SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUN-SKT: This evening 5.16. SUN-RISE: morrow morning, 0 54 HIGH WATER : This evening, 6.49 : to-mor morning, 7.12

ARRIVALS.

Star of the South, s.a., from Napier

DEPARTURES.

Natal Queen, barque, for Newcastle Pearl, schooner, for Russell

IMPORTS

Per Merlin, from Napier—-6 casks beef, J. Urquhart; 12 sacks maize, Lewis Bros. — M. Niccol, agent.

EXPORTS

Per Hylton Castle, for London : 2,290 sacks guano, ex Polar Star; 10 bales wool, Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.; 1,033 cases 13 casks, 4 bags gum, 21 cwt. bark, Brown, Campbell & Co. ; 604 cases gum, 70 bales flax, 5 bales cotton, Combes ,<fy Daldy; 52 bags cobra, Cruickshank & Co. ; 14 casks tallow, 24 casks hides, 145 cases preserved . meat, 685 shank bones, 475 horns, A. Dorn- * well; 1 case effects, G. Fisher; 4 bales leather, ' 3 bales wool, 800 horns, B.JGittos; 2 butts, 8 casks sperm oil, Henderson & Macfarlane ; 1 case merchandise, J. Hancock; 3 bales wool, 1 keg bonps, T. Mackay ; 150 cases kauri gum, j J. S. Macfarlane and Co. ; 515 bales flax, j Must and Co. ; 14 qr.-casks wine ; 107 cases' kauri gum, R. Walker and Co. ; 675 bags cobra, 82 bales flax, 10 bales wool lashing, J. j Roberton and Co. : lease, A. Clark and Son ; 1 case photographs, Posseniskie. —New Zea- j land Freight and Co., agents. I

The,1' echoner Strathnavar arrived at Dunedin from. Auckland yesterday. The Endymion cleared for Newcastle, in ballast, this afternoon. She takes the follow ing prssengers :—Mrs Pyke, James Edward, Amelia, Frank, Blanche, and Charles Pyke. The cutter Dido 'entered to-day at the Customs, from Poverty Bay, with 50 casks beef, Fisher and Co. ; 10 bundles skins, order. • < ■ ;

Tho Hylton Castle cleared at the Customs for London this afternoon, and will sail as soon as her crew has been shipped. A list of the cargo "on board is published under-the heading exports. — •

The Adelhied has cleared outwards at Newcastle for Auckland, with a cargo of coal. h

The s.s. Sar'bf the South will leave for Levuka on Monday next. The barque Hyjtbn Castle hauled into the stream th^s mjoi'ning.

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

Mails -frim CloSk as Undkk :— For Thames, this day, at 5.80 p in., and to-morrow, atlo:3oa.in. For Kawau, per Wave, to-morrow, at 9 n.ml For Mahtirangi, Matakana, Mangawai, Waipu, &c, per Lady Bowen, to-morrow, at 10 a.m. For Wajpn, per Sunbeam, to-morrow, at 3 p.m. For Whitianga, per Mary Ellen, to-morrow, at 4 p.m. For Taranaki, |3outhern'provinces, and Australian Colonies, per s.s. Phoebe, on Monday next, at 9 a.m. For registered letters and money orders, on Saturday, 9th inst., at 5 pm. Late letters for Southern provinces and Melbourne will be received at this office ti119.30 a.m. Ilth inst. For Russell, Wangaroa, and Mongonui, per Rowena, on Monday, 11th inst, at 3 p.m. For Le-tuka, Fiji, per Star of the South, on Monday, llthjnst, at a p.m. , , . * «, Fdr WJhitiaiigij Taiiranga • and Opotiki, per Southern Cross, on Tuesday, 12th iDst., at 3 p.m. (Signed) S. B, Him. Chief Postmaster. "ST T T 5> (\ «! >! M

COMMERCIAL.

Mr George Sibbin sold at his mart to-day, by order of the mortgagee, Ashburton cottage, Wellington-street, for the sum of £250. > ' "'

There was a large assortment of fowls at Mr It. Arthur's Market-house auction sale to-day. Fowls[ sold at Is 9<J to 2s 3d ; tur keys 2s,j9d to 4s : ; ducks, 2s 4d to 2si?clp Hamburg fowls, 3s Id; canaries (in cages) realised £1 each ; Auckland cured bacon sold at G£ to 8d ; salt butter, 4£d to 9£d.

At Messrs Tonks and Co.'s sale of iron and wooden buildings to-day, there was a fair number of bidders) and prices varied from £10, up to £47 10s. One building, including armoury, was knocked for £125.

MINING.

The following are the current calls and dividends payable in the companies named below 'i— ' ... . l s. &. ■<. i r o.m -

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DEATH.

Hat a.—On August 7, "W. .T. Hair, second son of the late John Hair : aged 1.1 years. The funeral will leave his stepfather's, John Kane, Campbellville, to-morrow, August 0, at 2 p.m. j Friends will please accept this invitation.

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

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1873.

