SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

POET OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 4.53 SUN-RISE : To ttorrow morning, 7.16 HIGH WATER: This evening, 10.2; to-mo.-w, morning, 10.23

ARRIVALS

Hercules, schooner, Smith, from Newcastle Janet firey. ratter, from OpoOkl Dauntless, schooner, from Melbourne Comerang, p.s.. Hughes, from Napier, via tho Thames Southern Cross, s s., Sellers, from Tauranga "Wane brig, MeKenzie, from Timaru Uklerslie. schooner, from Dunedin. Clyde, schooner, from Wanga»ei Sovereign of the Sep*. cutter, from Wangarei Kyno, brigantine, from Lyttelton Columbia! schooner, from the East Coast * Atalanta. schooner, from the East Coast Duke of Edinburgh, schooner, from Moeraki TTero, cutter, from Kalpara Flora Macdonald. cutter, from Raglan Mercury, cutter, from Mercury Bay Bella, rntter, from Tauranga

DEPARTURES.

Taranaki, s.s , "Wheeler, for Southern ports TXninn, brijr, fo" WunEjarna Throe Brothers, ketch, for Poverty Bay Luna, Government steamer, Fairohild Go-ah<Micl. s.s., McGillivray. for Waitara and Taranaki Rnngatira, s.s., Hepburn, for "YVanganui and Wei. lington

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For New Caledonia: Fiery Cross, schooner, this

afternoon For Hnbart Town : Bella Mary, barque, early For Sydney : Western Star* brifr. to-morrow For Newcastle : Emile, Drip, to-day : Zanga, barque,

early For Sydney and Melbourne : Victoria, s.s., about 23rd

inst. ; Hero, s.s., about 2nd August For London : Flylton Castle, barque ; Weodlark, ship

Thames, barque, early For Northern ports : Eowena, s.s., this afternoon For Now York": Lyttelton, barque, early"

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Clariran.akl, ship, from London. Called Endymlon. ship, from London. Sailed 9th April Countess of Kintoro, ship, from London Sailed 28th

April City of Auckland, from London. Loading Berar, ship, from London. Sailed 15th May Fontenaye, ship, from London. Loading Phoebe, s g., from Sydney (in theManukau) Akbar. ship, from Boston, via Melbourne Belle Brandon, schooner, from Dunedin Briton, barque, from Newcastle Griffiths, schooner, from Newcastle. Sailed 25th June TTpolu, schooner, from Samoa Oberlin, brig, from Adelaide Edith, schooner, from South Sea Islands laetitia, schooner, from Napier. Sailed 17th June Satellite, cutter, from^Levuka Natal Queen, barque, r m Lyttelton Annie, from Newcastle. <* Sailed 7th June Camilla, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 7th Juno Jane, brig, from Hctoart Town Agnes Jessie, utter, from Launceston Sailed ICth

June Hercules, sdhooner, from Newcastle. Sa 6 25th June Coronet, schooner, from Duncdin Mary Webster, barque, from Dunedin Elizabeth Ourle, schooner, from Dunedin Emelie, schooner, from Tahiti Sucoesa. schooner, from Levuka

IMPORTS

" Per Dauntless, schooner, from Melbourne

3 bales merchandise; Cousins, Atkin and Co. ; 8 cases vestas, Bucholz and Co. ; 5 boxes oandles, 3 : ?-boxes tofcacco, Barnett and Levy!; 25 cases acid, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. ; 75 cases brandy, 57 do vestas, Lewis Bros ; 10 bars iron, 4 mail axles arms, 24bdlesiron, T. and S. Morrin ; 0 cases acids, 11. McGuin ; 6 'do vestas, H. S. Meyers and Co. ; 73 do rum, 3 hhds gin, 11 cases brandy, 2 do cigars, 4 f-boxes tobacco, 12 cases milk, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 100 bags rice, Owen and Graham ;35 cases vestas, G-. W. Owen; 234 bars iron, 20 bdles do, 4 sheets do, 6 bundles sheet iron, E. Porter and Co. ; 48 barrels salt pork,' 20 tobacco, J. Roberton and Co.; 10 cases vestas J. Reid; 5 cases pastilles, 3 do essence lemon, 5 do confec tionery, D. Stephenson and Co ; 105 casks ale, 25 cases stout, 4 kegs powder, order. Prom Apia—2o cases kcrosine, 1 do merchan dise, 50 do kerosine, 3 cases guns, 1 do caps, 1 keg shot.—L. D. Nathan and Co., agents. Per Duke of Edinburgh, from Moeraki : 720 bags oats, B. Tonks & Co. ; 134 ditto, order.—Master, agent.

EXPORTS

Per s.s. Taranaki, for Southern ports : for New Plymouth—33 bars, 5 bdls., Morrin ; 3 cases, Wilthew ; 1 box gold, National Bank : 4 trunks, Barnes ; 1 case, Clark & Son. For Nelson—lo pkgs. luggage, Barnes ; 2 pkgs., 1 case, Sash and Door Co. ; 3 boxes silver, Bank of !New Zealand; 1 case, 1 pkg., Mor rin ; 4 bales, Lusk. For Wellington—l 3 cases, 1 cask, Lusk ; 24 bags gum, Owen and Graham ; 4 cases, Wilthew. For Lyttelton —6 cases, Lusk ; 1 box silver, Bank of New Zealand ;50 sacks, Alexander. For Dunedin —2 bales, Lusk ; 2 cases, Barnes ; 7 octaves whiskey, Brown, Campbell & Co.—Combes and Daldy, agents.

