SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SET: Thin evening, 5.26.) BUN-BI8E: To morrow morning, 6.41 V HIOH "WATER: This evening, 5.25 ; to-morrow, morning, 5.43

ARRIVALS.

Sunbeam, schooner, from East Coast Albion, brig, Robinson, from Newcastle

DEPARTURES.

Tvar.hoe, seliooner, for New Caledonia Pafersnn, ps,, for Southern ports

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Sari Vrnncisco : Akbar, ship, cariy. For Southern ports : Taranaki, s.s , Monday For Sydney: AVcntworth s.s., early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

"Wentworth, s.s., from Sydney Countess of Kintore, ship, from London Sailed Ist

May Berar, ship, frpm London. Sailed 15th May Pontenaye, ship, from London. Sailed City of Auckland, from London. Sailed 4th June Luila Rookh, brig, from Clarence River. Sailod about IS 22nd .Tnljr, i-fSSEJIJ-i

IMPORTS.

Per s.s. Tarannki, from the South : lease, Engell; 47 cases, Macfarlnne ; 2 bales, 300 boxes candles, order; 1 case, Reid; 1 do, Gillies ; 1 bundle, Williams'; 8 pss, 99 cases,' Combes and I)aldy ; 7 cases, Kemp thorne, Prosper and Co.; 2 do, Aicken ; 1 do, Solman and Margetta ; 6 do, M. Levy ; 2 do, Owen and Graham ; 10, do, Buchanan ; 8 sacks, Binney ; 1 case, Kohn ; 1 do, Carter ; 6 bales hay, .'Young; 1 case, Collector of Customs; 1 box;' Telegraph ; 3 pgs trees, "Wren ; 1 casej Aubrey ; I do, Keroka.

The s.^.' Taranaki arrived at nine o'clock this morning. She left Dunedin at midnight on 12ttt{ arrivedLatOamaruat Ga.m. on 13th: left at 5.30 p.m.; arrived in Lyttelton at 9 a,m. on 14th ;'left &$ 6.30 p.m.; arrived in "Wellington at 2130 p.m. on 15th; left at 1 p.m. on 16th ; arrived at Pictonat 0.30 p.m.; left at^s a.m. on 17th ; "arrived in Nelson at 2.30 p.m.; left at 5. p.m.,and experienced a strong westerly gale, and was not able to communi cate with T. aranaki. Crossed Manukau Bar at 7 a.m.i arriving at Onehunga wharf at 8.30. a.rat to-day. Passengers :—Saloon: Mr and Mrs Collins, Mr and Mrs McGowan, Mrs W. Hill, Mr Bently, Mr and Mrs Murray, Rev. B. T. Dudley, Messrs Hales. Walker, Bay ley, Muir,- Marney,oHall; Mrs Ford and servant, and Mrs Browne and four children. Steerage : Mrs Brown and three children, Mr Hickey; Mr Whiteman, and nine natives. We are indebted to Mr C. J. Edmistbn, purser, for files, report of passage, &c. I . PThe Tradewind from Wangaroa and Bay of Islands arrived in harbour this morning with coalst gumV'and hides, and will leave for Southern ports again to-morrow even ing.—H. M. Shepherd. & Co., agentß.. The schooner Fairy has cleared outwards for- Poverty* Bay with 9000 pricks and a quan tity of general stores* , She is advertised to sail to-morrow. .■<.■;;■ ,' duaii <

The Sunbeam brings 130 sacks of 'gum, 20 crates fowls, 25 boxes of eggs, 19 hides, and ten passengers. The schooner Excelsior was announcd to to leave Dundin on the 12th. instant for Auckland.

The ketch Clematis, Captain Bendall, loft Dunedin for Poverty Bay on the 12th inst. The schooner Tauranga has sailed from Dunedin for Wanganui. The brig Moa left Dunedin for Kaipara on the 10th instant.

The schopnej Amaranthe, Captain Marks, left Lyttelton for Auclclahd to-day. Thomas Chrisp and Jno. Peter Oakes have passed^ toasters under the new maritime regulations. The barque-Velocidade, from Newcastle, asrived at Lyttelton on the 12th inst. The schooner :Ocean-: Wave 'hence arrived at Lrttelton on the 11th inst. The Auckland schooner Herald1 Arrived on the'same day rpm Havelock.,[g "* '-■-■■•"''■>'• v '-"' ' i It will foe seen by reference to the reports of the Albion .arid: Lady Franklin, recently arrived from Australia, that a continuance of northerly and north-east winds have pre vailed during the past two or three weeks. This is no doubt the cause of the non-arrival of some, of the English ships., now overdue. The Countess of Kintore, a smart little vessel; ia now 112 -days- from Gravesend, the longest passage occupied by her since trading-.to this port.v. However, with the favourable ahange in theweatlier we may look for her'numbers'at any moment. ( . The Berarijjnd Fontenayo, two powerful'ships, are also fully due,, the former having left London on the 20th May, and the latter on 24th sam&Wdrithv In a few days we shall probably find;them all safely at anchor in our harbour, with' the City of Auckland, now eighty days out/ following close in their, ■wake.