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

Our suggestion that members of the ex isting Legislative Council must either be permitted to die out naturally, or be . killed off, if it is desired to get rid of them seems pretty near the truth judging from the action taken by the hon. gentleman last evening in rejecting the Government "Leg islative Temporary Appointments Bill " ■without even deigning to discuss it. Colonel Whitmore querulously complained that Mr Waterhouse's action last session in raising the question was the cause of the powers and prerogatives of the Upper House being assniled. He thought there was no strong feeling outside regarding the re construction of the Council, and that any action was therefore unnecessary. This ig true in a- measure, for public attention has become so concentrated on the Lower House that ithe imbecile vagaries and spasmodic gleams of animation which alone testify to the fact that such an institution as an Upper House is in existence has rendered the force of public opinion comparatively trifling on the subject. The general feeling entertained with regard to the " Loi'ds" in the colony is a kind of pity. It is thought that while the Upper House goes on in a harmless Inoffensive way the gratification of their own little vanity inflicts no injury, and it pleases the members themselves. But the Council sometimes i does become obstructive, and in relation to Mr1 O'llorke's University proposals last session, and other matters, Auckland has especial reason to complain of the existence and constitution of the Council. There ap pears, however, to be no feasible way of effecting a reform, and the remedy lies in due care: being taken with future appointments ;to the Chamber.

; Our lauranga telegram to-day announces the death of Philip Tapsell, the celebrated pakeha-Maori of Maketu. Tapsell has been associated with the history of New Zealand from the first date of settlement, and his life 'was.an eventful one. Anticipating his decease, he last year made preparations for the event by sending natives to bring two old cannons to be'.fixod near his grave.

1 Wo have received a specimen of local industry in the form of a house broom, manufactured by Mr Hoskin, of Waiuku, and formerly of Mount Eden. The broom is a good serviceable article ; quite equal to those imported from America. Mr Hoskin this1 year grew H'acre3 of broom corn, and manufactured fifty dozen brooms, forty dozen of which he brought into town, and disposed of readily at a lower rate than that usually charged for American brooms. He thinks there is a good market here for all he can manufacture, and intends to extend his Operations. He also makes hair brushes of various' kinds, which sell well. The import ation' of brushware jjwill, we hope, soon be a ihing of the past, and all who wish to en courage local industry, and at the same time get the best' value for their money, should ask for Hoskin's brooms.

ITo the Editor: Sir, —I see by your Thurs day* night's issue in the report of the meeting of the Domain Board, held yesterday, that ]y[r Fenton mq.ve.d,',and Mr Heale seconded, a resolution to the effect that the Chairman be authorised^ ta Secure a1 provision in the improvement Commissioners' Bill that the proceeds of the Drill-shed, when sold, be paid to the Domain Board. Now, sir, if this Drill-shed be sold where are the Volunteers to drill ? I am not aware whose property the Drill-shed really is, but I do think it incum bjent on our officers to see that we do not lose it. The idea of drilling in the Market would do very well for the present, aa the roads to jbbe Drill-shed are so bad, but if the hjoure 'of- business in the Market are length ened it would not answer at all.—Yours, &c, VoLUNTEKR.

• j Mr Dargayille delivered an address to the electors of Orienunga last night. There was ajvery good attendance and the candidate was well received. Mr Fleming occupied the chair. At the conclusion of the address the..candidate was questioned by Mr East wdod with reference to his proposal for tak ing over the Manukau harbour and endow ments, to be administered by the Auckland Harbour Board. Mr Dargaville replied that his motion,.of course, would have made due provision for the representation of Onehunga on the Board, and he thought it would have greatly benefited Onehunga. With refer ence to the tariff he said he approved of ad valorem duties, but thought, as embodied in Mr Vogel's proposals, they were very un equally levied.' In reply to another elector he stated that he would be favorable to re leasing the Onehunga wharf of its £4000 debt and vesting the control of the Manukau harbour in the people of Onehunga. A vote of thanks was accorded the candidate on the motion of Mr Brookfield.

Mr Dargavillo "wtU address the electors of Parnell this evening, at half-past seven, in the ParneHHall, :,

We have been furnished with the follow ing:—"Mr GeorgeSibbin held an extensive sale this diy at noon, and amongst other notions he disposed of the liber verita/w, and not the veritafr.v specified in yesterday's 'Evening Star. The local was evidently written by a man who could not in early youth have studied the Latin grammar. The pathos of the arguments made use of are irresistible but quite irrelevent to progress. The gentleman alluded to in the evening luminary is not the man to hide his candle under a bushel."

A narrow escape from fire took place at Parnell last evening. It appears that the chimney of the house in the occupation of Mr Abbott caught fire, and had it not boon for the timely assistance rendered by Con stable Jackson and the neighbours round it is probable that a block of buildings would have been destroyed, as the sparks were fly ing in all directions. Occupiers of dwellings should call for the sweep a little oftener, as they not only endanger their own property but that of their neighbours by neglecting this precaution.

