SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 5.57 HIGH WATER: This afternoon, 3.13

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING, Enterprise i\o 2, at five o'clock

ARRIVALS.

Star of the South, s.s., Holmes, from Napier, via the Thames. St. Kilda, a.s., Flowerday, from Wanganui.MßH I

DEPARTURES.

Nil.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Napier : Star of the South, s.s., to-morrow For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, 3rd October For London : Countess of Kintore and City of Auck-

land, ships, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s.,

Ist October __ For New York : Mary Nekon, Ist October; Wm. Prowse, and Coronilla, barques, early For East < 'oast: Colonist, schooner, to-morrow For AVliitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki : Southern

Cross, s.s., to-morrow For Russell and the North : Comerang, p.s., to-day For Tauranga and Southern ports: ltangatira, s.s., to-morrow Tor Wangarei: Clyde, schooner, to-day

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2 Robert Henderson, ship, from London. Sailed 23rd Gl'enlmntley, ship, from London. Sailed 7th July Queen Bee," ship, from London. Sailed, 10th July Gladiateur, barque, from Liverpool. Loading Nevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu Ayr, barque, from the Mauritius Coroijilla. barque, from Newcastle Prince Alfred, schooner, from Sydney Albion, brig, from Newcastle Coronet, brigantine, from Oamaru. Sailed Sept. 13 Southern Cross, schooner, from Norfolk Island ady Anna, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept 20 Lady Emma, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. IS Svlphide barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. 13 Lalla Rookh, brig, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. 19 Union, brig, from Adelaide Energy, schooner, from Dunedin Derwent, brig, from Sydney Onward, schooner, from Lyttelton „.,,„..,-, Polar Star, ship, from New York. Sailed 10th July Edith, schooner, from the South Seas Briton, barque, from Newcastle Wonga Wonga, s.s., from Sydney Queen, schooner, from Rorotonga Julia Price, schooner, from Levuka Pakeha, brig, from Dunedin _„.,,;:•■ . , Flirt schooner, from Timaru. Sailed 17th September Rubicon, schooner, from La Trobe, Mersey River, f Tasmania

The schooner Jessie Niccol left yesterday for Mercury Bay. The W.S.N. Go's s.s. Kilda, Capt. Flower day, left Wanganui on the 25th, at four p.m. ; arrived off the Manukau Heads at midnight on the 2Gth ; crossed the bar at five am., on the 27th, arriving at Onehunga at seven a.m. Experienced fine weather throughout. Passengers—Mrs Sheehan and family (8), Mrs Thompson, Miss Hazelett, Mr Austin, Mr Moore Cargo— 55 head cattle, 300 sheep, 10 pig.s, McDonald & McLean j 3 sacks bacon, L. W. Eaton.

The s.s. Star of the South arrived this morning, from Napier, via the Thames. She has reported At the Customs, in ballast, and will leave again to-morrow. The schooner Kenilworth has entered out wards for Samoa.

The ketch Forest Queen has cleared out wards for Mahurangi, in ballast. The schooner Magellan Cloud has entered at the Custom, from Russell, with 125 tons coal, J. S. Macfarlane ; 49 bags gum, Rolph, Sterry & Co. ; a quantity of furniture for Rev. Mr Taylor. Passenger—Miss Taylor.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. Tie following are the current calls and dividends Jiyable in the companies Darned below :— £ s. d.

MEETINGS TO COME.

Prince Imperial, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 30th September "» \ Moanatairi Union, Company's office, Shortlandstreet, Auckland, 3 p.m., 30th September "Watchman, Grahamstown, Ist October Beehive, Grahamstown, 4th October Californian, Srahamstown, 4th October Sunbeam, Grahamstown, Bth October

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails will Close as Under For Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m.; and to-morrow,

at9.3oa.ra. For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. For Ruato, per Prince Rupert, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Warkworth, and Waipu,

to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Napier, per Star of the South, to-morrow, at noon For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern provinces, to-morrow, at 1 p.m. For Great Barrier, per Mary Ann, to-morrow at noon For Russell, Wangaroa, andMongonui, per Comerang,

to-morrow, at 11 a.m. For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per bouthem Cross, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Wansarei Heads, Wangarei, and Mangapai, per Challenger, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Wanganui, Wellington, Canterbury, and Otago, per St Kilda, on Monday, 30th inst., at 8 a.m. Per p.s. Nebraska. October 3, asunder :■- For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 10.30 a.m. For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at 10.30 For money orders and registered letters and newspapers, at 9 p.m. * Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d in addition to the postage, will be received at this office till 11 a.m., and by the Mall Agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing. S. B. Bias. Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Macrae -At Epsom, on September 24, Mrs Macrae of a daughter

MARRIAGES.

