SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 6.42 HIGH WATER : This afternoon, 6.18 ; to-morrow morning, 6.38

STEAM TO THE THAMES

This evening, Lady Bowe:i, at seven o clock ; to morrow morning, Golden Crown, at eleven o'clock

ARRIVALS. Nil.

DEPARTURES. Bella Mary, barque, McArthur,'for Newcastle. PEOJECTED DEPARTURES. For "Wangarei: Challenger, p.s., this afternoon For Northern ports: Comerang, p.s., to-morrow For Kaipara: Tauranga, schooner, to-morrow ; Fiery Cross, schooner, Saturday ' For San Francisco : Nebraska; mail steamer, 28th inst For South Sea Islands: Jessie Niccol, schooner, to- For 7 Whitianga, Mercury Bay, and Tauranga: Southern Cross, s.s., 18th inst For London : Countess of Kintore, ship, to-moi row ; City of Anckland, ship, in November For New York : Coronilla, barque, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., 19th inst. ; Wonga Wonga, 30th instant On Saturday next a four oared gig race ■will take place on the Waitemata, between two of the Auckland Rowing Club gigs, manned by the following crews : —Colonist : Messrs J. Marshall, H. Craig, E. CKataloup, W. Hargraves. Manakau Maid : Messrs B. Provo, J. Dacre, Gr. Dunnett, and J. Williamson."" The s.s. Star of the South left for Napier yesterday afternoon. The p.s. Comerang will leave for Rilssell and other Northern ports to-morrow after noon at one o'clock. The A.S.P. Co.'s steamer Royal Alfred will leave Queen-street wharf on Saturday afternoon next, at half-past three o'clock, on a special trip to the Hot Springs, returning on Monday, at eight o'clock ra the morning. This trip will be repeated every alternate Saturday throughout the summer.. The p.s. Golden Crown -will take a moon light trip on the Waitemata on Saturday evening, leaving Queen-street wharf at eight o'clock, and returning at ten. The fare will be one shjtfling. The fine ship City of Auckland is fast loading for London. The whole of her cargo is already engaged. She will leave in course of a Veek. ' Nearly all her passenger berths are taken. The well-known frigate built ship Queen Bee has been laid on the berth for London, and will leate next month. A portion of her cargo is already engaged. The ship I Countess of Kintore has hauled nto the stream, and will leave for London ito-morrow. The Countess takes the follow* ing passengers :Mr R. H. Allison, Messrs F. Dudley, Wm, Fitzgerald, W. Dextor, J. , Salmon, Richard Malcolm, A. Bracey, Mrs Masefield, Mr Rogeraon and two chil dren. The brigantine Flirt has entered inwards in ballast from Levuku. The cutter Rangitira will will be taken round to the Manakau. She has cleared for there in ballast: By-advertisement in another column Mr Brown notifies that he no longer has any connection with the p.s. Challenger.. ■,' .

COMMERCIAL.

Messrs E. Panel H. Isaacs held a sale to day of furniture ex Bulwark. There was a large attendance and bidding was Bpirited. Considering the damaged condition of the goods very good prices were realised.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below:— & s. d. - ' CALLS Vulcan .. .. 0 0 6 Nov 14 Peep of Day & Daydawn 0 0 6 Nov 16 Una 0 0 C Nov 10 City of Dunedin ";. 0 5 0 Nov IS Golden Run.. .. 0 0 3 ' Nov 18 Red, White, and Blue 0 0 6 Nov 20 Central Italy.. .. 0 10 Nov 20. Otago .. .. .. 0 10 Nov 20 South British Fire and Marine Insurance 0 5 0 Nov 20 Watchman .; .. 0 10 Nov 1i '.' Red Queen . ; .. 0 0 6 Nov 26 Ruby .. ...... 0 1 o Nov 27 Crown Prince ' .. 0 0 6 Nov 28 Coromandel Tunnel 010 0 Dec 2 Bird in Hand .. 0 10 Dec 2 Thames Gas .. .. 0 5 0 Dec 14

MEETINGS.

