SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening. 6.0 UIGH WATER: This afternoon, 3.36

ARRIVALS.

St. Kilda, s.s., Flowerday, from Wanganui Tauranga, schooner, Mann, from Hokianga

DEPARTURES.

Sylphide, barque, for Newcastle

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Waikato and wanganui: f>t. iviuia, s.s., juuimnjr For Levuka : Flirt, brigantine, to-day For Southern ports, via Napier; Nevada, p.s., on

arrival ' - . , For Honolulu : Nevada, mail steamer, 31st instant For Whitiariga and Tauranga : Southern Cross, s.s.,

to-day , . , . Por London : Countess of Kintore, ship, end 01 month ; City of Auckland, ships, in November

EXPORTS.

Per Flirt, for Levuka :— (il,WVrecv uimoer, 30,000 shingles, 30 pkgs doors and sashes, Schapp and Ansenne ; SI pkgs doors and sashes, Union Sash and Door Co. ; 8 tons potatoes, 2 tons flour, H- tons biscuit, 2 cases bacon, D. H. McEJenzie ; 1 ton Hour,:Thorn ton, Smith and Firth ; 5 cases tongues, A ton preserved meat, A. IDornwell; 60 cases geneva, 50 ditto brandy, 5 cases schnapps, 10 casks bottled beer, L. D. Nathan and Co. ; (5 boxes drapery, 1 bale ditto, McArthur, Shera and Co.

The mail steamer Nevada with the August English mails may now be looked for hourly. The W.S.N. Co.'s s.s. St. Kilda left Wanganui on the 10th at 2 p.m. ; crossed the Manakau bar on the llth at 10 p.m., arriving at Onehunga at midnight. Experi enced tine weather throughout the passage. Passengers : Mrs King, Miss Ritchie, Capt. McDonald, Mr Shera. Cargo : 48 head cattle, 2;">0 sheep, McDonald and McLean ; 5 sacks bacon, 3 kegs butter, Combes and Daldy ; 3 kegs butter, L. W. Eaton. Agents, Messrs Combes and Daldy.

The s.s. Southern Cross has cleared out wards for Tauranga with a general cargo of merchandise.

The cutter Maude has brought 50 bags gum, order; W head cattle, Hunter & Co. ; 1 ton produce, and one passenger from Wangarei. The brig Union has cleared outwards for Newcastle in ballast.

The brigantine Flirt has cleared outwards for Levuka with a general cargo and two passengers, Messrs Pyles and Pearman. The schooner Magellan Cloud has reported at the Customs with 136 tons coal, J. S. Macfarlane ; 55 bags gum, Eolph, Sterry and Co. ; and three passengers from Russell.

COMMERCIAL.

The following are the Customs' returns for the week ending to-day : —Duties : £2,918*193 2d ; light dues, £15 2s <4d; merchant shipping fees, £3 5s 9d ; arms fees, £7 15s ; gold duty, £287 4s 4d ; pilotage and port charges, £35 sssd. Total: £3,207 12s.

MINING.

Th* following are the current calls ana amaenas f»yable in the companies named below :■= £ s. d. OATXS !■-'! Golden Pah .. .. 0 0 0 Oct 12 Hand and Band .. 0 2 0 Oct 14 Italian;.. ... .. 0 10 Oct 18 Fanny 0 0 4 Oct 19 .Christchurch.. ..003 Oct 21; Goldfinch .. .. 0 0 3 Oct 21 „ Sons of Freedom .. 0 5 0 Oct 21 American Eagle .. 0 0 6 Oct 23 I .North Devon.. .. 0 10 Oct 24 Quebec' '."." .. 00 6 Oct 25 Preece'H Point .. 0 0 6 Oct 25 . Queen of the May ..010 Oct 20 1 Coromandel Excelsior 0 0 6 Oct 26 Thames Gas .. .. 010 0 Nov S

THE SHAREMARKET.

Mr NewmanJ reports not much doing in the sharemarket to-day. Caledonians lower in price. Cures advancing. My sales comprise : Caledonia, £2G ; ; closing sellers, £26 ; Wind sor Castle, 7s Gd ; Inverness, I4s to 14s Gd ; South British Insurance; 25s'; not many offering. Buyers : Thames, £6 ; Albion, £7. ,j -..j mh. ■■ 3. m. lennox's report. "The sharemarket is rather quiet. There was a good enquiry for Cure shares, shares rose to 355. Caledonian shares have declined. My sales comprise—Caledonian, £28, £27 10s, £27, £26, closing with buyers at £2 Gs. Sellers at £27. There are sellers of Cure at 355. Thames, £G 2s Gd. Caledonian, £26 10s. Buyers at a slight reduction upon these quo tations. MR. J. hendry's report. - ThSiSsJiaremarket has been active to-day. Caledonians" receded to £26 during tlie morning. At the close of the market there were buyers at £27. Cure advanced to 36s 6d. Sales : Caledonian, £26 and £27 ; Cures, 34s to 36s 6d; Inverness, 15s; Thames, £6/Red Queen, 3s 6d.

