SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET: This evening, 7.4 BUN-RI8E: To morrow morning, 4.40 HIGH WATER : This evening, 10.46 ; to-morrow morning, 11.21

ARRIVALS.

ipdybird, ss, Andrew, from Wellington Dauntless, schooner, from Honolulu Fortune, schooner, from Bay of Plenty (via Thames)

DEPARTURES.

IMPORTS

Per Ladybird, from South—2 cases, John Reid ; 1 tierce glass, J. Hart; 1 box malt, Must and Co. ; 3 hogshead, Williams and Co. ;| 1 Pgs, Chapman; 1 parcel, X,. Lusk; 4 cases drugs, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co. • 2 cases, J. Coupland ; 2 do, J. W. Hoare ; 2 do hams, Morton ; 2 do, Kohn ; 5 horse, Pied wood ; 8 pgs Combes fcDaldy ; 6 kgs butter, Bucholz ; 1 pkg, Barber ; 1 parcel, Wayte ; 2 pgs.Rev. A. S. Moss; 2,277baga oats, order; 1 box, J Henderson ; 1 parcel, Bucklancl • 1 parcel, ?, portmanteaus, Union Bank ; 11 cases fruit, Canham ; 2 boxes gold, Bank of N.Z. ; 112 bags coke, G. W. Binney; 1 parcel, Vause ; 1 case fruit, Hughes ; 19 cases do, Light ; 26 bales wool, 32 do, phormium, Dingle; 6 cases butter, Bennett ; 60 sacks bran, 27 sharps, Combes andDaldy; 1 brandy case, Mynott; 4 cases butter, Brand ; 11 cases, Hood ; 15 do, Barnes. Per Dauntless, from Honolulu : 400 bags, and 1,240 kegs sugar, Cruickshank and Co. ; 86 barrels molasses, W. J. CawkweU." Cruickshank & Co., agents. ■ • The schooner Atalanta cleared out at the Customs to-day for Napier, via Tairua, with 25,000 feet sawn timber. The schooner Tawera has cleared for the Thames in ballast. The Fortune has entered inwards from the Bay of Plenty, via the Thames, with whale oil and produce. The s.s. .Ladybird arrived in the Manukau at ten o'clock this morning from Southern ports. She brings the following passengers —Mr and Mrs Tolson and three children, Mrs Fendelow, Mrs Scott, Mrs Walker, Dr. Ellis, Messrs. McLeod, Hill, Willcocks, Arthur, Hughes, Messrs Dingle, Twigg, Spencer, Mitchell, Be Montell, and thirteen steerage. The fore-and-aft Hawaiian schooner Daunt less, 102 tons, Barrel, master, arrived from Honolulu last night with a cargo of sugar, con signed to Messrs Cruickshank and Co., and a quantity of melado for W. J. Cawkwell Captain Barrel, who is also the owner of the schooner, reports having left Honolulu Ist November j had light winds till making the Great Barrier on Monday lasfc. The S.E. winds were lost on 24deg. 53 S. Passed the Kemedec on Sunday last. Captain Barrel has not visited this port before, and not having a chart of the harbour, signalled the p.s. Challenger, which the schooner passed in Hauraki Gulf, and asked for one of the crew to take the vessel in. The mate went on board, and the Dauntless came up through the Eastern passage last night. Launch.—A new cutter, built by Messrs Sims & Brown for Messrs J. & D. Oxley, was launched this morning, at ten o'clock, from the builders' yards, under Fort Brito mart. The launch was a complete success. As soon as the dogs were removed the vessel glided swiftly and smoothly into the water. A bottle of wine was broken at her bows as the cutter began her descent, and the name of " The Fawn" was given her. The dimensions of the new vessel are as follows : —Length of keel, 45 ft; breadth of beam, 15ft; tonnage, 28 tons register. Messrs J. & D. Oxley have sold the cutter to Capt. Lewis, of the schooner Colonist, who in tends placing her in the timber trade between Auckland and the Thames.

COMMERCIAL.

I JAt Grant and Morton's grocery sale to-day' there was a full attendance of the trade, but little disposition to purchase, only a portion of the lines offered were disposed of at prices which would he unsatisfactory" to vendors. No other result could be expected in the face of so many recent auction sales of this class of goods and the glutted state of the market. , ~: : Calls. £ s. d. Date. Van 0 0 C Dec. 12 South British Insurance ■..-0,6 0 Dec. 17 New Zealand Shipping Co. .. 010 3 Jan. C Albion Coal Co. .. ... .. 015 0 Feb. 1