The Albion brings 330 tons of coal and 31; tons of coke consigned to Messrs Henderson? and Macfarlane. The Albion brings tidings of the wreck,! with loss of all/hands, pf .the schooner Mary, j which left Newcastle for Sydney on the; morning of th&ltia. iiastant. The vessel had; only just rounded the Heads when she en countere&ja, stiff N,E. gale, and foundered in Bight of land. A life-boat was sent to the assistance of the "crew (five in number), but no one was rescued.

The brigantine; A^lieu. arrived at Aratapu on the 12th instant.

The brigantine Emulous has completed her loading ;at T^KoptirtfJ I J-»I I I< The barque, Briton- left Newcastle for this port on JulyI'SOth with coal, having just received repairs''to tike e'itent of £1400. She encountered a gale soon after leaving New castle, and' w"a»';corap"elled to put into Sydney much damaged. Captain Dyson hail a sur vey of the vessel, .which resulted.inthe cargo having-to" be '.;d^ciiarged" 'and / the., barque refitted."/■:;..:,.■, .-ioUtek*- ,oO ah* [/«« • \

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

A^CJOiiNp. Mails Wlll'Close as Mmfisßi-rjaihU For Thames, this day,,as 5.30 p.m.; and to-morrow, at 10.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. For Coromandel, onj^oday, at 1 30p.m. ■ ■ Por United States, per Akbar,: this day, at 4 p.m. Far Wanganul anU per Eangatirn, this day, afsp.irf.' " u-n' sittfW For WanßaTei,, $c., per Sovereign of the Seas, to morrow, at 3p. ni!,,;.',■•'• ~. •■ ■■ ml • i For Glsbqrne.iperf'alry, to-morrow, at 6p m iwJ For New Caledonia, "per Prfma Donna, on Friday, at 11 a.m.. •■ ■ "'■-■ '■>'■' !'JOI-' -1'• V'"..

Mails for the AusfraHan Colonies, Continent of Suropc, America, India, Chirm, and United King dom, via .Southampton and Brindisi, will bo made up at this office on or about Thursday, 28th inst. (Signed) 8. B. Bibs. Chief Postmaster.

BIRTH.

Philips.- On August 20, the wife of P. A. Philips, Esq., Mayor, of a son.

MARRIAGE.

Btjl&ey— OjHitbk.—On August 7, at Mangapal, by the Rev. J. Wallace, of Whangarel, Peter, eldest surviving son of the late John Bulley, Esq , Banker, Glasgow, to Sarah Ellen, only daughter of Ebenezer Carter; Esq., farmer, Mangapai.— Home papers please copy:, ,

DEATHS.

; Brown.— On August 19, 1873, James Clayton Brown, | hotel-keeper, Auckland, fgrmerly of Bradford, ; Yorkshire, England (eldest son of Joseph Browr, i wool merchant, of above place), in the 49th year of his age. jHannay. —On August 20, at the Provincial Hospital, i Thomas Hannay ; aged 65 years.

i The funeral will leave the Hospital to-morrow, at i [three p.m. Friends are respectfully invited to 1 ' attend.—Bristol papers please copy.

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

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1878.

For the cause that lacka assistance, 'For the wrong that needs resistance For the future in the distance,

And the good that We can do.

\ The Auckland Rowing Club will hold its annual meeting to-night when, through the, liberality of Mr John Copland and AJEessrs J. and D. Oxley, who have given up large debts against the Club, the com niittee will be able to make a very encourag ing statement regarding ,its financial pbsition. We trust that the member^ present will take steps to place the Club on a better footing than it has ever yet occu pied, and will be supported in their efforts by our business men. It must be admitted that the Rowing Club in thepasthas been an utter failure, and we would direct the

attention of the members in a friendly way

to a few suggestions with the view of "avoid ing in the future the errors of the past. Wo fear that no Club having its centre in Official Bay, and claiming-the support of persona

—: —£v \£ ' |, residing in all parts, of the city, can hope for success. The distance from he suburbs. to the boatshed and the absence df all friendly competition an\l 'i rivalry,' in-, duces a carelesah'esk and half-heartedness f&toi to excellence, and the only remedy lies in dividing the lovers of aquatic sport into three or four divisions by forming clubs for the City, Parnell, Dedwood, and the North Shoro. If the present members of the Auck* land Rowing Club residing in the districts we have mentioned agreed to combine and secure additional support in their own districts to purchase one or more of the Club's boats, the facilities for boating would be brought near their own doors, aud they could without inconvenience indulge in a morning or even ing pull. By this means the sympathy of a great many young men who have hitherto held aloof from the Club would be enlisted, and an incentive offered to activity and atten tion to practice. The formation of these dis tinct, and in a measure rival clubs, need not interfere with the selection from all of a re presentative crew, such as that chough from the clubs of Lyttelton and Christchuroh to take part in the late interprovincial regatta. The present Club has sufficient boats to form a nucleus for each of the clubs we have sug gested, and as they grow in strength in pro portion to their own innate vigour they could build or purchase boats of their own. The establishment of a number of clubs has re sulted beneficially in Canterbury, Welling ton, and Dunedin, and it would, we believe, have an equally good effect if adopted in this city.

