SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 5.30 HIGH WATER : This evening, 9.1

STEAM TO TUBE HA.MES THIS EVENING. Enterprise No. 2, H 'clock.

ARRIVALS. Alexnnder, as, Grainger, from Sydney IvnnJioe, schooner, from Mongonni Southern Cross, as., Sellars, from Tauranga Golden Isle, sclioondr, Matzen, from Russell Tauranga, schooner, from Kaipara

DEPARTURES.

Comerang, ps, Clirisp, for Northern ports

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Honolulu : Nevada, mail steamer, to-day. For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, steamer, early : Alexandra, steamer, on arrival of the Nebraska, mail steamer For New York: Mary Nelson, Coronilla, and Win

Prowse, barques, early For Southern ports; Taranaki, steamer, early ; Phoebe steamer, early For Sydney : Hokitika, barque, 9th inst

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2 Hero, steamer, from Sydney

IMPORTS.

Per Alexandra, from Sydney: 1 case, H. M; Jervis ; 3 cases boots, Owen and Graham ; 2 cases, Upton ; 1 case, T. TurreJl ; 1 case, E. Wayte ; 1000 bags maize, Ryan, .Bell and Co. ; 32 pgs., 50 boxes candles, 2 cases chairs, 1 box tacks, 3 boxes, 32 pgs' and cases, J. S. Macfarlane; 1 case, Montague; 1 case, Kcmpthorne, Pro??er and Co. ; 6 cases, B. Tonks and Co. ; 1 parcel, Macready ; 120 bags maize order ; 1 ease, Ireland Brothers ; 1 pg. leather, J. Rout ; 7 cases, A. Clark and Son ; 4 pgs., Bank of New Zealand ; 3 pg?. hats, order ; 2 do do, Lewis Brothers ; 3 do do, Me Art bur, Sliera and Co. ; 2 do, Clark and Son ; 1 do, Watters ; 3 pgs., W. Rattray ; 2 bales paper, Reed and Brett, "Evening Star;" 3 p^s. order; 1 bag seed, 1 case plants, H. Lipscombe; 50 coils rope, Brown, Campbell, & Co.; 21 pigs*lead, J. Roberton & Co.; 6 cases boots, H. Fugate ; 1 do do, J. W. Hoare ; 8 boxes type, 2 parcels, 1 pg, Reed & Brett, " Evening Star"; 1 bundle plants, J. Baird ; 2 pgs do, D. Hay ; 24 cases apples, R. Arthur ; 2 cases merchandize, Barnett & Levy ; 16 cases, 1 cask, 4 pgs baskets, J. S. Macfarlane ; 3 cases vestas, Barnett & Levy; 200 bags maize, order; 52 do do, Symonds ; 99 do do, Gr. Thome ; 56 do do, Cunningham; 40 cases fruit, Lipseombe : 57 half do do, Binney ; 1 piano, 6 cases vestas, J. S. Macfarlane ; 4 cases vestas, Lewis Bros.; 4 cases, B. Tonks & Co.; 3 cases vestas, J. C. Morrin; 1 case, J, Harris; 1 case, GL Jones ; 4 case, C. Mark 9 ; 1 case, Rev. ltigg ; 2 pgs., "Evening Star;" 40 cases jams, T. Peak; 141 bags maize, Q-. Sibbin; 1 box, Owen & Grabam ; 1 pg., Miss Ninnis ; 20 cases oil, G. E. Reid: 1 parcel, Loveday & Co.; 2 pgs., HiU & Hudson ; 1 case, Cruicksliank, Smart, & Co. ; 107 half-cases fruit, T. Peak ; 2 cases sewing machines, Sainty ; 138 cases fruit, W. Marshall; 1 box, G-. Thorne, junr. ; 60ingots tin, order; 228 cases fruit, B. Arthur; 40 bags onions, Binney ; 2 cases, 1 box, Hender Bon & Maefurlane. From Melbourne : 3 cases, T. H. Hall ; 3 bale 3, Owen & Grabam; 41 pgs., G. McCaul; 1 case leather, B. Gifctos ; 15 cases sewing machines, A. Gnscoyne; 16 cases sewing machines, J. Harris ; 17 coils rope, Stone Brothers ; 3 pgs , City Council ; 1 case sauce, order • 1 case, Must & Co.; 1 parcel, J. Eeid —1 truss, J. Rattray— 3 cases Lewis Bros.—l parcel, Brown, Barrett and Co.—l case wine, J. H. Hall & Co.—l parcel, H. Webster—l mowing machine, T. & S. Morrin -68 bags onions, G. .W. Binney—l ca?e tweed, T. H. Hall & Co. —36 pgs, A. Smart.—H. M. Jervis, agent.

