SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

POET OF AUCKLAND.

fIUNSET: This evening, 7.4 HIGH WATER: This afternoon, 0.13 : to-morrow, morning, 0.37 , , ..

STEAM TO THE THAMES.

Monday morning, Golden Crown, at eleven o'clock

ARRIVALS. ? Gladiateur, barque, Ogier, from Liverpool Coronet, schooner, from Dunedin Rita, brig, Edwards, from Newcastle Rowena, s.s., McGregor, from Northern ports Tauranga, schooner, from Kaipara Velocidade, barque,, from Lyttelton. '.',",. Challenger, p.s., from Warigarei ... ..?? ■•_ Clyde, schooner,.Anderson, from Wangarei.

DEPARTURES.

Magellan Cloud, schooner, for Russell City of Auckland, ship, Ashby, for London

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For liytteiton: ileien Jienny, snip, xuesaay For. San Francisco, calling at Honolulu: Dakota, .mail steamer, 26th inst For Northern ports : Rowena, s.s., Monday For Whitianga, Mercury Bay, and Tauranga;

Southern Cross, s.s., this afternoon For London: Queen Bee, ship, in December For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s., 9th December; Hero, s.s.. 19th December -*. -:-: For New York: Coronilla, barque; to-morrow For Southern ports; via; Napier: Dakota, mail steamer, on arrival

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Polar Star, ship, from New York, via Melbourne,

SaUed 10th July : Dakota, mail steamer, from Honolulu Southern Cross, schooner, from Sydney Dauntless, schooner, from Tahiti Yara, barque, from Newcastle - Amateur, barque, from Sydney i tt Ayr, barque, from the Mauritius-. -, ; , .„ Julia Price, schooner, from Levuka* - Agnes Muir, ship, from London. . Sailed 4th Sept. Harvest Home, ship, from London. Loading Caduceus, ship, from London. Loading - ■.; r Prosperity, schooner, from Melbourne Albion, brig, from Newcastle :..-:,

IMPORTS.

Per barque Gladiateur from Liverpool: —lo frames felt, order; 474 boxes candles, Ro berton and Co.; 20 drums oil, D. Storer and Sons; 50 cases stout, E. and H. Isaacs ; 330 cases, Owen and Graham ; 460 pgs merchan dise, Lewis Bros ; 100 pgs, 93 pgs, 100 hhds ale, 55 barrels wine, Owen and Graham ; 3 pgs merchandise, Jamieson ; 1 pge, Rayner; 15 cases stout, 15 casks rum, order; 100 barrels.stout, Cruickshahk and Co.; 50'tpjfij salt, 457 pgs merchandise, J. S. Macfarlane ; 4065 pgs iron wire, I hardware? &c, 10 hhds ditto, T. and S. Morrin ; 4 casks hardware, 15 tanks malt, order ; 1313 pgs, "WUtt Bros ; 50 tons pig iron, 34 tons coke, J. S. Mao farlarie.M-J. S. Macfarlane and Co., agjants.!;.,

Per brig Rita, from Newcastle i- —IOO bags maize, 10 tons coke, 240. tons coal, consigned to Messrs J. S. Macfarlane & Co.

The brig Rita, Captain Edwards, arrived in harbour this morning from Newcastle, which port she left on the 26th ult. Ex perienced light winds .down coast. Captain Edwards; imoriris': us that' as' the Wdrigit Wonga was announced to Jeave Sydney for - {this port on the 29th ult. he did .consider it necessary to bring files. .The Hita came the wharf '-withbht'arich'bririg. She ' ISs "%i«ftnght as passengers —Mr and Mrs Clark an^hree-<;hildren. ~.. .- ; ; * - : The Schooner Taurariga has entered inwards at the Customs, from Kaipara, with 344 bags ~~i gum, 2 bags arid I bale wool,;' 115 bales flax, 5 Pales tow, and 2 hides, Must & Co. The barque Frowning Beauty- has" hauled away from the wharf, and has cleared at the Customs, and will'sail this evtning. The schooner Magellan Cloud left for Russell to-day. The s. s Rowena arrived this morning from Russell with 10 bales wool,1 40 bags ditto, and 3 tons flax, 46 bags gum, R. H. Rolph and Cof, 6 sheep skins, and 13 passengers.: The s.s. Taranaki; will leave the Manakau at one o'clock on Monday for Southern ports. As we go to press a "sail in sight" is . signalled. r . , , . ~,- .., The barque Velocfdade arrived this after noon from Lyttelton with a cargo of grain, after a passage often days.: ' - .The Coronet has arrived, having on board the machinery of the new ferry steamer, Takapuna.

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the; Customs returns for the week eridirig to-day:—-Duties, £3364 18s lid ; light dues, £26 17s 9d -fbes under Merchant Shipping Act, £8 Ib 9d; arms fees, £1 ls 9d ; miscellaneous, £1 ls ; pilotage and Government charges, £19 3s. 7d; total, £3422. lsl-ia.. .■: MTIVAM'L T&UI ;..;■■■.:■: ■ ■ I . ('. • :.i.y_. \\ MINING. The followlnr are the current calls and dividend! payable in the companies named below :— , . :-:-' f! -umir-i^l I. d. -■■'- CALLS Preece's Point .. 0 0 6 Dec 7 Hand and Band .. 0 0 6 Dec 9 • Aurora 0 10 Dec 10 Morning' Star .. 00 6 Dec 10 Coronet ■..»■<•.;<..*'..'■. 0-1 .6-/-. Dec 13 Thames Gas ... ~.,.„ 0 5 0 Dec 14 Lucky Diggers* ■'.'.'"• 0-1 0' Dfec'l51 Van v 0 0 6 Dec 16 Harbor View.. ..'0 10 Dec 20 Golconda 0 2,0 r ,Dec 21,,, v American Eagle '.. 00 6 Dec 2* ■> ' Central Italy,; ... 0 1 0. ■_.- Dec 28 Bin-ham Ox .... : 0 o'6 ' Dec 30 MEETINGS. Pride of Tiki, Company's office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 9th December Thames Gas, Company's offlce, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 9th December, 2 p.m. Golden Eagle, Star Hotel,. Newtop, 3 p.m., 10th Dec. Paul's Creek, Company's office, 44, Queen street, 3 p.m., 10th December . ; City of Dunedin, Grahamstown, llth December Mary Ann, Grahamstown, 12th December. Yon Tempsky, Insurance Buildings,' Auckland, 12th December -f. i H : Al \f*l:\f / Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building Society, Society's office, Wyndham ntreet, 7.30 p.m., 17ih December Young Queen, Grahamstown, 7th January

DEATH.

