SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

STJNSET : This evening, G.i lil«;i) WATER: This evening, 0.40

STRAM1 TO THK THAMES THIS EVENING, Enterprise No 2, at eleven o'clock

ARRIVALS.

ISI-iU, schooner, l-'isdon. from horotonira Jessie N'iccol, .schooner, Vates. from Mercury.Bay Swallow, pi.'hooner, from Mercury Bay

DEPARTURES.

Ivanhoc, schooner, McGregor, for Mongonui Herald, schooner, for Hokianga.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern ports: Phoebe, s.s., on arrival or tne Nevada For Napier and Poverty Kay: star of the South,

s.s.. to-morrow For Southern ports, via Napier ; Nevada, p.s., 10th

For Honolulu: Nevada, mail steamer, 31st instant For AVhitianga and Tanranga : Southern Cross, S.S., For London : Countess of Kintore, ship, end of mouth ■ City of AncklAnd, ships, in November For Sydney and Melbourne: Alexandra, s.s. to morrow : ITero, s.s.. 17th i:ist For New York: Mary Nelson, to-day : William Prowse, and Coronilla, barques, eavly For Ficvuka : .Tes.«!e NJccol, schooner, tomorrow For Knipara: Fiery Cross schooner (from the Manu kan), to-morrow : Coronet, schooner, to-day

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Robert Henderson, ship, from London. Sailed 23rd

fflenhnntler, ship, from London. Sailed 7th July Queen Bee," ship, from London. Sailed, 19th July Gladi.-iteur, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed sth

August Chile, ship, from London. Loading Noi'tham Castle, from London. Loading Agnes Muir, from London. Loading Helen Denny, from Glasgow. Sailed :lrd August Nevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu Hern, s.s.,'from Sydney Ayr. barque, from the Mauritius Coronilla, barque, from Newcastle Prince Alfred, schooner, from Sydney Southern Cross, schooner, from Norfolk Island Onward, schooner, from Lyttelton Polar Star, ship, from New York. Sailed 10th July Edith, schooner, from the South Seas Briton, barque, from Newcastle Queen, scbooner, from Korotonga

The fine sliip Countess of Kintore is fast filling tip with her outward cargo, and'will take h-r departure for London direct at the end of the month. She has excellent accom mo lation for passengers, having a spacious saloon and roomy, clean, well ventilated cabins. Indeed the Countess has always been a favorite with voyagers, in proof of which several of her berths are already taken up. Captain Reynolds, who commands her, is well known at this port both from his con nection with the Countess and the Ballarat. There is no doubt lie will have a full comple ment of passengers on his homeward bound voyage.

A yacht race takes place on Wednesday morning next between the cutters Con, Severn. Avon and M.itakana for £40: The course will be from oiF the wharf round'Tiri tiri and back. Some of the yachts were testing their sailing capabilities thia morn ing.

The ship Robert Henderson, having left London for Auckland on 23rd June last, is now lOCS days out. She may be expected daily. The ship Glenhunttcy is also 91 days out ; and the Polar .Star, ship, from New York, SO days out.

In consequence of the falling off of trade, the p.s. I loyal Alfred will only leave for Coro mandel alternate days in future. Her sailing days from Auckland are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, returning Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

The Hero was announced to leave Mel bourne for Sydney and Auckland on the 4th inst.

The schooner Swallow has entered out at the Customs with a cargo of timber for Mer cury Bay.

The s.s. Southern Cross has cleared for Tauranga with the following cargo : —9 tons flour,'Thornton and Co. ; 3 cases lemonade, Siitton. ; 1 qr-cask brandy, Meyers; 2 tons, potatoes ;W. J. Hurst ; 1 ton sugar, S. W. Hill; 1 iron tank, Whiison ; 3 tons flour, 3 cases biscuits, 4 do drapery, Lewis Bros., and 10 passengers!

The s..s. Star of the South arrived in harbour this morning from Napier with 50 head of cattle and 250 sheep for Banks. " Tlie schooner Amelie entered at the Cus toms this morning, from Society Islands, with 41 tons cotton seed and six bales cotton. The schooner Jessie Niccol has entered at the Customs, from Mercury Bay, with 01,725 feet timber and 29,000 shingles, for M. Niccol. The schooner Swallow has cleared out wards for Mercury Bay. The schooner Ivanhoe has cleared out wards for Mongonui with a quantity of cargo. She left this afternoon. One passenger- 1- W. Freer.

