SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 7.14 SUN-.tllSE : To morrow morning-. 5.11 ifiPrH WA.TER: This afternoon, 1.47; to-morrow morning, 2.32

STEAM TO THE THAMES.

Golden Crown, to-mor.-ow morning at eleven o clock

ARRIVALS.

Comerani*, p.s., Chrisp, from Russell Challenger, p.s., from Wangavei

DEPARTURE.

Dakota,, p.s.. Tngorsoll, for Honolulu and Han Francisco Ruby, schooner, for Ilus-ell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Hobart Town : 1 Jell a Maiy, barque, Saturday For Napier and Southern ports: Nebraska, p.s., on arrival For New Caledonia : Eagle, ketch, to-day For Boston, Mass. : Ayr, barque, early For Cork : Polar Star, ship, early For Northern ports : Kowens, s.s., Monday next ; Comerang, p.s., Friday next For Wliitianga, Mercury Bay, and Tauranga; Southern Cross, s.s., Monday next For London : (llenhuntly, barque, early For Sydney and Melbourne: Hero, s.s., 27th inst: Wonga, s.s., (ith Fob.

EXPORTS.

The Dakota, p.s., for Honolulu and San Francisco : —From Auckland—l pel, 37 bags fungus, John Reid ; 13 bales flax, Henderson and Macfarlane; 223 bales wool, John Eoberton & Co. From Southern Ports— 7">7 bales wool, 2 packages. From Sydney, 127 |>ackages.—Henderson & Macfarlane, agents.

The mail steamer Dakota took her depar ture this afternoon for Honolulu and San Francisco with the following passengers : — Captain Chapman, Captain Cleary, Messrs. T. Campbell, C Edwards, H. King and infant, M. Martenoya, C. D. Brown, 0. W. Turner, wife, son, and daughter, A. Smith, J. Kingston, wife, and three children, T. Kingston, J. Bridges, G. Thomas, J. E. Dodson, J. Keans, H. Taggart, P. Symes, B. Keesing, £. Butler, G. Wagner, W. King, H. J. Fisher, W. Bowen, J. Jackson, T. Wood, Isaac Moses, Mr and Mrs T. Jackson, Mr and Mrs Eoach and child, Mr and Mrs Brogan, Mr and Mrs Huston, Miss Leetham, Jennie Kimball, Mr and Mrs Pulfred, Eliza Sheridan, Maiy Sexton, Mr and Mrs Home, Miss R. Murray, Mrs J. G. Buck. Total, XX The brig Moa left Melbourne for this port on the Oth inst. The s.s. Taranaki arrived yesterday after noon in the Manukau from Southern ports with, the following passengers :— Saloon : Mr and Mrs Ireland, ("apt. Loverock, Mr Carrow, Mr Nalder, Mr and Mrs Knight, Mr and Mrs Young, Mr and Mrs Gibbs, Mrs Carman, Mrs Kinnebrough, Mr Autridge, Miss Brewer, Mr Davis, Mrs Lowe, Mrs Harley, Mrs Hooker and two children, Mr Kidd, and nine in the steerage. The ship Norham Castle arrived at New castle from this port on the 10th inst. The brig Albion arrived at Newcastle on the 11th inst. The barque Bella Mary will leave for Hobart Town direct on Saturday next. Consignees of goods by the Lochnagar are requested to go through the usual formalities and take delivery of their goods. The p.s. Challenger will leave at five o'clock this afternoon for Wangarei, &c. The Polar Star is now taking in her cargo of guano left here by the barque Eobert. The p.s. Oomerang, arrived from Northern ports this afteenoon.

COMMERCIAL.

Mr L. W. Eaton held a sale of fruit ex Hero at his mart to-day. There was a good attendance. The following are the qiiota tions :—Apples, 2d to 3d per ft. ; pears, 2d to 2^d ; pine apples, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per doz. ; oranges, lid per doz. ; lemons, Is Sd per doz. ; grapes, 7d per lb. ; plums, 7d per 11).

Sydney, January 16. —The import markets are dull. Teas are largely held, and move very slowly. The cargo ex Janet Stewart was offered, but withdrawn for higher rates. A line of fine congous has been quitted at the rate of £10 per chest. In liquors we have still to report a marked scarcity of all de scriptions of beer. Queensland rum has a moderate inquiry. Brandies flat. Candles are looking up ; some holders of De Pvoubaix ask lO^d. ~" Mauritius sugars ex Windhover were sold at from £37 15s to £41 10s for fine yellows and white crystals, and £36 for a line of medium counters.

