SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : Tliis evening, 5.44 SUN-RISE : To- ! morrow mornini;, C.2S I HTGB WATJSJJ: This day, 0.53; to-morrow \ morning, 1 33 j

ARRIVALS.

Hercules, schooner, from Newcastle Clyde, schooner, from Wivngarei Eowena, s.s., McGregor, from Russell Alarm, cutter, Seymour, from Mangapai

DEPARTURES.

Nebraska, p.s , Harding, for Southern ports Golden Isle, schooner, for Russell MerHn, schooner, for Russell Ladybird, s.s., Daniels, for .Southern ports Lady Eowen. p.s., for Malmrangi

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Adelaide : Durham, ship, early For Hokianga : Derwent, brig, Monday For Napier : Esther, schooner, early For Honolulu and San Francisco Nebraska, ma'l steamer, 17th April For Northern ports : Rowena, s.s., Monday next For Sydney aad Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s., daylight to-morrow For Cork : Moss Glen, barque, early For Poverty Bay : Opotiki, schooner, early For Levuka : Marion Renny, schooner, to-morrow ; Sea Gull, brigantine, Monday evening For Opunake and Wanganui-: Wanganui, 5.8., to morrow

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 29th December Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed 12th January Agra, ship, from Londoi. Sailed Countess of Kintore, ship, from London. Sailed Woodlark, ship, from London. Sailed Hylton Castle, barque, from London. Sailed City of Auckland, from London. Loading Hero, s s., from Sydney Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed 17th January East Lothian, barque, from New York. Sailed 20tl December Tbamer. ii&rque, from New York, \'ia Sydeoy, Loading Akbar. -biii. irom Boston, via ilelbouxne Dauntless, sfibootser, from South Sea Islands Satellite, cutter, from L&vuka RarcrittiTa, i.s., from Southern ports Amateur, barqiie, from Adelaide EXPORTS. Per s.s. VVotiga Woug^rfor Sydney : 5 flasks ijnich.silve-r, Jr-eaaQ salmon, 7 ptgs maehnwv~<rbfJxJisfiO bales pulu, 408 bags, irr[ j£^S- <S7 "baps 124 mats, -U bags, 119 -^ftStsT-oGiuats, r>] bags, 300 kess, iOO kegs 98 bkirs SO ke"S, 100 bags, i9B kegs, 100 mats sugar, '25 barrels, M half-barrels salmon, 1 h(hc. 1 V>k£, Henderson and Macfarlane ; 1 cask n.em~ .Way mouth, jun. ; 68 bales flax, "t£v,cb-.iz it Co.'; 2 bundles sacks, G. Sibbin ; 300 ditto, B. Tonks & Co. ; 1 canvas bale, Ireland Bros. ; 19 bales wool, J. Roberton and Co. ; 95 bales tow, Brown, Campbell and Co. ; 1 case qnartz, M. Nielli; 1 keg plumbago, 1 portmanteau, W;- mouth ; 10 bdls sacks, J. Coupland ; 1 'c'asp, McArt'hur, Shera, & Co. ; 349 bales phortnium, J- R. Roberts ; 9 pkgs effects, J. Bbbertnn & Co. ; 1 case photos, Stafcham ; 2 boxes boots, Lewis Bros. ; 19 casks hides, 2 l;-',s hair, A. Dornwell; 1 case plants, C. T. Wren ; 1 pkg blinds, Busby ; 1 case wood,. McCnllan; I canvas parcel, Owen and Graham ; 1 case moulds, City Council; 1 truss, McArthur, Shera & Co.—H. M. Jervis, agent.

