SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 6.37 HIGH "WATER.: This evening, \. 33 ; to-morrow morning, 2.22

ARRIVALS.

Flora McDonand, cutter, from Raglan DEPARTURES. Albion, brig, for Newcastle. Willie Winkie, cutter, for Port Waikato Lady Bown, p.s., Adams, for Mahurangi

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Newcastle : Bella Mary, barque. Tuesday For South Sea Islands : Jessie Niccol, schooner, 13th instant For Napier and the South : Mail steamer Nebraska, this evening For Whitianga," Mercury Bay, and Tanranga ; Southern Cross, s.s., to-day For London : Countess of Kintore, ship. Thnrsday ; City of Auckland, ship, in November For New York : Coronilla, barque, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., 15th inst. Wonga Wonga, 30th instant

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Gladiateur, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed stli

August Helen Denny, ship, from Greenock. Sailed 3rd Aug, Norham Castle, ship, from London. Sailed -22nd

August Polar Star, ship, from New York. Sailed 10th July Jiilv

The p.s. Nebraska -will leave for Napier and the South at seven o'clock this evening. The barque Bnlla Mary will leave for New castle on Tuesday next. The schooner Jessie Niccol has been char tered by Messrs Owen & Graham for the South Sea Islands and will sail on Wednes day. The ship Agnes Muir, which left London for Auckland on the 4th September brings the following saloon passengers : —Rev. C. Jordan and seven children, Dr Connan, and Miss J. Nutt. The clipper ship Countess of Kintore has room for a few passengers. The schooner Emulous has cleared in ballast for Kaipara, and will leave this evening. The p.s. |Nebraska has cleared outwards for Southern ports with the following pas sengers : — Messrs Hesketh, Clayton, H. Davis, W. Throssell, Grant, Mrs Taylor, Mr and Mrs Mackenzie, Mr and Mrs Yen ning, Dr. Weeks, and original passengers from San Francisco. She will take her de parture at ' seven o'clock this evening with the following cargo :—5 pgs for Wellington, 2 do for Lyttelton, and 49 do for Port Chalmers. The p.s. Nebraska has reported at the Customs from Honolulu with the following cargo :—l6 pekgs circus traps, Snyder; 2 boxesjjmerehandise, Henderson and Macfar lane ;<29 liesks quicksilver, order ; 2 bdles niyts, H. Lipscomoe ; 1 box merchandise, H. M. Heath; 33 flasks quicksilver ; 1 bale blanketing, Stone Bros ; 2 casks merchandise, Cruickshank and Co. ; 1 case, C. Hard ; 42 barrels molasses, W. Cawkwell; 288 kegs and 78 mats sugar, Henderson and Mac farlane, and a quantity of merchandise for Sydney, Melbourne and Southern ports.— Henderson and Macfarlane, agents.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below:— & s. d. CALLS Pride of Tokatea .. 0 0 6 Nov 11 Evening Star.. .. 0 2 0 Nov 12 Vulcan .. .. 0 0 C Nov 14 Peep of Day & Daydawn 0. 0 G Nov 10 Una 0 0 G Nov 1G City of Dunedin .. 0 5 0 Nov 18 Golden Run .. .. 0 0 3 Nov 18 Bed, 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 24 Hod Queen .. .. 0 0 fl Nov 26 Pvuby 0 10 Nov 27

MEETINGS. "Waverley, Coromandel, 13th November Flagship, Golden Anchor, Shortland, 13th November Golden Point, Company's office, Wyndham street,

Auckland, noon, 26th November Lion, Graharastown, 25th November Kooringa, Grahamstown, 26th November Nil Desperandum, Mr E. 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., 29th November

THE SHARE MARKET.

mej.m, lennox's report.

Business upon the Exchange continues very dull. My sales comprise—-Caledonian, £15 ; Thames, £5 5s ; Alburnia, £4 ; South British Insurance, 37s 6d. Closing sellers: —Cale- donian, £15; Thames, £5 7s 6d. Buyers at a slight reduction upon these quotations. ' MR. J. HENDRY'S REPORT.