Close—Hardino. —On September 2C, at Papatoitoi, by the Rev. George Buttle, James, youngest son of Mr John Close, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr John Hardinjr, Mount Vernon, Hawke's Bay, N.Z. Hamilton—Given. —On September 25, at St. Andrew's Church, by the Rev. I). Bruce, Mr James Harper Hamilton, to Miss Catherine Jane Given, eldest daughter Of Mr James Given, Pollock Settle ment

DEATHS.

Feeousov. —On September 25, at his late residence, Clarendon hotel, Tararu road, John Ferguson, aged 39 Hettit.—On September 19, 1872, at his residence, Orotohanga, Upper Waipa, Mr Lewis Ifettit, in the 62nd year of his a^e

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1872.

For the pause that lacks assistance, > For the wrong* that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

We have been informed by one of the jury on t"he inquest on the body of the late Mr Cazali, that the verdict was given strictly in accordance with the charge of the Coroner ; that he told them that no regard for the feel ings of survivors should prompt another ver dict. We are astonished and pained to hear this. If Dr Philson has a hobby of this kind we hope he will never ride it out again in Auckland, and if he does so, that no jury will be so simple-minded as to attend to such a charge. Dr. Philson knows as well as any one that a man may be as lucid as the sunlight on every other subject, while on one alone he may be as insane as any re sident at the Whau. That Mr Cazali's act was one of insanity every one must feel, and the love for his family, which turned his brain, was the instrument by the permission of an inscrutable Providence that plunged them in a deeper depth of misery.

We beg to acknowledge from Dr. Kenderdine the receipt of two pounds in aid of the funds being raised for presentation to Mrs Cazali. A number of citizens have called on us expressing their willingness to give various amounts for the same purpose, but as collectors' lists have been prepared we have referred them to the various persons who are interesting themselves actively in the matter. Lists are now lying at all the banks and newspaper offices, and several are going the rounds of the city,

A requirement has long been felt by the police and prison authorities for a vehicle of some kind for the removal of prisoners, the same as in every town and province in the old country. It is high time this want was supplied either in the form of a van or spring cart. The latter is necessary for the use of the police in attending at out-districts or in collecting evidence for inquests, etc. Cabs are constantly - being required to convey patients to the asylum, which could be dis persed with. We are quite sure a vehicle of this kind would pay for its cost in one year. It is an old axiom in English law that a person shall always be held innocent of the cr:me "with which he is charged until found guilty; and yet the ancient and bar barous custom of driving a herd of prisonei-s for trial dow 1 from Mount Eden is to be seen every morning during the Criminal .Sessions of the Supreme Court. These people are brought down ironed together, sometimes through torrents of rain, and then kept in stone celfs all day. They are taken back at night the same way, and this is repeated daily until their turn comes. In the name of justice it is only right to ask that this treatment should be discontinued before conviction. Afterwards let them be paraded as much as the authori ties like, compatible of coxirse with safe custody. Again, with our limited police force, can three or four constables be spared every afternoon to toil up to Mount Eden at the rate of three miles an hour, or less, in charge of a gang of decrepid and imbecile drunkards ? Let a police van be provided forthwith.

The comedy of "A Victim of Circumstan ces " was again performed last night at the Prince of Wales Theatre. The attendance was not so good as on the previous occasion. To-night Miss Rose Evans takes her benefit, when " 'Twixt Axe and Crown " will lie pro duced. This drama is in five acts, and is of historical interest in connection with the early days of Queen Elizabeth. The drama being instructive as well as entertaining, should be heartily supported.

The Bat/ of Plenty Times says:—" When we consider the amount of wheat-growing land in Tauranga and its neighbourhood, and the number of acres actually put hi crop, it be comes a source of considerable surprise that the inhabitants have not followed the example of their brethren of the Waikato and initiated a co-operative company for the purpose of establishing a Hour mill. There are so many available sites, commanding an almost un limited amount of water power, easily accessible by boat, that the actual expense of erecting in the first instance would be, com paratively speaking, trifling, and the facility offered of conveying material to and from the mill would cause the item of carriage to be reduced to almost a minimum. Two pairs of stones would be quite sufficient to start with, and a capital of about £400 in £1 shares would enable nearly every one to take some sma" interest in what, although it is necessarily a specula tion, could not fail to be remunerative. A small crop of wheat which can at a slight expense be convened into flour for home consumption would be an inducement for many of our small settlers, aud growers of large ctojjs would fii'd at leaat a saving of one profit by being enabled to export flour instead of wheat. It would also find em ployment for several hands, and in every way tend to improve the agricultural status of the district. It is a we^-known fact, at least to old settlers, thai the natives of Tauranga, in days gone by, used to grow a tremendous quantity of grain, and this year we are given to understand they have several ] hundred acres down in wheat, showing that there is reason to be'ieve Tauranga will, again soon take its position as a wheat growing country. We have therefore g/eat pleasure and every confidence in offering these few remarks for the consideration of our readers."

Young Hopeful : Papa, multiply ten pounds ten shillings by ten pounds ten shillings. Papa : Yes, my boy, if you tell me what numbers multiplied together make seven? What answer did each give the other?