The s.s. Wonga Wonga, Capt. J. Brown, hauled away from the wharf at eleven o'clock this morning, and anchored in the stream. She will take her departure for Sydney at daylight to-morrow. The following is a list of her passengers :— Saloon : Mr and Mrs Trimble, Lieut. Hill, R.N., Dr. J. Goodall, W. Holmes and son, John Burgess, Mr and Mrs Forsyth, Mrs Charles Fletcher and seven children, Mrs J. H. Fletcher, Miss Nugent, Mrs Bedhead, fMr and Mrs Sellars, Messrs W. Pole, Horace Flown, J. Gillies, A. Battray, J. Deven, G. S. Eoss, B. Gibbs, Hewson Morris, Gideon Stewart. Steerage : Jr,s. Mitchell, H. Watling, E. Eeynolds, W. Bennetb, G. Home, J. McCoy, W. J. Bar rington, J. Martin, H. W. Ogg and sons(2), G. Bogue, C. P. Hobson, Mi and Mrs W. Emmett and son, Mrs A. R. Saxby and son and daughter. The schooner Hercules, from Newcastle, arrived this afternoon with 248 tons coal, and 60 doz. horns. She left on the 22nd ult. The schooner Flirt left Timaru on March 29 with a cargo of wheat. The s.s. Eowena, Capt. McGregor, arrived in harbour at 2.30 o'clock this morning from Russell, which port she left at 12 o'clock yesterday. On the passage down she put into the Kawau. The following is a list of her passengers : —Capt. Cole and lady, Capt. Potter and lady, Miss Williams, Miss Davis, Mrs Anderson, Col. Macdonald, Messrs G. Holdship, Webster, Scott, Nathan, Palmer, Myles, Harkes, the Hon. James Williamson, Capt. Kelly (of the Lochnagar), and six in the steerage. Cargo :—4 tons flax, A. Buck land ; 21 cases fruit, L. W. Eaton ; 1 horse, Nathan. The Eowena will leave for Russell and the North on Monday afternoon next as usual. The p. s. Nebraska left for Southern ports at an early hour this morning. Mr M. Niccol offers a reward for the re covery of a carvel-built open boat that has drifted away from the patent slip North Shore. The Wellington Independent says that the brig Moa, from the Bay of Islands with coal, put into port on March 28th to wait orders from Lyttelton, from which port she was despatched a few weeks ago when coal was scarce, but the delay in getting loaded and the adverse weather experienced down the coast during the voyage, have spoiled her market we fear. The passage has occupied seven or eight days, and that difference in time will operate very prejudicially in affect ing the value of her cargo, for which -any price mi^ht have been obtained eight or ten days ago. The vessel has three hundred tons of coal on board, which took three weeks to load. The speculation under these cir cumstances is likely to prove highly un remunorative. The barque W. C. Wentworth, from Sydney, is alongside . the wharf discharging cargo. , ■The .schooner Clyde lias hauled away from the wharf, and will leave for Wangarei this evening. The schooner Marion Eenny having under gone extensive repairs at the North Shore, has been brought alongside the wharf to take in cargo for Levuka. She will leave on Monday. The barque Mary Miller from Adel?»-Mo is alongside the outer Tof the wharf <v L will commence to discharge cargo on Mouday. The discharge of the Polar Star's cargo in to the barque Moss Glen has commenced. The barque Joliba came alongside the wharf to-day, and will commence todischarge cargo on Monday. The barrjue Velocid#.de is alongside the outer T£of the wharf discharging cargo. The American full-rigged ship Wallace, Lincoln, master, of Boston, 1,800 tons bur den, took fire onlObhFebruarywhileatanchor in Torbay. Her anchors were slipped, and she stood over for Torquay harbour. Before, however, she reached there the sails had taken fire. She was run ashore on the beach under Torbay-road, masts all gone and decks fallen in. No lives were lost. The ketch Clematis has reported at the customs for Poverty Bay with 82 casks whale oil, 50 sacks maize, 200 sheep, order. The schooner Opotiki has cleared outwards for Poverty Bay with a full general cargo. She will sail this evening. The ketch Whynot has cleared outwards for Cabbage Bay with a full general cargo,

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below :— Ji s. a.

CAI_S. Lincoln Oastle .. 0 10 April 9 Golden Eagle .. 0 0 2 April 9 Flagship & Golden Anchor 1 0 April 9 Golden Calf .. .. 0 3 G April 9 Vulcan .. .. 0 10 April 9 El Dorado .. .. 0 10 Avril 9 Aurora .. .. 0 10 Apr.l 9 Golden Spur.. .. 0 0 3 Ap.il 9 Yon Moltke.. .. 0 0 S April 9 Sappo 0 0 1 April 9 Key of Tokatea .. 0 0 3 April 9 Coromandel Beach.. 0 10 April 10 Van 0 0 6 April 12 Morning Star .. 0 0 8 April 14 John o'Groats .. 0 5 0 April 15 Thames Gas .. .. 0 2 6 May 1 Queen of May .. 0 10 May 14 Una 0 0 6 May 14 MEETINGS. Lucky Diggers, Messrs Rusiell and Devore's office, Shortland street, Auckland, at 11 a.m., Bth April Moanatairi Union, Mr F. A. White's office, Shortland land street, Auckland, 3 p.m., Bth April Daughters of Freedom, Grahamstown, 14th April Bee, Grahamstown, 15th April Nolan's Candlelight, No 1, 41, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3pm., 21st April Nolan's Candlelight, 41, Insu-ance Buildings, Auck land, 3 p.m., 21st April Flagship, Shortland, 22nd Apiil Margaretta, Mr A. A. Browne's office, Wyndham street, Auckland, 3 p.m., 23rd April Bank of New Zealand, Bank, noon, 24th April Ne Plus Ultra, 41, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 11 a.m., 23th April

