SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

SUNSET: This evening, 4.51 SUN-EISE: To morrow morning, 7.4. aiUH WAiKE s This evening, 7,12; to-morrow morning, 7.20

ARRIVALS.

Emulous, schooner, from Dunedln

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

For TCaipara : Prince Alfred, barquentine, Wednesday For Moeraki (Otago): Duke of Edinburgh, schooner, to-day For New Caledonia: Colonist, schooner, to-day

The schooner Tawera entered inwards to-day with—2s sacks barley, Hooper and Co ;20 hides, Ireland; 10 casks tallow* J. S. Macfarlane; 4 do bottled ale, 5 empty hhds, 12 bags barley, 9 hides, 43' pigs,, 37 sacks wheat, 13 skins, 125 pigs, 2 bales wool,. 3 bags pumpkins, order ; 7 bales wool, 30 bags barley, Must and Co j 39 sacks wheat, Owen and Graham. ~«.,,--'.■"

We learn by telegram thatithe schooner Strathnaver has arrived at Dnnedin, all well, after a heavy weather passage. , , The barque Prince Alfred leaves, for Kaipara direct to-morrow. Theßchooner Lsetitia cleared at the Cus toms to-day for Napier via Mercury Bay with 30,000 feet sawn timber, and 50,000 shingles. The Atlanta cleared to-day for Napier via Kennedy Bay with 26,000 feet timber. The schooner Emulous arrived from Pun eden to-day with a cargo of breadstuffs, etc. The vessel comes consigned to Mr. G. W Binney. . ■, ~ , The steamer Eangatira cleared at. the Customs, for the South, late this afternoon and will sail this evening. The barque Adelheid from Lyttelton, entered inwards at the Customs to-day. The schooner Lsefcitia, from Tolago Bay, reported at the Customs to-day with 230 sheep. The cutter Dido, from Turanganui, reported with 150 sheep, The brigantine Flirt, from Lyttelton, en tered inwards at the Customs to-day with 943 sacks of potatoesj 473 sacks oats, 98 sacks wheat, order.

COMMERCIAL.

MINING. The following are the current call and dividends payable in the companies named below:— £ a. d. TUVIDEND. Bright Smile.. .. May 29 Tokatea .. .. 0 2 6 June a CALLS. MaTgaretta .. .. 00 6 June..- 2t t/ : Oolden Eagle .. 00 2 June" 11 Number One.. .. 0 0 1 June 11 Durham Ox .. .. 0 0 3 .Tune 11 American Eagle .. 0 0 9 June 11

MEETINGS. Moanatairi, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, noon,'

29th May Kavenstock, Company's offloe, Vaile's Buildings,

Auckland, 2 p.m., 30th May Van, Company's office, Vaile's Buildings, Auckland,

3 p.m., 30th May Foresters. Coromantiel. 30th May Bay of Islands Coal Company, Company's office,

Queen street, 3 p.m., 30th Way Trig Hill, Coromandel. 2nd June Auckland Permanent Co-operative Building and In vestment Society, Vaile's Buildings, 7.30 p.m.', sth

June Peep o' Day and Day-dawn, Coromandel, sth June. i Quebec, Mr R. Home's office, Shortland street, Auck-

land. 2 p.m., 6th June , . Dauntiesß and Sink to Rise, Grahamstown;' 6fch June Bed, White, and Blue, Grahamstown, 9th June Chrishtchurch, Grahamstown, 9th June American 'Eagle, Gaahamstown, 13th June Lincoln Castle, British Hotel, Auckland, 2 p.m,, 18th June

CHIEF POST-OFFICE, AUCKLAND.

MAILS WILL t/IiOBB AS UNDKK : — For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m., and to-morrow, at

10.30 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. For Coroinandel, to-morrow, at 1.30 p.m. Vot St. Andrews', Kennedy's Bay, per Atalanta, this