The first appointment of a lady doctor as officer of a public hospital has taken place at Birmingham, where Miss Louisa Atkins, holding the degree of M.D. after five years' study ai Zurich, has been appointed resident medical officer and secretary to the Birming ham and Midland Hospital for Women.

We understand that Mr P. Hingston, the friend of the late Arte*nus Ward, is now in Otago, and will shortly arrive in Auckland.

Mecsrs. Cornford, Greenaway, and Arm strong passed their final examination a few days since before the Chief Justice, Sir George A. Arney. Mr Armstrong received an intimation from the Ohief Justice that his examination papers were satisfactory, but the other gentlemen have not yet received replies.

Mr Joseph Browne, well-known and respected in this city for his musical attain ments, intends to gives a concert in a few weeks time at the Choral Hall. The mem bers of the Choral Society will give their valuable assistance on the occasion. The first pavt of the concert will consist of Gounod's Mass, and Sir George Elvey's Wedding March, as performed at Windsor on the occasion of the marriage between the Marquis of Lome and the Princess Louise. The second part of the entertainment will be an operetta in four acts, entitled " The Merry Men of Sherwood Forest. Copies of the music may -be had of the various stationers in town. Mr Browne has worked long and zealously in his professional career, and since the burning of the Music Hall he has laboured without pecuniary reward. We hope therefore, that the projected concert will be a great success.

The parishioners of All Saints, Ponsonby Road, have agreed to erect a school-room as soon as sufficient funds shall be obtained for the purpose. Th€s teachers have already begun to work for this laudable object, and have met with encouragement.

We observe that Mr Pish, chemist (late of Prinoess-street), has removed to more com modious premises, opposite to • the church of St. Paul.

Ajiother entertainment "will be given this evening, in the Choral Hall, in aid of St. Sepulchre's school building fund, consisting of music, reading, and an attractive farce entitled " A Regular Fix." The programme promises to be a treat, which, we hope will be practically supported.

The Chairman of the Harbour Board has given notice that the new Wharf Tariff will come into operation on the first of October next.

The Hmokes' Bay Times states that in driving a tunnel at Reefton, a seam of coal sixteen feet thick, and contaurng a good deal of ream, was bored through. Mosgiel Tweeds, of Otago manufacture, are now in demand in the London market. They are a decided novelty, and excellent quality; and yet at a distance of 1,000 miles from the place twhere they are produced, and from the people whose interest and profit it is to prefer the home production to the imported article, their excellence is discerned and appreciated before we bestow even a passing notice on the child of our own industry. Truly a Prophet hath no honor in hid own country ; but it is not " colonial" to " sneeze at" a profit. The time has come when the nether extremities of every New Zealand man and boy should be clothed m stuff of the home production. Samuel Coombes has just received a parcel of the above Tweeds from the manufactory, and not only hopes that they will be extensively sought for, but expects every public spirited man to "goin " for at least one pair of Mosgiel Tweed Trousers,

We have heard that a monster petition is contemplated, calling on the Government to carry on at the public expense the prosecu tion of those who have been committed for trial in connection with the Green Harp. We cordially endorse the project. Shame on the Government that must be thus im pelled to do its duty !

We have been presented with a block of stone of about fourteen pounds weight, which had: just fallen on the footpath in Shortland-street from off the facing 'of an upper window of the Post-office. The rain had affected its molecular con stitution. It is as brittle as pie-crust ; but if the lump now lying before us had come upon the head of a passer-by it would have convinced, if not himself, at least the beholder, by a striking illustration of the immaculate purity of Government jobs. Pedestrians n Shortlandf street look oirt ! A tradition has been generally current to the effect that the first Auckland newspaper was printed in a mangle, but has not always met with the credence it deserved. It is indeed perfectly authentic. We have at pre sent one of the genuine products of the mairjle before us. The following autobio graphical paragraph is worth quoting:— "The Colonial Observer, after some caustic remarks upon the unprecedented monopoly of the press in the northern district of New Zealand, by the Government and its hangers on, says—' In the meantime the spirited editor and proprietor of the Times, deter mined not to relinquish the undertaking, has been compelled, in the absence of a print ing press, to have recourse to a mangle ! and we are told he has got over the door of his office in Ohancery-street the significant inti mation Mangling Done Here ! ! This pro duction is certainly such a curiosity as has not been met with since the days of Gutten berg : but Mr Falwasser, who seems some what of a wag, takes the matter very coolly, and converts the privation to himself and his readers into a good prac tical joke. The editor of the Observer has only done us justice. We shall continue the mangling business at our own expense, till arrivals From Sydney replace us in the more dignified part of our profession. We are not going to give up the process of purification to such a wishy-washy, slip-slop thing as the Chronicle." — Hawke's Bay llerald.