The'schooner Mary Ellen has cleared out wards for Mercury Bay with a general cargo."1- The cutter Bella has cleared for Tauranga tia Wangapoa. The s.s. Taranaki left Onehunga'wharf at one o'clock thie afternoon for Southern ports. She takes the following passengers :—Saloon: Messrs C. O'Neill, Wilson, Garlick, Thomp son, Currie, and Wrigg, Hon. Lieut.'-Colonel Kenny (M.L.C.), Mr and Mrs McDonnell and family, Rev. Father Francis, Miss O'Neill, Miss Walters, Messrs E. Sanders and Lun don. Steerage : Messrs Stark, Flannigan, Bennett, Morey, Amodeo, Mr and Mra Sale, and one woman and child. The cutter Janet Gray, from Opotiki, brings 307 bags potatoes. T,he schooner Dauntless, Captain Moller, arrived this morning from Melbourne with a full general cargo. She left Melbourne on the 25th June. tA barque and a schooner have been signal led since the morning. The following vessels have reported at the Customs to-day:—Schooner Duke of Edin burgh, from Moeraki; schooner Columbia, from Poverty Bay; brigantine Ryno, from Lyttelton; brig Wave, from Timaru and Allday Bay; p.s. Comerang, from Thames ; schooner Elderalie, from Dunedin ; schooner Atalanta, from Poverty Bay; cutter Mary Eliza, from Wangapoa; cutter Mercury, from Mercury Bay. The schooner Hercules arrived this morning from Newcastle with 240 tons coal, Thames Gas Company; 1,100 felloes, order. She left Newcastle on the 25th ult. The s.s. Rowena will leave for the North shortly after four o'clock this afternoon. The departure of the brig Western Star, for Sydney, has been postponed until to morrow. The barque Bella Mary has turned out her cargo of fruit in excellent condition as usual. She will leave for Hobart Town direct in course of a few days. Several coasting schooners arrived yester day in harbour with a quantity of settlers' produce, &c. , The cutter Ringleader returned to port yesterday from a cruise. The brig Wave arrived yesterday from Tiinaru with a cargo of wheat. Tht, new b r ig an tine Ryno arrived yester day froit Lyttelton with a cargo of cereals, &c. The three masted schooner Duke of Edin burgh arrived yesterday from Moeraki with • cargo of oats. Thethree-mastedschopner Elderslie arrived yesterday from Dunodiri>ith a full general cargo. -'. °

The ;b.s;'Southern Cross yIU ] ca ve fn Jaurfiiiga to-morrow afternoon,

The cutter Sovereign of the Seas will leave to-morrow for Wangarei. The s.s. Rangatira left the Manukau yes terday morrr'ng for Wanganui and Welling ton with a generrl cargo and three passen gers. The p.s. Comerang came up from the Thames yesterday, where she had discharged her cargo of cattle from Napier. She will leave again for Napier on Wednesday next at noon. The ship Endymion, from London to Auck land, was spoken on the 15th April in the Bay of Biscay. The barqxxe Skimmer of the Waves was loading at New York on the Ist May for Dunedin, Wellington, and Auckland. The ship Berar left London for this port on the 15th May, with 250 immigrants. A Inig was signalled yesterday, which proved to be the Union put back. The vessel went into Wangapoa.

COMMERCIAL.

At Messrs Cochrane and Son's sale of pro perty to-day, by order of the trustees of the late Peter Grace, the land and buildings in Wyndham-street were sold at £9 to £12 per foot ; Lot No. 1, Ponsonby Road, £1 0s Cd per foot. The other allotments realised good prices. Mr G. W. Binney sold to-day at his mart, ]00 sacks wheat, more or less damaged, at 4s 5d per bushel.

Mr R. Arthur sold to-day hams (Hd per lb., jams 7s (3d perdoz., apples Id to 2sd, basils, 12s lid per dozen.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :— L s. d. CALLS. Watchman .. .. 0 10 Aug 13 MEETINGS. Morning Light, Grahamstown, ICth July Bee, Grahamstown, 17th July Union Beach, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 28rd July New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Company's otlicc, Auckland, noon, '20th July El Dorado, Mr P. A. "White's office, Shortland street, Auckland, 2p. m., 23th Jnly Mary Ann, Grahamstown, 31st July

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails ■will Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 5.33 p.m., and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, to-morrow, at 11.30 a.m. For Wangarei, &c, per Sovereign of the Seas, to morrow, at 10 a.m. For Whitianga, Tauranga, and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, on Tuesday, 15th inst, at 3 p.m. For Gisbourne and Napier, per Comorang, on Wed diiy, 16th inst, at 11 a.m. (Signed) S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH

CflOMHis. -On Aprii 30, at St. Mmgo V 3'la Aral erley Road, W'stHi'l, Sydenhani, London, Ms J. N". Crombie of a son. AH well.