West.—Suddenly, at his residence, Ireland-street, off Franklyn Road, In hia 68th year, Mr J. H. West, Music-seller, of Queen-street. The funeral will take place td-morrow»<Sunday), at half-past 3 o'clock. Friends are invited to attend.

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

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1872.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, J_~ ,For the future in the distance. !A: AA And the good that we can do. I

:17«»0.;S Ai Cliffy .-i iii ',-'-, ■'■ I/, 'a-. -.'•■.; --.;*.! It is witn great satisfaction we observ that the Provincial Council will hay rin opportunity of withdrawing th famlpMiffite&a. itf Jconnectaon with th police. The Superintendent very pre perly draws attention by message t the necessity tor making dueprovisioi jfbr the increased expense'which wouL ihe consequent on the change. Possibl; ihis-fiorior Bay hatfe erred in enterinj minutely into details, but the great fac is self-evident that our police force, unde the management ofthe central authority jis beyond comparison less expensive •than the police elßey?here, and hen wajranted in,, asking that h< jwho is entrusted, with .the.good,prde of society should be placed in a positioi to provide for the;disorganisation anc reorganization whi <?h must result fron the re-transference ofthe police. Mi jGillies woulda be acting unjustly t( himself as well as detrimentally to th< interests Of the public if he accepted i , responsibility which his own good sens< shows him he could not bear wit hout nevs and adequate provision, and of course h the Council is realty "rid infatuated as it the midst of its poverty to" demand that it should have its ; ,little Whistle ad any cost, no doubt bis Hbnor woulc feelboiin.clv.tp.acquiesce. .This obliga tion, liowever, ,l^im|e owned was self-imposed. We believe that Mr Gillfes! 'fawner messaged tbeiCouncil wheni /referring),tli© subject fop <}is cussion,, was not judicious., >, Jfer >had firmly stood \by a principle theretofore but he felt disposed to roll over tfhW 'TespWiisibility- 'A Ms. fd ('^u<isti<?n ritf which b.e $$*#$ IsMi VmWc ■ fw<ere t. at one with him.- a fluke and through Snes^ the v; tote,! of # ;-the; .Council has pronounced ,i/or the Tesiimpitidn. of ihe Jdliee, and with* his former message gating tPSfe W9iss'!*&, feffirfytogM ;he decision of Council, before his eyes Sir Gillies had no, other .escape than hus i» i tjarpif on the Council $c en fai /^egpojisibilijy, of the decision.^ lad he taken higher and firmer round; iJw .wpnldjhaye beenjjustified.* [c has been Hi elected by the rovince, and he is personally charged itti Its' 'gfnbralf -interest y_ and exactly ijie pfl^pfJil justifieia in refusing. f bow to Cabinet or legislature hen Imperial; iutefe&ts Vested ;|n Wtev jrsonally^ aw ,at stake, sq mi^ht tbe '^.HitAAi'Ai iA'iAl Vjjua XLiMi(hd.A a, •• a a >Aj;-_y. '/, j ■■..

\ Superintendent in such a case as this j : baye?de]iberately said No. His Honpr mmmot acted so dictatorially, but we l.'are confident that the Council will not I act with such reckless folly as to take j any steps whatever for raising £2000 additional to effect a-change that will be fraught with?disaster to the good order of society, h -a ,--\

"So much the better." Such was the speech of Mr William Buckland in the Provincial Council yesterday. He had just been appointed on a select com mittee to consider the Bill tor the sale ofthe Mechanics' Institute site, and an apprehension was expressed that the course taken would result in the Bill being shelved. "So much the better" remarked the newly-elected member of committee. No other remark perhaps could have so clearly marked a fOol. This man allows himself to be placed on com mittee ,f in charge; of a Bill which,He deliberately expresses his desire1 to shelve. Such are thy legislators, O New .Zealand.. . Such are the men whom thy people delight to honor. Mr Buckland has not only a seat in the minor legislature, but he is a com ponent part of the " assembled wis dom " that moulds the destinies of this young nation. It is true he is! one of tho dummies of the House whose ignoble mission it is to do the button-holeing of the lobby, and the blustering discussions over small beer, actuated by the admitted principle that " a man may sell his vote jas =he vyoujd a cow or a pig." He has at least the sense to never open his mouth in the House, but he Opens his mouth in. Council,: and rarely, if ever, without putting h;s foot in it. His intelligence of great political questions, and his calm discussion of them are about on a par, but any deficiency is made up by manner of the bullock-punching class, which is accepted as betokening great force of character. How any intelli gent constituency can send such a man to a deliberative assembly is one of those things which "no fellah can understand." «

