SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

■SUNSET : This evening. 5.. Rio li HIGH "WATER: This afternoon, 5.31

STKAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING. ■Rntprnrisfi No 2. at seven o'clock

ARRIVALS.

Coronet, schooner, from Oamaru Flirt, schooner, Celloni, from Timaru Oootiki. schooner, B, ker, from Opotiki Energy, schooner, Marks, from Dunedin Svlphifle, barque, (ianioch, from Lyttelton Derwent, brig, from Sydney

DEPARTURES.

uomen isie, senooner, matzen, ior raissen Cambria, schooner, for "Wangarei Southern Cross, s.s., Sellars, for Tauranga Star of the South, s.s., Holmes, for Napier

IMPORTS.

Per Derwent, brig, from Sydney : 27 bags guano, 21 cedar boards, Henderson and Macffarlane ;10 tons pig iron, Masefield and Co. ; 7.">0 felloes, D. C4oldie ; 2,;">00 iron bark spokes ; 1000 bags bone dust, 409 bags maize, order ; 104- half oases geneva, 40 eases vestas, L. D. Nathan & Co. ; 26 cases chairs, H. S. Meyers & Co. ; 2 casks iron wire, A. Smart ; 2-1-0 bags crushed bones, J. and J. Soppett ; 10") bags maize, (4. Sibbin ; 100 cases brandy, 545 bags mai/.e, order. Cruickshank and Co., agents.

The s.s. Rangatira has cleared outwards for .Southern ports with the following passen gers :—Mr and Airs Enderby Jackson, Mr and Miss Rickarcls, Mr H. Hallam, Mr W. Moorehead, Miss L. Rasp, Messrs Cohen and Jackman, and Miss Cameron, and a full general cargo. Messrs Combes and Daldy, agents. The brig Derwent, Captain Dawson, ar rived in harbour this afternoon from Sydney. She left that port on the 14th inst., and experienced moderate weather until making the Three Kings, last Tuesday, since which had met with conti-ary winds down the coast.

The T.S.N.Go.'s s.s. Go-Ahead, Captain McGillivray, arrived in the Manukau to-day at 12 noon. She left Wanejanui with a full load of stock at (5 a.m. on the 28th, and an chored inside the Heads at 7 a.m. ; crossed the bar at G p.m. same day, and Manukau at 10 a.m. this morning, arriving here as above. "Experienced light easterly winds with confused sea throughout the passage, llassengers—Messrs Eeid, Bree, and Thomp son. Cargo —42 head cattle, 270 sheep, order. The whaling barque Albion having tran-

shipped her cargo of oil on board the ship City of Auckland, has again haiiled into the stream to await orders.

Notwithstanding the streinious endeavors made by Mr Eoss to float off the barque Tell, from Official Bay, she still lies in a damaged condition on the hard. Final efforts will be made to move her, and if unavailing she will have to be broken up. The following vessels have cleared out wards in general cargo : Mary Ellen, schooner, for Mercury Bay ; Prince Rupert, ketch, for Wangaroa (three passengers) ; Swallow, schooner, for Mercury Bay. The brigantine Flirt has reported at the Customs with 1,466 sacks wheat to order, from Timaru, which port she left on the 17th instant.

The barque Sylphide, Captain Ganioch, arrived inharbour this morning from Lyttel ton with the following cargo : —3252 sacks wheat, 200 sacks oats, order. D. H. McKenzie, agent. Captain Ganioch reports leaving Lyttelton on the 19th inst., and ex perienced contrary winds and rough weather all the passage up. The schooner Opotiki has arrived from Opotiki, and reported at the Customs with a cargo of produce. The schooner Energy, Captain Martin, has reported at the Customs this morning, from Dnnedin, with the following cargo:—

670 sacks flour, 40 ditto oatmeal S. Jones ; 13 tons pig iron, R.- Lusk ; 4(50 bags flour, 24 ditto pollard, 100 sacks flour, Gr. W. Binney; 10 hhds. and 5 barrels beer, Williams and Co. ; 3 hhds., 5 crates, and 2 casks merchandise, T. Boylan ; 160 sacks, 120 bags flour, order; 11 casks beef, John Reid ; 7 tons pig iron, C. Judd ; 22 packages merchandise, Kempthome, Prosser and Co. One passenger, Mr J. Darrack. — Cruick shank and Co., agents. The schooner Coronet has entered at the Customs, from Oamaru, with the following cargo :—IBO sacks, 320 bags flour, 34 sacks pollards, 40 bags barley, 30 do. oatmeal, 400 qr.-sacks flour, 120 half-sacks do., 250 sacks do, Q. W. Binney ; 200 qr. -sacks flour, B. Toiiks & Co. ; 580 sacks flour, GO do. bran, order. One passenger—Mr W. Rattray, junr. The schooner Mary Ellen has entered in wards with 23 tons kauri-gum and 3 bundles tkins for Rolph, Sterry & Co., from Mercury Bay.