Mr Wigmore, of Mercury Bay, made an application to the Deputy-Superintendent this morning to be allowedj to lease a piece of land at the Bay for the purpose or forming a station for keeping and breeding Angora goats. Mr Wigmore it appears had made a previous application, which had been burnt in the late fire. Mr Joseph May informed Mr Wigmore that if he made a further appli cation he would most likely be successful.

The Rev. Mr Cornford waited iipon the Deputy-Superintendent this morning with reference to a site for the proposed Juvenile Reformatory. The site first offered was de clined as unsuitable there being no road to it. Another site had been suggested by the Executive, and it was on this subject that Mr Cornford wished for some definite infor mation. The Deputy-Superintendont pro mised to visit the new site shortly.

A deputation from Newton, headed by Mr Frank Laurie, waited upon the Deputy- Superintendent to .prefer a complaint made by the inhabitants of the district that the licensed collector of night soil was spreading it on the fields in the neighbourhood, thereby causing an intolerable nuisance. His Honor advised the local Board to interfere under the powers vested in them by the Public Health Act, and provided the deputation with a copy of the Act.

An entirely new attraction is to be provided at the Monday evening popular concerts. As will be seen by announcement in another column the concert next Monday will open with vocal and instrumental music. The second part will consist of Offenbach's Grand operetta, "The Blind Beggars," words by Farme. The leading parts in the piece will be sustained by Messrs A. E. Isaacs and R. Yates. The first-mentioned gentleman is one of our best amateurs, and his assistance at these concerts will be invaluable. We must congratulate the committee upon hav ing taken this step, which it may reasonably be anticipated will greatly increase the popu larity of these admirable entertainments.

Mr Thomas Russell, of Lome-street, re quests us to state that he is not the Thoma3 Russell who appeared in the Police Court yesterday for drunkenness. We didn't, hear anyone say he was. ™

The genuine Serenadors, or the "natural selection" from the vanished troupes that have gone before, will make their appearance* on Monday evening next, at the City Hall, with their startling varieties of figure, music, and song. The Serenaders are of opinion that a name is but a name, and that " a rose by any other name will smell as sweet," and they, caring for no sentimental handle, resolve that for all time to come they will be known only as the " Original Auckland Serenaders !" Their programme is attractive, with all the newest fashions from niggerdom, and they will hold a Carnival D'Afric. Mr C. Vernor, the great comique, and Mr Harry Ford, one of nature's children, will deline ate character from life with all those fine totiehes of colouring which belong to the gifted few.- About twenty coraio and melt ing love songs will be suug by the grim warblers in the course of the evening, which we need not name, as the particulars are posted up in every part of the city. A funny farce called " Laughing Gas," in which Mr W. F. Armstrong and the whole strength of the company will appear, will conclude the entertainment, against which we feel in duty bound to caution our readers, as it is an nounced as a "side-splitting farce," which must be dangerous in its influences, and' would seem to suggest broken ribs. The musical department will be under the master ship of Mr W. F. Cullimore, the eminent pianist, whose services are always in request upon these occasions. We may add that the proceeds will be devoted to a'charitable pur pose. A select ball programme will teminate the evening's performance.

To the Editor : Sir,—With reference to your hasty and uncharitable remarks on my letter of Saturday last, signed " Fair Play," I trust you will allow me the privilege of stating one or two facts in justice to myself. Mr Lusk received that fair and impartial hearing requested on his behalf by the chair man, and which every respectable audience ought to accord to any public speaker ; and it was not until a gentleman came forward with a verbal instead of a written amendment that there was any indication of what might be termed " rowdyism" at a meeting of that s|ort. That Mr Staines was in order in object ing to the amendment being put until first Written down was subsequently shown by the request being duly complied with. The second and most disgraceful piece of rowdy ism was caused by a gentleman insisting on making a speech after the amendment and resolution then before the meeting had been duly-spoken to, and the mover of the resolu tion had declared the debate closed, which he was at perfect liberty to do if hie thought proper until after the amendment and resolu tion then before the meeting had been put to the vote.. These being the facts of the caaej I maintain that it was the duty of the chair-, man to have restored order by putting the amendment, and resolution then before the meeting to the vote before allowing anyone to make a speech,, instead of calling in the aid of the police. As regards being ashamed tl> ann'ex'my name, I can only add that you ought to have left that to the public, being at that time in possession of that information yourself.—l am, &c, Fair Play.

"Viator" wishes the attention of the Dedwood Highway Board drawn to the bad condition of Lincoln-street, Ponsonby-road. We should imagine the members of the Board would see it themselves. The street is positively dangerous, and quite impassable for carts in wet weather.

