ESSAYS AND SKETCHES.

IV. —THE USES OF A FIDDLE. We have no idea of the origin of the field! nor can we tell who was the first maker < this universal favorite ; but, of its usefulnes there can be little doubt ; it has brougl many a dinner to many a poor fiddler's tabL The fiddle does not emit the sweetest sounds in truth, there is a harshness about its note, except when in the hands of a first-rai musician,. When in the hands of a skilfi performer, the fiddle losses its vulgar nam. and becomes at once a violin. Music as recreation, is delightful; calculated not on] to charm the sense, but sooth the heart, an sway, with its sweet influences, the passior of our wayward nature. Creation is full i melodious sounds—from the star which sins its eternal anthem in the midnight sky, t the pretty shell which hums its mystic strai in the ear of wondering childhood. Th mission of music is to make man more joyous and to shed a dew-like tranquility upon hi perturbed spirit. Music, like poetry, belong to the higher life, and appeals for acceptanc to unworldly and unselfish sentiments. Nc always is it used to the advancement of tru progress, especially when leading to th battle-field, to slaughter, and ' death The fiddle is the instrument of the people and. is associated with the country fair am the rustic dance ; it ever sets young feet i: motion, and makes the pulse beat with ex pectation. Thousands of persons who wouh not care to listen to the sublime oratories o Handel, who have no intellectual sympatlr with divinest melodies, will be at once in . state of physical agitation at the sound o the fiddle. Germany has long been acknow ledged as the land of music, and its people have for centuries occupied a prominen position in the world of minstrelsy • but wi venture to presume that the country o Handel and Geothe will not hold tha position for ever. There is unquestionably a _ growing love of music gradually widening among the people of even nation; even in this colony, and ii this city of Auckland, this vital fact if observable. The fiddle of our ancestors is still the fiddle of our citizens. It is im possible to walk among our homes in the cool of the evening without hearinc its sounds from skilful or unskilful fingers You may also hear the pianoforte, or the mellow tootling, of the flute, or the nois. of the harmonium, — music is a part oi colonial education. Every man's daughter is expected to know something of the divine art, and when of sufficient growth, the happy parent must of course purchase an Erarcl or a Broadwood. The fiddle, ere the organ was introduced, formeel a part of the instrumental choir of the churches when sacreel psalmody was more effectively rendered than it is in many churches in the present clay. It is painful to listen to the ineffectual hurried style of hymn singing in some of our Auckland places of worship. In other days the singing was too slow, but now like many men of the age it is too fast. The medium passage of the beautiful in song should receive clue attention; the mind of music should be cultivated by our musical societies. We remember when living in a royal town on the borders of the Thames we listened to the grand Old Hundredth'by the band of the Royal Horse Guards, and never, upon any previous occasion, did that fine tune, with its full toned measured notes and meaning, sound more sublimely in our ears. The musician, even in these enlightened days, cannot follow his art entirely from a love of music ; he must, with the rest of us, turn it to practical account; and then he meets but with scanty remuneration. A London pro fessional during the present week, thus com plains of the fiddling business :—-"Our salaries have been steadily on the decrease, while the prices of food ancl clothing seem to presage a famine. When we go there will be nothing .left in our orchestras but the futile screeching of a crowd of French and German fiddles, and people will be amazed to hear nothing in an overture but the fitful sounds of the wind instruments, which will be just heard long enough to recall the memories of happier days, when the roaring of drums and clashing of cymbals shall rudely dissipate all fond recollections, and leave nothing but a dismal squeak behind." Still the fiddle is tbe poor man's friend, and, as we said, it has brought many a dinner to many a poor fiddler's table. A person who can resin the bow, tighten the strings, and scrape out Sir Roger de Coverley, and a few other well-known tunes, neeel not starve. A man, with his fieldle, may travel Half Over the globe without needless fears. A fiddle has often proved the traveller's best friend, ahd never in thej annals of music has the fiddle been of greater service than it proved to Foley, the-Fiddler, who made two journeys from England to Sweden and back again, leaning, so. to speak, upon his. un swerving friend, his fiddle. The story of this fiddler is interesting, and possibly it will be acceptable to those who may not be acquainted with the facts of his life. Henry Foley, a poor man, lived near Stourbridge, a district, the industrial success of which was in part associated with one particular branch of iron manufacture. The art of splitting iron for nail making was first discovered and applied in Sweden, and the Swedes selfishly wished to preserve the secret to themselves. Foley, then a young man in lowly circumstances, a worker in iron, devoted his leisure to fiddling until he became a proficient in the art, and acquired the name of Foley, the Fiddler. He not only loved the fiddle but also the iron trade in the Stourbridge dis trict, and in its prosperity he took an honour able pride ; he felt keenly for the sufferings of the operatives and the decay of the neigh bouring manufacturers. He thought seri ously of the matter,, and resolved to go to Sweden, but kept his resolution to himself.; He had no money to pay the expenses of such a journey, but what of that, he had his fiddle which Wore had befriended him in many a straight He bagged his fiddle, arjd fiddle-stick, with a good supply of resin and startecl. " I'can quietly follow my inoffen sive profession'^he said to himself, "and in due time, without loss of employment, health and weather permitting I .may turn: up in Sweden.'"' He left Stourbridge ancl fiddled his way to Hull, and from thence worked and fiddled his way to: Sweden. -Stourbridge -missed its fiddler,: butithe people were not. particularly a dancing people, and they made no,enquiries. after the missing fiddler. They merely, said ''die w ,i going a 'fiddling, , and and will turn up again some clay. The iron trade was dull in Stourbridge and fiddling war getting out of fashion. Fplfey found himself at length fiddling to the workmen among the iron founderies of Sweden. He talked fluently {and ; sang . songs." '. and be came by his pleasing address such a favourite that he was* admitted into the iron works, v/h'ere" he watched for the. secret which gave them success aiid superiority in the iron trade over-the Stourbridge men. One day he.was suddenly missing, and the iron^plitters were annoyed at their loss, for Foley had become a great favourite at the. works.: He fiddled his way back to England? and once more, to the delight of his country meh; he set foot in his native place. He communicated the result of his travels,and experience to Mr Knight, one of the chief men of Stourbridge, who received his story with rapture, erected buildings, made' and fixed machinery, and prepared for a great trade in rod - splitting? according to tho £ddl»y's instructions, Tlie attempt, un.