Melbourne, January 15. — Sugars are selling readily at £36 for yellows, and £39 10s for fine whites. Teas are in mo derate demand. Flour is moving off at £14 10s; Kent hops, Is. 8-ld ; maize, 2s 3|d to 2s 9d. There have been consider ablesales of barley ; 10,000 bushels Victorian and Californian, 4s to 6s ; Patna rice, £18 ; timber and flooring show a decided advance ; 287 packages brandies auctioned— MartelPs, 6s 9d ; assorted Vineyard, 4s 9d to 5s ; Hen nessy's case, 25s 6d '. new wheat, os 8d to 5s 9d; New Zealand, 5s 9cl. A London telegram states that BBH bar iron is £13, and°sheet £17, at the works ; and that cop per,*tiiiplates, and hardware have advanced from 10 to 15 per cent.

Adelaide. —Telegrams of January 16 re ports : —Wheat is still firm, and is coming forward slowly, but there is not much doing Buyers are offering 4s. sd. ; sellers, for immediate delivery, are asking 4s. 6cl.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below :—

MKETINGS. Watchman, Grahamstown, 24th January Nil Desperandum, Cororaandel, 24th January Lynch's Flat, Gororaandel, 25th January Dauntless and Sink to Kise, Grahamstown, 27th Ked Queen, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 2.30 p.m. 28th January Middle Star, Star, Mechanics Institute, Auckland, 3 p.m., 28th January Kuranui, Mr Tothill's office, Auckland, 1C a.m., 28th

January „ , , Yon Tempsky, Company's office, Queen street, Auck land, 3 p.m., 33th January Una, Shortland, 30th January Ruby, Grahamstown, 31st January Durham Ox, Grahamstown. 3]st January Morning Star, Grahamstown, 31st January Hauraki Saw Mill Company, Mr Bennett's oflice, Shortland street, Auckland, 2 p.m., 3rd February Central Italy, ISHahamstown, 4th February Green Harp, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m.,

10th February New Golden Pa, Mrß. Home's office, Shortland street, Auckland, noon 12th February Bonshaw, Mr Baber's office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland. 2 p.m., 13th February

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close .as Under :— For Thames, this day, at ;>.31) 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 Russell, Wangaroa and Mongonui, per Comerang, to-morrow, at noon. Il' or Mahurangi, Matakana, AVaipu, &c, per Lady Bowen, on Saturday, the 35th inst., at 10 a.m. (Signed) S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

DEATH.

Jones.—On January -i, at his residence, Brisbane street, Hobart Town, F. B. Jones ; aged GO years.

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

THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1873.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, Fov the futiu'e in the distance,

And the good that we can do,

The death of the ex-Emperor of the

French is an event that will evoke a

deep interest throughout the civilised world. Probably it would have been

more sensational had he died in the

purple, but there are few who have taken any interest in the historical

events of the last quarter of a century who will not be moved at the final disappearance from the stage of one who was so long the arbiter of peace and of war —the "Man of Mystery," and of fear to Europe. Viewed as a mere life-time, his has been one of the most eventful in history ; and though his reign has not produced that perma nent result on the constitutions and relations of European nations which was once so confidently anticipated, it gave a complexion to politics that wilJ be slow in fading away. To the seers who peep and mutter the late poten tate has afforded an endless theme for fanciful speculation, and the resem blance of his name to Apollyon, the curious results of arithme tical investigation of his name to discover the number of the Beast, his identity with Antichrist, and the superhumanachievementsin subjecting the world to his sceptre, must all be scattered to the winds by the an nouncement that the illustrious exile at Chiselhurst is dead. But it required not the unbridled imagination of prophecy-mongers to invest the late Emperor with interest. His own ac tions were thrilling enough at the time, and even now, when vieAved as history closed by the death of the chiel actor, they present one of the most re markable pages in history. Borne up by a superstitious belief in his destiny he ventured on what provoked the ridicule of all mankind ; but borne up by the same idea he succeeded in realising his hopes, and the whole world wondered. He has had ex perience of the world's frowns and smiles as few have ever had. fiidiculed as a pretender to his uncle's throne, he was represented as a burlesque of his uncle's ability, and as Napoleon the Little he was pictured by Punch as trying to strut along in the bor rowed clothing of the Great Napoleon. And yet, though not a warrior, he showed an ability that his uncle never possessed, and for many years wielded a power over Europe that the G-reat Napoleon had longed for in vain. And then, when fortune failed him, the world, true to its instincts, again railed at him as a pretender, and affected to believe that his greatness was all a sham, and that his abilities were a fiction. History, we do not doubt, will do justice to Napoleon the Third, and without wholly condoning the violence by which he rose to power, will regard him as one of the greatest men that ever appeared on the stage of European politics. The fact that his armies were scattered before the German powers will not be regarded as affecting the question. "Whatever may have been the actual military strength of Trance, the late Prince ex ercised a moral influence over the courts and the powers of Europe dur ing almost the whole of his reign that has been wielded by none before him. As for France he had raised her to a position of commercial prosperity and political power to which her past afforded no parallel; and though the military spirit and organization which it had been his policy to foster drove him on reluctantly to rush on Ger many and destruction, history will do him the justice of admitting that the late Emperor had more sincere de sire for the welfare of the people, more generous impulses, and genuine chivalry, as well as more real ability, than the whole swarm of beer-swilling fat-headed German princes and prince lings, before whose combination he fell. Had it not been for the unfortunate step that involved himself and Prance in one common ruin he would have been, at his death, mourned as the i