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m., and on Monday at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Monday, 7th inst., at 11.30 a.m. For Wanganui, per AVanganui, this day, at 4.30 p.m. Mails for the undermentioned places, per wonga Wong*, on Ss' irduy, iit!: inst, as under : For India, China, Mediterranean ports, and Con tinent of Europe, at 6 p.m.. For the Australian Colonies, and the United Kingdom, via Suez, at 5 p.m. For the United Kint«iom, ". v . "Brfiidisi, at 5 p hi. •,,<**?£ •• For money orders and regli-uiuu 'a, at 5 p.m., 4th inst. For newspapers, at 5 p.m. For Fiji, per Sea (lull, on Monday, 7ift Inst., at 3 p.m. For Russell, WangarOH., and Mongonui, per Rowena, on Monday, at :< p. m. For Kawau, Wan gar ci Heads, Wangarei, and Manga pai, per Lady Bowen, an Tuesday, 6th inst., at 11 a.m. ' For Whifcianga, Tauraiiga, and Opotiki, on Tuesday, at 3 p.m. Note.-Tht Mails for Toka Toka, Whakahara, Arairpu, Maungawhare, aad Whapu, will in future be despatched from this office on Wednesday, instead of Monday, returning on Tuesday at 5 p.m. The Post-office, Devonport, has been removed to Mr Mays' Store, Vie toria road. (Signed) S. B. Bias, Chief Postmaster.

MARRIAGES.

CEUiCKSHANic—Gbaham. —At Ellersl'e, on the 4th inst., by the Rev. D. Bruce, D. B. Cruickshank to Isabella, younger daughter of Robt. Graham, E.g. Harb)i»g-Bkown.—On the 29th March, at the residence of Mrs lirown, Newton road, by the Rev. James Wallis, M.D., S. Harding, Esq.. C.E., to Ma.y, youngest daughter of the late Captain Brewn, Bathrrst, N.S. Wales.

DEATHS.

Evenden.—On 31st March, at the Provincial Hospit.J, Thomas Evenden ; aged 50 years.—Christchurch papers plc.se copy. Wxlso.t —On the 4th Januai/, 1873, at her residence, 50, Ducie Place, Manchester, a»ed 02, Mary M'ner, reMct of the Lite C.Moore Wil.on, of 11. M. 80th llcgt., and eldecfc daughter of the late John Broad bent, Esq., of this city.

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

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 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

Clearly the feet of the Ministry is set on slippery places, and changes in the political world are impending. In our telegraph columns it will be seen that the coup d' etat attempted by Mr VVaterhouse has been productive of dire confusion whereof the end is not yet. It is difficult also to foresee what that end may be. It is easy for any one to say that the present Ministry is doomed. But that Minis try will die hard, and will we think require a good deal of killing. Ihe collapse of the San Francisco service is very inopportune, and will be a sore discouragement, and probably not the least irritating feature in the collapse willfbe this last, as to-day announced, that the Nebraska will not return to San JFrancisco, so that the mail service has with most inconvenient and em barrassing suddenness come to a close. It will be difficult for the G-overnment in its present unsettled and indefinite form to weather the storms that are coming; but if the colony is to be shut up to two inevitable parties as alone capable of administering the government of the country, we shall have little reason to rejoice at the change. With all its faults, however numerous they may be charged, the present ministry is the ministry of progress ; and if from such regime we are to come under the paralysing grasp of ministers that sigh for mac

tlO l, then all the disasters which the desponding have foreboded will pro bably come upon us. There cannot be a doubt that the greatest blessing that could be conferred on the colony now would be a Government consisting of men who had never held oiE.ee before ; and if the present Ministry is overthrown it is devoutly to be hoped that the Assembly —and if not the Assembly —the coun ry will demand that the Government shall be adminis tered by new men of talent and of honesty, who are personally free from the influence of the traditions and the corruptions of the wretched past.

There is a type of destitution and suffering for which with us there is no relief, and which, worse still, appears to evoke but scanty sympathy. In stances have recently been afforded of the peculiar hardships endured by those whose term of punishment may have expired, and who are turned out from gaol upon the world penniless and friendless. We do not profess a maudlin sympathy with crime or criminals, but it is not humane to steel the heart against suffering in any form, and the more wretched the sufferer the more clamant the appeal to genuine kindness. Last week the police, in the execution of their duly, arrested a man who— they had found sleeping in the shelter of some boards in a timber yard in Custom-house street. We blame not the police , not only did they fulfil their duty, but the presence of strollers at night amid such inflammable materials must be a source of peril to public safety. The excuse offered by the culprit was no defence. He had that evening come out of gaol, he had no money, could find no work, nor would any lodging-house admit him without payment for his bed. What we ask was he to do ? He naturally sought shelter from the bitter biting blast, and seeking the quietest place he could find, took refuge from his troubles in sleep. For this he is dragged before a Court and sent back again to gaol. It is true he might have gone to the end of the wharf and thrown himself into the sea, and so found the rest which many a poor houseless wan derer has sought and found before. And because he did not do what was done by poor Adam Chisholm, and that other unknown and nameless wanderer whose corpse was cast up by the waves, he is punished as a vagrant. We know it is law, and possibly it is right; but we cannot repress the con viction that it is in some way wrong, and that if our advanced civilization demands that the wretched and the homeless must be punished as criminals it should at the same time do some thing to remove that wretchedness to which, through misfortune—and it may be guilt—poor feeble man may at any hour be reduced. Deny it as we may our present course has a direct tendency to drive a wi-etched man to drown himself Thereisno admission for him to our eleemosynary institutions ; their doors are slammed in his face. Not food alone is requisite, but shelter from the cold blasts. He is refused both. If he takes the one ho is punished as a thief; if he finds the other in an entry or a boiler, or behind a stack of timber, he is punished as a vagrant. The sea is before him. Its cold dark waves will not refuse him shelter and rest. Behind him is the criminal dock, with shame, contempt, and punishment; before him are the waters and sleep ; and men will only shake their heads, and in momentary sympathy say " One more unfortunate, weary of life."