EXPORTS.

Per Nevada, p.s., for Honolulu, transhipped per Alexandrina: 1 box seeds, 1 case plants, 1 case drapery. For Honululu: 1 case per fumed spirits, 100 saddlery, 1 bale bagging, 1 bale cottons, 50 bags oats, 90 pgs. rope, 2 cases lollies, 1 pgs. samples, Owen & Graham. For San Francisco: 2 bags fuDgus, Cruick shank & Co.—lo cases kauri gum, R. Walker & Co. — 8 bundles sheepskins, J.. Roberton & Co. —Henderson & Macfarlane, agents.

ARRIVAL OF THE ALEXANDRA.

The screw steamer Alexandra, Captain H. Grainger, left Sydney harbour on August 31, at 2.45 p.m.; rounded North Cape, September 5, at 8.30 a.m.; arrived in Auckland harbour September C, 7.45 a.m. Experienced west and south west winds for the first three days, from thence south east and fine weather throughout the passage. Passed the screw steamer AVonga AVonga on the 3rd, at 7 p.m. Passengers—Saloon: Miss A. Manning, Miss C. Rickards and servant, Mrs Pollock, Mr and Mrs E. Jackson and Miss E. H. Jackson, Mr and Mrs Currie, Messrs H. TMckards, H. Hiillam, T. AY. Bunker, T. H. Hall, A. AVoods, Alex. Mclntyre, T. AY. Davis, and twenty in the steerage.

The mail steamer Nevada, Captain Blethen, has cleared at the Customs for Honolulu with the follow ing passengers : — From Auckland : Mr and Mrs Bartlett, Mr AY 11 Cooper, Miss Gilmore, Messrs D Silvermann, J Shepherd, P Schimmelphening, E Fossett, Dr Young, Mr, Mrs, and Master Greenfield, and Mr A Woods. From Greymouth : Mrs S Lambe. From Sydney ; Messrs A Mclntyre, C Brown, and J Brick. From Melbourne: Mrs Gordon and three children, Messrs J M Davis, S Jones, J Burton, J McMamis, J Moore, J Shepherd, Mr and Mrs C'urrie, Miss Manning. Total, 30. The Nevada will leave immediately on the arrival of the Luna from the South.

The barque Tell left Newcastle for Auckland on the 28th August, with 420 tons coal.

The Helen Lee, from Auckland, arrived at New castle on the 20th ultimo.

The barque Novelty was to leave Sydney for Auck land on the 2nd September, and the brig Derwent was to follow.

The schooner Ivanhoe has entered at the Customs from Mongonui with 22 tons gum, consigned toLD Nathan and Co ; 5i tons flax, order.

The schooner Golden Isle has reported at 'the Customs from Russell with 110 tons coaL

The ship Maid of Judah and the barque Frowning Beauty have entered outward for Newcastle. The barque Alcandre has also entered outward for that port via Hokiariga.

The schooner Dauntless has entered outwards for Tahiti.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr A. Buckland held a sale by auction of flax, and realised the following prices— 66 bales tow (Cruickshank and Co), 5s 6d. —Smart. 20 do do (Must and Co), 5s 66, 19 do do (Must and Co), 6a 3d—Eoberfcs. 1 bale flax, No 2 (Dougal), 18a per cwfc, Lloyd ; 28 bales (Must and Co.), L2l per ton, E. Walker and Co. 22 ditto (Must and Co.), L 25 10s, Edmonds. 9 ditto (Clark), L2B, E. Walker and Co, 27 ditto (Dougal), L 32, Lloyd. 4 ditto (Frost), L 32, Clows. 23 do (Hutebineon), £29, Eobertp. 14 do (Craig) £30, Lloyd. 20 do (Wallace) £31, ■Roberts. 24 do (Brisbane) £32 10b, Eolph Sterrie and Co. 13 do Kenel) £32, Lloyd. 22 ditto Leedon, (Taranaki), L3O, Kobertg. 113 ditto (Thomson Bros.), L 32 10s, Eolpb, Sterry and Co. 82 ditto (Duncan and Mitchell) £52, Lloyd -24 do (J. Moon), £34, Eolph, Sterry & Co. Wdo (D. Hutchinson), £33, Eolph, Stex-ry and Co. There was a good attendance and bidding spirited

* MEETINGS TO COME.

