SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 6.13 HIGH WATER : This evening, 7.10

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING. Lady Bowen, at eight o'clock

ARRIVALS.

ounorm, scnooner, irom Patoxr Vincent, cutter, from Tauranga S mthern Cross, s.s., Sellars, from Tauranga Star of the South, s.s., from Napier, via the Thames Energy, schooner, from the 8.,y of Islands

DEPARTURES.

Nil.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Robert Henderson, ship, from London. Sailed 23rd June Glenhuntley, ship, from London. Sailed 7th July Queen Bee, ship, from London. Sidled, 19th July Novelty, barque, from Sydney Ayr, barque, from the Mauritius Ooronilla, barque, from Newcastle Joliba, barque, from Lyttelton Onward, schooner, from Lyttelton Gladiateur, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed Sth August Chile, ship, from London. Loading Northam Castle, from London. Sailed 21st August. Agnes Muir, from London. Loading Helen Denny, from Glasgow. Sailed 3rd August Polar Star, ship, from New York. Sailed 10th July Edith, schooner, from the South Seas

EXPORTS

Per William Prowse, barque, for New York: 3271 cases kauri gum, 569 bales phormium, 98 bales tow, and 1 ton, ditto, Robert Walker & Co. ; 191 bales phormium, Brown, Campbell & Co.— R. Walker & Co., agents.

The ship Bulwark is discharging, and appears to be turning out her cargo in a better condition than the Helenslee did. The s.s. Wellington will leave the Manukau for Southern ports to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. The schooner Energy reported at the Customs this morning with 79 tons coal. Tlie 2>-s. Challenger will leave at six o'clock this evening for Wangarei. The s.s. Hero is announced to leave for Sydney and Melbourne at four p.m. to-morrow with her usual punctuality. The new crew of the Auckland whaling barque Albion signed articles to-day, and the vessel will proceed on another cruise early next week. The schooner Mercury has cleared outwards for Tauranga and Mercury Bay. The barque William Prowse, Capt. Texley, has cleared outwards for New York, and will sail to-morrow. The s.s. Southern Cross arrived this morn ning from Tauranga. The schooner Mata has cleared outward for Rorotonga with a cargo of merchandise, shipped by Owen & Graham. , The schooner Cambria has reported from Paton with 20 head cattle, 9 bags gum, 30 boxes eggs. The cutter .Vincent has -reported at the Customs from Tauranga with 30 bales flax to order, and the following passengers :—Mrs Wrigle, Mr Smith, James McMillian and Robertson. .. The p.s. Nevada, Captain Blethen, has cleared outwards for Southern ports with part of original cargo and 20 sheep, shipped by A. Buckland ; 8 cases, Henderson and Mac farlaiie ; and the following passengers :— Messrs S. Gale, J. Simpson, Harding, A. Case, Mrs Maitland and two children, Mr and Mrs Gray, child and servant. The Willie Winkle and Flora McDonald have arrived at Onehunga from Raglan. The former brings 32 bales flax, and the latter 24 bales flax, lOGpigs.

COMMERCIAL.

mining. The following aro the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :— £ s, d. CALLS Italian... .. .. o 1 0 Oct 13 Fanny.. ■.. ..0 0 4 Oct 19 Christchurch.. .. 0 0 3 Oct 21 Goldfinch .. .. 0 0 3 Oct Sons of Freedom .. 0 6 0 Oct American Eagle .. 0 0 6 Oct 23 No-th Devon.. ..010 Oct 24 Quebec .. ..000 Oct 25 Preece's Point ... 0;0 6 Oct 25 Queen of the May .. 0 10 Oct 26 Coromandel Excelsior 0 0 6 Oct 26 Colonial .. .. .. :., 0 0 1 '■ Oct 28 Golden Eagle.'. ..001 Oct 29 West Coast .. .. 0 16' Nov 1 Thames Gas .. .. 010 0 Nov 8 South British Fire and , ..._■•__,'. _ Marine Insurance 0 50 Nov 20

meetings to come. "Victor? s»romandel, 21st October North iVeyon,.. Compan/s office, ShofrtLuid street, 3 p.m., 23rd October Bank of New Zea'and, noon, 23rd October Murphy's Hill, Thames.hotel, Auckland, 3 p.m., 30th October Otago, Insurance Buildings, 2 p.m., 30th October; Otago (extraordinary), Insurance Buildings, 2 p.m., 30th October Bismarck and French Republic, Insurance Buildings, 11 o'clock, 30th October Twenty-third June, Grahamstown, 4th November •

