SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

STJNSET: This evening, 5.17 STJN^RISE :To morrow morning, 6.40 HIGH WATER: This evening, G. 2; to-morrow morning, 6.22

ARRIVALS.

Lady Bowen, p.a., 'from' Wapgarei Rowena, s.s., McGregor, from Northern ports

DEPARTURES

Uomerang, p.s.,Ghrlsp, forßay of Islanda Hero, s.s., Logan, for Sydney Jlirt, brigantine.i for Lytjelton

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

-ror southern ports : Ladybird, s.s., laonaay For Friendly Islands:' Kenilworth, schooner, this ■ afternoon ... ■■-\ . ■■• > ■ For Sydney and 1 Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s., aboutethMay uiij ; : .. .•■>■ " i For Southern, ports, via Napier: Rangatira, s.s., to-

morrow For Northern ports*:* Eowena, s.s., Monday next For England: Moss Glen, barque, early For' Levuka: Marion Kenny, schooner, to-day For the Navigator'lslands : Zior, schooner, to-day

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 29tb December ■■ . ' Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed 12th January ', Agra, ship, from London. Sailed Countess of Kintore, ship,, from London. Sailed Woodlark, ship, froia London, Sailed 2and February Hyltori Castle, barque, from London. Sa'led j < \ €ity of Auckland, from London. Loading Zang-;t, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 17th January , Thames, barque, from New York-, via Sydtey..Loading Akbar, ship, from Boston, via Melbourne I 1 Satellite, cutter, from Levuka 1 ~ Mary Webster, schooner, from Adelaide. Sailed 21st March (for the Manukau) > p AJice Cameron, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 29tq, March — , Upolu, schooner, froitf Samoa ,J nl ';' $J \\ r|j* j Dauntless, schooner, from Samoa Esther, brig, from Nowoastle. Sailed SQth March Emulous, schooner, from Dunedin;. ' , v. 1 Prince Alfred, barque, from Adelaide.;' •■'''' • ■■, Pakeha, brig, from Adelaide , ■ ' .!,..';''';'/); .','., Success; schoomer, from Levuka '';/'"/ •/. ," i Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti

The s.s. Rowena. andyediin,harbour last evening from' Russell, which port sne left §o. Friday evening last. She put into Wangaruru next day for .shelter,' and there • until four o'clock yesterday morning in con sequence of the strong easterly' gale blowing. She brought the following ■passeiigers .—Mrs Edwards, Mrs, Hewson, Mrs Mair and child, Messrs Allright, Ensqn, Sinclair, Subriski, iaiad three in the.steerage. The Rowena will leave for the North on Monday nextat twelve O'clock. :'; /'..'' 'vi :, .-",,' V , : The schooner .Zior has cleared for Apia with a full general cargo andithe following passengers':—.Messrs D. Parker^.l. ,X)ixon, MljSimpspn^jand W. Palnieri 'i.Vi mi .r.^aymouthis the successful tenderer for building a new pilot boat for the Hokianga station. He has:received instructions from the Harbour Board to commence work. ;Jt is/reported that'thei settlers^of Hot Springs and Mahurangi propose to purchase the little steamer"Jane to supply the re quirements of the trade between those settle-

merits and Auckland. The steamer, as will ' be seen by! advertisement' in our |columns, leaves the, "wharf/tb-morrow morning at eleven o'clock,"returning from. Mahurangi, on Mori day at ten o'clock, calling at the Hot Springs for passengers. This will afford townspeople' a good opportunity for spending a day at the Springs, and of returning to Auckland in' time for business on Tuesday morning. We learn from our Russell correspondent that the following vessels were lying wind bound there when the Rowena left: —For, Auckland: Golden Isle, Maud, Prince Rupert, and Magellan Cloud. For the Thames : Maid of the Mill, Wild Duck, Rover, Duke of Edinburgh, Rose, and Clio. There are on board these vessels, 373 tons of coal for Auckland, and 441 tons for the'

