SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

POST OF AUCKLAND.

BTTN-SST-: This evening, C. 12 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning 517 HIGH water : This evening, 3.53 ; to-morrow tnornlng, 4.1

ARRIVALS.

DEPARTURES. Peavl, schooner, for Lyttelton Flora McDonald, cutter, Kenny, for Eaglatj Amaranth, schooner, 51 tons, Bower, for Kaipara

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Ttorotonga :.Mata, schooner early For London: City of Auckland, ship; loading For London : Lady Bowen, barque For London : Countess of Kiutore, shin For Newcastle : Woodbine, baroua For Newcastle : "Wave bri"

VESSELS EXPECTED.

"tt onga "Worifc.i, s's., from Sydney Bydaspes, ship; from London. Sailed July 20 Skimmer of the Wave, ship, from New York Magellan Cloud, bvigantine, from Honolulu Crernsbok barque, from Now York, via Dunedin Sailed Oct 15 '

lhe City of Auckland has to-day begun putting out the locomotives she "had on board. The tackle used was arranged in the same way as that used on board the Countess of Xintore, in removing the famous punching machme. : One of the engines was success fully got out under the direction of" Cant, -halls this afternoon. . The barque Lady Bowe^ hauled off into *o.e stream yesterday. The schooner Ivanhoe arrived at the Te Kopiira mills on the Bth instant from JNomnea. She is now loading timber for Lyttelton. ■ The ship Countess of Kin tore has had her masts fresh painted and cleaned. Her rigging is also being overhauled, and her upper works generally put into sea-going trim. She has to-day been taking in wool, cotton and cobra shipped by Messrs L. D. Nathan. Smart and Co M and EobertJLusk. 'The Mora Macdonald left for Raglan yesterday with a small cargo. ■"»*? The schooner Amaranthe sailed from' the Manukaufor Kaipara this morning, with the following cargo :—ll packages, E. Porter and Co.; 9 packages, J. C. Morrin ; 3 pack ages, Grant and Morton ; 28 packages; Owen and Graham; 14G bags flour, Thornton Smith, and Erth-;. IGO lines f10ur,.40 bags sugar, 10 cases brandy, 95 packages, Must and Co : 200 bags flour, 55 bags potatoes, 40 bags sugar,:7.packages, Brown, Campbell, and Co.; 6 packages, Cruickshank and Co.; 40 bags flour, ISpackages, Stone Brothers ; 13 packages," Niccol ■ 55 bags flour, Bycroft and Co,; 1000 bricks, 5 bags lime, Keane; and .SO packages sundries. ...-■"

COMMERCIAL.

.• . f.Wi, ! i .CALLS. Van G.M.C., Od; October 20 West Coast .0.M.C., Cd ; October 20 Windfall G.M.C., CU ; Nov Vi

MKETINfJS. White ftose C4.M C, October 1G Bank of New Zealand, October 22 Otago G.M.C., October 2S

PROVISION MARKET.