The s.s. Star of the South lias cleared out wards for Napier. Cargo —10 kegs nails, 150 cases wine, (3 hhds do, 4 qr-tierces tobacco, 11 casks seed, 2 cases, 1 cask, 21 coils rope, 2 pgs,- Macfarlane ; 1 pg, 1 case,-2'bales, Cruickshank and Co ; 4 cases, 20 kegs nails, 48 barrels, 1 cask, Owen and Graham; 1 truss, McArthur, Shera and Co; 2 gross glass, W. Phillips and Son ; 1 roll leather, 10 tiles, Ireland Brothers ; 2 pgs, 2 cases drapery, A. Clark and Son; 3 pgs drugs, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co; 1 screw, Fraser and Tinne ; 300 sacks potatoes, L. W. Eaton.—J. S. Macfarlane, agent. She sailed this afternoon —two passengers.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below : — & S. d.

POST-OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails -will Clo.he as under • For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m.; and to-morrow at 10.30 a.m. For Coromandel, on Monday, at 11.30 a.m. For Wan;;a-ui, per St. KiMa, to-morrow, at 8 a.m. For Samoa, per Kenilworth, to-ino"row, Oct, 1, at2p.m. For Waij^rei and Marjapai, per Chi.Uenger, on W-cbesday, October 2, at 10 a.m. Per p.s. Nebraska, October 3, asurder : — For Sandwich Islands. Biitish Columbia, United States of America, British Central, and South Amcica, Biitish and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe via England, at 10.CO a.m. For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at 10. CO a.m. For money orders and registered letters and newspapers, at 9 p.m. *** Late lettovs for United States of America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of Gd in addition to the postage, will be received at this office till 11 a.m., ard by the Mail Agent on board the steamer up to time of sailing For Opotiki, per Opo'^ki, on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 4pm Jior Taranrlu and Southern provinces, per Trranaki pn Saturday, October 5. ' S. B. Bibs, Postmaster.

BIRTHS.

Hollaxd.—On September 2S. at her residence, New

North Road, "Mrs A. J. Holland of a son Tbevena. —On September 10, at her residence, Albeit

street, Mrs. W. H. Trevena of a son ftA,sir.—On September 20, at her residence, Mackay street, Lirahainstown, the wife of Mr Henry H. Cash of a Lon

DEATH.

liAsißE.—On Sept. 30, at t'.:e Governor Browne Hotel, George Robert B.,s;re, a^ed 31, late of Islington, London. The funeral will take place to-morrow, Oct. 1, at three p.m. Friends please accept this invitation.

Joiixstoxe.—On September 29, at Emily Place Catherine, youngest daughter of Mr George John stone

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

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 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.

Dueing the progress of the prosecu tion of those charged with conspiracy in the conduct of the Green Harp claim we have scrupulously refrained from doing anything to prejudice the minds of the public JM^ecting men whose fate seemed lilH^;o be placed in the hands of a jury of citizens. Before the prosecution was undertaken we used our efforts to rouse a proper feeling in the community respect ing one of the grossest swindles that had blackened the pages of our mining history. But when public feeling had matured, when attention centred itself on certain men as the supposed guiltiest, and when these men were jugged we stepped back and kept silence. We had confidence in the equity of our tribunals, and in the good faij;h of the authorities. When poor ivnforbunate Mr. Cazali fell murdered by that swindle we did not hesitate to say so ; and without referring to any persons more than to others connected with the Green Harp, claim we laid his murder at the feet of the "G-reen Harp conspirators." Whereupon, as our readers are aware, those men who have been arraigned in the Police Court forthwith pick up the bloody cap, and fix it on their own heads. It is not for us to interfere with their action in this respect. . It may be that they know themselves best, but when they supposed that by their ignorant bounce they.co.uld impel us to meekly lift off the cap, and purge them from blame, they certainly did not knowws. They began cheering when they thought they had got out of the wood, and we presume that.they.supposed that they could in duce us to not give vent to the public howl of execration by their stupid braggadocio. However, we turn from this subject of the threatened criminal prosecution, and our general reference to the G-reen Harp swindle as the cause of Mr Cazali's death, and we come directly to these men who have been charged and committed for trial for conspiracy to defraud. Heaven forbid that we should say they are guilty. The Court has said there is a prima facie case, in other words that " they appear to be guilty." If this had been the deliverance of the Court