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

MaJ-TLS WILL CIjOpEAS..UNDER:— . ~ . For Thames, on Monday, 14th inst., at 10.30 a.m. tyid 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Monday, 14th inst., at 11.30 a.m. For Wangarei, Mangapai, etc., per Challenger, on Mondayr 14tKHngt;, at 3 p.m, For Tairua, per Janet Grey, on Monday, 14th inst., at 4 p.m. :■ - For Wanganui, per St. Kijda, on Monday, 14th inst., at 5 p.m. For Chatham Island, peß-Ocean Wave, on Wednesday, 16th inst., at.3p.Dt. For Napier and Southern provinces/per p.s. Nevada, six hours after arrival. S. B. Biss, Postmaster.

Always something new to be seen at Lewisson factory, High street. Now finishing twelve pairs o colonial gold leaf earrings. These are made from gold abstracted fron* quartz, andwjll be sold at 35s to 40s ; also three snake "rings. Look in as you go Hp High street, and see what is going on.—What man can make we can undertake.—F. H. Lewisson. .

Mosgiel Tweeds, of Otago manufacture, are now in demand in the London,. market. They are a decided novelty, and excellent quality; and yet at a distance of 1 .COOmiles from the place twhere they are produced, and from the people whose interest and profit it is to prefer tho home production' to the imported article, their excellence is discerned and appreciated before we bestow even -a passing notice on the child of our own industry. Truly a Provhet hath rid honor in his own country ; but it is not " ciMiaial" to "sneeze at" a. profit The time has come en the nether litre ities of every New Zealand -, an and boy Should be clothed in stuff of the .h° m°£«jWction. Samuel Coombes has just received a parcel »Cc Tweeds from the manufactory, and not ot nonw that they will be extepsiyely sought for but Ixnects every public spirited man to "go in for at lea Pst one pair of Mosgiel Tweed Trousers^

BIRTH.

Williams.—At her residence, 41, Grey street, Airs. E. Williams of a daughter.

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

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1872.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do.

The little interruption, caused by the short-lived Stafford regime, will not be withoutits advantages. Like an episode it has'broken the continuity of the political story, but only that we may return to it with a better relish. The public was becoming, to some extent, indifferent, and the monotony of the past few sessions had made the atten tion wander. The session of Parliament was rapidly becoming the silly season, when big gooseberries and two-headed calves would be the only subjects calculated to create a new sensation. The late crisis—for we may regard the events of the past six weeks as con stituting onelongjcrisis—has effectually aroused attention, and awakened an interest in the higher politics, and made people feel that there is a great : world of life and energy beyond the limits of their own dung-hill. If this would, .be always the effect of ministerial crises we would pray that this phase of government would become chronic ; and in time we might hope that : instead of our highest aspirations jas to parliamentary action being as to how much we can grab for Auckland —a feeling which is the •natural fruit of our miserable pro vincialism—we may come to regard the interests of the colony as our interests, and to see that the whole : body is affected by the condition of its every member. We are warranted in j expecting that this beneficial influence will be exercised by the political situa tion for some time to come, judging from the constitution of the new Ministry, and its expressed intentions. We believe it is the best Ministry that it was possible to form, but this isays nothing either for its ab solute excellence or its probable lotion. There can be no doubt , in; , a "jf unprejudiced mind that with Mr b #%rd and Qne or twQ of h . g least objection^., fter . . h Ministry would noo ' f , i ' KSTn the Hou^'Z.^™ * flrnMr mnd'o. confidence of fe 1*"■«■»• and there can be little hesit&^f J. .» predicting that it will either come m this, to a dissolution, or to defeat. VVe. observe that it is intended by the Ministry to bring the session to a close at the end of next week. We need not 'say that there are always two parties to such an arrangement. It is possible that the Opposition may allow this, but it is very improbable. If the session is brought quietly thus to a close it is most likely that the recess will be taken advantage of for smooth ing down asperities of party, and in- { ducing some of the leaders of the Op

position to join the Ministry. This of 'course does not enter into the cal culations of the smaller fry of the Ministerial supporters, each one of whom is dexterously, led to believe that a portfolio is in reserve for himself. But there can be no doubt that in tho plans of the Ministry Mr Waterhouse is only a warming-pan to keep the Premiership snug and com fortable for Mr" Stafford when he ceases-to be sulky, and that Mr Or mond's preference for the Superiuton dency'of"Hawke's Bay covers a deep plot to seduce Mr Curtis or Mr Grillies, or some other troublesome member of the Opposition. . If this little game is disturbed by premature action on the part of tbe Opposition, or by their re fusing to listen to the voice of the charmer, then a dissolution will be the only remedy —a solution of the diffi culty which, to the country, would be more satisfactory than any other.