In a July number of the Fall Mall Gazette the following beautiful passage occurs on Chapters XL. to xi-vi. of the book of Isaiah" :

—"In no successive series of chapters of equal length are to be found a greaternuinber bright images of sweet pictures of nature, and of musical sentences, such as abide in the memory for life. Nowhere is the supremacy of God over nature and over human society more sublimely vindicated. And no bam or prophet has ever painted more vividly the picture of a repentant nation purified by suffering and made happy by obedience."

Mrs (iiulclou^h's farewell entertainment was given last eveir'n" at the Choral Hall, and was very successful.

A dealer in old books in London occasions a good deal of amusement tv those who inspect his stock by the curious labels which he attaches to different works. What, for instance, would Dr Johnston say to the following ? : —" Lundun, and 'ow to see hit ;" arid another labelled " Leives of the Poyats ; price 'arf a croon."

The childhood and early life of Goethe's mother were passed in aillueuce under the paternal roof. In her married life, although she never passionately loved, she was con tented and happy. The cares that are in cident to poverty she never knew, and she always had an abundance of this world's goods at her command. Her first-born, a son, was a great man while yet a youth in years ; he was Germany's greatest poeb. And how beautiful were the love and concord that existed between mother and son! In his life she may be said to have hail a second and still more joyous existence.

From Swindon it is reported that a girl committed suicide by drowning in the Wilts and Berks Canal. When the body was reco vered the following letter was found in de ceased's pocket: — "My dear mother, —I have been and drowned myself because I would not stand to be put upon for nothing through illness. Please to meet me in Para dise. Your daughter, LouisaJjONG. Give my clothes to anybody. Amen."

THE ELECTION.

The election of a representative of Auckland City We3t in the Provincial Council, as successor to the Honorable J. Farmer, pro ceeded to-day in the lecture hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, in Wel lesley-street. The dreary drizzle from the clouds, added to a general feeling that Staines' candidature was too farcical to make it either necessary or becoming to walk up to the booth, made the election very tame, and during the whole day electors dropped in leisurely in ones and twos and recorded their votes in a lack-a-daisy kind of way. As is usual in all the electiors in which the " Champion of the People " takes a part, vehicles were engaged in bring' lg in his supporters, and posters informed the public that he was the "true friend of the people," and the "victim of a clique." The supporters of Mr Prime seemed to take the matter indifferently either, from disgust at being expected to en gage in such a contest, or feeling that effort was unnecessary. At no time of the day was there apparent the least excitement, and the closing 01 the doors scarcely appeared to disturb the monotony of the proceedings.

THE NEW FERRY STEAMER.

Those interested in the efforts of those who are striving for the attainment of a properly conducted ferry service with the North Shore will be glad to hear that the building of the new boat is proceeding with great rapidity. Most of the iron ribs are already in position on the keel in the building yard of Mr Niccol, and all the remainder will be on the ground to-morrow. During next week the planking of the sides will be proceeding, and the beautiful lines, as exhibited in the model, will be re produced, and we believe will repay a1 visit to the yards. The house on deck, which, as will be remembered, will consist to a large extent of glass, ia also in its joiner and cabinet work far advanced, and altogether the work is proceeding in such a manner as leads to the belief that the boat will be under steam much Within the contract time. Her keel is five feet longer than originally intended, being ninety-five feet, and being composite built, and with but two feet draught of water, she may be expected to skim over the surface like a thing of life. We should add that Mr H. Niccol has suc ceeded in obtaining a most suitable engine of thirty-horse power in the South, whither he has gone to bring it up. i As the engine power of the two rival boats, the Devonpqrt and Enterprise is 12 and 14-horse power respectively, we have no doubt that occasionally the new boat will kindly take them both in tow and bring them across when the wind is blowing in their teeth Ijoo strongly for them to otherwise effect tihe passage. The contract tjme for the compje tion of the new boat is the 10th of December.

THE STAR IN TROUBLE AGAIN.

ACTION FOE LIBEL.

We have this morning received the following declaration of war. To allay the anxiety of friends, however, we beg to say that our guns are all shotted, we have nailed our colours to the mast, and we calmly await the onset :— • ':;.'•■■"-- Dili -A '' High-street, Auckland, " September 27, 1872. "Messrs Reed & Brett,, " Proprietors of the Evening Star, " Wyndham -street. "Gentlemen, —I am instructed by my clients in the Green Harp conspiracy case (which you have so frequently referred to) to refer you to an article on the death of Mr Wm. James Oazali, which appeared in your issue of the 25th instant, and the subject matter of which was revived again, in a measure, in your later issue of the 26thi The writer, under a show of sympathy for the late Mr Cazali, has attacked my clients in a most unmerciful arid unjustifiable way ; and that in language the Very malignity of; which is the more apparent in that he has sought, by the unmanly method of inuendo, to make his intended irony the mor« pun gently felt. Such calumnies cannot (though disguised) be suffered to pass unnoticed, reflecting, as they do, upon a body of men at present awaiting trial by jury, and not yet having been heard in their own defence. Such writings in a public journal can have no other object than, that of bringing the alleged conspirators into public hatred and contempt ere they have been tried in the privileged way. '' Unless the malevolent statements re ferred to are forthwith retracted a criminal information[for libel will be laid against you as the avowed printers and publishers of the Evening' Star. " I am, Gentlemen, , '' Yours obediently, "C. Lxtblow H. JoY, " Solicitor."" !