fortunately for Foley, proved a failure, the iron coulcl not be split, the Swedish secret nact not been fully learned. Poor Foley saddened, but not disheartened, imme diately disappeared. He would have been, ridiculed and laughed at had he lingered in Stourbridge. Notwithstanding Kousseau.s confidence in the goodness of human nature, most men take a savage delight in sneering at unsuccessful stragglers in the field ol' fortune. The Stourbridge men concluded that Foley, mortified and ashamed, would never again shew his face among them. He had gone, and, as they supposed, gone lor ever. Again he was in Sweden, to the intense joy of his old patrons, the iron workers. He fiddled and they danced, and to make sure of him this time they lodged him in the splitting mill. Ibis was his opportunity, for which he craved. He carefully examined the works, made rude drawings, discovered the secret, and with the coolness of an Englishman, 'and the shrewdness of a Scotchman, he allowed time for the whole to make its indelible im pression on his mind. The workmen loved his fiddling, but did not imagine that the fiddler Avas learning the secret of an impor tant manufacture. One night he escaped from the splitting mill, and was on his way to the old land. He returned to Stourbridge with the Swedish secret, it was again acted upon, and the result to this persevering tiddler was success, fame, and fortune, and he became the founder of a family which yet bears his honored name. Bee.

THE MISSING SHIP ARIEL.

A mystery ( says the Melbourne Argus) still overhangs the fate of the missing ship Ariel, which sailed from London for Sydney in January last, and has not since been heard of. It is thought, however, that some clue to the missing vessel, or the fate of some other ship, has been discovered on King's Island. One ofthe hunters on the island some time ago, in the course of his rambles after game, came across the remains of a boat, at a spot between thirty and forty miles from where the Netherby was wrecked. The parti culars having been given to Mr. A. J. Johnson, stevedore, who has had a good deal to do with King's Island lately, he, after comunicating with the chief harbor master and Messrs. J. H. White and Co., had several articles of mounting removed from the wreck of the boat and brought on to Melbourne. The boat, it may be men tioned, was teak built, and such as might have belonged to an Indian or China clip per, and had barnacles adhering to it. There was also a quantity of butter, about lOlbs, adhering to one ofthe seats, leading to the supposition that there had been provisions in the boat. The articles of mounting were brought over last week by the cutter Gem from the island, and com prise two-circular copper plates of the same size as are generally fixed on either side of a boat's stem, with tho ship's name or some character on it. On one of these plates there is a gilt initial resembling as nearly as possible the letter "a " in Ger man, and a heraldic device over " w, " like a setting sun, also in gold. The different article are to be sent home to the agents ofthe Ariel for identification.