day, at 4 p.m. For Whitianga and Kawau, per Mary Ellen, this day,

at 4 p m. For New York, per East Lothian, to-morrow, at

11 a m For "Wangarei Heads, "Wangarel, and Mangapai, per Cambria, to-morrow, at 4 p.m. (Sinned) S. B Bias. Chief Postmaster.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Negro.—lt is a matter of no importance to the public who authorised the title you take •exception to. . M'orß Light.—lt is the duty of the police to see that publican's lights are kept burn • ing, but an hotel-keeper is not required by the Licensing '&.<& to provide more than .one lamp. The bottbm of Wellesley-street no doubt requires lighting, arid the City 1 Council should have a lamp placed there. ,S. H. 'Newton.—We understand your mean ■■'■ ing Sammey/ but the lines on Purukutu are not sufficiently polished for transmis sion to the province of Cassar; but do not .. despair SamivaJ,. better luck (next time. Meanwhile we should recommend to you a stuay of the works .of Alexander Pope ; they will give you a clearer conception of the harmony of rhyme and the true art of num bers! The muses may then welcome you 0 ; across the classical river you mention into 1 intoithe land of Virgil. ■:; , '• Mr Ej W. Ward, manager of the Ethiopian Troupe, writes stating that the delay that has occurred in giving the promised en tertainment- in aid. of Mrs Brooking is owing to the troupe not being able to obtain the City flail. On the War Path.—Our table is groaning 11 u^der the weight of letters and suggestions ' how ito-annihitate- the' Maori King and his 'followers. We cannot find space for ;;,.them all. Mr R. Kelly, Empire i:: Hot^l, suggests that all the old soldiers (;iiif; .the i colony i'! should.be formed 'into ii regiment and sent to the front, and - %hst : nen-of-war should be stationed in all thfe harbours where disaffected natives live. Ttie Volunteers' should be placed under a competent commander, and the Polar Star purchased for the reception of Maori pri ' Boner's, who should then be sent on a whaling expedition to civilize them. Mr Kelly- has no faith in native allies, who 1 i "shut their eyes and fire up into the stars."—"Lightning Cloud," "Constant Reader," and "Old Soldier" forward ,i letterp, extracts from which we shall publish upon the. first, opportunity. • : Mistaken Lenity.—Mr H. Browne writes | supplying the particulars of a case: of assault, heard in the Police Court. The publication of the letter would'only tend | tp/'excite angry feelings already too strbngly developed ; we-must" therefore decline to give it insertion. We think, ■ however, the penalty wa.s altogether inade quate to the seriousness of the offence, but it is too much the practice to treat assaults . as trivial matters. We sincerely^ sympa thise with. Mr Browne, whose case is pretty conclusive that justice is not always ob tainable fronjf'^ thfe Mayor's wife,had been dealt with in the brutal and r unprovoked m,an«er .which, the medical , evidence proved had been used towards Mrs Browne, 40s and costs Urould not have i satisfied the injured feelmgaof our disQri- magiatrat».'.,'. ■', .. \tn»Y oiii it ii J " ljA v iojjn «| ovteooi litv/ A~ ■'■■ •->■■■■■■ .' <■ i

DEATHS.

JYLUNRO.— un the s!7tn inst., at ins lamer a residence, ■ "Dedwood, John Arnold, the infant son of A. T. and M. Munro. •' CkAßKte,—On 27th May, infant ohUd of Jfaa, Clarke, Grocer, Pollen-street, Thames, The funeral will arrive, per Challenger, for Auck land, at 4 p.i«. To-iwanw, Fiignds please, accept ibis invitation.

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

TUESDAY, MAY 27. 1873.

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wrongs that need resistance, For the future in the distanoe,

And the good that we can do.

It. may be that the collapse of the San Francisco mail service has resulted in a state of postal coma, or it may*be that the gathering thundering clouds over the Upper Waikato have made the Government oblivious of vulgar concerns, but the neglect shown in the matter of the English mail, via Suez, is simply insufferable. Three weeks ago our English letters arrived in Melbourne, nineteen days ago the mails arrived in Sydney, and over a fortnight ago the mails arrived in. the Southern ports of New Zealand] but whether our let ters are in Melbourne, in Sydney, or milldewing at the Bluff nobody seems to know, though, a good many care. There appears to be a spasmodic move ment, in all our public concerns —all or nothing, a feast or a famine, a down pour or a drought—that, though it may be pleasant to excitable nerves, is intensely annoying to the plodding, working-day habits of ordinary com mercial life. The irritation and the annoyance and even positive mischief caused by this detention of letters can hardly be over-estimated, and though we have every sympathy, and we are sure the people feel disposed to make every reasonable allowance, for the confusion resulting from Mr "Webb's throwing up the postal contract, people are not disposed to acquiesce willingly in a great public inconvenience that seems the result of simple negligence. The people of the South suffer nothing of this inconvenience owing to the weekly arrivals of McMeckan, Black wood and Co.'s boats from Melbourne, but surely it would not have been too great a strain on the official mind, nor have ruptured the most delicate in volvements of red tape, if the fact of the San Francisco service being ended had been notified to inferior postal offi cials, and if some provision among the many possible available means had been made for continuing postal com munication. There cannot be a doubt that for a small subsidy either the A.S.N. Co's boats or the Hero could be induced to alter the day of sailing bo as to suit the arrival of the Suez mails in Australia, the date of which can be calculated almost to a day. It is all very well to sigh for a magnificent service all to ourselves across the Pacific, but mean time it is not too much to expect that some little care should be taken to prevent such very great inconvenience and annoyance, as that under which our business men and the community in general are at the present hour suffering.