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET. Mails avill Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m.; and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. O For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 2.30 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Wellington, to-morrow, at,B a.m. For Rorotonga,' per Mata, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Oomerang, to-morrow, at noon For Chatham Islands, per Ocean Wave, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. Mails will close for the undermentioned places, per Hero, on Friday, IBth inst:— For India, China, Mediterranean ports, Mauritius, and Continent of Europe, at 2 p.m. For United Kingdom, via Suez and.Southampton, for letters specially so addressed, at 3 p.m. For United Kingdom, via Brindisi, at 3 p.m. For tlie Australian Colonies/at 3 p.m. Money.orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 2 p.m. Late letters for Sydney and Melbourne and United Kingdom, via Southampton, bearing 3d and 6d in addition to the postage, will be received till 3.30 p.m. For Tahiti, per Amelie, on Saturday, 19th instant, at 2 p.m. For Whitianga aud Tauranga, per Southern Cross, ou Monday, 21st instant, at 3 p.m. S. B. Bias, Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Smart. —On October 1(>, at 72, Grey street, the wife of Mr Alfred Smart of a bon.

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 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.

If there is one place more than another thetrade with which is interesting to the people of Auckland, that place is Fiji. That group of islands, situated in tropical seas, in capable of producing all the tropical productions required in our colony, even when the time comes when the colony will merge into empire; and of all places from which the productions of temperate climes might be imported by Eijian residents the finger e»f nature points specially to the islands of New Zealand. Every league of the voyage between the one place and the other makes a change of temperature, and the demand and supply likely to arise in both, point out Fiji and New Zealand as most naturally fitted to trade with one another. That the Fijian commerce could be diverted from its natural emporium must be admitted, and that this will be done if " Sydney and Melbourne traders and politicians can doat is as clear as the day. The utmost efforts have been used by the sister colonies to absorb the trade with the Eijis, and unless we use corresponding effort, and cherish that trade both in the counting-house and in the Parlia ment-house, lost assuredly it will be; and

every one knows how difficult it is when the stream of commerce has begun to

flow in a particular direction to divert it from the channel it has formed. The trade of Fiji will be a benefit to the whole of New Zealand ; but it is need less for us to say that to Auckland, the nearest port, and the most natural entrepot to the Islands' commerce,' it is of special interest that this trade should be developed. As appears from our Parliamentary intelligence the present G-overnment in the Supple mentary Estimates proposes a subsidy for a Steam Service with Fiji. True to his instincts Mr. G-illies opposes it. This we might excuse. His intense hostility to anything emanating from the same quarter would prompt him to reject the greatest blessings heaven could confer, and take misery instead. But that he should so abuse that trust that has been committed to him as to say, as he has said, that" the Northern provinces thought the colony could not afford the Fiji Service, and it was not likely to prove of service equal to its expense," is absolutely unpardonable. It is not so many months ago since he ap peared as the advocate of a Provincial Mail Steam Service between Auckland and Fiji. It was very well known at the time that this was only an effort to take the wind out of the sails ef the San ■FranciscoMailService.Butnoweventhe Colony cannot, forsooth, afford such a service, because the proposal has not emanated from himself. What, on this earth, does Mr: Gillies-mean to do? Does he coolly and deliberately mean to ruin Auckland ?. He would have crushed the Eoad; Boards, he would have burst up the Harbour Board. Of course* he would have stifled the San Francisco Mail Service; immigration public works—progress—would haVe beei' stayed; and now, although the power of mischief has been takeh oiit , [ of his hands; he would vent his impotent ' rage, against » ffgvace yrith Fiji. "Wie .;

——• —— mym had regarded Mr Gillies as being useless to Auckland, : but ■' he now becomes mischievous; and, adding insult to injury, he oven uses the name of the " Northern Provinces" to give force to the blow. We can hardly imagine auy New Zealauder hesitating as to the value of fostering this Eijian Service; but, for an Aucldander, representing the city in which that trade must centre, to oppose the small subsidy proposed, passes all under standing. The total amount asked -for a six months' experiment, is £.1,500, exactly the one-twentieth part of the money given to Mr Busby, and at the same rate of payment the- amount so promptly handed over in settlement of the Busby arrangement would have sustained this Eijian service for ten years. We sincerely hope that the proposed service will be established. Even a small subsidy, and continued for only a brief period, would result in forming commercial relations that could subsist without Subsidy ; and the small cost to the community would be recouped a hundredfold.

