SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, G. 5 SUN-RTSE : To morrow morning, 0.11 HIGH WATER : This afternoon, 0.58; to-morrow morning, 1.50

ARRIVALS.

Ni 1.

DEPARTURES.

Strathnaver, schooner, for Rr-'sell Mp'7 EF.en, schooner, for Merciuy Bay Lretitia, schooner, Spooner, for Har.raki Albion, b:"'r, Robiuson, for Melbourne Dyke of Edinburgh, schooner, for Eusrell

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern ports : AVellington, s.s., early For Napier : Esther, schooner, Saturday For Honolulu and San Frap.'cisco Nebraska, m?i

steamer, 17th April For Northern ports \ Rowena, s.s., Monday next For Sydney and. Haelbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s., early For "Wangentrt : St. KiMa, s.s., Monday

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 29tb December Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed 12th January Zanga, birque, from Liverpool. Sailed Corido, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 28th February East Lothian, barque, from New York. Sailed 20th

December Florence, schooner, from Dunedtn Sailed 21st

February Ladybird, s.s., from Sydney (in the Manukau) Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town. Sailed 26th

February W. C. Wentworth, barque, from Sydney "Wonga Wonga, s.s., Brown, from Sydney Dauntless, schooner, from South Sea Islands Satellite, cutter, from Levuka Thames, barque, from New York, via Sydney. Loading Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney Victor Persani, Italian war vessel, from Sydney.

Sailed 4th March Derwent, brig, from Sydney. Sailed 3rd March Mariner, schoaner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 20th March Moss Glen, barque, from Nelson.' Sailed 20th March Agra, ship, from London. Sailed Nebraska, mail steamer, from Honolulu

IMPORTS.

Per Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town: 120 cases jam, 112 cases green fruit; 15 J-coses green fruit; 6 do filbuts, G. W. Bimiey ; 286 cases jam, order ; 20 bales hops, 301 cases jam, Crnickshank and Co. ; 230 cases jam : 304 do green fruit, H. S. Meyers and Co. ; 21 do., Hammond ; 323 cases green green, fruit, 64 do onions, G-. Me Arthur ; 41 do green fruit, 8,. Arthur ; 150 feet timber, 200 felloes, Cousins and Atkin ; 1210 bags bark, Ireland Bros. ; 3270 rails, 313 bags bark, 0000 palings, 281 pieces timber, 45 bags ground bark, 43 bales hay, 100 bags flour, 22 pieces stone, 103 cases green fruit, Stone Bros, (agents.)

The s.s. Wellington is announced to leave the Manukau harbour for Southern' ports on or about Tuesday next.

The s.s. St. Kildawill leave the Manukau for Wanganui on Monday morning at ten o'clock.

The schooner Coronet arrived in the Kai para after a passage of thirty-six hours from "Wellington. The Zion, Amaranth and cutter Hero are all lying in the Kaipara loading with timber.

The brig Albion will leave for Newcastle this afternoon.

The s.s. Wellington leaves the Onehunga wharf for the South on Tuesday, at 8 a.m. and the Bluff anchorage at 3 p.m. *

COMMERCIAL.

Mr G-. W. Binney's sale of fruit ex Bella Mary is postponed until Monday in conse quence of the goods not being landed this morning.

MINING.

The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below :— £, s. d. DIVIDEND. Alburnia .. • .. 0 5 0 Mrch 25 CALLS Albion .. .. 10 0 Mrch 22 Flagship & Golden Anchor 1 0 April 9 Golden Calf .. .. 0 16 April 9 Vulcan .. .. 0 10 April 9 El Dorado .. .. 0 10 Avril 9 Aurora .. .. 0 10 April 9 Golden Spur.. .. 00 3 April 9 MEETINGS. City of London, Company's office, Wjndham street Auckland, 3 p.m., 24th March South British Tnsurance Company, Company s office, Queen street, Auckland, 3 p.m., 24th March Vulcan, Canada Buildings, Auckland, noon, 20th

March Mulumin Parvo, British Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m.,

26th March Queeu of the Thames, Mr Hunter's office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 27th March Unicorn, Grahamstown, 27th March El Dorado, Mr F. A. AVhite's office, Shortland street, Auckland, 3 p.m. 27th March Goldan Crown, Mr Tothill's office, Auckland, 11 a.m.,

23th March John o'Groats, Mr F. A. White s office, Auckland,

3 p.m., 31st March Yon Voltke, Coromandel, 2nd April Lucky Diggers, Messrs Russell and Devore's office, Shortland street, Auckland, at 11 a.m., Bth April Bee, Grahamstown, 15th April Margaretta, Mr A. A. Browne's office, Wyndham street, Auckland, 3 p.m., 23rd April