Golden. Point, Company'! office, Wyndhain street, Auckland, noon, 25th November Lion, Grahamstown, 25th November Lucky Diggers, Mr Leers' office, 74, Queen street, 3 p.m., 25th inst Kooringii, Grahamstown, 26th November Nil Desperandum, Mr R. Home's office, Queen street, Auckland, noon, 27th November Bird in Hand, Grahamstown, 27th November Oriana, Company's office, Queen street, 3 p.m., 28th November New Golden Pah, Company's office, Queen street Auckland, 2 p.m., 29thNovember

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mailh will Close as Underi;— ■ t For Thames, this day, at 6.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. atid 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, per Royal Alfred, to-morrow, at noon. For Eussell, Wangaroa, Mongonui, etc., per Comerang, to-morrew, at noon. For Tahiti, per Jessie Niccol, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Mahuranga, Matak&na, Mangawai, etc., per Lady Bowen, on Saturday, 16th inst., at 10 a.m. For Whitiangi and Taurangi, per Southern Cross, on Monday, 18th inst., at 3 p.m. N.B.—Mails for Australia, via Sydney; will close at Greymouth. at 4.30 p.m. this day. Mails for Australia, via Melbourne, will cToseat'tSe Bluff at 11 a.m. to-morrow. S B. Biss, Poßtmaster.

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

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 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.

"We are on the eve of another session of the Provincial Council. What may be the various subjects moulded out under the hammer of legislation we -know not, but there is one subject of the greatest importance which we do know willnecessarily.be brought under .the notice of the Provincial Council, and in all probability will be settled for good or evil to the province. The question relative to the police is in a somec/hat singu lar position. The control was handed over by the Superintendent to .the General Government, and although the Provincial Council set up its back about it, the arrangement was rigidly kept until by the effluxion ef time, and perhaps of inclination, the control of the police was gliding back into the hands of the Council. It was then that the. true feeling of the public became manifest,1 and with few excep tions, from end to end of the province there has been but one feeling, that of dissatisfaction at the change, and repug nance to the idea of any return to the ■vile abuses of the police force under the | bid regime. It' may to some be nothing that every journal in the proyince has stood in the van in opposition- toi the retrogreseionists. There are those who affect to disregard the voice of the Press as the exponent of public opinion, but in this case there cannot be a doubt that our two morning contemporaries, as well as this journal, in denouncing the resumption of the police by "the local authorities have distinctly given utterance to the true feeling of Auckland, as the Thames Advertiser and the other journals have in their several districts. However, the public should not rest satisfied with this. There is a some what stale but not ineffectual plea with blase politicians of the negative school when they say " there has been no public demand on the subject. The papers! what are they? they but express the opinions of individual writers." Now the mischief to be guarded against is of too vital interest to 'the~ public safety for any excuse to b*left to those w&o wish to turn our police constables, into lackeys to pup little great, men- It is undeniable that there is a yery strong feeling, pervading the commu nity! in opposition to the change from the central to provincial control; ..but that public opinion should take a tan gible form and present itself at the barjof the Council demanding respect.1 It jis difj&cult to s^ay whether the majority of the Council may not actually be in favour of the unification and; the central of the police of the colony, and whether their action in two; recent sessions may not have been prompted by a feeling of pet and resent ment at the seemingly cavalier treat ment shown by his Honor the Superin tendent in hot consulting them on the subject. But it should be shown that outside the Council Chambers at least people will, fyaye no return to the system of police abuse. "We would very strongly urge that a public meeting of citizens should be convened by his Worship the Mayor; that at that meeting a protest and memorial should be adopted for presentation to the Council, and. with it the prayer, if deemed advisable,,that not merely the control but the support of the force Should be made a matter of colonial concern. There does seem irideed an anomaly in the Provincial Council.

voting salaries to men over whom it has no control. As this question of the support by the General Government. or by the province is really but a matter of book-keeping ; no difficulty should be anticipated in connection with it, and as the seeming anomaly is to some minds an argument for reducing, the Police force under the control of the Provincial authority, as a matter of sentiment it may be deserving of being removed. But in whatever Way the details may arrange themselves, on this onepoint—objection to local control of the police— the public in Auckland, at the Thames and elsewhere should pronounce with emphasis. We trust the suggestion will not be lost. A requisition to the Mayor signed by a few of our leading citixens will bring about the result in tended, and we would very strongly urge to action those who feel the im portance of this matter to the. peace and good order of society.

