SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND

RTTNPET This evening. 4.51. HIUH WATER: This evening, 7.31

STEAM TO THE THAMES THIS EVENING.

TUikc of Edinburgh, G o'clock evening

ARRIVALS.

Go-ahead, steamer, MeGillivray, from Wanganui Onward, schooner, D. Stuart, from Maiden Island Eagle, ketch, Mills, from Russell

DEPARTURES.

Mary Miller, barque, Hcslop, for Newcastle Frowning Beauty, barque, Arnold, for Newcastle

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Tatiranga : Dauntless, schooner, this evening For ITokianga : Helen, brig, this evening ■ For Wangarei : Clyde, schooner, this evening For Napier : Star of the South, steamer, early For South Sea Islands : Kenilworth, schooner, this evening For Southern ports : Wellington, steamer, 11th inst For London : Tyrol, barque, early For Mauritius : Ayr, barque, via Lyttelton, early For New York : East Lothian, barque, early For Whitiangi, Tauranga, and Opotiki: Southern Cross, steamer. Monday For Honolulu : Nevada, mail steamer, 11th inst For Sydney and Melboiirne: City of Melbourne, on arrival of Nebraska For Waitara : Go-ahead, steamer, early For New Caledonia : Martha Ellen, schooner, early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

City of Melbourne, steamer, from Sydney Countess of Kintove, ship, from London Camille, barque, from Newcastle Saucy Lass, schooner, from Napier Surprise, schooner, from Sydney Coronilla. ship, from London. Sailed March 22 Briton, barque, from Newcastle Bulwark, ship, from London. Sailed March 2 Celestial Queen, ship, from London. Sailed April 25 Harriett King, from Lyttelton Nebraska, mail steamer, from Honolulu. Due July 15 Mary Grant, brig, from Warrnambool Strathnaver, schooner, from Dunedin ''ueen, schooner, from Rorotonga J*e% 'c, schooner, from Rorotonga ,y u \j a iP'^ice, schooner, from Levuka ~

EXPORTS.

n n ,,, n i »-_„_ -r»~ ""worth for Samoa :—lO boxes of Per schooner Een^ «, x. ohests t 1 chest d 7 tobacco, 1 bale cotton, - • on i. „„',„„,. e n v cases jams, 2do presv'd frait, 20 n U£ r< pf S riee, 50.000 feet timber, 55 cases wi3 s°?° <Veneva, o do whiskey, 15 do old torn, 37 do beer, v™*«*«* and Co ; 9 cases merchandize, 4 do drapery, a «o laucy goods, 3 do lamps, 1 do coffee, Solomon .and Ma-yott; 30 enses kerosine, 1 do matches, 2 do blue, 1 do con fectionary, 5 do presv'd fish, John Eoberton and Co ; 20 mats "sugar, Barnett and Levy ; 1 bale cotton, 2 tierces tobacco, 100 cases geneva, 12 do brandy, 20 bags rice, 2 bales cotton, 1 bale woollens, 1 do cotton, 1 bale cottons, 1 case (apparel, Owen and Graham ; 1 case cottons, Archibald Clarkand sons: lhelf-tierce tobacco, Combes & Da!dy ; 20 boxes tea. Brown, Barrett, & Co. —Cruickshank and Co, agents. Per Martha Ellen schooner, for New Caledonia — 3(3,000 shingles, 57.Q00 feet timber, 0 icasks beef, 514 lbs bacon, 19 cases cheese. 20 kegs butter, 3 tanks, 213 lbs lard, 25 bags oats, 1 tierce sausages, 40 sashes, 50 doors,' 1 box wool combs, 2 cases mullet, 52 sacks, 123 bags flour, SO bags bran, 25 tins biscuits, 50 cases jam, 25 do apples, 32 pigs, So sheep, 4 cases eggs, 3 bales hay, 5 bags maize, 1 ton mangold wurtzel, 40 cases jam.—Shipped by Geo. Thorne, jun., and.Co.