Golconda, Insurance Buildings, 3 p m, 9th September Nolan's Candlelight, Mr Wallace's office, Insurance Buildings,ll am, 11th September Royal Standard, Company's office, Wyndham street 4 pm, 11th September Alhambra, Ir>surance Buildings, 3 p m, 20th Sept Hand-and-Band, Grahamstown, 24th September Queen of the Thames, Grahamstown, 27th September

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND STREET. Mails will Close as Under For Thames, this day, at 5.30 pm, and to-morrow at 0.30 a.m. Per p.s. Nevada, this day, as under : — 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 6 p m. For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, atCp m For money orders and registered letters and newspapers, at 4 p m. »*» Late letters for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of Cd in addition to the postage, will be received by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, Waipu, etc., per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a m. For Wangarei, Managapai, etc., per Challenger, to morrow, at 3 p m. For Whitiangi, Tauranga and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, to-morrow, at 3 p m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Taranaki, immediately on arrival of p.s. Nebraska from Honolulu. For Napier and Southern provinces, per Nebraska, six hours after arrival, - For Sydney and Australian colonies, per Alexandra, immediately after arrival of Nebraska. S. B. Btss. Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Bullen. —On the sth September, at Shortland, Mrs. R. Bullen of a daughter.

MARRIAGES.

Harris—Nathan.—On June 25, at 28 Tavistock Square, by the Rev. Dr. Adler, assisted by the Rev. A. L. Green and the Rev. S. Lyons, AVolf Harris, Esq., of Hyde Park, to Lizzie, daughter of David Nathan, Esq., of Auckland, New Zealand. "Watt—Sharp.— On June 20, at Holy Trinity Church, Bingley, by the Rev. A. Hudson, vicar, assisted by the Rev. AY. J. Lowenberg and the Rev. A. P. Irwine, vicar of Bingley, James AVatt, Auckland, New Zealand, and of Lockmill, Fifeshire, N. 8., to Hannah, daughter of Edward Sharp, of Gilstead Hall, Bingley.

DEATH.

Pbeece. —At the Hospital, Shortland, on Thursday, sth instant, John Preece, aged 20, from injuries received in Bright Smile Gold Mining Company's Mine.

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1872.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

By the decree of fate the Ministry have fallen, or, at least, have suffered a defeat, before which they ntust succumb. - What ever may have been their shortcomings or their transgressions, it is very probable that we have launched into a sea of troubles. The majority of the Opposition has been a very small one, far too small to give any hope of forming a strong Ministry, unless by coalition. It is much easier to undo than to do, to tear down than to

build up, and now that the whole pack of hungry waiters on Providence hare been unleashed those who have under taken to make them keep within bounds have a task that should win for them the sympathy of gods and men.

We are compelled to hold over till to morrow a large amount of correspondence and various items of general intelligence,

The Prince of Wales Theatre will be re-opened to-night, and the lessee, Signor Vragnizan, will take his first benefit. A very good and attractive programme is announced. The performance will be under the patronage and in the presence of Mr Enderby Jackson's London Star Comique Company, which, have arrived this morning from Sydney by the Alexandra. We hope to see a bumper house for the enterprising lessee.

The brig E, K. Bateson, from the South Sea Islands, has visited Ellis, ICingsmill and Marshall group. IT.M.S. Barossa was at Marshall group, and there rescued five shipwrecked seamen. The French war steamer Vaudrcul and the mission barque John Williams were at ltotumah on the 27th ultimo.

We have just perused a publication ydlept " Loganiana." It is the quarantine journal of the s.s. Hero, written at the time she was at anchor in Spring Cove, and subsequently printed. It possesses an interest far beyond that of ordinary ships' journals, and is resilly most interest ing and amusing reading. The tone of journalism is kept up throughout with an added piquancy from the anonymity being drawn aside, and the pens being revealed. " John Cruickshank, commercial reporter," " Prank Weston, show re porter, " &c, appear in the French style appended to the various articles. Mr Cruickshank's reports are inimitable. " Spring Cove," lie says, " is undoubtedly the most important seat of commerce in the Australian colonies at the present moment, commanding as it does the whole trade of New South Wales with New Zealand, Victoria, Sandwich Islands and California." He reports " stock of chaff high in spite of demand." " Several wholesale transactions in burnt sulphur, cauiphorj music, legerdemain, spirits, good humour, and a lively retail trade in postage stamps, oysters, jokes, puns, raisins, nobblers, yarns, &c., &r\ The imports for a week are described as " confined to fresh provisions, writing paper, letters and news papers, carpet bags, medicine bottles, red pocket-handkerchiefs and snuff ; shirting still unchanged, soap and water much wanted ; spirits still high; good inquiry for P. 8., J.D.K.Z., L.L., and other favorite brands," etc., etc. The law courts are reported in the most amusing manner; the answers to corres pondents, and in fact the whole contents form about as pithy, piquant, quaint drollery as we have seen for a very long time in print. About 30 copies have been left at our office for sale. I