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails will Close as Under :— For Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m., and on Monday at

3.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, on Monday, at 11.30 a.m. For Wangarei, "Wangarei Heads, Mangapai, &c, per Sovereign of the Seas, this day, at 6 p.m. For Eussell, AVangaroa, Mongonui, &c, per JRowena,

on Monday, at 3 p.m. For Wanganui and Wellington, per St. Kilda, on

Monday, at 8 a.m. For Taranaki and Southern provinces, per Wellington,

on Tuesday, at noon. For Kawau, Wargarei, Wangarei Heads, &c, per Lady Bowen, on Tuesday, at 3 p.m. For AVhitianga, Tauranga, and OpotiH, per Southern

Cross, on Tuesday, at 3 p.m. For Napier and Southern provinces, per Nebraska, six hours after her arrival. (Signed) S. B. Biss, Chief Postmaster.

A man. Andrew Vallance, by trade a milkman, who resided about five miles from Invercargill, committed suicide by shooting himself throngh the head with a pistol. It appears that he went home, between one and two p.m. that day, slighty the worse for liquor, and on his wife remonstrating with him on the subject he threatened to shoot himself, and at the same time got two pistols out of his bedroom, where he kept them hanging on a nail. Mrs Vallance. becoming alarmed, sent for the brother of the deceased, who resided in the neighbourhood. When he came to the house she^told him what Vallance had said. The unhappy man was sitting on a •hair by the fire at the time, with one of the pistols in his hand. He turned to his brother and said. "Yes, and I will do it now," and at the same time placed the weapon to his forehead and fired. Death must have been instan taneous, as the ball seems to have traversed the brain and lodged in the skull at the back of the head. Deceased had been married about twelve months, and leaves a widow, and an infant of about three weeks old.

Dit. BRiaiiT'sPHOHPHOBYNE. —Multiturtesof People are hopelessly suffering irom Debility, Nervous and layer Complaints, Depression of Spirits, Delusions TJnatness for Business or Study, Failure of Hearing, Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &c., whose cases admit of a permanent euro by the new remedy Phosx-hodyne (Oxonic Oxygen), 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 the Colonies, from whom Pamphlets containing testimonials may be obtained. gST Caution. —Be particular to ask for Dr. Brighfs Phosphodyno as imitations are abroad; and avoid purchasing.? single bottles, the genuino article being sold in cane only.

DEATH.

Burke.—Died, on Friday, March 21, at the Provincirl Hospit.J, John Burke, a.^ed 30 years.

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

SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 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

Noticing is so successful as success, and poor human nature can rarely resist the instinct to abuse a failure. Kick him, he has no friends, is the general moving principle in relation to the unfortunate, and it is so easy that it is quite pleasant to show that there was grave and radical defect from the evident fact of non-succe3s. It will be unnecessary for us to call on all New Zealand to howl down the San Francisco Service. We have no doubt the ebullition of feeling will be spontaneous and general, and becausa the contractor broke his bonds, braved the penalties, and failed to fulfil his en gagements, every one will be in duty bound to feel and say that the mail service was an enterprise which, it was madness to attempt. In fact every one will say " I knew it would be so," and the incident will afford an oppor tunity to every one to shake his head and wonder at the folly of his fellowman. And yet despite this general consent, and despite the temporary failure, it was one of the bravest, most honorable, and most pro mising enterprises in which any of these colonies has engaged for many a day. To New Zealand, situated as she is away by herself in the wide Pacific, it was and is a necessity to have this highway opened up across the great sea. New Zealand did not attempt this single handed till it was found that the other colonies felt coldly on the subject. It is all very well now for New South Wales to feel enthusiastic on a trans- Pacific service after its dangers and its difficulties have been fathomed, and after it has been proved how magnifi cent a commerce can be developed. But even though we should never have a mail boat call at our deserted ports, we assert, and we shall maintain, that to New Zealand are due not only the credit for her enterprise, but the profits that accrue from the com merce developed. A colony, like a corporation, has neither a body to be kicked, nor a soul to be damned ; but the exultation of New South Wales at the present hour is something like that of the highway man that steps unceremoniously in, and coolly take 3 the reward of honest labour. We know not what may be the result of this collapse of the New Zealand service. It may be that we shall be compelled to take the lower seat, and rest content with a branch service connecting with Fiji. So readily does the mob upbraid non-success that the Legislature may no longerfeel disposed to back up the vigorous and deter mined effort that has been so long sus tained for giving us the command of the great Pacific highway. But whatever may be the result, it can in no way affect the far-seeing wisdom that cal culated on a great commerce yet to be built up in the Pacific, and the brave effort that was made to secure its chief and richest fruits to New Zealand. The present collapse is from causes entirely foreign to the real merits of the'question. Mr Webb has the fame, and we believe justly, of being one of the greatest steamship owners in the world. He made large pro mises ; he had the power to fulfil those promises as much per.hs.ps as any company, or any individual that could