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails fwiLii Close as Under :— Tot Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morroW, at 10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Friday, at 1.30 p.m. For Opotiki; per Fanny Kelly, this day, at 5 p:m. For Russell, per Effie Meikle, to-morrow, at 9 a.m. ; For Tairua, per Atalante, to-morrow, at 11 a.m. » For Gisborne, per Rover, to-morrow, at S p.m. For New Caledonia, per Mariner, on Saturday next, at 11 a.m. .. . Per s.s. Phoebe, on Saturday, 13th inst., asunder :- For Australian Colonies, at 8 p.m. For Fiji, Sandwich Islands, United States of America,; Canada, British Columbia, Central, and South, America, and British and Foreign West Indies, at 8 p.m... For the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe, via San Francisco, at 8 p.m. : . s For money, orders, registered letters, and news papers, at sp.m. ; .{<: t.'ii . !\ ,i I (Signed) S. B. Bisa. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Holioway. -On November 20, at Nelson, Mrs J, Holloway of a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

Anslev—Bell— On the 10th instant, at St. Sepu-1 chre's Church, by the Rev B. T. Dudley, Gilbert Edwaid Ansley, ony son of the late Gilbert Ansley, Esq., of Honghton Hall, in the County of Hunting don, England, to Louisa Mary Toller, youngest daughter of the late Warwick Pearson Bell, Esq., of Warwick Lodge, County Derry, Ireland.

DEATH.

Pakker.—On the Sth instant, |at 22, Wellington street, Arnold Stewart, son of John Stewart Parker ; aged five months.

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

WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 10, 1873.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good thai we can do

It afforts us great satisfaction to learn tkat the legal proceedings arising out of the late Pakuranga election have come to an end, and that Mr J. Wallace and Mr H. S. Andrews are smoking the calumet of peace. As will be seen from another column Mr Andrews has made the amende Jionorahle, and we are confident it will be accepted as frankly and asunresenredlyasithasbeenmade. These election excitements are bothering at the time, but they do no harm if only settlers who have so warmly evinced their interest in the public weal will sink their differ ences in this fashion and let by-gones be by-gones. We are also glad to say that we have not been under the ne cessity of craving indulgence from the Good Templars. The "big drunk " has not taken place, some of the parties, to their credit be it;recorded, being imbibers only of " aqua pura." So all is well that ends well; and we do sincerely trust that nothing will again occur to disturb the genial good fellow ship that is known to exist among the gentle men residing in the district of which Ota huhu is the capital city.

We have very great pleasure in publishing the following communication. We admit that we were under the impression alluded to, and we cordially accept Mr Gillies' assurance that he was neither the writer nor inspirer of the articles in question :— "Auckland, 9th December, 1873.—Sir,—I have been informed that the allusions con tained in your article of Monday last to ' the inspiration and the pen that have given birth to the recent articles in the Herald attacking the Improvement Commissioners,' a pen which 'has been set in motion be cause of the opposition which has been given to the laying off a road intended to benefit merely private interests ;' ' a road attempted to be smuggled in on the south ' aide of the Grammar School,reserve,' were intended to apply to me. If such was your intention I will thank you to state it plainly, so that I may have an opportunity oi proving to you how grossly you have been misinformed as to facts. If such was not your intention I shall feel obliged by your doing me the jus tice of saying so.—l am, yours, &c, Thomas B; Gillies. To the Editor of the Evening Star. . . . i .

It may be noted as a remarkable occurrence that there was a clean charge-sheet at the Police Court this^ morning. Mr Beckham took his seat at the usual hour, and* the Clerk ordered tlie constable to call the first case. * The sheet was then held up with the significant "nil" written legibly upon it. The Resident Magistrate expressed his grati fication at this, and considered the happy change must be ascribed to the influence of Good Templarism. In our police report of Thursday last, in the case of Matilda Jones, alias Kelly, our reporter unintentionally gave the name of Braekenbury instead of Brackenridge as the gentleman who had interested;himself in favor of the young ■woman. We have to apologise to Messrs Braekenbury and Brackenridge for the mistake,

