SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 5.24. HIGH WATEK: This afternoon, CO,

ARRIVALS.

Australind, biirqu*, from Lycuucon •Wellington, 8.8., Kennedy, from Southern ports.

DEPARTURES.

Opotild, schooner, Baker, for the East Coast. Phccbc, steamer, for Southern Ports.

EXPORTS.

Per s s. Star of the South, for Napier : 15 casks wine, Cruickshank ; 1 paper parcel, Ireland ; 1 ca'is harness, "Wiseman ; 4 do acid, Myers ; 1 tank malt, 2 brls paint, Phillips.— J S Macfarla'ne, agents. Per s s Napier, for Napier :20 tons flour, i> do salt, 7 do wire, G drays, 1 qr.-cask rum, 3 tons sugar, 3 do biscuits, 4 cases ploughs, 1 cask beer, 8 cases chairs, •>0 p"s sundries.- J S Stacfarlane and Co, agents. " Per Nevada, p.s., Blethen, for Honolulu:—From Sydney : 102 casks tallow, 1 pkg leather, 3 cases opium 2 bags grass seed, 175 bales wool, 1 case, 1 trunk, 3 parcels. From AVellington : 5 cases, 7 pkgs. From Melbourne : G cases wire. From Auckland : 5 bales cotton, 1 case apparel, 1 case samples, 1 do cou fectionerv, Owen and Graham; G cases con fectionery, 2 cases seeds, 30 rams, 149 bales wool, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 1 cases plants, S Mornn ; 2 boxes, Combes and Daldy: 10 bales phonmum, Cruickshank, Smart and Co ; 33 coils hay lashings 1 bag fungus W E Anderson ; 51S pgs rope, 04 bales tow, J S Macfarlane ; 1 case plants, Lipscombe ; 1 do do, A Nathan.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents.

THE P.S. NEVADA.

The mail steamer Nevada cleared at the Customs this morning for Honolulu. She will take her depar ture immediately on the arrival of the Hero from Sydney. The following is a list of her passengers : — "From Auckland—Messrs AY It Graham, J Dellirsch, son and servant, M Talbot, John Carfrae, H AVeiten mauer AY Randall, Thomas Allen, William Adams, G AVyles, MrsWyles, Capt. AVhitehead, Dr. Trosseau. From Wellington—Mr and Mra Keon and two children, Mr and Mrs Adlington and three children, Mr and Mrs R Eagle, Messrs Geo Eagle, Edward Reading, Karl Linsted. From Lvttelton-R McLeod, H De La Pasture, W Bedell Adolph Pragge, H Dettman, wife, and infant, P Horan and wife, A J Raphael, Adair. From Port Chalmers—Messrs P McKellar, John Candler Geo Wilson. Thomas Mills, James Croskery, AY Hall, II Christie, Mr and Mrs R. Lincke, M Dam, M Key, Charles Nichols. From Sydney—Dr A DeNegri, Rev PF O Farrell, Messrs E Thompson, C H Moore, JDowlin, JSpelton, S A Bennett, R.l Hall, C E. Brightwen, W Sutton, J Hodgson O F Thomas, T Barratt, F Adam, R Cromp ton/j Arkenstall, McMahon, Mrs E Sharkey, Mrs M Davenson and five children, Mrs L Boan, Mr and Mrs Cane and four children, Mr and Mrs Cash and five children; Mr and Mrs Burke. From Melbourne—Mr and Mrs Zinn, Mr and Mrs Terry and two children, infant and servant, Mrstlola han and child. Mr and Mrs Wright, Mrs Scott, Mr and Mrs McGratl), Mr and Mrs Glenn, Messrs. David Kaye, F T Chapman, Stria Max, A ffodgkinson, Henry Martin, J H A damson, William Nelson, V Reinsch, J M Pren degrast John F Cobb, Nicholas Kelly, Karl Lawner, Frangott Lawner, H Fustenberg, C H Ramsden, Michael Barry, Edward Larkin, Thomas Kehan, Robert Elliott, A Stranguen, Andrew Duncan, Richard Reid, Hugh Craig, and John Condon. Total -141 souls.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, on airivalof Nebraska : Hero, s.s., 25th instant. For London : Cadueeus, ship, early ; Wild Duck, ship, early. For Honolulu: Nevada, mail steamer, to-morrow morning. For Levnka : Nuknlau, schooner, Monday. For Southern ports., via Tauranga, Napier, ke. : Napier and Star of the South, s.s., this afternoon.- For Tauranga : Dauntles3 and Tauranga, this afternoon. For Hokianga : Australia, brig, early. For Newcastle: Stanley, schooner, this afternoon ; Briton and W. C. Wentworth, barques, early. For Russell, &c. : Comerang, p. 3., Monday.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of Adelaide, from Sydney Hero, s.s., from Sydney. Kan^itara, s.s., from Wellington. Helenslee, ship, from London (sailed Jan. 11). Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton JLlplia, schooner, from Xewcastle H.M.S. Kosario, from Sydney Amphitrite, schooner, from Sydney Union, brig, from Newcastle. Bulwark, ship, from London Strathnaver, schooner, from Dunedin Coronet, schooner, from Dnnedin Prairie, brig, from Sydney Nebraska, mail steamer, from Honolulu Xifetitia, schooner, from Lyttelton Taranaki, t.s., from the South Flirt, schooner, from Lyttelton Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town Leonidas, barque, from Sydney