greatest, as he has been the best mon- j arch France has ever known; and we mistake the temper of the French nation if the death of Napoleon will ' not largely condone the last false i step, and if the affections of that im- I pulsive chivalrous people will not en- j twine themselves around the young Prince Imperial as representative of a dynasty that, with all its sorrows and the miseries it may have caused, is still enthroned in the heart of hearts of the ! French people. To the nations of Europe the death of Napoleon will be the cause of varied feelings. But whatever others may feel there is not a subject of Queen Victoria but should hear of this event with gen uine sorrow. Through good report and bad report, in time of trial as well as of prosperty, and generally in the face of the most ungrateful and un just misrepresentation, the Emperor Napoleon never swerved in his loyalty to England ; and whatever may have been his other faults ho was the truest steadiest friend to England that ever sat on the throne of France.

The "watermen of the harbour have really

a grievance, and much as we respect Captain Casey as a worthy citizen and a valuable member of the Harbour Board, we do not hesitate to raise our voice for this cause that lacks assistance. "We do not deny the right of any man to make money in any way he can, but we do deny the right of the Har bour Board to exact license fees from the watermen and then allow one of their own

members (Captain Casey) to send the steamer "Lady Bowen" to deprive the water men of the privileges for Avhich they have paid. All day long to-day that steamer has been doing waterman's work—carrying passengers for fares within the harbour —plying between the wharf and the Dakota. If the watermen by combina tion or otherwise had been trying extortion on the public, in such circumstances the Harbour Board would probably be justified in placing a steamer in commission for the pro tection of the public. But nothing of the kind is charged against the watermen. Their calling is a hard and_not a lucrative one, aiid on such an occasion as the arrival of a

steamer creating any interest among the public they are fairly entitled to all the little profits that may fall to their lot. What, we would ask, are the privileges conferred by the Harbour Board on these watermen in return for their fees ? They are obliged to conform to very stringent regulations ; they must be at the beck and call of the public at all hours ; they must not charge beyond a certain fare, and surely in return they are warranted in ex pecting that they shall be protected from un licensed and illegitimate trading. We look on it as a wrong done not merely to the watermen but to the public, Avhose interest it is to have at all times available a i class of steady and reliable men engaged as watermen ; and if there are any little per- I quisites legitimately pertaining to the calling it is not right to allow a steamer to swoop down and pick them up. If this is so, it will unquestionably tend to drive some of the best of the watermen to other occu pations, which will, in so far, be an injury to the public. This is really a hardship and a wrong. The watermen pay licenses not only for themselves, but for their boats ; and so great is the competition, aud so little employ ment, that they have difficulty in earning the means of subsistence. If the Harbour Board was not about the rottenest corporation in the colony such a wrong would at once be righted; but, as there is scarcsly, if really, one member of the Board who is not engaged in looking almost exclusively after his own interests in the Board-room, we have not the least expectation that they will interfere with Captain Casey's little gains. He will help them each to roll a log some other time, and so they will close their eyes and wink very hard at the Lady Bowen doing water man's work. Is there one honest member of the Harbour Board that is not afraid to take up this question of unlicensed and improper ' interference with the watermen? Let steamers keep to steamers' work, but do not suffer them to come in at irregular intervals and interfere with the livelihood of a body of hardworking men, who are at the service of | the public from week to week, and both day | and night. We cannot close without ex pressing our surprise that Captain Casey, who is generally understood to feel for the honest working man, should himself coun tenance such a thing as taking the bread out of the poor man's mouth. The man John Mallay died in the hospital at 2.30 p.m. to-day from the wounds inflicted upon him di;ring the recent serious affray at Drury. The members of the Sir George Grey Cadet | Coaps will parade this evening, at seven o'clock, in the Barracks for their usual bi weekly drill. A full muster is requested as a meeting will be held after parade. We understand that Mr. Rayner, the tragedian, leaves to-day by the Taranaki to fulfil a theatrical engagement in Christchurch. The lady Avho accompanied Mr llayner to Auckland, Miss Fanny Morgan Phelps, is compelled to return to Sydney by the Hero on account of failing health. The annual meeting of the Quebec Gold Mining Company convened to be held this day at Mr It. Home's office for the elec tion of directors, adoption of report and balance-sheet, &c, lapsed for want of a quorum. Notice is given that the partnership hitherto existing between John Street and John Sceats has been dissolved by mutual consent. The Exchange Hotel, corner of Durham and Queen - streets, has changed hands, the business having been disposed of to Mr Maurice Sullivan, formerly proprietor of the Aurora Hotel,

