SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

I* SUNSET : This evening. 7.9 .. ■ j f FflOH WATER: This afternoon, 0.34 ; to-morrow, morning, 6.54. - ■:

STEAM TO THE THAMES.

Monday morning, Golden Crown, at eleven o'clock

ARRIVALS

Rowena, s.s., from Mongonui , Swallow, schooner, from Mercury Bay.

DEPARTURES.

Wanganui, s.s., for Wanganui "Wonga Wonga, s.s., for Sydney and Melbourne Lady Bowen, p.s., for the Hot Springs Effie Meikle, schooner, for Russell Star of the South, s.s., for Poverty Bay and Napier. Ocean Wave, schooner. Morgan, for the Chatham Islands.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Lyttelton : Velocidade barque, early For Southern ports • Phoebe, s.s., Monday For Levuka : Charybdis, schooner, Saturday For Kaipara : Tauranga, schooner, Saturday For Lyttelton : Helen Denny, ship, to-morrow For San Francisco, calling at Honolulu: Nevada

mail steamer, 2Cth inst For Northern ports : Rowena, s.s., Monday For Whitianga, Mercury Bay, and- Tanranga

Southern Cross, s.s., ICth instant For London: Queen Bee, ship, in December *"or Sydney and Melbourne:. Hero, s.s., 10th Dec. For Southern' ports, via Napier: ' Nevada, mail steamer, on arrival

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Polar Star, ship, from New York, via Melbourne, Sailed 10th July Ifevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu Southern Cross, schooner, from Sydney . , '; Dauntless, schooner, from Tahiti Harvest Home, ship, from London. Sailed 29th Sept. Caduceus, ship, from London. Loading Prosperity, schooner, from Melbourne Strathnaver, schooner, from Dunedin. Sailed 9th December ;-]'! Albion, brig, from Newcastle Moa, brig> :rom Melbourne Hero, s.s., from Sydney

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Wonga Wonga for Sydney :—298 bales flax, J. 11. Roberts ; 10 cases, L. D. Nathan & Co.; 63 pgs iron,;A. Smai-t; 200 bales tow, Brown, Campbell & Co.; 5 cases fish, J. Koberton & Co. For Melbourne : M casks lime juice, L. D. Nathan & Co.; 14 do hides, 3 bags hair, A. Dornvell ; 3 boxes gold, Bank of New Zealand ; 10 cases fish, J. Roberton & Co. —H. M. Jervis, agent.

Per s.s. Star of the South for Poverty Bay and Napier : 9 pkgs drapery, A.. Clark and Sons ; 2 bales leather, Ireland Bros 5 3 cases, 1 bale, 1 parcel drapery, 1 oaae boots, Owen and Graham ; 1 cask, 1 parcel, 1 nest tubs, 1 stone, 3 coils rope, 1 bdle, 12 camp ovens, 2 kegs, 2 bundles, 54 lengths piping, 42 pkgs, T. and S. Morrin ; 5 kegs nails, 1 case, Ciombes and Dalcly ; 52.;pkgs sugar, J. S. Macfarlane; 7 pkgs, 9 doors, Union Sash and Door Company ; 1 case, H M. J ervis ; 60 bags flour,'Thornton, Smith and Co. ; 18 cases rum, Cawkwell; 39 pkgs, Me Arthur, Shera and Co. ; 4 do, Owen and Graham ; 7 pkgs, Porter and Co.—J. S. Macfiirlane, •gent. ■ ' • • : Per Ocean Wave, for Chatham Island : 7 kegs spirits, 4 cases drapery, 4 cases wine, Owen and Graham ; 1 qr.-cask wine, 6 cases beer, J. S. Macfarlane; 2 pkgs, 18 mats sugar, 6 pkgs tea, 1 case brandy,-1 ditto wine, 2 bags rice, 4 boxes, 5 cases, Cruicks hank and Co.-; 9, pkgs, 5 cases, 1 cask, J. C. Morrin ; 2 pKgs, T. and S. Morrin; 2 ditto Porter and Co. ; 2 ditto, Anderson and Co. ; 26,000 feet timber, Harris; 10,000 feet timber, 1,500 bricks, Keane ; 1 dray, Hunter and Co.—Cruickshank and Co., agents.