And this is in a Christian land, where men kneel oft and pray. We may depend upon it there is something wrong here, and however we may dis claim it, in sending a man in such cir cumstances to gaol we are treating poverty and wretchedness as crinie.

It will be seen by our Southern telegrams that Sir James Fergusson will leave England to assume the duties of Governor in this colony earlier than was before expected. His Excellency is to leave London on April 18, and as he will probably come via Suez he may be expected here in time to reach this colony to open Parliament, which will pro bably not meet until the end of June. Strange to say that not one single appli cation has been made at the Police office to inspect the clothing of the man who waa found drowned in the harbour on Tuesday last. He still remains unknown. We understand that in consequence of the overcrowding numbers attending Union-street school the teachers, Mr and Mrsßrabazon, have by the sanction of their committee sent about thirty pupils this week to their own district schools, namely St. Paul's, Newton, and City West, No. 2. The pupils from Dedwood district are yet retained on account of there being no school yet established in that district. The number this week on the rolls is 180 ; 100 boys and 80 girls. No children will be admitted next week from other districts, so that room may be left for all seeking admission to their own district. It speaks rather plainly for the popularity of the teachers, and for the confidence of the parents in them, when those that were sent away went rather against their will than with it, some of them using their persuasive arts to induce the teachers to let them remain, , and being evidently jealous of such as were \ allowed to stay. Telegraph construction and repairing must be rather hazardous work in Java. A tele gram from Adelaide to the Melbourne Age states that the length of the recent breakinthe transmission of messages through Java arose from the fact that tigers attacked the work men. The Melbourne correspondent of the Otago Daily Times says that one result of the Con ference has been to give a stimulus to the chronic jealousy which Sydney entertains of the more rapid progress of Melbourne,