The Cincinnati Lancet and Observer i says:—On the 21st of August Mrs. Timothy Bradlee, of Trumbull county, Ohio, gave birth to eight children—three boys and five girls. They are all living, >'. aud are healthy, but quite small. Mr. Bradlee was married six years ago to 1 Eunice Mo wery, who weighed two hundred ] and seventy-three pounds on the day of ! her marriage. She has given birth to - two pairs of twins, and now eight more, \ making twelve children in six years. Mrs. 1 Bradlee was a triplet, her mother and • father both being twins, and her grand mother the mother of five pairs of twins. George Vandenhofl. in his "Experiences," tells how Miss Charlotte Cushman obtained her first engagement in London. He says it is so characteristic of the spirit and pluck of the woman that I cannot resist telling it, as it was related to me by Mad ; dox, the manager of the Princess's Theatre ' ( 1845 ). On her first introduction to him Miss Cushman _i personal gifts did not strike him as exactly those which goto make up a stage heroine, and he declined engaging her. Charlotte had certainly no great pretensions to beauty ; but she had perseverance and energy, and knew that there was the right metal in her; so she went to Paris, with a view to finding an engagement there with an English com pany. She failed, too, in that, and returned to England, more resolutely than ever bent on finding employment there ; because it was now more than ever necessary to her. It v» as a matter of life and death almost. She armed herself, therefore, With letters •so Macdox told me), from persons who were likely to have weight with him, and again presented herself at the Princess's; but the little Hebrew "was obdurate as Shy lock, -__ and still deelin.id her proffered services. Repulsed, but not conquered, she rose to depart, but as , she reached the door she turned and exclaimed " I know I have enemies in this countryl; ! but ( and . here, she cast herself on her knees, raising herclenched hand aloft jso help me—! I'll defeat'them !" She uttered this with the energy of Eady Macbeth, and the pro phetic spirit of Meg Merrilies. ", Helho (!)" said Maddox to himself, " s'help me she's got dejshtuff in her J'f; and he gave her an appearance, and afterwards an en gagement,.in his theatre. She, opened there with Mr. Forrest, in "Macbeth ;" and carried away the; honours 'of the ;.night; _ p C BS£ t lln~B. 'e,oiiSioodioq.A t .iiMadam,": said a husband to his young' wife, in a little altercation which will spring up in the best regulated families,. Ay^iien a .roar,nnd his.vifehayequarrelled, and' leach.considers- the' other _h? fault, .which of the twoought to advance toward, a reconciliation f."y "The best natured and wise* of the tWp," said thd wife putting up her'mouth for a kiss? which was given ?with unction. : _ ;: . 4 .-- -, . A farmer^ whd has passed iDntimerable sleepless nights^ immortalized-himself ; by ' discovering-a; method of | keeping; babies i quiet. The mode ofoperation if as fbll4^s : 4As soon as the squaller it up, propped by a pillow ; if it cannot set alone;; i then smear, its fingers with thick treacle;; then put half a dozen feathers in his hands^ and it will-sit and pick the feathers frioin.' one hahdto'the other, until it :dr6'ps'a'sle ( ep; '".. As soon as it wakes again, treacle and , | more feathers, and in place;of the nerve' j j astounding yells there ,^,ill jbe.jsilence and . [enjoyment unspeakable, ', ,' ...,"'?

■I]xe Sydney Mail very sensibly asks, without capital what are you to do in a country where the market for educated labour is overstocked, where some of the necessaries of existence command extra vagant prices—like houses at Sydney, for example, where a very modest one fetcheis £600 a year ? On the other hand, if,a man of small income desires to live like a gentleman in quiet comfort and serenity, he might do worse than going to Tas mania. There the country stagnates for lack of labour and manure, but most of the inhabitants have Mt off the fortunate mean between poverty and riches. With its clean county towns and their old -fashioned inns, with its names, its hedgerows, and its stage coaches, the southern island is old England over again. It is true that the luxuriant growth of its vegetation casts the old country in the shade. Near Hobart Town Major Bell made an excur sion into the virgin forest in quest of "the greatest tree in the world." It is mono polised for show purposes by a resident gentleman of the name of Stubbins, who is located in a neighbouring hut, and keeps the path to the notorious gum-tree a family secret. There are no means of arriv ing at its precise dimensions. But, pac ing it round its base, Major Bell measured thirty-one yards, and " bleached and branchless till near the top, its hugh stem disengaging itself from its base of roots rises in a girth of eighty feet, arises from roots that overtopped the boy who guided me, and perhaps were five feet in height." He has some reason for surmising that this Tasmanian monster may hold its own even with the world-renowned giants of the Californian forest..

Two years ago, says P. Barillet, one of my friend si; who was suffering from toothache, thought he would try the effect of cutting a piece of the stem of the Arua caria imbracata ; and taking some of the sap (resin), which has the appearance of a white paste, and which is compact, he made a little ball of it, which he placed in the hollow of the tooth. Some hours afterwards the pain ceased, and the sub stance which still remained in the tooth answered all the purposes of the best stopping. Since that time the sap (resin) has become very hard ; not only has it never moved, but my friend has not since experienced the least pain.

The Sydney Morning Herald says : — Considering what the British soldier costs, it is thought that he might return a little more to the country than he does. Idleness is acknowledged to be irksome —the same ness and oppressiveness of barrack life is the subject of general complaint. Much "of the trifling duty which engages the soldier is invented as a relief to the in tolerable ennui of garrison life, and yet in spite of these remedies the life proves fatal to a very large proportion of the men living it. The blank intervals between the .burdensome duties are usually filled with dissipation, or brooding, or folly. Few men, even amongst who are in dustriously inclined, have amongst this atmosphere of recklessness and waste of opportunity for mental improvement, moral power enough to live above the common example. Notwithstanding the prizes that are offered to men who will give themselves to study in such branches of learning as will fit them for professional advancement —-languages, mathematics, surveying, engineering, physics, history, law —comparatively few do manage to throw off the inertia.