COLONIAL PRODUCE. Buying PaiqEs, Corrected Dealers. _~ s. d. s. d. . - - s d. s. d Butter, per lb: 0 10--0 0 Ducks, pair .'; 3 o—s o Cheese (new) 0 s—o 7$ Geese, each 4 o—s « Eggs, per doz. 0 B—o 0 Turkeys .'. 3 o—4 0 Lard, per, lb. ; 0 7—o 0 | Canterbury Bacon &Hams Fowls, pair1..■ 3 o—s 0 1 (bare) .. 0 7-0 SJt Good Salt Butter, 7—o 9| Do (in cloth) ,0 Bi—o f) Canter. (Jheeso, fiJ—o 81 Auckland. 0 5-0 7 ''■ '• « Hams, Od to Is per lb. '■•■•■■ JRetaiij Pricks, ■• ,; jFabm.and..Dairy Produce. ,„.., ;;,,.":' 5,.d.".,5." d. .'''.s. ds. d. Milk, per|qt. 0 OtoO 5 Ducks, per pr'.% 0-6 3 Butter (fresh.) 13—10 Geese, each 5 O—C 0 Cheeso(new)i ;0 ,B—l 0 -Turkeys, each 5 0-7 0 Eggs, per doz. 0 10—0 0 Bacon, per lb. 0 B—l 0' Lard, per lb. 0 o—o 0 Hams .. .. 0 9-1 o Fowls, pair.. 4 0-0 0 Salt Butter.. 0 I—l 3 ' , Btrrctajaw* :Meat. Beef, per lb. 0 4—o 7 Pork, per lb. .. ..0 6 Mutton _ .. 0 4—o 6 Veal.. 0 C ' BEEADSTUFFS.! " '"' WHOLESALE. .Millers' Price, per ton—lst quality £17 Fine Flour—household .. ■.. ...... '.. £14 Adelaide Flour !glg Canterbury^, .'.i ;ii. ... ■ .... ..,,.. .. £13 to £14 Seconds, £12. Sharps, £710s Bakers' Price, per lb 3d Bp.AN?ls6d per bushel. " ' "'• Bp.baJ>, per 21b. loaf, 4d to 4^d. - • - • Maize,1 crushed and whole, 4sGdto 5s BISCUIT. Cabin Biscuit, per 1001b, <■'■.' iletail, 22s MAIZE, OATS, POTATOES, ETC. ' TTIIOLEHALE. • ; ■ '• ■ ' Maize, 5s 3d ; inferior, 4s Cd Qals;:sg,Gd to 5s 9d per bushel. Potatoes, '£4 to"£4 lbs perton ; Hobart Town Seed. £7 to £Mos-: ' . ~ ■; .;.. . . . ; . ■' Hay, £2 to £4 10s per ton; ■>> ■ ■ • • - : Straw, £210s to £3 per ton. :< ; . ~: , .;\, Chaff, £C'los per ton ; '^ !... ■•.'.. .;.,.:■ n :, vt ;;,u L\u ■■■ ■ .':• RETAIL. ■■■■■; V. ~ , ..'.''. Maize, 5s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel; crushed, 5s 6d ,Oats, 6s per bushel. .: . . ■ ; Potatoes, Ss* 6d'per,cwti Hay, awt., 4s to Gs. . ~ ,-, Straw, 4ato 5s per cwt. Chaff, 7sGdtoSs ;J percwt. ; . k, ~ r , ~. . KAURI GUM AND FLAX MARKET. The following are the prices in the Auckland marketI:— ' uJuivJ :.. ~; I ■~-.; Gum—Well sbfaped, be3t quality • .... £28 to £29 | Quinary sorts ,:.. .. ..v ; ..; .. £26 to £27 Ilax.--Finest quality ... .. .....;•.. £21 to £22 Seoond'ditto ' ••.V .' /..' .. .. £U to £20' Wll v;ii^i'"'""'i^:'"; ": •■■ •• ••£7to£B -:# " BUILDING ."MATERIALS.. '. ' ~ Timber:—Boards .and scantling, 100 ft, 9s to 15s • ax mills, 10s 6d ; planed, torigued, and grooved lla 6d to 17s ;at the mills, f;o.b., 10s Gd " '; , ,New Zealand palings, S^feet, 10s; G-feet, 12s • ti ree rails,' £216s to £3 per 100 ; puriri posts, £5 per 100 • shingles, 8s to 13s per 1000; Hooart Town palines' sft., 17s; Gft., 19s ; Hobartown rails, 755. COAL AND FIREWOOD MARKET. 4JDOAL.— Newcastle, on the Wharf, 30s ; delivered* 47s Cd perton. Bay, of Islands, on board, ships in pert 25s per ton, delivered 35s ; ditto at the minus, 16s pe> ton. fj ■!■'-■!.' il. ! , ' !i ,:,, r, Firettood.—Uncut, 14s per ton, delivered ; cv* 16s peyton, delivered. ', ; (; , .

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

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1873.

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

We have just received the Registrar- General's statistical tables for 1872, which were completed for presentation to the Assembly on the 11th of September, 1873, allowing it may be presumed ample time for securing perfect accuracy. It is customary upon receipt of these tables for the local journals in each provincial city to- analyze the figures with the view of proving beyond all question that its own special province is at once the most prosperous and best adapted for settlement of all the localities in this land of promise. We do not intend to waste ink and paper in demonstrating such'a self-evident proposition as the presumption that Auckland is the garden of New Zealand4; if not the axis around which the whole colony revolves. But one or two general statistics and a few simple comparisons between Auckland and the rival city of, the South may not be unin teresting to bur readers. Leaving the doctor's figures bearing upon the subject of trade and interchange until a. future occasion, we shall take a glance at the pro gress being made by the colony in that most important matter, population. The total population of the colony in December 1872 is estimated by the Registrar-General at 279,560 souls (exclusive of aboriginals). Of these 102,404 are males, and 117,150 females^ leaving no Jess than 45 ? 24S unlucky individuals without the , opportunity ■of , providing themselves with help meets. , ,The increase to the popu lation of the colony by immigration during 1872 was 10,725, being 6,775 males, and 3,950 females. > Our prolific climate in creased the number of inhabitants to an equal extent, and with the sexes in much mdre ,equal proportions. There were 10,795 births in. 1872, of whom 5,510 were males, and and; 0,28.5 females. , The .total increase by births [ and immigatibn i was thus. 21,529.. Prom this must be deducted the loss by emigration, of 5752; deaths, 3194 ; total, 8,946.' : The net increase ,to the population !of the colony is thus 12,574. It is notable that,'if we'except' Nelson, Auckland derived less benefit from immigration than any of the other provinces. The total excesses of immigra tion over emigration in the 'various provinces are as follow : -r- Auckland,' 751'; Wellington; 1,271 ; Hawke's Bay, 7,701 ; Nelson, 80; Canterbury, 1,123; Otago, 1,450. . Total, "4,973. This does not compare very favour ably with, some preceding years. In 1861 the Hiett increase to the popula tion by immigration was 18,222 ; in 1562, 20,991; 1863, 35,120; 1864, 8,527 ; 1865. 12,309 ; 1866, 7,599 ; after which the immi gration declined. These figures serve to shew the completeness of the failure of Dr Featherstone's immigration management. Without any extraordinary effort a steady stream of immigration equalling that which, lias followed, the efforts under the Public Works and Immigration scheme was' at iracted by the natural advantages of the colony. Dr Bennett's mortality tables do not, we fear, bear out the premiership of this province any more than his immigration statistics do. In 1872 the province of Otago, cold and uncongenial land though it be, with, its population of 70,000 souls registered only ,720 deaths : Auckland, with 63,000 inhabi tants, registered 820 ; in 1871 Auckland stood more on an equality in proportion to population, registering ,only. 089 deaths