It is difficult to form a very definite opinion as to the probable upshot of our present unsettled relations with the Hauhaus. "We. have heard hopes expressed that the symptoms are pacific, and perhaps it will be regarded as being very wicked, but we cannot help expressing the hope that we shall have iwar. If we had any guarantee that the peace patched up would be a durable one, every one must wish that the sword may not be unsheathed; but the manner in which Tawhiao and his supporters and sympathisers demean themselves shows that they have still the idea that they could hold their own against the pakeha, and till this idea is stamped out in blood the restless spirit of-hauhauism will continue to disturb. It appears now that one-half of Kawhia harbour is the property of the Waikatos Whatever may be the value of Eewi's friendship, the King himself has already done enough to forfeit any remaining land to which he may have claim, and the occupancy of his portion of those waters, and the, lands adjoining, would betentirely war ranted; by what he has already done, and would afford, even if a hollow peace is patched up, a guarantee against future insolence. "While there fore we should be pleased if either through the good; offices of Eewi, the cleverness and plan of own forces, or; the connivance of Tawhiao, the murderer Purukutu and < his gang should dangle from a tree, it will be a subject for regret if this " causi belli" is removed before Kawhia is in the hands of the pakeha. With a man-of war in| that harbour, with gunboats sweeping its waters, .preventing not only the entrance of canoes, but even the casting of a net into its coves, and with a strong redoubt in a com: manding position on its shores, the King dream would be soon dispelled, and we; should be in a position to smile at any further pretensions. Until this or some otter equally satisfactory guarantee of future peace is obtained we should regret the success of any overtures for peace from whatsoever side they come. All the mischief that can be doneto the sensitive feelings of Eng lish capital and English immigration will frayeiteen alttWy '4<?ne ty" the $»**

in|ffts||jof tßjsoreM' tf|i concejf|d the/;ut|.^ubdiil^ sa^e^'from. .the. public 7eye, and never Will there" be restored confidence until the possibility of future diatu^bance..^is fox. ever. If the war is o^ly conducted on proper pr]ncipl6s'therfe"'will !be'n6 vla'ck of vo.lunleers,.. ; , s >Xt aa ia^aofc«in6i!elyi Kgapuhis that will go in for loot, and with the offer of three or five hundred acres of the land to be conquered presented to the eye of eveiry one engaging in the war till its close, the national fighting spirit in herent in the breasts' ofs Britons will have the very vulgar but the very effective stimulus of comfortable home steads in that future, when war's rude alarms will be hushed, and when it wilj be pleasant in the decline of life to fight their battles o'er again. Peace may be very attractive, but the^ circumstances war has its attractions tool "We] have no Bishop Selwyn.rnQ Sir George Grey, no Exeter Hall to interfere with the correctsettleinent of accounts with rebels. In withdrawing the soldiers England leaves colonists to manage,their., own business/ ;in their own way. Now is the day, and now. js \ the hour; and neither maudlin humanity, nor cowardioe, nor even the retention of .'their seats by Ministers must be. suffered. £0, inter fere. Murder is contrary to law, and the murderer, and his defenders must not only pay the legal penalty, but similar political murders be rendered impossible for ever. ~.,-,

Mr James; Mackay, juti., reachvd. ■towni from the Waikato to-day. He came down with the view oi consulting with the Hon. Dr. Pollen. Mr Mackay left again for the Waikato this afternoon. , :

We learn by telegram tb*t the Tauranga natives applied for a further afapply of arms. These natives, instead of requiring any arms at present, have numbers of Government rifles in their huts, and plenty of ammuni tion. They can at any time turn out in a body' well supplied with tooth powder and shot j to shoot ducks and kunaka on the sand flats in the harbour. If the Government do what is likely to prove,-in the end a service to the white settlers, it would'be to take away from them every rifle belonging to the Government without further notice.

Siri —I am sorry that I should have been the cause of any anxiety to " Sufferer," who pub lished a letter upon the price of coal in your issue of Saturday. He must be aware that fluctuations will occur in every market, and he with others Wi list ron'this risk' 6f;a' rise or fall. I shall be most happy to supply him or otherß at my last quotations with- any quantity of Newcastle coal.—l am. &c, Joseph Craig, Fort-street, Auckland. '

The members of the Edwardes-;street Chapel are establishing a character of their own; they have a class for instilling into the young mind the principles of sobriety; they have a class for teaching the simple Tonic Solrfa system of music, andiiow :they areaboilt 'to commence a first-class school of art. To morrow evening' this class will commence under a first class pupil, on terms which are particularly moderate, and from-Bdch a class' in the future some colonial "Reynolds or Gibson, or ;Ruskin, or i Oruickshank may arise.

As will be seen from another column the inaugural proceedings of the Devonport Literary Society .take place to : night.: The Takapuna will make special trips, leaving Queen-street wha,rf> at G. 45 p.m., ; and the Devonport wharf at the conclusion of the entertainment, on or about, half-past ten.,! From what we know of the amateur talent in the programme, and from the names of the, epeakers; we anticipate that the opening proceedings of the winter operations of this. r society will be attended with considerable eclat. : .. ~.,.■>,