The Pall Mall Gazette says:-A con sideration of the family circumstances of Mrs. Peppm, of Winooski, Vermount, assists us to comprehend the marvellous fact that while the population of the United States at the time of the Declara tion of Independence was a trifle over two millions and a half, the nation at the pre sent time, within four years of its century, numbers upwards of thirty-eight millions. Mrs. Peppin, nee Albert, was born on the 10th of October, 1773, in the French village of Contrecolour, on the St. Lawrence. At the age of seventeen she married Francois Peppin, who was three years older than herself. The result of the union was a family of twenty-three children, all of whom lived to know and bless their father, ! who died at the age of eighty-three, sur rounded by as many of his children as could conveniently obtain admittance to the ■ bed-chamber. The Peppins junior getting married in due course, added to the original stock ninty-nine Peppins. and these in their turn, as they have grown up to the marriageable age? have made them selves responsible for ninty-eight more; making, a grand total of 220 persons who own the maternity of Mrs. Peppins nee Albert. How many more there might have been had Francois, the first-born, followed in his parents' footsteps, it is impossible to say. But Francois, probably growing alarmed at the proportions the family" "was assuming, appears to have resolutely eschewed matrimony, and is now, at the age of seventy-nine, living a bachelor in Essex county. Vermount. The original; Mrs. Peppin, who is within her nintey-ninth year, is said to be strong and,healthy, and hopes to see her hun dreth year and an infant of the fifth genera tion; '"She is said to have a perfect-recollec tion! of the names of her \ children and grandchildren, but is less at home among the nomenclature of her ninety-eight grandchildren—wherein she is not greatly, to blame, for the. line must be drawn some where, and it appears to be reached,after the i christening of (the ;first dozen or so of great-grandchildren.? . - ' ; What is it that A hich is ever before ns, canmeveribe seen/ and yet-.all axe looking toward it P- To-morrow. . ..,, •^"i«'_n«o3 ; , f .

TEtB EVENING STAB, SATURDAY OCTOBER 19 1572



. ,#;£&_s«_M^feftiiseM'knts. i > MONET.— To Lend; £86mpon _? _cc _ hold Security, in Auckland or Suburbs; interest, i£-per cent,-per annum.—Apply to George- Rodgers, Solicitor, High-street. . •'"•--'■ M WAITED, t_ree steady/!i_ten! as Carters, for teams.—F. G. Clayton. j ?' ; . (p. I TT H A L L.—Sunday Services. *-> Conducted by Samuel Edger, B. A. ' Oetdber 2oth, | Morning: "The many Mansions in the Father's House." Evening : " The value of Christ to the People ; or,'the Democracy of .Christianity?', I the -Estate! of '' ' A~~- -W• I'i-REYiriust be tesnde_ed to Messrs'Brbwn;' Barijett.' ( and, i Co?not,,later'than the 24th Octobdr, to ..., enable, trustees to make a final Settlement; '.].■. i lo ?.,-■,'?'."'•'? '■".'' -' G.W. OWEN;} w AA a ' "„", '??.'?' r." ;._;• H. BROWN, f Trustees. LOO X O T. T EOi & ZUILA,- THE FEARLESS ; ~ - i t .oo FWiW. IF^P ULP i:s' j'™ ■ hmhyjii w-A/yhitfiA-jifi. ,T.u.i X