We have no objection to making public the fact that Mr. T. B. Hannaford is a Good Templar. On the contrary, it is exceedingly gratifying to our selves, as it must also be to Mr. Han naford's friends, to know that he has for saken his crooked ways ; but the announce ment, having once been made, for pity sake let it alone for a while, and we shall have no objection—say at the end of three months— to afford space for the information that Mr. T. B. Hannaford is still a Good Templar. We have, however, received no less than four letters from Mr. Hannaford developing the fact that his presence now adds dignity to the gatherings of the dis tinguished order. Wo hava admitted three of these, but finding it necessary to draw a line somewhere, fixed it at the fourth, a letter making a bitter personal attack on Mr John Sceats, 'of the British Hotel. Mr Hannaford has, it would appear, made a fool of himself by sending a letter to Mr Sceats, which the latter posted outside his door. On awaking to a sense of his position he addressed his manifold talents to the prepara tion of a vindication. No doubt it is of very great importance to Mr Hannaford to make some explanation, although scarcely of equal interest to the public, and as we have clone him so many good turns we would suggest that he should do us one by publishing his letter through the medium of our advertising columns. We have to-day received the following letter from Mr Hannaford with reference to the ex cluded effusion :—" Sir,—ln your Saturday's impression you gave a prominent position to to a letter I was compelled through Mr Madden to forward John Sceats, holding me up as a grinning post for all your readers, and if it is any satisfaction for you to know it most successful have you been in so doing. I wrote you a letter late on Saturday night explaining the provocation I had received, which caused that letter's trans mission. Now, sir, you have a very grandilo quent motto nightly topping your leading article. Have you carried it out in my case by suppressing my letter ? I know it is no use for me to call v.pon you at the office. I should bo met with an icy brow and the majesty of a Jupiter Tonans, and frowned out of your sanctum. I, however, contend that when any one is pinned insect wine in yourcolumns itisbut common justice to allow him room for replying, and so do away with the jeering laughter of the Auckland ninny hammers. This rule of procedure seems to be by you (at all events in my case) utterly ignored. Such being the case I pity your constituents. Poor benightod Takapuna leans indeed upon a Reed.—l am, &c, T. B. Hanxafokd.

The monthly inspection of tho Artillery Volunteers took place last night at the Drill shed. The muster was fairly good. Captain Featon put tho men through a series of movements, which were executed in a veiy steady manner.

The Royal Exhibition and promenade con cert in the City Hall continues to occupy a prominent position among our .city sights, and will, do ao for some time to come. Mr Gourlay oxhibited his favourite character to the life in the lively comedy of " The I'ights of Women," and Mrs and Miss Uourlay were equally successful in their impersona tions.

It is a Bacred and eternally true adage, " cleanliness is next to godliness," and one that should practically be remembered by the people at this season of the year. Auckland is not short of the purifying ele ment, and is not likely to be, even though the question of a water supply remains un settled until the next generation. There are plenty of opportunities for sea bathing, and for those who prefer privacy to the open waters along the shores of the Waitemata there is the solid rock bath at Smale's Point, where the refreshing and invigorating plunge may be had for a few wall-spent pence. We are told by advertisement that "the bath being excavated in the solid rock securen a firm footing, and with the stone steps along its whole length and breadth insures a Bafo aud pleasant batho to the most nervous as well as to the boldest swimmer." The great work of our medical officers and inspector of nuisances is comprised in a few words, namely, a war against dirt; and dirt leads to physical and moral degradation. 'Every reformer who has attempted to introduce cleanliness both of person and abode amongst the humbler classes of society knows that the tank is ah arduous and disheartening one, and that failures in individual cases are of frequent occurrence. If you can but induce persons to perform rogular ablutions they are almost certain to improve morally, and begin to feel something like Belf-respect; but if otherwise they become careless of 1 every true feature of manhood. In proof of this one need only look at the faces of those unhappy drunkards who daily appear in the High-street Police court. A drunkard never shows a clean, ruddy face. It is wonderful what soap and water will do, morally aud physically, for individuals and families. 111-constructed i badly- ventilated houses, and an insufficiency of water in narrow, demoralising thorough fares, in connection with an inordinate love of stupefying drinks, have much to do in fostering dirty habits among the lower orders, and in. filling local institutions, such as the gaol, the lunatic asylum, and the Home for Neglected and Destitute Children, with the victims of pernicious propensities. The Mayor and Captain Heale waited upon the Superintendent yesterday for, the pur ose of setting before, His Honor the ata.^i of the finances of the Domain Board. The deputation urged the necessity of funds being provided for fencing, draining, and works of improvement generally. At present ; the annual income of the Board was barely sufficient to cover the ordinary necessary ! expenditure. His Honor replied that the state of the provincial exchequer rendered it impossible for assistance to be rendered from that source, but he thought it probable the General Government might be induced to grant a small sum for the purpose stated. He would do his best to further the in terests of the Board. The* deputation thanked His Honor and retired.

The performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre last evening, though not quite so fully attended, was eminently successful, and the ballads and dances were 1Q loudly encored.' The singing of, Miss Wataon and Messrs Braham, Riley and O'Brien is above the average order, and cannot fail in giving ample satisfaction to the public. Madame Blanche and Mons. Hamew were also suc cessful. Mr Baker was pleasing in his song and dancea. To-night there will be an entire change of programme, when Harry Braham will .sing ' f Milk to my Tea," and Miss Watson will sing her serio-comic , ballad "Polly put the Kettle on." The Good Templars of the Auckland Pioneer Lodge will meet at the new Tem perance Hall, Albert-street, this evening, at half-past seven. We learn by the latest European intelligence that Prince .Bismarck has become a Good Templar,'arid in lieu of wine takes water. He has, moreover, sanctioned the opening of Templar lodges throughout the States of Germany. A shrewd lad belonging to a school a few miles from Auckland was questioned on matters pertaining to sacred history, and among other questions was asked why Adam and Eve were turned out of Paradise ? The boy, after a moment's hesitation, replied " Because they could not pay their rent." The teacher was silenced.