The schooner Onward, Captain Stuart, arrived in harbour from Maiden Island this morning with 92 tons guano. The schooner Martha Ellen has cleared outwards for New Caledonia with a cargo of timber and general merchandise. She will take her departure at once. The ketch Eagle arrived from Eussell yesterday with 60 tons coal.

The schooner Kenilworth has cleared outwards for Samoa with a large cargo of general merchandise.

COMMERCIAL.

E. Arthur reports having realized the following prices at his market day sale yester day • —Fowls, Is 5d to 2s 8d ; turkeys, 2s to 4s Rd ; duets, 2a 4d ; Auckland potatoes, Ss to 43 per cwt. • Auokland bacon, 5d to s£d Canterbury bacon and hams, Bdto;Bid perlb.; butter, sjd to 7id per Ib. j cheese, 3|d to 5d per lb.j household furniture and effects at fair prices. )::..; ;,* y :v'">

MTNINO. The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :—' £ s, d.

MEETINGS TO COME. ... United Pumping Co.. Kapanga, July 8 Preece's Point, Grahamstown, July 9 Bingstone, Grahamstown, July 9 ' '• f Crown Prince, Queensferry hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., July 11 . Ballyiiock, Governor Browne hotel, Auckland, 8 p.m., July 12 Bank of Tokatea, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 11 n..m., July 13 White Eose, Graiiamstown, July 17 Calypso, Grahamstown, July 17 : .' ' ■'. Shotover No 1, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., July 17 . ; Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2 pm, July IS , Coromandel Mint, 49 Queen street, Auckland, July. 19. Watchman, Grahamstown, July 22 Guildhall, Grahamstown, July 23 Celt, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2 p.m., July 24 Number One, Grahamstown, July 24 Californian, Grahamstown, July 26 American Eagle, Grahamstown, July 31

POST OFFICE, SHORTLAND-STREET.

Mails will Close as Under For Thames, this day. at 4.30 p.m., aiid on Monday at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.- For Kapanga, on Monday, July 8, at noon. For Taranaki and Southern Provinces, per s.s. "Wel lington, on Thursday, July 11, at 10 a.m. For Whit.innrri .>-_.' Tsw-aisa r"r °-^*-rrv Cjhz? --t» . WO'tMi ■/■ -" •' '•■ '~. '■ ■■' ■■■• _ . i j-ir -;v>cey ord*«a, :•;;;, ister#ft»ei:».;«s. wail ;;»wspav*£» i • r( r! Kl»g:i .::, '■••:*. ■•■;,;• i.-ij*-; *•- I ":X; ;-->; in | „: -■ .-. /•. -.. .-u-i',' yin -^■■, .-•:-«: '.n '; =r, . j T i V;:ES (hv -j Orornbie';;) ILOY.i.i \

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

SATURDAY, JULY 6, 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.