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the Customs returns for the past week :—Duties, £2,052 75. 3< light house dues, £40 12s 4d ; merchants shipping fees, £3 15s 9d ; arms fees, £2 10s ; fees under SfceatrtNavigation Act, £51 10s £] 13s ; pilotage and port charges, including £220 Is lid; for Onehunga, £8G 10s 7d; £86 JBs 7d ; total, £2,828 13s lid.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below ! — £ s. (!. CALLS Celt .. i.. .. 0 0 3 Oet 7 Hank of Tokatea .. 0 0 3 Oct 9 Paul's Creek .. .. 0 0 2. Oct 9 Pride of Tiki .. .. 0 o 3 Oct 10 "' Golden Pah .. .. 0 0 C Oct 12 . Hand and Band .. 02 0 Oct 14 Italian 0 10 Oct 18 Fanny 0 0 4' Oct 19 Christchurch.. .. 0 0 3 ; Oct 21 Coldflnph .. .. 0 0 3 . Oct 21 American Eagle .. 0 0 6 Oct 23 North Devon.. .. 0 1 0 ■ Oct U' :

MEETINGS TO COME.

Sunbeam, Grahamstown, Bth October AVorking Miners, Coromandel, 9th October MultumJi) Parvo, British hotel, 2 o'clock, 9th October Gnldflrr\li', Company's Office, Queen street, 2 p.m., lCtr^Jober Bank oTTokatea, Company's officej Insurance Build ings, noon, 14th October Dixon's No 1, Canada Buildings, 3 p.m., 16th October Victory, Coromandel, 21st October Golil^h'Pofnfc','Company's'office,Wyndham street; noon 22nd October Tokatea, Coromandel, 22nd October j >n i Bank of New Zealand, Bank, noon, 23rd October ,

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m.; and to"-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Sydney and Australian Colonies, per Alexandra, on Tuesday Bth inst., at 11 a.m.- For T.-iranaki and Southern provinces, per Phoebe, immediately on the arrival of the Nevada. For Napier and .Southern provinces, per p.g. Nevada, six hours after arrival. For Napior and Gisborne, per Star of the South, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Levuka, per Jessie INiccol, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. S. B. Bi.sh, Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Sitortt.— At her rcsidenae, Grey street, the v.!fe of Francis J. Shorfct of a daughter.

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

MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 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.

What will be the immediate effect of the late vote of want of confidence is yet in nn certainity. From our telegrams it will be gathered that the position of affairs has created great excitement over the colony, but it is unnecessary for us to state that the direction which this excitement is made to take depends entirely on the bias in the mind of each telegraphic agent. For any one to say that public f eelirig is either -with, the J Stafford or with the Vogel party at such and suchja place is simply to say that the recipient of such telegram is supposed to be excessivelyl verdant. One thing, however,, appears pretty clear, that the country demands that . its representatives, who have been playing' the fool at Wellington for the past few months, should come home and hear what the people have to say to them. That there is a universal demand for a dissolution'of the Assembly is very evident. Some how ever, demand, this on one ground, and some on another. That Stafford should obtain a dissolution to confirm him in office, which he has. held but one short month, would, to say the least, be a very unusual course of procedure. ; The present House was selected to support the colonization scheme ; and nearly every. candidate, whether honestly or dishonestly, felt bound to declare himself a supporter of Vogel & Co. Even Mr Gillies himself veiled his implacable hostility, andprofessed that he went in to carry out in its entirety the already accepted policy of the country. Dis appointment and chagrin have turned many of these processed suporters of the policy into insidious and ultimately open enemies, and it is simply justice to the original propounders of this policy to be permitted to invite the country to endorse its once accepted policy, and. to expel from the Assembly those who hay« been trying to make the interests of the country subordinate to their own greed of place and power. We ba£)to draw attention to the lecture to be delivered to-morrow evening byj Mr,

Blackmail, on " William Gobbett," at the Mechanics' Institute. The lecture is likely to prove interesting, interspersed, as it is sure to he, with anecdotes and notices of his books, "Advice to Young Men," "Rural Rides," "Cottage Economy," &c.

A mseting of the Domain Board took place this morning, at the Provincial Government Offices. Tlicre was present, Messrs. Joseph May (deputy-supei'.uitendunb), P. A. Philips, Esq. (Mayor), W. H. Kissling (chairman of Parnell Highway Board), and F. D. Fenton, Esq. A letter was read from the late occupant of the Blockhouse in the Domain, praying to he re instated. He had been removed to the lodge at Government House on the occasion of the Blockhouse being employed as a hospital for convalescents at the time of the prevalence of small-pox ; but had now received notice to quit the Lodge from Dr. Pollen. It was agreed that a l)iiild:nj- situated in the midst of the pub'k: Domain was in an unsuitable position for a hoapita 1 ; and the applic.vt'-m was L,.- a ited. The o' dy other business) consisted of a discussion o-i Mr O'Rorke's A^iert Barracks Reserve Bill, and some a'terations were suggested, after wh'ch the Baa'd separated.

The annual meeting of tho Auckland Row ing t.'lul), adjourned from Tuesday last, will bu held this evening at half-past seven.

