SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 6.9 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 6.9 HIGH WATER: This evening, 1051 ; to-morrow morning, 11.23

ARRIVALS.

Duke of Edinburgh, schooner, from Russell Leah, cutter, Lett, from Tauranga Mary Ellen, schooner, Rawlings, from Mercury Bay

DEPARTURE.

Natal Queen, barque, for Newcastle Agnes Jessie, schooner, for Kaipara Dawn, cutter, for Kaipara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Napier : Esther, schooner, Saturday For Honolulu and San Francisco: Dakota, mail steamer, this afternoon For Northern ports : Rowena, s.s., Monday next For London : Harvest Home, ship, to-day For Sydney and Melbourne: Wonga Wonga, s.s., early

VESSELS EXPECTED. Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 29tb December Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Loading Corido, barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 28th February East Lothian, barque, from New York. Sailed 20th December Florence, schooner, from Dunedin . Sailed 21st,

February Ladybird, s.s., from Sydney (in the Man;ji; att ) Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart To;^ Sailed 26th February ' W. C. Wentworth, barque. * R om Sydney Wonga Wonga, s.s., Bro;^ f rom Sydney Dauntless, schooner, f rom g ou th Sea Islands Satellite, cutter f from Levuka Thames, barque, from New York, via Sydney. Loading Zior, schooner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 26th February Alice (..ameron, barque, from Sydney Victor Persani, Italian war vessel, from Sydney. Sailed 4th March ..'...' J f Derwent, brig, from Sydney. Sailed 3rd March

IMPORTS.

Per Dakota, p.s., for Honolulu : 255 bales wool, 2 do skins, 2 cases, from the South, 3 cases drapery, from Sydney ; 3 cases drapery, 6 cases perfumed spirits, 3 do perfumery, 1 bale shirts, 1 do cottons, ,10 .cases brandy, 60 coils rope, 500 lashings, 48 bags potatoes, 1 box curios, 1 parcel samples, Owen ; GO sacks potatoes,, 40 do oats, 125 coils rope, J. S. Macfarlane and Co. ; 81 bales wool,; Cruick shank and Co. ; 10 Cases gum, R. Walker and Co. ; 1 package samples, 19 bales wool, J. Roberton and Co.—Henderson and Mac farlane, agents. "JI DEPARTURE OP THE DAKOTA. The mail steamer Dakota, Capt. Ingersoll, cleared at the Customs this afternoon for Honolulu and San Francisco with a large cargo, and the following passengers, number ing in all 67 persons. Saloon: Messrs E. H. Engall, W. Martin, S. B. Browning , junior, Mr and Mrs James Dilworfh ; Messrs Haymanson, E. B. Cargills, J.- J. Holmes, A. Blakeston, Harrison, N. Inglis, J. Renard, W. D. Blair, R. Jacob, ,T. Clark, Tuckfield. A. Brandon, Miss Qrbell, Miss E. Cargills, Mr and Mrs Munro, Mr and Mrs Van. Blarcone, Mr and Mrs Kent, Mr and Mrs Bennett, Mr and Mrs G.K.Johnston. Steerage: Messrs Dixon, wife, and seven children, MoGregor, wife, and two children, W. Walker, Thos. Rodgers, Thompson, Works, P. Inglis, A. McAllister, Weir, E. Jackman, P. O'Grady, T. Thorpe, M. Thomas, W. Lyle, E. Pellier, J. Jenkins, Bullugh, Mrs Johnston, Mr and Mrs Jas. Foley, Mr and Mrs Jas.^Clare, E. G. Brookes, F. .A. Brookes, W. Bradley, P. Paul, E. Halloran. The favorite passenger ship City of Auck land, under the command of Capt W. Ashby, arrived in London on the 10th instant. She sailed from Auckland on the 7th December, thus making the passage home in 93 days. The schooner Esther, on disch^rg^ of her cargo of wool, will leave again for Napier on Saturday next. : -. <~, • : Consignees of cargo by "the schooner Excelsior are requested to pay freight to the agent, Mr John Reid. ' The schooner Florence, which left Dunedin for this port on the 21st February, has not been heard of since she put into Wellington twq. days after for water. Fears are enter tained for her safety. The s.s. Southern Cross arrived at Tauranga at one o'clock this morning. V ■: -.A London telegram, per Java cable, dated March 10, announces the arrival of the ship City of Auckland. The schooner Ruby has cleared outwards for Russell in ballast. The schooner Mary Ellen has reported at the Customs with|twenty-one thousand feet of timber.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below:— jS ». d.