Two men named Beach and Collett were fined one shilling and costs each at the Police Court this morning, being the first offences under tho new by-law No. 14, passed by the City Council on the HQili June last, and gazetted on the 16th July, for the purpose of restraining persons from riding or driving round corners of streets at other than a walk ing pace. This law, a very necessary one, is as follows :—"Any person who shall drive any vehicle or ride any horse at other than a walking pace round any angle or corner of any street in the city of Auckland shall for every such offence forfeit and pay upon con viction a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

The members of the Rifle Brigade were in spected la.st evening the Drill-shed. After the business Major Gordon presented Captain Barnett's gold star to Volunteer R. McDonald, the fortunate winner of this splendid prize. A business meeting of the brigade was subsequently held. The Royal Cavalry Volunteers mustered well last night, and held a dismounted parade under Sergeant Wainhouse, whioh was pronounced aatisfao tory.

Mr Henry Ellis will deliver his lecture on "A Free Press" this evening, in the large room of the V.M.C. Association, Wellesley streot. Mr Lambert has kindly volunteered to play some of his choicest selections of music, and as a large attendance is expected seats to ticket-holders will not be reserved after 7.20.

The Coromandel people are moving a-head j they, like all civilized people, are grumbling about their roads, and not without reason. Mr .Woollams, the central store-keeper, ia about to erect large stables for his increasing stock of horses.—Messrs Pittar and Hoskins are busy in connection with mining matters, and offer their services for the management and surveying of mines.—The Tokatea In - stitute is about to be opened by Mr Lusk.— The Union Beach Company's ground ia hope ful, and a happy marriage has been performed during the week.

The first contribution to the social history of Slipper Island was simply told by its settlors in the Auckland Police Court. Mr Beckham confessed that although he had been in New Zealand many years he did not know the geographical position of this ocean paradise. The islet lies some ten or twelve miles from Mercury Bay, and a like distance from Tairua ; and possibly it was not in habited until some three or four years ago, when its seclusion, verdure, and rocks at tracted the eyes of a European adventurer with a wife and growing family to support, which in time reachedtho remarkable num ber of seven—the governor, matron, and live girls and boys. The island, although desti tute of every feature of civilisation in the form of church, school, or store, offered , nevertheless some attractions to the agriculturist. The soil, with its green fringe of alluvial beauty, appeared capable of culti vation, and the governor was the only man who possessed wealth. Around the island were several narrow inlets of sufficient width and deptli to permit the unimpeded ingress ot a boat or canoo, known previously only to neighbouring natives who periodically visited the island for fishing purposes. The little Eden, however, was namelo.-a, until the first European adventurers called it .Skedaddle ishind, for which as a less ominous appella tion the word "Slipper" island was substi tuted. There was no public-house on the island,'but by some means, strange to say, certain of the brethren got drunk. The rugged beauties of the spot seemed to shadow forth a new eden, nestling in the everlasting bosom of the ocean where the hearts of the young republicans might beat in harmony with the music of nature, free from all the encroachments of taxation, penny tokens and battered sixpences. This smiling oasis was claimed by Mr Graham, who leased the same for a term of five years to Mr George Brewer, the chief of this oc.ean circled community. This enterprising lover iof solitude resolved if possible to make the " wilderness blossom as the rose." Ploughs, harrows, horses, cows, sheep, and an occa sional new-comer were safely landed by the Slipper boat from the steamer upon the scoried shore of the new arcadia. The grass grew luxuriantly, the birds sang, the clear streams meandered beneath the trees, and under the open sky from shore to shore, and in due time the little republic, on common principles, was cemented. A,cluster of shanties was erected, and several labourers, a retired member of the Thames Police Force, who had long since been initiated into the magic mysteries of cordials, and a boardless shep herd occupied them. The fleecy sheop grazed upon the mountain - side, and the oows were at large by night and day, free and fearless.' There was only one dog on Slipper Island, and that dog was deaf. No sound of Sabbath bells broke the primitive silence of the isle. There was neither pound for cattle, nor by-law for owners of catttle, nor missionary, nor any milkman to bow submissivoly to tho imposi tion of a fine. Could Milton have Been this dreamy island he would have sung of it a* the lost Eden of our first parents. But the Berpent of scandal at length entered this Bequestered domain of apparent human hap piness, and whispered like the low breeze of persecution through shanty crevices, stirred the tempest of passion, and put an end to the limited manufacture of consoling cordial. The arm of the law reached across the wavess crushed the Utopian republic of pastoral simplicity, left the mistress of the island like " Niobe in tears" behind, with her five children, and brought the brethren to this city ,to add one more chapter to the history of communistic failures.

