SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 6.54 HIGH WATER : Midnight

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING. Lady Bowen, at eleven o'clock Challenger, at half-past five o'clock

ARRIVALS.

Nil.

DEPARTURES. Southern Cross, barque, for Newcastle Moa, brig, for Maiden Island Novelty, barque, Nearing, for Sydney Isabella, brig, for Maiden Island

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Tor Kaipara: Margaret Campbell, schooner, to day For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, 3rd October For London : Covmtess of Kintore, ship, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga AVonga, s.s., Ist October For New York : Mary Nelson, Ist October ; Wm. Prowse, and Coronilla, barques, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March a Robert Henderson, ship, from London. Sailed 23rd

.lune Glenhuntley, ship, from London. Sailed 7th July Queen Bee, ship, from London. Sailed, 10th July Clladiateur, barque, from Liverpool. Loading 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 Woiiga AVonga. s.s., from Sydney Queen, schooner, from Rorotonga Julia Price, schooner, from Levuka Pakeha, brig, from Dunedin Flirt, schooner, from Tiinaru. Sailed 17th September Rubicon, schooner, from La Trobe, Mersey River,

Tasmania Lady Emma, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. 18 Sylphide, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. is Lalla Ptookh, brig, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept. 19 Nevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu Ayr, barque, from the Mauritius Coronilla, barque, from Newcastle Prince Alfred, schooner, from Sydney Albion, brig, from Newcastle Coronet, brigantine, from Oamaru. Sailed Sept. 13 Southern Cross, schooner, f:;om Norfolk Island Lady Anna, barque, from Lyttelton. Sailed Sept 20

The whaling barque Albion hauled along side the wharf this afternoon to discharge lier cargo of oil. The ss. Jane was sent a few days ago to bring up a raft of timber from Wangaporoa. She returned this morning having failed to get the raft under weigh. The fine China clipper schooner Margaret Campbell, in command of Capt. H. Bouman, has discharged her cargo of grain from Oamam in first-rate condition, and will proceed this evening to Kaipara, to load 00,000 feet timber for Sydney. She also takes as cargo — 3 half-chests tea, 6 bags potatoes, 1 keg butter, 10 bags salt, shipped by G. W. Binney. This splendid, model of a three masted schooner will return to Oamaru from Sydney, when she will again be put upon the berth for Auckland. She has more the appearance of a yacht than a trading vessel. The barque Southern C'i'oss left this morn ing for Newcastle.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below : — £ s. d. DIVIDEND1 Mutual Mining Invest. 010 0 Sept 2C CALLS Pride of Moanatairi.. 0 0 4 Sept 24 Royal Standard .. 0 0 0 Sept 24 Central Italy.. .. 0 1 o Sept 25 White Rose .. .. 0 0 C Sept 30 Yon Tempsky ... 0 0 0 Sept 30 Golden Eagle .. 0 0 1 Sept 30 Old Stocking.. .. 0 0 2 Oct 1 Nebraska .. .. 0 0 3 Oct 2 Unicorn .. .. 0 0 C Oct 3 Una 0 0 C Oct 4 , Oriental •.. .. 0 0 3 Oct 4, , Van. 0 0 6 Oct 4 Dixon's Nol.. .. 0 5 0 Oct .5 Sappho 0 0 3 Oct 5 Celt .. .. .. 00 3 Oct 7 Bank of Tokatea .. 0 0 3 Oct ' 9 Pride of Tiki .. .. 0 0 3 Oct 10 MEETINGS TO COME. JMtum in Parvo, British Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., 25th September Koyal Oak, Coromandel, 26th September Queen of the Thames, Grahamstown, 27th September Nonpareil, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 pm, 27th September

THE SHAREMARKET.

mr lennox's report,

There is no improvement in business upon the Exchange. My sales comprise :-—Cale donian, £32; Cure shares were sold at 34s ; Inverness, 15s; Thames, £6 2s Gd.

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET. ■Matls will Close as Under For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m.; and to-morrow,

at 10.30 a.m., and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. For Newcastle, per Rita, to-morrow, at 11 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 Franciscp, at 10.30 a.m. r ■ ■•*■ •<-'■•■ 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 Grt in addition to the postage, will be received at this office till 11 a. m., and by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing. S. B. Biss. Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

Allen— Cantlon. —On September 23, at St. Matthew's Church, by the Rev. I>. Jones, Thomas "William, youngest son of the late Edward Allen, of Shadwell, London, to Catherine, eldest daughter of Adam Cantlon, formerly of Gcelong, Victoria

DEATH.