in the case of most people) they would have demanded an opportunity of purging themselves from such a stain They would have demanded, if they felt themselves innocent, that that innocence should he proved, if not by the verdict of a jury of their country men, at least by the case being thrown out by the grand jury. No\y they cheer lustily, and to_ their minds it appears a glorious victory because they can slip out of the Court by a back-door, while the arm of the law is struck with paralysis by the exigencies of political life. The Premier of New Zealand will not sanction the costs of prosecu tion, because the counsel for the accused has assisted him to his high office. We do not say that Mr Sheehan's vote was purchased by the promise that the prosecution would bo abandoned ; nor yet do we say that the promise to abandon the prosecution was purchased by Mr. Sheohan's vote. But we do unhesitatingly i say that in the present critical position of parties in the House, Mr Stafford dares not offend Mr Shechan, because Mr Sheehan's nose counts in a division. It is a deplorable thing for a country when it comes to this. Anything may be borne with, if the stream of Justice is left untouched ; but when we find that stream diverted by the hand of him who sits at the helm of affairs in the colony, and the most unusual course taken of the Govern ment declining the expense of the public prosecution of men who have been committed for trial on a criminal charge, our politics indeed present a spectacle for gods and men. We do not say that these men are guilty of conspiracy. That there has been a gross and a villainous conspiracy to rob the shareholders of the Green Harp no one makes the faintest at tempt to deny. The best that is said by its apologists is that there have been other conspiracies and other swindles in connection with our goldiiehls. But that thee was conspiracy and swindle in the G-reen Harp is admitted. If this is so, then there must have been conspirators and swindlers, it' these men who have been committed for trial are not the conspirators, then some other persons must be ; and if so, it i.s the duty of the accused as honest men to demand, themselves, that they should be tried. If they believe that their hands are clean from the plunder of shareholders, then in the name ofall that is shore board let them petition the Government Let them say they have been unjustly accused. Let them say that one court has declared that " they appear to be guilty ;" let them demand that a higher court should purge them of this stain, so that they may be enabled to go forth among their fellow men without a stain on their character. Let them say that they decline to go out of the court by the back door, as proposed by the Premier of New Zealand. Let them tell the Government that if they did so they would be ashamed to appear among their fellow men; that they would be obliged to stealthily escape from the country in the holds of vessels, and that they would bo obliged to change their names, and so be swal lowed up in obscurity among the min ingpopulation of northern Queensland, or other dark places of the earth, where the rumours of the Green Harp had never gone. Let them tell the Government that they are guiltless in the sight of heaven, and that it is the duty of the courts of their country to give them an opportunity of proving themselves also guiltless in the sight of men. This is the unquestionable duty of these men if they feel them selves to be innocent; and this we do not hesitate to say they will most certaialy do ivnlesa they are conscious that they dare not stand before a jury. If they have the manliness to ask for an opportunity of publicly rebutting the grave charges laid against them, we promise them our cordial sympathy as for men struggling against great mis fortune, and while the case is pending we shall, as in the past, refrain from every unkind remark. And if they clear themselves from the foul charge we shall most willingly sound their praises. But if they do not do so, and if the back door of the Court-house being, opened for them, they slink out thereby, we promise them thafc we shall keep our eye on them wherever they go; and even ..amid the torrid rocks of the Gilbert, the burning fla^s of Eavenswood and Charters? Towers, or the reeking swamps of the Darwin, we shall introduce them through our North Queensland contemporaries, em balmed in all the fragrant memories of the Green Harp.

For the public there is now but one course to pursue. The Government, which by its firmness was to have " saved" the country, has, in one little particular, shown of-what it is capable to keep a vote secure, and. so prolong for a few weeks its wretched existence. But politics should not be mixed up with the genuine feeling of indignation that is felt in the city and on the gold fields at the attempt to burke- this prosecution. We believe on this the feeling of the community is one and undivided. That feeling seeks expres sion. It should find expression in a public meeting, and we do not hesitate to say that if a public meeting is convened there will be steps taken that will save the colony from the disgrace of officially regardingswindling in mining transactions as a trivial thing. If there must be villainy in the manipulation of amalgam and

miuing stock* let Us at least pretend [ thatwe cannot see it. But let it never go forth to the world that in New Zealand , such tilings are so habitual that the i public cob science has been scred, and the very fountain of justice is polluted.

