SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET : This evening, 6.7 SUN-RISE: To morrow morning, 6.10 HIGH WATER: This evening, 11.55 ; to-morrow morning,

ARRIVALS.

Luna, Government steamer, Fairchild, from Bay of Islands Bella Mary, barque, McArthur, from Hobart Town St. Kilda, s.s., from Wangamu (at Manukau)

DEPARTURES.

Harvest Home, sMp, Hill, for London Ruby, schooner, for Russell Southern Cross, schooner, for Norfolk Island Go-ahead, s.s., McGillivray, for New Plymouth

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For Southern ports: Wellington, s.s., early For Napier : Esther, schooner, Saturday For Honolulu and San. "Francisco: Nebraska, mail steamer, 17th Apr!) For NorthernppotS:"^ tS: " Rowena, s.s., Mon^y n & x t For Sydney ar a Melbourne: Wonga, Wonga, 5.3., early

VESSELS EXPECTED.

Edinburgh Castle, ship, from London. Sailed 29th December Parsee, ship, from London. Sailed 12th January Zanga, barque, from Liverpool. Sailed Corido. barque, from Newcastle. Sailed 28th February "East Lothian, barque, from New York. Sailed 20th December Florence, schooner/ from Dtme'din Sailed 21st February Ladybird, s.s., from Sydney (in the Manukau) Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town. Sailed 26th February W. C. Wentworth, barque, from Sydney Wonga "VVonga, s.s., Brown, from Sydney Dauntless, schooner, from South Sea Islands Satellite, cutter, from Levuka Thames, barque, from New York, via Sydney. Loading Alice Cameron, barque, from Sydney Victor Persani, Italian war vessel, from Sydney. Sailed 4th March Derwent, brig, from Sydney. Sailed 3rd March Mariner, schoaner, from Lyttelton. Sailed 20th March Moss Glen, barque, from Nelson. Sailed 20th March Agra, ship, from London. Sailed Nebraska, mail steamer, from Honolulu

ARRIVAL OF THE BARQUE BELLA MARY.

The barque Bella Mary arrived in harbour this afternoon from Hobartown after a protracted passage of 22 days, owing to con trary winds and calms. She left Hobart Town on the 26th Feb. and made Cape Rod ney on Sunday last, since which she was un able to make port on account of S.E. gales prevailing. She brings, a full cargo of fruit, &c.

The Government steamer Luna arrived alongside the breakwater at one o'clock to day, from the Bay of Islands. She left Auckland at half-past four o'clock on Tues day, and arrived at the Bay of Islands at six o'clock on Wednesday morning. On the return trip she left the Bay at four o'clock last evening, arriving at the Kawau, where she called for Sir George Grey at 6.30 this morning. Left the Kawau at 11 a.m., arriv ing as above. The Luna brought the following Passengers—Hon. D. McLean, Sir George Grey, Mr and Mrs George, Colonel St. John, Capt. Heale, Dr. Pollen, Mrs C. and Miss Davis, Messrs Luckie, Creighton, H. S. Kemp, J. Williamson, E. Lewis, Nancarrow, Burrowa, Wi Katene, Wi Tako, Paora Tu haere, Matai, and Tana and Hoterene te Naharoa (sons of the late Wm. Thompson).

The three-masted schooner Duke of Edin biirgh, Captain Bowton, arrived yesterday afternoon, from Napier. The ship Harvest Home left for London yesterday afternoon. The ship Polar Star, Captain Stetson, has discharged about 250 tons of her cargo of guano. She is now waiting the arrival of the barque Moss Glen, to take the remainder. The ship continues to make from G to 8 inches of Water' per hour, and it takes 20 minutes every watch to pump her.

The 0 schooner Mary Ellen has cleared out ■wards for Mercury Bay with a general cargo.

the schooner Strathnaver has cleared for Russell in ballast ; and six passengers, Mrs Lairig and family. The barque Briton delivered a portion of her coals yesterday to H.M.S. Rosario. She is landing the remainder at the wharf.

The schooner Duke of Edinburgh brought 77 bags grass seedfrom Napier, for W. J. Hurst and Co.

The schooner Duke of Edinburgh has cleared for Russell in ballast.

The schooner Leetitia has cleared for Hauraki in ballast.

The steamer Hero arrived at the Bay of Islands with his Excellency the Governor at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, and left for Sydney at 2 p.m. the same day.