MEETINGS?. , Old Stocking, Coromandel, 22nd March " '~ ...City of London, Company's office, Wjndliam street Auckland, 3 p.m., 24th March Vulcan,. Canada Buildings, . Auckland, noon, 26th March ■' ' i•'- ',- ' '■' ' " ".' "."■' 1 Mulum in Parvo,' British Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., 26th March ■'"'- " A .;'" .Queen of the Thames^ Mr Hunter's office, Insurance } Buildings, Auckland;-3 p.m., 27tfc'March 'A A Tfnicbrn, Grahamstown, 27th March '' -'•<•"■ ■-'■'• El Dorado, Mr P. A. White's office, Shortland street, Aifckland, 3 p.m. 27th March Ton Voltke, Coromandel, 2nd April Lucky Diggers, Messrs Russell and Devore's office, Shortland street, Auckland, at 11 a.m., Bth April

-. Some men fall in pleasant places, as witness U.t'_G. C. FitzGerald, of Hokitika, who fulfils, or pretends to fulfil, such a multiplicity rof offices, all mofe or less profitable,, that would astonish our readers were they aware of them. He is Resident Magistrate, at'£soo a-year; Returning Officer, at £25 a-year_; Sheriff, at £50; Visiting Justice,, at £50; Chairman of Waste Lands Board, at £100; and..other things of which we have no knowledge. In addition to this there is a Coroner, who fs paid; there are wardens, who are unneces sary. The Grey River Argus, commenting upon this plurality of offices j which is not confined to Hokitika, remarks :— "Though the array of offices would be enough to startle ordinary mortals, were they all enumerated, still, the. whole work pertaining .to them is not more than can easily be got through by one man with out distressing himself, and the'extra emolu ments are wholly uncalled for. In the New Civil Service regulations and the late County. Council reports this fact is alike recognised, and it is probable that the bid idea of six single gentlemen rolled into one will yet be' realised in .connection with other > offices as well as the one referred to. It is very clear that the desipejof both the local and General .Govenimemlp is to reduce hitherto useless expenditure, and organise a hard working and well-paid staff who shall earn j salaries that shall be liberal, but who will-•< on the other hand be expected to give full value for the money they receive." , • ; The proprietor of the Princess Theatre, Dunedin, contemplates making extensive alterations in that building.. It is proposed to raise the roof, renovate and re-decorate the interior, and make such additional'accom modation as will establish it the most com fortable playhouse in New Zealand.

BIRTHS.

Halstead.— On March 18, the wife of E. D. Halstead, of a ion. Henderson.—On March 18, at her residence, Nelson street, Mrs J. G_irdiner Henderson, of a ton.

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

THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 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

J The project for connecting New Zealand with Australia by telegraphic cable, so long dreamt of, is probably now on the fair way of being realised. That such a work must sooner or later be undertaken has perhaps not been doubted by any one in the colony for many years past; and the re cent telegraphic . connection formed between England and Australia has ..produced the general convic tion that the time is not far dis tant at which we cannot afford to he left out of the great telegraphic circle. Deep interest therefore invests tbe proceedings at the recent Intercolonial Conference in relation to this; and the agreement made and practical action taken by the representatives of New South Wales, New Zealand, and Queensland will be keenly can vassed. The details of those arrangements, which are contingent on the acquiescence of the several Parliaments interested have been pub lished and though they will doubtless send a pang to the heart of all those who believe that New Zealand should hang her harp on the willow, and mourn disconsolate for her forlorn estate, we d^Srot hesitate to say that they will Tdo accepted by the great majority of colonists as embodying terms in the very highest degree satis factory to New Zealand. Succinctly put they comprehend not only a tele graph cable connecting the coast of New Zealand with the coast of New South Wales, but a cable separate and independent from that at present laid, connecting the terminal station of the Queensland wires on the Q-ulf of Car pentaria j with Singapore, and conse • qiiently with a series of competing lines stretching oyer the East and the whole world. For this the three contracting colonies are to guarantee for thirty five years a return of fifty thousand pounds per year, or about three per ceht. on the capital invested; while all receipts above twelve thousand a year allowed for repairs, are to be devoted to reduction of the annual isubsidy. The position of New Zea land would therefore be that of a j guarantor of nearly seventeen thousand i pounds per annum for thirty-five years, in mitigation of which, after 'four thousand pounds have been re itained for repairs of the cable, all the ireceipts for messages by the cable 'connecting with Australia would be idevpted to lessen the amount of sub jsidyr; This would be practically jabout the result, the cost of the JNew. cable being jabout bhe-third. the cost ,of the whole Wprk as _to be constructed. It; is . evident that in such circumstances* the annual burthen on our revenue Would not be great, and would be further materially lessened by the; Receipts from the same telegrams passing oVer our colonial wires. But perhaps that which will most commend the project to general favour is the low tariff embodied in the arrange ments. Not only does it fix a rate fpr Anglo-Australian messages far below that hitherto ruling, but the proposed tariff for transmission be tween New Zealand and Australia, v}z M fifteen shillings for twenty words,