To which we have sent the following reply :—

C. L. H. Joy, Esq., L.L.B. Dear Sir, —With very great respect for yourself, but the most contemptuous defiance for your clients, we beg to invite you to pro ceed. . ' '..'- JJ II T

We are, dear Sir, Faithfully yours, Reed & Brett.

Evening Star office, Auckland, 27th September, 1872

THE STAR AND THE RAGAMUFFINS.

We beg to acknowledge the receipt this morning of a resolution which purports to, have been passed last night at a meeting of the supporters of the Poor Man's Friend and Champion of the People. We are not aware ill what way it reached our office. It was slipped in somehow, and was forwarded to the editorial sanctum. It reads as follows : —

" It is the opinion of this meeting that the conduct of the editor of the Evening Star is mean and cowardly in the extreme in de nouncing the ratepayers who support Mr Staines—at least the majority of them—as being composed of the ragamuffins of the place; also that Mr Staines be called upon to wait upon the editor of the Star, and in the names \of those ratepayers, to demand an apology; also to ask the editor to point out the names of the parties upon Mr Staines' paper whom he denounces as the ragamuffins of the place." We have not had the pleasure of being waited on by Mr Staines in terms of the foregoing resolution, but we respectfully accept the resolution as formally presented. We are sorry that we appear to have given displeasure to the "ragamuffins of the place," but we fail to see wherein we have offended them, and if they will do us the favour of stat ing explicitly the grounds of their grievance, it will afford us, as it always does, the utmost pleasure to apologise. We regret that we are unable to furnish Mr Westwood with the names of those whom we regard as the ragamuffins of the place, not having been furnished with a complete list of all Mr Staines' supporters, but if Mr Westwood will have the kindness to write us out a list of all those supporters, headed by the name of the candidate, we shall be happy to hand it back to him as a complete list, according to our way of thinking of the class in ques tion, so far as it exists in this place. We quite accept the definition of the term "ragamuffin," as supplied by Mr Westwood — "an outcast from society, or a vile low character." The de scription is so distinct and graphic that he must have been conveying the impression created in his mind at the moment from looking at those around ; and we shall not quarrel with the definition. We observe that this cruel resolution, intended for our annihilation, was seconded by Mr Furlong. This is the person that keeps the "rats " and "pays them" for " chasing the candidate." As for Mr Staines, it came very hard from him as the "Poor Man's Friend," to remind us of that melancholy time when we "had not a shilling to jingle on the tomfestone." We remem ber the circumstance well, and the sad feelings with which we stood by that ancient grave and searched our pockets for the silver coin. The sorrowful surroundings of that grave yard, the mementoes of blighted liopfls supplied in those sepulchral head-stoned, anjd, the absolute vacuity of our pocket, told; sadly on our feelings. No kind friend had died beside our hearth, and entrusted us with hundreds, by which we could '' pay twenty shillings in the pound." We had but an old blistered bottle, a frail- candle-stick, and a chair bereft of all appliances save the seat and legs. Nevertheless in our low estate did we hold ragamuffins in contempt, and from time to time we scalded them with boiling vinegar from that old blistered bottle. '' An outcast from society, or a vile lojw" character," was a strong term for Mr West wood to affix to those supporting the Champion of the People. But, as we said. before, we shall not quarrel with the defini tion, and think it in the highest degree appropriate for any one who would insult our institutions by affixing his name to such a requisition. ' j r|. '

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

(Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R..M.) , DRUNKENNESS. Four drunkards were fined each a crb^vn, the usual twenty-four hours'alternativer

THE DOG TAX. .'['■'."■ Richard Hughes, charged with omitting to pay the Dog Tax, was fined one shilling and costs. ~. , , ""' ! "This was all the business.

The French Cable Company has divided 12 per cent, and has a surplus of £24,295, for the reserve fund. This company waa added by thq Anglo-American, for which the latter was to receive 52 per cent! and the French company 48 per cent, of receipts, lihe Telegraph Construction Company, in the meantime, divides 25 per cent, for 1871.

TOO OLD TO LIVE.