Brucb. —On September 24, after a long and painful illness, borne with Christian fortitude, Wallace Bruce, aged 29 years The funeral will leave his late residence, Hobson street, at three o'clock p.m. To-morrow (Wednes day). Friends please accept this invitation.

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

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 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 electors of Auckland City West have now before them the names of

two from which to select a representa tive for the Provincial Council. It is

really pitiable that representative in stitutions should be insulted by such a contest as this. There are many in this city who have been longing and striving to raise the respectability of our various representative bodies, and there are persons residing among us who for some reason, best known to themselves, seem desirous of bringing our institutions into ridicule and con tempt. We have been shown the names of several who have signed the requisition inviting George Staines to insult the citizens of Auckland by asking them to return him as their repre sentative. The majority of those names are certainly those of the ragamuffins of the place, but there are some whose names appear who should really be ashamed of themselves. The name of Mr J. C. Firth has been paraded about the city as one of the lequisi tionists ; but it is not on the list, and we are glad to learn that Mr Firth has not so far forgotten what is due to himself and to the institutions of the place in which he resides as to seek to drag them in the dirt. Captain Freer's same appears on the list. Captain Freer probably knows : best himself what kind of person. i& his most fitting represen tative, land we shall not quarrel with him as to &is judgment. But Captain Freer has the honor of a seat in the Provincial Council," and it's an ill bird that would dirty its own nest. Mr Cucksey, the music seller, has also deemed it right to put his name to the list, but we presume he can hardly be regarded as accountable. Probably he thought it was a requisition to himself. The scene at the hustings was sufficiently indicative of what people thought on the subject. One man braced him self up to the sticking point and pro posed Stages, but every one besides was ashamed to become identified with

lie disgraceful proceeding and a seconder was not to be found. In vain the candidate asked one and another, until a " little snipe," who has nothing whatever to do with the district save that he once resided there, and so had his name on the roll, with a swagger of manliness, seconded the nomination. By this unwarrantable act the country is put to the expense of a contested election, and a respectable candidate who has generously offered his services to the province is sub jected to annoyance and expense, and the people of City West arejtaken away from their business in order to save the electorate from disgrace. Such an act as this is contemptible in the extreme. Had there been no seconder Staines would for the time at least have been snuffed out, and the folly of his efforts to be elected to anything might have been marked by such striking popular disapproval that even himself might have hesitated to again insult the public. , This is really too much for the public to endure in pay ment for the nobblers with which Staines plies this supporter. We have not been of the admirers of Provincial institutions, but these are to be reformed and fitted for the ad vancing condition of the colony, not by placing in the Council men who will bring them into contempt, but by placing there men actuated by desires for the greatness and welfare of the country. It is a stale game among certain classes in the neighbor ing colonies who desired to show their contempt for liberal and popular in stitutions, to elect Chinamen to seats at Boards ; but there is no one with the true interests of the country at heai't but should desire to encourage the very best in t,he community to engage in the discharge of public duty. Men of the class of Staines belong to a state of things that has happily passed away from Auckland, and any one who would attempt to revive the wretched past should be branded with public contempt. It is almost an insult to ask the people of City West to come to the poll on Friday, but we trust that for the credit of all that is decent the electors will rally round Mr Prime, and save him and Tsavo themselves from disgrace. Such a contest is enough to make Cheap John's bones rattle in the collin, and if any elector of City West is stupid enough to leave undefaced on his ballot paper the name of Staines, may the sheete d ghost of the poor old pedlar haunt him in the visions of the night.

With respect to the many canards that are let fly abroad regarding the coining election for the Stiperintendency we would simply request our readers to not pay the slightest attention to any oneof them. In this morning's Cross it is stated: "We understand, how ever, upon the best authority, that Mr Lusk ia not in the field for the Superintoudency, and at the present time lias no intention of contesting the election to that otlice." And, again : " We arc authorised (o slate that Air Lusk does not at present aspire to the Chief Magistracy of the province." With very great respect for our contemporary we beg leave to state that this assertion is made without the slightest shade of foundation. Our contemporary lias not first authority for any such statement, and we as positively assert that Mr Lusk ivill be a candidate. What is more, we believe he will be elected.