Another of those popular concerts which are doing so much for the promotion of good feelings among the people was held last even ing at the Choral Hall. The selections.were, worthy the occasion, and gave great satisfac-' tion. A contemporary critic, with a keen ear for certain sounds, considers that Mr Brown; should throw more life into his concerts, which would make them more popular. We do not know what this anxious critic, would Have hope he would not introduce bones and banjos into high class concerts Jj.ior certainly f if such a state of things were to be introduced at the Choral Hall the ..of 'the great: composers would be disturbed, and the conductor would be strongly rebuked < by; a communication from Handel. The people's concerts are established for the express purpose, o|, affordirig pure amusement, and aiding the cultivation of a higher musical taste among the people. To the Editor: Sir, It is now, nearly a fortnight since the English mail'arrived at the Bluiff, but the Auckland people have not yet received their Europeari'letters1/ It is too muchfcjr Auckland, (the reputed, capital pi New Zealand) to expect td receive her toads' within a week after the arrival of the English mails in Australia.-If it is hot'too'p're- Bumptuous why are not steps taken to put Auckland "6riiffche 'e&ii&i oCting with Dukedin, and thus give practical effect to the resolu tion passed by the • Chamber'of Commerce at' its last meeting.—l am &c, John Green.

TheCirandini concert was largely'iltitended lastnight by holiday-makers. Several beauti ful musical selection^ were performed,' and' loyal songs sung, such as the " British Lion" by Mr Gordon, and the "Queen's Letter" by Mad4me Carandini. Madam Winter was excellent, aB .she always is, ■with her choice • pianoforte bolos. The sisters, accompanied by Mr Sherwifl, t WQie j sweetly .attractive*] The whole concluded with "God Save the Queen."j To-night wjllb^giyenseyeraliSQngs from other sources for the first time by this company, and fco-morrow night the perform ance will be under the special patronage of His Horior the Superintendent, .when the programihe will consist entirely of Scotch melodies] ~.,■,■. ,/i (T'.jyftpjo gd'Gs Ijj Of ouriwortny'city Mayor it will be said, as it iB Baidof W,hifctingtqnpf,old, ,"hewaß three times Mayor:df the Jcity," and yester day our enterprising Mayor shewed a feeling, of loyalty like unto that of J the immortal Sir Richard.: Amid the several signs of love of majesty which sparkled and shone above ths dusty thoroughfares on the birthday evening, most conspicuous %aa the Mayor'B brilliantly illuminated star in front of his business premises,' at the once, busy corner!bf>Short land-street. Not only in this happy manner j did his Worship .exhibitthe outward and'-ap'^ propriate sign of the inward, loyal thought; , bub in the dawning.,of tihe ( 4ay:ibhe.feeling,was r: kindled, and he was'disposed to be generous towards the more,.unfortunate, of j the, human <j race. The drunkards yesterday were lightly j fined, and, one dismissed, as his Worship con- • sidered tl^at the unhappy man's unsteadiness of cait was simply the result of py^r-flpwing regard for Wfl^W«Wfa^«'*!w Jl^M

l-Srw|i»ve received the.foll<w*.gf^aWy amount has been voted foV a a..., , • - „, the Mayor's, lady, Can you kittdty lmui—, me if such is the case ? I have made enquires ,of your morning contemporary, but have not asyetreceivedareply. Perhaps you will be >more accommodating, as I have been told' by others that Auckland is the only Munici pality in the British colonies which has not paid that graceful courtesy. I should like a correct statement, for who --knows i^ta&y some day hold the position of Mavpr » lady, besides I am Wtiirally inrtuisitive. , You may remember that l lectured lately fo< the young gentlemen of the Claytonian Society. During the afternoon of that day I was talking with one of the young gentlemen referred to, and he said he had an unole who, from some cause or another, seemed to have grown permanently bereft of all emotion. And; with tenrs mi his eyes this young man said • " Oh ! if I could only see him laugh oncei more! OhUjf I could only see him wefep." I was touched. I cOttld never withstand" distress. I" said : "Bring him to my lecture. I'll start him for you. Oh if you could but do it. if you could but'do it all !our family would bless you for ever more, for be is Very dear to us, Ohl,:my htene factor can you make him laugh P Can you bring soothing tears to those parohed orbs ? " I was profoundly move i. t Tsaid : ".'My^son, bring the old party round. I have got gome jokes in my lecture that will make laim laugh it (here is any laugh in him, and if they miss fire I !have got some others, that'll make him cry or kill him, oiie or tie' other." Then the young man wept on .my;,neck, and presently spread both hands on my head, and looked up toward heaven, mumbling something 'reV^ntly, and then he n^er-t after, his unole.- He placed him in full view, in the second row of benches, that night, and I bepan ion him. I tried him with mild jokes, then with severe ones! | I ; doeed him with bad jokes, and riddled him with redhotnewones I warmed 'up to my work and assaulted him on the right and left,litf front.:"and behind; I fumed and charged and shouted till I was hoarse and sick, and frantic and fnrjoui^-rbufe: U never moved him once : I never started a smile or a tear. Never a ghost of a smile, and never a suspicion of moisture 5, I ,waa astounded.» I olo§ed,the lecture at last With one despairing dhripkr-with one wild;burst:,"of t pumqr-rrand hustled a joke of supernatural atrocity full at him. It never phased him! Then I sat down ; bewildered and exhausted, The presidenfrof the' society came up and bathed my head with,cold watar, and «»k1 : ( "Tflfhat made you oarry on so towards the last ?" I said, ",1 was trying to make that confounded ojd idijot laugh in the second row." . A.b, ; he said, "iWell, you were wasting your time, be cause he is deaf and dutnb.and and as blind a8 a badgpr.' Now, was that any way for that old man's nephew to impose on a stranger like me ? — Mark Twain.