is, with one exception, the lowest rate j for cable telegrams in the world, being j one-third—and even one-fourth—*. of i the rates ruling on various portions of i the Anglo-Australian line. "The pro- ! jeet is one of great interest, but it cannot be ignored that it is one of con siderable responsibilities. It is satis factory to see that it does not appear to involve any concessions tending to monopoly, than which|nothing could be more disastrous to the future of any rising community. Seventeen thousand a-year for thirty-five years represents the very worst aspect in which this proposal can present itself to this colony. With reference to the in= fluence it is likely to exert on commerce, and on the general welfare, it is wholly needless to speak. New Zealand has now begun to awake to the necessity 0 f keeping up in the n&rch of progress, and t0 I-emain longer outside the pulsations of the whole world's life would soon become intolerable. While to journalism such immediate contact and intimate relations with the 'great world beyond must be of unquestion able advantage, the commercial in terests of newspaper property will be weighted with new burthens in the enormous costs entailed by such connection, so that it, will exhibit a spirit angelic if we find—as we believe we shall find among our contempor : aries—a general welcome to the great scheme of telegraphic extension. Tet even to these interests the new scheme would be beneficial if telegraphy in New Zealand could only be con ducted with Common honesty of pur pose and capacity for grappling with the work to be done. But unless there is a radical reformation in the system within the colony itself it seems idle for the colony to undertake so great works beyond its bounds. If Mr Vogel, from the experts in telegraphy with whom he came in contact during the late negotiations, had brought back with him some one capable of taking the conduct of the sys tem iin New Zealand, and in structed him to develop telegraphing to its utmost extent among ourselves, he would not only have inspired con fidence in the great scheme proposed, but would have a people prepared to take advantage of the great com mercial facilities to be placed at their disposal by the telegraphic cable. The proposals provisionally accepted by the delegates in Sydney will be closely scanned through out the three colonies imme diately involved. To Queensland, over whose wires throughout their entire length the messages must pass, the advantages will be at once apparent, while the opportunity of " paying off" her old antagonist in telegraphy— South Australia —will not be missed. New South Wales -will reap a Bimiia» class of advantages in concentrating and transmitting over her wires the messages of the sister colonies, while the benefit of a competing line and lower charges for messages to England will be so much additional gain. To New Zealand the cable connecting with Australia is simply a necessity that must sooner or later be provided ; and that sympathy and co-operation should have been so readily found, and that our isolation should be removed on so favourable and satisfactory terms, will afford grounds, we believe, for general congratulatiou. The spirit of the resolution of the Assembly last session has been embodied in the present arrangements, which reflect the highest credit on Mr Vogel.' Un fortunately the San Francisco mail service is temporarily under a cloud, but consolation may be found in the successful initiation of a project of a kind, that in the progress of the age, seems destined eventually to supersede the antiquated system of mail services and epistolary communications.

We would refer to our telegraphic columns, and ask the reader to note the hours at which we received our telegrams and the hours at which they were sent to us. We would remark at the same, time, which our readers ; may not be aware of, that there is wire i stretching from this to Wellington and also (to the Bluff; and we would also add that | ours being an evening journal is published j about half-past four. Our English telegram j; was received at the Bluff at 8 a.m. yesterday j. morning, and the last of it was sent to us |at a quarter to seven last night. Our I Australian telegram was received at the • Bluff at 8 a.m. yesterday morning, and the whole of it was sent to us at nine o'clock last night. Our Wellington telegram was re ceived at the Wellington telegraph office at a quarter-past twelve yesterday, and was ;sent to us at a quarter-past nine last night. ;It is unnecessary to say that a great deal of ;these have been since anticipated by the morn ing papers. We have paid heavily for them, and are willing to pay more to any reasonable extent if we can but lay before our readers what we have paid for within reasonable time. But really this is intolerable, and shows that there is either improper influence and undue pressure, or unwarrantable incapacity some where. The Volunteer representatives of the pro-' Vince assembled at Hardington's yards about a quarter-past ten o'clock this morning. They were here met by the Rifle and Naval bands, which preceded them in their march to the wharf to embark on board the Golden Crown. The steamer was crowded with Jiassengers. (about 400 persons), including a arge number of Volunteers, having availed themselves of the liberal offer of the A.S.P. Company to be present at the Thames re ception this afternoon and evening. The steamer will leave Tararu on the return trip at midnight, thus enabling the Auckland ex cursionists to reach town in time to resume business to-morrow morning. The Superintendent of Otago received a f telegram from the hon. the Native Minister, I who is now in Auckland, in which ' the latter says :—" Matters are very quiet'up here: Public works are progressing, and there is less discontent tlum I have noticed for a long time."