As will be seen from advertisement in another column the " Loganiana," or journal of the Hero in quarantine, is for sale with Messrs Upton and Co,

If the people of Auckland were loath to entertain a Pearl Fishery Company they seem determined to launch one in Bris bane, as may be seen from the following extract from the Sydney Herald : —" A venture of another kind altogether—as compared with minoral hunting—is being set afloat here, and that is a company for working the pearl shell banks in and near Torres Straits and the Coast of New Guinea. The projectors appear to be tolerably sanguine of success. The pearl sholl banks, which have remained hitherto almost untouched, are reputed to be quite as productive as those which have been worked for the last three hundred years in the vicinity of the Arru, or Aroo Is lands, of which Dobbo. the principal port, is inhabited chiefly by DuLch and Chinese merchants. A preliminary meeting was held yesterdfiy, at which the scheme was very favourably received, and I suppose we shall soon hear more of it."

The missionary sermons will be preached at the Edwardes-street Church on Sunday next by Rev 3 C, W. Rigg, Gr. Turner, and W. Booth. The public missionary meeting will take place on Monday even ing.

We beg to call attention to the entertain ment to take place to-night at the Young Men's Christian Association rooms. Miss Aitken will give a series of readings on the occasion in addition to other (amateur) talent.

The entertainment at the Catholic Institute will take place to-night for the benefit of the widow and family of the late James Stanley. An attractive pro gramme is announced.

The Americans in the United Kingdom celebrated Independence Day on July <t.

Last Wednesday eveningtho parishioners of All Saints' Sunday School met the teachers pursuant to their invitation to confer upon the desirability of providing a school house, and join them in their efforts to extend the privileges of religious instruction by placing on a solid footing the necessary appliances for the work of training the youth of the district. Great sympathy lias already been expressed, and some contributions made, but as an opposition was likewise offered, and the objects of a music hall advanced as having a prior claim, it was concluded to adjourn the meeting and give the inhabitants a further opportunity of joining in this laud able work.

The E X Bateson arrived at Sydney on the 30th ult. from the South Sea Islands. Captain Keats reports :—H.MtS. Barossa was at the Marshall group in May last, and succeeded in rescuing five ship wrecked seamen from the natives who had been cast away on one of the islands. Saw the cutter Frolic, and schooner Julia Price, of Auckland, N:Z., in the Kinsmilis, on the 16th June, in search of labour, both vessels being duly licensed by the Fiji Government, and the latter fitted up for passengers in a manner that would do credit to many emigrant ships. H.M.S. Basilisk was at Niikufetau, ono of the Ellices on the 17th July, and after over hauling a suspicious looking craft which came cruising along the island after dark, continued her voyage in search of man stealers. The mission barque John Wesley was at anchor at Rotumah when the E X Bateson left, I

A meeting of the shareholders in the new Ferry Company will be held to morrow at noon at the office of the solicitor of the company. As business of importance will be transacted it is re quested that all those who have intimated their intention of taking shares, but have not yet signed the memorandum of asso ciation or sent in the formal application for shares, should do so before the nieot ing. Forms of application for shares can be obtained from tlie honorary secretary at the office of this paper.

Amongst the arrivals by the steamer Alexandra, from Sydney, we recognise our old friend Harry Rickards, the popu lar London star comic singer. He has lost none of his freshness, and if he only makes himself as popular here as he did in London, or as his indefatigable agent (Mr Allison) has done here before him, he is sure to be extensively patronised. Harry llickards is accompanied by Miss Carrie Rickards, and Mr Henry Hal jam— all good vocalists—and last but not least by Mr Euderby Jackson. They will open to-morrow night, at the City Hall with an extensive programme. We learn that Madame Sanderson, who has been billed to appear with this company, has remained behind at Sydney seriously indisposed. Her arrival however may be looked for by next steamer. *

The barque Bella Mary left Hqbart Town for Auckland on the 24th ulfc. with a cargo of fruit and potatoes.