The share market quiet. Caledonians are easier. Cures about yesterday's quotations. Nonpareil are enquired for, and are likely to rise. Sales—Caledonian, £15 and £14 17s 6d ; Alburnia, £4 ; Nonpariel, 41s ; Tokatea, 50s ; Pride of Tokatea, 3s ; Moanatairi, £2 17« 6d. Buyers—Moanatairi, £2 15s; Nonpariel, 40s ; Celedonians, £14 15s ; Golden Calf, 30s.

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Matls will Close as under :— For Thames,.on Monday, 11th inst., at 8.30 a.m. ' For Coromandel, per Royal Alfred, on Monday, 11th inst., at 9.30 a.m. For Napier and Southern provinces, per p.s. Nebraska, this day, at 5 p.m. S B. Biss, Postmaster.

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

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 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.

Elections to the Provincial Council are not, as a rule, attended with any great interest; still, so long as the Council administers provincial interests it is a matter of importance what class of candidates should receive the sup port of electors. This is illustrated in the election now pending in con nection with the Northern Division. The two candidates are Major Stoney and Mr William Buchanan. The former aspires to a seat in Council simply to get a billet, or for the sake of the honorarium. Every one knows this, and every one says this ; so that we are neither telling secrets, nor can we be regarded as speaking on a deli cate subject. The best said by his supporters is: " Well, poor fellow ! small blame to him." We admit that no blame attaches to him for this. On the contrary, we hold that a Govern ment billet is an honourable thing, and we believe Major Stoney, both socially and from general ability and fitness, would adorn the position. It is true he was up for sly-grog-selling, some time ago —but that is nothing. Mr Lamb testifies for him, so that if he has ever had anything to do with the " accursed traffic " we assume he has washed his hands of it, turned a new leaf, and fallen repentant on the loving bosom of the Laird of the Riverhead. Still we cannot see how Mr Lamb can ignore all the past, or make little of all his noble past pro fessions, even for the sake of carrying the election of his favourite candidate. Mr Lamb says of Mr Stoney: "He lives in our midst and his interest is in unison with ours ; he has been useful and he has always taken an interest in the welfare of the district where he lives." What Mr Lamb! can it be that dispensing " liquid fire and distilled damnation" is regarded by you as being useful and-, contributing to the welfare of the district t^ It is said that every thing is fair in love, politics, and war, but really we should not have ex pected Mr 1 amb to scatter to the winds all his past professions, and to treat as mere trifling all his denunciations of the traffic in the poison cup. Oh how the gold has become dim, and the most fine gold been changed by con tact with political pollution! "He has been useful in the district "and he has promoted its "welfare," says Mr Lamb. Let us not be supposed in this to be saying one word against Major Stoney or the respectable calling of a licensed victualler. On the contrary in this we differ from Mr Lamb, believing that a man may dispense, stimulants for the refreshment of weary, thirsty humanity, and still be a good man, as we believe Major Stoney to be. But for Mr Lamb, who believes that a mblican is the devil incarnate en iconced among pewter pots, to lend his support to Major Stoney—to say that he has been useful in the district; that he has contributed to its " welfare"-^fchis is that which shocks our sensibilities, and crushes to the earth our faith "in human professions and human principles. We had thought that the visions of desolate homes that hover before the eyes of all good men like Mr Lamb, who have espoused the noble cause- of socjal reform, would