The TlawkfiH Raj Tim?*, of the 3rd instant, says that the wives and families of the Scandinavian immigiv/its left early yesterday morning for the Seventy-mile Bush in charge of Mr Haleombe. They reached Te Ante last night, and will .stay at Waipukurau to-night.

Fleturn of sick treated during the week ending Saturday, October sth, iS7—, at the Provincial Hospital. Remained last retain, IJ0; admitted since, 15; discharged, 10 ; died, 1 ; remaining, (17 ; males, (51 ; females, t>. Arrangement of cases : —Fever (typhoid), 3 ; ditto simple. 1 ; syphilis, &c, 2; scrofula, 3; phthisis pulmonary, 8 ; rheumatism, 10 ; opthalmia, 1 ; ;uueurosis, 1 ; paralysis, 4 ; melancholia, I ; aneurism, 1 ; heart disease 2 ; bronchitis, 1 ; dysuria; 1 fistula, I; whitlovve, 1 ; abscess and ulcers 7 ; wounds and con tusions, 4 ; caries and necrosis, 4 ; burns, 2 ; psoriasis, 1 ; uterine disease, 1 ; general debility, 2. A man died on the 29th ult. of chronic pleurisy, terminating in empyama. Thanks are returned to Mrs Beck for a large parcel of old linen;

The adjourned meeting of the Multum in l'arvo will take place at the British hotel, at two o'clock on Wednesday, tlie'Jth inst.

The annual general meeting of the Golden Point will be held on the 22nd inst., at the oliice, Wyndham-street.

The half-yearly meeting of Dixon'a Xo. I will be held in the company's office, Canada Buildings, on tho 10th mat., at threu o'clock p.m.

The transfor books of the Bank of New Zealand are to be clo3cd from the 12th in.st. to the 24th.

The rifle match did not come ofF on .Saturday owing to the wetness of the day ; it is announced to take place on the I'Jth in^t.

Messrs. Owen Jones and Co. require tenders for the supply of ballast for the sea wall in course of construction between the Breakwater and St. Barnabas Point. The tenders will be received until noun to morrow.

The shareholders of the Tokatea Gold Mining Company will hold their annual meeting at Coromandel on the 22nd inst., when the balance-sheet and directors' report will be brought "forward.

The lessee of the Prince of Wales Theatre (Mr P. Vragnizan) has kimlly announced that there will be no performance this even ing in consequence of the benefit to be given to-night for Mrs Cazaly and family at the City Hall.

A meeting O? the ratepayers of the Ka ranghape Highway District takes place this evening, at the York Hotel, at six o'clock, to hear appeals against the assessment for the half-year ending June 30, 1573.

We beg to acknowledge receipt of Noa 20 and 21 of Hansard.

A meeting of the members of the Auck land Colonists' Protection League was an nounced to take place on Saturday afternoon, at Sceats' hotel, Queen street, but as three members only were present the meeting is postponed until Saturday, the Ist November.

The usual quarterly sessions of the Su preme Court commenced this morning at eleven o'clock. The Grand Jury was sworn in and the Judge's charge delivered. His Honor made comment upon most of the charges set down on the calendar, but more fully upon Lhat of forgery and horse steal ing, both of which crimes seemed to be oa the increase. In reference to the Green Harp conspiracy he only made a few general remarks, as he did not believe it would bo brought into Court, and if it were he said he would then go into the matter more fully. After the charge had been delivered the juries to act during the ensuing session were sworn in. A number of these sent in ex cuses for non-attendance, and wero excused, but liia Honor remarked that persons sum moned to attend as jurors, and being unable to attend from sickness or other causes, should, when they send in a certificate to that effectf let some person attend the Court who would be able to testify as to where the certificate came from, and convince the Court that it was genuine. The Court could not be expected to know whether a certificate was to be relied upon unless this were done., The proceedings are reported in another column.

We observe that Mr B. Heath's concert at Devonporfc JHall> is -unayoidablyr postponed utoiflMi-aday'ife^tP' D l fj .

yf<t ape glad to find, remarks the WdiJcalo Times, that Papakura has had its meeting to protest against the ltoad Board and Con fiscated, Land Policy of the Government. The following resolutions were carried by acclamation :—" That this meeting regrets that the Government have resolved to dis continue the grants to Road Boards, and has heard with surprise that the hon. the Colonial Treasurer should have stated to the House Ijhat those grants were viewed with indifference by tfre Road Boards, as the grants would ultimately lead to increased taxation." "That this meeting views with great alarm the proposal of the. Government to return to the natives the confiscated lands, as such an act, if carried out, would be a bad precedent as well as disastrous to the colony, and more especially so to the North Island." ' • •

THE SHAREMARKET.