A pui'se of twenty-five sovereigns was pre sented on Tuesday evening to Brother J. M. McLaren, of the Lodge Sir Walter Scott, of the Thames, for his eminent services to the lodge during the past year. Bank of New Zealand shares were quoted on the Sydney stock exchange on January 17 with buyers at £17 ; sellers, £18. Tookey's shares : sellers at 20s. The energetic Dean of Adelaide lately organised some sixpenny popular concerts for a charitable purpose. Some differences arose between the reverend gentleman and his organist, who was a principal attraction, and really brought the most of the grist to the charitable mill. The organist resigned, and launched a Parthian arrow, in the shape of a request for knowledge as to disposition !of the money proceeds which he had handed to the Dean." But the Dean stood on his dig nity—coiild a Dean be expected to bandy questions with an organ grinder? If, how ever, anyoue could identify the particular sixpence he had paid for admission to the Mission Concert, and would call at the deanery, he —the Dean — would be happy to give an explanation. This is ingenious, but not original. In the fine old days of the repeal agitation, when " the rent " urjed to pour in upon Daniel O'Comiell, an impecu nious young doctor.j stationed himself, with a plate in hand, near the chapel door. When the plate was quite full he put the con tents in his pocket. Arrested and brought before a magistrate, he pleaded ''■ that he wanted the money much more than Mr O'Comiell ; that he hadn't asked anybody for it ; and that if anybody would come forward and identify his sixpence or shilling lie would be delighted to return it." Cf course there Avas no more case against him than against the worthy Dean.-—,-Egles, in the Australasian.

At the Education Board, yesterday after noon, the |City and Suburbs School Com mittee's report of meetings which have been held for the purpose of causing enquiries to be made as to the possibility of obtaining suitable buildings for schools, and for power to constitute districts and elect school com mittees, was received and adopted. Mr O'Sullivan reported that he had visited Panmure and Otahuhu, and would re commend one school for each district. The question of investing the funds of the Board, on the motion of Mr Sheehan, was re ferred to the Finance Committee. Mr Win. Johnson's appointment as master of Hamilton school was approved. The Board considered it desirable that an investigation should be made into the complaints of Mr Sinclair, of Kawrihohori, touching certain

"calumnies alleged against him." Several letters were read from persons in country

dictricts, aLo a letter from ('apt. Heale, de clining to receive payment for the part he took in the Grammar School examination, when the meeting was adjourned until Thurs day next at the usual hour. The examiners reported the result of the contest for pro vincial scholarships to be : —Open scholar ships (two to be clacced) : The highest number of marks, 582, was obtained by Hi.'_, r3- The candidates who come next are Eattray and Macky, who have obtained an equal number of marks, viz., 547. Scholarships confined to pupils of common schools (three to be allotted) : McGechie, 521 (Otahulm) ; Shaw, 520 (Otahuhu); Wilson, 469 (Papa roa, Kaipara). The result is that Rigg, McGechie, Shaw, and Wilson obtain scholar ships of £30 each, tenable for two years, with free tuition at the Auckland Grammar School. In the ca^e of Rattray and Macky (ties) the Scholarships Committee will have to decide between the candidates. The transfer books of the Kuranui Gold Mining Company are closed until noon to morrow, when a dividend of 2s 6d per share will be payable.

There is a new excellent and efficient amateur band of Christy Minstrels amongst the officers and men of H.M.S. Dido now lying in this port. Could they not be per suaded to give an entertainment at the City Hall or elsewhere on behalf of one or more of our local charitable institutions '! The watermen of the port are desirous of being informed whether the eighth race on the programme for Regatta Day is intended to be rowed in watermen's boats only 1 or is it implied to bo rowed by licensed watermen in watermen's boats ? We should fancy the latter is intended, although such is not stated.

The annual public meeting of the Auckland Dispensary will be held on Friday afternoon, the 31st inst., at the Mechanics' Institute. Sir, —Can you inform me what the Bis marck's directors are about ? A valuable mine is lying comparatively idle ; and why ? Six months ago there was a great talk about Bennett's battery, which was to crush for various claims on the Kennedy's Bay side of the range. Shareholders said olairas have been waiting patiently; the tramway is ready, but no move is made towards the erection of a battery. I am informed that a water-right has been secured by parties who make no use of it. If they cannot carry out their plans the Government should re enter and let others come forward and erect crushing machinery farther up the range. The money would be forthcoming if the pro ject were started. —Yours, &c, A Share- HOLDER, A general meeting of the Seamen's Mutual Benefit and Protection Society will be held this evening, at the Thames Hotel, at eight o'clock.