Thames. The p.s. Comerang cleared outwards to day, for Russell, with the following cargo :— 3 leather packages, 1 bale leather, Ireland Bros. ; 2 cases earthenware, Boylan; 1 case glass, T. and S. Morrin ; 3 mats sugar, J. C. Morrin j 3 packages, G. A. Gilfillan ; 1 case, Sargooi & Co.; 1 parcel, Hampton ; 1 package nails, J. & D. Dickey ; 2 packages, A. Clark & Sons ; 1 paper parcel, Stewart a^bVAnderson, iv. J r I7< Wft f. The s.s, Rangitiri will leave for Southern ports to-morrow, afternodft. ;•, . The schooner Dauntless from Samoa put,into Whangapoa on|ib,e,J6^h.inst./On l Jler ;t paaa^ge to Auckland snort of provisions. A curious circumstance occurred during the last passage of^tne'si.s: Alhamora from Mel bourne, and is recorded in the Otago Daily Timdsr.-*When the steamer was about 120 miles from the West Cape considerable surprise was occasioned to the passengers on deck by a bird coming on board, almost at their feet; t 'where it waa seteur'edV It proved to fee a pukeko, or swamp hen, and it seemed cdrnr ■pXetelji exhausted;, <It Was conjectured ithat the bird had been blown to sea from New- Zealand, thought that seems-hardly possible, when its very limited flying powers, and the distance of the steamer from land when ii came on- board, are considered. That it really did ' come on board in the manner stated, jhowever, we are able^ to affirm;on the; authority of an eye-witnesa. | A sea-going turret ship, Peter the Greafcj was lately launched from the Admiralty Dockyard, St. Petersburgh, Russia, in the presence of a great concourse of people! When the engines are fitted, the ship s sides and turrets sheathed with massive platesj the four great steel cannon shipped, Russia will have at sea by far the most powerful man-of-war yet built. The vessel was del signed by Admiral Popoff, an officer of the! highest distinction. His ship differs in manyj respects from the American and English turret ships, and the design is said to have many excellences. She is, in size, height, form, bouyancy, stability, and engine power, able to make a long voyage of 17 days at a high speed in any condition of weather. The Peter the Great is 329 ft. Bin. in length be tween perpendiculars. Her greatest outside; breadth is 63ft. The builder's measurement) is 5352 toas, a"nd the displacement, with coal, Btores, and water in boilers, will be 9655 tons, at a mean draught of 23ft 9in. The plates on the ship's sides and on the raised building amidships vary from 12in. to 14in, and the armour-plate protects the ship to a depth o^eft., bejow. the,., water-liney | ( |The •Vessel has no spur, but the 'upright stem is ■ heavily plated and of enormous strength.! iHie, 'strong' straight st^mdf'Wie1 Peter the, .Great Will, it is supposed; '■ deliver \ a moat 'effective blow with little :br*no,risk to hen- j selfp ' Th/ 9 ship has two large" turrets, which "are plated, with 16in. of r ironin twothick7- nesaija'Of 14iri. and 2in'.- 'She'KaS.iio/maatsi ;t^it^d^eti. i ds i entii> ely p4 her',engines, which were' built at St. Petersburg by the widp^v Baird. The' engines;'are 1- oti the compotmd principle, and in constructionresemble Messrs Bennies types. f Each .engine is. of fltyQ nbrsd-power, and connected with" two fotfr bladed screws. Tb^ere are twelve boilers, which will require at full''sp'eeo!.^ 132 tans of coal in 24 hours, and, at this rate of consumption the engines will work at 10, QOO, effective horse power, and the shrp^wiU'be driven at 14^ knots speed, per hour, 1 1 y r • cr SpißiTtTAtisid ¥or SAkoRS.—Mr Vernon Ltishington, Permatien^ .bl;,:th:e. Admiralty, speaking pi body' pf iayal administrators, doubtless, with knowledge and in sincerity, calls it a'" Phantom Board " A Board of Phantoms"majr: be" sUi'd'to 'be a ! Board of Ghosts, and ,sucli,a Board" of Ad miralty, Bending British seamen afloatin: rdtl- ten Megsßrasj is a Board of' Gho^te with i power tp,^dtp^^^u^er ti ;-!f i;^_ ,

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COMMERCIAL.

At Mr R. Arthur's sale, to-day, Poland fowls realised 5s each ; silver brahmas, 18s ; roosters, lid to la lOd; ducks, Is 4d to Is 10c!; geese, 3s 3d to 3s Od ; turkeys, 2s 3d to 3s Gel ; potatoes, 4s 9d to (is Od ; onions, ,£d to l^d per lv. j oatmeal, 2d per tb.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividend! payable in the companies named below :— £. s. d.

MEETINGS. Buffalo, Coromandel, 26th April Ne Plus Ultra, 41, Insurance Buildings, Auokland

11 a.m.; 28th April Otago. Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2p.m., ?9th

April Dixon's No. 1, Mr T. L. White's office, Canada Build ings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 30th April Rose and Shamrock, Mr Sommerville's office, Short-

land street, Auckland, 2 p.m., 30th April Long Drive, Mr Tothill's office, Auckland, 3 p.m.

7th May All Nations, Mr Tothill's office, Auckland, 2 p.m.,

7th May Linooln Oastle, Sceats' Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., 14tU • May Hand and Band, Grahamstown, 21st May

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND MT4ji.3-wjxlCi.osb as Under■:■— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Mahurangi, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m, For Gisborne, Napier, and Southern provinces, per Kangatira, to-morrow, at 2 p.m. For Taranaki and Southern ports, per Ladybird,

on Monday, 28th inst., at 8 a.m. 1 Dor Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonai, per Eowena. on Monday, 28th inst., at 11 a m. ; L.;, (Signed) v S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGE.

Latchmore—Devoni'okt.—On AprJl 22, at the resi dence of the bride's father, Owen Latchmore, late of Leicester, to . Katherinq' Devonport, eldest daughter of' Thomas Dovonport, Newton.

DEATH.

Bach.—At the residence of his parents, Pi.'nces street, Adolphus Alfred, aged four years, eldest son of Alfred and Sarah Ann itich.

The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon, at half-past two o'clock sharp, friends are respectfully invited to attend.

The Evening Star. WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATES The Evening News and the Morning News

FRIDAY. APRIL 25. 1873.

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

Tnti British connection with the colonies1 has its advantages as well as its^disadyantages, and we feel at times disposed to Bless the bond when we see the Colonial office; snubbing colonial snobbery.' We yesterday published a Wellington telegram which tells us that her Her Majesty has been advised to graciously give a rap over the knuckles to colonial impudence and literary pretensions. The message was as .follows:— , i