against; Otago's unusual mortality ol 809 j in 1870 Auckland registered 795, '1 oaths, Otago only G23; in 18(50 Auckland S0?>; Otago only 577 ;in 180S the order was reversed, Otago registering 1572 deaths, and Auckland, 595; in 18G7, the Otago deaths num bered fid?; Auckland. 611; in 18GG, Auckland, 815 ; Otago only 556; in 1805, Auckland, 941 ; Otago, only SSS. The.nuniber of births m Otago was larger than in, Auckland, but the proportion to the population was about the same in both provinces. The total excess of births over deaths in ten years was : In Auckland, 12,112 ; in Otago, 19,091. The frightful infant mortality in Auckland, caused in a great measure by bad water, may have had consider able influence on these statistics. If this is not sufficient to account for the difference, we would add that a. somewhat I briefer span" of existence in Auckland is amply compensated for1 by the greater enjoy ment of life beneath bright summer skies than amidst the biting cold and fogs of the Southern land.

I Men were engaged working all last night, and to-day at the scene of the lire, and the ashes were sufficiently cooled this afternoon to permit of the removal of articles not totally destroyed. The damage to the Metropolitan hotel has been assessed at £158, which, will be paid ?by the various offices where it was insured, .1. and J. Soppet's loss is between £150 and £200—the Jstock being mostly kept at the mill. Messrs I'ar nett and Levy had a quantity of goods in Henderson and Macfarlane's bond, which were insured in the New Zealand office for £sf)o. The following is a list of the bonded goods destroyed in Henderson and Macfarlane'a bond on the night of the late fire : —Brandy : H'2 qr. -casks, 350 cases. Whisky: 12 qr. casks, 10 cases. Gin (old torn) : 35 cases. Hum : 1 hhd., 2 qr.-casks, 1 octave, Hitters : 10.) cases, 34 qr.-casks, 048 cases. Bottled beer: 38 casks. Bulk: «) buds., lt> cases geneva, G(> J-cases do., 14 cases sarsaparilla, :}• cases perfumed spirits, 4 cases curaeeoa, 213 kegs sugar, (Honolulu), J9 bnr.B sugar, (Honolulu), 134 i-chests tea, 130 boxes do., 2 pgs tobacco, IS cases do., 54 boxes do., 13 pockets hops, 2 cases sundries, 7 cases waterproof clothing !! dales scrim cloth, lOpkgs dried fruits, 15 kegs .spirit coloring, 0 cases cigars. We notice that Mr J. S. Macfarlaue has, taken the store next door to Messrs Stewart and Anderson's on the wost side of Queen-sh-out, opposite the end of Fort-street. Messrs Bucholz have taken an office nuxt door. This linn lost all their books and papers in the (ire. Mossrs Stone Bros, have removed to the upper storey of the bnildiug occupied by the Bay of Islands Coal Company. Mr Kllingham has gone for the present to Mr. John Reid's store, where he may be neen on business. The Claud Hamilton, which arrived at Hokitika yesterday, has been tendered, but the tug was unable to return owing to the roughness of the bar. She will probably have later English news, per Java cable. At the meeting of the Education Board this day, the Board, on the recommendation of the committee, olectid Mr J. Carnow, B. A., Melbourne, Knglish master of Scotch College, Melbourne, as Knglish master of the Grammar School; Mr F...D, Kent, U.A., Sydney, assistant master of Cambdeh College, Sydney, as head master of the Lower School ; Mr Tomlinson, third master of Nelson College, as second assistant master. The adjourned meeting of'the'Auckland Presbytery was held yesterday at St. Andrew's Church. Present: The Key. Messrs J. Hill (Moderator)" D. Bruce, .7. Micky, McKenzi.e,lt. K.MeNicol (clerk), MrSommer ville (elder). Messrs Niccol and Buchanan were in attendance on behalf of the congre gation of Mr McKenzie of the North Shore. The business of the meeting was to consider the resignation of the North Shore charge by Rev.Mr McKenzie. Theletterofresignation was read, and Mr. McKen/.io made a state ment, in which he said he had determined to adhere to his resolve to resign, and begged the Presbytery to accept his resignation. The l!ev. D. Bruce, after a few remarks, put the following motion, " That the connection between the Rev. Mr McKenzie and the North Shore Presbyterian congregation be dissolved." This was seconded by the P».ev. Mr Macky, who ex pressed his,regret, that Mr McKenzie should have thought such a step advisable. The motion was then carried. The Jiev. D. Bruce and the Key. R. P. McNicol Avere appointed assessors to constitute a session for the North Shore district, and to arrange for tlio Church services till the special meet ing of the Presbytery in December. The meeting then separated. ;A sender mother "of a small family writes to say that her biggest boy, of nine summers, went to the (ire against her will and without her knowledge ; and gel ting in the way, as boys are in the habit of doing, he had his cap taken from his head by > a sergeant of ■•the police, who flung it into the middle of the road. Nor was her boy's a solitary instance of the sergeant's thoughtful activity, as this same officer bared the heads of several other youngsters i?i the same way, with thei yiow perhaps to his individual amusement. She thinks this act" may be in 'strict accordance with some clause of the Police Act1; but if not, it is more commend able than bumping boy's heads, as jt may be the means of keeping them out,of danger.