Me "William Swanson often treats us to pictures of the abomination of desolation which shocked his soul "down yorider." What does he say of the vote which has just been passed in our model honest Council to pay Mr Lundon's tailor's hill ? What, we ask again, are the peculiar merits of the Onehunga Cadets; Baying that they enjoy the powerful- patronage of Mr Lundon ? They were embodied jsls other Cadets corps have been embodied, and claim their capitation as others do, and in a fit of i generous but very un warranted enthusiasm Mr Lundon en gaged to clothe them. The tailor's bill came in due course, and Mr Lundon has been relieved of the difficulty through the generous action of the Pro vincial Council. We wish we were Mr Lundon. He holds in his hand the seat an Parliament of the Honorable the Minister of Immigration and Speaker of the Council. He can make and unmake the: position of all those who have from time to time to appeal to the sympathies and suffrages of the pensioners, and he is altogether a man not to be offended either by the Executive; or any cithers who may have logs to-ToH, and may desirethe assist ance'of his little band of servitors. He yent down to r Wellington, and he got new targets and other privilege' for Onehunga- Volunteers which no other Volunteers were enabled to obtain from not rhaving friends with .parlia mentary seats in their breeches'pockets. And now he has obtained an appropria tion that attaches a stigma of disgrace to every person that has a seat in the Provincial.Council; I Happy Onehimg^; to be possessed of such a guardian. This is the style of thing that makes a representative in New Zealand popular With his constituents; but this is the thing that has damned New Zealand, and made its politics stink in th<j nostrilsj of honest men;* We are asked to think kindly of Provincialism, and to speak in whispers by its 3ickbed. We are asked to I believe that its hands are clean and its garments undefiedl with corruption. We are askedto compare its spotless character with het abominations " down- yonder-;" yet hero, while actually dying of starva-, tiori, its bony, fingers are seen, to do the naughty thing and nobody speaks a. word of censure.. Happy Mr Liindip^,that can rqll;your.little log, so smoothly. Happy Onehunga' that owns Suchi a powerful friend, and happy Council ithat ; rolls its eyes in {lious horror at the idea of being swal owed up in, the JpjptoS of pollution i".down yonder," and. can. do the little quiet shuffle so, nicely and so slyly up here. .... . . '.>ii ■■-{■ j. : ._.j t _. SX3

I; We desire to draw attention to a most I j extraordinary "'-' \ statement contained; hi !ja letter in another column, signed j'' Eye Witness," and having reference too the Western Springs. We are iunable to offer'any: opinion on the basis of ;t^<^rg)3j :Ibut;]fehe j yell-^o^'b^Jira^^f, phi' bprrespbrident compels ;U's tor believe that jhe is either labouring under strong halluciriao itipn,, or,h,e is .sme^laiig. tru^li. Are jwe to b'eiieve that the Western Springs re^y^i'Sb 'on public land, and that thence the water has jbeen conveyed by an artificially-fonued sub terrarieatt'|)^isage,: amfmade to see the light on t% .property bf private persons ? and are we ''ih /bejievb;, tfeat this being, so, negotiations have been actually- proceeding for th^pinbhase.bythe city; of this artificial jpring at a fabu^pus pricb ?V We Paflse for a; j reply ; but we <jo so with great impatience,

i : TherO was'but One case before; the Police. "■ Court this morning, that of a poor woman who had madeherself poorer still by spending j half-a-crown in whiskey, and who was com fpelled further to reduce her finances, by j order of the magistrate, by paying ten | shillings and costs as a line for taking too j much of the over-powering liquor. We have just been.told a tale of seeming hardship which we tell as it was told us, and which it'will give us extreme pleasure if we are enabled to contradict. A poor man and wife both very sickly keep a small shop for confectionery. From small demand for sweeties they found themselves as many a more pretentious trader found himself before—in difficulties, to the amount of about £78 ; and as any. other trader Tvpuld do they felt compelled to avail themselves of the shelter of the Insolvent Court. To this course they were advised by Mr Madden, solicitor, who undertook to do the work in accordance with their humble circumstances. A. verbal agreement was; made, in the presence, though, of a witness, that Mr Madden should put him through the Court, that ten pounds should be paid for the job, and that if there was opposition, or if in any way the., cost .should be more, -.the solicitor was to wait j until the confectioner might be in a position to pay. On this' un-. derstanding the ten pounds were paid and the work was proceeding. During its pro gress, however, a further demand of £l Is Od was made by Mr Madden, and paid with ex postulation by the poor man to whom now the drawing of a few shillings was like the drawing of a front tooth. By and by he wae called on also to pay for advertising, which he did. Then came a further demand of £ 1 10s, which .the unhappy man was literally unable at the time and in the circumstances to raise, and in default Mr Madden aban doned the case and allowed the whole thing to fall to the ground... Mr Madden, there fore, has got his ten pounds^ and the unfor tunate man is just as he was. We 'cannot withhold our surprise at this affair. If the insolvent had been hke some who' seeih to fatten in the Bankruptcy Court, we. should have been delighted to hear of hib being sut5 ut in the press bf the lawyers and squeezed ry. But the man is as poor, as a church mouse, and he is dying by- inches of an organic disease. " We are sure that on reflec tion Mr Madden will return him the ten pounds, or complete the work which he engaged to do for the poor fellow, as it would be unpleasant tO have" either, public agitation on the subject or an appeal to the sympathy and intervention of Sir George Arney. •''•■' - .-:.;• , a. f We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following letter .from Mr Parker, locker in the Custom-house, for the special benefit of Mr Fulljames. If our readers look to the Cross of this morning they will find that Mr Fulljames in a letter denies that he had refused to give the hose to Mr Parker, or to accompany him on the roof of the Custom house, as asserted in Council by Mr Cosgrave. Mr Parker says:—"To the. Editor of the Eyeninc; Star.—Sir, —Will you be good enough to insert the following in your valu able paper?— 'First, that the statement made by Mr Cosgrave, at the Cloy Council meeting on Monday last, con cerning the Post-office fire, was correct. ' Secondly, thatl will, if required, prove the statement.'—Yours, &c;,H. Parkbe." As Mr Fulljaines states in his letter: "I do not know the man Parker—never saw him— consequently could not have refused him," we shall jog his memory. Does he remember the person that stepped out on the roof of the Custom-house and asked him to follow ? Does he remember that in attempting to do so he got his head and leg out, but getting . his mouth full of smoke he (Fulljames) got sick, vomited on the roof, and withdrew his head, being afraid ? Does he remember a Eersbn'on'the roof then asking him' for thei ose and being refused ? That man was Mr