A musical and literary entertammeui win be given on Monday evening next, in the Newton Congregational School-room, for the benefit of the funds of the Band of Hope. The entertainment will consist of two parts sacred and secular, —assisted by the interest ing juvenile choir. The Rev. G. H. Turner will occupy the chair, and Mr E. Wood will preside at the harmonium. The programme presents many attractions, and its realisation will afford a treat to the intelligent and sober inhabitants of Newton. The adjourned annual meeting of the sub scribers to the Auckland Dispensary was held yesterday afternoon in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, Mr Lennox in the chair. The Secretary read the report and balance-sheet, which were adopted. The latter shewed that during the past year the income from various sources had beer £300 lls lOd; expenditure, £293 19s; leaving a balance of £6 12s lOd, in favour of the Dispensary. The Auckland Dispensary is one of the most useful of our local institu tions, and reflects honor upon those of the ! citizens who subscribe to its funds. Messrs. Loverock and Co. invite ', tenders for their valuable and extensive ! stock of drapery, clothing, and hats, this being the last day of their sale. The goods ' may be inspected from Tuesday to Thurs- ! day, until which time tenders will be re ceived. No reasonable offer will be refused, j The April number of the Church Gazelle for the Diocese of Auckland contains, among other interesting items and papers, articles on " .Religkras Instruction in the Government oi Day-schools," and " Mount Eden Gaol ;" also some sensible comments on the organisa tion of a Sundaj'-school Union. But the Lost article perhaps in the number before us is that entitled " The labourer worthy of his hire/ There are moreover a number of useful extracts and the month's diocesan &nf parochial intelligence. We commend this monthly periodical to those of our readers who may bo interested in matters pertaining to the Church of England. The latest attempt at a joke has been made by the Wairnrcpa Standard in this way :—"lmmigration Extraordinary.—The Government, not satisfied with the supply of Scandinavians to hand, have just advertised for a thousand Poles. Justice is no doubt administered in a queer way in some parts of the colony, but we do not know that the method described in the following paragraph, taken from the TuapeJca Times, has yet been surpassed : —There is a township in one of the agricultural districts of Otago, in or near to which no Justice of Peace resides. It is, however, so far ad vanced in civilization as to possess a gaol and a resident policeman. The latter is a vigilant guardian of the pea:e, who takes a professional pride in having his gaol occasionally occupied. In the ordinary course of things it would be useless for him to " run in " perpetrators of small delinquencies, for it would be impos sible to have the cases tried within a reason able time. But the policeman is a man who will not allow trifles to interfere with the discharge of what he considers his duty, so to the duties he is paid for discharging he adds those of the 'great unpaid.' Whenever a man in this district gets drunk or otherwise misbehaves hiinselfg he is incarcerated for a time the policeman considers sutlicient to atone for his offence. Such primitive sim plicity in the administration of justice is worthy of allprake and extensive imitation. The Auckland Improvement Commissioners solicit tenders for the formation of Coburg and Bowen-strcets, and a portion of Victoiia street. The manager of the National Bank of New Zealand notifies to the Auckland shareholders that the letters of allotment for shares are now out, and shareholders may pay in the deposits due by them at the Auckland office of the bank. Mark Twain writes the following humourous sketch of the Cunard Steamship Company : " It is a curious, self-possessed, old-fashioned Company, the Cunard. (Scotsmen, they are.) It was born before the days of steamships ; it inaugurated ocean steam lines ; it never has lost more than one vessel ; it has never lost a passenger's life at all; its ships are never insured ; great mercantile firms do not insure their goods sent over in Cunard ships ; it is rather safer to be in their ships than on shore. It is composed simply of two or three grandchildren who have stepped into the shoes of two or three children, who stepped into the shoes of a couple of old Scotch fathers ; for Burns and Maclvor were the Cunard Company when it was born ; it was Burns and Maclvor when the originators had passed away ; it is Burns and Maclvor still in the third generation —never has been out of the families. Burns was a Glasgow merchant, Maclvor was an old sea-dog, who sailed a ship for him in early times. That vessel's earnings were cast into a sinking fund ; with the money they built another ship, and then another, and thus the original packet line from Glasgow to Halifax was established. At that time the mails were slowly and expen sively carried in British Government vessels. Burns and Maclvor and Judge Haliburton (' Sam Slick') fell to considering a scheme of getting the job of carrying these mails in private bottoms. In order to manage the thing they needed to be quiet about it, and also they needed faster vessels. Haliburton had a nephew who was not a shining success in practical life, but had an inventive head ; name, Sam Cunard ; he took his old jack knife and a shingle and sat down and whittled out his enormous iloyal Mail Line of vessels that we call the Cunarders —a very great nary it is—doing business in every ocean ; owning forty-five steamships of vast cost ; conducting its affairs with the rigid method and system of of a national navy ; promoting by merit, priority in routine, and for con spicuous service ; using a company uniform ; retiring supe*annuated and disabled men and officers on permanent pensions, and number ing its servants by hundreds and thousands. In its own private establishment in Liverpool it keeps four thousand men under pay. This is what Sam Cunard whittled out. That is to say, he whittled out a little model for a fast vessel. It was satisfactory ;he was in structed to go and get the mail contract simply under his own name ; he did it, and the Company became commonly known as the Cunard Company ; then the Company tried steam and made it work ; they prospered, and bought out Haliburton, and also Cunard's little interest ; they removed Cunard to Eng land and made him their London agent ; he grew very rich and unspeakably respectable, and when he died, he died not as a poor, dreaming, provincial whittler of experimental models, but as the great Sir Samuel Cunard, X.C.8., orG.W.X., or something like that, for the sovereign had knighted him. Well, the Cunard Company is a great institution, and has got more money than you and I both put together ; and yet none of the family ever write editorials or deliver lectures."

The city cabmen held a meeting last evening at the Clanricarde Hotel to protest against the motion which His Worship the Mayor proposes to bring forward at the next meeting of bhe City Council." We believe that if cab fares were less exorbitant cabmen would meet with more encourage ment than they meet under present circum stances, and have less spare time on their hands. We look forward with some interest to His Worship s motion, and may have a word to say on the subject of ca.bb.its. and cab fares,