We hear from a private source that the Magnet Trtoupe jfcre Making a hit in the. Sotlth, especially Lottie and her Brother's; Who have won the' hearts of the Christchurch people with the entire approval of the com munity, except one clerical gentleman, who objects to her gymnast portrait being placed in any body's window, and more particularly in the window of a Christchurch bookseller { still, there it ia. The Troupe are expected to appear in Dunedin on Monday next. A meeting of the Justices of the Peace will take place on the fourth of next month for the purpose of revising the jury list for the district-of Auckland. Mr Justice Johnston arrived last night by the Dakota in order to fill the place of Sir George A. Arney at the coming criminal sittings at the Supreme Courti, :',• '.- ■' • ' The most imposing spectacle of the recent procession has been removed, the triumphal arch at the wharf. Soon, therefore, all traces of the parting display, will have vanished, and merchants and tailors and shoe-makers, forgetful of the past, will be intent upon their profitable business. Tenders for the supply of coal to the Pro vincial Government during the winter quarter are solicited by the Provincial Secre tary. Another unfortunate gone before the coro ner ! The story of Caroline Walsh it all too common a one in Sydney, 1 though the end may not always come so soon. The stages of the poor child's progress on her fatal path were mUcb as they always are in such cases first, a machinist working for scant wages, then to the more , seduotive position of a night-waitress at a music-hall, and then to lower depths still. The end of all, disease and death, a coroner's ihijuest, and a'quiet corner at Hasle.m's Creek. And all this misery and sin crowded into a short life •of seventeen years ! If iiny one wonders whether there are many more Coroline Walshes travelling the same road, let him walk down George-street any Sunday evening, and note the, charming free and easy manners of 'the youthful genera tion of Sydney boys and girls. . Heaven forbid that we should say that all sewing machine girls must all be tending in the same direction, or-.even necessarily with every stich, " sewing a shroud as' well ,a's a shirt." But if they could take, their evening walks abroad at more seasonable hours, and with a little less the air of tempters of men and their fate, as admirers of the sex who wish them one and all well,' we should feel all the easier.— Sydney Empire.

Colonel Lyons has issued a memorandum to the Volunteers, thanking them on behalf of Sir George Bowen for the part they took in bhe demonstration on his departure. The gallant Colonel also expresses his admiration at the manner in which the officers and men performed their duty, while he has great pleasure in bearing testimony to the general efficiency of the Cadet Corps.

Commenting upon the loss by the Otago men of the Champion belt at the colonial firing this year, the Dunedin Morning Star says :—" Unable to get a boating crew, de feated on the cricket field and rifle range, the year 1873 has been a very unfortunate one for the province. Men of Otago you must look to your laurels."

A notification has appeared that Mr George Gledhill has applied for a patent for his invention of aerated water, bottle, and stopper.

Little Japhet appeared for the first time yesterday in the Police Court in the arms of his mother in search of a father. The urchin, fourteen months old, was lively and all unconscious of the fact that his diminutive person was the chief object of court attrac tion. Sonll of the spectators asserted that the child's eyes instinctively recognised the eyes of his putative father as he sat in a kind of reverie looking on the floor. A year's court ship of the most promising nature had been carried on between Lubin and Bessie, under the color of a code of land-signals. At early morn Bessie would look towards Lubin's stables for the mute intelligence. If Lubin waved his hat, it meant "How are you ?" but if he waved his white handkerchief, it implied "I'll see you, love, to-night," and so matters went on until little Japhet's eyes looked into the world and put out the, fire of Lubin's love. This end of the first part of the story happened at an inauspicious time —the day after April fool's day last year. Japhet was born near a stable so Bessie said. Love-letters had passed between the lovers, and in one Bessie enclosed her carte-de-visite, which Lubin carried some time in his bosom, and returned his sentiments on finest gilt edged ; but thtse facts were not proven. Walks in the Domain were said to have taken place, aid ultimately in the cool evening of love, when Japhet appeared upon the scene, doults were entertained as to his paternity, and \hether or not he was a nine months' child. There was evidently come error aa to datesn Bessie's note book. Nurse believed that Japhet came at the proper time, and so thought Japhet's grandmother ; the investigation faied, however, in the identi fication of Japht's father, while Lubin sat solemn and sUert without uttering a single word. Little iphet left the Court just as happy as when he came in, for what could he know of thegreat world beyond which he may have to encounter; with no one to counsel him in he right way and shew to him j the beauty andutility of truth. We cannot but think, howiver, had Bessie borne a fair I character into Court Japhet might have ifound his fatl»r. . . :■ ■ It is annouced by the Secretary of the j Board of Edvcation that the examination of [candidates f<r certificates of competency as .teachers unda- tlie new Act will commence !on Wednesd.y next. It is necessary, there fore, that al intending candidates should. send in theirnamas to the Board at once. I The Natire Laids Alienation Commission', now sitting at ]>'apier to investigate various disputed purcfases of land from natives, has brought to lifit some curious facts in con nection witl native dealings. Mr T. B. (Harding's Monthly Circular, noticing the proceedings of the Commission, states:— !Poor Wsak Kawatina—a weak-minded and ignorant (Arangatiri —has repudiated his mark in &6VJ case save one, where it has been showi him. —Tarahea, who can sign his name, steoed that he only does so when he is confiden' that he understands • the docu ment, n otter cases, he makes a cross, Much, le does not consider ._ bind ing.—Maaena in one case, candidly related that havng dawn £1,000 for himself, and other owers, ie devoted the whole amount to the prtialliquidation of a private gro<* score, of iolcsaljdimensions.—Hori Nianias a large sebr naiy years since, after devouring the whoe oifhe purchase money belonging rightly, t tl} tribe, misled the surveyor by a false butt&y, recovering as he thoiight, to his om jjvate benefit, some 700 or 800 acres, fo1 wich he had taken payment.— Such area fv instances af Maori sharpness which hivefcuned up during the investiga tions. Ffe lat mentioned worthy over reached hmseli-one of his defrauded kins men revafed thtdodge, and the erroneous survey wa^ subseuently rectified. One sad fact has >een lought day by day into greater prcainenc_that the repeal of the Land Purhase Ox nance an^ the non-en forcement )f the^laAprohibiting the sale of liquor to tie natiye&have led to the ruin— total and yr^me&ab, of the Maoji n*oe,