"We are very much pleased to learn that the Central Board of Education have on their own mere motion voted a handsome increase of salary to Mr Worthington, teacher of the Noifch Shore district school. As Mr W ortb ing mv is unquestionably one of the best and most successful teachers in connection Avith the Board, this recognition of the estimate in which he is held is not only well merited but should prove an incentive to teachers generally under the Board. Among the many sights of the cityi especially noticeable, are the various flora indications of the season, and few sights are more attractive to persona who have a taste for flowers than the rare specimens of the Lycopodium Denliculatuin* and the Fuchsia Kirku, now being exhibited in the window of Mr Lipscombe, Tasmanian seedsman, Queen street. The line samples of roses lately shown by Mr Lipscombe were from the garden of Mr Stannus Jones, of Uedwood, who takes some interest in the culture of roses ; still we have recently seen roses equally full and fine in the gardens of several Auckland growers. The social gathering at Mount Albert in aid of St. Luke's Church will take place this evening, at six o'clock. The hon. Thomas B. Gillies will address the electors of City West in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute to-morrow (Friday) evening, at half-past seven. The Kaihu Flax-mill, containing ten tons flax and five tons tow, was entirely de stroyed by fire on Friday last. The mill, we learn, was uninsured. The men were all at work at the time of the outbreak. The tire seems to have been caused by some sparks from the flue falling into the flax. A num ber of hands, unfortunately, are thrown out of employment for a time in consequence of the fire. The usual monthly meeting of the Piince of Wales Lodge, No. 1338, E.C., will take place thi3 evening in the Masonic Hotel, Princes-street. The trustees of the Auckland Savings' Bank will hold a meeting at three o'clock on Monday next. There are men in London who make no living impression upon their age ; who are rarely capable of a glorious act, and yet in strange ways make splendid fortunes. A few years ago', a clothier in the New Cut pur chased Garrick's Villa, and its classical grounds, in the village of Hampton, for £30,030. Mr Herbert Ingram, who originated the "Illustrated London News," and sub sequently represented his native city, Boston, in Lincolnshire, made his wealth by the sale of anti-bilious pills; and now we hear of Professor Holloway, as he styles himself, who is about to erect at his own expense a middle-class asylum at Virginia Water. The asylum will cost from £70,000 to £100,030, and will accommodate 200 patients. It will be maintained for a year ay the Professor, after which it is expected to be self-support ing, and will be handed over to the manage ment of trustees. This, we believe, is the first noble act ever made by a pill manufac turer: but Holloway basks mwealth and lives in the most princely style hard by the royal residence of Queen Victoria, at Windsor. Royalty and quackery occupy the extremes of the forest; the castle and mansion seem to vie with each other in material adorn ments. Professor Holloway hae gathered a large harvest by hia pills and ointment through the happy medium of advertisements, and has been providentially'sustained, for the good of the people we' presume, up to three score years and ten. Some twenty years have passed since the great pro'ecsor purchased his magnificent estate atßlacknest, on the verge of Virginia Water, the favorite resort of the royal sensualist, the>-Duke of Cumberland, brother of George 111, whoce Culloden statue occupies the knoll at the end of the Long Walk. There is the finely timbered estate of the prodigious pill-maker, who from its gates lolls to and fro from the Windsor railway station, day by day, in his carriage drawn by a pair of the finest horses in the country, with attendant liveried menials. Such is the wordly condition of the old man who spends at least £20,C00 a-year in advertising his pills and ointment, which together form an infallible cure for all the physical ailments of the human race. The eight cases of Auckland-made jewel ery exhibited by P. H. Lewisson will be on view in his window for one week. —Advt. To gentlemen requiring first-class tobacco and' cigars, if they would only visit Mrs Sharped neat little American Tobacco and Cigar Divan (next Bank New Zealand) they may purchase the same cheaper than in any other house in the city. No inferior goods kept in stock ; would not purchase such for the public at any price. One trial is suffi cient to guarantee a continuance of custom. Give a call.-r-^ADVT. The Auckland Horticultural Society have definitely fixed upon Thursday,' the 28th in stant, for holding their promised Rose Show in the City Hall. We understand, however, that' the exhibition will not be exclusively confined to roses, but that other seasonable flowers will be introduced, Mr S. Jones, the 1 proprietor, ( haa generously placed the. City Hall at the services of the Horticul tural Society for the projected exhibition. Mr James B. Graham has been appointed the agent for Auckland in connection with the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society ; and !his brother, Mr G. S. Graham, has be come the inspector of the colony generally. IWe learn from the Advertiser that the accident which took place at the cricket ground on Monday has proved to be more 'serious than they anticipated. Mr Thompson, to whom the horse which bolted belonged, 'was severely injured by the wheel, and has since been attended at his own house. Mr W. Dodd rushed at the horse and held it when it firs,t ran away. When the second firing took iplace, the horse leaped up, and both it and the vehicle fell ovqr on Mr Dodd, whose leg was so severely injured that yesterday ho had to be taken to the Hospital, " '