• To the Editor : Sir,—The present warlike appearance of the acts of the , natives, must naturally turn one's thoughts to the protectors of our home-and- families, and more especially to the interetts of our Volunteers, who I , respectfully Bubmit should receive every en ' couragement to induce them .not.only to use every exertion in their powe^ to make themselves perfect' in -the profession of arms, but should receive honestly earned rewards for past services, thereby in ducing them to remain in the force and not leave it" in disgust. My remarks arise from the fact that certain members' of i No. 1. Rifle Brigade Company having* per-' fected themselves in their duties and served the period of five years, which by an Act of our Legislature entitles them to free grant of land, find themselves, after making the requisite application, put off, from time to time, and months have now elapsed since they should have been placed in possession of this reward, which is as far off as ever. I do not know if this arises from a Government order, or merely from the | carelessness ■of the officers of the company ; I can only say with many Of my comrades, it is bad policy, and if war is likely to be proclaimed should "be at once explained, for tbe old adage should be remembered, " one volunteer is worth nine pressed men ;" but' it the Government com mence by breaking faith with tried men "what are the recruits to expect ?—Jours, a RiflkMan/'- I '••■■' \ • !■ n

The Otagff ! Daily Tinies, lof April) 17, - states:—"lt is a gratifying circumstance that with a population of about 70,000 at the commencement tof last year, there were 116 elementry schools, having 175 teachers ; and there were in attendance, 8,062 children, of whom 3,876 :were girls, the average daily attendance, however, being.5,706., So far as the expenditurei on account of •education, ©x qlusive !of the University teaching, is con cerned, i we,, -may ' s|ate that* no 'leas /than £2s, 000, was disbursed in 1871, of which about £18,000 was supplied by 'Govern ment, either in the way of Educational reserve rents, or'", assessment lon '! pkstotall reserves! for educational purposes,, or direct ; 'contributions from the Treasury ; and of the remainder nearly £9000 was received from Bchool-fees in the Duned,^n High School and the Elementary Schools. Iri addition" 'to this, we may mention jfchat tHejscHoQl-buildin'gs have bet n almost entirely erected from funds provided from time to time by the' Gover nment, arid the teachers' residences and glebes, similarly! provided, was in 187TTOatly£300O. All this .evinces ;a/laudable • foresight and [an i intelligent appreciation of its duties by the State. But there are certain anomalies which ,are jiard to be understood. How i? it that the salaries 'of the five masters of the High School for boys, none; of whioh are, by; any, means tqo high, amount to £2,043, while the salaries lof the three" or four teachers of the High School for girls come to only £490 ? The number of scholars in each ' School ib. nearly thjt same—indeed,; Iratherl in favour of the latter, which produces £938 in fees, j while\ t&el former'produces ''£808. • It is true that the. teachers; in t bpy'aj s'cho'ol^'fiiive occasional attendance in the eirl's school* i j and t therefore \QXk additional &hlrge may rightly be made. But what we want to point:ioiit! is the niggardlyl remu'Sieri afcion given ift^J the*. teachers Of the ' girl's' school, w,hich is on an average about £130 a year, while the'average salary:for'the teachers! of the boy's school is £400 a year. .< Is'the: male intellect so immeasurably superior, and does it demand so much, more expensive a ma.c^liner^ ? And yet if so superior, should not the [scholars be proportionately more - ready recipients of knowledge and require less tuition ? We degrade our lady teachers, and in thfem the'cause of education, by doling out to thfein a mere pittance." • " writes in the Australasian ■, of May 3rd :—:" There is great distress in theatrioal and religious circles. The Keverend the Dean j has hitherto been looked upon as a rigid Saobatarian. No one ever suspected him of him'anything more attractive than ypoldllaint),' and yesterday's potatoes for hia Sunday refection.., But what will the Tra xviatas arid ! Lady Gddivas say now ? The - Dean, I am.told, permitted himself to be .photographed afterservice at the Cheltenham camp upon the Sabbath day ! The very statues inlFitzrby-gardens (in whom the Dean never had any confidence) have been making Ijhs most of their scanty apparel to1 wipe away, ;:TO6tlßarß!iftv6^cl bythU awful 1?(iok-slid- W I -ibv> M»m wurna &« ,'MMHtf .n

MEDITATIONS IN PARNELL.