THE NEWTON KIRK. — Divine ) Service at the usual hours To-morrow. Sub jects—Morning: "The Peace Christian." Evening: "The War Christian." ANNIVERSARY SERVICES OP THE EDWARDE-STREET SABBATH SCHOOL will be held TO-MORROW (SUNDAY), OCTOBER 20. When Two! Sermons will be preached ; that in the morning, at 11 o'clock, by the Bey. J. J. Lewis ; in the evening, at half-past 6 o'clock, by tlie Rev. G. H. Turner. At 3 o'clock, an address to parents and scholars will be delivered by the Rev. R. F. Mac- NICCOL. Appropriate Hymns will be sung by the children at each Service. THE ANNUAL SOIREE will take place on TUESDAY NEXT, October 22. Tea on the tables at half-past 6. After Tea a Public Meeting will be held, when addresses will be delivered by the Rev. Mr. Turner, Mr. Ewington, and other friends. SUNDAY EVENING LECTURES TO YOUNG MEN. ON Sunday Evening next, October 20, the Concluding Lecture on the Parable of "THE PRODIGAL SON " will be given at the Albert street Chapel, by Warlow Davies, M.A. A.R.V. ROYAL COMPANY. THE Members of tbe late Band, with the exception of Mr. McComish, are requested to attend a Meeting in the Band-room, on MONDAY EVENING, at 7.30 o'clock. J. HERBERT BURNS, Capt. Commanding. City Council Offices. Auckland, October 19, 1872. THE following Draft By-laws, as proposed to be adopted by the City Council of Auckland, is published in accordance with Section 189 Municipal Corporations' Act, 1867, and will be con sidered by the Council on MONDAY, the 28th inst. F. BRODIE, Town Clerk. BY-LAW (NO.-). Whereas injuries have happened, and may hereafter happen, to persons and property, by the straying of cattle within the city, and it is desirable that provision should be made to prevent a continuation of such injuries. In pursuance of Section 186, of Part XIII of the Municipal Corporations' Act, 1867, the City Council of Auckland ordain as follows, that is to say— Subject to, and without prejudice to any law or regulation in force respecting any of the classes of animals under the head of cattle. It shall not be lawful for any person to keep or depasture any cattle within the limits of the city, except within an enclosure. Any person offending against this By-law shall for feit a sum not exceeding Five Pounds. The word "enclosure" shall mean a place enclosed by a substantial fence, within the meaning of " An Act to make provisions relative to Fencing in tlie Province of Auckland." , vIA 17OR TA-TRANG. A M_m_k____ -*- POVERTY BAY, NAPIER, AVELLINGTON TheN.Z.S.S. Co.'s s.s. ; - Keera, < i .T. C. Andrews, Commander, will leave as above on MONDAY next, at 3 o'clock p.m. COOMBES & DALDY, , Agents. j ""_*___ TTOR POVERTY BAT <S^g^^^v X? AND NAPIER. Star of the South, Captain F. Holmes, will leave as above on MON DAY next, 21st inst., at three p.m. For freight or passage apply to _f. S. MACFARLANE & CO., , . Agents, r\ N SALE— CANTERBURY POTATOES, (Prime Samjple,) £5 PER TON DELIVERED. J. AKI N S & WILL C 0 X, DURHAM STREET. £10 REWARD. LOST, last night, a sum of Money in notes, to the amount of about £10.—The finder will receive £10 by returning same to J. Kelly, at the Blue Post Dining-rooms, Victoria-street. HW. REYNOLDS, (formerly of • Hobart Town), or any person acquainted with his address, will oblige by communicating with Edward Mile., brig Jane, Auckland. "Wanted. TITANTED, a Draper's Assistant.— Vv J\ M. McLachlan. WANTED, a Peraon to Cut and . Split 20 to 50 tons Firewood.—John Hall, Otahuhu. , j WANTED, Apprentices for the Workrooms; must belong to respectable families.—S. and J. R. Vaile. WANTED? at tbe Kawa Kawa Coal Mines, Bay of Islands, by the Con tractor, D, Middleton, a good Colliery Smith ; good 1 wages t6 a competent hand: 'also, a few' Coal Cutters. ■--Apply to Mr J. A. Gilftllan, 7, Queen-street. WANTEP,. a Married Man, with out children, to milk, attend horse/plain gardening, and do a,little house work ; house found. —Apply to H. Partington, Queen-street. '• l . ■ .- WANTED, to rent a Cottage near town; with paddock attached.—Apply to R„ Baird, Victoria Seed Stores, WAITED, a'Small Safe.—Apply ~...t0 Penzhplz,;and Teutenberg, Working Jewellers,,Queen,street., ...?-.''...:.'..-..., |j" I ''.". WANTED,; : for,, best .... /Newcastle.Coal;;.deliveredatlowestrates.^- W., pid G. .Winstone, Custoni-house street. W" ANT___D/Piireb_.sers^ Un-.cut Firewood ; delivered at lowest rates. ,y^y(,. and G.^Winstone^Castom-hjOnsestreet. ..-■ ! WANT E D known? iUnrivalied Black1 Silk Dress.s at 3s cd' £er yard are' to be obtained at DySoh-s Neiw-'Premises, 130, Queen-street. WANTED the public to know that; all the New Season's Novelties for Ladies and Babies now open at-R?>V,Dyson'p New Premises, 130, ..Queens-street, next Messrs. Mofrih's, Ironmongers. Bjicks ? ,Lijne, .Sand, SheJUf,, and Tiles WANTED, Purchasers for the above. .Soldi'and delivered at the lowest rates from the yard at the Firewood Wharf. Con tractors, liberally dealt with. 100,000 Rricks guaran teedtd.be always onjhand. i -All. orders to b. addressed toW..iK.I.BY,' junction of,. Queen and Grey streets. Sole agent for the Whau brickmakers,'"' __ ? . fr i ANTED the. Parents of Auckland to know that Mr Bbabazon is the only Ist Class j ; Certiflpated.Teacher- in; town, and: that his pupils are the only ones taught to work Practice, Interest, and Fractions, by seven or eight different methods, Time ■ will prove. Address;— Union streot, .•:_;/ ,OfIH&KQTtJ3T 3. XAiilAYy}'. T . r4H .'\.J. .-wifiHojij'tt; iiu. Jmi.nhnA