; Mr H. H; Lusk addressed the electors at Pukekohe West on- Saturday last. Mr Rooste occupied the chair. After the address several questions were put to the candidate and answered, and a vbt« of confidence was passed. . , ~,_ ~,,.

i The following lotter discloses what appears, to be a,genuine, case of distress i~^i" Sir, -y- I; should through the medium of your Valuable paper beg to draw the attention of the charitably disposed to a case deserving their kind consideration, in the person of a widow named Green, residing in Howe-street, New-, tbn, who for the last two years has aup pioi;ted herself and family of five children from the hard-earned proceeds of mangling. But being now laid up with an attack of bronchitis, and under the medical attendance of Dr Kenderdihe, she is unable to follow her usual occupation, consequently the family are in a rery destitute condition. Should this be themeana of drawing the attention of aby wnahav'e enough1 and'to spare .of "this world's, goods my end will have Seen,gained. :l| am, &cli One IW%o Knows. . ."■ / £ y'ja'.V '■■ ! Mr Sibbin's sale; ofgas fitters, aii'd plumbers' stock at the premises of Messrs' Gallagher .and Paulj Wyndham-street, to-morrow, will commence at ten o'clock and not at eleven as previously announced. - i We are requested by Mr Sibbin to'state that he gave no one. authority to use his, nairie in connection with the sale of the books of the Political Union.

I The children of St. Matthew's sunday school were greatly amused last evening by Mr C. Brown, the children's friend, with his magic-lantern entertainment. The lucid lecturer exhibited Mont Blanc and scenes of Switzerland, and the Holy Land rwith poetic and historic explanations, yet the little ones evinced their greatest delight on seeing the passing pictures. Barbara Allen, a lady of the Thames, in a communication to the Advertiser, criticises certain portions of Rev. Mr Lewis's lecture on the "Puritans ;" and like a brave Scotch lassie of the Jeanie Dean's type, vindicates the conduct of Janet Geddes in resisting the attempt to thrust a strange liturgy down the throat of Scotland. Mr Lewis, in his in teresting way, referred to Bishop's sleeves as " millinery," and on this point the gentle critic shews how. shrewd a woman can be. Barbara rightly says :—" I venture to think that the millinery of a rather prwiorice white necktie quite as .objectionable as the lawn sleeves of a bishop, that is to say if such things are worthy of n,osce," . ~"

AUCKLAND JOCKEY CLUB.

A MEETING of the above Club was held this afternoon at the Auckland Hotel. Present: —Mr A. Buckland (in the chair), Messrs. James Watt, Rogan, Nathan, Cruickshank, McLeod, T. Morrin, . Hardington, Major Walmsley, and Capt. Daveney (secretary). The Chairman read the balance-sheet of the past season. This shewed liabilities £44914s 3d; assets,!£sl9s6ssd.Therewas a balanoe of £61<J 2s 8d from the old Gymkana Club. The account shewed a loss on last year of £480, and close on £1500 due to Mr Macfarlane and others for advances, &c. Mr Watt said he was willing tojjadvance £1,500 to tho Club for paying off their liability to Mr Macfarlane at 7 per cent, on mortgage, a conveyance of the property being taken as security. Mr Morrin said he thought the Club ought to be very much indebted to to Mr Watt for his disinterested offer, but it would perhaps be better for the life members to join in becoming security for a further loan from the New Zealand Loan ' Company of the £1,500 required. This suggestion was adopted, and Messrs L. D. Nathan, James Watt, A. Buckland, Major Walmsley, G. Cummihg, and G. McLeod consented to become security for the bond. The old committee was re-elected for the ensuing season. > A letter from Mr Jas. Russell was thens read, inquiring on what terms the Club would lay down a cricket ground at the race course. . Mr Watt thought it would be advisable to provide a ground, and the question was on what terms it could be let to them. He thought it might be given them for Saturday practice free of charge, and on grand matches a portion of the gate money could' be de ducted. The matter was referred to a committee. On the subject of advertising Mr Watt said the committee had agreed to accept the offer of the Southern Cross to do all they required for £50 a year. The meeting then resolved itself into a committee for the purpose of arranging a pro gramme for the next race meeting.

POLICE COURT.—This Day.

(Before P. A. Philips, Esq., R.M.) DKUNK ANJP DTSOKDKRLY.