The s.s. St Kilda arrived in the Manukau this afternoon, with the following passen gers :—Messrs Gregg, Ewen, and Ferguson. Cargo : 36 head cattle, 450 sheep, 20 pigs, Seaton & Davidson.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below :— , • , & s. d. (,','fi . DIVIDEND. Alburnia .. .. 0 5 0 Mrch 25 OALLS . i •■-. Albion .. .. .1 0 0 . Mrch 22 i Flagship & Golden 1 0 April 9 Golden Calf 0 16 April 9 , Vulcan " .: ••..■■. 0.1 0■• April 9 - ; El Dorado .. .. 0 10 A^ril 9 Aurora, ~. .. 0 1 0 April 9 Golden Spur;i .. 0 0 3 April 9 MEETINGS. , ■ Old Stocking, Coromandel, 22nd March City of London, Company's office, Wyndham street Auckland, 3 p.m., 24thMarch , ') South British Insurpnce Company, Company's office, Queen street, Auckland, 3 p.m., 24th March Vulcan,. Canada Buildings, Auckland,, noon, 26th March Mulum in Parvo, British Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m., 2Gtti March Queen of the Thames, Mr Hunter's> office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, 3 p.m., 27th March ~.r .j* Unicorn, Grahamstown, 27th March . ',"„'„ ~, El Dorado, Mr F. A. White's office, 'Shortland street, Auckland, 3 p.m. 27th March Yon Voftke, Coromandel, 2nd April Lucky Dig?€.:s, Messrs Russell and Devore's office, Shortland street, Auckland, at 11 a.m., Bth April

CHIEF POST-OFFICE AUCKLAND.

matls ■will.Close as under :— For Thames, this day, at 4.30 p.m. and 5.30 p.m.', and to-morrow, at 4.30 p.m. For Whitianga, per Mavy Ellen, this day, at 4 p.m. For Newcastle, N.S.W., per Albion, this day, at 4p.m. For Mahuranji, Matakana. Mangawai, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-mou-ow, at 10 a.m. For Taranakl, Southern provinces, and AusfcraVan Colonies, per Wellington, immediately after aOTival of Nebraska, from Honolulu. For Napier and Southern provinces, per Nebraska, six hours after her arrival. (Signed) S. B. Bras, Chief Postmaster.

In Chestnut-street resides a widow lady with her lovely daughter. She has several nice young men boarding with her, one of whom is supposed to be somewhat " sweet" upon Bella. ■ He came home the other evening about eight o'clock, and, the hallway being dark, was passing on to the sitting room, when a light graceful form swept past him with the seductive rustle of crinoline. He knew it, clasped it in his arms,.and, after pressing several impassioned kisses on its lips, let it drop again at the words, " Hurry up, Massa George, I's'got to gwyne after soft soap ! " — St. Louis Republican.

An American editor poetically remarks that many young men now wasting the mid night kerosene in reading ten-cent romances will be the leaders of progress—the barten ders and peanut kings of the sidewalk—ten years hence.

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

FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1873.

For the cause that laoks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that we can do

His Honor the Chief Justice, Sir George A. Arney, will be sworn in acting- Governor by Judge Johnston in front of Government House, at five o'clock this afternoon. It is desired that as many citizens should be present as can conveniently attend. • . A carter in the employ of Mr W. J. Hurst met with a painful accident to-day. He was engaged loading a dray when one of ,the bags. slipped and threw him out of the !cart. His head struck the road, causing a scalp wound, which, however, is not of a serious character.

At a. meeting of the directors of the Ferry Company held this afternoen it was resolved to take immediate steps for building a second and smaller steamer. Tenders are called for in another column.

The Dakota has just borne away a loving couple to the land of the free. He was a lawyer's clerk, and she was wont to ply her fair fingers for the adornment of the pretty maids of Parnell. He was not weary of matrimony, but he felt that one wife was monotonous ; so, leaving his lawful spouse and two lawful bairns, the image of their dad, he has flown, bearing with him the little milliner on the wings of love. And there is weeping among the barmaids, for three fair Hebes, sad to tell, in dispensing liquids, had lost their hearts to the false deceiver.

H.M.S. Blanche left the Bay of Islands, for Sydney, yesterday morning at eight o'clock.

We are informed that the delay in the arrival of our English and Australian tele grams from the Bluff, of which we complained yesterday, was caused by the line being down for some time. As to other com plaints which have been published we un derstand that special investigation respecting them is to be made ; and that extensive changes in the Auckland department are contemplated. We are very glad indeed to see that the laches of the telegraph office will be enquired into, and we trust that whether in the general administration or in the humbler details censure will attach wherever sensure is due. At the same time we trust that the innocent will not be made scapegoats for the guilty. The clerks in our local office have made the best of the means at their disposal, and are uniformly courteous and obliging. We think the faults will be found higher up. ■■•

The following Justices will preside on Tuesday next at the Court of Petty Sessions : —Messrs. Samuel Bloomfield Ludbrook, Robert Baillie Lusk, Thomas Macffarlane, James Scott M'Kellar, George Manners Mitford, Henry Douglas Morpeth, David Limmond Murdoch, Laurence David Nathan Louis A. Nathan, Joseph Newman,, George Burgoyne Owen, George Patrick Piefc'e.

The formal opening of the educational district of City East will take place at St. Paul's school-room, Official Bay, on Monday next, at two o'clock. His Worship the Mayor, assisted by H. H. Lusk, Esq., will conduct the proceedings.

