SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

JPOKT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET : This evening, 5.57. SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 5.H HKiH WATER: This evening, 9.14 ; to-morrow morning, 9.32

ARRIVALS.

St. Leonards ship, Pqtherbridge. from London Wild Du.ck, ketch, from Wangaroa

DEPARTURES. Excelsinr, schooner, from Russell, via Russell Cambria, schooner, for AVunsarei Julius Vogel, schooner, for Poverty Bay

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Levuka : Lurline. schooner For Newcastle : Berar, ship, shortly For Ne" castle : Fontenaye, ship, early For London : Countess of Kintore, ship, early For Mew Caledonia : Prince Alfred, barque, early For Sydney & Melbourne : Hero, s.s., early For Southern ports : Luna, p.s., to-morrow, with the Suez mail (from the Manukau) For Southern ports : Wellington, s.s., Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Hero, s.s., from Sydney Skimmer of the "Wave, ship, from New York

IMPORTS.

" Per ship St. Leonards, from London : — 50 J-hhds, 9 bales, 100 cases, 20 barrels, Brown, Campbell and Co ; 16 pgs, 1 case, Cruickshank and Co ; 100 oases, 507 pgs, 20 tanks, 2 cases, 100 boxes, 319 pgs, 3 tierces, 50 pgs, 150 cases, 4 pgs, 5 casks, 8 drums, 2 cases, 18 pgs, §0 cases, 18 pgs, 15 do, 54C6 do, 28 drtirns, f>oo cases, 43 pgs, 26 tons pig iron, IG do do, S_bales, X eases, 12 pgs, 4 do, 19 do, 235 do, TA do, 1 case, order ; :>l9 pgs, H. B. Morton ; 50 casks, J. S. Macfarlane ;22 P gs, W. P. Phillipps ; 9 cases. 201 pgs, E. and H. Isaacs ; 1 case, G. B. Davy ; 1 case, Rev. E. R. H. Codrington ; 300 cases, 8 tanks, Combes and Daldy ; 5 boxes, W. Jamieson ; 3 cases, Geo. T. Chapman ; 1 case, E. Wayte ; 1 parcel E. Hesketh; 5-^ casks, Henderson and Mac ffarlane; 1 case, Rev C. AVatters ; 3 cates, 21 pgs, J. Cosgrave ; 4 pgs, J. and J. Reed; 210 pgs, Stone Bros. ; 2 cases, A. C. Fretwell; 1 bale, T. W. Cook; 2 cases, J. L. Hatswell; 3 cases, Fraser and Sinnie ;11 pgs, W. Rnshbrook; 5 cases, Watt Bros. ; 1 case, T. Short; 1 case, 11 pgs, .f. and J. Dickey ; 1 coil, James Thomas ; 5 cases, 73 pgs, Doitch, Dyson and Co.; 1(> pgs, J. T. Boylan; 8 trunks, 1 case. 47 pgs, Me- Arthur, Shera and Co.; 72 pgs, Wattjßros.; 14 do, Stewart and Anderson; 56 do, Clark and Son ; 10,842 pgs and pieces, 20 pgs, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 1649 pqs and pieces, E. Porter and Co.; 121 pgs, \V. Philiipps and Son ; 100 pgs, James Smart and Co. ; 4 pgs, H. Fen- Fendelow ; 1 case, Moss Levy ; 4G4 pas, Owen and Graham ; 5 pgs, Winks and Hall ; 89 pgs, Lewis Bros ; 20 pgs, E. G. Norris ; 73 pgs, Sargood, Son and Ewen ;. 4 cases, 4 cases, T. Turrell ; 5526 pgs and pieces, Minister of Public Works ; S bales, Manager Southern Cross. Also 194 pgs for Napier and 01 pgs for Taranaki. —Owen and Graham, agents.