TJpbsr his hand his head he leant, - He thought of days gone by, I When all around was fresh and fair. And sunshine filled the sky. But the heavens are dark and dreary now, The earth is parched and Kre, And sad the tale of memory as He wipes away the tear. -■-;„ Where are the hopes so cherished once, The visions once so dear? The brave-resolves, the noble deeds, The heart that knew no fear. His feeble arm, his silvery hair, The plaintive answer give, The hour of hope is fled for aye— "lam too old to lire !" Oh, who will tell the burthen, that The human heart may bear ? ". Or who will sound the rayless depths Of a broken heart's despair? Or who will tell how anguished love Will rack the weary brain When want surrounds beloved ones, And striving now is vain ? I 'Tis easy for the young and brave . ! The bark of hope to guide ; , 'Tis easy when the arm is strong To stem misfortune's tide. But oh, what balm to misery Can earthly prospects give When the aged and broken-hearted feels " I am too old to live ! " A stranger from a distant land ~,.. ,He came our lot to share, r , ,-,.-, 1 ' But cruel hearts and cruel hands .' ' ' ' Prepared and laid the snare, ■ . Guileless he listened to our words— The crime was ours alone ; He fell a victim to our wiles. And reason fled the throne. Tread lightly on the sacred dust, . ~ ( ,_ Speak gently of the dead ; The flowers of sympathy we lay Where reststhe weary bead. The tear of sacred grief will flow, And Heaven itself forgive The frenzied dream of dark depair— " I am too old to live ! "

THE LATE MR CAZALI.

As deep interest has been excited respecting the family of the gentleman who h?s added another, and the most painful :nstance, to the list of ruin caused by the Green Harp swindle, we have made some enquiry as to their position. We find that.literally all.is lost. The Green Haip claim was tha>on which he had bu;lt bis hopes, and in it he had invested almost everything at the time when the shares were at seven and eight pounds. He had a small number of shares :n the Argo and Pacific, and a very few in the Pride of Tokatea and Cure. There are two Caledo nians in the name of the deceased, but they are the property of his brother. But on the stronjjost, and seeririvjly nio^t reliable; re presentations he had sunk the saviigs of a lifetime the Green Harp. When hjs af fairs are wound up there wiU be nothing for the survivors. He has left a "widow and three daughters, and Auckland should deal very tenderly with them. We are greatly p leas,edtosee that anumber of papershave been struck off bearing a brief address to Mrs Cazali, and intended to receive names and subsciiptions. The follow Ing are the words: — "To Mis J. W. Cazali. Madame,—We, the ujidersi^-iid.resideuts in Auckland., beg your acceptance of the following small. tflikens of our sincere sjmpathy with you and your family in your bereavement. Your late husband came amon'j us a straujer ; he won the respect and esteem of a 1! thoce who knew him, but he has ff 1 en a \icl.im to the con spiracy which broke b'.s heaij. We can make no reparation for your loes, but as a com munil>y we feel that we should thus testify m our sincererejret atthismelancholyevent, and our sympathy with you in your affliction." It is needless for us to urge this matter on the kindness and sympathy of Auckland. The offeri^ should be one not of charity, but as marking the detestation of the people of Auckland for the crimes of the fiends in human form who have brought ruin into co many homes, and as a tribute of respect to the memory of1 as Granger who had faith in the honesty of our mining management and paid the penalty with'his life.

THE SHAREMARKET.

mr. j. m. lennox's report,

Business upon the Exchange continues quiet. Mysales comprise: Caledor-.an, £31; Thames, £6; Alburnia, £3 10s.; Nonpare" 1, £2 2s.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THIS DAY,

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R,M.]\

WALTER PAUL V. JOHN RUSSELL,

This was a claim of. £2 lls sd, for goods supplied by the plaintiff. Judgment for plaintiff. , : • WALTER PAUL V. H. A. NEWSTEAD. This was a claim of £1 3s 7d, for goods supplied. Judgment for plaintiff. THOMAS MANING V. JOHN PILBROW. Mr McKecknie appeared for plaintiff., This was a claim of £7 19s 9d, paid \ y plaintiff on account of land in connection with the Foster Gold Mining Company. Plaintiff was induced to make the purchase, on which h« paid at th« rate of Is 6d per share, £7 19s 9d, "by cheque. He subsequently made enquiries and found the company had no land. This case was brought into Court : that ! the amount might be returned. He had asked for the money and could get no consideration for the amount. Defendantf*did not appear. Judgment for plaintiff. .THOMAS GEQR,GE V.. t. MARTIN. ■Claim for £4 15s 9d, goods supplied.' ; Judgment for plaintiff. E. W. BABE"^. WM. SMYTHE. ',' r |