: Parker. ; ... -~ ~~ , , ... ~ ,~. r ~ . . 5 The ship City pf Auckland took herdepar .:_ ture for Loudon this afternoon. There were [. a large number of people, present on, the wharf to see their friends off by. the steamer, J which left at 11 o'clock, and a great 5 many accompanied the 'passengers on board. I The wind being nearly due north was hardly 5 favorable for clearing the,port, but. Cap tain | Ashby was determined . ,-to make the best of it in order to retain his J name for punctuality. All sail wjß: bent, ) arid the ship beat out of harbour at about . three o'clock. The City has never left the port of Auckland in better trimthan'at: present. .;Previous to. sailing the 'guests .as-; \ sembled in the saloon, and Captain and Mrs ;. Ashby's healths were toasted in sparkling I champagne, prosperity to them, and a , speedy passage to the ship on her homeward bound voyage. Several friends have, accom panied the vessel to the reef, where she will; probably have to bring up for a change of wrnd. We trust that the City will have a , pleasant passage home. The ship";, wis, accompanied to Rangitoto reef by. the fleet of yachts belonging to the i Auckland Yacht Club, the whole flotilla forming a very pretty sight. ... . .... ~.,: On account of the Home for Neglected and Destitute Children Mrs Little, Parnell, begs to acknowledge with thanks, through the office of this paper, the sum of three guineas from Messrs E. and H. Isaacs. '~ By advertisement in-another column we notice that Mr H. H. Smith allows; a dis count of ten per cent, for a few weekd pri the price of his prize ovens.. -.:■ ,-a.,.s The Auckland Regatta Club held its annual feneral meeting last night at the Thames [otel. Mr Yon der Heyde was called to the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting ,vyere. read j and confirmed, . and, Mr,. Niccol, thehon. sebretai-y, read the Treasurer's ;balance-sheet as follows :—t)r. : To balance' ] ' 'from year 1871, L 53 3s 6d ; to subscriptions, ;Ll6O 13s 6d ; entries,- L 52 19s;; sale of i :wharf, L2O ; silver cup (Messrs Shaw, Saville and Co.), L 26 5s : total, L 313 Is. Cr. :By cash paid in prizes, L 222 5s ; printing and advertising, Ll7 2s 7d j'barid, LlO ; flag boat, &c, Ll2 10s.; sundries, Lls 6s 8d ; !law expenses, LSS'* 16s 9d: total, L 313 Is. :Captain Casey:remarked uppn;the:law ex penses in- connection:-with the • ,club, , and I considered tbe law \ itehi, might have been ■much bekvier'had he not, infprined the isolicitor: that the club, was not over-stocked ; with jfriridtf;" The-balance-sheet was there- I fore adopted.' The following gentlemen were then elected to/iill the ipifibesibr the ensiling jyear :—Patron, hisExcellencytheGoverri.br ; vice-patrons, his Honor the Superintendent, ; his Worship the Mayor; president,, tbe; Cbjrir | maniof the Harbour,' Board •: vice-presiderits, I Thomas Henderson and James Cruickshank, iEsqs. ; committee, Messrs! - G.:■'-' Vbn> ?der Heyde, D. B. Cruickshank, J. Stoddart, T. 'Niccol, M. Niccdl,' G: H.;:Fletcher, T. Hen iderson, jun.,,H. J; Ellis, J./.Waymouth, j sen., A. Nith^n,,G. Thorne^ jun., W. A.1 R. ißyan, H. Brett,, Captain. TX, H.; McKeftzie, j Captain H. Anderson.; .treasurer, J. Stoddart, I Esq. ; au^ito^, Messrs jDj B. Cruickshank j and G. H. Fletcher; ; 'umpire,' Captain D. H. ' McKen4e;M.Starter, CaptaiinH. F.;Andbrabn; thon. sec, Ty-Hendersori,l! jun., Esq. ;^'chair j man of Committee, G. .Yon derH6ydej.»Eßq. : A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring j officers, and the hon. secretary was instructed Ito write to those of the newly-elected-, offic^ra j j who ,were not' present. - A few other,matters I i bearing 'tipbri future; £tpceedirigs • were- dis- ! I posed off, and a vote of thanks to the chair- ! ipan,,tsrwuuased the meeting., r . r j | r i ..^ ... •_*■*,. ' "'--";-."' .: >''A.:yil'i:H/A :