The" s.s. Wonga Wonga, J. W. Brown, commander, took her departure this afternoon for Sydney and Melbourne.: The following are the list,, ; of passengers :—For Sydney: Messrs Meagerly, Engiane, Tudehope, Mr and Mrs Joyce, Mr arid Mrs Sam and 2 children, Messrs T. and C. Smith, Alton, Priestly, Miss Donchaisse. For Melbourne : Mrs Cooper, Mrs L. D. Nathan, infant, and servant, JVr. N. A. Nathan, Mrs Hammond, Mrs Maguire, Messrs Peannan, Watson, Harris, James, Dickson, Miss Dickson. The Queen schooner, from Russell, entered inwards with 70 tons coal. . < ■ : . .

The QJu'e'en schooner, cleared for Russell in ballast.

The barque Amateur took up a quay berth this afternoon.

Lhe fine barque 'Gladiateiir is open for freight or charter as soon as discharged. The s.s. Hero, from Sydney and Mel bourne, may be looked for on Monday, r * "The schooner Swallow from Mercury Bay, with 19,500 feet sawn timber- f o H I ■: The s.s! Star of "the South will take her depai'ture -for Poverty' Bay and Napier this afternoon with the following passengers : — Mr and Mrs Cunningham, Messrs W. Chambers, Cox, serir;,/Cox,: junr.V W; and L. Williams. :'■ ■'< '■■'■'' <I■' • '' : ■

The three-masted schooner Ocean Wave, Morgan, master- -will take he*' departure for the Chatham- Islands this afternoon, with the | following ; passengers :-!—Messrs .It; J. Lallanze, Hood, Beamish, and; Bristol. The Velocidale,.barque, .If jverson, master, entered outwards for 1 Lytteltqn. The Amateur, from Lyttleton, hauled alongside the wharf and commenced to dis charge. RjmteMu/ •;.■/■-;■ --■■■->/>; i.ru The brig Rita 'hauled alongside the hulk to finish discharging, . . ,- '. ~;•',.'..•.:.• ■ \ The s.s.'ltowena arrived from Mongpnui at..noon', wjth 4cargo of hay, gun,,&Q.i and a number of-.passerigera

The. steamer Wanganui, Linkla'ter, left, the Mainikau for Wanganui thisafterncx™* -n-aix a general c^rgo and the following passengers : —-Mr arid Mi»-MoLosui,<-S&.iBS Aitkeni! Messrs Brewer, Bunten, Meades, Codper, Spundle, ThompsonI,'and:1 ,'and: Gibbs.' •", The cutter Dante, cleared at the, Mannkau to-day, for' PoVt Waikato with a general cargo. •: ;■ • ; . ■

COMMERCIAL.

.-".'.„ ' ,-,■ iii v;-- MINING. ..:-i'. -' -;'■•' The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :—. .., . , t . ,

jS s. d.

. dividend, UTonpareil'

' yiPep; ,19

CALLS Thames Gas .. • . Lucky Diggers' Van, s*. ; fl. 1 i Coromandel Beach .

0 5 0 Dec 14 0 1 .0 Dec 15 Q 0 C- /Dec 10 I 0 1 0' ' Dec 19., |j

MEETINGS. Coromandel ?eaclvGoromandel. 17th December I Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building Society, Society's office,.."yVyndham street, 7.30 p.m., < 17th ' -'•'■• Windsor Castle, Mechanics' : Institute, Auckland,

3 p.m., 19th'December Coromandel Excelsior, Company** office, Wyndham street/Auckland, 11 a.m., 30th December Sons of Justice, Mr R. Home's office, Shortland street, Aucklaud, 2 p:m., 3rd January. .... Yoiini? Queen,'Grahamstown, 7th January Queen of the May, Grahamstown, 28th December Sons of Freedom, E. Home's office, Auckland, 3rd January

CHIEF-POST-GP-PICE, AUCKLAND. i Mails ■wiuii Close as Unßeb :— FK ham es ' f"1^011^' XJ* iT fc-' **103 0' *'m> anCl j ler Coromanael, on Monday, at ii.3o a.m. %^n^t^l 9Uih&m¥>lta'miiS' °n Supplementary mails per Phoebe for the Australian Monies, Continent of Europe, and United Kingdon . via Suez, on Monday, at 7 a.m. ,- .>.,■'': For Whitiangi, Tauranga and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, on Monday, at 3 p.m. „ For Eussell, Wangaroa, andMongonui,per Eowena, T^X^S&^onmn^,^^. ; I For Wangarei, Wangarei Heads, per Challenger, on ro?N& a andPsSuthem provinces, p« Nevada, • hours after he^arrivai.^ chief Poß tma*ber.

MARRIAGE.

AlCKlN—Fisher. On December 12, at Glen Eden, Grafton Road, by the Rev. P. H. Cornford, Graves Aickin, Esq., Auckland, to Matilda Louisa Fisher, 'eldest daughter of Thomas Moore Philson, Esq., M.D., Provincial Surgeon ,and Coroner.