have entered into arrangements. Those ' promises he grievously failed to fulfil, j Both in the character of the boats, , I and the treatment of passengers as 1 ■ well as in the conveyance of mails ■ | and observance of the time-table, he < | fell far short of his promises. He ' ; was treated not only fairly, b^ ' \ extreme considerate ln £{ s l c , c ] ieS) s0 I tnat oven at the hands : °f*. cne colony could not be charged in | extenuation. This will, all now be j howled against as undue leniency, but it was all in the hope of having the service sooner or later conducted pro '; perly, and yet despite all this, Webb, with a world-wide fame, has deliber ately broken his engagements, and flung the service to the dogs. In all I this we see nothing with which the | colony can upbraid itself. Many and | many a time the service appeared on the ' very eve of success, and had success at tended it we should never have heard the end of the commendation of the I wisdom that conceived the enterprise, i To those prophets of evil, who ! really in their heart of hearts wish | their prophesies not to result j in disappointment, but that the colony j should go to destruction to prove the j correctness of ther gloomy vaticina- i tions, this collapse will be a Godsend. ! Webb's failure will be an infallible ■ proof that the colony's enterprise was , madness; and though the colony has j not only completely, but with gene rosity, fulfilled its share of the contract, this action on the part of Webb will be accepted as a sign that the colony need never more attempt to hold its place on the great trunk line of the trans-Pacific service. Probably no other result was to be expected from the conduct of the service as it has been. But the colony in entering on the contract had no reason to ex pect such boats and such conduct; and the forbearance used towards Mr Webb instead of now being flung in the face of the Grovei'nment should on the contrary be accepted as a commend able effort to make the best of a bad bargain. If ther.e is one lesson that really should be learned more than another it will be to have as little to do as possible with Yankees in such contracts. The little insight which we have obtained into American politics while watching the interests of the service in Congress leads us to believe that, as honest men, we can hardly afford to have much to do with them. The success of Webb's service appears to have depended on the obtaining of an American subsidy, and that appears to have depended on the question whether its supporters or some other people should prove the most adroit and successful rogues. And while we felt disposed to pray for the success of the service, it was a strain on the public con science to pray that swindling in Congress might be triumphant. Our Yankee friends, good-bye. You have served the purpose for which your pluck adapts you in showing the way. But poor old John Bull, although he is slow and dull, and cautious, does not break his word, and we think he will be the man for us now. The Webb line has broken down, but the trans- Pacific service will still be a great reality ; and whatever form it yet may take we believe New Zealand will yet assert her rights in relation to it, and maintain the position of commercial Queen of the Pacific.

General complaint is made of the rlnlness of the times, and of the prevalence of influenza. Whether the one is connected with the other in some m> terious way is not at all clearly ascertained, but it is quite' certain that those who are suffering most from influenza complain most of the stagnation in mone tary matters. The dividends from the Golden Crown, Alburnia, and other com panies recently announced should set a little money in circulation amongst the holders of mining stock, whose funds were running rather low, and we have some solid grounds for hoping that a mining reaction will soon take place, and will bring with it increased activity in general business.

The cricket match, Thames v. Auckland, will be played at the Thames on Thursday, 27th instant. The Auckland eleven will leave by the Golden Crown at four p.m. on Wednesday, the 26th inst. The following are the names of the Auckland players :—J. Mumford, R. J. Yates, W. L. Rees, J. Bennet, A. King, A. Whitaker, R. G. Bowen R. G. Bellara, H. E. Cotton, F. Dufaur, W. J. Buckland, T. S. Sweet (twelfth man).

The Bella Mary brought a beautiful pair of high bred pointer young dogs from the kennel of Mr J. Murphy, of Hobart Town. No doubt such an addition to our canine population will be appreciated by the sportsmen of Auckland, as the dogs are reared from the choicest stock of fatherland. They are to be sold by auction by Mr R. Arthur on Tuesday.

The City Band will play on Government house lawn on Monday, March 24, at a quarter to six p.m. Programme : —l. March, " Dear father, come home ;" Sydney Jones. 2. Grand slow march, " Trovatore ;" Verdi. 3. .Quadrille, " Young aristocrat." 4. Grand selection, "Irish airs;" W. Eisen. 5.

Waltzes, "Janet's choice;" F. Musgrave. 6. Galop, "Stolen kisses:" W. Savage, " God save the Queen."

In connection with the call for tenders for the building of a second steamer for the North Shore Ferry Company we are requested to state that the outlines of specifications and general instructions are being prepared by Mr Heslop, the consulting engineer of the company, and will be in the hands of the secretary, Mr Hendry, on Monday morn ing. The share list of the company is again open, and applications for shares will be received by the secretary.

