SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 4.55. HIGH WATER : This afternoon, 2.1C,

DEPARTURE.

Clyde, schooner, for Wangarei. Opotiki, schooner, for Opotiki. Chattanooga, barque, for New York.

DEPARTURE OF THE NAOMI.

The ship Naomi, Captain James Robertson, has cleared and sails from Russell for New Bedford to-day, with the following cargo:— 197 casks sperm oil, W. J. Briegs ; 89 do do, A. S. Maroin ; 122 do do, L. W. (Kffard ; 13 do do, S. Stephenson ; 125 do do, 14 buudles whalebone, E. D. Duiroud ; 35 do whalebone, C. W. Fisher; 48 casks sperm oil, A Vilcoq ; 448 bales phorraium, J6l cases gum, J. S. Macfarlane ; 297 cases gum, G. Thome, .Tun., and Co. ; 401 do do., Must and Co. ; 131 do do, Stewart and Anderson. —L. D. Nathan and Co., agents.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern ports via Napier; Nebraska, mail steamer, on arrival; Wellington, 21st. For Sydney aHd Melbourne: City of Melbourne, 20th instant : Hero, s.s., 24th May. For Honolulu : Nebraska, mail steamer, early. For Napier and Southern Ports, per s.s. Keera, on Saturday. For Kaipara : Aurora, this evening.

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Ellen Grove, from Lyttelton Drover, brig, from Lyttelton. Bulwark, ship, from London Flirt, schooner, from "Wellington Nebraska, mail steamer, from Honolulu Coronet, schooner, from Dunedin Wellington, s.s., from the South East Lothian, barque, from Adelaide flelenslee, ship, from London (sailed Jan. 11). Cleopatra, schooner, from Lyttelton . Hero, s. s., from Sydney Alpha, schooner, from Newcastle Amphitrite, schooner, from Sydney Union, brig, from Newcastle. Sailed March 6 Amherst, scliooner, from Lyttleton. City of Melbourne, s.s., from Sydney Frowning Beauty, barque, from Newcastle Briton, barque, from Newcastle Nevada, mail steamer, from Honolulu, due 20th inst.

The barque Chattanooga took her departnre for New York this morning.

STEAM FOR THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

Duke of Edinburgh, 7 o'clock. Enterprise No 2, 0 o'clock.

ARRIVALS.

Comerang, p,s. s Chrisp, from Russell.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current call 3 and dividends payable in the companies named below :— CALLS

MEETINGS TO COME. "Wynyardton. Company's office, Shprtland street, 10 a.m. May 20 Sapphire, Coromandel, May 20 Coromandel Beach. Coromandel, May 24 Golden phoenix, GrahamsU>wn> M*w tn Moanatalnj nJnsurance Buildings, noon, May 23 Venus, Q.ueensferry Hotel, Auckland. 4 p.m. May 27 Robert Emmet, 5, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m. May 29 "Black Angel, Grahamstown, May 30 Kooringa, Grahamstown, May 30 Tambaroora, West Queen street, 2pm June 11 Virginia City, Grahamstown, June 3 Guildhall, Grahamstown, June 4

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails will Close as Under F»r Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m. ; and to-morrow, 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, etc, per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. ForKapanga, per Royal Alfred, to-morrow, at 10.30 am For Tauranga, Gisborne, Napier, and Southern- Provinces, per s.s, Keera, to.morrow, at noon. For Gisborne, per Tawera, at 3 p.m. Per p.s. Nebraska, on Saturday, l']th instant, as follows: For Sandwich Islands, British Columbia, United States of America, British, Central, and South America, British and Foreign West Indies, and Continent of Europe, via England, at 10 a.m. For United Kingdom, via San Francisco, at 10.30 a.m. For money orders, registered letters, and newspapers, at 9 a.m, Late letters for the United States or America and United Kingdom, bearing a late fee of 6d. in addition to the postage will be received at this office till 11 a.m., and by the mail agent on board the steamer up to the time of sailing. N.B.—Telegrams for Australia will be received at the Bluff up to 3 p.m. to-morrow, May 18. S. B. Bias, Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Johkstok.—On the 17th May, at St George's Bay Road, Parnell, Mrs. David Johnston, of a son.

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

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 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.