We have just been shown a receipt in the following terms :—" Auckland, October llth, 1872. — Received from Messrs Mahoney and Dorau, as representing the Auckland Excelsior Ministrels, the sum of £2:1 14s, being pro ceeds of entertainment given ]iy that troupe on behalf of the funds now being raised for the benefit of Mrs Oazly.—Pro the committee, S. VailK, Joiix It. Y.vru:," We feel great pleasure in expressing in the name of the public their recognition of the prompt and generous manner in which this young troupe of amateurs has rushed to the front in tlie cause of benevolence. This, we believe, makes up about eighty pounds which this company has handed over to various charitable objects in the brief space of time since it came into existence ; and, as its performances are really characterised by rare excellence, we trust that on every future occasion of its appealing to the public it will meet with that cordial and warm response which the cause of benevolence in its hands deserves.

At the Newton Kirk, to-morrow, discourses will be delivered on " Gethsemene and its Lessons" and " Loving the Praise of Men."

At the City Hall, to-morrow, the subjects of Mr Edgcr's discourses will lie "Our Children," and " Felix trembling before Paul."

The monthly meeting of the Central Board of Education Mas held yesterday, and'a variety of business relating to outlying districts was proceeded with. The Deputy-superintendent, .Joseph May, Esq., occupied the chair, and Messrs Lusk, Hurst, and Clark were in attendance. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed, and the monthly accounts ordered to bo settled. Several applications for grants from St. Matthew's girls' school Waipu, Puhoi, and Wangarei Heads were allowed, while others were ordered to stand over for further con sideration.

The Rev. R. S. Bunn will preach two sermons to-morrow in Pitt-street Wesleyan Church in aid of the Trust Fund ; and on Tuesday next a soiree and public meeting will be held in connection with the church, when the report will be read, and addresses given by the Rev. W. J. Williams, on " Church Music," Rev. .lames Buller on " Money," and the Rev. Thomas Daviea on " Philanthropy." The_choir will sing several sacred anthems, and the circuit ministers will take part in the proceedings. The Rev Mr. Bunn is from Otahuhu, and is acknow ledged to be among the ablest of preachers in the Australian Conference, and wherever he preaches his style and earnestness are certain to attract large congregations. The pro gramme of Tuesday's meeting and soiree may be seen in our advertising columns,'ami we have little doubi of the issue of the enter tainment.

Members of the Victoria Company A. R.V. and its Cadets will parade in full dress to morrow afternoon at half-past two o'clock, at the fire-bell, Wellesley-street, for the purpose of attending the funeral of the late Corporal Kirkland. Members of others corps are respectfully invited to attend. No. 1 (Royal) Company's band will be in attendance.

John Smith wishes to know why ladies' kid gloves are called Josephines, as the Empress of that name never had any kids, and in consequence was divorced from her husband.

We have not the slightest objection to our Thames evening contemporary availing him self °f our Supreme Court reports, but simply ask him to have the courtesy to acknowledge the same.

The funeral of E. Kirkland, a brother of the Court City of Auckland, A.0.F., will take place to-morrow. The members of this Court are requested to assemble at the Club room, Cook-street, at half-past two in the afternoon.

The Auckland Rifle Brigade will hold their annual meeting in the Drill-shed, on Monday evening next.

A customer has written to us making a complaint against one of our runner boys, and wishes us to discharge the lad. He states that last night, while passing up Edwardes street, he saw the boy on the other side of the way. He told him to bring him over a paper, but instead of doing so he called out, " Oh, sugar me all over, you've got a better pair of boots on than I have." Our correspon dent then crossed over to him, and found that the lad was barefooted. He tendered him half-a-crown as payment as he had no smaller, change, to which the boy remarked, " Oh, you want to do the bounce, do ye? ■ If you'll let me keep it till to-morrow I'll give -you two and eleven-pence for it." To this he dissented, so the boy answered, " I ain't the king of Japan, you know ; I don't carry the mint about in my pocket." Having thus delivered himself he went off whistling. We promise our correspondent that we will inquire into the matter, and if we find the culprit will" talk to him like unto a father.