We understand that Mr William Ryan will take a benefit at the Pri-ice of Wales Theatre to-morrow (Saturday) evening. Mr Ryan is well known on the Auckland stage, and is a most deserving actor, and we have no doubt that a large number of his admirers will rally round him on this occasion. A first-class programme has been provided, and we hope to see a bumper house: This is a grand gift en terprise : five-and-twenty pounds' worth of jewellery, consisting of watches, &c, will be given away to the audience, A lady and gentleman just arrived by the City of Auckland have consented to sing on the occasion.

It has been found necessary to postpone the departure of the mail steamer until seven o'clock to-night, in consequence of the non-arrival of theLunaintho Manukau, Tho Luna is the beai'er of mails and passengers from the Southern provinces, and has, no doubt, been detained outside the Manukau by heavy weather.

The cutter Harvest Homo has brought back 182 kegs blasting powder, ex Coun tess of Kintore, from the Thames, there being no room for storage in the magazine at that port It has been removed to the powder magazine at Mount Eden

The largo clock at the English Parlia ment House is the largest one in the world. The four dials of this clock are 22 feet in diameter Every half minute tho point of the ruinuto hand moveinearly seven inchei. The clock will go eight and a half days, but it only strikes for seren and a half days, thus indicating any neglect in winding it up. The mere winding up of the striking mechanism takes two hours. The pendu lum is loft long; tho wheels are of cast iroa; the hour bell is 8 feet high and G feet in diameter, weighing nearly 15 tons, and the hammer alone weighs more than 400 pounds. This clock strikes the quarter hours, and by its strokes the short-hand re porters in Parliament chambers regulate their labors. At every stroke a now reporter takes the place of the old one, whilst the first retires to write out the notes he has taken during the previous 15 minutes

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THIS DAY.

[Before Thoitab Beckham, Esq., R.M.] The usual weekly sitting of thi3 Court for the recovery of small debts, and the the following business disposed of. Judgment fob the Plaintiff. Hale v. Prescott, goods delivered. £6 10s Id ; Akers v. Hart, do, £2 10s; Bent v. Griffiths, do, £13 3s <ld; Geroy v. Starke. do, £G 7s ; Farly v. Woods, do, £4 12s 7d ; ditto v. McConncll, do, £7. ■Adjouhnhents. Reid v. Smith till next Court day. [Left sitting.]

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R.M

DHUNITENNESS. Tiie charge-sheet this morning was filled up with names of drunkards, several of which were new arrivals. They were ordered to pay a fine of ss. UEEACHES 01' CITY BY-LAWS. John Wallace was lined a crown for leaving his cart unattended. William Watson and William Costello had to pay similar sums for letting their horses and cows go at large. This was all the business.

THE BURGESS ROLL.

To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sin, —You will confer a favor by kindly inserting this in the columns of your paper. Some few weeks back a notice appeared in the daily papers informing the ratepayers of the city of Auckland that all those who were in arrears with their rates would bo disqualified from voting at the election! for members to serve in the Council. Having paid my rates of course I expected that my name would appear ,on the Burgess Roll, but on in specting it I found that my name had been omitted—accidentally, I suppose, Upon inquiry as to the reason I was met by the reply from the Town Clerk that I ought to see that my name was placed on the Roll, I am quite of his opinion upon that point, and I should recommend other ratepayers to take his advice and see to the matter themselves, or the chances are that some of their names will be left out also. I have no wish to re flect upon any of the Borough Council officials, but I thing whoever was en trusted with the task of preparing the Roll to say the least of it has exhibited gross carelessness, I beg to apologise for trespassing so much upon your valuable space, but as I deem this a matter of public importance I have taken the liberty of entering more fully into the subject than I should otherwise have done,—l am, &c,, A Ratepayer,

BRIGHAM' YOUNG'S CHILDREN

Beigham has sixty-eight children, about forty ot them are female. They are of all ages, from three years to thirty. Several of his older sons are young men of promise and position. He is the father of a good deal of talent, and some of the children will bo heard of in the world hereafter. Last night, at the theatre. I was particularly struck with the good, I might say superb acting, of a young-looking lady, and quite handsome, withal. I made inquiry, and learned that she was a daughter of Brig ham, and one of tho five wives of H. B. Ghwson. Clawson being a man of wealth, and standing, and a devout Mormon, has married two of Brigham's daughters, in addition to his other three wives. Isn't that a curious way to do ? It certainly is to us Gentiles, but to the Mormons it is all perfectly correct and proper. In several of the States a man is prohibited from marrying his dead wife's sister, but here in Utah it is much the style to marry two sisters at once, besides having several other wives. But as long as it is necessary to have two or more wives, I think he is a wise man who would marry sisters, if possible. Many of Brigham's children are hand some and lovable. Those by one of his wives. Mrs. Decker, are particularly so.