The story of Peter Boylan; who was justly sentenced, to four years' penal servitude yesterday, is another melancholy instance of the ruinous effects of habitual intemperance. Boylan some years ago met with a severe wound in the head, and. which, when under, the influence of drink,drove him to madness. This fact, however, was'not urged by his counsel in' palliation of his crime. Boylan was quite conscious from a long and miser able experience that he shouldhave kept the bottle and all intoxicating drinks at a safe distance, and never have ventured into the enemy's mouth by taking th^e, Royal Hotel. But Peter Boylan was obstinate and pig-headed, and would not listen to the voice of reason. Despite the remonstrances of his wife, and the whispers of his hazy conscience, he doggedly pursued the wrong {course —the course which lead to the death of his wife, the break-up of his home; the course which robbied his unoffending children of their natural protector, and cast them upon the charities of the world, and which forged a chain of misery for his'own existence whish time will not sever.

We learn from the Advertiser that '' his Honor ■ the. • visited. the| various public schools in the.Thames district on Tuesday, in company with Bishop Croke.. We cannot inform our ' readers whether these two dignitaries had any common pur »pose in visiting the schools together, or whether the bishop Has made'a convert of Mr I Gillies." , „ ~,...,. ', .""...,. , ..., M .■-

It is stated that Mrs Farrell, the lady who' acquired such unenviable notoriety1 in con nection with the Dunedin shooting case, is under an assumed and high-sounding name officiating as. a priestess of Bacchus, in Christchurchi ;..,■.,.: ■ '■■,'<:■<. ~.-,. .. i mie.

Mr Duigan has sold the Wanqanui Chroni cle to Mr Watt for £1,000. Mr Tribe, M.H.R., becomes editor after the Ist November. The pamper will advocate the yxqws of Mr Watt's party.;

; A writer of Parliamentary pictures in the UnuoiMn. 'Guardian thus sketches Mr Hugh Oarleton', and refers to his defeat by Mr John McLeod : —ln 1871, however, Mr Carleton was defeated by Mr .1 ohn McLeod, who was returned,,by a large majority ; and the^ familiar face of Hugh Carleton was no longer seen in Ms accustomed place. The House was deprived of its "father;" and whether it ever got another father, ori'cmains in a state of orphanage, I am unable to say ; but this I am certain of, that in obtaining John M'Leod as a substitute for Hugh Carleton it sustained a very serious loss. I mention Mr M'Leod in this connection, not because there was anything in the man—and yet he was a curiosity in his way, and may sit for his own picture by-and-by—but because there was nothing in him, and the constituency elected him well knowing his transcendent vacuity. This is another instance of what |I think 3 have before remarked— namely, the inscrutable fitness ol" things ; the perplexing puzzle why this and that are this and that at all and not something else. .But Mr M'Leoci must have have had some special fitness for representing the Ikiy con stituency at a period oh" supreme log-rolling or lie. would not have been elected. liy the way, ho'was great on rolling logs, having established quite a reputation in that line amongst bushmen and sawyers; but as a representative of the people he was want ing in every quality that is essential to even moderate success. I verily believe that this defeat would have killed any man except Mr Carleton ; but he is clothed in proof. Ho is the must perfect egotist it lias ever been my lot to encounter. His egotism is of an obtrusive, refined kind, that is for ever asserting itself to the amuse ment of listeners, but which raises its possessor far above ridicule. "There is some hope for a man," remarked an old poli tical campaigner in my bearing, " if he knows ! when he is laughed at; but Carleton has too much self-complaisance to feel the cjfTect of ridicule, lie is past praying for." Maybe yes, and maybe no : certain it is that he always appeared to be more than three storeys high above the ell'ect ol any ridicule ever levelled against him. 11 is personal appearance is somewhat of. an index- to his character, lie is tall, gaunt, grisly, and lame, the result of an unfortunate accident. j Apropos of this accident a good .story is told of Mr Oarleton. It was in the early days of " the working of the Constitution." 'Party feeling ran very high in Auckland, and Mr Carleton, from personal feeling and profes sional pursuits, took an active part in politics. Mr \V——and Dr C were candidates for the Supevintendeucy, and Mr Carleton, as editor of the SoulJiern Cross, espoused Dr O— 's side ; and not to put too line a.point upon it gave expression to his opinion in a very forcible style of writing. The doctor was elected, and a few days afterwards Mr Carleton and his friend, who were driving together, came to grief. Their horse bolted ;

the worthy doctor was landed on his li«ad and • lay insensible, while Mr Carleton sustained a fracture of the Jiip joint. Dragging himself to wluare his friend lay motionless, he thought him dead, and forgetting his own hurt and thinking only of the political battle he had won, and, to all appearance lost, h<s exclaimed, "My God ! Freddy "W wil2 be Superintendent after all ! " The loss of life and limb was of secondary importance to a "walk over" by a politician to whom he was "on pi-inciple" opposed. When the doctor recovered consciousness, however, lie consoled him with the assurance that being a Scotchman, lie "had fallen on the hardest part of his body, which saved his life." In Parliament Mr Carleton prepared himself with care, delivered himself with much gravity, spoke seldom, laughed at his own jokes, and yet—was looked upon as a bore. Latterl}', when lie rose to speak, the House was cleared. His words, which may have been full of wisdom, were spoken to empty benches, and would have been lost to the world at large but for the ponderous device of Jiati sard. Ah ! that Mansard ; how much has it not to answer for? .Boredom lives in its pages. Tho secret of Mr Carleton's de cadence in parliamentary estimation is not far to seek. It was his pedantic manner, in ordinate vanity, and a peculiar craze he had that "all men are Kara except Hugh Carlo ton."-