The transfer books of t|ie Bank of JNew Zealand were closed to-day, and will remain closed under Thursday, until the 24th idem.

The members of the Auckland Institute will hold tlieir fifth annual' meeting on Monday next, iv the Museum buildings, at half-past seven, when several interesting papers will be read. We learn that the lessee of the Prince of Wales Theatre has made arrangements for the appearance of Ma^ame States' Opera Troupe, expected here by the Hero. The theatre is to undergo some improvements, and tlie chairs in the dress circle will be t^lgced by new ones. Steps are also about Weaken to make the ventilation perfect, awarded ¥ ye that Mr C. Williams has been for his exhibit'^o** 6 °* honorable mention Exhibition. We'\e Kindlers" at the Thames trade in these useful 1, to learn $** h} s largely on the increase, ''fjl* commodities is The annual church meeting . Tuesday evening next, at the City B%f, Bld, 0n papers will be read on the following Su' .w^ en -—"Onpreachers not in holy orders inc -l '' j church/ by Mr Bree; " On Church Music by Mr Rice; "&<*_» 'to treat scepticism," by \£.!s%ms_m. "Bgta"- e*,catio »'

Notice ia given to those shareholders in the Bank of Tokatea who have not paid their third and fourth calls that the shares will be forfeited if not paid before the 18th inst.

Tenders are required by Mr J. T. JBoylan for the erection of a Roman Catholic Church (labor only) at Napier.

We were present at a private rehearsal by the Choral Society, last evening, for Mr J. Brown's concert on Monday next, and can only say that if tho performance is half as as good as the rehearsal it will be a treat avcll worth enjoying. Gounod's Solemn Mass has been rendered by the Society before, and no words are necessary to praise the perform ance. With regard to the "Wedding March," composed by Sir Ceo. S. Elvey, the title and composer's name are sufficient to recommend it to our musical friends ; while we may mention that the performing mem bers are efficient in their parts. The operetta of "The Merrie Men of Sherwood Forest" is likely to be an excellent performance if we may judge from what we have seen. The principal singers arc in splendid voice, and tlie choruses are both full and efficient. Nothing will be wanting to give effect to the performance. There is no doubt tlie concert on Monday evening will be one of the grandest successes of the Choral Society. Mr J. Browne has struggled hard and striven unceasingly to bring the Society to its present state of proficiency, aftd we hope to see him rewarded by a house packed to the doors. It is certain that it will be a musical treat seldom accorded.

Massa Christopher Columbus was a queer rtiaii, said a negro orator ; a notion crossed him one day, and den he crossed an ocean.

PJThe tenders for filling in the market site and erecting a market-house will not be received later than Monday, at noon.

A serious accident happened this morning to a Kanaka man, engaged as a seaman on board the schooner Amelie. The vessel is alongside the Countess of Kintore unshipping her cargo of cotton, and the man went aloft to alter the tackle. While in the guys the hook gave way, and he fell bodily on the deck. On being raised it was discovered that he had broken his left leg and arm, and be was otherwise seriously injured. The Water police were promptly in attendance, and conveyed the sufferer to the hospital, where his dislocated limbs were set by JDr Pbilson. The seaman, who is a heavy man, went up in the guys entirely of his own accord, and was not ordered to shift the tackle. He is pro gressing favourably.

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

SiiAKSi'Ki!>:'s tragedy of "Hamlet" was again produced at the Prince of Wales Theatre last night. The house was well tilled iii every part, and the performance of the various characters by the company was all that could lie wished for. Miss Rose Evans' representation of Hamlet was really excellent, and the audience testified their approval by repeated rounds of applause, and at the conclusion of the tragedy she was called before the curtain. Mr J. C. Joyce as Polonious was well received, and played in his usual excellent style. Mr Ryan also came in for a fair share of praise for his able repre sentation of the (Jhost. Mrs Walter Hill took the part of Ophelia aud played in her very best style. The remainder of the cast was ably filled by the stock company, and the performance was a decided success. To night will be produced the celebrated drama entitled, " Ingoinar, the Barbarian," in which Miss Rose. Evans takes, the character of Parthenia, assisted by tho full strength of the stock company. This drama seldom fails in producing a full house whenever performed, and we have no doubt that a bumper house will bo the result of its pro duction at the Prince of Wales to-night. We would remind all play-goers that Miss Rose Evans' stay hero is limited to a very few nights, and those- who wish to see a really genuine actress should not let this opportunity pass by. Monday evening will be set aside for the farewell benefit of Miss Rose Evans, on which occasion she will appear in four different characters. Each occupant of the dress circle will be presented with a carte de visite of the fair beneficiaire on this night.