Saturday with most people—except drapers and storekeepers—is a broken day, devotea partly to business and partly to pleasure, and citizens divert themselves fa various ways, with their peculianw 3 anu tastes And it a^«t be admitted that here meads of gratifying every taste. We have outlying settlements, with their rustic as pects, which may be visited; open landscapes which may be viewed with admiration from fcfby summits; and the. pleasant waters ot the Waitemata fqr breeze-loving excursion ists. We may pass if we like to the quiet glades of the North Shore, or ascend to pic turesque Parnell, where beauty and wealth and comfort seem to reside in nature s fairy like domain. We should not take Parnell to be ai bustling neighbourhood; there are butchers and bakers and publicans in tne locality, but.no "Buy! buy! buy: tol lowed by the whetting of the knife upon the steal by the saucy-faced butcher; no morning cry about " Hot rolls!" from the apparently independent bakers ; and no little ragamut fln's muffln-bell echoing at eventide through the fallowed glades of this picturesque suburb Even mine host at his door witn his hands- in his pocket, evinces" a sort ot in dependent, careless look, while ill htt easy way he contributes largely to the revenue. A policeman is as great a rarity as a dead don key in the serene paths of Parnell. ihe attractions of this locality will yet be more perfect when time shall effect the additional infusion of the picturesque which will neces sarily'follow the enterprise, opulence, and taste of its increasing population. Though now exhibiting all the outward elements of beauty, Parnell yet bides its time for richer development. The railway passes through its bosom like a sounding promise of a brighter fiifctire, when the refining and spiritualizing hands of labour shall en liven jts quieter features, and softeil into sweeter beauty its rougher characteristics, homes;of content in larger numbers will yet grace its green acclivities, and the villas of retired tradesmen peep gleefully out of the clustering shrubberies of the genial valleys. - - In the very heart of this locality of repose, where domestic quarrels are unknown, where unanimity, pianos, and peace prevail; in this dreamy Utopia of human existence, at the foot of a cultivated slope of land, is a modest factory of native growth, the fame of which has passed through the colonies of Australasia and oni its front is legally written, "Olson's Tomato Sauce." With that busy curiosity which is natural to man we peeped into the lower warehouse, and were at once struck with the extraordinary cleanliness and order of the place, and the thousands of pint and half-pint bottles'of the veritable "Tomato Sauce " ready for exportation. We were welcomed into the establishment with that courtesy -which sensible men feel is eminently due to a knight of the quill, and were invited toiinspe'ct the utensils, machinery; and various materials used in the crushing of the now famous love-apple in order that the world may be amply supplied with Olson's tomato sauce. "Chops and tomato sauce" formed .the favourite dish of the immortal Pickwick, 'arid the brief subject of the written epistle which, in the hands of Sergt. Buzfuz, won 'the verdict, with seven hundred pounds damages, for his client-^-the widow Bardell. The tomato, now cultivated extensively in European gardens, especially in the gardens of Italy and Spain, is said to have been first successfully cultivated in the islands of the West Indies ; butinKnight's' 'Encyclopedia" we are told that the plant, is a native of Peru, whence it was carried into North America. But, wherever!may have been its original field of growth, the tomato is becoming of universal importance, and in India and other warm countries it iB in daily use among the people as an article df general consumption. We can fancy how much Dr Johnson would have relished Olson's sauce, or any other sauce of equal strength and flavor, had the discovery been made in the eighteenth century, and some such addition as this would have been found in the old moralist's dictionary :— " Tomato Sauce " an agreeable •and purifying condiment manufactured from the love.apple, calculated to increase the appetite, purify the system, and shorten doctors bills." 'According to. a recent dis course on tomato sauce by an excellent con temporary, we learn that all the sove (reigini of Europe are intensely fond of i tomato , sauce, and we add upon the authority of George Thompson that the unfortunate Bajah of Sattara was always restless in the night if he missed his tomato sauce with his viands in the day. We noticed, and were'particularly struck with the numberl of immense vats, each holding three hundreds, gallons of- this favqurite sauce, which, with the aid of a silver spoon, we were tempted to taste. We expressed our satis faction 'in one three-syllabled word—"Ex cellent.'? We,learned that the ingredients ■were'alllgenuine, and the spices direct from one of tlie largest spice merchants in the City of London, the house of Peek Brothers, in East Cheap. We observed further about nine-hundred cases ready for packing this favorite sauce to 'every town in the colony, to Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart Town. ,The r arrangements and .tackle for blocking, hoisting,1 and towering from higher to lower floors were most, convenient. The grinding machine' was admirably adapted for its crush ing purpose, and within a comparatively small space of time it has crushed fifteen tons of Olson-grown tomatoes. Thetwocopper boilers pplished; and scrupulously clean; contain eighty gallons each ; the white vinegar used in the manufacture of the sauce is Bold maun's, j direct from his works in Paris, and made 'from the, pure grape of the luxuriant vineyard* of I sunny France. We passed from this comparatively small, but unique (factory, jinto the tomato grounds, consisting of four paddocks, where we observed tons of tomatoes! ready for gathering, all arranged in order,^'and varying in colour according to their, cjpnilitions and ripeness. The gathering i in [of-^bis—the' se'qorid crop of the season — commenued the day of our visit, and a lively some has been, witnessed within the limits of^ese, fruitful acres.... The tomato is a s6;inewhajb delicate plant which requires plenty of' lair i and sun, and must be treated as a tender annual. By sufficient Care and ex pense an acre of well-manured land will pro duce twenty . tons, of tomatoes. Having cursorily!, inspected Olson's Tomato Sauce estabiishpient, we turned once more towards the city, ipondering on the advantages which invariably crown rightly-directed, individual enterprise, and finish up with a chop made palatable; by a plentiful supply of Olson's latest bottled sauce, and a few stanzas from the " Cottar's Saturday Night."