EXPORTS

Per Lurline, for Levnka : 700 pieces sawn timber, 20 boxes soap, JV*. Niccol ; I ch.iin, 1 anchor, ami a quantity of rigging, Anderson and Co.; and one passenger—Air Jno. Angus. —M. Niccol agent. The brig Fakeha has finished her nnloading to-day. The schooner Jane Anderson, having finished dischai-ging and taking in ballast, hauled off the. wharf this morning. The schooners Elizabeth Curie and Herald are on the gridiron having their bottoms cleaned. The Queen, schooner, cleared out to-day for Russell, in ballast. The ketch Wild Duck brings 25,000 feet of timber from Wangaroa. gjjThe schooner yacht Lurline will depart for the Fijis this evening or to-morrow morning. She has already cleared at the Customs, and at mid-day to day took a trial trip down to Brown's Island and back. Her sails appear to fit her beautifully, and she went at a great rate through the water. There can be no doubt that the Lurline will fully sustain the reputation of our Auckland ship-builders. About a dozen gentlemen were present on board at the trial. From a telegram received last night by her owners, we learn that the brig Albion arrived at Newcastle on the 18th inst. She was to load and return to Auckland. The usual monthly examinations for mas ters and mates will be held at the Harbour Board room on Monday and Tuesday next, 29th and 30th inst. Candidates are requested to give in their names by Saturday. The new schooner Julius Vogel cleared at the Customs yesterday with a full general cargo, shipped by G-. E. Eead. She took a trip down the harbour this morning for further testing of her gear. Everything went well, and the new vessel will prove a better sailer than many who do not like her rig expected. At two p.m. she took her departure for Poverty Bay.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE. AUCKLAND. Mails toj, Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10. SO a.m. For Newcastle, N.S.W., per Berar, to-morrow, at 0 a.m. For the undermer-tioned places, per s.s. Luna, on Saturday, 27th inst., as under :— For India, China, Mediterranean ports, Continent of Europe; America, &c, at 10 a.m. For Australian Colonios and United Kingdom, via Suez, at 11 a.m. For Southern provinces, at 11 a.m. For United Kingdom,. via TMmiisi, and late letters for Melbourne, at 11.30 a.tn. For newspapers, at 9 a.m. For money orders and registered letters on Friday, 2Cth inst., at 5 p.m. For Mahurangi, Matakana, Mangawai, Walpu, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Tarp.naki, Southern provinces, and Australian Colonies, per Wellington, on Monday, 29th inst., at 11 a in. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Kowena on Monday next, at 3 p.m. For Whitianga, Tairua, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per H=>outhern Cross, on Tuesday, 30th inst., 3 p.m. (Signed) S. ii. Bish. Chief Postmaster.

COMMERCIAL.

CALLS Coliban G.M.C., Is ; October i

in the market to-day was not quite so brisk as last week. At Mr Pw Arthur's poultry sale turkeys sold at 4s 9d to 5s j fowls, Is 7d to 2s 3d ; ducks, 2s 9d to ♦ 3s ; onions, 2d per lb.

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT. Business done this day :— National Bank, 35s Gd, 365. South British Insurance—Buyers, 45s Caledonian, £12 3s ; buyers, £12 3s. Bright Smile, £6. Black Angel—Buyers, 255. Crown Prince, 13s, 12s 9d ; buyers, 11s Tokatea—Buyers, 29s Gd. Otago—Buyers, 10s. J. E. Walker, Hon. Sec.

We wish to draw attention to the fact that Mr Herbert H. Smith, on account of the late calamitous fire, will allow 10 per cent. >-!is count on his improved patent portable ovens for one week, having sold 700 and received testimonials from persons who have bad thtm in constant use over three years, and are still as good as ever. —[Advt.]

ARRIVAL OF THE ST. LEONARDS.

Tub fine ship St. Leonards, under command of Captain Petherbridge, arrived iv harbour from London this morning with 12 saloon and <i second-chrs passengers, and 193 Go vernment immigrants, making a total ad dition to our population of 211 souls. The ship has made the passage in SS days from the final start to the North Cape, and ninety divys to poit, being the fastest pas sage since IST 1, when Captain Petherbridge, in command of the Countess of.Kintore, completed the voyage :n a day or two less. The City of Auckland, under the command of Captain Ashby, also made the passage from London to Auckland in an equally brief period. The St. Leonards was boarded by by Captain Bnrgess, pilot, early this morn ing, and the Health Officer's Hag was kept flying from 7 a. m. toll a.m., the vessel in the interim being precluded by existing regulations from entering the port. Dr. Philson, accompanied by Major Green, Immi gration Officer, went down to the ship at eleven o'clock. The flood tide was by that time done, and it was only with the greatest difficulty that the pilot sneceeded in working the ship up to her anchorage. But for the admirable sailing qualities of the St. Leonards (one of the finest ships that has visited our port for some time), this could not have been accomplished against the strong S.W. wind and ebb tide, and the ship must have anchored oft' the North Shore. The present arrangements for clearing ships by the Health Officer are very unsatisfactory, and cause unnecessary delay. Dr Philson's time is so fully occupied that it is impossible for him to attend promptly to the duties at all hours of the day and night, and indeed the whole could ouly be looked after efficiently by a gentleman residing at the North Shore, who could go [off t in the pilot boat. Either this should be done or Captain Burgess should be entrusted with discretionary power to bring a ship up before she has been inspected by the Health Officer. The St. Leonards, after being cleared by Dr. Philson, was brought to an anchorage off the wharf, and was immediately visited by a flotilla of small boats laden with the friends of Capt. Petherbridge and of the passengers. After the anchor had been let go Major Green called the passengers together and asked them if they had any complaints to make against the ship or officers. The response came prompt and hearty, every one expressing satisfaction with the treatment they had re ceived, and they gave three hearty cheers for Captain Petherbridge. Our reporter then went below and through the ship, and was struck with the cleanliness everywhere observable. This was generally commented on by all who visited the vessel. Very few ships with passengers have arrived in such excel lent condition during the last twelve months. The passage seems to have been a remarkably pleasant one, entertainments of various kinds got up to beguile the long evenings, were carried out very successfully by the passen gers. Major Green informed the immigrants that they will be taken ashore at half-past ten to-morrow by the Takapuna, and a first c'ass hot dinner of fresh meat and vegetables will be prepared for them at twelve o'clock. Captain Petherbridge is accompanied by Mr Bowling as chief officer, who was here with him in the Countess of Kinfcore; and Mr Elmes, formerly of the City of Auckland, is chief steward. We have much pleasure in congratulating the worthy commander of the St. Leonardo upon the maintenance of his old reputation for rapid passages. The St, LeQuards"