THE CUTTER RACE.

In the cutter race yesterday the Avon rounded Tiritiri at 3h. 15m.; the Don, 3h. 55m.; Matakana, 4h. 4m.; and Severn, 4h. 23m. In the run home the vessels retained the same positions as when they rounded. The following is the order in which they arrived at the goal :— h. m. Avon ... ... ... ~, 6 14 Don 6 53 Matakana ... ... ... 7 3 , Severn ... ... ... 7 25 The Avon was thus declared the winner. Mr T. Henderson's yacht accompanied the competing vessels round the course, and behaved admirably. A protest has since been lodged against the Avon upon tlie ground that she used poles when she touched the shore off the Bastion.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. [Before Thomas Beckham, Esq. R.M.]

DRUNKENNESS

Three inebriates were punished with the usual fine or alternative.

TWO OLB THIKVKS IN TROUBLE

Charles Hughes and William Costello, both old offenders, the latter with thirty-one pre vious convictions scored against his name on the police docket fori all manners of offences [and crimes, and who has undergone for these imprisonment amounting in, all to five years eight months and nineteen days, were both J charged with having committed a number of petty larcenies, including the theft of. one .pair pants, one pair trowsers, two pair drawers, j one under shirt, one white sheet, one pair stoctfings, valued at 50s, the property of Mrs Morris ; also two towels, worth 2s 6d, the property of another. The prisoner Costello pleaded guilty (as usual) to both offences. The other prisoner simply nodded his head. His, Worship asked the accused what they had to say for themselves.

Costello : I was under the influence of liouor, your Worship, at the time. His Worship: And the other prisoner, what hasdie to say? The other prisoner nodded his head, but said nothing. His Worship : Here is a long list of con victions against you, Costello. Costello : Yes, your Worship ; but if it were not for the drink I should never have 'stood here. j The other prisoner again nodded his head. His Worship : It is my duty to find each |of you guilty, and I shall order both of you to he imprisoned in the .-conpnon gaol of Auckland for six months.for the first offence, 'and one month for the second, to take effect at the expiration of the fh'st sentence, and ;to be kept to hard labour.

I The prisoner Costello glared vacantly at I; the Bench, and the other continued to nod (Ms head until removed by the gaoler. This was all the business, and the Court rotk at a quarter to eleven,

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. ■ ♦

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day, 1.20 p.m. j The Windsor Castle crushing to-day of 130 j tons produced 88 ounces of gold. Very little of the new leader is through by this time. Has upwards of one hundredweight of speci mens now on hand. The Golden Crown tribute has 'crushed 40 tons, which gave 51 ounces of gold, and th c company from (JO tons produced 30 ounces gold. The result of the fortnight's crushing of the KJurunui is 98 ounces. The Caledonian still shows gold in the deep level winze. The Cure shows a splendid face, and will break down specimens this afternoon • Caledonians, £28 ; Cures, 355.

COROMANDEL.

This day, 3.7 p.m

A public meeting is called for Friday next to raise funds for taking tributes on the beach claims, and sub-letting them with guarantees to working miners in order to develope the beach claims.

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

CHATHAM ISLAND OUTBREAK.

CHARGE AGAINST THE DIDO

REFULFD.

GILLIES ATTACKS THE PUBLIC

WORK MINISTER

VOGEL AND THE GAY LOTHARIO

ANOTHER PARABLE

VOGEL REPLIES TO GILLIES

CALIFORNIA MAIL SERVICE

WELLINGTON

This day,

In the Legislative Council, yesterday, the Life Assurance Companies Bill was read a

third time and passed

The Maori Representation Bill was read a second time. Mr Stafford called attention to a paragraph in the Independent relative to the Captain of H.M.S. Dido. He said there was no founda tion whatever for the statement. Captain Chapman had ottered to go and take men for the Government, but it was decided to send the Luna in preference. Mr McLean acquiesced in tlie remarks. The Municipal Corporation Water Works Bill, Mining Franchise Extension Bill, Auck land Improvement Albert Barracks Bill, and Quartz Crushing Machinery Inspection Bill, were passed. In the Committee of Supply Mr Gillies made a speech charging Mr Vogel with mis representing figures in his speech on the want of confidence motion. He first dealt with his willingness to 4 provide to give £15,000 towards the General Government works. Mr Ormond denied that Mr Gillies had ever made any proposal to him personally. Mr Gillies continued. He said he did not •(I / j ) know what claims Mr Ormond had to finan cial reputation ; his own financial training commenced in a banking establishment at home, followed up by large commercial experience in - Manchester. He condemned Vogel's shielding himself behind the officers of the . Treasury, and said