have made the Apostle of Temperance ontheKaipara Portage shrink in horror from a publican. But here he says that a publican's interest is in unison with his ! that he has been useful! and that he has always taken an interest in the welfare of the district! Oh, Mr Lamb, can it be that you ignore the effects of such a testimony as this! Think you not of the homes blighted by the accursed demon of intem perance ; the worse than widowed wife, weeping scalding tears by the lonely Jhearth-stoue ; the poor children cower ing into corners to avoid the curses and the violence of the reeling, brutal father, staggering home from the dram shop. Think you not of this when you testify that a publican has been " useful" in your district, and con tributed to its " welfare." Do not soothe your conscience by saying that Major Stoney, in selling grog without a license, and without paying revenue aimed a blow at the legalised and wicked traffic. It is true that if the example were followed by all publicans the unrighteous gains of the Government would be diminished ; but this doing evil that good may come must surely afford to you sorry consolation when you think of the maddened brains and ruined constitutions and withered hopes that can be caused even by unlicensed grog. It is nothing whatever to the point that Major Stoney is a respectable man, and that he sells grog respect ably. All publicans are supposed to be and do the same, and Mr Lamb, with the character which he has as on uncompromising advocate of teetota lism, has in this cuddling of a publican, and speaking of him as having been " useful" and contributed to the " welfare" of the district struck a blow at temperance reform in the province under which it must stagger for many a day. What is the use of the Auck land Alliance now saying that drink is the ruin of young men, when here is Mr Lamb, whose testimony is worth that of a thousand of the Alliance, saying that a sly grogseller has been useful in Ms district, 'in fact that he has been a blessing to the Wade. When our streets are filled with the victims of this most de grading of all vices, when fathers and mothers look with anxious solicitude on their children, around whose paths on every side are these palaces of death, all conducted of course " respectably j" when amateur lectur ers denounce the accursed drink in scathing invective, Mr Lamb—whose name has been a very tower of strength to the temperance reformers —comes forward and says the publican works in our "interest," he contributes to our " welfare." He points to a publi can as the man in all the Northern Division, whom the people should de light to honor. He tells to the rising generation of the district that a life honorably devoted to aly grog-Belling is fittingly rewarded by raising the dis penser of intoxicating liquors and do mestic misery and social ruin to the honored position of a legislator. He callson all those over whomhisinfluence extends to rush to the poll and rally around the representative of the grog sellers, and to drive from the legisla ture Mr«Buchanan, a gentleman of whom he sneeringly says that he had "no doubt he is highly respectable," but one who never sold grog either slyly or by license, has never sought to rivet the chains of intemperance, or to fill our streets and lanes with vice. Mr Lamb may be wise as politicians go, but never never again let him come forward as a social reformer when he for mere political and degrading local objects has stultified all his past pro fessions, and aimed a blow at the heart of the cause of temperance by holding up a sly-grog publican to the praise of his fellow colonists, as a man deserv ing of the very crown of citizenship as a public benefactor that has worked in the interest and welfare of his fellows. O tempora ! O Mores!

Mr Buchanan as we have said never sold grog on the sly, and so has not Mr Lamb fondling him as a repenting sinner. He is not a stranger to the district, as incorrectly stated by Mr Lamb. His interests in the southern parts of the province he has parted with, and although he has property in the city of Auckland, he both resides in the Northern Divi sion, and he has interests in it that could buy out all the breed, seed, and generation of his opponent. He is a man thoroughly respectable, and blame less in character, notwithstanding the unworthy sneering of Mr Lamb. He has not only independent means, but plenty of leisure; and, as at the recent meeting of electors, he ably, intelli gently, and fluently expressed his ideas on the questions of the day, he showed himself exactly the sort of represen tative which constituencies most desire to possess. "We do not hesitate to say that Mr Lamb should be ashamed of himself for the action he has taken. It is very evident that with him worth is nothing, and the mere serving of paltry ends is everything. He knows very well that his pet publican, Major Stoney, merely wants some small billet. Mr Buchanan can have on the contrary no object for gfling into Council but the desire to place his leisure and his services at the disposal of electors and for the good that he can do for the public. Which qualities should commend a candidate more to a constituency is easily ..told, and despite the patronage of the tee total Laird of Eiverhead the ballot-box on Tuesday will speak the truth,

The opening cruise of the Auckland Yacht Club's vessels took place * this afternoon. Several invitations had been given to friends to accompany the members of the club in their sail round the course, and each yacht received a fair complement of visitors. The commodore's nag was flying, on board the Energy. On passing H.M.s. Clio each yacht saluted the man-o'-war, which was graciously returned. There was a gentle breeze blowing from the westward, which, soon carried the yachts round the North Head.