to W£.WJ£ ' departure from the Ecldyston* >£0.30 a.in On the following day with thd _w>ndL at north-west, light; had very light «*«■ across the Biy, and down to Madiera which she did not pass until the 4th of July ; very light north-east trades, and passed the Cape de Verd Islands "11th July • lost the north east trades in Jat, 12° north, long. 27° west, on the .13th, on the2othats.3ol a.m. Amelia Jones, aged two months died. (The attention'of the medical officer at Gravesend was called to this child's delicate state before the ship was cleared.) Crossed the Equator on the morning ot the •Mth of My, in long. 25° west, with a tine south east trade wind blowing, which con tinued good until the 01st, when we lost them in latitude 22° south, longi tude 33° west. From this date unal v-ne 10th of August had very light winds and only made ten degrees the whole time being on the 10th in latitude 32° south, longtitude <>»" west. From thence got a fresh north west wind, and passed the meridian of Greenwich on the evening of the loth and the Cape of Good Hope on the night of the 18th, Cape Lewin the Bth .September and Tasmania the Kith. Ran the easting down in 43° and 44° latitude. Had very unsettled and wild weather all along the Southern Ocean, the barometer often very low, some : times as low as 28\ r)0. The wind since pass in tt Tasmania has been from the North and j NfE until the 22nd, when it came round to the S.W. Sighted the Three Kings on the ' "4th and passed the North Cape at six p.m. ! the same day. Had moderate S.W. winds ! down the coast, and anchored off Rangitoto 1 reef at ten p.m. yesterday." Passengers:—Saloon : Misses Adelaide and Henrietta O'Rorke, Mrs Cann, Mr and Mrs John Kenah, Matilda Humphreys. Mrs Wil liam Allan, Mrs Charlotte Halfield, Ann J., Ann, Alice King, and A. J. Halfield. Second cabin : J. M. G. Fitzgerald, John Newman, ! Robert Tod, Thomas Cleary, John Frise, Ben | jarain Webb. The following is a list of the i immigrants:—Families: Thomas Brown and wife; RichardCahill and wife; CharlesCrozier, wife, and ", children ; Frederick Ellisdon, wife^ and 2 ditto; Edward Gumby, wife, and 5 ditto; Robert McCullum, wife, and 8 ditto; John Philpoti, wife, and (i ditto; Edward Bowles, wife, and 5 ditto ; James Cassidy, wife, and child ; Joseph Skelton, wife, and 4 children ; William Baker, wife, and child ; Thomas Hayden, wife, and child ; Robert Schofield, wife, and 4 children ; Rodeiick McKinnon, wHe, and G ditto ; George Good ridge and wife'; Henry Griffiths, wife, ?nd child ; Henry Jones, wife, and 2 children ; George Jackson and wife ; George Weaver, wife, and child; John McDell, wife, and 3 children ; William H. Miller and wife ; Henry Beal and wife ; James Mason, wife, and 5 children ; Joseph Tye, wife, and 2 ditto; Charles J. McEntee, wife, and 2 ditto; Nicholas Honeycombe, wife, and 8 ditto; James Toy, wife, and child; Martha Pockliug ton and child ; William F. Gayne, wife, and (> children ; Edward Masters, wife, and child. Single Men : James Butt, Benjamin Charley, Malcolm Mclnnes, Alfred Rogers, Wii!?*m Plowman, George Onions, William Simpson, Nathan Orton, John Fisher, John J. Burgess, John Cameron, Hector McKenzie, Joseph Raines, John Shan, Benjamin Adams, Alex, ditto, James McGarry, and John Henderson. Single women : Agnes Finch, Hannah Gold smith, Ruth Vidler, Ann McFinnis, Cathe rine ditto, Martha Badley, Agnes Joinning, Ellen Croke, Mary A. Kane, Elizabeth McGowin, Jane ditto, Sarah Flory, Harriet Podesta, Charlotte Wright, Jane McKroney, Winifred McEntee, Eliza ditto, Maude Hou lahon, Sarah Briford, Christina Cameron, Mary A. Raynes, Elizabeth ditto, Alary ditto, Sarah Aplin, Mary Flynn, Ro.^e ditto, Catherine Atherton, Jane George, Ellen Chapman, Margaret Garner, Mary Gawey, Winifred McGarry, Marian Rountrea, Eliza ditto, Maria ditto, Jauo Robinson. Shortly after arrival a deputation of the passengers presented the following addresses to the captain and doctor : — " Auckland Harbour, " September 25, 1873. 11 To Captain Petherbridge, commander of the ship St. Leonards. 11 Sir, —We the undersigned passengers of the above ship are reluctant to disembark ere we express towards you our unfeigned thanks for your professional skill displaced on the passage, as well as for your untiring vigilance and care of this good ship under very trying circumstances. As our voyage is now brought to its termination, and with the shores of our adopted laud in view, we must always consider that under Divine Provi j dence you were the means of reaching our destination in safety, and therefore we accord our gratitude in wishing you and your officers health and prosperity. —(Signed) Thos. F. Cleary, Wai. FitzJamks Gayxe, Edward G-umby, and the whole of the pas j sengers." ! The following is the Captain's reply :— J "To the passengers by the St. Leonards. ') "Gentlemen, —I need scarcely say that it has afforded me much satisfaction to re ceive at the close of a prosperous voyage the token of your good-will and esteem which you have favoured me with. I assure you 1 shall ever look back with pleasure upon ! the time we have spent together, and my ! first voyage to Auckland in command of the ; good ship St. Leonards. Wishing you success and prosperity in your new home, "I remain, yours sincerely, " C. G. Pethekbridge." v- " Auckland Harbour, " September 25, 1873. ;"Ta-'l)r. Good, surgeon of the ship St. Leonards. " Str, —We, the undersigned passengers of the ship St. Leonard, beg to express the liveliest feelings of gratitude towards you before we disembark for your unwearied attention and professional zeal displayed towards us all during a tedious passage to our adopted country. In justice to you we beg to add that during our long ex perience we never witnessed so much medical skill and kindness combined, • so much painstaking, and so much anxiety towards the sick under your charge, and therefore we wish you every happiness in your future career. We also feel grateful for the kind interest shewn by you towards our amusement, to which you personally contri buted.—(Signed) Edward Gumby, Wm. F. Payne, Thos. F. Cleary, and the whole of the passengers." The following is the reply sent by Dr. Goode :—" To Messrs. Gumby, Payne, Cleary and the other passenges.—Gentle men, —I have much satisfaction in accepting the cordial expressions of good-will which it has pleased you to offer me al the close of our voyage. I look upon your testi monial as an expression of those feelings of mutual friendship which have existed between us throughout the passage, and yoii will, I am sure, believe me when 1 say that such services as I have been able to reside