that after a number of years ex perience of the Treasury he should be com petent to check errors himself. He (Mr (lillies) denied that the grants to Road Boards were spent on permanent works, or tended to make the Boards more thrifty or reliable. The tendency was to make them less self-reliant and to destroy real practical usefulness. He condemned the system of granting overtime to officers of the Treasury. In illustration of Mr Vogel's statement that the pi-ovince of Auckland h^d "married its own grandmother," Mr Gillies said thei'ewas a rich and dazzling young heiress who became enamoured of a gay and needy Lothario, who plundered her of her fortune, gambled it away

among his companions, and then abandoned her. The colony, in this case, was the heir-

Mr Vogel, in reply, condemned Mr Gillies for. not replying on the want of confidence motion. Because Mr. Gillies had been in a large commercial house

it did not follow that he had any financial knowledge. He might take a horse to water, but he could not make him drink. He could only consider Mr Gillies had wasted time. Mr Gillies,, instead of obtaining figures for the Financial Statement from the head officer of the Treasury, had got them from a subordinate, with such mistakes that the chief officer refused to sign it. By increasing the salaries of officers of the Treasury, instead of'granting overtime, he had effected a saving.

Mr Gillies had occupied a seat on the Government benches twenty-eight days, quite long,enough for the House. He Svould never sit there again. ,

The House went into committee on the estimates on the item of postal.

Mr Vogel said that he could not promise ' the subsidy to Melbourne steamers ; but it ! was quite possible some arrangement would be made with the Victorian Government for the carriage of'-letters by Suez. He also promised to ehforce a stricter adher ence to contract in San Francisco Service.

Mr McLean said he saw a way to reductions in the Native vote. The greater part of the estimates wwe, then parsed, J , , ' J

Mr Rolleston mado an attempt to report progress, but was defeated on the voices. The Independent of to-day apologises for the statement made regarding the Captain of the Dido. Also for reprinting a paragraph from the Taranaki Herald, stating Mr Eitzherbert and Mr Bunny would rob the Treasury. Makena Kohere, of Auckland, and We Tako have been called to the Upper House. The following appeared in a second edition issued last evening :— WELLINGTON. In the Upper House Mr Waterhouse fur | ther said that Mr Richardson would succeed Mr Ormond as Public Works Minister after the close of the session. The intention of the Government was to continue grants to Road Boards. The confiscated laud matters would be regulated according to local con sideration. The native reserves would be carefully watched, and the Commissioner of them would be assisted by a Native Board of advice. In the matter of local native com mittees he said that the movement would be carefully directed into usefulness. Two native members would be appointed to the Upper House. A searching inquiry would be instituted into the Civil Service arrange ments. He further stated that he hail ac cepted the Premiership unwillingly, but it was due to the country that he should not lightly decline it. NAPIER. The Star of the South has arrived from Auckland.

NELSON.

The Phcebe arrived early this morning

from the North

TARANAKI.

This day

A man named Ardler, for an indecent assault on a child, has been sentenced .to four years' penal servitude.

WESTPORT.

This day, 1.10 p.m

The Alpine Company, Lyell, struck a big reef to-day of still richer stone than the Little Wonder. It is glittering with heavy gold. The Reefton speculators are keenly excited in consequence of the find. They are rushing in masses. The Little Wonder stone is also improving. The Excelsior prospects are better. All shares are rising very rapidly.

TIMARU.

This day. The Timaru Gazette says that in the event of a dissolution Dr Fisher and Messrs Refton and Moorehouse will be brought out.

LYTTELTON.

This day. The Taranaki in leaving the wharf fouled the Government moorings.

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day. At the College sports yesterday there was a large attendance, and the sports proved very successful.

There has been a good deal of vituperation amongst the members of the Road Board regarding the water courses.

The ratepayers in the Avon district are holding indignation meetings owing to special rates being struck for drainage. A man named James Faucett has been found dead in the main street. His death is attributed to the effects of drink on deceased's heart and lungs. Mr Redwood's horses arrived safe from Nelson for the races.