Since the foregoing was put into type, we have received the telegram stating that Mr Yogcl has succeeded in having passed a vote of £1,000 for the Eijian Service for six months. We very cordially congratulate the city on the fact. We believe this service will not only prove of the utmost value to that magnifi cent group of islands, and to the commerce of this city, but its benefits will extend to every portion of the coloiiv.

We have received the following letter from a correspondent signing himself "Otagan," with reference to our recent article on the alteration of bank rates of discount. I )n the principle, "audi alteram partem,"we willingly give it insertion : —"To the Editor of the Evening Stak.—Sir, —I observe in your issue of Monday last that you question the right of the Bank of New Zealand to the credit of having lowered the rates of discount. ruling in the colony. I am not connected with banking in any form, but I am with commerce, and having recently come from the South 1 am perhaps in a better position than you are to give the history of the case, especially as my self interest and my business induced me to make myself acquainted with it. The Bank of New Zea land, notwithstanding what you insinuate, had desired to. lower the rates, but honor ably conformed to an understanding among all the banks as to the terms of business, until finding that in Dunedin the Union Bank had been secretly doing what it had declined to do openly, the Bank of New Zealand felt that it was no longer restrained by a sense of honor from lowering the rates, and took the initiative accordingly. I do not know, sir, what your ideas of honour may be, but to me it seems that the conduct of the Union Bank, hi acting thus surrepti tiously, was deserving of censure rather than praise, and that to the Bank of New Zealand is really due the credit of initiating recognised terms of business, such as are warranted by the state of the money market. I do business with the Bank of }\ew Zealand, but this circumstance has not influenced me in doing what is but an act of justice, and which, I trust, you, in a spirit of fair play, will allow by giving this insertion in your journal.—l am, &c, An Otagan'. Wiremu Pomare will be admitted to deacons' orders at St. Paul's Church, on St. Luke's Day (to-m«rrow). This ordination, like the last, will not be held at a time appointed by the Canon ; but, in accordance with, the terms of the preface to the ordinal, there being urgent occasion, the Bishop has appointed the above-named day for the service. There will be a full choral se.vice, and the hymns sung in Maori. The "People's Champion" Avill appear in the R.M. Court to-morrow as defendant in a case whereto hangs a tale. It appears that for certain arrears of rent alleged by the Young Men's Christian Association to be by him long due to them, the "Champion" holds over their heads a rod, to wit a threat of prosecution under the Stamp Act. The case will be an interesting one, and tho public should attend. We| have received the sum of one pound towards a proposed fund for city prizes at the forthcoming agricultural show. We shall return to the subject to-morrow. The s.s. Wonga Wonga will lehve- on Saturday, the 2nd November, for Sydney.

We have received the following letter from a correspondent signing himself a "Feather of Children ;" and as it gives expression to a very common feeling with respect to schoolmasters, we have much pleasure in giving it prominence in our columns : —" To , the Editor of the Evening Star.—Sir, — Will you give me a corner of your valueble Paper. I want to no hou it is that the School masteres of auckland is allowed to have a day and nearly a half of another for play time per week and any time the mas tere has to go aney way another half holy i day that is all very well but they will be sure that Monday is past so as they will be sure of there money now Mr Editor the must of People of auckland are grumbleing of the People that has got to work Eight hours a day and if their are aney broken Time every hour is kept off the Poor devils ; but school Masteres tl^ have always full Time, now I do not think that is faire I give in with Eney man to have a half holy day and wood allow the school masteres to have the same but it is out of the question for them to have one day & a half Per week and it is only five hours Per day for four days and on Friday three hours so that is 23 hours Per week sum men have to work 54 hours and sum 47 hours now Mr Editor if I have not Put it down right I hope you will Rectify it for me.— I am a Feather of Children." That such a letter ■ should be sent us, in a place where the position of a teacher is re duced. to the lowest degradation known in any part of the colonies affords no ground of surprise. The writer clearly has not the least idea of any difference existing between brain work and hand work, nor between what; is due to an educated gentleman or lady,l which a teacher ought to be, and a person whose bones and sinews work mechanically. He makes no account of the years and the money spent in acquiring a good education ; Jmt desires to place all on an exact level. We have not any expectation that he will believe us if we tell him that there may be more weariness consequent on one hour of intense mental application than in his whole eight hours of bodily drudgery. The duties of a teacher, if not slurred over in a perfunctory way, but performed con scientiously and faithfuUy, are of the most exhausting of all employments ; and to deprive the brain of the requisite rest would be an act of cruelty as well as folly which fuckily educationists are not so shortsighted.