you have not been nnattended -with gena^ pleasure to myself owing to the good-*4 that has Toeen so universal in out midst '^ With kindestrogards for you all," & Ci " y

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

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1873.

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

There is a struggle impending between the two branches of our colonial legislature. It

may come soon, or it may come late, but com ing it is; and its origin and its conduct should receive the attention of all thinking men who wish well to the future of New Zealand. That the nominee chamber must succumb in any struggle th*at may enlist the popular sympathy on the side of the House of Repre sentatives will not be doubted by the most ardent devotee of nomineeism j and the whole history of colonial political life shows the steady and irresistible march of the democracy. Our Upper House must concede constitu tional reform, and it is ascertain as the decrees of fate that it must become in some form elective, and in accordance with the spirit of all our other popular institutions. While all this is true, and while we admit it all, and the importance and the necessity of the impending change, we should fix an eye steadily on the circumstances of the present relations of the two Houses. That every effort will be made to rouse up the popular passions against the Upper House is in the highest degree probable; and the natural dislike of the people towards a nominee and exclusive and seemingly irresponsible branch of the legislature will be evoked impossible to further the ends of an autocracy that seemingly intends to subject everything to itself. Whatever may be the merits or demerits of the Upper House be it remem bered than on this occasion, at least it has stemmed the torrent. The great policy of 1870 was, as every one knew, fraught with danger. If successful it was, we maintain, calculated to raise the colony to the foremost rank. If unsuccessful it was calculated to leave the country stagger- ■ ing under a burthen, which a generation would not see removed. There was one element of safety in the original proposal. The conduct of the loans, and the expenditure of the money, and the carrying out of our | grand colonial policy was to be kept steadily - in the hands of the Central Government. And the firmness with which Mr Vogel and his colleagues resisted every attempt of the provincial authorities to dissipate that one colonial policy gave encouragement to tho»e who hud shrinking fears respecting the great