A raid is being made on celler flaps and gratings in the city. Day by day one or two are removed to give place to strong iron gratings of more moderate dimensions, the intervening space being filled in and paved over. No exception is made with publicans cellars, who have to provide an enterance to to their wine and. spirit vaults from the interior of their houses.

The Rev. A. M; Taitj tWe'fedently inducted minister cf the Presbyterian Church at CWonlandcl, is at present in the city, and will officiate to-morrow morning and evening in the city churches. Mr Tait is engaged in the laudable effort to enable the small community at Qoromandel belonging to his denoj^ Qa ti on 0 O p en their church next month free of debt. The people themselves it appears have taxed their powers to the utmost, and have exhibited a spirit of liber ality reflecting the highest credit on them, and this to such an extent that but a small amount, something under a hundred pounds, is wanting to enable them to complete and furnish the building, and open it absolutely unencumbered. As debt is the greatest burthen that can retard the success of any young religious organization, the determina tion of our Coromandel friends deserves the sympathy at least of all the Presbyterians resident in this city, and we do not hesitate to say that they should lift the burthen off the backs of a little flock which amid considerable discouragement is en deavouring to do what it can. We do not 1 wish to deter any one from going to church Jby the dread of a collection, for as we un derstand there is to be no collection in either of the churches in connection with this object. But we believe that during the next i week Mr Tait will call personally on as many !as possible, and we cordially bespeak for I him not merely the barren sympathy, but I the practical help of the Christian public. j Mr Tait will preach at St. James' Church in ! the evening, and we presume, though we i cannot say with certainty, at St. Andrew's I in the forenoon. A telegram, which appears elsewhere, inti ! mates that the Christchurch Press censures ; the manager of the Press Association for , keeping back the telegram announcing the i defeat of the Gladstone Ministry. The ! transmission of this telegram by the Press Association has, to say the least of it, a very "fishy" appearance. Upon the arrival of the Albion at the Bluff summaries of the news were prepared by the respective agents of the Anglo-Australian Telegram Company and the Press Association. Our telegram, which was supplied by the Anglo-Australian Company, contained the announcement of Mr Gladstone's defeat, and was published in our issue of the same evening, as ak:o in all the journals connected with the same com pany, but the Press Association journals were left without the intelligence, ex cept by copying it from the opposition papers. This is accounted for by the fact that the news did not reach Melbourne until after the Albion had left, and it was specially telegraphed by the Anglo-Austra lian Company to Queenscliffe to catch the steamer there. The manager of the Press Association appears, however, to have sud denly discovered that the intelligence was important, and on the following day he for warded it to all the papers supplied by his Agency, actually asking them to believe that he had obtained it special from Melbourne, instead of from one of the many papers , which had published the news the day before. He must surely believe _ that his constituents and the public are easily gulled, but he asks too much. If he had received the item as he alleges, why was it not forwarded with the lirsb message which came through ; and if his Melbourne agent neglected to send it, why did he not openly and honestly acknowledge the source from whence it was obtained. The Press Association has utterly failed to fulfil the offices which it undertook, as every one who peruses the miserable compilation of news headed "Telegraphic" in our morning con temporaries must acknowledge. Some lunatic is continually dropping into our letter-box foolish letters, endorsed on the back "picked up in Queen-street." The letters are evidently written by the indi vidual forwarding them, the body of the letter, the address on the envelope, and the ■ endorsement being unmistakably in the same handwriting. Now we are not so easily deceived as our correspondent seems to imagine, and if we publish a letter as having been picked up we only do so after receiving pretty strong evidence of its genuineness. The communications must, moreover, possess some little merit in themselves, which the lunatic's effusions poured in upon us of late have not. He may as well stop them. The P.2V. Dr. Kidd, L.L.D., has received a very nattering testimonial from twenty eighu of the pupils whom lie has trained for the higher professions. The rev. gentleman must feel gratified at such a spontaneous testimony to his abilityasateacher, although his attainments as a scholar are too fully established to require any Auckland testi monial to support them. The address and reply appear in our advertising columns. We may add that gentlemen trained by Dr. Kidd have passed most successful examina tions before His Honor the Chief Justice, and have been admitted to the New Zealand bar with honors.