DUNEDIN.

r llie names of some of the new Ministry were unexpected. :

People here are wearied, and wish the public business to be proceeded with. The Dunedin terminus of the Port Chal mers Railway is being pushed on. Engines are running with material for the permanent way from Port Chalmers to the South Belt Dunedin. '

The Tararu has arrived from the North

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES.

lll.—Coknelta. Angelica Reed,

In the early part of the present year there appeared among our English telegrams a notice of the death of Cornelia Angelica Reed, but the announcement made little or no impression upon the public, mind. Events of j this natire are of every day occurrence, hence ,in a few hours we cease to mourn for the departed, and are again on the arena of busy life,, commingling with the struggling multi tude. But when Miss Cornelia Angelica ji Reed passed from her solitary home to the j; unknown shore, and it was known that she j had left behind her much property and maiiy ; jewels, amounting in value to several i I thousand pounds, and a. bequest of £100,000 pounds to a public institution, her death jimade a nine days' wonder, and created a 'great sensation, although not one tear fell from any friend's eye in token of respect foi lier who had gone. Thousands of pedestrians during the past thirty years had halted before those grim and apparently uninhabited houses at the corner of Stamford street Lon i don. They looked and wondered whetlier or not any living creature beside the unscared rats that enjoyed the utmost freedom in the weird cellars breathed between those dark dilapidated walls. It was believed that a singular person, with a thin pale face, , shadowed by a few scant curls dangling ;on the borders of a grandmother's cap, had once or twice been-seen peeping ghostlike from the dingy windows of No. 43, and in a moment it had glided back into those shadows from whence it came. It was further stated that that lorn, lank figure was none other than CorneliaAngelicaßeed, the "mysterious lady of Stamford-street." This singular person came of a respectable family; was well educated, and, when a girl, was con sidered good-looking — even pretty. She j possessed charming and insinuating manners | and graces ; her toilet was equally pleasing, i and she moved the belle of the ball-room. i She had several favourable offers of marriage, but neither of the gentlemen stood sufficiently high in her estimation, and one by one they disappeared from her contemptuous gaze. One lover, however, a stripling, reported as a millionaire, a conceited youth, fast, brain less, and thoroughly perfumed, seemed to be getting nearer and nearer to the lady's heart, 1 if she had a heart, for, in the opinion of her relatives and neighbours, this part of Cornelia's nature was composed of hard, , impenetrable material, and it became harder as the years rolled on. It was noticed, moreover, that she was growing selfish sarcastic, and preud ; was fond of criticising others closely and bitterly, and spoke of her I sex generally with scorn, and made unloving .gestures. It was clear that .Cornelia was ' going wrong, and fast becoming misanthropic in her notions. Her comical suitor, the son of a wealthy Bermondsey tanner, lived in his . father's splendid mansion, in a West End ' J square. . This tender youth, small of stature,

was several years younger than Cornelia and had flattering prospects, as the lady knew, or she would not have encouraged his visits. Cornelia felt that she could make personal sacrifice in order to get a rich hus band and share his fortune although she could never take him into the centre of her affections.' While' this unromantic love episode was in progress it was providentially completed by the sudden death of the aspiring son of the Bennondsey tanner, who was stricken down by one of those diseases which occasionally permeate certain districts of the metropolis. The news fell upon the ears of Cornelia as though it were an event of no importance, she evidenced no euijotioQ. nor did she drop a solitary tear - T but ske was particularly anxious abivut the make believe, and went to great expense in order to provide—

" The trappings and the suits of woe."