The Governor (Sir George Bowen) and his lady -jvill proceed to tlie South to-morrow by the Nebraska. • On Monday evening next, November 17, the Auckland Amateur Excelsior Minstrels, prompted by that spirit of active benevolence which characterises them, will give a concert under the patronage of the Independent Order of Oddfellows at the City Hall. The concert we hear is likely to eclipse all pre vious performances of these rising minstrels. The members of the various lodges will appear on the night in question in the regalias .and emblems of the order. The proceeds of the entertainment is for the joint benefit of the widows and families of the late Jerry Waite and Benjamin Taylor, both of whom were of the brotherhood. Waite in fact was one of the founders of the Good Intent Lodge* and has left ten children, whilst Taylor who died from the effects of a fall while working in the Oddfellows' Hall, has left behind him a family of four children. The concert, therefore, should be a successful one. The pensioned General Tshernjazeff has been murdered at Sevastopol in the most at trocious manner, as is suspected, by a gang of workmen whom he employed at his houte and allowed to sleep there on the night pre vious to their leaving. The valet de chambre or steward, a foreigner, is suspected to have led the murderous attack. The mutilated body was found four days after in a draw well belonging to the house The head had been tied to the heels, and the corpse put in a sack, with a two-pound (stone '!) weight. The wounds about the head and neck were of the most horrible description. Nothing lias transpired about the apprehension of the murderers, who were understood to be leav ing for Odessa before the murder took place. The Echo says: —"The most interesting discovery heard of lately is one for laying down submarine telegraphic wires, even across the Atlantic, with insulation amounting only to a single unit, instead of 170.0C3 units of the present, cables—thus, of course, savhig two-thirds of the jn-esent expense of tho^e cables, and making oceanic telegraphy cheaper than that even of the land." What now is to hinder New Zealand being connected with Australia and the rest of the world ? The Ilaiolces' Bay Herald saya: —"A circumstance well worth taking a note of by our ruuholders came to our knowledge a day or two ajo. A sheep-farmer resident in this province, the quality of whose wool was well known to the London buyers, had occasion, owing to alterations iv his busme s arrange ments, to-change his brand. The familiar mark beiu<{ no longer recognised, the wool foil 4d per ft in consequence." A remarkable series of offences against persons of position occurred on the same day (October 5) in New York. Mr Buckley, Justice of the Po.l:ce Court at Brooklyn, was indicted for intoxication while on the Bench, and direlection of duty. Chief of Police McWilliams and Detective Doyle, of the Jersey City force, were charged with being impl'cated in the attempted robbery of the First National Bank of Jersey City. Both were commited for trial, and the district attorney, Mr Britton, of Brooklyn, on a charge of misdeameanor, was exonerated for want of sufficient evidence. In the three years ending the 31st March* 1872, gold coins of the roininal value o £1,975,716 were cut by the Bank of England* The loss sustained by the owners of the coin amounted to £25,415, a seventy-eighth part of the nominal value. We learn from the City Press (London) that in consideration of the present high price of provisions, the Governors of the Bank of England have added a gratuity of live per cent to the salary of every officer, clerk and porter in the establishment. An English iron worker has produced an article which he calls 'f mineral cotton," the use of which, in the arts, may become of no small importance. By injecting a stream of air into the slag of the iron furnace the macs assumes the condition of filaments which are flexible, tenacious, and possess generally the external attributes of raw vegetable cotton. It is thought that the new mineral thread may be woven, if not spun, and thtis used in the manufacture of a textile fabric. The iron slag, which is now all waste, may thus come to possess commejreial value. A plan of the Ellerslie Race-course is to be seen in Messrs Upton and Co.'a window. The course, which is a fraction under a mile round, is marked off for the various distances usual iv horse-racing. The race-course when finished bids fair to be the finest in the colony, and some good sport may be anticipated. We understand that the man Ryan, who was injured the night before last at his house in Wyndham-street, by his landlord, is pro gressing favourably. He is, however, still weak from loss of blood. The charge of assault against Mr Heavy will be proceeded with on Monday next. The Levant Times describes a recent elope ment at Kustendjie. The young Lochinvar of the occasion was a young jew who had lately turned Mussulman, and the fair damsel was a daughter of Israel, who dis guised herself in Turkish female costume and joined her lover in the Tartar quarter, where an araba with a pair of greys was waiting for the adventurous couple. As the parents of the heroine were English subjects the British Consul was called on to interfere, and a search was made for the fugitives in all parts of the town, but without success. News of the elopement was at once tele graphed to Toulcna and Babadag, but says our contemporary, the course of true love appears to have run smooth for once in a way, and we have as yet received no tidings of the missing pair. We learn by the Fiji Times that on the 2nd inst. Captain Hill, of liabi, was brought up at the Warden's Court, and charged before Messrs Brougham and Emberson with being ' accessory to the murder of several natives. The charge, we believe, was preferred on the accusation of some Fijian '■ who was not present at the Court; The case was re manded for evidence. Bail was refused. It appears rather extraordinary that one man should be allowed bail when a charge of murder is preferred against him, and another should be refused it when the charge is that of being accessory only. It certainly has not the appearance of ." equal laws and justice," which we believe has been made a boast of. The meeting of the members of the late Onehunga Rifle Volunteers was held last night, pursuant to advertisement in the Evening Slwr. Some forty or 50 were present, and considerable progress was made in regard to the financial wirid-up of the company. We observe that persons having ■claims against the'company are requested in our advertising columns to send in their ac counts on or before the 21st current. The meeting has been adjourned for fourteen days. A French Attache" Militaire at Berlin, coming home from the .manoeuvres the other day, threw his burning cigar in one of the spittoons, when a terrible explosion took place, knocked the colonel down and severely burned his face. It appears thatthe'eervant finding a bag of powder in the apartment, mistook it for Alack sand, and filled all the cractyoirs with it, so delighted was she with glosa of the mischievous granules,