as to perpetrate. This '' Feather of Children" makes no account of the other duties that a teacher has to perform. He himself three times a day sits down at his table and puts that into his mouth in a few minutes which will nourish his hands, and his arms, and his legs, and keep them lit for work, and ho does not think of the much longer time that it may require a conscientious instructor to feed his brain and keep his intellect refreshed and vigorous. Clearly he grudges the miser able ninepence or shilling in the week, and thinks he does not grind enough out of the teacher for the coin ; and lie never thinks that the week's work, whether of twenty three hours or of thirty, has been simple con tract, the terms of which he understood be fore sending his boy to school. His desire simply is, having ordinarily paid say a shilling a week for a certain number of of hours, he Avishes to grind down the teacher to give more work for the same pay. The letter of our correspondent, who is clearly a working man, serves to confirm the convic tion formed on experience, that from the ranks of the working man could be singled out the makings of the biggest tyrants in the whole community ; men who would, for themselves, demand as a right to have tlie hours of daily labour reduced from nine hours to eight, without any reduction of pay ; but would, like this " Feather of Children," insist that the school teacher should give twenty-five per cent, more work without any increase of remuneration. In reply to his complaint we would simply say that before sending his child to school he should enquire the number hours, and, whether they are twenty-three or thirty six, if those hours are subsequently adhered to, he has got his pound of flesh. We need not tell him that educationists believe that limited hours of close application and sufficient relaxation are best for tlie minds and the intellectual progress of children. He does not believe this ; lie knows better, and we leave him to his opinion. But we have given this letter prominence mainly for the reason that this is the class of men that get on local district school boards, according to that system which so commends itsclffto some minds that have a horror of too much central control iv educa tion. Teachers of culture and gentle feelings are placed under the thumb of men who know nothing of either, and the consecpience is, and the consequence will be, so long as such a system continues, that all that is good will fly from the ranks of teachers, and only the grovelling and the worthless will remain. Our old fellow citizen, George Graham, Esq., J.P., now in England, who still feels a warm interest in tlie welfare and progress of colonists, writes as follows from London (his letter bears date August 15, 1872) : —"I. saw iv the Standard, newspaper, a report that live schooners were to be built in Australia for the British Government, for the sup pression of the slave trade in the Southern seas. 1 wrote to the Secretary of State for the colonies, requesting him, if it was the case, to allow the Auckland ship-builders to tender for the same. 1 stated that Auckland built vessels were well known to every naval officer that has served in the Southern seas, that kauri spars, deck planks, &c, were acknowledged to be equal to any pine for ship-building, and that kauri timber only grew in the province of Auckland. Now 1 did this hoping to serve some of our ship builders. Let them know this ;soasto be prepared." Mr Graham received this reply from Downing-street:—" Sir, —I am directed by the Earl of Kimberley to acknowledge your letter of the sth inst., and to inform you that a copy of it will be forwarded to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty for their consideration.—l am, &c, Robert Geo. Hkhijert. " Mr Graham has friends connected with the Admiralty, and promises to pursue the subject, and communicate further infor mation upon it. The last and clearing-out sale of drapery and clothing will commence to-morrow morn ing, October 18, at R. Hobbs'. We call the attention of our readers to the annual soiree of the Presbyterian Church, North Shore, which is announced for this evening in the Devonport Hall. An efficient choir will be in attendance and will perform various selections of music between the ad drosses. The Rev. P. F. Mackenzie, the minister of the church, will occupy the chair at half-past six o'clock. The names of the Revs. D. Bruce, MacNicol, Wallace and Mr Reed appear on the programme. The ad dresses are of an instructive character, in cluding such subjects as " Some things iv the Church requiring improvement," Church Decorum," "Woman's True Beauty." etc. We trust there will be a large attendance this evening. Wc have to state that arrangements have been made, according to which persons going over to the soiree from Auckland and returning by the night boats will be charged only "day" fares, namely sixpence each way. The officers and members of No. 3 Company Auckland Biile Brigade gave a ball last night at the Choral Hall. It was a very grand affair, there being no less than IGO couples in attendance. The Artillery Band provided the music, and executed their parts to the evident satisfaction of all present. Not the least noticeable among-{the merry company were the two German Princes, who arrived by the Nevada yesterday, the Dukes Augustus and Philip of Saxe-Coburg G.otha. The ball was a splendid success. Mr Canning is entitled to great praise for his services as caterer to the assembly. The proprietors of the Calif ornian News of Ihe World have issued their final number, and it is now numbered with the things that were. If any evidence were wanting of the superiority of totara wood forjpiles over Tas manian blue gum an inspection of a pile just brought up from the wharf Avould suffice. The specimen consists ,of a blue gum pile cradled in four totara blocks. The.wood has been under water seven or eight years, and has formed one of the'piles of the outer T of the wharf. The blue gum is eaten through and through by worms ; there is, in fact, not one inch of solid wood in the piece. At the same time the four totara blocks bolted on to it are as sound, or nearly so, as the day in which they were first immersed. This should be sufficient to convince the Harbour Board that the totara is far preferable for wharf purposes to blue gum. '■■■-■ . It has been currently reported that the present Ministry has given instructions that the men committed to take their trial in fhe Green Harp conspiracy case are'yefc to be dealt with, but the CrqwnProsecutorjhasinformed his Honor, Sir G. A. Arney, that he has not been authorised to conduct the prosecution during the present sitting of the Supreme Court. There is nothing, however, to prevent these men being placed upon their trial at the next criminal circuit sitting. The City Council has decided that no verandahs sihall be erected in the city other than upon the "plan and specification " drawn up: by the City Surveyor. This in volves the pillays of the verandahs being of a certain pattern and thickness and painted green and bronze ; the iron is to be of a cer tain quality, "trimmed," and free from " air-holes." Should a shopkeeper wish to employ an architect or a draughtsman of acknowledged skill and: taste to design ja verandah to suit the character of the build ing it is. intended to front, in steps the? Council *and says it must not be done, c " Green and bronae is our colour for paintl