By the last mail a despatch dated January 31st was received from Earl Kimberly declining to advise the Queen to grant letters patent to the Otago and New Zealand Universities, so as to make the degrees granted by those universities to be recognised throughout the Empire. He desires i .the Assembly and! people to express their views regarding one university upon which the privilege shall be^ ''(S'cinferred,' and!; deprecates1 #s beittg granted •titf two institutions as likely to be detrimental tbthe value of the degrees, and as beyond1 the .'.requirements of the country. He sug gests a National University. This is: exactly as it ought to' be, atod will give ( pjeasure to every,one that has the smallest appreciation of the worth of the recognised symbols ofj literacy'distinction;,','When the Shah of Persiabeard of ,the/many thousands of pounds of revenue, derived from the 'Po'st'-dftfde' in ;!^f IHni! he swore'j^y^jjg gpujsjof Persia that he. should have a Pest-ofllce too, never1 ! giving a thought to the conditions antecedent to suc cess.; • 'And wnen' we hear of the proud distmbtiipaL conferred by ja,_degEeefrom. the, jßniverwtjesi of A the British islan^ anon we (think (fchafejve haWbut topass_an Act and create a thing; yfan:d * call ifc "!TJiiiv6rsity," and gcatterj/honorei oyer* a' smilirig-' laiid. Wnat^fr bombshell into the senate chamberl of , pur ghostly , wandering tTriiver^ityl, will . tne of Earl B^imbferl ( 6y be! ' Already.has the senatecbeen dispensing its favours, and conf^ring" degrees, with a disinterested generosity f that,:ajjgured .glory to the | cc^lpjiy, ; ilad; her^Majesfcy been gra ciously pleased to stamp with the signet royal our Brummagem articles of i literary adornment we should have had as many graduates in New Zealand as ' there are colonels iii America. We should have driven a roaring trade in parchment, and all the maimed, and the halt, and the lame, and the blind,

■ a Hi i and the plucked of all the British schools would hare taken, a pleasurlM trip by the Trans-Pacific service, sind in New Zealand would have found, if not the royal road to learning, at least the easy road to its marks and tokens of distinction. As the Vice-Chancellor himself, Mr Hugh Carleton, has put forth his hand and plucked a rose and placed it in his cap, so we doubt not would he have liberally showered the flowers of university distinction upon his aspiring fellow-colonist?, and our colony would speedily have earned the proud distinction of being the very centre and the seat of learning, and ,of having manufactured more " literary " men in proportion to its population than any other place on the face of the whole earth. Had the " Univer sity " descended from its aerial soarings and set its foot for a day on the banks of the "Waitemata, behold Auckland would have been not the Corinth alone but the Athens of the South. Had M perched for an hour by the side of Port Nicholson, behold the Empire City would have again eclipsed her northern sister, and thus wandering throughout the length and the breadth of this great country cur vagabond institution would have been shower ing everywhere the counterfeit tokens of literary distinction stamped with the stamp of the royal mint. There will be sorrow at the Bay of Islands, and wailing in the streets of Christchurch, but every one that wishes well to the colony, and would be pained at seeing it made the ridicule of the whole world, must be glad at the dis comfiture of charlatanry and literary pretence. There was a certain amount of decency in the pretensions of the Otago people in what they are pleased to have called their "University ;" not much though. In the lapse of, time their educational institutions, sustained as they are by plenty of money, will become developed into something bearing some distant resemblance to a University. But considering that the pecuniary resources are from lands that should be the possession of the whole colony, the spirit manifested in connection with their so-called " University" savours too much of the canny selfishness of the land of " parritch" and "brose" to ever com mend it to the colony, or to win for it, the sympathy and the aid of colonists in the effort to have its " degrees" recognised as the sterling article. But when hand in hand with its wandering brother it goes knocking at the doors of learning, seeking to be admitted into the honorable brother hood, the two ragged applicants from a little tin-pot colony appear so gro tesque that they are a spectacleforgods and men. If Earl Kimberly's snubbing would check the mischief all would be well. But the " Universities" will go on conferring distinctions which, how ever absurd and valueless now, will perhaps ultimately obtain a value in this wise. For in the course of time we shall unquestionably have a real university, not a Brummagem article, and it is quite in the nature of affairs that the two thing 3 which now play with degrees will be incorporated, and in this incorporation will be included all that is aggregated in the meantime. It is full time that at least the "New Zealand University" should be snuffed out before more mischief is done. Its existence not only tends to bring learn ing into disrepute, but to make univer sity degrees a by-word ; and it is really a pity that the colony has been placed in the ridiculous position of asking that its sham degrees should be accepted as equivalent to the sterling.literary coin., , . ' .

' Every one in the province must fee!pained at the intelligence from the Waikato. The murder in itself is not different from any • ■ ■ i other vulgar murder, but awakes a deep interest as to what should be and, what will be done by the Government. It is easy to say hunt the murderers to the earth, but while we sincerely hope and believe that the avenging hand of justice will be put forth' and seize the murderer, we cannot close oup eyes to the complications that are likely toi result. . If, as is said, the scoundrel,that did the deed is .unrecognised by the King chiefs,! then should he be speedily brought to justice. If he is recognised, and obtains asylum, the; time for forbearance and conciliation should! have come to a close. : ' We observe that the plans for the 'machinery and htdl of the hew steamer.for the. Eerry Company are exhibited in the window of Mr Heslop, of Vulcan-lane^ the engineer to the company. It will be ; re collected that some weeks since tenders were called for the building of a second boat, but it ,was^ resolved by, the directors of, the com 'pariy to withdraw, the. advertisements forjja little'uritil specifications of the most minute and'complete particulars should have been prepared by the engineer, so as to provide against ,the, recurrence; of difficulties' con nected with: the building of the Takapuna. Mr ( Heslbp has been engaged for the past few weeks in preparation of the plans and specifications,, which are not yet fully com pleted, but will be ready for being sub mitted to the directors, we believe, at their meeting, or > Monday. , the', boat may be described in general terms-; as an edition of the j Takapuna on1 a smaller scale, but with far more powerful' machinery,: and with an avoidance of some points that are regarded as blemishes .' in , the Takapuna. The machinery'wjll be new, of great power,,and is calculated to drive the boat at a velocity, ! ! perhaps unsurpassed in the harbour. ~, ; , j; To'the Editor: Sir,—ls the asphalt|*pave- '' ■ ment in Vulcan Lane newly laid calculated for horse traffic. I see the horse of the Cross crosses it constantly. This seems to be de cidedly at cross purpoae^ with the , Cisy. j Council's endeavours to improve the streets.. : —Xohtb,.&c., Squabe. ■ . , ; v., >