scheme. But now, when the colony has com mitted itself irrevocably to enormous debt and enormous works, Mr Vogel proposed to destroy the only element of safety, and to give to the provinces the power to run with the colony in the headlong race. Regardless of all the promises, express or implied, that had in duced the public creditor to lend freely to the colony, he proposed to let the provinces mortgage the very securities that by all the laws of morality and honour belonged to the public creditor; and having burthened the colony with as heavy a burthen as it can stagger imder, he invites the provinces to go a-head and borrow all they can, and after that —the deluge.. It was such a total re versal of the fundamental principles of the original colonizing policy that people who had favoured and supported Mr Vogel and his colonizing schemo|Jfrom the first might have well stood aghast, for to any, unless the blindest followers, it must have savoured more of thogamblinghell than of true statesmanship; And it was here that the Legislative Council stepped in, and said Nay. It was patent bo every eye that the Lower House had yielded reluctantly, and only under terror of a dis solution. That was evident to every one. Almost every member of that House ex pressed repugnance to the Provincial Loans Bill except the noted lickspittles to whom everything, ministerial is milk and honey. But when the moment of trial came the ghost of dissolution, and the grim shadows of the hustings, frightened them, and our boasted House of Representatives proved traitor. No such terror inspired the Legis lative Council. Happily the members have nothingtohopeforfrom ministerial smiles, and nothing to dread from ministerial frowns, and now the Ministry that successfully frightened the representatives of the people will try to evoke public indignation against the only branch of the legislature that had the bravery to stand up and save the country from plunging headlong into ruin. Let the Upper House bo reconstructed, if require. By all means let it bo made elective. But let not the public be gulled into indignation, when the Upper House in the exercise of its constitutional functions of retarding reckless legislation has opposed a barrier to the dashing speed of Mr Vogel. Let the public be warned that it will be represented by the minions of Government—that this is a people's quarrel with the Upper House ; and this intention was indicated in debute,' when one of tlie most servile! of ministerial supporters, who would ci'awl on :ill fours to lick the toes of minis ters, declared that ho would ring throughout the length and breadth of the colony "The people's land for the people." But it is no quarrel betweou the people and the Upper Mouse. It is a quarrel between a dangerous reckless Ministry an.l the Upper Horse. Three-fourths of a very heavy taxation already go to pay interest on borrowed money. The Government proposed that this should be but the beginning of borrowing. The Upper House said " JN ro ! The burthens are already too heavy to be borne, and we shall interpose and prevent the Government from driving the colony over the precipice," And yet the Government would evoke the public indignation '.' And yet the Government would hound the people on to crush the Council for this? Ami yet the Government toadies would squeak out "The people's land for the people V" and try to make believe ihat the Government, which would madly drive to further borrowing, is the " people's friend ?" We are no defenders of the Upper House ; it should be elective. We are no defenders of property as against people ; there should be a property tax, and the Council courts it. But let US give the devil his due. The Legislative Council has, on this occasion, bravely stood up to save the taxpayer from further taxation and the colony from a fresh career of reckless borrowing. It may fall, it may be punished by tho autocrat for its contumacy. But lot it not lie forgotten by the people that while the House of Representatives in the moat cowardly way belied its own expressed con victions, nnd threw itself beneath the chariot wheels of Mr Vogel, the Legislative Council gave at least an honest vote, anil braved the risks of swamping and dishonour to save the country from destruction.

Increased activity has been noticcablo within the last lew days on the railway works inj Official and Mechanics' bays. Messrs Owen Jones and Co. are rapidly push ing ou the lilling-in of the reclaimed portion of the harbour. Since last week several new lines of rails have been laid down, and trucks are now engaged in several places in dis charging the earth from the dismantled Fort Britomart into the detached holes which the once lar^e gaping space within the outer sea wall in Official Bay has even now been reduced to. The bringing of the scoria blocks by rail from Mount Smart to the works has given a great impetus to the progress of the sea-walls both from St. Barnabas's Point and the Breakwater. The former has now been in creased in length some fifty yards since the re-letting of the contract, arid with the fine weather, which we are now pretty safe to have, further commensurate extension should take place. On the west side of the Wyr> yard Pier large gangs of men are at work carrying on the wall in both directions. The slope of the wall here will prevent use being made of it as a wharf, but at the same time gives it great enduring strength. At the Breakwater end the filling in has yet to be carried out some distance before the wall can be built up. This work is being busily carried on, the soil removed from the western bide of the Fort being shot here as it is brought away in the trucks. The razing of the Port is continuing rapidly. The cuttinga on both sides are rapidly approaching one another in the centre of the hill.-

That the New Zealand Government often gives unfair advantages to a private mdi Tidual possessed of that mysterious thing called "interest," to the detriment of the general people is a proposition which few will deny. A gentleman is now in Auckland, who came down from the Waikato with a •view to purchase a considerable quantity of land in the vicinity of Hamilton East, for which he was willing to have paid £2 per acre. He states that on arrival in town he found that the land had been disposed- of by the Government to a private individual of influence for half a crown an acre ! The land in question is said to be of first-rate quality and as level as a table. If this be correct the colony is the loser of a large sum of money.

The members of the Auckland Harmonic Society met last night in the Young Men's llooms, Wellesley-street, for practice, and gave several selections from Handel and other of the great composers. These were given with remarkable accuracy, and evi denced that this class is making rapid pro gress in the beautiful science of music.

A special meeting of the Good Templars, Auckland Pioneer Lodge, No. 5, will be held this evening in the lodge-room, Cook-street, for business of special importance,

We learn that Mr John Joseph Howard, of this city, formerly of Manchester, has made an application for a patent for his newly in vented coal-paint. Mr Howard is one of those gifted but not always fortunate men of the world who are obliged to wait for the re cognition of the public. Mr Howard's in vention will, we opine, prove of public utility, and his labour should not be allowed to pass Burewarcled,