---1 iron, free from air-holes, is our material; and OG- moulding is the thing above all tilings which we adore. We know what is best. We have gradu ated in the art of the subline and beautiful in the matter of verandahs. And so defy us at your peril. We don't care a straw whether it agrees with the architecture of your building_ We don't care for, any thing—not even for the newspapers.^ A by-law has been passed upon the subject, and must be carried out to the letter. Our verandah must be your verandah, and every verandah must be as like as two peas, or you will be informed against and fined should the Mayor preside on the occasion as he will be certain to do." These are the rather i forcible arguments used by the Council, and . all summed up in a neatly compiled by-law ; ' and there seems, apparently, to be no ' "getting over it." The only consolation i shopkeepers can hope for is, that this by-law, , like the one referring to furnace chimneys, will end in— smoke ! We are requested to say that Mr Jenkins is not the author of the letter signed "A Sister Freemason." If he had written it he says the language would have been far diffeir enb. The letter is on pink paper, beautifully ocented, and really written by a lady. A special meeting of shareholders in the,, New Zealand Freight Company will be held at the company's office, Vaile's buildings, to-morrow afternoon, at three o'clock. The object of the meeting is to receive a report , from the directors as to the steps taken to . carry out the object of the company. We have much pleasure in announcing that on Monday evening next those celebrated gymnasts, Mdlle Zuila, the most graceful and Fearless gymnast in the world ; and M. Loyal, the champion of the art, will appear in the City Hall for the first time. As their stay in this '. city is very limited we advise every one to , take an opportunity of witnessing the . wonderful performances of these unrivalled , gymnasts. •At the opening of the Supreme Court this session there were no less than twenty crimi ■ nal cases set down for hearing, but nineteen of these have now been disposed of, and the 1 majority of those found guilty have been 1 sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying ' from eighteen months to three years. Only > one cas? remains on the calendar to be dis posed of—that of Mark Sheehy, who will be ' arraigned upon on indictment for specimen stealing. He will be brought up for trial on Monday next, when a special jury will be empanelled. ;An entertainment in aid of the Sheridan street Sunday Schools was given last night !in the school-room. A large number of per sons assembled to hear the several recitations ' and selections of music which were intro k duced. The chief attraction of the evening was the reading of Mr Dickens's Christmas ! Carol, which appeared to give great plea sure to the listeners. The carol is one of ; the finest lay sermons that ever appeared in ' type, and its indirect influence upon the I benevolent feelings of the higher classes, especially in England, cannot be estimated. Several lively songs were sung, and pieces of ! music performed by the choir, and the even , ing passed very pleasantly. The Diocesan Synod yesterday was well attended, both by clergy and laity. The Right Rev. the Bishop of Auckland, presi dent, in the chair. A variety of business relating to standing orders, accounts, union •of districts, the new Lectionary, Diocesan Boards, Native Pastorate and School Trusts, i the Athanasian creed, andjother matters occu pied the attention of the Synod ; and after these subjects had been considered the retiring members were re-elected. The subject