The charge against James Lynch, accused of robbing the poor-boxes in the Police Court, was called on to-day, and no evidence being offered the case was dismissed. We think the action taken by the police in this matter demands some explanation. If there was no evidence at all against the accused why, we would ask, was he arrested, and an unwarrantable stigma cast upon his character; and if on the other hand there was evidence why was it not produced ? The fact remains that the poor boxes have been robbed, and we want to know who is responsible for their safe custody ? If it is true, as reported, that Mr Lynch has been kept employed about the Court at a miserable pittance of seven shillings a-week, a positive inducement to crime has been held out. We look to the Resident Magistrate to explain this matter. How docs a person without any status acquired by appointment from the Government come to be employed in a capacity equal to that of assistant clerk to the (Jourt '! We have no desire to throw unmerited blame upon Mr Beckhain, but there is sufficient proof of culpable neglect somowhere in the fact that these boxes could have been robbed, and the offence concealed by a re-adjusttnent of the lids, without the crime being deteoted at once. Ordinary thieves are not so parti cular about repairing a broken box after the contents in coiu of the realm have been ab stracted. The public in this case will never rest satisfied while the offender remains un punished. The proceedings in the Court this morning savoured very much of an attempt to hush up the case, and ib is necessary that the attention of the Government should be drawn pointedly to it, and an inquiry instituted into tbe whole facts connected with Mr Lynch's employment, his arrest and discharge, and the general raanagment of this Court. It ia quite certain that the administration of justice at the Police Court gives great dissatisfaction, and if the reports current havo any founda tion a very lax system indeed unquestionably prevails.

We would draw the attention of our City Councillors to an announcement which ap pears in the portion of to-day's issue devoted to births, marriages, and deaths, and would remark that, 'f they donotbohavohand somely in the matter of that silver cradle before suggested, they must for ever forfeit all claim to gallantry. This is the second opportunity afforded them of sustaining the reputation of our city during the mayoralty of Mr Philips, and to allow it to pass would really be too bad. They cannot ignore the fact tliat a. cradle is the " correct thing" on such occasions; let them, therefore, come down like men with the needful. The raid Against perambulators leaves us little room for hoping that much tender sentiment exists at the civic board, but now is the time to retrieve their lost reputation, aad place themselves once more on amicable terms with the fair sex of Auckland. We declare if this opportunity is allowed to pass un heeded the ladies should riso in arms and vindicate the right of the aex. We appeal to the family men of the Council who may have hope of some day being placed in the position Of happy recipients of cradles whether they would not be forfeiting their own rights by disregarding the present claim. It cannot surely be that this shabbiness is traceable to the fact that the prospect .of receiving a like honour is beyond the fondest dreams of some of our Councillors. We feel that such unworthy considerations can never be permitted to weigh, and the hope Burning in our bosom that we shall have the pleasure of recording the presentation of that cradle will not we feel convinced be disap pointed.

"W c are in a position to contradict positively the statement made in this morning's Cross. that Mr Gillies is likely to become a candidate for the Superintend ency. A gentleman in town has received a letter from Mr Gillies, denying the report without reservation.

We have much pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of a pound from Mr J. M. Fraser, of the High School—los. to be given tP the widow Greeii, and 10s. to the unfortunate Puhoi settler. Also £14 10s for Puhoi settler, collected by a female friend and Mr G. Schwartze, and 3s from a friend for Mrß 'Green. We shall be happy to receive further subscriptions for either of these very ideserving objects. Mrs Green has requested ma to acknowledge the great kindness she has received from the relieving officer, Mr Graham, and from the Ladies' Benevolent Society. We may mention that she had no knowledge of the friend who drew public attention to her case. • ■

On Monday night an attempt was made to break into the crockery store of Mr James Francis, off Durham-street. The padlock was much damaged; apparently by a chisel. Last night a second attempt was made, but it is supposed that the burglars were dis turbed, as they did not succeed in gaining admittance into the store. We learn that these attempts are somewhat on the increase of late, and that precautionary measures are necessary. '' Preventioa is better than cure."

There was but little business done at Mr R. Arthur's poultry sale in the Market to-day. Fowls were sold at Is. jd.,'and turkeys at 4s. sd. to 4s. 7d.