The Key. Dr Hobbs delivered an able and interesting lecturelast'eveningat the Sheridan street Chapel, entitled " Health and Happi ness;'1 Rev. Mr Waters in the tihair. After a by mv had been sung by the choir, and a prayer offered, the lecturer proceeded with his piomised lecture, which occupied more than an hour in delivery.. The subject related to living and clothing ourselves in obedience to the laws of health, the rejec tion of stimulants of all kinds which tended to make the wheels of life go faster than necessary, and consequently shortened life. The doctor strongly advocated abstemious ness in food and drink as a preventative to the encroachments of those numerous physical afflictions to which man is subjec ted through ignorance or neglect. He had no supernatural wonders to unfold but simply a succession of physical facts to relate, gathered by a long course of study arid from his own individual experience. He strongly condemned the use of intoxicating beverages, tobacco, and bacon us hurtful to the body and injurious to the mind. He regarded " a sound mind in a sound body" as an axiom based upon the truest philosophy. His advice to mothers in reference to the proper care and training of children was really excellent. He strongly condemned tight lacing and the fooleries con nected with ladies' apparel. He advocated freedom of body and freedom of mind. Theae he deemed —which were to be acquired I>y steady thought and practice—associated with a sober use of Heaven's free gifts, such as light, fresh air, recreation, activity, and due rest, were certain to be productive of health and the greatest amount of human happiness. The lecture, if not couched in the most elo quent terms, was thoroughly practical, out spoken, full of sterling common sense, and calculated to advauce the social interests of the community. On the motion of Mr Booth a vote of thanks was accorded by acclamation to Dr Hobbs for his thoughtful and instructive lecture. We shall refer on another occasion to the doctor's "Pocket Guide to Hygienic Mendication for the Million," a capital little work which treats of medicine and the law 3of health.

The Pioneer Lodge of Good Templars held its fortnightly initiatory meeting last night, when sixty-seven of our fellow-citizens were duly admitted to a share in its rights, privileges and duties. A larger number is waiting for admission at tlio next or some future opportunity. Several new lodges, we hear, are contemplated in this neighbourhood. Tliis Order is also making remarkable pro gress in Dunedin, where there are four lodges, one of. whi'JU is said to be one thousand strong. The St. Sepulchre's concert at the Choral Hall last night was eminently successful, — the music was excellent, the ballads were good, and the numerous attendants were satisfied. The first part of the programme consisted of "Hark! the Lark," Shake speare's exquisite ditty, and the Bag man's story from the legacy of Dickens ; the " Lament of Flora Macdonald ;" " Down by the Deep Sad Sea," a pathetic, but not unlively little duet (soprano) ; and the muc.h-adrnired piano solo, "La Chasse Aux Papillons." The amusing farce, entitled a "Thumping Legacy,"created a creat deal of merriment, and was very creditably performed. Mrs Mitchell aided the concert very considerably with her several sweet fio 4 ns;3, in which she was justly applau ded. The concert in every respect was worthy the cause of its musicians and friends, and satisfactorily served its ostensible pur pose.

A remarkable instance of the rise of some English towns in instanced in the growth and development of the populous town and port of Banow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Twenty-five years ago and this flourishing town consisted of some thirty miners' and peasants' huts, scarcely cottages. It is now rightly considered the second seaport in the north of England. The almost unex ampled growth and commercial prosperity of Harrow is due chiefly in 184."> to ihc completion of the railway, which opened up an uninterrupted com munication with the whole of the towns of the United Kingdom, affording immense facilities for the transport of ore, which necessarily augmented tne trade of the town "and increnned its population. A town, how over, might be as prettily situated as Auckland, and as poetical as Parnell, but without capital, energy, and enterpri c, it would bo little more than a painted sepulchre. It is not every place that evidences such precocity, if the term may be applied to towns, as Barrow-in-Furness, which is backed by valuable natural resources, and almost boundless human appliances. The Hcumatite Iron and Steel Works is one of the wonders of the locality, which, in a comparatively few years, has reared its gigantic head above ten thousand dwellings. A large number of other industries has added to the wealth and prosperity of the town, while the new docks, and the recently established Ship-building Company have tended in no small degree to make Barrow in-Furness "what it is, viz,, the greatest sea port next to Liverpool, on the picturesque coast of the manufacturing county of Lanca shire. Richard Fitzgerald, of Parnell, writes as follows :—" Sir,—On Thursday last, as 1 was proceeding along High-street with my barrow, a boy followed me, tormenting me. I requested a policeman to make him let me alone, instead of which lie said, ' I will take you'—which he did—'to the station.' I was neither drunk nor foolish. When I got there, seeing nothing for the convenience of the prisoners, I asked Henry Johnson for something, on which lie asked me to come outside. He then caught hold of me and shook, me very roughly, to the danger' of breaking my arm, which had been broken before.; after which he caught hold of me and threw me back into the cell as if I had been a dog. The treatment of prisoners by the police is sometimes of a very brutal character, and the attention of the Resident Magistrate should be drawn to it."

We often hear accounts of " larrikinism " and other bad conduct on the part of boys in Auckland, it is therefore giatifying to record an instance to the contrary on the part of a lad aged twelve, the son of a working man residing in the city. Yesterday evening the boy picked up a gold rin? of the value of about £1, but instead of putting it into his pocket and converting it into cash he brought ib to the Police office, and the probabilities are that it will be restored to its rightful owner. Youths like these are calculated to make good and useful men, and we hope the rising generation of Auckland numbers many such, despite a moiety of "larrikinism" in our midst.