None are so blind as those who will not see. Our City Councillors have taken on themselves to pronounce their opinion respecting asphalt in opposi tion to the testimony of all the rest of the world, and seem determined on forcing that opinion on their fellow citizens by virtue of the power with which they have, by their fellow citizens, been invested. Probably from a consciousness of the motives that have induced themselves to connive at the various little dodges not now in frequent in the conduct of municipal affairs, they generously attribute the advocacy of asphalt to interested motives, the assumption being that all those in favour of paving-stones have their hands "undefiled with the unclean thing. "We are also assured from time to time that asphalt is a failure im Australia; so that the following extract from one of the latest issues of the Sydney Morning Herald may M j)e, ,ac- We would inform those that have never been out of the smellof the Queen-street sewer, and have a range of information and ideas commensurate with the extent of their travels, that Sydney is a city in New South Wales a good deal bigger -than Auckland, and that George street is the Queen street of Sydney with four times the traffic. We would also state that Sydney has a continental climate, and though the latitude does not materially differ from that of Auckland the rays of the sun are far more intense. We need hardly say that the composi tion of the asphalt laid in Sydney is in all main particulars the same as in that recently so successfully laid down in our Wyndham street. We would draw attention to the testimony contained with reference to asphalt in Ports mouth, Dover, &c, and especially to the. " roadway of asphalt formation in a good state of repair for years, not withstanding a constant traffic of heavily laden carts upon it." It is possible that the Sydney Morning Herald is in league with the Mayor and Council of Sydney. In fact it may be that the authorities in Portsmouth, Dover, Paris, every place, are all susceptible to the subtle influence of pecuniary considerations —all except the immaculate.Councillors of the City of Auckland:—

Asphait Footpaths.—With the view of testing a new composition for the formation of footpaths, a portion of the path in front of the new Town Hall in George-street has, with the sanction of the Mayor, been covered with if-. After about a fortnight's traffic it presents a surface as hard and even as could be desired bj the pedestrian, being at least as easy to walk on as a flagged pavement, and more so than a gravelled pathway. The new material is a mixture of'common furnace ash dirt and a preparation of coal tar. The discovery of the composition is due to Mr. Methven, a gas engineer of some eminence in England, and its application has been extended to many towns in the United Kingdom. At the annual meetings of the British Association of Gt-as Managers in 1870, Mr. Methven read a paper on the subject; and again at the meeting in the following year, another paper was read and much information given. Several of the speakers stated that the asphalt pave ment could be laid cheaply, that it wore well, and that it could be easily repaired. In Dover, for instance, it was stated that this kind of paths was being formed, and gave universal satisfaction, being considered a vast improve ment upon those formed of gravel. In Ports mouth, several milts of pathway had been laid with the new compound at a cheap rate, and it was found to be very durable. Pave inenti of a somewhat similar composition had been used for years, and still remained in excellent condition. At the Gas Company's works in Sydney, indeed, thare was a roadway of asphalt formation in a good state of repair for years, notwithstanding a constant traffic of heavily-laden carts upon it. It has been thought by some that in hot weather the tar in the composition is likely to soften, but a gentleman, whose word is unquestionable, having a garden walk covered, states that if was as hard as granite on the hottest day, being much more impervious to the pick than ordinary Sydney stone. For forming garden walks the asphalt is very w«U suited, as it cneoki the spread of luxuriant vegetation. It

is manufactured at the Gas Company's works in Kent street, but the price is not yet ascertained.

There has been some scandalous bung ling in the conduct of the telegraphic extension to Cormandel. Not only as it appears was the contractor delayed from the middle of February, the time of signing the contract, till the middle of April, before he could beign work, through the material to be provided by the Government being still at Wellington, but the " native difficulty" which in its most ridiculously diminu tive form has now stopped the work, is all the result of the lack of a few simple preliminary arrangements. The natives claim to be paid for the felled trees, and the Government demur, maintain ing that the ground is goldfields ; while the natives say they know no such thing as a goldfield there. Some seven miles intervene between the two points to which the work has been pushed forward from either side, and it is sincerely to be desired that the few hundred pounds demanded by the natives will be paid at once, if such a course is the readiest and speediest for the completion of the work. "We venture to say that one week's receipts from the new line would recoup the expenditure. The contractor for the work we understand is at present in the city to receive instructions under .the circumstances, and really some influence should be brought to bear on the Government by our business men so as to urge on the immediate completion of a work so important in the present stage of the Coromandel goldfield.