In a review of the progress of this colony the Sydney Morning Herald says :—" New Zealand has a healthy climate, and the annual increase by births' over deaths is now close upon 8,000 per annum ; to that, alto gether apart from immigration, there is the element of steady advance. The increase from this source is greater in proportion than that of New South Wales, the population of the smaller colony being only about half that of the 1 larger—our rate of natural in crease being under II.CDO per annum. The Royal Magnet Variety Troupe of artistes were equally attractive in their graceful performances last night, and there was a large and attentive audience. The programme was mostly a repetition of the scenes of the preceding night. Mr Fred Clifton was equally good in his much admired serio-comic song, " The Doctor says I'm not to be Worried ;" and excessively ludicrous in "Sarah Walker," which was admirably executed ; his '' Silly Billy" too, was. life-like and sustained. " Lottie" was as good as ever in the single trapeze, and in her flights and somersaults with her brothers. Mr Herman, an old favourite, was excellent with his singular variations on the violin, of which instrument he is a perfect master. Fanny Sara, in her Sims Reeves' imitation, sang " My Pretty Jane " amid the frequent applause of the audience ; her little plaintive song, " Good Night Darling," was beautifully rendered. The marble pedestal dance, by Messrs Buckley and Holly, brought rounds j of applause. The performances concluded with the banjo duet, of " Going to the | Shucking." We may add that the Magnet j Troupe is far above the average merit of ' troupes, and forms an excellent and reason- . able evening's entertainment. Those desirous of forming a " Lodge of Good Templars " are requested to meet at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion this evening, at a quarter to eight o'clock,

The journeymen butchers of Auckland held their adjourned meeting last night at Sceats' Hotel, with Mr Fenton in the chair. The chief part of the business was the passing of the resolution that, on and after Monday next, the journeymen butchers should com mence working for twelve hours a day, and that the masters be requested to close their shops at six p.m. A deputation was then appointed to wait upon the masters not present to obtaiu their ascent to the terms of the resolution.

'Che following severe strictures on placing young girls behind the bars of public-houses is suggested to the Few Yorlc Herald by a " Barmaid Show " which took place in Lon don : —-"The barmaid is the agent of the pub lican in dispensing beer. She (for the sex is female) is a bedizened creature, a frivolous creature, a hard-worked creature, whose duty it is to stand behind the bar of liquor stores and pump beer for the multitude, receiving in exchange the pennies for the landlord and all the maudlin stuff which men are capable of uttering in a woman's ears for lier own share. How shocking this must be at times can be calculated by the ratio in which drinking induces immoralities to bubble filthily "from lewd lips. This is her lot year in and year out ; and what wonder if she is generally weak in the end and some thing to be hidden away from the eye of day. It is in fact a huge school of gradual debaiichery for women, from whose depths a tavom-ed few, a very few, can escape. Amid the blaze of the tawdry gin palace she drinks in the infection in the air ; perhaps she assists the process by draughts from the brandy keg, at first to put a Hash in her eyes, at last as necessity of her feverish existence. The barmaid is generally a physical attrac tion, and chosen for her points by the land lord as one would choose a horse. She must keep up this appearance and cultivate slang as another portion of her stock-in-trade. The refined taste which in England demands this sad exhibition of womanhood has, however, of late, gone a step further, and got together an exhibition of this very class. Fifty flashy girls were set behind fifty bars in a place on the suburbs of London, and the British public were invited to come and guzzle beer, and in guzzling to note their admiration of the barmaid to their fancy by dropping a ballot in her favour. A prize of a gold watch was to be the guerdon of her who took the most money and received the larg est number of votes. And the British public came in its thousands to swill, to talk slang, to guzzle, and to vote that fifty girls might be booked as surely for perdition as their nonsense could inspire. But then to look be yond and observe the thousands of barmaids in London longing for and enjoying the fame of Miss Somebody, who could pump so much more beer, look so much prettier, or so much faster, and talk much slang !It is safe to say that nothing more demoralizing : than this system exists in any country, ! whether for the luckless girls themselves or for the silly youths or sillier men whom these beauties of the beer barrel so often lure into dishonesty and crime by only listening to and smiling at their inanity and hinted or open indecency of conversation. It is a process which has its revenge on both sides, for the bedizened barmaid is held in the toils she has drawn around her admirers."

The s.s. Hero reported at the Customs tins morning. We were indebted yesterday to Mr Cogswell, purser, for the prompt delivery of our tiles and other favors. The Hero will take her departure for Sydney and Melbourne on the 27th inst.

VOLUNTEER FIRING.— This Morning.

The following is a list of the scores of the firing for representatives at Mount Eden range this morning. Eight have qualified themselves, but only live are allowed for the Auckland district by the Government re gulations. The first five names are the successful competitors :—

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M.)