The committee of the Auckland Total I Abstinence Society will meet this evening in blie Wellesley-street rooms to resolve upon a more vigorous course of action in relation to the drinking habits of the people. The We.Hport Times notice?, as a new feature in West Coast practice, that the Kcsident Magistrate at Greymouth is allow ing eight per cent, interest on civil cases heard before him. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales has been elected Worshipful Master of the Apollo Lodge of Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons, held under the constitution of the Grand Lodge of England, at Oxford, and it is reported that he will signalize his master ship by initiating his brother, the Prince Leopold, into the mysteries of the craft. The Apollo Lodge is exclusively confined to members of the University, and many of the most eminent brethren of the "mystic tie" date their connection with the craft from the time of their residence at Oxford. The following extract from an American joiirnal is quoted as supplying some cogent observations on advertising : —"You cannot look over the advertising columns of your local paper without finding the name of the most enterprising men your place. And you cannot look them over without finding some thing that you want. If you lose a watch, a dog, or a child, or if your desire people not to trust your wife, you rush to your local paper, knowing that every one will read your advertisement. But you will plod along in business year after year without calculating how much your are losing by not advertising it. The slow men of business, who fear "to risk a dollar in advertising, should be reminded that it is in no way inimical to life, has never been known to poison anybody, and would not harm the youngest child. Do not fear it, my friend. Make a mild experiment for once, and watch the result." From telegrams by the Nebraska we learn that in Congress, on February 22, Pomeroy moved an amendment on the Post - office Appropriation Bill, authorising the Post master G.eneral to contract with the Cali fornia, New Zealand, and Australia Steam ship Line for a service of thirteen round voyages, for ten years, at the annual com pensation of 925,000 dols.—Edmunds raised a point of order that the amendment was not germane. —The chair ruled the point as not well taken, when Edmunds appealed from the decision of the chair. — Nye, of Nevada, said that whenever there was any attempt made to restore the struggl ing commerce of the country, it was always opposed. The Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Chandler, was always on the alert to strangle any attempt to revive com merce. Such reviving as he gave commerce was like throwing a bomb on an ice berg. (Laughter.)—-On motion of Morrill, the appeal was laid on the table. Ayes, 27 ; nays, 26. —Sherman, of Ohio, then moved to lay the amendment on the table. Agreed to —ayes 2S, nays 2fi.—The bill having been considered in Committee of the whole, was reported to the Senate, when the amendments were concurred in, with the expection of those reserved.—The friends of Mr Webb ascribe the failure of the Australia Subsidy Amendment to^the Post Office Bill, yesterday, to fake reports circulated, causing it to be believed that Mr Webb's line had been con solidated with the Pacific Mail Line. We learn from the latest telegrams that nearly £1,200 have been gathered in shilling subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a monument in Glasgow to the memory of Piobert Burns, who^e writings are equally well known in Auckland as in Glasgow. Such a memorial is creditable to the feelings of the xjeople of that city, although it may seem at first sight a work of supererogation if done withthe view of widening a know ledge of the writings of the Scottish poet, whose fame rests on surer foundations than blocks of stone. The genius of Burns, which blossomed by Ayr-side and the Brig o' Doon, like the wild flowers of his native land, has breathed melodious influence through every sphere of civilisation and human effort. We pass the poet's moral infirmities in quest of his musical utterances on the side of humanity, and the eternal truths which sparkle evermore in his pages like the fresh clews of a spring morning. Whether statues in bronze or marble are the most suitable means of paying homage to the achievements of mental power might be a question for consideration, but when we know that the feelings which prompt their erection are true and sound, such statues become invested with a grace and dignity which not only reflect honour on the generations which set them up, but cause either suggestions to pass into the shade of disregard. A statue to the memory of one whose peculiar gifts were devoted beneficially to the common service of the people is not simply a public ornament, but a sculptured ideal of excellence which delights the eye, stimulates the thought, and stands forth as a silent incentive to those who shall follow us in the difficult paths of life. Some English judges are stenographers, and take their notes in shorthand. At the Wells assizes, some years ago, a stenographic judge , was presiding in the Crown Court, and in summing up one of the cases he read portions of his notes to the jury. In giving the evidence of one of the witnesses His Lordship read the chief portion without hesitation ; but at last he made a pause, and, turning to the reporters' box, said : '' Could any of you gentlemen assist me to a word here ? I have not put in the vowels, and what I have looks as if the witness had said, 'Go and call in the baby ;' but it can't be that, as there is no baby in the case." I supplied the word, which was " bobby," the slang term for a policemen, and His Lord ship having thanked me, proceeded without difficulty to decipher the rest of his notes.— A.necdotage. We find the following strange story in tke South Australian Jiec/isieroi the24th January: —"More than a week ago a man knocked at the door of the Fowler's Ba * Police Station, and upon the officer in charge appearing, handed in a strychnine bottle, telling him that he had just taken the contents, and would soon be dead. The statement was ere long verified by his being seized with con vulsions and ultimately expiring. In the intervals of the fits the official gathered from the man that his name was Antonio Sil vestro ; that ten years ago, at Castle maine, he committed a crime which placed his life in jeopardy, and since then he had wandered about the wildest parts of the bush, never venturing near a town or any place of habitation except occasionally, an outlying shepherd's hut, fearing he might be detected. He lived on any wild animals that he could catch, and such roots and fruits as he could find in the desolate and hungry Australian bush, till at last he resolved to end a life of hopeless misery. There being no magistrate at Fowler's Bay at the time no inquest could be held, and all that the officer was able to do was to bury the body of the unhappy suicide, and travel to Streaky Bay to report the case." Ths Wellington Independent's opinion of resident magistrates is that "in nine cases out of ten the resident magistrates know nothing more of law than they have been able to pick up from their experience on the bench. Most of them are ex-police officers, or gentlemen put into the office without any regard to any special qualification,"

The Auckland Amateur Serenaded will give their grand entertainment this even ing at the Prince of Wales Theatre in lieu of the one which the members were prevented from giving on account of the in clement weather at Onehunga on Wednesday for the benefit of Mrs Low. Some novel features will be introduced to-night, and a full house is confidently expected.