We are confident that it is uiiiteoe'ssar,f for us to ask our readers to eliminate the facts from the fancies in the telegrams which we receive from the South, and publish in our telegraphic columns. The statement of facts is reliable, that of political opinions is wholly illusory. We publish telegrams just as we receive them, but the unfair bias is, of course, patent. In one telegram to-day, which appears in another column, we are requested to "exclude political bias from telegrams," but |we prefer to publish them as received. \Ve|think the expurgation should take place before sending them from Wellington.

The new wharf tariff Will conic! into oper^ ation on the Ist proximo. Copies of the tariff are to be obtained at the Harbour Board Office.

The Waikaio Times states that Dr. Camp bell, Messrs J. May, and H. Lusk arrived in the Waikato on Thursday. We learn that the object of their visit is to meet Mr Anthony Trollope, Avho is coming overland from Tauranga. They will accompany that gentleman in a tour through the district, in order to point out to him the places best worth seeing, either from their natural beau ties or from the interest attaching to them from having been the scene of memorable events during the war.

The following telegram was received on Saturday evening by his Worship the Mayor from the Premier: -" Oiovernment Build ings, Wellington, September "2S, 187^. —I regret that the Government cannot, in the face of legal opinions received, undertake the prosecution iii the Green Harp case. Will the persons urging the prosecution become liable for expenses in case of failure to con vict?—E. Yv. Stafford.—P. A. Philips, Esq., Mayor of Auckland."

The Rev. Warlow Davies. 8.A., preached an eloquent and impressive sermon last even ing in the Albeit - street Congregational Church from the 13th, 14th, and li)th verses of the 4th chapter of St. James :■ — "Co to now, ye that say, to-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell and get gain.— Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ''. Jt is even as a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.— For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will we shall live, and do this or that.'' The rev. gentleman's discourse, sug gested by the death of Mr Cazali, was of a thoroughly practical nature. He referred briefly to deceased, and said that from what he could learn Mr Cazali was much esteemed by all who knew him ; that lie came here partly in consequence of shattered health, and partly with the view of finding ease and quiet aniongst us, but in an evil hour he had been tempted to risk his means in a mining speculation. He would not decry the gold mining power of the colonies, and could see nothing sinful in it when exercised and carried on upon righteous principles ; but in this colony it had been made, too frequently, a system of fraud, and he regretted to say that fraud in the colonies has hail free scope and free play to the ultimate ruin of thousands. A man should be sure when he speculates that lie can afford to loose what he invests ;to speculate otherwise is an act of egregious folly. The sad incidents and sudden reverses of colonial life should teacli men not to pre sume on the morrow or build their hopes upon foundations of sand. One who had lived in the tropics of prosperity was ill prepared for the cold regions of .adversity. The goldmining atmosphere was not a healthy atmosphere without religious principles. The departed had gone to his grave broken hearted in consequence of credulity on the one side and fraud and deception on the other, and the evil had fallen, as it always does, on the innocent and unoffending. The blood of the man cricth from the ground, and whoever the guilty ones may be their dark deeds, though not to be traced in the oflice of the legal manager, are recorded with un erring fidelity in the archives of Heaven. Gold absorbed our chiefs thoughts, and it is to be feared that amid our commex-cial acti vities God was too often ignored. The preacher's object was not to condemn, but to give instruction and enforce the lessons of his text upon the serious attention of his hearers. The rev. gentleman concluded by shewing the importance of religion in con nection with all matters of business, and that religious principles are abundantly suflicient to support us through all the storms and reverses of life. The collection at the close of the service, on behalf of Mrs Ca/ali and family, amounted to £13 3s 9d.

The members of the Auckland Rowing Club will hold their annual meeting at the Thames Hotel to-morrow evening, for the purpose of receiving the yearly report, electing officers, and other business.

The Auckland College and Grammar School will commence its fourth quarter on October 3.

The monthly inspection of the Auckland Rifle Brigade will take place on Thursday evening next at half-past seven o'clock. The Victoria Company of Rifle Volunteers are to have their weekly drills on Tuesday evenings in future, in the Drill-shed. The target practice of the company is to be resumed on Tuesday for the company and cadets. The manager of the Auckland and Thames Steam Packet Company intimates that from October 7 the fares from Auckland to the Thames, by the Golden Crown, will be— saloon, Bs. ; steerage, ss. (kl. ; the company paying toll and train at Tararu wharf.

The Waihato Times says :—"We remind the settlers, that the first of next month is the last day on which entries can be made of wheat, oats, barley, sugar-beet, and linseed for competition at the next show of the Waikato Agricultural Society. We trust that no settler who has anything to show will omit to enter it. It should be remem bered that one of the principal objects of agricultural shows is to let other people know what the district can do, 4ftnd any settler who omits to do his best^Uamages the district directly and himself indirectly. If the show only induces two bonfi fide settlers to take up land it will have done its work."