We need scarcely remind our readers that a most popular and interesting lecture will to-night be delivered in the Mechanics' Institute by Mi1 Worthington, on the History of the English Language.

We have been requested to correct the report of the returns of the Bismarck crush ing. We are informed that there are now 42tb of amalgam on hand from ninety tons of stuff.

A meeting of the City Council will be held on the 9th October for the purpose of electing an auditor in the place of Arthur W. Fleming. The nomination will take place on the 28th mat. Applications must be lodged with the Mayor on the preceding day.

At the City Council meeting, yesterday, it was agreed to hand over the water cart to Mr Faulder for one month's trial. There is a growing complaint in the old country to the effect that the servant girl's position is anything but enviable. In the majority of instances she is the victim of oppression, but it is quite clear that in the neighbourhood of this city she occupies a happier sphere. "Mr Smith," said one of our clergymen the other day, " I don't see you and Mrs Smith at church on Sunday evenings." "Well, no," replied our friend, "My wife has to stay at home and attend to the children, and as it comes rather hard on her, I stay at home, as I ought to.do, and keep her company." What," ejaculated our clergyman, '' You both stay at home ! Bless me, have you no servants?" "Oh yes, we have two, but they don't allow us any privi leges." The fourth monthly meeting of the Auck land Institute was held last night in the Museum Buildings. Captain Heale, the President of the Institute, occupied the chair. The following new members were announced by the Secretary, viz : —Messrs John Hen derson, John Lackland, and J. M. Fraser, of Auckland ; Mr John Lamb, of Riverhead; and Mr John Webster, of Hokianga. The papers of the evening, especially one by Mr Baker on the growth of native trees and plants, were of a useful and interesting na ture. Mr Gillies' paper on "land and fresh-water shells," in the absence of the writer, was read by Mr T. Kirk. After the reading of the papers an entertaining con versation ensued among the gentlemen pre sent. The following are the donations re cently made to the Museum and Library :— Parliamentary papers, by the Colonial Secre tary ; hepialatus yirescens, by R. J, Pearce; eggs of kiwi, skin of puffinus, by A. Vilcoq ; stalactites, bag iron ore from 300 feet dejjth in. the Californian drive, Tararu (Steadman), per Dr. Campbell ; two native fish, by the Rev. Dr. Purchas, M.D. ; skin of petrel aesmalata gouldii, by J. Wardell; Indian jashar, by the Hon. Colonel Haultain ; silver penny (Edward I.), shilling (Elizabeth), Peruvian dollar, Prussian groschen, pfen ning (Prussian), by R. C. Barstow; hepiala- i tvs cirescens, by T, Heale ; three specimens ] of native sulphur; fibrous gypsum, from < White Island, by Captain Fairchild ; New i Zealand shells, by T. Kirk, F.L.S.; cassi- i terile, with wood tin, and stream tin, Dr. t Fischer, Sydney. t -\

We have much pleasure in submitting by request the following puzzle for the curious: —Three gamesters, after playing the first game, count their money; one only lost, each of the others having won a sum equal to that which they had when they began to play; after a second game, one of the game sters who had won the preceding time loses, and the two others win each a sum equal to that which they had at the commencement of the second game; after playing a third time, the gamester who had won hitherto, loses, by which each of the two others wiu a sum equal to that which they had at the commencement of this last game ; and then the three gamesters depart with £6 each How much had they each at first ?

Mrs Colclough's farewell entertainment, previous to her departure for Tuakau, will take place on Thursday evening, in the Choral Hall, yymonds-street. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Discussion Class will take place this evening, at the V.M.C.A. Rooms, Wellesley-street. The subject for discussion is the following :— "Is a Government scheme of immigration desirable ?"