'''The jCelebrated Ca^ndinls "v^ill open to night air the City Halt with an :operatio' and, ballad concert. :the: ; programnie;is published in our advertising columns, to which we refer our readers. The talents of these _ popular artistes are so well known to a majority of the 'piiblia as to render comment from us superfluous any remarks in fact .would be similar to gilding refined gold, and it is only necessary to add that the opening concert takes place to-night to insure a full house. ! The business of the meeting of the Board of Education, yesterday, consisted chiefly in attending to local wants and ; the appoint ment of district teachers. The report of the Grammar School Removal Committee was read respecting the alterations about to be made in, the Barrack grounds, and that it would be necessary shortly, in consequence of these changes, to remove the present ' Grammar School. 'On the Domain Street. Committee's report, being submitted to the meeting Colonel Haultain moved— " That the Improvement Commissioners be informed, in reply to their letter of the 23rd instant, that the Board have taken no action which could lead to the supposition that they would not entertain the wish of _ the Com missioner's to surrender that portion of the Grammar School site which is required for a continuation of the Domain Road. The Board had received no previous communica tion from the Commissioners on the subject, and regretted that without giving them the opportunity of considering the question the Commisioners should determine to resort to legal proceedings to secure what might have been obtained by amicable arrangement." The motion was seconded and agreed to. ■ Colonel Haultain gave notice at the close of the meeting that at the next sitting of the ! Board he should move—" That the Board ,' take into consideration the question of build ing a Grammar School." | ' The second quarter of the Auckland College ' and Grammar school commenced to-day. ; The Parnell common school will open on I Monday morning next, in the Church of England school-room. The annual inspection of the Auckland Troop of Royal Cavalry Volunteers will take place at three o'clock on Monday, in the Domain, and the Artillery Volunteers at half past seven on the same evening, in the Drill shed. • . , We hear that Mrs Mitchell is about to leave the Thames for a new home. The Advertiser Btates that her farewell concert will take place early next month. We are not informed of the locality of the future home of this pleas ing melodist.

A preliminary meeting took place yester terday in the Cathedral library for the pur pose,of forming a plan for the realisation of a Prisoners' Aid Society, and refuge for the homeless. Those who took part in the pro ceedings were Bishop Cowle, Dr.. Campbell, Gol. Haultain, P. A. Philips, (Mayor), Rev. Messrs Dudley, Nelson, Bruce, and Cora ford ; Messrs Clark, Stovin, and Kissling. The Bishop, who occupied the chair; spoke at length on the necessity and advantages of such an institution. The other gentlemen successively addressed the meeting on the ultimate good of such a societyj andconsented to form themselves into a committee for carrying out so desirable an object. A future meeting will shortly be held, when the ob jects of the proposed refuge will be placed more-definitely before tho-publjc,,; / V.

Col. Harington inspected the Rifle Brigade last evening, and took the opportunity, for delivering a severe lecture upon their- in efficiency at drill. He said the Cadets mere much, more efficient than the Rifle Battalion in their'drill. He did not wish to see the Volunteer force become a mere shooting club. The Colonel then presented the winners of the district prizes, whose names: were pub lished at the time of the firing, with their prizes. . . , ;; . ;

Mr Albin Martin is suffering frpm a severe cut on the head, caused by being thrown from his horse. The animal was frightened by the whistle of a locomotive on ithe, Auck land and Onohunga line. Another horse accident occurred near the Grange, Otahuhu, where Mr R. A. Wright was thrown from his horse and bruised, in consequence of the animal at night coming suddenly upon a heap of1 stones left by the contractor for repairing the road. Mr Wright intends to enter an action against the contractor. .