We have much pleasure in giving insertion to the following letter on the Choral Society. We may mention that the parts referred to were practised at rehearsal last night :-— " Sir,—l am exceedingly pleased with your remarks in this evening's Star respecting the forthcoming performance of the "Messiah" by our Choral Society and friends during Christmas week, and trust that it may be a success. Can it be true, however, that it is purposed to omit the following choruses :— "His yoke is easy," "Surely he hath borne our griefs," " And with his stripes," "He trusted in God," in addition to the usual omissions of the oratorio ? I can scarcely believe it. If such be the ca^e I have no hesitation in saying that the whole character of the work will be destroyed ; the connection of one chorus to another (or to the musical piece immediately preceding or following it) being absolutely necessary to the oratorio being properly understood, either musically or in relation to the subject the words them selves are intended to convey. If we are to have a performance of the "Messiah" let us have it in something like its entirety.— Yours, &c, X.Y.Z. Dec. 9, 1873.

We are sure the following paragraph from the Otago Daily Time.? cannot refer to the Star, which was never known to give pub licity to anything at all approaching " un warrantable and libellous language." Our morning contemporaries are evidently in for it, and it seems doubly hard upon them considering the harmless course they usually pursue. The Times says :—" Some of the Auckland newspapers have been making use of most unwarrantable and libellous language in regard to the action of the directors of the National Insurance Company, and we are glad to hear that these latter will in all probability proceed against one of these journals at least for the offence which has been committed. Joint stock companies of all kinds have hitherto been regarded by certain Auckland cliques as peculiarly their own, and the recent encroachments in this direction by the Otago people have led them to say things for which they should be made to suffer." We have been requested to state that at the meeting of the Tonic Sol-fa Society last night the secretary was asked whether an invitation had been sent requesting the class to co-oppearte with the Choral Society in tho porformanco of the Messiah. He stated that he had not yet received any intimation upon tho subject. The society numbers forty members. The Hawke's Hag Herald Btates, without vouching for the truth of the statement, that Kcnata Kawepo intends to institute proceed ings fqr damages, fixed at £3,000, against a member of the General Assembly for the alleged seduction of his adopted daughter. Home rule with a vengeance is now to be advocated by a journal which is shortly to be started in Dublin by the HomeEulc Club of London. Here is the programme it is to insist upon :—" The re-placement of the Lotd-Lieutenant by a Suzerian (with a nominal title of King), nominated by the Queen and elected by universal suffrage ; the establishment of diplomatic rela tions with foreign powers; the right of ' the people' to confer heriditary titles; 300 Peers and 3CO Commoners elected by universal suffrage to the Irish Parlia ment ; no Peer to sit in the House of Lords unless elected by the people ; tho right to establish an Irish army and | navy, to confiscate the estates of absentees, i and to order the sale of their estates; ico. I These are the leading "claims" of tho pro | gramme ; and one can easily fancy what a Bare-bones Parliament and "universal chaos" I would come out of it all."

By a typographical error in the advertise ment announcing the Christmas vacation at the public schools it was made to appear that the holidays will commence on the 12th inst. We are sorry to spoil the pleasurable antici pations created in the minds of the scholars, but the date should have appeared 19th instant, on which day the schools will break up, resuming duties on the 19th of January. Unfortunately the advertisement was for warded from our office to the morning papers, resulting in the perpetuation of the mistake.

A concert in aid of the fund for the pur chase of an organ for St. Mary's Church, Para ell, will take place in the Choral Hall to-morrow night. Mr J. H. Beale, the con ductor, has been actively preparing the vocalists for their various parts, and judging by the success that attended his efforts at the last concert wo feel justified in antici pating a musical treat of a very high order. In our advertising columns appears the programme, which we have only to draw attention to in order to assure lovers of music of its judicious selection. Several of the pieces are new to an Auckland audience, and all bear the imprint of the highest com posers. The talented Beale family perform singly and together, and their efforts alone wonld be sufficient to ensure the success of the concert.