On the evening of St. Patrick's day a ! labourer named John Burke, who during the , day had been doing liberal homage to the 1 patron saint, went into the Queen's Head Hotel, Upper Queen-street, and asked Mr I Adam's, the landlord, if he could lie down, as he felt unwell. He was allowed to repose on the sofa in the back parlour, where he ! seemed disposed to stay for the night in stead of going to his lodgings in Newton. Some time after the family had retired to rest Mr Ads ma heard a noise, and went down stairs to ascertain the cause, when he discovered Burke lying across the chair, ap parently in pain. Mr Adams enquired if he was ill, when he replied that he had injured himself by falling over the chair as he was endeavouring to find the door. The next morning Burke appeared better, and Dr. Dawson prescribed for him. On Tuesday, he we.rit to Newton, where he lived jwith a man named Savage,, and where |he continued to get worse, and,.this morning ne was sent to the hospital in a cab. Within a few seconds after his arrival he expired. An inquest will be held"at1 the'hospital to morrow ai mid-da).. fr''%', '. ;i

George Stewart, a young man in the em' iloyment of Mr Dornwell, butcher, met with is m accident yesterday evening while driving o ilong the Kyber Pass road. The horse T Doited, and the cart coming in contact with i< i large stone by the wayside, Stewart was f violently cast upon the ground. The reins c being twisted round his wrist, he Was dragged a along to a considerable distance from where r he fell, and narrowly escaped being run over. Fortunately he escaped with r ",- * ] few bruises. The horse was. .». "V- * Symond-street. ' Stopped in ~„. -saal weekly parade of No. 3 and 4 ' ,*»inpanies Rifle Brigade was held'last evening > in the Drill-shed. Lieut. JNathan and Sergeant-Major Haslenx were in command, j •' Dr. Cowie distributed the prizes to the' scholars of St. Paul's Sunday-school, in St.-' Paul's Church, last evening, and afterwards gave his lecture on the " Revision of the : . Holy Scriptures," which was well received,) The scholars who gained the prices were—- Jos. Linr'ng, Ella Stead man, Annie O'Neill,. and Charlotte P. Craig. A number of the choir Were present and sang select anthems during the evening. The Rev. C. MJ Nelson offered prayei*, and the proceedings closed with the Benediction. : i The heat and dust of yesterday had an1 irritating effect upon the horses of the, neighbourhood, and several "bolts" occurred; in different parts of the city and its surround ings, but happily none of them were attended with serious consequences. We would, how ever, advise parents to keep their little ones out of the public thoroughfares. Prevention is better than cure. The shareholders of the South British In surance Company are desired to attend an extraordinary general meeting to be held at' the Company'sjjoffices on Monday next, for the purpose of considering the propriety of increasing the capital of the company. The Secretary of the Education Board notifies that the examination of candidates for teachers' certificates of competency will commence on Wednesday morning next. The regular monthly meeting of the Royal Albert Loyal Orange Lodge, No. 2, will held this evening. \ We are glad to see that the members of ' the Garrick Club will repeat Jerrold's lively i drama the "Rent Day," at the Prince of > Wales Theatre to-morrow evening, and that j Miss Carrie Alnutte will add to the enter tainment with her terpsichorean melanges. The whole will conclude with the favourite farce of the " Silent Woman," the wonder of j the age The Sir George Grey Cadets mustered in good numbers last evening in the Princes street Drill-shed, and were put through their military movements by Capt. Taylor with much satisfaction. A Chicago judge forcibly ejected from the court room and kicked down stairs two bel ligerent lawyers. Three grown children, known as the alligator children, from their resemblance to that genial animal, are on exhibition in Georgia. Indianapolis has a hackman who does not drink nor use tobacco, and has money in the bank. He can swear, though, by ear or note, and is the most profane man in the country. It is said that a party of foreign noblemen are going, over to America next spring to hunt buffalo, pursue the Colorado potato bug in his lair, and beard the Omaha cock roach in his den. The editor of the Wabash Sentinel wants to know if '' the man who sent him a challenge to fight a duel means business," or whether " his buzzard souls laughs at the ghastly joke." The Rev. M. Watt, of Green Island, Otago, in a recent review of spiritualism says:— Admitting, the vast mass of the phenomena of Spiritualism as genuine I need scarcely say that the naturalistic explanation of them given by scientific men are to me unsatisfac tory. Faraday's theory of muscular exertions may explain the revolution of tables. Crooke's idea of a psychic force may account for the elevation and suspension of heavy bodies in the air, without any visible support. Carpenter's theory {of unconscious cerebration may account for the revelation by mediums, when they are in a trance state, of many facts which they had altogether forgotten in their waking hours; But on what theory can we explain the well-attested appearance of spirit-hands and spirit-faces to a number of persons met together in one place, and in fulfilment of a promise given a day or two before. There are extraordinary objective manifestations, extraordinary sub jective manifestations, and a still more ex traordinary concert between the two —a working of the one into the other, which leaves the problem presented to us insoluble, except on the supposition that the manifes tations are the production of invisible intelli gent agents —in other words of spirits. If space be given me. I hope in subsequent letters to show reasonable cause for, at least, suspecting that these spirits, under whatever name they present themselves, are those spirits of darkness against which the Bible so abundantly warns us. lam well aware that this expression of my opinion will excite from many a smile of contempt, or of good natured pity for my infatuation. Am I not going in the very teeth of the scien tific spirit of the present sage, which tends more and more to banish the supernatural from human affairs, and to brand the once prevalent belief in it as an effete and decayed superstition ? Well, I care not to humour this spirit I believe that the tendency of it is to destroy Christianity itself as a heaven-born religion, though many Christians who are influenced by it are not aware of the direc tion in which they are moving. The true landing-place of the so-called scientific spirit of the present age seems to be the negation of a personal God and the enthronement in his room as governor of the Universe of a dead inflexible law. There has been a great deal of talk here' writes a London correspondent, about the death by starvation of a gentleman who is described as having been " a consummate classical scholar, a profound mathematician, a man whose acquaintance with the Roman, with our mercantile, and with feudal law, was unrivalled ; whose general knowledge was almost encyclopaedic—a perfect master of five languages ; a man of family, a gentle man, and a barrister at law of the Middle Temple." This gentleman, whose name was Haddy, died the other day at the Strand Workhouse, of literal starvation, four hours after he had been admitted ; and now lies in a pauper's grave at Woking. There was no reason for his death by starvation but the simply one that, without any fault of his ;own, he found it impossible to earn a livili hood and was too proiid to beg. The entries for the Auckland Autumn Handicap include the following :—Major Walmsley's b.m. Atlanta, 4 yrs; 'Mr Watt's b.f. Ranga, 3 yra ;Mr Watt's b.g. Parawhenua, 3 yrs :Mr J. Millison'snsbl.m. Marcella, 6 yrs : Mr John Lennard's b.h. ;Bundarra, 6 yrs ; Mr W. Walters' (juu.)b.g. jßen Nevis, 6yrs. John Cochrane says that the great trouble with New York servant girls is that the flamboyant spirit of the sea-girt Celt dashes itself too rudely against the nervous barriers I of the American housewife. !