Cornelia never had another suitor. She advanced alone into the sober age when even at thirty single grey hairs make their ap pearance. Cornelia looked at her glass and sorrowfully drew forth those unmistakable signs of the quiet but ceaseless passage of time. She saw also the wrinkles, not deeply carved, but sufficiently deep to reach the maiden-heart, and produce an icy thrill. She keenly felt that her last chance in the marriage lottery had proved a blank, and the world of love and fashion began to recede from her heartless gaze. Her parents had died and left her in possession of a large amount of property including those .desolate houses in Stamford-street. She looked upon the world with jaundiced eyes, saw no pleasure in life, and almost ceased to believe in an over-ruling Providence. She might have retired to a Nunnery with a golden recom mendation where she would have met with cordial welcomes from interested individuals ; but she had given up, or nearly so, her belief in revelation. She went into her own house, 43, Stamford-street, with a magni ficent quantity of old-fashioned, but valuable furniture ; and bade farewell to the busy, life of the streets. She read occasionally, it is said, but her library was limited to Byron's poems, Zimmerman's " Treatise on Solitude" and Tupper's '' Proverbial Phdosophy;" books which tended rather to increase her melancholy than assist in subduing it. Cornelia had become so eccentric and strange in her manners that her friends forsook her, and left her to her own chosen mode of life. One friend, however, amid the shadows, was a regular visitor to the old house, arid ttis was Wi helmina Marion Pratt, of Islington green. She had also, one ancient domestic, Nancy Goring, the wife of a cabman, who for twenty years was her watchful attendant. Nancy, was a quiet person, and by long . service seemed the counterpart of her odd mistress. The adjoining houses were un occupied, for Miss Cornelia would not allow any one to occupy them. The windows had, long ago, been broken by the mischievous London Arabs, w&s, as they said, wanted to frighten the poor ghost. The window frames were dark with the accumulated dust of a quarter of a cen tury. Brushes,, soap, and water were not admitted into those obscure passages, silent and shadowy as a tomb. It was not known) but supposed, that a person lived at 43, and sometimes Nancy Goring would be seen stealthily gliding down tiha area steps with a basket on her arm ; she, faithful soul, used to fetch from the New Cut hard by the little necessaries which were needed for the' 'Sup port of that demure existence, such as pota toes, a chop, bread, and watercresses, which were consumed over a page of "Proverbial Philosophy." The old lady of Stamford, street, for she was now getting old, kept neither cat nor dog nor bird. The shoeless, capless arabs vowed that they—twe of them at least—had seen a ghost or- a woman in the house, and they brought heaps of stones and broke all the outer windows.biit no oriej interfered, not even the vigilant police, andj the stones remained where they had fallen. Neither tradesman nor postman knocked at those silent doors, for Cornelia Angelica Reed apparently had no intercourse with the outer Avorld, except with her lawyer and physician who called about once a year. Ro mancers or penny-a-liners, shabbily dressed, talented men, with a special liking for Barclay and Perkins's London porter, and who usually occupy the chair at Cogef's Hall, looked upon the old houses, and invented terrible stories about them, and some of these stories are to be found in the mysteries of London. One evening, some two years ago, a pale thin . face was seen by the window, in '' the glimpses ,of the moon," looking towards the stars, as though the poor attenuated creature yearned for * breath of thepure air, and asightof the bound^ less heavens. It was the form and visage of Cornelia Angelica Reed, but only for'!s moment ; she heard footsteps, and shotbacx into the darkness of her unprofitable life. A few months passed and this strange woman died rather suddenly in the presence' of Wil helmina Marion Pratt and Nancy Goring She would not admit any professional man to her room, for she had lost faith in thei healing power of medicine, and even rejected the solicitations of the priest. Some time previous she made her will; her solicitors were Messrs Baxter, Ross, & Co., of Victoria street; Westminster; and the great bulk of her property she bequeathed to the Hospital , for Consumptives, in Brompton ; but not a penny's worth did she leave to. her friendly visitor, ' Wilhelmina Marion Pratt, she even forgot her poor, trustworthy, dependent, Nancy Goring. The sale of her. goods, which- took place hi June of the; present year, created quite a sehsatiomf They were sold on the premises by Mr Statham Hobson, of Finsbury; and the crowd was so immense that policemen were stationed at the doors, and the catalogues were sold at sixpence each; no one was admitted into the house without a catalogue, and by this means a large sum was realized. The goods of this strange being may W briefly enumerated. They consisted of draw:, ing arid dining-room chairs^ couches, roSef wood, occasional, card, and other tables, two hundred ounces of silver plate of the periods of Anne and .the early Georges ;' rare and antique jewellery, cabinets, a, Spam 811 mahogany secretaire, pier-glasses, m"^r^ splendid lamps, a case of ivory-handled cutlery, and a'number of miniature paintongs» silver salt cellars, mugs, and tankards; * rare i gold watch in a richly chased case, J adorned with mythological figures,, and *-J\ number of other valuables, which had beenyii unused for many years, realizing altogether ; i over £250. V ' -;,! ; 'fw At the annual meeting of the committee pi the Brompton Hospital, held i»'4^vj.^'""'' the Earl of Derby, who presided,^?JS to the splendid bequest of the "mystery lady 'of Stamford-street," and said that committee had considered whether, by * acceptance of the large legacy, which wo amount to about £100,000, any of those ww» had any claim on .the bounty of the testa^ would suffer, and as the p they' n»J awarded a present of £100, and fSSaS^Er each for life to Wilhelmina Marion J*"* Miss Reed's only visitor for eighteen yw, and to Nancy Goring, who had served her mistress for twenty years. o« is the story of Cornelia Angelica Eeea,^ "mysterious lady of Stamford-street, W" passed from her dingy residence W**e » had resided for a period of thirty years, W the dust _ / V "From whence she sprung, J .Unipepfc, unhonowed, and unsung. :

THE EVENING jiT^/^ATtrRBAY, OCTOBER 12, 1872.



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