of to-morrow evening's lec ture, by the Rev. P. H. Cornford, at the Young Men's Christian Association Rooms, will be "Millennial Anticipations." It is a subject of special interest, and will be treated, we believe, in that masterly manner which always characterises Mr Cornford's discourses. The lectures given at this in stitution have been highly finished, full of condensed information, and attractive. Tliey have been the means of conveying much useful instruction, and have assisted in creating a better taste and a desire for use ful knowledge among the people. The Prince of Wales Lodge, No. 1338, E.C, wiU hold its usual monthly meetirig this evening at the Masonic hotel. The members of the Auckland Rowing Club will meet this evening at the Thames hotel for the transaction of a variety of business connected with boating. The fine weather is causing a great stir among our boating men, and we anticipate some lively scenes on the water. The half-yearly meeting of Dixon's No. 1 Cold Mining- Company was held yesterday afternoon in the office of the legal manager, Mr T. L. White. Mr T. Dixon occupied the chair. The balance sheet was read, also report to September 30th, which shewed that the expenditure of the company for the pre vious six months was £1426 Ss 3d as against proceeds of gold £331 8s 7d. Tlie proceedings were generally of an encouraging nature. Notice of forfeiture of certain shares in the Crown Prince Gold Mining Company is pub lished on account of non-payment of calls. The sittings at the Police Court lasted the whole of the day yesterday, but there were no cases of public interest. , William Kerr, a boatman of the Thames, was arraigned yesterday before Sir George A. Arney, at the Supreme Court, upon an indictment charging him with malicious injury to three boats, the property of Richard May, also of the Thames, thereby incurring a loss of £80 to the owner of the said boats. The evidence against the prisoner was most conclusive. The jiiry returned a verdict of guilty,.and his Honor sentenced Kerr to two years' imprisonment with hard labor. Chancery Lane, in the city of Auckland, is emphatically a back street; it has a din giness, a desolation about it, which gives it [ a very different character to its London' namesake where poor Coleridge sat on a stone step, penniless, through a cold English winter night. The Chancery Lane children are mostly shoeless, apparently washed onice a week, with rough, unkempt heads. The docks seem to be the only things, beside the ragged children, that grow in this locality ; and however deleterious in their nature they certainly give a kind of grateful verdure to the scene. The docks are not odorous, nor has Chancery Lane an odorous name ; yet, it may be, they stand as a rebuke, and symbolise the moral status of the immediate community. The Police Court is near at hand for the administration of justice; the Press is there too, holding up its directing finger ; ■ the Mechanics' Institute stands with open arms ; 4nd the Wesleyan Church with its Sabbath ministrations ; —but what are these correcting influences to the people of Chanoery . Lane ? The shell of the Odd-fellows Arms, j licenseless, is there too ; once a queer place • of resort, into which" the thirsty traveller : would peep with some degree of caution before entering, its doors,; There is the deserted building^ known in days of yore as the "Lion and Lamb, "lonely, damp, and , desolate, as though, instead of resting to gether in peace, the lion had risen and de- j stroy<e# the lamb—frequently the _ case in " colonial life,—and then had made his cgpape through the broken windo:yyy.. •=. ii. s■ •