There, was a very good attendance las night at the City Hall in favour of the St Stephen's Orphan Home. The report wa satisfactory, and the proceedings interestiug Rev. Dr Cowie, Bishop of Auckland occupied the chair, and expressed his pleasun in presiding over a meeting for the benefit o so excellent an institution, which had beei the means of doing a large amount of good The then read the report, thi thirteenth, which shewed there are in thi Home at the present time twenty-five boy: and twenty-one girls, all in the enjoyment o excellent health. The Board recorded thei appreciation of the valuable services of D Goldsbro', who had been unremitting in hi; attention on the little inmates of the Home Miss Burns had been appointed matron of thi Home, and the education of the children ha< been entrusted to Mr Davis. The examina tions of the children by the Rev. C M. Nel sonand Mr James Adams were verysatisfac ' ioryi The balance-sheet was also favourable The following on the motion^ Mr W. H. Kisslih'g, seconded by Mr Dyson were appointed to form the committee.:— Messrs . Doonin, Dyer, Lusk,. Mc'Kinst'ry Pierce, and Walker. The choir , enlivenec the's'cene with several sacred musical anthems during'the evening; and the meeting con eluded with a blessing pronounced by th( Bishop. F(n« *j.j..-< ■ i hh.-.nj •■.■!, ■■ ' ■ ■•■ '■■■■<'. »a«il '■ Macjame Justice with her scale occasionally finds herself in a queer predicament, and ab solutely constrained to be lenient to ■ the guilty in order to preserve her own integrity According to a late English paper a little girj,as a had a fancy ,to .take a ride* in a merry-co-round ? and before the machine started paid the prpprietoress w,ith a 'aoVer'e'igV the expense of the ride being a penny. Th&: w'dinan gave the child eleven pennies change, and intimated $hat, £he,, nineteen.; shillings i■ i would. i:be returned when the temporary excitement was over. However, when the '' Merry-go-round " stopped, and "the: child asked for her nineteen shillings, the ui^bjlusbjing u woman declared she had only received a shilling in the first instance. The woman-was charged with and convicted of the offence of stealing the nineteen shillings, and on -an! appeal -being raised,to the-.superior pourts a whole bench of- fudges aecided. that the woman, who was unquestionably, a thief} was wrongly convicted on a point of law. The law says that the woman could 4 ifofc' possibly Jhavß been pro perly charged-with stealing ninteen.shillings becatfsWlth'e^irl libter: Had iiinfete'eri''shillings in her possession, and it was wrong to charge a woman"''with'stealing a sovereign' because the girl gave this sum into, the, woman's,, hands, on allisidesthe'chargedf steal ing.coiildinot bajustifi-edby law.' 6'f qoul'S'e quibble,, b'itti the. law would ,rather, encourage such', quibbles than interpret each case byi the light of common sense. Itis an awkward precedent, and .in the majitej; pf dbarge every dne would be at the miercy ofi those who have the most unblushing a impu d'encej^knd^most ve^ied||ia the art i'ol telling aUe and staQkjng,t^>it, •, r , |~o ril ~U) t . : r.,,: ■

The sailors aiidinarines belonging to H. M. S. Rosario proceeded to the rifle range this morning .for tHe purpose of having a rifle practice.

We wish to enter a plea on behalf of several valuable lives that are now-in jeopardy* and which only prompt action can save. At the police station there are at present a number of valuable dogs, which have been taken into custody for walking about without' h'?Tlng a collar for the current yeftt around their necks. These animals will be poisoned to-morrow unless cleared by their, owners in : the, mean time', and it is in order to apprize the owners < of missing members of the canine tribe" that we draw attention, to the fact that a number of valuable animals are now in the cage.' ,

In "^Shipwright's" letter, published in our last issue, Malcolm Kennedy was erroneously printed Malcolm Renner. , ;'.'!* .' , ..'.;, [\ \

We understand that a meeting of the rate payers of the Devonport district will be held, on Monday evening at the Flagstaff hotel, at we think, half-past seven, for the purpose of advising the Highway Board as to the pro posal for planting the Flagstaff Hill. A very favorable proposal has,been submitted for planting 2000 forest trees, and as.the payment is to extend over two or three years, the trustees whose'office, is annual in duration, desire to have the views of ratepayers. We can hardly think there can be much difference of opinion on the subject, and as the Govern ment has given the hill as a place for public recreations- there can- be little- doiibt' that if nothing is done to fit it for the purpose in tended, it will be likely to be resumed. ! i.

The first opening match of the season of the Auckland Football Club will be played to-morrow, in the Albert Barracks, com mencing at three, o'clock; p.m., sharp. The sides will be " New Zealand v. the World." The Auckland Improvement Commissioners have kindly permitted the club to usetfye ground through the ensuing winter. -Jj :

A poor woman named Jane Crick met wiljh a severe accidentyesterday, and serious doubts are entertainedlasto whether she will recoyer. Mrs Crick was lodging with. Mrs Barron, in Bartley's buildings ; her husband was away at the Thames, nrd she was left it appears in the house with two children. About ten o'clock last- night several of the neighbours heard screams issuing from Barron's house, and immediately ran to ascertain the cause, when they found Mrs Crick on the floor witjh her dress in flames, and the flames extending to the window curtains, which were taking fire. They commenced at once to extinguish the-flames, while others went for Dr^awson, who promptly attended and ordered the un fortunate woman to be removed at once to the hospital, where.she received the attention of Dr Norton, the house.-surgeon. She is dreadfully burnt, nnd suffering intensely from the accident, the cause of which is at preoent unknown.

Mr Abbdtt.fof thelCity Club, has' received a consignment by the Hero of the celebrated stone gin of the brand of J. H. Henker,' Delftshaven. This pure and well-flavoured gin is no,stranger to connoisseurs', by whom it is generally admired,, uiv/ ' Another instance of the improvement in the Thames mines is afforded by the Junc tion Gold-raining Company, which wjli pay a dividend- of 2s. 6d. per,BhareJ on'Weclhejjday next. A week or two ago shares coulcliave been obtained for half the price of the present dividend. ,

WHANGAREI GOLDFIELD.