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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 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.

The Provincial Council has lost a fine opportunity for reducing the numbers of its membership within reasonable bounds ; but instead of.this.it has in creased them. The absurdity of bringing together torty-four-full-grown- men and asking them to sit night after night for five or six weeks to do the" work that now remains for the Provincial Council to do, is'sufficiently obvious to the meanest capacity. But deliberating, as the : Council has been, : under the shadow ..of the hustings^ members were not brave enough or disin terested enough to reduce the numbers of future ' Councils, and felt impelled by an irresistible " sense of duty to my constituents " to see that they were not " deprived of their " hts." Each member was willing

just rig "", , enough to see the representation 01 other members' constituencies' cur tailed but what account would he give ito Ms'constituents if he should be any nf) -iv i_ theif"i'ust riffhts'" being parfej tO tneir_ .j v y fhllsa athp taken from them r And thus as tne means o f meeting the di& ifflP 1! ,H" ■" . . v pVui cujty, seeing that the cnanges 01 the population necesßitated new.places re cen i v i ro p re sentation, the Council adopted the ready method of adding the Requisite number to the already ovrer

otowu Provincial Council.VAublilanel city could not spare one of its ei«ht members. It would not be "just" to electors, at least it would not be pleasant to have to account for such an action to the gaping mob at the hustings. It is, unquestionably, Auck land city that should have led the way in this reform, and if its representatives had had a spark of spi vl i they would have insisted on the number being reduced by the half, thus leading the way to similar general reductions. But neither its members nor any others Wore ! willing to sacrifice their popularity and their chances. of re-election by effecting such a change. It is very evident that neither this nor any other reform of provincialism may be ex pected to emanate from the Provincial Councils, and our only hope is from the prospect of th^ir being reformed out of existence through the simple and effective process of starvation. No time could have been more appro priate than the closing hours of the Council for effecting such a needed change had honorable members been made of the proper stuff; but a horror of great darkness has been instilled into their souls at the sight of the surging waves of selfish human pas sions rolling round the hustings, and at dread of the silent ver dict of the ballot-box. Really when one looks at the rcoiiduct of councillors during the present session one must feel that the way of legislators is hard. Better and happier a thousand times it would surely be to be unhonoured and unsung than to feel the incumbent weight of honour accompanied by this dread of the " many headed " which so evidently overwhelms every other con sideration.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Jt affords us the greatest pleasure to learn from Captain Morrow that the ritle firing at his residence—to which we yesterday alluded —was only with blank cartridge. Hemust admit that it looked exceedingly suspicious to see rifles fired at n target, and that our in formant was excusable for concluding that there was more than powder used. But the firing was only for the purpose of aiming practice, and balls were actually not used. Mr Morrow also informs us that there were but three persons en aged^ and that there were but eighteen shots. But this we regard as immaterial ;it is quite sufficient to know that there was no danger to the public, though we would re commend on future occasions that notice should be given to the old ladies around that district to the effect that they need not flurry themselves.

A memorial to the Harbour Board with re ference to the proposed dock work is now being numerously signed by our citizens. It has already been signed by a large num ber of influential merchants, &c , ami will no doubt when taken round on Monday receive the signatures, of all who have the true interests of the place at heart. We shall return to the subject of these so-called harbour works more pointedly on Monday. The following is the petition :—" To the Chairman and Members of the Auckland Harbour Board.—Gentlemen : The under signed merchant, shipowners, and traders of Auckland respectfully desire to bring under your notice the following matters :— First — The want of a dry dock, of suliicieut capacity to receive large vessels such as now visit this port, has been long felt by the mercantile community ; and the construction of such a dock is considered to be of most important consequence to the prosperity of this port. Second —The undersigned have been, led to believe that a dock of less capacity than would accommodate a vessel drawing, say 14 feet of water would be of comparatively small value; and that the natural features of the site near the "Solid liock Bath," in dicated in the plan of proposed harbour im provements, would not admit, without vory great expense, of any other than a small dock being constructed and maintained there. The undersigned therefore respectfully re quest that you will fully consider the necessity for at once providing a dock suitable to the requirements of the port, and that you will delay entering upon the works in connection with the proposed dock west of Queen-street wharf, or any others that would divert funds from this object, which they consider to be of primary importance to the commercial interests of Auckland.'/ Dated in Auckland the 14th day of December, 1872.