We would remind our readers that Signor j Pietro Vragnizan takes his benefit this even- \ at the Prince of Wales Theatre. A good ; programme has been drawn up, and Miss Rose Evans; several members of the Oamck Club, and the Excelsior Minstrels have kindly volunteered their service* for the occasion. We hope to see a good house.-

In our yesterday's issue we stated in error that the contemplated bazaar in the Auck- College was in aid of the Blue School; it should have been in aid of the " Blue School Cadet Corps."

Our Coromandel neighbours are sadly in want of a public clock. The Coromandel Mail says :—" The want of a public clock is a matter of considerable inconvenience to busi ness men and others at Coromandel. Where there is no such accommodation each person, like individual members of parish choirs, keeps his own time and sometimes loses a note by being a little behind time. Take it all round, even with the exact, there is a diver gence of from fifteen to twenty minutes, and each is ready to back his own watch as never varying a minute, and being the correct time. Even the authority of the sun itself is called into question by the more positive, and that luminary is accused of not being able to keep pace with this age of steam and electricity. Seriously, we think the authorities would confer a great service on the community and facilitate their own business arrangement by placing a dial upon the outside of the post office, by which the Government offices, _ the Bank, the steamboats and public vehicles may take time.

THE FREIGHT COMPANY.

To-moerow afternoon, at three o'clock, a meeting of shareholders in this company will be held. The directors appear to desire the shareholders to shift on to their own shoul ders the disgrace of bursting up the com pany. The agents to whom the directors confided their trust in London have proved traitors. They have given Shaw, Saville and Company six months in which to strengthen their position, shower percentages, and have the screws put down. Poor Auckland ! You have a precious lot of public men. The Freight Company bubble -has served its pur pose. Its promoters have feathered their nests, and for the shareholders—they may go to Bedlam.

POLICE COURT

THIS DAY

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. One man, for getting drunk, was fined 10s and costs ; another, for having been drunk and disorderly, was ordered to pay a similar amount. A woman was also charged with having been drunk and disorderly. "When called upon to plead she said : "No, by no means ; never was drunk in my life —never." Detective Jeffrey proved apprehending her, as she was conducting herself in a very extra ordinary aad disorderly manner. The case was adjourned to enable an enquiry to be made into the state of the prisoner's mind. She conducted herself in an unruly manner while in the dock. CLEVER CAPTURE OF A BOLD SMUGGLER. Lewis Maret, a cook on board the steamer Nevada, was charged by Detective Jeffrey with smuggling 1,050 cigars, valued at £15, from the mail steamer. MrH.S. McKellar, Collector of Customs, prosecuted on behalf of the Crown. The particulars of this case were that De tective Jeffrey was on the watch yesterday, at Queen-street wharf for offenders of this description, and towards night observed a boat leave the steamer and pull towards the wharf ; the course was, however, altered to Wynyard Pier. He.hastened round, and met the prisoner landing with a heavy bag. He accosted the prisoner, and searched the bag, when he found concealed the cigars as stated. He consequently took him into custody and charged him with the offence. On being charged the prisoner pleaded guilty, but urged that he was not aware he was doing wrong.

Mr McKellar. therefore proceeded with the case as if a plea of not guilty had been recorded. He said that the information was laid in two parts. First, with unshipping the tobacco ; and secondly, with doing so with a guilty knowledge. He would press for a heavy penalty in consequence of the course the prisoner had taken, and more especially aa he had reason to believe there was a great deal of smuggling going on in the port. Detective Jeffrey proved apprehending the prisoner with the cigars in his possession. He described the cigars as of a very superior quality.

The Court said that in this instance it was I the duty of the Court to inflict a heavy penalty as a caution to others, as it was quite evident that a great deal of this sort of thing was going on, and it was not to be sup posed that the police officers could watch day and night. It was highly creditable to Detective Jeffrey that he had effected this clever capture. He thought that re ceivers of smuggled goods should be charged as well as the person smuggling. In reply to an enquiry from the Bench, the Collector of Customs said that he could not make any recommendation for leniency. It was his intention to press for the heaviest penalty in every instance that came under , his notice. 1 Tlie Court therefore had no alternative but to inflict the full penalty of £100 and costs, and to order that the accused be kept in custody until the amount is paid. At the same time he would call attention tothe 203 rd clause of the Act, whereby the gaoler had power to discharge a prisoner at the end of six months, when the fine is not paid. He' therefore advised him to call the gaoler's attention to this, in order to obtain his release at the expiration of that tfme. ALLEGED LUNACY. A young woman was brought up charged with being of unsound mind. ■! The Inspector stated that the insanity arose from the effects of drink, and asked for a remand, when perhaps she would recover. Remanded accordingly. A CURIOUS QUARREL. Edward Soloman was charged with threatening one Henry Hawkesford. The complainant swore that the defendant came into his bedroom and ordered him out of bed ." and smacked him on the proboscis." A witness said it was only a tap. . The defendant deposed that he went to get an account of money he had entrusted the complainant with. He could prove that the complainant could drink four tumblers of water right off before dinner. The Court said it had nothing to do with that. , (] . . .; . ■ i .■ •. ■■ H Defendant went on to say that he only caught him by the nose. The Court said that would not do. If people took other people by the nose for every little act the whole town would soon be in an uproar. The defendant must enter into his own bond not to take complainant • by the nose again. ALLEGED ASSAULT. Thomas Beut was brought |up on a warrant charged with assault. In the absence .of further instructions from ' the Thames the Inspector withdrew from ;the case. •' ' ! ■ ' j : The prisoner was discharged. | This conclude^ the business, < t