DEATH.

McNeii/l.—At Newmarket, on Jnly 13, Mary, the infant daughter of John McNeill, baker.

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

MONDAY, JULY 14, 1873.

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

We observe that Mr C. L. H. Joy has deemed it wise to insert a letter as an adver tisement in our two morning contemporaries in reply to a letter which appeared in our last issue from the husband of the unfortu nate Mrs Bell. We sincerely regret tho tono of bitterness with which Mr Joy has referred to the insertion of that letter, and to the action'which we have taken in reference to this whole matter. If Mr Joy tb'nks that in this we have been actuated by any unkind feeling towards him we shall merely say that there is not in connection with the Auckland Bar any gentleman whom we

more sincerely esteem than Mr And if lie supposes that our first article on the Bell case in Wednesday's issue, and to which he alludes w!th some severity, was aimed against him, we assure him that ho never was intended, and that the writer of that article believed when writing it] that Mr Joy had no more connection with the case as a Supremo Court case than had any other member of the Bar. So far from attacking Mr Joy we devoted an entire ai 'A cle to bis defence in Thursday's issue, the burthen of which was embodied in the words,' "Mr Joy was no more required than any other of h:s brethren to undertake the cause of Mrs Bell in the Supreme Court." That we " dissuaded" Mr Joy from inserting a reply to "Reward's" lettar we admit, because we thought that our disinterested defence of Mr Joy in a leading article would be better for the object intended than bh own somowhat hot and personal strictures on " Reward;" and wo would venture to add that if somebody eke had " dksuaded 1' Mr Joy, whether "blandly" or otherwise, from inserting his letter in this morning's Herald and Cross, he would have done similarly good service to Mr Joy. Surely Mr Joy caDnot envy the husband of the unfortunate prisoner the small satisfac tion of a few h'nos in her behalf; and surely ho cannot be displeased with us for giwng insertion to that letter, pud acting as we

variably do in never tuuing a deaf ear to the cry of distress. We boliovo Mr Joy would have consulted his own di& lity in not rushing into print, and lea\!ng to others his. defence, as ho is doubtless awaro of the axiom that "he that ; s ad vocate in his owj cause hes aw —we ll something or another—for a client." We venture to say that v Ith nine-tenths of the readers of Mr Joy's advertisement the im j pression conveyed to the nrnd wi" be con siderably different from that which he in tended. Had he come to us v :th that letter we should ceiiair'.y have aga;i ti^d to "blandly" dissuade him from rnsertingj'it, but had he urged the matter we should have willingly obligod him by imei^ng it in our columns, and without charging him for it as »Dl " «KIQ4>H Those who remember the bustle outside the White Horse Ce"ar, in Pieca<?:Uy, in the old coach: n-]; days, wouloV;have been reminded of the same yesterday had they stood by the Msnukau Fotel, Onehunga, shoiily before the departure of the steamers Luna and Rangatira. All "was bustle and confusion, and the street in front of the hotel crowded with vehicles tbabhad brought down passen gers for embarkation, and their friends. This was the occasion of the departure of the Auckland members for the Lcene of their political labours, to commence On the 15th iust. No less than four steamers were lying alongside the whaii: at Onehunga yesterday, namely, the Taranaki, Go-A head, Rangatira, and Luna. The Go-Ahead = left early, and the two'latter vessels got under, weigh together at ha'f-past eleven. The Luna, however, had outstilpped her com panion before the steamers were lost to law from the wharf. Later in the day four horse men were seen wending their way towards the Royal Hotel, kept by host Fuller. Their names were Livewell, Epicurus, Apernicus, and Sierre Leonicus.

Mr H. H. Lusk will address the electors to-morrow evening, at half-past seven, in the large hall of the Mechanics' Institute. The ratepayers of the Karangahape High way District will hold a meeting to-morrow evening in the Newion Academy. On the 23rd April last Miss Emeline Inez Zavistowski was joined in holy wedlock to Lieut. Julius C. Shailer, U.S. Marine Corps, at New York. The lovers met first at Sydney, afterwards at Auckland, then at Honolulu, and finally at New York. Lieut. Shailer was attached to the U.S.S. St. Mary. The prison wall being erected round the Mount Eden Gaol is nearly completrd, only a few yards remaining to be built up. The wall has been built partly by prison labour. "Mercator" writes in reply to "Jumbo," and remarks :—" My only humble ambition is to alleviate when it lays in my power the sufferings of my fellow man." We are sure that any reasonable person believes this, and " Jumbo" is no doubt himself convinced that he has made a mistake.