This was a olaVrnf or £3 4s, being £3 lent to defendant in January last, and four shillings interest on the same. Judgment for plaintiff. ,~, HUGH FRASER V. THOMAS HAtKvaRD. Mr Beveridge appeared for defendant. This was claim for £10 for goods supplied, which defendant admitted through hia solicitor. . Judgment for plaintiff. GEORGE BOYD V. ROBERT WILSON. Claim: £7 14s Id. - TJiS; defendant in this case was a contract", labourer, and pleaded that he had not been paid for the work done. Mr Hesketh, who appeared for plaintiff, stated that defendant had received a part, and is to receive the balance from the City Council next week. Defendant, proposed to pay 58,$ week. . , , . Hiisj Honor, objected, as at, that rate it would take tiiirty weetes, to pay the whole amount. Withdrawn for iSiitaal arrangement. ~T, I B.,GILLIES"V. PETER, M'EWEN. Mr Hesketh appeared for plaintiff. This was a claim for £3 13s 6d. Mr Thomas Cotter proved tlie debt. Judgment for plaintiff. ; ■ JOHN M'GARRIGLE V. EDWARD ARNOLD. Mr Beveridge. appeared for plaintiff; My James Russell iqr defendant. This was a claim of £9 15s, balance of an original account of £20 for various likenes ses supplied'to the defendant for Mrs Shee han, Mr Lusk, and others, but which, ac cording to the defence, were not satisfactory to the parties. j ; Mtf Russell stated that the defendant had sent in several different accounts • bearing different dates, and in consequence'

it would be almost impossible to prepare a defence, and asked that the case might bp disposed of by arbitration. His Honor could not permit this, the caso must go on. Mr Russellthen cross-examined the plaintiff at considerable length respectin the charges, and his manner of keeping},-^ accounts, which, it appears, are made from notes and. memory. m Mrs Rachel McGarrigle, wife of theplaiatiff • corroborated herhusband's statements in reference to the fairness of the charges for fkf photographs. c Mr Arnold was then examined as to hia oW-tMaw, and abated that he had been ove7 ch*rg<*l for certain pictures which were nf no une to htrn He had also been charged for other* wfawn he returned as be^- *-^ suitable. 'l*k<-, me of Mr Luak-p ~ useless. - o'as ■ »Ni

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FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day, 2.30 p.m. Tookey's (Lowden's) tribute crashed 27 tons, which gave 67 ounfifes.., .

The Cure is st'U looir-ig'well

MacondaM, the solicitor, is about to contest the Provincial Council election with Swan.

COROMANDEL.

This day, 2.24 p.m.

• 'The Standard Key and Sappho Com panies have compromised dispute. The' Sappho-gives the Standard Key mm three hundred shares, and amalgamates with the Key. The Royal Standard can now proceed to work.

Reef has been cut in joint tunnel of Margaretta and Yuba.

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

WELLINGTON.

11.50 a.m.

The following Bills have been read for the first time :-—Distillation, Auckland Univer sity, and Quartz Stealing' Detection.- The iebale was resumed on the appointment of a committee to investigate theclaims of Welling-' ton province and colony, but not concluded.

The Otago Waste Lends Bill and Oamaru Dock Trust Bill were read a third time. The Nelson Waste Land Bi'l has been committed.

The Wanganri Borrow'ng Bill has been read a first time.

The Dunedin Water Works Bill was read

a second time

Mr O'Rorke's motion to place £10,CC0 on the estimates r.s rewards for discoveries of new goldfields in both islands was amended, the House authorizing the offer of a reward and agreeing to indemnify to Government

ifor pajing.

The question of compensation to Henry Smy-hies came on, but the House adjourned before the debate concluded. £10,800

are claimed,

NELSON.

12.53 noon.

The Rev. R. H. Gaskin, an English clergy man, is supposed to have been drowned at Lyctelton.

The Nebraska sails at two o'clock to-day for the North, and the Rangitoto at six.

DUNEDIN.

In the Supreme Court, yesterday, hia Honor .the Judge upheld the demurrer to the action of Coney v. Weldon, in which the plaintiff, late a sergeant in the Armed Con stabulary, sought to recover £250 damages for wrongful dismissal of the service.

This decision regulates all the other cases arising out of the late police strike. The demand for labourers is very brisk ; all the immigrjj&ts, ex Hydaspes, but for their extravagant expectations, would have found employment. Domestic servants are demanding from £30 to £36 per annum wages. Shepherds, £52 ; blacksmiths, £60 ; and m arried couples from £60 to £75.

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

(To the Editor of the Evening Stab.) Sik, —I think that we, the inhabitants-of Auckland,; ought to do what we can for the sadly-afflicted family of the late Mr Cazali, a comparative stranger, who has been robbed and driven to suicide since residing amongst us. I would suggest, as almost the qnly means of showing our sympathy, that a sub scription be started for their benefit, to which I am Bure Captain Casey would contribute liberally.—l am, &c, W. L-ATCHMORn.

/ 2 the editer of the Eening Star. luvein Sir luvein, —has 1 hoff those fokes has ilkes 2 heer what his goin' 2 bee dun about thus grate boat race clown hat Wellin'ton, i 'dress thus < 2 uhay fne lines i want v 2 c the mare an' aske* him hif cis go'ih 2 caule a meating ■an 1 'hit r so wheii i' -wood bee moust' apy 2 give a dheak'for 501b hat the :'e'd off the list there* bee quick an' get 1 ready has i have Imi 'and1 into mi pocket cus hif v take Long 2 concider rafial' bee disclined 2 give mi 50K>.j- f/l U.r.s. thWttghley John Hall. \

SUCCOUR THE AFFLICTED.