The theatre last evening was well, attended, and the repetition-of " Man and Wife " was performed with success. Mr McCowan was equally good as .Sir Patrick Lundio, .Mr, Collier as Geoffrey, Mrs McGowan as the dumb cook, Mr Hesford as Master Bishopriggs, and Mrs Walter Hill as. Anne. The play throughout was admir ably sustained, and afforded much aranise ment to the audience. To-night the amusing play of Hip Van Winkle, froia Washington 1 rviug'a story, will be performed, by particular desire. This legend of Sleepy- Hollow, although not by any means asensa tioual piece, is original in style, and cannot fail in proving highly attractive to those per sons who have made themselves acquainted with the inner secrets of the crayon sketch book. As this probably may be the last opportunity in Auckland we strongly advise sight-seers to spend an hour this evening in the Prince of Wales Theatre.

The members of the Auckland. Harmonic Class; will meet this eveningfor'instruction in the large room of the Young's Men's Christian Association. T.he subjects of practise will be selected from the works of Handel and Mozart; <to conclude with several glees; -We are glad to observe, that this class1 numbers ; young persons o&* both sexes, because there is no exercise more likely to promote good neighbourhood among the people than good music. Messrs Cooper and Lambert are entitled to the thanks of the class " for ' their steady endeavours to inspire a love of sweet sound, and instrumental harmony . among those whoge leisure ''without such opportunities might be less profitably employed. Dr Rush held the opinion that/singing should be cultivated among young ladies as a kind' of healthful exercise; not merely as I an.' accomplishment, - but as a means of preserving' health. ■ " Singing," he says, "tends to expand the chest, and thus'increase the activity and powers of the vital organ's." By the introduction of music into, homes families have a new s6urce of pleasure, and social intercourse is lightened and; made"joyous by. its humanising: and cheerful .influence ; and these are the objects which the Auckland" Musical Society seeks' to accomplish.. - . •• ' • ..: M , ... ...

The IVairarapa Standard thinks that a reconstruction of the Ministry is even more urgently needed than a reconstruction of the Legislative Council. A good many .people-, entertain the same opinion.

The Melbourne correspondent of a South ern contemporary states that examinations have recently, been held at the University, and the' ladies again took a good position. Out of the 140 candidates, male and female, who were examined, only two took " credit," and both of these were girls. Of< course all this is creditable to the girls, but one can't help thinking that it is disgraceful to: the boys. Surely, as the girls, are -going forward, the boys must be going back.' They are letting the girls beat them in a fair field, and are bringing, a sex that at one. time was an honored one into disrepute. - -

The man wivi 'is so well known in the New Market as the $\ vopiietor of the galvanic bat tery which atti1, acts so much attention on Saturday nights. . was brought up at the Police Court tli is morning! When asked why he could not, support his child he replied that his business ' was so shocking bad that lie could not affoi 'd to do so. We should have thought this was the worst plea he j could have made v se of, for in his particular j line the more shock ™g the state of his trade j the better for him, s '<nd t]ie more he shocks' his customers the ra ore money he pockets, i No, no, Mr Moss be satisfied with shocking j the nerves of your fri* 3_nds, but do not shock the dictates of human; ity. Pay up your two shillings a week and lo (->k pleasant.

The "Rutland Hide G'.'Vub has, we hear, se rared the Mount Ed '.en Range for next Saturday, when the j jri^es accruing from past subscriptions will hu fired for at 20u, f>oo, (iOO yards—live slio ts at each distance. The secretary has received instructions to enforce similar rules to t hose used in the Lite competition for Mcl, b onrne representa tive.-, in order to do away with the objec tionable practise of usin;. f, the sling, stc. Firing will commence, at 2 p.m. sharp. Mr Burke, the secretary; :i aid Mr Reid, of tthortland-street, are autli orised to receive subscriptions.

The pupils of the Hebre vv school to the number of forty were treatc dby his Worship the Mayor to Chapman's < jsntertainment at the City Hall last evening, and were highly delighted, particularly witj a the magic dis tribution of lollies, &c.

The Canterbury Press say n :—" We regret that owing to having to pr> sceed to America Mr Hoskins, ns at present understood, will not be able to visit Christi. fcau'ch, and this regret is the more increased • as we were in hopes that the generosity of Chmtchureh playgoers in the matter of at tendance would have been rewarded by the appearance of a company able to do justice tc k the piecas pro duced."