WANTED to Sell, New-and Second-hand Sewing Machines, at the Fitting Shop, Vulcan lane. A Paragon (Scotch made) Tailor's Machine ; a Wheeler and Wilson ; a Wilcox and Gibbs ; a Grover and Baker, and several new and second-hand Machines. Repairs done. ANTED KNOWN, that D GOLDIE is prepared to supply all kinds of Timber and other Building Materials, including Sashes, Doors, Mouldings, Broad Timber, Houseblocks Posts,' Rails, Hardwood Felloes, Shafts, Iron Bark, and Blue Gum Laths, Shingles, &c, &c, at the lowest market prices, at his Yards, Custom-house street. WANTED KNOWN, that the undersigned has on sale a large stock of well assorted Timber, Planed, Tongued and Grooved and rough, in first and.-cond-class. Timbaryards :Custom house street; and the Shed, Breakwater Road. r further particulars apply to Mr. Geoboe Gilchrist ; or C. A. HA.B.BIS. Auckland, September 9,1872.. WANTED KNOWN, that Hold ship & Co., Wholesale and Retail Timber Merchants and Manufacturers, execute orders with despatch, and at the lowest possible prices, from any of their establishments. Head Offlce : Saw Mill and Timber Yards, Custom house street, Auckland Sash, Door, and Moulding Factory, Newton Saw Mill and Timber Yard, Beach, Grahamstown Timber Yard. Coromandel Saw Mill, Whangaroa Harbour, convenient for all ports and deep water for loading. Entertainments. pEINCE OE WALES THEATEE. Lessee Signor P. Vragnizan. Engagment for Six Nights only of that eminent and world-renowned Soprano Operatic Prima Donna.' MADAME AGATHA STATES AND ALSO SIGNOR ORLANDINI, The Distinguished Baritone from the Academy of Music, Milan. These talented Artistes will be'assisted by some of the best talented musicians in Auckland. Conductor and Pianist ..Mr J. Bbowne. GRAND OPENING NIGHT, THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING, OCTOBER 19. S> PART I. 1 —Overture—(Tancredi), Madame Moller 2.—Song—"Happy be Thy Dreams," Mr C. Hill 3— Romanza from Opera "Maria de Rudenz ' (Donizetta), SIGNOR ORLANDINI 4 _<• The Blacksmith," Mr Reed 5 —Grand Cavatina, from Opera "Roberto ii Diavolo (Majerbeerg). MADAME AGATHA STATES 6.—Song—"The Stirrup Cup" (Arditi), Gentleman Amateur 7.—Song—Madame Moller B.—Grand Duet, from Opera Rigoletto (Verdi), "Tutte le Feste al Tempio." MADAME AGATHA STATES AND SIGNOR ORLAN DINI. INTERMISSION Or TEN MINUTES. P A R T I I. 1 —Overture—Semlramide, Madame Moller. 2.—Bolero from Opera "I Vespri Siciliani" (Verdi), Madame AGATHA STATES 3 —Ballad—"Nellie Ray," Mr C. Hill 4 —Grand Cavatina; from Opera " Barbier di Siviglia, "Largo at Factotum" (Rossini), Signor ORLANDINI 5. —Ballad—Gentleman Amateur C—Song—"Simon the Cellarer," Mr Reed 7.—Grand Duet from Opera "Barbier di Siviglia, " Dunque ioSono" (Rossini), Madame AGATHA STATES and Signor ORLANDINI. The Programme will _c Changed Nightly. Season Tickets can be obtained at Upton and Co.'s, Queen Street, were a box plan of the Dress Circle can be seen. Notwithstanding the great expenses connected with this engagement! the prices will be as usual, viz. : Dress Circle, 3s. : Stalls, 2s. ; PIT-ONE SHILLING. N.B. —A special constable has been engaged to prevent smoking in the Theatre; ventilation now perfect. , . ] p I T T HAL L. FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY. THE LOYALS Will make their FIRST APPEARANCE IN AUCKLAND ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, Having concluded a most successful engagement at the Thames, where they were received nightly by overflowing, enthusiastic, and delighted audiences, and whose criticisms in the American and Australian papers have stamped them the Premiere Gymnasts of the world. GRAND COMBINATION OF TALENT. f_rst appearance of MDLI'E. ZUIL'A, j The most Graceful. Daring, and Fearless Lady Gymnast in the World ; accompanied by M. LOYAL, The World-renowned and Elegant Gymnast. Who will have the honor of introducing to the Auck land public some of their marvellous, daring, and refined performances, from the highest school of Gymn*. i .? n'J . GRAND COMBINATION OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL TALENT."?. MRS M. Z. MITCHELL, the favorite Soprano; MR WINTER, the popular Tenor; , MADAME WINTER, the favorite Pianiste., . ; Particulars in future advertisement. p HO E A L H A L L ; ROYAL ITALIAN AND. ENGLISH OPERA COMPANY. SUBSCRIPTION SEASON COMMENCING ABOUT NOVEMBER 2. ? MESSRS. LYSTER AND CAGLI Have much pleasure in announcing that they will commence the season as above with a DOUBLE COMPANY, ENGLISH & ITALIAN, with a FULL CHORUS of Male and Female Voicei. and GRAND ORCHESTRA. : The Operas; will be placed on the stage in a,proper manner, < with nothing neglected that can tend to make a perfect representation. The CHORAL,. HALL.will be bo arranged as to enable every person to command a full view, of the performers. Neither trouble or expense will be spared to make this Opera Season one characterised by the highest ARTISTIC EFFECTS.. , ;. The Subscription List ii how open at Messrs Upton and Co.'s. , ~ ''—' . Those who intend1 to subscribe are requested to do so. as early as possible, to save hurry, and confusion on arrival of the Company? ! ..-.. Subscribers have the privilege of securing any : par ticular seats up to the time of closing the Subscrip tion List for any particular Opera. Terms of Subscription .—Dress Circle (Twenty-four Tickets transferable), Eight Guineas; Stalls (Twenty four Tickets transferable), FivelGuirte&.«>ci ?■■-.•■■■: _i -:': '.:??;.- ~ j ]'\ . j * Mining.%a3S_ | ~ MOORE'S GOLD MINING COMPANY .;..,, , (Registerep). . ~.,., I •- __-_! '■■ j f j a AN Extraordinary Meeting of Shkre -1 holders is hereby convened to'be heliiin.h< Golconda Hotel, Coromandel, on THURSDAY, 'Nov 13,1872, at 4 o'clock p.m., for the purpose of decidini the number of Directors and electing the same. : ' ROBERT HORNB, ' - .' ?,' •- ■■>:■,: Legal Manager. Auckland, ; • t October 16,1872. ~-, 4 ' ■ '.: " . j j..ir_'.x/.;i iuH <rr '.:■__.■ _>.i«_-,a .- v.i {•..,.-. ■«. IT ' .'■'"•;>. on Al. A ' hnrH