j,- 5 ,'j , *», \ iA~t' j 1 ' \ 0! P%sons wh'o really take an interest in the | industrial progress) of the colony will be j gratified in^krtOWiUg that at the establishment of Mr Williams, corner of Fort-steeet, may be seen a coil of rope manufactured entirely of materials grown within the boundaries of Auckland. TKe coil consists of 120 fathoms I of ,2s-inch rope, and, after.fe.eing exhibited at I Christchurch,-it vtfll tidfjcffjivaM^d to Vienna j " The gentlemen forming the, Colonists^ Pro ' tection League eXpfessted . their gTattificati^ yesterday upon the acquisition? of Messrs ./A; -Russell,- James:Wiiliaflasdn,J.^Maofarlanej j and J. McCosh Clark as subscribers to the '. T---- ■i" i ■»-.., ■!.».-, iA-j.- ■ - •'-**i,'".*.~.yy- i!-.-;.-..*.,.;:"^.'- ...^'.:■:*■-■■ -.»■.>-..■.■'.■■'. ■ League. ?I■*-* • — - *, - — - A deputation consisting of the chairmen of ! the Auckland Highway Boards waited upon j his Honor the Superintendent, yesterday* for the: purpose of obtaimgg bis-Honor s con currence in establishing 'suitable, steam communication between Stokes', Point and Auckland. His Honor, after makingnebesteary . enquiries, promised ifcogiye.'bis earlie&t atten tion to the subject,' and do,; bis, J,:beJJt towards; assisting to establish the service on, a firm basjii. - ~;-..;V ,'V,':- .■/,;-,., MJtm'tnlSihts.ta'K pWe are requested to call attention: to :the moonlight excursion to be taken th^s evening '.byitlie Golden Crown. The': steamer .will leave the wharf at, eight o'clock. ; ,and after two hours' cruise will return. A good band will be on board to enliven the' proceedings with a. little inii^' In the'-'aTTsence bf any theatrical or, other amusement -. the steamer will no doubt receive a fair complement of passengers on her mpoiiligbt:trip". , The Thames Gas Company will hold its first general infecting bf shareholders in; the Insurance Buildings, qn;Tu£sda# n6Xt/at two p'iuiy* ■'.:.•;■ .';;'.•■■:•■• ■■•■.■■■■ ■■.•■ is woi -« hem* I by the Norhain Castle, from London,; three of ; Tann's iron IS^fesj |c* ' the same sort as those which saved tfie bookß^of Messrs Bucholz in the late firei Hi . nliaiW* ,> We .'regret to-.- announce, ,tjie dbasi .of MrV, J. H. West, the respected music seller and teacher, of Queen-street, o.which occurred suddenly^ M* West:had: nbt; -until » jester-' day, been out of, health,1 but' bn taking his usual bath hewas suddefily't^keh ill., .Me dical assistance was at once given but it waS of no avail. Mr; West .never iralHed,; but Shortly expired, :itis supposed, oi apoplexy,:! at his .residence in the neighbourhood of Franklin:road. - ";,': The Japanese Troupe, which arrived yesterday afternoon in theTaranaki from; -Nelson, have proceeded to the Thames, and will open at the ;Roya|lPrahamß-' town, this evening. In 'addition to'! this' Troupe Mr Charles is also; accompanied by- Miss Florence Beresford, the celebrated ballad,vocalist, Mr F, Margetts, the gentle man comique; and the ever popular,', Jap, Small, better known as the ■" Unfortunate Man; :also, a wonderfultroupe ofj performing monkeys. They .will appear,;in Aucklaho? at Christmas. The members of the Hpbfeoh .CJpmpany; 7 A. R. V., are warned to i: attend _ a special parade at the Catholic Institute,^-half-pastl six o'clock this evening for skirmishing drill; The Rev. .Warlow D&yies; M.A., will de liver 3 a discourse to-anprrow',.;eyeriiiig- on "Suicide," at "the Albert-street'Congrega^ tional Church. -

Arrival of the Barque Gladiateur.

■ .i I i \ i .HEAVY/ GALE.-, v/- 3 ,it ri n Th c fine Jeirßey- buil# ■■ barque*'l Gladiafcehir, 427 tons register, Captain A., r Ogier, arrived in harbour this morning from Liverpool, after ; a protracted passage of 115 days from land to Land, and 123 days from port to port. Cap tain Ogier has obligingly*L furnished us with report of passage of his .jpsßel,-,from whiph; we extract the following \ particulara;:'—Left j the Mersey ori the sth. August, tyst, took leave of land at Holyhead on the i Bth. Had favorable Weather to the island of Madeira} which was sighted bri.t^,.^h:'August. Caught the N.E. trades off the island,arid; carried them only as far as 17 deg. North. Crossed tne Equator on'thb llth September, in 13.40. W. long. T^e, SL,Ev trades,were picked up in about•: 2 deg.. North, ;^d; lost them in 25.52 S., on the 25thSeptem-£ ber. Both trade t^tids ipirpve'd;';^ very light ai*d unsatisfactory at time?, beirig, only light airs, and generally very scant. :: Capt.v (Ogier states that during his Ibrig seafaring experience he has never encountered. such' poor traces. The Cape.;.of ; Good; Hope W*S rounded on the 9th -October--tin 39 deg. 30*' :ririnr; !i S. !i 'lat.-J' Experifehced ivery heavy weather .intunning down her j eastings, which were sailed in the parallels of 43 to 45 degrees South. On the 2nd November encountered a very severe.and rieayy sale 'from the W.NW..., i^lati 44.15: S.-, and long. 110.2 E. AriAeriprinous .sea ;waspooped, carrying aVaydternraili wheel,1 { and'two men who were Steeririg,;;. part of'; bulwarks, two boats on the skids/ deckhouse; -hencoops and seats were washed overboard, also compass stand;' companions; and other things. Tiiebabiri w&'slled with water, '. and considerable damage' done. ; | Tne • two steersmen were 'injured- by-being vio-. leiitly swept along the poop.. This', obcurtjed at 4 a,jn. Steering gear was at once sub stituted, and when the gale moderated a new Wheel Vas'affixed.1 Bounded the coast of Tasmania on the llth November in4s.deg.;$ v during heavy weather. .■ Had three days Mr' wind after this, when a continuance of N.E. and S.E. winds were experienced, which kept the vessel from.making the coast for nearly jthree weeks. Duririg ten days 6i this heavy weather was met with, and afterwards light .winds rand calms. Trie North Cape was founded on the 3rd imstarit/and light winds jencount^Tedvdown cpast, , No land o£,iressels iwere sighted after, passing' Maderia. This Gladiateur brings as passengers—Dr. and Mrs HathiWa^i'Mr'^nd Mrs Smith, and Mr. Gillesby. . The vessel is consigned to Messrs ;J. S.!Maefarlaneand Co.'. Her cargo will be found under the head of imports. ;r

ARTIFICIAL SPRINGS.

j (To the Editor of the Evening Star.) JSir,—After heaiTlrigi!jiria*'kadiri"| so much jajwut the water supply question, and believ jing the subject of* the sarile? has narHived" IdbWri to the 'question of whether Edgecomb's or Low and Motion's should have the prei* jference, v I resplyed to" view the ground my jself, and should advisifJ: a'riy of yotii re&ders jwho desire their doubtsset at'rest to dolike jwise. The conclusion <jth.ey/wall come to, ia»d f I speak positively, is, thafthe co-called springs oriLow arid Motion's'l4ndkr^ mmply ithe overflow, from, spririM riot in their land iat att.: .They, Will.'find, that the waters [ofthe scoria lands froiri Mount Eden, Three ; Kings, and. Mount, £ concentrate at a jpomton Edgcomb's^gi-qund, and from thence i^raiic^i pff.towards Edgecomb's r Creek,on,Qna iside; arid Ldwdrid Motion^" W the L other.' {They will observe Msc^thiit'thb'bed 'of''credk ■running from Edeecc)mb'B, through'a GoVei'rio- ]ment reserve is idled dri.withna^y hundred (yards of scoria-blocks cteefully hand-packed land covered with ti-tree cutty-grass, &c, so that the water. beneath is carefully hid from view and is not permitted to-appeftr untfl.it wgiyesic^^ow %Motiop?s

land. They may then draw their own con clusions from the contemplations. I merely mention the fact and challenge contradiction. —I remain, &c, Eip#S*NßSs......- ■■-.