The following letter. fr< mi Mr Farnall appears in the ftimes: —Sir, —l observe your New Zealand correspondent, in his last letter from that colony, expresses ])iis surprise that something is not being don c in England by way of promoting special colonisation and the formation of special settlements, for which the North Island i s so eminently adapted. Perhaps you wilh permit me to announce through the m.c drum of yoxir columns that I have for son le months past been engaged on the part of the New Zealand Government t in organis ing a party such as he describes. Owing, however, partly to the novelty of the undertaking., and partly to the unexpected opposition, of those from whom I expected assistance, the scheme has been unavoidably delayed. lam now, however, in a position to .state that the scheme is so far matured, that the first ship with passengers going out in connec tion with this scheme will, leave England towards the end of October of this year. No one will be allowed to take part in this scheme who is not either a working farmer in possession of sufficient means to go upon and occupy his land, or else a man with suf ficient capital to employ labour ; to each of these two classes a free grant of 40 .acres per adult will be given, provided not more than l J)00 acres are claimed by one family whose members are living together. As the public might be misled in consequence of the paragraph in your New Zealand cor respondent's letter to which I have re ferred, you will perhaps kindly insert this letter for me, and I shall be very happy to give ,my further information to those who ariay wish it. I am, Sir, your obedient ser vant, Harky W. Farnalt,, late member of the House of Representatives of New Zea land, and member of the Provincial Council •of % Auckland. New Zealand Emigration •oifice,U2J, Corporation-street, Belfast.

Mr Chapman's illusionary entertainment last night in the City Hall was performed in the name marked and happy manner, and there was a very fair attendance. At the urgent request of a large number of Mr Chap man's admirers he has consented to continue ihi.s entertainment for a few nights longer. The tricks are perfect and well worth seeing.

To the Editor : Sir, —In your issue of the "2t)th September was published a report of a rifle match fired between the Sir George Grey and Egmont Cadets, and in which you stated that Cadet Pratt's score of 52 points was never surpassed in Auckland. JSTow, sir, this is an error, aud one calculated to lead readers of your paper outside of this province to form an indifferent opinion of the shooting capabilities of the Auckland cadets. If you will look over your file you will find 50 points out of a possible 60 have beeu made several times at the same ranges, and that 52 points have been a common score. Pro bably the mistake originated with the printer, and you had meant to state that it was the highest score made by any one of the Sir George Grey Cadets, in which I think j'ou would be more correct. Apolo gising for having taken up so much of your valuable space.—l am, &c, Cadet.

Th« recent experiments made by the Earl of Piosse have demonstrated the correctness of Sir John Herschel's theory that the moon, owing to the absence of an atmosphere, and its long days and nights—each lasting -for a fortnight—is liable to the most intense extremes of tem perature, varying from a heat exceeding that of boiling -water to a cold more bitter than that of the terrestrial Arctic nights. In noticing these now established facts, the Spectator says, that '' there can scarcely be life in any part of the moon unless it be underground life, like that of the Modoc Indians," and it adds:—"We commend this idea specially to the more ardent advo cates of BreAvsterian ideas respecting other ■worlds than ours." For ourselves, this concatenation of ideas reminds us of that famous passage in " Paradise Lost," re ferring to the torments of the lost, who are made to

Foul by turns the bitter change , Of fierce extremes, by change more fierce, Prom beds of raging fire, to starve in ice Their soft ethereal warmth, and there to pine Immovable, infixed, and frozen round, • Period of time, thence hurried back to fire. Jafad Milton possessed the knowledge that ire now possess it is possible that he might have chosen the moon as the scene of the sittfferings he so powerfully depicts. The moon, indeed, -would have the advantage of offering within itself the extremes of heat \ind; cold without rendering it necessary for the idamned to be by " harpy-footed fiiries Tialcjd from place to iDlace." Far from depriving the jmoon of its romance, science seems to in crease _ it, though changing its character. Poets in future ages will perhaps sing of the inodn, not as a " Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, "but as a malevolent spirit, know ing no rest, racked. by internal suffering, yet;denied the boon of annihilation.

Handel kappened once to be presiding over the oratorio of " Israel in Egypt." The first tenor began entirely out of time, "lam an Israelite." Handel, who was at the organ, turned round, and, glaring down upon the offender, in a voice of " ten thousand thun ders" exclaimed, "You are yon greet beasfr!'

The exports of coal from Newcastle now exceed 20,000 tons weekly. In one week 26,000 tons were exported.

Houses in Hokitika are advertised as suit able for immediate occupation, or for removal o the Haast rush, ; ■

The local paper calls the attention of the Mayor of Cromwell to the fact that there is about £50 worth of corporation revenue running wild about the streets in tho shape of unregistered dogs.

The members of the School Teacher's Association will hold their next monthly meeting on Saturday next, at Mr Eraser's High School, Symonds-street, when Mi- Martin, head master of Grafton Road School, will give a model lesson to a class of children in attendance. Members of the society are specially invited to attend as the meeting will be of an interesting character.

Mr H. H. Lusk will address the electors of the Whau district this evening in the Whau Public Hall.

We are pleased to learn that Mr Chapman has intimated, at the request of the Mayor, his willingness to admit the children of the Qrphin Home free to his varied entertain ment on Saturday afternoon, when an extra good programme will bo submitted. We hope tho public will mark their appreciation of Mr Chapman's kindness by rewarding him with a bumper house.