The Wellington arrived in the Manukau last evening from AVellingtou with the outward San Francisco mails and a number of passenger's. The schooners Dauntless and Tauranga have cleared at the Customs for Tauranga.

COMMERCIAL.

Evening Star Office, Saturday afternoon.

Mr. K. Arthur held to-day at his mart an extensive sale of fruit, to hand per Wonga Wonga. The sale was well attended, and the bidding spirited. The quotations are :—Pears, 2Jd to 3d per pound ; oranges, 8S 7d to 8s 9d per case ; apples, 3d to 3kl per pound.

MINING. Tho following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :—

Dixon's No. 1, Canada Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m.

April 24 Smiling Beauty, Grahamstown, April 20 Albumia, Mechanics' Institute, Auckland, 2 p.m.

A Di'il 29 Otago, Mechanics' Institute, Auckland, 12 noon, April

30. Carnatic, Corotnandcl, April 30 Auckland and Thames Steam Packet Company, J. S.

Macfarlane's office, 11 a.m. May 1. Britannia, CoromancVel, "May l Court-house Creek, Coromamlel, May 6 St. Lawrence, GTahamstown, May G Flower of the Hill, Coromande), May 7 Oriano, Coromandel, "May 9.

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails will Close as Under For Thames, on Monday, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.50 p.m. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, perComerang, on Monday, at 3 p.m. For Sydney and the Australian Colonies, per Wonga Wonga, immediately after the arrival of Nebraska from Honolulu. Per p.s. Nevada, this day, 20th inst., as follows— For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Con ti lent of Europe via England at 5 p.m. Sor United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at 5 p.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at S p.m. S. B. Bias. Postmaster.

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1872.

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

A remarkable illustration of military tom foolery appeal's to have been furnished recently at Alexandra, as reported in tho Waikato correspondence of our contempoi'ary the Cross. It appears that at a parade of tho militia there one of the settlers, probably a more re spectable man than his officer, had the astounding audacity of neglecting to say " sir1' to Captain Macphorson, the recently elected member of Parliament. This was a mortal offence to a martinet who derives his idoas from the mages of tho British Army and from the customs of the most ignoranb and in competent .class of officers that is to be found among all the military organisations of Europe. But really the incident U one that in the cir cumstances of the colony and the temper of the times should not be allowed to pas 3 away into oblivion. Captain Macpher3on is per fectly safe in what he has done. No fear of his being called to account or asked tc resign his commission, oven though ho had boxed tho ears of his fellow settlers, who by the discipline of the militia are placed under his command. He is a Member of Parliament, and Mr. Donald Maclean would be afraid even to listen to a report of his conduct. Nor i 3 there the slightest likelihood of his superiors calling to account snb-Inspector Johu R033 Wat 9, of the Police, who rushed to the scene brandishing a pair of handcuffs. If the police authorities dare to interfere with Mr. sub-Inspector Watts they will have to settle accounts with Mr. Member of Parliament Macplierson, who not only stands on the floor of tho Hou9e, but will have possession of Ministers' ears, and whose vote on a critical occasion will weigh more than the situation of an unfortunate police officer daring to come between the wind andOapt. Macphorson's dignity. This matter may therefore be regarded as snug and settled, and we do not hesitate to say that any report on the subject made to tho Defence Minister will only produce a reply commendatory of Captain Hacpherson's enforcement of military discipline. Never theless, the result will not lessen the offensive ness of the insolent snobbery in question. These accursed military locusts swarming over the land and eating up every green thing are seemingly incapable of restraint,' and tho best we can do is simply to place on record everj new instance of their intrusion ivntW '' tVve measure of tlieir iniquity is fall,'1 and they are swept info the sea before the blast of popular indignation. To "sir"aDjman and especially on compulsion, savours too much of the flunkey for colonial spirit, and we trust that whethet' in the Waikato or elsewhere the puppyism that demands flunkeyism. at the hands of colonists will be treated with the contempt it merits.