We are glad to notice that Captain Pother bridge, well-known in this city m connection with the fast sailing] clipper the Countess of Kintore has had his careful services re cognised by the passengers of the ship St. Leonards. The Lyttelion Times s&ys : —" The passengers by the ship St. from London to this province, purpose presenting Capt. Petherbridge with a handsome silver cup, as a mark of their esteem and apprecia tion of the many kindness shown by him to them during the voyage out. The cup has been purchased at the establishment of Messrs Petersen and Co., High-street, and will bear a suitable inscription. " Messrs. Cochrane and Son will sell by auc -1 tion on Wednesday next all those oil paint-. ings, oleographs, photographs, lithographs, and other works of art now exhibiting in the City Hall. {These valuable pictures are well worthy of public inspection. Many of them are by the leading English and foreign artists of the present day. Tenders will be received by Messrs Brogden for the supply of heart of kauri • telegraph posts for the line of railway be tween Mercer and Newmarket up to lioon on Monday, the 11th inst. The distribution of prizes to members of the Rifle Club took place after parade on Thursday evening,—Capt. Clark distributed the prizes. The first prize, a splendid ink stand, the award of the ladies, was won by Volunteer May. This inkstand, the work of MrKohn, of Queen-street, obtained the^first prize at Wednesday's exhibition, and was generally admired for exquisite work manship and careful finish displayed in its manufacture. Ten money prizes were [also distributed among members of the Club. We regret to announce the unexpected deatli, by bronchitis, of Mr John G. Freer, proprietor of the Army and Navy Hotel, which occurred yesterday at his residence in Queen-street. Mr Freer first came from Cape Colony about ten years since. His life has been one of continued action. He had served in Cape Colony in the Mounted Rifles, and was afterwards gazetted as quarter-master and captain of the 2nd Waikato Regiment, which position he maintained until the close of the war. The subsequent years of the de ceased in Auckland have not been without their creditable issues. He was, fora considerable period of years, a member of the Provincial Council for the Pensioner Settlements, and has long been known as a man of business in this city. His health was generally good, and his death in the prime of manhood, being only 47, was unlooked for. The funeral will take place to-morrow, and the members of the United Service and Provincial Grand Lodges are requested to attend. The flags of vessels in harbor were hoisted half-mast high to-day out of respect for the deceased. To gentlemen requiring first class tobacco and cigars if they would only visit Mrs Sharpe a 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 pi-ice. One trial is suf ficient to guarantee a continuance of custom. Give a call.—Adv. There was a very good attendance at the Prince of Wales Theatre last night to witness the "Winter Robin" and Shakspere'a comedy. To-night a change will take place, and the great drama of "Robert Macaire, or the two thieves of the Paris Road," will be pre sented. The entertainment will conclude with the interesting burletta of "Andy Blake," a piece abounding in Irish humour. We are glad to see that a very- cordial reception has been accorded at Poverty Bay to the Catholic clergyman appointed some three weeks ago to that district by his Lord ship the Right Reverend Dr Croke, Bishop of Auckland. ' We quote the following from the Poverty Bay Standard of 2nd inst. :—-"On Sunday last the Rev Father O'Connell officiated here, and after mass a meeting was held, when a committee of the following gentlemen, Rev Father O'Connell, Mr William Daly, Mr Owen Cowen, Mr James Mullooly, Mr George Williamson, .Mr V^Eiffe, Mr J. Collins, Mr W. Walsh, Mr James Mooney, and Mr Frederick Keating, were elected for the purpose of assisting to collect funds towards the erection of a new Church at Gisborne. Before the close of the meeting a subscription was opened, and those present subscribed to the amount of £77 13s. We understand that Father O'Connell purposes making a tour through the district to solicit subscriptions towards the above object, and shall rejoice to hear of the same amount of success attending the labours of the reverend gentleman as that which greeted him last Sunday. We congratulate our friends of the Roman communion on the fact of having a resident pastor, and we commend the earnest liberality of their body in so nobly getting over the difficulties of: an early start. '... He who would be free. Himself must strike the blow.' Father O'Connoll officiates at Onnond to-mor row morning."

PRINCE OF WALES' BIRTHDAY.

It is unnecessary to remind our readers that the anniversary of the birth of the Heir Apparent will be. observed on Monday, and we have no doubt it will be a holiday to the whole people. The banks, law courts, insurance offices, and public in stitutions generally will be closed; our principal mercantile firms have publicly expressed their intention to the same effect, and. ordinary business in the city will be stayed. There will be the review of Volunteers and Navals in the Domain. In the afternoon the foundation stone of the new Market-house will be laid at half-past three, and in the evening the various places of amusement as advertised will present opportunities for pleasantly winding up the day. y * The fast and favourite steam packet Golden Crown will make a special excursion trip to Tararu on Monday, leaving Queen street Wharf at nine o'clock in the morning, and returning at six in the evening. Th return tickets on this occasion will be five shillings each, and for children under 12 years of age, accompanied by the parents, no charge will be made. The commodious side-wheel steamer Royal Alfred will make a trip to Coromandel, start ing at ten o'clock. She will also make a moonlight trip from . Coromandel the same evening, and will return to town on Tues day. A band will be on board. The paddle steamer Challenger will make an excurson to the beautiful island Kawau, on Monday, leaving Queen-street wharf at half-past nine o'clock. The Royal Mail steamship Gemini will on this day charge excursion fares to passengers by her to Riverhead and buck.