The jolly tars of TI.M.s. Pearl haye been amusing themselves in Wellington. The Po.i/. says : —'* During the past week the streets have been greatly enlivened, if some what incommoded, by the presence and eccentric performances of numerous specimens of the British tar ashore on leave from the newly arrived H.M.S. Pearl. Gratuitous exhibitions of naval hornpipes, wrestling matches, illustrations of the "noble art of self-defence," forecastle songs, arid other nautical amusements have been supplied at brief intervals chiving the last few days and nights to numbers of admiring spectators. Occasionally the performances have been varied by experiments on the cohesive power of glass and the exact percussive force required to caiu;e fracture. Unfor tunately the windows experimented on proved so ridiculously brittle that the mere impact of a mass of stone or iron simply pro pelled against its surface by the unaided force of the human arm proved sufficient to cause comminuted fractures. It is evident i the quality of the glass must have been very inferior." A new donkey engine was tried this morn ing on the wharf alongside the ship St. Leonards. The engine was built by Mr Hawkswood, of the Staffordshire foundry, from a design by Mr Batch. The nominal 1 power is six-horse horse power, but she will be capable of working easily up to ten. It has been built to the order of Mr E. Coombs, and ha 3 been inspected and' passed by Mr : Jno. Wilson. .She is guaranteed to lift the weight of two tons. This engine has a boiler three inches in diamater larger than any other in use on the wharf. The trial was in every respect satisfactory, and the engine have been employed during the afternoon unload ing iron and other heavy goods from the St. Leonards. The following vre find in a New York paper : —" Dispatchesjfroin Melbourne report that a panic prevails in New Zealand over the frequent and terrible assassinations by the mountaineers. The settlers are organis ing for defence, and another Maori war is probable." Doubtless, with its own little native war in the shape of the Modoc diffi culty, and occasional Indian forays on far frontiers before it, the New York paper read of a solitary outrage in New Zealand in the light of one accustomed to tales of toma hawks and scalping-knives. Te Whiti, the great Maori prophet, seems to have fallen upon the same stumbling block as proved fatal to Dr Cumming. We learn from a Taranaki paper that his resur rection of the dead has been a great mistake. Since then some two or three meetings have taken place, and the dead have not appeared. Tito Kowaru at the Pariaka meeting taunted him with hia non'fulfilled prophecy pretty severely, and Te Whiti came oif second - best in the argu* nient. There is no doubt Te Whiti is falling rery much in the estimation of the i natives. Many of them have spoken of Mm on their return this time as a fanatic :and deceiver. Taurua, the chief of returned ■Otago prisoners, who has been much en lightened by his stay in Otas;o, tried to convince him of the advantages to be de rived from roads and other improvements. Te.Whiti taunted him with being only a returned prisoner. There is no doubt Te Whiti is a shrewd and clever man, and may rjetain his influence over his own immediate ll people ; but with the outsiders (who at one time* believed so much in his prophetic powers) Te Wliiti's influence is gone, and i will only return when he brings their ances j tors to life," I . Coupon, the corpulent banker, was stand ing in Wall-street one hot day in August, "wiping the servile drops from off his brow," when a ragged but sharp-eyed news boy accosted him with, "Please, Sir, tell me the time." Coupon lugged out his time piece, and looking benignly down on his interlocutor, responded, " Just two o'clock." "All right, old buffer," said the gamin, gathering; his rags together for fa run ; *• you can sell out. for soap grease at three." The insulted gentle man _ raised his cane, and making a frantic rush for his tormentor, nearly Jell over a friend who was coming up the street. "Hallo, Coupon, what's the matter?" said the other. " Matter !" said Coupon, puffing with heat and anger : "Why, one of these newsboys asked me the time, and when I told him two o'clock, the impudent scoundrel said I might .sell out for soap-grease at three." " Don't be in such a hurry," was the malicious response; " it's only rive minutes past two ; you've got fifty-five minutes to do it in,"

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

(Before His Honor Sir George A. Arney, Kt., Chief Justice.

THIS DAY.

His Honor took ;his seat at nine o'clock. LARCENY BY A BAILEE AND ESCAPING FKOM GAOL. Neil Beaton, master mariner, aged 37, a native of Scotland, was arrainged upon an in dictment charging him with stealing thirty bags oats, on the eighth day of March, last, which had been com mitted ■to his charge on board the schocner Florence, on a voyage from Dun edin to Auckland, consigned to Messrs Toiiks and Co. *'in the port of Auckland; also with escaping from Mount Eden gaol on the fifth day of the present month. Prisoner pleaded Guilty to the charge of unlawfully escaping from gaol, but in miti gation bf the offence said that the destitute condition of his wife and child had so preyed upon his mind that he was scarcely master of his own actions. He was anxious also to see Mr Rees, solicitor, to whom he had sent twice without receiving an ft lswer, jyir Reea had promised to defend him, and he was surprised that he was not in Court this morning for that purpose. His Honor said that if Mr Rees -was coming to defend him the Court would wait a short time. Mr Brookfield, stated that Mr Kees ha