A rare curiosity has just arrived from the Fijis, and will be exhibited for a short time at the British hotel, namely, the crown of the venerable Thakambau, King of the Fijis. As a work of art from the hands of the Fijians it is very remarkable. It is skilfully|woven with card-board, ribbons, and red berries, resembling those of the English holly. It is a wonderful specimen of native ingenuity ; and as Thakambau requests Mr Sceats to return it by the next vessel, we suggest that our readers should take an early opportunity of seeing the Fijian crown,

The question^f ia fkickvr* haye made frequent allusion of late, is shortly ■feb be the ground of a special action in the • Supreme Court. On the failure of Messrs O'Neill and Thomas a great number of the workmen, as it is well known, were left unpaid. Messrs Brogden and Sons denied their liability in the matter, but without prejudice to their opinion paid all the men whose agreement was by time, while the piece wOfkmeh were left to shift as best they could. It is maintained by several local counsel that these men have a just and legal claim against Messrs Brogden and Sons' for their wages, and Mr Kees is about to issue a writ oil behalf of one of the lion, «D afl to test tliß whole question. To obtain a linal settlement the case, with the consent of Mr Henderson, C.E., on the part of Messrs Brogden, is to be made a special one, and will be heard in the Supreme Court before Sir Geo. Ariley on Wednesday next. The point to be submitted to our highest tfibtinal for ar bitration is worthy stion important consider ation. While sub-letting continues to be practised by our contractors so long the same difficulty is likely to occur at intervals in the uncertain state of the law on the matter. The whole subject is one which calls for the attention of the legislature.

The settlers in country districts expressed a wish that Wednesday might be proclaimed an extra Market-day, and this wish was accoi A ingly granted. Few of them, however, this morning availed themselves of the privilege, and the Market presented but an ordinary appearance, possibly because the concession was not generally known in country districts. Country farm and produce may be exhibited for sale in the Market in future on Wednesday from nine o'clock till twelve, but if not sold before eleven may be disposed off in any part of the city by per mission of the Market Inspector. An enact ment has also been made to the effect that if any such person is found hawking produce injthe city on market day before eleven he or she will be subjected to a fixed penalty for every such breach of the by-law.

An important change has taken place in the office of Messrs Brogden and Sons. Mr. Daris, from the South, takes the place hitherto occupied, but within the last few days vacated by Mr Lackland.

It is veil known that Detective Jeffrey is one of the shrewdest and most successful of our public officers, and this morning he made a capturo which is another evidence of his vigilance and activity in his official capacity, and should not escape the journalist's equally active pen. This worthy officer observed a Suspicious-looking man this morning trudging along Queen-street with a pair of fowls swing ingover his ahoulder. The man appeared very like a Whitechapel bird. The detective's suspicions were aroused, the man felt the hand of law upon his arm, and was marched by the officer to the police-station, when it was satisfactorily discovered that the man, supposed to be c thief, waa an honest country settler, and that'tho fowls were unquestionably his own, as his good wife was ready to prove. Much credit is due to Detective Jeffrey for his act, and it would be bettor for society generally if every capture made by this officer was equally satisfactory.. A meeting of the Stock Exchange Com mittee took place at the secretary's office this afternoon to provide a successor to Mr Orchard, who haa resigned his post of secre tary to the Association. A sub-committoe waa appointed to make arrangements for the appointment of a secretary next week. We record our acknowledgments of the uniform courtesy we have received from Mr Orchard.

We are glad to be able to welcomo a theatrical company to Auckland once more. The closed gates of the Prince of Wales Theatre will soon again be thrown open, and admiring audiences assemble within its walls to witness the performance of the drama. By the s.a. Taranaki, to-day, there arrived that favourite actress Mrs Walter Hill, Miss Millie Collier, Miss L. Bush, Mr and Mrs Lachlan McGowan, from the Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne ; Mr G. W. Collier, from the Theatre Royal, Mel bourne, and Mr W. Bentley. The remainder of the Company will arrive by the 8.8. Phcebe. Tho Company is a very strong one, and has played with immense success in Dunedin and other Southern provinces. They have taken the Prince of Wales, and will open shortly.

The Auckland Scottish Volunteers were served last night with a pretty silver orna ment for their bonnets, in foim of a circle, on which was stamped the words—" Auckland Scottish Volunteers," with a rampant lion in the centre. It was designed by one of the corps, and manufactured by Mr Teutenberg, of Auckland.

To the Editor : Sir,—Reading a letter in your paper of the 19th instant, signed by " Quarryman," I assure you the settlers in Mount Eden have more reason to complain of the injury done to them in having the stone sold at so low a rate in the Stockade than the quarrymen have. I shall briefly give you my own case. A few years ago I invested all the money I had in the purchase of a small fi fann adjoining the New North Road. I was then led to believe that I could get a shilling a load for all the scoria on the ,land, and like a fool I parbed with the money, and got the stony farm in exchange, and up to the present have not sold a load—nor never can so long as there is no charge for toll on the stonei sold from the gaol. Cap ;tain Eyre would not be asked the second {time to raise the price of stone if he were depending on a few cows and a few acres of scoria for a living.—l am, &c, A Milkman.