Wk are indebted to Mr Wjilliam TVTtiite !for the following >—" I promised Home time ago to give you a few particulars about the £#>ld alleged to have been foMnd at Marigakahia, but it will be as wall for me ta'say to begin with that the prospecting: 'gr^pad.^pf Cobly, ■Clarke and Co., caUed WairangWtira, is not the same place as MangakahiaJ' About a year ago I received letters by. post from the two principal chiefs of Mangakahia, stating that gold had been found at that, place, and wishing me to go and undertake the manage inent of their affairs, both gold and land. X met them at the place to which th^y had ml vited me, and after some conversation aug, gested that a survey of the land, with an1 eye to a Crown grant, was the -first thing to 'be done.. Many and strong . objections - were raised to this course,'but were soon over come, and the head chief was instructed to ask Mr Fenton to test the ownership of the land; before a survey was made. To this the Chief: Judge of the Native, Lands Court ; gaye1 his consent, and when . Matiu te Aranuii attended that Court a few weeks ago at' Helensville no voice was raised in opposition! to his claim. -Some time prior to th.c land! sale held at Helensville I had contemplated! handing it over to the. General Government: to be dealt with* and to that end submitted j all the letters which I had received from the chiefs toa member of the Provincial Executive for his inspection : and * advice1 thereon, who suggested that it might be as well not to be1 premature in ,the matter. . The visit of His I Honor the Superintendent: to. Mangakahia may be worthy of notices The attention of' the public, was called;to> tills',some time ago in your paper, the .Bpenlng'Stcf.^ in which it'; is said that a block of land of fifty thousand acres was offered' for1 sale to1 'His Honor; they do not deny that land was offered, but say that no amount was named- they state also that they were very much surprised thst a person of-his position and dignity should .have paid them, a visits sand wisli^drto knpw his object in doing them the I'onov- to which they say he replied that'he Hu4'come to see about the roads. On, remarking that, d Plenty <>f men under him to do that kind of work, they could riot see how that could-, be his real object; and on 'being pressed he acknowledged so they., ,«ay,,. w that.■-:<hi» ;>Teal • prompter was the richness of the placed Thisi Was at once held to refer to'the gold dis covery, and quite in accordance with what I heard at f Whai}garei and elsewhere; Wvti that quarts had; .peen,. sent in a ,box or casevto Auckland to be tested, of the result of which they know nothing,! .huti.suppose that his Honor knows all about it. This may or may not be-as 'they 'supfpdse "at any1' rate they seem to make it the standard by which they estimate the, value, bft the land >oni which the B°]& jfftftU^g&llVo,be/found; 'land of < their.ibth'er lands generally,, Jt will be in the recollec tion of ,jnany that during the last twelve months notices have-appeared in the daily Eapers of quartz from,. Mangakahia having aenctested' in Auckland with various rdsults;', and if I mistake not all containing gold, and' on my way'home 1 from Mangakahia a little ! mr°i? ty&& cc rVeeks.sin.ee> I had .seyeral j latoEvi&wii With 1 Tiraran 'wK6 toM me'that* specimens v had, beau, sent^ .-to, Mr ,Henry Walton-,Sri England'; to be" tested wiiich con tained gold, and that reference might be made to Mr Graham^ of 'Mangatepere, on the subject. The small piece of stone lately tested j byvSalr:ißapson contains copper and 'gold,1 i ; which is said to be worth looking after. I ! should' like it to be well understood that the i andiwke!^ the gold is said,to jber-fojmd be.- : longs tc^ the natives, and, as iii, seems to me very 'desirable that the ground should tie well prospected, and I know of 'no valid "reason i why that should not be-tione. I hope ar :r an,S e»fnt3 will,be, l made,tQfdoiit,i»iidi;9hall eel pleasure in giving.any'information, posse'ss'in view of that object. ) . -Liff-iT ov: !:>•.!'•,•; •!;•!,!! 1!,: I # .

MELANCHOLY DEATH.

A very melancholy case of deathj seemingly from the careless dispensing of medicine as occurred early this morning in Princes street, a poor little child of four years, named Adolphus Bach, being the victim. It appears that the child had been suffering from whooping-cough, and subsequently from bronchitis, for nearly a fortnight, and was in a low state. The medical adviser, Dr. Hooper, gave a prescription, which was sent by, the parents, in due course to their 'chemist's/and was there prepared by a young lad in the shop, in the absence of the prin cipal. The youth, mistaking the prescription substituted a "concentrated infusion" of a, particular drug instead of the common in fusion, the dose being ten times stronger than that in the prescription. The child on taking the medicine went into convulsions, and in two hours was a corpse. This is a most deplorable case, and bears its own moral ; but as it will probably, or at least should be,> the subject of judicial.investigation we re frain for the present from comment. It is only just however to say that the child was before the taking of the medicine almost in ariidulo mortis, and we are told that the drug "Lenega," or snake root, is one of great, mildness. . \ / (

SUPREME COURT.

Civil Sittings.

(Before His Honor Mr Justice Johnston.)

<', ,-. Yestekday.— Continued. ,• '(' Sholl versus, wahner. After Mr Sholl's evidence had had been taken, counsel argued the question whether a transfer legally changed the ownership of shares or not before it was registered* n a i His Honor ruled that it did not, and Mr, Hesketh, for the plaintiff, therefore accepted.

a .nonsuit. • . / I The Court then adjourned until ten o clock next day.; y< T| > ! CT

THIS DAY.