Waiheke is a small island, comparatively '. isolated from the rest of the world, and with- i out any of those conveniences and privileges 0 which more populated iM&S e^2J' island contains about TjjMrfy _ Biirojipait ; 6 faflliHos atid three hundreo. natives, whose c chief delight is in breeding and riding horses ? ! [ and growing kumeras., 'yvaiheke boasts ' r neither oimrcil, public-house, nor store ; and , t tne people live a kind of primitive life \-f among green knolls and tangled shrub. Every inhabitant who can afford it keeps his fishing boat; the people frequently are without tea and sugar for a month, and have little else to subsist upon than fish and vegetables and eggs. If a good neighbour should be going to Auckland he has a list of commissions* to execute for the whole of the islanders ; but they cannot count within a week upon the day when they may see his kindly face again. These unobtrusive people, Europeans and Maoris^ lovers of order and peace, have now; to complain of a palpable wrong whifili , t is being inflicted upon them by, we scarcely know' who1* arid which appears like a tyrannical1 disposition to keep these settlers separate and apart from the world across the . waters. It is now decreed that any boat carrying a deck load shall not be permitted to carry passengers to and from Waiheke. This rule at first sight may appear reasonable enough,, but to apply it in all cases is most absurd. The boats plying from Waiheke invariably carry firewood, but the owners of these boats have recently been warned not to take passengers, for if they do so they will take them at their peril. Hence it follows that in future no means of convey ance will be possible between Auckland and Waiheke unless persons who may wish to visit the island hire aboat for the special purpose. The settlers, also, who may wish to see their Auckland friends, will for evermore be pre cluded from enjoying such a pleasing privilege unless their means will enable them to hire a boat. This proceeding on the part of some body is a piece' of gross' and ill-conceived injustice towards the Waihekeans, and against which the whole community is ■ liftiag its voice, and justly so, for the prohibition is barbarous. As few of the settlers keep their own boats, and as the i water to be traversed is all land-locked, ( we j might say in the harbour, the rule ought not to be stringently enforced in every case. A ■ number of settlers (some have been on the I island for thirty years) avow that they do j not remember a single accident that has ever occurred through deck loads. The Wellington papers notice Mr Rayner's j Hamlet very favourably. The Post says : — " In it there is no ranting, no extravagant attempts at effect, no gasping, groanings, or other objectionable remnants of the old school. He is simply and naturally Hamlet, clever, sarcastic, and racked with the horri ble suspicion of his father's murder by his uncle, and his mother's guily and unnatural complicity." A correspondent of the same paper remarks : —"Mr Rayner's delineation of the Prince of Denmark suffers nothing whatever by comparing it with actors of acknowledged reputation for the past thirty five years. This may appear extravagant praise—in my humble opinion it is simply the honest truth." On Christmas morning one of the saddest and most appalling incidents occurred at Christ church, Savannah, that has been known in that city. The morning service had been concluded, and the candidates, ten in number, were invited to the altar. Of these was Miss Lizzie Spencer—a most amiable young lady, about sixteen years of age, daughter of W. H. Spencer —who Wcis occupying a seat in the middle of the gallery to the right on entering the church. She came down stairs and moved up the aisles with the others, her young face revealing the deep seriousness which her heart felt. She approached the altar with the others, and was confirmed according to the rights of the church by Right Rev. Bishop Beckwith. After the confirmation ceremoni«s Miss Spencer returned to her seat in the gallery, and had scarcely taken it when her head sank forward on the railing. Those in the vicinity attached no significance to this, imagining that it was merely an act of devo tion, when suddenly the young lady sank from her seat and would have fallen upon the flooi-, but for the promptness of Dr. W. H. Elliott (next whose pew she was sitting), who caught her in his arms. Three or four gentlemen immediately approached and as sisted in carrying her from the church. Con siderable interest was occasioned in the congregation, whose attention was attracted by the commotion in the gallery, but the general inference was that the young lady, overcome by her feelings, had fainted. Alas ! i such was not the case. The gentlemen w>o were carrying the almost lifeless form noticed on going down the stairs that the gasps which now and then shook the frame grew fainter and fainter on reaching the vesti bule. There life gave way, and the last rosy breath Went in that deep drawn sigh. A conveyance was at once procured and the lifeless form of the young lady taken to her father's residence. A match for £10 took place between the well-known pony Lanty and the racing mare Dolly Varden, on Saturday, the loth instant, at Te Awamutu. The pony carried eight stone and the mare seven stone. The pony went away from the start, was never headed, and won, hard held, by two lengths, thus landing another stake to the credit of his spirited owner, Mr McCarthy.— Wallcaio Times. a. meeting of -: the ' householders in the Grafton Road Educational District was held yesterday for the purpose of electing a school committee. The attendance was very small. Mr T. L. White was elected chairman. It was agreed to adjourn the meeting until Monday evening next, and that an advertise ment announcing the adjournment be inserted in the Saturday and Monday issues of the Evening Star and in the morning papers of Monday. The Volunteer representatives were enthu siastically received at the Thames yesterday, and the Champion was carried shoulder high several miles by the Thames volunteers. There were more applications for admission to the dinner in the evening than could be granted. His Honor the Superintendent occupied the chair, and the Hon. J. Vogel, his Worship the Mayor, and other Auckland genllemen were present. The new market-house has nearly ap proached completion. The painters are already at work on the inside of the building, and the carpenters expect to clear out by : to-morrow week. There is a thorough sys i tern of ventilation, so that during the hottest j part of the day the air is cool and refreshing in the market. This will be found of great i service to the purveyors of perishable articles, I and especially to butchers, as they will be enabled to keep their meat much longer. We observe that the whole of the plumbing to the building has been done by the firm of Gallagher and Paul. The view of the interior of the market has a very pleasing effect. Sf An English newspaper is to be published in Vienna during the exposition. Onehunga has a " Mendelsson Tom Cat Association," which holds nightly rehearsals on picket fences. The ministers of Boston refuse -to wear , white neckties as long as the hotel waiters I follow the same fashion.