The man Kobert Hunter, who was stabbed at Queen's Kedoubt, and who now lies ill at the Provincial Hoapital, was this morning somewhat better. He is at'll., however, in a very precarious state, and h;3 recovery can Boarcely bo hoped for,

Capt Ashby, who is now in the service of the New Zealand Shipping Company, writes :—The New Zealand Shipping Company has opened an office at Alderman's Walk, ' New Broad street. Mr C. W. Turner, of Canterbury, came to London to start the Company and to have the full management while he was in England. The Company first laid the iron ship Punjaub, 883 tons, on for Canterbury ; this was on 23rd April. That vessel will leave the docks full of cargo on the 31st of May, all at the same rates as Shaw, Savill tind Co., and we take in 300 Government emigrants, and sail from Gravesend on Juno the 2nd. Numerous eyes are watching the progress of the pioneer ship Punjaub. The next ship to leave will be the Adamant,; 815 tons. That ship will also leave the docks a full ship on the 21st June, and sail frem Plymouth on the Ist of July with her 200 Government emigrants. There is not the slightest difficulty in securing freight for both vessels for it is pouring in from a* directior"?, md there is every apnearance of the Company, if properly manpged, being a great success. At present no vessel will be loaded by this Company except for Canterbury. I am pleased to say that our Leadenhall-street friends now find the Company mean business.

We have received the following with re ference to the Vemid Company:—"Sir,— Allow mo one word in reply to ' Venus Shareholder's' letter in your Saturday's issue. There is not a shareholder in the old Venus Company who is not aware of the fact that the Venus ground was forfeited, and that Mr Woollams pegged off the ground and paid every necessary expense entirely on his own responsibility and out of his own pocket, and that the-shareholders have no more claim on Mr Woollams, nor to the ground, than they have to the furniture in Mr Woollam's house. As Mr W. is not in town to reply to the sneering and unjust insinuations conveyed in your correspon dent's letter, you will, I am sure, insert these few Pnes in defence of an absent man. —Fair Play."

Our readers have had perhaps over much of the controversy that has arisen over the case of Mrs Sarah Bell, especially as it has shown a tendency to personal recrimiuation. We have received a lengthened communication from " Reward," in reply to Mr Brassey and Mr Joy, and olso a very long and very severe castigation iutended for Mr Brassey from the hand of " Lex." We have also received several other smaller contributions beaiing on the subject, but as no new light is thrown on it, and correspondent's appear to be buckling on their armour for a free fight, we beg with the perm'ssion of the public to drop the curtain.

Wo have been requested to finsert the following from " One ti.at has hoard the Lecture" in reply to a letter in this moin ing's Cross, under the heading, "Mr Rood's Lecture on Sham." Sir, —Some person, ashamed of his name, writes to the Cross this morning criticising the report in that paper on Mr Reed's lecture on Sham, delivered on Friday last. It is clear that the writer who signs " C." is one of the numerous family on whose toes the lecturer commonly treads, and apparently -his own assumption of virtuous abhorrence of sham would afford a good illustration of the subject. The writer states that what he would have expected of the lecturer, '' that stripping off their disguises he would expose them (shams) in -all their naked ugliness and deformity." But if he had stripped shams of their disguise there would have been no «ham, but only the evils shammed, and these the looturer did denounce " in all their naked ugliness and deformity." As he showed, it ia not the sham that is so much to be condemned aa the evils that are hidden beneath the sham—a distinction which is porhaps too fine for the obtuse in tellect of " C." The writer says the lecturer ' • does not point out where the commendable (sham) ends or tho reprehensible begins." He do' 3 not in tho newspaper report, for which he is hardly responsible, but he did in the lecture room. Tho correspondent waxes virtuously indignant at any commendation of harmless " Sham" as a promoter of the polite ness and the courtesies of life, wherea^anyone knows that if citizens, instead of veiling their feelings, blmted out their opinions of every ouo they met, " scenes" would bo chronic in the streets. In a spirit of great unfairness " C." wholly overlooks the treatment given by tho lecturer to the genuine ahams of com merciol and poVtical life, having apparently served his purpose in resenting some old affront at having had h;s ow.i mask taken down.

A special s'.ttiug of the Resident Magis trate's Court will be held tomorrow for the purpose of dispo"ing of the cases left unheard from last Friday's list.

We are requested to correct m error in the report of the Police Court proceedings of Saturday. His Worship decicbd that he had jurisdiction in the case of Neville against Scott for assault. The reverse was stated in the report.

We have received the following letter re specting the throwing of vitriol from Mr Vincent, the victim in the case. Mr V;ncent exonerates the unfortunate women them selves from the outrage, but we have infor mation from another source wb:ch leads us to believe that the outrage was at the hands of those interested in having those wretched women return to the district, and if a good reward were offered the crime would be sheeted home. " Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a little spaci in the columns of your journal for a few remarks on your notice in Saturday's issue relative to throwing vitriol over my garden and child. In common jus tice I may state that in my own mind I fully exonerate those persons living in the brothels mentioned in your paragraph from having any participation in these cowardly acts. I do not for one moment believe that they had rnything to do either with throwing the vitriol over the child or garden, for I never had any quarrel with them or they with me, and during the whole time of their residence there I never even exchanged one word with them, neither was I jn any way concerned in their removal, and a reference to your paper or those of your morning contemporaries of (I think) about 3rd or 4th May last will con firm me in this. I have resided m Auckland some eighteen year 3, and during that period I am not conscious of having defrauded or wronged any one ; and with the exception of these vitriol throwers, and those connected with them, I am not aware that I have one enemy in the place, though I am fully conscious in that quarter there is a most Cain-like malignity of feeling towards me ; and I may add also a most Ahab-like longing for possessionn of the poor man's vineyard. As I could not retaliate by the like deeds of darkness I felt compelled to apply for protection to the authorities, and I have to thank the police for their prompt endeavours to investigate the case as far as at present possible. I have, as you say, put up with some annoyances for the sake of peace and quietness ; but as you have now kindly come forward in aid of the injured and wronged (as is you usual wont), and I feel sure I have the sympathy and support of all the right-thinking portion of the public, I sha.il not hesitate to lay before you and them r. ty circumstances that may arise from this most cruel and cowardly outrage. Apologising for taking so much space, I am, &c, Geo, Vincent, Union street,