It is probably official etiquette to snub the inquisitive prying of the public into official routine ; but we do not hesitate to say that unnecessary offence is often given to the public in the manner in which information is with held without any apparent purpose to serve, but merely to show the indifference and the independence of the powers that be. This would be all very well if it could be carried out perpetually. But when we remember, and when wo know, and when we foresee the bowing and Bcraping and the condescension of the hustings, it is simply grotesque to see official indifferenco expressed to public desire for informatiou. Wo have been again and again asked what became of the inquiry into the irregularitios in the conduct of tho Manu kau Pilot Service, and beyond tho general impression that Captain Wing could not be dispensed with, we know nothing. That the main charges were provod against Captain Wing, every one that has road the evidence knows perfectly well. And oven though the irregularities may not havo been sufficient la warrant the dismissal of Captain Wing—which we believe they wor«

not—'at least it ohould bo known that t irregularities were not condoned, but taat the offender was duly reprimanded and cautioned as to his future conduct. If this 13 not known, the moral influence of the enquiry is not merely lost, but tends to the i encouragement oi such irregularities on the part of other officials. If it is known as it is known, that the irregularities wore proved) and it is supposed, even though this is not known, that the thing was hushed up, then the lesson taught is that tharo is impunity for Government officer?, and that the outside public will bo merely snubbed for their impertinent curiosity. In reply to a query which wo h-ivc just received relative to the Manukau enquiry, we must inform our correspondent that we do not know what came of it, but we believe tbat the Provincial Government was afraid to dismiss Captain Wing, and was alao afraid to tell the public so. The opening of direct communication by teleginph with the South, does not appear to | havobsen accompanied by preparations for the } increaso in the work of the Auckland office. As an illustration of tho foresight characteristic of the ofßjial mind it is worth mentioning that yesterday afternoon seventeen persons were waiting tlieir turn in the Telegraph Office to write telegrams with two pens among them, the liberal provision made by the Tele graph department for tho public requirements. This morning twenty three persons at one time were similarly situated, waiting tho suc cession of these two unfortunate and over, worked pens. This however is a difficulty which can be obviated when once tho public are made aware of tho economical manage ment of tho department. On Wednesday la9t our English telegrams were transmitted from the South at five o'clock ; we did no* receive them till eleven at night, although such telegrams are suppose;! to tako pre cedence of almost all others. But wo ara the medium of another mo3t serious complaint, and one which demands im mediate attention. Beforo us as we write lies a telegram relating to mining shares received this morning. That telegram bear* on tho faoe of it the hour at which it was " finished," that is, received in Auckland, to wit, 9.46 a.m. Tho gentleman to whom that message wa3 sent had it delivered in his office, about two hundred yards from the telegraph station at 11.45 a.m., or two, hours after the message had reached the operators

in Auckland. In that time such an alteration had occurred in the stock in question that the recipient shows to us that ha has lost exactly a hundred pounds. We c:\n pardon the

anger and indignation of that man, but wo cannot pardon, and tho public will not tolerate the indifference to public requirements that permits such an incident.

Wo do not believe the local operators

are to blamo ; they say they have not enough of messengers, but, surely, the case has not

been properly represented, or such a thing a s

thi3 would not occur. And, surely, in such an extreme emergency as mu3t have caused two hour* to pass in the delivery of a me3sago,

extra help might have been employed without any very violent strain on officialism. It may be said, this would not be according to the rule 3of tbo service. Confound the rule 3of the service. Is not tho loss of a hundred

pounds to one man, and which is probably oneof many similar, of more serious concern than a senseless rule which some stupid person has mado to worry tho public and re. strict the efficiency of tho telegraph ? We

trust that attention will bo givon to the increase of business necessarily resulting from the opening of the telegraph line to tho south, and at tho same time to the peculiarity of our eircum3tanoe3 in relation to the gold, fields. Any momont'a change in the prospects of a mine may surround the shares of half a dozen companies with a. whirl-wind of excite* rnent, and the telegraph office should bo prepared to meet tho legitimate requirements of a large population thrown into excitement, and at tho same timo to reap tho rich harvest of fee 3 thence resulting. Our local station must bo deriving enormous profits from tho transit of messages, and with suoh profits thore are corresponding responsibilities and duties which should not bo ignored.