We observe by the Sydney Empire that at an Execixtive Council meeting, which sat tor several hours, the cases of Armstrong and Dowde'n, who were convicted before Mr Justice Faweett for the jrmwW-" »oara ?, ac Carl -were f~2J- and the capital oeiaence in each cas.e commuted, to imprison ment for life, the first three years in irons. It is understood that in withholding the exe cution of the capital sentence much weight was given to the circumstances that the wretched men acted in the atrocities on board the Carl under the influence and direc tion of their employer, who was the principal perpetrator of the crimes committed, and that they were afterwaials convicted mainly on his evidence aa approver.

A notification appears that'the S'.sl Gemini will leave for the Thames at eight o'clock to-morrow morning.

A meeting of the ratepayers of the town end of the Mount' Albert High way District was held on Thursday evening, in the Eden. Vine Hotel, for the purpose of considering the answers received from the Superintendent to their petition for the'removal of the toll gates and the formation of a Suburban High way 'District. MrUiiandeno was voted to the chair. The answers to the petition were read to the meeting and duly considered. The following motion, was proposed by Mr Carless, and seconded by Mr Simpson :'" That this meeting is of opinion tkat the answers plead ing the want of time '.is unsatisfactory, ;as our first deputation Avaited on his Honor, the Deputy-superintendent in September last, and he approved of our object •we then presented our petition in October, and now receive an answer on the 11th December." Carried unanimously. It was then resolved by the meeting to inemoralise his Honor the Superintendent for the reconsideration of the petition, and respectfully suggest that the tolls be let conditionally subject to removal during the current year .to the places and at the time' that might be axed by the Govern ment, and would point to a precedent for tolls being let, viz., Otahulm and Slippery Creek. It was also proposed, seconded, and carried, that a deputation of four, viz., Messrs Cralbraith, Spragg, Reed, and Gundell wait or his Honor the Superintendent for the purpose of carrying out the views of this meeting. It was proposed, seconded, and carried, that the Chairman sign the memo rial on behalf of the meeting. A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the meet ing.

We have great pleasure in directing atten- j tion to an advertisement in another column | headed "£y "Reward." As we have about ten letters weekly, which we are reluctantly compelled to exclude, from their not having any particular point or interest or importance, we strongly commend to their writers the spirited conduct of "Looker-on " in paying j for them as advertisements. He has also acted with great pdgment and spirit in having posters printed at this, office and dis tributed calling attention to his letter, whereat we are glad. We shall be glad to see him frequently. A somewhat Strange occurrence took place Oh Thursday last which might have been attended Avith serious and xinpleasant con sequences. It appears that the remains of woman named Mcc, who died at the hospital, i were conveyed from' the dead-house for interment, and, before removal, the pall covering the coffin caught fire in^ some mysterious manner* The coffin was followed to the gravo by a number of friends of the deceased, who saw the sin'okfe issuing from the burning pall, but they were under the impression that it arose from fumigation, and took no further notice of it. The express driver was leading the horse, and was un aware of the circumstance until the funeral cortege ha.d proceeded a considerable distance, when the pall was discovered to be almost entirely consumed. Tile coffin was slightly scorched. At the Gymkhana Club meeting yesterday the decision arrived at by the Canterbury Jockey Club* disqualifying [Peeress, was adopted. The following were elected by the {Provin cial Council yesterday to serve as members of the Education Board for the ensuing year as provided by the Education Act of 1872 : —Messrs P. A. Philips, Boylan, T. Russell, and Beveridge. Mr Gordon's motion " That an address be presented to his Honor the Superintendent, asking him to send* down a bill which will give effect to the recommendation contained in Interim Report No. 12 of the Petitions and Private Grievance Committee," was carried. The petition referred to from certain settlers in the habit of frequenting the cattle market asked that any publican within half a-milo of the market might supply refresh ments with outlaying the license fee of £1 a week, which virtually amounted to £ I a-day, by a payment of annual license. Mr Swan presented a petition yesterday from more than J ,000 resident's of the Thames objecting to the Municipal Act being ex tended to the Thames: it was also ordered in the Council on the motion of Mr Creighton, that the report of select committee on the Butchers' petition be transmitted to his Honor the Superin tendent. The adjourned debate on the second lead ing of the Industrial School Bill w;is resumed. Mr Shanagliau withdrew his amendment, and the bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Mr H.amlin it was ordered " that a respectful address be presented^ to his Honor the Superintendent, requesting him to apportion a sum of £200 to assist the Karaka and Waiuku District Boards in maintaining the main trunk road leading to. the west of those districts, such money to be taken out of the sum voted by the General Assembly for the purpose of assisting Road Boards." In the case of Straka v. Donovan, heard yesterday in the District Court, and which was partly reported in our columns of yes terday, His Honor, considering that the plaintiff had acquiesced in defendant's actions, gave judgment for Donovan. The members of the Auckland Gymkhana Club met yesterday afternoon at the Auck land Hotel, Mr J..S. Macfarlane in the chair, when the lion. Charles Taylor. M.L.C., was elected president; and .himes Watt, vice president of the club,■ and a committee of twelve gentlemen were appointed to carry out the arrangements at the forthcoming races. The Diocesan Synod is proposed to be held at the Cathedral Library, Parnell, on Tues day next, at five o'clock in the evening. The immediate object of the meeting will be to consider a bill which was passed by the General Assembly, which gives trustees of church lands power to lease such lauds for a term not exceeding sixty years.