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES.

j^t^a^'BiRTHDAYBLN.ONEIa|E. j i>Hß*#rincii)al objects of attraction.^ the j toWof Ca^diffi in South Wales, are associated i with the^Buteiiamily^ The living;gMarqms j -of Bute, "still a very young man, resides, | "when in Cardiff, in the modern castle erected j in the domain of the lordly home of his On the 12th day of September, 1868, the day on which the marquis attained his majority, 5 '\te took the opportunity of visiting; Cardiff Castle, which occupies the shadowy," enclosed eminence ,by the river known as the Taff. WS ascended the castle hill by circling gradations until we reached rthe roofless rendezvous :■ of thei many daws 'which! flutter and i caw about the ivyrClad,! leruhiblirig ruin; From 'our ileafy ' jrecess;We Enjoyed a fair sight of the adjacent scenery, '; Llahdaff Cathedral, and other objects. Shut out; apparently, from thia busy world, with no companions!MTJQUr thoughts and; those; black-coated daws which, like us were 'indifferent to the fleeting pageantry of a birthday fete, we mused on two birthdays— the'second and twenty-first inthe life of the wealthy Marquis of Bute. (There is littleof the (picturesque in the scenery about CaMiff; :the: Church, of St. John, and the estuary and, rttstft? hridge' of ; the Taff are'Hhe most pleasing objects of its surroundings; the town itself is built on a level running from the Castle-gates to the-famous'Bute Docks. At the commencement of the present century pardifiPwasytruly'i poor^place: with no ipore ••! 1,870 inhabitants, consisting. of two • Bmall -cross streets. The wholeif.r dis trict, in' ' 'fact,"between the sea ' and market-place f.:was. i but a morass,. Over which the^tide swept at high- water;, and; ;fhe trade, such as: it- was, was carried;bn by two sloops.6f about sixty.tons.each, re spectively called the Cardiff f Castle, -ana the. Merthyr Tradter,! which plied every ralternate week between Cardiff and Bristol. Coal was then supplied to the tow from the out: growthW of 'Caerphilly, brought in/ bags and on: ths backis' bf mules and ponies, each bag1 containing from orie to two cwt.. This in -11 convenient state of things was improved by . the subsequent^ construction of the Glamor-, gahshire Canal which, in.heu of .'the; mules, brought theCaerphilly coal,aiid Merthyr' iron into Cardiff, and enabled vessels to enter •its sea-docks fpr loading purposes, i thiecapital of the canal cpihpdny was little! more thm £100,000, it was considered fpi; k lorig period ■ a doubtful speculation, owing to, thediiriite'd acbbinmodation ■ which, the . town afforded for i^ippiiig.; still:, the: trade bf Cardiff continued to be carried bri, by .means; 'of this Canal until the year 1839. The late Marquis of Butte; whose statue faces the "•castle entrance, a shrewd, far-seeing, money moving man, Obtained, in 1831,'' an Act of Parliament enabling him'to construct a dock at Cardiff. ~Thi^ was a. most important step f •not"1 only for'the tbwn: biat fbr! the- Sj en-f ; riehment of the Marquis, who owned all the lind of and pf the^inuring, country round about. To be charitable we will : !shpppsertlmt^the._Marquj.|; saw^all, the ad-, '^vai^tages which'should accrue to labfefur/ind tpwbrl4Mlarge; 'from his dock And tramw ays, and wiat he was promoted i?y the :goodq; that. /he. could. dp -y, still^he,.^aw ,an^ knew well that the Gl^org^shirelulls were rich in coal and mineiraiy Which' if iuiearjthed would necessitate .aeppnunodjation fbi^riiore'' shipping,'and nowhere.,']along "the" Welsh coast could: such accommodation, be iprovided riiore to his own peisonal advantage than upon his Cardiff estate. •'•Hiet rightly calcu latedthat one thing would act upon the other -t-the incrte^ecbfFshippinKupon'tihe''develop ment of minerals, and -the development of minerals hipon.the increase | of .shippil%^| white'both would considerably .augment- thes prosperity , of: the town;< and: enhance/the I value' of his property 'The Mairquisat price I proceeded'to mature his,plans,. and. hifi. TE^st ; dock was opened in 1830, and simultaneously with its completion railway accommodation ■Was provided between the rhills and the dock. i■ In 1841 the whole of the work's were inactive operation. ~^hp coal of Aberd^e^as-fonnd, to "be coiripafatively smokeless1;; and fpi;'tlsS{ and other reasOris it' 'was aHiriirably adapted for steam-shipping, and Jby order of : |he Lords of the-Adririralty-it'v&S introduced successfully into the Navy. The railway from Merthyr'into the Bute Dock was constructed in a short space of time; ;> and now long lines bf railway wagons .are .continually going to } andjfro day an^u^t %°t m,the urines to-the f dock, the shipriierit is cbridubted under • very ."convenient circumstances. The coal is, emptied, by a single tilt of the truck into, the ship's hbld^:t The success of this enterprise induced the Marquis of Bute to devote his energies, not onlyijtpcthe jhuilding^f a second dock, but of a great -tidal basin with ample , biftrS|i<& t '|jites dor? ateiittingislups-'-of/'thg; largest size. Around these gates have sprung up7 Motheri Cardiff I with 4t.- streets,, squares, po'st'-^oflfice,'places bf-#brship,;.pffi:ceß, spacious 'hotels, and stone building : for' consular establishments, all^haying.a,splendid pro bpwt'^bf' the"'ste4: * and the cburch -crowned hill.of Penarth over-looking the estuary of tho Taff. • A small steamer, the Little Mary, j plies ' hourly r btetwteen i;he dbeka a\id'sthisi I village with its smugglers' cave and woody i associations, j where yShellpy, the poet, once found shelter, from one of the storriis of Ins ■ ktbrmy Existence.'. The Marquis saw with bride and satisfaction eyery; thing/laifound ■ aim springing from;deciaderice into new and [vigorous life; thpi masts arose over the water*, and: ;the. triumphs; of industry flourished oh'the-site of the ;once humid jwss]fce. r ,The spring pf; the Marquis's life, nbwevej^ had passed, rieVet "to ifeihiir'n, arid pc was ~, falling ; , msb 7,the. ',' sere ~ and (yellowtJ'leaf,"' At thir period,' td' the surprise of his relatives, Ihe married, and within a year thte beautiful marchioness :of , (Bute gave birth to a son and heir. Theelderly Marquis was pyerjpy^d at this auspicious jevent which occurred in Scotland, September ■12, 1847, and on the same day of the follow ing year he tookihisj son to Cardiff, aftd pre isented him to the nobles and his tenantry of Glamorganshire. Among other festivities a frand banquet was given at which the young , eir was exhibited..., Vast was the enthu isiasm displayed upon seeing the young child \dio |*jas-adn^edpj caressed «uid * extollpd 3 iwhile golden presents fell into the lap of tfify ! lucky nurse.; ;f 4ft^r the .child had j been duly | ex^j^bited,." arid . a.' speech ' made by the (enraptured; parent, he; retired from 'the sdefle |with theboy inhis arriis, riWer iriore to re j appear. , The noble assemblage were still ibc'pupied'in'"disciissiii^the beauty, hair^eyes/ 'features, and magnificieni; prospect of the child-baronv'wlieri I' isuddeiri )hftshT of silence j went through the castle ; that hush deepened [into a-thViU'arid pervaded thef mirid of every iirimalt'e o^'Cai'diflfCabtle.' Mysteribusi whisp&s ---j passed from ear to ear, arid it was soon I known that the Marquis of Bute was dead ! jHe had passed from the pinriacle of worldly. js fucc(BSs'todi'4 i£ the aririsofhi& >th| fi|^'^ifprsa^;bf .^ marquis..!;He '.dipd ;pf; )apbplexy. ''!Qoiß&dA'\)s iover excitement, and in the words, of.itte'i ! poet, Rogers^^ - - -* - lln th'o**«ini chimbwra long blacte'woeAs were^een, : And weepings he^rd where only joy hacTbeen. ! The increased Valtik' of the' iCardiff estates, I and the enormous^sanrigl during his minority of twenl^ 1. made the young Marquil <|t 'B^lbii^pfthe:Wealthiest of British P^ers/