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES.

VII.—A Few Days at the Tiki.

Somk time ago we stepped from the Queen street wharf, Auckland, oh to the Royal Alfred steamer with the view of visiting the gold 'regions of Coromandel, which at that time possessed a wonderfully fascinating charm, as everything possesses when asso ciated with gold. ,We bad heard of the up' heavings of the "Green Harp," whose brief melodies diet! away like music on the waters —and left a melancholy dirge behind j of the " Tokatea/' which had enriched a feiw specu lators, and dti'erigtbeiiecl the faith of others. But our views were not df iliif* tfiitth-e,- but rather of the naturalistic and oUgerVfirtf kind. The little steamer belched away, with its freight of goods and lives, and nothing especially interesting occurred on the voyage. There were but few passen gers on board, but there was one man, a a fiddler and astrologer, who forced his con versation upon us, and was particularly desirous of letting us know that he was a relative of a celebrated tragedian, who un fortunately went down in the ill-fated Lon don. "Ah," said our strange fellow-voyager " Had he applied to me I would have con sulted the planets, and saved Gustavus's life." He then put his fiddle to hia shoulder and played " All among the little stars, aail i ing round the moon," and then Went round with his hat. We lost this itinerant fiddler's company, and the next moment were deep in the "pleasures of hope" seeking— " The heavenly light. That pours remotest rapture on the.sight." and were only aroused from our reverie by a shout, "Here's the harbour." Yes, the beautiful harbour of Coromandel was before us, 'reminding us of a miniature Bay of Naples. We were at once introduced into a shabby, leaky dingey, and pulled by a stout Hibernian towards the long, narrow jetty of Kapanga, and in about twenty minutes from the time of landing we were in the crude town struggling into the refreshment corner of the Pacific Hotel. It is strange how the simplest incidents in a far-off land, will remind you of distant scenes and places. Thus the very name of Coromandel, like a brief gleam of happiness, turned our thoughts to those far-back years when we read of another Coromandel in the delightful pages of Robinson Crusoe. The Pacific Hotel was all stir, animation and bustle. Instead of its being what its name implies, we found it the noisiest place in the whole settlement. It stands beside a wide creek which is arched over by a tolerably substantial bridge. This tavern is the rendezvous of share jobbers, miners, loafers, and speculators of almost every country, colour and calibre. We passed on, and in an open space, behind another barn-looking tavern, we decried a group of Maoris eating and drinking, and pouring forth their grotesque lamentations over a dead native. They were holding a tangi, or having, as the Europeans said, a cry. Their feast was on an " exten sive scale, consisting of a number of bags of flour, several young porkers, a quantity of cakes, beer and spirits, for which they appeared to have a specia.l liking. They uttered strange noises, frantically exclaiming " llaeremail; haeremaL" When these wild muttcrings had partly subsided, the tender, brotherly ceremony of rubbing noses com menced. They then formed themselves into a circle, and demolished every thing before them with savage enjoyment, and in an incredibly short space of time. We left the voracious natives to their funeral repast, and turned into a green, half -marked way, which led through a forest of ti-tree, and after various encounters with high weedy grass and muddy indentations, we found ourselves in the fishing locality of the Tiki. The mountains on one side, in their sublime still ness, and the beautifully clear river on the other side, were in striking contrast. The mountain range, which entirely shelters the district of Coromandel, is supposed to be very rich in mineral productions, and that gold exists in the mountains and creeks around is beyond a doubt, as parties of men are con tinually finding gold«n trails, but not of sufficient length and substance to warrant the combinations of large capitalists—if such can be found—and who, even if theywere dis posed to makea desperate venture, mightbe in timidated by past revelations. There are eighteen public-houses in Coromandel, but only two* at the Tiki. The Waiau does a smart business — indeed it supplies the whole of the Maori wants. The Tiki, at the time of our visit, was closed. We housed at the former tavern, and felt glad when the shades of night fell deeply over the country, and the hour of reposs had come. The next morning opened in sunny splendour ; the birds sang in full chorus the melodies of the new day, and tree and bush were vocal with music. We partook of a breakfast of fish, cakes, and coffee, and then sallied away through the Maori village —if we |may use the term —into the appar ently interminable bush. We had to wade knee-deep through the Waiau river ere we could reach the Maori settlement. The water was clear as crystal, and oversha dowed by native trees and bending willows, while the slip of land studded with misera ble whares was full of romantic beauty. The Maoris of this country, like the gipsies of other lands, seem to possess an instinctive love for poetical situations. They invariably select the loveliest and most fertile spots for their habitations, and appear really to en joy their rude portion of indolent happiness. The isolated Maoris experience none of that hurry and care and anxiety which beset the paths of what we call civilised life. Give the Maori his patch of ground for the growth of his kumeras, t and allow him his stick of tobacco ; let him stupify himself with his bottle of walpero, and fold his bronzed person in a blanket, and he will be at peace on some sunny stope, or under some green tree. Let him have his kaikai, and he is happy as a dog is happy stretched upon the sward. He is not going tb toil and delve that he may obtain artificial luxuries and reach some uncertain eminence in the social system. He has no great ambition to serve; he cares neither for a civic chair nor a seat in the Council. He prefers that sombre course of life to which he has been accustomed from his dark babyhood before those higher con ditions of civilised society which fret men's souls. We passed on to the bush, and some eight miles a-head we saw " Castle Rock," a majestic eminence, of which a young way faring poet has struck his (green) harp,.and brought forth a few such well-meant verses as these :— t