A meeting was held on Thursday evening at the Whaii Public Hall, and a programme of the proposed Christmas sports was com pleted. Messrs Gittos, Bolland, Sansom, Hanson and Hepburn wore appointed as a committee to superintend the arrangements.

A confirmation service will be held by the Bishop of Auckland to-morrow in the Church of St. Mark, Itemuera.

On Wednesday evening the Rev, Father Nivard gave a very interesting lecture at the Thames Mechanics'lnstitute on "Man: his mental capabilities and development," which was well received. ;

The half -yearly meet" 1* c shareholders of the Maw -»««'Ofold Mining Company, says +h.<y l'liames Advertiser, was announced to bo held on Thursday at the Mechanics' Institute, for the election of directors and the trans action of other imporfcaut business ; but at the hour appointed there was no quorum in attendance, and the meeting consequently lapsed. We have on a former occasion called attention to the careless way in which the affairs of this company have been looked after by the directors, and now that an opportunity presents itself of remedying the matter, shareholders decline to avail themselves of it. The consequence is that a valuable mining property bids fair to fall into the hands of the official liquidator.

The road from Opotiki to Poverty Bay will open up some splendid country—ferbilo valleys, with a fair amount of bush and water, subdivided in the line of route.'.by small ranges, in every way suitable for settlement. The most favoured spots are Tapora, Whiti kau, Waipu, Motu valleys. The latter named is about 35 miles from Opotiki, 30 miles in length, and 3 miles wide. It is described by Captain Simpson as really excellant land.

The Submarine Boat Company, whibh was proposed to be formed some time ago at Dunedin, has started into-existence. The company is now in a position to commence operations, and the construction of a boat will commence in a few days.' We shall be glad to hear in. due : time of the . invention having been put to a practical test.

About fifteen years ago, at the time of the opening of the Art Treasures' Exhibition in Manchester by Prince Albert, a grand enter tainment was given to the nobility and ■ gentry' by Sir James Watts,: at his residence, Abney Hall, Cheedle, where his Royal High ness was staying. Among the: invitedgiiests on that occasion were Mr and Mrs Tootle, of Manchester, and upon entering the hall' the? servant enquired the name of the visitors, that they might be duly announced according to etiquette. "Mr Tootle," said the gentle man, the lady immediately patted the menial on the arm, and exclaimed, " and Mrs Tootle too," when the man bawled out at the top of his voice, " Mr Tootle and Mrs Tootle too !" which moved the: company to roars of laughter, in which the prince heartily joined. The joke still sticks to Mr Tootle, and will accompany his movements to the end of his life. ~ ■ ~;,;. s ;,.: ' ■■■■>

The peopled Nelson and Westport after a time of hot dry weather have during the past fortnight had some refreshing rams which have revived the well nigh parched crops. J;3*f We observe by the advertisement of, Messrs Mason Bros, that their g^densar? still open to the public,- both on Sundays g and weekdays, whore parties can be aupplietl,.. with an abundance of strawberries of the same kind as those which the first P rize at the Horticultural Society s Show. The rose seems to attain its grertest per fection in South India and Ceyhm A monster rose-tree now grows on the Oragalla estate in Ceylon, which is declared 80ft. in encumference, 15ft, high, and to be covered with at least 2,000 roses.

We perceive that Mr Owen Jones has re signed his connection as secretary oX tlie SesGas Company, and that Mr E. Davjj, late of Wangauui, is appointed general secre tary at the Thames. At the Norfolk assizes, the High Sheriff carriage was not in attendance at the Judges lodgings at a BUfficierttly early hour in the morning to convey Mr-Justio* Keating to court, and his lordshf? accordingly took * cab to the Shire hall, and on taking his seat fined the High Sheriff £50. Later in the day the High Sheriff expressed his regret for what was in reality an unfortunate tence, and said he was anxidiis to treat her Majesty's representative with all possible respect. The fine was upon this apologetic statement remitted. . •

To gentlenieil requiring first-class tobacco and cigars, if they would only visit Mrs Sharped 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 the1 public at any price. One trial is suffi cient to guarantee a continuance of custom. Give a call.—Ai>vt.