DRUNKENNESS

Four men were lined 10s. each and costs, or the alternative of 48 hours' hard labour. CHARGE OK ASSAULT. William Cole was charged by Joseph Martin Avith assaulting his son, Samuel, Martin, at Paniell, on Monday last. The defendant requested an adjournment until to-morrow for the production of a witness, and for retaining counsel. His Worship said that he had yesterday seen the boy, and all he could say was that he never saw such a fearfully lacerated back, —it was one of uhe most barbarous cases of flogging he had ever ueen, and the party who inflicted the chastisement deserved most severely to be punislied. The defendant denied that he had done so, and attempted to make an explanation, but the Court told him to be silent, and wait until to-morrow morning, at which time the case would be adjourned till. BILKING THE TOLL. Alfred Smith, was charged by M. E. McGarry, the lecsee of the Newmarket toJl gate, with forcibly parsing through the toll on the 31st ult. with a cart and two horses, to evade payment of the toll, amounting to 9d. Mr Joy appeared for the informant; Mr. W. H. Kicsling for the defendant. The toll collector stated that when the man passed through lie refused to pay toll, alleging as an excuce that he had been through the Mount Eden toll-gate, but failed to produce a ticket. He afterwards forced his way throxigh the toll, together with his ! man, and used very foul language. Mr Kissling submitted that as complainant had not produced his lease the case must break down. His Worship took a contrary view, and considered that the plaintiff was the acknow ledged lessee. Mr KiLsling urged that his client had no intention to evade payment. His father was in the habit of paying the tolls in a lump sum, but in this instance the lessee refused to take the money, and preferred taking these proceedings. Evidence was given to this effect, and it Avas admitted that the defendant had not paid the toll at Mount Eden gate, there being

no one there to receive it or give him a ticket. A nominal fine of Is. and costs was in flicted, amounting in all to 3(>s. A similar case, against Thomas Oarr carter to the defendant's father, was dealt with in the same manner, His Worship re | marking that tollgate-keepers must be pro tected . . , 7 Mr McGarry hoped his Worship would caution the defendant not to repeat the act. His Worship thought that would be un necessary ; they knew the law to their cost now, and would not offend again, as a five pound penalty would be hanging over their heads. This was all the business.

SUPREME COURT.—CIVIL SITTINGS.

YESTERDAY.—(Continued).

Before His Honor Sir G. A. Arney, Chief

Justice.)

ANGUS V. HKWIK". John Angus, the plaintiff in the case, proved that he purchased a portion of the land, marked red on the plan, and the part edged purple was taken by defendant, and which plaintiff now claimed as his. Ackland, in lSbb, leased it to the defendant Hewin, who still refuses to give up possession of the same. He could not say who had been receiving the rent; none had fallen to his share. He took the land of the two natives, Matiu te Poono and Hirim Ngapapaka, jointly with Mr Sargent. The lease was prepared by Mr Macdonald. Mr Davies, interpreter, acted for the natives.

THIS DAY.

His Honor took his seat at ten o'clock. The case of Angus v. Hewin was resumed this morning. James Edward Allen, surveyor, of the In spector of Surrey's Office, Auckland, pro duced a plan of Kauwaeranga No 18, Grahams town, and shewed, assuming that a Govern ment roadwasrunningthrongh Kauwaeranga, that he could mark out accurately the pieces of land out of which the dispute has aricen, but not without reference to the Government plan. Edward Lambert, clerk and collector of the Thames, deposed that in ISOS he was employed by Mr Macdonald, solicitor,! and that he wrote the deed with the exception of the plan on the margin ; he believed Mr Macdonald drew the plan, but he could not positively say that he did it. He was present at the signing of the deed, and was an at testing witness. The matter of the deed was interpreted to the natives by Mr Davis, and then signed by the parties. Mr Hesketh submitted to the Court that as it was clear that the original deed had . been materially altered the document was vitiated, and could not go before the jury, as the genuine lease of the land in dispute, and that a nonsuit should be recorded. His Honor said that he should certainly send the case to the jury, and if it should end in a nonsuit he should be disposed to re serve it until the opinion of the jury shall be known. Mr Hesketh proceeded to address the jury at some length, and called upon Alfred John Nicholas, who said that he lived at Hikutaia, and in ISGB, at the time of the original lease, he was active referee and contract manager for the natives, and nego tiated with Sargent and Angus for the piece of land in dispute, the boundaries of which he described. William Ackland deposed that he was the person of that name mentioned in the lease, and that he knew the land in question in Owen-street, and that he held a lease of the land, and let a portion of it, which he des cribed to Mr Hewen in IS6B. He was still in possession, and continued to pay rent to ■witness with his knowledge and consent, and that he had paid his rent quarterly to the natives in advance at the rate of £17 per annum. [Left sitting.]

THE EDUCATION ACT, 1872.