■ Mr, J. Newman reports having soldtoklay : Moanatairi, £5 ; Thames G.M.Co., dBG 2s 6d j Central Italy, 30s; Bismarck, £2 5a Od; Windsor Castle, 5s '; Otago, 23s toj 255. Exchanges : Caledonian, £29 ; City London, IGsGcl; Otago, £1 10a.

mr. j, m. lennox's bbeoet,

There was very little business done upon the Exchange this morning. Caledonians were sold at £30 to £28-; Otago, 27s :Gd to 30a j City of London, lGs. Closing buyers— Caledonian, £27 ; Thames, £6 ; City of: Lon don, 16s ; Cure, 21s. Sellers at a, slight ad vance upon these quotations.; .•' I-,, j

CITY HALL.

BENEFIT TOM lIS CAZALY TO-NIGHT

We beg to draw especial attention to an en tertainment to take place to-night at the City Hall, for the benefit of the widow of tha late Mr Cazaly. The entertainment will consist of a grand uegroic concert, given by the Auckland Excelsior Minstrels. Apart from the object of the entertainment the performance Avill prove specially attractive, as will be seen by reference to the pro gramme. All arc aware of the painful and distressing circumstances under which poor Mr Cazaly passed away, leaving a family to mourn one whose hand was ever open, whose heart was always kind, and whose maxim in life may he expressed in the words of the great "motto" vocalist, Harry Clifton, who himself has lately " gone to that bourne from whence no traveller returns :"—

T)o your brst for one another, Making life a pleasant dream ; Help a worn and weary brother, fulling hard against the stream. We hope, under the circumstances, to see an overflowing house, and urge those even who cannot honour the performance with their presence to endeavour to help one " pulling hard against the stream " by charitably in vesting a shilling or two in a ticket, remem bering .that lie that giveih to the poor and distressed lendeth to the Lord.

MISS ROSE EVANS' HAMLET.

Os Saturday evening there was a crowded house at the Prince of Wales Theatre to witness this talented artiste play Hamlet. Although thia master-piece of Shakspere has been produced many times in Auckland, never did it prove such an attraction as on this occasion. The masterly style of Miss Rose Evans' portrayal of the young Dane, the exquisite sweetness of her voice and thorough command of the same, in addition to the charm of her person, made this one of the plea.-jantest performances witnessed in Auckland. Great interest was manifested throughout, and Miss Ru.se Evans received a demonstrative call after er.ch act. We may .say that the fame which she has acquired in this vole, and the remem brance of the intellectual treat her imper sonation of the part has before afforded, suiliced t<> /ill the house on Saturday eveii'ug with a fashionable and enthu siastic audience. Miss Rose Kvans on making her appearance had a most cordial reception, and as cheer after cheer greeted her throughout the performance we may safely conclude that in public opinion her performance was a grand .success. We may mention that Miss Rose Kvans is not the only lady who has essayed to take the lead ing character in Shakapere's masterpiece, aa Miss Julia Seaman was playing Hamlet a few months ago in the old country to crowded houses. Miss Marriott and others have also appeared n» tho Danish Prince. The charm of Miss Rose Evans' acting, and of her reading of the best work of our greatest poet, is its thorough unconventionality. She.sets the moody, melancholy prince before us in a now light ; she discovers -well, if not fresh beauties — yet different viewa of those already brought to light. Viewed as a whole there can be no gainsaying the fact that her Hamlet is given with an amount of intellectual energy, taste, judgment and completeness which must always render it one of the most finished impersonations of her repertoire. We could instance any number of points which would endorse

our opiuioir. hi the famous closet scene, in which Hainleb "wrings the heart" of the Queen, Miss Rose Evans aroused her audience to enthusiasm ; and most noticeable was the contrast between the violence of Ins (her) reproaches at first and the tender pity of his counsel at the end, when, having been " cruel only to be kind," he bids the Queen good night. We might allude to other points, but to enlarge further upon Miss Rose Evans' impersonation of the Danish Prince is superfluous, and we can oidy repeat that from the beginning to the end, when there "cracks a noble heart," and, with the words " the rest is silence," Hamlet falls dead upon the body of Laertes, the interest of the) audience was fully sustained, and their admiration of the fair artiste was testified in the cordiality with which they afterwards summoned her to. the footlights. Mr W. Ryan read the part of the Uhost in an artistic manner. He received a demonstrative call, but his name being mistaken for " Fire !" a general stampede commenced from the dress-circle. Fears, however, were speedily allayed, and the audience resumed their seats as Mr Ryan appeared to bow his acknowledgments, al though apparently astonished at the , false alarm the "call" had been the means of making. Mr B. N. Jones made an excellent Laertes—lie also took the part of the First Player. The part or the King was very well rendered by Mr L F. Keogh. Mr. Joyce was both Polonius and First flravedigger, and he in vested each part with all his well-known humour. Mrs Walter Hill made a charming Ophelia, and her singing and acting in the fourth act elicited a well-merited round of applause. Mrs Ryan, as the Queen, did ample justice to the part. Mrs Joyce was the Player Queen. The minor parts were credit ably filled by Messrs Clinton, Hooper, Aveling, O'Neill and Gardiner. The piece was well placed updn the stage, and the acting reflects great credit on every member of the corps dramatique. It is to be hoped that before Miss Rose Evaj>sl engagement terminates, she wiU b.e l^m;oTr ct* uP<W» I<o repeat the performance. *■ Ts.J Prinqe of Wales ThfiQre will be closed this evening on account of the benefit to Mrs Cazali at the City Hall. To-morrow evening, however, the new Irish sensational dtama of "Savourneen Deelish" will be produced, in which Mr Clare mont will make his first appearance.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. [Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.] DRUNKENNESS.