The Rangitata bridge, at Timaru, is one of the largest bridges in New Zealand. An idea of its size can be obtained from the following schedule of the materials used in its construc tion :—Masonry 300 tons, concrete ],300 tons, cast-iron 410 tons, malleable iron 280 tons, and timber 235 tons. There are also 31,200 rivets, 14,300 spikes, and 18,500 bolts in the structure. The total cost of the same, ex cluding engineering supervision, exchange on drafts, amounts to £19,642. It is considered to be the cheapest bridge in the colony.

We hear that Dr. Hooper has tested a portion of the contents of the late Mr Uazali's stomach. He gave some to a kitten and in a few seconds the symptoms of strych nine were apparent. Dr. Hooper then ad ministered chloroform, which proved an antidote to the strychnine.

One of those trivial accidents occurred on ,Satvtrday last which prove' that there really is but "ones Step from the sublime to the ridiculous." A respectable dealer hi vege tables, with his horse and cart, was quietly jogging along Victoria street towards his little store facing Freeman's Bay. His cart was loaded Avith cauliflowers and cabbages,-, and ho, the brightest flower of all, was mounted like a prince upon them. He pos-g Sibly was meditating lipon the uncertainties df trade and the ups and downs of a green grocer's life wten suddenly, SM if by magic, portions of the harness gave way, the cart shot up and its owner went down. The people ran with serious faces, thinking that some sad accident had occurred, when their groundless fears were turned to laughter : upon seeing their old neighbour, with smiles upon his face, struggling unhurt through a mountain of cabbages.

The work of reducing Fort Britomart is proceeding rapidly, a number of fresh hands having been taken on by the contractor, A large portion of Official Bay has already been re-claimed1, arid a corresponding decrease in Point' Britoiiiart is also apparent. The embankment for the l'ailway ifi now within less than two hundred yards of the Wynyard Pier, and that structure is expected to be reached by the end of the week. Orders were received from Wellington on Saturday afternoon to commence work on the stone breast-work or sea-wall, and Mr Owen Jones has accordingly set hands to work oil it this morning. We understand that he will require one hundred extra hands for this work. The wall will run in a straight line from the foot of the breakwater to the end of the Wynyard Pier; from there it will take a curve towards St. Barnabas' point, leaving an opening for entrance to the tidal dock, which is proposed to be made in the bay, outside the railway. ' Complaints are made of straugera persisting in roaming over the works notwithstanding notices warning them not to do so. Their presence is a hin drance to the progress of the work, and dan gerous to themselves.

Mr Enderby Jackson's London Star Comique Company have returned after a successful engagement at the Thames, and will leave by the steamer R&ngatira, for Wellington, this afternoon. Mr Harry Rickards, the comic singer, itj a host in himself, and we have no doubt his efforts to please our Southern brethren will meet with the success he deserves.

We take the following from uhe Fortnightly Review :—ln the old days, which are not so very old, but that they are fresh in the memories of men still living, the two armed populations on either side of the frontier enlivened their friendly or hostile intercourse with duels. The particulars of one of them were related to me, with evident gusto, by a young officer who had heard the story from Iris mother. By the terms of it the Christian champion was to fight on foot, while the Moslem was mounted on horseback. On the other hand the former had the advantage of standing behind a palisade breast high. The Christian was armed with his single-barrelled gun ; the horseman had his Turkish jn'stols. The one had thus the advantage in point of range, the other in possibility of flight. For a long time the combat was undecided, as the Turk made his horse curve, and bound as he described all possible figures just without the range of his enemy's weapon, in the hope of inducing him to waste one shot. Mean while the Christian stood ready, but at the same time calmly smoking his pipe, till a stratagem occurred to him which proved suc cessful. Drawing in the smoke until he had accumulated as much as he could retain, he watched the moment when his adversary had approached the palisade in the circle he was describing, and then with one strong effort puffed out the whole of the smoke. The Turk, supposing his opponent's piece missed lire, instead of wheeling round rode straight on, and dropped down dead amidst the cheers of the Christian spectators.

Jt is pleasing to have the sympathy of our contemporaries, and we thank our gold fields' brothers for speaking thus. The Thames Advertiser says :—" Mr -Joy, solicitor, of the city of Auck land, must have gone demented over the intricacies of the Green Harp case, or else he has determined to take a subtle and crafty means of making the fortune of the proprietors of the Auckland Star. We do not agree with everything that appears in the columns of our con temporary, but we think the comments made on the death of poor Cazali were only right and proper, and the editor in no way transgressed the bounds of fair criticism. To threaten a criminal action for libel under such circumstances is to strike at the throat of freedom and liberty, and it is moreover a deliberate attempt to trample under foot the right of the Press. The newsj:>aper press of the colony may differ on social, religious, and political questions, but they generally rally round each other when there ia any attempt made to restrict their rights or to 'gag'them. If Mr Joy is a wise man he will advise his clients not to stir up dirty water, for they will only make a martyr of the Star, and do themselves no good." The Coromandel Mall, says:—"The Star very justly condemns the barbarous verdict of felo de se given by the coronor's jury in poor Mr C'azali's case, and has also animadverted most severely upon those accused of conspiracy in the Green Harp as having been the cause of his death and of great suffering and misery to 'hundreds in Auckland. With regard to the latter course taken by the Star, the publishers have been served with a lawyer's letter, a copy of which, to appear in yesterday's Star, has beeu for warded to us, and which we append to these remarks. We rather imagine, from what we know of. the Star, that Mr Joy, or rather those he acts for, will get it hot from the editor's pen, and that the apologj; will be a scathing denunciation, alongside of which the previous remarks of the Star will appear weakly mild. With regard to the verdict, we can only stigmatise it as a disgrace to Auckland. Mr Cazali came trustingly to Auckland and invested his money in our mines. We take his money for worthless scrip, leave him penniless, drive him to self destruction, and then blast the prospects of his wife and family by a verdict oifelo de se. Is the community of Auckland so moral a one that it should take up and cast this stone at an erring brother ? We wot not. It was a cruel verdict, for it not only insults the deceased's memory, but precludes his widow and family from reaping the benefit of a policy of life insurance by which the deceased had sought to make provision for them. The matter of the verdict we may leave in the hands of our big brothers in Auckland."

The Coromandel Mail of Saturday last says :—" Yesterday some seventy pounds of specimen stone were taken from the Pride of Tokatea. A portion of this, consisting of several pounds weight, was brought down to Kapanga by the manager, and is certainly the richest stone we have yet seen obtained in the district. Some of the pieces were literally saturated with gold, through and through, from edge to edge.

The Shortlancl Volunteer Fire Brigade met for practice on Saturday evening. Superin tendent Bull and Captain Glasgow drilled the men with hose, &c. The Brigade have re ceived permission to use the Catholic Chapel bell in case of fire.

A special meeting of the City Council will take place to-morrow afternoon.

We are glad to learn that this afternoon a telegram signed by a large number of tb most influential citizens of Auckland lias been despatched to the Government, remon strating with them for condoning the Green Harp swindle. It- was couched m no measured far** What the-result may be will doubtless depend on whether Mr Sheehan's vote is essential or otherwise to Mr Stafford.

We gather from the Waikato Times that an accident, which might have been attended with more serious results, occurred to a son Oi Captain Leslie, of Tamahere, last Saturday, while riding out With his grandfather, Y. Leslie, Esq. The pony on which lie was ridiiK' propped and threw him. In conse quence of stretching out his arms to save himself as he fell, the whole weight of his body came on the right arm, fracturing the bones close to the wrist. Dr Beale was m attendance a few hours after the accident and succeeded ill setting the limb, the inflam mation having been kept down previous to his arrival by the application of cold water cloths- We ai'e happy to say that the little fellow is doing well.

We need scarcely remind our readers oi what wo believe will be a most interesting and telling lecture to-morrow evening at the Mechanics'. We can give the assurance that there will be a good sixpence worth of the excruciatingly delightful miseries of journa lism.

A concert, of a varied and interesting character, will be given on Wednesday, Oc tober 9, at the Catholic Institute, Welling ton-street, in aid of the School of Industry. The Energetic Troupe (a noble title) and Ward's Minstrels will render their influen tial assistance on this inviting occasion. The entertainment will consist of song, music, dancing, and that very attractive and laugh able farce, the "Practical Darkie; or, the Lover in Difficulties." The names of Messrs Hill, Gooch, Doran, Elder, Leslie, and the inimitable Ward are a sufficient guarantee for a genuine evening's amusement.

Return of sick treated^dul'ing the_week ending Saturday, September 28th, 1872, at the Provincial Hospital. llemained last return, 65 ; admitted since, 14 ; discharged 8 ; died, 2 ; remaining, G9 ; males, 02 ; females, 7. Arrangement of cases : —Fever (typhoid), 2; syphilis, &c, 2; scrofula, 4; phthisis, 9; rheumatism, 10 ; opthalmia, 1 ; ameurosis, 1 ; paralysis, 3 ; melancholia, 1 ; aneurism, 1 ; bronchitis, 1; dyspepsia, 2 ; dysentery, 1 ; uterine disease, 3 : cutaneous, 1 ; fistula, 1 ; burn, 1 ; abscess and ulcers, 8 ; wounds and contusions, 8 ; caries and necrosis, 4; fractures, 4; dislocation, 1 ; debility, 2. Two men died during the week. One on 21st inst, of disease of the brain, and the other on 28th inst. of pulmonary con sumption. Thanks are returned to Mrs Bent, Otahuhu, for two parcels of old linen.

In reply to " Minnie's" enquiry as to the number of beaux possessed by her young lady friend we have received the following;— " Schoolboy" says, In the language of Words worth, they might say ' We are seven."— " W.K." works out the solution as one. "J. MacM. " says, "In answer to "Minnie,'' in Saturday's issue, I would say she has four beaux. She can't many all four at once. With your leave I will give her a hint how to find out which will make the best lms band. A young lady during a long voyage found that she had won the hearts of several young gentlemen, her fellow-passengers Utterly unable to choose she consulted the Captain. He advised her to fall overboard some day when they were all on deck and ahe would then see how they would behave. Four dashed over the ship's side to save her, the fifth stood quietly looking over the bul warks. She chose him as the wisest man." " T.8.H." shows the number to be seven. "D.X.C." says, " Two strings to one's bow, to meet foe, as you know, was by maidens of yore thought the thing ; But fair "Minnie's" (Jhloe (say not oh ! no, no, no !) Hath just seeen poor beaux on one string."

It affords us great pleasure to be the means of intimating that Mrs Cazali has very com fortable accommodation for three gentlemen boarders. If any gentlema* is in quest of such accommodation he can have the double satisfaction of having himself most comfort ably lodged, and of assisting to relieve the pressure of a very heavy affliction.

We are informed on reliable authority that Mr Howe, late chairman of directors of the Green Harp Company, has been for some time in Wellington. He has probably been "engineering," the cause in the effort to burke the prosecution of the Green Harpers, which lias resulted in Mr Stafford's telegram.

We have been authorised to state that Miss Aitken has very kindly offered to give her assistance on her return from the AVakato, in about a fortnight, to any enter tainment, concert, or otherwise that may be got up for the benefit of Mrs Cazali.

Somebody—not Isaac Walton—says a fish ing rod is a thing with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. Some other body sends us the following as original:—" Can you describe a billiard cue when being used by tin amateur ? No ? Why an ash rod with a ' tip ' at one end and a tip-plev at the other."

It has been suggested to us that the Green Harp people should get up a requisition to Johnny Sheehan, asking him to stand for the Superintendency. It is the least they should do after his services in Wellington ; and his zeal in their behalf affords convincing proof how earnestly he would guard the public interests if intrusted with the high office of the Chief Magistracy.

THE SHAREMARKET.

mr. j. m. Lennox's. Business upon the Exchange continues rather dull. My sales couiDrise— Caledonian, £30, £30 10s; Thames, £G 2s 6d ; Tookey (paid \\p), £4 10s ; Tookey (third issue), £2; City of London, 10s.

ACCIDENT AT FORT BRITOMART.

An accident of a serious nature happened early this morning to one of the workmen engaged in reducing Fort Britomart point. From inquiries mad,e on the spot we learn that a man named James Sullivan was load ing a ballast waggon, when a quantity of loose stone and earth came rolling down the embankment and a large piece of stone struck his legs before he had time to get out of the way. He Avas found by his fellow workmen to be very much hurt, and Mr Owen Jones, the contractor, at once had him removed in an express van to the hospital. On being examined by Dr Philson, the hos pital surgeon, it was discovered that he had received a compound fracture of. the left leg just above the ankle, and the bone of the right leg was very much splintered, as to render it even more dangerous than the left one. The patient received every attention, and was by last account progressing favour ably. We understand that he is a married man with one daughter. Mr Owen Jones has kindly furnished us with the subjoined report from the hospital :—" The man has both legs broken. The right one, simple fracture with a considerable amount of ex travasation. The left leg is a compound fracture, a very ugly one ; likely to turn out a case for amputation, but at the man's own request Dr Philson has put it up, hoping that such a course will be for the best. Other injuries are of no consequence."

TELEGRAPHIC.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This day, 2 p.m. The return for the week of the Caledoniau is 507 ounces from 460 tons.

Central Italy mine is shewing well, strong lode of gold is visible. The Gold Calf retorting is now going on,

TAURANGA.

This day, 12 noon.