jHis Honor took his seat at ten1 Q clock. •,; /FRASEII AND TINNE vermS'VVpßA'tf&'lZijj \ The /following gentlemen were swornr a special- jury to try this case;:—Eichard Marshall, J. C. Morrin, George1 Crurnriief, Henry Partington, Robert Wynyard, Henrys Isaacs,' Henry Gilfillan, Samuel Joh^i'-- Edmondsr J. I*-' DuMoulin,1- James Walinsleyi Henry Vercoe, John Scarrbtt.' Thin was an action to enforce the specific performance of a contract. Mr Whitakeiy with Mr MacCormick', -ap-. p6afe& for'the plaintiff, and Mr He'sketh for the'defence. I Mr MacGormick read the-pleadings to the jury, and Mr Whitaker opened:the' plain| tiff's case. , p - . ! The' case on behalf of the plaintiff disi closed the following facts : On the 24th of September Mr Fraser, one of the.' plaintiffs; had a conversation with Mr William Buchanan relative to the purchase of-'an allotment' in Graf ton Pitfad' and1' Stanley - street, adjoining the Phoenix foundry. It wa.3 agreed at that time, and in subsequent correspondence which passed between them] that the plaintiff's should purchase the pro perty for £200 in addition to giving a cottage occupied by Mr Norman Macdonald at the North Shore, £50 to be paid down, and£lso Within two years, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent., the cottage to be handed over in seven months. : The plaintiff in con sequence of this agreement entered upon the property and made a number of im provements upon it; He had fulfilled all, the terms of ,the agreement, and was prepared to perform his part of the contract, but subsequently the defendant b^d repudiated the agreement and had en tered an action against the plaintiff in the Supreme Court to eject liim from the premises and to recover £100 as rent for the time he j had occupied. This ejectment case remained in abeyance pending the settlement of the, present action. 1 The question at issue was, whether the letters which passed between the plaintiffs amounted to a written contract, or if not, whether the conversation between; the plain tiff and defendant and the verbal arrange ment were such a contract aB plaintiff could' rely on to compel the performance of the agreement, and the transfer of the property. | Six issues embodying the questions |o£| agreement and possession were submitted' to;' the jury. • •....:... ■ _■ i , The defence was a general, denial of the j contract. ::'• ■?-■•..;■ .Ji?-ri«q :

George Frazer deposed : On the 24th'-' of September I met Mr Buchanan opposite Government House, and had s conversa tion with him relative to a property o\vned by him in Grafton Boad and Stanley^street. He said he was on his way over to see me at the foundry relative to that property of his. I asked him what about it. He said he came over to see what could be done in the matter as he could not sell or let his house owing to the proximity of the foundry. He said he had been looking up the law on the matter and had had a conversation with Messrs Hesketh and "Richmondj and there was: no mistake about it we were responsible for the smoke nuisance from i the foundry. He said he, would show me these law books if I, likedt I said I didn't want to see the law book, I Had had enough of law already. Mr Buchanan said, he did not want.any. law over it, sq he came'to talk the matter, over. I said j^ur chimneys were the height of ordinary foundry chimneys.and.we could not helpi the smoke. He proposed that we should purchase tne pro perty ; butl^aid I could not do anything m the'matter. He teld me to think over it. He called next morning at the foundry. After some conversation he asked me to in spect the property, which I did in his com- Fany. He1 urged me to make an offer for,. it. ( ■'said I would give him two allotinenW a^i the North Shore, with a house upon: it, and £100. 3Je said he thought the North Shore property and £250 would >be;,fair.. ; After further conversation I agreed to give him the North Shore property and £200 provided-the' money was to stand- over at five per cent. He asked me if I would give him anything as a deposit, and I said I would give him £50 and tthei North Shore'property, the'rest'•to stand over for two years on the terms men tioned. He said " It is a bargain," and handed ineldyer the keys of the house. I asked; him whether it would be necessary to have an agreement di'awri :up T>y a lawyer; or whether we,~should '.wait untjl, Mr Tuine came , out. He replied that it was not necessary so long as a letter passed between them embodying the £erms, ; .an,d; the property could.be tranfc ife'rrecl when Mr,Tinne arrived. He said this; iafter I had received the keys. On. the 25th; of September I wrote to Mr Buchanan and I recejyect an answer dated the 27th. (Letters put in evidence after payment of the stamp, and penalty necessary to constitute an agree |m renfc). tOn the faith of those agreements I (expended about ten pounds, arid entered into jcontracts for £40 more in improvements to, ith'e property1/1 A few days afterwards I met: |Mr Buchanan, and we had a conversation about, ifc. I remonstrated with him regarding his'holding me so closely to seven months [for the delivery of the deeds of the North ■Shore property, but after conversation I agreed tjhat we would forfeit the £50 if I did Snot" deliver the deeds of the North Shore [property to him in the seven months. Corres pondence afterwards passed between us, and

Mr Buchanan demanded that I should return the key of the house and give up possesion, of the propertywhen I referred him tomy soli citor. Two months after making the agreement he entered an nction to recover the property. On the sth of October defendant wrote me a ■•letter-'^ithdraWiiig'froni his agreement to sell the • | property, ~tp me, returning the cheque for £50. ' (Defendant alleged he with drew because wheifche sold-he understood the smoke nuieauce could not be remedied but from Mr Frase'fs own admission it could be modified.) I addressed another letter returning the cheque, which he at once sent back again.'-'j r> ~:.■/• ■• By Mr HeaketliV'l afterwards met wis> him, and ,w'e 'hact' some conversation. 7T\ insinuated that I fiad'used misrepresentation and I was ■ indignant at his insinuations. I said I did not want his property, and he could have ft back. I asked him whether ho meant that the whole agreement was at an end, and he said "yes." , f r Mr.Eraserte evidence closed the plaintiff's case."'.' Mr Hesketh, for the defence, called i William Buchanan, who deposed that when the agreement was made Mr Tinne was ex pected1 by next steamer, and there was no mention of seven months in which the North Shore ' property was ■to be handed over. There was something .said about, Mr Tinne not agreeing, and that was why he asked for the £50 deposit. "Witness panted the money when thei agreement Was made, but plaintiff said *i no?," he would put the agreement into shape, and send it with the money next day. He then, said as there-was a likelihood of the affair being completed he would leave Mr Fraser the keys to look over the place. Hemet Mr Fraser on the 2nd, of October, when pla^tifF' objected to the seven months, and asked fortwelye.in which to hand over the North Shore property. Mr " Fraser never consented to handiDg over the property in seven months. On the following day wit ness, wrote .tQ ; plaintiff,, withdrawing from Kis-a'gfedment,: and he met plaintiff the same day apd told him that-hehad just posted a letter,' statmg" that he had'wjthdrawji from the agreement. Mr Fraser &aid he was very glad, because he did'not know whether Mr Tinfrie1 would approve of lit. When they 'parted' Mis' Eraser safdj " Then it is entirely 'off," and witness replied that it was. Mr Buchanan'B evidence closed the case, and counsel addressdd the Court'upon the evidence. ,j3;;iIO V 7 ji^ita'A*

RESIDENT MAGISTRATES COURT.