■ The complimentary concert to Mr Impey., bandmaster, will take place tp-m6rrow evening at the Choral Hall. The City Band will be in attendance, and some of our leading amateurs will render their assistance. The programme, which is a very excellent and diversified one, appears in our advertis ing columns. V'!1

| We have partaken of a bottle of genuine champagne, manufactured from the grape by Mr J. Wendel, of Grey-street. The wine has a very fine flavour, but lacks age, and is consequently destitute of the effervascent qualities of the prince of wines. The wine is warranted genuine. It was manufactured last year, and has only been bottled about three weeks. Mr Wendel comes from Coblentz, situated at the confluence of the rivers Moselle and Rhine, the great centre of the Rhenish wine industry, and he has had large experience in the manufacture of wine, which he intends to turn to good account: in this colony.

A meeting is announced to take place on Thursday, at the Mechanics' Institute, with the view of furthering the interests of' mem bers and widening the usefulness of the institute. It is proposed to form classes for the study of various branches of knowledge, and it is to be hoped that the efforts of the committee will meet with practical apprecia tion.

We hear that the plant of the late Thames Guardian arrived in Napier per Comerang. As before mentioned in a paragragh, the sup posed latention of the proprietor (who accom panies the shipment) is to start a third paper in this little town, with the view of repre senting the peculiar views of Messrs Russell andSheeha.n>— ff. #. &craW

We hold the Wme opinion & mW %r*ti Gamp as to the utter uselessness of the daily repetition" Home papers please copy, "which we find appended to the majority of marriage notices. These requests must make those connected with home papers think that set tlers in the colonies are mentally astray. Of course the home journalists do not copy the unimportant fact that on the 20th of August, Wilhelmina, the wife of Mr Titflothy. Tittle, bat was delivered of a son ; nor do they care to tell the world, without a fee, that Jeremiah Jones was married at All Saints to Susannah Smith, and yet it would appear from the advertisements in our papers that thousands Of people believe in this consoling fiction. The absurdity is conimOii anftmg Settlero, and as " it is the thing to do," it is coritintted, in the firm belief that the Thunderer and other journals will sound our individual joys ,and cares all over the world, and that everybody in the world will rejoice at the news of, our wedding, and dance ." Sir Roger ;de Co verley" on hearing of the birth of our first-born. In the colony, where the an nouncement rriay be of some local interest, it is customary to charge a- fee' for insert•= ing such notices, what then might the happy couples expect to have to pay for the privilege which they so earnestly pray for? The usual fee of the Times and some other Londonpapers for local marriages is about treble that charged by Auckland journals ; they are no t likely therefore to insert foreign notices gratis. If homo papers complied with one quarters the requests to "oopy" made through the colonial press, their columns woulcl be daily filled with the records of the ioys and miseries of the Smiths, the Joneses, and the Robinsons of the world. ~B ut .like the rage for "no cards " of Englishnotonety, • the "home papers please copy seems to be appended, not because it is either i expected or desired that the request shall ;be complied with, but because it ; is I customary, and looks as if the par- Sties concerned are so well known "at home" and of such importance that their weddings form items of no ordinary interest to the journalistic world; It matters, not that bride and bridegroom'may, have been born in the colonyj the force.of* example prevails in securing thecustomary appendage to the announcements of sacrifices''at the hymeneal altar. We would, tender our readers the friendly advice that if they desire the information of these domestic events carried boyond the limits of the city,,they should forward them with remittances to a journal published in the districts, where the parties concerned are known. The simple request, " Home papers please copy," is not likely to prove effective in securing the object re quested, and it looks decidedly snobbish.

In a recent sale by Messrs. Putfeck and Simpson, of Leicester Square, London, the copy light of Button's well-known apng, "Simon the Cellarer," produced the lams sura of £409, .the purchaser beiug Mr J. Williams, of Cheapaide London. Also in the same sale there occurred the following popular part songs by Mr R. L. Pearsall, for which high prices were obtained :—" Who shall win my l*dy fair?" £85 10 j, "Hardy Norseman," £344, all of which were bought by Messrs. Novello, EWer, and Co., Bernera street, London.

Mr Browne's lecture last evening at the North Shore Institute was very successful There was a good audience, and at the close a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the lecturer.