A conversazione of a varied and very pleasant character in connection with the Presbyterian Church Assembly will be held this evening in the Choral Hall. The pro gramme is in two parts, affording an interval of ten minutes, and comprises a very choice selection of sacr«d and secular subjects. Among the sacred anthems and hymns we notice—"O, Be joyful in the Lord," "Before Jehovah's Awful Throne," one of the grandest of the paraphrases of Dr Watts ; the soul sthring anthem "My (Jod, look upon me," and the even-song of Simeon "Lord .now lettest Thou thy servant depart in peace." The ballad selection includes "The Last Rose of Summer," the pensive reflection of Moore's feelings; " Queen Mary's Prayer," "The Anchor's Weighed," and "Nil Desperandum." Madame and Miss Winter will take part in the proceedings both in music and song. Also, Messrs Harding,! Walker, Culpan, Reid, and Hill. 'The pieces will be interspered with brief addresses by Rev James Hill, (moderator), Revs M essrs Emslie, McKinney, Paton, and Patterson. The particulars of the entertainment are given in our advertise ment page. The music will commence exactly at half-past seven. The election for Albertland district has resulted in the return of Mr J. Shepherd. The numbers were—J. Shepherd, 29 ;E. Browne, 26. : ; The annual meeting of the Otabnhu Public Hall Company will be held in the hall on Friday evening for the purpose of considering the yearly report and the election of officers. The Victoria Company, with. Cadets, met for their usual drill last night under the command of Captain Derrom. A good proportion of members answered to the roll call, and the evolutions were well performed. We have received a copy of the BUBScrip» tion list in aid of the melancholy case alluded to in our issue of the 19th November. The list lies at our office for inspection by by any one interested. The total amount collected was £22 7s, out of which £9 11b was paid for sick-nurse and funeral expenses only, the balance being handed over for the support of the helpless children. i \ ■' At a meeting of the creditors of Abel Fletcher, a bankrupt, held in. the Trustee's office. Supreme *Court,| yesterday, the liabilities were found to be|£27o 11s 2d, with no assets. .

The Auckland Scottish Volunteers will meet for inspection parade this evening in the Drill-shed at half-past seven. Uniform, full dress. The members of the Auckland Rifle Brigade, in accordance with district orders, will undergo their monthly inspection to morrow evening in the Drill-shed. The Licensed Victuallers held a meeting yesterday, at Sceats' British Hotel for the purpose of considering their position in connection with the Licensed Victuallers' Ball. The finances, after deducted expenses, Avere found to be in a satisfactory condition, with a large balance in hand. It was pro posed to place the overphis -to the credit of a Licensed Victuallers' Association School Trust Fund. Five racehorses belonging to Mr Redwood, of Nelson, arrived to-day by the Ladybird. The Attorney-General, Mr Prendergast, arrived by the Phoebe to-day. We understand that Mr D. Cruickshank, Fijian Consul, has received a letter from the Fiji Government, stating that they will not be able to contribute anything towards tho San Francisco mail subsidy at present.

WRECK OF A MAIL STEAMER.

Thk Dauntless, which arrived last night, brings later San Francisco papers, from which we extract the following account of the wreck of the Pacific mail steamer Costa Ilica near San Francisco :—"The iron pro peller Costa Eica, belongingto the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, under the command of Captain Lapidge, ten days from Honolulu, with passengers, Government mails, and a full cargo of sugar, etc., ran on the rocks near the Golden Gate, at the entrance of the harbour, and between Bonita Light and Fort Point. This disaster happened on the even ing of the 18th instant, during a very heavy fog. No lives lost. The cargo is being saved in a damaged state, and it is devoutly hoped that the steamer may yet be gotten off by camels and by the aid of experienced wreck ers. The Commercial Herald (San Francisco) of October 2 contains the following, showing that the calamity was not so complete as had been anticipated : —"As intimated in our previous issue, the Pacific mail steamer Costa Rica has been successfully hauled off the rocks and placed in the Dry Dock for examination and repairs. The injuries bus tained to the hull of the Bteamship were not so serious, and in a few short weeks this favourite iron propell«r will be again as good as new, and prepared to resume her trips to Honolulu. In the mean time two barques have been speedily dis patched to the Sandwich Islands, with pas sengers, Government mails, and full cargoes of general merchandise for Honolulu. The cargo per Costa Eica is being told at auction in a damaged state for account of whom it may concern. We are informed that the LI.S. steamship Saranac is to be dispatched to Honolulu on tho 4th inst. to relieve the U.S. steamship Portsmouth."

ANCHOVIES AND TOAST;

Or, Home Jottings by our Lokdos corkespondent. Simul et jucnnda et idonea dicere vitse. Aliena negotia centum Per caput et eircumsaliunt latus.

Londox, September 25. EXPLORING SHIP I'OLAHIS.