The annual meeting of the members of the Young Men's Christian Association was held last evening. The Yen. Archdeacon Maunsell occupied the chair. The reporb of the com mittee was of a most encouraging nature, and showed that the society has made great prog ress during the past year. Several gentlemen who had claims against the trustees have gene rously written them off. The subscribers' list showed that 233 members have been added to the Institution since the last meeting, while a large number of books has been added to the library. An interesting series of lectures had been delivered, which produ ced £58 10s. (3d. The following statement of accounts, read by Mr O. Lewis, will be persued with interest by subscribers. It date from March 1, 1872, to February 28, 1873.— Dr —To ordinary revenue, £278 13s. 3d. ; donations for books, £21 ; temporary loan, £50 ; total, £349 13s. 3d.—Cr.—By ordinary expenditure, £152 9s. 3d ; additions to hall, &c, £15 3s. 6d ; new books, £139 2s. 7d ; cost of repairs to building (on account of trustee;, £35 17s. ; balance cash, £7 os. lid ; total, £349 13s 3d.—Liabilities : Temporary loan, £50 ; small claims, £6 16s. 3d ; total, £56 lGs. 3d.—On motion of Mr Thos. Macffarlane, seconded by Capt. Daldy, the report and balance-sheet as read were adopted. The following gentleman were elected to the various offices in connection with this useful institute for the ensuing year ; viz—President the Yen. Archdeacon Maunsell ; vice-presi dents, Capt Daldy, Messrs J. .Newman, W. Eattray, A. Boardman, J. Edson, and P. Heaepath ; secretary Mr Thomas Buddie ; treasurer, Mr 0. Lewis, auditors, Messrs N. Wood, and S. Wells ; committee, Messrs. E. Hammond, S. Weetman, J. Coupland, John Gittos, W. Thorne, G. M. Main, J. Longmore, S. Wells, A. Brock, T. Peacock, G. M. Reid, H. Barton, P. E. Chiel, D. Goldie, T. F. S. Thine, J. M'Lachlan, N. Wood, F. G. Ewington, Geo. Bullock, and —Lyon, A new course of lectures will be commenced shortly, probably in the month of May. The Debating and Essay Class will also open about the same time, and will afford excellent opportunities for the intelli gent young men of the city to exercise and improve their powers of speaking in public. The report concluded with an expression of thcjSociety's gratitude to the Rev. E. M. Bree, the venerable minister of All Saints, for his long and valuable services in the cause of intel lectual and religious progress. The proceed ings were of a harmonious nature through out,- and closed with satisfaction to the numerous audience,

k Provincial Government Gazette was pub lished this afternoon containing a notifica tion of the re-entry of the Puketutu please, Coromandel, and a lease at.Shell Back Oreek, applied for by Mr John Kenyon. Mr U &.. Roskruge has been appointed inspector ot cattle under the Customs Regulation Act, 1858. Mr John McLean's tender £410 bs for a bridge over Rangitopuni Creek, Kiver head. Hoe and (Dram's tender, £230, tor bridges over Komokoriki and Totara Creeks, and J. W. Glenny's tender, £373, for bridges over Araparera and Onehunga Creeks, have been accepted. The Gazeil* contains other notifications. The Auckland Amateur Serenaders will make their first appearance on Wednesday evening next in the City Hall; and judging from the programme before us we may safely predict that a splendid success will crown their introduction to public notice. There is one peculiarity about our Auckland minstrels which is highly commendable, and which we believe, from past successes of kindred minstrels, has not escaped generous notice ; and that peculiarity is unselfishness of motive. The newly-formed company of Serenaders make their first bow in favour of the widow of the late G. L. Low, who was accidentally killed a few weeks ago in the Panmure road; and doubtless this musical appeal of the Serenaders will meet with that active response which is one of the brighter characteristics of our shining city. The performances will be divided into three parts; the whole prefaced by an original pro logue, written for the occasion. The first part will include a variety of comic and sen timental songs, such as '' Down the river, "Put me in my little bed," " Red-hot Con traband," "Coming, sister Mary," "Good bye, Nelly, dear," "Annie of the vale " Girl with the blue dress on," and a number of other favourite ditties. The second part consists of the Golden Shoe dance, a descrip tive scena—" Wreck'd and Saved"—a con certina duet, a character song from the estab lished side-slip of the free-trade orator—John Bright—the " Bloated young aristocrat," and a pretty ballad ("Ettie May") by Mastei B. Hill, a very young candidate for a seal among the muses ; also an ethiopian sketch, and other laughter-provoking pieces. The entertainment will close with the Silver Bell jig, a humorous reading, and the much admired negro farce entitled the "Midnighi Apparition." The concert will be patronisec by the Oddfellows of the District Lodges

The premises now under alteration for the National Bank of New Zealand, in Queen street, are rapidly approaching completion, and it is expected the new Bank will open for business on Monday week. The premises, although small, are centrally situated, and successful endeavours have been made to economise the space. The manager's room is on the rirst floor, with an ante-room at the back. The messenger's apartments are on the second floor ; the clerks' offices are on the ground floor, where also are the strong room and fire-proof safes. The Bank is very substantially fitted, up, and when the wood work has been polished will have a very handsome appearance. The whole of the work hao been carried out by Messrs Shailer and Wright, of Fort-street. We observe that the windows have been securely fitted with iron bars to render them thief -proof.