The new bell at St. Matthew's Church was tried this morning. This had the effect of alarming nervous people, who mistook its tone for that of a fire bell, and the question passed from mouth to mouth " where's the fire." The alarm waa soon dispelled how ever.

We learn with pleasure that Captain Nearing has been appointed manager of the steam services supplied by the Enterprise No. 2, Challenger, Lalla Rookh, Enterprise No 1, and Devonport. Captain Nearing traded for many years to this port in the barque Novelty, and was one of the most popular skippers that entered our harbour. In his other commands he has given equal satisfaction, but he has long being desirous of settling down on phore, and prefers Auck land as a permanent place of residence to any other place he has visited. The opening wished for by him has now offered, and we are glad to welcome him amongst us as a settler.

Mr John Moginie warns the public not to cash a cheque drawn by him this day in favour of No 90, for the amount of £32 2s, as the payment of same has been stopped at the Bank

We understand that Messrs. Jno. Alex. ! Beale and J. Alexander have successfully ; passed their examination in law before his Honor Mr. Justice Johnston. The examin ation was concluded yesterday, and the result was made known this morningr Sergeant Baker this. morning captured a " petty larcenist" in the act of stealing twenty-three empty lemonade bottles belong ing to Mr Gledhill on the wharf. He was conveyed to the white-washed dens at the rear of the Police Office to await an interview with the sitting magistrate on Monday. A meeting of the Sir Knight Companion of the Grand Black Chapter of Ireland Lodge, "No. 144, will be held in the"Chaper Room on Monday evening. Visiting Sir Knight Com panions are invited to attend. The Rev. James Buller gave his lecture— "Twenty Years among the Maoris "—last night at the Wellesley-street rooms. There was a good attendance. The lecture was instructive and amusing. At the close Capt. Daldy moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer, which was carried by acclamation The Venerable Archdeacon Maunsell occupied the c hair. "Discourses on the following subjects will be delivered to-morrow (Sunday). Newton Kirk, by Rev. Dr. Wallis. Morning : " The Inward Witness." Evening: " Intensity of Feeling in Religion." City Hall, by Samuel Edger, B.A. Morning: " The First Popular Rejestiou of Christ." Evening: "The Existence of Evil;" and at the United Free [ Methodist Church, by Rev. G. H. Turner. We have received a copy of the Printing Times, a journal recently started in London by Alfred Gadsby, of 18, Bouverie-street, E. C. The publication is to be devoted to the interests of the printing trade throughout the world. As one unit of the powerful printing interests that have grown up in the Southern colonies we cordially welcome the new journal. It must prove valuable to the trade in Great Britain, and to colonial printers it will be extremely useful if it maintains the excellence which charactertises the first number. The issue before us contains several well written articles upon subjects of interest to printers and newspaper proprietors, and the number is altogether very creditably compiled. The mechanical portion of the work is executed in first class style, and is as good a specimen of advanced typography as could possibly be procured. We notice that the advertise ments are of a good class, andijwill, not less than the other part of the Times, be useful to the trade.

The heir to the .Russian throne is suffering from fever. Much anxiety has been caused, but it is now stated that tlie general condition of his Imperial Highness is comparatively satisfactory. The social and political con dition of the country is said to be in a sad state. Russia denies that her operations in Central Asia are to be regarded as evidence of any feeling hostile to England, and offers to allow officers, appointed by our Govern ment, to accompany the expeditions. From all we can learn it now appears that our Foreign Office has been in communication with the Russian Cabinet on the subject of Russian dominion in Central Asia. It has been suggested that the "line" should be drawn not further south than the Oxus, but we should hardly be wise in conceding so much, as the occupation of the north bank of of the river would, as has been well remai-ked by a contemporary, give them the great high way they want right up to Affghanistan, and the most favorable base they could desire for further operations. On this matter we cannot be to© cautious. That our Govern ment is in earnest is to be inferred from the fact that Count Schouvaloff has been on a mission here from Russia, commissioned by the Czar to offer us to the most friendly assurances on this question. " Assurances" in the case of Russia simply means an excuse to gain time. It is therefore to be hoped that Earl Granville will put his foot down at once upon the line he intends to hold by and keep it there. The German Weekly Gazette affirms that a proposal of marriage was one object of Count Schouvaloff's mission to England. It is not generally known that a Russian Grand Duke's consort is not legally required «to adopt the religion of her new country, except in the case of her husband being heir-presumptive to the throne. There are, therefore, no difficulties in the way on the score of religion. The same journal, in contradiction of its earlier statement, now holds the proposed marriage to be between a Russian. Grand Duke and the Princess Beatrice. Viennese society, on the other hand, imputes matrimonial desires to the Duke of Edinburgh, whose late visit to Vienna is said to hare been undertaken with a view to cultivate the acquaintance of the Princes of Coburg-Cohai-y, whose like ness is reported to made a deep impression at the time upon his Royal Highness. The rince and Princess were, however, dissap ointed in one another on personal acquaint ance, and now, in Austrian opinion, the Duke's choice is said to be wavering between the Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, daughter of the Czar, and the Princess Vera, daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine. The Gazette also alludes to a rumour of Count SchavouvalofFs having desired to make himself acquainted with the English climate, his doctors recommending permanent change of air as beneficial to his health. The budget of the .Russian Empire for the finan cial year 1873 not only shows no deficit, but a surplus of revenue over expenditure.— European Mail.