George Cox was charged with being drunk and disorderly in Queen-street last night; also with assaulting Constable Cadell while in the exxecution of his duty, and with wilfully destroying a pair of uniform trousers value £1 15s, the property of the said John Cadell. ;! ~. Prisoner pleaded to being drunk and dis orderly, but did not remember attacking the constable's trousers. , ' Constable Cadell stated that ho arrested the prisoner last night, when he made a des perate attack upon witness, and tore his trousers to pieces. Sergeant-i lajor Pardy stated that prisoner was one of the new crew of the Hylton Castle. ' ,*J His Worship : Can you pay for this little frolic of yours. Prisoner: " I suppose the captain will. i Yonr are fined 40s. and costs for being drunk and assaulting the constable, and; 35s for destroying his trousers, or one month's imprisonment. | THK PEOPLE AND THE LAWS. John Kane was charged with failing to keep a light burning over the principal, entrance to the Rob Roy hotel, Freeman's Bay, on the night of the 2nd instant. ' Mr Kane pleaded guilty, but as this was <*is first offence, and the moon was shining , during the time the lamp was out, he was only hned 10s and costs. John Walsh was charged with driving on the wrong side of the Kybe* Pass Road on the 31st inst. Dr. Goldsbro' proved the case. Defendant was driving a butcher's cart, and in conse quence of his obstinacy the doctor's buggy was pushed into the ditch, and suffered some slight damage. Dr. Goldsbro' stated to the Court that he did not bring thia case forward for any other purpose than that of benefiting the public. He was continually meeting with annoyances of this kind, and the drivers were invariably uncivil when spoken to. Defendant did not appear, but his master sent an apology. The Court said that defendant must pay a tine of 40s for the offence, or go to prison for fourteen days. Dr. Goldsbro' wished the fine to go to the poor box. John Dyke was charged with depasturing two cows on a vacant piece of land in Union street, and fined 5s and costs. Thomas Bach and Robert Collett were | separately charged with furious driving. Constable Nanghton proved the cases. Defendants weae fined Is and costs each, being the first charges under the^'new by law. i James Murphy was charged with allowing two of his cows to stray on an unenclosed piece of land. 1 Murphy pleaded guilty, but regrotted the circumstance, as he was particularly sensitive iin relation to the by-laws, and would not willingly offend; but his boys let his cows (Jut. He had a paddock to keep the cows in,^ but boys will be. boys. , . ~ . .■ i y ! His Worship: I think', Mr Murphy, you ajre in the employ of the Crty Counoil ? ; Defendant: Yes, your Worship. i His Worship suggested th'atMnrp'hy should study the by-laws, and not show his face in Court again. Defendant promised to do so, and was let off with a fine of 2s 6d and costs. 1 Robert Thayer, for leaving his horse and cjart, unattended in Wellesley-street on the 4th inst., was fined 5s and costs. i This vras all the business. I ... -vi.M.- ' ■ ■ ■ ; • liiil

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING REPORT.

QUOTATIONS: August 7J1878. — L s. d. La. d 8;B. Insurance C 0......•.;...,.,,: '2»10,0i( ' V- I Caledonian ./.'.'L2O, L2O 10s.. .t.2,0 0 07, 21 0 o! Union Beach.... ~;.'.285, SiOs".'..; —' i'l"11 9~0 Bright Smile „ ..'s2g 6d, 635....; 2 12'fl'.T '-11 '.•■' City of London .... .■..'. ..'..' ■'• — '','>, .1' 6,! 0 Eldorado .- •'—'■■..' lo: 5 0 Tokatca 295.... — .. — iSoyal Oak 105.... — .. 018 0 yj V:£ DANIEL B. OECHAUD, Secretary.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

THIS DAY,

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

CAEB V. EDMONDS.

No^p'pfafance was put in on behalf of the plaintiff, and the case was adjourned for a "S AKB CO. V. CHAS. WAIXNUTT. BZ%n^^for and obtained an adjournment for a week. PAEKBR V HALL. Judgment summons. .„. Mr Thorne, on behalf of the plaintiff, stated that the defendant had made an oiler which his client was willing to accept. He was to pay £1 down, £1 on Monday, and the balance by instalments of os per week. His Worship recommended the defendant to keep to his arrangement, and the case was dismissed on these terms. WM IVAS V. JAMES M'CORRIE. Claim, £5 16s. ' Mr Joy appeared for the defendant, and Mr J. B. Russell for plaintiff. This was a claim made by the plaintiff, a carter, against the defendant, who is a farmer at Otahuhu, for balance of wages. The defence set up was that not only had the amount been paid, but that the plaintiff had been paid more than was due to him. The defendant was examined, and swore to having paid Ivas, who was generally called Dublin, various sums amounting to more than his proper wages. The system of bookkoeping which the witness said he had been in the habit of using was somewhat peculiar He could not read or write, so when he paid any money to his men he told them to put it down, and trusted to them to put it down correctly. One of the sums paid on account of the plaintiff by de fendant was Cs (id-a fine for his being in '' choky " for drunkenness. Defendant's brother was examined, and corroborated to some extent his testimony, but on being pressed on the subject of the dates of the various payments said he was " blest if he could remember." A man named Black, a livery stable-keeper, a youth named Goldie, and McCrorie's father also gave evidence for the defendant. The plaintiff, on being examined, denied having been paid in full, but admitted he might have received a little more than he knew of. At the completion of the evidence, which was of a very conflicting nature, His Worship reserved judgment. LOCKY DIOUKEB' GOLD MINING COMPANY V. JOHN DARBY. Claim, £3 6s Bd—calls. Mr Joy appeared for the defendant, and Mr J. B. Russell for the Official Liquidator of the Company. Mr Joy explained the circumstances of the case. Mr Darby had paid the late manager of the Company a certain sum for a stamp for the transfer of his shares, which he load sold to another party. The manager had, it seems, appropriated the money, and neglected to complete the transfer. Under these circumstances Mr Joy , contended that his client was not liable for any calls, the fault of the shares not being transferred lying with the legal representa i tive of the company. Mr Kennedy, who took the money for the transfer, stamp to Mr McCormick, the late manager of the Company, deposed to handing lover the money. He did not take the money to the office, but to the Old House at Home, where Mr McCorpick was slaying, when Mr McCormick signed the receipt for the money. He was not drunk. He was jolly at the time, but not drunk. He had been turned out of another public house the day before for get ting drunk.

