Who ever heard of the gentleman that spoke to Horatio in Hamlet mention " our philosophy." Buy the book Smith, buy the book. Smith's evident intention is to put down the social evil. It is no use, it is no use old man. You. could not do it even if you had Brown to assist you, and Robinson at his back in case of necessity. Your intention is good, but as a friend I advise you to devote your mighty intellect to something else. Try the "Lunatic's Loungings" or the " Ass in the Agylum." (If you reply there is an opening for a tuquoque). I believe you had the honor,of seeing me in one of your rambles. I was asleep. It was well for you that I slept; there was a bottle on the table (naturally) ; there were also some chairs in the room. I am very good with a bottle, and not bad with the leg of a chair. Smith, if I awoke, there would have been gore and brains, and a vacancy in the staff of the Cross. Avoid me, Jones, avoid me. If you will insist in doing the " maudling midnight," and you wish to call on me at two o'clock in the morning, the next time you come, tell some fellow to wait out side with a stretcher. I can recommend you to a very clever practitioner; he lives not very far from my occasional abode. ' There is only one thing I cannot understand, the fellows that Were with you are very good fellows, and I only wonder they took such a fellow as you around. It is not part of their duty. Good morning Robinson.—Yours, &., Owl.

ANOTHER PROJECTED SECT.

To the Editor of the Evbxin<j Stab. Sib, —In your Saturday's issue of the 17fch I read a letter on the above subject, signed W. E. Sadler. During the last few months I have read several letters of his, and in each case he has come forth to stop or hinder some good and holy cause. As Mr 3. is so strongly opposed to the advancement of Christianity, I cannot help thinking that he ought to have lived during the "dark ages," or that he •hould at once be made a Pope and invested •with ; full powers to compel his subjects to think, speak, and act according to his narrow mindedness. He Bays that *' we colonists are blessed with a pretty full measure of civil and religioup liberty," and yet he seeks to deprive us of it,' viz. : If a church feeli the need of a monthly periodical to advocate its principles, Mr Sadler must write it down by sending a letter to the "Cross," (which, bythe^by, they,threw into the waste paper box). If a gentleman- sees the evil of drunkenness, and seeks to check its progress by advocating a Pormissive Bill, Mr S. must write against both him and it ; or is a minister about to come to the town to preach to a class who have no pastor of their own views, thon Mr S. writes against him and tells us that his presence here "is a declared manifest super fluity." Surely, if Mr S. " knew what was in man," or "loved the truth more than party," he would leave other people's business alone, and rather go into our lanes and streets of filth which produce fever and death, and battle with that; or he would go to the homes of the intemperate and mark the vices that brutalize the mariners, wither the in tellect, shoi'ten the life, and damn the soul, and battle with them, then he would be doing some good.—l am, &c, V. Watson, Short land street.

ENGINEERING V. SUPERFINE.

To the Editor of the Evening- Stab. Sir, —In yours of Friday last the Parnell clique proves the correctness of my last, as the late Board, with its'excellent; chairman.and would-be engineer, surveyor or superintendent of roads, have displayed such professional skill and ability as excels all before it. With regard to " Clique's" ticket-class men, if he be one of the late Board let nic inform him that he has placed some moat expensive, awkward, - outrageous, monstrous and ugly tickets, unparalleled in engineering or road making, about the rise of Parnell, and on tho3C tickets has. emblazoned his motto >-" Incompetence!" It is very easy to profess skill and ability, but professing and possessingis seen when put in practice. , With regard to theperfected hard-working overseer, " Clique should have said im perfect Government-stroke overseer. The causes and effects are such as result from the acts of fools and madmen ; and if the ratepayers of Parnell had for this last two years given ayearly salary to some com petent engineer to superintend their work, a thousand pounds would never have been iso unwisely spent on the Rise; or else let I them elect'intelligent, practical, unselfish, and philanthropic men as trustees, and a j change will soon follow.—lam., Another j SuFFEEEB- . : .'. '

TELEGRAPHIC.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Frightful Accident at the

Kuranui Battery.

General Improvement in the

Caledonian.

The Nonpareil—-New Leader;

The Cure. —Looking Wei?-

GKAHAMSTOWN

Tuesday, 3 p.m.

James Smith, engineer at the, Kuranui battery, sot entangled in the machinery this morning, and had his leg torn right off from the knee. The poor fellow was carried to the Hospital. There is a general improvement in the Caledonian. The Otago stope also looks well. A cross-cut has been entered opposite the Otago stope into the reef to discover the course of the Otago run ; it showed a little gold. The leader over No. 3 winze also shows gold.

The ITonpareil new leader shows rich in face and stope.

! A shot has been fired in the main face of the drive in the Cure. It has brought down 3 cirt. of specimens, which are niagnificient. About one hundredweight of good picked stuff has also been sent up. There are. nearly a ton of specimens now on hand.