An accident of a painful nature occurred in the Pollock settlement on the evening of the 10th instant by the accidental drowning of the youngest daughter of Mr McEwen, aged fifteen months. It appears that about six o'clock, -while the father was collecting together his cows, and the mother was en gaged in baking, the child went out in company with two elder sisters to play, and had wandered down to a little pond about forty yards from the house when, unobserved by the other chil dren, it fell in and was drowned. Much sympathy is excited by the settlers for the parents in their distressing circumstances. A meeting of trustees in the Grafton Road Highway District will take place to-night at seven o'clock, at the St. David's school-room.

All extraordinary meeting of the share holders of the Pacific Gold Mining Company was to have been held yesterday afternoon at the Insurance Buildings, but lapsed for want of a quorum.

The usual monthly inspection of Nos. 1 and 2 Companies Naval Brigade and Cadets will take place at seven o'clock this evening, at Foit •Britomart. After the inspection a meeting of No. 1 Company will take place. The nomination of candidates for the re presentation of the Thames district in the Provincial Council, in the plice of Dr. Sam, will be held on the 9th proxi.no, and the poll, if necessary, will be held on the 14th. The members of th« Auckland Chess Club held their tirst annual meeting last night. Mr A. Stewart filled the chair. Mr J. Morton read the report, from which we gather that 'there ure thirty-one members who have paid their annual subset iptions for the present year ; that the receipts for the year were 3'J/. 4s. 4d., and the expenditure 57/. 35., but of the sum %'M (is. 8d had been expended on twelve setu of Staunton's chessmen ; balance on the debtor side, 17. ISs. Bd. The adoption of the report was moved by the chairman, seconded by the Rev. Mr Bree, and passed. The following officers were then proposed and elected for the ensuing year :—Mr Stewart, president ;Mr Morton, secretary; and Messrs Macfarlane, Garry, and the Rev. Mr Bree, committeemen.

A complimentary benefit will be given to Signoi' Orlando Jones this evening, at the City Hall, by the Excelsior Minstrels. The entertainment will consist of negro nielodieß and interlude parts, followed by a ball. 3 Mr Battlcy delivered his 'nteresting lecture on Dr Livingstone last night, in the Albert street Church ; Captaiu Daldy occupied the char. The lecture w;« thinly attended, but was listened to with marked attention.

A l&wyer, upon a circuit in Ireland, who was pleading the cause ofj an infant "plaintiff tofik the child up in his arm and presented it to the jury suffused with tears. This had a great effect, until the opposite lawyer asked the child, " What makes you cry?"—"He pinched me," answered the little innocent. The whole court was convulsed with laughter. A young New York dentist was introduced to a fashionable beauty, andyraeefully opened the conversation by saying, "Miss Wilson, I hope that I may consider that we are not entirely nnact^iainted. I had the pleasure of pulling out a tooth for -your father a short time ago.

There were little else than immorality and vice in the family of George the Third. It is therefore a gratifying fact to know that kings and princes are capable of mental and moral improvement. It may be safely as serted that there is no instance of a Royal Family so many members of which ha%*e shown special talents as our own Royal Family. The late Prince Consort was a man of great artistic and scientific attainments, ah able writer on such subjects, and a clever composer and artist. Her Majesty has not only written charming books, but has illus trated them as well. The Princess Royal inherits the artistic gifts of her mother, and several of her Royal Highness's sketches have been exhibited. The Princess Louise is a clever sculptor, aiul various works from her chisel have been exhibited at Burlington House. The Duke of Edinburgh is said to be an accomplished violinist, and when at home regularly attends the practising classes at the Royal Academy of Music ; and his yoii'.iger and highly popular brother, in ad dition to being an enthusiastic student of his profession and an excellent public speaker,' possesses literary abilities of no mean order. The first of a series of articles on certain, customs in the army will shortly appear in one of the magazines from his pen. We are glad to see that Mr Williams, the manufacturer of fire kindlers, has increased his establishment in order to keep time witli his growing trade. It is not long since a complaint was made that the supply of fire kindlers was not equal to the demand. Mr Williams is now, however, not only able to supply the local market, but as we predicted his invention has become an article of export as will be seen on reference to the manifest of .the Hero. Owing to the publicity given in the newspapers of his useful contrivance. Mr Williams has also received several orders from the Southern province for fire kindlers, which are now being executed. To say that no household should be without Williams' fire kindlei;s is only echoing the sentiments of everybody who has given them a trial. The News of the World (English) is respon sible for the following:—"To commence business systematically at cock-crow is pi-aiseworthy in the extreme, but to transact business when the cock insists on crowing during the whole day within earshot of the desk is a severe tax on; both energies and patience. Some ill-conditioned bird in the neighbourhood 'of Clerkenwell police-court has. it appears, lately taken to interfering with, the course of justice at that ti-ibunal by incessantly crowing in defiance of the magis trate, even when his worship is delivering the most solemn and important decisions. The magistrate one day appealed to the police three times to discover and arrest the offender. So daring is this mysterious fowl that when an inspector of police rushed into court with the startling intelligence that ' he .had looked all over the