GoLDMixiNG- is credited with not developing the most honest features in the ethics of a people. Goldmining m the province of Auckland' is credited with rather an unusual development of unscrupulous tricks, but the biggest swindle that has ever disgraced our goldfield pales its ineffectual fires before the infamous glory of the Green Harp. There is to-day a panic on 'Change. And well there might at the stupendous villainy that has just been perpetrated. "Rogues generally plunder strangers, and the safest house in a city is said to be that next door to the.--, residence of the burglar; But the Green Harp robbers have robbed their nearest and most intimate friends; aud the poor and the trusting have been sucked into the vortex of ruin. It is needless for us to refer in detail to the incidents connected with this mine which have culminated in the ruin to-day dis closed. The six white horses richly caparisoned that symbolised the dawn of. prosperity to Coromandel, and added eclat to the great crushing that was to electrify the colonies, were dumb actors in a scene that should fill the community with shame. The whole demonstration was apparently deliberately got up to raise the price of shares, while the soft and confidential whisperings of friendship were unfeelingly employed to gather in victims. The original .shareholders, with the exception of a few dupes left out in the cold, have all sold out at high prices, and the shares from £10 or £12, have fallen to-day to 17s Gd. Entrance to the mine had been do barred to the public, and a few who had been admitted were apparently dazzled by a show specially prepared for their deception, and through them for deluding the public. It would ap pear that a common purse has been kept by the swindlers, and while one was prominently buying in the others were stealthily selling out, trading in a systematized way on the gullibility •of the public. One of the lead ing directors recently started with others who were innocent of the proceedings for Coromandel, and ere the boat had sighted Kapanga every share had been' in. Auckland trans ferred from his name, and he appeared at the mine without one share being in his possession. The great crushing was said to have yielded 1760 ozs. of amalgam, and after eight or ten days additional crushing the result could be stated only as 2000 ounces ; and on directors going down from Auckland to see this amalgam, a sight of it was refused by the manager and men in possession. It is rumoured that the mass of amalgam mainly consists of the baser metals that alloy, with quick silver, but whether this rumour and the disbelief of it are part of the tactics of the bulls or bears nobody seems to know, and in the midst of the dazxling villianies of the Green Harp the mind on 'change is absolutely bewildered. Why the men should persistently re fuse to have the amalgam retorted is yet a mystery. But public justice demands that the depth of rascality in the Green Harp should be sounded to the very bottom. It was commonly said, and is to a large extent true, that not only the prospects of the beach claims, but of the Coromandel gold field were dependent on the results at the Green Harp. If so the perpetrators of this fraud will have a heavy reckon ing to pay.

We submit the following to the public as a specimen of the people that at times get into positions of prominence. We may premise that one of our clerks is in structed on seeing in our contemporaries any advertisement which has not been furnished to the Stab to clip it out, and pasting it on a printed form soliciting its insertion in this journal, to forward it iv an envelope to the address indicated on the advertisement. In pursuance of this custom of the office it appears that an application was forwarded to Mr. Joseph May as chairman of the Mount Roskill Highway Board, and the following reply has been this day received aud shown to us by our publishing clerk :— "The Chairman of the Mount Eoskill District Board is one of the~farmers of this province, a class-of men said.by you to be " incorrigible ;" he believes your attack on the farmers to be unjustifiable and untruthful, consequently any adver tisements he can keep from the Evening Stae he will do so," We do not dispute the right of Mr May to withhold, an ad vertisement. The value to us' would have been about ninepence. and its loss we shall survive. But the spirit- in which the fore going is written shows to what a state in stitutions may be reduced. We have repeatedly felt called on by a sense of duty to animadvert on.the judicial decisions of Mr May, which aa a class have been the most stupid that ever emanate from our local bench. He leems to never open his mouth but, ,as Paddy says, "he puts his foot it it," ' and" his quaint style of English grammar serves to embellish his judicial lore. Evidently we have wounded Mr May's feelings, and whatever benefit the Mount Eoskill ratepayers might derive from the publicity afforded by a newspaper having admittedly the largest cir culation of all the papers of Uew Zealand is lost to them by the personal spite of the man they have as their chairman of

trustees. Mr May says he is one of the farmers that we have described as being " incorrigible." We believe he is. He certainly is not of the class of farmers, and there are plenty of them in our country districts whom we respect as true farmers and worthy colonists. But he is one of those who prefer idle ness to work; and sponging on the public revenue rather than taking his place between the handles of a pbugh. We believe he is "incorrigible." Nature made him so in denying him that quantity of brain which is requisite to enable a man to see that he is a fool. We have been informed that a boat drifted on shore at Mercury Island on the Ist inst. The boat is about twelve feet long, and has a deck over the fore part; is painted white, and pink inside. The spritsail and jib were set, and the mast was over the side, as if it had been carried away, and the side of the boat was stove in. There is only too much reason to fear that the occupant or occupants have been drowned, the boat having evidently been capsized in a squall.