The universal' name of Smith is held in greater esteem than it was in tbe laat century. Somo members of this world-wide family have in the present century acquired fame and popularity since Adam Smith wrote hia "Wealth of Nations." We have had John Abel Smith, an able legislator; Goldwin Smith/i political economist'; who, though not a member of the British House of Com mons, exercises a greater irfluenco over that body than any other: man, except Mr Glad stone. We have had Sir Harry Smith, soldier:; Albert Smith, novelist; Alexander Smith, poet; and now we hear of Lady Smith, widow of the late eminent botanist, Sir Edmund Smith, who was knighted; by King George the Fourth, -who. still: lives* and who reached her 100 th birthday, on th? 17th of May. Lady Smith, is still in possession of her faculties, and aa cheerful in spirit as the light of a summer's day She lives with her family in a pleasant home "at Lowestoft, in Suffolk, England* Lady Smith is greatly respected by the residents, of Lowestoft, and her birthday was' kept as a general holiday by all classes, a grand dinner was held by the leading towns people in the principal hotel to celebrate the event, and in the evening the town was illuminated.

Our poetic correspondent "Q.C.E." is deservingly chastised as followsi:—'" Sir, — In reference to the effusions which.. appears in your issue last evening, and from which the author very wisely withholds his name, respecting the barmaids employed at the Q.0.E., I beg on their behalf to thank you for the manner in which you treated what to him, I have no doubt, haa been the labour of some weeks. He is, I doubt not, j one of those misguided Saturday afternoon swells who, on such a day, with hia wages in his pocket, is of course welcomed, but who one Friday evening presented himself at the baiv with twopence for a glass of beer, there being; at the time a young man at tho bar who recive d his wages on Friday.' No womder; ithen, that he thought himself slighted. Do you, or can anybody, blame the young lady who, in the interest of her employer,'; turned her back upon the man of two pence to smile upon the man of pounds? I think not. By the sample which you have given us, Mr Editor, it would appear that the author has an objection to the ago of the fair damsel who is in the habit of dis pensing liquors to the thirsty ; if «o, why not go elsewhere, wliereke may be accommodated. There are those, myself amongst the number, who prefer to receive our beverage from the hands of damsels young and fair, who when they smile disclose to view a set of pearly teeth, whose flowing hair,, which is their own, when circled by a, wreath, leads one to think there surely mast be something under neath. In conclusion I beg to inform the author that he is perfectly well known to the young ladies in question, but for the'sake of his family they spare him.—l am&c, W. A.

The new shed on the east end of the outer T of the wharf is being rapidly pushed on. The roofing is now nearly completed. When this building is finished the old set of olfiees, occupied by Messrs Craig, Anderson, Elliott, and others, is to be pulled down.

! We notice that the city authorities have railed in a portion of the open space at the top of If this is jaid down in grass or flower-beds, and'planted with tree's1, it will be great improvement on the present muddy state of ttie* site. -':

A very useful addition is being made to the wharf accommodation in the shape of a power ful crane, which is in course of erection on the south side of the North Shore Perry T. This crane will be capable of lifting a weight of ten tons. It is now lying in the Custom house shed, and was brought up from Wel lington by the Harbour Board some time asp. Five piles have been driven down to the rocky bed of the harbour to serve as a foun dation on which the crane is to rest. The last of these was driven this morning, and the crane will be placed in position at once, i

ThellootiM and Victoria companies had Major Gordon presente d fte Aucklan mark It was a great creait to Oapt. JJerrom England Frmn the Mil-shed the Scottish Company adjourned to the Provincial hotel wh™re they held a meeting for the election of atb'lieSnant. Messrs Morrison and Green ffi£?y Jf, we pre^e/ an anticipatory v wetting the commission. A correspondent Who is blessed with a Yankee friend addresses tis thss :- Sir,~ On Sunday last I entertained a Yankee friend-of mine, and, dinner over, he suggested a walk, to which request I assented with ~ free good Will as the weather was fine 1 took him first by a roundabout way to Free man's Bay. I excuse his soliloquies by the way of hills and dales and many other remarks, but reaching Freeman's Bay he questioned the works going on there, me thrown into the bay, and with a heavy sign he stated, t Oh, what would we: not have done witK £3,000 in the States of Amenca ? I certainly agreed with him, bnt I intimated that I would show him a greater folly. Wending onr way towards the wnaTil pointed out to him a number of flags stand ing out of the water;' My Yankee friend .exclaimed, 'What do these mean I My reply was to make a dock for Auckland. My Yankee friend almost jumped out of his shoes. \ A dock for Auckland, says he, why they then are going to build their house upon the—no? the sand—but a mud bank; _and when, ashestated, theships withalldifhctilties got in, they would require hydraulic pressure to get them to sea again. And with a sigh he concluded by stating that the Auckland people neither had brains nor wit, and would have to borrow leaning and understanding from Yankee land. I listened with something of astonishment, and caved in.—l am, &c, Givik."