We have received a large number of letters relative to various aspects of the question respecting the relations of the late Captain Freer to the Freemasons and the Roman Catholic Church. We have expressed a willingness to,throw our columns open to one question only bearing on the subject, that is, whether a Catholic joining the Masons, knowing the consequences, has any grounds of complaint if visited subsequently1 by those consequences. We have received not a word bearing on this. We conclude therefore that the justice of our thesis is admitted, and -we trust that we shall hear no more denunciation in relation to such cases against the Catholic clergy for abiding strictly by the letter of their own rules. _ As to the other questions proposed in various letters with considerable acrimony, as to the merits of Catholicism and Masonry, we consider that their discussion is not the province of a public /journal, and as tending to excite intense sectarian discord to no profit what ever, we decline to admitthis to our columns. The testimony of one correspondent, however, we have much pleasure in giving as it' shows how a good Mason and an intelligent man. views with tolerance and kindliness the con victions and the conscientious fulfilment of duty on the part of those who differ widely from himself. "A Cruce Salus" who de scribes himself as " one of the oldest masons in the province, and a still older soldier," says: " I also respect the action taken in the matter by Bishop Croke. He simply obeyed the orders and regulations of his church. I have ,no reason to believe, otherwise than that ' Sergius ' is a good Mason, but most apparently he is a bigot and a sectarian. He should remember that in the colonies all sects and denominations of Christians, Jews, and Infidels have an equal degree of toler ance and protection of the law afforded them, and in the administration of the high and responsible duties of his office the Roman Catholic Bishop would have proved himself unworthy of his position had he transgressed the orders of the Supreme Pontiff in this respect. This ' Sergius rmust know, and his intruding his theological ideas on the public through the means of your journal, and his endeavour to cast blame and ridicule on the action of a worthy and conscientious prelate will only excite the ridicule and contempt of all right-minded Christians, whether of the Roman Catholic or —as I am —of the Protestant persuasion.— A Cruce Salus." The Maitland Mercury has the following remarks upon the cure of blight in orange trees :—" We have been told of a cure for that blight in orange trees arising from the attacks of large numbers of insects bunching on the tree, which is so simple as to be within the reach of anybody. Mr P. Terrier, of Lochinvar, is the gentleman who has applied the remedy to his own trees, and has found it effective. He had tried several other things without any satisfactory result, and at last having some stringy bark on the premises he thought of steeping it in water and applying the infusion to the trees. He did to, and washed the trees with it three days running, and at the end of that time he found them comparatively cured." A literary and musical entertainment will be given this evening by the Devonport Young Men's Association, North Shore. The proceeds will be devoted to the two Sun day Schools of the district. We have heard of a good little boy whose parents encouraged the habit of early retiring by permitting him to take cake to bed with him. One evening' he astonished his affectionate mother by the following prayer : " Now I lay me dowa to.sleep, ... . I pray the Lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, Give sister Jane my piece of cake." The Fiji Times says : —" The Government has given instructions to the tax-collectors to take India-rubber from the. natives in payment for their taxes, and to allow one shilling per pound for it. It would be well to take measures to prevent any destruction of the trees from which the rubber is pro cured .through the eagerness with which the natives will collect it when they find that it is an article of commerce and in demand." We notice that the ground immediately surrounding the District Court is literally covered with docks, now in full seed, which gives any thing but a decent appearance to the exterior of the Court. A man was recently sent by the authorities to clear away the pernicious weeds ; but being either of an economical turn of mind, or only paid for a certain job, he merely cleared the paths, and left the mass to flourish or decay.