The first exclamat ion of an American belie cm entering the cathedral at Milan, was "Oil what a churph to get married in."

TELEGRAPHIC.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

TAURANGA.

This day. The Southern Cross sailed at ten this morning. Passengers : —Commissioner Clarke ; Messrs Quick, Graham, Jor dan, ami thirty-four others. A steamer passed northward at nine a.m.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

No Outward San Francisco Mail. Important Political Intelligence. Mr. Fox declines to Accept the Premiership- Mr. Vogel sent for by the Governor. Agrees to become Premier. Sir James Fergusson to leave in April. (Per Anglo- Australian Telegram Com pany.)

DUNEDIN.

This day. Messrs Driver, Stewart and Co. have received a telegram, via Mel. bourne, instructing the Nebraska not to return to San Francisco. [There will probably be no outward San Francisco mail, and as the Wonga Wonga's, mail (via Suez) closes at five o'clock this afternoon, urgent correspondence should be despatched by her.]

WELLINGTON.

This day. The Governor has received a tele gram from .Karl Kimberley, stating that Sir James Fergusson would leave - England on April IS. Mr Vogel endeavoured to induce Mr Fox to retain the Premiership, Mr Fox declined, and sent in his resig nation to the G-overnor, who sent for Mr Vogel. Mr Vogel consented to accept the Premiership subject to his being able to make the necessary arrangements. He obtained two or three days for the purpose. . Mr Webb telegraphed to the Go vernment asking for a remission of the penalties incurred by the delays and breakdowns of the San Francisco mail service. The Government is unfavourably disposed towards Messrs Gibbs, Bright and Company's proposals. Arrived— Bhuttleworth, from Lon don.

NELSON.

This day. Messrs Fedor, Kelling, and Barni coot are candidates for the seat in the Assembly to represent the suburbs of .Nelson. The Hadda, barque, has arrived with a car:so of sugars from Mauritius.

HOKITIKA.

This day. A public meeting was held yester day to urge the Government to con struct the Waimea water-race imme diately .

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

The following are the quotations of the Auck land Stock and Sharebrokers' Association for April 5 :— New Zealand Insurance, £52. National Bank—sellers. 30s. Thames Gas—buyers, 42s 6d. Caledonian, £15 15s. Cure, 10s, 3d. Otago, 21s 6d to 225. Moanatari, 30s. Black Angel —sellers, 2Gs 6d. Albion (first) —buyers, 92s 6d. City of London—buyers, 12s.—Sellers, 12s 6d. Watchman—buyers, 11s. D. B. Orchahb. Secretary.

NEW GOLDFIELD IN THE NORTH.

We learn that a party of experienced Thames miners is in process of organization for the purpose of giving a thorough trial to the auriferous character of certain land to the north of Whangarei. We have not come in contact with the movers in this matter, but we are happy to say that we are in a position to place them in direct communication with the best and most reliable information on the subject. We have been waited upon by a gentleman who has been on the spot within the week past, has already had speci mens tested from it, which, taken out of the soil in his own presence, have yielded gold, and he has now additional specimens in course of being crushed. As the auriferous ground is native property, and of course cannot be trespassed on without authority, our informant has received the authorisation of the native owners, and will have pleasure in not only obtaining that consent which will be requisite for the pro posed party, but will give every information as to the locality and the easiest means of access. The place, we understand, owing to unbridged creeks is difficult of approach except with such direction, and. our informant, whose only object is to have a goldfield opened in the district for the public good, is even willing to accompany the party to the ground and point out the exact spot from which the auriferous specimens have been taken. If the persons, therefore, who are said to be organising a prospecting party will call on us we shall feel much pleasure in introducing them to our informant, through whom we believe they will be relieved of a good deal of difficulties, which otherwise they must necessarily encounter.

Dr. Buight'sPhospiiodyjte.—MultitudesofPeople are hopelessly suffering from Debility, Nervous and Liver Complaints, Depression of Spirits, Delusions Unfitness fov Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c., whose cases admit of a permanent cure by tbe ne>T remedy Phosphobvne (Oxonic O::ygon), which at once allays all irritation and excitement, imparts new energy and life to the enfeebled constitution, and rapidly cures every stage of these hitherto incurable and distressing maladies. Sold by all Chemists and Storekeepers throughout tbe Colonies, from whom Pamphlets containing testimonials may be obtained. £3" Caut.-on.—Be particular to ask for Dr. Blight's Phosphodyne as imitations are abroad; and avoid purchasings single bottles, the genuine article beia? sold in caseonly.

THE EVMTOG STA&, SATTTBDAT, APBIL 5,1873.



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