At a meeting of Ward's minstrels held last night in the Carlton Academy, Hobson street, it was resolved that they should in about three weeks'time give an entertain ment in the Catholic Institute, Wellington street, for the purpose of augmenting the funds of the company. They have now been in existence for some three yearg, and during that time have given numerous entertainments for charitable purposes, all of which have been highly successful. This, we believe, is the first time they have appealed to the public on their own behalf, and we hope to see them greeted with a bumper house. The proceeds are to be devoted to the purchase of music and instruments. Before the meeting separated Mr M. Aubrey was elected manager, Mr E. Ward, treasurer, and Mr W. Norman secretary to the company.

Mr Pike, of Parnell, has called on us ■with reference to a statement in our yesterday's report of the annual meeting of ratepayers at Parnell. In that report it was stated by Mr Dargaville that as persons could not vote who had not paid their rates up to June, the motion made by Mr Pike was inadmissible. It is only fair to Mr Pike to state that this is simply a question of disputed value. We have seen his receipt for rates up to June 30 for a higher sum than he ever before paid for the same property. He objected against the excessive valuation, and intends instituting steps to hare it set aside.

A report has been current in town to day that one of Mr Binney's employees has been seized with small-pox. It is without the smallest foundation. We understand that the man was sent for to go to the Hospital, which Mr B. said he could do at two o'clock, when he had done carrying bags of flour ; but must return him again on Monday morning.

we are requested to state that the steamer Duke of Edinburgh leaves for the Thames this evening at six o'clock instead of five o'clock, as advertised in error.

We desire to draw special attention to the statement of Mr Kaye, the mail agent, with reference to his being seized with small-pox, as published in our telegraphic columns. There can be no doubt now as to the origin of the disease in New Zea land, and the next visit of the plague-ship now approachingour shores willbe watched with some interest.

We are requested to call attention to the meeting convened for this evening in the Carlton Academy, on the subject of " the goats," for the purpose of taking steps to resist the intention of the City Counsel to destroy goats kept on private property in the city.

The annual meeting of ratepayers in the Karangahape Highway District will take place on Tuesday evening nest, July 9, in St. David's school-room.

The prospectus of the New Zealand Pearl Fishing Company is published in our advertisement columns.

The buffalo -head at the Boyal .Mail hotel has proved quite an attraction, hundreds of people having paid it a visit of inspection. We observe that its position has been altered, and it is now placed upon a table facing the window, enabling it to be seen to much better advantage.

This evening Miss Aitken will give another series of readings at the City Hall under the auspices of the Auckland Band of Hope Societies. The proceed ings will be diversified with songs by Madame Moller, Miss Edger, Mr HilL, and Mr Brooks ; the latter gentleman has fhe credit of being an amusing comic singer. The audience will have an oppor tunity of testing his qualifications this evening in " Sarah Walker" and " The Broken-hearted Baker," these being the songs he is announced to sing.

Mr William Hoskins and Miss Florence Colnlle proceeded to the Thames by the Golden Crown this morning, and will open at the Theatre Royal this evening in con junction with Mr B. N. Jones' dramatic company, We may expect their return in course of a fow days, when they will be heartily welcomed by all play-goers,

Yesterday, at the Supreme Court, the Judge's charge to the jury lasted over an hour, every point of the evidence being presented to them aad clearly set forth. After only ten minutes' retirement, the jury by their foreman returned a verdict of " Guilty of shooting, but done in self defence." McCaskill was then released from custody.

The adjourned meeting of master black smiths will be held on Tuesday evening next at Sceats1 British hotel.

We have to acknowledge receipt of a£ volume from the EegistrarrGeneral's office, containing the statistics of :New Zealand for the year 1870.

DR. CARE'S SEANCES.

De. Oaee entertained a large audience at the Prince of Wales Theatre last evening. He commenced with a very interesting lecture on phrenology, after which he proceeded toex .amine the " craniums " of such of the audience as consented to submit to the process. Their qualifications and feelings as described by the doctor caused great amusement. A treatise on mesmerism followed with amusing illustra tions, which kept the house in roars of laugh ter. The "laughing gas " was then partaken, and caused great merriment. The entertain ments increase in popularity,

NORTH SHORE FERRY.