The usual bi-weekly drill of the Sir George Grey Cadets -Will be held this evening in the Drill-shed; at seven o'clock. We understand that it has been arranged to fire a friendly rifle match with the Victoria Cadet Company on Saturday morning next, ranges 100, 203, ---300 yards, five shots at each range. The Sir George Grey Cadets have also received a challenge to fire a friendly match with the Egmont Cadet Corps (New Plymouth,) eight from each corps, the mat6li to be fired at their own ranges simultaneously. Ws hope for the honor of Auckland that the Sir George Grey Cadets will prove more than victors in this first inter-provincial Cadet' match. The Independent says that it would ap pear that some of the accusations,, against Mr Eyes have not been established, and the other facts exaggerated, whilst the petition leading to the late investigation owed its origin to old political , feuds and social differences, which in such a little Pedlington as Blenheim appear' to be the chief amuse ment of the population. The above is be lieved to be the substance of the report ; handed into the Government by the Commissioners..

The energetic committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, as will be seen by advertisement in another column, have added eighty-five new volumes to their library. This addition makes an increase of over 700 volumes to the library during the past year. The annual meeting of the Association, for the adoption of reports $.nd election of office-bearers, will be held in the large room of the Association to-morrow night at half-past seven o'clock. The report to be. presented is, we understand, the most encouraging that has been laid before the members for many years. The revenue ha^ very1 considerably increased; and 'a' large number of members have beem enrolled on the books of the institution. The mCfetihg Was convened by circular in order thatno misapprehensipn.might arise regarding' those qualified to vote. Only full members who have been duly proposed and elected are entitled to the privilege of taking part in the annual meetings of the' Association.' "' , •' ,

The number of blind persons in the colony is thirty-three, viz., twenty-one males and twelve females^ The number of deaf mutes thirty-eight, viz., twenty-eight males and ten females.

Sir Cracroft Wilson has met with another severe accident by a fall from horseback. It seems that when rounding up some cattle a ;cow with her calf made a rush towards Sir i Cracroft. How; it all happened no one can say, but presently all four were hors' de com bat. Sir Cracroft was removed ,to his home when it was discovered that he had sustained a fracture of one rib and shoulder blade.

The disparity in 'the rates of wages through the colony may be gathered from the fact that harvest hands got 20s a day in Can terbury and 5s a day in Taranaki... In the former province the labourer called in the aid of a cab to carry him to the field of opera tions. : '. .. .

The shareholders of .the North Devon Gold Mining Company held an extraordinary meet ing yesterday in the offices of Mr E. A. White to'corikider the advisability of dis posing of the claitn, or of its amalgamation with the Eldorado Cold Mining Company. The Chairman (Mr Stone) stated the North Devon Company was, in round numbers, £ICD in debt, and the directors recommended amalgamation. Mr Weston moved that the directors be empowered to take the necessary °teps for this purpose, which he thought was preferable, to letting the mine on tribute. Mr Bein worn* urefer letting it on tribute. Mr Weston's motion WMI then put, seconded by Mr White, and carried. A. vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the meeting.1 '

The Auckland Amateur Serenaders will make their first appearance at the City Hall on Wednesday next, when an entertainment will be given by them for the benefit of the widow of Geo. L. Low, who met with a fatal accident on the Panmure road last month.

At the Police-court this morning a poor man named William Yeats was ordered to be sent to the Lunatic Asylum on the test •mony of Drs. Lee and Bayntun,

Mr Justice Johnston took his seat in the Supreme Court to-day, and disposed of a few bankruptcy cases. No opposed cases \yere heard to-day, but were ordered to stand over for future sittings.