Two men were fined Is each ; one forfeited his bail ; another, who had been been on bail, was fined 20s, and a man, who had been drunk on Sunday, was fined 20a and costs, but could not remember where he had procured the drink. VAGRANCY. " William McCullen was charged by the police with being found on Mr Roe's premises,' in Custom-house-atreet, without lawful ex cuse. He pleaded that he had Mr Roe's permission to sleep in the shed, but on His Worship offering to remand the case for the attendance of Mr Roe he retracted his plea, and the Court sentenced him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. | SUMMONS CASE. Thomas Craig was charged with nsing insulting and provoking language towards Miss Amy Warner. Mr W. iL. Rees appeared for the com plainant. ■ :.''. The defendant denied the charge^ but retracted his plea after counsel had addressed the Court: m The Court ordered him to enter in his own bond for the sum of £5 to keep the peace for a term of three months. t Thjs, concluded the business.

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS

THIS DAY

(Before His Honor Sir Geo. A. Arney, Chief

Justice.)

The usual quarterly sessions of this Court, and gaol delivery, wa3 opeied at eleven o'clock this morning by the Sheriff (Colonel Baliaavij) reading the writ. The Grand Jury were the .1 c npannolled, and consisted of the following • c itlemeu:—MeesraJ. Howard, J. C. Firth, Henry Ell's, W. C.Daldy, W. J. Taylor, John Wallace, James McCosh Clark, George Patrick Pierce, James Baber, Archi bald Wallace, Alfred Beetham, Johußobertoa, Sampson Kempthorne, Thomas Paton, G. M. Mitford, Georje S. Giu'iaiu. Captain Dalcly was chosen foreman.

THE JUDGE'S CHARGE TO THE GRAND JURY.

His Honor then delivered the following charge : — Gentlemen of the Grand Jury:—lam glad to zee that the calendar is so light, and that the charges are not so serious. If yon look down your calendar you will find that two classes of offences are very conspicuous, namely, forgery and horse stealing—in fact one-third of the calendar i.: composed of these offences. As regards horse stealing his Honor said that it was likely that ho.v;e stealing would he more prevalent here than in oilier countries, as horses were left so ex posed. Forgery seemed to be 0:1 the in crease. He had hopes of that class of crime being obliterated from the calendar alto gether. Severe punishment had been inflicted, bnt it still continued. With regard to the other cases, he was glad to see that thei-ewas no such serious charges as on the last session, namely, atrocious cruelty by one individual to another. With reference to the Green Harp he had communicated with the gentleman who usually conducts the charges for the Crown, and he had beeu informed that he (the Grown Prosecutor) had not been authorized to oceed. He would not occupy the time of the jury by commenting at length upon a charge that would in all probability never be brought before them. The essence of the charge was conspiracy. It was not only a grave offence when it defrauded the general public, but even when it was to defraud at all. ] t must be prejudical to a large number of her Majesty's subjects to wilfully raise the price of shares under false pretences. It was not necessary to inform the Grand Jury that there cannot be conspiracy by one man, but by a number of men. The jury must be curtain that these men did conspire together to defraud. If the case did come into Court he would then go into the matter more fully, and give the jury all the assistance he could. There was another rather serious case brought under his notice, namely, that of a person employed in a company stealing gold from his em ployer. In reference to the charges for ma licious injury to property it was perhaps as well that one of these cases should come be fore the jury. The property destroyed ex ceeded £">, or it would have been disposed of elsewhere. The prisoner in this case, with out apparently any provocation, broke a window and mirror deliberatelj^ with a stone. Another case under the same head, however, was of a more serious nature ; it was that of a charge against a person for stealing three boaLs from a boatman in Grahamstown. The evidence in this matter would be given by three boys, who swear to seeing a person rowing one boat and towing two others. Two of the witnesses only swear to the fact of having seen a person taking away the boats ; but the other boy swears positively to knowing the boats, and his evidence is more to be believed. This, gentleman, is the charge against this person, and it is of a very unusual character indeed. His Honor then went ou to say : —There is another charge, gentlemen, I ought to mention to you, and which you will givj your earnest consideration. It wss one where ~n, per3on from time - to time obtained tobacco and pipes from a tobacconist. He gare it out that he expected £4QO from Mr Russell, and would settle with the tobacconist when he got it. The person who served the man and gave credit is a boy ; raid it will be for you to see whether, it was obtained with the intention of defrauding the tobacconist, and if so to bring- it into; the Court. There are one or two charges for 'jreachea of the Arms Act, but they need little comment.