Tite people resident at the North Shore are about to be furnished with a new sensation, the natural result of the monopoly of the ferry traffic at present existing. It is intended by the Messrs. Holmes to charge the weekly ticket-holders for passage on Sundays, on the principle that it is •■' over business hours." When the opposition was being bought out, and the Devonport steamer passed into the hands of the Messrs Holmes, it was promised that the night boats would be continued, a feature in the traffic with which the future prosperity of North Shore is bound up. But no sooner had the agitation passed than the night boats were reduced to three a week j and not only so, but a pionic or an excursion or anything else by whioh a few irregular shillings can be picked up is con sidered sufficient warrant for taking off a boat and stopping all communication between North Shore and Auckland for a greatportion of the day. This monopoly belongs to acondition of things fast passing away from Auckland. It is really intolerable that a grasping narrow disposition which will not suffer any one else to have anything to do with the traffic to North Shore, and which can not look ahead beyond the length of its own nose should be allowed to retard the advance of the pleasi.ntest suburb of Auckland. We believe this monopoly and its direct eff-ets have been the sole cause that property at North Shore is not fourfold its present value; and it is surpris ing that the owners of proporty there have not nrits enough to see that it would be the wisest thing they could do to organise a combination simifar to that on which the Freight Company has been recently based. Every owner of the smallest allotment should have a share, giving at the same time a guarantee to travel and trade only with the boat of the company. Such a boat so supported could afford to lower the fare to the half, and being oonducted only in the interests and for the convenience of the whole body of the residents would induce such confidence, and consequently such au influx of residents as would make the enterprise a great success. We know that the idea has been entertained by several, and we believe all that is required is enlisting public sympathy in the scheme. The new proposal of extorting Sunday fiire3 from weekly ticket-holders will revive that feeling, although no doubt the monopolists on seeing the game up will back out as best they can.

COROMANDEL

LATEST MINING NEWS.

[from our own correspondent.]

Friday evening.

Scotty's Hill are following up a good-looking leader lrom the creek level, but will have to drive twenty feet further before they come upon the run of gold. A. prospecting drive has been put in on the Murpby'n Hill side of the main creek, and under the Government tramway, to test a leader from which fair prospects were obtained on the surface. The Golden Point have commenced a cross drive on a leader cut about forty* Jive feet from the entrance of No. 2 tunnel, some small pieces of stone with gold visible were taken from it on Thursday last, and it is expected to turn out well. No. 1 tunnel is now advanced 14-0 feet. The country, though hard, is improving, and the lode they are driving for is thought to be within fifteen feet.

The Working Miners are atill stoping out and getting rich stone to paddock. After a shower the specks of coarse gold are visible all over the heap, and the stuff is bound to give a good return. The Nil Desperandum cut a good looking leader in the main tunnel on the western a,ide of the range on Tuesday last, but have not worked upon it since. The tunnel from the eastern side is being pushed on energetically, and both are expected to meet about the end of next week.

The Cupid have met a fine looking leader in an old abandoned drive near the Mabel boundary. Tney are at present engaged timbering, but intend opening it out as soon as possible. The Mabel, peg and peg with the Cupid, have a tunnel in about fifteen feet, and are contracting for its extension to one hundred and sixty-five feet, the work on the new system to commenco on Monday next. Murphy's Hill are carrying on the main drive, now in three hundred and twenty-fire feet, and in about fifty feet more expect to open the main shaft, where there will be a general crushing of the stone already brought to gra«s, and which can then be Bent through the tunnel to the Nil Desperanduin machine.

The Harbour View are carrying the leader with them in the main tunnel, and are getting good gold-bearing stone from another in the cross drive.