DISTRICT COURT.—This Day.

(Before His Honor Judge Beckham.) H. AND A. ASHTON V. JAMES WILLIAMSON. Claim £100.

Mr Alexander appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Whitaker for defendant. ■The particulars of this case, a claim for rates. ha\je already been before the public, His Honor said that notwithstanding there ha 4 been some informality in the proceedings on the part of the Newton Highway Boards, it was not sufficient to exonerate the defend ant, judgment must -therefore be i for the plaintiff. , .' Adjourned'.—T. &8. Morrin v Lynbh's Flat Gold Mining Company. Claim *4810»,

COURT OF PETTY SESSIONS.— This Day.

(Before Dr. J. R. Nicholson (chairman), Messrs. Cheeseman, Home, and St. George, Justices of the Peace.) DBUSKENNESS. ■ ■• i * iWHKaW Sarah Hill, Mary Kelly, Peter Smith, Peter Reilly, Peter Davis, and Daniel Atkins wei"* fined for drunkenness. Anne ?ollard, charged with a breach of the Municipal Police Act, 1866, by being drunk and incapable in Rutland road, Parnell, was also similarly deaiit with. ALLEGED LARCENY. John Wilson, alias Thomas Hornbroofc, was charged with stealing a watch, ■?allied! ! at £1, the property of John Blarr, of Remuera, on the 9th of January. Mr Broham asked that the case be i^ manded for a week, which was granted. STRAY HORSE. Charles Bishop, for alowing a horse to stray in Nemmarket road, was fined Is and coats. STRAY GOAT. George Waddell was charged with allow ing a goat to stray in Wellington-street. Mr Madden appeared for the defendant, and admitted the charge, but stated the goat had strayed out of an enclosed paddock, and was net five minutes out. Fined Is and costs.

DOCi NUISANCE

Edward Posseniskie, for allowing his dog. ; to be at large without a collar, was fined la and ci?."tß- George parrel], charged with a similar offence to the sbove, was defended by Mr Thome He denied the ownership of the doe and stated defendant had been sum moned in the wrong name. His name was Farrow, not Farrell. Constable Melville deposed that when he saw the dog in Cook-street Mr Farrell admitted that the dog was his, and promised to take out a collar, which he had failed to The Bench fined defendant ss. and costs. John .Russell was charged with haying a d"o£&* l»rge without a collar. He said the dog was m old one, and he intended to des patch it. It V/&* al&o a chain dog. Fined ss. and Covta- ...... Robert Rogers pleaded guilty to having an uncollared dog. He had purchased a collar as soon as the constable spoke to him. Fined Is. and costs. Orlando Marselina pleaded guilty to a breach of the Dog Nuisance Act, and was fined 1?. and costs. , , James Close pleaded guilty to having a dog without a collar. Collar obtained forthwif*. Fined Is and costs. ' ■• ■

THE REV. D. BRUCE ON THE DOG NUISANCE. The Rev. D. Bruce was charged with a breach of the Dog Nuisance Act by allowing his dog to be at large in Wynyard-street on the 12th inst. The rev. gentleman appeared in peraoa and pleaded not guilty. Constable Melville deposed to having seen the dog in the street. It ran up to the Manse, and he knocked, and the servant-girl told him it was Mr Bruce's dog. Cross-examined by Mr Bruce : The dog was on the footpath, near the gate. Mr Bruce submitted that the case should be dfsi»lJ ssed- because the dog was a household dog It waa not. shown that it was on a pub lic street or causiu J a nuisance. He believed the law was never intend for such cases. It was well known that there >7ere many dog« prowling about the streets to the damage of property, andjt was to meet such caßfiS the the Act was framed. It seemed that these trifling cases were pounced down upon while the Teal evil was left unmolested. He remembered some time ago a female dog came to his house and gave birth to pups. The animal proved to be of a very ferocious character, and placed his children in danger, as well as proving a terror to visitors to the house. He sent information to the police, and a constable came up and looked at the dog, going away without doing any thing. He sent information again, and another policeman went to his house, but took no steps to remedy the nuisance. Ultimately he, had to call in the aid of his butcher's boy, and they managed together to get rid of the nuisance. When he thought of that circumstance, and compared it with the frivolous charge, to answer to which he was brought there that morning, he conld not but think that it was a mere parody on the law and a mockery of its administration. The constable had stated that the dog was standing outside the gate. Why it wag bo seldom a policeman was seen in that neigh bourhood that the dog upon seeing a man in the blue uniform might well ques tion . his respectability. He had not himself seen a policeman there for the last twelve months, and the dog being a sagacious animal it was no wonder if it ran out in astonishment. The grounds around his residence adjoined those of the church, iand these grounds were infested by ownerless dogs, by persons sleeping in out houses, and stealing firewood. That little animal was the' only means they had of warning them ,by its barking of the presence of these intruders. It was a hard matter if persons were, compelled to pay for policemen, and then pay for dogs to do their duty. He wished to know whose duty it was to take action5 under the Dog Nuisance Act. He was under the impression that the police "should intimate to owners of dogs that certain animals in their possession ought to be- ,registered. He could not find within ithe Act any clause making it imperative for owners of dogs to take the initiative. For these reasons he .thought the Bench would see fit to dismiss the case as being a frivolous one, and such as was not in accordance with the spirit and intention of the Act. If,, however, they thought that the offence was a contravention of the law, he would defer to their decision, as he did not want to stand in opposition to the law. •