The Grand Jury then retired. 'forgery and uttering

Win. Race, a'i<ys AVm. Hose, was charged that he did, on'the 27th July, 1872, 'felo niously forge a cheque ; and, further, on the same day and date utter the same with «n ---tent to defraud.

Prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and also to having been cmvicted, of felony on three previous occasions. Tr , ...

The prisoner had nothing to say wliy the judgment of the Court should not be passed upon him.

His Honor said he had hoped the time had come when therje kind of offences would no longer figure on the calendar-sheet. He could not inflict a light sentence in this ca^e. The prisoner would be sent to gaol for throe years with hard labour. TRUE BILLS. The following true bills were then brought into Court :—James A. Charters, forgery ; James McAuley, alias McCullock, stealing from a dwelling ; Henry Hales, horsestealin v. STfiALlfll} f PROM A DWELLING. j I*! ,t James McAuley, alias McCullock.j was charged with stealing ceri«in articles of jewellery, the property of John Mar bin, vrona the houce of John Hams, oi Grahams town,'on the 15th June, 1.872,. | Prisoner pleaded "Not Guilty." ; The following jury was then empannelled : —Chas. Rice, John Mason, Wm. McDonnell, Hugh Hogan, .Wm. Gawlt, Joseph. Dunn, Chas. ,Rees,, Erank Buckland, Robertijohn Clark, G. Thos. Scott, E. Bowden, Wm. Andrews. /* Mr Brookfield prosecuted, and stated the case to the jury, at some length. John Mar Lin- sworn, deposed : I am a miner, residing at Grahamstown, o[n the 15th June, I was residing at. the Grown hotel, Grahainstown, kept by John Harris. The prisoner was cook there, but'had left previous to the 15th. Prisoner' was in the house on the 15 th. I had a watch belonging to me at that time. I left the hotel that day, at two p;m., to go to work, and 1 left my watch hanging up in my bedroom; it had a chain attached to it. The value of both was £10. The prisoner was in the house when I left. ; I returned at nine p'clppk in the evening and founds my watch and chain gone. , I never authdrizfed any!person to take the Avatch. The watch produced |s the one taken from my room, .- > o > . James Connor was called, but gave evidence of little value one way or the other. Detective Murphy proved arresting the prisoner on the 15fch July, md finding the watch but not the chain. The prisoner addressed the jury at: some length, who, after retiring for a few minutes, recorded, a verdict of "Guilty of larceny." Sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour... . . i,i :: [Left sitting.] ~ ( \ (1 ()

The regular monthly meeting of the Lodga Ara,_ No. 848, J. 0., will take place this ©yening, , ;' t \:','.V" \■'•''". i ■'...< .T' :l-liiit! VluV ■ I;.-.:!.; ,U \ (ill! i

CORRESPONDENCE.

CONTRACTS.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sic,—You will greatly oblige a contractor by inserting such a portion of this letter as you may see to be to the point, for the benefit of the public at large. The market house is to ~be tendered for, and a deposit of two hundred pounds cash is asked with each tender. The Govern ment concluded a contract for the Kaipara railway, which was a contract of £'40,000, and 38100 deposit with tender. I cannot conceive the object of the City Council— the term should be " City Contractors." I am aware that members of the Council are connected with certain contractors, and they are determined to have the works in their own hands, and shut out a number of contractors. I should say that £20 should be sufficient for any deposit. The last meeting of the Harbour Board is a specimen of the favouritism carried on in Auckland to the detriment of the public. Mr Boylan proposed that the works at the end of the wharf be jput up to public competition. Mr Cruickshank proposes that the Wharf Committee report be adopted, and got it carried. Now, sir, the public knows well that Mr Cruickshank has been Mr Taylor's surety on several occasions, and was one of his sureties for the las-t work on the wharf; and I believe he was on the Wharf Committee. It is not just for any mem ber of the Board to be surety for any contractor doing works under the Harbour Board. The .<um of £'2.GG5 is a very nice picking for Taylor and Co.'s labour onl". The Engineer to the Board furnished an estimate of £2,775; that is the closest tender I have.seen of Mr Taylor's. I can with confidence say that there will be a clear profit of £1000; but the whole contract depends on how the specifications will be attended to. I was led to read the specifications for the extension, of the Golden Crown wharf, and it distinctly stated that the cradles for the piles were to bo totara. Kauri has been used for cradles, which is about one-quarter the expense of totara. I am surprised Mr Taylor's tender was not accepted for the sea-wall ; his price was only £3,498. The tender accepted, and work carrying on, £2,3G8, leaving £1,130 for Taylor's profit. This will show that had there been no competition £1,130 would have been the profit for Taylor and Co. By inserting this you will oblige a constant reader to your paper.—l am, Sec, Coxtbactob.