THE SHARE MARKET.

j. m. lennox's report,

There waa a good demand during the day for Cure shares. Caledonians are offering at yesterday's quotations; Caledonians were sold at £15 ; Cure, 355, 365, 37s 6d ; closing with buyers at 37s 6d ; Otago, 20s; South British Insurance, 355.

NORTHERN DIVISION ELECTION.

The interest in this close running deepens as the returns fill up. But one return re mains still to be received, namely, that from Waiwera,, and at present there is only a difference of eight points, these being in favour of Major Stoney.' The numbers on the authority of the Returning Officer are— Major Stoney, 130 jMr Buchanan, 122. The probability still is that Waiwera will place Mr Buchanan at the head of the poll. An evident typographical error appeared in this morning's Herald with reference to Mahu rangi Survey Station. Instead of 0 for each, the return reads Stoney, 0 ; Buchanan, 9. The following are the returns to. hands :— Buchanan ■ Stoney. Devbnport ... ... ... 93 45 Little Muddy Creek ~.■■■■■ ... 0 0 Henderson's Mill ... ... 0 ! 4 Stokes' Point ... 8 6 Wade ... ... ... ... 4 33 Matiurangi Public HaU ... 2 11 Ditto Survey Station ... 9. 0 Matakana ... ''~..' '~. 6 ,0,. .-.' Helensville ... ... ... 0 25 Riverhead ... . ... ■ ; .. 0 l! 6 122 13Q Majority for Major'Stoney, 8 ; >'

POLICE COURT.

~; , :,... this day.,. ,:;.;/>■■; :,; (Before His Worship the Mayor.) ' , DRUNKENNESS. ■'■! * ■'■ A, man who had twenty-nine previous, convictions scored against him pleaded that this: was his first offence. The Court-doubted his fword, and ordered him to pay 5s and cost's. ' Another, who. treated a similar charge as a joke, and laughingly admitted that he was1 slightly elevated, was-"fined 10s and costs. AN ABSENTING SEAMAN. . Alexander. McDonald, a seaman on. board the Queen Bee, was charged with absenting ■himself from his ship without leave from the captain. In reply from question by his Worship, Captain Williams said that the prisoner was in the habit of getting drunk Whenever he had the opportunity. The Court sentenced him to thirty, days > imprisonment with hard labour, ( ' . ' jj j This concluded the business; *

THE COMPLETE LETTER.-WRITER AND SPEECH-MAKER. ADAPTED FOR COLONIAL USE.