• We noticed by the wharf side this morning a new whaling boat, built by Mr Ber nard Waymouth, boat-builder, Putiki yards, Waiheke, for the natives of that district. Her dimensions are thirty feet' by seven feet beam and two feet deep. She has given the natives so much satisfaction that Mr Waymouth has received an order for two other boats of similar construction and dimen sions.

With reference to the case heard in the .Police Court yesterday, in which Eliza Lestrange was prosecutor, we are requested to state that Mr Bennett did not say his client was a "woman of bad character," but merely admitted that she had been in the Police Court on a charge of larceny— : an admission which was necessitated by the line of defence intended by the solicitor for the defendant.

BANQUET TO THE NORTHERN RE PRESENTATIVES.

The banquet given last evening to the Northern representatives in the late, colonial prize firing was in every way a most success ful affair. The arrangements were made by a committee of gentlemen appointed On Satur day evening last, andthe task'of providing the dinner entrusted by them to Mr John Grey of Queen-street. It could not have been placed in better hands, a very sumptuous spread being provided. Covers were laid for 150 persons. More than that number pat down, but provision had been made for any excess over the number expected. The banquet took, place ,in the Choral Hall at seven o'clock. His < Worship the Mayor occupied the chair, supported on his right by Lieut. Hoskins, the Champion of New Zealand ; and Captain Murray, of the Thames Scottish. On his left were the Hon Julius Vogel and Lieut.-Colonel Lyons. The vice-chair was taken by Major Tisdall supported on his right by Major Gordon.' There were present a large number of both Auckland and Thames Volunteers; also several leading citizens. On the cloth being removed the usual loyal and patriotic; toasts were drunk, after which the . President proposed the health of the' Army, Navy, and Colonial forces,. coupled with the names ot Colonel Lyons and Captain Derrom. * The toast was drunk amidst great cheering the band playing "Red White and Blue."; Colonel Lyons and Captain Derrom re [ sponded. The next toast was the Cabinet Ministers and Members of the General Assembly, coupled with the name 'of the Hon. Julius Vogel. (Band, "Jolly Good Fellow.") The toast was responded to by the Colonial Treasurer. The health of his Bfonor the Superintendent, the Executive and Members of the Provincial Council was'then Irunk, and responded to by Mr H. H Lusk Mr Beveridge, M.P.C., and Mr S.hanaghan' M.P.C. . Considerable dissatisfaction,.was• evinced at tjie absence of the Superintendent The toast of the evening came .next, namely —"Our Representatives, coupled -with th

names of Lieiat. Hoskins and Volunteer Douglas." ■ This was drunk with immense enthusiasm, the band playing "See the conquering hero comes." Lieut. Hos kins responded in a capital speech. Volunteer Douglas also returned thanks. Cap! Murray, on being called upon, addressed tn'C company also in response. The Vice-chairman proposed the health of their guests, coupled with tbe fiame of Major : Gordon. Major Gordon responded ia suitable ; terms, and toasted His Worship the Mayor lail& tho Corporation, which was responded toby the Chairman and Mr Cosgrave, M.C.C. Captain MorroW proposed the Ladies, and Leiutenant Devore and Volunteer Boardman returned thanks on their behalf. The Auckland Steam Packet Com pany and Mr Hugh Craig were next toasted, and responded to by that gentleman. The toast of the "Press" was then drunk, and re sponded to by Mr G. M. Reed, after which the company, broke up. The Royal band was in' attendance, and discoursed some admirable music during the evening.

ENGLISH TELEGRAMS.

Emigrants for New Zealand. Preserved Meats Market. London Times oh New Zealand. Affairs. Flax and Wool Markets. ~.._ Shipping Intelligence.

GENERAL SUMMARY.

[The following are the remainder of the English telegrams put in at the Bluff at. eight ia.m. yesterday, and finished at 6.30 p.m.]!

SPECIAL NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

[Per Baroda.]

LONDON.

January 24. Rear-Admiral Hornsby is held responsible ifor the late collision of ironclads.

For the quarter ending December Dr. Feathe'rstone despatched nine ships to New with 1,819 souls. The total number of immigrants despatched since Dr. Feather stone's arrival in London is 6,899, in thirty nine ships. ; The New Zealand Fibre Company has been registered with a capital of £40,000. Nearly £10,000 of the capital have been subscribed by nine Liverpool men. A new bill of lading is to be adopted for Australia and New Zealand.

A large quantity of salmon ova has been shipped per Oberon. The New Zealand mails, vid. San Francisco, were delivered in London on January 15.