neighbourhood, but had failed to discover the delinquent,' and while the magistrate was stigmatizing the cock $s 'an intolerabl

nuisance,' at that very moment, loud and clear, burst forth again a shrill crow curdling the blood and freezing the very marrow in the bones of all present on the occasion. A policeman 'in private clothes ' was im mediately posted on duty on the top of the cells, but after a long and weary vigil de scended with the disheartening news that he too had failed to discover the cock.* For aught we know, at this very moment the cock may be in custody, and if so, it will be for the law officers of the Crown to decide what shall be done with him. They will, doubtless, study the pleadings, re corded by Hammerteiii, of the case of the cock who was tried at Basle, in 1474, for having laid an egg, and was then and there, in spite of the exertions of an able advocate, condemned to death, not as a cock, .Jmt a sorcerer or devil in the form of a' cock, and was, with its egg, publicly and with much solemnity burned at the stake. The cock at Clerkenwell, fortunately for himself, lives in an age when we smile through our frowns even at murderers, and should the police succeed in detecting him, which is very doubtful, he may rest assured that his case' will receive Mr Bruce's most earnest con sideration, and that although lie may be as a matter of form condemned to death, his sen tence will probably be commuted into ' detention during,;her Majesty's pleasure ' at the iZoological (iardens." --> Mr Owen Jones, we. understand,, has ob tained the contract, under Messrs Brog<len> and Son, for the construction of 18J miles of the Auckland and Mercer Railway, bey6n<i Mangere. It is intended to place at least 40 . Kingite natives at work oir the, Mercer end< of the line. It is stated that the Hauhaus are so desirous of employment that 400 of ] them are willing to commencp upon'the . railway at once.

A humorous member. at' the Auckland; Temperance Society has Kit upon a test by which drunkenness can be triedi He says ":—■ '' That which is a test for sobriety is a test for drunkenness, and it has long been allowed that sobriety is demonstrable by ability to ; say distinctly, 'The British Constitution.' Thus drunkenness can, be determined by a Constitutional Test. Of course a really habitual drunkard would never be able to say ' British Constitution 'at all. He would say ' Brislicoshtoosh'n.' "

We gather from the English journals that oilicial returns, recently issued, show that in tho financial year 1870-71, 85,999 probates of wills, letters of administration, and testa mentary inventories were stamped, the personal property of the deceased exceeding £100. The number is below the recent average ; but the gross amount of stamp duty charged on these instruments — viz., £1,989,318, has never been equalled. Except in the year 18(59-70 the amount was always below £1,800,000.

Monsiel Tweeds, of 0tp.30 manufacture, are now in demand in the London market. They are a decided novelty, and excellent quality; and yet at a distance of I,O(Hi 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 Prbpliet hath'no honor in his 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 in stuff of the home production. Samuel C'oombes has just received a parcel of. the above Tweeds .froni the manufactory, and not only hopei that they will be extensively sought for, but eipccti every'public spirited man to Vt'oin" for at le.i°t one pr.lr of Mos^iel Tweed Trousers.

MISS ROSE EVANS AT THE PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

We regretted that there was not a larger attendance at the Prince of Wales Theatre last night considering the attraction. "We fully expected to see the house crowded in every part. The splendid drama, "Quite Alone, ' Mas again produced, and the per formance was a great success, the parts being even better sustained than on the previous evening. The management have determined to withdraw the piece after to-night to make room for fresh attractions, so that play-goers, who wish to witness a treat should not lose this oppoitunity. The reception of Miss Rose Evans last evening was very enthu siastic ; she was re-called at the end of each act to receive the deafening plaudiLs of an admiring audience. To-morrow the spark ling comedy of " A Victim to Circumstances" (we believe an adaptation from the French) will be produced.