Bouoicault's sparkling comely of " Old Heads and Young Hearts" waa again per formed at the Prince of Walos Theatre, and was well applauded throughout. Mr. O'Neil sang an Irish comic song and received an encore; bufc we wo aid remind this gentleman that to make a comic song effective it is not necessary t) descend to vulgarity. If lie has not sufficient confidence in his abilities he had better retire, as a repetition of last night's disgusting bohaviour cannot bo permitted. We hope that he will lake this hint and no/; male himself offensive to fcho respectable portion of the audience again. He succeeded last night in. extracting a laugh from the gods and ho no doubt felt highly flattered ; but his conduct was none tho less reprehensible. This evening tho groat sensational drama entitled tho "Knave of Hearts" and the " Companions of Crime" will be produced. During yester day evening's performance Mr. B. N. Jones, the enterprising lessee and manager, appeared in front of tho foot-lights, and announced that he had succeeded in engaging the services of Madame Sirainonson, tho accomplished prima donna and opera buffo singer, and Monsieur Martin Simroonson, whose powers as a violinist entitle him to be pronounced the modern Paganini. They will open on Monday evening. Notice appears in another columa that the tenders for the erection of Mr. Bennett's battery at Kennedy's bay, Coromandel, has been extended until Thursday next, April 25, in consequence of intending contractors no having sufficient time to prepare their tenders. A very interesting lecture was given last evening by the Rev. C. W. Eigg at the Pitt street Wosleyan School. Tha subject was " The Cherubim." There was a very good attendance.* If fcho finder of the spectacles noticed in an advertisement in another column will return oven tho case he will be rewarded. Madame Mailer's concert 18 indefinitely postponed.

The members of the medical profession are invited to meet on Monday evening next, at half-past seven, to consider varioxis ac:s relating to their profession. We are obliged to hold over till Monday a letter of Mr. B. Campbell's on the case Ogilvio v. Campbell; also a letter signed "A Widow's son myself." A meeting of the promoters of the Auckland Ice Company is convened for Monday next, at 74, Queen-street. Notice is given that the banks will closo on St. George's Day (Tuesday next). Tendei'3 are required by the City Council for emptying earth-closets, also for certain earth-works in Pousonby road. The Auckland Ethiopian Troupe will give a performance at the City Hall on Wednesday evening next,. Tho Colonial Government call for tendors I for the supply of 50,000 sleepers for the ] Canterbury railways. I A vocal and instrumental concert will be given by Maciamo Moller in the City Hall on Thursday evening next. An entertainment will toke place on Mon day evening at the Mount Albert school. The lUuslraied New Zealand Herald, of the 12th instant, published at Dunedin, contains a very good engraving of the Auckland Annual Regatta.

TELEGRAPHIC.

SPECIAL TO THE STAR.

(FRO}! OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Cure—Rich Gold.

Crushings — Una, Victory, City of London, Califomian Tribute, Bright Smile.

Grahamstown.

April 20, 3 p.m. The Una has crushed 200 ton?, which resulted in 92 ozs. The Victory's crashing of 20 tons gave 12 ozs.

The City of London crushing is looking well.

The Cure has got gold in the heart of the reef, eight feet from the wall. Very rich.

The Californian tribute has obtained 139 ozs. for the fortnight. 15 head stampers at work.

The Correnthian lease was sold for £2(5.

The Bright Smile lias 1,250 ozs amalgam; still retorting.

WELLINGTON.

Saturday. The Alhambra arrived at 9.40 a.m. this morning from Nelson.

Friday. James Taylor has been elected for Porima for the Provincial Council.

The search by the police for the body of " Bob," whom Karatina was charged by Alfred Knox with murder ing, has been given up. The charge is believed to be unfounded.

The Government are pushing on the telegraph from Grey mouth to Eeefton.

BLUFF.

Friday

The Gothenburg arrived here at S o'clock this morning. Left Melbourne on the 13th; sails for Duuedin to night.

The Oinoo took 2G.000 feet timber to Melbourne, where a good demand exists. One mill has arranged to ship 30,000 feet per month by steamer.

Four thousand cases preserved meat are on the wharf, awaiting shipment to England via Port Chalmers.

THE SHARE MARKET.

ME. J. M. LENNOX'S EEPORT,

The share market continues active. My sales comprise— Caledonian, £20 ; Thames, £5 2s fid ; Cure, 30a ; John Bull, 8s ; Tokatea, £4<. Closing sollers: Culcdonian, £18 ox div.; Thames, £5 ss; Cure, 303 ; Tokatea, £4 ; John Bull. 8s 6(1. Bayer*: Caledonian, £17 ex div. ; Thames, £5 ; Cure, 29s 6d ; John Bull, 8a ; .Sons of Freedom, £10 ; Moanatniri, £il7s 6d ; aolconda, £1 17s. Cd.

MESSRS. HAGUE SMITH AND WAIiKBIt'S BBPOBT

The sharamarket very brisk to-day, with rising prices on most stocks. Our salea have been —Caledonians, £20 ; Alburnia3, £3 10a to £4; Cures, 30s ; Inverness, £1; Ruby, 7s 6d; Golconda, 35s to 365. Buyers— Alburnia, £4, ; John Bull, 8s; Gf-oleonda, 365.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY

Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., Resident Magistrate. DETJNKENNESS. Three men were convicted of drunkenness, and fined in the usual penalty. I.AROENY. William Oaborne, alias John "WarA, was charged with stealing two pair of boots, valued at 265, from the shop of Thomaß Robinson, shoeniaksr, in Wellesley street, on the 17th instant. The prisoner denied the charge. The prosecutor deposed to missing the two pair of boots from his shop. Two general dealers identified the prisoner as the man who had sold the boots to them, and Detective Ternahan proved apprehending him. He strongly protested that the witnesses were mistaken, and that he was not the man. The Court sent him]to gaol for four months' with hard labor, on suspicion. This concluded the business.

CALL TO REV. JAMES COSH, M.A.

We have no doubt sincere regrefc will be experienced, especially by the Presby terian residents about Epsom, Remuera, and Newmarket, at the intelligence i brought by tho Wonga Wonga that tho ' Eev. James Cosh has declined the invita tion to become pastor of that district. Indeed such dccli nature cannot be regarded as other than a severe loss to the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Mr.Cosh had not only manifested his great , pulpit ability, his usefulness in the Church \ Courts, his zeal in pushing forward the j interests of his Master and of the church, j and his sincere and earnest piety, but he had endeared himself to the affections of every oue with whom he had come per sonally in contact. At the same time it was hardly to bo expected that in the circumstances he would have accepted this invitation. Any one familiar with Sydney and its environs, and especially with the beautiful, and interesting, and important suburb of Balmain, could hardly have a doubt as to what would be tho result of a call from such an important district to a minister so adapted by intellectual and spiritual qualifications for taking an important position in guiding the interests of the church in New South Wales. At the same time those observant of the high toned and sensitive disposi tions of Mr Cosh must have felt how natural it was that he should have shrunk from any thing bearing even the appear ance of schism. We do not say that there is any thing schismatic in the establishment of a church at Newmarket, but we can quite understand how it would suggest itself to the mind of Mr Cosh, as having that appearance.

With regard to the movement among the residents of Epsom and vicinity, it is not properly the placeof a publicjournalist to venture opinions on things connected with the internal economy of churches ; sacred things being generally regarded as out of place in the secular columns of a newspaper. But we cannot see the harm of our reflecting the light in which we believo the public, in spite of auy consider tions, will view this which is a public movement. And without supposing that we are capable of viewing this movement more correctly than the people themselves, we think that the interests of the church generally would be consulted in the movement for the. establishment of a separate church at Newmarket being abandoned. Of course if the residents only look to their own comfort and convenience, we have not a word to say. But in a colony and in a province where many places are wholly destitute of religious ordinances, candidh' speaking it seems very selfish for a wealth}' lot of people within easy distance of three city churches, and nearly every family of which has its carriage or buggy, to demand that they should have a min ister all to themselves merely because they are rich and able to pay for the luxury. With them it is a matter of mere convenience, whereas with the residents in other places' in the pro vince weekly religious ordinances are a matter of impossibility. We do not hesitate te say that with the outlying dis tricts of the province of Auckland utterly destitute of gospel ordinances, the addi tion of another to the four churches already established in Auckland find suburbs will be a scandal to the Presby terian Church, and lead the public to believe (if that is anything) that it is selfishness and self-convenienco instead of love to the cause that guide its members in Church extension. Of course the Epsom people can say "ifwe can pay for a Church for ourselves we have a right to have it." And so they have. But if so, they should place the movement on a correct basis, and not suppose or profess that they are doing it for the cause of their Master. We put the matter thus mildly because we feel that a public journal should not intrude into the sacred circle of Church movements ; and without laying any of the motives above stated to the charge of our suburban friends, we merely state the aspect in which this movement will probably be viewed by the public who stand afar off and look at what is proceeding. The movement in favor of Mr. Cosh was wholly a different thing. We could not wonder afc personal attachment to himself and love for his ministry prompting to a strong desiro to enjoy his ministrations. But now for these wealthy people to work up enthusiasm merely for the possession of a separate and convenient Church for themselves, if they attempt to represent all this as zeal for the cause of religion, this will we fear.tomany persons, appear as laying " strange fire on the altar."

WILLIE STEELE.