To the Editor of the Evening Star. Str, —When I opened school on the 13th January I read the 34th clause of the " Education Act, 1572," and begun the New Year with twenty-eight pupils. But the Chairman of the School Committee having circulated a report in the district that the school is still under the old Act, four of my pupils have been withdrawn this week, the father of two of the children assuring me that he was unable to pay under tht, n , old Act; and the parents of thfili< other two had four children at school, and probably consider that paying for two will be quite enough for them under the old Act. How many more of my pupils I may lose through Mr Sheehan (for I presume that this report arose in consequence of his motion) I cannot say. But is it not a pity that, after the passing of an Act for the education of the people, some of its most salutary clauses should be rendered in operative at the very outset by the tion of the Central Board of Education?— PS.—On examining our school account book I find one parent paid as high as £1 13s G-Jkl for five children for a single quarter ; but the charges paid for 1871 and 1872 are as follow :—1871: Four pupils, £5 11s Sd; three pupils, £4 3s 9d ; two pxipils, £2 15s lOd ; one pupil, £1 7s lid. 1872 : Four pupils, £5 11s 4d ; three pupils, £4 3s 6d ; two pupils, £2 15s Sd ; one pupil, £1 7s lOd. The highest rate per pupil per quarter has been 7s od, and the lowest 6s 6d. You can compare these rates with the rates under the new Act, and your readers will be able to judge what system of rating is the cheapest. —I am, &c, A Country Teacher. January 20, 1873.

STEAM FERRY SERVICES.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sir, —Whilst so much speculation is rife in ferry services permit me to bring under the notice of capitalists and speculators with small means the pecuniary advantages that are at present offered for a steam ferry service between Onehunga, Waiuku, Mauku, Awitu, and other thriving settlements in the Manu kau. The time required for a small steamer of light draught to perform the return trip from Onehunga to ports named and back, with freight and passengers, would be about twenty-four hours. Sailing cutters, at pre sent employed on this trade, are often a week or more (according to wind) performing one trip, thus depriving settlers of any certainty of arrivals and departures. I believe that, apart from the subsidy offered by the Pro vincial Government for a steam ferry service on this line, the patronage offered by farmers, flax-factors, and proprietors of other local industries in districts named to the first steamer placed on this line would prove highly remunerative and sufficient to keep one steamer constantly employed. I am further informed on reliable data that a steam service in the Manukau would be largely patronised by excursionists, tourists, and others. The trip round (with passen gers only), calling at several places of interest, could be performed in seven or eight hours. Information relative to quantity and measurement of goods, &c, conveyed to and from places named (water and road, carriage) during the past quarter can be easily obtained,—! am, &0., A New Identity,

CITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS.

A ■viKFTixtJ of the City Improvement Com missioners was held in the office, Albert Barracks, this morning. Present — His Honor the Superintendent (in the chair), Messrs Jones, Macready, Heale, and Lusk. REPORT UPON PLANS OF IMPROVEMENT TO THE BARRACKS. The committee appointed to decide upon the plans sent in brought tip their report. The committee bad met when, after discus sion, they had resolved :— 1 Plan signed " Bus in Urbe. "—Far tV> folio wine reasons amongst others, viz. thr ■ ■ Ar°yle-street and Rotten-row have gradien Drastically impossible, while the only oth_ ' feature in the proposed plan is the continua tion of the military road, this plan is mehgi. ble for the premium. 2 " Mahomet."—lt was agreed on the motion of Mr Heale, in committee, that as the street from Victoria-street to Princes street is Oil an impossible gradient, and the plan generally affords no suggestions, this plan is ineligible for the premium. "An Placet. "—The committee agreed that though this plan is much more elaborate and complete than any other it does not furnish any scheme by which the requirements of the Act, with reference to the road from Victoria-street to Princes-street, may be car ried into execution, and as in other respects it does not contain suggestions of much utility to the Commissioners this plan is not eligible for the premium. "Florcat, Auckland. "—On the motion of Mr Heale, the committee resolved that this plan, though in many respects imperfect, as it affords a practicable way of making the road required by the Act from Victoria street to Princes-street, and its continuance along Coburg-street, and is the one that affords most suggestions likely to assist the Coinmicsioners, is, of the four sent in, the most entitled to the premium offered. > On the motion of Mr Jones the committee resolved—" That a report be made to the Commissioners to the effect that this com mittee has been over the ground from Vic toria-street to Symonds-street, in company with Mr Anderson, city surveyor, and that they have requested that gentleman to cause plans, sections, and estimates of the road from Wellesley-street to Symonds-street to be submitted to the meeting on Thursday next." r , . . It was determined by the Commicsioners that as to few members were present con sideration of the report of. the committee be postponed until next meeting. LETTER FROM "AX PLACET. A letter from "Au Placet" was read, in timating his intention to attend and protest against the award made by the Commissioners with reference to the plans. The Secretary was instructed to reply that no award had yet been made. MR ANDERSON'S REPORT. The report, with plans of the road from Wellesley-street to Symonds-street, prepared by Mr Anderson, City Surveyor, m accord ance with the request of the committee, were laid before the meeting. On the motion of Mr Heale the plan was approved of. It was agreed that the new street be cailea Wellesley-street East. It was ako resolved that as coon as specifi cations are completed tenders be called for the work, returnable on Monday fortnight. BANK ACCOUNT.

It was agreed that the bank account should be operated upon by any two members, counter-signed by the Secretary j but all accounts must be passed by the Board. OEFTCES AND BUILDINGS.