WANGAREI.

Mr W. A. Thomson s gave a lecture on Life Assurance in the Scotch Church. The Rev, T. Wallace, 8.A., occupied the chair. Mr. Wallace, in introducing the lecturer, commended the mutual system and that of co-operation as being well suited for commercial enterprise. Mr Thom son's lecture was illustrated by diagrams, and showed the several ways in which the bonus additions could be applied to the advantage of the member. The capital of the society was shown to be £100,000 sterling, and this he stated has been accumulated since 1849, when the society started With empty tills. Amongst the anecdotes that enlivened the dry subject of Life Assurance was a quotation from Addison, in Ins "Vision of Mirza," written probably with a graduated life table before him, introducing the following allegory : —" The bridge that thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider i'c attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it I found that it consisted of three-score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches which, added to those that were entire, made up the number of about one hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that these bridges consisted at first of about one thousand arches; but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it. But tell me further, said he, what thou dia coverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively I saw several of the passengers dropping though the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it, and upon further examination perceived that there were innumerable trap-doors that lay con cealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod up but they, fell through into the tide, and immediately disappeared. There, hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner break through the cloud but many of them fall into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied, and laid closer together toward the end of the arches that were entire. There were, indeed, some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march of the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk." Such was Addison's description of the Bridge of Life. Mr Thomson described the perfect man, and stated that life assurance and matrimony went hand in hand, for marriage was con ducive of longevity. The lecturer said temperance was, a ,ve>ry, important, feature in life assurance. "On, that man" should "put an enemy in his mouth to steal away his brains, that we should with joy, pleasure, revel, and applause, transform ourselves to

beasts." The lecture was received with rounds of applause, and the usual vote of thanks for chairman and lecturer followed,

NOMINATION FOR CITY WEST.

The nomination of candidates to represent the Electoral District of City West, in the Provincial Council, in the room of the Hon. James Fanner, resigned, took place at high noon to-day at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association. The proceedings were opened by the Returning Officer, Col. Balneavis, informing the electors, of which there was a large number present, that, they had met for the purpose of nominating and jelecting a member to fill the vacant seat jn the Provincial Council for , the district of Auckland City West. He then read the writ, bearing date 14th September, command ing him to proceed to the nomination and election on or before the 4th day of October next. In pursuance with these commands, and the Regulation of Elections Act, he had caused notice of nomination to be published, naming this day for that purpose, and a poll, if demanded, to take place on Friday, the 27th instant. He. then called upon the electors to propose any candidate they might think proper. Mr A. Black came forward and proposed Mr Frederick Lambert Prune as a fit and proper person to represent the electors in the Provincial Council.

The; nomination was duly seconded, and . the Returning Officer stated that unless any 'other candidate was proposed, it would be his duty to declare Mr F. L. Prime duly ol6cted. i <, , After some delay Mr John Leaning rosle tb propose Mr George Staines also as a fit and proper person. No seconder being forthcoming to this proposition, the Returning Officer was about declaring Mr Prime elected, when Mr Staines went to the door and asked an elector to second him,' to which he rejoined in a loud voice, MNet'l';! indeed you have already cost' the ratepayers something like £200 with your humbugging contests." Mr Utting then seconded the proposition. The Returning Officer then asked the candi dates if they woitk}-; like1' to address the electors, Q and ( Mr Prime,, in .a, brief address, said j that1 he;had. J beer/1 persuaded tb come forward to represent them in the Provincial Council! and if'returned he would go in as an ' independent member belonging to : no party. He would act conscientiously, and endeavour to do iiis duty. Mr Staines'JSl^a came 'forward, and in a somewhat lengthy-speech descanted .upon his own virtues and the benefits he had heaped upon his fellow citkens. ;He stated ' that when in the Council before he had always voted either for or against everything. He had visited the hospital, likewise .the- asylum, and had been to the gaol,' where there were .people whose bleeds were known" 'io the world, as- well, as t? a Power, above; but he urged' that many were now walking aboutfreefand dressed in fine cloth, who ought if they had their deserts to be up there. He felt sure that the ballot-boxes would not be tampered with at this election, and that the Returning Officer would not allow twelve bottles of grog to be smuggled in. When he had concluded his address the Returning Officer called for a show of hands, which was given in favor of • Mr Staines. Mr Prime then demanded a poll.