The long-looked-for cricket match between the employes of Messrs Owen and Graham and A. Clark and Sons oomes off to-morrow instead of the 4th proximo, in the Barracks. As the cricketing abilities of the two houses are thought to be pretty equally balanced, and each house very desirous of carrying off the laurels, a keen contest is anticipated. Messrs Heather (of the firm), Cotton (cap tain), Owen, Gilfillan, Weston, Hales, BarJieiP (iorcler, Mann, Lynch, and Napper represent the former firm ; and Messrs A. Clark (of the firm), Mackay, Mason, Choyce (captain \ M. A. Clark, Kees, Robinson, Caldwell, Mann, Scott, aod Probert play for the latter.

A deputation from Coromandel consisting ] of Messrs Whitaker, Carew, and Dockenll, waited Upon the Deputy -Suprintendant this itrofning in reference to the Tokatea tramway. Mi- Hurst, the Goldfields Secretary, was present at the iriterview, which lasted an hour. The deputation urged Upon his Honor the ad visableness of allowing the Tokate'a tram way to remain under Government manage ment, with the fees as now fixed. No definite answer was given to the deputation, but they were informed that the matter was under consideration, and would be deter mined shortly. In the meantime Mr Hurst would visit the tramway. Dr Cunningham, the surgeon superinten dent who came out with the Berar, has de parted in the Wonga Wonga to Sydney, having omitted, it is said, to pay certain bills, for which he had received a cheque from the captain. In connection with this ship certain extraordinary revelations have come to light, whiGh we will give to-morrow. We will venture to say that the refreshing beverages brewed by our friends Messrs Whitson and Company and, oil our local beer manufacturers have never re- j ceived a better compliment or more disinter- | ested advertisement than that afforded this j morning in the Police Court. A sailor lately j arrived from the South wasbroughtupcharged with being drunk and disorderly. He is asked what he has to say, and he gives a reason for his misconduct that at once . testifies to the great superiority of the , Auckland malt liquor over that brewed ' down South, and shews so good a principle prevalent in the habits of the accused that the line of 20s and costs inflicted might well have been dispensed with, and a reward of i merit substituted. The story is touching anil instructive. He was no drunkard. , He was simply a lover of his beer, ! and who shall condemn. him for such an ! Englishman's inclining. Moderate he had ever been. The time to stop he knew | full well, and never went beyond. How , many can say this '! By careful tests, ( and the teachings of expeiience, he had j ascertained the fact that the mean sober level j of Christchurch and Dunedin beer was exactly ; three pints, and to that quantity with rigid self-denial lie had constantly restricted him self. But he come 3to Auckland, and his , former tests and experiences are of no avail. Unmindful of altered circumstances he takes Ins moderate three pints, but ah ! what is ; this? Mis legs refuse their office—his brain ; reels—the pavement rises and_ falls like j the waves—in a word he is drunk: a blank ensues, and the grey dawn finds him in the cheerless cell of the lock-up. The Auckland beer has been too much for him, and he has found too late that what is modera tion down* South is excess and intemper ance, or in other words "drunk and disor derly " hove. Can any one blame such an one? Can any but the stern representative of the majesty of the law condemn him ? Surely not. Two pints of Auckland, he estimates, is equal to throe of Christchurch, and to the lessened quantity he will with rigour adhere for the future. The expe rience he lacked has now been gained, and it would be a graceful acknowledgment on the part' of our local princea of the vat if they were to supply James Lee with those two pints daily free gratis for nothing in return for the splendid puß'he has given their liquor. Mr Ah Kew, who was burned out by the late fire, announces that he has taken stall No. 3 in the Market, where he continues to retail his wares- The Sir George Grey, Brigade, Navals, Victoria, and Engineers Cadets will meet this evening in the Drill-shed, at 7.50. for their usual monthly inspection.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., B.jj « • ■■ . The following cases were beard to-day in this Court for the recovery of small dehts and settled as follows :— • Judgments for Plaintiffs. Judgments for plaintiffs in the followin cases : —J. M. Manning v. T. Tunka, claim 0, 2s -»d ; A. Dornwell v. George Beesoti (•fete* £]8 10s; A. Dora well v. GeoWrl Ludltßty c]aim» £13 4s (Mr Laishley L plaintiff) ;' George Rayner v. George Robert, shaw, claim £S 15a 10s (Mr Thorne.for plaintiff.) W. QUEENIN V. ESTHER READS. Claim, £9 18s. Mr Kissling for plaintiff, snd Mr J. g > ; Russell for defendant. William Queenin deposed tha.t defendant wn» a lodger of his at G'oromandei, and ftag indebted lot twenty-eight weeks' re.ifc? Jfo was willing to tnake a reduction oi:<,£3ig g for the time she was absent from hef lodging which would make the claim to £6 ar,vf&, ■Which he was willing to take judgment.,,. Judgment for plaintiff. PRITCHAfctt AMU CO. V. OEOHCE SAx^jf,;,, ■ Claim. £1 8« M, Mr R. Laishley appeared for plaintiff/and' Mr J. B. Russell for defendant. Albert Dornwell, butcher, was th<j plaintiff in this case, and claimed the amount for beef' ■' and mutton supplied to defendant in the' early part of the year 1872, amounting to 12k Bd, with interest thereon. George Saxton stated that his wife haS been in the habit of dealing with Pritclmd and Co., of Newton, but for certain reasons after the Bth June had ceased .to have. a|V, more goods at the shop on credit.; jy Dornwell had charged him too much, andle \ told his wife that that would never do;' she' must have no more "tick": eightpeaeg " a pound was too much for cora ;]&e&' He went to Mr Dornwell to settle the bil-! ance, when he grew wrath, and clapped on 11s Id interest, and for corned beef which he never had. He objected, and plainly said "I won't pay it," when Mr D. replied, . "I'll make your bill a few pounds heavier yet—l'll stick more interest into you." fl e then said "I won't pay it," when Mr D... bundled him out of the shop and sent John for a policeman. He offered to .pay the 12s Bd, but never admitted £1 3s 9d. ' Margaret Saxton stated that she obeyed' her husband's orders, and never had meat on credit after the date of Sth June. She never got four pounds of corned beef at Pritehard'g shop. Plaintiff had been unable to prove 'his ; claim, and Mr Laishley accepted a nonsuit., Costs, £1 0s Gd. W. EYRE V. JOSEPH WORMS. Claim, £9 5s Sd. Mr Armstrong for plaintiff, and Mr Beve ridge for defendant. This was a claim for a quantity of miscel- . laneous goods—viz., ladies' handkerchiefs,' jackets, boots, kid gloves, hair nets, stock ings, chignons, hats, and other articles1 of;' fancy and use commonly used by ladies. | Mr Beveridge stated on behalf of hia client that the account was incorrect. Some of the articles had been returned, and defendant was not indebted to the amount of the claim. > After a good deal of evidence had been produced on both sides, Mr Armstrong accepted a nonsuit F. A. JONES V. V. A. JONES. Claim 15s. ; .. This was a claim due forVepairing a musical| instrument for -Mr Johnson, for which Mr-** Patrick Andrew Jones had become guarantee. Judgment for plaintiff ; costs, £110sCd.