The controversy about the ' Windsor Castle' is becoming almost as bad that about the Li censing Bench and the Widow's Son. We are very happy to afford a legitimate opportunity to our fellow citizens to smite one another in moderation, but when our correspondent:? declare, as does " A late Shareholder" in another column, that "it shall be war to the knife," we think it tinao to interpose to prevent such murderous intentions, and the im portation of the vendetta in Auckland. The correspondence on thesubjeet must now cease unless our belligerents are so warm on the subject a3 to conduct it through our advertise ment columns. Our scale for advertisement? will be given on application at the publishing office. The letter of our correspondent '< L." is not suitable to the pages of a secular journal, and besides it would raise an angry controversy, wounding the cherished feeling 3of many, and resulting in no possible practical good. The letter of " Thespis " has been inadvertently held over for some time, but neither at the time of its reception nor now is it profitable to throw water on a drowned rat. " A Passer by" complains of the " horrible smells" of Seafield View, and desires to call the at tention of the Inspector of Nuisances. But why does he not do so through the Post-Office ? Writing to the papers should be a dernier resort when other means fail in relation to such a subject as this.' We would inform " Aaxious Enquirer" that we have two bottles on our editoj6i%Uj»|*fea»vfe^3&*»iinKWh*l»Wff honey. We never dip our pen in the former when dealing with youthful diffidence, and n timid desire to venture on the wings'of ambition, but use that ink, and we often write with if boiling hot, when dealing with ignorant pre sumption and hollow shams. The communi cation of "E." is accepted and approved. We wish to be furnishod with our correspond ent's name in confidence as a guarantee of good faith. The letter of " Ramrod" is perfectly unintelligible. So far a» we can discover it refers to a quarrel now cold, and which mustnot be fanned into a blaze again in our columns; and even if the letter had been in all respects appropriate 'our corres pondent has failed to comply with our invariable rule in not furnishing us with his real name in confidence. We must again draw the attention of our correspondents to our notification recently made, that any letters of more than thirty lines will bo charged for at advertisement rates if inserted.

The inaugural meeting of the winter course of lectures at the Young Men's Christian Association will take place on Monday evening next. Mr. J. C. Firth will take the chair, and a number of gentlemen are ex pected to deliver addresses. The meeting will be held in the City Hall. A meeting of the E lward»street Band of Hope and Temperance Society was held at the school room, Edward street, last evening, D. Goldie, president of the society in the chair. Interesting addresses was delivered by Messrs. Carr, Wells, and the Rev. C. Waters, in terspersed with music and recitations. A very agreeable evening was spent. At the conclusion of the meeting the chairman announced that the next meeting would be held that day fortnight. The meeting closed by the Rev. C. Waters pronouncing the benediction. The Grand Duchess was repeated yesterday evening for the last time. There was a v«ry good attendance both in the dress circle and stalls, and the amusing opera buffa gave general satisfaction. This evening tke per formance will be under the patronage of his Excellency the Governor, and Captain and officers of H.M.S. Rosario. An entire change of programme "Will take place, consisting of a comedy, a mirth pro voking farce, and a grand vocal and instrumental concert by those talented artistes, Mr. and Madame Simonsen, who will appear for the last time. The evening's performance is set apart as a complimentary benefit, kindly tendered by Mr. and Madame Simonsen to the indefatigable lessee and manager, Mr. B. N. Jones, and it is to be hoped that there will be a bumper house. There was a very good attendance at the City Hall last evening, and all thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment provided by the Collins, Carroll, and Bent troupe of ministrels. This evening a benefit to Messrs. Collins and Carroll will be given, and a grand extra pro gramme provided. To-morrow will finish the performances of this troupe. •

An adjourned meeting of the Central Board of Education was held yesterday afternoon, when the business remaining over from Tuesday was disposed of.

Miss Aitken, the celebrated tragedienne, will make her debut afc the Prince of Wales Theatro to-morrow evening in the role Meg Merrilles in "G-uyMannering." Miss Aitken possesses high histrionic powers, and should draw good houses during her brief engage ment.

The induotion of the Roy. David Hamilton will take place at the Whau Church on Tues day afternoon next, at three o'clock.

We are glad to observe that Mr. B. Roach, the well-known and efficient caterer, has once more taken the rostuurant at the Q.0.E.,

Shortland street, and trust that he will meet with liberal patronage.

The telegraphic intimation in another column with reference to a press conferenc< on telegraphing, and especially with reference to the exclusion of the evening papers of Now Zealand, is to be taken cumgrano salis. There was a good attendance at the Essay and Discussion Class in the rooms, Welles! ey street, last evening, to hear Mr. J. Black man's paper on " Cowper and his Poetry." The general tone of the subsequent discussion was higkly commendatory to the essayist,, both as to the just and discriminative manner in which the subject had been treated, and the felicitous language in which his criticisms had been couched. The business for next night of meeting (the 30th inst) is a debate on the following question : —" Is it desirable that the system of education which may be adopted by the Colonial Legislature should be purely secular ?"

Mails for Australia close at 3 p.m. to* morrow at the Bluff.

TELEGRAPHIC.

(froji our own correspondent.)

Death of Mr. Bull.

Gbahamstowit, 2 p.m. Some good stone was taken out of the Windsor Castle last night. 3 p.m. George Bull, machine owner, is dead from the effects of the late accident. 3.19 p.m. The Nonpareil have taken out 50 lbs. more specimens. # More good stone from the Moana tairi West Coast taken out 200 lbs. specimens.

[Pee Gbevii-i-e's Telegbam Company.]

WELLINGTON.

Friday, noon

Mr. Yogel proposes a Press Con ference to consider the arrangements for press telegrams, on the opening of telegraphic communication between Europe and Melbourne. It is said that he proposes the exclusion of evening journals. Mr. Gifford, the editor of the Evening Post has issued a circular, proposing a conference at Christchurch Thursday.