Judgment for plaintiff.

Tne Court adjourned for half-an-hour,

NOTES FROM WELLINGTON.

(Fbom Our Special Cobeespondent.)

A First Peep into the House. The first impression conveyed to a "stranger in the House " is an overwhelming dense of the presence of scarlet. The walls are all draped with scarlet hangings that at first have a meaningless, though decidedly garish, appearance, but you are informed by the members that this is to assist the " acoustic " properties of the building. This is a favorite word with Parliament men, and they are ali fond of dilating on the defectiveness of the "acoustic" properties of the House. It is a good word, and has a Grecian appearance, and it varies from "akoostic " to " akowstic," even to " akostic." lam told that it refers to the capabilities for conveying sound to the ear, and that the scarlet curtains are an auxiliary. That an auxiliary is wanted will not be denied, for at least so far as regards the gallery, where journalism sits enthroned, 4nd where it is supposed to receive inspiration from the assembled wisdom, and Irom which it is expected to bear away those words of wisdom to a waiting people, at least one-half of all that is said in the House be low is lost, and the other comes up such a confused jumble; of sounds that reporters de derre/no ordinary praise for the results of ■ihe^r pencil. lam told also that the necessity inder which honorable members are laid of speaking in an unnaturally loud tone has nad. the; effect of greatly inarring their elo quence. This satisfactorily explains per haps another feature in the Assembly, which impresses a stranger, and 1 cannot but ex press my regretthttlhave nothad the pleasure of hearing the speeches of honorable mem bers under the more favourable auspices of a qmaller building, with satisfactory "aoouß tic" properties. The omnipresence of scarlet, which 'has such a striking effect oh the eye, whatever may be its effect on the ear, would. However, be 'substituted ,by a better auxiliary in " acoustics'*" if the ornamental tjrere made to give place to the useful, arid a simple flat ceiling took the place of the domed aind' arched thing amid whichthe voices revel ajnd die away in their "own echoes. Barring the drapery the .interior of the chamber is severely chaste, very ordinary painting and graining of a muddy yellow colour, and seem ingly American cloth cushions on the benches, give about as bald and unostentatious a coup (Basil as the most rigidly retrenching economist i cpuld desire. At an enormous elevation are galleries of little depth on each side and end of the chamber. Behind and above where the Speaker sits, in a chair canopied and en shrouded with the everlasting scarlet, are the representatives of the press, and also those Who obtain entree to the Speaker's gallery. At the remote end the gallery was filled with fair faces, many of the fair fingers being en gkged in embroidery, crocheting, tatting, apd other labours of a dilletanti industry, w,hile the occupants of the chairs were listen ing to the contest below. The galleries on either side of the House are for the great many-headed. Three rows of little desks and benches run the length of the chamber below on either side, and two cross benches at the remote end give accom modation to those who have not yet committed themselves to Treasury or Opposition benches, or are waiting for the most favourable mo ment for selling themselves to the highest bidder. In the front of these sit all the Wellington memjberi, coolly—deliberately—