A strange fact was discovered after the loss of the Atlantic reg?"ding one of the common sailors, whose body was washed ashore on the Grampus Reef. This sailor, whose life wSs sacrificed in the endeavour t" save others, proved to have been a woman abovit twenty-five yeai3 of age. She had served as one of the crew for three voyages, and was a favourite shipmate with all. was described as having been a " jolly tar." One of the survivors of the crew paid the fol lowing tiibute to her memory : —" I did'nt know that poor Bill was a woman. Tie took his Jicker as reg'lar as any on us, and was allays beggin' or stealin' "bacca. Bill was a good feller, and I'm sorry he was a woman. Poor old Bill !"

A few of the members of the Football Club met in the Barrack ground on Saturday afternoons and made up a scratch match alilong themselves. The New Zealand v. the World match will be resumed on Satur day next, weather permitting, when some of the more active-legged members will attend for the purpose of adwnping the scores. Cbing Fong has not yet arrived.

The Market on Saturday ever:ng was full of animate and inanimate life; the place was crowded with interested human be;"igs, and vegetables, meat, fowls, wares of all aoi'-t, and clothing were there in abundance which seemed like on aggregated r>romise of future success. We observed .splendid sampler; of potatoes and cabbage, magnificent sir-loin a, wether legs, butter and turkeys, all fresh from the country ; toys of every description, books of moral character from I>r Watts* hymrs up to the "mortal "Pickwick;" boots .",nd shoe •, and groceries of every kmd were traceable on either side of the avenues. The respectable citizen with his be 1 and the little brawling object of the Educa tion tax, the young forward swe'l and the gaily-dressed Auckland lass were distinc,aißh able among that heterogenous mass of moving humanity. One elderly female with a gone-out-of-date bonnet sheltering her tyey llnglets, \vh:ie gaz'ig at the picture of "Saved," exclaimed, "Tis no wonder the boy has fainted after pulling that great dog out of the water. The beautiful creature has got no collar on." 'W here was Sergeant Dan derson? A quietly-disposed husband, with a Maori kit m his hand, expressed a wish that l>;s dear one would purchase a trussed fowl from Bettpuy's store, when she replied, " Shut up Tom, I can't afford it." " How is this?" srd a bystander, "I thought man and -w If c were one!" "We are ten," mur mured the sensitive husband; "my v.' f.e is 1, md by her side on marketing r'ght I am 0 ; so, you see, we make ten." A Gloucester man at this moment looked from beh:nd a suspended shawl, and advised a young man to " steel his heart against the pretty market girls," when he replied, "Friend Mai-in, I am about to steal the hearts of those sweet creatures." A clothier near the centre of the Market, overlooking a pile of Srmth'sparsr:ps, far above the heads of thepeople, wasshoutjng in favour of bis ci'mean sb;"t3, and prers?™ a workman to buy, " "Wnat yiJU you bid," Faia he; "Ibid you good Hght," replied the witty settler. Another simple incident appeared to have a political beaiing—a'gentle man.acandidatefor theSuperintendency, who must be nameless, said "Good evening, sir, I am exceedingly glad to sre you !" "You need not be gUd," returned the person addi jssed, I've promised my vote to.Mr ■ ." "Here's beautiful butter" said a lady; "Fenton's is something Hke butter." "Those dresses are charavng ; I Vtlsh my dear Silas would treat me to one," the lovely Templar sighed aa she stood with a com panion looking into Gron's picturesque emporium. " What fine plants tho^e are in Lipscombe's tv indow ;" have you seen them, said Miss Jemina to her cousin, Caroline, "We buy our ferns and seeds there !" We passed on and on with our luminous notes, and at night, like Job Caudle, we dreamed that the big round world was one huge Market-house, and that the people, like the plants were very much inclined to vegetate.

Tho annual fmeeting of the Horticultural Society of Auckland wn \ be held on Wednas day next.

The chimney of a houßO in New -on caught fire yesterday afternoon, but as the1 inmates had not gone to church^ a few :buckets of water dext appl:' 1 .soon extinguished the flpmes.