The Auckland Cadets are classed thus for the late firing :—First set— Partington, Pratt, Rattray, Bell. Second set —Lynch, Gillies, Hanna ford, Moss, G-rey, Brassey, Goodwin. Third set —Lynch and Moss. The "Whitaker and Lundon appeal case was heard in Court to-day. Mr. Whitaker, assisted by Mr. Travers, for the petitioners; the Attorney- General and. Mr. Brandon for the Crown. Mr. Whitaker objected to lud^e Johnaon. sitting as Judge in the \Sijirri7, ULI LUC gfUUUU UL 111S Haling acted aa Commissioner under the Act, and from whose decision the appeal has been made. The case is proceeding. Mr. Carleton has presented two volumes to the Assembly Library, dated respectivelyjlsl7 and 1522. The Cadet firing resulted as follows : Aggregate scores : Highj|- Wellington ; Bird, Nelson. ; Lyncfr, Auckland; Cook, Hutt; Marfcon, Wellington.

CHRISTCHURCH.

Thursday. A small piece of land in the city was sold for a sum equal to £IG,BOO per acre. A petition is being signed in favour of a dissolution of the Council for the purpose of testing whether the Superintendent or his Executive possess the confidence of their con stituencies.

NAPIER.

In the District Court, to-day, Bel obtained a verdict for £200 agains* the Victoria Fire and Life Insuranct Company.

BLENHEIM.

Rivers still high. Nehemiah Mcßae drowned yester day.

COROMANDEL.

(feom otjb own cobbespondent.) Thursday night. Theee is not very much news to-day if I except the quarrel between the Tokatea Company and the authorities in charge of the Colonial Government tramway, which promises to bring about a dead lock. The Provincial Government appear not to kare been aware of th« increase made in the price for conveying the company's quartz, and thi3 has naturally incensed the Tokatea shareholders at the action of those in charge of the tramway. Unless some arrangement is come to I am informed by Mr Kelly, the manager, that the operations of the mine will have to be stopped in a few days, In mining matters the Persian, formerly known as Home's lease, has been formed into a company with 6,300 shares. A gold bearing leader was discovered some time ago by the prospectors, who are sanguine with falling in with some of the rich deposits in the Tokatea range. The Pride of the Tiki, next to the Emily and Challenger, haa commenced work in earnest, and the shareholders think it will soon give a good account of itself.

The " Bears" have made a dead set at the Bismarck, and hare been industriously circulating reports here that the eyes of the mine are being picked out. From per sonal observation I know this to be entirely false, for the winze is being sunk in a legi timate manner to prove how far the run of gold goes down. If the company desired I am certain they could soon take out a ton of specimens, for the gold shows all down the aides of winze, and has been traced for 20 feet along the drive. Th c

directors have also determined to put in a lower lever.

The Working Miners is taking out some nice looking stone covered with flakey gold.

THE SHARE MARKET.

ME. J. M. XENHOX'S EEPOBT.

The share market is unusually quiet. Cale donian shares maintain yesterday's quotations. Moanatairi shares were sold at £5 2s. 6d. ; Green Harp, £7 ; Yon Tempsky, 4s. ; Tokatea, £3 12a. 6d. to £3 15s. ; Thames, £5 7s. 6d. Closing sellers : Caledonian, £19 10s.; Thames, £5 10s.; Moanatairi, £5 2s. 6d.; Tokatea, £3 375. Gd. Buyers : Caledonian, £19 ; Thames, £5 7s. 6d.; Moanatairi, £5 ; Tokatea, £3 15s.

THE VOLUNTEER CHRONICLE

ONEHTTNGA RIFLE VOLUNTEERS. The annual meeting was held last night. There was a full muster, and a considerable number took active part in the proceedings. A pretty long and exhaustive report prepared by the committee was adopted by the com pany on the motion of Volunteer Hay den. When one or two open accounts are settled they will be brought up in a supplementary financial report. An election for corporals resulted in the promotion of J. Turner and P. McCarthy. The members chosen as committee for the current year are : Corporal Blakey of the Band, Volunteer Austin, Jackson, Roach, and Sergeant McMahon. The officers are members, ex afftcio officers. Color-Sergeant Bates was elected hon. secretary, and Ensign Hendry, hon. treasurer, nem. con. Special votes of thanks to the Rev. Father Paul for the use of the Catholic Institute, and the Rer. Mr. Brown, for the Presbyterian School-room, were carried with acclammation. A hearty vote of thanks to Capt. Lundon closed the proceedings.