[WILL SHORTLY BE PUBLISHED, POST-8vo; PP. I 250.] I The demand for a work of this kind has amounted to a savagery the author is unable to resist. He has therefore decided that the requirements of the public shall bei satisfied in this respect, and gives the following samples of what will appear in the book when published : — Form of a letter from a gentleman applying for a Government appointment. ■ - To the Hon. the Member of— , Sir,— I have the honor to apply to you for a Government apointment. My father is a voter in the district you so ably represent. He can con>-nand twenty votes at any time from his workmen and tennents. You will see that in case of a dissolution he Will be useful. At the same time he is a curious old buffer, and if his son does not get what he wants, the old gent is apt to turn rusty. I am not particuler what the duties are, nbr how short the hours ;, salary is the mam object. From 11 to 3, with an hour to* lunch and time for 50 up at the Board of Green Cloth, is the sort of fixing I should prefer, without the hours could be made any shorter. I should not have been placed in the humiliating position of applying for a Go vernment billet, but it cost me £SC!) in trying to learn the spot stroke from baulk, which I failed in. I should have got this aU back again if a rascally jockey had not sold me by winning a race 1 backed to lose. I hope you will bring in an amended Act touching jockeys that sell the fellows who back them. I was a loser of 2CD soys. on the last affair which came off down this way. I hope to hear of you apointing me to some thing good, and as soon as possible as I want to draw against my salary. I am not good at speling, but my orthografy is beyond dis pute.—l am, &c. P.S.—My old governor says there is sure to be a dissolution soon. Reply from the Member of . Sir, —In answer to your application I beg to state that there is no vacancy in my de partment at precent ; but as your need seems urgent I have created the office of Under Secretary in the paper-knife depart ment, to which you will be immediately gazetted. The length of hours will be made optional with yourself. I shall esteem it a great favour if you wiH convey my respects to your honoured parent, and request nun to add as many votes in his power to those he he has already at his command. —I have the honour to be, sir, etc, Letter from a Meniber of the General Assem bly to a Member of the Ministry. (Private and confidential.) , Sib,—l dare say you are tolerably well aware of the important question coming be fore the House, which you have made a min isterial one. You are aware that my political principle's are not easily to be influenced. I nave always held in utter detestation the man who could, would, or should, for the sake of worldly advancement or pecuniary gain, change his cherished -convictions ,to serve a party. In the expression of these sentiments I know I shall command your re spect and sympathy. I think you will un derstand that the great ministerial question now (before the House is one in which I do ntifc go with you. I think this an opportune time to suggest that an appointment of some competent person to (report from time to time) upon the influence of the growth lof water-cress in our Colonial rivers would be generally viewed as > a judicious one. Should you deem me eligible for such an office* I shall be happy to resign my seat immediately previous to the House dividing on the question.—l am, etc. f) a ..... . . .'.', •■ .... .. ;<rr Letter from Minister's Private Secretary in , ; • > t; reply to the above. Sib, — Referring to yours (No. as per margin), I be;? to state that by resigning the Ministers would only obtain one more vote. .But jf you can bring yourself to see that, your views as opposed to Ministers are erroneous, and will go with the "Ayes," two votes would be insured to Ministers. It would be after this record that Ministers would deem it advisable to appoint some competent person to report (from ; time, to time) upon the influence of the growth of water-cress in our colonial rivers, and they know of no person more competent than yourself to perform the onerous duties which, the office would impose.—l have the honor to be, etc. Reply to the above. To the Minister's Private Secretary. —Sir,— After prayerfully considering the question before the House I hare come to the con clusion that I have taken an erroneous view of the policy it is* proposed to pursue, and shall therefore vote for the ministers. —I hav<| the honor to be, Sir, &c. The compiler will cause to be inserted in this journal a few more letters, and some ' ready prepared' speeches intended to show i the great value and usefulness of the pro- I posed publication. '.'

MEL. F. G. EWINGTON'S LECTURE.

LasT erening Mr Ewington delivered an interesting :i lecture in I Wellesley-street Chapel on the history of the Baptist Church to an audience of about two hundred persons. The lecture waa long, and contained matter sufficient for two discourses. The lecturer went into the antiquities and early sufferings of the church, showing that under different guises and names the Baptist Church is cperal with Chriitianity. Mr Ewington referred at some- length to its divisions, democratic system of governmtent/; jfjs cherished mode of baptism, and the ludi crous.oharges brought by old writers against Baptists. He explained their principles and the work of auxiliaries ; also the position of a pastor who, if beloved, was treated with- consideration and courtesy; but who, if he did not please his flock, was soon made awaro of the fact that " he must .seek a pasture new." The prin ciples, statistics, colleges, missions, bene volent, • historical, and biographical as sociations were all introduced by the lec turer,'who affirmed that the denomination in its divisions had made itself felt in all parts of the world, and now the Baptists are about to establish a church in the very heart of imperial Borne at a cost of 40,000 dollars. The lecture was occasion ally eloquent and forcible, arid apart from a few slight inaccuracies, it was entertain ing and instructive, and particularly so to enquiring members of the Baptist com munity. ■

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

RAHAMSTOWN.