COURTS OF LAW AND JUSTICE IN AUCKLAND.

[Advt.]

To the Editor of the Evening Star

Sir, —I have seen a letter in Friday's Star % signed "An Auckland Lawyer," requesting the writer, "Victim," to mention the lawyers' '■ names who are always blamed for their wrong doings. As it has not been answered j allow me to mention some facts :—He may ! have sten my two letters in the Herald of < the 20th and 27th of September ; if not, I ! hope he will read them, then he will see what some lawyers can do ; nor is that one twentieth part of what I can relate. When MacCormick was in the Supreme Court * * * *. This I can prove by his own writings ; ! and my witnesses are his Honor Judge Arney i and twelve jurymen. Let the lawyer think I over my nine witnesses mentioned in these i letters referred to. No man in Auckland • knows better than Mr MacCormick that I did not owe Mohi any money. I have plenty of j witnesses to prove this. Any one at all ' acquainted with natives knows they will not : allow their money to lie long in any man's j hani\s. The natives were always in my debt, and fere so now. When in the Supreme Court I swore that MacCormick had taken 467 acres of my timber land .that I had paid for honestly in sight of God and man, and had Government license to do so ; he denied it in toto, and the Judge approved of Mr MacCormick's conduct, and rebuked me for swearing the truth. MacCormick said in Court if I could prove what J said he would give it me back as a present. The Judge and Jury are witnesses. I have a copy of the deed beside me, dated, 25th January, 1870, registered 28th January, 187Q, witnessed oy Messrs Preece and Mainwaring, Native Interpreters. If I have not proved it to Mr McConnick's satisfac-, tion, I have proved it to judge and: jury by sending each a copy of the Herald of the Bth February, 1872, where it is advertised as going; through Torrens 1 Transfer Act. I now demand him to fulfil the agreement made before his Honor and the; jurymen, i My solicitors put Mr McCormick in the wit ness box, rather an unusual proceeding, and cross-questioned him how long he had known Mohi/ He answered a few months before January, 1870. Did not know the other natives till he went to Coromandel, January, ' ■1870. Within a few days got the natives to sign the 4(57 acres to him. It was surveyed five months before for him. Will the public believe that I have now on the table before me copies of agree ments made out by him (or his clerks) in 1867, for Mohi, Peter Macquarie 1 and John Ferguson as regards the working the Owera saw mill (now Harris's) and bushes, and employed Mr Jamea Mackey ; to arrange them for him. Can there be any wonder at Motif's' doings when he had such a teacher ? Was he looking after MOhi's interest wheii (he Mohi) sold his half of Opotonui of 8,000 acres for £200, timber and land included. Paul, the other native owner, swore in Court he neyer got but £50 of the £200., So Harris got the 8000 acres for about half the survey cost. This is the lawyer that looks after native interests; My bush land of Waitekuri, about 2000 acres, coatmeabout £2000. Then it is only leased, and I gave them back the fern land, about 400 acres ; but to have roads through it . MacCormick- joins Harris to deprive me of my mill site afte,r I had ; passed it through the Naftvip Land Court, paid two of the.three natives in the grant, and left about £120 in C.'A. Harris, cen.'s hands to pay Mohi, and, have, the deed made! out in. my own name. He paid Mohi with my money, and got the deed made but in his son's name. Is this honour able conduct ? Let me mention one case that I know of, which happened in Sydney. It was a £40,000 job. AMr 8., a flour-mill owner, went to his solicitors (a firm inj Syd ney) and stated his case. They heard; him, and looking him in the face, replied .: " Sir, what do you think Aye are ? we will have nothing to do with it." It never went into court. The Attorney-General of England says that' the profession of the law is high souled and honourable, and all solicitors should be high - souled and honotirable. Again, the Lord Chief Justice of England says solicitors should employ all fair means for their clients but no unfair means. Let a lawyer read Judge Arney's remark in Court last week, where he states some one was misleading the Court, and enquire into the^partlculars. Mr McCormick was not i the only lawyer asked to take up the Wangapoa conspiracy case, but to their honour be it recorded they would \d.\ .•"..'.7/' XI SrZ!U ■r. { }».,,« $

have nothing to do with it; and his own clients have told him to beware of the Harrises. If an Auckland lawyer will call on met as a gentleman I. will show him some papers that will aa£onit,u him.—l am, etc. Thomas Craig.

October 6, 1872

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This clay, 2.30 p.m. The Caledonian has crushed. 500 tons for ?>HO ounces.