The Victory cross-cut from the main tunnel, has advanced twenty feet, and the Pride of Tokatea leader is expected to be cut in a few days.

The Peep o' Day tunnel is novr in 190 feofc ; there has been a great change of country within tbe last few days, a branch leader from the Swedish Crown being followed in the cross drive, and in the upper level they are carrying with them a leader ten inches wide.

The Persian are pushing their drive to cut the leader under the spot where the rich pros pects were obtained on the surface, and will then commence driving on the reef.

The Preece's Point trial-crushing of four hundredweight was finished at Baithby and Muir's on Thursday evening, and gave the very encouraging return of If? rhvfcs. 12 grs., or at the rate of 4 oxi, 3 dwjjfc to the ton.

POLICE COURT

THIS DAY

[Beforo Thomas Beo.kham, Esq., It. M.] • . . DBUNKENNES3. Three persona wera fined 10s. each and costs for their first offence of drunkenness, while a.dissipated looking fellow was sent to gaol for seven days for having been twice con victed before 5 another forfeited his bail. '. A DESERTING SEAMAN". James ,Shaw, .an articled soauwn, '* was, charged with deserting from the schooner Herald on the 4th mat., while lying ii> the port of Auckland. '' The prisoner piwuled guilty. ■■.■-. Captain MeKeuzie, after a Bhort interview with the prisoner, stated that he did not wish to press the charge, but ha would like his Worship to caution the prisoner. '■ ' His Worship : The caution I shall give him will be twelve weeks' imprisonment with hard labor, that is the best sort of caution to give a man who breaks the law. . Prisoner : This is my first offence, sir, and I hope 'you will look over it. It will be a caution to me in future. His Worship : Ah, you would rather take the caution without the imprisonment. Is that what you mean ? Prisoner : Yes, your Honor. His Worship (to prosecutor): A.re you willing to take the man back ? Prosecutor : Yes, your Honor. Then let him be discharged. ; • i This concluded the business, I

ANOTHER CASE OF SMALL-POX IS REPORTED.

A patiext in the Hospital is alleged to have caught the infection, and is removed to the out-house.

Strict quarantine is kept by the police Seymour is reported as convalescent.

MISS AITKEN'S READINGS

MISS AITKEIf gave one of her popular series of readings last night at the Parnell Hall. The attendance was not so numerous as we expected. Madame Moller gave one or two chai-niing ballads and also the musical accom paniments. Mr Reid also sang some capital song?. The reading comprised " The death of Queen Catherine," Mansie Waugh's visit to the Play," and "Mrs. Caudle's lecture on Caudle joining the Freemasons." This evening Miss Aitken will read at the City Hall.

IRE VOLUNTEER CHRONICLE

The Auckland Eifle Brigade held their monthly inspection last night in the drill shed. There was a good muster. The usual inspection of arms took place. After the parade a district order was read in reference to the formation of musketry instruction classes: Those desirous of joining were requested to send in their names. Another district order was read intimating that £358 had been received as capitation allowance, which had been ap plied in the following manner : — To No. 2 Company, £74; No. 3 Company, £85 ; N"o. 4 Company, £54; No. 6 Company, £90 ; and Cadet fiompany, £55. There will be no more battalion drills of the Auckland Eifle Brigade for the present owing to the inclemency of the weather. The usual monthly parade will however continue to take place.

The annual meeting of No. 1 (City) Company AE.B. (late No. 6 Company) will be held on Friday, the 19th instant, at the Drill-shed.

We understand that Captain Barnett, late of the Thames, is about to be ap pointed to the captaincy of No. 2 Com pany A.R.B. We observe by a General Government Gazette that the following candidates have passed their junior examination before the Civil Service Examination Board : —John George Blacket, Welling ton ; Bichard Pignan, Auckland ; David William Witherby, Wellington.