: . TMaday. The Cure has come across some nice speci mens 20 feet to the right of the main run. None of the specimen run has been' broken down since the last gold return. The Moanatairi Union tribute crushing. ... save 11 ounces from 16 tons. . A miner named John Lewis has been lav* while working in Dixon's mine. He wjai r i working in the stopes when the starj^ | slipped and fell on him, hurting his ribs. I?& |" was able to walk to the hospital. m The Naval Ball in celebration of the pre^"/' sentation of colors took place last night, andj was a great success. Two hundred, guests '■ were '!present. The-toasts "The Queen," and "The ladies " coupled with Mrs Lloyd, ~'[ were drunk enthusiastically.

COROMANDEL.

I .; , ~ . ' . This day; The stone in the Bismarck level of the ; Toka«ea is looking well to-day. More specimens have been obtained frdini _ the Peep o' Day. There was no meeting of the Waferiey Company. ■-

TAURANGA

This day. The Southern Cross sailed for Auckland - at six o'clock last night. Passengers— , f Messrs Allright, De Thierry, Lees, and Vivian, Miss McConnick, and three others. (per Anglo-australian press telegraph} 1 AGENCY.) .

WELLINGTON.

This day, noon.

The Horticultural Show was a great success. There were a large number of exhibits.

NEW PLYMOUTH.

This day.

A man, named Donnelly lias been committed for trial for an indecent assault : upon a child at Opunake.

NELSON.

This day.

Mr Shepherd addressed his constituents yesterday. He said he voted against Mr Fox because of his designs on the West Coast; against Mr Stafford, because he had no'confidence in him generally, and mis trusted his earnestness in carrying out I public works. He did not believe that -Mr,.- Fox and Mr Stafford were the only two men. in the house fit to assume the leadership, and expressed himself without .confidence fin the present Ministry. - .

A vote of canfidence was paßsed

; The steamer Charles Edward has left fo r Westport/with the 'Frisco mails. A

TIMARU.

ThlsaaV'.

The November criminal sittings were held to-day before Judge Ward, District Court ■Judge. ■ .j c>; i ■.'.-,/ ; ■. v ■ • ■■■:•'■ -'M i Charles Ifuncan was charged with having stolen a cash-box, money, valuables, and documents. He was found guilty, and sentenced to three years' penal servitude. Frederick Nelson, for stealing a gun, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. . " .Richard Parker Was charged with an in-/ decent assault upon two young girls of three and five years old. Alfred Smith was charged with obtaining '■ the sum of £200 under false pretences. Two ■other charges, against the prisoner were dis- ' missed, .and the cace of obtaining money was adjourned until the 23rd instant. .

DUNEDIN.

iwofiol , v-,f (Thisjlay It is stated: that Mr Reid will not return

to office, and that the new Government has been formed—Mr Tolmiie,; Secretary; Mr Turnbull, Treasurer.

A waggon and seven horses were capsized in the Taieri river. One horse was killed and the others seriously hurfc j I

Public feeling here is strongly against the Superintendent for wholesale dismissal of the Executive. ?. ~ , ~; a a

Mrßathgate's resignation of the Provinciaj Solicitorships is to be aceepted,;"and'Mr Haggett appointed in bis stead.

INVERCARGILL.

James Maclaren, .: a storekeeper, was Jjnarged yesterday with stabbing Malcolm Graham, foreman of .-therlabiourers on the Mataurja Railway,' on the night1, of the 9th ' instant. The prisoner andl deceased.-"ini-i "}„' been drinking, and fighting together daring the day, when, Graham went to sleep outside his tent r wHerehe -wag fQuiid^sta^bed in the back. He was taken to the hospital* and has since died. . ;- ■ !> The man Kidd, whose I'e^waS cut off on ithe sisdih inst.'iii Jack's' S^-mill, died '$&"'?■ terday.in thejhospital. .:■'..

PONSONBY.

.(To the Editor of the Evening Stab.) Sib,—ln crossing from Bichmond to Ponsonby road a few evenings since I came unpleasantly in contact: with a cart <q in one of the streets ins the neighbourhood (J of Springbank; While smarting from the concussion I veered a little to the other side in order to avoid anything more of the sort, when I w,ent helter skelter pver some logs, and finally picked myself out of« muddy hollow. Passing that way torday I we;tb6 e*rt ia. stiU ta«, aadilso the -

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A new steani drill, capable of boring a hole eight inches in diameter, has just been introduced in the anthracite regions by the i Pennsylvania Coal Company. It will .bore further intone- day than a dozen men with I'the old drills could drill in a month,