Brighamprovides well for his numerous sons-in-law, and takes great pleasure in seeing his children well married off and happy, if there can be any happiness in the Mormon married state, which I doubt. A marrage takes place in his family now very often, as has numerous flock are rapidly maturing. One of his daughters married last Sunday. I hear of one who had to run away to marry, Brigham being opposed to the match because the young man who loved his daughter also loved lager beer. Brigham tried to break off the match and keep his daughter at home, but his home has so many doors to it that lie could not watch them all at once, and she got awa} r. If this teaches any moral at all. it is either to have fewer daughters or fewer doors. — Utah Correspondent Cincinnati Commercial.

JOSH BILLING'S MORAL PRECEPTS

Don't mistake plezure for happiness; it is intirely a difl'erant breed ov dogs. There is exquizit plexure in happiness but there iz a great deal ov plezuro that has no happiness in it. ;^X]erience haz the same effect on most folks that age haz on a goose—it makes them tuffer.

" Sewing Societies" are generally places whar the wimmin meet to rip and so —up the naborhood.

It takes a smart man to conceal from others what he don't kno.

A lazy man allus works harder than a bizzyone. The hardest work I kno ov is to grunt —it is harder to set still and fight flies then get up and escape from them. The man who controls hiz pashuis stis at the holm ov tho ship.

It iz very difficult to kalkulate upon success, unless a man sets up for a phool— in this department I have known hundreds to succeed, contrary to thare erpectashuns.

THE SHARE MARKET.

ME. J. M. liENNOX'S BBPOBT

Tiie share market is moat inactive. Cale donian shares are firm, closing with buyers at £32, ox div. My aales comprise—Cale- donian, £31 (with dividend) ; Alburnia, £3 10s. Buyers of Caledonian, Thames, All Nations, Albumin, and South British Iniurance shares.

TELEGRAPHIC.

Fatal Accident.

Death of a Late Sergeant in the Waikato Regiment.

The Nonpareil Troubles—lm-

perative Demand s.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

GRAHAMSTOWN

This day. John W. Holt, formerly a sergeant in the "VVaikato Militia, was found dead this morning in the Moauatairi creek. He had been at a ball at the Liverpool and Belfast Hotel last night, and left at half-past three o'clock, and went towards home, when he fell off the tramway at a junction with the branch leading across the creek to the Caledonian paddocks.

He must have been stunned by the fall, and appeared to have boen smothered in mud and water in the bed of the creek. He evidently died from external injuries only. There is a cut across his right temple which probably caused his death. An inquest is to be held this even ing.

A curious scene occurred at Scrip Corner this morning, it being another phase in the Nonpareil dispute. Messrs Scott, Warmoll and Penton went to Mr Eletcher's office and demanded to look at the books of the Company ; the legal manager refused to submit to the demands of all of them together, but offered to 1 y them before one at a time, or the whole of the books before either of the parties. They persisted in their demands for the whole of the books to be laid before them, promising at the same time not to touch them. Mr Fletcher refused to trust them. -

G-old is freely showing in the North end of No. 2 stope in the Caledonian mine and in the Otago rise. .

Messenger's are crushing 70 lbs. of specimens.

The find in the Central Italy mine is considered important. Good gold is in sight iv the reef six feet thick at the 2GO feet level, us

TIMARU.

This day. The Phcabe left at nine o'clock last night for Lyttelton.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

[Specially telegraphed to the " Star,"]

WELLINGTON.

Thursday, 4.30 p.m. The debate is resumed. Mr Jackson's amendment has been withdrawn. Mr John "Williamson is now speak ing in favor of the resolutions. This day, 8 a.m.