...... On his twentyiflrst ■, birthday : he. came into possession of- £2,000,000 and an annual income bf £300^000, and bri hiis twenty-: third birthday 'an ecfeeritric. Welsh philo-,' \.y. sopher bequeathed to him. on the chnstiari axiom, " Unto every one that'hath shall it be given, and he shall have abundance," thesuni . V of £200,000. Before the period of his majority ; the youthful marquis was comparatively a* ' stranger in Cardiff, yet the people of that | town received him as} an. old friend, as the I representative of the Wealth arid; prosperity }- |of the ■ rieighbourhood. The Corporation voted £1,500 for public decorations-and triumphal arches; the streets were illu- "' minated, festoons and flags adorned nearly every house, local poets burst-forth into extravagant rhyme, editors, eulogized undif"~C covered merits,, ministers preached on t? i';* utility of Wealth iri -wideriing the Streams, /$. human benevolence, giving life to industi| £ enterprise, > and planting: churches. Oxin .W^rte pubbcly roasted, and the^ meat dis finbuttedlainbrig the poof. 1 The ir&embers of tne Corporation and richmen dined together at a guinea.a-head, and the. health of the iriar- ' f qriis was drunk amid a flourish of trumpets. The: tpwn;was alive with music, merry voices, , ; . %ts& Various amusements. The local volunteers i ■■■-.; Wtere reviewed, a jjegatt^ was held on the' Taff, arid an agricultural show in the market place.^ The eyening.was enlivened with balls, fire-ballobris, magnesium lights! illuminated perfumed fountains, fairy snow-storms, lime light illusibris1, arid other fire-.works. The inner Scenes ofthe castle^tirpasSed,'if possible, , ", '4"he adornments -pf., the.itpwn. The castle was; completely renovated.'for rthe. Butejlbdrthday fete, a' ttehapbraiy 0" banqueting - room was erected for the occasion, at a heavy cost, a was provided,' aridJ the young ?lSdies of Glamorganshire were in a state of wondering excitement as to-the name of the ' fpirtunate lady who sh.QUld;:bte privileged to dance with the noble Marquis of Bute; The >,S '"castle expenses albrip ariibunted; to £45,000, : saiid the, entertMnmerit lasted, a" vetek^ as ; the i /jgrbgraj^e\;;'c'bid4'Vr4^'r''^® got': through in.a less, space of time. 'After all thifc rglittering homage and, image-worship jthe people "df Cardiff preaped buirta leaiihair-: ; VeEjt. The marquis, did not take to Cardiff nor J ijsas he jpatticularly'attached to the castle ihoriie of his northern ancestors. He Bpent .^nt little time airiorig-the scenes which pro--': duce his enormous income,-and to the sur prise pf, the Protestant portion of the com- ~ . "puux^ythe Seceded frbin the : religibri; of his fofefatheis, • became a convert ,to the old Church of Rome, and passed for a time to shadows" of thd" eteriial' city.; '.The. young ;. marquis has recently married,.and : with his ,' t bride has returned tothtefine castle-home of the Stuarts, where it is hoped he will use his immense privileges for the welfare of his .country and mankind ; arid where, if he does not possess the money-making genius of his „father, he may at least strive to emulate the virtues of his .npUesit/relative, the late oenerous and :tidtrißtic J Lord Dudley Stuart. T j ,: *■ ißwotiAi ■:■. -.-,;■:-'.-.-? Bj; E# ,; m\ -*m« t Sf. ,YAG\ili YSI3VB Coß*aXOtrA