By a General Government Gazette we observe that the designation of No. 6 Company, A.8..V., has been altered to No. 1 City Company A.H.V. Brigade. The designation of Nos. 1 and 5 Com panies AB..V. Cadets has been altered to No. 1 and 2 Companies Victoria Rifle Volunteer Cadets. Nos. 3 and 6 Com panies A.B.V. Cadets are to be amal gamated under the title of the Cadet Company A.B.V Brigade.

CORRESPONDENCE.

iSTWe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents. :

SMOKE NUISANCE.

; To the Editor of the Evening Stae. Sib, —You yesterday evening congratulated "Pro Bono Publieo" that the Mayor was about to propose a by-law to suppress the smoke nuisance forthwith. I beg loave to question the policy of such a measure being passed by the City Council on the following grounds : —First. If a stringent by-law to con sumo smoke is enforced, it will drive away many promising and thriving factories and industries to other places where they can carry on thoir "trade unfettered by any such restriction. Secondly. By-laws made in the old country have not worked satisfactorily, because the problem of complete smo'se consumption'has not heen practically solved there yet. If Auckland is ever to become so great as its position and resources demand, "industries" and "manufacture" will hare to be cherished instead of being nipped in the bud. Where would have been the greatness of such cities and towns as Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and other large manufacturing towns had they in their infancy been strangled with the amount of laws and by-laws that are imposed upon the trade and commerce of thi9 already too much governed city ?—I am, &c, Stoker.

GAMBLING.

To the Editor of the Evening ST4.B. Sib, —The police at various times have dis played great and commendable activity in bringing those publicans to justice who contravene the Licensing Act by Sunday l,radig ; but there is one other matter which comes within the scope of their duty calling for iheir instant supervision —I allude to the system of gambling and card-plating which is carried on in many hotels nightly, by which distress and grief are caused in niany families through the facilities to crime thus offered to young men, who are har boured in these dens (with closed doors) up to three and four o'clock in the morning, alike to the injury of their health and Iheir morals. You would, sir; confer a favour on myself and others by publishing this letter; and unless some steps a*e taken by the police to put a check to the custom, I am prepared to lay an information against one or two houses whose chief source of business is derived from this means. —Yours, &c, A Fathee.

[We g'.ve insertion with great satisfaction to this protest against a vice which is kiowu to exist and to bo on the increase. We sincerely trust our corres pondent will take the step indicated.—Ed. E. S.]

THE SHARE MARKET.

ME. J. M. IENNOX's BPPOHT.

Theee wus quite a panio in the sharemarket this jnorning. Green Harp and Bismarck shares were offered at very low rates. Green Harp were sold as low aa 195., and closed with aeller4 at £1 ; Bismarck, £4 to £3 ; closing with sellers at £3 2s 6d ; Monatairi, £4 17« 6d ; Caledonian, £16 sa. There was no enquiry for other stock. Closing sellers—Caledonian, £1615s ;. Thames, £5 7s 6d ; Green Harp, £1 ; Insurance Bhares, £50. Buyers—Caledonian, £16 5 Thames, £5 ss; Green Harp, 19a. j ME. J. HENDItY's EEPORT. Market still, dull. Biaumrok, £3, £3 ss, £3 lOg, and £4 j Caledonians, £16 10s, and £17; Green Harp, 19s and 20s; Thames, £5 7s 6d ; Moauatairi, £4 17s 6d : Beach. 3s. and 3^ 6d 5 Tokatea, £3 2s 6d.

,^V proposed intercolonial four-oar race at Melbourne does not appear likely to be a success. The Sydney Kowing Olub, in response to an invitation to take part iv the race, have replied that the date selected will clash with their own intor colonia] regatta, and that, being the cham pion oarsmen of the colonies," they think that any race for the colonial championship for the ensuing year should be rowed in Sydney waters.

TELEGRAPHIC.

GRAHAMSTOWN.