We candidly admit that it speaks well for the generous and kindly feelings of the people of Auckland when we learn thnfc this simple, wandering songster has been taken by the hand by a very large number of our fellow citizens. As he has been a toetotaUov fov 20 year*, and his name "heads the charter of ibo Ist division of New Zealand" teo totaWevs, -viz. that of Invevcargill, om* local friends of temperance" have recognised in him an humble brother deserving of their aid. The Temperance Fife and Drum Band have cordially consented to be present, and assist at his> concert, and Lieut. Le Roy has we learn specially interested him» Belf in his behalf. We venture to say that a kindly act like this will not tend to lower the temperance people in the estimation of the public. Several clergymen and others have also cheerfully consented to be present, and as Willies great ambition appears to be to get the Mayor to preside, " as it was at Wanganui," we have no hesitation in saying that his Worship will not consider it beneath : him to lend a helping hand to an artless wan dering ministrel trying to pasa through the world singing his simple, harmless lays. Willie is a poet as well as a musioian, and composes almost all his own songs, and as lie is an enthusiast, we have no doubt that a very rich treat is in store for those who can admire genuine originality. Willies "Friendly Concert" will be given at the Rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, on Tues day evening, and as this evening a large number of his tickets will be placed in various stores, we trust that they will meet with a ready sale. The ticket, we observe, bears on the face of it the humble plea " Be Merciful," which we are confident will be be kindly heard by the people of Auckland. Willie has been very anxious to have his likeness taken by the best photographer, and have it placed in the i shop windows; but as he has accepted us as his counsellor and friend, we have advised him that he had better not, as this is a treat that ' should be reserved for the night of the ' concert. '

THE SUEZ MAIL.

LONDON.

March 10

The Ticliborne trial stopped on the sth of March. At the request of Mr. Ballan tyno it was adjourned for one day, when a nonsnifc was accepted. After a consulta tion with Mr. Gifford, Justice Bovill ordered the plaintiff to be taken into custody for perjury, and his detention at Newgate till next session of the Criminal Court, unless bail of £5,030 was offered. The Government had undertaken the prosecution of prisoner, who was unbailed up to the 10th. The Magistrate at Southwark Police Court commenced on the Oth an investiga tion of an extraordinary libel case affect ing the moral character of Lady Travers Swiss before marriage. O'Connor's outrage is unconnected with any Fenian outrage. The defendant in the Travers-Swiss case has been committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

FRANCE.

France is again verging on a revolu tionai-y outbreak. The Bonapartists, Monarchists, and Republicans are all conspiring against the present transitional situation.

Three men were executed for the murder of Generals Thomas and Lecompte.

Boudien, who commanded the party that fired the Tuileries, is condemned to death.

AMERICA.

The Fenians are again moving on the war path. The Mormon trials are postponed till March.

The Japanese Embassy is snow-bound at Salt Lake City. A great fire occurred at Toronto; and shocks of earthquake in Canada, New England, and Chili.

Mexico is again in the throes of revolu tion ; 40.C30 insurgents are in arms. Jurez has appealed to President Grant for assistance.

Terrible tidings hare been received of the massacre of foreigners from Buenos Ay res by a band of natives under the leadership of a fanatic.

THE TICHBORNE CASE.

From the Sydney Mail.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REPLY. The Tichborne trial has reached its ninety-ninth day. The proceedings have not been sensational, generally speaking, the Attorney-General being engaged,ever since we wrote, in the reply which was then just begun, and on many days his dissection of the claimant's evidence was, though extremely important, not likely to be generally followed. But on one occasion he made things pleasant for his legal antagonists, by intimating that advocates and solicitors who continued to promote a claim wliieli they knevr to be unjust were not honourable men, and. the law-hive was thrown into a great buzz at this suggestion of novel ethics. Sergeant Ballantyne came into court expressly to be indignant, aud was; but Sir John, disclaim ing any desire to hurt his friend's feelings, declared that he should say what he pleased. On Tuesday it pleased him to append a new set of epithets to the claimant's character, and these were, " villain," " imposter,"'" ruffian,"" rascal," " scoundrel," and " snob." The occasion was the reference to the allegation made by the claimant that his cousin had been his victim. On this the Attoruey-General was most impressive, and promised that Mrs. Radclifie, " who had confronted this foul claimant" with true womanly modestj'' and dignity, should, though about to become a mother, appear in the box and 1 testify that this chai'ge was a lie, con cocted in an infernal council, and based on the belief that there was no copy of the contents of the sealed packet. Those contents were known, and were exactly the reverse of what the claimant had sworn them to be. He produced a great effect by these denunciations, and made an effective close by quoting as descriptive of the end of the real "Roger Tichborne some beautiful verses written by an ancestor of his, who also came to an utimely end. If our readers have curiosity to read that melancholy story, we refer them to Disraeli's " Curiosities of Literature," the first article, " Cliidiock Tichbourne." On Wednesday Sir John finished his reply, summing up in a masterly style, and condensing his denunciations of the claimant and his supporters into an eloquent peroration. Those who had contributed money to aid the former were a gang of gamblers, whose demand of usurious interest showed their belief that they were abetting a base speculation. The claimant was declared to be a con spirator, a. perjurer, a slanderer, a forger, and a villain, and aga'wst Mm, and for the little child who represented a family un stained for ages, the orator asked a verdict, and iv complete confidence accepted tbe issue. So ended the twenty sixth, day of this extraordinary piece of advocacy. Then he began to adduce his evidence, and in a few minutes Lord Bellew had testified to having made on the arm of Itoger Tichborne the indelible tattoo which is not to be seen on the arm of the man who claims the name.