FIRE.

have to report another case of fire .-which-. ;• occumd,at-pt^uty.riniriutes to- four'this ? morning,' "but nappily oh this .occasion the , report must be unaccompanied by such "descriptions ; as (Sluridjfgtexe',l'y" deßtroyjng„ %lement,"i n " flames 4>th f«arful; irapidity," "^fireMen?paralysed at--the enor mity of the destructive. conflagration; rt fccrr'M? *^cc. Two fire-bells only t wererung, andnoT ■¥r Asher and his -vplilriteefifirbmen turning lout 'it'j'^yfa3.,.; .diflSdult; to ,:dfscoyter; in :WMch/ : direteiaoncthe. fire Jay. While ."waiting at the. ;, foot of Shortland-street - for inteUigerice*,]. SergearitWTalker arrived, and informed them; that the fire, which had broken out in one of . the rooms -of; Wynyard horiSe7|Ed~en Crescerit r had been promptly extinguished with -ay bucket of water. The! fire' originated in the . of one Of the gentlemen'boarders, ' who had retired^tp ,rest between twelve arid rone this, nibrnirig,; leaving the.cai^dlej .. churning;' : This appears to have set light to a ; *box uarid somte'' clothirigV and the fire was: spreading to the walb when discovered and '' extinguished.; ,» - ■ j ~ ™ "* "~ -'. _. . _.

FIRE AT NEWMARKET.

CAPTAIN »ARMSTRONG?Si.HOUSE, ,-t DESTROYED, wi li vi. Tbb i&iabitarits-lof ?Newmarkedrid Epserd were aroused iat' fatt fearly hour this morning by the cry 0f,,." Fire _[" from voices in different directioris, when it was discovered that the horiie^of Captain Armstrong, near to-'the^shoubeKof MrOweri- {of the firm of .' Owen and Graham), was iri flamtes,;; arid1 we regret, to add that the house and its contents WOTe utterly consumed.. The house belonged to f the ( Be.V] rM.[-|LaJly, andwas- insured -for L4ooin the l^ew,-Zealand Company. Not a vestige rbfi i fjthe f household furniture was saved ;. not even Captain Armstrongs witch, and being at such ail early, hour: Mrs • Arm strong and th€^?BmflyahMifJßS^ly time to escape With' atheir lives.1 The^ property; .of ■:.'* Captain Armstrong was, we learn, uninsuredi i ■ The , disastrous |fire,. 'was ' caused by th'P upsefiirig.!.o£. a frying-pan, when the.fat.,, catching fire a conflagration was the result

ST. MATTHEW'S.

The .entertamiri'brit-'in aid of St. Matthew's Libr^rjy'VSs ' held" in, the school-room' last' J everiirig. ' The ' fegy;,, Dayid . J6nes in' the :. chair. Long before the commencement of the programme the school-room waS'crowded,'" and iriany'persona subsequently werb'obliged tO"r«tum~htane-witlrfeelings^of disappoint=- Serit, pondering pyersthe transposition qfjp ie old proverb, " Better never than late " a|f. k-Ml MattheW'si concert..! The Rey. Ghaic-yr man very judiciously curtailed ,his ; introduc tory speech;' 'feeling that' such was unneces sary in the presence of those who had come to libteri u,tioi rthe 'sweet; strains ofthe'; choir . under the excellent superintendence oSL^Np. tTosepb , jkbwiie., '■, The f proceedings opened With music and a scenbHlrorii Shaksperb's— v Midsununsr,.N^ht'^Drea^,"—which was "•< follojjred^. by, a .part sprig, ' ''Hart'to the •'•", sbuna, very sNveetjy rendered by s'evefal ;: members of the choir. A-pau^eJensried, and some signs "Of restlbsßness > evinced-as i the! i gentleman anaPUnced:4for.the recitati^^.l . yanttoFly," had not .yet walked j^y^ite fo^m.,;, A.humprous ppem.was then gffs»SJy a iyoungHW*^ has: riot long been from home, and his rhyiriea-bon- , tairied his'impressions of and its people.''' The hero of.^the.! verses: leaves hiS gi?iridriibther in Somersetshire with a resolution of" sailing *'to'! New p' 'bbriseqriericb 'of' '"reports in news papers of :> the goldMds. ' The parting |. fflbffi'ysssfi ,'JHjJ 'Mb-trees Tin = frpht- of - : | j** Granny "a '*' cottage is "d^sbrifrbdi -afts, the ! yq\ith,|Bß?il)Mjk9 with Captain '.Ashbyj, aiid in j time reaches Auckland. He then writes a deScHptivbltettei' toihis dear iGranny Green, Thb': p"tfßhi ,r'ap^^red to jW.'in imitation of | Boron's ( " Dori;Juari," as f lar ! as wb' bould | ascertairi froiri'the Hbbsfori-street'erid of,'the jr f little f . however, could' bb dis jtihbwyjhjgarcl•tfiriid',' the, ihte^sftpn£! of the young rowdies, who invariably attend church J concerts to exhibit tlieir whistling capabilities, groan down everything beyond tnpurVbvra sensual perceptions^ and,,^hos^,.intellectj^i|l appetite extends no higher than roast pig. jA song by a^Jady followed, and. a part song, ,'' Come life with me'" (Webbe), by members j f the ~■ " The"PjFi^"of t^ .ViU^«A J

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