The story of the balance of the crew of the Polaris, American exploring ship, who have been picked up by the British whaling fleet and brought to Dundee, is extremely interesting. \ou doubtless remember how Captain Hall started from Now York with the Polariß, determined to reach the North Pole ; how tho American Govormnent voted 50,000 dollars for the purpose; how the vessel was unfitted for the voyage, being an old gun-boat; how Captain Ball was not a seaman, but an old resident amongst the Esquimeaux ; and how after penetrating to very high latitudes the leader died, the vessel was lost, and the crew separated. I may, however, be excused for running briefly over the occurrences of the expedi tion, which, begun bravely but badly, has ended far more favourably than could have been anticipated. The Polaris sailed in the summer of 1871, and before the end of August reached its extreme northern point. The winter was spent in lat. 81 deg. 38 mm. north. Thence Hall tried to penetrate north over the ice, but had to return, and shortly after died. In August following Captain Buddington (his successor) resolved to return, but in October the ship was beset and it was determined to abandon her. Half the crew were on the ice, and boats and provisions were being got out when a sudden •torm occasioned a break-up of the floe, and the landed crew were separated from the vessel, the latter with the moiety of the ship's company being driven rapidly away from their comrades, unable to asaist them. Those left on the ice managed to construct shelter, and with the provisions landed, and the birds and seals they killed, lived through the winter, drifting about the Artie Seas, and on April 29 last were picked up by the Tigris, off Labrador. Those on board the ship had to beach her and winter ashore, where they built a house and lived through the awful weather on their own previsions and what they could get from the Esquimaux. In January they made an effort to escape, and at the instigation, and under the leadership of Mr Chester, chief mate, they constructed a couple of boats, and gradually worked their way south through infinite peril until they were picked up by the Arctic whaling fleet. Captain Hall taken his vessel some degrees higher than had ever before been reached on the American side, and had been within 420 miles of the Pole itself—nearer than any vessel had ever ap proached, and within a few miles of the highest latitude ever reached by any Arctic discoverer. Happily the records of the ex pedition have been aaved. These adven turous navigators, who appeared to be in ex cellent health, left Liverpool yesterday for America.

THE MURILLO.

The Spanish steamer Murillo, which ran down the emigrant ship Northfleet, off Dungeriess, in the early part of this year, put into Dover on Monday last. As soon as the fact became known to the Admiralty, direc tions were sent to the harbour authorities to pmt the Tassel under arrest. I fear, how ever, it will be too late to punish the murderers of the Northfleet's passengers.

BALLOON VOYAGB.

The balloon voyage across the Atlantic ia announced to be abandoned. Pro fessor Wise states that he was quite willing to .go, but that the false parsimony of the projectors has prevented the completion of necessary preparations.

'* INCREMATION' CLUB,

The Lancet says that an Incremation Club has been established, which already numbers 400 members, each of whom has made a will directing his body to be burned.' The Lancet decidedly approves of the system on the score of health, but thinks that the great objection would be the high price of fuel, since io large a quantity would be re quired to satisfactorily consume a humn body.

MISS RYE'S EMIGRANTS. I hope that the seventy young women sent

out to you by Miss Rye by the ship Hin dostan will turn out satisfactorily. It is extremely difficult to obtain a good class of women as emigrants, since they are always so reluctant to leave their families.

BISHOP PATTESON MEMORIAL,

The Attorney-General has erected a me morial to his cousin, the late Bishop Patte son. In this instance the memorial has taken the form of a wayside pillar, set up at four cross roads, near Ottery St. Mary's. The pillar acts as a guide-post, but bears texts of scripture containing allusions to "paths" and "ways" as well as a short inscription to the memory of the Bishop. The monu ment is of red brick and stone, designed by Mr Butterfield, and is built on a site given for the purpose by Sir John Kennaway.

FRANCE,

In France matters remain in slalu quo, with a decided tendency towards the re establishment of a monarchy. Indeed it will not be too umch to say that if the Count de Chambord will agree to adopt the tricolour flag the throne of France will shortly be occupied by Henri Cinq. In this case the Pope will be invited to Paris to perform the ceremony of the coronation.

TYPHOID FEVER

The combined effect of the late fatal spread of typhoid fever in London by means of milk, as well as the fining of several batches of milkmen for selling adulterated milk, has been to occasion a riae in the price of the commodity from 4d to sd. If at the latter price a really good article is supplied how over the public will have no cause to regret the change.

yiNE FOB CONTEMPT OF COURT,

Th« editor and proprietor of the Chelten ham Chronicle, a Mr Cochrane, has been fined £150 for contempt of Court in writing an article commenting on the Tichborne evidence. His remarks were strongly in favour of the defendant. The fine will be paid by subscription, and everybody believeg that the whole business was a regularly planned scheme on the part of the defen dant's party. ' The obnoxious article 'has of course been copied into every paper in the kingdom, and the publication in this manner of the defendant's own arguments, in a popular form, must have been well worth the money. The trial is not expected to end before February. It seems more then ever probable at present, according to the evidence for the defence, that there have been two Arthur Ortona in Australia, and that one of them is dead, the other, the defendant, being aware of his death, is trading on the circumstance.

LORD MAYOR

The Lord Mayor of London olect is Mr Alderman Lusk, M.P., for Tinsbury since 1805. He was bom in 1813, and is a son of the late Mr John Lusk, of Barr, near Girvan, in Ayrshire, and has been for years in business as a ship's provision merchant in Wapping. The Mayoralty of Sir Sydney Waterlow, Bart has been brought rather magnificently to a close by a grand banquet given to bis Lordship, at York by the whole of the mayors of the Kingdom. Municipal institutions are on the whole in a very popular and flourishing condition just now, and in consequence of late legislation have been quite enabled to cast off that sleepy condition into which thiy had lapsed of late years.