The committee appointed to draw up a report on the buidings in the Barracks brought up their report. They recommended rents making a total of £1063 Bs. Correspondence with the Government re garding the vacation of buildings in the Barracks was read. A letter from Mr Hall, requesting that the militia office in the Drill-shed be not inter fered with. The Secretary was instructed to reply that the Commissioners did not in tend to interfere with the shed. It was resolved that the Police, Grammar sehool, Waikato Railway, and Immigration quarters be given rent free until the build ings are requiredj; notice to be given to the occupants of the remainder of the buildings that rent will be charged in accordance with the committee's report. ' MESSENGER. c It was agreed that Mr Dillon, messenger to Various Government offices, be allowed to > a °ccupy the rooms behind the Commissioner's \iffice, on condition that he keep the place in order. LOAN. The committee appointed to inquire upon what terms money could be raised received an extension of time to bring up a report. Mr Jones, one of the committee, stated that liberal terms had been offered by the Bank of New Zealand. The meeting then adjourned till Tuesday fortnight.

SHOTOVER No. 1 GOLD MINING COMPANY, REGISTERED.

MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS.

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in this Company was held this afternoon, in the Insurance Buildings, Mr D. Dickson, in the chair.

The directors' report -was read as follows :— The directors beg to lay before the share holders the following brief rej)ort of what has been done during the past-half year. At the extraordinary meeting held on the 17th July last the directors were requested to make what arrangements they might deem advisable with adjoining mines. They accordingly ceased operations on Company's account, and put themselves in communica tion with the Kuranui G.M.Co., the result of which was an agreement by which the pumps, engine, and winding gear was handed over to that company for a period of six months, from the Ist August, the entire cost of working being borne by them. Perna^ji<v was also granted to drive from the bottcgint the shaft into the All Nations and Lwg Drive mines. This arrangement your directors judged to be the best they could make under the circumstances, and the result has justified their opinion. The amount of driving done by the three companies was as follows : — Kuranui Company, 208 feet; All Nations, 155 feet ; Long Drive, 200 feet; but nothing of a payable character was met with. About a month since a lode was struck at the ex treme end of the All Nations drive, which released a large body of water, and had the effect of flooding the shaft, causing a suspension of pumping and driving by the above companies. It will be necessary now for the shareholders to decide upon some definite course of action. The directors abstain from recommending what that should be, but would simply state that it is imper ative to adopt one of three courses either to wind up the company and sell the property —amalgamate, if possible, with some adjoin ing claim or claims, or else to make a final call and carry on operations again at the lower levels, which would, how ever, involve the erection of a new and more powerful winding engine and gear, and. render &n increase of capital

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Names. 400 yds. Vol. Mills, Victoria Co. .. IS Vol. Boardman, A.lt.B 13 Lieut. Kitchen, Engineers .. 10 Sergt. AVai.en, Victoria Co. .. 10 Corp] Hay, A.R.B 17 Staff-Sergt. Son 11, A.R.B. .. 17 Sergt. Wat-on, Artilleiy Co. .. 17 Vol. Payne, Victov.'a Co 17 Vol. Coyle, Navals li) Lieut. Devore, A.R.B 14 Lieut. Someiville, A.E.B. .. 1C Ser?t. Cameron, A.R.B. .. 14 Capt. Morrow, A.R.B 11 Vol. Bowden, Victoria Co. .. 10 Sergt. Patterson, Otahuhu Co. 18 Vol. Henderson, Navals .. .. 14 Gunner Kelly, Artille:/ .. .. 13 Sergt. Trove, A.R.B 17 Sapper Barnett, Engineers .. 12 CJunner Skinner, Arti'lery .. 10 Vol. Oliver, Hobson Co 14 Corp. Partington, A.R.B. .. 12 Vol. A. Morrow, A.R.B. .. 12 3ergt. Little, No. 1 Co. A II.V. 9 Vol. E. Morrow, A.R.B 11 Corp. Barraclongh, No. 1 A.ll.V. 12 Corp. Biggs, Otahuhu Co. .. 11 Sapper Mc(ionagle, Engineers 10 Vol. Camp, No. 1 Co. A.R. V. 10

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CAN THE BEST MOLESKIN TROUSERS IN NEW ZEALAND BE SOLD FOR Gs. llT).? NO! T^KAPERS AND OTHERS outside JLy the Clothing Trade may offer such b' its to the public, fcutas THE CLOTHIER OF THE PROVINCE, and the only one whose business is exclusively confined to the manufacture and sale of Men's Clothing, I maintain that it cannot be done. I can, however, offer to the Working Men GENU IN E BA E. GAINS, being prepared to sell a pair of-Moleskin Trousers, equal in every respect to the (is. lid. article, FOR ss. 111.. And a pair of GT3^UI^TE Crown Moles, FOR GS. 1 1 1). And the best in New Zealand, FOR SS. 11 D. SAMUEL COO MEE S, MANUFACTURER & CLOTHIER,, SO & ISO, QUEEN-HTKEET.