Tae Central Kaly ha 3 finished' crashing and is now reporting, and will yield, upon an average, over an ounce. The Bright Single reef is eight fact thick, and shows gold in the face -within ten fee'" of the City of London boundary. { The Russell battery 43 ounces. The' Colonial lias crushed six tons, the result of which is 4 :jz. 8 dwt.

The result of the Georje Stephenson. crush ing is 27 ounces from 20 tons.

COROMANDEL.

This day. The Golden Pali has had a crashing at the CxolcoikL. Latlery of -0 tons, wiich had been lying on the claim for months, and gave 15 ozs.^Jl dwfcs. cf melted gold.

The defeat of the Ministry created some excitement here.

TAURANGA.

The whole of Capt. Preece's Xative Con tingency at Te Teko have refused to serve for less pay than the Constabulary receive.

It is proposed to substitute them by fifty Constabulary.

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

WELLINGTON.

Saturday. The Ministers are liolding a Cabinet meet

ing. Dissolution of Parliament is probable. This clay, 11.40 a.m. The Governor has been asked to grant a dissolution. He will take some time to con sider. The Independent a-gues against a dissolution, r.ncl cays, a vote of supply would not be granted by the Opposition. The schooner Mercury lias arrived from New York, via Dunedrn. The itangitiii has sailed .South. 3 p.m. It is reported that the Governor will not grant a dissolution to Stafford.

WANGANUI.

Ihe general opinion iavours a oi^oiution,

TARANAKI.

Mr ivioornouse n^s iert ior Wellington. Mr Atkinson leaves by the first steamer.

NELSON.

There is great excitement here at the par liamentary news. Mr Shepherd's instability is much talked of.

The Taranaki arrived this morning from the Manakau.

CHARLESTON.

There is general satisfaction at the defeat of the Stafford Ministry.

DUNEDIN.

This day,

The New Zealand and Australian Loar Company sold-'ufty pure Lincoln hoggett-ne £l2 each, achf; a The rumours of starvation amcC eye's; settlers in Martm'a Bay are incorrect, to cure Public opinion of the settlemenVll^?' mature. .na.certam

The challenge from the JaHERBERT. Association for a match with Of.. accepted. i.. ... The sudden defeat of the MiiOldS ! ! ! people by t/arprise. A coalit_ for on patriotic grounds. v S AMI C The Cricket Club held theurelieves. and Saturday ; they were a groat suo? f , tll?. Chest TheWaVata, barque, has arf les Dls Pens" first voyage from Launceston. «. consists ox 38 heavy horses md &, . ~ v ewes. She is fitted with cer.tre-boalA.L< I, drops ten feet, but only draws eij™., when loaded.

The Bank of Otago shares have riseil £6 to £8 in consequence of the proposeu amalgamation of the National Bank of New Zealand, now bsing floated in London and Christclmrch. r

There is strong feeling of dissatisfaction at the conduct of the Opposition. The horse Knottiugly was- sold- to Mr Pittman. < .s-JUtS

PORT CHALMERS.

Arrived : Claud Hamilton, from the Bluff. Sailed : Keera, for Wellington.

WELLINGTON.

(From the Cross.)

, '■; ;.j Saturday evening. It is reported that Mi- Stafford has applied for a dissolution on the ground that Major Atkinson would reduce the majority to one. This is a ihost unconstitutional and incorrect ground, as it is not certain whether Major Atkinson would have voted for the (Govern ment. -. - ~ j ■..:.-,-.■ i

1 Most effective acquisitions to Mr Vogel's Opposition party have already been secured, and it is now. more certaintnan ever that the Opposition majority will' bl large and supplies will be refused. .t

(From the Herald.)

NAPIER.

Saturday. The particulars of the disturbance at Waiapu have been received. The quarrel 'arose respecting pigs, &c, Paora Heingapu destroying lambs belonging to Kahaii. The dispute first- arose respecting the boundary of land. Wiremu then shot two pigsftelong ing to the opposition: the other party retaliated. Wiremu and four men lay next day in ambush, when four men of Paora's party were seen crossing the river to catch horses. Wiremu's party killed one man, and the others escaped. The "body lay to the following morning, when it was buried by a neutral party. Both parties have the river crossing stopped, and a number of horse 3 were shot. They retired to their' pa. tt Great excitement prevails along tlie F- Coast. , "-nd? The man shot belonged to the Ngatiporou. Ropata demands that the murderer shall be given up.. • •

WELLINGTON.

Saturday.

The carters' strike is settled, and work ha 3 been resumed. The Corporation conceded most of the demands to carters and express men.

The cabnien have no grievance,

A writer in the Lake Wakatip Mail states tb.at he has seen growing on Mr Madam's farm a bed of onions equal to anything im ported' from' They are of the Spanish variety, sound, firm and large. If onions like this can be grown so readily, why should1 we import the article?

rTETE EVENING STAtt, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1872.



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