As a hit at the numerous quads doctors in fcHe United States, the American Ac/ricrtittirist gives the following recipe for getting ncfi : ?< Get ffo'm the riiedical dispensatories, or alsewitefe, SM eMpfe simulating «««P°™*. or tonic, or take cheap whisky arid 6olor it /adding any cheap stuff to give it a meaHa nal taste. Adopt any name _ you choose, the more ncfcsensical or mysterious the bet ter-one having an Indian or JaP anese °r Turkish sound, will be all the better. _Jwn ploy the glass-blower or printer, or both, to Set up fanciful battles or boxes, or labels. Look out that the package, contents in cluded, does not cost over five to eight cents Assume for yourself a name as near that 01 some noted physician as yoit dare go, ana add to the end of it M.D., F.R.S., D.M.D., &, &d. Write a long story about-your great age, experience, aiid success abroad. Invent 50 to 100 or 1000 wdttdefM cures wrought by your medicines, giving names m full, with residences, date, etc., but be care ful to not blunder into giving any real^name Ui any person living in the same place, f.hese niatters: arratigedj' rtdreitise your medicines largely. Print and sca&er jßfcwkffl, pampn lets, and pictures by the ton.— iisfottt*.-— You will reach a multitude of weak,^ nervtftts ignorant people who are slightly ailing,.,or, think they are. They will take your stimulating or tonic preparations, and 'feel better' right away. ' Thef will believe-they have escaped or been cured of some terrible disease (the symptoms of which you should take good care to set forth vividly in your circulars). Henceforth you have not only a regular customer, but one who will sign your certificates of cure as strong as you can write them, and who will talk up the wonderful virtues of your medicines to others. The skating ponds in Central Park, New York, received Christmas scratches from 37,000 pair of skates. An American belle abroad is betrothed to Bismarck's son. In our issue of the 7th June, 1872, says the North Otago Times, appeared the following advertisement:—" Missing Friends. —Infor- mation as to the whereabouts or last address of Edward Lloyd Trevor, known in the colony as Edward Lloyd, and working so lately as 9th November, 18G9, in Otago, will be gladly received by the undersigned E. L. Trevor landed in Lyttelton in 1865, and subsequently went to Timaru, and it is believed worked on several sheep-stations as a shearer, under the name of Edward Lloyd.— G. TV EVANH, Cloon Eavin." Several times this advertise ment appeared, but no information was obtained. Now comes, the rest of- the story. In the BelfcM Netos Letter, of December 4, 1872, appears the following obituary notice :—" Trevor, Dec. 2,. at Lis nagaed, Co. Down, Edward Hill \ Trevor, Esq., J.P. The funeral will leave Lisnagead for Loughrickland, to-morrow (Thursday) morning, at eleven o'clock." The Mr Trevor' herein referred to is the father of the Edward Lloyd Trevor for whom we advertised last year, and we understand that the non-receipt of letters from his son preyed upon his mind to such an extent as to shorten his life. Mr Edward Hill Trevor was a wealthy man, and his son Edward Lloyd is the heir to a pro perty worth £1,500 a year. Loving friends are looking for him at home, and we pen these lines in the hope that they may meet his eye. We are authorised to write plainly as search has been hitherto made without avail; and if thoge of our contemporaries whom this article may reach will reprint it, they will join us in endeavouripg to find one who is anxiously looked for across the: seat There were 6,267 marriage licenses issued in Chicago during the year 1872, but it will be four months yet before the authorities can get the list of divorces granted figured up, and they are working night and day at it, too. The last sensation in Chicago is a trunk which can be converted into a bath tub or coffin. The last peculiarity renders it very appropriate for railroad travel, in the light of recent' (and for that matter, continued) events of a fatal character.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AT THE BAY OF ISLANDS.