The debate was continued yester day by Mr Tolmie and Mr J. C. Andrews, both for the Government. Mr Orraond followed with a three hours' speech. Mr. E. W. Stafford then rose to reply. He said that last session the Opposition had supported the Brogden contract because that the honour of the whole colony was pledged to it. Now Mr Reeves admits this, and begins to quote estimates, so do Mr Fox and others about the railways in Queensland costing about £2,300 per mile. He reiterated that the Go vernment Avere fully warned of the impending rise in the price of iron. The immigration scheme had been un satisfactory. 11,000 were to have arrived before the end of the year, and no provision or settlement was made. He said his idea of the settle ment, called by the Government confiscation, was to settle families at certain intervals along the lines of railways between towns, andreckonedon about twenty villages requiring 40,000 acres from fiveTprovinces The Middle Island owners of land were glad of this project. He proposed a measure tentative and permissive, and dwelt on the speech of the Premier. He ex plained that when he went to England he did so at his own expense, and drew no pay at all. Ministers at the seat of Government shewed he had not drifted into two wars, but found war inevitable on his return from England, but had nothing to do with the war of 1803. He then criticised the speeches of the members of the Government. Had they effected the saving promised in the cele celebrated speech by the Native Minis ter. He had hacl large funds at his disposal The expense of the Militia Volunteers had been one-third of the present civil service cost. They were getting de moralized, The permanent officers were becoming political partizans. He then referred to the necessity of some home postal service. He showed that Mr Vogel's statement as to the necessity for his £300,000 worth of Treasury Bills was incorrect. He defended the hon. member for Parnell against the charge made that he had desired the introduction of 4000 British troops at £40 per head. He had received many letters on Native matters, which objected to the Native Lands Court. A continuance of the present system would end in hav ing strewed over the colony swarms of pauperized Maoris which would be highly dangerous to the welfare of the colony. He objected to the Eoad Boards taxing unproductive Maori land, and said that if taxation was necessary let them take it from manual labor. He had received letters objecting to the power to buy native land resting exclusively on the Government and the way the native reserves had been mis-managed. The Maoris should be represented in the Upper House and in the.Executive, and Confiscated lands should partly be given up for reserve for v.;ilage schools, *fee, partly among sundry tribes. The House adjourned till to-morrow night. The following is the division list on the first resolution : —Ayes, 40 ; Noes, 37 Axes. Woes. Bradshaw T. Kelly Ingles T. 8. Shepherd Stafford Reynolds Wilson Vogel Murray McGlaskan Collins Stewart Brandon Bathgate Gillies Studholme Kenny Hunter Richardson J. E. Brown Meriryn Rhodes Thomson McGillivray Williamson Bluett Munro Seymour Wakofield McLean Parker, Canterbury Carrington Hallenstein Tribe Rolleston Pearce Takamoana Macandrew Curtis Tolmie Shepherd Tairoa O'Connor Katene Calder Reeves Reid t Ormond Munro O'Neil Clark Andrew Creighton. Gisborne J. C. Brown Fox McLeod O'Rorke Sheehan Harrison Bunny Peacock Fitzherbert Richardson Johnston E. Jackson Bryce T. Henderson Buckland Luckie Webster Kelly J White Parker Reader Wood Swanson Parata

A hotel-keeper at Millertor, N. V;, was going to a masquerade ball, and made an unannounced call on his aged mother to see if his disguise was a good one. It was. Sh gave one scream, broke a blood vessel, and died.

A well-known officer in Auld Keekie was celebrated for his canning and wit. His wife having died in Ediuburgh, he hired a hearse and had her conveyed to the family burying place in the Highlands. He returned it is said with the hearse full of smuggled whisky, and being teased about it by a friend, he said, " Wou, mon, there's nae harm done—l only took away the body and brought back the speerit {"

NEWS BY THE MAIL.

The annual show of the Eoyal Agricul tural Society is to be held at Cardiff on July 15.

The International Prison Congress met on July 3 in the hall of the Middle Temple, when the Earl of Carnarvon delivered the morning address. Messrs Henry Lenior and Son, sheep, shear manufacturers, Solly street, Sheffield, have been rattaned because they employed men who did not belong to the Sheep- Shear Grinders' Union.