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TAURANGA.

This day' >!

The Gipsy Queen, which capsized hem j yesterday, has been recovered and beached. Influenza prevails here. Sailed : Leah and Elizabeth, coastwibtei ()" The quarterly militia parade was held to-

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Six Deaths on an Immigraafr Ship.

Small-pox at Wellington.;

THE FEVER AT LYTTELTOK . , ANOTHER DEATH.'.'f,;.' I ARRIVAL OF THE WHITEHALL,f FROM LONDON/ r ;"'^ A (FROM OUR. SOCIAL OORBESpONDm.) WELLINGTON. A rrf -• This day, 'noon. H The ship DotuOte, 1428 tons, Cas. Wita< from L#ndon, aif jived in hajboß||Ss»*W afternoon after passage of 107 dfiya. '. She ia; the largest immigrant eh|£|h>t W ever entered tfcfe port,, and brinjjjs 3SS Uo vernment irmnigrants and utmf wWI passengers, ' a 4irge quantity 'Jf 1 * Way plant and rolling stock, ; 'liicraaittg several locomotives consigned "to I*"* and-.Co. ''-fii^l <l V, !' Ji (;>?'iji Shesignalled ior a.tug, and; th^liaay,^ Went out, but a wind springing UP ieiß*4^ in carrying the.yelloAV flag. Th^-padybirtt did not appr6a6U, iut .learned tm, small pox had broken out during the voyage^ and was still on board. . • There had also been scarlet fever,,, v-|-y Six deaths had occurred. ' l, \ v/ The smallpox had broken out twopMntW,, ago. *•' ■" ifcl* Pilot Holmes was on board, and tooktWMii vessel direct >o^he Quarantine ■ Station-« Soauxe's Island.. ~ The vessel is now lying off the further siae of Soames Island, between it and JrfiQfy Bay. " <!, V [% !She cannot be seen from the jetty. ~ Vm Mr Eliott, immigi-ation officer, Mr.Halhaay, harbour master, I)r Johnston, health officer, and a representative of the consignees went off in a'jboat this morning at eight to ; tfl| ■ island andi have not returned yet. , . ,Jjß j The wind was blowing very high,when tW; Ladybird waf near, and they could"nor make out distinctly "What was said. I have been speaking to a person that hailed the Douglas'^^He says the statement was distinct about., small-pox and scarle?. fever on board and the six deaths, but is not certain whether the disease broke' out two months ago, or the last case was two mont&B ago. There has been no communication wiw^ the case. vi i, " The immigrants, partly Continental, nave got the rarity tff a.%e day for landing. • ; j? If the Board of HsH<>h,rotum in timef^ the Island I will telegraph particulars. ~.. « g' (FKOM OUR OjWN 'cOERESPO>'j)iNTfe.)| \ x At:» feting of the members # tfefiffl'

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