The special attention of capitalists is in vited to the sale of freehold city properties, to be submitted to public offer by Mr R. Arthur, on Thursday next. The properties consist of that superior business site, having a frontage to the two main thoroughfares oi the city, viz., Queen and Wakefield-streets —business premises second to none in the city, commanding the principal trade of the suburb and country districts, and a position which is daily rising in value and importance. Mr li. Hdbbs, who is retiring to the country, lias for many years pushed a lucrative busi ness here ; and Aye are sure, that some brisk bidding will be made on day of a sale before the hammer of the auctioneer knocks it down.

'Sermons will be preached to-morrow in Newton Kirk by Dr Wallisupon "Not Sloth ful in Business," and "'The Mystery of the Tarrying Saviour ;" at the City Hall,, by the Rev S. Edger, on "The Blood of Christ Cleansing from Sin, and "All Selfishness Suieidul." The Rev Mr Turner will also discourse in the morning in Union-street chapel, and Bishop Croke will preach in fc>t. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Parnell.

The right of erecting a grand stand, booths, fruit-stalls, and selling programmes, in the Albert- Barracks, on Boxing day, will be sold on Tuesday next by Messrs Tonka and Co., at their mart, Queen-street.

Tenders will be received up to Friday, the •20th inst, for works required by th,e New market District Board for draining in Clare niont-strctst, Carlton' Gore-road, and Hill-

street

A special meeting of No. 1 company of the city of Auckland Rifle Brigade will be held this evening in Mr Batger's -office, Vaile's Buildings. Wyndham-street. The programme of the Papakura races an^ athletic sports is before the public, and ;«r full of attractions, both for men and boys.. There will be pony, hurdle, hack, and J™' solation races. The athletic list P/°™ e, B for running, jumping, tilting, quoita, ?W wrestling. .'■, __i,_ o The steamer Golden Crown will make, a moonlight trip in the harbour t^^V starting from the wharf at eight, aclock. The trip only requires to be made &wn to ensure a large company. , . ~ . Another quantity of new volumes WWOJ added to the library of the,.Youn^Men? Christian Association, including Mj"£°* TrpUope'a novels, works by Samuel Wairen, Frank Smedley, and others; also Archdeacon Pratt'a valuable contribution to a theolo gical literature, "Scripture and .Sconce not at variance. _____________» I

SUDDEN DEATH.

An awful instance of sudden djkth oc curred this morning, at the Mail Hotel, Victoria-street, to ■ a-respectable; man named HenryNewstead.ThJ§Unfprtu T nate man up to the 3^Qflic^^ i^SlsWath was apparently ■»n -tfie* "enjoy ment of his usual hf»alcn and spirits. He sat down to break fast this morning with others in the hotel, when before rising from the table lie was observed to leau on one side, when he gare throe gasps, and expired without uttering a word. Dr. Hooper was immediately sent for, who could only' pronounce the man to be dead. Mr JN'ewstead is about forty, years of age, and was recently in business as a tobacconist. It is supposed that the cause of death was apoplexy. An inquest is being held upon the body of deceased as we go to press.

POLICE COURT.

this: pay. ~ (Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.) ' DRUNKEN MESSi ' .•!-.,. One person for this o.ffence was subjected to a fine of 10s and costs or 48 hours' impri sonment. :•■■;■ : ■*:-.: *■•;• A..':' .•~;:■ ...:iii :< : INCOTiRtGIBLE. John Leonard was charged'with being a drunkard and an incorrigible rogue. He pleaded guilty. His Worship said'lie had a terrible list against the prisoner—no less than 39 convic tions. He must.therefore send him to prison' for six months with hard labour.' - iNKCHJECTED. • - William Watson, aged 8 years, was charged under the meaning of the Criminal Children's Act of 1867 with being a neglected child. His stepmother,' a respectable looking young person, stated that'she had no means, of supporting the poor boy as her husband had left her penniless with two other, children. . ...'.. ....,:.:: |.;o His Worship : " How do you get your living ?" Mrs Watson replied that for several weeks f>ast she had been living upon a friend, who lad been assisting her. .. . . , .:: ~; Insijector Broham bore out the poor ] woman's statement, as he had made enquiries into the matter, when. his Worship/, being i satisfied of its truthfulness, ordered that the boy should be committed to the Industrial'; : School for four years; to be trained in the i principles of the Church of England. -' \ ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. . * George Stout was brought up on a warrant! ' charged with attempting to commit suicide :by cutting his throat with,a scythe. . ' . His Worship remanded the case until Monday, to ailow time for enquiry into the state of the prisoner's mind. This wps .allthe business., ~./,.