Reporters, as our friend Snyder testifies, have a life of it which is not altogether a bed of roses. In many respects they are like the buff era which Mr DargaviJle talks about in his Bpeecbes. They come between the editor and the public, and very often get heavy knocks from both which they are powerless to give back. Their work is one continued paradox. When it is plentiful they have their easiest task, and when there is nothing' doing they have, to work their hardest. The reason of this is obvious. It is not difficult to collect incidents when they are plentiful, but when there are none, and the sub-editor wants "more ldfeals," what is a poor devil to do V Then it is that the invention and imagination have to .be galled into play, but it is hot every one who has these organs fully developed and properly cultivated, so the result is that certain am biguous paragraphs make their appearance, which the experienced eye will detect at once as " fakes." It -will not do to explain the term; let it remain in its obscurity. We have been led to make these reflections on the! hardships of our Argus-eyed myrmidons because they are really at times •very much to be pitied. This morning, for instance, being one of those dull eventless days when a reporter is at his wits' ends what to write about, a representative of this journal thought to find a very legitimate subject for a local in the progress of the work at this silt 'basins on the whaif. Accordingly with the usual tsarte blancJte of the craft to entrance anywhere, and regardless of the notice in large letters stuck againat the Thames Dining Rooms, " No admittance" (the notice by the way reads as if it applied to the dining rooms rather than to the silt basins, and cannot be .very profitable to the proprietor), he walked, on to the hoarding at the west side of the engine shed, and proceeded to take notes. Not a minute had he stood there wrapt in calm contemplation of the wonder which these magnificient works will cause to future genera tions when a rough voice behind suddenly exclaimed, "Here, come off there, don't yer see the notice ?" It was a new man, and he actually did not know our representative. The reporter stood, .aghast at the fellow, and at tempted by a stern look to silence him into proper respect. But alas ! with very poor effect. /:^ Oh, yer won't come off, won't yer? Give him a taste of the Bteam, Bill—Coey ! I'll' show yer if yer won't come off." At this instant a cloud of steam, with a fearful hissing noise, enveloped our astonished re porter, who was unable to retreat or go for ward owinJE; to the yawning gulf behind and ! the scalding torrent of steam in front. After ! he,had undergone this infliction for five min u tea,, the outpour of 3team stopped as suddenly 'as it began, leaving our representative in a I state bordering upon insanity. A loud roar of laughter,concluded the business, and, our {reporter's blood ; being up, we would not have jbeen responsible for the consequences, when an ;old familiar .voice called out, "I say, Bill, you've been, a pumping on the press. Don't ye'r'know tjie press when yer see him ? Stop {that, or you'll get into trouble." We are bound to aay the fellow apologised, and more in pity of his lamentable ignorance than any thing else he was forgiven. But we would Say, as a word of caution to any one going to look at the silt basins, of thespout!" The following changes have been made in the list of officers of the Auckland Troop of Cavalry :r—Troop Sergeant-Major Gwynne becomes first lieutenant, and Trooper Levy becomes sub-lieutenant; Sergeant Walters becomes troop sergeant-major; Trooper Mar tin becomes sergeant, and Troopers Hunter and McLean become coiporals; Trooper McKay takes the post of honorary secretary. The monthly inspection ot tnja corps, which took place last Monday, was one of the best tf>v excellence of drill and muster that the qompany has had for a long time. ; The entertainment at the Mount Eden School-room last evening was success ful. -■•;Mr Samuel Wells,; the superinten dent, occupied the chair., The readings ajnd recitations were selected with care and given, with judgment. The Tonic Sol-fa conducted by Mr Oranwell, added much'to'the; interest of tlie entertainment. They sang " Merry Christmas" and other pieces in excellent style. Readings and recitations were'giyenby Messrs Walker, T. I). White, McMaster, and Ewington. The affair was a great success, and much credit is due to Mr P. Brook 3, who has so ably dis charged the onerous duties devolving upon him in connection with this course of enter tainments. Coffee.—Brown, Barrett and Cos. Standar Coffee is both delicious and strong. Brown Barret and Co>'s Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any coffee on account of purity and distinctness of flavour. Note the brands, sold at almost every grocery establishment in towutodproviuoe,—[Adv*]

SUPREME COURT.—This Day.

Sittings in Banco.

(Before His Honor Sir Geo. A. Araey Xt Chief Justice.) • ■ »

His Honor came into Court at eleven a.n but there was not a single lawyer present, Ja after waiting a few minutes he retired" W the Bench. At ten minutes past eleven Ifr Eees entered the Court, and shortly.^ wards His Honor again took his seat.

HARRIS V. MACFARLANE.