GREAT NATIVE MEETINft

The Government steamer Luna returned from the Bay of Islands to-day with a num ber of passengers, whose names will be found in our shipping columns. The Luna arrived at Russell at six o'clock on Wednesday mornin 6 .* The s.s. Hero, with his Excellency the Governor on board, reached the Bay about an hour later. His Excellency landed at the wharf, Russell, at ten o'clock, and was received by a guard of honour from H.M. Blanche, and by a large number of the settlers of the district. About six hundred "Natives were assembled on the beach, including every notable chief of the district, and when his Excellency reached the wharf the natives ran down to meet him, and commenced a war dance. They then retreated, waving their sticks and singing a song of welcome. At half-past ten the cere mony of unveiling the monument commenced. A platform had been erected near the monu ment —an obelisk of Oamaru stone, —and his Excellency, accompanied by Lady Bowen and their children, Captain Sampson, and other gentlemen, ascended the platform. The widow of Tamata Waaka was also there. A leading chief stepped forward. and spq^e a few words welcoming the Governor to jbhat spot. His Excellency then read, an address to the Ngapuhi (which has already been pub lished), in which he referred to the virtues of the deceased chief, and the loyalty .qf the Northern tribes. The monument was then unveiled, and Wi Katene, M.H.R., stepped orward and read the following address :— To Sir George Bowen, —

'' Salutations to you. "We, the pc ople of j Ngapuhi and Rarawa, are desirious of ad- I dressing you on this the eve of your final departure from New Zealand. " We desire to express our thanks on this your arrival, for the purpose of mani festing your regard for Waka, reserving as you have done your last act in this island to be that of unveiling the monument erected by the Government as a token of respect to his memory. ' •

"It gives us pleasure to reflect now that your are leaving us that, as on your first arrival, you found these two tribes loyal towards the Government of this colony; you find them still firm adherents to the law.

| " Farewell, friend Goyernor • go and | assume those duties which the Queen has I assigned you. :; : . | " May God's blessing ever attend yourself, j Lady Bowen and family." ■~ [Signed by a large a number of natives, j including the leading chiefs of all the North ;ern tribes.]

Mr J. Williams afterwards read an address1 li to the Governor on behalf of the European ! settlers, to which His Excellency suitably I replied. His Excellency then returned on board, the 1 Maoris cheering lustily, and the Hero left for Sydney about two o'clock the same day.

After the departure of the Governor, the Hon. D. McLean held a long kprero with the natives, who were warm in their assurances of loyalty to the Queen. The meeting was [altogether a very successful one, and ■will have a good influence on the native mind.

THE NATIVE MEETING AT NGARUAWAHIA.