To the Editor fcf the Evening Stak. with' that body ?—Yours, J^quibee.

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

GRAHAMSTOWK

b, o g This day, 1.33 p. mX The Golden Calf has discontinued crushing to-day. Fine retorting on Monday. The company is about to prospect the mine more thoroughly in order to get better-class atuff. The City of London will partially clean-up to-day. Silver being scarce they will want what is locked up in amalgam. Expect a good yield. The Golden Crown is breaking down some fine specimens.

COROMANDEL.

This day. The Tokatea has ■ lodged 297 oz 7 dwt for the fortnight's crushing from general stuff. The Golconda tributers lodged 11 oz 16 dwt The Royal Oak got more specimens last night. t ■. / \ £ i r,.-. ■• * - ■■ (PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH AGENCY.)

WELLINGTON.

Flour, £14 to £15

This day

-.The Government have resolved to. spend a thousand pounds in the purchase of articles for transmission to the Vienna Exhibition. The .Bank of New Zealand have been arranged with to make.collections of alluvial quartz specimens. Plans of sections of the : New Zealand GJoldfields. are being prepared. I The Government armourers have been in structed to prepare for exhibition some bars of steel, manufactured from the famous Taranaki iron sand j also two feet cubes of the same material. Samples of coals .are.to be obtained. Woollen goods from the Nelson and Otago factories. A parcel of flax will be sent by the Halcione to be manufactured into sheeting for, exhibition. An inlaid table has been ordered from Mr Seuffert, the cabinet-maker, of Auckland. Full geographical and statistical works of iNew Zealand are ordered to be prepared for sending also. ' : '■' A private letter has reached here giving a icircumstahtial accountQf.Mr^lackay's visit , to Tawhio. 1.50 p.m. Six merino. combing WO ol rams, from the flock belonging to the Holtz family, Ponierania, have arrived by the. Warrior Queen, for Messrs 'Wright, Stephenson & Co., celebrated for glossy strong Rbred wool.

WESTPORT.

[+■',';-.■■'.. 1",",....'. .;, ■ This day. In the Alpine claim, at Lyell, some rich atone haa.^ lately been- discovered in the leader. i The Sandslip has again struck specimens tnati are enormously rich ' ■ I'SS *- iabatter th™

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day. In the grain market there is nothing doing. Flour, £14; wheat, barley, "one; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d ; butter, SR ? cheese, > bacon hams, S'd to B£d, v^ The forming of a procession^ the open ing of the Exhibition has been<jabandoned. The opera was thinly attend^* 1- ; • i r +i „ r(«^Pcil to send A motion is before the CouW ' ■ i. • irre home £20,000 to bring out imrdT spective of the General overnm^|^L<»ij

GREYMOUTH.

This f* • 1 alive in Five men hare been bunect Wheeler's claim, at the Half-ounce Dift George Wheeler and his son ai~ Walker, Joseph *&f«£* %££ have been killed; and Francis fate is uncertain.

INVERCARGILL.

This day.

The Agricultural and Pastoral Society', Bhow was a gi-eat success. In the exhibits of horses and cattle there was a good display. The long-woolled sheep are not to be sur passed. -• ■ '■

DUNEDIN.

This day.

The Anglican. Synod is now sitting. The Bishop, in course of his opening speech, said that the General Synod was alone empowered to authorise the new. lectionary.

An:action against a lady of the Jewish persuasion, for breach of promise, is pending. Strong bar engaged. There is a barque at the Heads, supposed to be the Queen of the. South from Mau ritius. ■ • • ■

EXPORT OF GOLD.

The Bank of New Zealand shipped on board the s.s. Wonga Wonga, for. Melbourne, 3 boxe3 gold containing 38700z* 19dwts 18 grs, value .£1971 9fl Id.

A KISSING STORY.