not been engaged tor the defence, and wonU not be here. uu The prisoner then pleaded Not Guilty to the charge of felony He was undefended Mr Brookfield briefly opened the case for the prosecution. Henry Scott KcKellar deposed that V , was Registrar of Shipping in the port of Auckland, and that the schoonar Florence was a registered British ship. The prisoner was master of that schooner in March last and continued so to July. He produced the register of the schooner, and the manifest or the cargo signed by prisoner. John Houghton; shipping agent of Dune dm, proved that the said thirty bags of o&U marked BE A were duly delivered to the prisoner's keeping on board the schooner that they were in good condition, and that the bill of lading was signed by Beaton on the 6th February. J n Benjamin Tonks deposed that he was an auctioneer in Auckland, carrying on business under the name of B. Tonks and Co. The firm had business transactions with Messrs Robert Wilson and Co., of Dunedin. The bill, of hiding was duly received by the firm i a which the thirty bags of oats were men tioned, but the firm had never received them ; nor had orders been given for any one else to receive them. The usual time of the schooner's voyage was eight days. • To Prisoner: He had known a vessel take twenty days, but not a smart craft like the Florence. Alexander Stephens, seaman, deposed that he shipped on board the Florence as mat* in February last,* at Port Chalmers' under Captain Beaton. He went with the vessel to Wellington, where they remained two . days. He kept a private log, in which he entered daily occurrerces. The signatures at the bottom of the sheets were his. They left Wellington on the lat March, bound as he understood for Auck land. They steersd for Mount Egmont, and then for the North Cape. Prisoner told witness that the ship and cargo were his own, and he could go where he liked, and said he should go to the Fijis. Witness then remarked that there were things among ' the cargo for Auckland, and would it not be a serious matter. Prisoner replied that he "would make a spoon or spoil a horn." On the^ sth of March they were at the Three Kings, or at least about three milei from them. On the 6th they were 1G miles N.N.W. from the North Cape. They were not blown away from the coast of New Zealand by adverse winds. He had his.sail ing directions from the prisoner. The weather was generally favourable, and not such as to cause a deviation in their course They anchored at Tahiti on the 15th of April' On the 17th we went up to the wharf, and took a sample of oats on shore. On the 18th IS bags oats were landed ; and on the 19th 18 bags, and then 14, making 50; other goods were landed. They left Tahiti on Sunday, May 4th, and steered for Samoa,-, and when at that port the schooner was: seized by Mr Williams, consul, who sent the vessel to Auckland in charge of Mr Simpson. To prisoner : He left Port Chalmers on the 19th of February. The winds were variable for about twenty-four hours while between Pen Carrow Head and Cape Campbell. ' Angus Peterson deposed that he signed articles at Dunedin for a coasting voyage for six months as mate, but he ceased to act in that capacity tnreedays after the schooner left Port Chalmers, and worked as an able seaman because he wanted to go to Auck land. He remembered the oats being takenon board at Duuedin and saw them landed, at Tahiti. They had fine weather^at the North Cape. The vessel was 54 tons. When at the Cape they could not have shaped their course for Auckland. Richard Middleton Simpson deposed that, he was a trader among the Pacific Islands, and that .on the 20th May the Consul gave the schooner into his charge to bring to Auckland ; and on the 22nd May he took an inventory of the cargo, but the oats of the present charge were missing. He enquired of prisoner as to what he had done with the oats, when he said he had sold them in Tahiti. To prisoner : You said you spent the pro ceeds about the vessel which had been damaged. Tho main rigging and rudder were repaired, and in other respects th» vessel was seaworthy. Prisoner said he had no witness to call in his defence. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner then addressed the jury with a fair amount of ability, and contended that he never intended to sell the goods, but He had been driven away by stress of weather and meeting with certain accidents which impelled him to go to much expense in re pairing parts of the vessel. He said that he had never before been in a Court of justice, andthat he|fully expected to have had a legal gentleman in his defence, but at the last hour he found that he was dis appointed. He hoped, therefore, that the I gentlemen of the jury would impartially weigh these matters. He would confidently leave the case in their hands. His Honor, with a few remarks on the general features of the case, read over the whole of the evidence. Tha jury then retired to consider the verdict, and returned a verdict of Guilty. As three other charges were preferred against the prisoner the Court adjourned until ten o'clock to-morrow morning. James No»is, who had been duly sum moned to attend ac the Supreme Court as a juryman, was fined £5 for neglecting to appeal-.

POLICE COURT.

THIS DAY. MR GREENWAY AND HIS XCJISANCE. Mr J. B. Russell in this case, which was adjourned from last week, proceeded to argue that his mode of procedure against the de fendant—viz., by^jßjgmplaint—did not debar his Worship from inflicting a penalty on con* A-iction. Mr Russell, after observing that he had been borne out in his opinion by authorities he had consulted, quoted the*1 129 th section of the English Health Act, which he said was similar in the powers it conveyed to the 40th, 41st, and 42nd section, of the New Zealand Act. This last mentioned Act empowered Justices to inflict a penalty ■ of £50 in all class of offences, which in the Act were not specially provided for, a reservation.which only applied to the offence ■•' of obstructing an officer of the Board referred " to the 39th section. Mr Oake laid it down in his formalist that the method of procedure by complaint was the correct one in such j cases, and throughout his woik continually referred to proceedings under this Act as complaints, and the words "informer" . or " information " did not once appear. His Worship here interrupted Mr Russell, and said_ he perfectly agreed with him as to a complaint being the proper mode of action. ■>■ ' The flaw in the indictment was that due and - proper notice had not been given. Mr Greenway must pay 255, the expense of removing the nuisance and the the costs. NEGHiEOEED CHILDREN. . / Samuel Moss was ordered to pay 2s a week' towards the support of his child in the Industrial Home. ■ Catherine McDonald, John Fowler, Wil- . : liaaj Knoxj and Jane Forest were onoh . ordered to contribute according to their means to the support of their children is the Home, ■

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