Dr. Featherstone is recovering from the illness caused by an old wound received during the Maori war. The following immigrant ships have been! despatched:—Parsee, for Auckland, January 12 ; Edwin Fox, for Canterbury and Otago (ready for sea); Wild Duck, for Wellington, on January 29 ; Canterbury, on January 28, for Wellington. The imports of New Zealand meats last year had increased by 54 per cent, of the. whole increase. The current quotations are : —-Six pound tins of mutton, s£d to. 6d ; four-pound tins, 6£d to 6gd; two-pound tins, 7*d to 7fd. Beef: Six-pound tins,- Sga^o^d; four-pound tins, 6Jd to 6|d ; two pound tins, 7id to 7£d. At the general extra meeting of the New Zealand Trust and Loan Company Mr Dalgetty occupied the chair, who reported that £1003 had been added to the reserve fund, making a total reserve of £40,000. He said he had that morning received a telegram announcing the reduction of discounts in Melbourne, which must reach New Zealand. He said they were receiving debentures bear ing six per cent, interest at 4t\ per cent. A dividend of 5s per share was declared. Commenting upon the letter of & New Zealand correspondent, the Times** says it tells a story almost too good to be true. It is like the advertisement of a country villa to let, the only drawback being the quantity of rose leaves. The Times writes strongly in favour of New Zealand.

: The deliveries of New Zealand hemp last year were only half those of 1871. TJfte supply should be kept up on a larger scale and more regularly. Quotations of fine are £36 to £38 per ton. Second quality,. £32 to £34. Inferior, £30 to £32. Tow, £14 to £15 per ton. Recent arrivals bring 2,000 tons. I The total amount of New Zealand wool imported last year was 104,600 bales, <or 6,000 less than in 1871. , '" ' i Freight.—-Liverpool to Auckland (general) 35? to 40s. "•'"'

SHIPPING.

! New York.—Arrived — Mary Nd'son^j barque, from Auckland. ? - Sailed—East Lothian, for Auckland. ~, _ London.-^Arrived—Countess cif Kintore, sjhip, from Auckland. Wild Duck, from Canterbury. (■_ \;'"' •; ', ,p <J j Sailed—For Auckland, Parsee, Wood lark, and Tangi. For Canterbury—Aqua, Dover Castle and Edwin Fox. For Nelson •j-Excelsior. For Otago—Glengarry, Michael . Augelo;:Naomi, OberOn and William DaVie" v For Wellington—G. A. Holt, Lucerbe/Mky, St. Andrew's Castlel ' ..-.•■ ■'__". '■','■' I Casualties.—The Wild DeerJiasputjin, to Glasgow much damaged during tbe gales. TheTanga, for Auckland, has also returned ■ to Liverpool. i Passengers.—Per ship Parsee, for Auck nd : Mr and Miss Emily Behar, Miss , ouise,, Hunter, Henry Windsor, Charles Wood, -Dr Taylor and eighty-four steerage.' Per Agra,j ,for Auckland: R. G; H. Forth,' C. Palliser, D. C. McDonnell, Tabor, and, fpur steerage. Per ship Naomi: IMr and Mrs William Smith, James and Thomas Smith, Edgar, Harvey, Mary Ann Winsper, Messrs Holverness, Buckley, T. B. Hill. Joseph Grigg, James Adamson, Edward Mace, and the Rev. —. Gallockou. .

LATER AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAMS.

Per Albion,

j MR FRANCIS AND THE ODDFELLOWS. LARGE ORDER FOR COAL. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH COM PANY.) [Presented at the Bluff at 8 a.m. yester diy. Delivered at Auckland, 9 p.m.]

MELBOURNE.

I . ' March 13. i No commission for Sir George Boweh as Governor of Victoria having arrived by the Baroda, Mr Reynolds gave the Government permission to search the New Zealand des patches, but they contained wm,

. Sixty gentlemen attended bar dinner given by the Chief Justice. Mr Francis, Premier, attended the dinner given by the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows as a member of the order. He made a good Oddfellow's speech. Victoria won the inter-colonial cricket match by twenty four runs. A woman named M'Jury has confessed to having murdered her husband at Bathurst. Warrior won the Autumn Cup. Middieton, a cattle dealer at Geelong, has been committed for extensive forgeries. Lyster's company opened with great eclat jon the Bth of March. A man named Wright has been hanged At Castlemaine for assaulting a man with a pick '. and killing him. Parliament has been prorogued to the 15th April, when it will be further prorogued. The salvage from the late fire amounts to over £20,000. ' Mr Tewsley, importing ironmonger, has been fined £500 by the Customs authorities for showing false invoices.

SYDNEY.

March 13. It is probable that an immediate arrange ment will be made to re-open the California mail route. Orders have been received for 11,000 tons of coal for the navy on the India and. China stations. '•■' '■'• Twenty-two thousand tons of coal were exported from Newcastle last week. Ad valorem duties are to be abolished. The Admiralty Court has decided against H.M.S. Basilisk in the matter of t&eseizure of the Woodbine. ~

ADELAIDE.