MRS. EADCLIFFE'S EVIDENCE

You were in Court, Mrs. Eadcliffe, when the plaintiff was cross-examined with respect to his intimacy with you ?— I was. Were you aware of the charge to be made against you before that ?—Yes, I was. Was it by your own desire that you were present ?—lt was. You heard what he said ?—Yes. Is there one word of truth in what he said as to his relations to you ? —Certainly not —not a single word. Was Roger Charles Tichborne ever guilty of taking any liberties with you P—Never. Did anything cyer pass between you that you did keep or wished to|keep from the knowledgeofyourrnother ? —Never ; certainly not. Was everything the plaintiff said on that subject abso lutely and wholly false ?—Completely and entirely false. JSTow, you know him well, Mrs. liadcliffe; was there anything that ever passed from him to you in act or word but that an honourable and delicate minded man might say to a pure and innocent girl ? —Certainly not. The Court then adjourned until this day (February 23).

THE ORTON FAMILY.

The Eastern Post, a local newspaper, gives the following account of the Orfcon. family:—"The house which the elder Orton and his descendants lived in his not far from Wapp'ng Old Stairs, Wapp ing—G9 being its number. It is an ordinary-sized four-storied dwelling, with a low-fronted mean-looking shop below, in which the business of a boot maker is now carried on. Near it is the Union Flag and Punch Bowl, which was ra\ %. frequented by Arthur Orton. At No.. J* some twenty years ago, old Orten. -was doing a tolerably good business as a butcher, chiefly serving the ships in the river. He was reputed to have amassed a large fortune out of it. At this time the family consisted of Mr. Orton and his wife, several sons including Charles and Arthur and two daughters. Charles assisted his father pretty well, but Arthur did not, and preferred any kind of occupa tion to that of a butcher. Arthur was the youngest son, and the old man had a partiality for him; besides, he was the best favoured of the family, for he was not born with the traditional hump-back peculiar to the rest. This hump was a strange affair. Old Orton had it, Mrs. Orton had it, and an Orton who had it not was scarcely regarded by the neighbors as one of the family. Arthur's favourite house of resort was the Union Flag and Punch Bowl. His princi pal companion was a young man named Field, who was some time back drowned in the river. Of his many associates few now remain, but there are two who affirm that they could swear to him, living or dead, by a certain strange mark left by a wound on his left leg, how received they do not say. It is said that Charles Orton, who had been placed in business as a butcher at BLingsland, was the first to circulate the report that the claimant was Arthur Orton and his brother."

PARNELL READING CLUB.

We hear that a reading club has been established at Parnell on a firm basis, by a number of the young gentlemen residing in that suburb. Already about fifty names have been enrolled, and suitable premises taken. The institution bids fair to be a great success, and will doubtless be in every rc3peat a con venience and a benefit to the locality. An establishmevst of this kind raay by efficient management be made capable of communicaN ing much good, and may readily be constituted the nucleus of literary aud scientific institu tion. The present management is of such a character that a result of this kind may easily be accomplished. However, if nothing highei 1 be effected, the fact that there -will be a convenient meeting-place, conversation hall, and reading-room, where alt the periodicals will be taken, apart from tap-rooms and other objectionable places, cannot fail to be attended with a beneficial result.

DETENTION OF THE NEVADA.

The agents of the mail steamer Nevada have determined to delay her departure until ton o'clock to morrow morning, in order to await the arrival of the Hero. She is announced, however, to sail at that time to-morrow should the Hero not come in, but for the convenience of passengers a gun will be fired fraai the Nevada two houra before her departure. This wiil give ■ notice to all who prefer remaining ashore until the last moment.

TRE VOLUNTEER CHRONICLE

There was a very fair muster of membara of the Auckland Rifle Brigade and its Cadets last evening iv the Drill-shed, who assembled for their usual weekly drill. The Cadets were practised in the feu de joi, which was very creditably fired.

CORRESPONDENCE.

tfSTWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

MOUNT EDEN GAOL.