To the Editor : Sir, —I see that by plead ing poverty persons are exempt from the odious and unequa^y-bearing education tax ; but this, though 10 far so good, v 111, not meet the requirements of the cace. There is a large class of persons here who have been well educated and brought up, and who, although keeping up a respectable appearance, live from day to day—they hardly mow how — m a hand-to-mouth manner, and have not a spare shi. I*;n1 *;n 3to bless themselves with. They have not physical strength to dig or do laborious work, and they are ashamed to beg. These are just the onen who vi 111 not like to parade their poverty, and especially a? doing so wil 1. be injurious to them ; while the mechanic, who makes his 8s or 103 a day, does not care, and will be exempt. The proper way would be to let the law lie a dead letter till the Council meets aga;n, and then, any way, those who have sense enough to see that it is ony the beginning, or thin end of the wedge, and^ can scrape together the means, will clear out of this already overtaxed province, and wou will have one subscriber less in your obedient servant, —C.E. [Obli gations have been incurred under the Act which must be met this year, so that the law could not possibly be suspended. Our correspondent would not fare any better by removing to other provinces.—Ed. E.S.]

The fifth competition of the No. 3 Company (A.R.V.) Rifle Club took place at Mount Eden Rajnge on Saturday afternoon. The shooting was veiy good. The first piize—a handsome ink-stand presented by the ladie3 of Auckland—was won by member Thorne, with the excellent score of 50 points. The bullseye at 20D yards was an eight-inch one. The following is a Hst of the prize-takers, together w Ith their scores :— Names 200 600 co<> *"*»• ti Names. ydg y(Jg ydg T l, Member Thorne ..18 16 16 o—6o „ Gorrlo .. .. 16 .14 13 2—44 „ B. M. Clark .. 13 12 12 5 —42 Hon. Mbr. C. B. Stone. 14 13 14 o—4l Member Soall .. ..14 10 15 0—39 „ Sibbald ..16 11 10 0 —37 „ W. Stone ..18 12 9 0—47 „ Boardman ..13 16 8 0 —37 „ E. B. Partington 17 12 T 0 —Z, „ J. Partington.. 14 12 8 0 — „ Average: 39points. To the Editor: Sir,—Will you tell me through the medium of your valuable pnner if I am obliged to pay tho Education rate ? I have only bean in the colony a few months. —I am, &c, A Constant Reader. [If our correspondent came to the province subse quent to the time when the rate was made payable he is exempt from this year's rate. But if he came before the rate was struck he must pay, unless he can show valid reason for being exempted.—Ed. JS.S.] ' Business people and others have frequently complained of obstructions raised in front of buildings in course of construction, and not without reason when we find hoardings retained beyond the actual tims necessary for which they were erected. Within the past fortnight the City Council, we are glad to see, has passed a by-law by which these hoardings will not in future be permitted to trespass on more than four feet of the foot patfi. •

The annual meeting of shareholders in Nolan's CfndleJight No. 1 was held to-day. The report was of an encouraging character, rand the directors hoped a;oon to declare a dividend. The tributers had paid the com pany £102 ss. At the Poi;ce Court this morning a transfer of the license of the Prince Aiihur Hotel from J. J. Clarke to Be^'lia Marsh was granted. The members of the Loyal Good Intent Lodfre, No. 4369, will celebrate their twenty third anniversaiy to-morrow evening m the Oddfellows' Hall, Cook-street, when all Odd fellows are cordially invited to attend. A meeting of the creditors of the estate of A. G.1 Smith was called to-day, but as none appeared the estate passed into the hands of the Provisional Trustee. The members of the Loyal Orange Institu tion will hold a grand soiree ths evening in the Chorpi. Hall, Symondfi-street. Rev. 1. H. Cornford w.H occupy the chair, and deliver the preliminary address. A first-rate tea win be on the table at half-past six. An efficient band will be in attendance, and wi 1! fill urj the pauses between the snc?ches With such* soul-stirring pieces as "oee the Con quer :ng Hero Comes," "Derry Wa"s Away," and " Auld Lang Syne," H honor of the united nationality represented by the Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock. Speeches w;". be ■venbyVen. Archdeacon Maunsell, Revs. l)r Wsl'is, Coi.iford, Bree, McNicol, Turner, and Watfcerc, and Messrs Dargav :Me, Kemp thorne, and Cheeseman. Nine hundred tickets have been sold r\ Auckland, and five hundred Orangemen are expected from the Thames by the Roy pi. Alfred to-r-ght. We are formed that two thousand tickets for the soir-3 at the Thames to-moirow night have already been disposed of, and a large numfcor of Or?ngemen will leave Auckland to take part in it.

An inquest was held this afternoon at the New Caledonia Hotel upon the infant of Mr Evinson, landlord of that hotel. The evidence showed that Mrs Evin-on had taken the child with her to bed on Saturday night, and that it slept in her arms. On awaking on Sunday moving the mother found the infant dead. It is supposed that it had either been over laid or had slipped down between the mother's arms, and so been smothered. A verdict m accordance with the evidence was returned.

"Improvement" suggests the substitution of a curtain in phce of Uoors at the Supreme Com i, in order to avoid the annoyance caused by people entering and leaving the Court.

CITY COUNCIL.—This Day.