(Continued.) It is riot aftatf tba* tbe quiet stillness of Ngaruawahiais disturbed by such a turmoil its flutf of Which it was last week- the scene. areateft.fTfrinioi* it has indeed seen before when there was sofete' reality in the native war dance, and doubtless greater excitement it will witness again when" ft becomes the busy centre of peaceful industry mhS com merce: But the barbaric pageant at I'ast -week is a transition thing, neither savage nor civilized ; and as, by those who take delight in the pastimes'of the noble savage, it was regarded as being inferior to anything pre ceding, so may we anticipate that every year will increase the tendency, until at length the war dance, even in its modified form, will be ashamed to show itself under the day liaht oi civilization. " Nature's children not beW burthened with that press of business which we, who regard ourselves as nobler beings, have voluntarily and needlessly imposed on ourselves, a large proportion ot the Maoris began to congregate the day preceding the day of meeting, and tjosewho hod mtan before penetrated within tne confines of,JttUWridom were seized with a new sensation from ftfl dl^ryading odour of the everywhere-present Maori. *\°m this aroia, which may be <^*fj"J£j extract essence, of nigger, it was ini?O^siwe to get away within the confines of the to?>v-. ship. It floated in the air and penetrated into the innermost recesses of the houses. It met you at street corners, eddied in seques tered nooks, caught you in whiffs from open doors and windows,- and even the mountain breezes came laden with the ottar of these frao-rant flowers of the forest. There is no doubt that through the beneficent operations of nature one might coffls to love that perfume, but it is decidedly an acquired taste, and the first sensations produced on the olfactory nerves by the presence of a vast body of Bishop Selwyn's children ql nature are not delectable. It would be as profitless as uninteresting to recapitulate the. incidents of the great Maori farewell meeting,, already so fully described in all their details ; and our relation will be confined to that of the sentiments which such an assemblage is cal culated to inspire. A visit to their camping ground produces the impression that there is something to be said for the life of the noble savage, for if happiness be that after which the great majority of people bend their efforts, here we have it attained with the least possible expenditure of time and trouble. How little .that huge muscular black fellow, spread supine beneath that raupo shelter, knows of the worry with which our men of business distract themselves in. the pursuit of the means of happiness ; an,d yet they can never attain that supreme exemption from care which he enjoys as he snores there in happy oblivion of tomorrow, waiting on the chapter 01 accidents, or the beneficent hand of a paternal Government for the supply of to-morrow's wants'. A rue he turns uneasily as he rubs the s^ot where a tormenting pulex, with unfastidiouS tastes, had been extracting a small portion, of the vital fluid ; but what is this to sitting in the " sweating room" with an ugly pile of suspicious paper being keenly scrutinised by the fiend that holds in his hand the key of the bottomless pit of bank cellars. It is true that that black and fetid bullock's leg reek ing in the sun is unsavoury, and that rotted shark and pig decayed are "high" evenfto an altitude unattainable by the taste refined that relishes "game." But this is a mere matter of taste, and a little difference in degree; and that sable brother knows not the agony of a butcher's bill nor is his soul vexed within him by the vagaries of his cook. Disguise it as we may our wants are almost all self-Greated, and our troubles self-imposed. We cultivate^ our minds, and they crave for new gratifications ; |we develop our capacities for the apprecia tion of all that is great and beautiful and good, and then we spend weary days and sleepless nights in the vain effort to satiate our expanded faculties with enjoyment, while every advance and every gratification, but produce the repetition of the old song of the horse leech, " Give, give." We may not ap preciate that peculiar aroma, but that is because we have vitiated the fine natural tastes of the nasal organ by the errors of civilization. To that happy being reclining luxuriously on the soft green sward it produces a delicious home feeling, and as he rolls his blanket closer to his face it reminds him of his cozey mianii, far away from civilization, and exerts that softening influence ex perienced by iis under the melting strains of " home, home sweet home ; there's no place ike home. Nor can it be said that on the ground of happiness alone there is something to be said for the noble savage. It was impossible to contem -1 plate the farewell interview between the Hauhau and vice-regal parties without the manifest and great advantages possessed by the child of nature. As if borne on impetuously by the thoughts within him struggling for deliverance, he marches forward speaking as he comes, and then when the divine afflatus is expended he retires, gathering up his tangled thoughts for another burst of eloquence. And; even then, it may be, the afflatus has not yet re i turned, yet still he marches on and then j retires without being regarded as violating any of the proprieties of effective oratory. How different with his more enlightened 'brother. Stuck in buckram, he stands las if he had swallowed a ramrod ; and when i the streams of oratory stops he sticks and stammers, and coughs and blows his. nose, and arranges his papers, and says " But sir," ; and talks padding, and he wishes that the earth would open and swallow him up. And then to note the effect produced as that fierce old Hauhau warrior, after gracefully and naturally poising his spear-like wand through iout the progress of his speech, dashed it 'down defiantly at the Governor's feet. By • the side of such a natural act of unsophisti cated oratory how childish was the conduct of the British statesman seeking to lend effect to hia eloquence by flinging down i a dagger on the floor of the House of Com imons. That dagger he must have deliberately 'bought, perhaps practised with it before a i looking-glass, placed it in his bosom, and [weighed all the probabilities of sucqess. I Poor old Wharekawahad but the implement; !of his ordinary life, and it was with the ; ghosts of his grandfathers buzzing in his I ears, and the Hauhau blood whizzing through 1 his veins, that he with that touch of nature' I which makes the whole ' world kin, flung idown defiance to civilization. Then hurrah, i for barbarism ! It smells, but'so does the1 ■ city sewer, that product of1 refinemeiit, land civilization. It has its fleas, "but they" I are not half so pungent nor, so vexing" as are 'the pens of villainous newspaper writers with ; which our public men are kept in a perpetual I state of unrest. It has its fetid shark and ; carrion ; but what are the poison, germs con -1 tamed in these compared with the pleasant I deadly concoctions that tickle the palate in ■ the meats and drinks of the civilized. The animal may predominate in habit, in cravings, jin enjoyments ;' but what have we gained in the way of happiness by the cultivation of the intellectual when that intellect is forever on the rack for the attainment of objects that really result in mere food and clothing, which the black fellow has without half the money. The war dance of the Maori is just ias entertaining to themselves as it is to our