After some consultation fc'ae Benoh said that under the Act they had no option, the case being proved, but to im pose ..a : fine. They could not enter into the question- of what the intention of the Legislature was for the purpose of contradioting the mode of procedure dis tinctly-laid down in the Act. The dog was proved to have been at large in a public thoroughfare, and it was for the defendant to show that the animal was not three months old. He: had hot done so, and they must therefore; presume that the dog exceeded that age. Being a household dog, however, they would only impose the small penalty of Is and costs, with the recommendation that Mr Bruce at once take out a collar. This the rev. gentleman expressed his willingness to do. TRANSFER OF LICENSE. An application was made to the Bench by Mrs Maria Sullivan for the transfer of the license of the Pacific Hotel, now held by her to Matthew Nolan. Mr Greenway took objection to the transfer on the grounds that he was the sole trustee, that, as he had informed Mr Broham, the house had not been conducted in a proper manner, and the rent had not been regularly paid. The Bench said it could hot listen to Mr Greenway's objection, as the form of ap lication required by law had been complied with. Mr Greenway could seek his remedy in another Court. The transfer was granted. PROTECTION ORDER. The Bench granted a protection order to Martha Brown, wife of William Brown, oi New»wket f from the Uti of January, 1871.

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OL E T S & C O. • Have ok Sale— 200 boxes Belmont Sperms 25 tons Fine and Coarse Salt 20 barrels American Prime Mess Fork. RETIRING PROM BUSINESS. JN. NEWBOLD begs to thank all • his good and valued friends for the busy times he has had in business, and now begs to inform them that, through ill-health in part of his family and an irresistible longing for quiet out-door life, he having pur chased a small Grazing Farm in the suburbs, and wish- Ing to retire to it at once, he will sell to his customers, for ONE WEEK, a lot of his Stock, viz., Clothing, Soots, &c, at and under Cost Price, after whioh he will Close for Three Days to take Stock, and offer, the whole, together with Goodwill and Fixtures, iv One Lot. Permission has been given by the landlord to admit another to the premises on the same terms he now occupies. . ■. •■ ■ ' Please remember he only will sell Betail for One Week, that is to the end of May. , .". , .' J. N. NEWBOLD. ?f HOOK p A U T I ON. OLSON'S TOMATO SAUCE. Connoisseurs pronounce this Sauce to be the BEST for general use in households, and, in con sequence of it 3 high reputation, some unprincipled persons have been induced to Collect Empty Bottles bearing the manufacturer's name stamped thereon, and pass the same off as " Olson's Universal Torruito Sauce." The proprietor has in consequence caused his TRADE MARK to be Registered under the provisions of the "Trade Marks Act, 1866," and proceedings will be taken against such persons as may forge or counterfeit such mark. The public are cautioned to ASK FOR OLSON'S SAUCE, and see that the name is Stamped on Bottle and Stopper, and wrapped round with his well-known label. ... TIT~E HAVE OPENED 8 CASES OF VERY OSQJCE .. ' i;, m .Weft .: ■ ■:■■ MILLINERY, ' J ' Including Paris-trimmed HATS AND BONNETS. J. COSGEAVB & CO. [Established 1864.] "TV STEPHENSON & OO.'s CELEBRATED COFFEES,. "EXHIBITION BRAND" ' ™ "EAGLE BRAND" ~, "CROWN BRAN D." Are to bo procured at all respectable Grocers and BiOBZK£EPEBB throughout the Province of Auck land. ltl ] rj 01/1 'J 1t 0 D. STEPHENSON &,C0.,,j WYNDHAM STREET, Auckland, OVERCOATS! OVERCOATS! OVERCOATS! QOOMBES has JUST OPENED ,• 500JIOVERCOATS, at 255. ma 1 ■:" - O£L OJT Hft N G MAE TV [UJ JU No, 80, Qwen-ntreet. ' J ■i ■: 11:. 11 v :\ SI '1



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