How brijhtly gleamed the rays of morn Above the dancing foam ; Where 'gainst the rising sun was borne The ship that bore her home. The blood within my lijhten'd heart Leapt happily and free. And I, who blest the sail that brought My graceful loto to me, "Went laughing joyously, While Castle Rock in sunlight watched Above the eastern sea. Oh I white, white wings of ocean birds, Oh, white sails of the ships, Ye chill to silence all the words That tremble on my lips. White angel-wings have wafted her To realms I ne'er may see, No welcome sail again may bring That gentle heart to me, And I mourn bitterly, While Castle Bock keops silent watch Above the eastern sea. Alas, what heart gushing, expressive tender ness permeates these soul-touching stanzas, bub how futile in1 connection with that un sympathizing Castle Rock. Welcome, how ever, are the simplest strain's at the Tiki,

and we have to acknowledge our indebtedness to the author, also the editor of the Coro mandel Mail for steeping the poet s thoughts in the snnset of permanent beauty. Ihe bush, with its running streams, ttees, and boundless orchestra of mnged songs*erj was really melodious. The note of the tin, or mooting bird, as this little songster is some- times called, and the clear ring of a score of bell-birda filled the unpeopled solitude wrth K^iusXty^S <Wn the^irt X^/zSS "may *£"£**£ of our forest scenery by the beauty of its <*\atiW fllnmaze, the gaiety which distm fSsLffifc or the wild outburst of its foyous notes, fiat in the eves of the omnivorous Utier' if possesses the W merit of fur nishitl^ ttsWiry article offood, and no weak Si (eSngvm save jt from the camp fire." One of our oWft &«*?%** **£** from the following passage that C*i t,Cook heard the bell-birds :-"The ship lay at the a ouarter of a mile from the shore and in ?he morning we were awakened by the sing nYg "birds ; the number was incredible ami they seemed to strain their throats in emulation of each other This mlcl melody was infinitely superior to any *at we had ever heard of the same kind; it.seemed to bllike small bells most exquisitely tuned, And perhaps the distance and the water be tween might be of no small advantage to tZ Tsouncf" We of- these colonies are es- Skliy S'detyted to Dr. BuUer, and others of the yAtickkiid Institute for their interest drinking and throwing dice, for pence One big fellow sat pining on a table, and^ was offering fhree shillings for some one to accom pany him across the creek to his wharC as ne had a strong presentiment upon his nrniu that he would meet the Whiro on Maori Devil. In the back part of the house we found a woman in tears, mobbing loudly, because her new English servant from Auck land had not arrived. "They won't come here," she sighed, "and if they come they won't stay ; they don't like living upon pork, and they won't feed the pigs. We endeavoured to console her wounded spirit with a few lines from the " Pleasures of Hope," and wrote a letter upon the subject to the proprietress of the Auckland Registry office on the following morning. We strolled through the Maori settlement and across some land covered with garlic (the docks are not so plentiful here as in Auckland), and we reached the Tiki Hotel, which stood empty. An old seat was left outside, facing the water, on which the light of the sun glittered in sparkling beauty as the fish by hundreds were springing into the sunshine. The waters of Coromandel are literally alive with kawai and other fish, which the natives know well how to secure. The breakfast bell rang, and we returned to regale ourselves with coffee, cakes, and schnapper, which had been prepared by our servantless hostess. The morning was fresh and musical, and on the green space in front of the house a co terie of Maoris had assembled with pipes and bottles, with Queen Emma in their midst, who appeared to be dictating to them their duties as loyal subjects. A little ahead was a man called Bill, evidently over weighted with whisky, of which he had partaken freely. He had lost his balance, was seated in the mud, and in the act of cursing the stupidity of his legs for being physically incapable of raising his body from its degraded condition. We gathered a few coloured wildings, and with a good-bye, and a few more couplets from Campbell for the benefit of the hostess (who went smiling forth among a hundred fowls and a score of pigs), we retraced our steps through the dense ti-tree to the serene waters of Coro mandel, where we again trod the deck of the steamer and turned our "back upon the Tiki, upon its uncooth settlers, and upon its equally wild but more agreeable natural associations.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. (Before Thomas Beckhain, Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS.