gentlest creatures to whirl in tike' mazey dance j and those horrid grimaeesy that sticking out of the tongue, upturning of tfea eye, and contortions ot the visage are to> them as pleasing as are to us the sweet smiles with which the face of beauty is wreathed as it turns up <:;piqu'antly and flirtingly to ita partner in the dance. The milliners? and the clothiers* bills are not a subject of anxiety to those engaging in the war dance,, and -would be even less so were it not for the deference paid by the Maori to our absurd conventional ideas ; and not the most sparkling champagne could produce more exhilirating feelings, than ; those apparently enjoyed' by those ' dark-skinned brethren and sisters who got gloriously fudded oa Innes' beer, and reeled home staggering to. their camping ground.•- As for. the great 1 farewell meeting itself1 hath it ' not been written in the chronicles of the daily papers. We' accept it as a token of friendship and. loyalty and of affectionate £arewell. By the Maoris it was no doubt accepted as an oppor tunity for a "burst,"'and intended as an expression of Maori gratitude, which as has been appropriately described, is a lively sense of favours to come." .

TELEGRAPHIC.

LATEST THAMES NEWS.

GRAHAMSTOWN,

. Tkisday. Tookey's (Lowe's) tribute lias taken. out 50 lbs more good jfpscimens to-day, partly from the main lode, axA principally from Cook's leader. They have smarted to crush with twelve head of stamps,' and expect a rich yield. The Golden Crown have 50 lbs. good specimens from the stopes^nd intermediate level. There i 3 still a good show left. Caledonian are not breaking stone down, they are driving along the leader,, anil stripping a rich show in the quartz.

TAURANGA.

This day. Mr Chadwick starts to-day with fifty cattle for the Thames. The s.s. Southern Cross sails to-night for Auckland.

LATEST SOUTHERN NEWS.

Operations of the National Baafe.

Proposal to Seize the Nebraska,

Rumoured Ministeral Changes.

Te Whiti Peacefully Disposed.

Trial of Chamberlain and Levy.

Dr. Peebles the Spiritualist

(PER ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELEGRAPH CGM ■■/;,', ■' \ PANY.) .-fil

NAPIER

This day,r The s s. Star of the South, Holmes, sailed for Auckland at 10.30' a.m.

WELLINGTON.

This day. 1

The National Bank opens here next week. 264 applications have bee£ - received from Auckland, representing 14,50 l? shares. The total number of applications received is 867, representing 41,750 shares ; value, ;£417,500. The Auckland branch will be open about a week hence. The New Zealand Ironaand Company is progressing. The Post last night suggested the seizure of'ihe Nebraska on arrival, inpayment o£ penalties incurred by delays. It is rumoured that Mr Vogel is expected in England by the next Suez mail. That he goes home, and a coalition Ministry is being formed. The rumour requires confirmation.

WANGANUI.

.• • This day, , ' Potatoes were sold here yesterday at £6 15s per ton.

NEW PLYMOUTH.

This day.

The Pariaka meeting has concluded. The Wanganuis assumed a firm attitude^ Te Whiti says the wire may go through imme diately, and the road presently. He waiita to see Mr McLean to talk the matter over.

The Uremu bridge opens for traffic on Monday.

NAPIER.

Tkis day.

The inquiry re the HeretangsJ purchase is proceeding. It is expected to close .early in April. ~.; , v 1

GREYMOUTH.

This day. General disappointment is felt here at the Wellington shareholders refusing to co operate. A company will be formed here to work the Grey mine.

CHRISTCHURCH.

Tliis:day;

The subscribers "to the amalgamated Christ ; church -crews that went to the Wellington.1 regatta have given £100 to the crew 6f the Sabrina. The balance, £60, is to be dis tributed "between the other three plubs. A I dinne rwill take place on the 25th, when the mementos.will be presented. It is rumoured that Mr Aynsley contests i the seat in the General Assembly for :Lyttelton. The Agent of the Press Association has ; published a letter with the original telegram, ; shewing that he is not to blame for the ! omission of the vote of censure on Mr Reeves. He forwarded the telegram correct (to the manager of the Association, Welling ton, who is responsible for the garbling of the message.

LYTTELTON.

This day. The s.s. Rangatira, with the Volunteer representatives from the Colonial firing, < arrived yesterday, and sailed South at' four -^ o'clock.

HOKITIKA.

This day. A great scene occurred at the Resident Magistrate's Court yesterday. Levy and- Chamberlain demanded to be committed for trial at the Supreme Court for escaping from custody.' The magistrate refused, and sen tenced Chamberlain under the Vagrant Act. Her;i^s threatened by Levy, who was se^iejiipecL to solitary confinement for contempt of: Court.

DUNEDIN.

This day,

Several odd lots of wool have been auc tioned at a considerable decline. Messrs." Driver, Stewart and Co. will offer 500 bales, to-morrow. . . ~ ■ The Times calls attention to the fact that the public accounts have not yet been pub lished, although it is nine months since the expiration of the financial year. ' ' " Dr. Peebles, the Spiritualist, was presented1 last night with £100. ~< ;■ . i •■ >

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