At the York assizes the case Hawks v. Bradford was tried. In opening the case Mr. Price safid tie appeared for Harriet Jane Hawks, who sued defendant, Charles Bredfofdj for breach of promise of mar riage. Plaintiff in the action was a young man of the age of 19, possessing personal attractions, and also considerable accom plishments. She was the daughter of very respectable persons carrying on business in Hull; as owners of the While Hart Hotel, the father : also conducting, when (the acquaintanceship of defendant was formed, the refreshment room at the Hornsea railway station. Defendant was a clerk in the branch of the Bank of England at Hull, and was in receipt of a salary of £180 a year. He was 28 years of age, and it might be reasonably surmised that it would take but a few years to increase his salary to double that amount. The acquaintanceship sprang up at the bar of the White Hart Hotel in December. Then he desired to have more intimate acquain tanceship with her, and to take her for a walk, which the mother of plaintiffdeclined. Defendant shortly after spoke in a more pronounced way, and an engagement ensued, and was recognized by defendant's mother, who resided in Wiltshire. During a visit he paid lo his mother he wrote very affectionate letters to plaintiff. He also asked for the enclosure in her next of a couple of photographs, and added, as to the prospective, meeting. "Darling how I shall clasp you in my arms, and kiss you all over." (Laughter.) Directly after, the; engagement was broken off, and a letter was read from Mrs. Bradford which had been addressed to plaintiff, explaining the reason, which was "the difference of birth and station." On this account* the letter stated, her son never could be happy, lie still persisted in saying he would many plaintiff; but she considering the matter to be at an end, consulted a solici tor... Plaintiff, -who is a very attractive loolrinii girl, was put into the witness box, and whilst giving her evidence she swooned and had to be removed from the court. The parties eventually consented to a verdict being "entered for £180, the amount of defendants salary for one year

The Mining Journal in a recent article says that JSew South Wales appears to have entered upon: a new phase of its in dustrial existence. For 35 years it was regarded merely as a fit place to which to deport our criminal classes, and the dread ful state to^-hich its society wasreduced may he inferred from the one fact thai-aj? oue time ardent spirits formed the current medium in which payment was made for work and labour done; At last, in 1824. | M Arthur brought to light the' virtues of the merino, andr. some--decent families of emigrants began to leaven the lump of convict vice which formed the substratum of colonial life... In 1851,.-another great discovery was made-the existent of gold—and New South Wales shared the prosperity which the working of het precious metal also imparted to the mn*k bourmg colony of Victoria, which Sfew way i had been sliced off irom JSeidMr Wales TVool.coal, gold, and shippff gradually forced New South Wales into of civilisation and material progress tnd notwithstanding that the colonf was re in 1851, and of Queensland in 1869 tha population of this interesting .dependency -the most ancient: of the AustraSj settlements smoe.it was founded in 1787 5 n nr. mdustrial resources of New Wale S>: and the lateS* addition* the discovery of tin: I The Sate;JKS ■igence received from the colony states pt W t ?n CltT ent Which hiS »5™ pecung tin .discoveries w*s almost us great«»that respecting gold, ...T° lfc *'

SOT By%Nlsfo &T ASL, SATUBDAY, ByfciESMß^E 14,,.im.



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[ADVERTISEMENT. ] piy-E POUNDS REWARD, The following reply not being admitted in the usual way I pay for it that its readers may iuclge for themselves. y J & Looker-on. ANOTHER "HOWL" FROM LOOKER ON. (To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sib —The writer in the Star, 2nd December, 1872 (condemning my letter) says : ±ne taxes are unequally distributed, and the rich in proportion to their numbers pay for more tlJi L poor. It is not tea alone that pays taxes, but luxuries, we, spirits, &c. *ow does he pretend by this assertion £hat JJJ bers should be a test for taxation without regard to the amount of income ; if he does he must rejoice that the MinthjhiW helpless ones depending upon tim has to pay (» at this time he does pay) thirteen times as much for his tea as his pays for his, though he alone of the thirteen L the creator of the power tc .pay ■**££ But he evidently sees *he folly of *^ B™J^ inent by directly adding It is not tea alone tried a tax on matches ; and here m JN ew 5f others. Perhaps my friend can see that it was the Government's consideration or. the poor-their "wise political economy ad nulging that the incidence of taxation should * * relieve the necessaries of the l>oor and preßS on the luxuries of the rich, — which induced them bo soon to takeit^ott again • if he can I <lout envy him his eye sitjht. , -r By these facts, and other|> as clear, I prove that not only in no case' are taxes so laid "as to relieve the necessaries of the poor* but on the contrary, the effect of. the >vhole is to cheapen the luxuries of the rich, a^ud deny it who can. [See "£5 Reward. — Herald-, 4th December, 1372.] ;' ■ ■ I remain, Sir, Yours truly, - • ~...»,! ;i ■; 0 0 ' LOOICKR-ON.