(To the - E<ii&i\ p| the • Evening Star. ) g IR>^I,IW ould begto askthe perpetrators of the Green Harp fraud whether the late melancholy case' of poisoning does not sting their corscience if tfcey, have any, teemg a family pluheed intb rum through them ? Ask them to restore some of their own money back to tne afflicted! widow and her famuy. —I am, &C, HtJBtANITY. [W. cordially endorse' the plea of our cor.-e^ondent acd we hope to sse at least some resporse from the swindlers. —Ed. E.S.]

London will soon know its Blue-coat school boys no more. Christ's Hospital is to. be removed into the country, and the well kridwn building in" Newgate-street, dear to Charles Lamb, has been sold to the Mid- London Railway Conpany for £600,000.

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2T, 18*73.



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JCATEK (late Crombie's) BOYAL • FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY- Queen street, Auckland, has mvich pleasure in Inform ix his friends ard the public generally that he has purchased the Photo&.-aphic Business so long ca-rries n by Mr. Crombie ; and having secured the services od. an Experienced Operator, feels warranted Instating hat they will receive every civility and attenticjn, as well as first-class and artistic portraits at his hands, and that no pains will be spared to give entire satisfac tion. J. C. begs to announce that his arrangements for taking Instantaneous Portraits of Children are now complete ; NEAL'B GENUINE TOMATO SAUCE, prepared from the finest ripe fruit only. NEAT/S ORIENTAL PICKLE, a delicious com pound of Sweets and Sours NEAL'S NEW ZEALAND SAUCE, equal to Wohoehtkr Sauce NEAL'S CHUTNEY, a most agreeable condiment supersedes Mustard and more wholesome. ______ • ' ' B. TONES & CO. WHOLE SA L E AGENTS. QLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE Thi» Sauce has now been sufficiently long In the market to stand the test of public opinion, and it is gratifying to the manufacturer to be enabled to state that he is constantly receiving testimonials as to its worth. It is an excellent tonic, and for persons of delicate appetite a wineglass-full before meals is of Immense Benefit; aitd for children, when used in the * a %2 l Bußar or iam. it Ih invaluable in many ways. Sold everywhere. Please observe that the maker's uajne \% on label, and stamped on bottle and stopper



PRICE—ONE SHILLING. AUiaKfiANB ALMANAC. For 1873. WE beg to intimate that we are engfged in the comp'lr.tion of an Almanac for the Province of Auckland for the year 1873, which ■will be issued e.-rly in December of the present yeu.r. Without reflecting on any previous productions in this special field of literature, we believe that we can produce a work that will meet the wants of the residents in the city and province to an extent not yet attained by any local Almanac. It is not our wish to define the points on which our Almanac will base its claims to supersede other local Almanacs, but we feel confidence in promising that it will find its way into more households and offices, and more neajrly attain to the co'-ect ideal of a Provincial "Book" Almanac than anything of the kind that lias yet been sub mitted to the pubic of AuckJaid. The information contained will be extensive and carefully compiled, and the literary portion of the work will be executed in a manner that will satisfy the most fastidious, while ovr exte isive and vailed assort ment of new and ornamental type, and the advantr^es of our steam printing machinery will enable us to proiuce a volrme that for ne tne s and cheapness is not l'kely to be equalled in the d-Vrict. We can therefore confidently recommend th's Annual as affording the bed advertising medium. Although the flwt year of issu^/the numerous agencies and correspondents of the Evening Star wiU provide a medium for bringing the work immediately into cbn^adt with residents in every part of the province, and, as far as may be practicab'e, in other parls of the colony. REED & BRETT. Evening. Star office, Sept. 20, 1872. IN MRS FORD'S ESTATE. HPHE STOCK has been Purchased BY J. COSGRAVE & CO., QUEEN STREET, WHERE A SALE OF THE SAME WILL BE HE L D THIS DAY.



THE GOODS WILL BE SACRIFICED. IN accordance with the 29th Clause of the Licensing Act, 1871, I hereby give notice that I intend to apply to the Worshipful the Justices of the Peace for the Disiriot of Auc*:Lnd for a Transfer of my License for the Royal Mai! Hotel, Auckland, to Albert Griffiths, of Auckland. WILLIAM WOOLLEV. Auckland, September 27, 1872. TO FARMERS, SETTLERS, BUTCHERS, AND OTHERS. fTTHE Undersigned are Cash Pur- J- chasers of Hides, Sheepskins, Wool, Tallow, &c, &c, at highest markets rates. L. D. NATHAN & CO., SRORTLAND STREET (Opposite Post-office), Auckland. SYDNEY TWEED, SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. A PAECEL of the above just received, and now being Sold at 2s. 11d. PER'YARD, AT No. 18 0, QUEEN STREET, (Opposite Darby's Thistle HoteL) SAMUEL COOMBES. The damage is so slight as to be hardly noticeable.