AFFAIRS IX SPAIX

The prospects of the Carlifits in Spain are looking but; dull just now. The Vandalisms of the partisans of Charles, and the monstrous excesses of the priesthood, have enraged the populace, and wherever the.people can pro cure arms they do not fail to attack the Car list in detached parties, and frequently with great success. The British Government have restored the captured frigates to the Madrid authorities, and the Deerhound and her crew have been released, so that all danger of complications in that quarter have so far blown over. The insurgent Spanish frigate ironclads have bombarded the town of Ali cante and inflicted some damage, but had to withdraw in consequence of injuries received from the heavy and well-directed fire of the defenders of the town. . Poor old Garibaldi offered hii services the other day to Sanor Castelar, the new President of the Spanish Republic, but was answered that the Repub lic was quite able to take care of itself.

CAPTATH MARKHAM,

Captain Markham, who commanded the Rosario on the Australian station, has just returned from a voyage to the arctic regions, which he undertook on board a steam whaler for scientific purposes. He has brought home a great deal of valuable in formation in several branches of natural science, and it is hoped that he will give the benefit of his journey to the world in the form of a book, sines there has been nothing written on the subject in a popular form since the days of Scoresby. Captain Mark ham went heart and soul into the whole thing, and took the steer-oar of a whale boat during the whole of the cruise.

COUKT DS CHAMBORD.

It has just struck me that some of your readers may care to know who the Count de Chambord is, he being so likely to occupy the Throne of France. He is a posthumous son, hit father haying been killed by an assassin seven month before his birth. At that time the Royalists of France were fearing the extinction of the House of Bourbon for ths Due d' Angouleine had died childless. It was on the 29th September, 1821, that Louis XVIII, had the pleasure of announcing the birth of a Henri, who was to be as great as the great Henri Quatre. Poets and scribes wrote in praise of the infant son of the Duchesae de Berri, and amongst other remarkable words that were used of him it was said that he was regarded as "the pre sage and guarantee of peace and repose."

UKSKAWORTHINKI3 OF BRITISH VESSELS,

The Royal Commission to enquire into the overloading and unseaworthiness of British vessels, which was appointed in consequence of the pressure brought to bear on the Go vernment by Mr Plimsoll and his friends, has sent in its interim report, and has pronounced its opinion that although the allegations of Mr Plimsoll are founded on undoubted facts, and although vessels are often sent to ■ea in a wretched condition, yet that the interference of the Government would only make make matters worse, and that questions of inspection and the like must be left to salvage committees and bodies of that description. The commission charges most of its difficulties upon the confliction of the evidence adduced; but it is quite evident that the "influential shipowner of immense :eiperience" has been at work in his usual disinterested way, and that mammon is to make money even if it be at the cost of blood.

REV. W. H.OSWALD.

The Rev. W. H. Ewald, M.A., of Wadham College, and late of Wellington, New Zea land, has been appointed to the Church of England Chaplaincy, at Warsaw, in Poland.

SIR E. LANDSEKR,

Sir Edwin Landscer died day before yester day, the greatest animal painter certainly that the world has seen. To enumerate his pictures would alone be a work of time ; they were almost innumerable. He was seventy -one years of age, and had for some: time been in declining health. Ilia father John Landster, It.A., was an engraver of the highest merit, and was an Associate of th« Royal Academy for fifty years. He had three children, Edwin being the youngest. The boy was bom in

1802, and at the age of five he drew animal, i with wonderful correctness and Bpirit a! thirteen he exhibited a picture at +X Academy, and at the age of 24-the earhW possible period—he was elected an asjocwl He was knighted I^lßso by the Queer? £h received a gold medal at the Paris Exhibit^ in 1855. At the death of Sir CharS ff lake a few years ago, he was offered the President's chair at the Academy, hut d« chned the honor. MESSRS. SAMUEL AND RUSSELI/a NEGOTIATIONS. - The papers announced yesterday that tk« negotiations between Mr Samuel and Mr Russell, on behalf of New South Wales and New Zealand respectively, having been «T proved by their respective governments the first of the new mails would leave England for Australia and New Zealand, touching at Fiji, via San Francisco, on the 10th January 1874 ; that a very superior class of vessefe would be employed on the Pacific, and that the transit would occupy forty-two days. It has just been announced that the 28th Companj, R.E., commanded by Captain R. H. B. Beaumont, are under orders for the Gold Coast. Greenstohe.

IMPORTANT SALE OF CITY PRO PERTY.