Their Eoyal Hignesses the Duke certain. Edinburgh, E.G., and Prince Christian-^ I Schleswig-Holstein have been pleased to become life members of the National Rifle Association. It is said that steps will shortly be taken to make the International Exhibition mere accessible to the working classes by keep ing it open one night in the week until ten, at an admission of Gd after six o'clock. It is stated that the judgeship of the Cornwall County Courts, vacant by the death of Mr Charles Dacres Bevan, hai been conferred upon Mr Montague Bere, Q.C., Eecorder of Bristol. A terrible double murder has been com mitted at Bermondsey by a lunatic. Much, excitement has been caused in the county of "Waterford by the elope ment of the wife of a gentleman belonging to a distinguished and ancient family with a young English officer. It is reported here that the Eight Eev. Dr. Cheetham, Bishop of Sierra Leone, intends to resign his see. The Eight Hon. Sir Barnes Peacock, Knight, late Chief Justice of the High Court of Calcutta, has been appointed a member of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Lord Lawrence has just returned from his continental trip in much improved health. A great-grandson of Tippoo Sahib has been admitted a member of the English bar during Trinity Term, his intention being to practice in the Indian courts. The weather has been very hot. Harvest prospects are, on the whole favourable. A miner was recently entombed in a pit near Bilston by a fall of coal. He wag rescued unhurt, after being imprisoned ten hours, At a late Middlesex Quarter Sessions a man who had attempted to pick pockets at St Stephen's Church, Westbourne Grove, escaped conviction through the unwillingness of ladies to appear, A lady aged 56 has just died from agitation caused through a thunderstorm, Two electric clocks have been presented to the town of Leith by an anonymous donor. The National Memorial to the Prince Consort erected in Hyde Park was inau gurated by the Queen on July 1. Lord Cairns has made his first award in the Albert Arbitration. M. G-ustave Dore is about to visit England for a change of air. Christiana Edmunds, who will be re membered in connection with the Brighton poisoning case, has been removed from Lewes Gaol, on the order of the Home Secretary, to the lunatic asylum. A fine specimen of the horned frog has just been added to the Zoological Gardens. It was sent from South California, in a box of cardboard, through the post. A young gentleman has been killed by a blow on the head with a cricket-ball, which caused concussion of the brain.

At the Camp at Wimbeldon, where tho shooting commenced on July 8, there is a good attendance of volunteers. June 22 will henceforth be notable as the day on which the British Australian Telegraph Line was opened. The company has since received notice that their cable between Java and Port Darwin is in terrupted, and advise that messages for Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania should for the present be sent per post Galle. At a meeting held on July 2it was resolved to increase the capital of the company to £980,000. The balance sheet showed that £584,000 had been expended. The directors have been authorised to issue £320,000 preference stock, and to lay a cable from Port Darwin to the existing Queensland lines on the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Berlin arbitration on the San Juan question will now proceed. Count Bismark will appoint several eminent international jurists to examine the papers, and their reports will determine His Majesty's judgment. The King of Bavaria was near being drowned a few days ago. He was out boating alone on the Kochelsee, one of the upper-Bavarian lakes, when his boat upset. Fortunately he was able to grasp at a post, and thus kept himself afloat until some peasants, who had witnessed the accident from the shore, could come to his help. An opinion prevails in some quarters which tends to throw a doubt upon Livingstone's discovery. A Mr Frederick Stone, writing from Doncaster, under July 6, says:—" There is a remarkable passage in Mr Stanley's despatches which would seem to give colouring to certain doubts that have been expressed as to their complete authenticity. The meet ing at Ujiji between himself and Dr Livingstone is thus described: —As the procession entered the town, Mr Stanley observed a group of Arabs, in the centre of whom was a paie-looking, grey-bearded white man, whose fair skin contrasted with the sun-burnt visages of those by whom he was surrounded.' Now, ten years ago. Livingstone' complexion was of a dark mahogany colour, which even in contrast with the most sunburnt visage on, ._,.- < face of the earth could not be called (pale, and it is difficult to conceive by what/pro cess it can have become blanched.' The New Zealand Land and Coal Com pany (Limited) is announced. Capital 20,000 Z., in 4,000 shares of 51. each The object of the company is to purchase or acquire on lease land, coal or other pro perty, situate in the colony of New Zealand, The subscribers are:—Messrs. If. W. Bird, 200 shares; John Henry Saunders, ao shares; J. McNair Harkney, 100 sharei; William R. Galbraith, 150 shares; John H. Gosling, 150 shares; John Gosling 7U shares; George Cartland, 25 shares. _ , Great consternation has been excited m the musical' circles in England, especially in that of the Eoman Catholic Church, by the promulgation of a circular order from Archbishop Manning to the clergy of the diocese prohibiting the employment ot female vocalists in their church choirs after September next. The order is saw I to b« very peremptory.

THE EVENING STAB,, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1872.



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