The election was then ordered to take place on Friday next, commencing at nine o'clock.

Colonel Belneavis stated, for the informa tion of the candidates, that there would be three tables for receiving the votes of the 1,748 electors on that day, and it would be necessary to appoint three scrutineers. He requested that the candidates would not enter the room except for the purpose of voting, but ]>cave other business in the hands of their scrutineers.

Mr G. Staines proposed a vote of thanks to the Iteturiiing Officer and the proceedings terminated.

HARBOUR BOARD.

The usual fortriehtly meeting of the Har bour Board was held this afternoon at the offices of the Board. Present: W. C. Daldy, Esq. (chairman), Messrs James Cruickshank, H. Isaacs, A. Heather, Macready, H. S. McKellar, Boylan, Casey, and Yon der Heyde. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed.

Mr Lowe was requested to resign his position as secretary to the Board, and receive one month's salary. Letters were read from the Umon Sash and Door Company, asking that in the proposed reclamation o Mechanics' Bay if sufficient culveit would be left to enable logs to be floated to the mill, also to have certain j>ieces of open land left foi\ stacking timber, the Company pro posing to lease this land for twenty-one years* On the motioi of Mr Boylan it was refei-red to Endowment Committee to be reported on at next meeting. [Left sitting.]

CORRESPONDENCE.

MILK OH !

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

Sir, —-In your issue of Friday last you made a rather severe attack on the milkmen as a class, i Now, sir, I think you went a little too far in putting down all milkmen to be the set of rogues you say they are, for if a man will swear, and do as you say, then he is undoubtedly a very great rogue ; but Ido not think you should class them all alike, for I can assure you there are some honest milk men. No doiibt there are others who sell stuff for milk that is nothing but a compounds of rubbish Hot fit for any one to use, but there are others who sell the milk pui'e, but a good many people look for quantity, not quality. And then, if they are the Herods of society, and to them is to be attributed the great amount of mortality among infants of two years and under, how is it the authorities do not do something in the matter? What is wanted is some one appointed by Government to test not only milk, but other articles of food as well, and a great many of the milkmen would be very glad to hear of such an appointment.—l am, &c, One who thinks Honesty the Best Policy.

. [We believe there are honest men among the milk men. They are the exception, but they exist, and we cordially endorse the recommendation of our corres pondent. If there was the smallest " go" in the City Council they could easily prevent the retailing of the villainous stuff that is sold under the name of milk in the city. And if a few honest milkmen would com bine for* their own protection, form a club to which none bufc honest milkmen would be admitted, have their wares proved and certified, they would soon find the public, endorsing the principle that " Honesty ia the best policy. —Ed. &S.J

ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS.

1 To the Editor of the Evening Star. Sir,—l have just been handed by a young lady lyour arithmetical question of the part nership account existing between Brown, JoneSj and Robinson, and the solutions. In my humble opinion the question should be Stated thus :—$ + § + ft ; as these, added together, would make the entire amount. The answer in which case would be : £9,000, + £6,000 + £3,000 = £18,000; and not £9,000 + £6,750 + £2,250, as given by A.R Perhaps the question about the lady's age may be expressed thus in rhyme : — •Nine times 7, and seven times 3, Added to my age, the sum will be As much above six times 9 + 4, As double my ago exceeds a score, —Yours, &c, J. B.

TELEGRAPHIC.

{FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] TAURANGA.

This day.

Oakley has been committed for trial to Auckland on a charge of forging permits for the repair of arms.

The weather is too bad for the s.s. Southern Cross to enter Opotiki harbour. She wilj leave for Auckland to-night.

The cutter Vincent arrived this morning from Auckland.

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

NAPIER.

This day, 11.30 a,m. Sailed : Star of the South (s.s.) for the

Thames

The Rangatira steams to-morrow for Auckland.

WELLINGTON.

ire. This <# A; requisition is being got up to Messrs I*eai-ce and. Hunter, calling upon them to pupport'Mr'Stafford and prevent the removal of the seat of Government, or in the event of their refusing to resign their scats.