and fronting the whole lionse with couru tenance unabashed. In their centre in the ap;ecl form of FitzherWt, who if" with a species of nightcap on hfe/ head, and hangingcheeks, and flabby features '■■ has distinctly the appearance of a man in hia dotage, a delusion which is for ever dis polled after he has been heard for thinge minutes on his legs. ' On his left sits Bunny the Wellington Provincial Treasurer, whose broad massive forehead shows him worthy of carrying the bag for the sturdy beggar among theprovinces. On the other side, in a grim row, are the other Wellington members, prepared to vote in a block, to walk to this side or to that in accordance with the bearing of the question on the interests' of Wellington. It was curious to trace in con trast the positions of the Auckland mem bers. Scattered they were all over the House, from the extremest left to the extremist! right, from the Treasury benches to those of Her Majesty's Opposition, with a few on the cross benches. A cursory calculation showed that if they voted as they sat they would exactly neutralise one another : sothat Aucklan d is simply a cipher in the House, while Wellington, under the able guidance of tEat old man in the nightcap, is worthakiri^s ransom, and turns the scales when it ■wifii; Whatever may be the merits or demerits of the New Zealand House of Representatives they have the proud distinction of being exempt from the contemptible snobbery of wearing their hats. It is so usual in Colonial parliaments to see members aping this " privilege" and ancient practice ojf the House of Commons that the trite, colonial manliness of those who show, themselves exempt from the frivolous con ceit is deserving of commendation. Ido not know if this is usual in our House, but decfi. dedly " a first peep " into it for one evening did not reveal a single case of a memher making himself uncomfortable for the sake of being like an English member of Parlia ment. I cannot say that there is anything very imposing or impressive in our House of , Representatives, nor do first impressions, tfe rived either through eye or ear, confirnvthJß idea entertained generally that the NewZea.- r land Parliament iB more able, cultivated, and statesmanlike than the other legislatures of the colonies. ." v >> The Machine at Work. ~^j. Curiosity appears to be a failing with\inem?r bers, for never have I seen an order papais more loaded with " want to know, :ypfi^ know," than was that on the night pf mj?, first sight of Parliament. Nor does this in-' quisition into public affairs appear to be the* only object, for to an extent certainly jecn liar to this Assembly, the enquire™ avail themselves of! the opportunity of ven tilating their own opiniousf and each ques tion generally results in no inconsiderable debate. A large proportion of time was con sumed in this irregular way when Mr •Vogel'' in response to the Speaker's call, placed on the table the piece de resistance—the Te\s? graph Subsidy Agreement Ratification Bill! And deny it I cannot that there was some thing imposing in the Minister walking for ward into the ring, and deliberately taking his seat on the floor of the House to be bearbaited. Mr Vogel bears the traces''6?^ illness on his face, and, wearing a muffle^ closely, fplded around his neck,, he appeairdl scarcely In a fit state for the sharp conflict in which he was soon involved. -The grea^ar portion of his speaking is wholly. inaudible in the gallery; After he had concluded, a succession of speakers assailed him and his proposals with a methodical order and sting. and pungency that revealed the existence of an understanding among the Opposition,—as~ ib also revealed the Minister's knowledge of the same.t ,With hand behind his ear* afldT leaning forward on the table, Mr VogftU. usually listened with much, earnestness !to the leaders of debate, and a stinging remark was usually followed1 by a pained and quick, enbd turning ro^nd, .exactly as if the tear had been, bitten on the hip by an unexpected cur behind. His position was evidently not a pleasant1 one, but his pungency of retort and occasion crushing rejoinder showed km thoronghly equal to the occasion, although Unmistakably uneasy, and manifestly reliev^fL when''-Bke ordeal was successfully pagaed. From time to time he was waited on by officials, who unsurnmOned, laid beside Him open books1' and 'documents, and .notes. of information,-:] which revealed that the battle was really^ being conducted from the room behind th«* j ministerial benches, and that Mr Vogel was 7/ merely directing the thunder made ready to his hand. Colleagues in the Ministry^;' as well as lesser satellites, performed thisy work of ministering angels, and but little a observation was requisite fco see how the J Wizard of the South towered intellectually^ by the head and shoulders over his brother^ Ministers. It was pleasant to observetheW gentlemanly way in which honourable menl-'jj bers said the nastiest things tp one another--,; Mr Rolleston, the] chief of CanrH terbuDy,. charging the Minister with "'iftfjjlj pertinence," and giving it to hss able friend." with an unction that if giyiii t, outside among ordinary people, a and! I strip ped of the conventional jargon of Par- T liamentary , politeness, would, have b^ei^ replied, to with : a blow in the mouthy Mr Vogel replying by a forcible but nieely^ rounded allusion to the habitual ill temper of the enemy, which, in tarliamentarVp language, was the, " unhappy irritability or my honourablertriend," while he was himself | writhing in agbniy f r6m the provocations with which he was being stung from every quarter of the Chamber* It" did one good to see: thft« great broad face 6f'the " smiler," Mr T. t. Shepherd as, with a loyalty to ministers ,pt the most uncompromising k*nd, he defendedii everything in them, whether defensible'or" otherwise, and then to watch the change * that came ovei* the countenance of the big "Phatt'b'oy," rivalling the scarlet tapes try on the, walls, ,and to, f »e / e,, ; the % wriggling of inipotent1 and fettered rage as Mr T. B. Gillies smote him under the fifth rib. Such little pleasant epi sodes are of frequent occurrence, 1!! "aid L V ,cpuld not'resist the conviction that it w^ul* conduce greatly to the healtbfulness of;.?* 1® socio-political ;atinoypJ^er6 of the 'Chamber, if from time to time the House .would adjourn to the green without,, and each honorably member drag bis coat 'along the ground mv viting any or all to tread on„it. >' j, ~i i

That delightful tiling, a"" breach of privi lege," was introduced to the notice of the House. The Minister of Justice had not: stated that he hadneverread the Prisons Bill, but some other one. The '^Evening Post, owing doubtless to the "acoustic" defects of the building, reported that he had so stated,, whereupon the dignity of the minister wat* offended, the Constitution doubtless was in danger, and he sought the intervention of the Speaker. In a foolish moment Mr Speaker,'? reported it to the House, and said thathe would* summon the reporter, saying it was his duty; to see that only correct reports were published. This he did, but the reporter declined to wait on Mr Speaker, whereupon Mr Speaker'; ordered his non-admission to the reporters ■ galley. Then the Editor of the Post took it up, and in a letter temperately but firmly written informed the Speaker that lie was re sponsible for what appeared in the Post, and that he declined to allow his repor ter to be privately lectured by Mr Speaker, but expressing the utmost readiness to correct any mielreporting, and to injjke any y ameinfc honorable, ; TWs wm too much lor

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