This Day. Love's tribute (Tookeys) crushing of 70 toils gave 129 ounces. The Inverness tributers have lodgej? 7 ounces more, making a total of zss^Ujjjg*** ounces from 38 tons. f^'VE'T" The Caledonian has obtained Mp>'-a& ounces in only 2} days' crus%v,Vi: About 90 tons have been put throu'g-.^,.. The fortnight's return for the Xu ranui is 170 ounces. The Standard has obtained 12 ounces of gold from 14 tons. The Lady Bird tributers have banked 21 ounces gold. The Grolden Crown has obtained from their clearing up a total of 309 ounces. They have crushed 80 tons stuff. The G-olden Crown tributers have obtained 97 ounces of gold from 50 tons. The Moanatairi has already lodged 616 ounces, and there is more to come.

The Small-pox in Wellington.

Report of Disease coming from Nebraska Confirmed.

Kaye's Written Statement.

The Constable Seriously Affected.

WELLINGTON.

Saturday, The Nevada has arrived and sails North to-morrow.

The Luna will sail this afternoon for the Manakau direct for the purpose of bringing down the Auckland members, after 3 which she will proceed to the West Coast on an expedition to survey some reefs and shoals reported to be existing there. Mr Hal combe has been appointed director in New Zealand of the Colonists' Aid Immigration Society. The official reports were received yesterday from the quarantine ground, at fcioame's Island. The name of the man in the Armed Constabulary who is reported as infected with small-pox is Patrick Loughren. 1-' : He has the variola all over his body. Kayle is reported convalescent. The statement that he became affected aahore is untrue. . Kaye has made a written statement to the following effect-.—"l first heard of small-pox being prevalent when at San Francisco, but did not hear of it at Honolulu. A week before our arrival in Auckland I learnt that we had small-pox on board theNebrask. I have not communi cated or had anything to do with any of : the : passengers of the ship England at Wellington. I remained at Wellington; while the Nebraska went South, and it was not until the steamer returned to Wellington that I first noticed the outbreak of the dis ease. The armed, constable now affected must have "caught the infection, from me. ~ .

The report that Kaye's washer woman is infected has not been con firmed. . .

The Lady Bird from Sydney has arrived after a passage of nine days. She brings female immigrants for the Pro vincial Government.

Considerable indignation has been felt here at the conduct of the "Wel lington correspondent of the Otago Dally Times haying in a letter, misre presented^the policy of Mr Fitzherbert and party.

The Post, in a leading article, urges the formation of a Freight Company in Wellington,, and points out as an inducement that the freight on nearly nine |million pounds' worth of goods, shipped to the North in 1871, was lost to the colony.

The vessel (arrived) supposed to be the Excelsior from London, proves to be a coal vessel from New South Wales.

H.M.S. Eosario arrived at 10.30 p.m. last night from Auckland.^; - ■ -H.M.S. Basilisk (?) has arrived.

DUNEDIN

Saturday. The returns of the yield, of gold for the half-year shows aa increase of IS,OOO ounces.

The-criminal calendar is light, only six cases being down for trial. The wheat market is quiet; quota tion ss4d ; oatsduU-at Iu;10d; maltiug barley, 5s 6d; flour, £13. Trade is good, the article being in deiaaau- .

WANGANUI.

v 7/ p cj ; . Saturday. c . The Keera has arrived from Wtt«N- lington. r ' LYTTELTON. Saturdajr.,; | -~ The Lady Emma, barque, has sailed for Auckland. ■ TIMAKU. Saturday. : ;f There is great dissatisfaction in both the town and districts in consequence , of the resolution., of the. Board oLJ Works to hand over Sangatato bndgafj to the General Government witio'i' 5 any monetaiy compensation. ..

CHRISTCHURCH.

Saturday. Wheat is quoted at 5s to 5s 3d. Oats, 2s 4d, in demand. Hour unaltered. Barley, 5s 6d to 03 Jd, scarce. Butter, scarce at 9d. Cheese, 5d to sid. , . 3

HOKITIKA.

Butter, scarce. Markets otherwise unchanged*

TOI Wmtftitb WHA.% SATURDAY, JtLY 6, 1872.



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