The s.s. Southern Cross arrived here at seven o'clock last evening. The natives of Whangamata are engaged. in angry strife about land lately m**^ . they are expected to fight.

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

NAPIER. The Nebraska sailed for Auckland at three o'clock yesterday afternoon.

WELLINGTON.

11.50 a.m,

' Exclude political bias from telegrams. A requisition to Mr Saunders, urging him to stand for the Superintendency, is being largely signed. . The barque Albyns Isle arrived here to day after a ten days' voyage from Newcastle. She brings dates to the 19th inst. The news is unimportant. The Albyns Isle brings 350 tons coal. The Governor arrived at Newcastle on the Kith, and was most enthusiastically received by all classes. An address was presented to him.

The demand for tonnage is in excess of the supply. Freights for Auckland, Wellington, and Denedin are 26s ; Nelson, 25s ; Lyttelton, 28s. Sailed—Gazelle, for Wellington.

TARANAKI.

12.35 p.m. Mr Atkinson's election is considered safe,

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day, 11.35 a.m.

In the Hunt Club Steeplechase Bismarck 1, Harlequin 2. Merrimac bolted off the course. In the second heat Royalty came in first.

A Mr J. Miller, farmer, has been com mitted for trial for a violent assault with an iron bar, fracturing a skull.

SYDNEY.

September 18.

The Queensland Tin Mining Company has declared a dividend of 6d per share. Five young men have been arrested on a charge of rape on a servant girl, named Margaret O'Reilly, at the North Shore. They have been remanded. The Great Britain arrived in Melbourne after a very rapid passage. The miners' rush from Melbourne continues. Margaret O'Donohue has been found guilty of murdering at Melbourne, and is sentenced to death. The Anglican Synod or bishops has com menced. Mr Morris, the manager of the Bank of Australasia, at Geelong branch, died on the 15th suddenly. ' The Lady Franklin has arrived from China with a cargo of sugar. The mining share market is depressed.

ADELAIDE.

September 16. Wheat has a downward tendency ; flour is unchanged. The papers contain no commercial news from Melbourne.

THE AUCKLAND VOLUNTEER ENGINEERS.

To the Editor of the Evexing Star

Sir, most grave and potent seigneur,—Can these worthies have a ball as well as a din ner to their officers on the 9th November next (not the notable fifth)? All agree about the dinner, etc., but opinions differ amongst them as to the ball; warm senti ments have been expressed pro and con; opinions are divided and you are to decide. It is a hard case that will not yield to;the motion of Eve's daughters, for whom I write. Wives and daughters who contribute so largely to the success of these movements think that a trip on the li^ht fantastic toe should be permitted to them on such an occasion. Other institutions of a similar nature have set the example with much success. The ball should be kept rolling, and the ladies have no objection to a reasonable amount of ball practice ; their motto is niltil nisi bon-um, but no blank cj^-tridge. —Woltjnteek Hengineer.

[The Engineers cannot have the usual qualities of " brave men " if they do not. like the society of " fair women." A ball, by all means, they oujht to have.— En. E.S.]

CAPTAIN CASEY.

(To the Editor of tlie Evening Star.) Sib, —In Saturday's Star it is stated that Captain Casey refused to subscribe to the Cazali Fund; in reference to which I beg to state that one of the collection lists was handed to me in the afternoon ; I happened to meet Captain Casey in the street that evening, and asked him for a subscription. He gave me a guinea ; at the same time lie distinctly stated that he had offered the same amount to some gentlemen who called on him, and they declined taking it, as they considered the amount to small. In rushing to a newspaper to give information the least those gentlemen should have done was to qualify it.—l am, &c, J. Cosgrave. ■.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

' (Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R.M.) DRUNKENNESS. Nine drunkards were compellefwtSS'vay *^c penalty of their crime. KICKING THE BUCKET,iY^^ J. Ford, an inebriate, wsy c tyge<* ■with destroying Provincia^ i^-^-«Ja^ *v PT?' perty in the shape of a zincbucket, whilst in his cell in the lock-up. The prisoner said it was quite an accident, and alleged that he fell over it. Inspector Broham said that he "kicked the bucket." Fined 5s and costs, and ordered to pay for the damage done. ..,., ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCE. ' Josiah Prout surrendered to his recogni zance on a charge of obtaining £95 from Mr H. Y. Solomon Meyers by means of false pretence. Mr E. Meyers, solicitor, appeared for the prosecutor. Mr Joy defended. Mr Meyers applied for a remand until to-morrow, which was granted, the bail being enlarged. This was all the business.

THE EVENINGLSTAU, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1872



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