Sergeant Owen Mahon was elected an •nsign in the Victoria Company Rifle Volun teers last evening. The Victoria Company will meet for practise in the Albert barracks at half-past six on Tuesday evening, to practise firing for the review on Queen's birthday. The monthly inspection of the Victoria Company and Cadets, and the Hobson Company took place in the Drill«shed last evening. There was a good muster. The usual weekly parade of the Rifle Brigade and its Cadefcs will take place at the Drill-shed at half-past seven o'clock this evening. As this is the last parade before the Queen's birthday, all members ought to be present, bo aa to be prepared for the evolu tions to be performed on that occasion.

GOLD RETURNS FROM APRIL 19th.

TO MAY 15th. (From tne Thames Advertiser.) Claim or Company. Stone Crushed. Gold.

Increase 992 1102 1,385 9 20 m means that the quantity stated »in mejtecl gold,

TE KOOTI.

We understand that Te Kooti, who with a few followers has been endeavouring to seek a safe hiding place where he might be free from pursuit, has succeeded in company with four men in finding his way into the Hangatiki country, bhorn of his following and of his prestige we do not apprehend that any consequences ol evil import will ensue from his once more throwing himself this time as a hunted fugitive into the hands of the Kings party. .

MR. AND MADAME WINTER'S CONCERT AT ONEHUNGA.

Althotj&h the attendance was not so large as it ought to have been to support these really talented artistes, the whole affair was a great success, those present being evidenty hiehly delighted with the musical treat afforded them. Madame Winter was encored in her fantasia on Irish airs, in the ballad " Come Back to Erin," and in the duet with Mr. Winter, "Lover's Quarrels," when they gave " Matrimonial Squabbles." Miss Winter quite surprised the audience by her splendid voice, which gave evidence of careful training without which after all a mere voice is of very little use ; with her advantages, and her really magnificent organ, we prophecy that this young lady will take a high position as a soprano singer. As for Mr. Winter, being so well known and appreciated, we need only state the fact that he was encored in every thing he sang, his "Slave Ship" quite thrilling the audience. Nor must we omit a word of praise to the amateurs who kindly assisted. "The Maniac" was artistically rendered, and the singing of the lady who sang the difficult duet, " Oh Maritana, "with Mr. Winter, showed a fine voice and evident musical taste. A gentleman amateur gave a pianoforte solo with excellent effect. Balfe's beautiful "Laughing Trio," beauti fully sang and acted by Mr., Madame, and Miss Winter, finished an entertainment the like of which has not been seen in Onehunga for a long time.

A " POLLY PLUM" PAPER.

Polly Plum does feel for barmaids, and for all the other poor pretty girls whom the intense selfishness of mankind force into demoralising spheres and pursuits. She knows that under the frizzled hair and the paint of barmaids, burlesque actresses, and even those whose name shall not be named, there lurk often deep . feelings, intensely human hearts fall of high, and holy aspirations that are only a misery and a mockery to their unfortunate possesf ors, for what are all these poor women to do ? Vicious bachelorhood is rampant. Under the protection of the law these bachelors get all the golden honours of life, women being always discouraged, and in many cases entirely forbidden from earning their living in any honest and lucrative way. The only way then to get a share of the means absorbed by the libertines of the day is to minister in some way to their sensual gratification. To those who have not high moral courage the temp tation proves too strong. Modest merit, with only poverty, looks too black a pros pect ; so putting down all their intense yearning for a dear home made holy by the tread of little children, the poor girls with painted faces, frizzled hair and dying hearts, cover the sob with a _t—-fOT.~4.amUa nr, chase it away with a reckless laugh and come out to barter their youth, their beauty and their fresh ness for bread, under the cruel hard glare of the gas lights. Arrayed in a mockery of clothing they trip the stage, exposed to the jeers and insulting com pliments of men they must despise ; they serve out the maddening cup on the cold hard pavie !—But why go on with what harrows my very soul to think of? Still yet another still more awful feature has this sad subject. Girls of the higher classes finding themselves passed over for the queens of tbe burlesque and demi monde, for pretty barmaidsand the piquante vendors of cigars and tobacco, set to work to imitate these women, and enter into a rivalry as disgraceful as it is demoralizing. How can we hope for good wives and mothers in such a state of society ? la it any wonder that divorce is rampant, and home almost a name of the past ? In deed, no, this horrid thing, the subjection of woman, is bearing its bitter fruits. The doctrine of the so-called legitimate sphere of woman to be the handmaid, and to serve her master, " man," by pleasing him and mini»tering to his wishes and pleasures is bearing very upas-like fruits. The most masculine employment could not more unfit women to be wives and mothers than theonly lucrative spheres nowopento them. How any kind-hearted person can see these things, and not feel anxious to see a change, is something quite beyond the comprehension of Polly Plum. •