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day, 2.30 p.m. The Loyals are still drawing crowded houses here. The takings averaged £50 a night on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Many unable to gain admission. The Caledonian is the same as yesterday.

The Cure is just now putting a shot in the face of the drive. There is a good show, and the run is making to the left of the main shaft. The shot will be fired this aftemo»i and a good haul of specimens is expected. f^3 The Windsor Castle has sent up 201bs. ol°- ! rich specimens from the new reef. The old reef also shows gold freely to-day. The Moanatairi is getting some rich stone from the new leader. The Bright Smile is clearing up at the Manukau battery. Twenty head of stampers have been started at the Imperial.Crown battery.

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WELLINGTON.

This day, 11.25 a.m,

In the Upper House, yesterday, the Auck land Water Works Bill was read a second time. The Highway Boards Empowering Bill was read a third time. The Maori Representation Act Amendment Act was carried, precluding Maori members ■• from holding office during the time of holding a s eat, or for twelve months afterwards. In the Lower House, Mr Gillies asked whether the Government intended to appoint the Attorney-General to investigate the com. plaints against the Resident Magistrate o Auckland. Mr Vogel said he would prefer having the question postponed because some doubt had arisen as to whether it would be quite fair to Mr Beckham to allow the Attorney- General to investigate, the latter having already expressed an opinion on the matter on assurance that all necessary enquiry had been made, and that the present Government is quite prepared to carry out the intentions of the late Government. Mr Vogel explained, in reference to the Independent's report, which made him say that Mr Gillies, on the previous night, was not in a fit state to understand the question before the House, he did not use such words, but merely said that he should have been in his place to understand the business. Additional estimates were passed last night* including £57,500 for additions and altera. tions to Government buildings, increasing chambers of House and Council 10 by 8 feet each, giving large galleries and increasing sitting accommodation for members; also £1,600 for the Fiji Service, and £1,000 com pensation to Mr Smythies.

Mr Sheehau and others opposed this as calculated to give Smythies grounds for further claims. Messrs Brandon and Rolleston objected to compensation being given by vote, and not by introduction of Bills. 1! Is- The Immigration and Public Works,. Rai lways, Native Laud Duties, and Natives' Reserves Bills were read a second time. , Estimates were passed for a Post-office cadet at Thames, £60; Coromandel letter carrier, £100 ; and an allowance to military settlera at Tauranga of £750.

HOKITIKA.

12.30 p.m. At the cattle sales to-day good beef realised 255. per lOOfts. There was a larger number than usual yarded. Seventeen merino wethers, 16s. to 175.; ewes, 14s. ' A small attendance of buyers.

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day, 11.20 a.m

The Government has added £100 to the £30 already offered, and a free pardon to any accomplice, who shall give any information leading to the conviction of those persons who scuttled the barque Mystery some time back.

The Times boldly accuses Rolleston for secretly defending Hall's Bill for Simplifying Provincial Institutions by lobbying mem bers of the Legislative Council and persuad ing them that the Bill was a party attack on himself. The accusation is indignantly? de nied by Rolleston's friends

PICTON.

Brown and Inglis's sawmill, at the Grove, is totally destroyed by fire which occurred this morning. The property was insured.

DUNEDIN.

The Government is taking steps to have _y Otago represented at the exhib^oti A-At^t colonial produce at 01^18^1111^ %rd=M

UNKNOWN

The wharf is to be extended two hundred feet. The depth at low water will be twenty feet. Two lines of railway will be laid along the whole length of the wharf, and the storage wiU be enlarged. Partridges and hares are spreading at Waihola. , , V

We have received, with request for its in sertion, a letter which has already appeared m , a contempsrary, on the subject of the " Gold-* fields and the Stock Exchange." Its insertion? unless as an advertisement, would bg contrary tothe custoju of the profeasioij,

THE EVENING: STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER If, 1872



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