To the Editor of the Evening Stab. Sib, —There is at present a great discussion going on about Q-overnment Education. Ifc seems to me that one of the most important and most efficient Q-overnment schools in thii province is the Mount Eden Gaol, There the youth of both sexes receive an education which fits them for the practice of every kind of iniquity. The teachers in that educational institute have lately received an accession to their strength in the person of a certain emi nent criminal convicted a few days ago of a series of most diabolical offences against the peace of our lady the Queen. For these crimes he foels, so far as outward appearances went at his trial, not the smallest compunc tion. "What must be the influence of such a man among the other prisoners iv Mount Eden Gaol, if, as the " Mouse" says, there beno means of separating him from the society of the rest. Surely the grand jury and judge failed" in their duty when at the last assizes they took no public notice of the disgraceful stats of Mount Eden Goal. I have been told on s»ood authority that the polios say their very heart aches when they put a young and comparatively innocent girl into the Stockade among a band of old and incorrigible female repi'obates. AW tms Vit^a been so often stated to the public that they now despair of seeing any reform in this gaol, and they appear tohavs made np tYieiv mind that things muafc just ga on as at present, come whafc may. Happr the country that has such a Government Bchool as Mount Eden Gaol!

I am, &c, OiViS.

THE EVENING STAB,, SATURDAY, APKIL 20, 1872.

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QLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. The mmense success attending the introduction of thi3 new local industry will alone testify to the high estimation in which it is held. During the last year the proprietor was scarcely able to supply the large demand, and has in consequence made extensive alterations and additions to his Factory, so as to be enabled to keep the market well supplied. No one who values health and appetite should be without a supply of this really health-restoring and agreeable condiment. Sold everywhere in Bottles with the name of H. OLSON on wrapper and stamped on bottle ' and per. _ Auckland, 10th February, 1872. J CATER (late Crombie's) ROYAL • FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY, Queen street, Auckland, has much pleasure in inform ing his friends and the public generally that he has purchatsed the Photographic Business so long carried on by Mr. Crombie ; and having secured the services of M,. Co late Manager, he feels warranted in stating that they will receive every civility and attention, as well «v» Hrst-class and artistic portraits at his hands, and thai no pains will be spared to give entire satis faction. J.C. begs to announce that his arrangements for takln? Instantaneous Portraits of Children are now i complete.



FINAL N 0 T I 0 E. . RELINQUISHING- BUSINESS. H. HOBBS Having disposed of the greater part of his Summer Stock of Drapery and Clothing, will now, for a few weeks longer, offer the whole of his Large Stock of Winter Goods, consisting of Winceys, French Merinoos, Flannels, Blankets, Alloa and Fingering Yarns, Wool Scarfs, and Woollen Hosiery in great variety. WATERPROOF MANTLES And Jackets for Ladies and Girls, of the very newest shapes, at extraordinary low prices. BLACK FRENCH MERINOES And French Thibett Cloths, at very low prices. BLACK COBURGS And Alpacas, also under value. A VERY CHEAP LOT Of New Corsets. A SPLENDID STOCK Of Gent's Clothing of every description, far under regular prices JOB LOTS And Remnants cleared out at nominal prices. WHITE AND GREY CALICOES, Sheetings, Damask and Damask Cloths, Linens, and Furnishing Goods of the best description at clearing-out prices. THE STOCK Must and will be sold ; and as all kinds of AVoollen and Cotton Goods are advancing considerably in England, Goods arriving in Auckland after this date will be much dearer. ALL THE NEW GOODS, Ex Wild Duck, will bo marked-off at prices to ensure a ready sale, R. H. preferring to do this than selling them by auction. N.B.— A CASE OF AVeir's Celebrated Hand-sewing Machines, with all the latest improvements, at reduced prices. A CASE Ob- Ladies', Children's, and Maids' New and Choice Black Hats at prices at which they will soon sell. Also a New and Choice lot of Boys Caps. . . A LARGE LOT OF Children's and Girls' Black Cloth and A relveteen Jackets for the Season, at Half-price. E. HOBBS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Upper Queen* and AVakefield streets.



WANTED KNOWN.—Just opened, ex Naomi, a Choice Selection of Gentle man's Undershirts in Merino, Silk, &o. ; also, New Hats.—S. Cooiibes' City Clothing Mart, 80, Queen street.



TTTANTED, a smart active Lad.—Apply *t V V the office of this paper. OST, a PAIR OF SPECTACLES, "with steel rims, in a light green papier mache case. The finder will be rewarded upon leaving them at the Evening Star Office. 7^£T)~EE WARD. —LOST\ a PursT^ln oW^ Shortland street yesterday evening, near the Post Office, containing £14 in Gold, and about 10a. in Silver. Also » paip °* sleeve links in a Maltese purse inside. Color of Purse black, lined with green. ~~ v.Dib-*1 "*- NOTICE. a nd.. every/ ANY Goats or Fowls found in my Garden f' after this notice will be shot. E. KIRK. Newton, April 20, 1872. *L*k^. "CpOR NAPIER DIRECT. STAii OF THE SOUTH, : Captain F. Holmes, will sail as above THIS (Saturday) EVENING, 20th April, « 6 o'clock. For freight or passage apply to ~ __ I S. MACFARMNE.