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY

Before His Worship the Mayor. DBTHSTKENNESS. Three men were fined fire shillings each for" drunkenness, and a woman for being drank and disorderly was fined twenty shillings and costs, or the alternative of 43 hoars. AS3ATOT. John McMahon, charged on remand with an assault on his lister, was fined forty shillings and costs, or the alternative of fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour. lAKCENT. Adolphus Bassil pleaded guilty to stealing a glazier's diamond, valuad at 155., from th« premises of John Whittle, on the 13th mat. Sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour. CART CHAINS. Frederick Kelly, for omitting to chain the wheel of his cart while at rest, was fined ten I shillings and costs. SWINE NUISANCE. Thomas Hamilton, for keeping swine within the precincts of the city, was fined one shilling and costs, and cautioned. CATTIE STRAYING. Francis Montague, for allowing hia cow to be at large in Parnell, was fined five shillings and costs. BASTAEDT CASE. H. Williams was charged under the Desti tute Persons Relief Ordinanco with refusing to support his illegitimate offspring. Mr. Joy defended, and denied his client's paternity. The complainant failed to produce other testimony than her own. Mr. Joy objected to the case proceeding in consequence of his Worship not having granted the summons. He held that the Justices of the Peace Act laid down that the case must be heard by the Magistrate granting the summons. The case was disposed.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THIS DAY. Before Thomas Beckbam, Esq., R.M. The usual -weekly sitting of this Court was held at Eden street at 10.30 o'clock this morning, when the business brought forward was decided as follows :— HEBBEBT H. SMITH V. JAME3 KELLY. Claim £10, damages. This case was heard at a previous sitting, and judgment was now given for plaintiff for £3 with coets. WILLIAM WHITE V. THO3. HAWEE. ,^ Claim £20, expenses incurred in the mcftr? - of Jane, 1870. :* Mr. James Ruasell for plaintiff. % ■ A verdict was recorded for the amount claimed with costs. BOBEBT H. EYTON V. TO. L. JACKSON. Claim £11 6d., money lent. An adjournment was granted until next Court-day, the 31st instant. LYELL BEOTHEEB (TBUSTEES Of) V. JO3EPH CAETEE. Claim £11 11s., goods. This case was, on application of counsel, held over till the 31st instant. A. DOBNWELL T. CHBISTIAST BLTTCHEB. Claim £18 175., meat supplied. Mr. W. H. Kissling produced the necessary evidence, and there being no defence judgment waa recorded for plaintiff. GEOBGE GILES T. SAJTCTEIi DAVTES. Claim £5 12s 6d ; goods. The amount claimed was admitted. JOHN B JACKSON V. HBNBY B3OTH. Claim £5 5s 8d ; use and occupation. Mr. Thome for plaintiff. Judgment passed for the amount claimed with co9ts. No defence was set up. THOMAS LEWIS T. SAJIUEL GBB. Claim £4 12s, goods. Plaintiff proved his case, and obtained a verdict for the sum due. A. E. W. LASCELLES N. JOHN o'GEOATS GOED MINING COMPACT (BEGISTEEKD). Claim £13 165., costs. Mr. Hesketh (for plaintiff) explained the nature of the claim now made, and produced evidence in support of his statement. It was for costs of a nonsuited case heard in the Tistrict Court some time ago, in which action the relative position of the parties was reversed. No one appeared on behalf of the company. Judgment was given for the full amount now sued for. JTTLIDS TOGEL V. H. L. SKEBT. Claim £12 8s 2d, advertising account. ' Mr. W. H. Kisaling conducted the cise. The debt was proved, and judgment passed with costs. BICHABD ONYON Y. WILLIAM HOSACB BEST. Claim £2 10s., passage money. The money had been paid into Court; but an application by Mr Beveridge for cost 3of 1 plaintiff coming from the Thames was allowed. JOHN WILLIAM BOTTNDTBEE V. DAVID KENEALLY. 1 Claim, £10 damages. 1 Mr. Beveridge for plaintiff; Mr. Hebketh • ' and Mr. W. H. Kissling for defendant. On the 10th April defendant had impounded • 4 cows,-6 calves, 1 steer, and 3 heifers, the ) property of the plaintiff, for trespassing on ) hia (defendant's) paddoak at Reinuera. It • was now sought to recover £10 damages ou > the ground that Eeneally had no right to impound the cattle, aa hia property was in securely fenced. ' Several witnesses proved that the fence in [ question was in a very bad state, the rails and 5 posts being rotten. One gentleman while in r the box said in refence to the rails that " a \ dog could knock them down." 1 Mr. Hesketh took objection to the proceed. 1 ings on points of law. i " CLeft sitting.l

CORRESPONDENCE.

jtSTWe do not hold ourselve3 responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents.

THE WBSDSOK CASTLE.