Government Buildings, 3.30 p.m. ' Mr Gillies announced in the House this [afternoon that the Financial Statement would not be delivered until Friday.

Mr Reid said the Public Works Statement would not be delivered until after the Finan-

cial Statement.

DISTRICT COURT.

THIS DAY

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., District

Judge,its 1 JIE pOLDE^T GATE,GOLD MINING COMPANY V. I /] TQLE'-AND OTHERS. *-'-*Wr W-* L. ,&ees.appeaml for the Company. M!r Tole appeared for the defendants. Mr Warner! the , r official agent, was examined, and in answer to. Mr Tole stated that he had issued eighteen warrants; and iivone case, that of Watters, he had accepted debts to the amount of £185, out of which he , hadt tnought to-realize 15s inrfche pound. A portion of this amount had been1 received on account. The plant had been disposed of for the sum of £140, but that amount had not been paid to the Company. _ His Honor wished tokriow!>eho had the proceeds of the sale—could, not tjte.'directora tell ? The money had been received, it was stated, by a person since dead, and no entry of the transaction could be found in his books.

Mr -Tole asked that the schedule might be further postponed, which was granted.

VALE Of AVOCA V. MOBRIN AND FIFTEEN

..; , OTHERS. Mr Rees appeared for the Company; Mr Rodgers for the defendants. The official trustee, through Mr Rees, had applied that 4s. per share might be called up. Mr Rogers, on the part of the objectors, urged that Is. per share was sufficient. It was finally arranged that a call of Is. 6d. should be made.

[Left sitting.]

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS.

THIS DAY. (Before Joseph May, Esq. (chairman), Col. Balneavis, A. Beetham, Esq.) The usual monthly sitting of the Court of Petty Sessions was held this morning, and the usual number of petty cases brought up for adjudication. One solitary drunkard adorned the felons'• dock this morning, and he was liberated on payment of a paltry sum of ss. William Osborne, the deserter from the Rosario, made his usual weekly appearance hi Court,, and was again sent back to durance vile until the arrival of one of Her Majesty's ships of war. George Pritchard was charged with " larrakinism."

Detective Ternahan proved that the ac cused, in company with five others, was walking abreast down Queen - street last evening, to the annoyance of all loyal subjects. He saw him throw a piece of orange-peel a,'c an unprotected female. The prisoner denied the charge, alleging that he had only a pipe in his hand, which he had when he was " brought in." Sergeant1 Pardy said that these acts of " larrakinism" were becoming a perfect nuisance in Auckland, and he was obliged to send out constables in plain clothes nightly to endeavour to detect the offenders.

The Court fined the prisoner ten shillings and costs, or in default thereof twenty-four hours' imprisonment. Edward McCleary was fined five shillings and costs for leaving his cart unattended in Queen street.

George Mason was charged with leaving his horse and cart in Shortland street to the danger of wayfarers. The defendant pleaded guilty, but urged that the chain was affixed in compliance with the by-law. Sergeant Pai-dy answered that the defend ant was charged under another by-law.

The case was dismissed

Abel Fletcher let his horse go at large in Beresford-st., and was ordered to contribute five shillings and costs. George Robinson, for leaving his vehicle unattended, was told to pay a similar amount. William and Johu Roberts were charged with wilfully setting fire to inflammable matter in the open air, off Barrack-street. It Was alleged that the boys had perpe trated the act at the instigation of their mother for the purpose of annoying » »ex* door neighbour; in fact, to "smoke her out." Fined one shilling each and costs, and a caution.

William Watson was lined five shillings ■ for letting his horse stray. James Murphy, for allowing five head of kine to stray, was also fined the same amount. Isaac1 Taylor admitted that his goat was at large, and the Court sentenced him to pay half-a-crown. ■„ T ■ John Tallison, for going away fit" "'W3 vehicle was mulcted in the usuaJ f(s., Session penalty. Dulcan Parker pleaded guilty, throigb his counsel, Mr W. H. Connell, to a charge at permitting the chimney of his house to take fire, and was fined ten shillings and costs. James Donnelson, to a charge of omitting to register his dog, pleaded tha the dog '' warn't" his. Ordered to pay a shilling and costs. William Graham failed to appear in answer to a similar charge, because he was dead, ana

THE EVENING STAR,, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1872.



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