A meeting of the City Council was held this afternoon. Present—Councillors Hurst, Isaacs, W^'ianrs, and Prime. His Worship the Mayor occupied the chrir. The Mayor moved that a day be fixed for hearing appeals against the new vacation .of city proper jy, and s ivei vised accordingly. RESIGNATION OF MR CoSGRAVE. The Mayor intimated the reignation of Mr Cosgrave of his seat in the Council. The announcement of the date of election would appear ?n that evening's Star. THE LATE MR DIDDAMS. The Mayor stated that the bondsmen of the late Mr Diddatrs had given promissory notes for £1C 1 each. REFORMATORY. An application was read from the Rev. P. H. Cornfordf stating that they had been unable to obtain a site for a reformatory from the Provincial Government, and enquiring whether the city could grant a site.

Mr Hurst stated that Mr Cornford was evidently mistaken. The Government were most anxious to grant a site ; the only ques tion was position. He believed they had a site near Mr Buckland's that would suit. The application was referred to the En dowment Committee for report. '" ' THE AfATLKBT," ' "IBffftH^ The Mayor announced that there was a steady increr «c in the tolls received at the Market. THE CHORAL HALL. A letter from Mr Vogel, with reference to the terms that the ground on which tho Choral HaJl stands ig held by the Society, waa read. It showed that the Society were tenants at will, and that they were not therefore liable for ratc.o. MR. BELL'S REPORT. The Mayor stated that in reply to an ap plication from Mcssu Brogden a~d Son for tho payment of Mr Bell's services ?n survey ing the water supply, a letter was sent to the effect that the origin?l, arrangement was, that when tender 3 were called for construc tion of water works, if Mr Brogden's tender was rejected, Mr Bell should be paid, but not otherwise. i A petition from residents in|Morton-street' Freeman's Bay, was referred to the Chief Surveyor for repoii, on the motion of Mr Prime. [Left sitting.]

POLICE COURT.

THIS *DAY.

(Before P. A. Philips Esq., R.M.)

DRUNKENNESS,

John McLearn, W. Lowther, Jas. Haii, John McAdairs, >~nie Crp;g, John Ke^y, Geo.: Smith, Wm. Brown, W. Costello, Aliec Hoskins, and RobertStevers were pur; shed for drunkenness. VAGRANCY. ; James Brow a was charged with being M xthout lam ful mearq of support. Detective Jeffrey deposed that prisoner was a woiwMess fellow, sleeping in barrs and stables. He begged r,t St. John's Cor.ege on Sunday. A fire occurred at Remuera on the moiling when prisoner was seen beggiig. Great complaints were made by the residents of Eemuera r«gard;ng these characters. He had no means of livelihood except by beg g. ug. These men sometimes took advantage of ,the absence of the head of the house to bounce servants jnto giving them food and other aifcicles.

Detective Ternahpn gave corroborative evidence. Prisoner was sentence i tD three months' imprisonment -with hard labour. Donohue pleaded guilty to a similar charge, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. THREATENING LANGUAGE. ■d- vary, Dougherty charged her husband Iticnam Dougheiby with using thrbatenmg language towards her. Complainant stated that on Wednesday morning defendant came into the house with an old gentleman and some beer. He threatened to take her life and the lives of her children. She was afraid of her life. . Complainant's daughter corroborated pre vious witness. Defendant was ordered to find two sureties of £20 each to be of good behaviour. • BARRATRY. Neil Beaton was charged with stealing 62 hhds ale, the property of J. Marshall, value £374, aho four cates glue, the property of Kempthorne, valued £20, and two cases tobacco, belong'ng to 0. J. Stone, valued at £00. The tsases were remanded until Wednesday. This concluded the business.

SUPREME COURT.

Yesterday— Continued.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

(Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Knight

Chief Justice.) His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock. MANSLAUGHTER.

Wm. Roberts, labourer, aged 38, was arraigned on an indictment charging him v, Ith having, on the 21st of June, caused the death of a native of Hindostan, known as 11 Gooey", for some time an inhabitant of Chancery-lane, Mr Brookfield opened the case for the prosecution. The prisoner, who was unde fended, pleaded not guilty. Anne Regan, the first -witness, deposed that she was the wife of Jeremiah Regan, living in Bacon's a Tley, Chancery lane, opposite the house which was occupied by the deceased Hindoo, Gooey. On that particular evening the deceased was very much intoxicated, and used bad language. He was very insulting. He had insulted prisoner's wife. Roberts then went across from Jack Kent's door and struck hitn, when he fell. Gooey then raised himself as well as he could. He then got hold of a stone with the view of throwing it at the prisoner, but p;;-oner prevented him by catching him by the heels and turning him over and over. Roberts then said, I viill give h'm another somer sault, and tv: led him over a third time.

I'risoner then turned to the neighbours and said, "You may all go to bed now; Gooey won't bother you any more. He will sleep sound to-night." Piisoner's son then went across to Gooey's house and said, " Father, you have killed the man !" Prisoner then sent bis son for the police. Cross-examined by prisoner : It was seven o'clock in the evening when I saw the de ceased. You and your •wife were always pitching on to the old man. You stamped on him. Deceased threw a bit of board, which struck you. It is nothing to you whether lam married or not. Are you mar ried, I should like to know ? His Honor thought this could have nothing to do m Ith the case.