Discourses on the, following subjects will be delivered to-morrow at the undermen tioned places of worship :—Newton Kirk, by the Itev. Dr. Wallis—morning, " A Voyage to Heaven ;" evening, " The Use and Abuse of Creeds." City Hall, by Samuel Edger, B. A.—morning, "The Will of God the Central Principle of Religion ;" evening, " The Vision and Voice that arrested Saul." United Methodist Free Church, by E.ev. G. H. Turner—morning, "The Seven Stars and Seven Candlesticks ; " evening, " The Minis try of Angels."

The ceremony of administering the oath as acting-Governor to Sir George Arney took place on the balcony, at Government House, at five o'clock yesterday, in the presence of a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen. Capt. Machell, A.D.C., read Her Majesty's commission, dated at Balmoral in 1869, appointing His Honor the Chief Justice to administer the government of this colony in the event of the death, removal, or incapacity from any cause of Sir George Bowen. Mr Justice Johnston then read over the oath of allegiance and oath of office, which were repeated by Sir George Arney and signed by him. His Excellency then received con gratulations from various gentlemen who witnessed the ceremony, and His Worship the Mayor called for three cheers for the new Governor, which were heartily given, and at the same time the Artillery Volunteers firedasalute. This terminated the proceedings. We believe that invitations have been issued by His Excellency for a ball at Government House on Tuesday next.

On Wednesday next the Auckland Horti cultural Society will hold its Autumn Exhi bition in the Drill-shed, Princess-sti-eet, when prizes will be awarded for the finest specimens of dahlias, plants in pots, cut flowers, fruit, and vegetables. The members of the Garrick Club will per form the two-act comedy of the "Rent Day," and other favourite pieces, this evening, at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Miss Carrie Alnutte will also appear in her much-admired melanges. We trust the in defatigable members of the club will meet with due appreciation from lovers of the drama.

Mr. Alfred Anderson and Miss Carrie Emanuel left for the Thames yesterday evening, where they will appear for a few evenings in their excellent musical enter tainment.

FAREWELL LETTER FROM SIR GEORGE BOWEN.

The Superintendent has received the fol lowing farewell letter from his Excellency Sir G. F. Bowen :—

'' Bay of Islands, "March 19, 1873.

"My dear Superintendent,—l cannot finally leave the waters of New Zealand without expressing once more to your Honor, and through you to the Mayor, and to the people of the province and city generally, how deeply gratified I feel by the grand public demonstration of respect and sympathy on my departure from Auckland yesterday. Be assured that it will always live in the grate ful remembrance of my family and myself.

" With our earnest good wishes for the health, happiness, and prosperity of you all, " I remain, my dear Superintendent, "Yours most faithfully, (Signed) " G. F. Bowen. "His Honor the Superintendent, etc."

ST. MARY'S, PARNELL.

Since our notice last evening of the elaborate display of plain and fancy goods in the City Hall, in aid of the funds for raising an organ and a supply of gas for the church of St. Mary, Parnell, a number of additional trea sures has been added to the exhibition. We notice to-day a beautiful doll's house, com pletely furnished, which is to be raffled for by twenty subscribers ; there are also about fifty volumes of standard works, and an ex cellent model of a South Sea Islander's

, canoe, some beautifully wrought butter- | fly imitations, and an elegant cushion, and a pair of watch-pockets tastefully decorated with pearl beads. We observed, moveover, a box over-laid with cones and acorns, strikingly correct in design and finish, and a variety of other useful and ornamented articles too numerous too be enumerated in a paragraph. The friends of St. Marys I have judiciously had an eye to home require- I ments as to home adornments, and have ministered liberally to family and domestic wants, even to easy slippers, meerschaum pipes, decanters, lamps, salts, mats, and Williams's fire kindlers. Among other pictures is a very fair painting of St. Mary's Church, by our local artist, Mr Warner, and an illustrated album by another friend. A considerable number of articles were privately sold last evening, which realised over £60, so that there is every probability that the gift sale will be a fair success.