l- ■<■■•■--s-«*:- ■■■■- ■ Drapery. i . ! EXTRAORDINARY CHEAP BLACK SILKS. EXTRAORDINARY CHEAP LINE OF DRESS MATERIALS. A REALLY GOOD BLACK SILK At 3s. 5Jd. per yard. A SPLENDID BLACK SILK. At 3s. lid. per yard. A DRESS MATERIAL, AtSfd. per yard, previously sold at la. 34. per yard. H. ATKINS XT AS JUST PURCHASED upwards of 2000 YARt)S STRIPED LINEN DRESS MATERIAL, which he is selling at 6}d per yard. The patterns are good, and the same goods were sold last year at ls. 3d. per yard. The BLACK SILKS at 3s 6jd and 3« lid per yard are wonderfully cheap, and were purchased at a con siderable discount, j A heavy Stock of the better qualities in BLACK SILKS, in Glac£, Gro Grains, and Cashmeres, to be sold at a lower price than |charged by any house in town. ■ —— "v '!■:' Tlui choicest lot of PLAIN and FANCY SILjK DRESSES ever shewn in Auckland. ', I ~■;.: _.::,: a - : ; ,_ ■_ .■ ■A. a\ ,-) .■i iys r-t-.r-... hi ■- - '-' -i - >,?', i ALSO, JUST OPENED— A well-selected- Stock of Fancy Dress Material*, Plain Lustres, Grenadines, Muslins, Brilliants, Pique, Marsella, Quiltings, Black Lustres, etc., etc., which for style, colors, and prices cannot be competed with. ;■.-:. iff.! ■■ , ,(i i ...:.;v '""—'? ■-■ | Also, a heavy Stock of Sheetings, Quilts, Blankets, Calicoes, Long Curtains, and all descriptions of Mahchcster Goods. ' ;i"--: Note.—Calicoes, Horrock's Long Cloths, j ._ i;,-j and Manchester Goods are sold at a very small advance on cost. •■'■'■■■ '! ;-' ■' "' ! :'-:: '"' j ''•"-'-'■" :A:ys^:.y/,'':':' lul> |' .. ..'.V. ~~: :;aa\ ,', ~ '.;.?? ..,...:.■■•.- ? ? 1 CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. ':"- ■- ■ ;'-' l ■■•:■ ■: :I . _..,,<•. 1 A New Stock of Clothing, ln Suits, Trousers and Vests, and Trousers, suitable for, the coming season. ? A good Tweed Trouser at lis 9d per pair,; Auckland-made Clothing in Paget and Galatea ; . ._._-i-.,, .>•; .tj ... ..: ■;■•,:; .' \ ' Coats in Tweed, Cloth, Silk Mixtures, et<* •, <~ -? I»i '-' •-■ A:s ■ ,"-/;:.Al JlfM ';!,; ; -.) , l;,!^? ""' isid Boys* and Youths' Auckland-made Tweed Slits,: from 24s per suit. Good Tweed, 'or boy*' wear, from §s 3d per Fan. - (■-.,<J.11 V.s; Aiy Al..- . ' uifaaoM^caiiiW x-milHAstu- ,:../(' \ tllU'A llihlil 1-.-/.-V .■ <_;-,? ,:,?Vi' hlO a "*^H; ATKISrS^"-. Imam h(l_m Hat a HomtYMiufy. g^ I Dili . .. I.i 'y:--. y.r: I '■-..,,■.. -.:.■_■'[: i...., .. : • . -';. A''. '.' '? ' J "'' : ■ -": : -:-: :'"' '■"■ - I ti^A:A':':t: Ah\ A'i::\.^r\\y.. !S.tlfc_l lluii'J in .ilijl UUG ,:',■:;..:,•-.: ; J .lioaf. . I tamo \ W_a/.0a./. *^w^ ***«,«. I -;? tas«"*w ' I