There was a very large attendance at Messrs Tonks and Co.'s Brunswick Mart t» day, and the bidding was spirited throughout The property offered for, sale consisted of houses and allotments in Elliott-street houses and allotments in Albert-asreet, and* allotments in Newton and Hobsoa Bay, the properties of the late Mr Gundry. The plani were prepared by Messrs Herbert Ashton and Sen. Ihe properties realised the following sums :—Albert-street: Lot 2, with brick house, £10 per foot; lot 5, £15; lot 6 £10 5s ; lot 7, £10 15s ; and lot 8, £10 10s'. Building allotments in Karangahape and Newton roads :—Karangahape road, section I : lot 1, £3 ; lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, £2 19s per foot; lots, 7 and 8, £1 Bs, 9, £1 15s, 10 £1 16s ; lota, 11 and 12, £1 12s. Section 2** Lots, 1, 2 and 3, £2 ss, 4 and 5, £2 10s fi £4, 7, £2 2s 6d, 8, £1 16a, 9, £112a. Section 3 : Lot 1, 19s, 2 and 3, 16s, 4 and 5, 17b, 6 and 7, 15s, end 9, 14s. Section 4- Lot 1, 20s, 2 and 3, 16s, 4, 17a, 5 o a 6, 20, 7, 15s, 8, 255, 9, 21s, 10. 26s II and 12, £1 11s, 13, 40a, 14, 16» Section 5 : lot 1, 10s ;2, 8s; 3 and 4, 9s6d 5, 6, 7, and 8, 7s 6d. Section 6 : lot 1,13a • 2, lls ; 3, 9« ; 5, 6, and 7, 7b ; 11 and 12,' 14s; 13, 19s; 14, 13s. Section 7: lota 1 and 2, 6s ; 3 and 4, 5b 6d ; 5, 10s ; 7 8s • 9, 5s 6d ; 10, 6i 6d ; 11, 12, 13, and 14, ■&;, Section 8 : lots 1 and 2, 5s ; 3 and 4, 4g • 5, 6, 7, and 8, 3s 6d. Section 9 (Exeter •treet) : eight allotments in one lot, £40. Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the Brighton allot ments, 16s. A number of allotments in the Brighton suburb remain unsold.

DOMAIN BOARD.—THIS DAY.

A special meeting of the Domain Board was held this day in the City Council Chambers for the purpose of considering th« leasing of the Domain grounds. Prtsent: Messrs : Philips (chahman), Heale, Mitford, Kissling, and Hughes.

Mr Brown (the secretary) lead a letter from Mr Cook asking for a lease of two yean for the use of the Domain. . ;

After some discussion on the matter Mr W. H. Kissling moved, Mr Hughes seconded, and it was carried, ", That; Mr Cook be allowed to occupy the Domain for eighteen monthi, provided that should the Domain be required by the Board Mr Cook's occupancy be*de- J termined on his receiving three months' notice, and that the Board shall be at liberty to use the land in Mr Cook's occupation for the purpose of making any improvements that may be considered necessary." ;'? This was all the business.

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COROMANDEL.

NEW GROUND OPENED UP.

This day. W The Tokatea lodged 68oz of gold to-day, making 5430z for the fortnight. One hundred pounds of stone from the prospectors' claim on the Waikoromiko new track gave 60oz retorted gold. Several claims ad joining have been marked Offi

TAURANGA.

This day: i The Luna sailed for T« Puna at half-past ten this morning, and returns to-day, , The Hon. D. McLean leaves for the Lakei to-morrow. -VrJi*

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NEW PLYMOUTH.

ThUday. A letter signed "Bushranger" appeared in the Independent referring to peculiaritiei in the management of the defence at White Cliffs. The letter was noticed in a sub-leade* in the Independent of the 24th ultimo, and an inquiry was instituted by the Govern ment, which resulted in bringing home the authorship to a man named Burke, wko ac knowledged dictating it. He was taken prisoner, kept in the guard-room twenty four hours, ami then summarily discharged and not allowed to stay in the camp. Burke says th« letter, sent to the Inde pendent in confidence, was handed over to the Defence office, Wellington. The officer who dismissed hint", he says, told him so. This is Burkes statement.

LYTTELTON.

Yesterday. Arrived — Schooner Priina Donna from Auckland, via Wangaroa. Sailed — Yacht _ Blanche for Akaroa. Arrived—The s.s.; Omeo. She sails North to-night. . ' v >

WELLINGTON.

; This day. S ' The provisional directors of the Sugar K«v> fining Company will apply to the Superin tendent to-day for a grant of land ttP9°* which to erect works. Thirteen hundred,!; shares have been taken up. The pro*' pectuß is approved of. Agents for the sale of shares have been appointed throughout the colony. The Independent suggests that steps be taken to hold a second Colonial Exhibition at Wellington.

NELSON.

Thw day. \f\ There is intense excitement to-day oTfe«<M the Superintendency election. Business H entirely stopped, and crowds are gatheref».r round the committee rooms.

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