Thomas Lesfcrange -was fined ten shillings for drunkenness ; and for breaking a pane of glass, the property of Mrs Spire, was ordered to pay the value thereof. John Thackaberry was sent to gaol for seven days for drunkenness. He was also charged with being an incorrigible rogue and an habitual drunkard, having been convicted twenty-seven times from this Gourt and a similar number at the Thames.

He promised if his Worship would let him off he would never come again.

The Gourt gave him six months' imprison ment with hard labour.

Mary Bourke, a drunken old beldame, was charged with drunkenness and with being an habitual drunkard.

Thirty one previous convictions were proved against her as she persisted in deny ing the charge. The Court sentenced her to four months' imprisonment with hard labour. Patrick Small pleaded guilty to having beea drank and disorderly. He also pleaded guilty to breaking a pane of glass, the pro perty of Mary Shea* His Worship read a lesson to the prisoner in consequence of the bad example set his son, who is now suffering two t months' im prisonment for larceny. A fine of 20s was inflicted, with the alternative of 48 hours' imprisonment. He was also ordered to pay for the damage done. . Mary Price, apprehended on a warrant, was charged with disobeying the order of the Court in not attending to a summons charging her with annoying Mr Thomas Hay wood. The Court ordered her to find two sureties in sums of £5 to keep the peace for three months. •

This concluded the business.

!■ Our city Presbyterian friends will be glad to learn that the Rev. A. M. Tait, who has just arrived by the Nebraska, will officiate to-morrow forenoon in. St. Andrew's church, and in the evening in St. James. Mr Tait has for. some years occupied an important charge in Canada, and he brings /with him a good name for zeal in the good cause, and ability and popularity as a preacher. The committee of the Young Men's Christian Association notify in our advertis ing columns the addition of some 70 vols. (standard works) to the library of the insti tution.

Mr Perkins, of the Occidental Hotel, has received a very large assortment of American papers per Nebraska. The public are in vited to peruse them.

ggjH.M.S. Clio, now lying in harbour, fired a royal salute at twelve o'clock.

The subjects of discourse to-morrow at Newton Kirk, by Dr Wallis, will be "How to come to Christ," and " The Convert Strengthing the Brethren ;" and in the City Hally by the Rev S. Edger, "The Allegory of the Vine," and " The Time and Manner of .Christ's Coming." Special sermons will be preached also in the Albert-street and Pitt-street Churches by ministers as per advertisement.