*——* Miscellaneous. GOEDON & G.OTCH, 280, George street, Sydney, N.S.W., Printers, Brokers, News and Advertising ' Agents. Miller and Richards' Extra Hard Metal Types. Presses and Printing Materials always in stock; also, Messrs A. ,B. Fleming & Co's celebrated Printing Inks. Prompt attention to all orders received direct accompanied by drafts or reference to Sydney houses. : — _■________■__» THE undersigned will be obliged if person will communicate to them any inf orma • tion respecting young Man named James Hemming HOOMA.N ; last heard of in September, 1871, and sup posed to have gone to Fiji.—McArthur, Shera. & Co. fiO 000 FE E T G° ° D SECOND-CLASS TIMBER FOR SALE CHEAP well assorted), in lots to suit buyers. JAMES W. WALLER, Custom-house street. T AN D I N Orr- XJ EX BULWARK, 1200 bags Salt 2 tons Split Peas Invoice of Assorted Oilman's Stores. •> T 0 ARRI YE. PER ROBERT HENDERSON, .'. 50 tons Salt ...-,-... 40 boxes Raisins ; >..•_-, PE R QUE E N BEE, Albert's Sardines, Westphalia Hams ; Belmont Candles, Morton's Pickles Cdm Flour, Patent Barley, Starch . _._ Light Ball-blue, Potted Meats -, , ; Lobsters, Salad Oil, Castor Oil u _ Bottled Vinegar, Anchovy Paste Capers, Curry Powder, Arrowroot. PER AGNES MUIR, 10 bales Grey Paper Bags ; 100 boxes Price's Candles ? u '_ 100 casks Whiting _, ; 800 bags Salt . , -~- , |...i X 10 cases Day and Martin's Blacking ■, ~ 150 gross Harper Twelvetree's Washing Powder. H. B. MORTON. POTATOES! POTATOES! POTATOES! PEIME Warrnambool Potatoes?now Landing, and on on Sale by the undersigned at & 4 per ton. L.W.EATON: Queen-street. CHEAP POTATOES! CHEAP POTATOES ! -.-.... .:_, NOW LANDING, and on Sale at the stores of the undersigned, PRIME VKTORIAN POTATOES; at.Wgrgn, & g£ 105, Queen-street. ,' ill.' Auctions. ? A WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23. TO BREWERS AND OTHERS. BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES IN THE ESTATE OF BALLIN BROS., COROMANDEL. 0 - y G. W. BINNEY WILL sell by public auction, at the Corn Exchange,,on Wednesday, October 23, at 11 o'clock sharp, •_.,. ._-.' The Building and Plant used by Messrs. BaUjn Bros., Brewers, at Coromandel, together with the Stock-in' Trade, Lease of Premises, etc. For further particulars respecting Lease, etc., apply at the ofhce of the Auctioneer. : '*:??' Terms-Cash. '".."?* -,_■: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22. ! BRUNSWICK MART. UNRESERVED SALE of Sixteen Crates and Hogsheads Glass and Earthenware. . i A J. LQg T oNKS & CO.V°^ MONDAY, OCTOBER 21. SHOPS AND DWELLING-HOUSES, WITH FREEHOLD ALLOTMENTS. TO BE : SOi_i> BY AUCTION, BY ORDER OF THE REGISTRAR OF THE rCfq \J H '-« SUPREME,' COURT* .. y-y mt (IU l\)'A _■ .' I □i ■. IP. li A. ijKJ '/;::Rr ART.Hitffe fX' HASI* eceived instructions to;sell by public auction, at his Mart, Queen street, OD Monday, October 21, at twelve o'clock noon, By" _>rd.r of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, WELLINGTON STREET—Allotment No 4 of part Of Subdivision of Allotments Nos. 23, 2_, 25, : " " 26,; 27, 28, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 44, of Section '44, City of Auckland, having a frontage to Wellington street of 33ft. lOin. by a; depth ot 100 ft., together with the two well-built Shops ! : and Dwellings erected thereon. One is occupied ' / by a Butcher, with which there is a stable*.; and the Other by a Baker, where there is a detached bakehouse built of brick, and a good oven k with all other necessary out-buildings; a good business is now being done on the premises, and y A ■ they are in a flrst-class position in a fast rising neighborhood. ' ■ ■ SALE STREET—Allotment No. 32, of Section No. 39, of the City of Auckland, having a frontage of 50 links .by a depth ef 300 links, A . A. .. together with the ; Buildings erected thereon. Terms :—Two-thirds of the purchase money can remain on mortgage. i.: ..::..■ .:. ..'. ; — T, ~ —j —■ ■ . . , , ; MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, —.N OO N. ■■'• '■■■■ !I_/'.f •: AA - ' ":? '~ .; , ; FOR POSITIVE SALE BY AUCTION, ON EASY TERMS, "BY THE UNDERSIGNED, - THAT MAGNIFICENT PROPERTY situated at the CORNISr^OF1: KYBER PASS AND ' SYMQNDS .CM ;y. i v.,.- i ; ,-. STREET;- ??.....i 1-S.uo-uli __s_.K_-d.iJ.. hvJ '•■ p. [<j , .....; ! j s: .._:i> Having a large Frontage to Mount Eden Road, SURROtr_TDIi.G THE RESIDENCE OEJ. A. \y ■ -GILFILLAN, ESQ. ~■?'.ti aitt njIHE undersigned has .been ; foybred I Xii 3 withr instructions to sell by public auction at hi*_-I**t,««sueen street, on Monday, Oct 21,1872, at twelve o'clock noon, -^ The above-described Splendid Property, which has r~—^__a__TOfi^ed and pegged off into THIRTY- T_*&, sQOOD , ALLOTMENTS, and named '"iimm^wi." This Property has all that can be desired as a sit for aGOMFORTABLE HOME. Convenient to ' the oitTPßu-ses pasing it every hour, yet , , beyond the .city boundary, therefore free from v 'city totes; good volcanic soil; weli-Kwainea; healthy, it being the most elevated situation in [ a:•■■ thesuburbs ;_iew, varied and uninterrupted—in iii . fact.it cannot be surpassed. \_} ' '"' iiITHOGRJ-PHlb PLANS of the Property fend all further particulars can be obtained at the office oi tne Auctioneer, ARTHUR'S MART, Queen street Terms:—One-third Cash on the fall of the hammer one-third by' Promissory Notes at three months; one third ,by Promissory Netes at si*.months, .bearing at tie rate of six per centum per annum. :. : i , , / ... '".a," • ARTHUR? ; = " E»Ut», Land, and Qeaw»l Awcttonwr. _ "-Us jig uA ,!.- -i >.. (i'<. urn ou_