Prisoner: Your Honor, the witness was not a married woman when she gave her evidence as Mrs Regan at the coroner's inquest, but she has got married since. His Honor to witness : You hear what pi'soner says, are you mariied. Your Honor : I got married to Jerry last Thursday week.

To Mr Brookfield : I have no ill-feeling towards thepiisoner.

James Southwell deposed that he was a fishmonger occasionally, anda general dealer, living in Bacons' aHey, and that he knew the deceased, the witnesses, and the prisoner. He saw the prisoner give Gooey two somer saults, but not the third. He had known' the deceased at Taranaki previous to his coming to Auckland. The other portion of this witness's evidence w?s simply corrobor ative. Cross-examined by prisoner : My eyesight is very bad. I never can see distinctly. I wps discharged from the army on this account. I was drunk on the night of the old man's death. I suppose I see double when lam dunk, but I saw you turn Gooey over and over. I had never known you to i'l - use the old man before.

The old man had been knocked over many times by rum and beer. I had often heard the ciies "murder-" "police," they were the daily ciles of Bacon's alley. I went for a stretcher, but I w.is not under the impres sion that Gooey had died in consequence of the somersaults you gave him.

Jeremioh Regan, husband of Anne Regan, deposed that he knew the deceased and the prisoner, but as his statement was the same as that of his wife it is unnecessary to re peat it. He added, howev»r, that he/lidnot think prisoner intended to injure Gooey seilously, and that Gooey was very drunk and troublesome.

Richard Sanderson, sergeant in the A.C.,, deposed to finding the body. Dr. Mark E. B. Nicholson deposed as to his being called in to see the deceased on the evening in June, and found him dead. He subsequently made a post-mortem examina tion. The old man was extremely feeble, and the body was nothing but skin and bene. The kidney's were diseased. There were no fractured bones. The scalp was quite blood-; less. There was no internal evidence to show. '.<. that the deceased had been violently '■) assaulted. He considered death was caused ; by an effusion of blood on the brain which ~ might have bean the result of such treatment i as had been described. This was the case for the prosecution. ■ The prisoner then addressed the jury with i considerable talent, and said he could call : several witnesses in his defence. John Kent labourer deposed that he witnessedtheproceedingsjonthenightinques- , tion, that he was a resident in Bacon's alley. Tht old man Gooey was very drunkthatnight, his house was exactly opposite to that occu pied by Gooey. He did not see prisoner ill using the man any more than any others. If he had he must have witnessed it. The alley was in an upror.r that night. There was not , a light in Gooey's house when he opened his _ door. He then fell into his house with the door, but he could not say whether or riot the door fell on him. He had often heard cries of •'Police" and "Murder," which were the continued nightly cries of the "lane," ' John Fowler and Henry Gent gave similar evidence. "" • ' The prisoner then reviewed the evidence of the several witnesses, and pointed out various inaccuracies. Mr Brookfield then addressed the jury, and His Honor summed up the whole of the evidence. The jury, having retired, brought in a verdict; of feuity. . , ,' His Honor, previous to passing sentence, remarked that he had rarely heard a more talented and intelligent defence than that which he (the prisoner) had made to the jury. The poor Hindoo ev'dently was terribly diseased, and his life comparatively'hung upon a thread. Still there was little doubt as the jury were con vinced thatjhis death resulted from the acts of the prisoner. The sentence of the Court would be lenient, as it was the slightest form of manslaughter, namely, that of imprison ment with hard labour for twelve calendar months. . . ~ .

DISTRICT COURT. This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., District ~ Judge.) JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS. Judgments were given for plaintiffs in thff f following cases :—Ravenstock G.M. Co. v.M M. Craig, £31 ss, calls ;,J. Bewicke v. B. : : Goulton, £33 2s 10d, balance of account; J. Bewicke v. Prince Sherman, £ 77105, balance ' of account; T. and S. Morrin v. Tweedside'w: xt°'.V £78 13s ld» g°ods supplied; L. D. A. U Nathan v. M. J. deary, £S6 4s6d, balance Wi "™t ' Owen and Graham v. Walker, £82 10s 7d. • : WINDING-Up ORDERS. lhe appointment of Mr Wa»»r as liqui- f\ aatorof the EmUy Gold Mining Compwy ■ •

IPHB BVIHIirS ITAB,, MONDAY, JTJLY 14, 1873.



r\ a v t i o n OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. Connoisseurs pronounce this Sauce to bo the BEST for general use in households, and, in con sequence of its high reputation, some unprincipled persons have been induced to Collect Empty Bott'cs bearing the manufacturer's name stomped ther-on. and pass the same off as "Olson's Universal Tomato Sauce." The proprietor has in consequence caused his TRADE MARK to be Registered under the provisions of the "Trade Marks Act, 18CG," and proceedings will be taken against such persons as may forge or counterfeit such mark. The public are cautioned to ASK FOR OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the naino is Stamped on Bottle and Stopper, and wrapped round with his woll-known label.



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