On this case being called on M» jj onof said : Do I understand, Mr Rees, that in the matter of coat* Mr Hcsketh and yourself m agreed not to take the argument to-day. °Mr Rees replied they they had so agreed Mr Rees then, on behalf of Mr Harria, jj, the same case, applied for a writ of .attach ment against defendant's manager { Ot breach' of the injunction of the C<nm Mr Rees said he made the app u \ cation on the affidavit of William "Wright manager for the plaintiff, which set forth that the river had been dammed up f or some time and then made to flow d oWft rapidly, and that on the 9th ©f August j ( Young, manager for the defendant, had taken out'of the Waitekuri Creek several log, belonging both to defendant and pkfo. tiff ; that the said J. Young could not have taken out the said logs without trespassing on the land at Hikutawata^aj that he.had received orders to fill up the canal, and was about to do so, when Young threatened to split his head open, or the head of anyone he caught filling m the canal; that he remonstrated with Young, and that from his violent behaviour the men declined to work; i '. . •

The affidavit alao of Philip Patted 0 { Wharigapoa, stacker, set forth that lie, Jtli6 said Philip Patten, was present on the'Bth August, and witnessed the circumstances de tailed in the affidavit of Wright, and cenlj vouch for their accuracy. His Honor enquired what were tl^e. pro visiona of the injunction which had been

broken. ' Mr Bees': replied that the clauses prad. pally infringed were that prohibiting/tha damming up of the stream ar_d then allowing it to run down suddenly; and the last, w^ch forbade the defendant " from interfering fo any way, directly or indirectly, -mtttthe His Honor granted a rule nisi, returnable this day week. m . This was the only case down for hearing, and the Court adjourned at 11,45 a.m. _

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before Thomas Beckham, Esq*., 8,M.)

DRUNKENNESS. Seven men, far advanced in years,^re | successively charged with being drunk and and incapable last evening, and their white heads attracted the general attention of/the Court. Moat of them, moreover, had dis figured faces. They were fined as follbfs: Levi Watts, 10s ; Francis McCarthy,"Mb; James Paul, 10s ; Patrick Moran, 20a; Thog. B. Hannaford, 10a ; John Scott, 10b y.DjpH David Kelly, 20s. [ m DAMAGING A JUJiPER, ; ,*i

Samuel Stafford, a young man, whOß«d he was a cook and. steward on board one of the vessels lying at the wharf, wasehMgei with being drunk and disorderly and- tewing a constable's jumper. Prisoner pleaded grotty to being drunk, but his memory was not olfcr about the jumper ; lie might have damaged it but he did not recollect it. His Worship told prisoner he was liableto be sent to prison for a considerable time. Prisoner hoped the Court would not send him to prison, as he had never been inside of a prison in his life, and ho had no desire to go&ere. ■ ■:*" The Court sentenced him to pay 5s fine, and 15s damage, or fourteen days with ha^d labour.

ASSAULT. George Russell was charged with t*i»g drunk and assaulting Constable KintfHi while in the execution of bis duty,-and attempting to rescue Stafford. Constable Kinsella deposed that he was on duty in Queen-street, and when in the act of arresting, the last prsoner he was assaulted by Russell. , rir Charles Dundas, contractor, witnessedjtge crowd around the constable, and saw 'pri soner attack him on the arm with the view of rescuing Stafford. Prisoner affected to regret the circumstance, said he was a working man, and unfortunately got drunk. He had no recollection of assault 1 ing the constable. ' i'TJ[ The prisoner, being an old offender thoiign but a young man, was sent to prison for on* calendar month with hard labour.

pugilistic. Z1 George Atkinson was charged with assault ing Robert J. Smith by striking him, which induced the latter to retaliate. Mr Joy appeared for the informant, and Mr Rees for the defendant.

This little quarrel was between two fellow iclerks about a little-matter peculiar to young people. ■ V ! His Worship strongly suggested that tno antagonists", should make it up ■withoutifc— •curing further expense, j-''Defendant, through Mr Rees, offered ,an { apology' which was accepted. The pities then left the Court.

'THE POOR BOX, JSOBBERY. , ' j James Lynch, who stood charged with robtU bing the poor box in the Police Court, vft»* discharged. There was no evidence to she^x that he committed the offence. j This was all the business.

PARLIAMENTARY.

[by telegraph.]

(From our Special Correspondent.) <tf

WELLINGTON

This day. t. ( [ The Govf rnor's Salary pf| '• The House went into committee yesterday § afternoon for the purpose of considering*'* message from the Governor, and leave was given to bring in a bill increasing His Excel lency's salary to £5,0C0, the salary of first class colonies, entitling him to pension accord-* ingly, the £500 increase to be taken from the allowances. v.A

It was also proposed to make improvements on the Lbwry Bay estate.. A warm discussion ensued relative to th^j purobase;of' cradles, livery, archery, &c., fpr^a Sir George Boweh by the colony. Mr Vogel depied that this was allowed by the Ministry to propitiate the late Governor. .The items were requested by Sir George. Mr Stafford on personal knowledge W>ml firmed the charge of unauthorised purchases-S ---on the mere request of the Governor, which was altogether unwarranted by the Queen's , instructions. He said that former Governors ,(■ bought their own bedroom furniture. Two, j bedrooms were furnished for Sir George/.,,^? Grey. Since then blankets, linen, and i everything asked had been granted. There was no Valid foundation for the rumours

current. . ■ *A . Mr Vogel denied the responsibility of suon Expenditure in the past, and wo« 14 »<>* fW

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