WATER SUPPLY.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.)

g IR; _As a great deal has been said and written on the above subject, and nothing done during the past six or eight years, it is quite evident that the water scheme is a "cause that lacks assistance." Now, with your permission, I will make a plain unvar nished statement of facts which have come under my own observation, and contemplated results which have been carefully wrought out by figures. In submitting the following for the perusal of yourself and ratepayers I will divest it of all scientific terms and scholastic definitions, which, to the majority of the men, are quite unm telii"ibie. and of whioh the public have had° quite enough for the present. Well we will say that the number of popu lation ii) Auckland requiring a supply of water is fifteen thousand, and that a hundred and five thousand .^(llons of water can be supplied daily, we have then seven gallons per head of the population. This quantity is quite sufficient for household purposes at present, an<l for sve years to come. By sup- Tjlviii" only households from this source, that from the Domain will be sufficient for manufacturing establishments, breweries, shipping, &o. It also can be augmented by a stfiafl outlay. One of the leading features m the proposed Mipulv is the smallness of the outlay incurred to utilise it, for both the reservoir and the pipes used in the construc tion will be so ;r,uch plant and labour in Y>ossessioa when the time arrives to ■ bring in the larger supply from one of $he contemplated sources. The reser voir* will -fe constructed on the Corpora tion"'-rVPTiperty at the top of Kyber Pass, that bein"*tne highest point from which to com mence the distribution, and will be built to contain 2,100,000 gallons. Another very prominent feature in this supply, and one which ought to have some weight with ratepayers,, is the evidence they will have of steam power in raising water without any risk of their money, as the Corporation will not be required to' take the responsibility of delivering the water into the reservoir. Therefore, taking into consideration th*e small outlay required in the first instance, which outlay will be utilised hereafter in any larger scheme, and the supply of seven gallons per head of the population per diem, exclusive of the Domain supply, and the whole set in motion within three months after pipes are procured, ought to be sufficiant to convince ratepayers who wish for pure water, and insurance companies, that this is the best scheme for the present, and until such time as the other and larger schemes are more perfected. The cost of reservoir, and pipes, laid to source, will be about £4,000; of course this does not provide for distributing pipes, only for delivering the water into reservoir.—l am &c, John Shaw, R.S.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

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

INEBRIETY.

Kate Clarke, a showily - dressed young woman, was charged with being drunk. Sergt. Walker stated that he found the accused lying in a gutter insensibly drunk. The accused said that she came out of the hospital on Monday, and walked as far as she could, and then sat down, and could not get up without help. She was not drunk, but incapable. His Worship : Where were you going ? Prisoner : To the Thames, your Worship. His Worship : What ! at twelve o'clock at night ? You must pay 10s. and costs or go to prison.

BREACH OF THE LICENSING ACT.

Laurence Robertson appeared in answer to a charge of supplying alcoholic liquor on his premises known as the Flying Squadron hotel, Karangaphe - road, to one John Gallagher who was not a bonafide traveller, on Sunday, the 16th day of March. Mr Hesketh appeared for the defence. Constable Clarke deposed that he was passing by defendant's house on Sunday last when he saw a man named Gallagher coining up the passage with a kit, in which he had a quart of beer, and who went back with witness to the hotel and pointed out the defendant as the person who served him with it.

To Mr Hesketh : It was about half-past one when he saw Gallagher coming up the passage by the side of the " Flying Squad ron." The passage is a public throughfare. He was standing by East-street at the time. He had nothing to do with sending the man for the beer. He merely tasted the liquor to be sure that it really was beer. John Gallagher, a storemen, residing at Newton, saw Mr Robertson for the first time on Sunday last. He was not in the habit of drinking beer ; but on this occasion he had a friend from the country to dine with him who wished for a drop. He went first to the Naval Hotel, but not succeeding, he went to the Flying Squadron, where he was accommodated with a quart of beer, for which he paid eight pence, and upon coming up the passage he was confronted by Constable Clarke. He went in at the back door of the hotel, and was served by Mr Robertson. He did not go with the intention of getting the landlord into trouble.

Robert Hardie, a clerk, deposed that he was a lodger at the Flying Squadron, and was in the room adjoining the bar during the hour in question. He was well acquainted with every part of the house, and Gallagher could not have been served without his knowledge ; he could swear positively that Gallagher was not served with beer at the time mentioned by the last witness, viz., half-past one. His Worship, "Do you swear positively that Gallagher could not have been served with the beer at that hour without your knowledge ?" Witness, with some hesitation, repliedjthat he could not.

His Worship, " This is very strange." Mr Broham asked for an adjournment of the case on account of the conflicting nature of the evidence. He wished that publicans would humbly acknowledge their ti-ansgres sions and plead guilty when they commit themselves.

His Worship said that under the circum stances the Court must dismiss the case.

This was all the business

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

The following are the quotations of the Auckland Stock and Sharebrokers' Associa tion for March 22 ;— Auckland Gas—sellers, £10 on. Caledonian, £1G 43, £10" 10s—sellers, £1G los. Thames, 75a, 80s. Harbour View, 10s, 11s, 12s Od—buyers, 15s ; sellers, 20s. Moanatairi, 355. Cure, 10s Gd. Tokatea, 30s—buyers, 30s. Albion (first issue)—buyers, 90s. Otago, 17s Gd, 18s. Inverness —sellers, 7s. D. B. Orchard, Secretary.