March 13. Wheat is quoted at 4s IOJd per bushel. 1 V The.' necessity for immigration has been forced' upon the attention of the Govern ment. » . Tenders.for 2CCO tons of flour, for New .Caledonia, were called for, when the lowest, sentritt was £12 to £12 2s, per, ton,'the buyer 'to find the barrels. The tender was declined. .'-"■■ ': '

LATEST UNPUBLISHED TELEGRAMS.

Breakdown in the Californian Service. The Demand for Coal. Fall in the Breadstuff's Market- Rise in the Price of Sugar. ____________ , ,''•'.'."''

MELBOURNE.

March 13. Rumoured dissensions in the Cabinet owing to proposal by Mr Langton of an ini-. practicable character causes discussion, A telegram received' from Sir James McCulloch confirms, the American news of the refusal of a subsidy to the Australian steamship line, and the withdrawal of Webb's steamers. "■'■' ' -'■".".'"'.,/■'

This next New Zealand mail will go via Sydney. ;; The news from Sydney relative to cargo orders for coal by the Admiralty will have an immediate effect upon the iron manufac turing and other trades. The prospect of an American naval estab lishment at Hawaii is attracting considerable attention. The breadstuffs market haa been consi derably affected. The fall within the -week wheat is equal to 4d per bushel. Flour has declined 10s per ton. Sugar is in great demand in consequence of the short stocks held in Mauritius, the ad^ vanced rates, and the' small shipments made for the colonies. ■ : . Hops are selling at extremely high prices. The J Victorian crop of 1873 is on the market as usual, as well as the Tasmaman, which is selling high. o. ;_._ > Iron is rising. ■ ' ;' '/' j v

SYDNEY.

_._._- Inarch. 13, afternoon. - The revenue in all branches is increasing. The JBJerald suggests that an arrangement should be entered into wish the A.S N. Com pany, for temporarily cariying on, the Cali fornian mail service. Az. There were oyer £1,100 taken at the inter-.. t colonial cricket match; " .. J Z J AAAAa

ADELAIDE.

March 13, afternoon. : j The butchers have raised the pr_ce of meat owing to the great increase on the price of stock, t.• ', y_ ■___ () rzz _y ' Wheat is firm. _.

SUPREME COURT.

! SITTINGS' IN BANKBTTPTCI

I " THIS DAY. • ■ | ; B[is Honor Justice Johnston.) J His Honor took his seat at eleven o'clock. ;The Registrar:of-the.Court read the assign ment of His Honor Sir George A; Arnfey'sv Sowers as Chief Justice, £o His Honbr Mr ustice ]Johnston, ,a noM; of which Hia Hono^ioudered to be entered on the minutes of thejCoiirti'i • A". I The following bankruptcy cases were'then brought forward :— . . tl IN RE JOHN MULLELLY. j j ! Mr Keetleyi appeaireel for the bankrupt;^'' Who was opposed, and; the" case, was ordered to stand Over until -the 3rd April, ! IN. R# r WILLLAM J£K&Y. '' i Thiif case was adjourned until next Thura- WA:,,,A"A A'AA. 'J'', m^As-a^ z\J'; ,y_ ;;/., .INBEIWIIII.IAM AND JOHN' MIHRi *oi»-i-id Mr Wi •H; -Kissling:, applied for an' 'j adjournment for a fortnight, wluck was granteflif IN RE CHARLES MOLLER.' A Upon the application of Mr S. E. Hughes, tjhe case waa adjourned until the 31-3 April. y ;-'• IN'RE THOIOAS HAYWOOD. ' j Mr Brookfield appplied for an adjournment' fpr,a fortnight inthis case, whickwasgranted;..; ■ ; , IN RE,.ELIAS JACKMAN. ~< _~\ ,-.,., ; Mr Armstrong appeared for the. bankrupt,,; a butcher at Coromahidel, wfio now came up . to pass his last examination. J The trustees' report was read, showing bankrupt's assets t6 have bteen in January last £369 125., while his liabilities were only ' £257-25,..- His bankruptcy was owing to depression >of business at Coromandel, audit, "v^as not believed his books debts would, realize above one-third lof amount set down ab assets. j There being no opposition the bankrupt was allowed to pass his last examination j and receive order of discharge. I IN RE W. 'H. BUTLER. I This case was also adjourned for a fortnight. j IN RE W. LQGGIE. The case was adjourned by consent until next Thursday. _, ,IN EE RICHARD TREGONINO. , . The bankrupt, w;ho. was a publican, lately carrying on business in Auckland, came up to pass his last examination. ! M^W. H. Kissling appeared fyr the bank* ,* _ The report of the Provisional Trustee in Bankruptcy was read. It shewed the deficiency to-be £127 16s. Id,

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