THIS DAY.

' 3"{Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., TI.l\L) The undermentioned, cases were heard in fftiii Court'ttMlay, and-disposed of asfoljows : " Judgments foe Plaintiffs. ;<'?■} Judgment for' plaintiffs1 in subjoined dases : —John Foster Saunders v. Wni: Hoofl— Claim, goods, £5 r Hs.'M. S.'Leers v. John Uncles—Claim,''Commission, £8 ss. W. jlUhompaoni vj. , Isaac Scott^-.Claim, £1 13s. F. Quick v. John Lnndon —Claim, carnage -'hfferJES !5s j'cionfesged judgment. , ■>w: t.l :r/ iMvApJOUKjfiJP Cases. Patrick Moss v. Horace Ford—Claim, £20; k damages. Isaac/Fernandez :-r. I. B. £dnams *—^lancqjM Ifo '6d.' EEzabeth- Haiyins.^. James iWatt—Gilaim. £4 10s: damageß.^

O. H. SMITH V. GEOKGE OOTTIS.-;*;' •:':'ei'aim;ifoii goods, £12 7s 4d." • ;' ' The defendant" in "this case admitted the claita',l^ saidhe^raa inp'oor circumstances, tiirfc wbijld 'pay. .the .)d«bt by/, instalments. Mr .Smith was.iwilling to take thTee shillings a weeWwhich defendant agreed, to pay. CHARLES BUBKE V. THOMAS CRISP.

Claim, £16 ; wages. £Mr J; B>i Russell appeared for plaintiff } rMx H. Cornford appeared--for; defendant. Charles Burke stated that he was employed b/ j Captain Cmploni tfoardthe Comeiraiig, iand in consequence of his1 being injured by-a bullock onboard he c^uld not fojlbwhis employment,';.and" at:.the suggestion of the captain the reinjiiijeeL, on shore and obtained i medical advice. He had. no intimation of being .discharged, until, the return, of the . v«&eel from-Poverty1 Bay* -when, on the of April, he, received notice that his services would no longer be required. He did not find a substitute during his illness. He claimed £lp, ,two s months' wages.- ■ OQ.f TcTMr Cornford: There was nothing said on either side about providing a substitute during his three weeks' illness. He saw I the captain;on the subject on the 7th April. IHe ihen claimed £8, wages. He never said ' that>;ilis wages might go to provide a sub , stitute. There was nothing mentioned about !j his "discharge, ;or the CustonvHouse. He : could positively swear there "was no arrange- I ment about a substitute between him and the j captain. He was attended by Dr Kenderdine. !i Jos. Murrajr, chief officer'oi the Conierang, ■ knew the plaintiff, who was second officer of t the^veesei;-but could not remeipberi tfc| date j when Burke left, but knew that a substitute was engaged, buti did not know his name. Plaintiff stated to witness upon leaving that heflwould put a substitute on board: for a single trip. A man came on board and filled Burke'a pisi&o.&, tut X.6 did jibt hire him. Captain Crisp did not appear, but his de positions were before the Court. Mr Cornford, in defence, went over the whole, of the evidence, and endeavoured to show that the parties were antagonistic in more than one respect, characterised the captain of the Comerang as one of the most generous men of the sea, and pointed out ' the disparity in their separate statements. \Mr Coraford occupied half-an-hour in the ', delivery of his speech in defence of his client. Mr J. B. Russell spoke in favour of plain ; tiff's claim at considerable length, when I His Worship said that the Court would j reserve judgment until next Coui't day. ARCHER V. HEATH. Claim, £5. , . SiMi-lßees appeared iorlplaintiff j Mr jM Eussell for defendant. Mr Rees stated tliat' the parties in this case—Patrick,. Archer and Patrick^ Heath — lived at the *Nbrai- Snore; and the claim 'was [ the value of a steer which Heath sold as hia property, but whicH" Archer claimed as his property. David Nbliii, of""the firm of Ilunter ant> Nolan, saidiie jknew^ tl^e parties in this aptfcn,X and remembered seeing them in his office in cQntention, f .iabout l > theibateer. j He sold the' j steer by order of Heath, when Archer gave ! him notice^not t'dpay:the £rißs, 'the price .realised by the sale of the beast, to Heath. |He told them that if Kichard Kelly would swear that the beast was Archer's, he would han,d;the money to, Archer.' i 3D05T0 > fA Richard Kelly, .la^oure^ of the North jShore, saw the steer' gold.' he knew it to ■belong to plaintiff. Heh£d known it from its birth. Patrick; Archer, settler, NoWH Shore, saw \tt}e beast jn Heath's ..possession,; ai^d desiredis iiin to relinquish his claim," saying that the jbeast was his, at the -same time pointing out jthe brand which he had made. He could swear the. beast was Ms : it jjvas te£ months old. i James'f'itzp'Strick, laborer, said1 he remem bered hearing Heath say that he worn Id give Archer half thY worth of the calf, and at Heath's request he- communicated the offer $o Archer, but he could not tell if the offer fras made to prevent a lawsuit. I Enoch Bond, Thomas Nicholson, Patrick Heath, sen., Patrick Heath, jun., and Severals, when the Court found for the plaintiff with posts.

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