THE SHARE MARKET.

MB. J. HEKDBY'S BEPOBT.

The share market has been active in Cale donian and Cure stocks. Caledonians were in demand during the morning at £32 ; they are now offering at £30. Curea remain firm at £2 2s 6d to £2 ss. Sales :— Caledonians, £30, £31, £31 lOi ; Cures,.£2 2s 6d, £2 5s j Eed Queens, 4s 9d ; Golden Calf, £2 7s 6d ; Nonpareil, £2 Bs. MB. /. M. LENNOX'S BEPOET.

There was a large business done upon the Exchange to-day. Caledonian shares advanced to £32, but closed with a slight downward tendency. Cure shares are steadily advancing. My sales comprise—Caledonian, £30, £31, £32 j Cure, £2 5b ; Thames, £5 15s ; Moana tairi, £6, £6 ss ; Golden Calf, £2 7s 6d. Closing sellers —Caledonian, £31; Thames, £6; Golden Calf, £2 7s 6d. Buyers- Caledonian, £30 ; Thames, £5 15s j Alburnia, £2 15s ; Tookey, £5 15s.

CHASING CATS AND CATCHING COLD.

The fact that Mr. Oliver lived ia a uniform rovr of houses in the Fourteenth Ward, says the Philadelphia Sunday Despatch, was the reason why lie was unfortunate. One moonlight night some little time hack the noise made by the oata on the roof was simply awful. Mr. Oliver lay in bed trying in rain to get asleep, and grinding his teeth in rage, until at last the uproar become unendurable. Mr. Oliver crept out of bed Softly, 10 that his wife would not be awakened. He put on his slippers, seized a boot in each hand, and clad in the many robes of tho night, jhe opened the trap door and emerged upon the roof. There were thirty or forty cati out there holding a kind of general synod in the cool of the evening, enjoying the bracing, air, and singing glees. As Mr. Olirer approached, the cat* marched over to the next. Mr. Oliver advanced and threw a boot at them. They then adjourned suddenly to the summit of the adjoining residence. Mr. Oliver projected another boot and went over after the firstone. In this manner the synod retreated and Oliver] advanced until the last row of twenty houses was reached, when the cats arranged themselves in a line along the parapet, ruffled up their fur, curved their spines, and spat furiously at Oliver. That bold warrior gathered up is boots and determined to retreat. He walked back over a dozen, houses, and descended through a trap«door. !He;went down stairs to his bed* room, and opened the door. There was man in the room in the act of walking up and down with a baby. Before Oliver had recovered from his amazement the man flung the baby on the bed, and seizing a revolver began firing rapidly at Oliver. It then dawned upon Oliver that he had come down the wrong trap-door. He proceeded up stairs again suddenly, the man with the revolver practising at him in a painful manner.'When Oliver reached the trap he shut it quickly and stood upon it. The man fired through the boards twice, and hooked the door upon the iDßide. A moment after Oliver heard him springing a watchman's rattle from the front window As soon as the neighbours knew there was a man on the roof they all flew up upstairs and fastened their trap-doors, and Mrs. Oliver fastened hers with the "firm conviction that some predatory villain had entered while she. slept and stolen Mr. Oliver. When he tried the door it was fast, and Mrs. Oliver was soreaming so fiercely that he could not make him-self heard. By this time the street was filled1 with poliaemen, all of whom were blazing away at Oliver with their revolvers, while the young men in the houses across the street kept up a steady fire with pistols, shot guns and miscellaneous missiles.., Oliver with every advantage for forming an opinion, said that Q-etty sburg was % mere skirmish to it. He hid behind the chimney,and lay up against the bricks to keep himself warm, while, the police men stationed tkeiDsclref all around to capture him when he would slide down one of the waterspouts. But Oliver did not slide. He sat out on the roof all night, with the bitter air circulating thorughhia two trifling garments, i listening to the Jiowting cats and the occasional shouts from the'pickets' line below ' and thinking of the old Jews who used to pray from their house-tops, and wondering if Mussulmen were ever: shot at or bothered with cats or policemen when they practised their evening devotions on their roof*. And then he wondered how it would do to take off hia night-shirt and wave it over the edge as a flag |of truce. He concluded not because of the danger a ballet from some misguided policeman not familiar with the rules of war. When daylight came the neighbours rallied in a crowd, armed with all kinds of weapons from howitzers down; and mounted to the reof. Oliver was taken down and put to bed, and now he has more influenza for a man or his aize than any;other citizen in the Fourteenth Ward. He says he going to move as soon as he gets, well —he is going, to move ; into ft house that is next door to nobody—and a house that stands in the middle of a prairie of some kind—and he intends to stencil hit name in white on the trap-door.

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