To the Editor of the Evening- Stab. Sib, —Your correspondent appears anxious to enter the lists against me, and as he has taken up the gauntlet so energetically on the part of the directors of the Windsor Castle it shall ba war to the knife. My inatto is Suum Claque, and although holding no interest in the com* pany I state facts for the benefit of the pre sent shareholders and outside public. I still, sir, maintain that. Clarkson's battery, as it is called, is such only in name. The interest in it was sold long since, and the major part of the purchasers are directors in the Windsor Castle—even the manager of the battery is on the directorate; also the legal manager and his agent hold interests in the machine. Now, sir, why your correspondent should take upon himself to contradict my statement I cannot understand. He evidently is writing in error, or else being a holder of scrip, and looking forward (hopelessly I'm afraid) to a dividend, wiskes to conceal the truth. It matters nob if there were 1,000 shareholders in the bat tery my argument is, why should the directors try to gull the public and the shareholders in the Windsor by denying that the battery (still by them called Clarkson's) is immediately under their control ? My desire to unveil the truth will, I trust, be a sufficient apology for thus encroaching on your valuable space. —I am, &c, A Late Shabeholdeb. May 17th, 1872.

At a wedding in Rochester, recently, a nic« flowered cake was most horribly mutilated by an old gentleman who mistook it for a dish of xnaihed potatoes, and thru9t a spoon into it with the remark, "I will next carve the potatoes." A citizen of Salisbury, who had refused to quilify for the office of Mayor, towhiekhe was elected in November last, has been fined 1001. by the local magistrates. A fashionable lady lately dropped one of her eyebrows in the church pew, "and dread* fully frightened a young man sitting next to her, who thought it was his moustache. Mierovitch is the latest tenor discovered. He was a Rus3ian street mendicant whflQ Pauline Lucca picked him up a few months ago. J A number of non-commissioned ouicsrs or the Royal Engineers, have been selected to proceed from the School of Military Engineering, Chatham, to Ephesus, for the purpose. of superintending the excavations which ar« in progress under the direction of Mr. Wood, for the Trustees of the British Museum, to open up the Temple of Dian*, a considerable portion of which has already been brought to light. The Royal Engineers who are to be employed at Ephesus, wl receive, in addition to their ordinary TW>~^ certain allowances and expenses, whi* £■ be defrayed by the Trustees o£ the 1 JPJv Museum. '^g A man out in Loganiport, Indianns, afro * jackass palmed off on him for a mule colt, iw<* ib proved to be an elephant on his hands. He tied it in his back yard and waited patiently for his neighbours to offer him a bonus to remove tho little animal oat of earshot, for he was satisfied they would soon grow weary_ ot the deep bass voice of the long eared " colt A gentleman who " passed by on the other side" yesterday reports that Mr. S. was sitting on the doorstep with his ears stuffed with ms cotton, whilu hia neighbours were hunting an , attoruey to bring an Injunction iuit «2wn *v 1 the jaciass,

| THE EVENING STAR, ERIPAY, MAY 17, 187%

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All Nations 450 0 0 674 0 0 Ditto 220 0 0 7n513 4 0 Alburnia 300 0 0 »»271 1 0 Albion tribute (Po- verty) 35 0 0 392 10 0 Ditto (Kelly's) 46 10 0 »»263 7 0 Ditto (Belfast) 15 0 0 w*17 6 4 Beehire tribute ... 0 0 25 15 0 0 Ditto 16 0 0 22 11 0 Bright Smile ... 150 0 0 337 O 0 Ditti 24 0 0 m35 9 0 Ballarat and Rising Sun 25 0 0 24 15 0 Ditto 300 0 0 206 0 0 Caledonian 250 0 0 950 0 0 Ditto 300 0 0 696 0 0 Ditto 300 0 0 960 10 0 Ditto 2 0 0 233 0 0 Cure 89 0 0 152 15 0 Ditto 10 0 0 «i3 9 12 City of London... 77 0 0 78 18 0 Courier 0 0 5 ml 2 6 Dauntless tribute.. 60 0 0 «»70 17 0 Ditto 0 10 ot62 17 0 EnrekaHid 30 0 0 15 15 0 Eldorado tribute... 272 0 0 535 0 0 Grove's Bank ... 20 0 0 6 0 0 Great Surprise ... 3 16 0 »i3 0 0 George Stephenson 80 0 0 72 0 6 Golden Crown ... 100 0 0 »»57 3 2 Ditto 100 0 0 73 0 0 Golden Crown ... 60 0 0 ml48 18 6 Ditto 60 0 0 124 10 0 Golden Spur No. 1 tribute 7 0 0 22 0 0 Ditto No. 2 tribute 15 0 0 w9 2 18 ImperialCrown tri- bute 15 .0 0 m28 12 6 Inverness 50 0 0 19 0 0 Kuranui Company 250 0 0 wl68 9 0 Ditto 300 0 0 wl68 5 0 Missouri 100 0 0 m29 0 0 Ditto 100 0 0 29 0 0 Messenger's tri- bute 5 0 0 mi28 3 0 Moanatairi 580 0 0 »»2062 15 0 Ditto 600 0 0 jwUOl 15 0 Multum - in-Parvo 65 0 0 168 6 0 North Pacific ... 20 0 0 w40 11 18 Nonpareil 100 0 0 160 0 0 North Devon tri- bute 20 0 0 8 0 0 Prince Imperial ... 70 0 0 »*61 6 0 Point Russell ... 40 0 0 22 10 0 Queen of Beauty 120 0 0 154 0 0- Ditto 160 0 0 212 16 0 Ked Queen 30 0 0 «»110 2 12 Eed White and Blue 30 0 0 16 10 0 Ditto 25 0 0 »i8 0 6 Red White and Blue 15 0 0 m24 6 18 Royal Oak (Coro- mandel) ... ... 15 0 0 3 3 0 Russell Battery tribute 50 0 0 ml2 7 12 Sons of Freedom 140 0 0 »»497 7 0 Ditto 220 0 0 516 10 0 South Devon ... 5 0 0 23 8 0 Shotover 16 0 0 5 12 0 Shamrock 12 0 0 17 10 0 Shamrock tribute 5 0 0 7 0 0 Sundries, includ- ing results from tailings (about) 1000 0 0 Tookey Co'e. tri- butes 28 0 0 »i33 18 12 Ditto 15 0 0 4 0 0 Ditto 25 0 0 57 15 0 Ditto 30 0 0 56 0 0 Tokatea (Coroman- del) 300 0 0 0 0 , Ditto 148 0 0 322 0 0 Una Company ... 200 0 0 «i89 11 18 Ditto 250 0 .0 ml23 0 0 Unicorn 18 0 0 6 0 0 Victory 20 0 0 mil 13 18 Ditto 20 0 0 *»16 1 12 Vulcan 30 0 0 15 0 0 West Coast tribute 7 0 0 «i3 9 12 Waitemata 60 0 0 49 15 0 Waiotahi tribute 25 0 0 24 16 0 Yankee Doodle ... 87 0 0 *»58 5 0