Tho annual soiree in connection with the Otahuhu Public Hall will be held on Tuesday, the 12th inst., when Miss Aitken is expected, to read eelectiona from the great authors,

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day. The Cure looks better towards the main run ; more quartz in hanging wall. The Red White and Blue has crushed 15 tors for 10 ounces. The Golden Grow** tribute has obtained 24G ounces from 50 tons. The Kuranui has 129 ounces for the'fort night. The Abraham Lincoln got 14oz from 20 tons. fiyv^, The Golden Spur tribute 12oz from if 5 \ tons. Grove's Bank 230z for the fortnight. The Bright Smile retorted 2550z last night —the fortnight's run. There is a rumour current to-day that the directors have suspended the manager of the Cure mine. The reason is not known. .

COROMANDEL.

This day, I*so p.m. The Golden Point crushing has produced 11 ounces of gold from 20 tons of stone.

The Caledonian games in Lower Kapanga on Monday next are expected to be a great success; and are liberally subscribed to.

There will be a moonlight excursion by the Royal Alfred, and a grand ballafc night. ■

TUARANGA.

3.53 p.m. ' The p.s. Luna arrived here at 3 o'clock yesterday, with Colonel Harrington and Mr. Henry Clarke. Passengers South to Auck" land :—Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Tolemache, Mr. and Mrs. Jota and Miss WiV.iamson, Mrs. and Miss O'Rorke, Miss Shepherd, Mrs. Major Green and faurly, Mr. Gibbs, and 25 natives. She sailed at two o'clock to-day for Auck land with Captain Turner a^id Messrs. Hopkins and Clarke.

NEWCASTLE.

2.15 p.m. A man named Walter Byrne was knocked off the Rangiriri, steamer, last night. The boat was lowered but he was not found. The poor fellow must have been drowned. Commodore Stirling and party have been lost two days in the bush. They returned to Cambridge this morning very hungry. They will arrive in Auckland by to-night's coach.

TAURANGA.

This day, 3 p.m.

Great excitement among the natives. Karaitiana sent for five women for young chiefs. Five Ngaterangis were selected. They were waiting for an opportunity; the abducted women from Waikato were seized at Opotiki, and brought on by a dozen of the tribe. ' (SPECIAL TO THE STAB, PER GREVILLE'S TELEGRAM COMPANY.) WELLINGTON. Yesterday. The Provincial Government contemplate building a new hospital. This day. It is rumoured on good authority that the Hon. Julius Vogel will, . after his visit to Australia, proceed to England to negotiate another large loan, and will also visit the Vienna Exhibition.

This day; 9.55 a.m,

The Oamaru Agricultural Show to-day is an unprecedented success. The weather is fine, and there are upwards of 1,500 persons on the ground. The show of horses is magnificent. Short-horned cattle are very fine, but few in number. Ayrshire cattle are very numerous, and of splendid quality. There are a large number of long-woolled sheep and fine merinos; and although but few entries they are of superior quality. The total number of entries is 360. The first prize for horses was taken by the hon. Mr Holmes, with the " Duke of Buccleugh ;' second prize by Mr McGregor with his

" Young Hero." The first prize and.cup for short-horned cattle was taken by the hon. Mr Holmes. First prize and cup for Ayrshire cattle by Messrs Fleming and Hedley ; the merino's cup by Messrs BortonandMcMaster, Mr J. McLean obtained the pri#e for the

ram and ewe; and the N.Z. and A.L. Com pany gained the prize for the best Lincoln ram. The prize for the best Romney Marsh was awarded to Dr. Webster, and for the best long-woolled ram, in yard, the prize was given to the hon. Mr Holmes. The N.Z. and A.L. Company received a prize for a ewe and the prize for the best Andogowan reaping machine (three .entries) was bestowed upon Mr J. Ogilvie.

WANGANUI.

This day. LJ Mr Halse has received instructions to call a meeting of natives. The action of the Government is strongly condemned by the people. It is the unanimous opinion that the offence of ordinary crime should be dealt with by criminal tribunals instead of the Government action in raising crime to. a political offence. Great indignation is felt at both delay and incompetency of the Native department, which in Wanganui is a perfect chaos. The hands of the Resident Magis trate are tied.

DUNEDIN.

The screw piles of the new jetty at Moeraki are a failure. The sea bottom is unadapted for them. There is no alteration in the grain market. Oamaru flour, £13 to £13 10s. ; wheat, nominal, 5s 3d to 5s 4d ; oats, 2s 2dto 2s 4d.

PORT CHALMERS.

The s.s. Phoebe went into the graving dock to-day. ,

THE EVENING 3f Alt, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER S, 16tt.



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