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

O'Meara Committed for Trial

Crushing Returns

GRAHAMSTOWN

This day. John O'Meara, charged on remand with embezzling £40 while clerk in the Warden's office, was brought up to-day. The evidence of Capt. Fraser (Warden) was taken ; also, that of Mr John Robinson (Receiver of Gold Revenue) and Mr Mow bray. The prisoner reserved his defence, and was committee1 for trial. Una! —A crushing of 120 tons of stone yielded 73 ozs. of gold. Evening Star Tribute. —Five tons of stone have been crushed with a yield of 4 ozs. 14 dwts. gold. Point Russell. —A crushing of 53 tons of stone has yielded 70 ozs. 6 dwts. of gold.

TAURANGA.

This day,

The Southern Cross sailed for Auckland at 11. 30. p.m. with 234 bags of wheat, 50 sheep, and 35 pigs. Passengers : Messrs Peacock, (2) Penny, Bromley, Margett's, Ferrari, and others, Misses Neilson, Brownlie and two others.

The Vincent sailed this morning.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Commercial Intelligence

A Steamer for Auckland

Sir George Bowen's Commission.

Important Ministerial Changes.

Mr Vovel to be Premier.

Mr Whitaker offered a Seat in the

Legislative Assembly.

A Captain Fined Fifty Pounds.

(PER ANGLO-A USTRALIAN TELEGRAPH COM'

FANYJ

WELLINGTON,

This day.

It is stated on the best authority that under no circumstances will Mr Fox continue Premier after Mr Vogel's arrival in Wel-

lington. Sir George Bowen, prior to his departure, offered the premiership to Mr Vogel. It is understood that he accepted it. Mr Whitaker, of Auckland, has been offered a seat in the Upper House, but hag not yet accepted it. Mr A. Shea quotes flour at £12 10s to £13 10s ; oats, 2s Sd to 3s Id. Consumers and dealers are operating cautioasly, antici pating a further decline. The appointment of Mr Benzoni to the chief clerkship of the Public Works office by Mr Knowles, Under Secretary, caused much jealousy. The press denounces Mr Knowles.

The small steamer received per ship For farshire proceeds to Auckland to-day. The National Bank opens on Tuesday. Another evening p^per is being started here.

The captain of the Forfarshire was fined' £50 this morning for having an insufficient supply of water on board during his late -

voyage from England. The Assistant Law Officer prosecuted, and notified the intention of the Government to prosecute all future breaches of the passenger regulations.' The bench partly exonerated the captain, but attached great blame to Shaw, Saville & Co.

NAPIER.

This day.

The Grange, Matapiro station, containing 1500 acres freehold, and2s,CoO acres leasehold, together with 24,C30 sheep, was sold by Mr Rhodes to Messrs Calcutt, Harris and Rich, of Otago, for £30,0C0.

FOXTON.

This day.

Johnston's flax store, containing a quantity of flax and machinery, has been consumed by by fire. The mill was saved, but the works will be stopped for a short time. The loss is at present unknown, but is considerable.

CHRISTCHURCH.

This day.

The Times, in a leader to-day, severely condemns the conduct of the manager of the Press Association in Wellington for retaining the telegram relating to the defeat of Mr Gladstone's ministry until last night. Messrs Rosse, Stead & Co., report wheat delivering slowly. Buyers are cautious, and are offering 4s 3d per bushel for prime par cels. Oats are scarce ; farmers holding for higher rates. Barley has been sold at 7s 6d per bushel; butter, 8d to Sid : cheese, 7d to 7*d.

DUNEDIN.

This day. The Star complains of the dilatory way in which press messages are forwarded. At Messrs Driver and Stewart's wool sale. 670 bales were offered ; 320 sold. The attend-**

ance was good, and competition brisk. A decline of Id to 2^-d upon February sales ruled at the sale. The greasy wool sold at 9§d to Is ; washed fleeces, Is 4£d to Is 7Jd. The Times states, on the authority of Mr Reynolds, that the Governor's commission was found in the Victorian mail boxes before the Albion left.

Butterfly is the iavourite for the Maiden Plate, and Tambourine for the Forbury Handicap. There is no Gentleman Publicans' Handi cap.

PORT CHALMERS.

This day. The Rangatira arrived yesterday from Lyttelton. Sailed—Rangitoto, for the Bluff.

HOKITIKA.

This day.

Another scene occui-red in Court, Levy demanded to be sent to the District Court,

THE EVMIM SfIAE, SATTT&DAY* MAfeCH Sj 1873



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