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Totai 8,141 7 30 15,932 15 19 Previous Month... 7^149 5 40 14,547 5 23



|lINAL NOTICE RELINQUISHING BUSINESS. R. HO BBS Has still on hand between SIX and SEVEN" THOU SAND POUNDS' WORTH of the VERY PICK of the STOCK, consisting of FLANNELS, BLANKETS, FRENCH MERINOES, WINCEYS, Calicoes and Sheeting, Dimity and Toilet Quilts, Woollen Hosiery, Waterproof Jackets and Mantles for Ladies, Girls, and Children ; and other new Winter Goods, In great variety, which are now being CLEARED OUT AT VERY LOW PRICES. Ladies' and Children's New Black Straw Hats at about Half Value. The Stock MUST and WILL BE SOLD as R.H. has no intention whatever of remaining in the trade. Country customers, wholesale buyers, and small dealers, and buyers of job lots liberally dealt with. MEN'S AND BOYS' CLOTHING of the newest description, and Belts, Braces, Collars, Shirts, and Under Flannels, and all kind of Hosiery and Felt Hats, and Men's and Boys' Caps at a great reduction from regular prices. N". B.—THE SALE WILL CONTINUE FOR A FEW "WEEKS LONGER ONLY.



E. HOBBS, JUNCTION DRAPERY WARE HOUSE, Upper Queen and "Wakefield streets. W. G. HARRISON, LICENSED SHAREBEOKEB, COEOMiNBEL. WHERE can the COURT HOUSE CREEK plan be had? AtWAYTK's, Queen street; or Ohakes Paimeb's, Short laad Crescent. QLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE The mmenae success attending tTin lnf»Aiiii.«A« ot this new local industry afone teatl?^ t2« high estimation to whichlt U heli During fflt year the proprietor was acarcely able to supply fee Urge demand and has in consequence made extensive •Iterations and additions to his Factory/^, as to hi enabled to keep the market well supplied. No one who values health and appetite should be wiUiout a roPP^ of this really health-restoring and agreeable n^ji^W^^e in Bottles with the name of H OLSON on wrapper and stamped on bottle and paper. - ■ i.ucklaiicl, XOtJi Jdbruary, 1872.



SUMMARY FOR ENGLAND. WILL BE PUBLISHED AT THB OFFICE OV THH EVENING STAR, ON SATURDAY NEXT, The First Number of the NEW ZEALAND Monthly Mail, For Transmission to America and Europet Peice Threepence. ME, G. CAETEE, Stationer, Brown street, Grahanistown, is authorised to \ receive advertisements and subscribers' names for the Auckland M* Star. & Auckland, May 15,1572. ILL BE PUBLISHED, On MONDAY, In the " EVENING STAB," The First of a Serial Tale, written expressly for this journal by an Auckland Young Lady, and entitled THE SECRET IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE.