SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLNAD.

SUNSET : This evening, 4.47. HIGH WATER : This afternoon, 2.30,

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING, Duke of Edinburgh, 6 o'clock. Enterprise No. 2, 6 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Elm Grove, barque, from Lyttelton. Flirt, brigantine, from Lyttelton. Keera, s.s., Carey, from Southern ports (in the Manukau). Opotiki, schooner, from Opotiki.

DEPARTURES.

v mcent, cutter, for Tauranea. Go-ahead, s.s., McGillivray, forWaitara.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern ports: Kccra, s.s., this evening

Phcebe, June 4 For Sydney and Melbourne : City of Adelaide, to-

morrow. For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer. June 13. For Ahipara and Hokianga : Mary Eliza,' cutter,

to-morrow Tor Napier : Star of the South, s.s., this afternoon ; and »s;Rangatira, s.s., Monday. For Tauranga : Dauntless, schooner, early. For Russell, &c : Oo'merang, to-day.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Rangitoto, s.s., from Southern ports Nevada, mail steamer (due Jun a 17) Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton Alpha, schooner, from Newcastle Amphitrite, schooner, from Sydney Tyrol, barque, from Nelson

IMPORTS.

Per s s TTeera, from Wanganui :—420 sheep, 14 pigs, 42 head cattle, Gregg ; 53 kegs butter Combes and Daldv • 2 do lard, 2 pkgs bacon, G W Binney ; 1 keg butter.'l box. E Lewis : 1 case, Sir R Douglas.; 1 pkg books, Oowell.—Oombesand Daldy, agents. Per barque Elm Grove, from Lyttelton :—4 cases bacon, 150 sacks wheat, 5 cases bacon, order; 266 sacks oats, 42 cases cheese. R Arthur ; 69 cases do G W Binney • 938 sacks wheat, 124 do d 0,210 do oats. 527 do wheat. 59 do beans, 4 do peas 6 do bacon 640 do wheat 300 do oats, 4 do grass-seed, 147 do oats, 9 do peas, 26 do beans, Must and Co.—Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. i ■■ .... , Per Rangatira, ss. from Southern ports :-From Dunedin: 1 case. Wavewneld: 400 kegs blastm* powder T and S Morrin ; aquantitv of pig iron, Judd; 13 case's gin, Must and Co; 30 sacks oatmeal, 2 ditto flour, G W Binney; 50 barrels apples, 'S Jones ; 1 box. order ; 4 bags spice, Stephenson : 20 sacks oatmeal. Morton : 10 barrels port, J Reid ; 10 Jegs nails, P A Philips : 2 bales drapery, Cossrrave : 1 v,W t rpp! . p.nird ■ 4 trunks boots, Sartrood ; 5 hhds. 5 barrel Tale Williams ; 5 hhds do. Anthony ; 3 do. M Corcoran • 14 do do, H B Morton ; 5 cases, G- W S? lotof pte iron, T axd S Morrin ;10 cases ale, do show cards, Morton and Onyon. From Oamaau: 27 tons flour, order. From Wellington : 2 boxes, Telegraph: 1 pkg. Sheath: 1 case, Armitage. From Napier f 1 horse, Cox.-Combes and Daldy, agents.

" The s s City of Adelaide will take her departure for S^£SS^SoS= in ballast "ttISSS I Grov^Captein Lcddra arrived in harbour St evening from Lyttelton. and entered at %SnZe h r %Sies g S reported yesterday at the Customs with 18 cases drapery, 2 boxes tobacco, 4 tons gum, 1 do potatoes, 120 sheep, from Taxmuiisa. The s.s. Keera, Captain Care^ leVT w g£™i 5 40p m on the 23rd May. and arrived at Wangaiuu at 10 am on the 24th ; sailed on the 28th. at midnight, after being three days bar-bound, and arrived at the McßousaU, Wooton, Grew, Tyler Wfflian, Cawood. ManukSuat 3.40 p.m. on the 30th. Passengers-Messrs. We are indebted to Mr. C. E. Keeble, purser, for our fee s s Rangatiraleft Napier on Tuesday and arrived at Poverty Bay at 6.30 p m same day; left at 1 am on Thursday and arrived at Tauranga at midrnght left at noon yesterday, and arrived in harbour at dam to-day. She discharged 400 kegs powder into a cutter and came to the wharf at 8 am. Passengers r-Mxs O'Neill. Miss Campbell.Mrß Carlton, and two children. Mrs Gill and three children Miss farmer Messrs Turner Langridge,'Smith Campbell Mr and Mrs Harrison, Miss Ninnis, Captain Morris Constable Campney and one prisoner, and four constables AX.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. WThe following are the current calls and dividend* payable in the companies named below :— £ s. d.

ww*.- ,:" MEETINGS TO COME. . Tambaroora, West Queen street^ S! pm June 1

wfw'ftakaia, Coromandel, June 11 B-r%av Be^Sel 14 Auckland, 3 ,m, Qu S^ay,GraWstown JunelT *fc*pß* ggSS£SrSSSSk£^.X«iB. ''.saw" SSbourvlew, Coromandel, June 20; S ■ Wood's Pota" Coromandel, June 21 ■ I I %

THE SHARE MARKET.

me. j. m. raonrox's bepobt. # The share market is rather quiet. Caledonian and Bismarck shares fully maintain jester day's quotations. My sales comprise : Gale donrnrT, £20 10s, £20 ; Pride of Tokatea, 8s ?d ; B amarck share sold at £4 7s 6d ; Invjj ness, 17,; Siege of Paris 14s; Thames £5 108. Closing sellers: Caledonian, £20 10 Thames, £5 15a; Siege of Paris, 143 6a. Buyers ':. .Caledonian, £20 ; Thames, £5 10s ; Siege' oi P'aria, 14s ; Insurance shares, £46 j Gas shares, £9 LOs.

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails will Close as Under „„»,„„ For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p m ; and to-morrow, at 9.80 a.m. and 5:30 p m ForKapanga, to-morrow, atO.SO am ; and 11 am For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, per Enterprise, to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. ■ ... , Foo Tauranga, Gisborne, Kapier, Wellington' and Southern Ports,-per Rangatira, on Monday, at 2 p.m For Mahuranga, Matakana, Mangawai, &c, per Lady • JJowen, on Saturday Ist June, at 10 am Per us City of Adelaide, on Saturday, Ist June, as tinder.:— . : ■. ■ For India, China, Mauritius, Mediterranean Ports,and Continent of Europe, at 10 a m ' '. . , For Australian Colonies, at H am For United Kingdom via Suez and Southampton (for letters specially so addressed), at 11 am For. .United Kingdom, via Brindisi, at 11.30 a m For.newspapers, at 9 am For money orders and registered letter*, at 9.30 am' ■ r Late letters for Sydney, Melbourne, and United Kingdom, via Southampton, bearing 3d and 6d in ' addition to the postage will be received till 11.30 am For Taranaki and Southern provinces, pers.fi. Phoabe, on Monday, 3rd June, at 5 p.m. ~ ■ ■ ■ On and after Monday, 3rd June, the mails for Hamilton, Waikato, leaving this office on Mondays, Wednesdays; and Fridays, will arrive at Hamilton

MARRIAGE.

Donald— Byrne.— On the 23rd May, at Wellington street, by the Rev R F Macnicol, Archibald Donald, engineer Col. Government ps Luna, to Margaret Annie, eldest daughter of the late Mr William Byrne, Sutton Forest. New South Wale 3.

DEATH.

Peacocke.—On the 29th May, at Howick, Lieut. - Colonel the Honorable Ponsonby Peacocke, eldest son of Colonel Peacocke, of the 3rd (Scotch Fusilier) Guards, and Louisa, his wife ; aged 53. The funeral will leave the late residence of deceased at 3 p.m. on Saturday, the Ist June.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1872.

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

G-OLDFiELDS, like children, must pass through the diseases of infancy before attaining the health and vigour of adolescence. The Coromandel field is evidently following in the footsteps of the Thames, and there will probably be the same number of swindlers and dupes developed before the excellence of the district is established. Bubble companies of the most impudent char acter are every day being brought before the public eye, and we are glad to see that our young contemporary the Mail is doing gallant work in behalf of the honest and the simple-minded in prick ing bubbles. "We have no doubt that the Mail will make plenty of enemies, but it will eventually win the thanks of all good men. It has commenced at the root in a practical way by insist ing that all new companies starting shall pay their footing in its columns. The manner in which, we understand, the Thames papers were let in by projected mining swindles should be a caution to all, and with dry sarcasm our contemporary states that the pre-payment of the printers' account will be accepted as a guar antee of the faith which the pro jectors themselves repose in the mag nificent prospects of their pet schemes. This crucial test applied in limine will, we have no doubt, dispel the illusions respecting many a piece of unknown ground, and as the editor wields a free lance in behalf of the unwary against all bubble companies, whether they advertise or not, it is probable that the Coromandel field and its various claims will not be the cause of so much heart-breaking ruin and of so many deep and bitter curses as the Thames lias been responsible for. In an able and a rattling leader in yester day's issue the Mail* vans amuck among the bubbles, and indicates that it is only preparing for the onslaught. We do not agree with all that our contemporary says on this subject, as for example in his raid on Auckland management. With all respect we submit that the first safety was afforded to shareholders in Thames stock by the removal of the central control- to Auckland; and however our contemporary may strive in this regard, in the nature of things the same result will follow respecting Coro mandel. We do not say_ this in any disrespect for our friends at ( Kapanga, but if they wish to retain the [control at Coromandel then they must jretain all the shares at Coromandel. !If the shares are thrown on the market | wherever the preponderance of capital :is found there will the preponderance of shareholders reside; and where the .majority of shareholders reside there j will they desire that the central control should be —under their own eyes and 1 subject to their own supervision. This

uncompromising £ s. d. We fully admit that we can over-match Coro mandel or any other place in the pro vince by our genius for swindling, and that if we could only believe that our Kapanga neighbours were like Cesar's wife, their opportunities of direct sur veillance over mining operations would give them a decided advantage. But the public belief we have no doubt is that they would do a little bit of rigging too if they got a quiet chance ; and in such circumstauces it Cannot be but that, if the shares are largely taken up in Auckland, the management must gravitate in this direction too. We do not advocate this, neither do we defend it; but it is one of those things dependent on natural laws. But let our contem porary take good courage. Let him keep his eye on the various lots that are made the basis for a swindle, and let him speak out as manfully as he has done. And if in fear of his lance, or for the sake of a wider sphere, or because of the presence of more money and more dupes the bubbles are in flated up here, it will afford us the greatest pleasure to pursue the prick ing process with avidity. The remarks of our Coromandel contemporary are so pertinent and so well put that we reproduce them for the benefit of such of our readers as are waiting for the " tip" from particular friends^ and with their mouths open to " be laid on a good thing " in promoter's shares.

The cry is still they come. Two new gold mining companies, with their field of opera tions at Coromanclel, have been formed in as many days this week, in Auckland. The directors in each case are Auckland resident?, and the legal management is to be in Auck land. Where the ground of one of these companies is we have not tho faintest con ception. We are pleased to find that the remarks on this subject in our last issue have caused a slight flutter among the rank and file of the bubble fraternity, but every honost man, and every one who desirea to see our truly magnificent wealth developed, will cordially endorse and echo every word we have written on the grent and serious evil that it growing up. Wo may now add, if it will in any way increase the discomfort of the promoters of bubble companies, that we are collecting information as to the number of companies which have been formed and registered, and which have wot broken ground.

There ha 3 never, we believe, been a gold field with better prospects than theCoromandel field possessesatthepresentmoment. There are at least twenty to thirty mines with splendid prospects—mines which will yield a magnifi cent return after the expenditure cf a small sum of money in dead work. There is like wise an extent of known auriferous country which the Thames never possessed, and wlich in some instances requires but little capital to develop. Bat all these advantages will avail us nothing if wo permit bubbles to be started up every day, and our mines as well as ourselves to be " managed" on the Auckland Stock Exchange. We know from experience what such manage ment means. We say that local supervision and a local directory implies that there is a belief in the ground taken up, and an honest intention to prospect it fairly and properly. Let new companies show that they have a small sum of money in hand to apply to suck a purpose, and they will soon find numbers who are ready to join in so legitimate a specu lation as that of testing the ground. But we hope to see every man on the field Bet his face against the proposal to centralize the entire management of tho goldfield in Auck land.

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

THE MEETING TO-NIGHT.

"We need not to remind our readers that this evening will be held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute the special general meeting of members for the purpose of considering import tant resolutions relative to that insti tution. "We do not desire to add to what we have already said on the subject. There is but one opinion with the great body of the people of the city that the local Mechanics' Institute has been a total failure. Various offorts have been made* to galvanise it into life. Hitherto they have been baffled by a clique which has managed to work the Institute so as to repel all persons of progressive and liberal sentiments. Plainly stated an effort will be made to remove the in fluence that has hitherto made the Institute a bye-word; and we call on every citizen to rally around those who in the face of ill-will and misrepresentation are determined to rescue the Institute out of the control of old fogeyism, and give it to the public. An effort will first be made to admit all subscribers to the news-room to an equal share with the subscribers to the library in the voting and the general control of the Institute. If this effort is successful, so greatly enlarged will the constituency become that little doubt need be felt regarding the future of the Institution. An effort will also be made to have pro ceedings initiated for converting the Institute into a Pree Public Library; and not the least important a proposal will be submitted, and we hope will be carried, for electing a new list of officers at the hands of the greatly enlarged constituency. The present committee, &c. ; were elected by the majority of the votes of only 25 voters. The election to-night will, we trust, be effected by the votes of four or five hundred voters. In another column it will be seen that a list of names is submitted. These names after con siderabledeliberationhavebeeri selected by those who earnestly desire t« reform the Institute. There is not the faintest of even seeming to dictate to Selectors, nor is it supposed that'the list contains the best names that could be proposed. But after deliberation it was deemed right to submit a list with a respectful request that those desirous i of effecting a reform of the Institute |

not unusual in electioneering, and is the only available means of pre venting votes being split up and thrown away by those whose desires are all for the same object. TV^e would, therefore, warmly endorse the request that has been made, and we can confidently say that though some better names and. more popular names might have been chosen, if these are elected, the Mechanics' Institute will be brought into harmony with the popular will. We sincerely trust that there will be a crowded meeting to night. That the struggle will fee hot is certain, and we call on every one that has been dissatisfied with the Mechanics' Institute in the past to be present on the scene and stand by those who are striving for reform.

We wish to remind those new members of the Mechanics' Institute who subscribed in the end of February and beginning of March last, that thoir votes are matured to-day, and that they can speak out and vote at the meeting at the Mechanics' Institute to-night. All the subscribers to the news-room, the " Farthing-a-day" men should also be present, as it is expected thoy will bo admitted full members of the Institute, with power to rote .Every one that feels an interest in the establishment of a Tree Public Library should also be present, and lend the moral influence of their presence and sympathy.

Those who have ever been in London are aware that there is rather more traffic in Cornhill than in our Queen street. It will be seen from the following extract from the Weekly Despatch that in that thoroughfare they are lifting Yorkshire flagging and laying asphalt. We would suggest to our City Council that they might make a bid for the rejeoted atones. They would do well for Queen street: —" The City Corporation have onca more made Cornhill a ' No Thoroughfare' for the time being, in order that the Limmer Asphalt Company may pave the roadway and footpaths with their black composition. Corn hill yesterday was a sight to see, for the heavy rains had made tho footpaths (from which the Yorkshire paving had been removed) well nigh impassable, making it necessary to place wooden board 3 along tho path."

We observe by advertisement that Mr. B. Bennett, as attorney for Mr. John Norman, cautions nil persons from dealing in any way with the estate of the late Edward Norman.

The District Court was adjourned yesler day evening until Monday morning next, when the following defended causes will be called on for disposal : —Nolan v. Blueher, Boyle v. Ternahan, in matter of the alleged overpayment of notos at the Bank of New Zealand, and Clarkson v. Bailie. The gold mining contributory cases are set down for hearing on Tuesday.

At tho inquest held yesterday on the remains of the late Mr. Robert Pollock, the medical testimony of Dr. Hooper proved that the deceased had died from serous apoplexy. A verdict to that effect was returned by the jury-

His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Major Campbell and Captain Machell, A.D.C., left town this morning for the Waikato. The party will stay at Papakura to-night, and proceed on in the morning.

There exists in some parts of Germany a law which runs thus: —"Any person drink ing in an alehouse, during divine service, on Sunday, or other holy day, may legally depart without paying."

At a meeting of directors of the Bismarck and Siege of Paris Gold Mining Companies held yesterday it was agreed to amalgamate the shareholders in tho latter company to receive 800 shares in the Bismarck for their interest in the Siege of Paris. The arrange ments we believe are considered satisfactory.

A meeting of the German residents in Auckland was held last evening at Mr. Bucholz's office, in Fort street. Mr. Bucholz occupied the chair, and laid before the meeting the documents and minutes relating to the German Relief Fund, and it was agreed to request tho treasurer at the Thames to forward the amount he haa in hand in order that the whole sum may be transmitted to Berlin. A vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Yon der Heyde as treasurer, and to the chairman, and the meeting terminated.

A football match will be played to-morrow between fifteen members of the Auckland Football Club and fifteen of H.M.S. Hosario's men. The match will take place in the Albert Barrack*.

Mr. Frank Weston, the Wizard Oil Prince, " is going to dig down and speak a pioce" at Parnell Hall to-night. Children in arms are alone charged for admission, andatthe rate of five guineas a head.

A sale of unredeemed and overtime pledges will take place on Monday morning next bj B. Tonka & Co., by order of Mr. Morris Mark*, pawnbroker.

A public meeting will be held in the Pres byterian school-room, Parnell, when the rules and regulations of the Auckland Working Men's Friendly Aid Sooiety will be submitted and discussed.

The provisional committee of the New Zealand Freight Company request that all applications for shares will be lodged with the secretary (Mr. Bather) before three o'olook on Monday next.

We beg to call the attention of our contem porary the Thames Guardian to the wholesale insertion of paragraphs obtained from the Stab without acknowledgment. The omission may probably be on the part of their correspon dent, but for this we care little ; it is not the first time the Guardian has been taken to task,for similar acts, and it is time they were put a stop to.

The cause of Gt-lenny v. Morrison, at the District Court, was concluded yesterday on its fourth day of hearing. A verdict was given for the plaintiff, with damages £40.

A case of.horae bolting occurred this morn ing at 8 o'clock, in Queen street. A horse attached to a milk cart, whilst opposite the Union Bank, suddenly took fright and bolted up the street on the opposite side of the way, taking its course along the footpath. Its flight was arrested half way up the street with no further damage beyond knocking over a boy in the employ of Mr. Sandall, butcher, who however, was only slightly bruised.

The Coromandel Mail-a&js: —"There was a little stir in town yesterday in consequence of the discovery of a good gold-bearing leader at Preece's Point. This discovery is important as showing the onormous area of the Coromandel goldfield. The prospect from a small piece of the stone was certainly a very good one.

The . half-yearly meeting of the Bay of Islands Coal Company, was held this after noon at the office of the company, No. 7, Qu9oa street.

With reference to a letter that appeared in our yesterday's issue respecting alleged cruelty to a drunkard at the hands of the police, we find that the boot was altogether on the other foot. The woman, who is a notorious drunkard, was seen by several to fall on the kerb-stone before she came into the.hands of the police. She was sent to the Hospital, and the charge having Leen called on in the Police Court, and withdrawn, the case was no longer officially in the hands of the police. There is a desire very strongly obtruded on our notice occasionally to take a fling at the police, and as we gave insertion to the letter according to custom, we have i much pleasure in giving the .above explana tion, which we believe to Be strictly correct. The rules an(3 regulations of thq Auckland Working-men's Friendly Aid Society are now published, and may be had of Mr. E. Wayte, bookseller, Queen street. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Essay and discussion class took place last evening, at the rooms, Wellesley street. There was a large attendance of members, some of whom came a distance of eight or nine miles in order to take part in fhe proceedings. A number of visitors were also present. The question for discussion waß as follows :—"ls it' desirable that the system of education to be adopted by the Colonial Legielature should be purely secular ?" The debate was opened in the affirmative by Mr. G. M. Main, and in the negative by Mr. J. M. Fraser, succeeded by Messrs. Eastwood, Edwards, and Carson (affirmative), and Messrs. Shnlders Fleming, and Sieveright (negative). As a large number of members had not had an apportunity of speaking when the hour for adjournment arrived, the debate was adjourned until Tuesday evening, at 7.30, when it will bz resumed by Mr. E. Cass.

LAMENTABLE FATE OP A SHIP'S CREW.

The captain of the ship St. Magnus, which arrived at Calcutta on the 22nd of Feb., reports that on the 6th of Jauuary, when in lat. 39 S., lon. 19 E., the ship experi enced a violent gale. At four o'clock on the same afternoon a man was passed on a piece of wreck, and about half an hour afterwards another and a larger piece of wreck was passed, on which there were ten men. About a quarter of a mile to the windward the captain saw a great quantity of wreck, having the appearance of a deck-house, a quantity of seamen's chests, the entire deck of a housej and also the half of a mast, with white hoops, and an eight-sqnared'spar painted lead colour. About five o'clock the captain wore ship to try and render assistance to the unfor tunate men, and in doing so passed companion doors, skylight, binnacle, accommodation ladder, and a quantity of small wood painted white, blue, and green1. A small window, painted green, was picked up, but unfortunately the weather was too rough to enable the vessel to approach the men on the floating wreck; and unless they succeeded in keeping afloat until some other ship approached, there can be little doubt as to their fate. Possibly the little window, and thedescrip tion Riven to the wreckage, may give some clue as to the name of the ill-fated vessel, which no doubt was caught and capsized by the same gale through which the St. Magnus passed.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THIS DAY.

The woekly sitting of the small debts' court took placo at 10.30 thi3 morning. The list presented a most formidable appearance as far as number was concerned, no doubt owing to the fact of last Friday being a holiday. The cases were disposed of as follows :— 808 BUT ITENRY EYTOS Y. W. Ir. JACKSON. Claim. £11 63, money lent, with interest due. Judgment for plaintiff, who was represented by Mr W. H. Kisaling. LYELIi BHOTHEBS (TRTTSTEEB OF) V. J. CAETEE. Claim £11 11s, goods. Mr B^veridge for plaintiff. The claim being proved, judgmont passed for the amount claimed. ■ • AUCKLAND CONSOLIDATED G.M.C. V. JOHN MAETIN. Claim £3, call. ' SAME V. AECHIBALD MASON. Claim £3, call. In both cases Mr Hesketh, for the company, bi'ought proof of indebtedness, and obtained judgment for plaintiffs. BYAN, BEMi AND CO. V. J. HABYEY CUBLE. : Claim £14 16s Id, goods Judgment for plaintiffs, Mr W. H. Kissling representing them. BICHABD J. MORBISSEY Y. J. B. ADNAM. j Claim £6 Bs, tuition. . , Mr. Council for plaintiff. The debt being proved, judgment passed for the sum claimed. J. "W. KOABB V. STEPHEN MARTIN. Claim £4, 7s 6d, goods. . Plaintiff proved his case and obtained a judgment. WIIXIAM KIEBY V. JOHN CIiABKE. Claim £1 10s, goods. By r9quest of Mr Connell this suifc was adjourned for a week. ANDBEW STEWAET V. JOHN O'MEAEA. Claim £19 16s Id, promissory note. This case was adjourned on application of Mr Beveridge. ■.;' EOBEBT HAMPTON V. W. GKREGOBY CIABKB. This was an unsatisfied judgirent case, and owing to a statement by Mr Hesketh it was orderei to stand.on the list till next week. f PEANCIS T. BAYNTUN V. 0." MANUEL

Claim £1 Is, professional larvices. Mr Kogers (for plaintiff) produced proof of the debt, and judgment was given ac cordingly. EIOHAED SAND All V. JOHN WILSON. Claim 15a Id, goods.. , : Plaintiff proved his casa and judgment passed for the amount claimed., WILLIAM JAMIESON' T. ' WILLIAM' GALLAGHE&' Claim £5, goods. Judgment .for plaintiff. ALFBED PRITCHABD Y. SOPHIA GEE"? OE WHITE. Claim £9 17a 2d, goods. ' Mr W. H. Kissling for: plaintiff; Mr Beveridgo for the defence. An application on behalf of plaintiff was granted for an adjournment till next Court day, costs to be paid. HENDEBSON AND MACTAELANE T. J. LXTNDON. Claim £5 13s 9d ; promissory note. Mr. Beveridge produced, the necessary proof, and a verdict for plaintiffs was recorded. E. H. BAETLETT V.' J. AND G-. BUCHANAN.' I Claim £2, goods. £1 5s had been paid into Court as all that was owing. j Mr. Beveridge for plaintiff; Mr. He9keth defended. ■ < . . > | The case on both sides "being heard, judg ment was given only for the amount pajd in ! by defendants. : :\ ; , ...:'; BONSHAW GOLD MINING COMPANY V. E. T. BEISSENDEN. t q Tfi Claim,£l3 88 8d; call. , Mr. Hesketh for the company ; Mr^ Rogaiis put in as defence "not a shareholder;" but after hearing, the manager's ev.iqence, he submitted to a verdict being given against liis I client. - Thia finished the bußiaoaa, several suits i having been fettled out of Cgurt. ,

TELEGRAPHIC.

(from our own correspondent.)

GEAHAMSTOWN.

2 p.m. The" Poverty tributers haye crushed 25 tons, from which they obtained 52-1 ounces amalgam. The Cure and Waitemata crushings are looking splendid. G-ood reports from the Moanatairi and Alburnia. _^___

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY.

Before P. A. Philips, Esq., B.M. DETJNKENITESS. A man was fined five shillings and costs for getting drunk. A CITY WAIF. JSlias Robinson, a boy 14 yeara of age was brought up by the police charged with having , no visible means of support. Sergeant Pardy asked for a remand to enable the police to procure him a situation in the country. The request was acceded to. BREACHES OF THE, CITY COUNCIL BY-LA.WS. Lambert Haywood was charged with leav ing his corfc unattended in Abercrombie street, without passing a chain through the wheel. The defendant pleaded that the chain had been stolen on Saturday night, and he could not procure another on Suuday, the (Say in which he is accused of committing the offence. Fined twenty shillings and costs. Thomas Merrick for a timilar offenne failed to appear, and the case was proved in his absence. Fined forty shillings and costs, or in default seven days imprisonment. Alexander Whisker for allowing his horse to stray in Parnell Road, was fined ten shillings and costs. This concluded the business. /i/\ ■» r> t« an rv ivr tvp "NT fi T"

CORRESPONDENCE.

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

MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

To the Editer of the Evening Stab,

Sib, —Will some "full " (whatever that may mean) member ask the Secretary at the meet ing this evening what becomes of the large engravings which are usually supplied with the Illustrated London News ; noue are ever seen in the reading-room, although at least four are published every year.—l am^o, Fabthing- A-day.

[Let " Farthing-a-Day " come this evening when he will, we expoct, be entitled to put the question hini self,-35d. E.S.]

THE EDUCATION DEBATE.

- , To the Editor of the Evening Stab. f Sib, —The question of State Education is destined for discussion and debate nest session of our New Zealand Parliament, which will soon be; and, doubtless, with present prevailing notions, it will prove difficult. I would now submit a few words on it with a view to simplification and disen tanglement. Intelligent men, whether Jews or Christians, most indubitably disapprove of being kicked. Also, they are all alike pro testants against human laws for propagating doctrines of some religion which they solemnly disbelieve to be false. Many of the best thinkers long held that government could not fairJy touch humau learning or its insti tutes. Now it is generally coming to be believed by them that government —tho Stale—must teach every human being subjects the use of the mechanical instruments of education, reading, writing, and ciphering. The son-parliamentary churshmen of England have adopted tho creed. The worldly state, or government", to leach temporal learning; the unworldly church, or religionists, to teach the spiritual learning. Good—very. I argued in your columns for this particular distinction some years ago. " Oh, but why cannot my children be allowed to read the Bible at day school ?" Allowed, forsooth ! They can, of conras, if you pay ; for Government schools will not supplant private schools. They cannot, must not be means of the compulsory payment of righi honorable Nothingarians, Jews, and Papists. Now this, certainly, 13 plain, simple, unmistakable. It is the thing in a nutshell. It will not do to ignore the oxistence of churches with their numerous institutions in this debate on the alleged " religious difficulty." Therefore our estimable friends must not continue to repeat tho arrant folly about the Bible, despising the Bible, &c. Above stated position is alike simple and con formed to equity. The "difficulty" is gratuitous, or it is the product of in«equity. lls not the position incontrovertible? "No, certainly not? because my religion is right, and yours is wrong!" Oh, oh!—I am, &c.,; W. E. Sadlkr. Auckland, May 30, 1872.' R.S.— —It is discerned to be improper to. employ the term secular in this connection.

To the Editor of the Evening Star.

Sib, —In Tuesday's Herald I read a letter (Mr Broham's reward letter) thanking the City Council and Insurance Offices for £500 paid to him. Sir, has the Mayor and City Council the,power of giving our money away for rewards that are collected from the rate payers ? I understood that the money collected was for improving the city, and not for rewards. I think it should be the' Insurance offices that should have paid the whole. Sir, the Mayor and City Councillors should be made to refund the portion they paid, away of the ratepayers' money. I am sorry that we hare two papers, the Cross and Herald; they are no use to the public; tho one is a (3-overnment tool, and the other tho proprietor is in easy cirounißtances, and he does not care whether the ratepayers are robbed or not; he would not speak.—lam, &0,, A Ratepaxbb. ; [The Council has the power.—Ed. JE.S.} .

CITY HALL.

A talented an entertaining oompany, a carefully and well selected programme, some good music, and excellent songs, a large and appreciative audience, were the elements of last night's entertainment at the City Hall. Who has not heard Mr. Saunders perform on the harp ? and who of those who have leard ,him woiild not go again and again even to hear ihim alone perform on this time honored instru ment?/ Again, who having . heard -Mr. and his . grand, instrumentation oji,. jthe violin, does not feel an irresistible in ducement to pay another visit to be again jenthralled ? Those who love music oan have it at the Gity Hall to their heart's content by (listening to the above-named avtists, and 'Madame Simonson, Madame Moiler, and Mr.. I Clark j while those who go in for fun and 'amusement will? not be disappointed when (they have seen Harry Kelly and Barry jO'.-Niel. T It is an entortainmtmfc well worth a 'TWifcj_ _ . • *

THEATRE MARIONETTE.

The marionette's appeared last night before an appreciative, if not an extensive audience, at the hall of the Mechanics' Institute. There was the veritable digger, the pensioner with his song and dance ; Joe Grimaldi, the clown • Kitty, the milkmaid ; Rosa May, the negress - and the Cure with a song and what is described as St. Vitus' dance, and it certainly appeared very similar to it from its extraor dinary grotesqueness. Part the second was equally interesting, comprising some amusing songs aud grotesque dancing from pqpujat characters. The exhibition is interesting in S addition "to its other merits for its novelty^ - There will be an afternoon performance tax children on Saturday, at 8 o'clock, and there la no doubt a large juvenile audidnoe will be attracted to see and hear the little wonders from the land of Lilliput. The exhibition ii exceedingly quaint and interesting, and to children absolutely fascinating. ~ ,

PRINCE OF WALES THEATRE.

I The popular and romantic drama of "Fangfc ■'.'■. } and Marguerite" were performed at this house last night. It was well mounted. Miss M. Aitken, the unfortunate Marguerite, ■■ displayed an uncommon tenderness, vivacity, and pathos, which assisted greatly in making the drama effective. Mr Eeogh made a crafty, and we might add, an amusing - Mephistopheles. The part of Faust, in the absence of tJr B. N. Jones from indisposition, was, considering all things, well sustained by: Mr Power. Mr W. Hill, as Siebel, was as-' ' usual characteristic and effective; and Mr r£ Joyce made a good Brander: the remaining 4 characters were well sustained. The capital farce of the Dead Shot concluded the perform: .-.. ance. This evening the performance ia -set apart as a benefit to Miss Aitken, and we hope to see her friends rally round her and give her a bumper house. Miss Aitken will' deliver another caudle lecture on the subject of Jerrold Caudle's Short Buttons. She will J also recite " The Wonner fu' Wean" (Miller), ' and "The Charge of the Six Hundred " at Balaklava (Tennyson). The performance I L JJ will be under distinguished patronage.; ....;' aata

The Wellington correspondent of the T Haiokes Bay Herald says : —" The Australian. Mutual Provident Society has obtained another travelling lecturer. Major M'Barnetfc Las left Wellington for Auckland, where he - commences his new duties." .

PORTRAITS OF THE PEOPLE.

3. —THE AUCKLAND LASS.

Thebe is ho stability in fashion—no quaker-like fixedness in. the material - habiliments of the Auckland lass ; the shapes and hues of her apparel are, lite, the chamelion, changeable—variable as the weather of a colonial winter. ; The Auckland lass may be seen almost every day somewhere about the city or its suburbs ; she is usually well attired, and, " if not absolutely prepossessing, she.is'at least very passable. She is generally well informed, if not upon the essential : rights of woman she is at home upon etiquette and the newest fashions, for she invariably reads that literary marvel of the Hge, The Young Lady's Jownal, and never misses its monster supplement—a fact of which our Auckland booksellers * are pleasantly aware. You cannot mistake the Auckland law, whether she be at the) theatre, the social dance, the musical soiree, or at church, or along the principal streets on her window-surveying pilgrim age. She is the pink of fashion: dre3s, boots, hair, hat, all evidently harmonise with her primary thought. We feel-that, with her light-hearted airiness, fairy-like step* arid studied gait, with so little of the cares of actual life to vex or trouble ,1 her melodious spirit, she rarely if ever suffers from ennui or weariness. If she ; has maiden ills they are of an imaginary caste, and beyond the reach of the doctors - and Pond's homoeopathic skill. She is, a* r she should be, of the most active type of ■' womanhood, a growing spriag flower full grown and' marriageable at the age of, seventeen, the associate of all that is' beautiful and mirthful, and like the "busy bee " she hums from flower-to flower. Her day is sweetly varied, first of course at the sewing machine; (what colonial cottage could be respectable, or could ever standlongwithout a sewing machine ?) then' she reads. a; few chapters of the sensational novel, or exercises her light, tapering fingers on the pianoforte. What colonial papa would deem his house furnished nbw-a-days without a piano—if such there be we might utter against him a Shaksperian caution, for surely "The man who hath no_music in hia house : ~ Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils, And all the dodges of colonial life 'Tweeu Auckland city and remoter Thames: Let no such man bo trusted!"- ■ We, on the masculine side, often fancy that the life of the Auckland lass must be a life of sunny enjoyment, light and fairy like as a frail barque upon a summer sea. She trips along in her model high heels and pretty sailor jacket and flower- 3 wreathed " Dolly Yarden,"—pa's present, —in strict obedience to the mild laws of fashion. The most difficult of the daily performance of the Auckland lass is the due and proper arrangement of those rolls of mystery which keep the neat hat in its loftiest altitude, and is really, though not noticed either by John Stuarfc Mill- or f'Polly Plum," one of the rights of women; ; two looking-glasses are required for this., ceremony. Certain interfering, wicked men," have asserted that these glossy mysterious rolls, the pride of the Auckland lass, are partly composed of horse-hair. Now this suggestion is monstrous, niaa cious, and unmanly; in truth it is a libel upon human nature, and such offenders should be made to answer the charge ; before Mr Beckham. The Auckland lass, kindly creature, simply retaliates by say-, t |ng, in barmaid style, and it is a just i rebuke, " You. men, mind your own business, and pay your tailor's bill." j The several hats of the Auckland JSpi are apparently in accordance witi.Jf the benignant laws of nature. ! Why shoufti a fair colonial face be hidden in a " grand mother's coal scuttle," or shaded in famous iMrs Caudle^s extensive leghorn ? The living face of nature in all its beauty and ploominessris open to the chastening in fluences of sun and sky; and fashion, tnore generous than in grandmothers days, permits the features of the Auckland lass to brighten in the presence of the same influences. No wonder she lg; musical when her uncapped ears are open to every sweet''sound- !. W"e, of course, only gee the Auckland lass under ftToqgI.^-,1 .^-,

THE EVENING STAB,, tf&IDAY, MAY Si, 1872.

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